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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, TUESDAY, DECEMBER IS, 1888.
Bailey urjred his retention, and on the floor of the
Senate denounced our committee, tome of them per
sonally by came. an J all of them a body, and used
toward oar committee the- most insulting and cppro
Vrioa lariuae. It is notorious in our community
that Mr. Bailey is apon intimate terms and relations
with the more prominent among the persons so in
dieted as aforesaid. There is an titter want of confi
dence in this community in the ability or disposition
on the part of Mr. Bailey to render e&cient services
in aid of the prosecution in said cases
Mr. Bailey never had any chance after that to
ten make a suggestion concerning the tally
beet ease. He was barred from any participa
tion in their prosecution, and when it was beard
here yesterday that the President bad sent Lis
came to the Senate as Sellers' successor, one
prominent Democrat said, ''Well, tne admin
istration baa cot mighty low down." Another
said, 'The thing is 30 absurd as to be ridiculous;"
but over in the United States marshal's oCiee
there were words of praise for IIr. Bailey. There
it wu thought to be the right thin?.
Outside, though, the opinion was that the
President had taken this way out of a
dilemma. It was thought that no other attor
ney would take the eaaoce of not being con
firmed by the Senate, and it is believed that the
President bad the same view of the situation as
that given by an attorney yesterday afternoon.
"It is not an appointment," he remarked,
until the Senate confirms it- By his right as
assistant, Mr. Bailey can remain fn charge of
the oEce until his nomination is rejected. If
he was not the assistant be could not go into
the office and do the work of district attorney,
the Senate being in session, but bo could do
o if be bad been named during a
reeess of the Senate, and get all
the emolatctnta of the office. These emolu
ments he cannot now enjoy until he is con
firmed. He will be simply a deputy in charge
of the office pending action by the Senate on his
nomination."
Judge Claypool received his commission yes
terday as assistant district attorney, to aid in
the prosecution of the election cases that are ex
pected to eome out of the deliberations of the
present grand jury.
CLAY COUNTY MINERS.
Ihey Indorse the Action of the Columbus Con-
vention and Propose a New Mining Bill.
stpecial tu the XndlanooIIs Zoarnal.
Brazil, Ind., Dee. 17. The miners of this
district met in mass convention, at the court
house, this morning at 10 o'clock. Wn. Hous
ton was called to the chair. The new miners'
bill was read and its spirit indorsed formally.
Addresses from representatives to the Colum
bus, O., convention reported the work of the
ponvention in margins the two national orders
Into one, a measure generally approved. Mr.
Davis, of Pennsylvania, who is vice-president of
ihe new order, made a strong plea for one na
tional order for the entire craft, after which a
resolotion iodoriing the order was passed.
The miners' bill proposes an amendment to
Section 8 of an aet entitled, "An Act to Regu
late Coal Mines, and the Ventilation Thereof,"'
being Section 5464 of the Revised Statutes of
1831. There are six sections. The first pro
vides for 2C0 cubic feet of air per minute for
each person employed in a mine, COO for each
ltorse or xnnle. and 700 for each pound of pow
der burned in it Other sections call for dis
tricts in division of mines for better ventilation,
penalties, etc.
It is further proposed to amend Section 3 of
an act entitled, "An Act for the Inspection of
Scales, and Providing a Penalty Therefor," be
ing Section 54S0 of the Revised Statutes of 1831.
It is made the Inspector's duty to examine
cales. Suitable penalties are provided. The
bill asks for two additional mine inspectors in
stead of one, as now, each with a district of his
own. An examining board is called for
to pass upon an inspector's qualifications. The
board shall consist of three operators and
three miners, who shall select the inspectors,
object to the Governor's confirmation. The
salary of each is fixed at $1,500 per annum.
Each inspector shall visit each mine in his dis
trict quarterly, or at any time at the request of
ane-half the miners working there. An appro
priation to prosecute offenders is asked for.
Other provisions refer to two weeks' pay, com
pany stores, ete. In the matter of weights, the
coal must be weighed in the little car in which
the miner puts it, before screening, with eighty
pounds to the bushel and 2,000 pounds to the
ton.
The call for additional mine inspectors is
timely. No one inspector can visit all the mines
in the State and properly look after the safety
of 7,000 miners. One has proved inadequate tb
eompile foil or satisfactory statistics. As an in
stance, perhaps, not one-half of the fatalities or
mishaps are known to the inspector, judging
from his annual reports. Other items are also
Short in the inspector's report.
Obituary.
Cincinnati, Dec 17. Mr. Staats G. Burnet,
ft prominent citizen of Hamilton county, died
this morning at bis home, aged sixty-one years.
Be was the father of the present assistant
Tnlted States district attorney here, brother of
Judge Itaao Burnet, and a grandson of the
pioneer eitizen. Judge Jacob Burnet. The de
ceased was formerly a prominent member of the
Hamilton county bar, but he has not practiced
in the eonrts sinee his return from Iowa, where,
some years ago, be was a member of the Legis
lature. The cause of his death was kidney
trouble.
Columbus, O., Dee. 17. Dr. James Scott, au
thor of the famous Scott liquor law, died at his
home at Lebanon, yesterday, aged seventy-three
years. He bad been a member of the Ohio Leg
islature eighteen years. He was appointed Sec
yetary of Washington Territory by President
Grant, and served as consul from 1874 to 1S78,
.having been a public official more than thirty
years. He was born in Washington county,
Pennsylvania, July 15, 1315, and his death was
due entirely to the infirmities of old ace.
Washington, Dec 17. Acting Adjutant-general
Helton has been informed of the death, at
Fort Supply. Indian Territory, of CoL Robert
LaMotte, Thirteenth Infantry.
Boston, Dec 17. Nathaniel J. Bradlee, a
well-known architect of this city, died on a rail
road train, this morning, while on his way to
Keene. N. IL
Baltimore, Dec. 17. Mr. James C. Morford,
Aged ninety-three, the last member of the Asso
ciation of Old Defenders of Baltimore, died here,
to-day,
Mrs. Cleveland in Philadelphia.
