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THE m DlAAPOIilS JOUJRiO
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rer, in 1SS3. they mad ftill another attempt
noder Coach. Payne's iufeior. and President
Cleveland issued, a proclamation, wnils an
turned force was made ready to subdue them.
Vo doubt thousand are content to wait for
ae lawful opening of each public lands in the
Xndlaa Territory as cannot now be used either
by red men or white. The Indian Bureau has
taken prosed in favor of the necessity of, such
legislation. It rear be that the land used by
the Creeks and Seminoles will be nsed for tribes
cow in the western part of the Territory, and
those of the latter opened to settlement. At all
erect, wbile the lawlersness of filibusters
should be dealt with severely, some definite
f,
lao for the future of the surplus lands in the
odian Territory ought to be provided at the
present session of Congress.
MINOR MATIEHS.
So Ground forth Report that Senator Man-
derson Cannot B He-Elected.
Special to tl lcdiananolis Journal.
Washington, Dec 30 The report lately
printed in New York, to the effect that Senator
Manderson will hate difficulty in securing his
own return to the Senate on account of the un
expected candidacy of ex-Senator Saunders, are
cot borne ont by the reports received here from
Nebraska. According to these reports the con
Is st will be the tamest ever known in the State,
aud Senator Manderson will be elected by a
majority of more than two-thirds of the entire
Legislature. Senator Manderson has made an
excellent Senator, not only for the people of
Nebraska, but for the entire eountry, and his
constituents seem to appreciate this, for there is
no opposition to bin worth considering, lie
told me to-day that he does not intend to leave
Washington for his borne until after the Legis
lature uas decided the question.
Senator Chandler Will Succeed Himself.
Ipecial to the In&anarells Jonnsa.
Washington-, Dec 30. Mr. W. Scott Smith,
editor of the Portsmouth, N. IL, Chroniele, who
irent the holidays in this eity, says that the
talk of the election of Mr. Gallinger or any other
can to succeed Senator Chandler is very wide
of the mark. Mr. Smith says be has made a
careful examination into the situation, and finds
that more than two-tbird3 of the Republican
members-elect of the New Hampshire Legisla
ture are pronounced supporters of the ex-Secretary
of the Navy. He says that several of the
men who were his most bitter opponents in the
last contest have declared for him, and that
among the number Is ex-Senator Rollins. Mr.
Smith says that Seoator Chandler will certainly
oe returned, with thirty or forty votes to spare,
whan the Legislature meets next June.
THE FIRE RECORD.
Complete Destruction of the Elegant Steamer,
BrUtol, of the Old Colony Lloe.
Newfort, It L, Dec 30. The steamer Bris
tol, of the Old Colony line, was burned at her
dock here, this morning, and is a total loss. She
arrived from New York about 2:30 a. m., landed
all her freight and her Fall River and Boston
passengers, and they departed at the usual time
for their destination. There were left on board
the steamer only a few Newport passenger and
their personal baggage. At 6:20 o'clock, Just as
the last passenger train was drawing out of the
depot, fire was discovered on the steamer and
an alarm was at once given from the company's
signal on the premises. The fire started
sear the kitehen and spread with great rapidity,
rendering futile all efforts to atop its progress.
Three alarms were sounded in rapid succession.'
Thousands of citizens were also attracted to the
epot by the brilliant illumination, the volume of
fire and clouds of smoke which rose from the
burning steamer. The fire apparatus on the
burnin g steamer was brought into use as soon as
the flames were discovered, and the erew worked
with great vigor to save the boat, but the joiner
work of the state-rooms, saloon and stairways
wai as dry as tinder, and draughts through the
steamer; caused a fearfully rapid spread of the
fames, so that before the city fire department
-arrived there was a mass of fire sweep
ing her almost from stem to stern.
Some of the passengers still on board did not
understand the meaning of the first alarm, and
were only roused by the crackling of the flames
near bv. All succeeded in escaping, but some
witli only a portion of their clothing, and others
by rawlinz over the railing near to burning
tinioer. One man, with two little children, a
boy sand a girl, who occupied a state-room, was
awakened by the sound of crackling flames near
iy, and barely escaped with his little ones un
dressed, but with their clothing ia their hands.
Another young man bad to borrow clothing in
which to go to his home m this city. All the
personal baggage of the passengers was saved.
When the department arrived the unper decks
and center of the steamer were a mass
of fire, which gave out such intense heat
that it conld scarcely be borne at a distance of
several hundred feet. This creatly impeded the
work of the firemen. The flames bad gained
such headway that they conld only be fought
frooj the wharf side, while the great beat and
flying sparks endangered buildings on tho docks
and steamers lying on the other side of the
'jrharf, and constant effort was required cn the
part of the firemen to prevent them from ignit
ing. A dozen streams were soon pouring into
the flame, while others were employed in
drenching the dock and buildings. Insurance,
f3C0,CC0, which covers the loss.
Other Fires.
Charleston, S. C, Dec. 30. Fire at Sumter,
yesterday, destroyed several small buildings,
with their contents, and several persons were
severely Injured by the explosion of a keg of
powder in one of the burning stores. : The dam
age to property is about $7,000.
Bottineau, Dale, Dec. 20. Fira, this morn-
lag, originating in McArthur Bros.' drug store,
destroyed the business portion ot this town.
causine the loss of $32,000. The insurance is
about 112.000. Among the buildings destroyed
was toe postomce and land-office.
Chicago, Dec 30. The whoje interior of tho
Illinois Leather Company's plant at 4C0 North
Halsted street was burned out this afternoon,
causing a loss or stjo.uuu.
Wife Murder aod Suicide.
New Yoek, Dec 20. Solomon Joseph, aged
forty-seven, a traveler broker in laces and lin
ens, shot and fatally wounded bis wife, aged
twenty-nine, and then shot himself dad in the
street in front of their residence.
Ill East Ninetieth street, this evening. Solo
mon was a drinking man, possessed of a violent
temper, and was extremely jealous of his beau
tiful wife, whom he often abused. To-night
after a quarrel with her, he went to the bath
room, and, after taking a bath himself, ordered
bis wife to do the same. She refused, and he
tried to force her into the room. She evidently
feared some worse violence, and breaking away.
fled to the street. Joseph partly
dressed himself, ran down stairs, shot her twice
in the breast and arm. and then shot himself in
the head, dropping dead. Mrs. Joseph was
taken to a hospital, where it was not expected
she would survive the night. The neighbors
speak highly of her, and place all the blame for
her domestic unhappmess npon her husband.
