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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNilL, SATURDAY, JULY 27, 1889.
two or three lawyers who called to look
after pending business before tho Depart
ment. PENSION IIULING.
A Mexican-War Veteran, Dropped for Dis
loyalty, Kefdored to the llolls.
Washington. Jnly 2f. Assistant Secre
. tary Eussey has modified a former decision
made by the Commissioner of Pensions in
tho case of James A. Farley, who received
a disabling injury vrhilo serving in the
Mexican war, in Company G, Second Penn
eylvania Volunteers. For this injury Fur
ley was granted a pension of per month,
-which he continued to draw until April 10,
li3, when he was arrested at Hagerstown,
Md.. for hurrahing in the streets for Jeff
Davis and the Southern Confederacy, and
making use of other disloyal and treasonable
sentiments. At that time his name was
dropped from the pension rolls, under the
authority conferred by the act of Feb. 4,
1862. In 1871 an application for restoration
was filed and rejected. In 1837, however,
the case was taken up by the then Commis
sioner of Tensions, and Furlcy's loyalty
having been established the pension was,
allowed from 1671, the date of tiling his ap
plication. Assistant Secretary Bussey. while agree
ing with the former Commissioner as to
4 Farley's right to a pension, finds no author
ity for dating it from the time the applica
tion was filed, and directs that it be dated
from April 10. lJ. when it ceased. He
nays, in substance, that if the action of
dropping Furley's name from the rolls was
erroneous, then he is entitled to reparation,
and the reparation must be as ample as tho
injury. It it was not erroneous, there can
ae no restoration of pension for any period.
MINOR MATTERS.
The Conrt-SIartlal Sentence of Paymaster
Smith Remitted by Secretary Tracy.
Washington, July 20. The finding of the
court-martial in tho caseof Passed Assistant
Paymaster Henry R. Smith, of the navy,
and the action of Secretary'Tracy thereon,
-were made public to-day. Smith was a pay
officer, on board the Kssex, in New York
harbor. On the 2Tth of April he drew
$1,200 of the pay funds, and was missing
until the 3d of May. He was charged with
being absent from his station and duty
without leave, and pleaded guilty. The
court sentenced him to be suspended from
rank and duty for six months on furlough
pay, with a unanimous recommendation
that the sentence be remitted, because of
their belief that he was mentally irrespon
sible for his actions. Secretary Tracy ap
proved tho finding of the court, and
adopted its recommendation, remitting the
sentence.
Indiana Pensions.
Pensions have been granted to the. following-named
Indianians:
OrJsrtnal Invalid Joan flaltsglver, Amos Hlx
ron. John Muller, Geo. W. Jennlnc. Jos. W.
Ross, Jason Kamsby, Ell Boone, Theodore C.
Burr, Theodore II. lietlne, Samuel Wells'. Geo.
W. if. Keith. Wm. If. Milliard, John. Matthews,
. Wm. A. llinkle, Jehu Mar, Wm. McCombs,
Jerome Baxter, David Fleming, Nathan Carr,
Henry C. Matthews.
Increase Edward Schultz, Thomas "Wftirea,
William Walton. Fernando C. Kller. Robert
Caner, Je"se E. Well, Georjre W. Bundy, Wesley
Haley, Josiah Ileuth, Nathan Verk, Benjamin
Hersnr, Abram Seebrem, Chris ttchaefer, Wm.
B. Cronk, Jacob Funk, Neheraiah Summer, George
W. Thompson, Henry G. Heed, Jacob fcnaffer,
Peter W. Waggoner, William C. Grimes, Geortre
Duncan, Job harp, William D. Greene, Philip
T. Gresham. John A. FkObertson, Loon Cox,
Amos Kimball, John 8. Peardurflf, Lewis O.
Jones, John Walker. John II. Mitchell, Amrastns
B. Loveland, Charles U. Bunnell, Charles Peach,
llezeklah Covert, Evan T. Pickering, Richard
Wayiifccott, Andrew J. Poorman, Chas. W. Pish,
Whliam C. Satton, Elijah Jay, David B. Hol
brook, George L. IZ. Stanridjre. Frederick Pniat
rer, Julius I'atmore, E. W. Golden.
' Reissue Robert Fersinger.
Original Widows, etc. Catharine, widow of
Anu MeFadden; minors of Oeonre W. Fry;
Martha 11, widow of Adam II. Flscus.
Fourth-Class Postofflces for Indianians.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal
Washington. July 26. These fourth
class postmasters wero appointed to-day for
Indiana:
Auburn Junction. DeKalb county, Newton
Mathews, vice John O. Morris liruce. Jay coun
ty, John J. Brown, vice .N. liutchlus; Lamb,
Hwitzerland county, George F. Simpson, vice W.
II. Lamb; Marmonr, Marshall county, Henry U.
bpeger, vico John F. Koontz; Miller, Lake coun
ty, William G. Cook, vice James II. Ansker;
Moorfttlfild. Switzerland countv. Orinrta II. IDck-
etts.vlce JohnN.W. liiley; North Salem. Hendricks
county, Oconto . Robbin?, vico William II.
Fleece; Roanoke, Huntington county, Jao W.
Hart, vloe W. G. Overdean; Btraugbn, Henry
county. James L. Willi:, vice C. A. Bretterham;
Ptar City. Pulaski county, Jacob Wirick, vice
John U. whlteroore; Tasweii, Crawford county,
II. L. fchrenck, vice James M. LeawelL
Cod Hank on tho Pacific Coast.
Washington, July 25. The Fish Com
mission has been advised of reports of the
discovery of a cod bank on the Pacific
coast, eight miles olf Xestucca, Oregon, and
sixty-five miles south of tho Columbia
river. The same advice states that the
true cod has never before been found south
of Puget sound. To this acting Commis
sioner Katbbun says the true coa is re
corded as far south astber arallone islands.
the fishing cround oil San Francisco, but it
has not been found south of Puget sound
lnsnthcient quantities for commercial par
poses. General Notes.
