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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-31
Khartoum and Its Surroundings.

Khartoum is certainly the safest place in all
the Soudan that Colonel Gordon could have Sc
lected to await reinforcements. Besides being
the center of the great caravan routes from the
interior of Africa, and the largest town in that
part of Egypt, it's situation is naturally strong
one The White and the Blue Nile separate some
distance below, and on the peninsula thus
formed the town of mud huts has been built.
The Governor has a stonefaced palace, and
few substantial buildings have been erected, but
nearly all the other houses are of mud. The
landing place by which Khartoum is most easily
reached is on the Blue Nile, and the river
lies far below the town, so that an attack
from that direction could be easily re-
pulsed Back of the town level plain
stretches for miles, and here the approach
of an enemy could be easily noted But the
enemy are on the other or the west side of the
river and cannot got across to the plain. They
have no boats and no wood out of which to con-
struct RATS and even if they had Gordon has
launched eight little gunboats with which the
river is regularly patrolled. The tribes for 500
miles are friendly, and as long as they remain
SO Gordon can defy the Mahdi There is no
danger of starvation, for within and around the
town are some of the most fertile gardens of all
Egypt, and all along the bank of the river are
extensive groves of date. PALM fig and orange
trees. AS Chaille Long says. Gordon could live
for years there without the least fear of starva-
tlon. Twenty years ago Khartoum claimed
$4,000 inhabitants, but the disturbed state of the
country brought the number down to 10 600 in
ten years. and at present there are probably
70 0OO persons in the town. lt has good iegiti-
mate trade, but has always leaned favorably to-
several Protestant missions there In languish-
ing condition
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-31
FOREIGN MISCELLANY.
The Trial of Nine. Clovis Hugues for Shooting
NJ. NORM.


Nj. NORM.
London World.
The trial of Nine. Hughes was about AS solemn
and dignifed an affair as the first performance
of sensational melodrama at some boulevard
theater nay, it was less dignifed, inasmuch as
at the theater the entr'actes save the theater
floor from certain accidents which were only too
frequent during the terribly long session of
Thursday. Never before had such scandalous
scene been witnessed in French court of JUS
tice The room was invaded by a regular mob
of rufians, intermingled with yellow haired
cocottes and rastacoueres, who had bought from
door-keepers the privilege of occupying the seats
reserved for the jury, the bar, and the press
Even the witness box was occupied by specta-
tors, and the judge presided in the attitude Of
one suffering from collie, for the reason that clus
ters of spectators hanging over the back of his
chair prevented him from sitting up. The court
was literally converted into a theater and the
culprit and the witnesses were treated as actors;
nor were they unequal to the situation. Nine.
Hugues, in the first place, kept up her role of
the remorseless Roman matron. talking in the
atrical manner about her honor, and never be-
traying the slightest womanly feeling. M. Ana
tole de la Forge, deputy, declared that he had
known Nine. Hughes for twelve years. and that
he "honored her all the more since she had
killed Morin.' The fact is that all the parties
concerned, from Mime. Hughes down, were actu-
ated by the desire to produce an effect, to pro-
woke the applause or astonishment of the audi
ence, to raise laugh or excite thrill Of emo
tlon.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-31
The Square Formation I'm Rattle.

has displaced the sensation of the latest explo
sions in London. The United Service Club,
founded soon after Waterloo, now located in
Pail Mall, with $500 members; its Junior, with
1000 members, founded dozen years later, and
the old and young Army and Navy Clubs, with
the same number of members, have been
crowded day and evening with veterans who
shoulder canes and show how battles
were won. or with some service officers,
who, II Conservatives, deplore that the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-31
A TERRIBLE RAILWAY DISASTER.

Collision In New South Wales-Forty Per-
sons Killed and Many Injured.
LONDON. Jan. 3O.-A dispatch from Sydney,
New South Wales, states that an express train
between Sydney andWaggaW aWagga, while running
at high rate of speed, was precipitated into a
creek by the weakness of the bridge upon which
the train had entered. Forty passengers were
killed.
A Sydney, N. S. W.. telegram says:
'"The express train between here and Wagra
Wagga was wrecked by collision, and not by
falling through bridge as first reported. Be-
sides forty persons killed. great many were in
lured The disaster occurred near Wagga
Wagga" oo''
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-31
The Practical Col. Matendie.

