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on behalf of the government, and Chauffeur
on behalf of the Alsace-Lorraine Societies in ,
Paris.
After the speeches were over the body was
carried into the cemetery, which was closed ,
to the public. The coffin was placed in a ‘
temporary resting place and the procession •
dispersed. The passing of the procession
and of the crowd around the coffin at the en
trance of the cemetery ended at 3:30. It is
estimated that 300.000 persons were present.
The Times says it is stated that the Em
peror of Germany, being informed New
Year’s morning of the decease of Gambetta.
said: “We have one peacebreaker the less.”
COMPARISON S.
Since the Funeral of Thiers No Public Man
So Honored.
New York. Jan. 6. —This being the day of
Gambetta’s funeral, the national and munici
pal flags were displuj T ed at half mast on City
Hall.
A Paris special gives the following account
of Garabetta’s funeral:
“Since the funeral of Thiers, no such tribute
has been paid to the remains of a public man
as that which brought the population of
Paris into the streets this morning. It was
evident from the eagerness and anxiety mani
fested that they were moved by a deeper
feeling than that of a desire to witness an
imposing and unusual spectacle. The or
dinary impulse of curiosity which swaj's
masses on such occasions had given place to a
profound and unmeasured grief which the
loss of a tried servant and benefactor, sprung
from their own ranks, always evokes in the
public heart.
In front of the catafalque, on a platform
borne on the shoulders ot twelve men. was a
colossal bust of Gambetta. surrounded by
flower? artistically arranged to represent the
national colors. This was preceded by three
chariots of richly decorated, and bearing
crowns and garlands sent by the ditferent
cities and towns of France. Tne pall-bearers
were Mens. Falliercs, Ministerof the Interior;
Billot. Minister of War; Brisson, President
of the Chamber; Peyrat, Vice-president of the
Senate; Metivier. representing the electors of
Bellville; Falateur, representing the bar of
Paris: Sirecs, Mayor of Ciiors; l)r. Fienzel and
Etienne, Deputy, representin'* the family,
Martin Fnillet, president of the Union Re
publicans.
It is not often that such a large military
array is witnessed in the streets of Paris as
turned out at this funeral. All troops of the
garrison were under arms to do honor to the
man who was a member of the Government
of Defense, and saved the honor of his coun
try. The force consisted of the following
troops: Nine regiments of the line, two bat
tallions of chasseurs, four regiments of artil
lery, two squadron? du train, two regiments
of chasseurs a cheval, two regiments of dra
goons, two regiments of cuirassers. the Gen
darmerie Mobile, the Gendarmerie of the
Seine, the Garde de Paris, sapeurs and pom
piers. The troops lined the streets through
which the cortege passed, adding much to
the imposing character of the procession.
As to the route chosen to the cemetery,
great disappointment was caused by the
abandonment of the great boulevards,
the more direct and usuai road to Pere la
Chaise, but there was a good reason for it.
Encumbered as they are with the barraques
of the new year, it was to be feared that the
passage of such an- enormous multitude
through them could not be effected without
many accidents, and probably loss of life.
Besides, it would have put a stop for the day
to the trade of a large class of poor hawkers,
who count upon this resource to make up
for the shortcomings of the past year. So,
the Council of Ministers wisely decided that
the cortege should take another route. The
following was adopted: Pont de la Concorde,
Place de la Concorde, Rue de Rivoli, Boule
vard Sebastopol, Rue de Turbigo, Place de
Republique. Boulevard Voltaire, Rue de
Charonne. Avenue Philippe Auguste, Boule
vard Menilmontant and Cimetiere.
The following orators delivered speeches
over the body at the entrance to Pere la
Chaise: M. Henry Brisson, in the name of
the Chamber of Deputies; M. Peyrat, in that
of the Senate; M. Deves, in the name of the
government; M. Metivier, in that of the
electoral committee of Belleville; M. C’hal
lemei Lacour, in the name of the government
of the national defense; M. Chauffeur, in that
of the association of Alsace-Lorraine; M.
Kable, in the name of the Alsaciens, and M.
Falateuf, in behalf of the Order of Advocates
in the name of the bar of Paris.
The change of route caused a heavy loss
and disappointment to the restaurants and
other e.*>tablishments which had let windows
at enormous prices on the boulevards, and
caused a corresponding rejoicing among the
owners of similar houses on the line of the
f>rocession. The stuns expended for gar
ands and other floral tributes for this funer
al are without precedent. Among the most
expensive and admired are two from the
American minister, Mr. Morton, and Gen
eral Read.
In the defile before the catafalque, yester
day. some angry words took place between
M Paul de Roldc, the poet, and M. Mayor,
editor of the Lanterne, which led to a hostile
message on the part of the latter in the even
ing.
Arrangements are completed for a Gam
betta memorial service .Sunday. Representa
tives of the Garde Lafayette and the Gari
baldi Guards will surround rhe catafalque,
and addresses will be made in Italian, French
and English, with funeral dirges between the
speeches.
A dispatch from Paris says the unmistaka
ble grief of Gambetta’s domestic relatives
and personal friends was one of touching re
ality in the whole proceeding connected with
his funeral.
Memorial Services at New York.