Philadelphia, Deo. 17. Mrs. Cleveland eat
In an easy chair, chatting and smiling in her
bright way, in the parlor of Rev. Dr. Charles
Wood's residence, on West Walnut Lane, Uer
m an town, this afternoon. She had Just ar
rived from Washington, and after a drive
through the dark, foggy Gerraantown roads, was
thoroughly enjoying the ruddy warmth of an
open fire. She came unaccompanied, and her
sole object in visiting Philadelphia is to quietly
rest for a few days in anticipation of
the busj- social season that will soon begin
at the White House. She will remain until
Friday evening, when she will return to Wash
ington. To-morrow evening she will dine pri
Tately with Mr. and Mrs. Geerge W. Childs and
11 r. and Mrs. A. J. Drexel, at Mr. Childs s Walnut-street
residence. Mrs. Cleveland is a picture
of robust health, and is as bright-spirited and
cheerful as ever. She baa expressed a desire
that during her stay hero she shall not be ten
gsred any formal social receptions, and her
rushes will be strictly regarded.
Cabinet Rumors.
Boston, Dee. 17. Gen. Russell A. Alger, of
Michigan, who has just returned from a visit to
the Hon. James G. Blaine, at Augusta, was seen
in this city to-night, and positively denied the
current story that he was the bearer of an im
portant message from President-elect Harrison
to Mr. Blaine. General Alger said that his visit
had no political significance whatever, and that
it was made in response to an invitation extend
ed by Mr. Blaine while ho was in Michigan,
last fall, and also for the purpose of
talking over some Atchison railroad matters in
which he and some of his friends are interested.
General Alger said he had cot seen General
Harrison since the election, and but once or
twice since his nomination.
New Haven, Conn., Dec 17. The Register
this evening prints a story to the efTect that a
friend of President-elect Harrison has visited
this eity recently, sounding the leading politi
cians as to the acceptability of the Hon. R, D.
f perry for Postmaster general.
The YIce-rreshlent-Elect.
New Yoke, Dec. 17. Hon. Levi P. Morton,
Vice-president-elect, to-night assured a rep orter
that the visit of himself and wife to General
and Mrs. Harrison was of a social nature, and
smiled and said nothing when the subject of
President Harrison's Cabinet was broached.
"Yon know I am not the appointing power," he
said at last, "we had a very pleasant visit, and
have entirely recovered from the efectsof our
Journey."
The O Djrnaruite Trials.
Galzsbuho, 111., Dec 17. Several witnesses
to-day contradicted the most material parts of
'.he testimony of informer Bowles against en
gineer B&uereisen, the alleged '0" dynamiter,
Geo. Pearee, of Mendota. and W. F. Dewey par
ticularly denied baying dealings with Boirles,
SACKVILLE'S VACANT PLACE
Mr. Laboucliere Censures Lord Salis
bury for Delay in Naming a Successor,
The British Government Declines to Modify
Its African Policy L'ecause of the Sapposed
Peril of Stanley and min Bey.
SACKVILLE'S CASE.
Laboucbere Censures Salisbury for Unfriend
lines Towhrtl the United States.
London; Dec 17. In the House of Commons,
to-night, Mr. Labouchere moved that a reduc
tion of 1,000 be made in tho salary of the Brit
ish minister at Washington. He then censured
Lord Salisbury for his delay in appointing a
successor to Lord Sackville, and for his un
friendly attitude toward America, which, the
speaker maintained, was especially shown in
the Premier's speech at the Lord Mayor's ban
quet Sir James Fergusson said he regretted the tone
of Mr. Labouchere's remarks, and added that it
was impossible to enter fully into the matter
no w, because it was only within the last two
days that the government had been placed in
possession of the reasons for Lord Sackville
receiving his passports. He denied the truth of
Mr. Labouehere's assertion that there was a
disposition to sneer at America, and said he be
lieved that the sympathy and friendship between
the two nations were too sincere to be a Tec ted
by this incident of the minister's return. No
declaration of an intention to delay the appoint
ment of his successor until the new President
was installed had been made.
Sir William Vernon-Uarcourt was pleas ed to
hear the last statement He urged that a suc
cessor to Lord Sackville be immediately ap
pointed. Mr. McArtbur asked if was true that two
years ago En eland agreed that German influence
shonld be paramount in Samoa.
Sir James Fergussan said it was satisfactory to
know that anring the last fishing season there
bad been no dispute between Canadians and
Americans. It was inconvenient at present, be
said, to lay before the House the papers con
nected with the fisheries conference. Regarding
Samoa, he hoped that compensation might be
made to those who bad suffered undeserved
losses, but he was not in a position to deal with
the future policy of the island. The govern
ment for years had been pledged to neutrality.
It was earnestly wished that some settlement
might bo reached that would put an end to civil
wars on the island. He thought it was not sur
prising that Germany looked to an island so
suitable for colonizing purposes. "We ought
not to be jealous of other nations," he said.
Mr. Labouchere .then withdrew his motion,
and the rote was agreed to.
STANLEY AND Ell IN.
The English Government Will Not Modify
Its Present Flan of Operations.
London, Dee. 17. In the House of Commons,
to-day. Lord Randolph Churchill asked what
would be the estimated cost of sending rein
forcements to Snakim and whether it was the
intention of the government to impose the
whole or a part of the expenses upon Egypt in
the face of Lord Salisbury's speech of March
16, in which he said he did not think that the
retention of Suakim would be an advantage to
Egynt and advised the abandonment of the
place.
Right Honorable Sir James Fergusson, Par
liamentary Secretary for the Foreign Office,
said it was impossible to estimate the eost
Lord Salisbury's utterance was merely a per
sonal opinion m a speech made on the stand of
the House of Lords. There was no reason to
believe that the Egyptian government coin
cided with the opinion or intended to abandon
Suakim.
Mr. Morley said that Sir James Fergosson'a
answer was most extraordinary. It would be
most repugnant to the sense of the Honse to
separate without knowing whether steps can be
taken to avert the threatened fate of Stanley
and Emin. The government ought to proclaim
to the coast tribesmen that the dominion of
Egypt would not be extended beyond Suakim.
Such a step was positively neoessary if the gov
ernment wanted fo detatch these tribesmen
from the MabdL
Sir James Fergusson said he could not give
the specific declaration which Mr. Morley re
quired. A closer perusal of Otman Digna's let
ter had increased the doubts of its genuineness,
and it by no means sufficed to warrant delay in
raising the siece of Suakim.
