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CATTLE-TMEF LYXCHEHS.
They Confess to Hanging: ATerill and Ella Wat
son, and Give the Sheriff a Little Advice.
Douglass, Wy. T.f July 25. A cowboy
named Buchanan, who was a friend of
James Averill and Ella Watson, who were
lynched on Monday night, and who lired
upon the lynchers, in tho hope of prevent
ing the lynching, was himself fired upon,
but escaped to Casper, fifty miles away.
Here warrants wexo sworn out for tho sup
posed lynchers, and a deputy sheriff, with
a posse of seven men, left for the scene of
the tragedy. Sheriff Watson, after the in
quest, proceeded to the ranch of Totn Sunn,
who admitted he was one of the lynchers,
and readily gave the names of the others,
and further that one of the shots fired by
Buchanan at the lynchers when they were
in the act of stringing Averill up, struck
John Durbin in the hip, indicting a
very serious, if not fatal wound. Tho
wounded man had been taken to Said
creek. Taking Sunn into custody the party
next proceeded to the ranch of J. II. IJoth
well, who also readily admitted that he
had assisted at the hanging. He told Bu
chanan and llealy that they both would go
over the range the same way if they did
not leave the country. When being told
that he would be taken to Kawlins he ad
vised the sheriff to take a good look at
every tree he camo to on his way back to
Casper, for he would bo likely to rind six
or eight more cattle-rustlers hungiug by
th neck. .
Tho men who furnished these facts -left
the party hero and returned to Casper.
Watson probably had no trouble in arrest
ing the remainder of the lyncher?. All of
the men who participated in the lynching
are among the most prominent stockmen
in the Sweetwater vallcv.
Schweinfurthlans ItefuM to Take an Oath.
Kansas Cm'. Mo., Juiv 25. A delegation
of members of the Church of Schwei n forth,
of this city, headed by their pastor, Stephen
x ord. called on County Assessor Edwards
to-day for the purpose of consulting him as
to the necessity of taking the oath in mak
ing a schedule of their taxable peoperty.
The assessor informed them that tn-y must
take the oath or submit to the penalty tho
doubling of their assessment. Mr. Ford
quoted Pflrtiocs of the Bible to the assessor,
where th6 command is given: "Swear not at
all." The assessor suggested that they
might make a compromise on the Quaker
atiirraation, but Mr. Ford met the sugges
tion with the quotation: "Let your com
munication be 'Yea. yea' and Xiiy, nay.'"
The Schweinfurthians finally departed, de
termined to submit to the penalty.
Mother and Child Mangled by the Cars.
Washington', Pa., Jnly 25. An accident
occurred this afternoon at Elwood's Cross
ing, on the Baltimore t Ohio railroad, a
few miles west of Washington. Mrs. Will
iam Irwin, of this place, with her three lit
tle children and a sister-in-law, were out
driving in a buckboard wagon. When
they were near the crossing, tho horse be
came frightened and ran toward the rail
road track. Just at this moment a train
approached, striking the horse, which was
killed instantly. Mrs. Irwin was thrown
under the wheels of the train, and ten cars
passed over her body, mangling it terribly.
A three-year-old son had both legs cut oil'.
and has since died of his injuries. The
other parties escaped without serious in
jury. Boy Suspected of Murdering Ills Parents.
Dubuque. Ia.. July 25.-Although G ov.
Larrabee has oilVred a reward of 8500 for
.a.riejt ?nd conviction of the murderer
of jolm Llkins und wife, on tho night of
J uiy 17, at their home near Edgewood.no
new clews have thus far been obtained.
Those most thoroughly conversant with tho ,
facts in th tragedy hold firmly to the opin
ion that Wesley, the eleven-year-old eon.
committed the deed without assistance. Ho
5?.uAeeu ee?n t0 shed a tear or dis
play the least emotion over tho terrible af
fair. It has been thought best to place him
under arrest, and he is now closely confined.
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BROKEN PUGILISTS. I
Kilrain and His Bcttle-Holder Attempt to
"Paint" Baltimore Marphy Arrested.
Epeclal to the Iiulianavolia Journal.
Baltimore, Md., July 25. Jako Kilrain,
the latest victim of Sullivan's pugilistic
prowess, and his faithful bottle-holder,
Johnny Murphy, started out, to-day, to
"paint the town." Both of them took in a
full hold of "bilge," and Murphy
is now sleeping ofl the effects
of his potations iu durance vile.
