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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-29

The sentence of Prince Krapotkin, it is re-
ported, has been commuted to Punishment.
The House of Commons yesterday granted ex-
Speaker Brand and his heir pension Of "a, 000
VIM. Walker & Son. seed crushers, at Kings
Lynn. have failed. Their liabilities are believed
to be heavy.
De Marcere has been elected life member of
the French Senate, I'M place ofGaulthier lie Rum
lily, deceased l-r r7s,
Mrs. Mackey will be sponsor, with Gounod at
prinfa donna, into the Catholic Church.
AT the carnival and festival at Villa Real Port
qgal, an 9ffaas occurred between the military
and peoIle Fifteen persons were injured.
Z cit has been decided to land the Mackey cable
al Wateyyilie, between the stations of the Anglo
American and Direct United States cable com
panies
Accord between Russia and the Vatican is
complete Russian Minister to the Vatican
will be appointed. The vacant sees will be filed
at the coming consistory.
The British war authorities find it exceedingly
difficult to devise ways and means for securing
new recruits. Boys of eighteen and nineteen
measurement has been substituted for thirty
four inches. The Marquis Of Harrington lately
announced too, that the stature requirements
would be reduced
British soldiers have a decided objection to
fighting in the Soudan. From the Nineteenth
regiment Of infantry now stationed at Halifax
\. s., and which is under orders for Malta, from
whence it is believed, it will be sent TO Africa in
case there isneed. there are numerous assertions
daily -Four soldiers of the regiment escaped to
Boston last Sunday
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Notes and Personalities.

Special to the Indianapolis journal.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2S.-Representative Steele
to-day introduced, for reference to the House
committee on pensions, bounty and backpayi
the petition of Joseph Hoover and sixty Others
members of the Grand Army of the Republic of
Macy, Ind, asking for equalization of boun-
ties, increased pensions, bounties and baekpay
Mr.. Steele expects to go home next week and
remain considerable time
Mr. Peelle will leave here for indianapolis on
Sunday or Monday.
Senator Harrison was instructed to-day by the
Senate committee on military affairs to report
favorably the bill allowing J. H. Woodland about
three months pay as adjutant in the late war.
VIM. G. Kincade has been commissioned post
master at MARYLAND, and Charles P. Bell at
Bloomingsburg. Ind
Colonel Jonas Howard, Colonel Clark and
Judge Springer, of Jacksonville are here.
They are trying to impress upon Congress the
necessity of building dam about three-quarters
of a mile long to protect the arsenal and other
government property at Jeffersonville, and pre-
vent future overfows from floods. The property
is now completely inundated AS the govern
ment is materially interested and it will afford
protection to the city we'll it is thought proba
BILE that an appropriation will be granted for the
purpose.
William B. jenkins was to-day confirmed as
postmaster at Winamac Ind.
Application has been received at the Postofice
Department for the appointment of Miss Lizzie
Mutt as postmaster at Uniontown, Pa. She is d
sister Of young Mutt recently acquitted at Pitts
burg on the charge of numbering Lyman Dukes
The river and harbor committee of the House
has decided to hear delegations in favor of diff
ferent works, commencing on the LIST of March
1t is expected a large number CT delegations
from different sections of the country will be
| heard
The Treasury Department has issued warrants
for about $11, 800 900 on account of pensions the
present month"; therefore it is expected the re
duction of the public debt for the month will be
less than usual
The American government has received an in
vitation, through the imperial German legation
at Washington, to participate in the exhibition
of dairy products at Munich, from the I'd to the
| 18th Of October 1854.
The advocates of the whisky bond extension
bill received notice to-day from Mr.. Willis, OF
| Kentucky. to be in their seats on next Tuesday,
when he expects to call up the bill ana put it
on its passage. Mr.. Willis said to the Journal
correspondent tonight that it would pass by a
two-.hirds majority. The bill extends the
bonded period two years. Owners are to pay
4 IL per cent. interest on the tax
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rrest of a wealthy Chicago Lady.