New York, Jan. 7.—ln Tammany Hall to
day a great throng of Frenchmen attended
funeral services in memory of Gambetta. In
front of the stage was a catafalque, heavily
draped and guarded by the Gardes Lafayette.
At 2 o’clock, the hour appointed for the com
mencement of the services, a band stationed
in the hall played the funeral inarch, and the
members of the French societies filed in, offi
cers and citizens specially invited taking
their seats on the stage beneath the portrait
of Gambetta and tricolor of France. All
wore crape and immortelles. The president
spoke briefly and simply, saying, in the
name of New York French societies, in the
name of the French republic, he
thanked those present for the honor
they paid the memory of Gambetta. The
principal address was delivered by Professor
Adolphe Cohen, of Columbia College, and
correspondent of the Republique Franchise.
He said there could be no greater praise than
the grief all France expressed at Gambetta's
death. In confronting the imperial throne,
lie voiced France, and was the first to pro
claim the legitimacy of republicanism. The
sj>enker alluded to the statesman’s funeral
ns presenting the spectacle of France rocking
to eternal sleep the most beloved of her chil
dren. Speeches were also made by Alexan
dre Weill, as representative of Aisace Lor
raine; Coroner Levy L. Mercier, of the Cour
ier Dos Fiats Unis; De Fery, of Messages
Franco-Americaine; Louis V. Fugozzy, cap
tain of the Garubildi guard, and Professor
Alya Raymond, president of (he Lorpheon
Vi aneaise. Services were closed by the band
2 laying the Marseillaise,”
‘‘The Commodore.”
Joseph L. Foote, the commodore, Elgin. 111.,
Suva Thomas’ EelectrlcOil cured him of sciatica
vith one application, thoroughly applied. It
•jlpo cured him of a severe cold and cough. He
l.iiinks it, a very valuable remedy, and will never
£>C Without It.
SUNK IN THE CHANNEL.
The Steamer City of Brussels Run
Down by a Glasgow Vessel.
The Accident Occasioned by a Fog, Resulting;
iu the Drowning of Ten, Including
Two Passengers.
Liverpool, Jan. 7. —The City of Brussels
was sunk off Liverpool. Two of the ten per
sons drowned were passengers.
Cork, Jan. 7.—lntelligence has just been
received here that the Inman Line steamer
City of Brussels, Captain Land, from New
York Dec. 28. for Liverpool, was run down
in the channel by a Glasgow steamer, during
a fog, and ten persons drowned.
Liverpool, Jan. 7.—The steamer Kirby
Hall, the steamer which was in collision
with the City of Brussels, has arrived. She
reports that the collision occurred at the
estuary of the Mersey. The city of Brussels,
foundered almost immediately. Eight
of her crew and two passengers
were drowned. A dense fog
has prevailed in the vicinity of Liverpool
for several days. When the City Brussels ar
rived in the vicinity of the northwest light
ship, at about 6 o’clock Saturday morn
ing, the fog was so dense that the captain
decided not to attempt to make headway,
but remain under steam near the light
ship. A careful lookout was kept,
the captain and second and fourth
officers being on the bridge, and the pilot
also looking out. Bells were kept ringing
and fog-horns were frequently sounded.
For some time the steamer lay in
safety. Extra lookout men were posted
in every part of the vessel. These
measures hud a reassuring effect on the
passengers. Suddenly the low gurgling
sound of a vessel approaching
was heard, and a large steamer
, only a few yards distant, and moving quickly
through the water loomed up out of the fog,
and before any measures could be taken to
avert it, a tremendous collision was
• seen to be inevitable, and in a moment
the Kirby Hall struck the starboard bow of
the City of Brussels with terrific force,
cutting her down to the waters’ edge and
almost half through. The Kirby Hall was
|on her maiden voyage. She had left Glasgow
only a few hours before, and was calling at
Liverpool to complete loading and to embark
passengers for the East. The moment the
collision was seen inevitable everything pos
sible was done on board the City ot Brussels
to prevent the loss of lives of the passengers
and crew. Those on board bear testimony
to the presence of mind and coolness of
the captain and officers. Even afler
the collision the passengers seemed to be un
conscious of thegravityof the situation, ow
ing to the terrible gap which had been made
in the forward part of the vessel. She was
known to be leaking very rapidly. All pas
sengers were marshaled into their ap
pointed places, so that there was
no hurry or confusion. Life buoys were
served out, boats were swung, and every
preparation made for the emergency. This
proved to be more critical and immediate
than was anticipated. Tne passengers had
been put into boats, and some of the crew told
off to man each craft, the captain and the re
mainder of the men remaining on board
until after the safety of the others
had been assured. The vessel got visibly
lower in the water, and those of her crew who
had not escaped in boats climbed into the
riggingand awaited results. In about twenty
minutes after the collision the vessel gave
a tremendous lurch, flinging off those in
the rigging, and plunging into the depths
with a fearful swirl. The scene was heart
rending in the extreme. The people in the
boats were enveloped in darkness and those
in the water were without help. The
Kirby Hall, which immediately
after the collission had rebounded
through the violence of the impact, and was
soon obscured in the fog, was unable to
lower her boats or render any active assist
ance. The boats of the City of Brussels
picked up all that could be recovered.