Mr. Gladstone contended that Egyptian occu
pation of Suakim would be mischievous, while
the question of British occupation if that were
really necessary oueht to be submitted to the
House. He was averse to any occupation what
soever. Lord Randolph Churchill regretted the gov
ernment's resumption of the course he had de
nounced in the House when taken by the Lib
erals. Mr. Henry Chaplin and Lord Charles Beres
ford advocated the retention of Suakim.
Mr. Morley, in order to obtain a division,
move to reduce the vote for foreign embassies
by 300. The motion was rejected 1G5 to 7a
The answer of Sir James Fergusson. Under
Foreien Secretary, to the questions put to him
in the House of Commons to-night, indicate
that the government has finally determined to
make no change in its policy with regard to the
Soudan. Concerning this apparent determina
tion. Sir Andrew Clarke, formerly Governor of
the Straits settlements, in an interview, this
evening, asserted that the Soudanese would
never 'peacefully acauiesce in Egyptian rnle,
and suggested, as an expert, a British protector
ate over the port of Snakim and the Red sea
coast, nominally under the Arab flag.
To faciliate matters in the accomplishment of
this settlement of the Soudan question, Sir An
drew forcibly urged the sending of Messrs.
Wylde and Brewster and Zobehr Pasha as com
missioners to negotiate withj the tribes on the
basis of the removal of the dervishes - and the
administration of the government of the terri
tory direct from England, relieving the Egnyt
ian minister and Sir Evelyn Baring entirely
from any connection with the affair in that re
gion. Mr. Wylde, speaking as a resident of
Snakim for fourteen years, declares that the
Egyptian war clique are directly and woolly re
sponsible for the existing troubles, and asserts
that matters will never assume any better shape
under Egyptian rule. He expresses his willing
ness to enter Osman Digna's camp alone, and
negotiate a settlement with that chieftain at his
own risk, but the government will not allow him
to land, even at Suakim.
Sir Charles Warren, who has been assigned,
by the rumor of the past few days, to the com
mand of the English corps at Suakim. has re
turned to active military duty as commander of
the engineers at Dover.
The Foreign Office has made public dispatches
bearing dates from Sept. 9, 1SS0, to May 5, 18S7,
giving a detailed history of the Stanley relief
expedition. From these documents positive
proof is derived that the government of Eng
land, from the very first held no communication
with Stanley, and never officially recognized the
expedition. It is farther shown that of the 10,
000 which Egypt promised to contribute to the
expenses of the expedition, the committee re
ceived ouly 8,400, and this sum was given only
on condition that the amount would be refunded
out of the proceeda of the sale of the ivory
which Emin was known or supposed to have.
It is noteworthy that the most pessimistic note
received by the committee from Stanley is
dated the 2d of July, 18S7, and was written at
WadelaL
Thinks Stanley Is Dead.
London. Dae. 17. Mr. Thomson, the African
explorer, writes that it is only too probable that
the Mahdi has captured Emin Bey. He ex
presses, unhesitatingly, the conviction that
Stanley never reached Emin, but was annihi
lated, with bis whole party, in the region of the
Albert Xyanza. In this region, he says, tbero
are dense forests and swamps, and Stanley
and his followers must have had to
march almost in single file, and to
fight for their daily food. The
absence of news, he said, is quite natural, be
cause there are no slav) or trade routes by
which an Arab merchant could carry the news.
The disaster was wholly due to the selection of
the Congo route. Why that route was selected,
still requires an explanation.
Mr. Troup, the transport officer of the Stan
ley expedition, writes that there was not a sin
gle Snider rifle nor any ammunition for that
kind of rifle in the party when it left Yam
bunga. Q EXE HAL FOHCIGX NEWS.
Doulanger Sympathize with DeLesseps and
Crltl-les the Chamber of Deputies.
Pauis, Dec 17. General Boulangerbss sent
a message of sympathy to M. De Lesseps upon
the failure of the Panama canal bill in the
Chamber of Deputies. General Boulanger says
that the rejection of the bill is deplora ble
and that it is the crowning sin ot the Chamber.
A meeting of the shareholders of the company
has been convened. It is expected that it will
be a very large one and that it will favor a gi
gantic lottery scheme to relieve the necessities
of the company.
General Boulanger, in an interview to-day,
condemned the government for allowing honest
people to think that the Panama canal project
was sure of official patronsge and now turning
its back on it He said that when he was in
America in 1831 he was told that when the Pan
ama canal was finished that eonntry would
place a fort at each end; that no treaty in the
world would prevent them from cloaing the
canal in time of war, and that Colombia would
not binder this action. He added that be had
sent borne a secret report on the subject, which
was probably lying unread on the shelves of the
ministry of war.
How the German minister Dresses.
Special to lialtimore American.
Count d'Arco Valley, the German minister,
was out making a round of diplomatic and Cab
inet calls this afternoon. He was accompanied
by his sister, the Countess Leopoldine d'Arco
Valley, who arrived in this country on Sunday
last, and will preside at the legation during the
season. The Countess is a fine-looking woman,
and wore a lone outer garment of dark blue
velvet, lined and edged with sable. The Min
ister's earriaee, with its liveried footman and
driver, is one of the xnest noticeably elegant
ones whieh has ever been in Washington. The
coachman wears a loner, close-fitting, double
breasted coat of fawn-color broadcloth, but the
footman's livery is one not soon to be forgotten.
He is resplendent with gold lace, and stands
like a drum-major on parade while the Minister
is within doors making his call. From neck to
heels the man is enveloped in a double-bressted
coat of dark-blue broadcloth, down the front of
which glisten several rows of huee gold but
tons. Extending from the left shoulder across
the breast to the right hip, where it forms a
rest for a gold sheathed sword, is a wide, heavily-embroidered
bullion braid. On bis head the
footman wears a dark-blue chapeau, bound in
wide gold braid similar to that worn by an ad
miral when in full dress, and surmounted with
a voluminous plume of cock feathers. On the
right side of the chapeau is a cockade of the
Gsrman colors, on whieh, embroidered in cold,
is the crest of the family of d'Arco Valley.
