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Capture Of a Noted Desperate.

PROFESSIONALLY, IND, December
24.-Bil Rodefer, the convict and
noted desperate, who scaled the wall
and escaped from the Stale Prison
on Tuesday morning, and robbed the
residence Of Mr.. Mann, of New Al
bany, that night, was arrested to-
day at Memphis, Clark County, In
diana, after a desperate fight. Rod
efer entered Mat. Ccombs' store for
provisions, and was recognized by
Mr.. Reynolds, who stepped out and
got assistance, and returning met
Rodefer and attempted to arrest him,
when Rodefer drew a huge knife,
and defying anyone 10 arrest him,
started down street 10 where his
horse was hitched. He cut his horse
loose, mounted and rode away at a
fearful rate, holly pursued by men on
foot and horseback. Being pressed
closely be turned and fought his pur-
suers desperately. After a number
shots were fired at him he was sur
rounded and dubbed until be threw
up his hands and surrendered, when
he was brought here and placed in
his old quarters in the prison.
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The Black Hills.

OMAHA, December 23.--Generai
Ord yesterday read the following
from Colonel Bradley: Yesterday an
Indian came into Spotted Tail and
reported that twelve d~ys ago be
met a party of twenty-one white
men with six teams on Elk Greek, at
the eastern foot of the Black Hills.
They came from Missouri, and were
going into the Hills.
The following is his reply Send a
company of cavalry from Camp
Sheridan or Robinson, as you think
best, to overhaul the party in the
Black Hills and TO expel j. from the
Indian territory, under instructions
of September 3, from Headquarters
Military Division. FurnishIhe COM
mand with a good supply aof tents
and stores and blankets for the men
and beasts.
The command will start when the
weather permits.
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4 Terrible Fight pm Board a Steamer
The Steward Killed.

New YORK, December 23.-Tht
ARgio-B rGzitiaa Times of November
2lst says: October 2Sth a tragedy
occurred en- board the American ship
King Philip, from Baltimore for Cali
%fornia, undergoing repairs. At $50
P. NJ. the master on going aboard
found the steward, Alfred NJ. Jack
man, an Englishman, dead, three sea-
men severely wounded, and the two
mates fighting desperately on the
quarter deck. He tried to separate
them, but his efforts seemed only to
exasperate them more, and at last..be
vent to the United States frigate
Lancaster, whence a force was sent
that secured the two mates, who
were afterwards handed over to the
Brazilian authorities.
According to the evidence taken,
the first mate W. p. Byrne, got drunk,
and quarreled with the stewart,
whom he killed with shots and blows.
He then attacked the only other four
men on board, three of whom be
Frustrated with shots, and was en-
gagged in a life and death struggle
with the third mate when the Capt.
arrived. The cook happened to go
on board during the fight, but es-
by cable to a neig hboring
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Criminal Malpractice.

CINCINNATI, December pa
young lady named Belle Werts. NOV.
ing in respectable society in Miami
town, died suddenly while ostensi.
bly, visiting some friends in Greens.
burgh, Indiana, and her body was
shipped to Miamitown for burial,
BY some means or other, suspicious
of foul play were aroused, but moth.
ing was done until the funeral was
progressing, when the excitement be.
came so intense that the ceremonies
were stopped. A jury was empanel
ed. and an inquest held on the spot.
The post norton proved that death
had resulted from malpractice, which
had been done in the most bungling
and brutal manner. The jury rend.
cred a verdict in accordance with the
facts
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reception OF King Kaiakaua.

