Pike County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 37, Petersburg, Pike County, 3 February 1893 — Page 1

E McC. STOOPS, Publisher. ■■ - ~ . PETERSBURG, INDIANA, FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 3, ld93. ‘ -* L. XXIII.-NO. 37.

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rcorsstio^t caiii-s. J. T. KIKE. M D., Physician ami Surgeon, PETERSBURG, 1ND. WOlflce in Bank building, first floor. fflV bo found at office day or night. <>EO. B. ASHBY, ATTORNEY AT LAW PETERSBURG, INIX Prompt Attention Giyas v> all Business, aa-Office over Barrett A Son's store. PkAKCffi B. rosET. Dewitt Q. Chat-pell. POSEY A CHAPPELL, Attorneys at Law, Petersburg, Ind. Will practice In all the courts. Special attention given to all business. A Notary Public constantly in the office. flS“Offloe— On first floor Bank Building. E. A. Elt. S. G. Davrsi-oex ELY & DA VEX PORT, LAWYERS, Petersburg, Ind. *j-Offiee over J. R. Adams A Sot s drug Store, lrompt attention given to ail business. t P. Ektusdsox A. II. Tatlob RICHARDSON A TAYLOR, Attorneys at Law, Petersburg, Ind. Prompt attention given to all business. A Kotary Public constantly in the office. Office In Carpenter Building,-Eighth and Slain. DENTISTRY. W. H. STOXEtyPHER,

Surgeon Dentist, PETERSBURG, IND. Office ra rooms 6 and 7 in Carpenter Build ing. Operations first-class. All work warranted. Anaesthetics used tor painless extraction ot teeth. L H. LaTUAR, Physician and Surgeon Petersburg, Ind. wm practice in Pike and adjoining counties Office in Montgomery Building. Office boors day and night. C#*DUeases of Women and Children a specialty. Chronic and difficult cases solicited. NELSON STONE, D. V. $., PETERSBURG, IND. Owing to long practice and the possession of a toe library and case of instruments, Mr. Stone is well prepared to treat all Diseases of Horses and Cattle STTCGESSFUXX.Y. Be also keeps on hand a stock of Condition Powders and Liniment, which he sells at reasonable priees. Office Over J. B. Yoftg & Co.'s Store. ' -S__

MW-M a year Is being mad* by John It . 6oe<hrln,TrejJ>.Yn>t nwk for us. Kndir, & you u»«r nut make as much, but wa can m teach you quickly how to ecra from 55 to - U flU a day at the start, sud mote as you. go ■ on. Uoth sexes, all ages. In any p«rt of KAu> erica. you caa commence at home, gitwing all your time.or spare moments onlr to Y the work. All is new. Great pay M Ik for every worker. W# start yon, furnishinf\ , SltiMLY learned. tS. Address at onca, k uusoa * to., roiTLASD, inu. •vervluing. EASILY l AlilKJLLAKS Fttl

THIS PAPER IS OX FILE IS CHICAGO AND NEW YORK AT THE OFFICES OF A. I. KELLOGG NEWSPAPER CO. TRUSTEES’ NOTICES OF OFFICE DAT. NOTICE is hereby Riven that I trill attend to the duties of the office of trustee of Olay township at homo on EVERY MONDAY. All persons who have business with the office will take notice that I will attend to business on no other (lay. M. M. GOTTEN, Treated, NOTICE is hereby given to aii parties interested that I will attend at my office In Stendal, EVERY STAUBDAY, To transact business connected with the office of trustee of Lockhart township. Alt persons having business with said office will, please take notice. _J. S. IURRETT. Trustee. \I OTICE is hereby Riven to all parties'con ■ X v earned that I wilt be at my residence. EVERY TUESDAY, To attend to business connected with the office of Trustee of Monroe township. GEUKGE GRIM, Trustee. NOTICE Is hereby given that I will be at my residence EVERY iWHHtSDAY To attend to business connected with th. office of Trustee of Lofcin township. •^Positively no bus’ness transacted eeept on office days __SILAS KIRK, Trustee. NOTICE is hereby given to all parties concerned that I will attend at my residence EVERY MOYDAY To transact business connected with the effleeof Trustee of Madison township. •ffi-Positlvely no business transacted except office days . ;_JAMES RUMBLE. Trustee, AT OTICE ie hereby riven to all persons Ini.v teres tea that I will attend in my office ia Velpon, EVERY FRIDAY, To transact business connected with the office of Trustee of Marlon township. All persons having business with said office will please take notice. - •_W. F. BROCK, Trustee. is hereby given to ail persons 1 that I wilt attend ar my office EVERY DAY transact business connected with the ire of Tfu itee of Jefferson township. S. W. HARRIS, Trustee,

