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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-01-22
SPEAKER HAtNES RESIGNS.
lGENERAL rRHss DIsPArCui

SPRINGFIELD. Jan. 2l.-Speakcr llaines re-
signed 1T 10 y. Tonight saying that 1t seemed the
Democrats did not want him, and rs II was evident
that the Republicans did not want him he would
have to assume his old position as the Independent
party. AZ as he laid down the gavcl there
free fight for It's possession Representative Pike, OF
bloomington, SIX and half foot Republican,
rushed forward and seized the insignia
II authority, but had lie grasped 10 than Me-
Aleney, of Carnyille. and Campbell, OF McLeansboro,
colared the giant and hurled him from the stand while
Baker. Of Sullivan, wrrnchcd the gavrl from
his hand. At last motion made by MeSsrs. Crafts and
McNaly. Democrats. Of Chicago, that Mr.. Cr0nkrite
(Dem.j he made temporary speaker, was put In
u turmoil and carried unanimously. Mr.. Cronkre took
the chair and the gavc lie called the House 10 order
and motion the House adjourned until 10 O'Clock to-
morrow morning,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-01-22

ALBANY, Jan. 2l.-The Senate and Assembly held
a JOINT session in the Assembly Chamber to-day and
tne vote on United States Senator in both Houses
was announced. When this statement had been
maze maze senator Mccarthy declared formally that
william NJ. Evarts, having had majority of the
votes was duly elected Senator for the term be-
ginning on March T. 1885
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-01-22
THE CONTEST IN ILLINOIS.
TIE CONTEST IN ILLINOIS.
CARTER HARRiSoN's HEADQUARTERS CLosED-RE-
PuBLICAN vorEs-FINDING A FRAUD.
lar TELEGRAPH To rtz rRIgUyR.I

PuBLGCAN vurEs-FINDING A FRAUD.
lHT TELEGRAPH rtE rRIBUyR.l
CHICAGO, Jan. 21.-In Springfield to day the
House met with all the members present except Chosser
Democrat. who paired the question OF the Speaker
ship The rst hours session spent in roll als
Oh various motions relating the question of organiza
ton. Lr Tainess proposition Inform the Senate Of
the lion of the House was lost. Messrs CSeery
ODounc and Lncgar voting with the Republicans
An attempt adopt tho rules OF the last House
fcatcd, Liucgnr and O'DOnnell voting before. Mr.
Crafts then moved to appoint committee of fifteen
consider the contest election This provoked
discussion Of the whole trouble aud motion to al.
ourn $3.50 . IN wa, defeated with good prospect for
all ght session
Tho Chicago spokesman FOR Mr.. Harrison closed his
headquarters. at ihc Leland Hotel to-day and announced
that h, name would not De pressed before the Demo
cratic Tai, is taken that Mr. Giar-
r,ou abandon, the prospect of being in tho race.
corlmg to his expressed Views the Demo
cratic caucus. he feels certain, Will not
name the senator one Senate caucus will
prove that tlc Democrats win vote they please and
caucu-g will cease after Morrison j. nominated and II
on he Republican side every member viii vote for
General Logan except. perhaps sittg The latter has
once voted with the Democrats aud the statement was
made at the Capitol 0dny that Ia case ianes is ouscd
from the chair he viii vote Tor Situg FOR the place. II
thi, occurs, II l. asserted that General Losdns chances
Tor reelection VIII be uncertain
In the iuvc,tigation OF the election frauds the Cook
County Grand Jury has made discovery In the INth
SCI atora District Cantwell. DEM candidate for state
senator wac declared elected AMI Manner. dirp) de-
fcaed thorough examination OF the ballots. II Is said,
gives the following vote In that district Blaine, 72l0.
Lawrence the second Republican candidate, 2232. sub
racng this last number from the Republican vote cast
Tor Blaine. leaves i,9es Republican votes for
Manner The Cleveland vote $50 or this
total OF 5.1S5 Democratic votes, Cantwell,
the Democratic Senate candidate only got 5,l~S.
There were crt Jc7 Democratic votes which must have
been ct, for somebody csc but In the returns they
nnaccounicd Tor As Manner has always had a large
Democratic support IN his district II Is thought by some
Ouy reasonable t0 suppose that this balance o! Demo
cratic east Tor Cautwcll and not accounted for
IN the returns really east for Manner Adding them
to Manners Acknowledged vote of i.9-s and his vote
would be i, $3.50, giving him a majority OF 30T.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-01-22

