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INDIANAPOLIS, TUESDAY MORNING, JULY 23, 188D.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
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TVIIEX INDICATIONS TUESDAY Fair weather.
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.LMOST every day some lot
ment of sizes, gets the "grand bounce" in a greatly reduced
price, so there are bargains galore to be got for the asking.
ONE-THIRD
OOTrFIFTH OFF
All Thin Clothing,
ONE-HALF OFF
A VARIED LOT OF
Thin "Waistcoats,
They are going, so come at once to the
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Qerelaiil, Cmcinnati,
fficaro & St Louis.
BIG 4
AN AJTCTROON OF ENJOYMENT FOR 20 CTS.
Bo little has been said about tt In tlio papers that
we don't belieTe the people of this cit j k jow what an
unusual and Interesting auraction we are to have la
Indianapolis next week. Tne encampment of tuo
fitate militia, at Armstrong's grove, will be a camp of
2,000 soldiers, where all the military forms and rules
f camp life. In the midst of grim war, will prevail,
ail the glare and glitter of war. so attractive to look
at, but so awful and horrible to participate in. will be
enacted In all its allurements and none of Its horrors,
at Armstrong's grove, commencing .Monday, July 2'J,
and ending Saturday, July 27.
-Where Is Armstrong's GroveP One-fourth of a
mile from the Big 4 track, at North Indianapolis.
And, in order that yon should enjoy again the stirring
camp scenes of the bos, that your wives and daugh
ters should see the dear, sweet, prettty soldiers in
their smart uniforms, that your boys should have a
chance to grap the osmotic Idea ot saving their
country by killing some one elne
The Big 4 will, commencing Tuesday, run trains to
the camp, at fare of 20 cents for the round trip. Trains
will leave Union Station at 3 p. m., and 7 p. m. Re
turning, leave camp at 3:30, tf and 8:30 p. m. Take
the children to ne the camp, and after their eyes have
opened wide at the strange and wonderful sights, go
f ur a ramble through the beautiful groves along the
banks of the canal and White river. Could more en
joyroent be offered for 20 cents! You can take trains
at Union station, Washington street, North street, or
Seventh-street crossing of Big 4.
J. H. MARTIN. Dist. Pass. Agent.
Clereland, tmm 'DPI? T TMIF
CMcago & St Louis. DMTllUill
EAST AND "WEST
This la the on!r line running through sleeping cars
from Indianapolis, lntotheGrandCentralDepot.New
York city, and over the mountains to the city of Bos
ton. It is aliio the fast line to St. Louis and the West,
and the only line carryin s reclining-chair and sleepin g
cars on night trains from Indianapolis to St. Louis.
I'aasengers for bt. Ixroia can occupy sleepers and
chair cars as early as 6:30 p. m.
TIME OP T BAINS EAST:
Depart for N. Y. and Boston 3 S0am, 3:40 pm
Clevel'd and the East 7:30 a ra, 8:00 p m
" Ft. Way's and Dayton 11:55 am, 3:40 p m
" O'd Kaplrtsand No'ta 4:00 am, 6:45 pm
Arrive from N. Y. and Boston. ..il:35 a m, 10:43 p m
Clevel'd and the East 6i5 a m, 5.15 p ni
Dally.
TIME OP TRAINS WEST:
I.epart for St. Louis and Kan. Cy.MlrW a m. 11:10 p m
T. Haute and Mattoon 7:25 a m. 5:30 pm
Arrive from fit. Louis and K. Cy. 3:10 a m, 3:05 p m
T. H'te and Mattoon 10:00 a m. 6:25 p m
Ticket-offices, No. 2 Bates House, No. 138 South II
Illinois street, and Union Station.
T. C. PECK. Pass. Agt.
DAILY "WEATHER BULLETIN.
Local Forecasts.
For Indianapolis and Vicinity For the
Twenty-Four Hours Ending 8 r. m., July,
3 Fair weather.
GENERAL INDICATIONS.
Washington, July 2J, 8 p. m. Forecast
till 8 P. M. Tuesday: For Ohio, Indiana and
Lower Michigan Fair, followed by light
showers in Indiana; cooler; northwesterly
winds.
For Minnesota and Dakota Fair; clear
ing in southern Dakota; warmer; variable
winds.
For TJpperMichigan and Wisconsin Fair;
no decided change in temperature; variable
winds.
For Illinois Fair, followed by showers;
cooler; northerly winds.
Local Weather Report,
Time. Bar. Iher. R. H. Wind. Weather, ire.
7a.m. 29.98 72 77 Sweat Cloudless. .....
7p.m. 29.96 82 53 Nw'at Ft. Cloudy. ....
mouieter, d7. .
Following Is a comparative statement of the
condition of temperature and precipitation on
July22,18a9:
Tern. Free.
formal. 74 0.17
Mean 77 o.OO
Departure from normal 3 0.17
Excess or deficiency since July 1.. 31 0.2t
ixceas or deficiency since Jan. 1.. 73 -4.4Q
Plus.