Shocking Double Tragedy.
St. Louis, Dec 30. Information of a shock
ing tragedy comes from Craighead county, Ar
kansas. It appears that some days ago the wire
of Wm. Weat, who was somewhat of a desper
ado, left him and returned to cer mother, Mrs.
Mary Dairey. West went to see his wife, who
rt'used to receive him, but her mother went ont
on the porch, taking with ber the young child
of the couple, west began to abuse Mrs.
Dairey. charging her with being the cause of the
trouble between nis wife and himself. Stephen
Dairey was attracted to the porch by the dis
pute, and ordered West to leave the place.
West replied bv pulling a pistol and firing two
shots, one parsing through Mrs. Dairey'a hand
end the other striking Stephen in the face.
Dairey then gota repeating rifls and the two men
exchanged shot. West was shot through the
seart nnd died instantly, and Dairey was hit in
the eye and lired but a few hours.
Badly Darned by Exploding Fowder.
Eveeon Pa., Dec 30. About 8 o'clock this
evening fire broke out to a barn belonging to the
H. C. Friek Cote Corapan, and four houses
were destroyed. The fire was caused by the ex
plosion of two kecs of blasting powder. The
house in whieh, the explosion occurred was oc
cupied by Poles. They were prepariog powder
for their work in the mines to-morrow, when a
spark from a pipe ignited the stuff. There was
a terries explosion, and seven of the men were
frtgutfoily burnct
Starving In a Freight Car.
Altoona, Pa., Dee. 30. A tramp named
Hughes was discovered la a box car on the
Pennsylvania railroad, to-day, dying from bun-
ger. . Last Wednesday he secreted himself in the
ear nt Newark, i. J. , intending to steal his way
Wait, Before leaving Newark the car was
locked and was not opened until o day. The
poor fellow had bad nothing to eat cr drink for
five days, and when found was speechless. His
recovery is doubtful.
INDIANA AND ILLINOIS NEWS
The Daily Chronicle of Happenings of
Various Kinds in the Two States.
Fatal Accident Caused ty the Careless Hand
ling: of a Gnn ShflbTYille Happy 0?er
Natural Gts ACoon-Hnnter's Deitb.
INDIANA.
The Careless Handling of a Goo Results In
the Death of Kabblt Hunter's Companion.
fpeciat to tne Indlanaoolls Josrns.
Cbawfoedsville, Dec 2D. A sad and fatal
accident happened near Waynetown, yesterday
afternoon. A party of about twenty men and
boys started out for a bunt. Between 4 and 5
o'clock Clyde Biddle, one of the number, sighted
a rabbit He cocked both barrels of his shot
gun, so as to be ready to shoot twice if neces
sary. The first load killsd the rabbit, aod he
carelessly threw the gun over his shoulder. In
some manner the cock of the loaded 'barrel
caught In his eoat-sleve, causing the gun to go
off, the load striking Charles Earhart in the left
side of the face. The shot entered his eye,
cheeks, esr, and penetrated his temp'e. He was
taken to the residence of Wayman Batreall, and
Dr. Olin, of Elmd ale, summoned. Nothing
could be done to save the life of Earhart, and
after suffering intense pain for seven hours he
died. The deceased leaves a wife and son.
Natural-Gas Display at Shelbyvllle.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal
Shklbtville, Dec 30. The piping of natural
gas to this city from the Tenant farm, two miles
east of here, reached the public square on Satur
day morninr, aod in the evening a display was
given which was witnessed by hundreds of citi
zens. The piping of the houses and stores is
now In progress, and in - the next
thirty days hundreds of fires will
be bnrning. Other wells will he drilled at once,
which will give the people plenty of gas for con
sumption in their houses, aod also for the run
ning of factories. The people are happy over
the introduction of the cheap fuel, and will oner
every inducement possible for the location of
manufacturing establishments here.
Lafayette Will Have Natural Gas.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
Lafayette, Dsc 30. The Citizens Natural-
gas Company yesterday filed its written ac
ceptance of the termsof the ordinance adopted
by the Council, and proposes to bring gas in
from Kempton, forty miles distant. This com
pany recently purchased wells and territory
there. Warden James Murdock, of Michigan
City, is president of the company. It is esti
mated that it will cost $500,000 to lay all the
pipes. The price is to be for ten years 50 per
cent over the Indianapolis Trnst schedule.
manufactories are to be furnished at seven
cents per 1,000. feet, meter measure.
Forger Committed for Trial.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
Lafayette, Dec. 30. Henry Newton, the
young man who attempted to pass a forged check
for $135on the Fowler National Bank, was commit
ted. his bail being fixed at $1,500. it transpires
that quite recently Mr. Hou6e, whose name was
forged to this cheek, had his bank-book bal
anced np, and among the checks was one for
$23, which he pronounced a forgery. At his
instance, no steps were taken to learn who did
it, under the belief that the forger would try it
again. Saturday's arrest was the result. New
ton still declines to tell who put him up to it.
A Pastor Called to a New Field.
Special to tte Xndiaaapolls Journal.
Shelbtville, Dec 30. The Presbyterian
Church of Franklin, has extended a unanimous
call to the Rev. T. L. Hughes, of this city, to
become their pastor at a salary ot $1,500 per
year. He has been the pastor of the church
here for the past six years and a strong effort
will be made to retain him.' He is one of the
brightest pulpit orators in this partot the State.
William Fleming Prostrated by Paralysis.
Fort Way::e Dec. 30. Hon. William Flem-
ing. a millionaire banker of Fort Wayne, was
stricken with paralysis of the heart on Saturday
morning. He rallied somewhat later in the day,
but bis chances of recovery are doubtful. Jlr.
Fleming is one of .the most prominent Demo
cratic leaders in the State, and well known in
financial ciroles thronghout the United States.
Minor Notes.
In one neighborhood in Montgomery county
there were eleven births on last Friday night.
Ed Moreland. a section foreman, was instantly
kill si by a locomotive near Valpariso on Satur
day.
Stephen Farrsll is under arrest, charged with
assaulting Mrs. Ruth Ann England, aged sixty-
five, near Rising Sun.
