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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-10-30
The Country Shaken for Distance OF
Fifteen Miles, and All Windows Within
Nine Miles Broken.
Five Men Instantly Killed and Blown
Into Unrecognizable Fragments
Houses Demolished and People Injured by
Louisiana Cyclone-Four Negroes
Killed in a Falling Barn.
KILLED BY DYNAMITE.
Five Men Lose Their Lives in an ExpIOsior
on the Baltimore & OHIO.

Five Men Lose Their Lives in an ExplOsIor
on the Baltimore & OHIO.
CONFLUENCE, Pa, Oct pa terrible dis
aster occurred near Brooks tunnel on the
Baltimore & Ohio railroad, yesterday morn
ing about o'clock, resulting in killing five
men. The railroad company have been
strengthening and widening the tunnel, and
some distance out a magazi re had been
erected, in which was stored 1000 pounds of
dynamite, which was to be used for blasting.
About the hour named freight train had
just passed through the tunnel and was side
tracked to allow passenger train, overdue
to pass. Four of the crew walked back to
the vicinity of the magazine and was en-
gagged in conversation with the watchmau,
when the people living in the vicinity were
startled by terrible concussion Houses
for fifteen miles around were shaken to their
foundations and windows distance of nine
miles were shattered. Horror stricken,
people ran from their houses, and upon in
vestigation it was found that the dynamite
had exploded with foorfnl effect. Every.
thing in its vicinity gave .eE!d0nao oe the
terrific force Of the ION. Trees
and telegraph poles for half mile pros
trated Nothing remained of the magazine,
while the five men who were present were
also missing 1t is thought they have all
been killed. Portions of bodies, legs arms,
hands and heads have been picked up half
mile distant, but they were so badly dis
figured as to be unrecognzable. The names
of only three of the victims are known
They are: Engineer, George Reynolds;
brakeman Tice, and watchman Hammond.
The cause of the explosion is ensbrouded in
mystery, and as five men, who might have
thrown some light on the affair, are dead, it
is quite probable that it will never be
known.
Not far from the Academia gun was found,
and it is supposed one of the victims dis
charged it, the conclusion causing the dyn-
tne tofoner day, And "a vel uTtaS holaobF
dental death rendered. Great excitement
prevails and hundreds have gone to the scene
of the disaster.
LATER-The names of the unfortunate
men are George Reynolds, engineer, Conhu-
ence, Pa; Charles Tice, fagman, Confluence,
Pa; Robert Hammond, watchman, Cumber-
land, Md; w. A. Dean, tunnel blacksmith,
and H. R. Burchild, helper, both of Corn
wallis, Va.
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The Day in Detail.

To the Western Associated Press
CHICAGO, Oct. 29.-In regular wheat specuia-
fion WAS wild, the feeling greatly unsettled
trading very active. The market opened with a
panlcky and heavy feeling, declined Sac under
Saturdays closing. rallied slowly and then
rapidly advanced 1le014c above the inside
figures, and closed 1sc above Saturdays close.
The sales ranged at 92ls0937sc for October.
924 40942c for November 9434096ssc for De-
ceml O., 95&097 Lac January, $1027s01 .04 q
for May; spring, 314094isc; winter, 97l9c0
$1o1. On call the sales of regular were l,275,-
600 bu at lac lower to 1sc higher.
Corn was active and opened a shade higher.
The market was influenced by rainy weather,
but upon clearing weather and weakness in
in wheat it declined SIC, rallied 5sc and influ-
enced by the buoyancy in wheat, closed at about
The same price as Saturday. Sales ranged at
46l9047c for October, 464a476sc for Novem-
ber, 460467sc for December, 4540467sc for
the year, 455s046ssc for January, 4840487sc
for May. On call the sales were of 745. QUO bu
ct lsc higher to lsc lower.
Oats, despite the very heavy receipts. were
steady and firm. Sales ranged at 2S02Slec for
October, 2si4c for November, 29&02s19c fol
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LANspoWNE,s ENEMIES.
Belief that He Is Doomed To Be MUIR