General Weather Conditions.
Monday, July 22, 7 p. il
Pressure The center of the large high
area has moved southeastward from north
ern Montana to eastern Dakota and Ne
braska, with its eastern extremity, 00.00,
extending to Lakes Superior and Michigan,
and as far southeast as Nashville, Tenn.
It is followed west of the mountains by
lower barometer. The low area, which was
last night north from Lake Superior, has
moved eastward to the Atlantic coast.
Temteratuke Cool temperature pre
vails, below 70, from the mountains east
ward, in Dakota. Nebraska, Wvoming,
northern Colorado and western "Kansas.
Temperatures above SO, sonthward from
Indiana. Missouri, eastern Kansas; 90 and
above in western Texas.
Precipitation Rains occurred in Iowa,
light in western and heavy 0.74 at Du-
tmque in eastern. Light rains in Nebras
ka, southern Dakota and Colorado; heavy
rains in northern Kansas.
The Uride Returned Alone.
Pqntiac, Mich., July 22. Some time ago
Mrs. Haggeman. a well-known lady of this
town, of advanced years, nd more or less
eccentric character, left the city in com
pany with a Mr. Branuock, a rich Calif or
"lan. who was himself no spring chicken,
f hey were to have been married at the ho
tel where the ladv had lived for a long
time, but they finally concluded to slip out
or town, and have the knot tied somewhere
else. A few days ago ihe lady returned
alone. Mie aaid she was married at Niagara
Jails, and that their silver-grey bridal
tour extended to London. England. There,
tie says, she learned that Mr. Brannocl:
was not a widower, as she had supposed,
but. bad a wife living at Santa Cruz. Cal.
bhe thought the matter over and decided
t to return, Mr. Brannnck kindly going to
Liverpool to see her off on her return trip.
Flip not your life away because yonr
i hair is gray, while young, as yon can stop
all (rrayness and cau besutify the hair with
Hall's jXair Kenercer and be happy.
of Clothing, reduced in assort
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All Sfccaw Hats.
WHEN
Surgical Instruments & Appliances
Trusaea. Bnrporfrs, Deformity Braoes. Crutches,
Atnmiaers, Optical (Joods, ArtlncUl Eyes, and every,
tnlngla a orgies. 1 Instruments and Appliances.
WM. II. AHSISTKON'U A CO3
tfurglcal Instrument House,
V2 Booth HUnots street.
A THRILLING STORY OP THE SEA.
Burning of the Steamer Lorenzo D. Baker,
and Rescue of Nearly All on Board.
New Bedford, Mass., Jnly 22. The
whaling schooner Franklin arrived here
this morning, with the crew of the steamer
Lorenzo D. Baker, from Point Antonio,
Jamaica, for Boston, with fruit. The
steamer was burned at sea. Captain Wiley
reports that the steamer left Port Antonio
on the 10th of July, with a cargo of ba
nanas, for Boston, and had six cabin pass
engers, Mrs. Elizabeth Sime, of Dundee,
Scotland; Josiah Dillon, of Iowa; Lorezo D.
Baker, jr., of WeUfleet, Mass.; Jeremiah
O'Callaghan and Jeremiah C. O'Callaghan.
of Boston (uncle and nephew); Ernest B.
Thyng, of Lynn; Lawrence Jensen and
Peter Saxfield, sailors, who were
working their passage, and officers
and crow, numbering nineteen. Wo
had fair, 6inooth water up to
the evening of July 15 (the day of the dis
aster), when we were in latitude- bS 15'
north, longitude C0 49'. At this time a
fresh gale from the southwest set in. caus
ing the ship to roll some, but not severely.
At midnight there was an alarm of fire. I
went out on deck and saw the engine-room
in a blaze. I ordered the hose on. but the
engineer said he could not get at the pumps.
Then I ordered the lire-buckets and
alarmed the passengers, and ordered the
boats to be swung ont. By this time the
llames. had burst through the top of tho
engine-room, and the starboard boat was
entire. We swung out the port boat and
lowered her to the rail. I ordered this one
to bo manned. Two or threo passengers
got into the boat. The tire was now within
three feet of us, and the heat
to those who stood by tho boat
was intense. Flacing the boat's painter in
the hands ot tailor and telliug hira to
hold it fast I ordered the first mate to take
the bow and springing into the stern told
the men to lower away, thinking as soon
as the boat was afloat and detached
from the tackles to return ou board and
get out the raft and small boat, as they
were then comparatively safe and away
from the tiro, but in lowering tho boat, as
it struck the water, it immediately cap
sized arid threw us into the "water. Ou
coming to the surface I found a man hold
ing the painter had let go of it when he
saw the disaster, so that tho boat was near
us. Helping the passengers to a safe hold
on the keel, in a few minutes the mate and
I righted tho boat. In getting our compa
ny to safe positions, we bailed the boat,
took tho passengers in and looked around
for the ship, which had by this time
drifted about half a mile away, It had
been twenty minutes from the time of
loweiing the boat until wo were in it again.
