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THE EXTRA SESSION

Both Houses of Congress "Meet and Adjourn, The President's Message Not Being Received Owing to the Short Session of the Senate. THE MESSAGE IS PREPARED. Tha Document Will Doubtless Bo a Brief One, Dealing Only with the Financial Problem. Cockran to Be in the Front of the Fight, rprcm'tillntf the Antl-SIIver Klemfnt Heport That He "Will He Ably Seconded by Mr. Hynum Alleged Authentic Outline of the President MniaK- Settliii; Prtl Hit Vle on the Silver Uuestlon The Silverlte to Make Capital Out of the CIiIoiiro Platform Senator llcrkltli' Heslg-natioii-Other lliiltfr. BUI5KATT of run snNTiNrcr.-, WASHINGTON. I"). C. A.ig. 7. The discussion of the -Alvrr o,iestlon will be precipated Wednesday. Tt l.nd a narrow escape today. 11' mike Cockran had a resolution which he was very anxious to send up to ;h speaker's desk today, but when th-? dr.twlnT of seat" was concluded the rumours wore tired and restless and he was dissuaded from his purpose. Tt Is v.ri Iertood the resolution provides for. or rather directs, a method of procedure which is to be followed in repoai'n. th? Sh'Tmrin lawThere will be no cff t to prevent amendments or Substitut.-:-, or will an attempt be made to stille debate, but fllibusterlncr will not be permitted to prevent a final vote. The discussion of any bill not properly report -d from a committee can only be done by unanimous consent or in committee of the whole. The first method being impracticable the last will have to le adopted if the time the speaker consumes in making up his committees i.-. to ho utilized by the house. The ft 'ends of free silver claim that they ha,-e no desire to obstruct the action of the house, but that they will Insist upon a thorough discussion and there seems to be r.o desire on the part of their opponents to prevent them from it. It Is probable that, therefore. the great debate will begin Wednesday and that the session itself may not last as long as has been generally predicted. Mr. My int m' Chancen. The position of the Indiana delegation on :he various committees is not positively known yet, but information from a source that meets no verification makes it certain that Mr. Bynum will go back on the ways and mear.s committee where he rendered sw.'h valuable services in the last conerress. and where his special knowledge of questions of tariff and revenue will mak" him one of the most useful members of that committee when the reform of the tariff comes up for consideration, lie does not expect and Is not a car.Jidate for any chairmanship. It is pretty well understood that Mr. Ilolman will step from the head of the appropriations committee to that of Indian affairs, quite an important committee, but where the duties are less arduous than those which are required for the supervision of the expenditures of the government. The committee assignments of other members of the delegation are not so easily determined and anything .that might be said now would be not even a good guess, except that Mr. Waugh will be given his old place on the agricultural committee. Seat for Indinnlnns. The Indiana delegation fared well in the choice of seats at the drawing this ifternoon. Mr. Ilolman. under the resolution governing the drawing, was allowed a choice without trusting to the flckleness of the gTab bag, and took his old desk, which is one of the best in the house, three rows from the front and just to the right of the central aisle. Messrs. Martin and Brown, although compelled to take their chances were in luck and they were afforded an opportunity to choose seats in the two rows directly in front of Mr. Ilolman, which of course they Improved. Messrs. Waugh and Johnson were the next lucky members of the delegation and they chocse seats well located in the center of the republican side. The name of Mr. Bynum was not reached till near the end of the drawing and he located himself well back on the democratic Eide, but the location of the delegation, considered as a whole, is quite aa advantageous as that of any other state. Application for Office. , Applications for office were filed in the treasury department today as follows: Thomas F. Wolfe of New Albany, for Chinese inspector; E. 11. Marelllate of Leopold, for collector of internal revenue for the Seventh district; Calvin S. Taylor of Leavenworth, special treasury agen. at Nashvllie. CONGRESS It SPECIAL SESSIOX. The Proceeding In the Senate and House Other .er. WASHINGTON'. D. C. Aug. 7. The flrt democratic congress that has assembled under a democratic administration emce the ante-bellum days of slavery, r.iet In extra session at the national capltol at noon today. The occasion was an impressive one. recalling aa it did, the political situation that ha not existed for over a third of a century, and a deep solemnity was added to the scene, by a general appreciation that the problem to be met and solved is a graver one than has agitated the public mind since the political foruma rang with the discus