Eoeclal to the Indianapolis Journal.
Washington, July 20. Hiram Z. Leon
ard, of Logansport, who was recently ap
pointed consul to London. Ontario, has
been in the city for several days to receive
his final instructions before starting for his
post of duty. Mr. Leonard leaves to-night
for Marion, where he will remain over Sun
day. On Monday morning he will start for
Fort Wayne, and from there will take the
train direct to London, on Wednesday or
Thursday next, lho salary of the consul
ate is only 1,500 a year, with allowances of
about 000. Ibis is entirely inadequate.
but Mr. Leonard thinks that the etlortto
secure a rating of consular salaries will be
more successful this winter than it has been
before.
T. M. Partridge and J. R. Brown were to
day appointed members of the board of
pension examiners at feonth Bond.
F. C. Morris, of Kokomo and Mrs. Kent
Morse, of Indiauapolis,are among the latest
arrivals irom Indiana.
To-day's bond oilers aggregated $3S,50O,
as follows: Coupon four-and-a-halfs, $100,
at fcl.Ob7: registered fonr-aud-a-halfs. jsJt.-
600, at $1.0G7. Both otters were accepted.
c . a. i a
secretary iracy nas accepted an nivi ra
tion to visit Secretary Blaine at Bar Har-
Doranrmg toe latter part oi August.
W. C. Klam, of Louisiana count, Vir
ginia, has been appointed chief of the di
vision of railroads in tho General Laud Of
fice, vice Gen. C. M. Wilcox, relieved. Both
Mr. Elaui and General Wilcox served in tho
confederate army, the former as a private.
the latter as a major-general. -Mr.Elamis
a prominent Republican in Virginia, and a
writer of acknowledged ability.
The remains of the late Father Curler.
director of Georgetown University, were
tinned, to-day, in the littlo grave-yard at
tached to the university in which he had
taught for thirtv vears. Mass was then
celebrated by the Kev. Father Clark, tho
oldest living graduate of Georgetown Uni
versity.
fcocretarv Windom to-dnv received n. let.
ter from Mr. C. W. Arnold, declining, for
private reasons, the otlico of collector of in
ternal revenue for tho district oi Georgia,
to which he was appointed a few days ago.
An Ex-Editor's Household Goods Levied On.
Chicago. Jnlr . Last night tho sheriff
levied ou the household effects, plate, pict
ures and lurniture or James J. West, ex
managing editor of tho Times, at the hit
ter's Kenwood residence, to satisfy tho
judgment entered up b the Commercial
National Hank. Captain Huiskamp, one of
the stockholders of tho Times, claimed
these etiects. under a bill of sale from Mr.
West, but as tho bank had given an indem
nifying bond the shenll made tho levy.
Obituary.
Columbus. O.. July 00. A private tele
gram from Port Huron, Mich., announces
the death this eveniug of A. H. Welch, as
sociate professor of Kuglish languazo in
Ohio Mate University. He was Widely
known in educational circles as the author
of several standard works on English
literature. Ho was thirty-seven years of
age.
Auburn. N. Y.. July 21. W. T. Graves.
one of the oldest and best known bankers
in lho oUte, died juddaily thu noming.
INDIANA AXD ILLINOIS NEWS
Damage Done at Various Points by the
Severe Slonn of Yesterday.
A "Trusty's" Escape and Capture A Franfc
fort Swindler Two Fatal Accidents
Miscellaneous News 3Iatters.
INDIANA.
Heavy Hall-Storm Beats Down Vegetation
and Unroofs a Few Houses.
Epc!al to tli Indianapolis Journal.
Crawfordsville, July 2a The worst
hail-storm that ever visited this city oc
curred at 1:20 o'clock this afternoon. It
came from the southwest, and was accom
panied with heavy wind and a driving
train. The corn crop is stripped to the
earth, and all kinds of fruit has been
knocked off tho trees. The large stained
glass windows in the Methodist. Catholic,
First Presbyterian and Christian churches
have many broken lights, and there is
scarcely a dwelling-house in the city, where
windows were exposed to the west, that
have not broken window-panes. Every
sky-light in the city is broken. Flower
beds are ruined and trees stripped of
limbs. Several buggies and spring wagons
had the coverings torn to shreds. At the
home of N. J. Clodfelter, the window shut
ters were broken in and the windows
smashed. About a third of D. W. Cox's
green-house was ruined. Tho hail seemed
to go in strips, being more severe in the
south part of this city. Many chimneys
wero also blown down. Sixty electric-light
globes on the street-lamps were broken.
There is not a garden left in the south part
of the city, everything being beaten to the
earth. The roof of the llouring-mills at
Yountsville was blown off.
Lebanon, July 26. A heavy wind and
hail-storm passed over this place this after
noon, doing a considerable amount of dam
age. Trees were blown down, crops were
beaten down, and two business bouses in
the city were unroofed. Fortunately no
one was injured.
Franklin Likely to Get Gas.
Special to tli Indianapolis Journal.
Franklin, July 2C A party of Kokomo
and Terro Haute gentlemen, through their
representatives, Judge L. J. Hackney and
John Beggs, of Shelby ville, have submitted
the following natural-gas proposition to
Franklin: "Gas in sullicient quantities
to equal the demand is to be furnished
at $18 per year for each cook stove, and at
from SI to $1.50 per month for heaters, con
sumers to pay for service pipes. The com
pany asks a donation of $5,000, and will
open their books and receive subscrip
tions for stock to the comnanv if thero
be any who desire to subscribe." The sup
ply of gas will be obtained from the Han
cock county fields. The 5,000 is not asked
for by the company until the gas is piped
to this city. Jbranklin people are very fa
vorable to the proposition, and have held a
puuuu meeting, appointed a soliciting com
mittee, which, up to date, has raised eonie-
tning over two of the live thousand dollars
required, and did it in one day. It looks
very much like it is a "go." Another pub
lic, meeting will be held on Monday evening.