We put away for the steamer, and when
about halfway to it we fell in with the raft,
which had eight persons on it. It floated
with only one end above water, having
been injured in launching. We took all
from the raft into the boat. The wind had
now increased and the pea was high. Some
time was consumed with the raft, and we
were a mile from tho wreck when we again
started for her. After rowing some time
we picked up a sailor floating on the gang
way steps. From him we learned that he
had gone in the small boat and that four
sailors and two firemen were left on board
the steamer, they having got cut "off from
the boats by the lire. One, a fireman, had
been drowned in trying to reach the small
boat. Wo now found, to our sor
row, that the distance between
us and tho ship was increasing,
but still, as tho wind and sea would permit,
we struggled to get to tho wreck. The
forenoon was rapidly passing away, when,
to our joy, we s:iv a schooner bearing down
to the ship. We saw her las' by and take
otf some men, and then come to us. We
were soon Mat'ely on board the vessel, which
proved to be the Franklin, Captain Koss, of
New Bedferd, We found she had taken five
men from a spar alongsido the steamer.
Another fireman had been drowned in
swimming from the steamer's bowsprit to
the 6par. At this time tho steamer had
burned to within three feet of the waters
edge. We soon fouud the small boat, and
twenty-five ont of twenty-seven souls who
had been on the steamer were saved and
sate on board the Franklin. The most gen
erous treatment was accorded us by Cap
tain Kose and the crew of the pchooner. The
best the rescuers had was freely ottered to
us. Said Captain Kose: "My voyage will
not be up for a month, but I will carry you
into port," and we started for New Bedford.
The firemen who lost their lives were
Hugh Wylie, of Liverpool. England, and
Kalph liobinson, of Boston. Mrs. Eliza
beth Simms, tho lady passenger, who had
on n black dress and a man's Derby hat,
was on her way home from Jamaica, where
her husband recently died, to reside with
friends in Scotland. Sho was asleep when
she was aroused by the voice of Captain
Wylio telling her to get up and dress and
prepuro to leave the ship, as it was on fire.
Sho hurriedly dressed, secured her money
and went on deck, where sho was placed in
the life-boat. As the craft was lower d
iuto the water it capsized and she v. as
drawn underneath it. She could not swim,
but had on a life-preserver, and mechanic
ally struck out aud came to the surface.
She aw the mate on tho keel of the over
turned boat, and he at the same moment
saw Mrs. minims. Ho called, "for God's
sake, save the woman." and caught her by
the arm. When tho boat was righted she
was assisted, and soon after the boat was
picked up by the Franklin. She was treated
like a princess by the crew of the schooner,
who tried by every delicate attention to
-make her as comfortable as possible.
ROYALTY AND BEADY CASII
English Liberals Agree Upon a Line of
Action as to Proposed Royal Grants.
They Will Present a Solid Front in Opposition,
and the Ultimate Result of the Coming
Contest Cannot Now Be Predicted."
Gen. Uippolyte Twice Assanlts Port-au-Prince,
and Is Repulsed Both Times.
The Proposed Irish Tenants' Defense League
Boulanger Denies the Charges Against
Him-The Pope Will Not Leave Rome.
MONEY FOR ROYALTY.
The Liberals Will StubWnly Resist the Pro
posals of the Salisbury Ministry.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
London, July 22. Before the adjourn
ment of the debate on the report of the
coinmitteo on royal grants, in tho IIouso of
Commons, to-day, Mr. Labonchere moved
the rejection of the report and tho adoption
in lieu thereof of an address to the Queen,
stating that, in the opinion of tho House,
the allowances now made to the royal fam
ily should suffice for all proper purposes.
All the Liberal groups have at length
agreed upon a common plan of action, and
will oppose a solid front to tho govern
ment's proposals. The fight will bo made
upon the government's refusal to incorpor
ate in the grant a provision that no further
allowances be demanded by tho Queen for
her grandchildren. This stipulation was
demanded in tho committee by both Glad
stone aud Morley as the price of their ad
hesion to the present proposals of the gov
ernment, and on the refusal of the Con
servative members of the committee o
yield the point, Morley and several other
Liberals voted against tho proposal to in
crease tho allowance of the Prince of
Wales.
The keenest party struggle of tho session
may be expected when the committee's re
port comes up for consideration, next
Thursday. The outcome of the struggle,
notwithstanding the large majority of tho
government on the Irish question, is by no
means a foregone conclusion. Many of the
to-called Liberal Unionists have indicated
an intention to cut loose from their Tory
friends on this qtfestion, and there is no
doubt that the number of votes which tho
Ministers will lose from disaffection of this
sort will render the result extremely
doubtful.