What is Qtstorla is Dr. Samuel Pitcher's prescription for Infhnts and Children. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic substance. It is a harmless substitute for Paregoric, Drops, Soothing Syrups, and Castor OIL It is Pleasant. Its guarantee Is thirty years* use by Millions of Mothers. Castoria destroys Worms and allays feverishness. Castoria prevents vomiting Sour Curd, - cures Diarrhoea and Wind Colic. Castoria relieves teething troubles, cures constipation and flatulency. Castoria assimilates the food, regulates the stomach and bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep. Cas- „ teria is the Children's Panacea—the Mother’s Friend*

Castoria. “ Castoria is aa excellent medicine for children. Mothers hare repeatedly told me of its good effect upon their children.'* Da. Q. C. Osgood, Lovell, Mass. “ Castoria is tba best remedy for children of which I am acquainted. I hope the day is r.ot far distant when mothers will consider the real Interest of their children, and use Castoria instead of the various quack nostrums which are destroying their loved ones, by foreingopium, morphine, soothing syrup and other hurtful (agents down their, throats, thereby sending them to premature graves." « Dm. J. F. Kinchkloi,, Conway, Ark.

Castoria. “ Castoria is so well adopted to children that t I recommend it assuperiortoany prescriptci known to me." B. A. Archie, M. IX, 111 So. Oxford St, Brooklyn, N. Tf. “ Our physicians in the children's depart meet hare spoken highly of their experience in their outside practice with Castoria, and although we only hare among cur medical supplies what is known as regular products, yet wo are free to confess thatch* merits of Castoria has won us to look Witt favor upon it.” -• United Hospital and Disfsxsut, Boston, Maa Alueh C. Smith, Pres.,

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F. A. SHANDY. mmum FAMILY GROUP AND RESIDENCES A SPECIALTY. All kinds of out-door work, portraits, copying and enlargiiigf rom old] pictures &c. Birthday and surprise party groups a specialty. Satisfaction guaranteed or no pay. Gire me a call, or address F. A. SHANDY, Petersburg Indiana. M. J. BEADY, Petersburg, Indiana, Will make yon Photos in any number at most reasonable rates.

i^-Hemeru1 e.- that my work is warranted. If voj want PORTRAITS enlarged call and '.are the work done right. All work guaranteed to stand the test nl ages and still be as bright as when taken from the gallery. Studio equipments of standard modern makes. Our motto—“The Best Is As Good As Any.aqjl Always the Cheapest.” M. J. BRADY. Gallery in Kisert’s Building, upstairs, on Main, between Sixth and Seventh Monuments Best materiaf, most reasonable prices, sat. lsfactlon guaranteed at P.tersbnrc Mar bin Wnkt J.* B. YOUNG, Proprietors. ADVERTISERS SS.~r.nr: M advertising spac# whan in Chicago, wit! find it on fk at iZSZS LORD&TH0M& Machinist ANl) Blacksmith. I am prepared to do the best of work, with satisfaction guaranteed In all kinds of Black, smithing. Also loving and Reaping Machines Repaired m the best of workmanship 1 employ none but first, class workmen. Do noli Sss;ss?u“aBr5S!t!ttS4

NEWS AND NOTES. A Summary of Important Errata. FIFTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Is the Semite, on the 24th. the credentials of Senators Grey, of Delaware, and Bate, of Tennessee, were presented and placed on file. A communication from Chlef-^nstice Fuller of the supreme court of the United States, announcing the death of Associate Justice Ijacnar, was read, and after eulogistic speeches by several senators, the senate, as a mark of respect, adjourned.In the house, in his prayer, Chaplain Mil burn made a special plea in connection with the sudden deaths of Associate Justice Lamar and Her. Phillips Brooks The speaker laid before the house the official notification of Mr. Lamar's death, and the house adjourned out of respect to his memory. In the senate, on the 25tti, a bill was Introduced fcr the admission of Utah as a state, and an amendment,reported from the committee on naval affairs, locking to the further increase of the navy by one battle ship, two armored coastdefense vessels, ten gunboats and eight torpedo boat3, was referred to the committee on appropriations. In execntive session the nomination of Judge McComas as one of the judges of the snpi erne court of the Distict of Columbia was confirmed.In the house the entire session was consumed by Mr. Kilgore, of Texas, in successfully filibustering against consideration of the bankruptcy bill, although it was demonstrated that a large majority of the members were in favor of its consideration. In the senate, on the 38th, the debate on the anti-option hill was continued, Messrs. Mills, of Texas, and Hiscock, of New York, taking strong constitutional grounds against the measure.In the house the session was one without any public interest. The sundry civil bill was granted the right of way, and while a few obstrnctiona were placed in the way, none of them proved disastrous, and the bill made fair progress. Ix the senate, on the STth. Mr. Sale, in a feeling speech, mado announcement of the death of Mr. Blaine, and on motion of tMr. Cockrell, the senate adjourned as a mark of respect to the memory of deceased.In the house prompt adjournment was had upon the ahnouueement of the death of ex-Secretary of State Blaine. Is the Senate, on the 28th, the credentials of Mr. Camden, elected to fill the unexpired term of the late Senator Kenoa, of West Virginia, and of Mr. Stockbridge, of Michigan, were presented and placed on file. Senate bill relating to the anchorage and movements of vessels in the port of Chicago was reported and passed. -A resolution was agreed to calling on the secretary of the treasury for information as to the rules and regulations in existence at the port of New York for the prevention of the introduction of contagious or infectious diseases prescribed to be observed at the port of departure; and by what authority such rules and regulations have been established. The remainder of the session was parsed in executive session-In the house, several resolutions were reported from the committee on rules. The ‘ 'sandry appropriations bill was then taken up in committee of the whole, after which the session was devoted to eulogistic speeches on the late W. 8Stackhouse, of South Carolina.