sion of the slavery question in the dark days of the fifties. An intensity of feeling unprecedented for decades has suddenly sprung up over the financial problem, but the bitterness of the situation is greatly relieved by the reflection that now seems to be in every one's mind, that while the silver question may be to some extent a sectional one' it is not a political one, that parties are divlde! on it, not by it; that it has its adherents and its opponents in the democratic and republican ranks alike, that all populists are not for free coinage and that all greenbaekers do not indorse it as the best solution of the financial crisis. Members discussed this anomalous situation as they assembled in the two chambers, and seemed to derive such gratification from the fact that, in any event, partisanship would be subverted to calm reasoning, in the long days of counsel that all feel must follow before the question is solved. Long before the hour of convening members began to gather in the hall of the house of representatives and those who had served in previous congresses took the seats they occupied in their former days of service. One of the first to walk down the aisle and take his seat on the republican side was the dignified Mr. Beiden of New York. lie nodded good naturedly to Mr. Bailey, who entered a moment later, but the New York capitalist and the Texas fillbusterer, have no conviction In common on the silver question. Mr. Puns ton of Kansas, who survived populist fury in the Vast congressional election, entered erect and justly proud of the victory achieved after nnt of the hardest fought battles in political history. He grasped the hand of Mr. Livingston of (Jeorgla, as warmly a though no impassable chasm separated him from the great silver asitator of the South. Mr. Hopkins of Illinois, who enJoys the distinction of being the youngest republican member of the ways and means committee, smiled gaily as he asked Outhwaite of Ohio whether the democracy would redeem its pl"d?es and repeal the 10 per cent, tax on state bank issues, and when the latter warily replied, that it is "a condition and not a theory that confronts us" the Illinoisan joined in the hearty laughter that greeted the repartee. Jerry" SlnipMon Appear. A man who looks like Sol Smith Russell walked down the republican side and jostled another man who looks as rhil Sheridan did before he began to accumulate avolrdupoi.ls. The first man Is Jerry Simpson of Kansas, who has shaved off his mustac he.and the little man is John Dalzell of Pennsylvania, who many of his friends f-el some day may be the U. S. senator from the Keystone state. "Where are the rest of you?" shouted Broslus of Pennsylvania, Joeo.-e-ly to Mr. Simpson, and the sag? of the people's party gravely responded that they would come several hundred strong, and control the house of representatives two years hence if the republicans and lomocrats failed to restore silver as a money metal. A conspicuous figure on the democratic side was Congressman William M. Springer of Illinois. As he grasps the hand of Bryan of Nebraska he assures the young lieutenant of Chairman Bland, of free coinage fame, that there is nothing in the rumors that he (Springer) Is to lose the chairmanship jf the ways and means committee, and congratulations follow. A grizzlybearded, storm-beaten .cliJcul voters n reached his seat on the republican side.

after shaking hands with a score of ioIitlcal admirers. It is Joe Cannon of Illinois, who regains his seat in congress after two years of private life, reinforced by the cyclone of 'DO. John Allen of Mississippi river, private of the confederate army, crosses over to Mr. Cannon and tells a story which illustrates that the Illinoisan may become a better man after having onco passed through the cleansing fires of defeat and mortification, jv robust individual, with a broad brest and a stentorian voice that rings with good fellowship, shouts aer iss the house to O'Neill of Massachusetts the inquiry whether the tariff is still the paramount issue, and bows profoundly when the Massachusetts man responds that "Truth crushed to earth will rise again." The robust gentleman is Julius Caesar Burrows of Michigan, who has thrice rejected speakership honors proffered to him by Jerry Simpson of Kansas under a projected alliance of all the silver men of the house, regardless of party. George Fithian of Illinois, whose shipping bill has made him famous, enters the hall In an absent-minled way, but Is stopped short by a colleague who presents him to Cohen of Wyoming-, the first democratic congressman to be elected in the great grazing state Oilier Member Arrive. A man crowned with all the honors that Ids party can give him, the caucus nominee for the speakership, enters from the speaker's lobby, and is instantly surrounded by a score of