King Kalakaua arrived here from
Washington this afternoon. He Wa:
met at the Jersey City depot by the
resident Hawaiian Consul and an
A%ldermanic Committee. The Chair
man of the Committee welcomed the
King and extended the hospitalities
and freedom of the city during bis
stay His Majesty replied in a briel
speech, and the party then took a
boat. o. their arrival in this city an
Independent troop Of cavalry was
drawn up in line to receive the dis
tinguished guest. Headed by a
detachment of mounted police and
the cavalry, the procession proceed
ed up r3urtland S rect to Broad way
thence to Fourteenth street and along
Fifth avenue 20 the hotel, where the
King was received by May,r Vance
and a number of prominent rity OIL
cials. The Mayor rendered the hos
pitalities Of the city to the royal
visitor. The King made a brief
response, and His Majesty and suite
retired TO their rooms.
The dinner was entirely private in
character, only members of the Com
mon Council partaking of it with the
King. Subsequently there was an
informal reception. A number of
ladies were introduced. His Majesty
was serenaded by the Seventh Regi-
ment band, and made a briefaddress,
retiring amid the cheers of the throng
He will be given a sleigh ride through
Central Park tomorrow, visit the
Normal School. Produce, Cot ton and
Stock Exchanges and Chamber If
Commerce. The committee bad ar
ranged for the King to visit Booths
Theatre at night, but he prefers the
Black Crook, and the program me
was altered.
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Murder I'm Erie.

ERIE, PA, December PA hor-
rible and atrocious murder was per-
petrated in this city about ! O'Clock
last night. Catharine Harmon, wild
ow, a midwife by profession, was
found dead in the gutter at 8 o'clock,
just outside a low groggery called
the Franklin House. The inquest is
not concluded, but there is no doubt
that the woman was murdered dur
ing or after an attempt at rape by
John Hanly, the proprietor of the
the house, a man sixty years old.
The woman was addicted to drink,
and vas probably intoxicated at the
time of the murder. Hanly has a
peaceful reputation, but is a notori-
Gus profligate. He is in custody,
with the members of his family.
His clothing and underwear are
found stained with fresh blood, and
the floor of the bar-room Of the hotel
likewise exhibits plain traces Of blood.
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Cincinnati.

CINCINNATI, December 25.-ThC
E~nquirer's Lexington, Ky, special
says it is reported there that a COLI.
sion occurred between whites and
blacks at Versailles Thursday even,
ing, in which two negros were killed
and others wounded. Two whites
were perhaps mortally wounded.
The affair originated in the sportivc
shooting OF fire crackers between the
two parties on each side OF the street.
A white MAI passing on horseback,
annoyed by the firing, discharged q
revolver, which was followed by in.
discriminate firing on both sides.
The negroes were driven for refuge
into a house, which The whites Sc,
fire 10 and compelled their surrender.
All the negroes were jailed and quiet
restored.
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Railroad Accident.

LONDON, December PA shock
ing railway accident occurred to-day,
near the town of Woodstock, Oxford
shire. An express train on a branch
of the Great Western Railway was
thrown from the track and preeipi-
tated down an embankment. Sever
al of the carriages fell into the canal
skirting the road. Thirty persons
were killed and fifty wounded. Some
of the latter are fatally injured. All
have been conveyed to Oxford
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DUBLIC SALE.
The suIs'rl5orTl II oppose % public slle On

rte urs.r;1cr VIII cvn1se o.. rnbIi. s,1..,
80,
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nj ttsrcst1.n.a or r,sepb rr~fslr,r al, th.rl.
4, T.. rs %, JcsSLu Curs5hgr; qt the li-
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M9l.o"' dhL S1.-i'e wei 5ih5leIyg, uINlHS lheIy
I" T. $50 " 500 u"StttI- u-us1' l1uN
camps. abundance Of coal. iron ore and IRE clay.
Z NJ. . The undivided n OF % tract Of unseated
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Dsstita.ion and Suffering In Kansas