The fog lifting, the people were all taken
on board the Kirby Hall, and when they
were mustered on board her it was found
that two passengers of the City of Brussels
were drowned. They were steerage passen
gers. and Italians. Eight of the crew
also were lost, including Second Officer
Young and Carpenter Woods. All the others
are believed to be saved. The Kirby Hall,
after searching for several hours, proceeded
to Liverpool, where she arrived at 10
last night and debarked the survivsrs
at the landing stage. One of the crew of the
City of Brussels states that some of
the City of Brussels’ boats returned to that
steamer before she sank, and pulled close to
her so as to give those on board
an opportunity of saving them
selves. Men dared not go actually
alongside the sinking vessel for fear their
boats would be sucked down with
her. Thus a number of those
who jumped into the water were
rescued, among them the captain,
who was floating on a spar. While boats
were still being rowed about the ves
sel she suddenly plunged down, bow
first, in about fourteen fathoms of water,
leaving only her topmasts visible. The boats
were rowed for a time about the spot where
the City of Brussels had gone down, to make
sure there were no other sailors or
passengers in need of help, and after a time
the boats pulled to the Kirby Hall. #vhich
stood by until the fog lifted, until about
sin the afternoon. Young and Woods were
taken on board the Kirby Hall apparently
lifeless. All efforts to restore anima
tion were fruitless. When the first and
second boat reached the Kirby Hall
from the sinking steamer the purser shouted
out as they pulled up alongside to
send some boats at once. The
captain of the Kirby Halil replied
that this was impossible; that he had only
four or five seamen on board, and all he
could do was to stand by. The bow of the
Kirby Hall was stove.
partial list of passengers.
New York. Jan. 7. —John G. Dale, the
New Y'ork agent of the Inman line of
steamers at a late hour to-night had
heard nothing of the disaster to
the steamer City of Brussels. He
says the vessel was at Queenstown
at 8 Saturday morning, and should have
reached Liverpool this morning; so the ca
lamity must have occurred between the ports
named.
The office of the Inman Line Steamship
Company being closed, the list of names of
passengers cannot be had to-night, and the
only publication that apparently can be
found to-night is tlie following from the
Herald: “Among the passengers on the
City of Brussels are Mr. and Mrs.
W. 11. McLuard, D. Siegel, E. Aubrey Hunt,
J. E. Jones. Jojin J. Plummer, Mr. and Mrs.
George H. Kdbrook, J. M. Buckley, Col. J.
B. Palmer, ('apt..!. Turvey, J. McGee, M.
R. I)ufour. Arthur Masten, Cant. J. W. K.
Masters, Mr. and Mrs. P. M. Kelly and R.
H. Burton.”
DESCRIPTION OF THE VESSEL.
From the New York Times: The officers
of the city of Brussels were, Capt. Franks 8.
Land, Chief Engineer James Todd, Purser
George Collar, surgeon. Dr. Win. Gibbon;
stewardess, Mrs. McDonald. Capt. Land
THE INDIAN A POLLS JOURNAL, MONDAY, JANUARY S, 1883.
has been many years in the employ of the
line. He became the third officer
in 1803. and Utter serving his time in suc
ceeding higher grades, was promoted to the
command in 1876. He was for some time in
command of the City of Montreal. Chief En
gineer Todd has been with the Inman line
sixteen years and over, and is credited with
being a thoroughly practical man. in every
way fitted for the position he held. He is the
brother of the leading member of the ship
building firm of Todd, Magregor & Cos.,
of England. The City of Brussels was of
iron, and one of the fastest and most trust
wortliv of the seven vessels now in the
service of the In man line. Up to a few years
ago she was known a? the fastest vessel on
the Atlantic, ana, it is said,
held the reputation over five years.
She was built for the Inman Line at
Glasgow, by Todd A Magregor, and was
launched Aug. 11, 1869. Her first trip was
made in October of that year, and in the De
cember following made a voyage from New
York to Queenstown in the reirfkrkably
quick time of seven days, twenty hours and
thirty-three minntes, which remained the
quickest time on record until 1875. She was
an iron, three-decked sloop-rigged propel lor
of the following dimensions; Length 390
feet, depth, 35 feet, gross ton
nage, 3,775 tons. Her decks were divided by
strong, water-tight bulkheads, furnished
with sliding, water-tight doors, worked from
above. The vessel was steered by a steam
apparatus. Fire-proof steam and ship gal
leys. and baker-shops made it almost impossi
ble for fire to be communicated to them from
other parts of the vessel. Across the spar
deck was a covering of heavy steel plates.
The forecastle, round-house and poop-deck
were constructed of wire and wood in a most
substantial manner. In 1876 her engines
were taken out, and she was furnished
with compound engines which largely in
creased her carrying capacity, at the same
time she was refitted, the changes making her
practically anew vessel.
THE PENSION IjIST,
Commissioner Dudley’s Views and Works—
What Can Do Done.
O. O. 8. in Courier-Journal.
The dispatches being sent from here in re
gard to Colonel Dudley and pension frauds
doubtless do an injustice to that gentleman.
