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THE ALLITERATIyE BURCHARD.
He Delivers q Lecture on men Have Met"
and Says Some Queer Things.

NEW York, March 23.-Rev. DIR. Burchard
delivered lecture on Men Have Met" at the
United Presbyterian Church, tonight. He
complained of pains in his head, heart and back
before he began He told the reporters
that if they came to hear mention
of any prominent men who had
been lately before the public eye
they would be disappointed. DR.. Burchard said
the daily papers had mistaken him for relig-
ious slouch, an ecclesiastical dude, an old fool
He had been called every thing but a thief and a
loafer. Only last week he had been taken for q
plumber. He had also been mistaken for the
head waiter of hotel in Venice. In referring
to pride and riches, the speaker made use of the
words, person, purse and police and then
added, "You see I am given to ALTERATION" !"
Laughter DIR. Burchard said he had been
called a bigot He denied that he was bigot
,..wlls, was one who stood on segment of truth,
&adsAsver looked around the CIRCLE"
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marking, II told you sor and take it very
straight and strong They feel like large steers
in an oatsfield tonight.
PROGRESS OF REFORM.
AS Practiccd by Secretary Manning and tile
War and Navy Departments.

AS Practiced by Secretary Manning and the
War and Navy Departments.
Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, March 23-"Reforms 10 the
watchword of the new administration. Secre-
tary Manning began his reform methods by dis
missing number of employees on the custom
fraud roll.' His next step was to place on that
roll Baltimore heeler whose name has sincs
grown to the dignity Of household word In
the name of reform that champion of all that is
pure in American politics, Daniel Manning, Of Al
bany, dismissed ell-posted. thoroughly tried
and efficient temployet to make roon for political
retainer of German, the shady politician Of
Maryland Further, Daniel placed the name Of
this ideal treasury clerk on the sfraad roll,
after having declared that that roll should be
used only in cases of pressing emergency to
guard the treasury from fraudulent importers.
The Democratic organ had the effrontery, too,
to state that the very fact that he was kept on
that roll was good and sufficient reason why
the press should say no more about the mall
odorous appointment
Manning, however. is not the only reforaner In
the Cabinet who has pledged one thing and per-
formed another. Messrs Endicott and Whitney,
holding the war and navy portfolios, gave ont
shortly after their induction into office that the
officers of the military service Of the govern,
ment who have for years done duty as carpet
knights in Washington and Newport would here
after have to join their regiments or ships, and
take their regular duty as their less influential
brethren have been compelled to do. Whitney
started out well by ordering three officers, who
have had soft snaps on shore for years. to pack
their kits and join the Omaha for three-years
cruise in Chinese waters He gave out that I'm
fuence" would be of no avail, and that
the favoritism that has ruled for years in the
navy would cease at once. To those officers who
have been kept at sea constantly, or who have
had more than fair share of sea service, this
announcement will be hailed with delight The
younger men who have borne the hard knocks
were disposed to look with favor upon any new
plan which promised to insure them somc of the
ease which their more fortunate comrades have
heretofore held all to themselves, and the fact
that the three officers alluded to above were de-
tailed for sea-duty was taken as a sure indica-
tion that a new era had dawned. It is re-
ported to- day, however, that one of the three
has succeeded in obtaining revocation OF the
order, and the belief is growing rapidly that
there is not to be 30 much reform as was prom
ised
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teen miles over the ice. causing sore feet, etc,
the entire crew look well. The Michigan was built
at Wyandotte, Mich. in 1882, for the Goodrich
Transportation Company, of Milwaukee, at a
cost of $3.50. 600, had tonnage of $780, and was
elassed as an AL propeller. The Detroit, Grand
Haven & Milwaukee railroad became owners of
the vessel two years ago, and the Grand Trunk
line in 1884.
Nothing is known of the Wisconsin's where
abouts, and since the above disaster became
known grave fears for her safety are entertained.
The Michigan was loaded with small cargo,
but both vessel and freight are believed to be
fully insured.
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FOREIGN MISCELLANY.

