Pike County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 39, Petersburg, Pike County, 14 February 1889 — Page 1

PIKECOUHTY DEMOCRAT PUBUSHED EVERY THUESDaV I Or SCBSCKITTlORi ■.-.«... M INVARIABLY IN ADVANCSJ. L. MOUNT, Proprietor. BET ‘Our Motto is Honest Devotion to Principles of Right. VOLUME XIX. PETERSBURG, INDIANA, TH OFFICE, orer 0. E. MONTGOMEfiY’S 8toro, Main Street AY, FEBRUARY 14, 1889. NUMBER 39. JOB WORK OF AM. (KIKES Weatly Zbceduted —At— SEASONABLE BATES. NOTICE! Per^ns reeeiriiw aoopy of this paper vttk Ibis notice crossed in Seed pencil are nottfled that the Ume of their subscription baser pired.

l'lmt'KSjUOXAL CARDS. E A-EI^yT" .Attorney at Law9 PETERSBURG, INO Ofllee: Over J. R. Adam* A Son-* Drs* Store. 'He la Also a member of the United Stall* Collection Ataociatton, and five* prompt attention to every matter in which he la employed. K. P. RicitAMuao.a. A. IL Tayi.mil RICHARDSON & TAYLOR, Attorneys at Law, PETERSBURG, Ufa tTrompt attention given to all bualnea*. A %'otar>'vtililte constantly in Mieoffice. Oftleo In Cnn^cnter Building, tth and Main. J W WILSON. Attorney at Law, PETERSBURG, 1XD. ’ |*TrtlTtre: Over J. B. Yoon* A Co.'# Store. L 11. LaMAKK. Physician and Surgeon

PETERSBURG, IND., Will practice In Pike and adjolntnj? fo«B ties Ofllce,: Mont*oroery‘s bulging. Offlct hmir* clay and night. TeF* Disease* fif woiriei and children u specialty. Chronic and difficult - CAW! toltdUKl. HENRY FIELDS^ Insurance & Beal Estate AGENT, l ETERSBUR^, , } : INDIANA. I^adi i^ti.iinpantA represented Prompt at trni «»n *«4 Vumiii-iv Not Art MitlBtu attended | tov ll«vdnahle rate*. Iffl c; Itank Building. fl>WI# SMITH. ATTORNEY AT LAW, —A K D— Real Estate Agent J'FTKHHIU' RG. • \ INDIANA office, over Gu* Frank's More. special »t* tent ion given to police! ion**, Huy I n i and '■'ell Hue « Ami*, biaaiiami; Title* and Burnishing Abstracts. j * H. K. KI.MK. M l>." Physician and Surgeon PETERSBURG. IND. Office in Dar^. Butting, residence or j Serenth HirerU yt.rc square * south of Mam. j • Calls promptly ntended to. day or nignt. J. ft. DUNC AN, Physician and Surgeon j PRTER8BDRO, - IND. on flr*t fliwir r*ri»«n»*r IliilMln. El. J. HARRIS',

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THE WORLD AT LARGE Summary of the Dally News congbiwOMau Ik the Senate On the 4th the credential) Of Senator Manderton. of Nebraska. were pre Mated. Senator Evarl* presented the repor of the committee and evidence in the Team election InvestlKallon. The bill dr taring IruaU unlawful was taken up and after some debntt It was laid aside and the t’nion Pacific Funding bill called up and discussed null! adjournment ... When the House met Mr. t’aywoa (III.) edm menced filibustering against ihe tTnlon PaclBt funding bill. Several conference reports Wert offered as questions of privilege. The evening session wts taken up In the Consideration 01 bills reported from tbe Committee on ludinc Affairs. I.n the Senate on the 9th th* Oklahoma bill was few ed from the House. Senate! I*I»H moved Its reference to the Cwmir.lttee o« Territories and Senator rHt.es wished U re ferred to the Committee on*Indian Affairs, and a lengthy debate followed ll was finally re ferrvrl to JheComraitieeon Territories Senator tlaWler presented an amendment to the Sundry Civil bill fog the payment of IM.'U) to tbe widow of licnerai Sheridan ."In grateful recognition ol bis services to his country.” The House joint resolution for the payment ef |.Mi,uOi to rife bcirsof James It Ends passed. Consideration of the Legislative' Appropriation bill Was then resumed but no final action reached In the House the conference report on Ihe Nicaragua Canal bill wal discussed during Ihe day mid an evening Session was held for considering Dls tnot of Columbia business AtTKII routine business the Senate od the Sih took up Senator Chandler's resolution Instructing the Coiumtltee on Appropriations to investigate the matter., of naval olMcers’ claims, and after some discussion it went over and the Senate indulged In a long and uninter estlng debate on the pending amendment to the Legislative. Executive and Judicial Ap proprtatran bill increasing the clerical force of the Civil Service Commission . In the House Mr l*oscy took the oath of office as Representative of the hirst lnii ana district to succeed A. P. Jlovey, resigned. A message from the President In regard to the agreement with Ihe Creek Indians as to ceding their lands was received, and the conference report on thr Nicaragua Canal bill caused an animated and Interesting debate. It was finally agreed to. At the evening session a number of private bills were passed.