ANOTHER ACCOUNT OF THE ENGAGEMENT.
The battle between General Stewards troops and
the Arabs was fought at point in the IIassaniyeh
Desert, twenty-three miles northwest of Netam-
neb, and near the caravan station of Shebacas
General Stewards force consisted of about 800
effective men, On the approach of the Arabs who
were estimated TO number between 5000 and
and 10000, General Stewart formed his troops in
TO a hollow square with his field pieces at the cor
ners, and with the invalids and the provisions in
the centre. The Arabs made their attack in a tu-
multuoLs rush directed principally upon the side
OF the square held by the Hussars This side of the
square was broken at one time in the fight
ana the officers attribute the disaster TO the unruy
conduct of the camels, which got powdei-burned
and became uncomfortable. The line was speedily
dld throughout the action. steady and deadly
lrc was kept up by the HUssars and the mounted
infantry, while the artillery maintained an enflad-
ing lire which piled dead Arabs up in heaps The
space IN tOnt OF the British right flank was veri-
table slaughter pen, and when the Arabs were fin
ally lepuised they left 500 OF their number dead
upon the tield. The number of their wounded who
were able 20 march or be carried from the field is
estimated al 1000 Most of the casualties on the
Hussars
Tie British took their own and the Arabs
wounded to the wells at Shebacas. Mos. of tho
wounded are reported as doing well. General
stewart with the remainder OF his troops is advanc-
ing toward Me'amneh. In the light preceding
.he actlon the Arabs threw up small earthworks
"'ehced to intercept General Stewards march,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-01-22
ELECTING SENATORS.
JOINT SESSION IN ALBANY.

T.
TIE FORMAL VOTE CAST BY BOTH HOUSES IN THE
ASSEMBLY CHAMBER.
lBY TELEGRAPH To THE TRI3UyE.I
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Minor Notes.

The Knigntstown Methedists have contracted
for the erection of SIC, 900 church.
Herman Hausher, treasurer of LaPorte county,
was stricken with paralysis while on his way to
dinner. This is the second stroke he has re-
ceived, and it is feared he viii not recover.
A collision occurred AT Goshen or Thursday
on the Lake Shore road. One freight train ran
into another, demolisbng a containing hogs,
killing number Of them, and disabling the en-
CINE.
G. B. Houser has sold the De Kalb Republican
to M. III. Hoisnston, former business associ-
ate. and who, like Mr.. Houser, is an enterpris-
ing and capable newspaper man. under whom
the paper will maintain its well-established rep
utation.
The orderly, w-abiding town of Danville has
walked up to the fact that considerable poker
playing has been going on there; the fact
coming to light through a fight in a gambling
room between couple at attorneys engaged in a
little game of draw"
Attica has made fine offer to the managers
of the c., G. g. S. railway to induce them to
locate their machine-shops at that point. Attica
is the largest town on the line, and on account
of its nearness to coal and other supplies offers
superior inducements.
The Terre Haute Courier an afternoon daily,
has beeen sold by Dick T. Morgan to George M.
Allen, proprietor of the Terre Haute Express,
who will continue its publication as an afternoon
paper both papers being under one manage
ment, and both Republican, as heretofore.
A mass meeting of the citizens of Knichtstown
was held yesterday afternoon for the purpose of
encouraging manufactures to locate at that city.
committee was appointed TO offer Inducements
to the Oliver chilled pillow works, and to work
also, to induce the l., B. & w. to build line to
that city
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ANOTHER KENTUCKY TRAGEDY.
Wife Put to Death Because She Would Not
Deed Her Property to Her Husband.

LOUISVILLE, Feb 27-Infermation reached
the Courier Journal, tonight, of a horrible trag-
edy in Union county, KY. A farmer named
Nose Cation, living near Smiths Mills, Union
county, and his sons, last Saturday, hanged his
wife, whom he married four years ago. She
was widow when she married Cation, and
owned q small parcel of land, which
Cation wished her to deed to him.
She declined to do so, which enraged him. On
Saturday, with his sons, he took her out and
hanged her, after beating her horribly They
put the corpse in box and took it in the house.
Ladies' Of the neighborhood, in dressing the
corpse for burial. discovered bruises and a
broken neck. They reported the mat
ter to the authorities, who had
the body disinterred, and ordered
tho arrest of Cation and his sens Twenty men,
house. Arriving, they met with resistance on
the part Of tho Cations, wheYeupon they fired
upon them, wounding Nose Cation in the ankle
and John Cation through the lung. Ca
toms daughter Annie, in attempting
to shield her father by passing between him and
the posse was shot in the bowels. Cation would
not surrender, and the posse informed him they
would kill him and burn his house. The Cations
then decided to give up, and Nose, Yves
ley, John and Tom Cation, and Joseph
E. F. Ritz were landed safely in
the Jail at Morgan6eld. John and Annie are
both badly wounded. An attempt was make to
lynch Them while on the way to Morganfield
last night. which was unsuccessful, but it is the
talk in Union county that the Williams must
swing tonight,
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THREE OF A KIND.
The Norwich, Conn.,, Bank Wreckers Sem
fenced to the Penitentiary.