PERSONAL AND GENERAL. The Grandview hotel at Fort Hamilton, N. Y., a large wooden structure built on a high bluff overlooking the' narrows, and a popular summer resort for New York and Brooklyn people, was burned to the ground at 1 o’clock on the morning of the 25th. All the guests escaped without injury. ’ It is estimated-that the estate of the late Bishop Brooks, who died intestate, will not fall far short of {750,000. A financial crisis is imminent in Nicaragua. Banks in Grey town, Rivas, Massaya andChindega have closed their doors. The bank of Nicaragua is in process of liquidation Fike broke out in the main shaft of the Concepcion mine at Atorce, San Luis Potosi, Mexico, on the 25th. The shaft caved in causing a heavy loss of life. Thirteen corpses were recovered. The fire still raged under ground, and at latest advices other workings had collapsed and further subsidence was momentarily expected. The loss to the company will be upwards of $1,000,000. The SL Petersburg government has declined to grant the request of the Russian railway companies that they be allowed to buy material abroad. The funeral of the late Bishop, Phillips Brooks took place in Boston, on the 26th, the remains being interred in Mount Auburn cemetery. Ox the 26th a passenger train on the Ohio & Big Sandy railroad, making forty miles an hour, struek a rock, half the size of a box car. that had rolled upon the track from a hillside near Gallup, Ky., and was badly wrecked. Brakeman Quillen, of Catlettsburg, and Baggagemaster L. H. Mull, were seriously hurt. The Duluth (Minn.) clearing house and real estate exchange adopted resolutions, on the 26th, in opposition to the Sherman silver act and formulated a memorial asking its repeal. On the 26th the Minneapolis (Minn.) chamber of commerce passed a strong protest against the Washbum-Hatch anti-option bill by a vote of 165 to 9. The house committee on rules agreed, on the 26th, to make the Andrew-Cate silver bill a special order for February 9 and 10, but lio cloture provision was attached.

The Sterling dynamite plant, sitneted at McAdary, two miles from Bessemer, Ala., exploded with terrific force early on the morning of the 27th. Trees were torn np by the roots, and great holes were made in the gronnd. Two of the employes, Jim Parsons and George Williams, were instantly killed, and only small pieces of skin and bones could be found $o tell of their horrible fate. Col. Ingebsoix, who in his famous nominating speech at Cincinnati sixteen years ago, first referred to Mr. Blaine as the “Plumed Knight,” by which title the dead statesman has since been known, when asked if he had anything to say concerning Mr. Blaine’s death, replied: “No; that’s a subject on which I hare nothing whatever to say.” The Detroit (Mich.) high school building was completely destroyed by fire at 4 o’clock on the morning of the 27th. Boss *100,000. The senate, on the 23th, while in executive session, confirmed the nomination of Elijah W. Halford, the president’s private secretary, to be major and paymaster in the United States army. After a painless night ex-Congress-man, ex-Senator, ex-Secretary of State and Political Historian James G. Blaine died peacefully at 11 o’clock, on the morning of the 27th. Within an hour the sad announcement had been telegraphed to every part of the civilized world and, in America, at least, caused the most profound grief. The funeral services over the remains of the late Associate Justice L. Q. C. Lamar took place at Macon, Ga., on the 27th. The Chickamauga national park commissioners have offered *17,000 for eight acres of land on Orchard Knob, on :whieh Generals Grant and Thomas stood and watched the charge without orders that resulted in the capture of Mission Bidge, November 25,1803. The owners of the tract ask *24,000 for it, but the offer of the government is final, and condemnation proceedings may follow, with which power the commission is clothed- ■' ^