This was tho iirt time that
Kilrain made his appearance in tho central
part of the city since, Hushed with hope, ho
took his depart uro for New Orleans four
weeks ago. lie and Murphy visited nearly
all the prominent saloons dowu town dur
ing the afternoon, and attracted a great
deal of attention. Five hundred gamins
followed them wherever thev went. The
pugilist and bottle-holder 'were somo
whai reckless with their cash,
for they scattered small coin in
profusion, to the great delight and profit
of the scrambling gamins. The friends of
tho pair, apprehensive of polico interfer
ence with their freedom, tools measures to
get them out of harm's way. Kilrain was
hustled to a hotel, about half-past 8. and
put to bed. but Murphy continued his sport
until the captain of tho Central-polico dis
trict took a hand and locked him up. The
charge against him at the 0 o'clock hearing
to-morrow, will be "drunk."
LOSSES BY FLOODS.
Every Resident Along Tygart Creel, in West
Virginia, Suffers Loss of Troperty.
FARKERsnunG. W. Va., July Six News
received to-day, for the lirst time since tho
flood, from West Fork and Henry Fork,
gives a sad story of wreck and ruin. Every
tore, from tho head to .the mouth of tho
forks, Is gbn$"or "laincd.. Houses, fences
and crops aro washed away, and several
lives were lost. Couriers from Tygart
bring a long list of houses and property,
bridges and culverts gone. The list, which
embraces every farm on the creek, is too long
to enumerate. To tell the story brieUy, it
can bo stated that not a single farmer or
resident escaped damage. Hundreds aro
bankrupt, and will have to be supported
temporarily by tho county. The commis
sioners to-day estimate the loss in Eee,
Tygart, Slate and Steele counties at half a
million dollars. At Saulsbury not a single
house or bridge stands on its foundations,
and many people aro in tho woods. Help is
needed at once. Mayor Gibbons issued a
call for a meeting of citizens to-morrow
night to render assistance to tho homeless
people. Contributions are being taken all
over the city to-day, and appeals for gen
eral aid will be made.
Twenty Feet Deep In the Bottoms.
Fredonia, Kan.. July 25. The water in
the Hooded river bottoms here is rising two
inches an hour. The river, in places, is
seven miles wide and tho water twenty
feet deep. The heavy iron wagon bridge,
after standing fifteen years, went down
last night, leaving only two railroad
bridges standing in the neighborhood. The
flood is within a quarter of a mile of the
city. The relief party organized yesterday
worked a day and night. Some families,
slow to move, are surrounded, and aro be
ing rescued as fast as possible. No deaths
are reported, although some are missing.
Damage Caused by a Tornado.
New Prague, Minn., July 25. A tornado
200 feet wide passed half a mile west of hero
at 3:00 this afternoon. One house was
dashed to pieces, five railroad cars of wheat
thrown twenty feet from the track, and
crops in tho rath of the storm were utterly
destroyed. No lives were lost.
A Urlght Comet in the Southern Tleavens.
Boston. July 25. A cable message re
ceived to-day from the European Union of
Astronomers announces the discovery of a
bright comet in tho southern heavens bv
Professor Davidson, of Queensland, on
July 21. A position necnred there tho fol
lowing night is as follows: July 22, 9:16,
Greenwich mean time; right ascension
twelve hours, sixteen minutes, nine sec
onds; declination south, C2 degrees, 29 min
utes. It has a motion northwards of nearly
three- degrees a day. This cannot be tho
comet which was reported yesterday as be
ing Barnard's comet, as seen from Sydney,
N. S. W. Tho comet discovered by Pro'f.
W. B. Brooks, of Geneva. N. Y., has been
observed at Lick and at Cambridge. A
rough orbit computed bv Prof. S. C.
Chaudler indicates that it is probably a
1 A.' .1 i " V - I -
cmni't ui Biiun penoa, passing periueiion xn
August. It will not become at all bright.
King Kalakau's Finances Improving.
Chicago, July 25. J. T. Waterhouse, jr.,
and a member of tho Privy Council, arrived
in this city hst night. He says the stories
i ; t 1 1 A 1 -WW m
regarumg me low siaio oi xno jing'j
finances are extremely exaggerated. "Kiiif
Kalakau intends to start for the Paris ex
position in a few weeks," said he. "Ho
possessed money enough to sail some weeks
ago, bnt he decided to wait a few months
and take a larger amount with him. His
income is about 30.000 a rear, besides th
crown lands. Of the large debt contracted
at the time of the troublo be has paid over
40 per cent. Now he docs not owe over
120.000. The islands wore never in better
shape than to-day. Tho planters expected
to receive 5 cents a pound for sucar this
year, and they are getting 7 cents now."
Will Settle With the Kail roads Afterwards.
Bismarck, Dak., July 25. Maj. Warner.
Commander-in-chief of the G. A. R. and
member of the Sioux commission, has
arrived here and leaves for Standing Rock
to-da3'. In speaking of therecent troubles
between the Grand Army and the railroads
with regard to rates to the encampment to
be held at Milwaukee, he said the U. A. R.
would go abend with its encampment, and
would treat the people of Milwaukee with
the respect and consideration to which their
numerous preparations entitle them. He
added, significantly, "We will settle with
the railroads afterwards." Ha saya that
the Western people will suffer littlo by tho
refusal of the roads to give a special rate to
the encampment, bnt it will be a hardship
on the O. A. K. men of the cast, where rates
are hi$h.