NEW HAVEN, Conn, Feb. 27.-In the United
States District Court yesterday, James NJ
Mech, Charles Webb and William Roath, of
Norwich, pleaded guilty to the charge of en-
bezzling the funds of the Merchants National
and Shetucket National banks, in that city, and
were sentenced to hard labor in the State prison.
The ticker was directly responsible for their
fraudulent conduct. The three men had sunk
nearly 100000 when detected at last. The
prisoners were appalled, at the gravity of the sit
uation. All are men of refinement. Mech is
fifty-five years old, gray-haired man with tear
stained eyes, who stopped as he walked into
court accompanied by his tall and graceful wife.
and his little Webb is forty-fve inclined
to corpulency, with a fair complexion, a flowing
white mustache, and is a handsome blue eyed
man, who has prepossessing air Roath is only
thirty eight, graceful, tall, dark man, with a
heavy dropping black mustache. He was a
poor boy, but through his benefactor, Henry
Osgood, attained the commanding financial posi-
ton which he finally dishonored. Webb was
the least affected of the three. Neither Webb
nor Roach was accompanied by his wife and
children. Roath sat uneasly in his chair, his
face painfully drawn in an effort to maintain his
composure. He was defended by Ex-Governor
Waller. Solomon Lucas. of Norwich, appeared
for Mech. Mech and Webb were sentenced to
The sentences of the two first named were i'm
posed on the general complaint for embezzle-
ment, including five counts, while the sentence
OF Roath was imposed on the fourth count in the
information, which charged him with statutory
perjury. On this count the penalty was in the
discretion of the court Judgment was sus-
pended on the other counts. When the sentences
were imposed, Mech went to his wife and little
boy. The little fellows head hung down and an
expression of the keenest pain was noticeable on
his countenance. Mrs Meech's face was deadly
pale Shortly afterward Marshal Bill escorted
the three convicted men into the district attor-
ney's room, and there many of their friends saw
them for the last time in the fashionable gar
ments, when they presented the appearance of
anything but convicts They were taken at
once to Wethersfeld. Their sentences were
made of the minimum length, so as not to create
asympathy that will possibly result in their terms
being shortened Roath was held to be more
exposed to evil influence than the others, on ac-
count of his youth, and the carelessness of the
directors of the bank.
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THE SUNDAY JOURNAL.

We have been compelled to yield to the de-
mand, and henceforth the SUNDAY JOUR
NAL will be enlarged to Twelve Pages and will
be sold for Five Cents and will be sent to every
town and city in the State Of Indiana and sur
rounding territory. The circulation of the Sun
day edition is the largest and best Of
any Sunday paper printed in Indiana, and it has
made itself the Peoples Paper The SUNDAY
JOURNAL is without competitor in the State
in the character and variety of matter it pre-
sents its readers The best writers in the State
and the country freely contribute to it's columns
In its enlarged and improved form it will be alb
solutely without rival or peer.
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TELEGRAPHiC BREVITIES.