There is one practical man who always sur
veys the ruins in these cases and figures in the
stories with sublime repose that the comic
muse should consider. This man is Colonel Ma
jendie. Following every explosion, and when
have been carried out, and the world is pretty
well satisfied as to all the details-then comes
upon the scene Colonel Majendie! Then does he
curiously smell at the atmosphere, taste the
splinters, critically examine the broken glass
and declare his solemn conviction that the ex-
plosiye substance was dynamite He seems to
be funny fellow Majendie and, like all real
funny fellows, he does not seem to know it.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-31
A Drunken Footman at a Reception.

WAsHlNGToN, Jan. 30.-Society has had arr
other unpleasant sensation 1t occurred at
Attorney general Brewstcr's reception. The
night was very cold and as an act of humanity
the private coachmen and footmen were let into
the house to keep them from freezing to death.
Congressman Jordan's colorcd footman imposed
on the acts of hospitality below stairs by getting
drunk. He insisted on going into the main hall
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-31
An Old Man Dies with His Horse.

READING, Pa. Jan. 30-William Houck aged
seventy seven, q substantial farmer, residing
near Shanesville never in during his life. owned
a horse which at one time was very valuable,
and was in his possession about thirty years
Houck frequently said he and his horse would
die together. This morning the animal slipped
and fell and neighbors decided it was best to kill
him. The horse was knocked in the head and
nearly at the same moment the old farmer
dropped dead of apoplexy.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-31
Another McCanerty.

ROCHESTER,, N. Y, Jan. 3O-Captain John
MeCaferty, who is charged with causing the
London explosions, is we'll known here. The
Union to-day publishes the names of Major Jos
F. Cleary, Major Daniel A. Sharpe and Captain
D. c. Feely, who vouched for McCafferty's in
tegrity and nobility of character. McCafferty
has relatives here
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-31
Down an Emhanl.nent.

PETERSBURG. Jan. 30-A north bound passen
gcr train, this evening, when rounding the curve
near here, left che track and rolled down an EN-.
bankment ten feet high Two or three passen-
gers were cut and bruised, but none danger
ously. The baggage car, with its contents, was
burned
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-31
A Radical Frenchman.

PARIS, Jan. 30.-At sitting of the municipal
council to-day, Valiant made a violent attack
upon the capitalist class, which, he said, must
make way for the proletariat, armed with revo-
lutionary dictatorship He moved an appropria-
tion of 100000 francs for the labor associa-
tons. The motion was rejected-6S to 2
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-31
A Burglars Collection of Bonds.

KINGSTON, Ont. Jan. 30-This morning,
Jones, alias Jimmy Carroll, notorious Ameri-
can burglar who was sentenced some years ago
to the penitentiary for robbery, was released
and left for Montreal Before he left, it is said,
be exhibited American bonds valued at 800, 600.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-31
A scven-Year-old Boy Killed by whisky.

ATLANTA, Ga. Jan 30-In Union county, yes
terday, Henry Smith went on spree, taking
his seyen-year- old son with him. The boy drank
. pint of whisky on a wager, and was dead in two
hours. The father was arrested.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-31
scaIded to Death.

AUBURN. N Y, Jan. 30.-James Sampson was
repairing the interior Of one of three boilers,
when the fireman turned the steam on, suppos
ing it was cut off from the one in question.
Sampson was terribly scalded, and died iu an
hour.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-31
How to Secure Efficient officers.

SHANGHAI. Jan. 30-The ex-Governors of
Yum Nan and Kwang Si were condemned to-day
to be beheaded for allowing the French to cap
ture Bac- Mini
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-31
Two More Deaths In the Krall Family.

READING, Pa, Jan. 30-Two more members
Of the Krall family, who were myteriously pois-
oned at Bunker Hill, have died. and the remain
ing three are considered beyond recovery.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-31

Will Not Put Their Names In the Paper.
VIENNA, Jan. 30.-The local newspapers and
foreign and provincial journals have resolved
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-31
Trouble Expected at ST. Petersburg.