Mr. Gladstone voted with, the majority in
the committee on the grants.
The report of tho committee advises that
at the proper time a law be passed provid
ing that future sovereigns shall have no
claim to parliamentary provision for their
grandchildren.
UirrOLYTE REPULSED.
lie Makes Several Unsuccessful Assaults
on
Tort-au-Prince.
New York, July 22. The captain of the
Atlas lino steamship Aleno brings tho news
that on July 11 Hipyolyteattemptedtotake
Port-au-Priuce. On tho 12th iust. ho also
made several assaults, but tcs repulsed
each time with loss. Subsequently he re
treated to Croix des Bouquets, a point
about nine miles from Port-au-Prince,
where he is now encamped.
GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS.
Paraellltes Discuss the Plana of the Pro
posed Tenants Delense League.
London, July 22. The Parnellite mem
bers of Parliament met to-day to discuss
the subject of the Tenants' Defense League.
A resolution was adopted declaring that
the object of the new organization is to
counteract, in a legal manner, landlord
combinations that are formed for the pur
pose of extorting unjust rents and arrears,
imposing iuequitablo terms of purchase,
stimulating evictions and destroying the
security of tenants in their hold
ings. Tenants are invited to join the
league. The meeting fixed the proportion
of the poor-law valuation at the lowest an
nual donation. A. sovereign managing
council of fifteen will bo elected annually.
The council is empowered, to vote a special
levy, not to exceod the amount of the an
nual donation. The league will keep the
British public informed regarding the aims
of tho landlords, aud will assist at bve
elections. Messrs. Davitt, Biggar, Hcalv
and Sullivan were elected treasurers pro
The Charges Against Boulanger.
Paris, July 22. With reference to tho
charges against General Boulanger, of mis
appropriating public funds, M. Lnguerro
asserts that Boulinger only used C0.000
francs of tho secret-service money
at the time of the Schnaebele inci
dent, aud that the expeusesof his ministry
were really 150,000 francs less than during
General Thibeaudin's term of office. It is
reported that General Ferron, the successor
of General Boulanger in the war ministry,
gave tho latter a voucher that the funds of
tho War Otlico were in perfect order.
A Journalist's Futile Attempt to Get Justice.
London, July 22. The judges to whom
Mr. Simms, a journalist, appealed when a
magistrate declined to issuo a summons
against tho Dnke of Cambridge, to answer
a charge of assaulting Mr. Simms, have up
held the decision of the magistrate and re
fused to grant a summons. The alleged
assault of which Mr. Simms complained
took place some time ago in Whitehall
during a review of tho fire brigade.
Depredations of Cretau Insurgents.
Constantinople July 22. Bands of
Cretan insurgents have seized the towns of
Vamos and Cidonia. They expelled the
authorities of tho towns and burned the
archives. A number of Turkish peasants
who fled from tho district occupied by the
insurgents havo taken refuge in Ketymo.
O'Brien Seeking a New TriaL
London, July 22. Counsel for Mr. Will
iam O'Brien have decided to move for a
new trial against Lord Salisbury for slan
der. Their ground for asking for a new
trial is that the iurv who returned a ver
dict for Lord Salisbury on Saturday wero
misdirected.
The Pope Will Not Ler Rome.
London July 22. A dispatch to the Chron
icle says that Frince Bismarck, through
Dr. Vou Schloeser, the German representa
tive at the Vatican, has dissuaded the Pope
from leaving Koine.
Foreign Notes.
The hereditary Prince of Baden is danger
ously sick with inflammation of the lungs.
Tho Greek consul in Crete is actively as
sisting the authorities of tho island to
maintain order.
Twelve German men-of-war will arcom-
f any Emperor William when he attends
he naval review at Portsmouth.
Mr. Kennedy, formerly member of tho
English Parliament for Cavana, succeeds
Mr. Sexton as Lord Mayor of Dublin.
Mr. Dickson, member of the British Par
liament'for the St. Stephen's Green division
of Dublin has purchased 20,000 acres of
land in Paraguay.
One thousand persons were rendered
homeless by Sunday's fire in the town of
Pake. Six were burned to death. The
damage to property amounts to $2o0,000.
M. Xignaux, the French billiard cham
pion, Nd Lugone Carter played a match
?ame of cushion caroms last night at Paris,
he game was one by Carter, who scored
100 points against Vignaux's forty.
Advicesfrom Assouan are that the posi
tion of the Dervishes is unchanged. The
British are arranging to intercept the Der
vishes at Wady Haifa. Reinforcements
have been summoned to Khartoum and
Dongola,
The Russian government has allocated a
large tract of land to the Mussulman popu
lation of Kabardah. Such gifts are usual,
and are generally the prelude to a conflict
with Turkey, being intended to keep the
Mussulmans quiet. The governors of Odes
sa and Kischenetf, in recent addresses to
the troops, hinted that Russia was prepar
ing to advance southward.
