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Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1886-04-22
MISCELLANEOUS.

AN emissary is said to have Left Khar-
toum for Cairo, Egypt, with proposals Of
peace from Ell Mahdi's successor.
A DOZEN or more citizens Of Laporte,
Ind, have been subpenaed by the Senate
Committee on the Judiciary to testify as
to the offensive partisanship of the new
United States Marshal of Indiana.
FIVE strikers. among them c. l.. Graham,
master workman of the knights of Labor
of Big Springs, Tex. have been arrested
for disturbing the running of trains.
A FEARFUL tornado ravaged st. Cloud
and Sank Rapids, Mimi, on the afternoon
of the l4th. At least twenty-five persons
were known to be killed. Many persons
were injured. The extent of the damage
was believed to be enormous, as it was the
worst storm since Rochester and Elgin,
Mimi, were devastated by a tornado in
1883.
GOVERNOR OGLEsBY, of Illinois, has re-
fused to issue requisition, on the ground
of informality, for the deputies who took
refuge in St. Louis after killing sevesAl
persons on the Illinois side of the river.
AT Horton & Gillis' butter factory, fse
miles north of Harvard, ILL.,, a creav, SEP
arator burst recently, killing William
johnson and wouadinG three others n,slnss1
Alton, Bowman ind Blake, Atoms injtl-
ries being fatal.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1886-04-22
ADDITIONAL DISPATCHES.

A TERRIBLE confiagratiOn took place in
Strv, Austrian Galicia, on the 18th Over
600 houses were burned and more than 100
lives lost by falling walls, etc.
THE milk train on the RENSSELAER, & Sar-
atoga railway, near Albany, N. Y, col
lided recently with two fat cars loaded
with huge granite blocks. attached to sta
tionary engine. Passengers were shaken
up, but no one was seriously injured.
THE Bishop of Madrid was shot and
fatally wounded by priest whom he had
dismissed from his charge, on the 18th.
The priest afterward attempted suicide,
but was prevented and arrested.
THE Senate was not in session on the 18th.
The House passed number of small ap-
preparation bills.
SECRETARY MANNING on the 18th was
able to sit up and had recovered the free
use of his limbs.
THE Treasury Department has received
notice that the Canadian Government has
fixed an additional duty of ~ per cent. on
all sugars imported into Canada through
the Urited States.
THE clearing house returns for week
ended april II showed an average increase
of l76. In New York the increase was
21.4.
THE Workingmen's Rifle Corps, a Social
istic society of New York, held large
meeting recently. The editor of the Volks
Zeitung advised his hearers and working
men generally to arm themselves In prep
araton for future troubles.
EUROPEAN money exchanges were gen.
orally dull during the week ended April
II. American securities were weak.
Ex-PREsIDENT ARTHUR was reported
somewhat improved in health at New York
on the 18th.
GOVERNOR OGLEsBY. of Illinois. has issued
a reQuisition on the Governor of Missouri
for the delivery of Stewart Martin. Samuel
Jones, John T.. Williams, George Burnett,
W. F. Laird, Charles Hentzler alias Kin
seller, William Lurton and E. G.. Hewlett,
the deputy sheriffs who fired into the mob
in East st. Louis.
THE running of street cars by electricity
was begun recently at Montgomery, Ala,
the machinery working perfectly.
JOHN BIGELOw, who with NJ. De Lesseps
and as delegated representative of the
New York Chamber of Commere inspected
the Panama canal, has submitted his re-
port. He says that it would be about as
safe to predict the quarter in which winds
will be settled next Christmas day at st.
Petersburg, as the time when the canal
will be finished or what it will cost.
WHILE experimenting in the iron works
of Singer, Nimick Il Co., at Pittsburgh,
Pa, the other day, with COMPRISING
steel mold, 1000 pounds Of molten steel
suddenly gave way, scattering metal in all
directions. Some sixty persons were in
jurcd, few dangerously.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1886-04-22

THE steamer Undine, owned by Cap
tain Braithwaite, was sunk at Rock
Haven, near Bismarck, OAK, recently.
The steamer was small, but her loss al
this time is severe to the people along
the river for distance of one hundred
miles north and south, who depended
on her for the transportation of local
freight. She was lying in the channel
and had to be removed before boats
could run north.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1886-04-22