Belief that He Is Doomed To Be MUIR
dered.
London CabIegram.
The Marquis of Lansdowne's friends con-
tinue to bevery apprehensive for his personal
safety in his new position of Governor
general of Canada, as the Fenians have made
explicit threats against his life. The Marquis
has been notoriouslv imprudent in stirring
up against him the hatred of the Irish ex-
tremists. When the appointment was made
the Marquis and his wife arranged series of
farewell visits throughout Ireland, and
left their visit to the Duke OF Abercorn to
the last The Duke and Lord Rossmore had
arranged to revive Orangeism in Ireland, as
an offset against nationalism. The politi-
ciaas succeeded in arraying Protestants
against Catholics. Besides this the Dublin
Castle government had already found rea-
sons for proclaming six of the most
important Parnellite meetings upon the
ground that the Oran gemen were determined
to break them up by resorting to riot,
and during nearly the whole of this bitter
campaign the Marquis was the guest of the
Duke. From the Parnellite point of view,
Lansdowne's record as an Irish landlord is
bad enough. His open rupture with the
cabinet on the land question was worse than
his record, but the fact that he consorted in
timately with the leading Tories, Protestants
and Orangemen, and accompanied Sir Stat
ford Northcote in the great revival of Orange
enthusiasm is denounced as the hated land
lords crowning infamy. 1t is impossible to
convey to Americars anything like a correct
idea Of the bitter feelings of resentment at
present entertained by the Nationalist
against Lansdowne. Although he took no
active part in the recent Orange revivals, he
is believed by the leaguers to have been at
the bottom of the whole business Many
and do not hesitate to express their fears that
his career as Governor-general of Canada
may be cut short by a repetition of the
Phoenix Park horror
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SPECULATION In WHEAT.
Confusion and Excitement Character
izing the Chicago Trading.
"A scalping Market Anticipated - Reports
from Clearing Houses Show an I'm
proved Condition of Business.
EXCITEMENT ON ,CHANGE.
Wild SpecuIations in Enormous Wheat
Transactions.

Wild Speculations in Enormous wheat
Transactions.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal
CHICAGO, Oct. 29.-The entire interest In
the speculative markets, to-day, centered in
wheat, which was very nervous throughout.
Prices for the deferred futures were higher
at the opening and speculation was wild
lnder enormous transactions. There was an
unusual pressure to sell, by Ream and other
big bears, and values receded with sharp
fluctuations Later on the "shorts," big and
little, under the lead of Lester, Bloom Ell
bridge, Kent and Stevenson, began to cover
very lively and the market bulged again,
the confusion and excitement in the wheat
pit being so great at times that 1t was impos-
sible to trade. The closing was finally,
trife higher than on Saturday on the regular
board. On call the market was very unset
tied, under large offerings and an active de-
mand. 1t closed strong in store. Hun
dred thousand bushel lots changed hands
freely, and the session was one of the most
exciting. Speculation in wheat is increasing
and an active scalping market is looked for
during the week.
Corn and oats were firmer under larger
trade. There were heavy sales of year corn
and May OATS
Provisions were about steady, with trading
principally for January delivery.
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Preparing to Defend Canton.

Hone KONG, Oct. 29.-The defenses at
Canton are being actively pushed forward.
Large quantities of arms and ammunition
arrived in that city yesterday in Chinese
gunboats. An immediate attack on Chinese
ports is not generally expected 1t is
thought that for some time to come fight
ing will be confined to Tonquin, but
it seems inevitable that hostilities will
finally spread to China Advices from the
interior show that political excitement is
spreading. The authority OF the imperial
government is much weakened in many dis
tricts A wave of anti-foreign feeling is pass
ing over the country.
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INTERNATIONAL LABOR CONFERENCE.
Workmen Urged Not to Abandon the Field
of Politics.

w
of Politics.
PARIS, Oct. 29-Henry Broadhurst, men,
ber of the British Parliament, was elected
honorary president of the International
Labor Conference Addressing the confer
ence, he said he hoped the delegates would
adopt practical resolutions. He pointed
out the importance of men from all nations
being in constant communication with each
other. He said that trades-unions in Eng
land were making slow and sure progress,
and the workingmen on the continent might
rely on English support.
At the evening session one hundred dele
gates were present. Several French speakers
urged workmen not to abandon the field of
politics, which afforded the only means for
struggling against capital. 1t was suggested
that it was possible to establish international
legislation, especially for the protection of
children. One extremist advised the
employment of force. Foreign delegates dis
sented. They doubted that international
legislation was feasible, owing to in
ternational competition They preferred
the lawful progress of revolution by success
i've reforms, enabling workmen to enter Par
lament and thus assist in making the laws
An address was adopted expressing the SYM
patty of the conference with the interests of
workmen in all countries, and recording its
protest against wars.
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THE PANAMA CANAL.
Progress of the Undertaking - More than
Ten Thousand Men at Work.