ONE AT EACH" END OF A KOPE
Wyoming Cattlemen Display Eare Econ
omy in tho Informal Use of llemp.
Bustler" James Averill and Cattle Queen
Kate Maxwell Hanged by Vigilantes
How the Thieves Were Captured.
Special to tho Inrtianapolls Journal.
Cheyenne, Wy.T., July 22. James Aver
ill and the notorious cattle queen. Kate
Maxwell, were lynched' by cowboys last
night. Tho bodies of the 4ustler, and
range queen dangled from tho same limb of
a big cottonwood this morning. The scene
of the lawless but justifiable deed of tho
midnight riders is on the Sweetwater
river, in Carbon county, nearlndependence
Rock, a land-mark made historic during the
rush overland to the California gold
fields. -Averill was postmaster at Sweet
water. Kate Maxwell was the heroine of a
sensational story which appeared in tho
newspapers throughout the country three
months ago, when sho raided a gambling
house and recovered a largo sura of money
won from her employes. The stockmen
of the Sweetwater region have been the
victims of cattle-thieves for years.
On account of prejudice against tho
largo outfits it has been impossible
to convict on this charge, and the rustlers
have become very bold. Averill and his re
markable partner have been very active in
thieving, Tho woman could hold her own
on tho range, riding like a demon, shooting
on the slightest pretext, and handling the
lariat and branding-iron with the skill of
the most expert vaquero. Fifty freshly
branded yearling steers wero counted in
the Averill and Maxwell herds, Saturday
morning. A 6tock detective, whose suspi
cions were aroused, was driven from
the place when ho was noticed
viewing the stolen property. This
circumstance was reported to the ranch
men, who determined to rid the country'of
the desperate pair. Averill and the woman
have several times been warned to emi
grate or cease appropriating 'mavericks,"
but had disregarded all warnings. After
her celebrated gambling-room escapade,
Mrs. Maxwell degenerated from a pictur
esque Western character into a reckless
prairio virago of loose morals and lost
most of her following, but continued part
nership with the postmaster.
W?rd was passed along the river, and fif
teen' to twenty men gathered at a desig
nate! placo and galloped to tho cabin of
AvCriuand Cattle Kate without unneces
sary noise. Tho rustlers were at home, and
a peep through a window disclosed tho
thieves and a boy in their employ sitting
beside a rude fire-place, 6moking cigar
ettes. As half a dozen men rushed into the
room, a Winchester was poked through
each window and a command
to throw up their hands given
with unmistakablo earnestness. The
trio sprang for their weapons, but were
quickly overpowered. Averill begged and
whined, protesting his innocence. Kate
cursd. Hor execration of the lynchers
was something terrible in its way. feho
cursed everything and everybody, chal
lenging the Deity to harm her if Ho pos
sessed the power. An attempt was
made to gag her, but her struggling
was so violent that this was aban
doned. Sho called lor her own
horse to ride to the tree selected for a
Kcallold, aud vaulted astride the animal's
back from the ground. Averill did not re
sist, and the boy, who had been told that
he would not be harmed, followed. Either
end of the same rope was fastened about
the necks of tho rustlers as they sat in
their saddles. The boy mado a pass with a
knife at the man who was preparing Kato
for bunging. He was knocked insensible
by a blow with tho butt of a revolver. The
lad was a nephew of the bandit queen.
When preparations for tho execution had
been completed, Averill and the woman
were asked to speak. Ihe man spoke only
of his oliice, saying that he did not wish a
certain man to be his successor. He was
promised the influence of the party for
another candidate. Kate made quite an
address. She wished the atlair Kept as quiet
as possible, desiring that her mother be
kept in iguorance of her disgraceful career
and tragic death. It was useless to deny
that their herd had been stolen from tho
ranchmen of that section, but if they did
not wiRh to divide it among themselves she
would like to havo it sold and the money
given to a home for wayward girls. Kate
bade her nephew good-bye, and commenced
to deliver a blasphemous harangue. The
horses were led from under tho pair while
Kate was still cursing. Both kicked in
lively style for ten or fifteen minutes. A
few bullets were tired into Averill's body,
and the lynchers rode away. It is doubt
ful if an inquest will bo held, and the ex
ecutioners havo no fear of being punished.
The cattlemen have been forced to this,
and more hangings will follow unless there
is less thieving.
More Cattle-Thieves Hanged.
Albuquerque, N. M., July 22. Last
Saturday threo cattle and horse-thieves,
members of a notorious band of Mexicans
who have committed many depredations in
this vicinitv, were captured by Deputy
Sheriff Charles Lowens and a
posse, and imprisoned in a va
cant house near Kelley, N. M.