1 =" AHOUUAO h1Ap0CU6U dC St IbUeTbUUTBs
ST. PETERSBURG, JAN. 30-Serious trouble is
expected here Revolutionary agents are ex-
citing the workingmen to rise and the police are
unusually active.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-31
Rurned at tIle Stake

Cry OF Mexico, Jan. 30-A horrible crime is
reported this morning from Santa Cruz, where a
negro was burned at the stake.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-05-31
MINISTER DENNY

No appointment made by the President
will receive more hearty applause than that
OF Colonel Charles DENLY to the Chimes
Mission. The readers OF the Sentinel are al
ready aware OF the high estimate in which
be is held By this paper, and this Is but the
10 lection OF the admiration Colonel
DENLY enjoys from al who know him. A
lawyer CT we'll ce,erved repuie. ne Ia also q
sDocstsful man OF affairs, and go genial. sin-
cers and big hearted man that mis- prefer
ment will Re cordially Endorsed by his fell
low-ciiizsns regardless OF party. II ms3 be
said without qualification that no citizen of
the United States is more nobly equipped
for representing his Government at the
Court OF the Children OF the Midnight Sun.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-05-31

The Indications arc that the Biz Four people
will adopt the woolcy Electric headlight Tor per-
msnent use. placing IL upon all OF their locono-
tlyes.
Cflcials of the Indian ap0lis and Rel River road
say that the line Will be completed this year. the
new onieeis are very energetic set oil gentlemen.
On and after to-day no tickets will be sold at
the Union Depot ticket olice NJ diherentlal rates.
The only roaos that will suffer by this new deal
ell likely that they viii be seriously Affected
thereby. IL is generally understood that the for
mer road will not discon iue the sac OF tickets
a. the diiereBtial. isiming the InfiRnapo lis
Passenger Agents Assoc a ION is not empowered
with authority 10 prevent them from using IL.
The diferentisl was lrlnted the l., B. and w. by
the old indianapolis pool year ago.
W. X. Woodland General 5uperin tendeni OF the
Monon. made another trip OF inspection the other
day. accompanied by G. q. Bout. Master OF Trans
portation. Mr. Woodland IA mailing himself thor
oughly acquainted with the condition aud needs
OF the road. lie says that the company has In view
quite number OF changes and improvements.
three pounds 20 the yard. VIII be put down 10 take
the place OF the fifty-six pound rails. Many new
TICS VIII be put down NJ various points along the
read. and the line Will be generally ovesnaulcd
from end 10 end.
A fraud giving the name OF Charles Rlfo-d
recently attempted 10 do General Manager Carson
OF the Monon. for a pass from Chicago 10 this
signed by &. K Ray, Assistant General Manager
Of the Maine Central, and bearing The stamp OF
that road. IL being surmsed that all was not
right the man was Told 10 call again and dispatch
sent 10 the MANAGER OF the Maine Central
asking whether the application was genuine. The
the party fraud. The young man did not call
again.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-05-31

NEW YORK special ssys that French
gentleman now residing in New York City,
who hss lived in Paris many years. and who
is familiar with the Hsgo family, SAYS it is
perfectly true that the great poet had 8
daughter named Adele. He says that he does
not know whether she married an English
officer snd followed him to Halifax. He
says there is no doubt however, that che was
married, and that her husband deserted her
for good cause. This daughter was Dad
character, and was the subject OF so much
scandal that the fsmily disowned her. She
became aiterwsrd insane and is now In an
insane asylum. He says. also, that insanity
ia hereditary in the Hugo family. The poets
eldest son became insane soon after his mar
risge, and died within & short tims.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-05-31
TWO MORE VICTORIES.
The Home Team Easily Wins Two
Games From the Cleyelands.
The Morning Contest Is Stopped by
Rain at the End OF the Fifth-The
Record-Other Games,

Owing 10 Indictment weather the attend.
ance at the Seventh Street Park yesterday
morning was very slim. rot more than 200
persons witnessing the first Of the Indian.
apolis-Clevelard series which was stopped at
the end OF the fifth inning By rain. 1t was
anything but brilliant contest. the visitors
fielding wretchedly tom the start, while the
home team pounded Dssgle yciously
throughout. The visitors were unable to
gauge McKeon.s delivery and secured but
three scattering hits. BE was well sap
ported behind the bat by keenan,, who did
not have 3 single passed ball. Donnelly
led the batting for the home team. sec1ring
hit every time he came 10 the bat. Walker,
the visitors coored catcher, was not in good
form, having fonr passed balls nd one error.
The story is told in detail by the following
SCORE:
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-05-31
CONTENTS OF rO.DAY's PAPER.