CHICAGO, December 1.-THE fol
lowing dispatch was received by The
Tribune today from Governor 0s
born, Of Kansas, in reply to an In
quiry as TO The extent Of suffering
among the people in regions of thai
State desolated by the g~rasshoppeI
plague:
l estimate the nuarber Of people
in the western counties Of Kansa:
who will need aid during the coming
winter at 10000. A large proper
ton Of these are now in want. PEG.
pie in the eastern part Of the State
are doing all in their power to pre-
vent suffering on the frontier, but
the extent of the destitutiou war
rants the conclusion that they are I'M
equal to the emergency. Flour, p0-
tatoes, hominy and beans for food,
and clothing, especially for women
and children, are most needed. Feed
for stock is also much needed, as is
also spring wheat, corn, oats, barley
and flax for planting.
The winter thus far has been very
favorable, and the prospect for a good
crop of wheat is most excellent. A
large increase of average has been
sown, and if no unforeseen misfortune
should occur 10 these people, they
will next year be able not only to
subsist themselves, but also to assist
unfortunates in other localities. Do
nations sent through the Kansas Cen
trail Relief Committee, of which
Lieut.. Governor Stover is President,
and w. w. Giles, Treasurer, with
headquarters at Topeka, will be sure
to reach those for whom they were
intended, and will be publicly ac-
knowledged.
TucNrNS 0SRopN
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THE moderate Democratic press,
the St. Louis Republican. for ey2aI-
pie, admit the substantial truth of the
latter revelations as to the Vicksburg
horror. The facts, as condensed from
the detailed accounts in the journal
under mention are these. First, that
the recent troubles in Eicksburggrev
out Of the desire of some Democratic
politicians to obtain control Of the To-
cal Offices. Second, that the Bour-
bons went into the election campaign
with q thoroughly armed organiza-
ton to carry the municipal election,
aud succeeded Oy overawing the col
ored men. Third, after having car
ried the city, they determined to Dust
tie county officials whose terms had
not expired. Fourth, they compelled
every white man who had his name
upon the colored Sheriff's bond to
withdraw it, and thereby vitiated it.
Fifth, when new bondsmen were
obtained, they tempered with :be
Grand Jury and the Board of Super
%visors, and prevented its approval
Sixth, they then forced the Sheriff to
leave and sign his resignation upon
peril Of his life. As soon as the op-
portunity was offered, he recalled his
resignation, and called upon the citi-
zens TO aid him in holding his Office.
Out Of this grew the hunt after the
negroes, which resulted in the death
Of SO many Of that class, and of so
few of the whites. This is the kind
of peace and good will, political fair
ness aud regard for the colored man
that the old rebel element of the
South promises.-PiHSburgh Gazette.
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Group of Islands Discovered

New YORK, December 25.-The
Times London letter says: Her
Majesty's ship Basilisk has just re-
turned to England after a commits
sion of nearly four years, and brings
word that a large archipelago of
islands has been discovered in the
neighborhood Of New Guinea, and
that two mountains in this region,
each about IL 600 feet high, have
been named mount Gladstone" and
Mount Disraeli"
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-.


News Of the burning Of a large YES
sci Of the Pacific Mail Steamship
Company has been received 10 th'
following dispatch from Hong Kong
under date Of December 10Th.
The Pacific Mail Company's steam
ship Japan, from Sau Francisco aud
Yokohama for this port, VAS destroy.
ed by ire on Thursday last when six
ty miles ont from Yokohama A few
Of her crew and passengers have ar
rived here. 1t is feared that many
lives have been lost.
Another dispatch received by Ru-
fus Hatch, President Of The Company,
saws:
The chief engineer, s. Gf the
Chinese crew, aud one lady passen-
ger. who arrived to-day IN a ships
boat, report that the Japan was burnt
at midnight on tbs l7th inst, forty
miles this side o. Swatow aud twelve
miles of the lade The other boats
made for land. Further particulars
shorty
The steamer left Saa Francisco on
November l4th with 4 mixed crew of
American and Chinese sailors. There
we're eight cabin passengers and 442
Storage passengers, Of whom all but
Is were Chinese. The vessel car
ried 973 tons of freight, mostly flour;
S35O.OO0 in treasure and the United
States mails for Eastern Asia.
Yokohama was reached Dec. 10, all
in good order. From the meagre ac-
counts which have been telegraphed
it appears that the fire broke out at
or near midnight. probably like the
similar accident to the America in
Yokohama in 1872, just after the
passengers had retired. 1t is alto
gether Improbable that any lives were
lost. Had this occurred it would
have been certain to end a place in
the dispatch to the company, and all
the indications point to a smooth sea
and pleasant weather, which would
have given ample time for the removal
of all the passengers in the boats with
which the vessel was fully provided.
Her complement Of boats was calcu-
with reference TO the needs OF
the vessel when carrying her full
number Of passengers, OF about one
hundred aHd fifty cabin passengers,
and 1000 steeragc, and the number
on board last Thursday night was
less than g third of this.
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A kentucky Melee.