Ten ThOusand Men at WORK.
PANAMA, Oct. 26.-The progress of the work
on the Panama canal is shown by the follow
ing statement:
1.-THE total length of the canal is seventy
four kilometers, from the Atlantic to its
mouth in the Pacific, at the islands of Naos
and Flamenco. 1t is divided into twelve Sec
tons, the most important of which are those
OF Colon, Gorgona, Obispo, Emperador, Guile
bra, and Paraiso. These united sections EN-
ploy daily thirty steam excavators, forty
locomotives, and 800 tip-wagons. There are
90,000 600 cubic feet to be excavated. The
grand cutting, about two-thirds of which
has already been excavated, is the cutting
between Obispo and Paraiso. The force em-
ployed upon the work is upward of 10000
men, and the excavation up to the 18th
of October amounted to more than
100000 cubic meters During these latter
months of the bad season the excavations
have amounted to about 350000 meters per
month. This figure will be quintupled dur
ing the fine season, which commences in De-
cember, and next year mostly all the neces-
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vice-President Messler Arrested

P1TrsBURG, Oct 29-Thomas D, Messler,
vice e-president and comptroller of the Penn
sylvania company, was arrested to-day on an
attachment issued by Judge McJenkin for
contempt of court in persistng to lay track
at Rockpoint when the lower court decided
against them.
The forty-fve employees of the Pennsyl-
vana company arrested yesterday for con-
tempt are still incarcerated at the New Cas-
tie Jail, no attempt having been made to re-
lease them. Everything is quiet at Rock
point to-day, and it is thought now that
the contest will be fought out in the courts
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Caused by Carelessness.

CINCINNATI, Oct 29.-Two passenger cars
of train making up at Glendale, O., this
evening got loose and started south on the
track down the grade. They ran nearly to
Park Place. where they collided with the
north bound passenger train. The engineer
saw the red light of the car, checked the
speed of his train jumped. and escaped with
bruises. The fireman remained aboard, and
was extricated with difficulty. His hands
and face were cut One passenger had his
face cut. The red light prevented q serioug
accident
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DESTRUCTION BY A CYCLONE.
A House Lifted from Its Foundation and
Carried Half a Mile.

Carried Half a Mile.
New ORLEANS, Oct. pa Waterproof
special says a cyclone passed over Cata-
houla and Tensas parishes this morning At
the first place it struck James Bowmans
plantation, on the Tensas river. Three
houses were blown down and four negroes
wounded At the next place, D. D. Miller's
Highland plantation, one house was lifted
from its foundation and carried about half
mile into the woods. A negro church was
turned half around. Tim. Thomas, colored,
had an arm broken. His wife, another
woman and two children were hurt badly.
The cyclone then visited D. Stones pecan
plantation. A barn and two houses were
blown down. At the next place. H. Moses
& Co.'s Helena plantation, the roof of the
overseer's house was carried away. Eight
cabins were demolished and three persons
badly hurt and seven or eight slightly in
iured. Mrs. Bowmans house. at Catahoula
parish, was blown down. She escaped, but
her three children have not been found.
Three houses on w. c. Young's place, three
on Watson's, and three on Permenter's were
demolished,
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Further Details of French CrueIties o.
Hue-Men, Women and Children Shot
Down Without Mercy.
Ten Thousand Men Pushing the Work
on the Panama Canal.
The Friends of the Marquis of Lapsdowne
Apprehensive for His Personal Safety
miscellaneous Foreign News.
THE EASTERN TROUBLE.
Marquis Tseng COntradicts the Statements
of the French Yellow Book.


