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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-27
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.

Miss Alice Sampson. aged about thirty, resi-
dent of Plymouth, Mass was instantly killed
by the falling of a large elm tree which was
blown down by the fierce northeast gale yester-
day.
Martin ONeill and C. Conner walked into a
we'll at Weilsville, O.. Friday night, falling
twenty-five feet. ONeill. who lived at East
Liverpool, was killed, and Conner badly in
jured.
On Thursday night, while playing pool in Gus
Mayors saloon. at Elk Rapids, Mich, Goodley
Peterson and Noel Guetrlor got into an alterca-
ton, and Guetrior shot Peterson, i~nficting a
probably fatal wound. He is under arrest.
The schooner Nellie G. Thurston, from the
Grand Banks, reports the loss of three of the
crew OF the schooner Lizzie Griffin by the cap
sizing of their dory. Their names we're William
Cummings, George Arnold and Louis Barnes.
John Harnevine, who was in Jail at st. Paul
on the charge of illegal liquor-selling, was found
dead in his cell yesterday morning. Shrieks and
groans were heard all night, but no attention
was paid to him. He died from delirium tre-
mems.
At Pensacola, Fla, yesterday. the tow-boat
Jumbo exploded her boiler, fatally injuring the
engineer, VIM. Touart, and the colored fireman,
j. {. Patterson. A passenger threw the captain
and a deck-hand overheard, and then jumped
into the water and saved both, although badly
scaldod himself.
In a drunken brawl at Newcastle, Pa, on
Friday, William Langdon received wounds from
a dirk-knife which will probably result fatally.
Another man, named Roxbury, was struck on
the head with q cooble-stone and seriously in
iured, and a third. named Van Horn, was pain
fully cut. His wounds, however, are not con-
sidered dangerous.
The high rates of freights on coal has tempted
the Lehigh Valley line to send two more cargoes
to Chicago. and the propellers II. f. Packer and
Fred Mercur passed through the straits on Fri
day night en- route for that port. But little ice
was encountered, and the vessel will probably
make that port without trouble. This is the
first time ia the history of lake navigation that
q trip has been attempted so late in the season,
and will give the Mercur the honor of being the
first and last boat through the straits in 1885.
At 900 o'clock yesterday morning the third
section of freight No. 81. on the Panhandle
railroad, ran into the rear of the second section
near Philadelphia Crossroads. seventy miles
west of Pittsbure, w~recking both trains and
slightly iniurine fireman John Boats, a brake
man, whose uame was not learned, and e. b
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HORRIBLE CRIMES TN TEXAS.
No Clew to the Murders in Austrian I'm.
natural Mother Kills Her Children.

AUSTIN. Tex, Dec. 26.-No clew has yet been
found to the mysterious tragedy of Christmas
eve. Mrs. Philips. one of the victims, was buried
slowly dying. James Philips is also dying. His
wounds are worse than was at first supposed.
The community was h orrifed again to-day by
the discovery of n series of crimes even more
lnhuman than the others. The remains of Claude
Eanes. a little eight-year- old white child, were
found to-day in the backyard of his mother, in
the village Of GAINESVILLE, about two miles west
OF Austin. Swine were devouring the body. When
discovered, they had eaten all the flesh from
the bones, but the features were recognizable.
Last August Hugh Eanes, the father, mysteri-
ously disappeared. About the time of Eanes's
disappearance Charles Courtney became o
boarder in the family, which comprised Mrs.
Eanes and two children. The unnatural mother
tried to give the children away, pleading pow
erty. A couple of weeks ago she told
her neiGhbors that she had given Dolly, one
of her children, to n party down tho river. On
Monday last Mrs. Eancs visited a neighboring
family and asked the privilege of spending the
night She said she had given Claude away to q
family in Lampasas, and Courtney being absent
she was afraid to sleep in the
woman departed for Austin, saying
she had received a telegram from Illinois asking
her to attend the funeral OF n relative who had
just died there, leaving her a legacy. Courtney
returned to-day. found tho house deserted, and
discovered the body of Claude, which had been
buried n foot deep and uprooted by the swine.
Intense excitement prevailed when the news
of the murder reached Austin. Courtney was
arrested on suspicion. Search is being made tor
Dolly, who, it is certain, has also been muir
dered. No one saw her leave the village. The
police tonight traced the woman to San An.
tonic, and are looking for her.
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Clerical Denunciation of the RieI Agitation