Finer Cambric Night Robes just tho
tiling lor this weather dainty, durable,
?hfnn. Khirfc rf nil bind, nnd nil tho
TIIE GEAKTS TO ROYALTY
Ecport of the Parliamentary Committee
Sharply Debated in the Commons.
The Government Yiew of the Question Tijor
onsly Opposed by Lalouchere, Who Thinks
the Queen lias Ample for Her Children.
Mr. Gladstone Averse to Economic Meas
ures That Impair the Crown's Dignity.
The Tarnell Commission Takes a Recess Until
October Mr. and Mrs. Gladstone's Golden
Wedding Day Big Rain-Fall in China.
A LIVELY DEBATE.
The l'roposed Royal Grants Dissected by Mr.
Labouchere in the House of Commons.
Special to tlie Indianapolis Journal.
London; July 25. There was an unus
ually largo attendance of members in tho
House of Commons to-day, and many whoso
faces are rarely seen within the chamber,
took pains to grace tho occasion with their
presence. The interest in to-duy's debate,
on tho part of the outside public, was also
lnado manifest by the crowded condition
of tho galleries, where every available
inch of space was occupied. The great
attraction was, of course, tho expected'
debato on tho subject of tho royal grants,
which Mr. Smith, tho government leader iu
the House of Commons, announced on Mon
day would come up to-daj-. Tho routine
business of the House, which had to be dis
posed of before tho grants came up, con
sumed much time, and these proceedings
had no interest for tho majority o thoso
present, who gavo unmistakable evidence
of their impatience. Whin, however. Mr.
Smith arose iu his place to move the adop
tion of the report of the special committee
on royal grants every e3o was directed to
ward' him, und every ear strained to catch
his words.
When the First Lord of the Treasury had
formally offered the government's motion,
he was promptly questioned by members ol
the Opposition as to the present condition
of the Queen's linances. Thoy demanded
to know what savings the Qneen had mado
out of the allowances already made for the
support of the royal family. Mr. Smith de
clined to reply to theso ques
tions, which ho claimed were entirely
irrelevant to tho subject in hand. It was
not tho place of the sovereign to provide
for the royal family. The government
could not believe there existed any impor
tant class among tho loyal people of tho
British empire who grudged to royalty the
very moderate provision necessary to main
tain its dignity, a dignity which was not
alone that of tho royal family, but of tho
empire as well. If tho systems of other
civilized countries were examined, it
would bo found that tho English
was, by all odds, the most economictl.
furnishing, as it docs at ,the moderate ex
pense which the support of a royal family
entails, that stability which is so essential
to government, and which obtains for Eng
land the respect of every people on the
globe. He could not believe that tho people
of England were prepared to sacrifice tor
the paltry considerations here presented
the benefits of a stable government which
they so largely owed to their royal family.
Nor could ho believe that for tho same con
siderations nation ws prepared to sac
rifice tho dignity of their rulern and the
dignity of the great British empire.
Mr. Labouchere moved his substitute for
the committee's report. This substitute is
in tho form of an address to the Queen,
stating that, in the opinion of tho llonse,
her Majesty ought to provide for her grand
children out of her present income. Mr.
Labouchere stated that it was his opinion,
and tho opinion of those who stood with
him on this question, that the sums
alreadj' granted to the royal, family
out of the public treasury wcro
quite sufficient for all proper purposes with
which the people had any coucern. llo
ridiculed the statement that tho English
system was the most economical in the
world, and pointed to the great nation
across the water, which paid its President
a yearly salary of 10,000 as against the
700.000 which the Queen and her,family al
ready cost the people of England every year.
He was determined to oppose all further
grants to junior royalties, and he spoke not
only for himself but for many others who
acted with him in support of this substi
tute, for the committee's report. Notwith
standing tho refusal of the honorable gen
tleman to reply to the inquiries as to the
Queen's savings, the government was al
ready on record as admitting that large
savings had been made out
of the allowances heretofore grant
ed the Queen for her civil
list. Her savings he understood, were
well invested, and if it was true, as it had
been stated, that the Queen had, out of
these saviugs given various sums to sever
al of her grandchildren, he had no doubt
there was euotvgh left to provide for others.
He insisted that the extreme limit which
tho nation should; put upon its bounty to
royalty was reached when a proper pro
vision was made for the children of tho
sovereign. To extend the principle of
royal grants beyond this limit was
to treat with injustice tho people from
whom the sums so expended must be wrung
in taxes. The country ought not to bo
asked to submit to the burden of support
for an inundation of innumerable grand
children. If it were found that the present
wasteful extravagance on the part of the
royal family would need to u kept in
bounds in tho absence of further allowances
he should hardly consider this a calamity.