While all will admit that reform is neces
sary in the pension rolls of the government,
yet my information is that Colonel Dudley is
making an efficient Commissioner of Pen
sions. Colonel Dudley has but little to do with
the preparation of the pension roll?, as they
are prepared by the heads of divisions. Your
correspondent does not train with Colonel
Dudley*,but at the same time he doc* not favor
abuse of any man when it is
not deserved. This pension busi
ness is a big thing, and if something is not
done by the government soon, to check
thfe immense outlay of public funds, the
pubcic debt will be increased, even if the
present war duties are continued. It is
amazing to go through the Pension Office
here and see the enormous wagon-loads of
petitions for pensions stacked house high.
That many petitions are fraudulent is a no
torious fact, and chat many get through is
equally well known. Dudley, however, has
nothing to do with these frauds In this
pension business he has no option whatever.
He is a subordinate to the Secretary of the
Interior. He examines applications, and de
cides upon them by the evidence adduced.
He can do nothing more; but Congress can
do much to stop fraudulent pensions from
being issued, and even if Congress should fail
in this regard. Secretary Teller, of the In
terior, can, to a great extent, restrain
the voracious workings of the leech, which
is sucking the life’s blood of the public treas
ury.
Arrested for Blackmail.
New York, Jan. 7. —A genteely-dressed
man, about thirty years old, named Harri
son, was arrested to-night, at Broadway and
Tenth street, on the charge of blackmail.
He refused to give his residence or say
anything in connection with the crime
with which he is charged. Harrison was ar
rested for trying to get S3OO from Mrs. Henry
Rich, the wife of a merchant of that name,
who disappeared from his home Dec. 4 last,
and has not since been seen or heard
of. Three weeks ago the be
reaved lady received a letter, signed “Asylum
House,” in which the writer stated that he
was the custodian of Mr. Rich, who was
in an asylum. This was followed by per
sonals in the Herald and other letters, the
writer finally agreeing to bring Rich home
for S3OO, the money to be delivered
to a messenger. The bargain was to be carried
out to-night. Early in the evening an
American district messenger called with a
demand for the money; he was detained, and
two aetectives hurried to the office of the
company. When the Boy came along he was
shadowed until he met Harrison, and the de
tectives arrested him. He offered resistance,
but was quickly overpowered.
The Nickle-Plate Railroad.
Cleveland, Jan. 7.—General .Deverux "and
Judge Burke returned to-day from New York.
Judge Burke says William 11. Vanderbilt
was elected president of the Nickle-plate
board of directors, which is the same as pres
ident of the company. Mr. Vanderbilt was
elected till the annual meeting of stock
holders, which will be held on the 30th inst.
Judge Burke thinks it possible that
some changes may be made in the
board then, but cannot say whether
young Vanderbilt will be re-elected presi
dent or not. It has been understood for
some time that General Devereux would
accept the presidency under certain con
ditions, one of which is, that the road should
be operated independently of the Lake Shore.
It is rumored here also, that if General
Devereux becomes president of ihe Nickle
plate, John Newel will immediately resign
the general managership of the Lake Shore.
Judge Burke discredits the report of the
Lake Shore bonds sold to pay for Nickle
plate.
Steamship News.
Queenstown, Jan, 6.—Arrived: The Indi
ana, from Philadelphia.
London, Jan. 6.—The City of Brussels,
Italy. Vandalia and Laurent, from New
York, have arrived out.
New Orleans, Jan. 6.—Cleared: Steamships
New York, Engineer, for Liverpool; Darling
ton, for Bremen; Raven, for Havre. Arrived:
Steamships < halmette. from New York; Glen
rath, from Greenock.
New Orleans, Jan. 7.—Arrived: Steam
ships Melanize, from Liverpool; Strathairly.
from Newport.
81411 Pursued.
St. Loris, Jan. 6. —Application has been
made to Governor Crittenden by relatives of
the late Colonel A. W. Slay buck, that he
direct the Attorney-general to come to this
city and take charge of the grand jury in
vestigation in the case of John A. Cockerill,
managing editor of the Post-Dispatch, on the
alleged grounds that the circuit attorney
here is prejudiced and has obstructed the in
vestigation. The Governor declined to com
ply with the request, but will refer the mat
ter to Judge Vun Waggoner, of the Criminal
Court.
*/I)ou’t take pills, and other mercurials that
poison the system, hut by using Kidney-Wort re
store the natural action of all the organs. Those
that have used it agiee that it ia by fur the best
medicine known. Its uoltou L prompt, thorough
and lasting.
STATE NEWS AND GOSSIP.
Doubt as to the Legality of Certain
Elections in Elkhart County.
A Man at Evansvi 1© Commits Suicide as a
Result of Not Being; Able to
Find Work.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
Elkhart, Jan. 6. —Since the late election a
complicated case has arisen as to who is
legally commissioner in this county. Two
years ago, P. J. Parmater was elected on the
Republican ticket to fill a vacancy, and he
claims that election makes him commis
sioner for three years. This fall, John A.