felicitating friends. It is ex-Speaker Reed, the "czar" of the Pifty-first congress, but a man whose despotic rulings are Just now being gravely urged by many democrats as proper for the incorporation in the rules of the present congress in order to exiedite legislation. There is a slight manifestation of enthusiasm as a man of sturdy stature and the determined features of Ulysses S. Grant enters from the rear and takes his seat on the democratic side. It is Richard T. Eland, for many years chairman of the committee on coinage, whose deposition is now threatened, but a man destined in any event to be one of the most conspicuous figures in the financial contest that is now opening. He is calm, imperturbable and resolute, and seems to appreciate in all its solemnity the life or death battle that is ahead for the silver cause. A man crosses over from the republican side and grasps the hand of the silver chieftain warmly, and converses confidentially for a few minutes. The republican is Newlands of Nevada, but on the financial question he is united with the Missouri representative on a common platform. Representative Sayres of Texas is pointed out as the possible uccensor to "Watch-dog" Ilolmari, chairman of the appropriations committee, but Mr. Ilolman seems undisturbed by the rumors that are afloat. Bou. telle and Dlngley of Maine attract attention as they appear. A handsome young man, plying: a huge fan vigorously, walks over to Springer of Illinois and compliments him on his healthy appearnace. The young man is Durborrow of Illinois, the Apollo of the house, who reaped distinction In the last congress as the chairman of the world's fair committee. A tall, smooth-faced man on the republican side leans over several seats to shake hands with Dolllver of Iowa, and tell him that Governor McKinley will sweep Ohio In the fight for the governorship this fall. The tall man Is Bellamy Storer of Cincinnati, one of the best known men in the house. The pension question is the subject of discussion between a military-looking man on the democratic side, and a de-termincd-looklnpr man with Iron gray mustache. The military man Is Gen. John O. Ulaek, ex-eorn-mlssloner of pensions who was elected as congrcRsmm-at-large by the democrats of Illinois last fall, and the determined Individual Is Amos J. Cummlngs, the Journalist congressman cf New York, who is resting on his laurels, after having compaaaed the defeat of Iceman Turner for the doorkeepershln. Bourke Cockran of New York arrives late, and the prospective defender of

Mr. Cleveland's financial policy in the house has only taken his seat when the clerk calls the members to order. Organizing the Ilonne. The clerk read the proclamation of the president of the United States calling congress together in special session, and the roll of representatives-elect was ordered to be called. When the state of Michigan was reached and the name of Ceorge P. Richardson of the Pifth district had been called, Chief Clerk Kerr stated that since the certificate of Mr. Richardson had leen received and duly entered on the roll, another certificate had been received certifying to the election of Charles P, P-dknap as the representative from the Pifth Michigan district, the state officials of Michigan having been chansed in the mean time "The clerk refused to strike off the name of Mr Richardson," said he chief clerk, "and the matter is submitted to the house, which, when organized, is under the constitution and law. Judge of the election and qualification of its own members." Three hundred and thirty-six members responded to the roll call and a quorum was declared to be present. "The clerk is now prepared to receive motions looking to the election of speaker, as no other business is in order until a speaker is elected," said the clerk. There was a slight applause as Mr. Ilolman of Indiana arose, and after having moved the election of speaker be proceeded with, said: "I have the honor to place in nomination for election as speaker of the house of representatives of the Fifty-third congress, the Hon. Charles P. Crisp of the state of Georgia." (Applause). .Mr. Henderson of Illinois next claimed recKnition. "I have the honor," said he, "to place in nomination for the same office the Hon. Thomas B. Heed, representative-elect from the state of Maine." (Applause on the republican side). Mr. Rem of Nebraska, a people's party representative, arose: "I have the honor," he sail, "to place in nomination for the same position the name of the Hon. Jeremiah Simpson of Kansas." (Laughter on democratic and republican tides). Messrs. Caruth of Kentucky; O'Neill of Massachusetts; Bingham of Pennsylvania and Hpklns of Illinois were appointed tellers. To the members the roll call was a very perfunctory affair, but the occupants of thti gallery took as lively interest in the proceedings as though the result was enshrouded in clouds of doubt. Nearly forty minutes w-re