The Liberals understood Air. Gladstone's
peculiar and exceptional position, and were
not surprised at his action. Mr. Labouchero
proceeded to explain how a rednctionof tha
Queen's household wonld produce the sum
a : j r r. i .
necessary w pruviuo zor junior royalties.
If the useless oflice of lord chamberlain,
lord steward, master of tho horse, master of
tho buckhounds, eight lords in wait
ing eight grooms in waiting, four
esquires and a number of others
were abolished, a surplus would be left for
the proposed pensions. There were gentle
men who would be glad to do what work
these officers did for nothing Mr. Cham
berlain, for instance. Laughter. He
trusted that the House, having regard for
tho growing sense of the people that these
grants ought not to bo tolerated, would
support the amendment.
Mr. Samuel Storey, a Radical, seconded
the amendment,
Mr. Gladstone briefly said he was averse
to all measures of economy that impaired
the dignity and splendor of the crown.
Therefore, he snpported the government.
Ho rejoiced that an occasion was given him
to testify in his old age that he did not
forget the services he had borne for many
years in connection with his office as rep
resentative of the crown.
Mr. John Morley attributed tho fever
that had been excited by the question of
the royal grants to the government's want
of frankness. Their original proposals
were stupefying, and they had withdrawn
from an impossible and Impracticable posi
tion in agreeing to a grant of ?.fi,000 in or
der to prevent a mischievous friction be
tween Parliament and the crown. He
feared that he strained the pledge teiven by
him at his election, bnt he said so on tho
understanding that nothing wonldbe left for
future claims. Moreover, he was anxious
to avoid parting company with a leader to
whom be was bound by ties of gratitude
and esteem. The extravagaut grants of
former reigns furnished no excuse for a
repetition of them now. He could not sup
port Mr. Labouchere, because that gentle
man implied that the message from
the Queen ought never to have
been presented, and be MorleyJ
desired to uphold the good forms and tradi
tions of Parliament, but on Monday ho
would move an amendment raising the
whole question in tho broadest possible
form.
Sir John Gorst, defending the govern
inent, contended that there was no actual
difference between the original and the
present proposals. He complained of tho
waste or time involved in Mr. Morley 's
mode of proceednre.
mt. Uradlaugh adjourned tho debate.
Mr. Lincoln, the American minister, and
Mr. Chauncey M. Depew, were present in
the House of Commons to-night during the
debate.
All tho Conservative newspapers laud
Mr. Gladstone for his speech on the royal
grants. The Times says: "It is a genuino
pleasure to acknowledge the excellence of
his oration. It was in accordance with the
best traditions of statesmanship, and was
lighted with the glow of genuine feeling,
perhaps occasioned by the pleasurable in
cidents attending his golden wedding7
TIIE FAItXElVLi COMMISSIO".
Recess Taken Until October Condon and
O'Connor to Finish Sentences In Prison.
London, July 25. Tho Parnell commis
sion entered upon its long recess to-day.
When the court met this morning Mr. Haid
castle. an accountant, was called to the
witness-stand. He stated that the books
of the Land League which had been pro
duced before the commission covered the
whole period of the leagued existence. He
could not say that 75,000 which was unac
counted for, owing the absence of the
books of tho Ladies' League, had been mis
appropriated. . .
Mr. Soames, solicitor for the Times, in re
ply to a question by Mr. Sexton, said ho
could not tell within 10,000 the amount
the Times had paid to witnesses. The sum,
however, was very large. This concluded
tho taking of evidence.
Mr. Sexton, replying to a question by
presiding Justice Hannen. stated that he
could r.ot sum up the case in behalf of the
Parnellites until ho had consulted with
his colleagues.
Sir Henry James, of counsel for the Times,
stated that he was not in a position yet to
reply to the whole case.
Presiding Justice Hannen informed Mr.
Sexton that further evidence would be
called if the commission considered it nec
essary, but the reasons therefor must be
exceptional. Justice Hannen also ordered
that Mr. Thomas Condon and Mr. John
O'Connor, members of tho Houso of Com
mons, who. while serving sentences in Ire
land for offenses under the crimes act,were
brought to London to testify before tho
Parn-ll commission, should complete the re
mainder of their terms in a London prison.
The court then adjourned until Oct. 21.
GLADSTONE AND WIFE.
Tliey Are Greeted willi Many Tokens of Es
teem on Their Golden Wedding Day.
London, July 25. To-day is the golden
wedding day of Mr. aud Mrs. Gladstone.
The Queen telegraphed a congratulatory
message to the distinguished couple, in d
the Prince and Princess of Wales aud other
members of the royal family sent letters to
them. The Prince of Wales also sent a gold
ink-stand to Mr. Gladstone. A number of
Liben'l ladies presented a portrait of Mr.
