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IH A CHAOTIC STATE

What the Senate May Now Do Is a Problem As Affairs Are by No Means Clearly Understood. No Compromise, No Cloture, No Adjournment, CALM BEFORE THE STORM Which Is Likely to Break Out Without Warning. Senator3 Give Up the Hope of a Compromise And Others Declare That No Ground Has Been Gair.ed. The Significant Statement of Senator - Palmer on the Cloture Question ' Which Would Indicate That the President AY us in Favor of the Adoption of the II 1 1 1 Resolution Senator Voorhees'a Change of Front In Allowins Recess Instead of an Adjournment. WASHINGTON", Oct. 23. Many and Startling as have been the changes which have taken place in the situation with reference to the repeal bill since that measure was introduced in the senate there has never before been a day which has witnessed so many as has the one which closed with Senaator Faulkner's motion for a recess at 5 o'clock this afternoon. The day started in with the announcement that the compromise was "off." Many were inclined to doubt the announcement this morning that the administration had set its seal of disapproval upon the democratic compromise, but a very little inquiry was necessary to satisfy them of the correctness of this statement. Then came the talk on the part of some senators of adjournment as the best remedy for the situation, and that was soon met with the assertion that closure would be the proper thing1 on the program. Speedily were these announcements followed with the rumor that the silver men were willing to surrender unconditionally and allow the repeal bill to be passed without further opposition. Lastly came the definite announ cement, made almost simultaneously, that there would "be no, effort tomorrow at cloture and the silver men had reorganized their forces and were prepared to continue the fight indefinitely. Senator Dubois Move. The most interesting development of the day was on the silver side. Whether given out in earnest or tm a. purpose, some Of the silver senators announced when they heard that the compromise ' bill would not be presented that they would make no more factious opposition, but would give way as soon as their prepared speeches were concluded and let the repeal bill pass. Senator Dubois was instrumental, in bringing about the startling change, which became apparent about 4 o'clock. He crossed over to the democratic side of the chamber and began to investigate. He met with much encouragement. The situation was changed In ten minutes. Senator Pugh's services were soon enlisted and he went to work with a will. The result was, he said, the finding of several silver democrats who had heretofore refused to filibuster at all, who were willing to do all In their power and to use whatever means might appear most effective to prevent the reaching of a vote upon repeal. He said there were ten or twelve democrats who would stand out to the end to prevent this result and who would resort to filibustering, pure and simple, to accomplish it if necessary. Meantime the populists, Peffer, Allen and Kyle, had gathered about Senator Peffers desk. An hour before Mr. Peffer had authorized the statement that the popylists were willing to throw up their hands. When they came out of this conference into which Dubois was Invited before Its close, they were all prepared to continue the war to the biter end. Two Tart Interview. When seen at 4 o'clock Senator Faulkner said: "Half are hour ago I told you a vote would be taken in a week; now it looks further off than ever." Senator Hawley was encountered hurrying to catch a trian at 5 o'clock. He was on the eve of starting to the world's fair. "It looks to me," he said, "as if we were about where we were on the 7th of August last. I had hoped to see the bill through, but I feel that I must see the fair, and now It looks as If I might visit It and get back In time for the finish." Cloture is a question which senators discuss in a whisper since the hot words of last week. There can be little doubt that Senator Voorhees had In mind early In the day, when he said he would ask for adjournment Instead of a recess tonight, the bringing up of the cloture resolution tomorrow. When he afterward allowed Mr. Faulkner to move a reeesa Instead of an adjournment he cut off all possibility of taking that question up tomorrow. What he may design later In the week is not known. He may be awaiting the return of Senator Hill, who Is the real author of the cloture resolution, and he may be of the opinion that the senate ts not in temper for the discussion of that question, debate upon which generally excites more feeling than upon any other topic. There are, however, some senators who think It should be given preference over all other topics. Confer with the President. Senators Palmer and McPherson and other repeal senators had a long conference with the president today. When he returned to the senate chamber Mr. Palmer said he thought cloture would be undertaken soon. "It has come," he said, to be a question whether the minority shall rule; it is more Important even than the financial question. We shall have to have that fight out." It is believed that Senator Palmer expressed the sentiments of the executive.. The senators with whom he talked

got Ä;at impression. "If this is true," j

said one of the republican senators who