Smith, Democrat, was elected, and makes
demand for immediate possession of the
office. Now, in turn, the friends of Par
mater come forward and claim that Smith
was not legally elected, but that W.S. Hazle
ton, who was his opponent, on the Repub
lican ticket, was, contesting the election of
Smith on the ground that the Democratic
ballots were not legal, being printed with a
distinguishing mark. The Democratic clerk
and auditor, who were elected by but a small
majority, are on the anxious seat lest this
trouble, caused by Smith in his desire to
take possession of his office one year in ad
vance of what he himself supposed he
would, may raise complications which will
throw them out and give their offices to their
Republican competitors. The matter is
causing a great deal of feeling, and the out
come is anxiously looked for.
A Petition Being; Signed in Asbury University
for tlie Submission of the Amendments.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
Greencastlb, Jan. 6. —The following is a
form of petition being circulated for signa
tures in Indiana Asbury University:
To the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
Thu undersigned, members of the faculty and
students of the Indiana Asbury University, Ue
lievl.ir that ours is a ‘•government of the peo
ple, by the people and for the people;” believ
ing, also, that our legislators ran have no just
cause or motive for withholding from the peo
ple the right to express by individual ballot
their several views upon any question of organic
law, do hereby most respectfully petition the
honorable Senate and House of Representa
tives to take such earl.r action as shall secure
the re-passage of the pending prohibitory con
stitutional amendment, and its submission to
the ueople for their final official ratification or
rejection.
That the question may be entirely removed
from partisan polities and its merits be fairly
presented to eaoh elector, we further petition
and ask that the so-called proposed prohibitory
amendment be submitted to the people at an
election called especially for the purpose of
amending the constitution.
Asbury opened the winter term quite flat
teringly on Wednesday, the 3d inst.
Dr. Bowman, the theological professor, ar
rived to-day, and will take charge of his
department next Monday. His family
will not join him till about the Ist of next
April.
Exaggerated Reports as to Commissioner
Dudley’s Illness.
Richmond Special.
Commissioner of Pensions Dudley has
written an old friend in this city to deny the
newspaper reports of his illness. A corre
spondent of one of the Philadelphia dailies
telegraphed that he had not been in his office
for two months, being compelled to remain
at home on account of the stump of his leg
that was shot off in one of the battles of the
rebellion. The bone was said to be slough
ing away, and his life threatened. The dis
patches were published here at his old home,
and caused a great deal of anxiety among
his friends. In his letter he says he has not
missed a day from the office on account of
his health. His leg is paining him, and he
has been compelled to resort to crutches, but
he thinks he will soon be able to use his arti
ficial limb again.
A General Denial.
Special to the Indianapolis .TonrnaL
Shelbyville, Jan. 7.—Your correspondent
interviewed at the jail to-day, Benoni D.
Wilson, the ex-justice of the peace, in re
gard to the charge of perjury which has
been made against him and published in the
Journal and other daily papers, Mr. Wilson
denied the charge in very positive terms, and
said that the whole thing was simply a
malicious prosecution of himself by certain
leading men of Fairland. Wilson’s trial
takes place in two weeks.
Incendiary Fires.
Special to the Indianapolis JournsL
Richmond, Jan. 6.—Tlie fire department
was called out three times, last night, to ex
tinguish incendiary fires. All three were in
stables and originated in the hay mows. The
first, situated on South Sixth street, belonged
to C. Arkenbery; the second, a square dis
tant on the same street, to Joseph Bremm,
and the third, on North Thirteenth street, to
Conductor Ham, of the Panhandle. The loss
in each case was about S2OO, and none were
insured.
A Man Down-llearted from Want of Work
Commits Suicide.
Special to the Indianapolis JournaL
Evansville, Jan. 6. Hiram Gregory, a
machinist, for many years in the employ of
the Evansville A’ Terre Haute railway, com
mitted suicide with laudanum, this evening,
at his home in this city. Low spirits, result
ing from his having had no work for the
past year, was the cause. He w’as about
sixty-five years old, ana leaves a wife and
three children.
Injured by the Cars.
Special to the Indianapolis JournaL
Conn ers vi lle, Jan. 6.— This afternoon,
while Dr. D. W. Butler was crossing the C.,
H. A I. railroad in a buggy, the 1:20 express
east struck the carriage, mashing it to pieces
and throwing the Doctor a distance of about
twenty feet, dislocating his shoulder and
badly injuring his chest and back. He is in
a critical condition to-night, but fair hopes
are entertained of his recovery.
Damage Suit.
Special to the Tndlanapolis Journal.
Spencer, Ind., Jan. 6. —In a suit for dam
ages brought in the Owen Circuit Court by
Mr. Rainbolt, of Greene county, against the
Bloomfield Narrow gauge Railroad Company,
for injury received by the falling of their
bridge over White river last summer, the
jury gave him a verdict in the sum of $4,000.
Didn't Know It Was Loaded,
rial to the Indianapolis JournaL
Mitchel, Ind., Jan. o.—To-day, Ed An
derson, a youth of fifteen, a son of Major
Anderson, of tiiis place, was amusing him
self by snapping a revolver at another boy,
Will Turner, to see him dodge, with the
usual result. The ball entered Turners left
breast, but fortunately glanced around a rib
and was cut out by a surgeon from the
right breast. The wound is not fatal.
Re-elected—A Sad Affliction.
Special to the Indiauapolis Journal.