James Mitehelltree. an old citizen of New
Ross, was stricken with heart trouble last Fri
day and died in an hour.
A dozen mad dogs have been killed in the
vicinity of New Ross, Montgomery county,
within the past few weeks.
Mrs. Epps committed suicide at Fort Wayne,
last week, to avoid appearing in court to an
swer the charge of disorderly conduct
The erand jury of Crawford county has failed
to find an indictment against James Gilmore,
who fatally shot bis son a few days ago, by mis
taking him for a horse-thief.
Henry Bower, superintendent of the Portland
schools, was fined $o on Satnrday by Judge
Bobo. for refusing to admit a pupil after the
court had ordered him to do so.
The grocery store In which the postoffice. at
Leo, Allen county, is located, was burglarized
on Saturday. A large number of stamns, $30 in
cash and several hundred dollars' worth of gro
ceries were taken.
A sensation has been produced at Conners-
ville by the elopement of Wallace Peterman
with his sister-in-law, Miss Pearl Freeman.
Peterman is married and has one child. The
girl is aged eighteen, and is attractive and
pretty.
Charles Elliott, who attacked Hon. John
Benz in the latter's store at Eekerty, last fall,
with the intention of KiMng him, and beat him
almost to death, has beu let off with a line of
$25 for assanlt and battel y and $10 for carrying
concealed weapons.
The Mutual Life Insurance Company, of
Louisville, has brought suit against the bonds
men of Capt V esper Darneek, agent of the com
pany at Prineeton, for $3,000. Captain Dorneck
has been missing since Dec 1, his present
whereabouts being unknown.
Parties who keep vicious dogs at Crawfords-
vllle have been notified that if they desire their
mail delivered, the dogs must be restrained from
interfering with the carriers. One carrier was
chased out of a yard, last week, aod he took his
revenge by placing the word; "dog" alongside
the house number.
George and Albert Nuller, of Clarksville, who
have saved no less than? twenty-five persons
from drowning at the Ohio river falls, havo
added another named to their list, that of
Michael Qulnn, of Louisville, who attempted to
cross to the Indiana side in a dilapidated skiff,
but was drawn into the rapids.
The committee appointed to investigate the
books of the treasurers of Gibson county since
1S71 have reported that, instead of the different
ex-treasurers being behind with the county,
as was elaimed by the Democrats, the investi
gation shows that the county is indebted to
each in sums ranging from $300 to $1,700.
Eight months ago J. IL Styles, of Willioar,
Minn., advertised for a lady correspondent.
Miss Ida M. Workman, of Lebanon, led., an
s we red. Photographs weie exchanged, an en
gagement followed, culminating in their mar
riage at Logansport, last wjek. The ceremooy
was performed by Rev. T. O. Workman, the
bride's father.
A true bill of indictment has beer , found in
the Crawford county court against George Da
vis for shooting the White Cap Gregory. He
was released on a $300 bond. Gregory continues
to Improve, and there is now but little doubt
that he will recover. An outcome of the affair
is the insanity of Isaae N. Davis, a son of the
man who did the shooting. He is imbued with
the idea that Gregory is in pursuit of him with
the intention of killing him. He spends bis
time running like a deer through the woods, or
in hiding, to avoid his imaginary pursuer.
Reuben Dailey proprietor of the Jefferson
vllle News, widely known as a bitter infidel, is
now actively engaged In championing the cause
of Christiaaitv, aod his lecture, "Twenty-one
Years an Infidel, or Why I Returned to Christ,"
is highly indorsed by the Christian ministry
and also by Franeis Murphy. It is eloquent,
witty and powerful, as Mr. Dailey knows bow
to make it, embracing, as it does, bis interesting
experiences as an opponent of religion, nnd the
causes whieh led to his conviction of his error.
This lecture will be givin at Aurora, Sunday
evening, Jan. G, and thereafter at other places
which engage his services.
ILLINOIS.
A Coon-nunter Instantly Killed by the Fall.
in e Limb of m Tree,
special to the Indianapolis Journal
Altamont, Dec. 30. Last night, while Benj.
Vandre was out in the woods coon-hunting with
some of his friends, he was instantly killed
while cutting down a tree, a large limb, falling
npon him.
Brief Mention.
Mrs. Charles Norine. of Galesburg, was killed
by the ears last Friday.
Michael Rozzelle, owner of considerable land,
aged seventy years, was found dead at his home
at Decatur last Friday.
John Burk aod Michael Steinbeck, while
digging a well near Galena on Saturday, were
killed by the sides caving in.
The Rev. J. M. Belding, of Pullman, has ac
cepted the csll extended to him by the West .St
Louis Presbyterian Church.
Samuel Ball, the mysteriously missing La
Porte man, has turned np in the Bridewell, at
Chicago, where he is incarcerated for petit
larceny.
T he Hancock County Agricultural Board has
desided to join the American Trotting Associa
tion. Tbey will arrange for some races in the
near future.
Wm. Inman, jr., aged thirty and married, was
drowned, on Saturday, while trying to cross the
Little Wabash river in a buggy, at New Haven,
Gallatin county.
A confession of judgment for $7,000- in favor
of the State National Bank, was entered against
Henson Robinson, one of the largest stove-dealers
of Springfield, last Friday.
The pastor of the Advent Chnreh, at Union
Mills, LaPorte county, has thrown his parish
ioners into an unhappy state of mind by preach
ing the near-coming of the end of the world.
Captain Lewis Stamps, a Mexican veteran,
and Mrs. Jane Axford, were married at Shelby
ville last week. The groom is eiebty-six years
of age, and the bride ooly a few years younger.
Asa Conklin and Melvm Burt, recently re
leased from Joliet, were arrested at Deoatnr,
on Saturday, for the burglary of the postoffiee
at Elwin. They went to jail in default of $1,000
bail.
The printers, cigar-makers, carpenters, coal
miners, boiler-makers, blacksmiths and plumbers
of Danville are holding meetings preparatory to
the formation of the Danville Federation of
Trades.
Reuben Jackson, colored, fell into a vat of
boiling water, at Cairo, on Saturday, aad was
horribly scalded from the hips down. On re
moving his clothing large patches of flesh and
skin were torn from his lower limbs.