has been anxious for compromise, "it this is true, we shall have . to re-form the lines. Minority rule was not men-., tloned in the proclamation calling for the extra session.' During the day Speaker Crisp was on the floor of the senate a great dal in conference with many of the senators, and Vice-President Stevenson descended from the chair and sat for a long time in conversation with Senator Voorhees. There is no mistaking the fact that many of the silver democratic senators feel greatly relieved that the compromise amendment is not to be offered. They say . that they surrendered . all their convictions in order to promote harmony and secure a settlement of the question contrary to their best Judgment, and they are more than willing to have the administration take the responsibility of not accepting the settlement. Some Criticism. Some of the repeal senators who have heretofore stood stanchly by the administration are also ' criticising the course which has been pursued In the compromise matter by the administration. This is especially true of the re peal members of the steering committee. There is no doubt that they were led to believe before the agreement was signed that the compromise would be' approved by the administration, and that the president? was at least willing that the bill as it was to be amended should be passed. They say that it was altogether favorable to the administration view. They do not take kindly to the fact that they should have been allowed to go so far in the matter and then be told that they have acted without warrant. Senator Gray, a strong repeal man, who has taken an especially active part in scfurlng the agreement, la among those vlho are displeased with the change and be is quoted as criticising the administration sharply upon what is characterized as its vacillating policy. The senators opposed Jo unconditional repeal have been endeavoring for several days to bring about a compromise, and have not been deterred by the recent declaration that no compromise would be acceptable to the administration. These senators are still laboring to secure a majority of democratic senators to favor compromise. One of them said tonight that they have secured, including Senator Daniel, who signed today, thirty-six names. ARCHBISHOP OF ARMAGH. DEATH OF THE PRIMATE OF ALL IRELAXD. He Llxplres Suddenly and Ills Demise Occasions Much Surprise Dorn In 1SOH Death of the Archbishop of Milan at Milan Other Deaths. DUBLIN. Oct 23. The Most Rev. Bent Knox, D. D., LL. D., archbishop of Armagh, primate of all Ireland, died suddenly at noon today of heart disease. The archbishop had been treated during the past few days for a cold and was suppoiied to have recovered. His death caused a great sensation In the town: The archbishop was born at Dungannon Park Sept 2J, 1S08. He was educated in Trinity college, Dublin, was lord bishop of Down Conner and Dromere 1S43-1S76, since which time he has been an archbishop. He married in 1842 Catherine Dehlla,. daughter of Thomas Gib-i bon' Fitzgibbon of Balyseeds, countyLimerick. Other Deaths. At Milan Möns. Calabiana, archbishop of Milan. At Paris Maharajah Dhuleep' Singh, the Indian prince. SUIT AGAIXST FOSTER. It Is Alleged That the Bank Was Solvent Two Years Ago. TIFFIN. O.. Oct 23. Suit was begun here tonight by Mrs. Anna Ball of Fostorl, O., one of the creditors of exGovernor Foster, to enjoin the transfer of certain property real and personal. Seventeen defendants are named, the principal ones being ex-Governor Foster, John E. Wilkison, Charles Olmstead and Mrs. Laura Foster, mother of the exgovernor, all of whom were parties in the banking house of Foster & Co. It Is alleged in the petition that the firm was known to be insolvent two years ago; that in October, 1883, Charlts Foster deeded his homestead and other real property to his mother, who in turn deeded it to his wife, but the deeds were not recorded until the day of the assignment. May 26. 1893; that on March TL, 1893, Charles Foster and wife deeded JHO.OOO worth of property to Wllliajn L. Ilarkness, a creditor, but the deeds were not recorded until after the assignment. It is further alleged that Charles Olmstead and John -E. Wilkison also transferred certain real and personal property on the day of the assignment TnE ROANOKE RIOT. The Jury Returns nineteen Indict meats Aeulnst Participants. ROANOKE, Va., Oct 23. The grand Jury . summoned to investigate the riot and acts of lawlessness on Sept. 20 and 21 made its report late this afternoon. Nineteen indictments are made. Walter S. Boone, Edward Page and Frank Shepard as principals and Sergeant of Police A. II. Griffin and Chief of Police J. F. Terry, as accessories before the fact, are charged with felony, and others indicted for felony for breaking into a hardware store to get firearms. The report commends the action of the mayor for trying to uphold the laws, but questions the advisability of the official In directing the militia to withdraw after the crowd had been dispersed after firing, and censures the police or officials for ordering the negro, Thomas Smith, to be removed from the Jail, and after remeval not taking him to a place of safety. The Jurors state that from the evidence thsV are led to believe that some of the victims of the shooting were active participants in the riot. REAL ESTATE MKX. The Last of the World's Fair Conrresses la Session. CHICAGO. Oct. 23. The world's real estate congress, the last of the world's fair congresses, convened at the Art Institute today. Thomas B. Bryan presided and Col. H. L. Turner of Chicago made the address of welcome. All points of the country were represented, and it is expected that there will be 1,000 real estate men at tomorrow's session. The responses to the address of welcome were made by Albert C. Spann of Buffalo for the Eastern states, George Harmlstead of Nashville for the Southern states, and Thomas Cochran of St Paul for the Western states.