Spying Out French Secrets.
Paris, Dec. 17. The German spy, Blumen
thai, who has just been expelled from France,
leased a chalet at Con flans tinder the alias of
Baron DeJily. He had with him a companion
who was supposed to be a woman, bnt who, it
appears, wss really a German military cadet
They took photographs of the forts with an ap
paratus which they concealed in a perambu
lator. Blumenthal baa a number of carrier
pigeons.
The Phonograph In Court.
London, Dec. 17. During the trial of a trade
mark suit in the law courts to-day a phonograph
was introduced to reproduce a letter and other
papers. The instrument worked successfully
and Judge Kay, who presided at the trial, was
surprised and pleased.
Shelling; the Besiegers of Suakim.
Suakim, Dec 17. The Arab trenches were
heavily shelled by the forts to-day. The
Twentieth Hussars and two companies of the
Fifth Egyptian battalion have arrived here.
Eleven Persons Drowned.
London, Dec. 17. The steamer Jasper, from
Workington for Glasgow, has foundered off the
Wictown coast. Her crew, numbering eleven
persons, were drowned.
Foreign Notes.
Baron Jomini is dead.
Mr. John Bright has suffered a relapse.
Polish conscripts to the number of 5,700 have
been drawn to the Caucasus.
The refugees quartered at Odessa are return
ing to Bulgaria under a plenary amnesty.
The Catholio Bishop of Sydney will resign.
He will be transferred to Rochester, where he
will assume the position of assistant bishop.
The St. Petersburg Novo Vremya says that
Persia has yielded every point contended for by
Russia in the matter of the consulship at
Meshed.
The Catholio Electoral Union, at a meeting,
yesterday, at Utrecht, resolved to send an ad
dress to the Pope attesting their devotion and
submission to the Holy See.
The historical country residence. "Gastwirth
shaft," the property of Prince Bismarck, was j
burned yesterday. All of the pictures, farni-'
ture, books and valuable documents were saved.
A speculator on the Paris Bourse named Bex,
whose operations were confined principally to ,
dealings in copper, has defaulted in the sum of
12,000,000 francs. Another failure is expected.
A meeting of shareholders in the Panama
Canal Company will be convened in Paris, at the
end of next week. The action of the Chamber
of Deputies with regard to tho Panama bill has
resulted in a serious agitation among the share
holders in the provinces.
The Duck-Iilll Train Robbery.
Memphis, Tenn., Dec 17. Officials of the
Southern Express Company say their loss by
the train robbery Saturday night, near Duck
Hill, Miss., will not exceed $3,000. The train
which followed had $139,000 in the express car.
The robbers were evidently provided with horses
at the place where they stopped the train, and
as all the telegraph wires wero down, owing to
a storm which was prevailing, they bad full
eight hours the start of the pursuing parties.
There were only two men engaged in the rob
bery. The man who shot Hughes was armed
with two large-size revolvers. After he bad
emptied one at Hughes and the conductor, he
coolly replaced it in his holster and commenced
firing the other. When Hughes shot at him the
engineer fled into the woods, leaving him alone
as a target, but he boldly stood his ground until
his companion bad rifled the express safe of all
its valuables, when they walked off together in
to the swamp. They were provided with a large
sack, and no doubt were greatly disappointed at
the small amouut they secured.
Bank Robbed by Its Cashier.
San Francisco. Dee. 17. The California Na
tional Bank of San Francisco suspended pay
ment to-day. R. P. Thomas, president, stated
the suspension was due to irregularities of the
cashier' C. II. Ramsden, last week; that the
extent of these irregularities is not known, hut
the bank has sufficient available funds to Insure
all depositors against loss. Cashier Ramsden
was suspected last week, and an investigation
of his books has been in progress, which has so
far not been sufficiently thorough for any defi
nite statement to be issued. The hank wm in
corporated two years ago as a joint stock organ
ization, shares being taken by investors in this
city and in the East The authorized capital
was $1,000,000. of which $200,000 was subscribed
in coin. It is stated that the "irregularities
referred to are not of a criminal character, but
consist principally of bad loans.
Millers in Conference.
, Milwaukee, Wis., Dec. 17. A gathering of
162 millers, representing the largest milling
concerns in the Sonthwest, Northwest and
Southeast, met here this afternoon for the pur
pose of considering measures to lower the pres
ent high priee of floor. The meeting convened
in the Plankinton House, and was given up to
the discussion of means to bring about the de
sired result. A resolution was introduced to the
effect that an agreement be entered into to
shut down the mills for a stated period during
the first four months of the year. An adjourn
ment was taken till morning without deciding on
any action, but the sentiment expressed on all
sides was that something would have to be done
to reduce the output. In the evening a ban
quet was tendered the visiting millers, over 'J00
persons sitting down to the tables.
Identified as a Bank Thief.
Denver, Col., Dee. 17. J. Metz, one of the
men who made an unsuccessful attempt to rob
the People's Savings and Deposit Bank here on
Thursday, and was arrested, was identified to
day by Robert Pinkerton, as Horace Hoven,
alias "Little Horace,' one of the must notorious
bank thieves of America. Hoven's accomplice,
who escaped, is known to be Walter Sheridan,
alias Rabiton, alias Keene, and known in Colo
rado as Walter A. Stewart, another notorious
bank robber. Stewart came to Denver about
fifteen years ago with nearly $400,000, and be
came director of one of Denver's national banks.
He lest money by fast living and speculation,
and left the State in 1875, after having swindled
esveral houses out of considerable money.
Alleged Fraudulent Issue of Itonds.
Harrisduro, Pa., Dec 17. In the Dauphin
County Court, to-day. Attorney-general Kirk
patrlck asked for an injunction against the Pitts
burg, Shenango& Lake Erie Railroad Company,
which is capitalized at $2,900,000. It is charged
that the company has issued a large
amount of stock for which no equiva
lent has been paid, and which is
utterly fictitious and void, and that it is about
to issue a large amount of bonCs uncn the basis
of such fictitious stock, without payment of the
full amount of its authorized capital stock, and
to dispose of the same for less than their face
market value. The court granted the prelimi
nary injunction and set Jan, 10 as the day for
argument.