A 8PECIAT. from Dover, Del., on the 27th, reported Hon. P. Comegys, who was lately retired from the state chiefjusticeship on a pension by the legislature, as unconscious and not expected to live the day out.' August Johnson, 30 years old, fell down the dome elevator shaft of the New York World building from the fifteenth floor to the basement, on the 37th, and was instantly killed. At Jonesville, Ind.. on the 27th, the body of an unknown man was found lying on the ice in the middle cf White river, with some large chunks of ice lying over it, completely obscuring the body from view. The man’s throat had been cut from ear to car and both hands were cut inside, as if a knife had been drawn through them. On the morning of the 26th the police picked up an unconscious man on the street in Davenport, la. He was restored, and, on the 27th, left for his home at Elgin, 111. His name is Hubbard. He was in Chicago and started to board a train for home, but remembered he was surrounded by a crowd. There were no marks of violence on him, but be was out a gold watch and (180 in cash A gigantic system of robbery on the New Mexico division of the Santa Fe railroad for the past six months has been brought to light, and the^knplica ted employes, engineers, firen&n, conductors, brakemen and agent/are being arrested as fast as they can be located.

The steamer Claud me, which arrived at San Francisco on the 88th, brought intelligence of a bloodless revolution in the Hawaiian islands, precipitated, on the 15th, by the determination of Queen Lilioukalani to force a new constitution upon the people. At the time* the Claudine left the government was in the hands qf a provisional committee and the vessel brought commissioners en route to Washington to treat for the admission of the islands into the American union of states. A decree has been officially published in France announcing the removal of the name of Dr. Cornelius Herz from the roll of the Legion of Honor. The North German Gazette publishes a semi-official article declaring that the statement that the highest circles in Berlin believe that a Russian attack on Germany is certain to occur in the spring is a sensational invention. At a union meeting of the Methodist, Presbyterian and Episcopal churches, held at the Methodist church in Fremont, O., on the 89th, memorial services were held in memory of ex-Presi-dent R. B. Hayes. Rev. J. G. Shackelford, of St. Paul's Episcopal church, delivered a brief address on Gen. Hayes as a philanthropist, educator and citizen, after which Rev. J. L. Albritton, pastor of the M. E. church, at which place of worship Gen. R. B. Hayes was a regular attendant, delivered the memorial sermon. Pressure on Logansport (Ind.) natural gas mains increased suddenly on the 29th, and started a conflagration in the First Presbyterian church, doing 885,000 or 830,000 damage; insurance, 810,000. Chief Barger of the fire department was seriously injured. Typhus fever has appeared at Bellevue hospital, New York city, and the property has been placed under quarantine. One of the employes of the institution died of the malady on the 39th, and there were reported to be twenty suspected cases of the fever within the walls. □ A miser named Johns at Wilkes* barre, Pa., has made a remarkable! discovery. In a solid mass of anthracite coal, 300 feet below the surface, he found imbedded a frog, which, upon being placed in an air-tight jar, showed 5>«us of life half an hour after. At last accounts it was very lively. In conversation, on the 89th, with a friend, President Harrison is said to have expressed himself opposed to the annexation of territory separated from the United States by & large body of water. <^: Gen. J. S. Clarkson, ex-ebairmah of the republican national committee, is seriously ill in New York city. He is suffering from inflammatory rheumatism and malaria. LATE NEWS ITEM® In the senate, on the 30th, a resolution was offered by Mr. Chandler (N. H.) requesting the president to enter into negotiations with the pr>visional government of Hawaii for the admission of the islands as a territory, and to lay the convention before congress for ratification by legislation; but, objection was made to its immediate consideration, and it went over. The antioption bill was then taken up and Mr. White made another argument against it.In the house, after a short time devoted to miscellaneous business, the consideration of the sundry citU bill was resumed. Mr Blaine could not have a private funeral Every effort was made to comply with his own understood wishes, and with the expressed desire of his family in this regard, but the surging wave of public interest swept over the barriers imposed and made his private funeral one of the most impressive of public demonstrations in honor of the dead.

In an interview, on the SOth, M. Arton, whose name has been so frequently mentioned in connection with the Panama canal scandal, declared that he always carried poison with him, and was ready to commit snicide if he thought the exigency of affairs demanded it. A Bohemias ex-priest, John B. Uojda, of Baltimore, Md., killed his two littte children on the SOth. The murderous acts were committed, it is thought, while the man was suffering from delirium. He had been considered somewhat demented, for some time. Faiu Boss Hubbard, the principal witness in the Lincoln (Neb.} asylum seandal, who has been missing for months, has returned to Omaha, and will make a full confession. His disclosures, it is thought, will cause a sensation. The one hnndrenth anniversary of the birth of Mrs. Polly Bose was celebrated, on the SOth, at the residence of Mrs. Jane Stoops, at Mount Chestnut, Butler county, Pa. Her mother was 190 years and 6 months old when she died. The G. A. B. postat Marshfield, Wis., will hereafter be known as James G. Blaine post No. 100. The name was adopted as soon as the de^th of the exsecretary was made known. Gin. James & Clarkson, who had been confined to his bed at the Plaza hotel in New York for a week with laryngitis, was greatly improved, on the 80th, and able to sit up.