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Evidence in the Case of the Grand Trunk Wreck. The Prosecutor Will Leave No Stone Unturned TO ARRIVE AT THE FACTS. Engineer and Conductor to Be Tried Nov. 1. Several Mora of the Dodies Identified. ' People Still at the Scene of the Wreck Trying: to Obtain a Clew Concerning Mlsslngr Friends The Outline of the Presecutor's Purpose The Wreck on the Ft. Wayne Worse Than at First Supposed. BATTLE CREEK, Mich., Oct 23. Late last night two more of the bodies burned in the Grand Trunk wreck were identified. The remains are those of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Saxe of New York City. They were Identified by a brother from that city. Three more bodies were identified this morning. The following is the list: Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Doland of Tllsonburg. Ont; J. J. Brown of Strathroy, Ont. Two more bodies were recognized this afternoon as those of Marcus Reis of Kansas City, Mo., and J. M. Sloss of Chicago. There are eight bodies left In the morgue. A large number of people are still in the city looking for friends who are supposed to be lost, but as the remaining bodies are so badly burned Identification is almost Impossible. Nothing can be found to identify the body of the Rev. F. Clarke of Brantford. Ont, supposed to be among the dead. Prosecutor Clark is tne busiest man in Battle Creek. He means to leave no stone unturned In sifting the horrible affair to the bottom. "I know that convictions are seldom obtained in these cases," he said this morning. "But I think the result will be different In this one. The coroner's inquest will come first I have adjourned the criminal examination until after that is complete and shall myself conduct the examination of witnesses before Coroner Gillette. My reason for wishing to have the inquest first is because a proceeding of that character admits of greater license in the matter of examining witnesses. I don't know whether Engineer Wooley and Conductor Scott have retained counsel or not, but presume they have.- There is nothing connected with the entire tragedy that I shall not endeavor to bring out at the inquest Neither will the higher officials be left out of the examination. I mean to find out whether the rush of business has induced them to employ incompetent subordinates, and if so, why they should not be held responsible for such acts. There are great many features of the affairs which will bear investigation. I cannot understand why a high building should have been placed inside the curve where the accident occurred, effectually shutting off all view in each direction. We have an ordinance which prohibits the running of trains within the city limits at a speed greater than ten miles per hour. I think the speed made by the east-bound train must have been great from the time it left the depot. In order to strike with such terrible force. These conflicting stories of the -engineer and Conductor Scott must also be straightened out somehow. It is a matter in which the entire country Is Interested, and there must be no hesitancy in getting at the truth." It was finally decided by Prosecutor Clark, before, taking up the inquest, to adjourn the examination of Engineer Wooley and Conductor Scott on the criminal charges until Nov. 1. ,At 11 o'clock, the absent Juror put in an appearance and the Inquest began. Train