When the committe will report, and the
.matter ue luiiy determined.
"Worked" the Town.
Eneclal to the Indian aoolis Journal.
Franklin, July 26. A few days since
George Sweezey, an employe on the Frank
lin section of the F., F. & M. railroad, ap
peared in John Craig's saloon with an
order on said road for the sum of$2G. By
request of Sweezey Craig cashed the order,
and in a day or two afterward gave
Sweezey the order back to have it cashed.
as it was made payable to him in person.
eweezey had the order cashed and took the
hrst train out of town, and also the monev
he received on the order. It is since learned
that he procured about &J0 worth of gro
ceries from Messrs. Howard it Wood on the
fame order, aud was to have had it cashed
for them also. About three weeks since ho
called at the home of a Mr. Vandiver, west
of town, and told Mr. V. that he was sec
tion foreman on theF.,F.fcM. railroad; that
his name was James Turpin. and that he
wanted $25 until pay-day, when he would
return it. Upon this statement he secured
uic uiuuc,). owct-zey, it win ue tueii, reai-
ucu auuuk ou nis own oruer,
Short-Lired Liberty.
Fpeclal to the Indian? j olln Journal.
Jeffersonville, July 20. James Vin
cent, a convict in tho Prison South, sent
from Evansville for three years, escaped
last night. Vincent was a "trusty" and
had chargo of tho prison stable. Ho
failed to appear at 9 o'clock last night.
Inquiry proved that tho prison rig and
horse had disappeared with him. A tele
phone message from Sheriff Shuck.xif Cory
don, was received this morning, stating that
tne norse and rig had been found near that
place. Warden Patten and a cuard went
to uoryaon tnis morning and captured
If; M. 11 ...
7 . . - '
viuceub near mere, returning wnn nini tnis
evening. V lucent escaped while serving a
previous term here for an offense committed
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A Disputed Question.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
Columbus, July 2a The new State geog
raphy disputes the distinguished claim ad
vanced by Y eed Patch hill, twenty miles
west of this city, as tho highest point in
Indiana, and asserts that the tablo-lands of
TiandolDh countv reach a nitrher al
titude. The new claim is not gen-
Arallr accents! antnifl. aa Prnfpflaor Pnllptt
former State Geologist, is authority for
vt ecu i aicn s ciaim. a party oi men aro
now encamptd on the hill, and are engaged
in making a geodetic survey of the eleva-
vation anu uurruunuiug section oi trie
country by the direction of tho United
ceived seveu wagon-loads of implements to
be used in penoriniug tne work.
Will Secnr an ErangellsU
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
Spenctek, July 26. The District Co-oper-
ative Convention of tho Christian Congre
gations of Owen, Morgan and Monroe coun
ties was in session here yesterday and to
day. The object of the meeting was to per
fect an organization by which an evangelist
can be employed in the district to preach
the gospel in the destitute parts of the ter
ritorv. Sufficient money was raised to
warrant tho success of the work, and a
committee was appointed, with Judge
Franklin at its head, to select and employ
an evangelist, and put him to woik by the
1st of fceptember.
Conductor 51 angled by a Train.
Special to tho Indianapolis Journal.
Fort Wayne, July 20. Vilroy Davis, one
of the most popular conductors on the
Nickel-plate road, was thrown under the
wheels of a freight train near Claypool,
four miles west of this place, at noon to-
dav. His riiiht arm was cut oft and ho re
ceived other terrible injuries which will
probably cause his death. Ho has a wife
and several children. A stranco coinci
dence of the allair is that Davis lost his
other arm on tho eame road and at tho
same station a short tune ago.
Rats Attack a Child.
Ereclal to the IuiliananoUs Journal.
Columbus, July 'J& Tho infant child of
Nathan Mclntire.of this cit3 was attacked
and fatally injured by rats Monday night,
but the matter was kept from the publio
until to-day. Tho child was asleep when
attacked by tho rodents. Tho bold and
raveuons rats were only frightened away
upon the appearance of the child's mother.
It was bitten in a number of places, and
ever since the terrible attack has been suf
fering from spasms. Thero is but little
hopo lor its recovery.
Crops In the Ohio River Bottoms.
Evansville, July 2a There is great nn
easiness in this section of the country on
account of the danger and serious injury
to the wheat and oats crops from the con
tinued wet weather. Should tho prevail-
ing rains continue, tho wheat and oats.
most of which axe in tho iho& will rout
and be ruined. Potatoes are growing welL
lobacco is promising, and corn is doing
splendidly, excent in low ground, where it
is sickly. Fruit does not promiso well.
Killed by a Runaway Team.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
Losantville, July 20. Charles Golliher,
one of the best-known citizens of this place.
received injuries, last evening, which re
sulted in his 'death. He was encaeed in
loading hogs, when one of the porkers
sprang from the wagon on to the backs of
the horses. The team took fright and
dashed forward, catching Mr. Golliher be
tween two wagons and crushing his body.
lie died shortly afterward irom internal in
juries.
Jail Dellrery Rockport.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
Rockport, July 20. Last night, when
Sheriff Spayd went to contino the prisoners
in their cells in jail, he discovered that they
had picked a hole in tho wall and left for
parts unknown. I here were lour oi them,
two of whose time would have expired in a
few days.
A Fatal FalL
Special to th Indianapolis Journal.
Fort Wayne. July 26. John Snyder,
lessee ot one of the Hamilton farms, west of
4Tiia fifTr rn Vi f fir-nvillfl TOfld. fll from a.
load of hay, yesterday, dislocating his neck.
anu uieu last nignt.
Minor Notes.
A mass-meeting of the machine miners at
Clay City has been called for to-day.