CHICAGO, Feb. 2S.-Nirs. Jane A. Brooks,
widow lady, said TO be worth half million, was
arrested at the Palmer House tonight on a war
rant sworn out on the allegation that
she was about to leave for parts
unknown Tho facts leading to the arrest
are as follows; A number of years ago her hus-
band went on the bond of one Henry NJ. Curtis
rs administrator of the estate of which
Stanley Nj Sexton was the minor
heir, but now the wcll-known amateur
athlete Subsequently suit was brought against
the Brooks estate. Brooks having defaulted as
sllretp for Curtis. it being alleged
that Curtis was a defaulter A jury
day rendered Il verdict for $62. 900
against the estate. Mrs Brooks was arrested
stated tonight, on the allegation that she was
about to leave the city for the purpose of escap-
ing the penalty Of the verdict The lady went
into Mysteries, from which she has not rallied,
add it is feared she will die
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The Late Minister Hunt.

LONDON Feb, 28,-The Times, speaking of the
late United States Minister Hunt, says: ''dr
Hunt was a Southerner, honest and sturdy, and
of venerable presence. He might have well set
to painter type Of the Puritan father. His
was a prominent head among the crowd of dip
lomats present at the coronation at the Kremlin
last May. Hospitality was nowhere more freely
graciously dispensed than at his elegant hired
villa at Moscow, over which waved the stars and
stripes"
A cablegram from st. Petersburg was received
this evening, in which Mrs. Hunt gratefully ac
knowledges the receipt of the messages of con
dolence from the President and Secretary of
State, and informs them that the remains of
Minister Hunt will be brought by the family TO
this country for interment
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Jackson County Republicans.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
SEYMOUR, Feb. 28.-The Republicans of Jack
son county met in mass convention here, to-day,
and appointing delegates to the various conven-
tons. AT Up. NJ S. E. Carter, the present
county chairman, called the meeting to order
On motion, Colonel S. T. Wells was chosen to
preside and L. NJ Boland as secretary. Follow
ing is a list of delegates to the
convention at indianapolis, on April
II, to choose representatives to tie
national convention at Chicago: VIM. K Mar
shall, Colonel S. T. Wells Elias NJ Otter
Joseph A. Stilwell.
Delegates to the State Conventon-Peter
Platter, D. B. Vance, w. n. Buzley, James F.
Reach, Winthrop Young, Charles D. Prov
jonathan Todd, VIM. ALBERT, James Mont
gomery, John W. Hamaker
Delegates to the District Convention-Hamln
Smith, Jesse W. Cox, Henry Bobb, VIM. Emp
son, S. C. Wright, B. G. Hamilton, J. W.
Rhodes, Joseph Phillips A P. Charles, H. c.
Pearson. ...i +..-... -
The following resolutions were adopted by the
convention: o.. goo
Resolved, That w W. Dudley is the first choice of
the Republicans of jackson county for Governor
Resolved, That Jackson county presents the name
of VIM. X. Marshall as a delegate to the Republican
convention at Chicago June 49,"
The meeting was large and enthusiastic, and
the utmost harmony prevailed. The county
central committee appointed will meet on Satur-
day, March s, for organization.
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Nimmo,s Bogus Statistics.

OTTAWA, Feb. 28-John Lowe, secretary
of the Department of Agriculture, giving evi
dence to-day, SAID the statement of the Chief of
the Bureau of Statistics at Washington with ref
erence to the number coming into the States
from Canada was simply absurd and without a
particle of foundation Afidavits Of the col
lectors of customs at Port Huron and Fort
Gratiot declare there is no data whatever on
which Chief Nimmo could arriT, !. S,
clusion. One collector states that on o.
sion his report was returned from Washl.
with request for larger number of fem.
and children When the collector asked When
he should get them, the reply came: "Manufac
ture them"
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The dwelling of H. c. Baker of NTartinsville
was burned yesterday. ITOos, 5000.
The residence of DR.. Lowe near Hagerstown
was destroyed by fire on Wednesday Loss,
81, 800.
A boiler in Slough's saw-mill, near South Bend
exploded on Tuesday seriously injuring Frank
Morris, David Slough, Peter Slough and man
named Annas.
Charley Robinson, aged nine years, while play
ing in the door-yard of his grandfather, near
Liberty, received a load of shot in his face and
hands, injuring him dangerously. A close
search failed to throw any light to where the
shot came from.
Mrs. Lila Dillingham;, residentof Kosciusko
county, just across the line from Wabash county,
died on the 10TH and was buried on the Goth.
There We're certain suspicious circumstances in
cident to the death of the woman ana the body
was exhumed yesterday, when evidences of death
from malpractice were discovered No arrests
have yet been made
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THE UNION PACIFIC.
No Mortgages or Leases Executed by the
Company Since 1873.