FIRST PAoE.-Latsst Telegraph.
sEcoSD PAoE-washington Letter, Epidemic OF
Cline. Amtsements. The New Resort, etc.
THIRD PAGE-woman's World. Home Depart
ment. prize essay on House Cleaning"
FouRTs PAoE.-Etitorial aud other original mat
ter.
FIFTH PAeE.-Local Ma tiers. New Advertise.
ments.
srxIa PAcz.-our Social Life. As Others See Us.
M.sceuany.
SEVENTH PAeE-A poem by Mrs. Bolton Wit aud
EieuTH PAGE--Local Items aud New Advertise
mfn's.
EiSH PAoE-wsnts. For Sale, For Trade and
other minor advertisements. Good Bye. Col.
Her In England. The sunday.school, etc.
IEETH PAcE.-"Love or Money" a continuation
OF Charles Reade's great story
ELEyFsTH PAeE.-our Tornadoss. A Dead Nov
In the Postofnce. History OF the Tomato.
TWELFTH PAcE-Maacsp Madge. Religious Intel
ligenCe. Fashion as II Flies. etc.
THisTEESTH PAcE.-A Decoration Day Story.
Knoity Problems Curious. Useful and Sci.
entiec.
FOURTEENTH PAoE Smoking OF Opium. The
Bark Failure. Women and Home. o:c
FnrFESrH PAeE-The Lone Grave OF TIE shenan-
cosh, astory By Don Patt.
sixrEfSrH PAoE-Dr. Talmage's List Sermon
Varieties. Advertiser ents. etc.
IxTRA srPrLKNESr-opening chapters OF "a Fam
fiy Affair" Selections. etc.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-05-31

IT Is the sinners who find theleast satsfao-
ton in the revised version -Philsdelphia
North American.
WALL STREET still suffers for want of spring
lamb. May It's necessities increase. Pitts
burg Commercial.
THE cable dispatches state that Russia Is
gaining ground in Turkey" and doubtless
che is. Gaining ground is Russis's chief &C.
cupsticn just now Philsdelphls Press.
IT Is we'll to have Bible revision every
now and then, for some people are induced
to read parts OF II In the newspapers who
never read q word of 1t in the book ITSELF
Philadelphia Bulletin.
TnE general election In Great Britain com.
pletely oversbadows every question OF home
or foreign politics. Every mSneuyer that Is
made In the three camps, eyery change in
position or development OF policy, has a
direct bearing upon the campaign TO be
fought Ia the autumn. New York Tribune.
PROFITABLE ADVERTISING. - Advertising
agent Ito N merchandise you thiak II pays
better 10 advertise on fences aud hse stones
than In the newtpaperg Meschant-lt has
paid me better. Advertising A2ent--But you
have Just failed. Merohant-f know IT, bat
I settled for thirty CENTS on dollar.-Nsw
York Sun.
Esoueu money has disappeared from this
city In the maslstrom Of speculation. In the
psst few ysars. 10 build and equip several
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-05-31
HUDSON BAY EXPLORATION.

Few, peihaps, have thought that this large
body of water was Of enough importance 10
need much attention Or arouse any special
interest The first properly organized at
tempt that was ever made TO explore Hudson
Bay was made at comparative recent date.
through the exertions Of the members OF the
Canadian Parliament, and the report OF the
exploration was made TO that Parliament
only last February. Our attention has been
called 10 the matter through an article in
the June number OF the Popular Science
Monthly by ]. Macdonald 0xley. Mr. Mac.
donald does not conceal his surprise that
this mighty expanse OF water, occupying It's
peculiar position. should have remained for
80 long . time unexplored aud unutillzsd.
The gsoRrspheis call II bay. but II
Is really an inland sea, 1000 miles
long, GEO wide its area, about 100000
square miles, or one-half as largo as the
Mediterranean Sea- Ii drains an expanse OF
country spreading out more than 1000 miles
from east to west, and 1900 from north to
south, or an area OF 5000 0o0 square miles.
Into its majestic waters pour feeders which
take their rise In the Rocky Mountains on
tTS west hnu IN LtDEauof on tue East, Wllle
southwark II stretches out Its riverroots
away below the 10Th parallel until they tap
the same lske-sonrce which sends stream
into the Gulf OF Mexico. Despite IL, dis
lance northward, its blue waves are never
bound by Icy letters. and lis broad gateway
to the Atlantic Is certainly navlgable four
months out OF tie year, and possibly the year
round TO properly equipped steamships. It's
depths abound In finny wealth, from the
mammoth whale OF the tiny cAplin. It's
shores are serrated by numerous streams,
some navieab,e for long distances inland,
and all stocked with the finest OF fresh water
fsh. and clothed as to their banks with val
liable timber ready for the lumberman's Ak
Its islands are rich In mineral ore OF many
kinds. The country whoss margin its tide,
lave Is we'll adapted for tillsge and pastur-
sge, while all around the region sv arms with
animals and birds whose hesh or fur renders
their chase q highly lucrative employment.
This Is only On outline Of the resources o.
this great sea and the possibilities that II sug-
gssts.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-05-31
ANDY WOOD AGAIN.
He Turns Up In Another Desertion OF
His Better Calf