I INDIANA STATE NEWS. W'*t Woods, the 16-year-old boy who has been on trial at Anderson for the murder of James Costello, was acquitted oh the ground of self-defense. The verdict meets with popular approval. Woods was walking along the street with two ladies, one of them his sister, when Costello accosted one of them in an insulting manner. Woods objected, and Costello, who was drunk, attacked him. Woods pulled a revolver and shot Costello dead. Dr. H. H. Sweringrs, a physician of Fort Wayne, was assaulted and robbed on Wayne street. His gold watch and money were taken, and he was badly beaten and left on the walk insensible until fonnd an hour later. The wife of John Hogan, of Scott township, near Corydon, locked her three children in the honse and went to visit a neighbor some distance away. By some means the children set the house on fire and one of them was burned to death. The other two were reseued by a gentleman who arrived on the scene when the house was enveloped in flames. Judge Gillett, of Valparaiso^ has decided that grand juries have no right to investigate bankers’ books. The supreme court thq other day handed down an opinion refusing Attorney Smith a rehearing in the gerrymander suit The court, while repub-1 liean, decided the apportionment unconstitutional^* and when it became democratic Smith thought it would certainly obey party dictates. Tbe legal score was four to nothing, Judges Howard and Hackney, democrats, agreeing with Judges Coffey and Olds, republicans, in the opinion, and Judge McCabe dissenting, bnt writing no opinion. A large bam, together with a big lot of hay, corn and farming imple

meats, on the xarm of Charles Francis, two miles from Boonville, was destroyed by fire the other afternoon. Four valuable road horses and a fine blooded stallion were also burned to death. Loss estimated at 18,000, with > only a small insurance. ‘ It has been shown that Sarah Culvener, the colored woman, is sane and she must therefore stand trial for having fired Maj. A. G. Kosencranz's stables and residence at Evansville, and for attempting to poison James T. Walker's family. James W. Chadwick, of Terre Haute, has been arrested for the murder of his brother-in-law, James Dawnes, by smashing his head with a club. At Vincennes, Stewart White, a farmer, slipped on the ice while carrying a loaded gin and was fatally shot Prof. George P. Rudolph, formerly a Catholic priest at Cleveland, Os., attempted to lecture at the Opera house, Lafayette, the other evening under the auspices of the “American Protective Association.” The speaker’s subject was, “Why I left the Romish Church.’* Soon after opening his discourse a mob broke in a rear door of the house and rushed on the stage and attacked the speaker. Rudolph was knocked down with a club, and on rising drew a revolver and fired two shots. This brought a regular fusilade from all parts of the house, which was crowded. A stampede at onee ensued, and while screams rent the air a rash was made for the doors. Many of the women were bruised and thrown down in their efforts to escape. The crowd were finally “ejected from the stage, and Rudolph continued his lecture. The sheriff appointed a number of deputies, but they were unable to keep the crowd in the gallery quiet, and the meeting was adjourned. Between fifteen and twenty shots were fired, but no one was hit A mob waited outside, but under a strong guard Rud olph was placed in a close carriage and escorted to his boardinghouse. The big- four depot at Jamestown was destroyed by fire Thursday morning. Stewart White, a wealthy Illinois farmer, who resides several miles west of Vincennes, accidentally shot and killed himself with his gun while out hunting. V;rgil Beck, a young miner west of Ter re Haute, fell from the top of a iha 't, a distance of seventy feet, receiving fatal injuries. The rope broke as he was stepping from the cage to the landing. Columbus Deckakd shot and instantly killed his wife the other afteraooa at Guthrie, a village ten miles nor :h of Bedford. Deckard claims the ihooting was accidental; that he had ilaced the pistol against his own breast vita the intention of committing sui»ide, and that his wife, in attempting .o prevent it, twisted his hand around, o that when the pistol was discharged he contents entered her breast, and, •anging downward, reached her heart, tilling her instantly. Deckard is in jail.