TH* Senate on the 7th agreed to the conference report on the Nicaragua Canal bill. The bill now cor* u> the President. Senator Hlnlr. from the Committee on Woman Suffrage, reported favorably the resolution proposing a -onstltnt oo»l amendment prohibition any abnditement of the tight ot suffrage on acconnl of sex. Senator Cockrell reported a substitute for the llouee bill removing the charge of descrrffefrcm soldiers who served out their term of enlistment, and It passed. The Legislative Appropriation bill was then discussed antll adjournment .. The Mouse considered at some length and passed with amendments the Senate bill providing that the public lands now subject to entry and chiefly valuable for agri culture shall be disposed of according to the provisions of the Homestead law only The Army Appropriation bill was then considered until adjournment. Th* Naval Appropriation anil F.irtiflration Appropriation bills were reported In the Senate on the Sth and placed on the calendar, and after the;dls)s'sal of various resolutions ? the House lull to ipiiet the litle of settlers on the m-s Moines river lands in Iowa was taken up and passed The lYnsten Appreciation Mil was also passed After further considering the Union Pacific hunting bill the Senaie passed flflv two private pension tuJjw and adjourned ...The House soon after assembling took up,the Army Appropriation bill in Com tamer of the Whole, and when the committee rose ihe bill passed. Tbr Agricultural Appropriation bill also passed Ai lbs evening session thirty-three private pension bills were mv'sed. W.UKIhUTON NOTES. Ths Navy Department is informed that llie war stenni»r Mohican i* ready for sea. Nivator Hi/ermax bas reported favorably the followiug amendment lo the Nundry Civil Appropriation bill from the Committee on Foreign Delations: “To enable the President to protect the interests of the United Slates an 1 do provide for the security of |>ersons and properly of cilisens of the United States at the isthmus ot Panama in juch a manner as he may deem expedient—ilO'.OUJ.” Th* House Committee on Territories has derided to report agaiust the admission ot Ulah at present, but to favor letting in Idaho, Wyoming and Arizona together. A report on the Utah case was ordered. Beciuctary Bayard has notified the German Minister that this Government accept* the proposition for a resumption at Berlin of the conference l>egun ia Washington in 1SS7 in regard to Samoa. It is stated that Mr. Blaine hat leased for a term of ten year* the residence on the east side of Lafayette square, Washington, known as the Seward house. Th* resignation of Harold M. Sc wall. Consul-General of Samoa, has been requested bv the State D parlment. SeiVall bitterly criticised the policy of the Admin.atratioa in the Samoa matter. Th* recall of Mr. Bewail, the American Consul in Samoa, bas produced an exce - lent impreision in Berlin. The Post and other papers urge the necessity of the recall of the Euglish Consul als'o, w ho it is allege I, contributed largeljMo the causing of the troubles. Th* much talked of “ protocols” on tbe Samoan quest ion were sent to Congress on the Sth, the Governments of Great Britain and Germany having consented to I hair publication. THE EAST. Th* French steamer Normandie it do tamed at quarantine. New York, because of small-pox. Th* strike on the surface railroads at New York was formally declared off as a failure on the night of the ith. •Iahes McGowa.y, it striker, was shot through the brain in New York on the Sth. A mob was engaged in bombarding a street car with rocks at the time, when the policeman in charge fired into the crowd with the above result Th* engineer was kilted and the fireman and a brakeman and freight conductor badly hurt by tbe overturning of a wild engine near Prospect station in Sooner--citle, Mass., the other night. R*v. Henry V, Sattkrlkb. of Calvary Church, New York City, has beeu elected Protestant Episcopal Bishop of Michigan, but it is doubtiul whether he will accept , Ax explosion of gas in the Perry shaft at Pittston, Pa , recently killed two miners and seriously wounded another. TxcswtMT and Mrs. Cleveland paid a visit to Nsw York on the 6th, returning by the midnight train. It is denied from Gloversville, N. Y., that 1 here was any truth in the report of the drowning ot seventeen men and their iearns ia Pine lake near there, a tew days k*o. Th* New York Malt and Express, in a double-leaded editorial, congratulates Harrison and Blaine that the latter is soon to become Secretary of Bute. J. P. Ct’RRT & Co-’s brewery at Niagara Falla N, Y., has been destroyed by Bra. Loss. WO . 000. Th* works of the Pacific Guano Company at Wood's Boll. Mass., have been attached by the Lvnu Institution for Savings. The liabilities are about $1,000,000. The company's headquarters were at Boston and they have mines at Beaufort, & C., and works at Charleston, & C. A. S Goodkix is reported to hare sobetxled $70,(03 belonging to tbe Manhattan Elevated railway, Nsw York. • A DTXAMtT* explosion blew a hole through Stevenson's trewery at New York Recently. There was no clew to the perpetrator*. Several persons were hurt, lour women being brought to premature conBt tbe creaking oil a gas pipe la the eeltarot a four story in New York City recently, five parsons were made ami two 'were in a critical

THE WKt 6 William Frost, aged forty-five. was reported dying of hydrophobia at Palatin, III., ttotwiihslandiug th« aiiccrmtul application of th<> supposed mad-*toaa remedy. BILLS Siam, the famous amaxon and reputed companion of the James and Tounger gangs, is reported to hare been shot dead recently in the Indian Territory. Ho particulars were given. A tmt» storm at Uiuahii, Neb., on the afternoon cf the 4th blew down the walls Of the recently burned Meyer bnitdiug on the adjoining piemise-, the result being tbe killing of five persons and serious injury of several others. The damage amounted to about f&.tw Alt iudxtment has been returned at Indianapolis, lnd.i against Joseph A. Moore, defaulting agent of the Connecticut Mutual Inst)rands Company, for embexxlernent and an investigation is being made looking to an indictment for forgery. A laugr number ohMnerohaut miller* met in Indianapolis, lud., recently to perfect an organisation for mutual self-pro-tection. The Iowa Supreme Court has released Ilr. A. C. Hoagland, a pharmacist of Washington County, arre.tod and lined *1.00# for selling liquor, though he had a permit and those to whom he sold said t hey were nick. A memorial signed by all the State officers of Colorado indorsing Hon. John M. <T}>Urston, of Omaha. Neb . lor Secretary or the Interior has been presented to Gen(%rai Harrison, A broke* rail near Quincy. Ind., caused the destruction of five freight cars and a caboose and tbe death of a brakeman and probable fat ni injury of two other persons. Tm National Association of Stove Maker* liegan a Ion* secret conference in Chicago on the flth. It Is stated that a stove trust is not contemplated. Tbi Chicago Ai beiter Bund has taken steps to rid the meetings of police spies j ami detectives and are growing more bold | iu their utterance. "‘‘“A kirk recently broke out in the inter- | mediate school luiltling. Ninth and Main ; streets. Cincinnati. The children escaped without casualty, obeying the orders of the teachers with admirable precision under the fir# drill system.