consumed in this formal roll call, with the roll call resulting as follows: Charles F. Crisp, U14 votes; Thomas B. Reed, 122 votes, and Jeremiah Simpson, 7 votes. "Charles F. Crisp, a representative from the state of Georgia." said the clerk, "has received a majority of all the votes given, and he is duly elected speaker of the house of representatives for the Fifty-third congress. (Great applause). The clerk appoints Mr. Ilolman of Indiana, Mr. Reed of Maine and Mr. Simpson of Kansas to escort the speaker-ele-t to the chair." (Applause). The drawing for seats was the occasion for kouio merriment. Torn Reed, O'Neill and Ilolman were exempted by courtesy and' took their old peats. When the name of Judge Cobb was called some one yellel, "Where is he at." and the house roared. Mr. Wilson of West Virginia was loudly cheered when Iiis name was called. Mr. Bynum could onry get a seat far in the riht rear, but Brown got into the front row. Bourke Cockran is way back and the New York democrats were generally in rather hard luck and had to take seats on the republican side. As a mark of respect to the late Representative Enochs of Ohio the house adjourned till tomorrow. There was a burst of applause as Speaker-elect Crisp appeared a few minutes later undr the escort of the committee. As he took the chair the speaker said: "Representative s: Profoundly grateful for this mark of your confidence. I shall strive to prove In some degree worthy of it hy an honest effort to discharge the duties of the office upon which I am about to enter with fidelity, with courtesy and with the strictest impartiality. (Applause.) I am now ready to take the oath of office." Representative O'Neill of Massachusetts (the father of the house) administered the oath of office to the speaker in impressive tones. "Before administering the oath of office to members" said the sjeaker, "prayer will be offered by the chaplain of the last house." Prayer was then offered by the Mind chaplain. Milburn, now chaplain of the senate. At the conclusion of the prayer the oath of office was administered by the speaker to the member', the roll of states being called for this purpose. Meeting: of the Senate. WASHINGTON, D. C, Aug. 7. The senate was called to order at noon. After the president's proclamation, convening congress in extra session was read, the iath of office was administered to Senators Quay of Pennsylvania, and Pascoe of Florida, and a communication was read from Mr. Beckwith announcing that, owing to a combination of circumstances, he bad placed his resignation as senator in the hands of the governor. The communication was placed on file. The usual resolutions to notify the house and the president were adopted, and then the d-ath of the late Senator Stanford of Califrnla, was announced by Mr. White of that state, and, as a mark of respect, the senate adjourned until tomorrow. This prevents the reception of the president's message today. The resignation of Senator Beckwith of Wyoming was announced in a communication from that gentleman. LIST COMPLETED.

Nominators Who W ill He Allowed to .aine Starters. Secretary Kennedy of the state board of agriculture has completed the list of nominators, who, having made the final payment, will be entitled to name the starters in the colt stakes in the Indiana trotting and pacing horse breeders' stakes at the coming state fair. The following is the list: Two-year-old pacers, eligible April 1 to the 2:40 class Snyder &. Ely the, Delphi. Ind.; Forest Home stock farm, Stllesville, Ind.; John Tanney, Cleveland, ().; Jtumbarger stock farm, Indianapolis; W. E. McMillen, Paris. 111.; G. and C. V. Cecil. Danville, Ky.; "W. A. Jones & Son, Rushville; S. N. Dickerson, Indianapolis; Alex Hardy, Logansport; C. B. Curtis, North Vernon; Jesse Fletcher, Indianapolis, and the Village stock farm. East Aurora, N. Y. Two-year-old trotters, eligible April 1 to the 2:F0 class It. J. Wilson, Rushville; W. M. Smock, Indianapolis; W. V. Dorsey. Shelhyvllle; the Itumbarger stock farm, Indianapolis; John Plgman, Connersvllle; R. 8. Hill, Indianapolls; W. E. McMillen, Tarls, 111.; C. E. Sherwood, Linton. Ind.; J. L. Swagart, Muncie; Mitchell Toe-Weight company, Martinsville; F. E. Clark, Columbus; the Village Farm, East Aurora. N. Y. Three-year-old pacers, eligible April 1 to the 2:25 class Forest Home stock farm, Stilesville; G. W. Morrison, Connersvllle; G. D. Custer, Logansport; Foster Bros., Montclalr; A. L. Wlnshlp, Rushville; the Village Farm, East Aurora. N. Y. Three-year-old trotters eligible April 1 to the 2:30 cla Snyder A. lilythe, t)elphi; II. G. C. Bals, Indianapolis; RumLarger stock farm. Indianapolls; G. & C. P. Cecil. Hanvllle. Ky.: Alex Hardy, I-?antport; Young &; Colt, Crawford. ville; W. A. Hanson, Connersvllle; I). C. Deupree, Edinburg; W. II. Bobbins, Oreensburg; Wlllard Myers, Oreensburg; the Village Farm, East Aurora, N. Y. These stakes are transferable up to Sept. 13.