Dispatcher Seth Cornell was the first witness examined. His testimony is to the effect that he gave Conductor Scott orders to run to the double track at Nichols and wait for No. 9. Scott signed his orders and Engineer Wooley read them, as the rules of the road require. Gilbert F. Cranshaw, the engineer on No. 9, was the second witness examined. He testified that when he was within a mile of the scene of the accident he applied his brakes and was coming to a stop at the time when the trains came together. He said that he could only see five lengths ahead of his engine, but that he did not have control of his train 60 that he could stop it within 150 feet. THE FT. WAY.E WRECK. Twenty-Three People Hurt in the Smash-Up 'at Monroeville. PITTSBURG, Oct. 23. The collision between the Columbian express and an east-bound passenger train on the Ft. Wayne road at Monroeville, Ind., early yesterday morning was attended with worse results than at first reported. Instead of but six injured there were twenty-three hurt They will all get well, it is thought, though some of them are very seriously injured. The list of the injured is as follows: Brakeman Frederick Hunt, badly crushed; may not recover. Baggage Master Stephens, probabjy fatally crushed. Fireman Dalley, hurt seriously internally. Engineer R. Cowan, scalded badly. Adam Long, left leg bruised. Edward Bender, Canton, O., back seri ously injured. Maggie Delp, Canton1, O., painfully cut, having been thrown through a window. Nora Lee, Alliance, O., badly bruised. W. H. Kaufman, Shrefe, O., right arm bruised. P. F. Tronefield, Vanwert, O., nose injured. Kittle Wilson, Allegheny, lip cut. ' David la ran, tjarroiton., u., cnesi hurt. C. Thrumpden, cook., bruised. C. W. Vannest, Wooster. head bruised. Mrs. Parthe, Alliance, ankle sprained. Charles Long, Waynesburg, O., leg bruised. . Joseph A. Minor, Wooster, hand cut. Miss 13. B. Shields Philadelphia, sllgUly bruised. '

W. S. P. Shields, Philadelphia, badly cut. E. E. Hayes, Philadelphia, hand cut. Mrs. M. J. Frismarr, Philadelphia, hip Injured. Martin Lowry, Philadelphia, head hurt. The injured passengers were attended to at Monroeville by physicians and all were able to continue thfir Journey later. Wreck on the D. Jt O. CLEVELAND, Oct 23. Baltimore & Ohio vestibule train, which left Chicago at 5 p. m. last night, ran Into an open switch at Gallery junction on the Pittsburg and Western division at 7:30 The engine and four sleeping cars were derailed. One of the sleeping cars went over an embankment Though many passengers Jumped for their lives from the doors and windows of the train, no one so far as known, was seriously injured. The passengers were thrown out of their berths, but sustained no injuries more serious than a few bruises. The other sleepers left the track and their trucks were demolished. The front truck of the fourth sleeper left the track, but the the rear trucks remained on the rails. Wreck of Street Car. CHICAGO, Oct. 23. Seven persons were injured today in a grade crossing collision between a street car and an electric motor at Sixty-third and Halstedsts. One victim may die. She is Belle Riley, 6.724 Sherman-st, Chicago, skull fractured. Others were less seriously injured. They are all Chicagoans but one. Lawrence L. Wallace, Clinton, la., bruised about the body. William Johnson, hip and back injured. Dinah Desley. hip and side bruised.