Evidences of Widespread and Powerful
Conspiracy Against the Monarchy.
MADRID, March 23-Colonel Bernjero, COM
mander of cavalry regiment at Badajos, has
been arrested on charge of conspiring to restore
the republic. A corporal and two policemen
were convicted on a similar charge in Pamplona,
in the province of Navarro The trial revealed
the existence of apowerful and energetic organi-
zation devoted to accomplishing a revolution
against the monarchy III Spain. Troops have
been sent in large numbers to Corona, where
republican coup is feared,
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LOST In THE ICE.
Sinking of the Propeller Michigan, After Be-
ing Imprisoned Four Weeks in Ice.

GRAND HAVEN Mich, March 23.-At a lats
hour this afternoon Captain Prindlville, of the
Grand Trunk propeller Michigan, reached here,
and reports the loss of his vessel, last Thursday
The steamer sank, but all the crew were taken
off by the tug Arctic, which was near at the
time The Michigan had been locked in the ice
shore from the Arctic on the ice. The Michigan
was built in 1892 and was valued at $145, 900.
The Michigan left Grand Haven on Feb. g. in
search of the propeller Oneida which was i'm
prisoned in the ice and short Of provisions. She
was caught in the ice and has been frozen in
since. She sank about eighteen to twenty miles
off Holland at o'clock Thursday afternoon
last. Her strong iron sides gave way under
the tremendous pressure Of ice, which
piled up around her to the height
of from twenty-five to thirty-fve feet, and
nearly tore away or bent in all conceivable
shapes her port side, allowing water to fill her
compartments to an extent that soon made it ap-
parent to her commander and crew that her fate
was sealed, the steam-pumps being insufficient
However the men kept aG work, hoping to keep
the vessel afoat, and with the help of the tug
Arctic, which was near by, save the valuable
propeller but it was of no avail. Gradually the
body of the vessel disappeared between the huge
icebergs which lined her sides crushing and
grinding until at last the crew were compelled
to save themselves and abandon the vessel A
life boat was swung over the side and half dozen
half frozen people tckly pulled it some dis
tance from the sinking propeller, while the
others prepared to follow. Captain Prndisille
was the last to leave the boat They got about
quarter of mile from the propeller, when
her topmasts disappeared in about 400 feet of
water.
The trip to the tug Arctic, which lay about
four miles off. was attended by considerable
suffering from cold and danger from getting
under the ice, which was moving and continu-
ously piling up about their boat. However.
with tie exception of slightly-frozen ears and
fingers the entire crew reached the
tug at night, where they are cared
for Had it not been for the close proximity
of the Arctic not one of the crew
would have reached the shore alive, as all would
have perished from cold during the night and
no one would have been left to tell the tale of
the Mchiean's fate. Nothing of the crews per-
sonal property was saved. The crew consisted
of Captain Prindiville, Mate James McMann
Engineer Philip Roth and ten men. Early this
morning they left tho Artc, which was firmly
packed in the ice, with no prospects of getting
free, and arrived at Holland this afternoon and
here this morning With the exception of being
badly worn out from dangerous trip of four
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A Decision AFFECTING Railways.

CLEVELAND, o.. March 23-Justice Matthews,
Of the Supreme Court of the United States, has
Just delivered an opinion Of interest to railroads.
Recently the Central Trust Company, of New
York. brought suit to foreclose ~ O00 900 of first
mortgage bonds of the Ohio Central Railroad
Company The Ohio Central, the Baltimore s.
Ohio and the Columbus, Hooking Valley & To
ledo roads had entered pooling contract. and
the Ohio Central owed the Hook
ing Valley $4,000 under the arrangement
The Hooking Valley therefore brought in
an intervening petition asking for the $4,000
The trust company said that the pooling con-
tract was illegal being in restraint of trade, and
void scontrary to public policy. The case was
rcfe ryssl t1- Special Master Ricks, who, by con
sen counsel, referred it to Justice Matthews
The ,pnion of JusticeaMatthews has just been
received in this city. He sastains the Hooking
Valley road, and directs thatit be paid the
10000
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SENATORIAL SECRETS.
An Effort to Stop the Leaks-How Senator
Let Ont Secret.