All the railroad* interested in Iowa traffic have given notice to the Iona Commissioners that they will adopt the new schedules of rates under protest The low rates do not apply to grain, coal, live stock or salt. Bv a collision between freight trains at lxonio, tv is., the other night 22 cars loaded with grain and merchandise and both engines were wrecked and two brakeuien slightlv hurt -m. • lKarxcrott Boxnxto, Captain Schaack and Detective Loweuste'n. of the Chicago police, have been «as pended by Mayor Roche, lending the trial at their suits against the Chicago Times for libel. Qt'trcai sensa: ion was created in St Leu Is by ihe announcement that Henry Dicckmann, a prominent member of the Merchants’ Exchange. had skipped to Canada, leaving ki shortage of WO.tXJO. Tnk llock Island and others of the Iowa lines have decided to reduce all sates in that State to the same level instead of availing themselves of the omissions In the Commissioners’ schedule. They take the position that if they maintain the present rates of grain, coal, live stock and salt uo goo-1 will come if the Commissioners have authority to reduce these rates and will doubtless immediately rectify their mistake in omitting the articles. Thk Iowa Supreme Court by dismissing the writ in the case of Grusendort vs. Judge Howatt dealt the liquor dealers of the State1* severe blow. The case was an original package liquor suit, and the Supreme Court decided that liquor in socalled original packages could only be sold in the State in accordance with the Prohibitory law by person* holding permits. Thk Northern Ohio blanket mill at Cleveland, O., was de*troyed by tire the other morning, causing a loss of f 101,000. Light earthquake shock* were felt at Callon, let Angeles and San Bernardino, Cal., on the night of the Gth. Sixteen stores in Wa'kerton. Ind-, were destroyed by lire recently. Hon Lio C. Bvrnett has been indorsed in strong terms by the Choctaw, Creek and Seminole Indian Councils for Indian agent of the five civiliiHl tribes in the Indian Territory. Fova hundred people engaged in a fox drive near Perry ville, Ind., the other day, but secured only one fox. In this American mine at Leadville, Col., recently Superintendent Gleason was killed by a falling rock, and next day two workmen were kiiled by a heavy pi.*cc of ttmUbr. TypHu-rxifHOMA ofthe most malignant type is ragiug in Giunite. Mont., and the doctors ore unable to control the disease. Barney Brave, a squaw man. has been arrested oif the Crow reservation in Mon- : tana on orders of Indian Agent Briscoe, who proposes to make a test rase of the right of whites to live on the reservation. A PRIVATE school for deaf and dumb children in Chicago was burned the other eveniug, but the scholars all escaped. TUK SOUTH. The Kentucky tobacco convention at Lexington has passed resolutions warning farmers agalust the manufacturers’ combination and asking Congres* to remove the tobacco tax. Major Pouter, who was to have taken comnuiud of Legitime’s forces in Hayti, bad a disagreement ai h his rtupioylh* and stopped over at Baltimore, Md. fJi'iTE a number of person# have been arrested for outrages on colored persons in New Iberia, La., as a result of the recent investigation. A COMBINATION of Boston and Kansas City capitalists have purchased 32,000 acres of land in the vicinity of Fort Payne, Ala., and have organised the Fcrt Payne Coal and Iron Company. The new hotel at Sutherland, Fla., was burned out recently. Among the escaping inmates was a party of Umaha excursionists. James E- Waller private secretary of Governor Lee, of Virginia, committed suicide recently in his office at the State Capitol, Richmond. The cause for the act was not stated. E. A. Watson has been brought in to Fort Smith, Ark., as the assassin of Belle Starr. Vigilantes numbering from 600 to 1.000 are reported to be preparing to rid Lafayette Parish, La., of nil idle and disreputable negroes. The officials are all opposed to the order and will suppress it if possible.

GENERAL. Tm: nrMitjr of the winder it increasing the distress caused by the famine in Shan Tung and Lanchritia, China. It is estimated that 390,000 persons are starring in Chen Kmng. Bt the terms of the will of Mr. Edward SartorK father of Algernon Sartor is. the husband of Kellie Grant, his entire fortune, valued at £45,000, is bequeathed to bis son during his life, and at his death to bis trite absolutely. Tnt pig iron trust has been perfected under the name of the American Pig Iron Storage Warrant Company. Certificates will be issued on iron in store, and will be negotiable, like Standard Oil certificates. It is setni-officially announced in Paris that France will follow Great Britain’s lead in recognising legitime as President of Hayti. Alness from Shanghai state that a riot has occurred at Ching Kiaug Poo, and that the British Cbnsul'te and seren houses belonging to foreigners hare been wrecked by the rioters. AM. the railroad trains in Central Canada were either delayed or abandoned on the 6th I ♦cause of a Wiward ragtag them.

TnK Britiib bark Large Bay, bound far Auckland, <w towed to Spithead on the •sh in a t'.nkiug condition. 6ba reported that she bad been in collision with an unknown four-masted steamer off Baacby Head, and that the steamer was sank With all ou binrd. / The French Chamber of Deputies has ronfirmed the right to the seat fronfethe department of Var of Cluscret who, it Is charged, was an American citisen. Tan report that Uenerat Bou'anger had applied to the Pope for a divorce is denied. It is stated that he will continue his suit in the Paris courts. AT Little Trent, Ont„ the other day Tresten Golosh was murdered by five Indians and then literally torn to piece* Two of the murderers were lodged in jail. Tbk death is announced atRome of Cardinal Ledochowski. formerly Primate of Poland and Archbishop of Posen, who was imprisoned by Prince Bismarck bat who was retea ed on his promise to reeide abroad. The police of Vilna have forced Polish tradespeople to sign a declaration that they will not speak Polish among themselves or customers on pain of the closure of their shops. Two editions of the Aligemeine Zeitnng have b *n confiscated in Vienna because they contained allusions to Rudolph’s letter to Herr Von Zoegenyi. Uknkkai. Salamanca has been appointed Captain-Genera! of Cubs h» place of General Marin, ivho has resigned. Tin Budget Committee of the German D et has adopted the bill Increasing the Emperor’s allowance 3,50*,000 francs. Father Cuyixrv, of Dunmaaway, Ireland, denies“positively lauding the killing of Inspector Martin at Gweedore. Le 1'arok, alias Beach, on the 7th before Justice Hannen’s commission, offered sens sational testimony connecting many of the leading National Irish Leaguars in the United States with the faction engaged in dynamics outrages. It was the steamer Glencoe that was sunk.off Beachy Head, England, after collision with the Largo Bay. Fifty-two lives were lost.