of the French Yellow Book.
London Special.
The publication in Paris of the Yellow
Book, consisting of garbled dispatches relat-
ing to the China-Tonquin business has been
swiftly followed by the appearance of the
full text of Marquis Tsengs last dispatch,
embodying forcble and pungent exposure
OF the French pretensions, definite re-
fusal to accept the French proposals for a
neutral zone on the southern frontier of
China and for opening the interior to COM
merce, even as basis for discussion. China
demands either a return to the status
quo with full recognition by France
of Chinese suzerainty over the king
dom OF Aunam, or military occupation of
the kingdom with complete and exclusive
right to the Red river. 1t rejects peremp-
torily in advance every other solution. The
negotiations are brought to an end for the
present with this dispatch, which is dated
Oct. To- The French ministry are hoping
that the arrival of reinforcements in Novem-
Der will be followed by some military ex-
plot which may enable them either to
renew the pressure on China or else to re-
tire decently. Clemenceau in the mean
Ulme announces Jnat ne Will oppose any
vote whatever for fresh troops.
Things look very bad for Ferry's cabinet,
and the brief truce of the first few days will
certainly develop in fierce battle next week
War with China is nearer than ever The
exchange of dispatches between Marquis
Tseng and Challemel-Lacours shows fierce ILL
temper on both sides, and utterly irrecon-
cilable claims. The general impression here
is that China wants to fight. She can pour
fifty thousand troops at once into the South,
armed with breech-loaders, fairly drilled,
and officers are being sought in England
and America. The French troops, on the
other hand, have short season for opera
tions, bad climate, and are too few. While
the war divides parties at home hopelessly,
the government is denounced by the Orlean-
lists as stunid and hn tho De1- -. =:
CIemenceau Will not consent TO operations
on large scale. Ferry hopes for big VIC
tory. to carry all France with him, and Chal-
lemel-Lacour does not believe in the courage
of China.
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Men, Women and Children Shot Down by
the French.

PARIS, Oct. 29.-Mail advices show that the
French forces in the encounters in the
vicinity of Hanoi, early in September met
the Chinese regulars we'll armed and
differed. After conflict of three days,
during which the French took some of the
enemy's works, they withdrew, leaving Haip-
hong still in the hands of the enemy.
Some troops of the King of AMMAN were
with the enemy.
letter from Saigon states that unheard-of
cruelties have been committed near Hue on
the occasion of its capture by the French
sailors Admiral Courbet directed in the
official order that there should be no quarter
given men, women or children. Three hun
dred Annamites fleeing to the Bay of Thuan,
were all shot. One hundred and fifty more
drifting in a junk without arms or oars also
were massacred. The Figaro declares that
Admiral Courbet, at the instance of Com
missioner Hammond, allowed the perpetra-
ton OF such acts in order to terrorize the
Annamites. The Temps denies that Admiral
Courbet gave such orders, but admits that
1,200 of the enemy were slain at Thuan.
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The Catholic Church in America.

London Cablegram.
The impression prevails both here and in
Paris that a new and significant departure is
about to be inaugurated in the management
of the Catholic Church in the United States.
reached London on their return have all had
long conferences with the metropolitan
clergy of the higher order. Bishop Feehan,
of Chicago, had several conferences with Car
dinal Manning, one of which took place at
the Windsor Hotel and lasted two hours.
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Four Challenges to Fight Duels.

BERLIN, Oct. 29.-The disorders at Olden-
burg arising from the unpopularity of the
commanding officer, General Steinmann,
said to have insulted the soldiers and people
of Oldenburg, have excited much attention
here. Newspapers generally deplore the
misunderstanding, especially as there has
never before existed in Oldenburg any anti
Prussian feeling. tits stated that Steinmann
received four challenges. He fought the
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Going to New Guinea.

LONDON, Oct. 29.-Despite the disapproval
of Derby, Colonial Minister, of explorations,
the New Guinea projectors will proceed.
The steamer leaving England before Christ
mas will take six months provisions and
tents and arms. Each subscriber of G100 to
the expedition will secure a land warrant
emitting him to l 900 acres.
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ATHENS, Oct. 29-The river Salembria, in
Thessaly, has overfowed it banks causing
widespread devastation. One hundred houses
have been Destroyed and several lives lost.
Larissa and villages in its vicinity are sur
rounded by water. Communication with
the flooded district is much delayed, The
railways are greatly damaged.
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LONDON, Ont, Oct 29.-Wm. Hope, book
keeper for Hobbs, Osborne & Hobbs, hard
ware, has absconded to the United States.
The extent of his peculations is not known,
as the books are falsifed. He served five
years in the peniten tiary for a similar crime
in 1877. The amount in that instance was
fhQ 600
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OTHER CASUALTIES.
Explosion in a Mine-Two Men Killed and
Six Injured.