Gladstone with bis graudson. The portrait
was painted by Millais. A large number of
other presents were received.
Mr. Gladstone rose earl3 and attended
morning services. The family took break
fast together at the James-street residenco
of Mr. Gladstone. There was an immense
number of callers during tho day. Among
those who called wero Mr. John Morley. Sir
William Vernon llarcourt and the Earl of
Aberdeen and other Liberal peers.
The King of the Belgians telegraphed
congratulations to Mr. Gladstone. All the
Liberal clubs and associations in
the kingdon and many Union
ist bodies, as well, sent addresses.
Tho callers included the Speaker of
the Houso of Commons. Lord Hartington
and all the leading Liberal members of
Parliament. A number of handsome pres
ents were received. Irish admirers sent an
album symbolic of Mr. Gladstone's polit
ical. .v'hir;emonts. The members of tho
lamily will build a new portico to the Ha
warden residence. Mr. Stuart Rendcl, M.
P., gave a dinner party this evening to tho
Gladstone family. A reception to personal
friends followed.
ENORMOUS KAJ-N-FALL.
Thirty Inches in Thirty-Six Hours at Jlong
Kong Property Damage and Loss of Life.
San Francisco, July 25. The last mail
from China brings news of a storm of
thunder and rain iu Hong Kong, which has
done a vast amount of injury to the colony.
To understand how such enormous dam
age was possible, it should be mentioned
that the City of Victoria is bnilt along the
foot and the lower slopes of a precipitons
mountain 1,800 feet high, which forms tho
Island of Hong Kong. Tho storm burst at
2 a. M., June 20. It was a steady, heavy
downpourwashiug every incline, covering
every level with sand and debris, and
stopping all traffic. It was accompanied
by thunder and lightning. From 7 a. m. to
noon tho rain-fall was more than two inches
an hour. The streets became rivers, and
the masses of water, finding no sufficient
outlets in the drains, burst up tho road
ways. Between noon and 3 r. jr., the 29th,
there was a slight cessation, but at the lat
ter hour the clouds descended again, and
for another twenty-four houis the rain con
tinued as before. A tremendous land-slip
occurred m the road from the town to the
top of the bill ('the Peak"), which has of
late years become an important residenco
quarter. The road was stopped, and about
100 yards of tho tramway run
ning to tho summit wero car
ried away. By daybreak the fiOth
the houses in Queen's road, the principal
business quarter of the town, were Hooded,
many of them being completely wrecked
aud vast stocks of goods destroyed. Tho
telegraph lines were washed away or other
wise rendered useless; all bnsiness was
stopped, and all residents, including tho
troops, were engaged all night in trying to
save life and property. A tine stono bridge
at the end of Queen's road was carried
away about 4 a. r. The oOth a military
garden adjoining was also destroyed, and
tho patients had. to be removed from a
neighboring hospital, tho foundations of
which were believed to bo in danger. Dur
ing the height of the 6tonn the utmost con
sternation was caused by all the gas
in tho town suddenly going out.
One of the mains had been destroyed, and
th water rushing in had rendered the rest
of the pipes useless. At the Pak. eight
men. who had taken shelter in a mat shed,
were killed by lightning, no trace of the
shock being perceptible on their bodies,
while a ninth man, who bore marks of
severe burning, is recovering. In the town
itself houses fell, burying all the inmates,
and many persons were drowned before
they could cscapo from flooded houses.
Tho center of the town is described as a
wreck; the streets atid roads are impass
able, being torn np from below as well as
on the surface, while in" other places they
arc covered with sand and, mud many feet
deep. The total rain-fall in the thirty-six
hours was over thirty inches, or nearly
three times the average for the wbofo
month duriug the last twenty years.
GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS.
Thirty-Two Strikers Sentenced to Varyinj
f Terms of Imprisonment.
Berlin, July 25.--The trial of tho strikers
arrested at Breslau has resulted iu the
conviction of thirty-two of the prisoners.
Henkel, the ring leader, was sentenced to
seven years' penal servitude, and to be de
prived of his civil rights for seven years.
Nine of the strikers were sentenced to terms
of imprisonment ranging from eighteen
months to nve years at hard labor, and
twenty-two wero sentenced to imprison
ment from a year to four years without
hard labor.
The New Archbishop of Toronto.
Nfw York, July 25. The Rome corre
spondent of the Catholic News cables that
Bishop Walsh, of London, Ont., was yes
terday elected archbishop of Toronto.
The new archbishop was appointed to fill
tho vacancy caused by the death of Arch
bishop Lynch, which occurred on May 12,
lfa. Kingston, which was one of the suf
fragan sees of Toronto, has been made an
archdiocese.