LOUISVILLE. December 23.-In a
shooting ARRAY in Mercer county yes.
terdsy two men were killed and one
MORALLY wounded. The quarrel
arose about a dog, and one Daniels
was shot in the leg by Isaiah Cob
bert. A constable with a posse at
tempted the arrest of Colbert, and
in the melee Colbert was felled with
a shovel, when one Herring, a friend
of Colbert, shot the constable
through the body. killing him. The
constable's brother, who interfered,
was also killed. Gobhert's wound is
mortal
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OMAHA, December 24-A party
OF hunters ho have arrived at Ogal-
lala, Neb, report The finding of "a de-
serted camp thirty miles south of
Ogallala, bearing evidence that foul
play had been committed. Some
time ago three bIeacheG skeletons
were found on tie spot. 1t is sup
posed that The men were robbed and
murdered by me now in the North
Platte jail, charged with numbering
and robbing james Mcguire. The
investigation is progressing.
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Boutwell,, Carpenter, Chandler, Clay
ton. Cragin, Edmunds, Fenton, Ferry
(of Mich) Flanagan, Frelinghuy>en,
Hamlin, Harvey, Howe, ingalls,. Lo-
gan. Morrill, (of Me- Morton, 0gle-
shy, Patterson. Pease, Pratt, Ram
sey, Sargent, Schurz, Scott, Sher-
man. Spencer, Washburn, West and
Wright.
Nays-Messrs. Bogy, Cooper, Da-
Wis, Dennis, Goldthwaite, Hager,
Hamilton, (of Tex Johnston, Mcr-
rimon, Ransom, Sprague, Stevenson,
Thurman and Upton.
Messrs. Cameron, Morrill, (of VT
and Window, who would have voted
Tor the bill, were paired with Messrs.
Kelly, M'Creery and Norwood, who
would have opposed it, thus showing
that all the Republican members ex-
cept Sprague are in favor of the
measure, while every Democratic
Senator voted against it,
We trust 10 see this bill speedily
PASS the House, after the holiday
.adiournment, as it is the best and
most practical proposition yet SUBJ
mitted for the adjustment Of our inan-
eial difficulties. We have held all
aIeng, and still believe, that the re-
| storation Of business to its usual
channel, is dependent more upon a
fixed and settled policy being adoP-
ted than upon the policy itself.
Moneved and business men want 20
know what the policy is, and they
will soon shape their course to meet
the end in view. 1t is the uncer-
taintv that has surrounded the future
financial policy of the Government
that has kept business in its present
unsettled condition. Had this meas
ure been adopted last session, we be-
lieye that ere this the business OF the
country would have been restored to
its condition before the panic.
The introduction Of free banking,
aid thereby the abolition Of the pre-
sent monopoly enjoyed by TIE ma
tional banks, the substitution of silver
coin for the present fractional curren-
cy, and the fixing of a time certain
for a return to specie payments, are
all features that win commend them
selves to the general public.
OF course the Democratic politi-
clans are opposed to this bill, and the
Democratic press is denouncing it
with vigor. The gist Of their hos
tility to it is readily comprehended,
and is summed up in two brief sem
fences. Its passage shows the Re-
publican party to be again united on
the only national issue on which it
was divided. 1t will restore public
confidence and lead to a general re-
viyal Of business.
Thus in the coming Presidential
campaign, to which the Democratic
party is making everything bend,
they will be deprived Of the two chief
cards they contemplate playing-di-
vision in the Republican ranks and
the depressed condition Of business
hence their hostility to this measure.
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Postal Scales.

The Postmaster General has award
ed to Fairbanks & Co, the contract
for supplying the department with
counter and platform scales, in order
to meet the requirements OF the news
paper law, which goes into operation
on the lst Of January next. The
number of such platform and coun-
ter scales will be three thousand, the
largest contract of the kind ever
awarded.
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Wisconsin,.

MILWAUKEE. December pa
special dispatch to the NeWs from
Greensburg says that a boiler ex-
ploded yesterday morning in the saw
mill of j. b. Laird & Co, at Angel
lea, Shawano county. Fifteen men
were killed and twenty wounded.
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Attempted Robbery.