Mrs. Horace Webb, bruised about body. Mrs. E. L. Forest, head and body injured. Amelia Clemns, slight bruises. The Ensvlue Exploded. PARKERSßljRG. W. Va., Oct. 23. The engine attached to the afternoon passenger train on the Dayton & Trenton railroad exploded at 4 o'clock this afternoon near Raysville, O., killing a fireman named Shields and severely injuring Engineer Hayes and slightly Injuring several others. The baggage car rolled down an embankment and was completely destroyed. The engine was a complete wreck. Beyond slight bruises none of the passengers were injured. THIS RIVERSIDE LOST. Another Good Ship -at the Hot torn of the Lake. CLEVELAND, Oct. 23. A large vessel, evidently a steamer, has gone to the bottom of Lake Erie a few miles from this port Who she is or when she went down is a mystery- Capt. Joseph Single of the fishing tug R. T. Roy made the startling discovery yesterday. J. M. Jones of the firm of J. M. Jones & Bro., vessel agents, told an Associated Press representative this morning that the foundered boat was undoubtedly his schooner. The Riverside. She has been missing since the big storm of the 13th and no tidings had been gleaned from Iber since that time. The Riverside was luauimiiucu uy i ainiisiun jl trolt and his wife was cook on the boat She . carried.; .ve ether., persons, all of whom are undoubtedly lost. The only names that could be learned of the missing ones are Joseph Hargreaves, mate, his son, John Hargreaves, and John Paige, both seamen. A WOMAN'S REVEXGE. She Murder Another for Alleged Defumatory Remarks. ATHEXSVILLE, 111., Oct 23.-In a row at a dance near here William Griffith fatally shot Martin Flynn and Dennis Flynn. A stray shot also fatally wounded Robert Wyatt, a boy of twelve. PINE BLUFF, Ark., Oct. 23 News just reached here of a terrible and fatal battle 'with knives at Orlando, Ark., between James Trammel and a peacemaker, name unknown, In which Trammel's wife beat to death the wife of Doc Trammel. The victim gave birth prematurely to twins before dying. The trouble was caused by defamatory remarks made by the dead woman against her slayer. The screams of the woman attracted a neighbor who In turn was attacked with a knife by the busband of the murderess for interfering. DISASTER AXD SUCCESS. The Gloucester Fishermen Who Were Lost Daring the Year. GLOUCESTER, Mass., Oct 23. The closing of the fishing season tells a melancholy story of disaster as well as success and gain. During the year there have been lost at sea from this port fifty-seven men, leaving ten widows and thirty-two children. Ten vessels, valued at about $50,000, foundered or stranded From 1830, since a record has been kept, to 1893, there have been 586 vessels cast away at sea, valued at $2.00,000. The number of lives lost was 3,231. Including those lost from this port on the sea prior to 1830, tho list of the lost will amount to about 5,0)0. HER LAST DRIXK. The Wife of a Drunken Husband Sells the Stove for Whisky and Dies. WILKESBARRE, Pa.. Oct. 22. Mrs. Maggie Meredith, who for the past year has supported a drunken husband and three children, grew discouraged last Friday, sold her stove, bought a quart of whisky, and after kissing her, children good-by, left the house and her dead body was found this morning. Physicians say she died of alcoholism. She had been in affluent circumstances. THREE I1AXKERS ARRESTED. oQclnls of a Xew York Rank Ac cused of Crookedness. NEW YORK, Oct. 23. Joseh F. Blant president, Lewis Thomsen, cashier, and Ronald S. McDonald, one of the directors of the Madison-square bank, were arrested tonight. This is the result of the recent investigations into the bank's affairs. ' , ' - The Strongest Defense Against ill health, debility and nervousness is $.0 promote digestion, activity . of the liver and regularity of the bowels with the incomparable alterative and tonic, Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, a medicine without a drawback, safe and thorough, and having the highest professlonsJ sanction. It promotes an adequate secretion of ths gastric Juices that act as solvents of the food, and insures its conversion into rich, - nourishing blood, which never fail to honor the drafts for strength made upon it by the rest of the system. As a laxative of the bowels it is natural nd gntle in operation, but at the same time effective. Hy. directing the bile into its proper channel it removes the many and naraselnpr symptoms of liver complaint. Heartburn, nausea, sick headaches, ner- i vousness, rheumatism, malaria and kidney ; trouble are remedied by it i