kv1hn, me n meonsin muraerer, arrestea at yueenstown, Ireland, tome wee let ago, bas been brought back to the United States. A fierce snow storm which completely paralyzed telegraph and railroad «er\ice, fell throughout Scotland on the t*th. The attempt ot the Banque Parislenne to found a new Panama Canal Company has failed despite the extension of the date for the issue ot a new loan. Bcbisess failures (Dun’s report) for the seyen davs en led February 7 numb*red for the United States, 273; Canada, 30; total, 3^3, compared with 332 the previous week and 2SB the corresponding week of last year. There was an outbreak ot idle workmen at Home on the 9tb. Many rioters were arrested. Fears of further trouble were expressed. The agent ot the Herman East African Company has ransomed the Catholic missionaries recently captured by Bushiri insurgents. It is reported from St. Petersburg that Count Tolstoi bas tendered his resignation as Minister ot the Interior and it has been accepted by I he Czar. BT the wrecking ot a bark at Texal r|| cently ten persons were drowned, include ing the captain and his family. Mr. Kilbride, member of Parliament for South Kerry, Ireland, hat been sentenced to three months’ imprisonment without bard labor for breach of the Crimes act. The Theater Koval at Aldershot, England, was burned to the ground the other night. A performance was in progress when the fire broke out and the audience became panM-stricken and made a rush' for the door. Many persons were hurt, but no one fatally. Prof- Virchow has accepted the presidency of the famous Berlin Medical Society for the study of internal complaints. The recent number ot the London Contemporary Review containing the unsigned article entitled “The Bismarck Dynasty” is now allowed to be circulated In Germany. The Dublin Express is authority for the statement that the health of Mr. Parnell is very precarious. The armory of thefDownpatrick jail in Ireland was enteredby unknown parties the other night, and though soldiers and police were an guard, a number of carbines were carried off. Dozens of trains are reported snowed np iu ail parts of Canada as the result of the recent blizzard. Travelers have suffered considerably. The lailway employes of Wisconsin are arranging to form a polit ical organization to vote for men iu sympathy with railway corporations. f. THE LATEST. Is the Senate, on the 9th, the bill for the establishment of a United States court in the Indian Territory and the Fortification Appropriation bill were passed. A conference on the Direct-Teat bill was ordered, and conferees on the part of the Senate were appointed. The Senate committee on the inauguration ceremonies was appointed, as were also tellers, on the part of the Senate, in the counting of the presidential votes. Consideration of the Union Pacific Refunding bill was resumed, and the Senate, at 3:20 p. tn.. adjourned.....—.In the House, a number of Senate bills of local interest were passed, and the Post-Office Appropriation bill was taken up. but pending discussion, disagreement between the conferees on the Territorial bill was reported. Consideration of the Post-Office Appropriation bill was then resumed, but without action the House adjourned. The Senate passed the Fortification Appropriation bill on the 9th. Two bots who enlisted in the navy at Sew York as apprentices, a short time ago, and who were transferred to the ship New Hampshire, were arrested at Newport, R. I., on the 19th, for “breaking and entering” in Lowell, Mass., and were returned to that cityThe United States man-of-war Mohican left the Mure Island Navv Yard, at San ; Francisco, for Panama, on the 10th. ■The barrel-storage warhouse of the Standard Oil Company’s works at Bayj onne, S. J., was burned, on the night of i the 10th. together with the cooper and glue shops, and a quantity »f oil. Damage estimated at *1,130.000. The $STke of the engineers on the Minneapolis (Minn.) Motor Line was compromised and declared-off, on the 9th, the company reinstating discharged engineers and “hostilers,” but refusing the increase ot ten cants a day. The company j was forced to make these concessions by a threatened strike of all the street-cab mployes in the city. The All-American team defeated the hicagos in a game of base-ball played i Cairo. Egypt, on the 9th. Fatheb McFadden’s removal from weedore to Londonderry, on the 9th, as accomplished by the aid of a large »Iice escort. Two hundred yards in adtnce of the party engineers and akirahers watched the route to prevent the tiling of boulders from the hills on the icort. Father McFadden trill be charged ith complicity in the murder of Inspectr Martin. . ' j. Tint steamer HavUen Republic, whose ■izurc occasioned the trouble with Hayti. ■rived at Boston on the Ml Thomas H. Nichol, of Mew York City ho was conspicuous several years ago, • an advocate of a coin currency, and as letiater on political and financial eub- - in a hospital, on the 10th, of 1

S INTELLIGENCE. Th* legislature. «X—SBK ATE. — inaintaaaaee of wigfeti In certain title* vow discussed at length, but postponed, there being no quorum present. Oorcttnor Bovey't. nomination of Robert Chisholm to be State Mine Inspector, was referred Ittee. .—A bill providing for the legil ndopchildren when taken from orihan asyother public charitable institutions was Also a bill making it a misdemeanor for saloon-keepers to permit boys under fifteen years (of age to enter their saloons. Ihmahakius, Jan. SI.—Senate.—A resolu* tioirprovidtng for the appointment of a commit lee to ascertain whether the requirement* that the twenty extra assistants to the doorkeeper should be ex-Union soldiers had been complied with gave rise to a heated political discussion. The resolution was indefinitely postponed three times in various forma Barrett's hiU providing for the maintenance of n'ght srhoots in cities having a population of OTcr fifteen thousand, was debated at length, but n}» quorum being present, it was made the special order for Friday afternoon The bill requites that the school trustees of such cities shali.jiduring the regular term, maintain night schocis between like hours of 7 and 9:» whenever twenty or more of the inhabitants of the city present a petition for such schools. Persons between the ages of fourteen and thirty who are actually engaged in business or at labor daring the day shall be permitted to attend. llorsr.—Sixty.three new bills acre introduced in the House to-day. In the House, Representative Beal,'s bill providing for the legal adoption of children when taken from orphan asylums or other pu »llr charitable institutions, was passed under a suspension ol the rules. The Fields bill, making it a misdemeanor for saloon-keepers to permit boys under fifteen years, of age to eater their saloons, also passed. The bill giving to natural gas companies (he right to condemn real estate was reached a third time. The hiU giving Jurors the right to Ax peaaKfA in rendering verdicts was considered at some leagth. Ik^iaxapoijs, Feb. I.—iSenate—In the Senate. It he ••night-school" bill was discussed at lengfh.