KILLED, A Terrible Early Sunday Shooting Affair. Two Men Kill a Half Dozen Near Corydon. Harrison County the Scene of the Sad Tragedy. IN THE LYNCHING BELT. One Hundred Prominent Men on the One Side And. William and Edward Conrad the Other Party. Threat of Lynching Met with Daring Courage. History of the Original Tragedy That Led to the Sunday AltncU The ( tinrnds Suspected of llavliiif Mnrdered Their Knllier AVnrned to Leave the County They Refused vlth Defiance The Conrad Home Surronnded The Attacking Party Meet vrlth A 3Iurlerotis Reception Several Killed nml Mnny Wonnded The Couruds Escape Intense Excitement. CORYDON, Aug. 6. Special. Several months ago John Conrad, the father of Edward and William Conrad, was mysteriously murdered. The family lived in a remote and very quiet part of the county, and at the time of the murder the officials exhausQed every inquiry that pointed in the direction of the criminal. Detectives were put privately on the trail, who, after an exhaustive research, finally came to the conclusion that whoever had committed the deed had fled the country. At the same time the detectives said that there were circumstances that implicated the brothers Edward and William and that they had probably killed their father. All the people in that neighborhood believed the boys tj be guilty from many circumstRiie.. had occurred before the murder and some that had followed the crime. This beiicf grew with the passing months. There was much bad blood between the father and sons and there were many bitter scenes enacted at the home last winter just before the old man was killed. During the spring months several notices were served upon the Conrad boys that they had killed their father and that if they did not leave the county the most summary vengeance would be meted out to them. Of these notices the brothers took no notice, except to let it be widely known that they proposed to stand their ground and if any measuies were taken to injure them that they would be ready to meet the authors. Recently these notices became more frequent and more urgent, and the Conrads within the last few days stocked their house like an arsenal, and last night, upon hearing that an attack would be made upon them, they loaded a lot of shotguns and pistols and awaited the coming of the attacking party. The latter approached the house about 1 o'clock this Sunday morning. Tho Conrads secreted themselves outside of their house under the friendly shadow of a clump of trees and when the crowd of armed men had disposed of itself near the house and upon the porch the Conrads poured a murderous fire Into it, firing rapidly from shotguns and revolvers. It was suspected that the Conrads had help and others not known were with them, so rapid and deadly were the shots. Four of the crowd of 100 fell dead, which so disconcerted the others that they rapidly dispersed, but one of the leaders, bolder than the rest, called to them to rally, which they did to a certain extent, but before they oould regain their self-possession the Conrads poured several other volleys Into them and two more men fell dead and others were badly wounded. The killed are: JOHN TIMBERLAKE. WILLIAM WISEMAN. EDWARD HOUSTON. ISAAC HOWE. The names of the other two killed could not be learned by The Sentinel correspondent. William May was fatally shot. Several others were wounded in various ways, but their names are not to be had at this time. The attacking party was not made up of the rif-raff of Harrison county. So far as known they were all good citizens, and the men who were killed and wounded are the best men In Boone township. The Conrads Immediately decamped and the crowd was too demoralized over the deaths of six of . their companions to make any attempt to pursue them. If they do not get away very shortly they will doubtless be lynched. The most intense excitement prevails throughout the southern portions of the county, and a pursuing lynching party has doubtless been thoroughly organized 'ready. Tinj Conrad boys have borne a bad reputation for s. long time. In fact, they

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always been regarded as vicious and ; worthless men. CORYDON, Aug. 7. Special. Since the dispatch to The Sentinel of the terrible killing of five men by William and Edward Conrad Sunday morning about 1 o'clock in Boone township, this county, more startling facts in the case have developed which go to ma?te the affair the bloodiest and most shocking that ever before occurred in the state of Indiana, and it is doubtful whether any other state in the union has ever witnessed so heart-sickening and blood-chilling a scene as was looked upon Sunday morning in the fair county of Harrison, near the quiet and peaceful little town of Laconia. Near the house of the Conrad boys lay the bleeding and mangled bodies of five of the best and most Influential men in the neighborhood. Some distance away from the hous waa found five more, some fatally and others seriously injured. The names of those dead are John Timberlake, Edward Huston, William Wiseman. William May and Isaac Howe, ages ranging from twenty-seven to thirty-five years, all well-to-do farmers. Those wounded are Noah Elbert, David Jacobs. Edward Crosier, Samuel Tindall and one other whose name could not be learned. The result of all this terrible affair has caused the wildest excitement in the southern part of the county. It will be lemembered mat some time during the spring just past old Mr. Conrad was found dead in the field some distance from his house and his two pons were arrested and brought to Corydon charged with having killed their father, but as no direct evidence could be produced they were released and returned to their home, where their mother still lived. Suspicion . rested heavily against them and they were warned two or three different times to leave the neighborhood or they would be lynched. Being thus notified they armed themselves with shot guns and pistols and lay in wait each night for the mob. The Conrads are still at home and say they Intend to stay and fight it out until they die or kill every man who dares approach them for the purpose of arresting or capturing them. They are wild and vicious and if the community undertakes to take them there will be more bloodshed. The Courier-Journal published the following account of the bloody business: "The two-roomed cabin over which the lurid cloud of popular hatred