MONTREAL, Dec. 26.-In his mandate, which
will be read in all the Catholic churches in the
city tomorrow, denouncing the Riel agitation,
Bishop Fabre takes occasion to publish the Pope's
encyclical letter, in which it is enjoined upon all
Catholics to live in brotherly love with other re-
ligions, and to uphold the law of the land. The
Bishop says there never was a time when union be-
tween the priest and the people was so necessary as
at the present. He laments the action of some
young people in having INDUCED in demonstra-
tons which brought good to neither church nor
country. He deprecates the action of certain
newspapers, callingsthemselves Catholic. which
had endeavored to use religion to satisfy their
revolutionary ends. and concludes by saying.
1.-THE past must be buried in oblivion. If in
justice has been done. whoever the guilty party
may be, all must now be repaired by reciprocal
charity, and all must be redeemed by q COM
mon effort of Difference toward the Holy See."
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vILAs's RUDENESs.

How the Postmaster-G General Insulted q
Prominent Illinois Congressman.
Special TO the indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 26.-It leaked out, to-day,
that Postmaster-general Villas has grossly in
suited another public man, and added another
combatant to his list of congressman. When
Representative Cannon, Of the Danville, ILL.,.
district. came here this fall, he called
at the Postoffice Department to trans
act some business for his constituents.
He had never met Mr.. Villas, 80
when he entered tho door leading to the latter's
office he drew a card from his pocket and began
looking about for a messenger. Not seeing one
in the first room, he walked into the next room,
that of the chief clerk. No one was to be seen
there, and he continued on into the next room.
There he saw a man at a desk, writing. Mr.. Can
non presumed the man was q clerk, and stood
modestly in the center of the room waiting for
him to look up. Finally the man did
look up. and he jumped up, too, rushing to the
door through which Mr.. Cannon had come. The
man who was found in the room slammed the
door shut in an excited manner. and locked it.
Then no dashed up to his caller, and
stormed out: WHO are you sir? How
did you get in here, sir? What do you
want, sir! Why don't you speak, sir" Ali so
heatedly, and with such rapidity that Mr..
Cannons breath was almost taken. II was a
savage assault, a regular explosion. Finally,
Mr.. Cannon replied that he was seeking a mes
senger or clerk who would take his card to the
Postmaster general.
II am the Postmaster-general shouted the
excited occupant of the room, adding: "Now,
what do you want, and who are your
Mr.. Cannon coolly r~eioined that he had come
to do business, but as the Postmaster general
did not seem to be in a frame of mind which
would indicate a patient hearing of the case he
would defer it until some future time. "As to
how / came here" he continued, II came in
through the door which you have just locked.
Now, if you will unlock that door, or show me
another way out OF this room, | will leave you
to yourself"
Villas Immediately rushed to another door.
opened it, and his visitor passed out, and the
Postmaster general does not yet know that the
gentlemen to whom he was so excessively rude
is one of the oldest and most prominent members
of Congress.
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Heavy Loss at ColIinsville, Ala.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, Dec. 26.-The Times
has details of a confagration at Collinsville, Ala,
last night. The fire originated in the postofice,
and was %the.work of an incendiary, and no clew to
his identity exists. Following are. the losers:
X. w. Kain, druggist; G.. w. Reid. general store;
w. ID. Mickey, general store; G.. w. Roberts,
store; I. j. Pullen, druggist; o. Hale & Co.,
store; j. NJ. Weaver, livery stable; Petty & Mil
lers block of Offices; J. H. Collins, store; +. p.
Reed, postmaster, and the Alabama & Great
Southern depot. The entire contents of all the
burned buildings. including the postofice. were
destroyed. Tho total loss is about $50, 900; in
surance. 81 DOC.
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ASSISTANT TREASURER BIGELOW.
He Resigns the Office to Which He Was Ap-
pointed and Confirmed.


pointed and Confirmed.
WAsHINGToN, Dec. 26.-John Bigelow, who
was recently appointed assistant United States
treasurer at New York, and confirmed by the
Senate, has resigned his Office.
A New York dispatch says: Touching a re-
port from Washington of the declination by Mr..
John Bigelow, of the sub-treasuryship at New
York. to succeed Mr.. Acton, that gentleman was
tonight asked for his reasons,
and said: While Il appreciate and
recognize the honor conferred upon me
by President Cleveland. / consider it would be
indicate for me to mako public through the
press my resignation and the reasons for it. No
doubt my action will seem inexplicable to many.
The sub-treasuryship is a position wherein none
die and few resign, but when, at the proper time.
my reasons are made known. l believe they will
prove satisfactory, not only to President Cleve-
land, to Secretary Manning and to my personal
friends, but also to the people generally
"Has your resignation any special signifi-
cancer was asked.
81 must seek cover under my first declara-
ton, and must say that l think it indicate to
speak of the matter further at this time, was
the response"
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THE FIRE RECORD.
Thirteen Business Rooms B xrned-Two Fire.
men Killed and Others Injured.