Hops*—The rayton-John contested electloa c»*c! was made a special order for Monday in the House. A bill requiring that the effects of i alcoholic stimutants on the human system should be taught in the public schools, was postponed indefinitely by a party rote. A resolution was adopted requestin; Congress to SOS'urea better treaty with Knglandfcr the extradition of cinbexilers, who escapoTHinishment by going to Canaria. A bill wai Introduced relaMng to the bonds of county clerks. lNy i an apt >t.i5i, Feb. S. •SENArm-Senator Harter offered a resolution recitin? that inasmuch as the public press had/char.-ed that cxCotypty Clerk John E. Sullivan had absconded With money belonging to the State Insane Hospital; a committee of live be appointed to Investigate the condition.of the fund of the institut on! The resolution was referred t» a committee wbhout discussion. A bill wj.sjlntroduced providing for establishing a State Department of Geology and Natural Resource.. under the chatgge of a director, to bo elected by the General Assembly, who shall have power to appoint a State Mine Inspector, Oil Inspector and a Natural Gas Inspector. General Grose introduced a civil service bill. Htorsa— In commemoration of ‘-ground hog day ‘ a member offered a resolution that a speriutcommittee of five be appointed to investigate and report ‘as to whether, when the grnind-hog emerges from his winter quarters and! sees his shadow, he does or does not returh again into seclusion, and there remain for a period of six weeks.". Several members of tbejiHouse desired that this much mooted qusstkai be forever settled, and after repeated attempts to transact business the House adjourned until Monday. lpbiANAFouts. Feb. I.—Senate—There was not! a quorum present this morning, consequently no atierap* was made to transact Important business. Reports from committees wcjrc received, and the House lulls were conside red on second reading. Among the Senate bills favorably reported upon was one providing tbit a man shall be entitled to a divorce from his wife in ease she has been incurably insane for ten years. The afternoon session of the Senate was devoted to a discuss on of the Barrel)* bill against trusts. The only member who ipjenly opposed the bill was Senator Burke, of Clirk County, lie fought ttonthegrou U that It would ruin the manufacturing interests of the Siate. Horsr.—The- House passed to engrossment a bill giving the Indlarnpolis school board authority to issue fcafiO,OGO worth of six-per-eejnt bonds. Bills on second r< adlng was tho order of the day in the House, and quite a number of measure*, nearly ail unimportant, rehched agreement. The only bill that met with any oppostton was one takingtheappointment of State Geologist out of the hands of the Governor and givirg the General Assembly the authority to HU the office. A resolution was passed instructing the Speak r to appoint a committee of five to Investigate tho books of tljie Insane Asylum, and ascertain whether or >t John E. Sullivan, the de suiter, had cmaxled any of the institution's funds. Sullivan the contract for furnishing the supplies of institution. Indiana rot.ts. Feb. 5.—Senate.—The Scale was in session just six hour* to-day. A ber of bills were advanced on the calendar, ic Senate passed the bill making Hamilton id Madison Counties a sop; rate judicial cirtt.and also a bill creating a Superior Court Elkhart County. Uocsk —The MU proytdtng for the election of re Supreme Court Commissioners by the GenAssembly passed by a party vote. The nority opposed the bill on the ground that it unconstitutional.The blU as passed provides the duties of the comm ssioners shall b» purely ministerial and that th e Supreme J udge Shull not be bound by any this g the commission Ijnay da The House s'so e : grossed the bill providing for a board of control tor Indianapthe member* to be elected by the General mbly; and the bill provi Ung for separata of trustee* for each of the State's evolent institutions. Beth of these bills ere oppose! by the minority, who argued that the benevolent institutions should be removed from politics. Afbill creating a State Board of Charities reached engrossment also by thn unanimous vote of the mernt era. Low* a fn linj ght in a At tha special Congre isionsl electim bald in the First District of Indiana, on tha *i9tb of January, Francis B. Posey, Republican, irti elected ore’ Parrett, Democrat, by one 1,200 majority. Farmers around Wabash bare been victimised by a bogu; nurmry agent Alt eighteen-year-old girt named Nora Shinkle attempted to commit suicide at Anderson. New Albany has cat u® tbe pay of its conncilmen in order *> re i uca expenses Francis Mcrpht’s sot a are bolding a series of temperance renceburg. Henbt Collins i tree near Mhelbyvi!ia\ Chakles Straw’s •baft, white be was oiling machinery, near New Albany, and he ires crushed to death. Avcl Eleins attempt d suicide et Columbus by swallowing nit rate of silver because his mother refuse 1 to allow him to marry Motile Bryant A stomach-pump was applied and tbe patient may recover. Th* woe-den ware factor y at Martinsville^ employing about one 1 mired men, resumed work tbe other morning after a seven-weeks’ shut-down A twEl.vx-tear-old t oy named Vaabnskirk, vrat drowned w! Ue skating nsar Wabash. Tan ladies of Fort fft me some months ago es*al lished a libra jr, placing one of their nnmter in charg Nine hundred books hare bent secure , and there are constant additions, with t he enter, rise so far proving an abnndaii success. Joseph T. White, of Uchmond, is tha owner of! an old-faslii aed brass wallsweep clock, manufact; «d in Kendall. Kng., in ITS!, an i which ms been owned by members of his fa lly continuousiy to the present time. It tat required lot little ■hiikering,” and i «t|lt « re’isMe