Edward Snell, a switchman in the employ of
the Chicago & Alton railroad, was horribly man
gled, on Satnrday, by falling under an engine.
ills limbs were severed from his body and scat
tered for twenty yards along the track.
The Monroe county clerk, on Saturday, issued
a carriage license to Armsted xlatneld and
Vina Richardson. Mr. Hatfield lives in Owens
burg, Greene county, and is over eighty years of
age, while the lady lives in Benton township,
Monroe county, and is about ten years his jun
ior. On Saturday. Henry Lewis, of Georgetown,
was taken to Danville to be tried for selling
liquor without a government license, while
William Howe was taken to Springfield from
the neighboring town of Ridge Farm, after
having confessed a similar offense. More ar
rests will be made.
DAILY WEATHER BULLETIN.
Indications.
. . . i
Washington, Dec. 30. For Ohio, Indiana
and Illinois Rain, turning into snow; station
ary temperature, followed in Illinois by slightly
colder; variable winds.
For Lower Michigan and Wisconsin Ral n or
snow, followed in western Wisconsin by fair;
colder winds, becoming northwesterly.
Local Weather Report
Indianapolis. Deo. 30.
Time. Bar. Ther. It H. Wind. I Weather Pre
7 A. M... u0.45 34 C7 S'east Cloudy
2 p. M... 30.31 40 59 S'east Cloudy
7 P. u... 30.20 33 83 S'east.Thr'fng. T
T Trace of rain.
Maximum thermometer, 41; minimum thermome
ter, 30.
Following is a comparative statement of the condi
tion of temperature and precipitation on Dec 30,
18S8: .
Tem. Precin.
Normal 33 O.IO
Mean 30 0.00
Departure from normal 3 O.IO
Total excess or deficiency sinoe Dec 1 40 1.39
Total excess or deficiency since Jan. 1861 3.78
Plus.
General Observations.
Indianapolis. Dec. 30-
-7 P. M.
Bar
ome ter.
Thermometer.
Station.
Exp.
New Ycrlc eitT..j:J43
40 ...
30 ...
42 ...
4S ....
4-J ...
5 1 1 ... .
50
38
5S
50
52
62
60
OS
62
68
64
66
44
62
40
4?
4S
48
40
44
44
Clear.
Cloudy
Clear.
Clear.
Clear.
Rain.
Clear.
Cloudy
Cloudy
Clear.
Buffalo, N. Y 30.23
Philade Dh a. Fa..
PitUb-irir. Pa.... 30.30
Wnshins-ton. D.C 30.4b
Charleston. S. O- 30.44
Atlanta, Oa. 30.42
Jacksonville. Fla. 30.38
Pensacola, Fla... 30.28
Montgomery, Ala 30.32
.02
52
58
GO
62
G2
58
42
54
42
44
42
44
3S
40
3S
40
on
28
30
42
38
34
24
..Cloudy
New Orleans. La. 30.20
Little Rock, Arfc. 30.32
Galveston. Tex... 130.1 8
San Antonio, Tex!30.28
Memphis. Tenn.. 30.28
".36 Cloud v
.48, Cloudy
.30 Kain.
.38
.10
Rain.
Nashville, Tenn.. 30.30
Louitville, Ky.... 30.32
Indianapolis, Ind. 30.2(5
Cincinnati. 0 30.28
Cleveland, O I30.2C
Toledo. O 130.26
Marquette. Mien. 30.10
S.Ste. Marie, Mich 30.08
Chicago, 111 30.20
Cairo. Ill 30.30
Springfield. 111... 30.26
Milwaukee. Wis..30.16
Doluth. Minn.. ..'30.18
St Paul, Minn... 30.18
Morehead, Minn.. ,30.36
St. Vincent. ilinn!30.42
Davenport la.... 30.20
Dubuque, la. 30.22
Des Moines. Ia... 30.22
St Louis. Mo.... 30.28
Kansas City, Mo. 30.3-1
Fort Sill. Ind. T.. 30.3S
Dode City, Kan. 30.40
Omaha. Neb 30.34
North Platte, Neb 30.48
Valentine, Neb... 30.52
Yankton, D.T.... 30.40
Ft Sully, D.T... 30.48
Uismarck,D.T... 30.52
FtBuford, D.T.. 30.56
P. Arthur's L'd e. 30.14
Kain.
30
T
.10
Cloudy
Kain.
Cloudy
Cloudy
Clear.
Clear.
Rain.
Rain.
Cloudy
Snow.
Fair.
Fair.
Clear.
Cloudy
40
36!
34
38
46
42
36
30
SO
T
.12
T
.02
3(
32
20:
30'
no i
14
10
34
34
34
42
36
36
30
32
38
34
30
44
30
38
40
Tbnow.
.03 Snow.
.03 Rain.
T I Fair.
.02: Cloudy
24
28
28
34
32
J Cloudy
I Clear.
30
30
32
8
4
40
34
32
30
26
24
28
24
16
.lO.Clear.
28
26
Clear.
Clear.
10
Clear.
Clear.
10
I Clear.
20
10
14
14
24
23
Clear.
Clear.
Clear.
Clear.
Clear.
Fair.
Clear.
Clear!"
Clear.
Clear.
Clear.
Clear.
Qu'Appelle, N.W.130.52
Ft.As'naVne.M.Ti30.64
OO
0
40
30
Helena, M.T
9 J. j m
30.74
30.58
30.68
Boise Citv. I. T..
Chvenne. W. T. .
FtM'Kn'ry.W.T.
FtWahaskie, Wy
Denver, Col......
Pueblo, Col
Santa Fe, N. M ..
Salt Lake City...
12
12
01-10
201
30. G 2
30.52
2S
31
12
10
3S
44
36
28
30.34
30
20
10
30.00
T Trace of precipitation. Note One inch of
melted snow equals ten inches oZ snow.
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.
Policeman 0Ne:l, of Rochester, N. Y., who
was shot by William Manley, whom he was try
ing to arrest Saturday, died yesterday.
James Machen and Nathan Gilchrist, aged
nine and fourteen years, were yesterday skat
ing on the hay at Toledo, O. The ice broke,
precipitating the boys into the water, and loth
were drowned.
Carrie Kankel, of Thomaston, Conn., aeed
sixteen, on beinc scolded for going skating, left
borne, yesterday, saying to a younger sister,
"Mamma will never see me again." and has not
been seen since. The country and surrounding
villages are beinc searched.