INDIANA AND ILLINOIS NEWS
Desperado Captured Who Has Success-
fully Evaded Arrest for Eight Years.
A School-Teacher on Trial Revolting Crime
of a Saloon-Keeper Catholic Cathedral
Dedicated G. A. Tw. Post Election.
INDIANA.
A Fleet-Footed Criminal Arretted After Eight
Years of Hiding.
Special to the Indianapolis Jouroa.
Axdeksok, Dec. 17. Last night the officers
here made an important arrest in capturing
Latimore Davis. There bar been warrants out
for bis arrest for the past eight years, but his
fleet-footedness always saved him, and this is
the first time he has been taken in. His last
offense consisted of attempting to kill William
Cather, in the road, near Moss Island Mills, two
miles west of this city, a year and a
half ago. After his murderous assault
on old man Cather, the officers made it so warm
for Davis that he fled the eounty. He went
from here to Blackford county, but his where
abouts soon became known, and the authorities
there were notified to arrest him at the first op
portunity. The sheriff and a half dozen depu
ties surrounded the house where Davis was, one
day, but he made a bold break for liberty, and
succeeded in dashing through the line that had
been formed around the premises. Bullets
whistled past his htad as the officers emptied their
revolvers after him, bnt Davis kept forging
ahead and made his escape. A day or two after
ward a posse of citizens was organized, and with
a vicious bulldog in the lead to do the running,
set out to capture him dead or alive. They sur
rounded him as before and the bulldog was
turned loose after him. Away they went pell
mell across meadows, through corn-fields and
into swamps, the dog losing distance at every
jump. Davis's racing abilities again saved
him, for he succeeded in distancing his
pursuers and, as nsnal. made his es
cape. .. On another occasion a eowboy,
who happened to be passing through the coun
try, was employed by the sheri:T to overhaul the
agile and sprightly Davis. It was fun for the
cowboy, for it promised to be bis kind of a pic
nic. Seated on his mustang pony and armed
with a lasso, he got after Davis and started him
on the run, bnt after the first dash the pony
was of no earthly good, for Davis simply played
along the road in front and kept out of reach of
the lasso. After the latter experience, however,
Davis concluded to leave Blackford county, so
he came back to this county. He
took up his residence in a smoke
house, at the rear ot a dwelling
occupied by bis mother-in-law, Mrs. John Mc
Cord, in Lafayette township. The officers here
learned of his presence, and secretly laid a plan
to catch him last night. Shortly after dark,
Deputy Sheriff B. IL Campbell and Al Ross, ex
Marshal Coburo and Mike O'Meara, seated in a
covered carriage, left the city. They arrived at
the McCord residence aboot 10 o'clock and cau
tiously approached the smoke-house. Davis
was fast asleep during the time, and when he
awoke it was to find himself sur
rounded by a small army of determined
officers. He took in the situation
hastily, and then replied good-naturedly,
"Well, boys, I guess the jig is up; I will go with
you." He then dressed himself and climbing
into the carriage was brought to this city.
There are over twenty grand jury indictments
hanging over the prisoner. He ba's long been a
terror in the neighborhood and the people will
breathe easier now that he is behind the bars.
An Injustice to Columbus.
Cpecial to the Indianapolis Journal.
Columbus, Dee. 17. A short time ago J. O.
Chamberlain, the Indianapolis correspondent of
the New York Sun, had occasion to visit this
eity, where he received the best of treatment
Nothing more was thought of the occurrence un
til to-day, when the attention of the people here
was called to a letter taken from the Sun and
published in to-day's Journal, concerning the ap
pearance of this city and character of its inhab
itants. The greater part of the letter is pare
fabrication. The citizens here were greatly in
censed upon reading it. It does the city a great
Injustice and its publication is no trivial matter,
coming as it does from one of the most reliable
daily papers in the country. Its tendency
is to ruin the interests of the city by conveying
the wrong impression to strangers not acquaint
ed with the facts in the matter. The citizens here
are noted for their thrift and enterprise, and
there is not another city of its size in the State
or West that can boast of so many improve
ments and advantages. There are many fine
residences and all, save one, of the nine church
edifices are of fine architecture.
Sensational School Trial.
Special to the Indiaaaoolis Journal.
Wabash, Deo. 17. There was a sensational
school trial in Liberty township, this eounty, to
day, when Ernest Perkins, a prominent young
educator, who has been teaching near La Foun
taine, was put in the dock by County Superin
tendent Myers. Perkins is charged by .a well
known farmer named Benjamin K. Badger with
taking improper liberties with the seven-year-old
daughter of Badger, who wa3 one of his pu
pils. He was also charged with catching some
of the older girl pupils in an indelicate manner
while playing an innocent game. Both sides
were represented by legal talent. The county
superintendent has withheld his decision.
Dedication cf a Catholic Cathedral.
Special to the Indianaeolis Journal.
Elkhart, Dec 17. The Catholio cathedral of
St. Vincent DePaul, one of the finest church
structures in the State, and which has been in
process of construction tho past year, was
formally dedicated, yesterday, in the presence
of an immense throng, by Bishop Richter, of
Grand Rapids, assisted by Revs. William Kreeg-
er, of this city; A. B. Oechtering. of Misnawaka;
Bucheit, of Goshen, and Titte, of Notre Dame.
Excursions were run from other points, and
many Catholic kniehts in uniform were present.
The occasion was one of great importance
among the Catholics of this section.
Trouble In a Theatrical Company,
eneclal to the Indianapolis Journal.
Columbus, Dec. 17. The members of the
Holden Comedy Company, which performed in
this city all last week, had a disagreement
among themselves here, to-day, resulting in the
discharging of Henry Holden, who was only
proprietor of the troupe in name. The trouble
grew out of the Bissell Hotel here bringing an
attachment suit against the company tor the
non-fulfillment of a contract made with hiia by
Al Enner, the company's business manager, for
board. The suit, which was for $200, was com
promised to-day.
Long Chase After a Mad Dog.
(pedal to the Indianapolis Journal.
Moxticello, Dec. 17. A pet dog belonging to
George Preston, of this city, became violently
mad on Saturday morning, and led the marshal
and deputies a long chase during the rest of the
day. They eame up with it just at dark, how
ever, and killed it; not. however, until it had
bitten more than half a dozen other dogs, and it
is reported that a horse or two were bitten.