Dr.CamdenMcKinney. of New Castle, ac
cidentally shot himself through the hand
yesterday.
At Cloverdale Mrs- W. Scott was thrown
from a buggy in a runaway accident. Her
arm was broken and shoulder dislocated.
Some unknown person has stolen a dia
mond solitaire bracelet worth $400 from
Miss Mabel McClelland, of Crawfordsville.
Catherine M. Hornbereer. aired seventy
years, died at her home in Dearborn county
from paralvsis superinduced by grief for
her late husband.
Mamie Ponke. the two-vear-old daughter
of William Popke. of Goshen, died yester
day from poison given her the day before
uy piaymaies wno were pia3Tiug "ugctor."
A wreck, by which an engine and five
cars were demolished, occurred Thursdaj
on the Toledo, Kansas City & St. Louis
railway, at Frankfort. No lives were lost
Ed French, the Fort Wayne typo reported
killed by an express train, appeared at
homo yesterday in good health, it is not
known who originated the 6tory of tho ac-
ciuent.
Charles E. Yandes, a tramp printer, fell
between the cars at Shelbyville. while
stealing a ride on a J., M. & I. freight train.
His riuht leer was cut on and his left foot
crushed.
Five small bovs Robert Brooks. James
and William Linuville. Georce Clintr and
John Wilson were arrested at Greencastle,
yesterday, for breaking into Vandalia
ireight cars.
In a cuttinir affrav between three firemen
at Evansville, yesterday, George Grim
stabbed Stephen Krilcy in the breast, and
Iiobert Huston under the left ann. Kriley's
wound may prove fatal.
Albert Duty, tho prize-Center, under ar
rest for stealing a shirt at Shelbyville, was
released on bond Thursday, and shortly
afterward seriously injured by a heavy
machine falling upon him.
Henry Sebrine, who was arrested on July
12, at Three Oaks, charged with attempting
to murder his mother, father and sister, has
just confessed his guilt, saying that he put
t A I 'll A 1 11
arsenio in ineir tea, noping to Kill incin ail,
and thus to come into possession of the
family property, which would enable him
to marry a girl who had refused him on ac
count of his poverty.
Franklin township. Montgomery countv.
is one of the banner townships for the Sunday-school
work. There aro ten schools in
the township, with 63 officers. 05 teachers.
004 scholars and an average attendance of
500. A system of quarterly conventions has
been kept up in this township for several
years. The next meeting will be held at
uarncid on uct. J4.
ILLINOIS.
A Hold White Cap Outrage Committed Near
Gillespie.
Gillespie, July 23. While Henry Ro-
kamp and his wife were riding near
town; last Monday evening, they were
taken from their buggy by an armed band
of White Caps, who took shameful liberties
with the woman and strung Bokamp up to
a tree three times, tho last hanging prov
rage is said to have been mere suspicion
a! a t a a -a ai
tnat DOKamp uau comuutteu petit larceny.
The case has been put iu tho bands of CoL
Oiler, a criminal lawyer of Litchfield,, who
says that while at Gillespie, yesterday.
looking into tho aflair. ho was warned bv a
man who claimed to be tho captain of the
lute Caps, that if ho came nosing around
there he would get a thicker rope than the
one they cave to Bokamp. lhe Colonel
savs he has spotted the perpetrators of the
outrage and will prosecute them to the ex
tent oi tho law.
Relief for the Spring Valley Miners.
Chicago, July 26. Mayor Cregier, Con
gressman Lawler and other members of the
relief committeo left here this morning
with eighty tons of provisions and sup
plies for the starving locked-ont coal min
ers of Spring Vallcv. 111. There are about
Kilo miners in tne district, making
with their families about 6,000. lhe arrival
of the train there this afternoon was creet-
cd with great demonstrations of joy. and
.i . . j. i il a. v
uiu cumnmu'u was gieeieu wiiu iue strains
of an improvised band. Everywhere
it i
mere were evidences oi pincmng poverty
and destitution. Men, women and chil
dren were scantily clad in "the cheapest of
materials, and there was a great dearth of
foot gear among them. Iheir faces bore
unmistakable evidence of hunger. . These
people have been locked out nearlv three
months, aud aro absolutely on thejverge of
starvation.
A Deaf Mute Wedding.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
Catlix. July 20. Miss Elizabeth Mor
gan, of Tilton, this county, and Mr. Sidney
Cronkhite, of MarshhelcL Ind., were mar
ried at the bride's homo on Thursday.
uomtno contraciing parties are deaf and
dumb, and the ceremony was performed by
the use of tho deaf and dumb alphabet.
Two hundred guests witnessed the cere
mony. llrief Mention.
Tho Third Regiment broke camp at
Springlfeld last evening.
The employes of the Chicago and Galena
Mining Company have struck for back
wages duo them.
The estate of tho lato Conrad Eisen
meyer, sr., of Summerfield, has been ap
praised at $1'JO,000.
Judge Nelson ordered a recount of votes
at Decatur in the Metz-Heweb contested
election case. The recount showed a ma
jority of thirty-live votes for Metz.
White Caps at Jacksonville, Wednesday
night, went to the home of Miss Fraukie
Keener and called her out on a pretext.
Sho called hiTxolored servant and to
gether they anSjJt'red the call. When out
side the party ''attached them, but prompt
use of a revolver drove the intruders away.
At Jerseyville, yesterday morning, a liv
ery horse which had been rented the night
before to a colored man named Wesley
Welch returned to the stable, without a
driver. Tho buggy lloor and seat wero
spattered with blood, and a shirt-sleeve,
also blood-stained, was found in the ve
hicle. Wc!ch has not been found.
A Noted Divine Loses His Reason.
Itiiaca, N. Y July 20. Rev. Thomas G.
Strong has lost his reason, and will be com
mitted to the Binghamton insane asvluhi.