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The Real Murderers of the Wrattan family All Safely Landed in Jeffersonville Prison. AN AWFUL CRIME RETOLD. Full Confession by One'of tho Criminals. Seven Men Implicated in the Horrible Affair. The Wife of One of the Gans Tells How He Came Home from the Dutchery All Covered with. IUood The Crime Resulted from the Intention to Rob Only Xaiuei of the Seven Mon Arrested and Imprisoned De tt.ils of the Tragedies. WASHINGTON, Ind., Oct. 22. Special. At last the guilty murderers of the Wrattan family are in the toils of the law. Five of the suspects arrested and taken to Jeffersonville two weeks ago were rightly suspected, but it was not through them that the heinous criminals were exposed. Last Saturday the grand jury ordered the arrest of James Stone, the man who came to the Wrattan house early Tuesday morning and first discovered the terrible tragedy. Ills arrest was caused through his own wife, who appeared before the grand jury and testified that Stone arose in the night and complained of a violent toothache, and that he was going to a dentist to have it extracted; that he did not return until a late hour, and then being covered with blood he asked for a change of clothes; that Stone maintained that the blood on his clothes was caused by the bleeding of his tooth. On inquiry it was found that no doctor or dentist had extracted a tooth from Stone. This was deemed strong evidence, especially when coming from the man's wife. As soon as Stone was brought to town the grand jury went to work to obtain a confession from him. At first he strenously denied everything, but being assured that clemency would be guaranteed to him if he made a confession, he at midnight yielded to their overtures. He told his story about as follows: Knowing that Mrs. Wrattan kept a great deal of money about the house Grandiston Ccsby. a notorious character in the "county planned a robbery. A gang of seven persons that formed a sort of society for robberies and general hellishness, was notified of ' his plan. Their names are Grandiston Cosby, Lon Williams, Martin Yarber of this city, William Kays of Pike county, John W. White, Gipp Clark and James Stone. The plan wis that larber and Clark should get into the house and commit the robbery while the others were to stand guard. At the time when the robbery was to be committed Cosby and Stone had not yet arrived. Cosby was in the city Monday evening and was so drunk that he g:ot past going and did not reach the house at all, but Stone arrived after the murders had been committed) and because he was late the other conspirators wallowed him in the blood of the victims and in that condition permitted him to go home, and that was the nail that fastened down the lid of their coffins. They could not find a cent of the money. As Stone did not arrive until the six murders were committed he does not know why it was done. All the criminals were arrested and taken to Jeffersonville last night. Williams and Kays are already in Jeffersonville prison. Brown, another suspect who was taken to Jeffersonville, has no connection with the tragedy, and he will be released. The excitement today is more intense than ever. Woe to the murderers if a Daviess county crowd can lay hands on them. WASHINGTON. Oct. 23. Special. Martin Yarbrough has in part confessed to the Wrattan murders. He, in the main, substantiates the story , of James Stone told yesterday. Excitement runs higher than ever. The people of the entire county have been in Washington. It is now believed that Stone has lied about his having nothing to do with the murder, ps his trousers have been found between the plastering and weatherboarding of his house, and they were splashed with blood. It was not daubed on by others, as he tried to make believe was the case in his confession published In today's Sentinel. HISTORY OF THE CRIME. An Account of the Slurder of the Six Wrattan. The following special from Washington appeared In The Sentinel Wednesday morning, Sept. 20: The most horrible crime ever committed in southern Indiana must be entered against Daviess county. Dillard Denson Wrattan, his wife, mother and three children were murdered last night In the most cruel and barbarous way. The Wrattans resided about nine miles from this city, in Harrison township. They were well-to-do farmers. The husband was down with typhoid fever, but must have been asleep when the horrible deed was committed, . for he lay on his back, his hands folded peace fully across his breast, with three ugly j Mr. Wrattan's mother, aged sixty-one, was evidently the first killed. She was lying upon the floor with both arms broken, and a terrible struggle must have ensued Ills wife was also found upon the floor, and five feet from her lay her little daughter, Stella, aged six years. The baby, three years old, was found murdered in the kitchen. Ethel, a girl eleven years old, showed signs of life, but she has her' skull broken In two places. She has not yet attained consciousness. Upon her ro

I oovery will depend all the evidence that i may be gleaned about . the atrocious