Before tho capture the thieves, three in
number, engaged the posse in battle, dur
ing which their leader and Deputy Lowens
were shot dead. Last night a party of cow
boys proceeded to the house where the re
maining two thieves were imprisoned, over
powered the guard, and hanged the prison
ers, afterwards riddling their bodies with
bullets.
Police Officer Mortally Hurt.
Kansas City, July 22. A special police
officer. Henry Call, janitor of Renton
School, arrested Lee TV hite. a negro thief,
this morning, in the act of carrying off a
sack full of stolen property. He started
with his prisoner for the Jt. Louis-avenue
station. Arriving at the door, the negro
drew a ipng dirk-kniie from his pocket and
thrust id twico up to the hilt into his capt
or's breast. He then attempted to escape,
but was arrested by an officer who hap
pened to bo passing. The occurrence hap
pened in the vicinity of the packing-houses,
just at the hour when hundreds of laborers
were going to work. Hearing f the at
tempted murder, they gathered in crowds
around the jail and planned to lynch tho
prisoner. Anticipating their purpose.
Captain Flahine took the man to Central
Station, where he is safely guarded. Henry
Call, the thiefs victim, is mortally
wounded, and the physicians say he can
not survive the nieht.
A Prospective Ileer War.
Special to tlt IxiflianaixiUs Journal.
New York, July 22. It is reported that
the brewers of the country who have not
sold out to the English syndicate are form
ing a trust to protect themselves against
the operations of the syndicate brewers.
It i3 understood that many of the largest
brewers in the country are in the trust.
The plan involves the purchase of raw ma
terials and the sale of finished product
through a common agency. 60 far as prac
ticable. THE KNIGHTS OF LABOR.
Charter for an Australian Assembly Pow-
derljr Makes Some Explanations.
Chicago, July 22. A charter was grant
ed by the executive committee of the
Knights of Labor, this morning, to the
iiixst district assembly of the order ever
organized in Australia. The new district
is composed of five local assemblies, with a
total membership of over 500, all of whom
havo joined the order within the past year.
Accompanying the application for a char
ter was a request for Mr. Powderly to go to
Australia and head the labor movement
there, all of his expenses to be defrayed by
the Australian branch of the order. It is
not likely that Mr. Powderly will bo able
to accept the invitation for some time, be
cause of urgent business requiring his per
sonal attention in this country, but some
member of the board will probably be sent
to Australia during tho coming winter.
No session of the board was held in tho
afternoon, the members separating, as
usual, to visit different localities. Master
Workman Powderly was engaged in several
localities in private consultation with
different individuals. Messrs. Devlin and
Hayes visited 'the Seamen's Union. Tho
members of tho board are not wholly satis
fied with tho reports of the Sunday even
ing meeting at tho Brick-layers1 HalL
I his meeting," said John Devlin, of the
board, "was called by our board for the
purpose of explaining all points concern
ing which there might bo some question.
As soon as the meeting was called to order
and it was found that none but members
were present, Mr. Powderly explained the
pnrposo in calling tho meeting, and said
that he was prepared to answer all ques
tions about either his own or the action of
tho board. He asked that if each explana
tion did not give complete satisfaction that
those dissatisfied so express themselves.
He spoke of a score of things, aud to each
thero was unanimous approval."
Mr. Devlin also told how Mr. Powderly
explained to the meeting his famous order
instructing the strikers of 1SS6 to return to
work or forfeit their charters, and how it
was all tho result of Barry's failure to
carry out the instructions of the General
Assembly. Mr. Powderly told the men
that it was the General Assembly, in ses
siou at that time at Richmond, Va., that
moved first in tho matter. A delegation
from tho strikers asked the assembly to act
for them, and in response to the request,
Barry was sent to Chicago to adjust mat
ters if possible, "but under no circumstan
ces to bring tho order into tho matter."
"Barry went to Chicago," he said, "and in
two weeks came to t Philadelphia, where
tho board was in session, and told us every
thing was satisfactorily adjusted. Two
weeks later, the board having adjourned,
and separated, ho telegraphed to me at
Scranton that the men were again out. I
was away from homo and did not got the
message until a week later. Then, as that
was all the information I had, and as Barry,
the delegato of the assembly, had formally
reported to us that matters had been ad
justed, I had to draw only one conclusion
that was that tho men nad broken faith
with the packers. Believing this, 1 ordered,
them to work. Afterwards I learned that
Barry had not arranged matters perma
nently and that the men had only returned
to work for two weeks. We were deceived
by his report that everything was adjusted.
With what information I had, if I had the
thing to do over again, I think I should do
as I did."
Nine-Hour Day for Carpenters.