An Effort to Stop the Lcaks-How Senator
Let Ont Secret.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, March 23-''I expect said
Republican senator to-day, that the Senate
rules will be so amended next December as to
make it extremely difficult 70 secure any infor-
nation as to the proceedings in executive session,
There is no doubt great deal Of unnecessary
mystery about the executive sessions, and on
the whole it might be Us well to do away
with them altogether. Senator Edmunds is
naturally the most put-out about the leak, and
he has used all sorts of devices to learn where
the leak is located. but Of course he has been un
successful. He talks very severely when the
doors are closel assure you, but if there is a
guilty senator in the room at the time he fails to
make it manifest, either by saying aye, or by
any sign on his countenance."
do you know" continued the senator Il let
out very important executive session secret
one day. and did not know that had done so
at the time"
How did that happeul'
1--WE had been discussing very important
topic connected with the foreign relations of the
government few years ago, and the seal Of
bly, than usual. Several senator's were absent
at the time, among them my colleague, who was
member of conference committee then trying
to agree upon one Of the appropriation bills.
After the doors were open I started over
toward the House end of the corridor.
AS walked through Statuary
Hall ran across my colleague
just coming from the House appropriations com
mittee room He was very much interested in
the work of the executive session. and asked me
all about it. We stepped to one side to avoid
the passers to and fro and gave him detailed
account of all that had taken place, including
the running debate There was no one within
twenty feet of US, and we spoke in very low
tone. You may imagine the surprise Of every
one, the next day, to read full account of the
executive session proceedings in print For
month it remained mystery AT last one day
asked the correspondent Of the paper which
printed the report where he obtained his infor
nation. He promptly replied, 'You gave it to
me- was more in the dark than eyer until he
reminded me of the acoustic properties Of Stat
nary Hail. and explained that he had accidentally
stepped on stone which gavo him tho sound
accurately and that he had taken down my 70
marks to my colleague verbatim"
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an assumed name: but, while on q hunting expe-
dition, he was captured by rowing band of
Arabs and was sold as slave to the man who
at present calls himself the Mahdi The Mahdi
was charmed with his new slave as man of un-
bounded learning, and who would be able to
train his numerous supporters in the art of war.
He gave Osman his daughter in marriage, and
has ever since treated him like son.
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Cable Notes.

A sharp shock of an earthquake was felt at
Athens yesterday.
Cardinal Won Schwarzenburg, Archbishop of
Prague, is dying in Vienna.
Queen Victoria has postponed her visit to AK
les Bains, on medical advice.
julius Benedict, the eminent English com
poser is seriously i'll with bronchitis. He is
eighty one years old.
The French government has informed the
Pope that it will pay former indemnities for
the Arch bishop of Paris and the Bishops of Tu-
mis- and Guadalupe.
Miss VanZandt was again Kissed, last evening
by an organized Paris clique in the galleries of
the Opera Comique. Toward the end Of the
performance the hostile demonstrations in
creased and eliminated in prolonged howl.
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SEIZURE OF RAILWAY PROPERTY.
The Green Bay. Winona & ST. Paul Road Taken
in Default of Interest.

GREEN BAY, March 23.-The Farmers Loan and
Trust Company, of New York, as trustees for
Che holders of the first mortgage bonds of the
Green Bay, winona & ST. Paul railroad, to-day
seized said railroad property in default
Of the February interest, and placed
Gavin Campbell in charge. General Manager
but late this afternoon turned over his charge.
The total bonds of the road 3d. 000 00O most of
which are held by the estate of William E.
Dodge and Moses Taylor The first mortgage
bonds amount to 81 600. The total stock
consists of SO, 600 600 common; 81, 000, 600 pre-
ferred It is understood the business of the
road will continue as usual, and existing con-
tracts be recognized.
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Fourteen Business Houses Burned.

RALEIGH, N. G., March %. AT 7:30 this morn
ing fire broke out at Hendersontown, forty five
miles from Raleigh, on the Raleigh & Castor
railroad. The fire spread rapidly, and by 8
o'clock fourteen business houses had been de-
stroyed. Among these were the stores of E. G.
Davis, Chatham e. Co., Lassiter & Sons, j. L.
FL. Missillier, Owen Davis, NJ. Derser, M. Sum
merfeld and T. w. Finch & Co. Assistance
asked of the Raleigh fire department., and at
8 O'Clock the fire was reported as under control
The loss is roughly estimated at $40, 600.
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Osman Digna a Born Frenchman.