hangs is in a hollow of the hills that skirt the Indiana bank of the Ohio, about thirty miles down the river from New Alba-ny. The whole locality is wild and rugged, the ground covered for the most part, with scrub and forest trees, which extends close up to the little garden patch surrounding the Conrad cabin. Close in front of the cabin runs Mosquito creek. On the rising ground above the hollow stands the cottage of a widow Mrs. Lizzie Jones. "About 2 o'clock Sunday morning Mrs. Lizzie Jones heard shots down in the hollow. She may have vaguely guessed something as to the meaning of the sound, but she knew nothing for certain, and even her guess was probably far wide of the truth. At daylight the mother of the two Conrad boys, the widow of the old man whose death had aroused popular fury, came to Mrs. Jones' cottage and in a casual way told her that there were some dead men down in the hollow, and that somebody had better come and take care of them. This was enough to arouse the neighborhood. Mrs. Jones called her neighbors, and they went into the hollow to see who the dead men were. "First they came to two who lay near each other Ed Huston, Ring on his face, dead, his head riddled with birdshot; there were as many as thirty-three holes found in his hat, and William May, still breathing stentoriously, the side of his face shattered, one eye out, brain matter protruding from the hideous wound. These were about a furlong from the Conrads' cabin. Then, farther on, there were two more, lying the one across the other. They were John Wiseman and Albert Howe; Wiseman on top. Howe underneath. Both of these had been shot in the back of the head, and both had breathed their last. Finally, about ten yards from the cabin, John Timberlake was found lying by the creek. All the front of his body, from the abdomen up, was one mass of torn clothing and lacerated flesh, and he, too, was dead. What had happened when Mrs. Jones heard those shots at 2 o'clock in the morning? It can only be conjectured from scattered pieces of evidence. It Is said that there were EQme thirty shots fired, and it is reported that a mob of thirty or forty men were behind the cabin at the time. They had come to seize the Conrad brothers whether to hang them or to put them to some of the tortures known to the white cap code can not be learned. None of those who were of the mob can be found; it is not even known how many more were wounded, although it is morally certain that some must have received wounds less speedily effective than the wounds of the five who were found at dawn. After a retreat, those who composed this unauthorized army of Invasion doubtless betook themselves to their homes, and nothing short of a huse-to-house canvass through the county, with domiciliary examination, would avail to discover all the partcipators or estimate the price they paid for their night's work. It s-eems that the Conrad boys, warned by the death of their two dogs, had lain In ambush in the garden patch that surrounds their home. When the mob silently crept up to the house, and, standing on and about the little porch, began knocking at the door, the answer to tholr knocking came from an unexpected quarter. From the garden, behind them, came the reports cf the shotguns. First one fell and then another. No arms were found with the bodies of those who fell, but, well or ill-armed, it would have been impossible for the numerous white caps to make effective practice against two men skirmishing in the dark among the bushes and trees In a plot of ground every inch of which was thoroughly familiar to the skirmishers. The regulators were trapped. They had gone out in search of game, and were themselves the thick covey Into which the Conrad brothers were pouring volley upon volley. There was but one thing to do. and that the white caps did they ran away, leaving their dead and dying upon the field. To be a white cap is not. in Harrison county, a dlegrace. The Indignation of the people there ran high yesterday, for it was said that the five men killed May, of course, died of his wounds were all men of standing In the county. Albert Howe was a farmer, thirtythree years .old. He lived two miles northwest of Mosquito creek bottom. He waa a married man, but had no children. His mother was In Illinois at the time his death was discovered; his brother lived In Albany; he himself had lived some six years on his farm. Mother and brother had been telegraphed for, and last night the brother had arrived. The news of Howe's death came as a surprise to his wife. It was the first she had heard-of his nartlelna

tion in the white cap enterprise. It found her in a delicate condition and deprived her of her senses. Whether she will survive the shock is not known. That she will lose the use of her reason, permanently is almost certain. Edward Houston was a flne-lo.jking man and is said to have been a verypopular farmer. He, too, was thirtythree years of age, but unmarried and living with his mother, a sister and two brothers, four miles north of the Conrad log cabin. They took his body home. He was the son of a methodist preacher, who was killed several years ago In an accident while in charge of the Rehoboth circuit. John Wiseman was a middle-aged unmarried man. a stock driver, living in Heath township, seven or eight miles from the scene of his d?ath. John Timberlake, a stork trader and farmer, also lived in Heath township. He was married and leaves five children. The youngest of all was William May, who must have suffered in the long hours between the moment when he fell, unable -with his terrible wounds to drag himself farther away from the log cabin, until the moment of his death, the keenest agony. He was only a boy of twenty-one and lived with his parents on their farm, two milts north of Laconia. LOUISVILLE, Aug. 7. The white caps of Boone township. Indiana, burned the house of the Conrads tonight. Today three riderless horses, ownel by three white caps, John Kendal, William Fisher and William Hublel, were found. It i3 thought that their owners had been killed by the Conrads, who hae returned from Kentucky. They say they have three more men to kill. It is thought they are in hiding in the woods. Harrison county is excited as it never was before over the murderous ambuscade and everybody is going armed. The Conrads are asking relatives to help them and a bloody battle is expected within the next twenty-four hours.