AX Miacueoury, a nine vruage suu.u of Brazil, the other evening, Mrs. B. Collins locked her four-year-old son in the house. Shortly after her departuresmoke was seen coming out of a win--dow. Men broke into the house and found the body of the dead child burned to a crisp. When the mother reached home she fainted and is now lying in a precarious condition. The Collins family is'‘one of the ureal tbiest in the county. ''i At Columbus George Fellows, aged T4 years, and his Son William, aged S3 years, died within fifteen minutes of each Other from lung fever. Three days before Mrs. Fellows, aged 71 years, died suddenly from an attack of asthma, making three deaths in the family within three days. The wife of Eli Miller, of Valley City, near Corydon, gave birth to four children a few days ago. They were fully developed, but did not live, Mrs. Miller gave birth to triplets about a year ago. Charles Lampkins, of Muncje, died of blood poisoning while nursing his father who died a week ago ■' Stock in Bartholomew county has. suffered intensely on account of the recent cold weather. In many cases water was secured only by hauling it for miles. The ground being covered, with snow for twenty-five days many of the farmers claim that qujiils in vast numbers have perished. The other day it was discovered that Augustus Cronkhite, of Williamsport, the treasurer of Warren county, was a heavy defaulter and a fugitive from justice. Cronkhite’s allege d steal is in excess of $54,000. .In fact, : t is alleged he did not leave a dollar i a Warren county’s treasury. Cronkhite is said to have maintained that great sums of taxes were delinquent when -the same had been paid. The other morning the infant laughter of Jonas Christopher, , of ( oahen, pulled a kettle of boiling water o er hor, living hut a few minutes The s aiding water baked bar fleet to the bos a V ' J, . '-V -. jjjj ifeaSto&SLS -is. asifilli:

IN DIAS A IJEGIBLATUi lE. Indianapo! is, Jan SI.—Siskatx—Ms ndav "9 session of the senate, in the afternoon es peeially. was tnarke i by tins. presence 01 a consider Able number of ladies, and, (onstgucntl; a corresDondiog amount of oratory. Senator Ms gee’s convict labor bill ca»te up as. a special order and was read t ie seeon.1 time, Senator Cranor me vet to str keeut all the wer s afui the first four lines cf the first section uhlch made the till strict:y prohibit contras; labor being done by prisoners This bill oecuj ied thf senate until fit e o’clo 'k in the evening. Almost every democrat anti republican in the senate had a chance 1 o try h is voice on it After Borne objections had be*n urged it was decide that the bill should be a special order nest 1 Jonasy at 2 o’clock, at vrhic•. time the commi tee od labor should report i; back to the senate Houss.—Mi. McMullen, of the specia bouse committee, reported favorably upon the four pending cons’ itutional amendments, »nd the resolutions favoring ’hem were made the special order of the house for next Frida •. The first of these amendments permits the state to tax corporations upen their gross or ni t earnings. The second provides that comity officer: now elected erery tiro years shall be elected for four years. The third provides tint such state officers as are now elected every two years shall lioid of ice for four years. Tha fourth provides that the regular session of thq legislature may, by law, be extended to cot hundred days, instead of being limited t o sixty days, as at present.