EVANSVILLE, IND. December "a.
An attempt was made last night
to rob James a. Robinson, a hog
buyer, near Fort Branch. He was
shot twice, n ball lodging in a
package of money 10 his breast coat
pocket aud another passing through
the skirt of his o~vercoat. The police
are on the track of the robbers.
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DisIiIIery Burned.

CINCINNATI, December ga FIRE
at Newport, KY, tonight destroyed
Robson & Co distillery with the
contents, and two small buildings
adjoining. Loss On distillery, $780,
600; insurance, $4,000. On other
buildings, 81, 600; insurance, $1,000.
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SENATOR MoRToN's 18th Amend
ment. abolisbing the Electoral Col
lego, and providing for The election
Of the President and Vice President
by a direct vote Of the people, VIII
ne messed in the Senate, this winter
and it is thought it will pass both
Houses by good majorities.
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Kentucky.

LOUISVILLE, December ga
special dispatch 10 the Courier-J Jour
nal says A. w Hedges, postmaster
at Lancaster, KY, was shot and kill
ed in bis Office last night by Ebene-
ger Best. The two men were both
e~rs-in-law, Hedges having married
one of Best's sisters. A family quar-
rel was the probable cause.
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Railway Robbers Arrested.

MEMPHIS, Tenn, December pa
Last week William Kinsbury, Jordan
Ivey, Van Hatfield. Henry Wood,
Carey Young, and Vincent Petty, all
cclored, were arrested at West PoiBt,
Mississippi, for the systematic rob
berry of the freight cars Oh the Mo
bile and Ohio Railroad. All Of them
are prominent eolored men, Petty be-
ing county treasurer, and Ivey an al
derman. Their mode of operations
was for one or two of the gang to
force an entrance into the cars until
the train had gotten under way, then
to throw off the cotton, merchandise,
etc, which was gathered up by 9th
ers and taken to Ivey's or Petty's
stores, where the marks were de-
stroyed and the goods or cotton sold.
They have been operating for a long
time, and it is supposed their rob-
berries amount to many thousand dol
lars. On being arrested, Kingsbury
made a confession which led TO the
arrest Of the others, several of whom
made full confessions on being arrest
ed. Petty was arrested as accessory,
two bales of stolen cotton being
found in his store. He gave bonds
in $500 to answer the charge.
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PUGH * sIPE,
pULE TO ACCEPT or REFUSE

T. Harriet Shaier, widow. George ShlHer. res
iIencc unknown Jacob Shaler. Elizabeth. In.
ternIrried with John AnaWalJ. residinEiu Cam
bril Co, Pa. Adam Shater, Simon Shaffer.
Aaron Shafer, Noah Smaller, Samuel Shader.
resldingm somerset Co. Pa. Elizabeth ShaEel
and issue Unknown. Nancy, who was iEterrnar-
ried with Levi Long, leaving issue four children.
Levi J., Mary, Lucinda, and CathaFfne Long.
residence in Somerset Co. Pa.
Nou are hereby notified 10 appear atan Orpl-
ans Court 20 be held at Somerset on Monday. The
18th day Of January 1915. To accept or refuse O.
take the real estate Of eTcmi II. Shader, de-
ceased, at the appraised valuation OF show cause
why the same should NOT Doe sold.
OLIVER EEEPPER.
,Frrfe -T.-a
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c. X. Ross, father Of the lost Char
ley. offers a reward Of five thousand
dollars for the return Of the boy ol
information which win lead to thai
result. and will ask no questions. he
is satisfied that the burglars killed at
Bay Ridge were the k%idnappers oil
his child. aud will be satisfied with
his safe return. now that the perpe-
traitors Of the Outrage have been so
eTectuallv disposed Of.
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THr St Louis Despatch in a late
editorial says:
The day is at hand when 1t will
be no more harm to kill q carpet-bag-
ger than q moccasin- snake"
That paper evidently understands
the full meaning Of the lae Demo
cratic v~irforips
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ROBERT BONNER has again induig-
ed his fondness fer Gne horseiesh 9y
the purchase Of The bay ally Lazy
stont from Mr.. Penisian, of Fayette
county. Kentucky. The FLY has a
record of 2.29 in her three-year old
form. and cost Mr.. Bonner The hand
some sum Of fifteen thousand dollars
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