THE OHIO DKMOOUATS. Delegate Gathering at Cincinnati for the State Convention. CINCINNATI, Aug. 7. The great week for the democracy of Ohio begins with delightfully cool weather, promising comfort to the S00 delegates who will assemble in convention Wednesday. But even if the thermometer should rise before that time they will find ample space in the cool corridors and the great auditorium of Music hall for the comfortable transaction of their business. Coming as this convention does almost coincident with the meeting of congress and its expected revelation of the policy of the administration upon at least the financial situation, there Is an absence of speculation concerning the features of the platform to b announced. There is a general understanding that the platform must conform to the tone of the president's message, and. as the latter has precedence of publicity, the conformation may be easily accomplished. Tke same facts embarrass, to some extent, the canvass for governor. If the tariff feature of the message should not come fully up to the Chicago platform on that subject, then It would seem bad policy to put the author of that plank, Mr. Larry T. Neal, at the head of the ticket. As the matter now stands Mr. Neal has the lion's share of support, with C. W. Baker of this city and Col. W. A. Taylor of Columbus apparently next in favor. What changes may be wrought by circumstances and consultation no one can foretell. It is certain that the convention will be most warmly welcomed, and that the delegates and especially the brethren of the press will be hospitably entertained. Col. W. A. Taylor, who is an avowed candidate for governor before the coming Ohio democratic convention, is here. He is likewise a veteran journalist, whose work has been largely in ilitieal lines. President M. E. Ingalls of the Big Four and the Chesapeake & Ohio reads, who, without his connivance, has be-n mentioned as a possible candidate for governor, today gave his little boom a very black eye. "Why. I am president of two railroads now," said he, "and" that gives me more power and more opportunity for doing good than I could as governor of Ohio. I would not exchange my position for all the governorships from here to Alaska," A MALICIOUS LIE SQUELCHED. The Centrnl "atlonnl ItuiiW Has 'ever Closed Its Doors. GREENCASTLE. Aug. 6. Special. The statement that was telrgraphed from this city last night that the Central national bank had closed Its doors and suspended payment Saturday morning, is a malicious falsehood. The facts are that the Central national bank was wide open all day Saturday and has been so ever since its organization. Its deposits Saturday were unusually large and no word of suspicion as to its solvency has ever been made here bv any one. The amount of cash in its vaults is larger today than ever before in its history and its assets are fully $4 to every tl of Its HabilitU-s. The bank is one of the most substantial in Indiana, and is backed by fifty of the most responsible men in Putnam county. The officials are at a loss to understand why such a dispatch should have been sent out from this city, and it is evidently the work of a malicious scoundrel who will suffer If he can be discovered.

Baking Powders Before Congress. The Pure Food bill before Congress wouid be a righteous measure for the people, and should become a law. The public want pure food, and in order to protect themselves must know what is adulterated. All adulterated preparations should be so branded, including Baking Powders containing Ammonia or Alum. Then if people want to dose themselves with "Absolutely Pure" Ammonia or Alum, they will do it knowingly. The public have been looking up the composition of Ammonia and Alum and they don't like the idea of eating either in their hot biscuit. Dr. Price's Cream Baking; Powder is a Pure Cream of Tartar Powder; free from Ammonia, Alum, Lime or other adulteration. And every investigation, whether in the laboratory or kitchen, confirms and emphasizes its superiority in every way.