Isdianapoi Js, Jar . 25.—'The most interest, ins feature of the legislature Tuesday vas the descent made upon It by a tot of smoothly dressed, short-haired gentlemen from C htcagc, representing the crowd that conducts the win terrace track there. A measiire is pen ling is the house to prohibit racing daring the winter, which is in the hands of the commi tee on rights and privileges of citizens. Legislation Tuesday was practicjdly nil, both houses spend* ing the day it argui ig measures of mi nor importance. On a of tfc? important mattem that will probably come before the present egfslature will be the adoption of a constitutional amendment piehibiting the employment of convicts at occupations in Which they may come in competition with tree labor. A law i similar to that of H iiois, to t more stringent !a some respects,is no r before a committee of tfci house and will proto.bly be reported in a few days. INBI AN Avoids, Jan. 2d—Sbnats—The senate special committee to redistriet the judicial circuits of the state reported its gerry uander of the courts, and, al ter a tong argum int^the report was accepted. The senate passed a number of minor tills anil one important o ne, ex tedding the term of municipal officers to tout years instead of two, as at present Honsi—The house Wednesday passed iheCul lop hill, increasing the jurisdiction of th > appel late court, seeding tc-it all cases involviigi3,50( or less. After a long argument it killed MeMul lin’s bill, reinMeg that school boards te elected by the people, instead of the city c nmeils as at present and, t fter a long control ersy, it killed Magenit.y's anti-prize fighting bills whicl imposes heavy penalties on all concert ed, bur, delined prize fighting as “fighting wi th less than twooume gloves.'’ A few daj^s ago house bill Nix 2 was passed making it a nusdedieauot to discharge a n employe for belonging ti- a labor organization, and F. M. Herd, introducifd(a bil worded enact ly like No. 42, making it t rttisde meanor to discharge an employe for lot be tongingtoa labor union. Wednesday the Com raittee on Rig Its anc PtfvUiegesto whio a it bai been referred repor ;ed transferring it to thi Labor Comm ttee; composed ejcclusi' ely ol organized laborers. Mr. Herd moved t tat the report of the Committee on rights ami Priv Ueges be rejected, and that the bill be printed and laid on t ie desks of the members. Tbe speaker divided the i -uestion. and. both propet' sitions carrieil on a r .sing vote. Mr. Herd was-1 loudly applauded when he gained his fictory. Indianapolis, Ini!,, Jan. 27.—The lecture of the legislature's work Thursday was tbe introduction of a number of radical now bills One of these provide s for taring the money and mortgages of building associations just as fh i assets of other corporations are tatted. This is to be followed by a bill taxing the paid-up stock of the associations. Another bill, seeks to estibiish u railroad commission of three momlers at S!,000 per year each. They are given full powe r to examine the l ooks of the c mpunies and to make schedules o' rates, and from their decision there is no appe »L Another is designed to stop the great stei ling by township trustees in purchasing schcol sup plies. It provides that a fiTe years' contract foi these supplies, stoll be let to the lowest bidder by thi state board of education Another seeks to prevent the piping of natural gas to Chicago, by, making it a felony to turn more than 20U pounds pressure into x gas pipe. After a longaigumeni; the senate tc-day ordered engrossed he McLean bill rest aring t he appointive powe r to the governor. A resolution was introduced in the house for a ci iurrtTF.ee of three to pro pa re a bill to wipe out the Roby race track, but the speaker referred it tc the rights and privilege committee Indianapolis. Ind., Jan. 28.—The legislature Friday morning ad.ourned over to Monday, after being h session but half an hm.r. Thu death of Mr. ilaine served as a pretex for adjournment. though, as a matter of fac , there was no quorum in either house. Tl e house adopted a resoiutioa calling for a special com-mittee-of three to investigate the Ro >y race track and rejort a hill to wipe it out. The firs'; combination sale if tbe Henry county horse-breeders occurred a few days ngex Twenty animal > were sold at fair prices, ranging from $50 to $450, Willies’ offspring bring! ig the best prices. Miss Kittie Kelley, a prominent woman of Bedford, died at Louisville, the other day, from the effect of a surgical operation. Freeland D. Christy was arrested at Terre Haute, the other night for robbing the jost office at Lewis, li st October. He confesses his guilt Mrs. Sarah Ashcraft was awarded S5Q0 damages in a suit brought i gainst J. C. Knob.ock and others in the circuit court a few days ago. A change cf *enue was taken; from St Joseph county. The plaintiff was proprietor of the Reynold’s house, and was ejected for non-payment of rent There (lied near Craw fords’-i He a man who had not been beyond the -bounds of his own farm for a cuarter of a centuiy. Elis name was Samuel Smith, and he weighed over 300 pounds. During most of this time ha had remained in the house, and when »e died his neighbors dii not know that there ever was such a person. He oo’r a queer notion to thus seclude h imsel f, and aU efforts to dispel this determination resulted in failure. John Shut, second cook at the Hotel Anderson, took a big dose of ro agh on rats because Mamie Williams, a pretty chambermaid, jilted him. He wa s saved by the use of a stomach pump This a his third it tempt at suicide within a year- ___ t i

FACT!* ABOUT THE U. S. Is 1890 4,559 new books were printed in the United Slates. Since January 1, the cost of rcggistet'ing a letter has lieen reduced to eigt t cents. ; More thf,n36,iMO letters were place 1 in the mail hoses of the UniteddStatcs last year wholly without oddress>:s. The first five jiresic ents of the Tnitc 1 States ended their tei SDsafservie? in ti e sixty-sixth year of their age. anX had John Quincy Ad.uns 1 ic-sn electee for i second tern, he also would have ende 1 his term in his sixty-tisith year. - g The magnitude of the state menfs coileeticn of Jefferson may be inferred from the fact 000 titles have been written new index of them, a number repr .senting bu; two- thin iof the while collection. Thomas J elferson ce tainiy made his mark. The queen hits given orders for eytensire decoratlre repairs to be rarricd out in Hoi; Tood palace, and the < fficc . «f works is now engag aft in cleaning ai d restoring the eeilicgti; and wills < >f Queen Mary’s tudicnoa chamb r aid