1nlrtecn BUSINESS Rooms Il LrneQ-TwO E1re-
men Killed and Others Injured.
New YORK, Dec. 26.-Early this morning a
fire broke out in Boardman's grocery, in Adams's
Block, Georgetown, and extended to the Masonic
Block, Equitable Building. Tenny;s shoe factory
and the private residence of G. :. Tenny, all Of
which were destroyed, causing a loss whicL will
aggregate $50, 000, and which is partly covered
by insurance. Thirteen business places were
burned out, and $50 hands thrown out of employ
ment. Engines were sent from Haverhill and
Newburyport, and but for them the entire CEN
ter of the town would have been destroyed. Dur
ing the fire, Joseph Illsley, a fireman, aged
twenty-four years, unmarried, and George A.
Chase, aged twenty-five years, who leaves a
widow and child, were both instantly killed by
the falling walls. Clarence NJ. Clark. a baggage
master employed by the Boston & Maine rail
way. had his left leg badly crushed. Fred Gold
smith. Arthur Tucker and Charles Williams,
firemen of Haverhill, were also injured, Will
Jams probably fatally. E. A. Yeaton and an
other Georgetown fireman, had arms broken.
The fire Is a severe blow to the business inter
ests of the town.
are follows: George T.. Tenny. house and fac
tory, $50, 900, insured for SIS. 900 or $20.-
600. Adams's Block, occupied by
NJ. N. Boardman. grocer, and Charles
laws. billiard nan, 9OU, OUU; insurance UNKNOWN.
Masonic building, $40, 900; insurance. sc. coo.
This building, was occupied by S. 7. Poor,
grocer, who loses So, 900; insurance, 1000.
Patrick Cole, clothing and furnishing goods,
So, 900; no insurance. S. Palmer, jeweler, SO, 900.
and the Masonic lodge, So, 900 or $4,000; insur-
ance, 81, 500. A small building between the two
was occupied by G. E. Jewett. dealer in period
icals. who has $500 insurance. The losses of the
Georgetown National Bank and the Georgetown
Savings Bank are not known. Five thousand
dollars in gold and silver, which was in the ma
tional bank, is safe.
Following is n list of those injured: c.. H.
Williams, of the steamer company, of Haver-
hill, skull fractured, and in a critical con-
dition; Arthur Tuck, of the same COM
pany, scalp-wounds; Clarence Clarke, bag
cage at the Boston & Maine depot.
in Georgetown, leg crushed-in a critical
condition. Ali the wounded were from Haverhill,
except Tuck and Williams. who are doing we'll.
Yeaton, the other wounded man, may recover.
Chase, who was killed. was a clerk in Board
mans store. He was q son of representative
M. ID. Chase, of the Seventh district. Illsley
and he were in the store at the time Of the OK
plosion.
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DAILY WEATHER BULLETIN.
Indications.
WAR DEPARTMENT, J
OFFICE OF Fl CHIET SIGNAL. OFFICER ,
WASHINGTON. Dec. %. 1 A. NJ. y


WASHINGTON, Dec. Is, 1 A. NJ.
Special Indications for twenty four Hours
from Z A. NJ, for Indianapolis and Vicinity
Warmer. fair weather.
For the Ohio Valley and Tennessee-Slightly
warmer, fair weather, winds shifting to east and
south, lower barometer.
For the Lower Lake Region-Warmer, fair
weather. winds shifting to south and west, lower
barometer.
For the Upper Lake Region-Fair weather,
followed by local SHOWS, slight rise in tempera-
ture, except in the extreme northwest portion,
slightly colder winds, generally from south to
west.
Forthe Upper Mississippi Valley-Fair weather
in southern portions, local SHOWS. followed by
fair weather in northern portion; southerly
winds, becoming variable in northern portion.
slightly warmer. except in the extreme northern
portion, slightly colder.
For the Missouri Valley-Fair weather in south
ern portion, local SHOWS, followed by fair weather
in northern portion, winds becoming variable.
preceded in southern portion by southerly winds,
slightly warmer except in northern portion,
nearly stationary temperature.
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THIRD AUDITOR WILLIAMS.
Objection Will BE Made to His Confirmation