The correspondent also save:' The sus
pension of Rev. Dr. Qniglev, formerly pas
tor of St. Francis d Sales Church, of
Toledo. O., by Bishop Gilmonr. of Cleve
land, has not been approved at Rome, and
the clergyman has been fully restored to his
rights in the diocese.
Anarchists Expelled from Switzerland.
Geneva, July 25. The government, by
order of the Bundezrath, has expelled a
largo number of Nihilists, French Anarch
ists and German Socialists. The persons
expelled were residing hero without regu
lar papers,
FIgbt Between Brigands and Soldiers.
Belgrade, July 25. A band of Servian
brigands are harassing 'the Bulgarian
frontier. In a recent conflict with officers,
Ave of the brigands and two gen d'armes
were killed.
Reinforcements for Nad-el-J umi.
Cairo, July 25. Dervish reinforcements
are reported to be close to Nad-el-Jumi's
camp. They avoided the Egyptian forts
by making a long detour through the des
ert. Cable Notes.
The project of forming a syndicate of
paper manufacturers in England has been
abandoned.
The Czar's uncle. Grand Duke Constan
tine, who recently suffered a stroke of
paralysis, is 6 in king.
Advices from Crete are that tho revolt is
spreading. Risings are threatened at
Sphakia, Retimo, Mi lata and Sidera.
Douglas Robinson, of Jordanvill. N.Y.,
has sent the Marchioness of Duflerin $500
for the fund to supply female physicians
for the women of India.
Mr. Lorirnr, the new American minister
to Portugal, proceeded to Cintra yesterday,
where the King is sojourning; and presented
his credentials to his Majesty.
In the coming general election in France,
for members of the Chamber of Deputies.
Henry Rochefort will contest the seat for
Bellevlle, a Parisian suburb.
It is reported that Russia intends to
purchase all of the Polish railways and
transform them into state railways on ac
count of their strategic importance.
A number. of prominent merchants of
Belfast have'presented Mr. G. W. Savage,
the retiring United States consul, with a
complimentary address and portraits of
himself and wife.
Lord Dunraven has received from Gen.
Faiue a eablo dispatch 6aying that no
yacht has been chosen to defend the Amer
ican cup. Therefore, he will not send the
Valkyrie to America this season.
The Marquis of Lome and the Princess
Louise, United States Minister Lincoln and
Mrs. Lincoln, and a number of other dis
tinguished persons dined last evening
with Mr. and Mrs. Bonynge. at London.
Mr Wm. O'Brien has donated to the
fund for a national memorial to Mr. John
Mandeville, who died in Tullamore jail,
tho 100 which ho obtained from the Cork
Constitution, last July, for libel.
Father Dilles, a Catholic, and a member
of the Protestor party, has been elected a
member of the German Reichstag for Metz,
to take the place of Herr Antoine, who re
linquished his seat and returned to France.
Tho upper Bavarian Chamber of Com
merce has petitioned ChanceUor Bismarck
to negotiate with foreign governments
with a view to an international agreement
to prohibit any but cash transactions in
codec, sugar, etc.
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DISASTROUS FIRE AT MUNCIE.
The Smith Bent-Works Totally Destroyed
X.OSS S62.000.
Special to tho TnOlanapoUs JournaL
Muncik, Ind., July 25. At 6:S0 this even
ing fire broke ont iu J. II. Smith & Co.'s
bent-wood works which was totally de
stroyed. The fire originated in the second
door of the building, where Will Smith,
one of the watchman, was at the time, but
cannct account for it. AVitbout warning
to Luu, the blaze sprung forth in such fury
that ho had to make his escape from a
window. The supposition is that it was
started from a hot box in the machinery,
and had been burning for some time. Bv
fore the tire department could respond, the
upper floor, which is one hundred and sixty
by forty-five feet, was a mass of flames. On
their arrival it was impossible for water
to be secured in time, through
negligence of the water-works company
which allowed the water plugs to become
stopped up with mud, and tho department
was delayed thirty minutes, when it was
too late to 6ave tho bnildiug. Two hun
dred and ten men are thrown ont of em
ployment uutil a new building is erected,
which the enterprising business men of the
city say shall be up in ninety days. Mr.
Smith, with his two daughters, is on a
pleasure trip in England, and nothing
detinite as to his intentions can be learned.
The loss is placed at S02.000 on building
and machinery, with 15,000 insurance in
the following companies: Continental of
New York. $1,000; German American
of New York, $1,500; Northern Assurance
Company, of London. Si ,000; National of
Hartford City, $1,000; Phenixof Brooklyn,
$1,000; Orient of Hartford City, $1,000; Penn
sylvania of Philadelphia, $1,000; Firemen's
Fund of San Francisco, $1,000; Norwich
Union of Norwich, England, $1,500; German
of New York. 1.000; North British aud Mer
cantile of London aud Edinburgh, $1,000;
Franklin, of Philadelphia, $1,000; American,
of New York, $1,000; Merchants', of Newark.