Kansas City, July 22. Between 700 and
800 carpenters struck to-day for a nine-hour
working day instead of -a ten andoleveu
hour day. No advance of wages was de
manded. The strike was not ordered by
any labor organization, but was tho result
of a conference held last Saturday night
between the union and non-union carpen
ters. At that meeting they were all one
mind that their working day was too long,
and that the.v would refuse to go to work
Monday morning unless the bosses should
reduce the number of hours from ten and
eleven to nine. The contractors and bosses
had no intimation that the carpenters
would make such a demand, and wero
taken completely by surprise when
their men reported for work this
morning. They refused to grant
the demand until they had considered it in
a meeting, which they expected to hold at
noon. At that hour about twenty of tho
principal contractors decided to yield to
the demand, provided the strikers wonld
work nine hours at wages proportionate per
hour to the wages formerly paid. This
action was reported to a meeting of the
strikers at S o'clock this afternoon. It was
acceptable to them, and those who had
been employed by those contractors who
mado the report determined to go to work
again on Tuesday morning. There were about
ten contractors not present at the contract
ors meeting, but the majority of them
have decided to grant the demand. A few
stubbornly refuse to yield, and they are
confident of linding plenty of men who are
willing to work ten hours. Their refusal
to yield effects about 150 men.
Leather-Workers In Convention.
Philadelphia, Jnly 22. The leather
workers' convention, which has been in
session here for the past two days, conclud
ed its final session this morning. At the
deliberations there were forty delegates
present from various parts of the United
States and Canada, representing in all over
18,000 tanners, curriers, morocco-dressers
and. in fact, all branches connected with
the leather-working trade. The object of
the convention just ended was to endeavor
to adopt a plan to secure an equalization of
the wages paid in different sections of tho
country for the same class of work. At
? resent the worst rates aro paid in New
ork State and parts of Pennsylvania,
while the Chicago workers receive the best
pay and work the least hours. Master
Workman Moreland said to-day: "I think
wo will ultimately secure some basis of
wages in the different sections of tho coun
try for the same work."
Strikers Checked by Force.
West Superior, Wis., July 22. Since
the arrest of six of the ringleaders of the
mob here, this morning, everything has
been comparatively quiet. Immediately
after their arrest General Griffin rode hur
riedly up, and the strikers speedily dis
persed. The St. Paul &, Pacific Coal Com
pany is unloading the schooner Iron City
with twenty - four men imported from
Minneapolis, who are guarded by a squad
of thirty soldiers. The contractors have
telegraphed for new men, and they will be
put to work to-morrow if the old hands do
not return. A meeting of business men
has been called for the purpose of organiz
ing a business men's brigade. Tho de
termined attitude of General Griffin and
the soldiers was the only thing that pre
vented serious trouble to-day.
Sold at Auction.
New York, Jnly 22. To-day the goods
and chattels of District Assembly 49, in
Pythagoras Hall, were sold at auction. It
was the last act in the drama of the dis
ruption of a well-known and once powerful
Knights of Labor organization.
Death from a Singular Cause.
LOUISVILLE, Ky., Jnly 22. Mrs. Ellen
Roberts bled to death here to-day in a
singular manner. A few days ago a small
sore appeared on her knee, and grew rap
idly larger. Her health continued good,
however, and little attention was paid to
it. At 3 o'clock this morning she was
awakened by seyere pain, and found blood
pouring from the sore. Her husband hast
ened for a phvsician, but before he could
return death had resulted.
Murat Halstead's Illness.
Bpedsl to tL Imli&saitolis Journal.
Chicago, July 22. A special to the Mail,
from Cincinnati, says: "It is reported here
that Murat llalstead hat been informed by
his physicians that his disease is incurable,
and that death it a question of only a short
time. Mr. Halstead is now in Europe."
THE WAR AGAINST TANNER
The Tension Commissioner Wearies of
tho Ly in' of a Sensational Press,
And Sngcests a Thorough Investigation cf tha
Affairs of His Office as the Best and Only
Hcans of Refuting Its Calumnies.
How Auditor J. S. Williams Tsed IIi3
Office to Serve the Democratic Party.
Tho Commissioner of Patents Decides a Lonz
Pending and Important Case Hon. John Q
Thomas and the General Land Office.
. THE TENSION COMMISSIONER.
He Grows Weary of Misrepresentation and
Suggests a Thorough Inquiry.
Cpecls.1 to the IiidlviaitoUs Journal
Washington, July 22. Tho latest sensa
tion in relation fb the Pension Office
is reported to-night, to tho eflect that
a commission has been ordered to make a
thorough investigation of tho all airs of
that office. The truth of the matter is, as
near as can be learned, that Mr. Tanner has
grown somewhat tired of the abuse which
has been heaped upon him during his brief
term of office and the tremendous lies
which have been printed in the mugwump
and Dcxnocratio papers, and that in a re
cent interview with the President he sug
gusted that an examination of the records
of his department during his term
of offico and that of his prede
cessors might be mado with advantage,
and that 6uch an examinatiou might
show whether or not he is open to tho
charges made against him. The Commis
sioner has maintained the utmost silenco
through the abuse of the past few weeks,
and has firmly declined to say a word to
refute any of the slanders against him.