Dr. Strong was formerly president of Wells
College, and has occupied prominent pul
pits in this section of the State, where for
many years he was one of the leading
divines of the Reformed Church. His mis
fortune is duo to softening of the brain.
Colored Man Lynchfed In Kentucky.
Paris. Ky., July 20. James Kelly, col
ored, who made a criminal assault on Mrs.
Peter Crow, wife of a section boss on the
Kentucky Central road, was taken from
the jailer at 2 o'clock this morning by a
mob and hanged to a bridge near the town.
Kelly had been fully identified by Mrs.
Crow, and was marched into jail by some
ncishboii
ing so neanv latai tnat no could only be
revived by the administration of medicine.
They then left him. The reason of the out
THE LEWIS BROS. FAILURE.
Liabilities and Assets of the Firm Not Known
Indebtedness at Providence.
New York, July 20. Cornelius N. Bliss,
assignee for the embarrassed dry goods firm
of Lewis Bros. & Co., said to-day that he
could not give an exact estimate of the
liabilities or assets of the firm as .yet. Ho
would put an expert accountant on the
books and prepare a statement as soon as
possible. Walter H. Lewis, the New York
member of the firm, when approached on
the subject of the failure, referred every
body to the assignee.' It is the general im
pression in the trade that the amount of in
debtedness will not exceed 5,090,000.
It is thousht the failure will be prolific of
much litigation. The main house being in
rnuaaeipnta. the administration of tho es
tate and the payment of the dividends may
take piaco there; but the bulk of the litiga
tion, if there be nnr. will Tie in New York.
The 6tocks of coods are in five different
iurisdictions New York, Pennsylvania,
Massachusetts, Maryland and Illinois. The
open accounts, amounting to $l,J73,000, are
scattered all over the country, lhe banks
who hold the firm's naDer believe thev will
not sutler much, as it is double-named
paper; mills7 drafts accepted by Lewis Bros.
& Co. The owners of some of the mills
which the firm represented have tele
graphed that thev are all risht. Some of
the weak mills mav be affected, however.
The amount of the farm's paper held here is
upward of $1,000,000. The largest amount
held by one bank is $50,000.
It is now believed that the indebtedness
of Lewis Bros. & Co., to concerns in Provi
dence. R. I.f will amount to fully $1,000,000,
but all the firms deny that they will be
compelled to assign.
Other Failure.
Providence, R. I., July 20. The Rich
mond Paper Company suspended this morn
ing. The company suspended some little
time ago, and has been working under an
extension, $300,000 new capital having been
paid in, secured by mortgages, subject,
however, to a first mortgage held by the
Khodo Island Hospital lrust Company for
$237,000. The company has had no rating
with Bradstreet for some time. Their last
statement showed assets of $t84,000, and lia
bilities of 003,000. The plant is a magnifi
cent one.
Salem. Mass.. Julr 26. A voluntarv neti-
tion iu insolvency was tiled to-day by Oli
ver S. Roberts, of Lynn, proprietor of
the t ranklm Trotting Park, at fcaugus. lhe
liabilities are $03,502, of which $47,202 is un
secured. PROHIBITION NOT POSSIBLE.
Mr. Murphy Says Men Cannot Be Legislated So
ber, but Can Be Induced to Quit Drinking.
Chicago, July 20. Tho well-known total
abstinence advocate, Thomas A. Murphy,
is in the city. When asked to-day what he
thought of the prohibition movement,
which he has always opposed, Murphy said:
"The prohibition cake is dough. I knew
it would prove so, and hope they are begin
ning to find out you can't legislate a man
sober. Prohibition means free whisky,
and that's all you can make of it. The idea
of a prohibition law proving; effectual in
Chicago,, for instance, is ridiculous. In a
sparsely settled country, or in small towns,
perhaps it could be made so, but never in
the centers of population. I behevo a pro
hibition law would simply tie our hands as
to restrictive measures, and then, with pro
hibition that did not prohibit, where would
we bet"
"What do you think of the submission of
prohibition amendments in South Dakota?"
"Are they going to do itf Well, they will
carry them. They can do it out there, where
the people are scattered, aud possibly
when they are passed tho laws may actu
ally prohibit; out I maintain that it is
against all reason. Ouly think of it! Tell
ing a man ho shall not produce an alcoholic
beverage when the natural tendency of
every fruit of the garden and orchard is
toward fermentation. You can never pro
hibit, but men can quit getting drunk if
they will."
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.
The New Hampshire Supreme Court has
declared tho State law requiring license for
the practice of medicine and dentistry un
constitutional. The flour-mill deal did not materialize at
Minneapolis yesterday, and tho option is
now off. F. C. Pillsbury said yesterday
that the expiration of the option did not
cut off negotiations by any means. -
Owing to the eflects of the storms and the
low prices received, nearly one millton
quart of cultivated blackberries will bo
left to rot ou the vines at Laurel, Md., and
in portions of Delaware bordering on the
Maryland line.
A house occupied by Mary Ann Graffam,
near Sabattis, Me., was burned yesterday
morning. Mrs. Graffam was seventy 3Tears
old, lived alone, and her charred remains
were found in the ruins, she having ap
parently been burned to death in bed.
Mary Ayers, a demented woman, about
seventy years of age, who had engaged
passage by the Hamburc steamer Augusta
Victoria, which sailed Thursday, was yes
terday taken in charge by the HoDokeu (N.
J.) police. She is a woman of culture, and
said her husband is proprietor and editor
of the Los Angeles (Cal.) Herald.
James M. McCall, of West Troy. N. Y.,
surrendered himself to the police of that
village, yesterday afternoon, saying: "I
have kicked my wife to death." The
woman was found in her home lying in a
pool of blood. She was about fifty-five
vears old. The husband is fifty-seven years
old. He says his head has been out of
order for some time.