Sentinel readers will remsmber an article
some weeks since with reference TO Merchant
Policeman Andrew Wood who. during his
wiie's absence az Seymour. turned al avail.
able personally into cash, sold his
beat 10 another man, and left The State
for 81. Louis In compaoy with his sister in
Jaw and bis infant cail1. In again TO the
front In another desertion. After
tie woman who Left with him
returned, bringing with her the child, aud
announcing that Wood had run out OF
money, Wood himself came back, and after
kidnapping the child left. IA IL was after
ward learned for Chicago. His wife was NJ
first disposed TO prosecute him, bat II seems
che changed her mind She Ia said TO have
recently sold improperly In ihesouthern part
OF the city and followed her husband 20 Oil
cago. Yesterday word was received from
Wood, who has sgain abandoned his wife,
AT who is now In 81 Paul, MIMI, stating
that he Ii not able 10 take care OF his child,
and II its grandfather wants IL 10 come on
and get H.. No word has been received from
Mr. WQCd
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-05-31

ANOTHER hope oi the Mormon polygamists
Is gone. The deolaion Of the United States
Supreme Court last March took away their
hope that the Eimunds Law Is unoons.itu-
tional, and that they would bs allowed to
continue their practices unmolested. Since
this resulted so they hoped to have retreat
among the Yaqui Indians OF Northern Mex
leo. and they made treaty with them and
got permission to form settlements upon
their lands, and small settlement has al.
ready been established. Bat these Indians
are now reported conquered by the Mex
leans. and polygamlsts must look for some
other congenial cline.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-05-31
A DECORATION DAY STORY.

To-day we pretent our readers with mes!
charming Decoration Day story, written
specially for the Sunday Sentinel, and en-.
Allied, The Two Old Ladies' or Who Found
Uncle Jack" The writer, Mrs. Abby ID.
Hawkins. of Brazil, Ind, is widely and
porulsrly known as the author OF numerous
Interesting short stories and OF novel,
"harnsh" published some years sgo, illus
trstivo OF the BENEVOLENT purpcsts OF Odd
Fellowship.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-05-31
Don't Mention t."

Auditor Rice, secrttsry Myers and several
other gentlemen were IN conversation yes.
teTday when Rice asked II the crowd had
icsn the electric girl q the Dime Museum.
Upon receiving n negative answer, he went
stood upon galvsn'c battery aEd upon
touching gss JET. the gss would be ignIted
T. 10 flame.
Anybody could do that said Myers.
Anybody couldn't DO IL said Rice "you
couldn't yourself"
Wei, / just couldf roiorted Myers.
"TheIe's no trouble about &C. or no danger
unless you are charged 90 heavily"
oil they only cha.gs ten cents a. the
Dine Museum" responded Rice, aud Myers
wilted and requested that nothing should be
said about Il. OF course, there won't be.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-05-31

THESE words from the London Times ex-
pres what all intelligent and aisinterested
readers OF current events have for some time
noted: "There 10 too much reason" says the
Tines, ITO fear that hostile combination
Egypt hes been organized by the European
powers" The American observer has no
idea that the purposes OF this combination
are confined 10 Egypt. The manifestations
OF nearly all the continental powers were
uniavorsble to England daring the Russian
complications
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-05-31

THINGS have come to queer pass when
the sicknefs Of an ape In New York
menagerle is teiegrsphed all over the coun.
Try. The wires recently groaned with the
sad intelligence that Little Crowley, the
ohimrangee ct Central Park, Is dying OF
pneumonia. And yet men and women are
dy ing all around ne every day nnnotioed.