Amos J. Stillwell, of Hannibal, Mo., a wealthy
merchant, was murdered by a burglar wbile
asleep, in his home at 2 o'clock yesterday morn
ing. The weapon nsed was an ax which, with
Mr. Stillweirs pocket-book and $35, was found
ia an alley in the rear of the house. There is
no clew to the murderer.
Ca.pt A.E. Bauer, drafting clerk in the office of
the Secretary of State, of Wiconsin, committed
auicidoat Madison, yesterday, by shooting him
self in the bead. lie had been for some time
past failing mentally, and has lately been given
to frequent spells of despondency. Captain
Bauer was sixty years of age, and bad lived in
Madison since 1S7C
At Pittsburg, yesterday, John Cochiau, a
small boy. went into a sewer, with a lighted
match to hunt for a natural gas leak. An ex
plosion followed which fatally burned him and
set fire to the Saw-mill ruu railroad bridge. The
flames were extinguished after the bridge bad
been badly damaged. Trains will be stopped
till the bridge is repaired.
Managed to Get Away with SCO.OOO.
San Francisco, Dec 30.' The details of. the
losses suopossd to have been sustained by vari
ous San Francisco acd Eastern business-houses
dpi. Weath'r
tat'
i
through the mysterious departure from this city
of Charles F. Merle, president of the California
Bone-meal Fertilizing Company, and local agent
for N. K. Fairbank & Co., the Chicago lard
merchant, are difficult to obtain, and will prob
ably not be definitely known before the meeting
of the directors of the fertilizing eompp.oy,
which will be on Monday, but the latest esti
mate places the total losses at about $00,000.
The War of the Whisky Men.
Philadelphia, Dec 30. Mr. G. W. Hicks,
vics-president and general manager of the St
Paul Distilling Company, who is in this eity,
ssid to-night that "The Whisky Trust having
doelared war against the St Paul com
pany by reducing the price of high
wines ten cents per prcot gallon,
his eompany would to-morrow make the price of
highwines $1.01. which is 3 cents under the
figure named by the trust The St. Paul house,
he says, Is owned and operated by men of the
highest financial standing and ability in the
Northwest The trust, since Its formation, has
steadily advanced the price of highwines to a
fictitious figure, making thereby an enormous
profit, a large part of whieh is set apart to fight
the St Paul and other individual distilleries.
Our opposition to the trust is not to destroy.
Retail dealers know that they ought to pay
about $1.25 per gallon for their
goods. No matter how much the
trnst raises prices, the dealers will not
pay the jobbers a raise in prices, and conse
quently the jobbers are the ones who are
squeezed. We don't want to carry this fight to
its furthest limit, but it we must eo iuto
Africa' we shall not object Our aim is to do
business on busioess methods, with a fair return
for capital invested.7'
Steamship News.
Philadelphia, Dec 30. Arrived: Lord
Clive, from Liverpool.
New York, Dec 30. Arrived: Umbria, City
of Berlin, from Liverpool; La Bretsgne, from
Ilavre; Aller, from Bremen.
London, Dec. 30. The steamer La Bourgegne,
from New York, Dec. 22, has arrived at Havre.
The steamer City of Chicago, from New York,
Dec 22, for Liverpool, has passed Browhead.
The steamer Rhaetia, from New York, Dec 2D,
for Hamburg, wss signals! of? the Soiily
islands to-day.
Mysterious Conference of Railroad Engineers.
Chicago, Dec. 30. A delegation of nine loco
motive engineers, presumably the committee of
nine appointed at the Richmond eon-'
vention, headed by A. R. Cavener,
chairman, went from here this aft
ernoon to Hammond, Ind., a small vllsge,
thirty miles distant, and convened in secret at
the Morton House, remaining in session unt'l a
late hour to-night As the hotel is under re
pairs and not yet open to the public, reporters
were denied admission.
Resignation of Chier-Jastica Mc Conn ell.
Helena, Mont, Dec. 30. N. J. McConnell,
Chief-jnstice of this Territory, nas forwarded
bis resignation to President Cleveland, finding
the duties of the office too burdensome. Judge
McConnell was appointed from Tennessee about
two years ago. He will probably form a law
partnership here and continue to reside in
Helena. His resignation is to take effect as
soon as his successor can bo appointed and
qualify,
BLOWN FROM A CANNON'S MOUTH.
The Terrible Punishment Inflicted Upon Se
poy Mutineers to Uphold British Authority.
From Hayes's History of the Sepoy War.
During the Sepoy rebellion of 1S57 and 1SSS,
many of the mutineers were blown away from
the guns. It was a terrible punishment, one
which had been inflicted a century before ai ihe
first mutiny of the Bengal army, in 17C4. A
battalion of Sepoys had seized and imprisoned
its English officers, and vowed that it would
serve no more. A strong band a-rested the mu
tiny at its beginning. Twenty-four Sepoys
were tried by a drum-bead court-martial, found
guilty, and sentenced to be blown away
from the cannon. On the day of the
execution the .troops were drawn up, En
glish and Sepoys, the guns were loaded,
and the prisoners led forth to suffer the
terrible penalty. The word of command was
given for the first four criminals to be tied no
to the muzzles of the guns. As the men were
being bound, four tall, stately grenadiers stepped
forward from among the condemned Sepoys,
saluted the commander, Major Hector Munro,
chief of the Bengal army, and asked that, as
they bad always held the post of honor in li'e,
they might be given the precsdence in death, as
it was their due. The request was granted.
The grenadiers were tied to the guns and blown
to pieces.
'A murmur ran through the Sepoy battalions,
who greatly outnumbered the English troops,
and it seemed as though they were about to
rescue their companions, the twenty condemned
men. The officers of the native regiment ap
proached Monro and told htm that their men '
wero not to be trusted, as they had determined
not to permit the execution to proceed. The
chief knew that on the issue ot that parade for
execution depended the fate of the Bengal
army. The English troops were few and there
was scarcely a man among them not moved to
tears by the fearful death of the four grena
diers. But the commander knew they could be
trusted to defend the guns, which, turned upon
the Sepoys, would defeat any attempt to rescue
their comrades.
