The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1885-11-27
TELEoRAPHIC NEWS.
INDIANAPOLIS, November 25.

complained of feeling unwell this
morning. He grew worse during the
day and expired about 5 o'clock.
Thomas Andrew Hendricks was born
in Ohio September 7, 1919. His father
removed to Shelby, Indiana, in 1922.
Thomas was admitted to the bar at
Chambersburg, Penn, and represented
the Indianapolis district in Congress
from 1851 to 1855. He was Commits
sioner of the General Land Office of the
United States from 1855 to 1860, and
was the Democratic leader in the Uni.
ted States Senate from 1863 to 1869.
In 1872 he was elected Governor of
Indiana for the term ending January
I, 1877. In 1876 he was the
Democratic candidate for Vice Presi-
dent and received a popular ma
jority of 253, 900 votes. In 1884 he
was nominated for Vice. President, to
which position he was elected. He was
beyond question next to Allan G.
Thurman the most popular Democratic
leader in the country.
King Alfonso, of Spain, died this
morning of consumption. His death
was accelerated by dysentery.
Alfonso the XII was born November
%, 1857. He was the only son of
Queen Isabella, who abdicated in his
favor and he was proclaimed King by
large portion of the army, and took the
field against the Carlists who were van.
quished in 1876.
No murder committed in Pennsyl.
vania for years past has created such
profound sensation as that of John
Sharpless. The papers say there never
has been such murder committed in
Delaware county. Business has been
at a standstill. Men stood about ON
the street corners in groups and dis
cussed the subject. In the hotels and
stores everybody was talking of the
murder. Farmers drove miles to hear
the particulars. Sharpless was one of
the wealthiest and most prominent men
in that section. He was known every.
where for his good deeds. The crime
was committed in one of the most peace
full and thickly settled portions of the
State.
There was a full attendance at the
Cabinet meeting Wednesday. The ses-
sion lasted about three hours and was
devoted almost entirely to the consid.
Grafton of the Presidents message to
Congress. The document is in an adj.
vanced condition and will be completed
several days before the meeting of Con-
gress. One of the questions discussed
was the order in which certain topics
should be considered. The President
favored the custom adopted by the ma.
jority of his predecessors as to the order
of precedence with few exceptions, and
was sustained in his views by all the
other members Of his Cabinet.
Senator Sherman's friends are alarm.
ed over the report that the Democratic
members of the Ohio Legislature have
made overtures to the friends of ex-
Governor Foster to stay out of the Re.
publican legislative caucus for United
States Senator, in which case they
would unite on Foster and elect him to
succeed Sherman. Insurance Commits.
sioner Henry j. Reinmund of Ohio, one
of Governor Hoadly's appointses. who
is here, said that such combination is
among the possibilities.
Minister Cox has advised the State
Department that the Turkish govern.
mept has issued two DEGREES, dated DC.
tober 10th and November 10th. The
first prohibits for one year the exporta-
ton of horses, mares and mules from
Turkish territory, and the second pro-
hibits, until further notice, the expor.
tation of cereals and cattle from the
provinces of Adrianople. Salonica, Mo-
nastir, st. John, Kassova and Scutari,
in Albania, likewise from the district of
Ser6dge.
The Journal de st. Petersburg says:
Upon Russias initiative the Powers are
promoting scheme for the suspension
of hostilites in the Balkans, but hopes