The Chicago & Calumet Rolling-mills
Company, with headquarters at Chicago.
was incorporated yesterday with a capital
6tock of Sl.000.000. The incorporators are
J. L. Pfau, Louis Pfau and George Camp
bell. It is understood that the company
will erect a largo rolling-mill at Calumet
and make steel rails, and light tne combi
nation of the Joliet Steel and North Chi
cago Rolling-mill Companies.
John R. Dnnn was sent to Sing Sing
. nrison. vesterday to serve out a sentence
of nine years and six months. Dnnn was
found guilty of having induced Cashier
Scott, of tho Manhattan Bank, New York,
to steal $185,000. As soon as Dunn received
the greater part of the steal he advised
Scott to fly the country, subsequently tne
cashier came back and appeared as a wit
ness against Dunn.
The house of Joseph Gordon, about five
miles from Keesville, rf. Y., was visited by
a tramp, yesterday, who demanded money
from Gordons si xteen-y ear-old daughter.
who was alone. On being 'told there was
none in tho house, be choked her until sho
was unconscious, and then set fire to the
house. The girl returned to consciotisness
just in time to crawl from under tho falling
roof. .
Two Murderers Hanged In Louisiana.
Ray ville. La., July 26. Quite a crowd
assembled around the jail here to-day,
anxious to see the execution of Charles
Sellers, who murdered Bunyan Adams, in
Richland parish. At two o'clock the sheriff
requested the Richland Rifles to appear
upon the sceno to be in readiness in case of
an cmertzencv. The military formed in line
justioutsido the jaiUyard. When every
thing was in readiness the deputy sherilF,
leading the condemned man, ascended tne
stairway leading to the gallows. Adjusting
tho rope around the culprit's neck, tho
otlicial asked hitn if he had anything to
nay. Sellers replied, "No, I have said all
I have to say." The drop fell at 3:30 and in
fifteen minutes he was pronounced dead.
Baton Rouge, La., July 20. Tom Bowl
ing, colored, was executed in the jail-yard
in thiscitv to-day, for the murder of Philip
Walsh, white, lhe murderer and his vic
tim were about the saint age nineteen
years.
Col. King' Answer to Sirs. Pillow.
Memphis, July 26. Col. H. C. Kinu's an
swer to Mrs. Pillow's cross-bill was tiled in
the Chancery Courtto-day.Thecomplainant
denies, absolutelv, emphatically and seri
attnn. the several material allegations con
tained in Mrs. Pillow's cross-bill, and un
dertakes to explain that the deeds held by
Mrs. Pillow wero obtained by fraud.' CoL
King denies owing Mrs. Pillow a cent, but,
on the contrary, strives to demonstrate
that Mrs. Pillow has long been liv
ing on his bounty, and is
now largely iu his debt The answer
relates with great wealth of detail tho
history of complainants relations with Mrs.
Pillow from the complainanta etaad-ipint.
The bill concludes as follows: "When the
complainant stepped into Mrs. Pillow's
parlor in Memphis, in 1SS3, she was bank
rupt, virtually a pauper. She has now all
his property, worth $25,000, without ever
having paid a cent for the same, obtained
by fraud, deceit and falsehood and undue
influence. The undue influence acquired
over him by reason of the existence of the
relations between them js shown by the
letter of Mrs. Pillow herself."
A YOUTHFUL PARRICIDE.
An Eleven-Year-Old Boy Confessses to Killing
Hi3 Father and Mother.
Mason City. Ia., July 25. Wednesday
night last, in Elk township, Clayton
county, Wesley Elkins, about eleven
years of age, murdered his father
and step-mother. After committing the
crime he took his infant sister in a carriage
and drove four miles to the nearest neigh
bor, reporting that he had discovered hia
parents murdered and tied to preserve his
own and his sister's life. Yesterday
he confessed himself the parricide. To
Judge Hatch, he related the story of the
crime, ue naa naa some aimcnity
with his father. The night of the
murder he slept in the barn.
Between 2 and S "o'clock he got up
and went into the house and took down a
rifle, which was hanging in the kitchen,
loaded it, and went into the room where
his father, mother and sister were
sleeping. 4T placed the mnzzle
of the rifle near my. father's
head," he said, "and sent a bullet through
his brain. This f nghtened my mother, and
she arose, and knowing that I was discov
ered, I went into tho kitchen, seized a club",
went back into the bed-room and killed my
mother. I staid around the house about
thirty minutes, and then decided to arouse
the neighbors. I took the baby from the
bed where it had lain between
its dead mother and father,
took it into the adjoining bed-room,
removed its blood-staiued clothing, and
with it in my arms went to a neighbor's,
and related the crime that had been com
mitted, but shielded myself. I am guilty
of the crime."
MARINE NEWS. V
A Vessel's Perilous Encounter with Numer
ous and Towering Fields of Ice. ,
Philadelphia, Jnly 26. The bark Ivig
tut, which arrived yesterday from Ivigtut,
encountered a remarkably stormy and per
ilous passage, occupying in all forty-eight
day 8, during which forty-seven icebergs
wore passed. She sailed on June 6, and on
that day became fast, jammed in an ice
pack: the area of which could not be de
termined from aloft As far as the eye
could reach nothing but a long waste of
thickly packed ice could be seen. Little or
no headway could be made. For seven
long days and nights, amid great sufferings,
the battle with the ice continued, and
finally the craft found herself gliding
through Clearwater once more. On the fol
lowing day the thermometer gave indica
tions of ice again, and it was but a short
time until twenty-five tremendous glitter
ing monsters loomed up in full view. On
the 15th seventeen bergs, equally as large,
were sighted, and on the lGth five wero
seen. I avorable winds carried the Ivigtut
beyond further obstructions of the kind.
Steamship Arrivals.
BiiZMERiiAVF.N", July 20. Arrived: Saale,
from New York.
Oueexstown, July 26. Arrived: Celtic
and City of Chicago, from New York.