Anna Kennedy, aged twenty two committed
suicide at Detroit, Thursday, by hanging Cause,
dependency.
The Merchants Insurancv Company of Boston
has voted to retire from business, reinsuring its
outstanding risks.
Mrs. Anna Parks who was over one hundred
years old, was buried yesterday at Kalamazoo,
Mich. She was born in County Mayo, Ireland.
Frank Madison, of Elida, Ia yesterday shot
and killed Joseph Woods, whom he suspected of
undue intimacy with his wife, Madison is in Jail
at Oskaloosa.
Elias Heathman. a prominent business man of
Dayton, and we'll known throughout the conn
try, died at his residence, last evening, after a
protracted illness.
Edward johnson, one Of +he section bosses at
work the Henderson tky.) bridge over the
Ohio river fell from the top of one of the piers
and was instantly killed.
Michael Bailey, ST. Louis oon-keeper, at
tempted suicide yesterday morning by shooting
himself three times through the head. He will
die. Cause, drink and financial difficulties
The Iroquois and Cook County Democratic
clubs, of Chicago, have completed arrangements
of President Cleveland. About 100 will go in
each party. The former will leave on Monday,
the latter on Sunday.
In the suit brought by Mrs Catherine M.
Durham against Macy & Co., of New York, for
falsely arresting her while shopping and subject
ing her to the humiliation of search, jury
gave the plaintiff verdict for $4,000
On Wednesday, Ran Smaiwood, a prominent
member of law and order organization in
Letcher county, met McClelland Adams, des-
perado. A quarrel ensued, pistols were drawn,
and Adams killed Adams had killed two men
in January, and defed the authorities. Small
wood was not arrested.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-02-28

National Republican.
President Cleveland is expected to take into
the White House chair with a curious history
1t is made of two Texas steers horns, and was
intended for President Arthur, who however,
failed to attend the fair where it was on exhibit
ton. 1t then found its way into the hands Of
the Buffalo Young Mems Democratic Club and
was presented to Mr.. Cleveland upon his election
as Governor. On the Wednesday evening sue
ceedng the day of election Mr. Cleveland was
invited to meet the club to celebrate his victory
and receive the chair. The president of the
club, when he came to the presentation OF the
chair, spoke somewhat as follows MIR. Ceve-
land in presenting to you, as it gives me very
great pleasure to do, this elegant chair, it may
be very proper for me to state that it made
and originally intended to be given to Mr..
Arthur to 60 to the White House. Failing to 60
by his hands, and now in giving it to you we are
quite confident that it Will find it's way there q
Mr.. Cleveland, in replying, after making his
grateful acknowledgements for the gift, in a
very happy allusion to the peculiar structure of
the chair. said: II hope. In giving to me this
elegant chair. you have not had any intention of
putting me upon the horns of dilemma
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General and Personal.


Special to the indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, Feb. H--Gen. Tom Nelson, Of
Terre HATTIE, arrived here this evening, and is at
the Riggs
Judge Frederick Rand. Cass Byfeld, Hughes
East, s. w. Morgan and Francis T.. Hord, of the
Hendricks party, are registered at Wizards.
George T. Sparks has been commissioned
postmaster at Morgantown
W. j. Craig, manager of the r., G. & st. L.
railroad, paid Representative Steele visit
to-day. Mr.. Steele intends leaving here for
Cincinnati on the evening of March T. and will
go to his home from Cincinnati.
MIR. Harrison presented in the Senate, to-day,
the petition of p. Smith and eighty-seven other
citizens Of Morgan county, asking Congress to
repeal the arrears Of pension act Mr. Matson
introduced in the House. to-day. petition on the
same subject from Henry Matthias and thirty
three other citizens of Greencastle.
Dir. Steele presented in the House petitions
from large number of his constituents, pray
ing Congress to pass a law giving ex- Union
soldiers 160 acres of land
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General Logan,s Future.

Special 20 the indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2Z-It was reported here
to-day that in the event Senator Logan is not re-
elected he will not return here at all, but have
his family meet him at Chicago. where he in
tends locating. and there remain. 1t was stated
that he did not care to come to Washington with
two defeats hanging over him. This is
not correct, / am told One of
Senator Logan's senatorial friends says
that in the event he is not reelected he will
return here and that he will not remove his per-
sonai effects to Illinois for several weeks yet.
There is strong desire among all Republicans
that Senator Logan be reelected. He has many
friends here in both PARTIES and were it not that
the Democrats hope to have majority in the
Senate two years hence they would generally be
glad to see him reelected.
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A six-Year-Old Hero.

Portland [OTe.) News.
Funk's starving babies. who wandered away in
the hills of Mehama on Sunday morning, were
not found till Monday noon. A shepherd dog,
which was household favorite, followed and
guarded them during the long dark hours, when
the rain came increasingly down. No doubt the
faithful creature protected them from the many
wild animals in the deep woods But the heroic
act of the older child remains to be added. He
took his own little coat from his shivering body
and put it on his weaker brother saving him
from freezing. while he endured, in cotton
Shirt hours after hours, the keen blasts of that
mountain storm. Think of this from child
six years old. and let any who can say he is not
as much of hero as any of the full grown Spar
tans of old, of whom the classics so eloquently
tell
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-02-28
TRIALS OF SIGNAL SERVICE MEN.
They Work Five Hun dred Days Year, and
Cannot Go to Church.