No Mortgages or Leases Executed by the
Company Since 1873.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 29.-The Secretary of the
Interior has transmitted reply to Senator Van
Wycls resolution calling for information as to
whether the Union Pacific Railroad Company
has issued any new stock or made any mortgage
pledge for lease, running arrangement or
other traffic contract since March 3, 1873 The
documents transmitted are voluminous and show
that, according to the statement of Dillon, gener-
al solicitor of the road, the Union Pacific
company has not since March g. 1873, issued any
new stock, or made any mortgage or pledge on
the property and earnings of the company con
trary to enactment, nor has the Union Pacific
Railroad Company, or its successor, the
present company, made any lease
of its road, nor has either
of said companies made any mortgage or pledge
of its road or earnings thereof. The Union Pa
cific Railroad Company, i'll 1879, and its sue
cessor, the Union Pacific Railroad Company, in
1888, having power to create debts, borrowed
money on their own bonds and secured the same
by deposit of collateral No attempt is made
thereby to create any lien upon the road o.
property of the Union Pacific derived from the
United States or earnings Of the road The
solicitor further states that no act Of Congress
contains any prohibition on the company from
making traffic or running arrangements. The
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-29
MINOR MENTION.
An Extraordinary Effort To BE Made in the
Interest of Bonded Whisky.


Special to the Indianapolis Journal
WASHINGTON, Feb 28.-The bill to extend the
bonded period will be called up on the first OPP
portunity, and an extraordinary effort will be
made to secure its passage. The lobby in the
corridors has little to do with the measure this
year, but inside, upon the floor of the House, 1t
is active and efficient. Exmembers and mem
bers openly advocate the passage of the bill They
buttonhole the lukewarm members, and make
all sorts of promises of aid in the next campaign
in return for votes. In their organss the whisky
men announce new accessions to their supporters
daily and they are not particular about confn-
ing themselves to strict truth Your CORE
spondent has conversed with several of the gen
tlemen who last year opposed the BILL but who
now are claimed by its advocates. Without eX-
ception, these gentlemen unhesitatingly pro
nounce themselves as strongly opposed as
ever and they assert that they do not see why
these men should be made the recipients of
especial aid. But it is very probable the bill
will pass
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FOREIGN MISCELLANY.

The Gar to Convene the Superior Council
to Consider the Socialist Question.
VIENNA, Feb 28.-The st. Petersburg CORE
spondent of the Tagblatt says: 'The Gar has
decided to convene the Superior Council, on the
10th of March, for the purpose of considering the
socialist question. They will take into consider
alton the question whether there really exists
powerful Nihilist party, and if so, what their
wants are and how to satisfy or crush them, as
the demands of the country may require The
Council will be composed of representatives of
the ruling classes, including Count Tolston.
Minister of the INTERIOR Lieutenant general
Tchernaiceff, Generals Ignatieff and Miljutine,
Abassa and all heads of the ministrative de-
partments.
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LAND GRANTS.
Proposed Forfeiture of a Portion of the
Northern Pacific's Land. e