Objection Will BE Made to His Confirmation
by the Senate.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, Dec. pa Washington letter
in to-day's New York Tribune states that OBJ
lection will be made to the confirmation of the
nomination of Col. John s. Williams, of Lafay-
cite, to be Third Auditor of the Treasury. His
street rencontre with Mrs. Helen NJ. Cougar, it
says, is to be brought before the Senate in
the most formidable form possible, and
the confirmation fought upon that basis.
No reflection is made in the correspondence
against Colonel Williams's private character.
further than that he assaulted Mrs. Cougar in the
columns of his newspaper, and then, when she
assaulted him with a parasol, he replied with a
walking cane, bruising her face. The affair is
given in detail, is carefully written. and occu-
pies more than half a column, being the work,
evidently, Of some one in Lafayette. Colonel
Williams and wife are at their home now for the
HOLIDAYS.
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General and Personal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 26.-Cards are out for the
wedding of Miss Edith Foster, daughter of Gen.
John w. Foster, ex-minister to Spain, formerly of
Indiana, to Rev. Mr.. Dallas. of Detroit, on the
18th of January. The m will be per-
formed at the New York-avenue Presbyterian
Church, by DR.. w. A. Bartlett.
Lieutcnantcolonel Charles A. Reynolds, de-
partment OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. now at Balti-
more, is ordered to Vancouver Barracks, Wash
ington Territory. as chief q~uartermaster Of the
Department of the Columbia, relieving Major A.
S. Kimball. Major Kimball will remain tempo
rarily on duty in the department.
The official programme for tho Presidents re
~ceptiou, on New Years day. does not differ
from that of former years. The President will
be assisted by Miss Cleveland and the ladies of
the Cabinet.
. Miss Cleveland's weekly Saturday afternoon
receptions, from 3 to 5 O'clock, will begin on Sat
urday, Jan. 8, and continue through the season.
The President has approved the bills granting
a pension to Mrs. Grant, and removing the po-
litical disabilities of General Lawton, of Geor-
gia.
Alfred Little, Of Jackson, Ky, has been dis
barred from practicing as an attorney before the
Interior Department.
One-half of q $500 legaltender note was re-
ceived at the Treasury Department, to-day. in
an envelope post-marked New York, with the
following lettar: Restitution internal revenue.
Publish receipt. Keep record of number of bill.
More later"
r. S. Cowings. formerly of Rushville. a 81 400
clerk in the Treasury Department., has been
promoted to 81, GOO.
Homer NJ. Avery was to-day commissioned
postmaster at Sycamore, Ind.
Mail messenger service at Delphi. Carroll
county, from the Wabash, st. Louis & Pacific
railway, has been established.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-27
Fight Between .scabsv and Strikers.

TAUNTON, Mass, Dec. GA fight occurred
tonight between '.scabs' and striking molders
at North Dighton. during which Thomas
Donahue was seriously hurt in the groin, James
McKenna badly cut in the head. and Charles
Van Valkenburg cut about the face. All the
above are ''scahs. OF the stikers. Thomas
Barry was shot in the eye, and Larry Hennes-
sey, Robert Fiddler and Sumner Thompson
were cut with stones. Conflicting stories are
told rs to the cause of the row. No arrests
have been made.
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Sensational Newspaper Suppressed.

DETROIT, Dec. 26-The Sunday Sun is a
weekly publication which has been issued in this
city since last spring, being devoted chiefly to
sensational and scandalous news. Threats have
been made against it. and a scheme was on foot
to mob the Office during the coming week. To-
night the police awoke to q realizing sense of the
eternal fitness of thing and seized the Office.
No resistance was offered by the owners. Any
person found selling or having for sale this paper
will be arrested Immediately therefor. Its
last number was published last week.
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The Balk-Linc Billiard Tournament.

CHICAGO. Dec. 26.-Schaefer and Slosson
played in the balk-line billiard tournament to.
night, in the presence of about three hundred
spectators. In the. pools Schaefer was ~favorite
at $40 to 81. Following is the score:
Schaefer-1, 9, Ia, AZ. O., /, O.O 80, 1,O. o, 40,
IT, 80, 81. A, /, 81, z, z, 3. 1853, o.. ITO, az, So,
ASSOC. Average. % 1923; highest run, 1853.
Slosson-15, ID, 10. o. Is. "a, l. 20, 10. III. o.
o. 45. o, 81, O, Is, II, %. 10. 55, 20, 22, 5, o, o,
71-529. Average, 10 1927; highest run, 10.
Time of game, three hours and twenty minutes.
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A Successful Probation.