Major Munro closed the English on to the
battery the grenadiers on one side, the ma
rines on the other and loaded the pieces with
grape. Then he sent the Sepoy officers back to
their battalion and gave the native regiments
the word of command, "Ground arms!7' They
knew it would be madness to disobey in pres
ence of the loaded euns, and laid down their
arms. "Right about face! Forward march!" was
the next command. The Sepoys marched a
distance from their grounded arms, and the
English soldiers with guns took ground on the
intervening space. The danger had pasted
away. The native troops were at Monro's
mercy, and the execution went on to its dread
ful close. The sacrifice of a few lives saved
thousands. - '
A Word to Ofllce-Seekers.
Warsaw Times.
Here in Indisna it is presumed that President
Harrison is sufficiently well acquainted with the
position of affairs, aod is so well intimate with
the local politicians of the State that it would
be difficult for him to make a mistake; however,
we deem it altogether unnecessary for this or
that man to he engaged in pushing himself on
the attention of the new administration. This,
however, is being done every day. The new
President ought to be certainly left free to
make np bis own Cabinet, at the very
least. He will become responsible, after the
4th of March next for the execution of the laws
of Congress and the delicate dealing with other
nations, and nothing seems to us clearer than
that the President should be permitted, without
outside interference, to surround himself with
bis personal friends, as well as by those who be
long to the same great party. These are our
views, and applicants for office should remember
that they are only one of many thousands who
will help to annoy the new President from the
4th of March, 1S89, for four years following
and cultivate a more retiring disposition.
The Emperor of Japan.
Frank Leslio's Weekly.
The Emperor of Japan is especially fond of
horseback riding. He has about 300 horses in
the imperial mews, and he sits a horse well. He
has a big race-track in the grounds of the new
palace, and he is much interested in horse
breeding as well as in horse-racing. lie attends
the racing in Tokio and in Yokohama, and is
fond of watching his nobles play polo. This
game is often played inside of the palace
grounds, and his Majesty hunts deer and wild
pics on his imperial preserves. He shoots well,
but as a rule.he prefers to watch the others hunt.
A great party of nobles accompanies him, and
there are many pheasants as well as the larger
game. Another favorite pursuit of the Emperor
is duck-netting, aud there will be opportunities
for this sport in the new palace grounds. As in
other sports, the Emperor prefers to look on,
though he sometimes throws a net himself.
The Race Question la the South.
Bill Nye's l etter.
I rode, the other day, for an hour, with an old
Southern colonel, who was very cordial and
talked freely of the Soothern ontlook.
"And how would yon reeard the importance
of the race problem at this time, ColonelH I
asked.
"Ob, it is the most important thing we have
to deal with here, of course.
"Well, what do you regard as the most im
portant feature of the race problem?"
"Why, ssb, I have been mixed np with the
affairs of the South all mr life, sah, and my no
tion about it is that the great question for ns
here to solve in the race problem 11 which horse
will win first money."
Mayor Hewitt Encourages Colonel Fellows.
New York Special.
Col. Fellows called oa Mayor Hewitt this
morning and complained of the estimate for the
running of the district attorney's office being
cot $700 by the Board of Estimate and Appor
tionment '
"Well." said bis Honor, "III make this bar
gain. If you convict the boodlers, I'll band
over that $700 to you out of my own pocket
"That's great encouragement" sviiented
Colonel Fellows, and he walked oat
DEFENDING THE SUNDAY NEWSPAPER.
A Dignified Reply to the Attacks or Farson,
Herrlck Johnson.
Portland Oregonian.
By re'quest we reprint a letter written hy Dr.
Herrick Johnson of Chicago, acalnstthe Snnday
newspaper. Dr. Johnson is one of those who
are inteut on perpetuating ihe old Jewish aod
Puritan Sabbath as a day uZ panance and morti
fication, in the name of religion, under the idea
that there is aomethiu? especially holy about
that particular day. The world has outgrown
this idea and never will return to it.
It is right and a duty to give thanks to
God and to worship him; bodies of people may
properly agree on a day or days to be set apart
for that purpese, and they have a right to be
seente from interruption therein. But one
body of people hss no just right to insist on
compliance with their ideas in this matter by
other bodies of people. On has no right to say
to another, "This shall be your day of thanks
giving and worship;" nor, indeed, has any per
sons or astociatiou of persons any right t say
to another perecn or persons that he or they
stall have or observe a day of worship in any
particular manner or go Sunday to hear any
set of dogmas expounded. Here is the domain
of conscience and in it each man is answerable
for himself.
It is useless to preaeh abont "the sanetity of
the Sabbath" in the manner in whieh that sub
ject is treated by men lize Dr. Herrick John
son, because the world will not pay attention to
it Church members, even, will not regard it;
for it is not a sin, it cannot be a sin, to do Sun
day anything that is fit to be done upen any
other day of the week. Observation of Sunday
as a day of rest, relaxation, and worship does
not depend on the notion that it is a particular
sin to do any work or Dusiness Sunday, but on
an agreement among men, more or less common
or general, that there should be relief from la
bor aod from the common pursuits ot life one
day in the week, and, moreover, that there
should be opportunity for religious instruction
and worship to such as desire to avail them
selves cf it.
At this point comes in part of Dr. Johnson's
complaint against the Sunday newspaper. His
first objection is that it does not allow a day of
rest and worship to its employes. Dr. Johnson
doesn't know. It it extremely seldom that any
man employe! npen a daily paper works sevei
days in the week. No one ever does unless he
desires so to do Besides, it is not the Snnday
paper, but the Mondsy paper, upon which the
Sunday work is done.
The second charge against the Sunday news
paper is that it finds its way into the home,
diverts the attention from holy things, and
keeps people away from church. This is weak
nonsense. Neither the newspaper of Sunday
nor any other day goes into any home nnless it
is wanted that is, unless it is ordered and paid
for. No newsboy can sell the paper on the
street even to a church member, unless the lat
wants it
There are no Snnday newspapers published
iu the cities of Great Britain, and fewer peo-
pie go to church there than in the cities of
this country. They absent themselves from
ihe pews preached to by "dry" bigots of the
Herrick Johnson class, just as people do in this
country.
The assertion that the paper diverts the mind
from holy things is mere cant For one case of
tirs kind there is a thousand where it diverts
the mind from absolutely trivial things, or fills
ud a vacant half hour by affording information
that is useful, entertaining, or both. Quite as
weak is the assertion that it keeps people away
from church. Are not the churches of to-day
better filled than ever before? Is not more
money given to sustain them and to extend their
work? And do men like Dr. Johnson wish to
confess that the preaching is so poor that it can
not contend with the attractions of the Sunday
newspaper?