THECM^WAIIAN'■ AFFAIR. j'siportant Development! Coming For* ward—The Administration Folly AUte ***•»*- Importance of tbe Internet* lavtotved—Anue3:aftion|Seutim*Bt Said to bo spreading Independent of Party Lla—— The Arrival of the Hawaiian Comthu •liners Auxloasly Awaited. Washixotox, Jan. SI.—Thera arflf same important developments iif the . Hawaiian* situation. First, it is particularly indicated that the administration is not in any way lukewarm in the matter, as was at first supposed. Secondly, the action of the commander of the Boston., against which Great .Britain is about to send or has sent a formal protest, Silas received the official approval of the president and his cabinet. The sentiment in favor of annexing is rapidly extending. Several members of the cabinet have expressed themselver as being in favor of accepting the proposition, but as the action necessary to accomplish annexation must come as well from the legislative as from the executive branch of the government, these declarations do not in the most cases amount to more than the expression of private citizens. The matter will doubtless lie considered at the cabinet meeting to-day, but no course will be decided upon then, except, probably, to arrange for the reception of the Hawaiian annexation commissioners upon their arrival in

this city next Friday. It has been reported that President Harrison is in favor of. annexation. There is no support of this statement. However his approval of the action upon the part of the revolution'by the United States officials and forces may also be regarded as proof of the correctness of the report. The course pursued by Mr. Stevens in ordering the Boston’s marines on shore was without explicit instructions from his government, but his action has been fully approved by the president In the senate there is a distinctively American feeling on the Hawaiian question, which is not confined to any party. There can be no doubt that the majority of the foreign relation: committee look with favor upon the establishment of American domination upon the islands, but in just what shape is a matter of doubt that has not yet been cleared. The arrival of^the commissioners from Hawaii is awaited with much interest. The objection to Mr. Chandler’s resolution on this subject, as offered yesterday, is not looked upon in the way of anti-annexation feeling,, but rather as a fear on the part of the opponents of the1 anti-option bill tliat if it had gone over till to-day the day would have been spent in its discussion, and the delivery cf - antioption speeches would have been prevented. The agree meri t that the vote on the anti-option bill should be taken to-day at 3 o’oloch and the shortness of time intervening prevented, more than anything else, the immediate consideration of the resolution of Mr. Chandler. Mr. Dolph, a western, member of the committee on foreign relations, when asked how he felt in regard to the question, replied tersely: “The United States has been waiting far fifty years for this opportunity and now that it has come and come in such way that the problem can be solved without difficulty, I certainly can siee no reason why we should hesitate. The man who should oppose what is the manifest duty of the country in this matter, is, I think, hardly deserving of a seat in congress. I certainly favor the contro. of these islands by the government ol the United States.” Mr. Hiscock, another member of the same committee, is also in favor of annexation. Senator Chandler’s resolution requests the president to lay before congress any treaty he may make for ratification by legislation. The purpose of that language was to permit the house of representatives to share in the responsibility of the disposition oi the subject, and not to have action taken in the senate alone and behind closed doors. Undoubtedly this is calculated to strengthen the proposition contained in the resolution looking foi annexation. Mr. Chandler says that the time has come for the United States to annex the Hawaiian islands. For years they have been gravitating towards us, hut as long as a self-supporting, autonomous government could he maintained' on the islands there was no necessity for annexation. Now, however, it is apparent that positive aiction must he taken; the native government can no longer stand and the people are willing to come to us. It wiU not he necessary for the United States to embark in a general policy of annexation or coloni-^ zation. The Chandler resolution wiH come up in the senate in the morning honr today. The general sentiment among the members of the house seems to be that the United States should annex the Hawaiian islands now that it has been invited to do so, hut there are exceptions to this view. Mr. O’Ferrall, of Virginia, is opposed to the acquisition by the United. States of more territory. Said Mr. F.ainor, of Maryland, another member of the foreign affairs committee: “I am notin favor of allowing England to get possession of the islands. If the question is resolved between the United States government and the government of Great Britain I think that the United States should annex the Sandwich group. PersonaUy I favor a protectorate.”

Lord Roue berry Notkfle.l of the Revolution In Hawaii. London, .ran. SI.—A Hoffnung. cba ge d’ affaires of the Hawaiian legation received official news yesterday con inning the report of a revolution in the Hawaiian islands and the dcthr< nment of Queen Lilioukalani, and afterwards visited Lord Rose berry. L>rd Roseberry _ represented that Gre .t Britain would not be likely to intt -venti at present. Lord Rose berry • alsc hinted that Englsnd, France and Ger aany would not lie likely to consen' to the annexation of the Hawaiian isla ids hy the United 'States. [MM States Marines for Hawaii. Rut Francisco, Jan. 31.—It was repor sd Inst evening, but eould not be eonirmed, that the steamer Mariposa, whi th leaves for the Hawaiian Islands nex Friday, will carry several hundred Uni *d States marines from Mare island to serve in an emergency at Honolulu. Th< Mariposa is very swift, and makes the trip in six and a half days. She w»V beat the Cliiudine, which sails We need,ay, but will ts ke eight days< the voyage. It is also said that 0’ Spr ickels has offend the