crime. The motive for the murder was. probably money, as it was known that Mr. Wrattan's mother had a great deal of it concealed about the house. It was the window of her room that was broken open and entered, while the struggle which ensued awakened the other members of the family. Old Mrs. Wrattan had received a pension ever since she was a widow just after the war, and all this money was supposed to have been secreted about the house. The drawers of the bureau were ransacked and every place where money was - likely to be found had been disturbed. Thirty-nine dollars, however, waa found which the robbers overlooked. - The instrument of d?ath was either a cornknife or a hatchet or both. The question is. who did It? The impression prevails that some one well known by the family committed the horrible crime, and that when he was discovered by the older people he murdered even the three-year-old babe to destroy the evidence against him. The tracks of three men were found, made while leaving the house through a cornfield. Little Ethel never recovered from the effects of her injuries. She laid unconscious for several days and then died, making the total murders six. PERFECT DAY AT THE FAIR. Committee on Ceremonies Talk of Closing Day. CHICAGO, Oct 23. A perfect day at the fair drew out many visitors. Large numbers of New Yorkers who remained in the city after Manhattan day were at the exposition. The state building was thronged with visitors all day. Tonight the chiefs of departments gave a reception in honor .of foreign, national and state commissioners, directors and board of lady managers. The reception was h Id in the Massachusetts state building tJid the guests were received by Chiefs Allison, Barrett, Skiff, Robinson, Buchanan, Ives, Smith, Samuels,' Fearn, Collb ., Putnam and Handy. The Old Colonial building was decorated elaborately for the occasion. The committee on ceremonies held a meeting today to discuss the exercises incident to the ir U closing of the fair next Monday. Ii was decided to hold the exercises In Festival hall. F. D. Millet and Col. Culp were instructed to prepare a program and submit at a meeting to be held tomorrow. It is understood that President Cleveland will not be present. The national committee on ceremonies also held a meeting to consider plans for the closing exercises, but none of them had any ideas to submit. A. J. Smith, a concessionaire, who had the cliff dwellers exhibit at the fair, sent in a protest to the commission because his exhibit had not been examined for an award. Commissioner Tousley said the exhibits should be examined and get a resolution through to that effect, but John Boyd Thacher, the chairman of the committee on awards, came in late and got a reconsideration and the matter went over until tomorrow. Some of the judges of awards had previously explained that violence was being done to an established principle of the exposition that no exhibits which were concessions should be given awards. It opened a door to all the unique and odd features of the Midway Plaisance, it was explained, and a dozen commissioners called out in unison. "Well, open the door and give everybody an award who deserves it." John Boyd Thacher, representing the committee of awards, wanted the committee to grant awards of merit to individual exhibitors, corporations and municipalities. The fight over this proposition continued the best part of the afternoon. Commissioner Walsh of Georgia thought It came in conflict with the rroposition conceived and developed by the board of lady managers conferring diplomas on artisans. The question was referred to a special committee. During an explanation Mr. Thacher declared he would fight the proposition of the lady managers now pending in congress "to the last ditch." Total admissions today were 260,900, Of which 230,114 paid. World's Fir Ornnce Flowers. CHICAGO, Oct 23. Special. ThVe is to be a wedding in the Indiana state building at noon Wednesday. The contracting parties are Frank Philips and Gertrude Wilson of Lafayjtte. JOHN L. AGAIN TALKING. Thinks the Bis Fight Will Come Off at Robjr in Spite of Events. KANSAS CITY, Oct. 22. Ex-Champion John L. Sullivan, who is playing at one of the theaters in this city, in an Interview this evening said that he had not been asked to referee the coming CorbettMitchell contest and declared that if he was offered the chance he would not accept it. Asked for his opinion of the outcome of the fight, he said he did not care to make a guess it would take a wise man to pick the winner. He had met both of them and knew their worth. Though it had been said that Mitchell had grown too old to fight as he used to, he declared the Britisher wa-3 in excellent shape and would put up a good fight. He reiterated his statements made a few days since that the fight would probably come off at Roby and declared ihat Governor Matthews was only making a bluff. Mitchell Is Downcast. NEW YORK, Oct. 22. Charles Mitchell, the English pugilist, arrived in this city today from Pittsburg. When a reporter saw Mitchell he said: "I have come back to see what the Coney Island people are going to do about our contest I shall visit the Linden race track tomorrow, where I hope to meet Mr. Newton and hive some kind of an understanding with him. I intended starting in training on Tuesday next,' but as the matter stands now I shall do nothing until I see Newton." "Have you been notified by the Coney Island club that the contest has been declared oft?" "No, sir; I have not All that I Tcnow about the matter is what I have read in the newspapers." As soon as Mitchell heard that the fight was liable to be stopped at the island he telegraphed to a friend of his in New Orlenas, asking him if there was any chance of it being pulled off in the Crescent city. In a few days a reply came back to the effect that there was not any chance of the fight being brought off there. The Englishman seemed to be very downhearted over the turn affairs have taken.