AN electric light wire in Superior
street, Cleveland, o., broke the other
evening and the two ends fell upon the
sidewalk. Joseph Chaser, salesman,
ran against the wire and was flung into
the street, where he lay senscless. He
was taken to pharmacy and thence to
his home. 1t was believed that his
injuries would result fatally. Two
other men came into contact with the
wire and were also thrown down, but
escaped serious injury.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1886-04-22
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

THE Upper House of the Prussian Land
tag has accepted the Ecclesiastical bill
with tho amendments offered by DR.. Kopp,
Bishop of Fulda.
THE German Reichstag has adjourned
until May IS.
THE election returns in Peru indicate
that Caceres is elected to the Presidency.
Lima and Callao voted unanimously in his
favo".
THE Earl of Shaftesbury shot himself
through the brain in London recently. He
was suffering from mental depression at
the time. He succeeded to the title last
year, at the death of the well known phi
lanthropist of that name.
JOHN H. MOVES, founder of the Oneida
community of New York State, died on
the 18th at Niagara Falls, Ont.
DIR. PAUL PAQUIN, the Missouri Veterin-
arian, now in Paris studying under Prof
Pasteur, has written letter to the ST.
Louis Rural World, in which he advocates
the immediate destruction of pleuro-pneu-
monia affected cattle.
MINISTER MCLANE presided at a banquet
in Paris on the 14th in honor of NJ. Pasteur.
NJ. De Lesseps made a speech clarifying
the Panama canal.
DIR. j. II. ARNETT, superintendent Of the
American Express Company, died at Nj
agara Falls, Ont, recently, from the effects
of stroke of apoplexy. He was seventy
years Of age.
The upper house of the German Diet has
adopted the bill for Germanizing Poland.
THE Austrian Reichsrath, by large ma
jority, has rejected motion to shelve the
Landsturm bill.
In the New York State Senate bill has
been introduced to annul the charter of the
Consolidated Gas Company of New York
and to wind up its affairs. This company
has a monopoly of the gas business in
New York, being made up of union of
several companies.
THE King of the Sandwich Islands has
issued an order that no Chinese should
hereafter be permitted to enter the king
dom without return certificate.
MIR. GLADSTONE introduced his Irish land
purchase scheme into the Commons on the
10th. The scheme involved loan of $50,
100000.
THE sons Of the late William II. Wander
bilt have given $3.50, 600 to the New York
College of Physicians and Surgeons to
build and endow a building to be used ex-
clusively for clinics The building will
cost Sl5O,OOO 1t will be known as the Van
derbilt clinic in honor of their father.
The rumor that President Cleveland is to
marry Miss Folsom this summer has been
confirmed by the Presidents brother.
COLONEL THOMAS II. RUGER, Eighteenth
Infantry, whose nomination as Brigadier
General was pending before the Senate, has
been placed in command of the Department
of the Missouri, relieving Brigadier General
Miles.
THE President has appointed Mrs. Vir-
ginia c. Thompson postmistress at Louis
Vile, KY,
THE Greek Chamber of Deputies has
voted all the bills for military prepare
tions.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1886-04-22

EUROPEAN newspapers are again de-
voting a great deal of space to record
ing the oddities of King Ludwig, of
Bavaria. 1t is stated that when the
Emperor of Austria was recently in
Munich, the capital of Bavaria. King
Ludwig took no notice of him, and the
Princes Ludwig and Leopold, the
Kings nephews. were compelled to as
sumo all the responsibility of entertain
ing the imperial visitor.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1886-04-22

ADvICEs from Zanzibar state the
Sultan has refused to cede to Portugal
the territory claimed by her, and That
the Portuguese Consul has on this &C
count lowered his flag and placed the
Portuguese residents under the protec-
ton of the German Consul.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1886-04-22

RHODE ISLAND having adopted
prohibitory liquor amendment OF the
State constitution the Newport saloon
men are fearful that their city is killed
as a watering place.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1886-04-22

NINE persons were killed and num-
Der were injured the other day at Ajac-
clio, the capital of Corsica, by the col
lapse of mansion.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1886-04-22
CURRENT COMMENT.
TwENTY-FOUR tons of snuff were
thrown into Dublin Bay for non-pay-
ment of duty recently.

GEORGE AUGUSTUS SALA, the well
known English newspaper correspond
ent was reported sick with fever IN
India
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-03
MINOR MATTERS.
The Daughter of the Late Secretary Freling-
huysen a Helpless Invalid.