SIX IUJUreUs
SCRANTON, Pa, Oct. 29.-An explosion of
fire damp occurred at the Pennsylvania Coal
Company shaft No. 7, three miles from
Pittston. Thirty men were in the mine,
Thomas and James Gallagher, brothers, were
brought out dead burned almost to crisp.
Six others We're seriously burned and in
jured, three having probably inhaled after
damp" These men were in the part of the
mine where the ex plosion occurred. The re-
mainder escaped through a mule-way. The
force of the explosion blew down props and
tore the gates apart, and lifted the men up
bodily, hurting some distance of twenty or
thirty feet
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FOREIGN MISCELLANY.
Summary Expulsion of Two Hundred Russian
Students.

Students.
ST. PETERSBURG, Oct. 29.-The second num-
ber of the Socialist Journal, issued by the
students of Chestoo, has been published. 1t
declares, despite the miserable condition of
the peasantry, that the Socialistic propa-
ganda has not made the progress it expected.
The journal publishes the names of various
persons arrested in Cronstadt, Odessa and
Nikoief, and says two hundred students
were expelled in body from the CONNER
cial school of Belajva, Zorkow, in the gov
ernment of Kiev. No reason is assigned for
the summary action.
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IRISH EMIGRATION.
A Reported Scheme to Remove Irishmen to
Canada.

Canada.
DUBLIN, Oct. 29.-The Freeman's Journal
declares that the government circular just
issued contains suggestions to the Irish emf
grafton committee proposing wholesale ship
ment of the Irish people to Canada. Every
facility will be offered boards, guardians,
and clerks of unions to promote the emigra-
ton. No work-house paupers will be sent
Large contracs have been made with ship
ping companies for the conveyance of the
EN- Migrants. The Canadian government is a
party to the scheme, against which the Free
mans Journal warns all Irishmen.
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DUBLIN, Oct 29.-No public meeting of
the National League was held anywhere in
Ireland yesterday, the government forbid
ding theme. Some disorders occurred at
Castle Lyon, county Cork, where the police,
with fixed bayonets, charged upon the pro-
cession, breaking it up completely, and cap
turing banners and musical instruments.
When the military and police withdrew,
however the meeting was held
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Confined with a Lunatfc.

LONDON, Oct. pa gentleman was at
tackled yesterday by lunatic in car on a
suburban railway, and beaten insensible
The only other occupant in the compart-
ment was lady. When the train arrived at
the station she gave the alarm, and the luna
tic was secured.
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Reported Destruction of a Town.

SHERMAN, Tex, Oct. 29.--It is reported to-
day that the town of Gordonsville was to-
tally destroyed by conAagration that started
in a drug store, which had been set on fire
after being robbed.
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CLEARINGHOUSE BUSINESS.

A Marked Improvement in the General
Trade Situation.
BOSTON, Oct. 29.-The following table has
been compiled from special dispatches to the
Post from the managers of twenty-six of the
leading clearing houses of the United States,
giving cearances for the week ended Oct. 81
with the percentage of increase and decrease,
as compared with the corresponding period of
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,..Sl.l70,93 ,93O,655 Increase.

The exhibit this week is most favorable one
when compared with the corresponding week
last year, and denotes marked Improvement
in the general trade situation. Many of the
cities which for months past have shown a de-
crease in clearings are now crossing the line and
showing an increase again. The aggregate
cearings for the week is 81, ,l79. $50 665 against
81 II ,613 915 last week and $l,107, ,O71 ,622
the previous week.
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PARIS, Oct. 29.-The discussion of NJ
Granet's Interpolation on the Tonquin
question was begun in the Chamber of
Deputies to-day. NJ. Gatineau decided to
postpone until after the Tonquin debate his
motion to expel the Orleans princes from
France
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O'Donnell's Trial.

LONDON, Oct. Mr.. Russell, after long
consultation, yesterday, with Sullivan,
O'Donnelps counsel, formally took charge o1
the arrangements for ODonnell's defense.