THE SAMOAN PROTOCOLS. The Injunction of Seoresy Having The Tmtoenhi of the Conference of 1887 Are N'o» Made Public, and the Troe I n v.urilne^s nr the l)utroversy Laid Bare. Washi.nqton, Feb. 9.—The President yesterday transmitted to Congress a quantify of correspondence regarding the Samoan dispute, and the protocols of the conference of 1887. In bis formal letter of transmittal to the President, Secretary Bayard says that the governments of Germany and Great Britain have consented to the publication of these joint protocols. The agreement to consider the discussions of the cr nference confidential, the Secretary says, has alone caused the papers now sent to have been, up to this time, withheld from publication. A telegram from Mr. Pendleton on February 1 informed the Department that the reported action of the German Consul at Apia, who against the protest of the British Consul had declared foreigners under martial law, was contrary to instructions, and he had been rebuked, and that the German Government would adhere strictly to the treaty status. Mr. Pendleton added that this statement from the German Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs anticipated the representations Mr. Pendleton was instructed to make, and he would therefore withhold them for the present. The following note was sent by Secretary Bayard to Count Arco on February 1: Mv Drab Count Arco—Referring to my note of yesterday, I have now the pleasure to inform you that a telegram just received from Mr. Pendleton, at Berlin, states that the declaration of martial law by the German Consul at Aptv had been anticipated, until at the foreign office he had been informed that the assumption of the German Consul at Apia was disavowed, and that such action if it had been taken was regretted and rebuked by the German Government.

rrince msiuarcx to touni .arco trrau hy the latter to the Secretary of State February 4: The present situation In Samoa recanting iho interests of the three treaty powers, rentiers it necessary to renew the attempt to Bring the future of these islands to an understanding. The position of the three treaty powers in the civilized world, makes it their duty to stop the bloody combat, accompanied by barbarous cus- | tom of those not numerous triltes for whose ! welfare, according to the judgment of the eivl1 lized world, it is the duty of the treaty powers to provide. Prince Bismarck, in consequence, considers it a duty of the participating governments to put an end, by the agreement of treaty powers, to the troubles which hare originated in Samoa by restitution of peace among the Samoans themselves, and so make an end of future bloodshed and the horrors of n civil war conducted with barbarous cruelty among the natives. The best remedy seems to be a resumption of the consultation which took place between the representatives of Germany. England and the United States In the year 1887, nt 'Washington, and nt that time adjourned without any possibility of their representatives coming to any agreement. In consequence, I have been requested by Prince Bismarck, to propose to you to resume with Germany and ti c British Government, the consultation regarding the Samoan question. The Inst conference took place at Washington Accorntng to the equal rights of the three treaty powers. It seems proper that the p'nce for the negotiations should change In regular turn. Based upon this opinion. I am directed to Invito the Government of the United States to » conference regarding Samoa, to take place at Berlin, and a similar invitation has been sent to the British Uovei nment. I am also directed to declare that any supposition that Germany would not he satisfied with her position in the Samoan Islands Is unfounded, us we have already declared in the last conference (of 1887) If neither put in question the dependence of the island group, nor the equal rights of the treaty powers. We simply desire to create a condition which offers permanent security for bringing loan end bloodshed and decapitation, and which grants permanent safety to the commercial interests of the three treaty Powers In Samoa. Mr. Bayard to C ount Arco: Dr-PABTUkST or STATE, 1 Washington, D. C.. Feb. 5. (_ Sir: The President having been made acquainted fulIt with the tenor of the Instructions received hy you from Pi-irice Bismarck and read by yon yesterday for my transcription, he requested me to say than he fully shares In the desire expressed by the Prince Cbanoelor to bring the blessing of peace and order to the r\%iote and feeble communi ly of semi-ciTtl-ized people inhabiting the Islands of Samoa; and that he clearly recognizes the duty of the powerful uatious of Christendom to deal with these people in a state of magnanimity. On behalf of the United States Government, the President Instructs me to express his accept aoee ot the proposal of the Government of Germany to resume the consultations held in this city between the representatives ef the United States. Germany and Great Britain, which was suspended on the S»ih day of July. 1887, such consultation to be rene wed, as It was undertaken, for the purpose ol! establishing pence and an orderly, stable government In the Samoan Islands on the basis ot their recognized independence, and the equal rights of the three treaty power*. The resumption of such conference ns is now proposed by Prince Bismarck, upon the general lines advanced by each of the three powers, as set forth tn the protocols of the conference as far as It has progressed, end embracing certain points of agreement, appears to present a hopeful prospect for securing the welfare of the Samoan people, nnd such n neutralisation of territorial jurisdiction as will prevent control by any nation, nnd secure equal rights of commerce nnd »uri gallon to alL The sooner this conference can be resumed, the better. And In view ot llie late deplorable scenes of bloodshed which have been erfiiblted upon Samoan soil, deeply regretted hy Germany, it appears to be essential that a truce should be forthwith mule, and farther armed action should be nrrtsUsiL A contention of arms by such n scanty band ns the Sarnons against the vast armaments of Germany ban bat one result, assured tn advance, and would be manifestly futile. There in no feature ot equality In such a struggle. As the assurance ot Prince Bismarck, that the pacification ot the Samoan group nnd the occupation of a neutral post tiion are his only objects is as frankly accepted by the United States as It is tendered by Germany. It Is suggested, in furtherance of The desired result of the conference, that Instructions to suspend belligerent action and await lbs action of such conference should nt once lw telegraphed to their respective officers In risuioa, by the three treaty powers. To continue to prosecute n war of destruction nnd reprisal even neon admitted provocation would imrely not consist with the object of any of the three powers. It is hoped, therefore, that orders of the nature Indicated. wiU be forwarded to Samoa without delay. The announcement at the confbrenee between the treaty powers. Hi I's confidently expected, will nt once cause a cessation ot hostilities among the natives, and their speedy ratifleatiou of n king would be a long step toward settling sBairs. It is Cleemed essential that the affairs In Samoa should remain in statu quo during the conference. If wo may indulge the hope which the adoption of sng. gestions promises for a successful issue ot the conference, the Government of the United States WiU at once take steps to be properly represented at the meeting c f sack conference in Berlin. The statements emanating from the German man* at Samoa, in which ha finds fault with the conduct of Captain Imiy ot the "Nipslc,’’ and Mr. Blaekloek. the Coiled States Consul, zs violative of the instrucUoiu of this Government to maintain an impartial attitude in pe conflicts in Samoa, do not appear to be substantiated by an averment of any personal knowledge of The facts, but must have been bated upon information and belief only, or are reported at second hand an d must be classed as merely hearsay evtdeoee. These conflicting statements ot the German Consul wiU bo brought to tte attention of Captain Leary and Mr. Blaekloek, and their reply wiU be commnnieated. Mach allowance mast be made for