BUTTHREE ROUNDS

' George Dixon's Short Work of Eddie Pierce In the Arena of the Coney Island Club. PIERCE WAS OUTCLASSED, The Negro Being the Better of the Pugilists. Majority iti Sympathy with the Defeated Sport. Champion Corbett nml 111 Trnlurr 0--nlel 4i Private- Itox nml II ecelvcrf 'Inch Altcntiou The Fight for ii l'urc of li;,.",Oo, the Loner to It evolve .HI V Hot Preliminary Itout llelttt-eii .MclJride nnd Murphy. CONEY ISLAND, N. Y., Aug. 7. Never since the Con. y Lland athletic ilub commenced its pugilistic exhibitions has such a tremendous throng gathered i.1 their c ninii üous aitiiu as the I'i-rce-Dixon bout attracted here this evening. Every seat in the house was occupied by the time the opening bout v.-as put on. Everybody seem -d to bo fairly wild with excitement and tin horns were being tooled in every part of the building. Pierce is a great favorite in New York City und vicinity and his admirers tame d.-.wn in full force. There were many taliy-l.o coach loads cf members from th various athletic clubs of New Ytjrk and Brooklyn. It is estimate that there were between K.OUO and 10,000 spectators in the building. Ji:n Cor bett was given a great ovation whfn h walked into the building accompanied by Manager Brady and several other friends. They were shown to one of the private booths. The majority of the big betting men favore! LMxon. and tr,.-y were rattier liberal in the odds they offered. The first bout was between Murphy and MoBride ami was for a purse of id ,000, of which SÜ"1) went to the l sr. It opened in a tumultuous uproar, the large audience yelling like madmen to those In front to sit down. Finally the crowd was organized, and at 3 o'clock the men put up their hands for the first round. Both men showed great cleverness, especially at infighting. McEride appeared to have a triile tne best of the hard hitting up to the fourth round, when he drew first blood. Murphy returned the compliment almost immediately by smashing Mack on the nose and spreading it all over his face. It was give a".i take until Ihz tenth round, l:h McBride in the better condiii'-n. The referee awarded the light to McBrlde. Promptly at SioO Tom O'Bourke entered the rincr. followed by t.eorpe Uixon. He was given an ovation, but it was a mere nothing in comparison with Ihe storm of applause which greeted Eddie Pierce when he niar he.l d- wn through the hall from his dressing-room and climbed upon the stage It was a regular pandemonium, as ther were fully tventjr Pierce men present to one Uixon admirer. It was ten minutes of 10 o'clock when the men began their battle. The purse was JO, C00, of which the loser received Dixon wore nothing but a white jockey strap and brow n .sh s. w hile Pierce wore blue trunks, a while Mt ami dark canvas shoes. The Hetonds of Dixon were Toni O'Bourke of New York, and Jack Havelin ar.d Morris Kelly ol Boston. The men who looked after Puree were Charley Norton. Con Rirdan, John White and Saimnie Kelly. Mike ltrashy held the time for Dixon and Jim LavcTle for Pierce. Prst Bound Dixon b' 1 with his left after a little feinting und caught Pierce in the wind. He visited the same spot I again. Aftf-r sme cautious sparring in which Dixon showed up to the best ' advantage, the nin clinched on tne ropes, but broke aw--y of their own accord. Dixon then smashed Pierce with his left and again with his right. A clinch followed and then Dixon showed that he was a good hand at the gacue of infighting, and made Pierce break his hold. Dixon caught Pierce again and the round ended. Round 2 After a short feint by Dlxm. Pierce led lightly on Dixon's face, and then ducked a right hand swing cleverly. A sharp rally followed, of which Pierce appearnl to have the sidvantage. Dixon endeavored to land his light, but was met and stopped very cleverly. Fierce appeared to have gained confidence in himself as the round end'.-d. Round 3 Iion start 'd in for business. He sent in his left and drove Pierce to the ropes. Then followed such a volley of riirhts and lefts that IVree must have thought then was a shower of hands and arms. First he became 2ared, tried I to recover and then went down In a heap. Struggling up before the time limit he was met with lightning like j lbs in the face and jaw that would have settled a bigger and stronger man than Pierce. He sank to the floor and wa counted out. It took neaily ten minutes for him to regain consciousness. Pierce waa clearly outclassed.