Those who know him and understand well
the methods which prevail in tho office,
realize that Mr. Tanner has been lied about
more 6avagely, and with less reason, than
if he had been running for President.
Just at this time it would be difficult to
understand why all this abuse should bo
heaped upon him, but it is remembered in
this connection that the papers which havo
started thi thing have had very lit
tle else to talk about, and that they live
on political sensations.
JOHN S. WILLIAMS.
How He Used His Office In the Interest of
the Grand Old Democratic Tarty.
Special to the Indiana;)!! Journal.
Washington, July 22. It appears that
the acceptance of the resignation of Col.
John S. Williams, of Indiana, recently
Third Auditor of the Treasury, was due to
some discoveries made by a secret investi
gation into the conduct of his office. It
was generally supposed that CoL Williams
would be allowed to remain, because of the
influence of his brother. Gen. George B.
Williams, and this might have ueen so had
not the discoveries referred, to been made.
It appears that during the recent campaign
Auditor Williams had made, for the use of
the Democratic national committee, copies
of the names of all the pensioners in New
York and Indiana whose drafts and vouch
ers passed through his office. By this means
the committees in those States were enabled
to know what pensioners were about to re
ceive money from the government, and they
doubtless made use of this knowledge in a
very effective way to secure votes.
IMPORTANT TATENT DECISION.
Abandoned Applications No Bar to Subse
quent Grant of Patent to an Inventor.
Washington, July 22. The Commis
sioner of Patents has decided, on final
appeal, a well-fought Patent Offico con
troversy, involving the exclusive right
under letters patent in and to rolled steel
car wheels and tho manufacture thereof.
The actual parties to the controversy are
the Fowler Cast-steel Car-wheel Company,
of Chicago, and the Pittsburg Steel-casting
Company, of Pittsburg, Pa. 'Jhe proofs
showed that a long time after the Fowler
steel car wheels had been publicly pro
duced in Pittsburg by means of a hundred-
ton machine, which had been built in that
city under Mr. Fowler's direction for his
company, the Pittsburg Steel-casting Com
pany commenced producing car wheels of
a substantially similar character, and by
tho methods secured under the Fowler
patents. The Pittsburg company subse
quently became tho assignee of Clifton B.
Beach, of Cleveland, O., who had long
before received certain letters patent per
taining to car wheels of a different type,
and who had, after assignment, filed an
application for a patent, professedly
based upon a prior application of his
which for. years had been a dead
and abandoned application under the law.
This contest was then inaugurated in the
Patent Office by the Pittsburg Steel-casting
Company. When their proofs were
S resented, it appeared that Beach bad
one nothing more toward advancing the
art than to make rough, crude sketches
and to write out his ideas about two years
beforo patentee Fowler's first conceptions.
The Pittsburg company sought to estab
lish reduction to practice by 6howmgwhat
thoy had commenced to do before they be
came the assignees of Beach, and also what
they had actually done in the manufacture
of roiled cast-steel car-wheels after becom
ing his assignees.
The Commissioner decided in favor of
Fowler, the patentee, thereby affirming tho
decision of the board of managers in chief
and the examiner of interferences. Tho
Commissioner in his decision says: "It will
be observed that an interval of nearly four
years elapsed between the abandonment of
the method claimed by Beach's first appli
cation and the filing of the application in
volved in this interference, and that mean
while Fowler had conceived the invention
in controversy, reduced it to practice, en
tered upon the use of it on an extensive
scale, and applied for and obtained a pat
ent, and that nearly a year had elapsed aft
er the patent was published to, the world
before Beach filed the application now in
controversy. That on abandoned application
cannot of itself constitnte a bar to a sub
sequently granted patent is abundantly es
tablished. If the thing described in the
abandoned application is the same thing
that is subsequently patented, it certainly
does establish the conception of the inven
tion as of its own date, and if proof do hors
the patent establishes reduction to practice
or introduction into public use, and tho
time of the reduction to practice, or the
public use is in dispute, then the applica
tion certainly shows that reduction to
practice might have taken place at any
time subsequent to its date; but where, as
in this case, there is no proof even of ex
periment, it can have no other efiect than
to establish the date of conception of the
invention, which it discloses. Since it is
true that the rejected and abandoned a p
plication can have no other efiect than to
establish the fact and date of conception,
it clearly follows, in the absence of all ef
fort during the intervenhigyears. while his
rival was making the invention, patenting
it and giving it to the world, that Beach
cannothe heard to say that the patent to
Fowler is null and void, and that he iBeach)
is the one who is entitled to a patent.
Indeed, there ismuch in the case that tend
to show that if Fowler had not made, aud
perfected, and tes ted the invention, aud