N. J.. $1,000, with $15,000 on engines and
boilers, in Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection
Company, and $aXX) on office, in the Con
necticut, of Hartford city.
The Dunkirk roller flouring mill, fifteen
miles northeast of here was totally de
stroyed by firo this morning, with $fi,000
loss and $1,500 insurance. The origin of
the firo is unknown.
I'acklng-IIonse Burned.
Colt ax, July 25. Tho packing-house of
the Colfax Packing Company was destroy
ed by fire la6t night. In the building were
7,000 pounds of uacon and several tons of
lard, most of which was damaged.
A Woman's Wild Shooting.
St. Louis. July 25. Dr. Arthur Ewinjr.
a well-known physician, had a narrow es
cape from deatn to-day, while in a barber's
chair at No. 2334 Washington avenue. Allen
Wilkinson is a prosperous colored barber
there, who in some way ottenued a woman
named Lilly Ames. This after
noon she walked into the shop
and without a word fired live
shots at Wilkinson, one of which grazed
the ear of Dr. Ewing, and smashed the
shaving cup of the well-known political
boss, Ed Butler. In half a dozen seconds
the infuriated cirl was in nndisnnted nos
session of tho sliop. Later she was arrest
ed on a warrant charging assault with at
tempt to KllL .
Old Man Horribly Larcerated by, Brdl-Dogs.
Cincinnati. Jnly 25. Early this morn
ing. while walking on tho street in front of
Muellers irecstone-works. Mr. John
Pumphrey, aged sixty-five years, was at
tacked by two vicious bull-dogs owned by
Anthony Hess, the private watchman at
Muellers. Before help could arrive the old
man was thrown down and his legs and
arms were hornhly larceratcd by the sav
age brutes. Mr. Pumphrey was taken to
the City Hospital, where it is thought he
cannot recover, me aogs were tinea.
Sanitary Policewomen In Chicago.
Chicago, July 25. After months of
weary waitingand persisteut lobbying, tho
Illinois Women's Alliance to-night suc
ceeded in getting an ordinance passed
through the Chicago City Council
authorizing the commissioner of health
to employ five females on the sanitary
police force to inspect factories and tene
ment houses. This ordinanco is designed
o protect the poor factory and shop girls
m crowded localities from the abuses about
which ho much has lately beQn written in
the public press.
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Henry S. Ives Granted a Habeas Corpus Writ.
New York. July 23. Judge O'Brien to
day granted a writ of habeas corpus in the
case of Henry S. Ives.nowinLndlow-street
jail in the suit for the recovery of $2,333,323
brought against him and George U. Stay
ner for alleged misappropriation of the
funds of the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Day
ton Railroad Company.
ANOTIIER RUMOR SILEXCED
Secretary Tracy Denies He Is About to
resign andGo on the Supremo Bench.
Neither the President nor Any Member of tht
Cabinet Have Ever Given Oat a Hint as to
Who Will Eteceive the Appointment
The Alleged Bad Treatment of Samoan
Survivors Proves an Exaggeration.
How Garnetted Wool Must Be Assessed for
Duty The Law Concerning Illegal Berating
of Pensions Civil-Service Enminatioiis.
TIIE SUPREME COURT VACANCY.
Secretary Tracy Says the Eumor that He Is
to Fill the Fosltlon Is Untrue.
Special to the Inlianspolls JournaL
Washington, July 25. Tho absence of
so many of the officials from Washington
makes the news market rather dull, and
causes some of the correspondents, who are
compelled to fill a certain amount of spaca
every day, to invent new sensations. The
latest was published this morning in one of
the New York papers, and 6tated that sec
retary Tracy is about to resign for the pur
pose of accepting a position on the Supreme
Bench, and that Mr. Thompson, of Indiana,
is to bo made Secretary of the Navy.
This appeared in the same paper
which stated positively a few days ago
that Secretary Blaine had tendered his
resignation, to take effect on the 1st of Sep
tember. Secretary Tracy, when seen in re
lation to the subject, replied laconically:
"Absolute bosh, not a word of truth in it."
There is not much donbt that one of the
objects of Attorney-General Miller's visit
to Deer Park at this time is to consult the
President with reference to the Srupremo
Court Bench vacancy, but all predictions
as to the outcome of the consultation are
mere guesses, as neither tho President nor
any member of the Cabinet has given out a
single hint as to who is likely to receive the
appointment. In fact, it is aoubtfnl if the
President has made up his mind on the sub
ject himself yet.
SAILORS NOT BADLY TREATED.
Charges of Samoan Survivors Against Officers
Very Much Exaggerated.