for the independence end autonomy of the Kingdom of the Inlands of Samoa; for a native King and respect for native customs and traditions. It further provided for a Constitution; also that the foreign Consuls should retaiu criminal jurisdiction over their countrymen, and that each of the treaty powers couid alternately keep a man-of-war in Samoan waters four months in each year. The German Minister said that Malietoa had notoriously violated his treaty obligations; that ifte Samoans are incapable of maintaining peace and order, and therefore he suggested an advisor to the King, this advisor to act as the mandatory of the three Powers. He acknowledged absolute equality of treatment in respect of commerce, navigation, jurisdiction and all other matters. The British Minister favored an international Sand court igjd an ulterior consular jurisdiction as the kings were at war. The conference of July Mr. Bayard said he understood had agreed upon the . following point: That (heap should be no annexation of the islands by any of the treaty powers; that' the indepondene of the islands was to be preserved, with eqnal right of commerce and navigation for the subjects of the treaty powers; that the native government was to be established and assisted to maintain itself; that the present jurisdiction of consuls over their own countrymeu should be preserved; that the present treaties be maintained so far as the rights of the three powers under them were concerned: that means for the raising of revenue for support of the government should be devised, and the question of foreigners -should bo considered; that a land court should be established to settle, titles, etc.

ar. nayaru jam uiai ut-rmauy ana Great Britain proposed that there should be only a council of chiefs. The United States would suggest a king, a council of chiefs, and a legislative assembly, composed of representatives elected by the people of the islands. The German Minister said if there was such a legislative assembly as Mr. Bayard proposed, it should have a consultative and not a deciding vote, and with this understanding j he was not opposed to such an assembly. Mr. Bayard said that there were some : other points upon which the propositions : of the Powers did not run so closely to- : gether. The first was as to the kingship. , The United States in view of existing treaty and declaration made bv j Consuls, had proposed the continued j recognition of Malietqa Lanpepa as King, and of TanfflPi as VicoKing. The British and German governments proposed a new election. In this, for the sake of coining to an agreement, he was disposed to concur. The customs of the Samoans should prevail in It and i the result of the election should be an- i nounced to and declared by the three j consuls, who should not otherwiso partic- i ipate in the proceedings. Mr. Bayard said his proposal to let Malietoa remain as King had been objected to by Germany and Great Britain. The German Minister asked whether the newly-elected King should not be approved by the powers* Mr. Bayard thought not. The German Minister said the people might nominate their King and the powers confirm, him. Mr. Bayard objected to this, on the ground that this would virtually give the powers the choice of a King. Mr. Bayard said that there had been a proposition from Germany which had met with a certain degree of recognition from Great Britain, that the power having the greatest present commercial interest should exercise a preponderating influence. To that he (Mr. Bayard) would obiect. At the conference on Jd*r 8 the commission proposed by Mr. West was discussed. Mr. Bayard opposed it as embarrassing the court. The German Minister coincided with Mr. West. At the fourth conference, h cld July 16, the German Minister said that Mr. Bayard had stated that if the German plan were followed, it would result eventually in converting the islands into a German possession. Mr. Bayard replied that h« had understood the proposition of the British Minister to be that the three governments shonld alternate in the appointment of the mandatory, hut that in consideration of its greater interest, Germany shonld have the first five years. He thought that the recognition of a preponderance of interest would weaken the neutrality of the islands. The German Minister said that Mr. Bayard’s plan fora co-operation of the three Powers-' had been tried in the municipal board of Apia and had proved a failure there. He quoted from the report of Mr. Thurston as follows: **The great object of a Samoan party when seeking to gain an ascendency is intrigue for foreign support, and hence much of the trouble has risen.” The co-operation of the twc other Powers, the Minister said, with the Power having the predominating interest would bring about the result that all desired. On Jaly 31 the fifth conference was held. The land title coort was diseased at great length, and daring the discussion the question of control came up again. Mr. Bayard asked if he expressed the views of the British Minister when he said that the mandatory scheme did not involve the recognition of any preponderance of interest, which he thought ought not to be taken into acre uni in dealing with the matters before the conference. “Certainly,” said Mr. West. The German Minister interposed the objection that he coaid not allow the adoption of a plan which would at any time throw the control of uie islands into the hands of either of the two countries whose interests were less than those of Germany. Mr. Barard said that the proposed land commission wan the corner-stone of the arrangement; bat in the plan proposed by Germany, the preponderance of interests were to be the beginning, and the .middle, and the end of the whole thing. Mr. Weet said that he could not'see it in that way. At the conference on July SK, the German Minister read a paper in which he defined the meaning of the memorndnm read at the conference to be that Germany, having the largest interest in 8amoa, claims to be intrusted by the other two Powers to exercise the efficient control there, as well for her own interest as for those of Great Britain and. the United States. N Mr. Bayard asserted that the plan of the German Minister was a foreign autocratic government, based on mercantile interests. Mr. Bayard favored an adjournment until the autumn, in order to give the governments of Germany and Great Britain time to consider the protocols. _

AN EXCELENT PLAN. Telephonic Connection to be K»d* Alone the Atlantic Coast i>T the Life-Serin* New Yoke, Feb. S.—A Herald special from Washington, has the following: Superintendent Kimball of the Life-Sav-ing Service has about completed his plans for the establishment of a telephone service on Long Island Bound in connection with the service co-operating In New Jersey. Superintendent Kimball is also at work constructing telephone lines along the coast The coasts of North and South Carolina are now nearly connected by wire. He intends before soother year rolls around to have the entire Atlantic coast in telephone communication. The groat point made in favor of the instrument is that, the guards will have to report at regular intervals through the telephone*, thus assuring the ' - of them that the? are