The Mayor issued notiee to the citizens, this
morning, to confine or muzzle their dogs for the
next twenty-one days. Several dogs known to
have been bitten have been killed.
Searching for Ills Daughter's Itetrayer.
Louisville, Dec 17. G. W. Davis, father of
Lily Davis, with whom Wm. Gregory, of West
Fork, Crawford county, Indiana, came to this
city on Friday in a disreputable way, arrived in
New Albany, Ind., Saturday, with Gregory'
father. After a search for the young man,
Davis, who Is young Gregory's bondsman,
threatened to take his name off the bond. The
elder Gregory, to prevent this, aereed to mort
gage his farm to secure Davis. Young Gregory
is believed to have gone to St. Louis.
Wabash Hoard of Trade Will Doom the Town.
Special to the Indianapolis Jooroal
Wabash, Dec. 17. The Wabash Board of
Trade met to-night and elected officers as fol
lows: President, n. B. Shively; vice-president,
Alvah Taylor; secretary. Warren Bigler; treas
urer, EnosPowelL A board of nine directors
was also chosen. Now that the city is abundant
ly supplied with natural gas, active measures
will be inaugurated by the board to boom the
town and indues manufacturers to investigate
the superior advantages of this point as a loca
tion. A Disreputable Character's Crime on a Child.
Special to the Indiaoaoolla Journ.
Fowler. Dec 17. John McKinney, a disrep
utable character who keepa a law doggery at
Lochitl, this county, committed a criminal as
sault npom Mary I. Thompson, a child less than
twelve years of age. Officers attempted to
capture him last nient, but he escaped. To-day
he was arrested in Lafayette, and will be
brought back to Fowler to-night. The feeling
is very hich in the neighborhood'where the
crime was committed.
The Marlon Revival,
pedal to the Indianapolis Jcurna.
Maeion, Dec. 17. Yesterday was another
great day in the revival here. Four cervices
were held during tho day, in all of which the
hons'i was crowded and the interest intense.
Conversions occured at every service,
and many of the older profes
sors received encouragement. Over forty
conversions occurred during the day. Next
Friday has been set apart as a day of jubilee
over what has been done. Services will con
tinue throughout the day. Messrs. Bitter and
Brown are tne evangelists, and they are heartily
supported by the pastor, Rev. M. Swadener.
Successful Sunday-School Work.
Aperi&i to the Indiananoils Jurna.
Seymour, Dec. 17. During the past four days
an exceedingly successful Sunday-school nor
mal institute has been in progress at the Chris
tian Cnnreh in this city. It has been
conducted - by the State Sunday-school'
Evangelist. Rev. L. L. Carpenter, of Wabash.
The tinnday-sehool officers and teachers feel
greatly eneouraged in their work. Mr. Carpen
ter wiil visit several other places in the south
ern part of the State, and great interest is
manifested in his visit.
Shot Himself Through the Head.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
Greexsburo, Dec. 17. Ellis Emmert, son of
Jacob Emmert, at Clarksburg, this county, com
mitted suicide to-day. He was nineteen years
of age. About 3 o'clock this afternoon young
Emmert took a gun, and, on leaving the house,
said to his mother and sister: "I am going to
shoot myself." They paid little attention to
the remark, and a few minutes later be sent a
ball through his head. The coroner is investi
gating the matter.
Where Itabblts Are Plenty.
gpeefs) to the Indianapolis JouVna.
Moxtpelier, Dec 17. There has probably
never been a time in the history ot uiaciciora
county when it was so well supplied with rab
bits. Six miles south of this city a "Rabbit
Club" has been organized, and the members
hold a match hunt every Saturday. Up to last
Saturday the club had a grand total of C73 rab
bits. The members expect to raise the number
to a thousand at the next hunt.
Fatally Injured in a Runaway Accident.
Special to the lndianacolis Joarnau
Rochester, Dec 17. This morning Mr.
Clark S. Hickman was driving in the north part
of town, when his horses become frightened, ran
away, and threw him out in such a manner as
to injure him so severely that little hopes are
entertained for his recovery. Mr. Hiekman is
a retired merchant, and one of Rochester lead
ing citizens.
Minor Notes.
Mrs. John Boylan, aged eighty-two years,
died at Lebanon on Sunday.
August Hirschbuehl, aged sixty-five, well
known at New Albany and Jeffersonville, fell
dead at the latter place yesterday morning.
J. H. Hazelrigg. proprietor of the Greensburg
Standard, has purchased the Saturday Sun, of
Lebanon. He will remove it to Greensburg at
once.
Fire at Anderson destroyed the stables of
Lafe J. Burr, Rufus Williams, Samuel Myers
and Dr. C. N. Branoch. Loss, $3,000; no in
surance. By the explosion of a half-filled tank of ben
zine, in the Monon yards, at New Albany, yes
terday, Edward Weber and Peter Kirby were
badly burned.
M. J. Haley, a prominent merchant of Ham
let, while getting off a freight-train caboose late
Saturday night, fell under the train and was
instantly killed.
Charles Johnson, of Knigbtstown, died very
suddenly Sunday afternoon, in a saloon. While
sleeping upon a bed, he suddenly arose and fell
to the floor dead.
Sneak thieves removod a large glass from the
front door of Burton & Cox's meat market at
Martinsville, on Saturday night, and took away
a quarter of beef.
Frank Penston, aa Anderson section band,
had his leg crushed .while unloading rails at
Windfall, yesterday.
In Michigan City, on Saturday afternoon,
Mrs. Percy St Clair made an ineffectual at
tempt to shoot her husband.
The grand jury of Jefferson county has in
dicted several pilots and other steamboatmea
for giving Sunday excursions.
Burglars entered the residence of Dr. Hill
dronp, at Windfall, on Sunday night, and stole
between $45 and $C0 in bills and silver.
Jacob Diehard t, of Washington, Is eighty-six
years of age, and has not a relative living. He
earns his bread by daily labor, and is said to
enjoy a social glass nvery day.
The sheriff of LaPorte county has offered a re
ward for tho arrest of William Smoot, who dis
appeared from LaPorte a few days ago, taking
with him a team of horses and a heavy wagon.