Shelbyville, Jan. 6.—Dr. J. F. Maddox
was to-day re-elected secretary of the county
board of health for the ensuing year. Dr.
Maddox is a leading Democrat, but worked
and voted against the “ring” county ticket
this fall. His opponent was Dr. J. P. Rob
bins, a Republican.
Avery sad affliction has befallen two of
the children of Mr. John Hoop, formerly
editor of the Shelby Volunteer. For some
six weeks the children have been afflicted
with erysipelas in the face, and to-day it was
reported that the oldest child, a bright and
beautiful girl, had lost one of her eyes, and
it is feared will lose the other. A little boy
is also losing his eyesight.
Willie Talbert, who accidentally shot him
self last Saturday, is in a dangerous condi
tion; to-day he was quite restless, the wounds
giving him great pain.
Jewelry Store Burglarized.
i** the Indianapolis Journal.
Richmond, Jan. 7.—The jewelry store of
Lewis A Clemmers at Arba was robbed of
S3OO worth of watches and jewelry last night.
The panels in the door were cut out with
tools taken from a carpenter shop near by.
The job was neatly done and showed that it
had been committed by a professional.
Suicide by Hanging;.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
Danville, lnd., Jan. 6.—Jacob Horner, a
merchant at Maplewood, a small country
town in this county, hung himself to-day.
He was seen going into his store at noon, and
his wife went in an hour later and found him
dead. Cause unknown.
Dropped Dead.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
Kntghtstown, Ind., Jan. 6.—This evening
the wife of Thomas SI a van, a saloon-keeper
of this place, fell dead. Cause, heart disease.
Running; Amuck.
Shelbyville, Jan. 6.—Jasper Mings, a
well-known character of Waldron, became
infuriated at Harvey Ballard, of the same
place, last evening, and in his passion as
saulted Mr. Ballard with a hatchet. In
order to escape being seriously injured, if
not killed. Mr. Ballard ran, with Mings in
close pursuit. For a while things were de
cidedly lively in the village, as the chase led
them on several streets, Mings carrying the
hatchet ala “tomahawk-big-Injun. ’ Ballard
was finally rescued by the citizens, and this
afternoons warrant ’was issued for Mings’s
arrest, which will be made as soou as he cau
be found.
Wants a License.
Connersvi lle, Jan. 6.—John U. Keiser, of
Henry county, has brought a case of rejected
application for liquor license to this county
from his own baliwick, on change of venue,
filing his case in court yesterday. Reiser’s
application to the Henry county board of
commissioners has been met with a sturdy
remonstrance in the shape of charges against
his moral character, which charges were sus
tained by the commissioners, whereupon he
appealed to the Henry Circuit Court, and
then took a change of venue from the county,
as stated.
Injured by a Lunatic.
Vincennes, Jan. 6.—Yesterday morning,
John Martin, an insane and vicious inmate
of the Knox County Asylum for the Poor,
attacked a fellow inmate named Smith with
a stick of word, and dangerously, if hot
fatally injured him. Martin was formerly
in the State Hospital for the Insane, but was
returned hither as incurably demented. He
has always been considered dangerous, and
has been subjected to strict surveillance, but
succeeding at last in getting in his work as
described.
The Boy Evangelist.
Lincoln, 111., Jan. 6.—Rev. Thomas Harri
son, the Methodist revivalist, held three ser
vices in the M. K. Church here to-day. There
was a large attendance, many coming from
the surrounding towns and country, though
the religious enthusiasm was uot especially
marked.
Consecration Denied.
Decatur, 111., Jan. 6.—At the meeting of
the standing committee of the Springfield
Episcopal Diocese, held yesterday, the com
mittee declined to consent to the consecra
tion of Rev. Dr. Thompson, assistant bishop
elect of Mississippi.
From Exchanges ami Correspondence.
A large hotel 1m to be ereoted at Hartford City,
Three Incendiary fires occurred at Richmond
Friday night.
The tracklayers of the Straight Line road are
within one mile of Petersburg.
Charles Kablo, of Lotransporr, consul at Sid
ney, Australia, is home on a visit.
A postoffice has been established at Milligan,
Parke county, and A. J. Boyd appointed post
master.
A secret association is being formed at Rich
mond for the purpose of ferreting out fire-bugs,
aud, the Palladium says, “lynching them.”
Peter Kochert, of Franklin township, Ilarrison
con nt.v, fell from his wagon, and was kicked by
one of the horses, a few days ago, causing his
death.
It is said that Williamsport Is soon to have a
bank, a first-class town hall, a wagon and car
riage shop, and several other much-ueeded im
provements.
The greater portion of both of Charles Shan
on’H feet were recently amputated at Otis, whieh
had been terribly frozen one cold uay this win
ter, near Jaoksou Center.
Mr. A. McCann, one of tlie largest stock deal
ers of Decatur, aud u man having very large
business relations, died on Wednesday night
from blood poisoning, the result of a carbuncle.
On Friday, at Kntghtstown, while the tele
graph operator at the depot was cleaning Ins
batteries he left some vitriol water in a water
can, when a ’ramp, being thirsty, drank the con
tents. He took sick immediately, aud is uow in
a precarious condition.