WASHINGTON. Dec. 26.-On the LIST of July
last the Postmaster-general made twenty-five
appointments of postofhce inspectors, to serve
during the remaining six months Of the year,
with the understanding that if their services
were satisfactory they were to receive perma.
nent appointments at 81, 600. 1t is said the
whole number will be reappointed on Jan. l. An
examination will soon be held to fill the twenty
vacancies now existing.
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New York. Dec. ga Hamilton. Ont,
special says: "a general election in the Do.
minion has been decided on. Sir John MacDon-
aid fears, it is reported. to meet the House,
owing to the hostility of the French in the Riel
case, and the knowledge that when Parliament
meets ugly rumors of misgovernment will be
laid bare, and explanations asked for. Much
excitement prevails in the provinces
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An Alleged Majority of Silver Men.

washington Special.
The silver men say that they intend to circulate
80, 900 copies Of Senator Beck's recent finance
speech. Teller, Beck and other radical silver
men are said to have made a canvass of the two
houses, and to have convinced themselves that
the silver men have n substantial majority.
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Migration of Cicar-srakers.

New YORK, Dec. 26-Nearly one hundred
cigar.makers and packers started for San
Francisco tonight on tho 6 o'clock New
York limited express. The New York
ers are in charge of President Wolff,
of the San Francisco union, and their
expenses are paid by the International Cigar
makers Union. Along the road between here
and Omaha about 400 others viii join the party.
Many of the New Workers are taking their
wives and families.
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TIKI PRESIDENTS RECEPTIONS.
How the Callers Look Before and After-Ab-
sence of Friends from Buffalo.

Breeiai TO the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 26.-From two to four
hundred people call upon the President on each
reception day. and it is amusing to note the diff
ference between the ingress and egress of the
man who walks up the steps with a staggering
gait. In spite of the fact that there is no arts
tocracy in this country. there is something about
the air In the East Room In tho White House
which fills the visitor with awe. and. in spite.
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A Warning from Commissioner SHARKS.


WASHINGTON, Dec &c -Commissioner Sparks,
of the General Land Office, has written a letter
to a law firm in Kansas, in which he discusses
the contents of a circular purporting to have
been issued by parties addressed. The Commits
sioner says of the circular that ut contains
false and misleading statements in reference to
the rights of soldiers Of the late war to public
lands" and allows thu alleged authors of the
circular thirty days in which to make a
satisfactory explanation, failing which they will
be debarred from practicing before the depart
ment. Among the statements in this circular to
which the Commissioner takes exceptions are:
'"The government owes each soldier and sailor a
farm of 160 acres" This, says the
Commissioner, is a statement that SOL
diers and sailors Of the late war,
as such, are entitled to 160 acres. which is not
true. THE widows and orphans of deceased
soldiers and sailors can make entries and secure
160 acres of choice land without residence. The
Commissioner considers this assertion mislead-
ing.
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Mrs WRIGHT, an aged lady of seventy, living
a few miles from here, who suffered with rheu-
matte pains for fifteen years, was entirely re-
lieved of all her pain by three or four bottles Of
Athlophoros. w. d. Murphy. $40 Yandes street.
indianapolis Ind.
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The Work ofthe Government Printing Office.
Marlinnfnn Ennn;n1

WORK Ofthe GOVERNMENT Printing Unice.
Washington Special.
Although there has been quite a heavy press
ure for the removal of Public Printer Rounds.
there is no likelihood of an immediate change in
that office. Mr.. Rounds has proved an excel
lept executive officer, and the business of
the Government Printing Office was
never so thoroughly and effectively ad-
ministered as now. The rapidity
with which the Presidents message and the re-
ports Of the various Cabinet officers were turned
out this year. was remarkable and strongly COM
mended Mr.. Rounds's administration of affairs to
those officials. In the case of the report of the
Postmaster general. il is learned that the manu-
script was received by the Public Printer on a
Saturday night, and that the whole book, con-
tanning some 600 pages, much of which was table
work. was placed in Mr.. Vilas's hands, com
pletely bound. on the following Thursday morn
ing.