Mrs. Sarah J. Umphreys, aged sixty, recently
brought a breach-of-promise suit against Uncle
John Hoover, a bachelor over seventy years of
age, living near Kendallville. She has just
compromised it for $100.
Jacob Myers, a farmer living one mile south
of Dana, was robbed Sunday night of $12. Ho
had just 6old a large Quantity of corn, and it is
supposed the burglars thought he had a large
sum of money in the house.
Mrs. Mary Miller, wife of David Miller, a
prominent and highly respected Dunkard, com
mitted suicide Sunday night by hanging herself
in a barn, a few miles south of Peru. Tempo
rary insanity was the cause.
John Francis Guilloime, an old hermit, who
resided .three miles below New Albany, was
found dead in bis bed Sunday morning. An
empty jng of wisky was found by his sido. The
old man was sixty-five years old.
Samcel Davis, aed twenty-two, living near
Waiatner's school. Washington, county, went
out before daylight to feed the stock, on Suu-
day mornin,?. Not returning for breakfast, his
parents, on searching for him were horrified to
find him ded, hanking from a picket fence,
which he had attempted to climb.
New Albany's financial affairs are in a tangled
state. It bas now outstanding $95,000 in city
orders, and 830,000 in coupons of the bonded
debt. No taxes will be due for four months,
and by that time the floating debt will be about
$120,000, and this, with the coupons now due
and to become due, will make the total more
than $160,000. The entire tax receipts will
not amount to more than $135,000, so that the
city will start out the next fiscal year with a
floating debt of over $25,000 to he added to the
bonded debt.
ILLINOIS.
The Central G. A. IL. Post of the State De-
partment Elects Officers.
Special to tne IndlanaooIIa Joaroa.
Mosticello, Dec. 17. Morgan Post, No. 208,
G. A. R,, the central post of the Department of
Illinois, eleoted the following officers and dele
gates for the ensuing year: Commander, David
M. Hurt; lieutenant commander, John Kaylor;
junior vice-commander, Joseph Hauner; quar
termaster, B. M. Wood; eurgerfn, J. M. Roberts;
chaplain, J. M. Capps; L G.,0. D. Edday; O. G.,
Alex Carens; delegate to State Encampment, E.
T. Lee; altercate, P. P. Lucas; part eommanders,
A. S. Capps, A. A. Shortyer, E. O. Day. The
post voted unanimously in favor of the per diexa
service pension hill
Brief Mention.
Herman French, aged eiehty-two, a prominent
citizen living near Springfield, died on Sunday.
Calvin Winters, a young farmer living near
Pan a, committed suicide by drowning on Satur
day. Thomas Highfield, of Jerseyville, bas con
fessed to two recent acts of incendiarism, and is
now in jail
The mangled body of James Trimbull, of
Salem, was found by the railroad track near
Carlisle. Foul play is suspected.
Mrs. Holbrooks, of Elizabethtown, who died
a few days ago, was eishty-thres years of age,
and had been married sixty-five years.
Mrs. Monroe Heitler, wife of a farmer near
Freeport, fell from a ladder last Friday and
was impaled upon a mop-stick, causing nearly
infctant death.
George Smith, of Springfield, the faith-cure
convert, arrested a few days ago tor placing his
child under the feet of a pissing horse, has been
sent to the insane asylum.
The jury in the damage suit of State Senator
E. Southworth. of Litcbfi' Id, against the Jack
sonville Southeastern J railway Company for
$20,000, returned a ver.tct, Saturday, in favor
of the plaintiff, and assessed his damages at
$G,W.
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.
There is a movement among the anthracite
coal companies to suspend mining entirely for a
week, beginning w;t?i Christmas. It is believed
that all companiea and individual operators will
agree to the contemplated suspension.
Furnace B, at the Edgar Thomson steel works,
Pittsburg, was badiy damaged, last night, by
an explosion of metil. Three workmen, whose
names could not be learned, were terribly
burned. Their injuries may prove fatal.
In a disreputable saloon on State street, Chi
cago. Edward Bonner, Iset night, shot Kitty
Kent, alias Nelly Wilson, dead. He then killed
himself. Drunken jealousy was the cause cf
the tragedy. Both Bonner and the woman were
social outcasts.
Patrick Dartt, of Pittaburg. a boy seventeen
years old, was fatally stabbed in the abdomen
by Mat Pomeroy. The affray took place near
Steubenville, Ohio. Dartt was still living this
evening, but the pbysicianshave no bopea of his
recovery. His home is in Louisville.
By the bursting of a steam pipe, yesterday, at
the Cincinnati Spring Company's works, three
men were severely injured, and a fire resulted,
causing a loss of $0,000. The injured men were
the foreman, Louis Rinkelbauser. and two la
borers, William Wessel and Uenry BenzeL The
foreman's injuries are probably fatal.
The testimony on the part of the Slate was
concluded yesterday in the tally-sneet forgery
case at London, O., in which Allen O. Meyers is
defendant. Four additional witnessea were ex
amined, and pretty much the same ground
passed over as in the former trial. From pres
ent indications ths trial will be concluded this
week.
Prof. Jacques Bouby, late d irector of the Na
tional Academy of Mosic. New York, will sail
for France on Dec 23. Hia resignation as di
rector of the conservatory was accepted yester
day, and Mrs. Thurber, president of the board
of directors, said that the directors were in
cable communication with a director of celeb
rity. At Oberlin, O., Sunday night, several of the
college students enticed Frank D. Woleott, a
member of the preparatory class, into a secluded
street, threw him to the ground and coaled him
with tar. The students wore masks. L W.
Little, one of Wolcoti'e assailants, was arrested
and fined $10 and costs. Other arrests will fol
low. The canse of the assault was the sus
picion that Wolcoit had told the faculty about
stadents drinking and gambling.
The Llndaucr Litigation Compromised.