The Clutter divorce case, which has been on
trial at Terre Haute for the past two weeks, has
terminated in the lady being granted a divorce
and $4,500 alimony. The child was placed in
the custody of the father. Mr. Clutter says the
case will be appealed to the Supreme Court.
Fire at Taylorsville, at an early hour on Friday
morning, burned the dry goods store of D. Mil
ler & Soil aud H. F. Steinbarger’s drug store.
A portion of Steinbarger’s goods were saved, but
Miller & Son lost their entire stock. The town
ship trustee's books and the books of a saw-mill
were also lost.
The Indiana Furniture Company, of Conners
ville, has selected the following named directors:
William Newkirk, W. H. Wberrett, Greenberry
Hanson, G. M. Sinks, J. W. Ross, J. B. MoFarlan
and J. N. Huston. William Newkirk is contin
ued as president, and W. H. Wberrett as secre
tary and treasurer.
William Jackson, of Rennettsville.'on the L.,
N. A. & C. railroad, has in his possession a very
line collection of rare coins, for which he has re
fused $4,000. Mr. Morrill Weir, of the Second
National Bank of New Albany, has rare coins
and scrip worth $1,500. A specie dollar in Ills
possession of the date of 1801 is valued at S2OO.
Lafayette Courier: “Mrs. John Martin will
shortly entertain George Patterson, of San Fran
cisco, Cal. Mr. Patterson was at one time a
laborer on the canal nerc, aud lived in a cabin
on us classicbanks. To-day he is a millionaire,
worth over $2,000,000. He owns 14,000 acres
of land within twenty-two miles of Sati Francis
co, 2,000 acres of which he sows in wheut, and
1,000 in barley every year.”
ILLINOIS.
All of tlie men employed iu the nail-cutting de
putuucnluf the Ceniralla Irou and Nail-works
went out on a strike, Thursday evening, to
strengthen the cause of the puddlers, who struck
Wednesday.
Daniel Gilmore, aged Reventy-six, one of the ”
old residents of Leroy, McLean county, died very
suddenly Thursday morning.
Charles E. Slocum shot himself at Piano,
Thursday night. He wes a railway mail clerk
on the Chicago & McGregor route.
The Democrats of Bloomington will celebrate
Jackson’fi New Orleans victory the Bth Inst
General Black will try to point out the resem
blance between an old Jacksonian Democrat ami
the modern specimen of that party.
White, one of the murderers of Warren, near
Kinmundy, a week since, has been placed in the
Carlyle jail for safe keeping, on account of the
poor condition of the jail at Salem. Important
evidence will undoubtedly be discovered within
a few (lays which will substantiate all ionuer
evidence, it is the general opinion that he will
stretch hemp.
Information of the arrefit of L. Buckholt, the 1
notorious horse thief at Pomeroy, 0., was re
ceived at Decatur Saturday. Rewards aggre
gating $2,100 have been offered for the appre
hension of Buckholt, who is charged with steal
ing horses at Sullivan, Paris, Elmwood, and in
Cass county. Detective Jarrett left for Ohio
Saturday night with a requisition for Buckholt
from Governor Culioin.
Mr. Gebhardt Addresses the Pnblic.
Chicago, Jan. 7.—Mr. Fred. Gebhardt has
addressed the following card to the public:
Grand Pacific Hotel, Chicago, \
_ , „ Jan. 6, 1883. f
To the Press.
Sirs—Since my arrival in Chicago I have been
made the subject of a number of new paper
articles, in which my habits, appearance ana in
tentions have been referred to at a greater or
less length. I should not heed these articles if
they concerned no one but myself, as I am satis
fied that the portion of the community whoso
good opinion is worth having does not attach
iLe slightest importance to stories containing
a grain of truth to a ton of falsehood, and in
some instances set afoot by persons who have i
formed their impressions of me through a key-'
bole, and Intercepted errand-boj-s to read the
addresses of letters Intrusted to the lads for de
livery. Unfortunately, they reflect upon a lady
whose friendship I am proud to possess, and who
is as painfully surprised as I am that, in a coun
try where chivalry and independence are sup
posed to exist, every day should l>e marked by a
new and coarse invasion into her private life.
My attentions to Mrs. Langtry are such as
any gentleman should, without comment, bo
privileged to pay any lady. Mrs. Langtry is
here in the company of her husband’s sister,
dwelling in a public hotel, and the object of such
scrutiny is one which but a person of irrespons
ible character would oourt.
A little reflection would, Tam sure, suggest
to most people that many of the remarks made
in relation to my acquaintance with Mrs. Lang
try—a stranger in a strange land, and on that,
account more dependent npon congenial friends
for a few hours’ relaxation after her duties to
the public have been performed—are scarcely in
consonance with justice, kindness and decency.
Your obedient servant,
Frederick Gebhardt. s
The Marquis of Lome aud Louise En Route
East.
Santa Barbara, Jan. 6.—The Princes?
Louise, the Marquis of Lome and suite,leave
to-night for San Pedro. It is understood they
will halt a day at San Gabriel, and then re
sume their journey, stopping a day at Tucson
Deming, Aflbuquerque, Kansas City, St.
Louis, Cincinnati and Richmond, Va., thence
to Charleston, where the Princess will
embark for the Bermudas, to remain till
May. The Marquis will go to Washington
for a few days, and thence to Quebec.