The dogmatic assertion that "the Sunday
newspaper has not come to stay if God has
come to stay;" that "He and the Sunday news
papers are not agreed," ia uttered in that tone
of grotesque solemnity which makes ecclesias
tics like Dr. Johnson ridiculous, it not contempt
ible, in the eyes of the greater part of mankind.
Though Dr. Johnson assumes to know and de
clare the Divine mind, it is not probable that he
has any exclusive information as to what God
sanctions or disapproves. The world questions
the authenticity of his revelation as to the Sun
day newspaper and the prophecy concerning it
It does not accept bis dogma about "feabbath
breaking" the membership of his own church
does not accept it; does not regard tho Sunday
newspaper as an immoral thing, does not think
it an instrument of evil, a product of sin, but
accepts it as a necessity of growing activity in
all departments of life and knowledge.
It is easy to see why men like Dr. Johnson
take the position they do. Tbey wish to claim
Sunday as their own; they assume to be lords
and masters of the day; they have a sort of in
stinct that by such pretensions only can the
tosition they claim for themselves be main
tained, and that nothing must be said or done
on Snnday for which they do not grant a dispen
sation, or does not agree with their own dog
matic opinions.
But bourbonism in the clerical profession, as
everywhere else, is falling behind. As Paul in
his preaching accommodated himself to a new
order of thisps, bo do the wise preachers of to
day. They do not admit what Dr. Johnson
assumes that there is a rivalry between the
Sunday newspaper and the pulpit but they
exert themselves to make a public sentiment
that will hold the newspaper of Sunday and of
every day up to the highest standard of moral
aim and effort. There can be no question as to
the value of this work, compared with the mis
taken effort'to put down the Sunday newspaper
by cheap imitations or the lhunderer of Sinai.
The tendencies of the age they work in are al
ways studied by wise workers, and Christianity
itself will be more potent in future somewhat in
the proportion that its expounders note the ten
dencies of their times and use the instruments
at their hand, instead of arraying themselves
blindly against forces that have long been in
active' revolution, and never were so resistless
as now.
AN ANTEDILUVIAN FROG STORY.
Cartons Story of a Little Animal "Which Prob
ably Lived Over 0,000 Tears. .
London Engineering.
The daily press have recently -devoted some
length to detailing the later history of an old
toad, who was only allowed to live three days
after having been dug out of a cavity wherein
he bad secluded himself for a trifle of 20,000
years or more, and how a ""local surgeon,"
endeavoring to improve on nature, "hoping to
enable him to take food, slit the membranes by
which his mouth was closed, and the patient
unfortunately had not enough vitality to sur
vive the operation." The theory has been
discussed as to whether the toad would have
continued to live above ground had he been
left in the natural conditiqn in which he was
found. The following is the authentic history
of how such another reptile of a kindred species
was found, the length of whose retirement could
only be measured by a geological period of time,
and who was returned to his long-past over
ground life and condition by natural means. In
the Plenty valley, (Victoria, some time in the
early '70s, a road party were making a deep
cutting through some clay beds, to improve
local traffic facilities. The clay bed was a ter
tiary formation; it was hard and of a yellow
eolor. On the clay bank gum-trees, some hun
dreds of years old , were growing. When abont
thirty feet below the surface a block of this clay
in falling broke into two pieces, out of which
tumbled a little frog, with a body about 2$
inches long and H Inches wide. He seemed
blind and sleepy, though showing every evidence
of life; he was apparently as strong as any
other frog of the same sue; he
was in no way thin; in fact seemed to be a
well-nurtured and properly cared-for frog. The
block of clay was reduced in size, and the frog,
with the two pieces which formed the dwelling,
was sent to the Technological Museum, Mel
bourne. Mr. Newberry, the chief of that in
stitution, examined bim very closely, and
found that all the natural orifices of the body
bad closed completely; in fact, there was of
them not a trace remaining. In color the f roe
was a dirty yellow, such as the clay, without
any variation of tinge. Mr. Newberry sent
this creature for' identification to Frederick
McCoy. F. R. S., professor of natural sciences,
Melbourne University. Professor McCoy iden
tified bim as a member of a well-known species
whose habits were, in times of tronble, such as
drought or cold, to bury tbemselves In the
earth nod remain there until the
condition of things was more to their
liaing. Members of the species mentioned,
however, were a yellow color mottled with
brown; after the identification the creature was
again returned to Mr. Newberry. This gentle
man determined to see if he could by some
natural process educate the sleepy specimen
into a more vigorous and better understanding
of his duties as a live frog. He was then domi
ciled in a small fernery n the museum, and it
was deeided to give him a bath every morning,
a proceeding which tropgy seemed strongly to
object to, though he swam vigorously while in
the water. When put back into his clsy cavity
he wriggled himself about until he found the
old groove, folded himself np, and seemed con
tented. This cavity might be described as
fitting bim where it touched him, that is to
sav, though touching him all over the more
prominent parts of the body, the clay
was not moulded' into the hollows formed
by the folding of his limbs. After a short while
the clsy bed was taken from bim and he was
pot anion c the ferns on the mold, into wh'eh he
rapidly sank stern first by a psculiar motion of
'bis hind legs. For his morning bath ho bad to
be dog np daily, then back he would go again
into seclusion. In a little while two patches of
dust wore noticed ou his nose; these wera ex-
a
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Absolutely Pure.
This powder never varies. msrrel of tarlty
etrenfftb and wholesomenem. More economical than
theordinary kinds, an-l rnnot be sold in compet itlow
with the multitude of low-tst. hort-weuht alum or
phosphate tow1er. ld onlv in can. KOt All
BAKING POWDER CO.. 106 Wall street. N.Y.
amined by a magnifying glass, acd it was found
that in the center of each was an infinitely
mioute hole just where the nostrils should be.