The Daughter of the Late Secretary Freling-
huysen a Helpless Invalid.
WASHINGTON, Dec. Mrs. John Davis, the
second daughter of the late Secretary Freling-
huysen, and wife of Judge Davis, of the Court
of Claims, has become hopeless invalid. She
has never recovered from the injuries received
By being thrown from drag at Lenox, Mass.
last summer 1t was thought. after her return
to Washington, that her recovery would be rapid
and certain. The other day Mrs. Davis felt so
well that she thought she would try to walk
down stairs with assistance This was her first
attempt to walk since the injury. She had taken
but few steps when she FELL from stroke of
paralysis. The attack was severe, but does not
extend above the legs. The physician in attend
ance does not think Mrs. Davis will ever be able
TO walk again. but at the same time her general
health will probably be good, so that she may
live for years. but will always have to remain in
reclining position This sad fate of a lady who
was prominent in society under the last ad-
ministration has created great sympathy
throughout Washington.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-03
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.

The work of completing the jury for the trial
| of ex-Alderman McQuade was continued yester
| day.
The house of Jesse Stockford, near Saginaw
Mich, was burned last night. One child per-
ished in the flames, and another burned SO
badly thai death ensued this morning Stock
ford and his wife were also badly burned.
Diphtheria is epidemic at Wilkinsonburg an
eastern suburb of Pittsbure. Over two hun
dred cases have been reported and many of them
are quite serious. The of the trouble
seems to be defective system OF drainage.
The suit of G. H. Bent against the Erie Tele-
phone Company, on trial at Lowell, Mass, for
services as attorney, was decided in favor of the
company. Bent was an officer of the company,
and it was claimed that he could not charge for
his services.
In the will of James Gordon. wealthy re-
tired Cincinnati merchant who died recently,
which was probated yesterday, there is a be-
quest OF So, 600 to the Home of the Friendess of
that city, and like sum to the Colored Orphan
Asylum of Cincinnati.
Patrick Riley William Mccarthy, Hugh Nc
Ginty and Henry Neihaus were terribly burned
in the converting department. of the Edgar
thomson steel works, at Braduocks, Pa, yes
terday morning, by the accidental lowering of
the converter Riley and Mccarthy may die
but the others will recover.
There We're eight slight shocks of earthquake
at Summerville, s. c.. Wednesday night and
yesterday InOFDluE Iner6 was a severe SOOck
at Columbia, at o'clock, and two slight disturb
ances in Charleston, about o'clock and one
at g. The shocks in Charleston made more noise
than shakes. No damages are reported in any
quarter.
Eight proprietors of second-rate hotels and res
taurants in Hartford, Conn. ,'were arrested yes
terday for using oleomargarne on their tables
WITHOUT displaying the placard, "Oeomargarine
used here" as required by law, under penalty of
$50 fine. The cases were continued one week.
under 5000 bonds each. These will be regarded
test cases.
At Chicago, yesterday, Judge Bagby, rendered
an opinion in the case of Samuel d. Ward
against s. NJ Nickerson, J. NJ. Ellis and r. W.
Peel finding that they, as the committee of the
old Republic Life Insurance Company, wrong
fully, while the company was insolvent, paid out
1923 000 on Oct. 80, 1886. TO Mr.. J. v Farwell.
The amount was said to have been given to Mr..
Farwell ostensibly as salary. but in reality for
compel Nickerson, Peel and Ellis to refund $685.
600 to the receiver. The defendants appealed.
Thomas Reddy, aged sixty five, was instantly
killed and Hugh NJ. McGinniss, aged twenty
six, fatally injured, on Wednesday night on the
Ashland branch of the Lehigh Valley railroad.
Reddy was walking along the track, and at
tempted to cross short bridge ahead of an ap-
preaching train When the engineer saw Reddy
he signaied down brakes, sharply, and McGin-
Miss, who was passenger, apprehending col
lision, leaped from the flying train and fell head
foremost into a pile of stones. The engine
struck Reddy and threw him distance of forty
feet He was lifeless when picked up.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-03