Proposed Forfeiture of Portion OF the
Northern Pacific's Land.
WASHINGTON Feb. 2S.-At meeting of the
House committee on public lands, Mr.. Scales
withdrew the resolution offered yesterday, pro
viding for the forfeiture of land alongside that
portion of the Northern Pacific railroad not com
pleted to date. He said he had understood the
power of Congress to forfeit land of the North
ern Pacific had been waived, but upon examina-
ton into the legal aspect of the case he had
found he held a wrong impression.
Mr. Anderson then withdrew the resolution
offered by him yesterday, which provided for the
forfeiture of land not earned within the time
specified by the act making the grant of July 4,
1879, and offered substitute providing that all
grants except unpatented lands be forfeited.
Mr. Strait moved an amendment to the sub
stitute so as to provide that only the lands oppo
site the unconstructed line from Wallula to
Portland be forfeited. The amendment was lost
on viva voce vote.
Mr. Van Eaton offered an amendment provid-
ing for the forfeiture of the entire grant This
was lost by vote of to s.
!, Mr. Anderson's substitute was then lost by
vote of 3 to s.
Mr. Henley renewed the resolution originally
offered by Mr.. Anderson, and which provided for
the forfeiture of all land not earned in the time
specified by the act. The vote the PROPOSE
ton was to 4--Messrs. Cobb, Payson, Ander-
son, Henley, Strait, Lewis and Scales voting
yea, and Bedford, Oates, Van Eaton and Shaw
nay In preparing bill declaring the forfeit
ure the committee proposes treating purchases
from the railroad company as though they were
purchasers from the government. Members of
the committee say about 53l miles, from Duluth
to Bismarck, were completed in the time speci-
fed in the act of July A. 1879, and that about 80,
COO 600 acres will be forfeited if the bill passes
AS prpDared by the committee
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Foot and Mouth disease in England.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2S-The Department of
State has received information from the United
States consul at Birmingham, Eng, that the
foot and mouth disease is among cattle in al
most every county in England. The Secretary
of the Treasury has requested the Secretary of
State to notify the United States consuls in
Great Britain not to certify invoices of cattle
unless, after examination of the animals by a
veterinary surgeon, they are satisfied that the
animals are free from disease sNs
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Probable Duration of the Session.

Special TO the IndlanapoIis JOURNAL,
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2S-Nlr. Morrison does
not expect his tariff bill to go before the House
it is said, until the latter part of March. This
means a long session of Congress Mr.. Randall,
it is understood, believes it will take nearly two
months to go through his appropriation bills,
which, with the discussion consequent upon the
consideration of the tariff, will run the session
into July and probably August 1t is said, how
ever, that Mr.. Randall is very DESTROYS that the
adjournment be taken by June, that he may
look after his candidacy for the presidency, for
there can be little doubt but that he will be a
candidate if it becomes clear to him that the
voting people of his party prefer straight pro
tectionist to a revenue reformer.
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A Substitute for the Morrison Bill.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2S.-At a meeting of the
eight Democratic members of the ways and
means committee it was unanimously agreed to
report agubstitute for the Morrison tariff bill
The substitute is identical with the bill intro
duced by Mr. Morrison, except that the free list
is confined to salt, coal and lumber. The other
articles on the free list, as prepared by Mr.. Nor
rson, viii come under the provisions providing
for Il 20 per cent horizontal reduction The
Democratic members of the committee say the
substitute will be presented at an early date
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OTTAWA, Feb. 2S-In the Commons, this
afternoon, Mr.. Blake called attention to the
the House and at the same time High Commits
soner If Canada ut London, and moved the
Spcaier be ordered to issue writ for new
election to fill his place. Sir John Mcdonald
moved AN amendment that the matter be referred
to the standing committee on privileges and cleo
tons Carried-1l2 to 81.
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The Presidents Dinner.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28.-The President gave
state dinner at the White House tonight, at
which the following named guests were present:
Senators Morrill,, Dawes Maxey, Cockrell,
Pendleton, Hawley, Bowen. Dolph, Pike and
Sabin, and their wives Senator Hampton, Rep
resentatives Henderson, Bedford, Washburne,
Money, James and Spriggs and their wives;
Representative Kasson, Morse and Skinner;
Messrs. Murat Halstead, of the Cincinnati Com
mercial Gazette, and Henry Watterson, of the
Louisville Courier Journal; Madame Nilsson and
Miss Frelinghuysen.
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win Refuse the Reduction.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
BRAZIL, Feb 2S-The miners met in mass
convention. in the court house in this city
to-day to consider the proposition made by the
operators to reduce the price of mining from
81 to 70 cents per ton. Nearly thousand miners
were present, and the situation was thoroughly
discussed, and the general opinion is that the
reduction will not be submitted to without
strike.
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ILLINOIS.
Collision Between Passenger and Freight
Train Near Paris-One Person Killed.
Special to the Indianapos journal