The Citizen.
1t may not generally be known that Osman
Digna is Frenchman by birth, and was born in
father dying year or two afterward, his
mother married an Alexandrian merchant in
1887, half French and half Egyptian, of the
name of Osman Digna, who, taking o great
fancy to young Osman lat that time
named Alphonse Vinet), insisted on hav-
ing his name changed to his own,
and. dying in 1912. left him about 500 900
francs. After the death of his step father he was
left to the guardianship of Ali Khana, kind of
half partner of the elder Osman. Mussuman
who, at the death of Nine. Digna. in 1874, took
young Osman into his house. His religion at
that tinle being very much of the Christian un
attached type, was soon converted into Moham-
mechanism. Ali Khana was very wealthy man,
and lived in great Oriental pomp and splendor.
Though intending to be very kind to young
Osman, his kindness was of very Spartan or
der, indeed He had numerous professors for
various branches of learning, and would often be
examined by Ali himself, who If he did not con-
slider that he had made progress, would have him
severely bastnadoed
At the age of fifteen he was sent to Cairo to
an ex French officer, to be taught the various
methods of European warfare. Captain Meraie
had some fifty boys residing in his house, study
ing war in all its branches, two or three of whom
have since become famous, not least among them
being Arab Pasha. 1t is strange, as illustrating
the old saying that 1.-THE boy is father to the
man," that both Osman and Arab distinguished
themselves as leaders in the mimic battles fought
in the grounds Of Captain Meraie, the former in
q dashing, swooping kind OF way, carrying every
thing before him, and the latter as tactican.
The consequ nee was that rivalry existed be-
tween the two, both having about an equal num-
Der of their schooEfellows siding with them.
Osman remained here until his nineteenth year,
when he was sent by his guardian to France, on
matters relating to Ais business.
In 1866 he obtained command Of his regiment
but shortly afterward. offending the Khedive he
Gated He then went to Suakirn. and entered
business as ship chandler and coal agent under
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THE FIRE RECORD.
Fire at Charleston. w. Va. Caused by a
Boiler Explosion.

Fire at Charleston. w. Va. Caused by a
Boiler Explosion.
CHARLESTON, W. Va, March 23.-This morn
ing, at o'clock, the boiler in Ruffner's Bros. ,
wholesale grocery exploded, and set the building
on FIRE. The fire communicated to the Hale
House, adjoining destroying that building also.
George Weleher, porter for the Ruffners, was
killed by the explosion, and the body burned
The flames spread so rapidly That the building
was wreck in a quarter of an hour Joel
Ruffner, clerk, was seriously injured by the
explosion. The Ruffners loss will reach $780,,
600. The loss of Fitz & Woodward. proprietors
of the Hale House, will be fully 1000. The
Hale House was insured for $4,000. The Ruff
ners are insured for $l5 000
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Precautions Yesterday.

To the Western Associated Press
WAsHlsGToN, March 23.-The messengers and
door keepers of the Senate have been instructed
not to talk to outsiders, and an additional door
keeper has been stationed at the gallery stairs Of
the Senate opening upon the press room. The
purpose is to make sure that the publication of
executive secrets. which senators think has
grown to be- an evil of great magnitude shall no
longer continue. At this writing the Senate is
in secret session, and is discussing the We'll and
Abra treaty, and Senators Morgan and Voor-
hees have spoken in its support. A majority Of
the Senate is understood to be in favor of ratif-
cation, but friends of tho claimants are trying to
talk the treaty to death and prevent reopeniug
of the case.
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would-Be Elopers Charged with Murder.