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Experience of Indiana W. C. T. U. Delegates, Who Take in the "Levee" District of Chicago. VISIT NOTORIOUS DIVES And Get a Glimpse of the Darker Side of Life. The Women Under the Escort of Detectives And n Representative of the ülnma They ' See SIKht AVhieh Cause Them to Lose Sleep Miss Hay Talks of the Scenes Thej- Witnessed and of the Crnsude Asuinst Vice and Intemperance. CHICAGO, Oct 22. Seven members cf the Woman's Christian temperance congress, which closfed its sessions Saturday night, will carry away from Chicago a knowledge of its darker side, which will no doubt become the foundation of many addresses in advocacy of social purity and temperance. The experience which the crusaders gained was found in a series of "slumming" tours, under police protection, through the "levee" district of Chicago. The party comprised the following well-known members of the Indiana Woman's Christian temperance union: Miss Mollie Hay of Indianapolis, Mrs. E. L. Calkins of South Bend, vice-pi-esident of the state union; Mrs. Ella Mr-re -of Lakeville, Mrs. Emily Tompkins of Elkhart, Mrs. Addie Fields of Indianapolis, Miss Leonora Ayers of Indianapolis, Mrs. L. Mendenhall of Richmond, Mrs. Gertrude Fulton of Richmond. They were escorted by two detectives from the Central station and Charles L. Stevens of the "levee and R. S. Fulton of Richmond, Ind. The party met at Jlarrison-st station at 1 o'clock this morning and at once started out to visit the most notorious dives. At the first place they were denied admission because too many people were there alrady, but received an , invitation to come again, and they would be shown through the place. At one place all the men save one fled from the house. This man was drunk and insisted upon having a dance with one of the missionaries. He waa finally iuelched by one of the officers. The trip occupied three hours and at Its close Miss Hay, who has done missionary work In the slums before, said: "I have been through every part of New York and have st-en life in its worst forms. This does not compare with what there is there. It is bad enough, however. It was an experience which the ladles who were with me will never forget and from which some of them will not recover for some time. Not that they were made ill, but the shock they received on beholding such scenes or vice was very distressing 4o many of our party. I have seen but one of the ladies today and on inquiry as to ho the rest were I received the answer that few of them had slept at all last nint. The information gained will enable the ladies to conlu t the warfare against the evils, against vice and intemperance. The tour of the W. C. T. U. women through the dark districts of Chicago was made known to Lady Henry Somerset, vlce-president-at-large of the Woman's Christian temperance union. "I know nothing- of the expedition up to this time," said she, "although I am not surprised in the least. While I cannot be certain In the matter, I take it that the women undertook the excursion acting on their own personal desire, and not any recommendation of the union." "Would you not know if the conventfon had taken any action on the subject?" "I certainly should, and yet I cannot state my opinion authoritatively, as I have not followed the meetings closely. I have often recommended that such work be taken up and have made a thorough investigation of this social purity problem myself. Such an investigation as this should be recognized by the union, but I am sure that it was not authorized by that body." WILL GET HIS FORTU.XE. Search of nn Englishman Is at Last Rewarded. SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 22. An aged brother of Patrick Berry came hither from Black Pool, England, a few weeks ago in search of a fortune of several million dollars, which he had been Informed his brother possessed when he died. The old gentleman and his attorneys had about abandoned the search in California and the disappointed searchers were about to rt-turn to England when he received a letter from a Denver attorney that his wealthy brother died there a year agf He will go to Denver. GRIEF CAl'SES SUCIDE. Andrew Kimball Drowns Himself Where Ills Dnnghter Did. CIHCAGO, Oct. 23. Andrew Kimball, rear estate dealer, drowned himself this morning in Lake Michigan at Nlnetiethst, the place where his eighteen-year-old daughter suicided Saturday in a similar manner. The daughter was despondent over prolonged illness. The father was overwhelmed with grief over the loss of his daughter. Mrs. Kimball Is prostrated as a result of the double bereavement. FOR IXDIGESTIOX Inf Hornfnrd's Arid Phosphate. If your dinner distresses you, try It It aids digestion.