New York. July 26. Arrived: Gellert
and Columbia, from Hamburg, and Adri
atic, from Liverpool.
London, July 26. Sighted: Egyptian
Monarch, from New York, for London; Her
maun. from New York, for Antwerp; Roman,
froinBoston, for Liverpool.
What the President Is Dolnff at Deer Park
Deer Park, Md July 26. President Har
rison was called upon to-day to pardon an
Indian woman who had been convicted of
murder in Fort Smith, Ark. Sho was sen
tenced to hang July 17, but she
had been reprieved. After looking over tho
papers with the Attorney-general, the Pres
ident commuted her sentence to imprison
ment for life, f ho President has reached
no decision on other pardon cases that tho
Attorney-general submitted to him.
Judge ll. B. Brown, of Detroit, Mich., on
his way to Virginia Springs, Mich., called
on the President this morning. Another
caller was H. S. Buudy, of Ohio. Tho .day
was one of the gloomiest since
tho President has been in tho
mountains. He did not rest from work until
late in the afternoon, when ho strolled over
to Davis's bowling-alley and played a game
of pool with Attorney-general Miller and Mr.
Hal ford. Mrs. McKee took part' in the
morning in a bowyug party given by Miss
Cammack, of Baltimore.
Wills of Deceased Millionaires
Louisville, July 26. The will of George
W. Norton, the millionaire banker, lately
deceased, was admitted to probate to-day.
It disposes of property valued at $5,000,000.
luiaii muauj icu cstavc, louutcu iu zvt' II -
tucky, Texas and Minnesota. After mak
ing charitable bequests, including 5,000 to
the Baptist Theological School, he divides
the estate among seven heirs, his wife and
their six children. His residence and homo
property he gives to his wife. '
San Francisco, July 26. The will of
Hiram Pearsons, who was drowned in the
lake near Chicago, recently, was tiled for
Erobate to-day. The estate is estimated to
e worth over $3,000,000. Elliott J. Moore
is appointed executor. The bulk of his
property, which is in this Stat, is willed to
relatives here. That portion of his property
in Cook county Illinois, is bequeathed to
T. C. Hill, of Western Springs, I1L, to bo
used for charitable purposes.
Cincinnati, July 26. Ahont 3 o'clock
thin' morning the Cincinnati dry-dock
t X a i
prn nart. nf iha ntxr eantrhf. ?m ol otam
consumed, together with a considerable
reach SoO.ttXLupon which the insurance is
aaiu to ue ?j,uju. xian an nour oeiore tne
the huilding and says there was no tiro
there. This gives reason to suspect arson.
Topeka, Kan., July 26. A fire broke out
in the attic of the Atchison, Topeka &
a break in the water main a half hour's
time was lost by the lire department, but
41ia 4ita xvo a firiallxr Tint, sirkf-. nff i f- Vinil
M- V J At tl ' V - W MM I V A t llilA
damaged tho building to the extent of $25,
000. The building was insured for $100,000.
The Burke Extradition Case.
Chicago, June 26. State's Attorney
Longenecker to-day received a telegram
from Assistant State's Attorney Baker, who
is in inniDeir lookiuir after the State a in
terests in the Burke extradition matter.
Tho telegram, after speaking of the prog
ress of the hearing for a writ of habeas
corpus, concludes wnu tue words: "fctrau
cers arrivintr." It was sueeested that nos-
siblv Burke's friends were Catherine there
with a view to rescuing him, either thero
or on his way to this city, in case the
Canadian authorities surrender him to the
United States. Tho State's Attorney would
express no opinion on the subject.
The arguments in the habeas corpus pro
ceedings brought by UurKe closed at Wm
n ineir this afternoon, and the iudire an
nounced that he would give a decision on
Tuesday.
A Missing Clnclnnatlan.
Cincinnati, July 26. Dr. A. E. Jones, an
old resident of this city, well known as a
local historian, and an -enthusiast in mil
itary matters, is mvstcriously missing from
his home on Walnut hills. He left the
bnnsft vesterdav afternoon without a coat-
and his family thought he was only going
to a neighbor's, but not the slightest clew
has yet oeen iounu as 10 nis wuereaoouts.
There are fears that he has become sud
denly insane.
Smith Claims the Championship Belt.
New York, July. 26. The following ca
blegram was receivcu nere to-day:
London. July 26.
Sullivan havinc refused Smith's challenee.
Smith claims the championship belt, bmlth Is
ready to light anybody lor the belt and 1,000 a
eide. Atkinson.
Asked for Much and Received little.
Jackso'n, Tenn.. July 26. The jury in the
$50,000 libel suit of the Rev. Frederick A.
Howard against several members of his
former congregation and three religious
publications returned a verdict for the
plaintiff', to-day, and assessed the damages
at one, cent.
IS
Absolutely Pure.
itrenrtb nl wboiMOTnenoM. More foonomical tnt
with tho mulutnfle ot low-tew t. abort-wei tit alum or
uuunuiiaui wniiBTn, wua onij m cans, udyai.
BAKING POWDF.H CO- 106 Wall street N. V.
TILE PRESIDENT'S KLfLK OF ACTION.3
A Mugwump Editor Graciously Pleased to
Approve of the Rule.
George "William Curtis, In Harper Magazine.
une 01 tne rumors which have lately
echoed through the press was tho state
ment that the President had said that his
rule of action was to please himself. The
report was greeted in a manner which indi
cated either that the remark was thought
to bo monstrous in itself, or an extraordi
nary expression of the spirit in which his
otiicial duties were to ho performed. It
was immediately announced, in a half
indignant tone, that the President had not
made the remark. Hut if he had made it.
. , j j 1 , -
wouiu it nave oeen iairiy open to censure,
as if he had laid down a false rule of indi
vidual conduct, or had totally miscon
ceived tho obligations of his office?