Washington, July 25. On the 15th of
June, San Francisco papers contained the
statements of certain survivors of the dis
aster to tho American vessels at Samoa
(enlisted men on the Trenton and Vanda
lia) which, if true, presented a severe in
dictment against the authorities of the
country, especially the Navy Department,
for cruel treatment and heartless abandon
went of the sufferers by that disaster. The
papers practically indorsed the statements
of the men, and reported that about thirty
of them were roaming around the water
front of San Francisco unable to se
cure
tut
ttle wages due them, desti-
and dependent upon chart-
tv
for their subsistence. Ihe
charges bv the men were, in substance.
that they had not been paid the "bag
money" (?30), which the United States con
tracted to allow them in case of loss of
their clothes by sinking of the vessel; that
their wages prior to the date of the disas
ter had not been paid them; that they bad
been discharged and sent adrift, none of
them with moro $25; that the clothes
fnrnished them in Samoa had been charged
for at regular rates, leaving them little or
nothing to live on after.the cost had been
deducted from their pay; that Lieutenant
Charlin, executive officer of the Yandalia.
had refused to sign a certificate for one of
the seamen to be presented to the Fourth
Auditor by which he would be enabled to
procure his 'bag money." and finally that
when the men disembarked from the Rock
ton on arriving in San Francisco, they gave
three groans for Capt. W. 1L Farquhar, of
the Trenton, and that they were deprived
of what was justly due them by subsequent
action taken by him in a spirit or revenge.
Copies of the newspaper articles were
gent to President Harrison, and six of the
sailors joined in a petition to Secretary
Blaine asking that he use his influence to
have justice done them. Attached to this
petition was a copy of one of the news-
paper articles. Ihese were referred to
feecretary Tracy, who ordered that an in
vestigation be made as to tho truth of the
statements. Tho papers in the case havo
just reached the Navy Department, aud
mako the following showing: Commodore
Beuham. of tho Mare islaud navv-yard,
6ays that the newspaper articles nave a
grain of truth in tncin and a great deal of
exaggeration; that the attack upon
Lieutenant Carlin is unjust in the ex
treme, for the reason that he re
mained at San Francisco by his own
request and was temporarily assigned to tho
receiving-ship Independence in order that
he might be able to look after tho inter
ests of the Vandalia's men and aid them in
obtaining an early settlement of their
claims. As to the complaints of the dis
charged men, the Commodore says it is
hardly necessary to remind the authorities
th en cannot bo held beyond the dato
of enlistment. He fnrther furnishes
as nentmadeby Lieutenant Buruett,
sho. ig the amounts paid to the men who
reached San Francisco, fifty-nine in alL
They range from 2(5.81 to S272.CS, in no
case being as small as the largest amount
said to have been paid tho men. Eighteen
of the men are reported as having deserted
after arrival, and, of course, they received
nothing. Lieutenant Carlin states that of
the nineteen Vandalia men who. it wan
possible, "were roaming about the water
front," one was discharged at his own re
quest, two were discharged at the expira
tion of enlistment, three were discharged
by sentence of court-martial, and thirteen
were deserters. The clothing issued to the
men at Samoa was charged to them at a
discount of 66 2-3 per cent. It was good
clothing, worn by officers and men alike.
As to the "bag money," it is stated th.
government does not sign a contract to par
O0. It does promise to pay as much as G0
on certain conditions. The Lieutenant
6ays: "The claims of the men were ex
cessive, as a rnle. A seamau shipped in
January and wrecked in March can justly
claim his pay for the two months, and no
more. If he has drawn f 60 worth of cloth
ing, he is indebted for at least 012. Captain
Farquhar could not, and did not, have an
order rogarding the amount of money to be
distributed to tho Trenton men. Tho
amount of money actually allowtd was ono
month's pav." The sailor who complained
that Lieutenant Carlin refused to sign his
application to the Fourth. Auditor
was told that it was useless to mako
the J application until that official was
in possession of certain data, which could
not possibly be furnished before tho last of
July, but refused to accept the statement
as final, whereupon the lieutenant told
him to make out Lis own application. The
officer says ho did not know the seaman bad
obtained a blank to be signed. He further
says: "As to the statement that I would
help no one to get his money until 1 got
mine,' I will only pay that I am here at my
own request for tho purpose of putting va
rious records in 6hape. so that the Fourth
Auditor may propfrly settle the, men's ac
counts. This work is now finished. Appli
cations for indemnity (otherwise known as
bag money') have been made out for all the
men, dead or alive, aud I have as yet taken
no steps toward getting my own money."
In conclusion, he says: There are 6ir
names signed to the letter to the Secretary
of State, viz: McCluskey, Stewart. Devine,
Bleidner, Lane ard Boyle. McCluskey was
not at Samoa at alL Lane was discharged
by court-martial. He was on board the
Nipsic, which was not sunk; and hehas not
the shadow ot a claim for anything. Boyle
aud Stewart were discharged by conrt
martial. Bleidner and Devine were dis
charged at the expiration of enlistment.
All of them except Boyle were paid in iul