Collision Between Passenger and Freight
Train Near Paris-One Person Killed.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.
TERRE HAUTE, Feb 28.-Freight train No. 80,
west bound, due at Paris Ill., at 6:22 A. NJ, col
lided with the Paris & Indianapolis accomoda
ton, on the st. Louis road, shortly after IL
o'clock this morning, killing one man and badly
wrecking the engines and fifteen freight cars.
The freight was late, and, according to the evil
dence of conductor Allen Laughlin, of the
freight train, the accident was due to his for
getting all about the passenger train. The
freight was running twenty miles an hour
when it met the passenger, in Whelan's
curve, one mile and half east of Paris The
engineers and firemen of the two engines jumped
lust before the collision. Fireman T. w. Lind
say of the freight was buried under the wreck,
and was dead by the time the rescuers reached
him. w. A Sweizcher, engineer Of the passen-
ger train, had leg broken. The other engineer
and firemen were slightly injured The engines
met in cut "A curve, and under Il wagon
bridge. The freight cars were piled up over the
bridge, breaking it down and making it part of
the wreck The passenger train consisted of one
coach and combination passenger and baggage
car. They were not badly wrecked and none of
the passengers more than slightly bruised.
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal
MUNo1E, Feb. 28.-Nfrs. Brown, wife of J. A.
Brown, proprietor of the Shady-side Hotel, sud
denly dropped dead to-day. She had been about
the house all forenoon, attending to domestic
duties as usual. At the time she was stricken
down she was in the dining room, with tray of
dishes, when she suddenly fell and Immediately
expired The immediate cause of her death is
supposed to be heart disease.
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Serious Accident.

JVUIIaI
KNIGHrsTowN, Feb. 2S.-This afternoon a
very serious accident happened to Neomi
Parker, who lives a few miles south of this
place. While at the depot at this place with a
horse and buggy, the horse became frightened
and unmanageable He endeavored to hold the
horse by the bride, and in doing so it got away
from him. the buggy running over him, break
ing both his legs and injuring him otherwise,
He is i'll precarious condition.
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The p. & w. Litigation.

PITTsBURG, Feb. 28.-Exceptions to the mas
ter's report in the case of j. N. Lusk ct al,
against the Pittsburg e Western Railroad Com
pany and others were argued before Judge Snow
Volved, the master decreeng that the defend
ants pay the plaintiffs that sum for deprivng
them by fraud of their rights in the New Castle
g Lake Erie railroad. Decision was reserved.
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STATE NEWS AND GOSSIP.
The List of Criminal and Other Occur
renceS in Indiana and Illinois.
Suicide of POStmaster-Fa Collision on
the [. & st. L.-Verdicts Against Cor
pOratiOns-NOteS and Gleanings.
INDIANA.

Elijah Robinson, Postmaster at Fillmore,
Commits Suicide.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal
GREENCAsTLE, Feb. 28.-Ehjah Robinson,
druggist at Fillmore, this county, shot himself,
last night, producing death in a short time. The
pistol used was an ordinary thirty-two caliber.
But one shot was fired, entering the right side
of his head, Just behind the ear, and passing
forward to the frontal bone and across to the
left side of the head. Cause unknown. He was
divorced from his wife at the November term of
the Circuit Court. Robinson was postmaster at
Fillmore
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Special to the indianapolis journal.
SULLIVAN, Feb. 2S-Lafayette Stewai
dropped dead this morning, Immediately aftt
eating his breakfast. He had been followir
his usual business up to that time and had n,
been particularly unwell. He was an old res
dent of this place and has been prominent ma
ever since its foundation.
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The Peace Alliance,

VIENNA, Feb est is semi officially stated
that the rapprochement of Russia and Ger
many is warmly welcomed here. The
Austro- German alliance is the unalterable
basis of the Austrian policy. Austria will con-
tinue to attach the greatest Importance to Italy
participation in the alliance, France, probably,
will also appreciate Russian adherence to the
peace alliance
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New YORK, Feb, PA New London dispatch,
tonight, notes the death, by drowning, or starva-
ton, of seven men of the crew of the schooner
Sarah w Hunt, while searching for seals near
Campbell island. Pacific ocean.
The commander of the brigautine with the
aid of hoy, kept his vessel on the course for a
month The captain and steward Of the schooner
alone sailed the vessel $50 miles to New Zealand,
after losing the crow