Whom should a man please iu his official .
action if not himself! Who else should
rightfully direct his decision when ho is in
dividually responsible? There is no ques
tion of discretion, of course, when he en
gages specifically to do a certain thing. If
it be the official duty of a sherilF to execute
criminals legally condemned to death, a
man who takes oath to discharge the
duties of the office consciously engages to
executo criminals as the law ordains, and
he cannot refuse to do it because ho is op
posed to capital pnnishment. If he be. bo
opposed, he cannot honorably take tho of-
uciai oatn, or 1 1, navmg nonoraoiy taKen
it, his views change, he must resign tho of-
hce. lint even in this case, whether, not
objecting, he executes the law, or, object
ing, resigns the office, he equally pleases
himself. That is to say, he does as Lis con
science commands.
Tho official oath of the President is Gen
eral, and does no require specitic acts. Ho
must execute the office of President. But
the manner of execution is left largely to
his discretion, and if the law requires what,
in his judgment, should not be done, he also
must please himself by resigniug. The re
mark attributed to tho President, however.
did not involve these extreme cases. It
meaut only that in the exercise of his dis
cretion he should follow his own view and
sense of duty after duly enlightening bis
mind with tho views of others. And if
there "be a sounder rule of conduct.
it has not yet been revealed. Tho
views of others, especially when they aro
wise counselors, every sensioie man win
weigh carefully; and when the interest is
a common interest, as in the case of a partv
1 1 3 1 A , ! i
jeauer anu ms nany, no -win consider ms
duty with extreme deliberation. But. ex
cept where there has been a specific and au
thoritativo party expression, he must nec
essarily judge for himself what is the party
feeling.
The prin ciple of action involved is uni
versal. The assumption that a view is just
and true because it is held by a great many
people is fatal to human welfare. It is ho
who sees further than other people who
lorecasts the true path ot progress. Ucetbo
was called a lioerator of hurnanitj' becauso
ho fostered the spirit of 6elf-dependence,
and discouraged tne habit of leaning upon
tho majority; and no wiser or more Ameri
can word was ever spoken in this country
than that of the seer who said of the
scholar to a company of scholars more than
fifty years ago, "Let him not quit his belief
that a pop-gun is a pop-gun, although tho
ancient and honorable of tho earth affirm
it to be the crack of doom." This was onlv
another form of saying that you must
please yourself. Aud what else is the sig-
nihcance of the familiar words of fchak
speare: xnis aoove an: to tamo own en ic true.
And it must follow, as the nipht the day.
Thou canst not then bo false to any man.
Whatever the inventor of the report of
the President's remark mav have intended-
he put into the President's mouth an ap
proval of the highest rule ot conduct, let
it is barely possible that a man might not
be elected President of whom it was uni
versally believed that he would please him
self in his official action. If. however, bucU t
a man were elected, and his action were '
conformed to that rule, his hold upon tho
Eunuc neart auu puuno commence, wouiu.
e so strong that it would have the effect
of a political revelation. It would rot be.
however, without precedent in our history.
It was became Washington's beneficent
career had illustrated his absolute hdelity
to that rule, and because of the universal
conviction that nothing could disturb it.
that he was borne by the hearts as well
as by the votes of the people into the pres
idency.
lho disposition of public men to fawn
upon tho mob under rrcten 6e of revcrenc-
iug the people, tho tone of a former candi
date for the presidency iu enyinc that ho
had ceased to be himself and was merged in
the platform, are not 6ignsof a vigorous
and manly political life, but of a servilo
adulation like that which crawls upon its
belly before some puuy king of iSiaiiu Tho
protest against an alleged remark of tho
President that in his official conduct ho
should please himself, that is to say, seek
tho satisfaction which springs from tho
conscientious discharge of duty a protest
which implied that such a remark was
proof of au undue sense 01 personal im
portance was really censure of a remark
which in its true spirit every President
might well make the rule of bis official con-
conduct.
Ml ft Drexel' Contribution to tho NegToe.
Philadelphia, July 26. Miss Kate
Drexel, of this city, who recently entered a
convent at Pittsburg, lias gratilied a
long cherished wish of Archbishop Kyan for
the establishment of a church and school
for negroes of the Catholic faith by tho
gift of a sufficient amount to build such an
institution, and making provinion for
the support f it. Kev. Father MclK'rmott.
who has ji;si established a church for
the colored Catholics of Pittsburg, is ex
pected to arrive in this City within a day
or two, and between himself, the Arch
bishop and Miss Drexel. who will como to '
this city for tho purpose, there will be a
conference to decide upon and arrange tho
details. , -
Tounded Each Other for Six Rounds.
Chicago, July 2a Guy C. Crevy and J.
B.Williams, local heavy-weights, fought
six bruising rounds in a barn near this city
this morning, iu the presence of lr0 sports,
for a purse of 200. After the first round it
was plain that Crew was the better man,
aud he pounded Williams all over the ring,
pursuing the rushing tactics of Millivan,
At the beginning of the fourth round ill
iams was a pitablo object, but fie pluckily
stood up until tho sixth round, when a ter
rific right-hander put him to sleep. Tho
victor was also badly punished.
Henry S. Ives Remanded to JalL
New York. July 20. Henry S. Ives, who
was brought down from Lud low-street Jail
on a writ of habeas corpus, was iu the Su
preme Court chambers to-day. Judge In
irraham, after listening to the arguments in
. tn disntiAsed tho writ if t) n.
corpus, and remanded the prisoner to Lud-low-street
Jail. Tho motion was for tho
dismissal of the criminal indictments
against Ives, nine in number. Tho court
said, in dismissing the writ, that it could
not consider such a motion while the pris
oner was locked up under an order of arrest
on civil proceedings.
Veni, VirvidTl'Ma liTruoof Hall'i
Hair Keuewer, for it is the great conqueror
of gray or faded hair, making it look th
taxacjcYcn color olyouii