Mission-Houses Attacked by Indians.
Victoria, B. C., Jan. 6.—News from Mitla
katlah says Indians attacked Bishop Redlay
and destroyed several of the mission-houses.
Serious trouble is anticipated, as the Indiana
are indignant at tne usage they profess to
think they have received at the hands of the
church authorities. The first missionaries
were very popular with the natives.
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.
R. R. Hefford has been nominated by the Re
publicans for mayor of Buffalo.
Cobb Shelton, of Houston, killed his son with
an ax. The murderer has escaped.
An organization is perfecting at Philadelphia
for the relief of sufferers by the Rhine overflow.
The wife of United States Marshal -task- es ■
Milwaukee, died iu the insane asylum at that
city Friday.
Weavers at the Aquidenck mill, Providence,
R. I, refuse to go to work, and the mill will
remain closed.
The Fall River Iron works Company havo
given notice of a 10 per cent, reduction of wages,
to take effect Jan. 15.
Hon. W. R. Morrison, of Illinois, deolines to
have nls name considered in connection with the
speakership of the next House.
Rev. J. B. Messiah, a colored deacon, was ad
vanced to the priesthood of the Episcopal
church, at Cairo, 111., yesterday.
Samuel Darling, a prosperous leather mer
chant of New York, was Killed on the Loi
Island railway track at Glen Cove.
Ransom H. Perkins, of Washington, Vt., a
fanner, has been committed to jail, charged with
the forgery of a note for over $7,00C
Crime is so rampant in Newhnrypbrt, Mass.,
that the citizens have held an indignation meet
ing to devise means for its extinction.
Adolph Mann, a young student in Philadel
phia, poisoned himself. He had applied himself
too closely to study, and upset his brain.
Owen Lynch was killed and John McGovern
aud John McCarty seriously injured, near Glen
don, Pa., station, by a locomotive for
a train.
James McGovern, of Newark, the well-known
base ball player, has signed a contract to play
with the Covington club in 1883, at a salary of
$1,400.
Aloys Moisei, aged flfty-one. of 76 Douglass
street, Brooklyn, N. Y., a dealer in toys at
Chambers street, New York city’, killed himself
yesterday.
Thomas Fitzgerald, proprietor of the Phila
delphia Item, Is accused in the Common Pleas of
the theft of court records from the prothouotu
ry’s office. f
The sixty-eighth anniversary of the battle* T
New Orleans will be celebrated at New York to
day. Hon. John G. Carlisle, of Kentucky, will
deliver the oration.
About a month hence, Simon Cameron and
Charles A. Dana will leave New York in a palace
car for San Francisco, to speud two montlu iu
search of something new.
During the panic caused by a fire on the altar
of St. Patrick’s Church, in New London, Conn.,
Saturday morning, many persons in the congre
gation were bruised. No one was killed. *
Mary Hartenslein, of New Haven, Conn., who
caused the arrest of Mayor Shelton and Dr.
Brown, charged with procuring an abortion
upon her, died yesterday of heart disease.
Robert Rose and Jack Moore, two middle-aged
men, while asleep in a house iu Webster county,
West Virginia, were burned to death. They had
probably drunk heartily, built a large fire and •
laid down.
Reoecca Gearsley, an aged lady, was found
dead in bed in West Philadelphia this morning,
having been smothered. She had taken a lurk*
brick to bed with her, and, the bedclothes taking
fire, she was suffocated by the smoke.
Captain Herbert F. Gye. of the English navy,
was robbed of SIOO,OOO worth of diamonds on a
railroad train, near Philadelphia. He is a
brother-in-law of Madame Albam, the singer,
whose diumouds are among the stolen property
Russell Lester wont from Muskego, I. TANARUS., up(t*
Nintta to kill a man named Rutledge,with whom
he had a quarrel. They met,aud Rutledge put the ,
contouts of a double-barreled shotguu Into Les
ter’s body, and lie was taken back home a corpse.
The body of Moses O. Ilanaucr, a wealthy
Hebrew and coffee dealer of 101 Water street, '
New York, and who resides at 207 West One
Hundred and Twenty-eighth street, was found
at Fort Washington last night. Apparently,
suicide.
B. H. Campbell, of Cliioago. representing local
capitalists, has offered the Secretary of the Inte
rior an annual rental of $50,000 for a tract of ;
land in Indian Territory thirty miles square, on
which to raise cattle, with the right to cut tim-,
her for wire fences.
At Williamsport, Pa., ex-Connty Commission
ers Daniel Carson and William Ebuer, pleading (
guilty to embezzlement, pay a fine of $250 each, 1
and will be imprisoned in the Eastern peniten
tiary. Corson for twenty-one mouths, and Ebnor )
for live mouths,
The stock holders of the Philadelphia Centen- !
nial Exposition are behind to the amount of
$1,700,000. On the grouud of general benefits tb j
the country, New York hankers and merchants
have forwarded to Congress a memorial for an
appropriation to cover the deficit.
Mr. J. T. Board, Jefferson villa. Clarke couth
ty, was cured of dyspepsia by Brown's Irou ■&}'} \
icrs.