Ciiicago, Dec 17. The Gordian knot known
as the Lindauer litigation was cut this after
noon. An agreement between the wrangling
contestants for the half million dollars' worth of
assets of the suspended firm was reached out of
court, and the conflicting judges also became
parties to the compact resulting. This compact
was a formal stipulation as to how the fight
shonld proceed. The document was made a
part of the record in both the Circuit and coun
ty courts. By its provisions Receiver Kuppen
beimer and Assignee Schwautbal resign, and
a new receiver is to be appointed by
Judge Horton and a new assignee by Judge
Prendergast, neither of the new officers to
be in any way connected with any of tho parties
or their council. The receiver will collect and
reduce to cash all assets of the firm levied on by
the sheriff, including book accounts. The pro
ceeds will be held to await action by the Su
preme Court regarding the jurisdiction of the
county court In the meantime the county
court will try the ease, its action be passed upon
by the Supreme Court, and if sustained, then
all property, ete.. will return to the control of
Judge Prendergast. The settlement released
millionaire Kuppenheimer from his jail sen
tence, and obviates the possibility of half a doz
enof the most prominent lawyers and merchants
in Chicago being put behind the prison walls for
contempt.
A Dig Elephant Put to Death.
PniLADELrniA. Dec 17. The winter quar
ters of Forepaugh'a circus were the scene, yes
terday afternoon, of an execution not or
dered by the court. Cnief, the big elephant,
was condemned to die. He bad become entirely
unmanageable, and it was found difficult to keep
the great, strong brute chained up. He tri to
kill his keeper on Saturday, and it was decreed
that be should be destroyed. Yesterday after
noon the noose was placed around bis neck. It
was made in the middle of a piece of rope half
an inch thick and ten yards long. It was a
ticklish thing to get the noose on the elephant's
neck, but it was finally pulled over his trunk
and placed close behind his ears. Then Basil
and Bismarck, two powerful elephants, were
attached to the ends of the rope. At young
Adam Forepaugh's command the two elephant
executioners were prodded, and the line was
drawn tight around Chiefs throat. Another
signal was given, and the elephants applied all
their power. Chief tcttered and fell, and was
dead in twenty seconds. Chief was an Asiatio
elephant, ten and a half feet high, and weigh
ing 10,000 pounds.
A Protest from the Gentiles of Utah.
Salt Lake, Utah, Dec 17. Tbe liberal com
mittee of Utah issued, to-day, the following ad
dress to the country:
'The liberal territorial commissioners, repre
senting the Republicans and Democrats alike,
desire to call the attention of tbe country to
the fact that the gentiles of Utah unanimously
oppose the Mormon statehood scheme recently
indorsedj by tbe Democratic congressionU
caucus. We are confronted by a condition, noj
a theory. Polygamy is not dead. The law is nr j
supreme Two hundred and thirty-four indict,
xnents were found at tho present term of court sj
Provo for violations of t he United States stat
utes designed to suppress polygamy and polyga
mous living. To give Utah statehood would re
tard progress, depreciate the values, perpetuate
polygamy and hand the Territory over to the
Mormon priesthood. We cali upon the patriotic
citizens everywhere to unite in strong protests
to Congress against the proposed action. The
admission of Utah to statehood would be a
crime against American institutions.
0. W. Poweks, Chairman."
Freedmen' Aid and Education Society.
Columbus, O., Dec. 17. At the twenty-first
anniversary of the Freedmen's Aid and South
ern Education Society, to-day. Bishop Waldec,
of Cincinnati, presided, and Corresponding
Secretary J. C Hartzell reported that since the
organization of the society it had expended iq
Christian education in the Southern State.,
$2,002,733. to which should be added an endow,
znent of $l0,OOO. The society owns nearly
one hundred thousand dollars' worth of res!
state, etc The receipts of tbe year were
$171,152.44. All this amount was expended,
and there is a debt of $126,041. The society has
thirty-six institutions for white and colored peo
ple, with 103 teachers and 6,814 scholars. A
number of prominent divines of the Methodist
Episeopal Church are present, and the discus
sions on the work are interesting.
Diamond Smuggler Captured.
New York, Dec. 17. A passenger wholanded
here this morning from the steamer Etruris
tried to smuggle in $25,000 worth of diamonds,
bnt they were discovered by the customs ofUcials
and seized. They were carried in a little oil
skin covered valise. The man is said to be a
Southern merchant, and his name is Gilbert
Larrios. lie describes himself as a wholesale
clothing merchant of Nicaragua. - He says he
had no intention of smuggling, not being famil
iar with our customs laws. He stated that he in
tended to give the jewels to his fiancee.
Mnrdered by White Cap.
Kansas City. Mo., Dec 17. James McDon
ald, who was so unmercifully beaten, last Mon
day, by tbe mob calling themselves the Kansas
division of "White Csps," died yesterday. A
farmer living near here says that he saw the
"White Caps" pass his bouse on two different
nights. On the second eight be followed them,
and tbey baited in the woods and seemed to
hold a council. Tbe chief addressed th men by
number instead of name. Enough was over
heard to convince bim they were organizing in
Phillips and Smith counties.
A Reminder of the Mud-Xtun Disaster.
Wilkesdarke, Pa, Dec. 17. The friends of
the victims of the Mud-run disaster, have de
cided to prosecute tbe Lehigh Valley railroad
employes under the act of 1SC5, instead of for
manslaughter. If convicted under this act, the
employee responsible for the wreck can be sen
tenced to five years' imprisonment and to ray
$5,000 fine. Joseph L Cook, the engineer
whose train ran into tbo one ahead, is losing bis
mind through sorrow, fear of punishment, and
inability to get employment.
Frank T. Sweente Cuts Ills Throat.
Chicauo, Dec. 17. Frank T. Sweenie. fire
marshal of the town of Lake, a large suburb,
io which the stockyards are situated, committed
suicide this morning by cutting his throat, lie
was a brother of Chief Fire Marbal Denis
Sweenie, of Chicaeo, and was for many years
conoected with tbe Chicago fire department.
He was an artilleryman during the war anl was
one of tbe prisoners who escaped from Acder
sonville prison. No cause for his act is known.
Whlttlcr's lllrthdny.
Dan vers; Mass., Dec 17. John O. Whittier,
the venerable poet, to-day reached bis eighty
first birthday. He is at Lis winter Lome at
Oak Knoll, one of bis favorite resorts. Many
friends and neighbors called to nay their re
spects, and a large number of congratulatory
letters and telegrams were received. Mr. Whit
tier is in fairly good health! bat rarely goes cV