Cannot Go to Church.
New York Commercial Advertiser.
Sergeant Eichelberger, of the Signal service
Bureau in this city, 'Weather-bureau men
never observe holidays except by being buster
than on ordinary occasions. They work every
day in the year. One favored class of weather
bureau men work from four to five hundred days
per year. These are persons who have charge
of signal stations. In stormy weather they
work from seventeen to twenty four hours each
day. They never attend divine service; not that
they are opposed to the church, but because they
are simply tied to the weather. and have found
that extremes seldom meet.
ut might be supposed that a weather mans
wages are governed by the number of hours he
devotes to his task. Such a supposition would
be incorrect
"a station man at small town might work
his signals from o'clock in the morning until
o'clock the next morning, but SO long as he re-
mains at the small station his salary will bear
no comparison to that of the man who tolls but
eight hours per day in New York
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The Survey for the Nicaragua Canal.

WAsHINeToS, Feb. 27-Civil Engineer Memo
cal, in charge of the expedition to survey the
route of the proposed Nicaraguan canal, reports
10 The Navy Department. under date San Juan
River JAN 81, the arrival of his party there, on
lhe 22d Of January, the camp being established
near tho junction of the San Juan and the Sera.
Piqui r+scrs. Some objection was offered by OFF,
eials Of the Costa Riean government to his max
ing any survey within Costa Rican territory
without further instructions from the govern
lment A special messenger was sent to San
'ioae for INSTRUCTIONS In the meantime the sur
vey Was begun on the left margin of the San
Juan river, and carried tn the other side Memo
cal made careful examination Of that river
en,i It's tributaries, for several miles above its
uaoutA, which satisfied him Of the impossibility
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-02-28
He Didn,t Mind White,s Obiectio

11t DItiH H1Ihu W HIt6 3 ODJtCtIUu.
Special to the indianapolis journal.
WASHINGTON. Feb 27.-Mr. Randall has been
ailing for couple of weeks. He has had the
CONT, and bad cold and hoarseness. and a sore
throat He could not spesk on the floor. To
day, however, he made himself heard Some
body-I believe it was John D. White. of
Kentucky-made an objection to proposition
from the distinguished Pennsylvania
'FWho objects9" yelled Mr.. Randall, In stem
torian tones, the hoarseness and other defections
of the vocal organs disappearing instantly.
"1,' replied White.
''What do pou wantw hurled back Randall il
passon.
II want to oppose this bill"
SWELL who Is hinderingp
''You are" exclaimed White
mo, I'm not. Go on with your opposition; I
don't care for it, Ill give you my time in which
to oppoSe.r
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Brief Mention.

At Turner Junction James Tracy, Of Dixon,
was killed by the cars.
At Rockford ]. e. Ginders was mixing powder
and lard for use upon his horse. He placed the
can upon the stove and was stirring it when it
exploded and burned his face. 1t is feared he
will not recover his eyesight.
Isemuel Fuller, Of Argyle, was counting over
his money the other night, and imagined he
heard burglars He started out with his gun and
accidentally shot two valuable horses of his own
which he mistool1 for thieves.
At Streator William Allen, miner employed
blythe River Bank Coal Company, was severely
injured by a fall Of rock from the root Of the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-02-28
MIR. Moody at Evansville.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
EVANSVILLE, Feb. 27.-Rev. Dwight l.. Moody,
the celebrated evangelist, began series of meet
ings, last night in this city. Evans Hall, capa-
BILE of seating $500 people, was damned as
early as o'clock last evening, and hundreds
were turned away. To-day FIVE meetings were
held, and the interest is unabated The relig-
ious excitement is at fever heat. Mr.. Moody is
assisted by Rev. L.. w. Munhall and several
prominent preachers Of the State
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-02-28

Mr.. T. O. Batson of McAllster Cross Roads,
Tenn, was sorely troubled with dyspepsia. He
writes: Il have been using Browns Iron Bitters;
only used it a short time, and think / am well.
1t is one of the beauties of the good work &C
complished by this wonderful iron tonic that it
is done so speedily. The work is permanent,
too. Cures weakness, liver and kidney com
plants, etc.