FIRE AND LOSS OF LIFE. A Six Hundred Thousand D dlar Fir* Id Philadelphia - Fireman Caught Coder FaUhijj «M«S and One of Them Killed - A Handsome Sum Kalsi'd on the Spot lor the Dead Man's Family. Philadelphia, Feb. 11.—Tha most destructive fire srluch has visited this city for a long time broke out shortly before Boon yesterday in the basement of the large buildings Nos 1 (13 asid 1111 Walnut street, and the whole place was destroyed, uothiug but the front and rear walls being left standing. While the firemen were at work a portion of the front wall fell inward, killing one man and seriously injuring two others. The following are the names of the killed and injured: Ueorge Showers, aged thirty-six, of Nineteenth and Wilbert street; hoseman of engine company No. 1; instantly killed and his body buried beneath the debris. Abraham Lacey, hoseman of company No. 13; badly bruised about the body add limbs, but no bones broken. William Buscard. of engine company No. 4, badly bruised about the side and leg. The fire broke out under the drug storo of F. B. Morgan, located on the first floor of the Walnut-street'front, and in a very short time had burned through to the roof. The first floor and basement were occupied by F. B. Morgan as a retail drug store, and the remainder of the building by Messrs. Wueth & Bro., as a laboratory for the manufacture of chemicals. The fire had gained a firm foothold in the upper portion of the premises before the firemen could be summoned, and owing to the inflammable contents of every room, the flames gained upon them with frightful raniiliK*

Near the trout of the building, next the roof, was a large water tank weighing over fourteen tons. This was supported by large timbers resting on the main walls, and as these beams were weakened by the flames, the whole thing came down with a crash. By this time the firemen had worked their way through the large doorway on the first floor, and two liues of hose had been takeu Inside, They were manned by six men, all of whom were standing inside the front wall. As the large tank fell, a portion of the top of the front wall was torn loose and fell inward with a crash. The fall was so sudden and unexpected that the men inside could not be warned of their danger. The whole of the first floor was at once enveloped in smoke from the burn* ing timbers, and a cloud of dust. There was a sudden dash from those on the outside and a dozen brave men,led by Director Stokely and Lieutenant Csilton, rushed to the rescue. One by one the imprisoned meu made their escape, or were dragged out by their rescuers, but as the smoke ‘ lifted, Lacey was found pinned down to the floors by heavy timtwrs and a mass of ' bricks. A stream of water was turned on to the men as they worked, to save them from the intense heat; and, after several minutes, which seemed like hours to those on the outside, Lacey was released and carried to the street. A dash was made for the spot where Showers had been seen but a moment before the wall fell, but the the spot w A covered by a mountain of bricks, mortar and heavy timbers. An attempt was made to reach his body, but after working for some time, and not being able to obtain sight of him, he was given up<or dead; and as those at work were in momentary danger of being killed, the search was abandoned for tbs time. His body was recovered about fit* o’clock. In the hotel Stratford in the same block, nearly all the rooms were vacated, and ladies in their wraps and gentlemen in overcoats gathered in the lower rooms ready to make their escape as soon as it was found to be necessary for their safety. Amoug the guests in the house were a number of sick persons, and they were speedily conveyed to places of safety. As soon os the body of the dead fireman was recovered from the building, Prof. Da Costa started a subscription for his family. One hundred dollars was placed opposite the professor’s name, which was quickly followed by a similar amount by Mayor Fitler. The mayor then took the list and circulated it personally among his mnny friends npon the ground, and when he handed it over to Police-Surgeon Andrews, it footed up a very handsome sum. While Engine No, 17 was dashing np to the fire, it struck a handsome horse belonging to truck E, breaking its leg. The total loss from the fire is estimated at fully $000,000, of which Messrs. Wyetb & Bro. lose over $300,000. The fire is supposed to have been caused by sulphtu igniting in the cellar. - A Professional Gambler Kilted, Danbury, Conn., Ft>b. 11.—Simon J. Dilion was stabbed and killed early yesterday morning. He was twenty-three years old, and a son of the “Widow Dolan” who kdeps a resort on Ives street. Dillon and James C. Chambers had jnsj left Mike Brannis’ saloon, and were intoxicated. They met four men near SUU River bridge, and Dillon got into a quarrel with one of the strangers. Chambers pulled him away, bnt a moment later he ran back and renewed the quarrel. Shortly afterward he fell in front of the Grand Central Hotel, calling for help. He was carried into the hotel and died in a few moments. It was found that he had been stabbed in the left breast, a large blood vessel being severed. Internal hemorrhage had ensued, and proved fatal. Dillon was a professional gambler, and was considered an expert in handling the cards. The police think they have a clew to the murderer, but up to last evening no arrest had been male. I

Sheriff Smit h Not Indicted. Birmingham, Ala, Feb. Id—The grand Jury yesterday made its report in the case of the jail shooting of last Decembet in which thirteen persons lost their lives and twenty-five others were badly injured. The jury refused to indict Sheriff Smith or any of his posse. They say, however, that the sheriff did not, on the evening in question, evince that diligence, judgment and coolness always desirable in an officer of the law in such a position. Still; Over the Border. Detroit, Mich., Feb. 10.—Henry Dieekmann. the St. Louis defaulter, is at the Crawford House, Windsor. He was seen yesterday morning in the office of Lawyer Hanna, but declined to say anything about his affairs. It is understood, however, that he is arranging a settlement. Fire. Brad dock, Pa, Feb. 11.—The large drygoods store and residence of W. A. McDavitt, together vrith contents, was entirely consumed by fire at half-past five o’clock last evening. Loss, $10,000; partly insured. A Long Trip for a Short Stop. Wassinstor, Feb. 11.—The president of the Washington Base-ball Club is not satisfied with paying the highest prioe ever paid for the release of a ball-player. He proposes to be Hie pioneer in going the greatest distance to obtain the signature to a contract of his new that has ever been traveled in 1 of th« game. President terminal! to go to Europe < He realizes that the « in such demand, a nd t trying to obtain his i manner in which a stop can their attempts is to cross tain .his i 111