After enforced bathing and exercise daily for
about six weeks the dnll yellow skin covering
him began to come off in small patches; H
eventually tell oil like the slough of a snake, re
vealing him as Prof. McCoy said he should be,
a nice-lookiDg mottled brown and yellow frog,
with bright eyes, t mouth, nostrils, etc After
his skin came of! he began to like the water,
would jump into it, then after a
swim sit undtrneath the ferns; he
gradually showed a liking to blink
in the sun and gener ally deported himself in the
manner of a well-corducte i frog, though he was
never seen to take any food. One day the door
of the fernery was loft open; whether it was
that the insatiable da sire for sensation pervad
ing our modern civilii ation affected him so that
he desired to see how the world bad wageed
since ages agone be had bade it good-bye, whether
was for the purpose of examining other objects
of interest in the muoum. or that he stepped
out tor refreshments, ot with a desire to go
a-wooing, history has not been informed; at all
events, instead of meeting the "lily-white duck"
of the fable, be came in contact with the mu
seum cat who was prowling around, and, before
an attendant looking on couid interfere, he was
seized by the cat, who, with him in her mouth,
dsshed through an open window into a shrub- '
bery hard by, and no trace ot froggy wis ever
again to be found.
INDICT OR RE SILENT.
Some Plain Language to the Democrats Who
Have Been Shrieking Fraud."
Philadelphia Press.
The refusal of the grand jury of Marion
county, in which Indianapolis is situated, to
find a true bill against Colonel Dudley on the
alleged "floater" letter, is the most conspicuous
collapse of Democratic charges of corrnption in
the last election; but it is far from being the
only one.
Defeated, when they believed victory certain,
the Democratic press broke out in one loud bark
of corruption, as the cause of their defeat
The World for days together printed eolumn
after column of the loose, windy talk abont the
corrupt purchass of votes which can be got
among the defeated by the cubic mile after
every election.
Now, the purchase of voters is a crime, and
it is a crime for which indictment - and convic
tion is no more difficult than for scores ot other
crimes daily punished. At nearly every point
where it is most londly charged the Democrats
hold and control the criminal machinery for the
detection and prosecution of criminals. They
do in New York and Brooklyn, where $400,000 is
said to have beon spent; in northern New Jer
sey, in the larger places in western Connecticnt,
in Albany, Troy and in eight or ten other conn
ties in New York State; in Indianapolis, in St
Louis, in San Francisco and in scores of lesser
places.
In all these places there is nothing to hinder,
and everything to help, the indictment and con
viction of those at work buying votes. If a
tithe .of the loose charges made were true, tba
Democratic district attorneys would nave acted
before this, and Canada would be full of Repub
lican workers. If the Democratic prosecuting
officers have done nothing, it is because there
was nothing to do.
Democratic newspapers must shut up ot
Democratic district attorneys must indict. The
party can not assume all the virtue of charging
this crime and avoid all the responsibility for
punishing it Either the papers are dodging
the truth or the district attorneys are dodging
their duty. One or the other is wrong.
The Democratic party must, therefore, indict
or shut np, and in the one case where a Demo
cratic district attorney has tried to indict an
impartial grand jury has held the charge made
baseless. What has proved true in Colonel
Dudley's case would prove true in all the othr
charges, no one of which has as much apparent
proof as his.
But good will come even out of these charges.
They have committed the Democratic party, in
every doubtful State, to the legislation against
corrupt and fraudulent voting, which the Re
publican party hss always urged and tho Demo
cratic party opposed. This legislation may now
be p.tssed. The next election will be improved
by it So will the chances of Republican vic
tory. A' WHEELBARROW" STEAMBOAT.
The Novel Craft Which Is Intended for Serv
ice on a Florida River.
Wilmington, Del., Special.
The "vrhoelbarrow steamboat St. Lucie, built
for the Jacksonville, Tampa 6c Key West Rail
road, will lave for her destination on Sunday
next She will be commanded by Captain S. A.
Bravo, of Jacksonville, with Frank Miranda as
mate and Kdward Fitzgerald ae chief engineer.
Captain Sam Martin, of New York, will pilot
her to Florida. The St. Lucie will have a 150
mile route ou the Indian river, from Melbourne
to Jupiter, and will run in connection with the
railroad for which she was built
The St. Lucie itself is as novel a craft as was
ever built hero. The Indian river is so shallow
in places that only vessels of the lightest draught
can navigate it Therefore this vessel was built
with a wide, flat bottom, so that she will draw
but twenty inches of water. When loaded she
will not draw over three and a half feetot
water at her dotpest part. She has a stern
paddle-wheel propelled by two keel condensing
engines, thirteen inches diameter of cylinder
and sixty inches rtroke. She is provided with
a locomotive boiler twenty feet long by five and
a half feet in diasueter, capable of a workitg
pressure of 110 pounds.
With 100 pounds of steam she can develop a
speed of eleven milt s per hour, which is good
time for a vessel of thu description. She is li
censed to carry 130 deck and saloon passenrers.
The saloon occupies almost the entire upper
deck, and contains eighteen state-room!, each
provided with two bads, wash-stands, and other
necessary comforts. There is an air of comfort
abont the beat, which baa been one of the chief
aims in her construction. The saloon passengers
have an open, shaded deck on which tbey eaa
lounge and indulge in day dreams as they iQik
along.
Some Fatherly Advice.
New fork Evening Sud.
"My son. I observe that you are reading that
sage headline in this morning' paper, 'Don't
Be a Clam.1 Now take your father's advice
rather than that of the newspapers on a'! occa
sions, and remember that you might do worse
than he a clam. The clans that I have met ia
this world have tainded their own business; have
kept their mouths snut; have avoided indorsing
their friends' notes: have never embezzled trust
funds; have never come reeling bom at mid
night under the influence of cocktails; have
never written for the comic paper; have never
told lie about their tieighbors or indulged in
ribald jest or wounding reparte?. Remember
these things, my son. Emulate the clam, and if
misfortune overtakes you, as it often does the
bivalves 0! whose virtues 1 have just spoken,
you will at least have the consolation that he
has; your troubles will cot be due to your own'
f oolishneis.
After March 4.
Chlcaro News.
After March 4 tb President and his Cablets
are expected to go into business as follows:
Grover Cleveland, attorney at law.
C S. Fairchild. attorney at lav
.aijViiV4 tfArn.v tit 1 a vr
W. C Kndicott. Attorney at law.
W. C Whitney, attorney at law.
D. M. Dickinson, attorney at law.
W. F. Vilas, attorney at law.
Hood's Saissparilla cures catarrh by expelling
Impurity from the blood, which is the cause ci.