CANTON, O., March 23.-Bomardine Wintgus
and Joseph Fisher of Osnaburg O., were ar
rested and brought to Jail here to-day, charged
with poisoning Henry Wintgus. whose body was
found on a farm near Osnaburg last Friday.
Foul play was suspected and post-morte1n ex-
animation disclosed strong evidence of
strychnine in the stomach. Fisher was about
to elope with Mrs. Wintgus, she intending to
desert her children, when arrested Both pro-
foSt iunoroncn
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died at o'c-ock this morning of heart disease,
ct his club house, 1.-The Saracens Head"
Joe Goss was born at Wolverhamptor, Eng
land Nov. 8, 1888, and fought most of his battles
on English soil. He met in the prize-ring near
ly all the champions of his time engaging in
thirteen mills His greatest contests in
England were with Badger Crutchley, July
IL, 1860. and with Tom Allen, March
6, 1867 Goss won the first bout, the latter be-
ing draw. He met Jem Mace three times, and
was defeated twice. the other meet being draw.
Goss, accompanied by Mace, arrived at New
York April Is, 1876 and fought Tom Allen,
who had proceeded him to this country in
1867, in Kenton county, Kentucky, on
Sept. 7, 1876, Goss wining in twenty-one
pounds Goss's last battle, and one of his great
est, was fought with Paddy Ryan, then of Troy,
N Y, now resident of this city, June l, 1880,
at Collier Station w. Va Ryan surprised the
sporting fraternity by winning in eighty seven
rounds, lasting one hour and twenty four min
utes
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Wants the Facts KNOWN,

Mr.. Editor: and my neighbors have been
led so many times into buying different things
for the liver. kidneys and blood that have done
us more harm than good, ! feel it due your
readers to advise them when an honest and
good medicine like DR.. Harter's Iron Tonic can
be had Yours truly, AN OLD SUBSCRIBER
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Other Deaths.

Albany March 23.-Charlotte Cooper, daugh-
Yer of J. Fcnimore Cooper, died at Cooperstown
IN Thursday morning aged sixty-eight
WASHINGTON, March 23.-Mrs. Margaret
Clemmer, mother of the well-known writer, the
aate Mary Clenimer, died in this city last night
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An rpsorvent Rubber Company.

BosroN, March 90 Worthy. Downs & CO..
the Eastern Rubber Company have gone into
Insolvency. Liabilities, $i0i, 900; assets nomi-
nally. 100000 The frrn offers 80 cents on the
dollar payable in 5 per cent installments
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The Mackin-Gallarher Cases.l

CHICAGO March 23.-A decision Of the motion
for writ of error in the cases Of Mackin and
Gallagher, convicted of election frauds. was ex-
pected in the United States Circuit Court this
morning, but owing to the illness of Judge
Gresham the matter was postponed till to-mor-
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THE Detroit Free Press fiend has been pun
ming on Dr. Bulls Cough Syrup. We will bet
new hat that this is only gratitude for oil think
ing men know its merits. Exchange.
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How the Appointments Are Received.
Enacial TO the Indiananolfs Ionrnal

How the Appointments Are Received.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal
WASHINGTON, March 23.-Tongues have been
busy this afternoon and tonight, wagging in
comment upon the nominations sent to the SEN
ate to-day by the President. For the greater
part they were rare surprises. The most i'm
portant nomination on the list, and one of the
most important in the gift of the government
that of minister to Great Britain-goes to E. j.
Phelps Of Vermont, man utterly unknown to
the country at large Senator Pendleton's ap-
pontment to Berlin was not wholly unexpected,
and occasions little surprise. Governor Nc
Lanes appointment to France recognizes one of
the bright lights of Maryland Democracy, and
returns to diplomatic service gentleman who
has already won distinction in that line
of duty. Kentucky gets another disappoint
ment in the failure of General "Cerro Gordo'
Williams to receive the Mexican mission,
that prize going to Georgia. Indiana is left
in the cold completely No name was sent
for the Spanish mission, but it is commonly
understood that General Foster will return to
that country to complete the negotiations on
which he has been engaged, affecting our COM
mercial relations.
As whole, the list is one that causes aston
ishment, but outside of political circles it will
not be unkindly received. To the politicians it
will bring CONSERVATION, and the curbstone
statesmen will begin to despair Of the Republic.
A very great deal has been said about Mr.
Pendletons appointment. The talk comes from
the fact that the McLeans have been going
their full length against tho recognition
of Mr. Pendleton by appointment to any place
under this administration The appointment is
generally approved, and its prompt confirmation
was an act to follow as a matter Of course. Mr.
Pendleton, it Is generally believed. will make
very creditable representative. Everybody in
terprets the appointment to mean direct blow
at the McLeans, and many say no more will be
heard of them as figures in the administration
1t is very black optic for them--one that can
not be overlooked-and ii is anticipated that the
Cincinnati Enquirer will now rise to question
of privilege. The ''moss- back element in the
party in Ohio are squirting their eyes and re