the standpoint Of the three parties IA Letter
to the President, by Arthur Richmond, and def.
ferson Davis and the Mississippi Campaign,s
by General Joseph E. Johnston.
'"The Object of University" by Elisha Null
ford. ''The Dream of Russia" by Cyrus Hamlin,
and THE Church of England Novel" by Harriet
Walters Preston, are among the interesting con-
tributions to the Atlantic Monthly for Decen1ber.
Contrary to the usual custom with magazines,
the serial stories all concluded with the clos
ing issue or the calendar year. James Russell
LowelTs address at the Harvard anniversary
celebration is attached as supplement- to this
number, together with Holiness poem.
The Magazine of History, contrary to the
usual rule with periodicals devoted to special
subject, is most attractive in style and charactes
of contents. This is, of course, due in ameasure
to the fact that its chosen field is of great scope
and affords infinite variety of topic, but must be
credited largely to judicious editing. The list of
contents Of the December issue well illustrates
the popular nature of the magazine Among the
contributions are "Creole Peculiarities," "OuP
New England Thanksgiving" "Ohio as Hos
pitable Wilderness, THE Swamp Angel" "A
"Reminiscences of Charleston in 1862" "Hallecks
and Grants Misunderstanding" and From Co
dar Mountain to Chantilly." Published at 30
Lafayette place. New York.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-03
Talmaee's Method.

Interview in Pittsburg Chronicle
I prepare my sermons usually by walking
the floor or on q railway train. can think bet
ter when in motion than when stationary Some
times iot down notes on train, though gen.
orally carry them in my head When I go off
on a journey, by the time get back home
have sermons blocked out for 80 years When
I say this l don't wish to cast reflections upon
people who prepare their sermons otherwise
God gives to each man different way. and
Divine blessing should be asked It's all folly
for some people to preach with notes, and folly
for others to preach without them. think that
the less we have of circumlocution and the more
we have of point blank utterances, the better we
will be. [ am sorry to say that I never studied
elocution, and think that the colleges should pay
special attention to it. The only professor in
elocution that ever had was my wife. A man
acquires habits In speaking of which he is not
aware. If he has wife to point them out it is a
great advantage to him. The trouble is in most
colleges the professor is man who cans speak
himself.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-03
THE PRESIDENT IN BAD HUMoR

Wrestling with Treasury Snfplus Figures
Makes Him Nervous and Irritable.
Washington Special.
The President is working harder on his mes
sage than he did last year. The wrestling with
the figures of the Treasury surplus and the prob
lem to find the best way to reduce needless taxes
have proven such unusual work for him that he
las become very nervous and irritable. A con-
gressonal caller who reached the White
House library, yesterday. found the Pres
ldens swearing in a great rage at a
trembling attendant, using him as an
escape valve for his nervous irritation.
The Cabinet officers who have been summoned
from time TO time to confer with the President.
bave caught the contagion of his irritation.
There is never a time when the mes
sengers shake so in their shoes as
when the department masters have
freshly returned from the White House Cabi-
net officers questioned about the subjects of the
Presidents message turn pale and change the
subject with lightning-like swiftness. The Pres
ldent does not hope to get any tariff revision
measure through Congress this coming session,
but he does expect that the Fiftieth Congress
will pass some measure. The President is in
chned TO believe that there may be a slight
chance for the passage of some such conserva-
tive proposition as is embraced in the Hewittad-.
ministrative bill He is not in favor of calling
the Fiftieth Congress together in special session.
according to the plan of Senator Whitthorne in
order to reduce the tariff He believes that it
will be enough for him to take strong grounds
IN that direction now and use his influence with
the Fiftieth Congress when il meets The long
session OF 1887 and 1888 will give him his oppor
tunity, and If he is successful, will give him a
great start for his denomination.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-03
The Facts and Fienres.

WORCESTER Dec 2-The dates and all the ev-
idence collected to-day contradict the sensational
story te'egraphed from Providence, last night
that Doc Wilson is the son of Philip Moen
Wilson, by his own statement and the statement
OF his friends, cannot be more than thirty one or
thirty-two years old Moen was first married in
1916. forty years ago, and his first wife died be-
fore Wilson was born. These dates alone con-
tradict his story completely. Lifelong resi-
dents of Worcester say it is impossible that
Moen could bear any such relation to Wilson
The first Mrs. Moen was a lady of very lovely
character. She was firm and upright
woman, and neither she her family would
have couptenanced any such proceedings as are
alleged. Moen's father was a New York iron
merchant, residing in Brooklyn when Philip L.
Moen came to Worcester An old chum of Will
sons in this city said there is no truth in the
story, and that Wilson is no more Moen's son
than he is Miss AGENT Sampson an aged nurse
says she went to live in Ichabod Washburns
family when Eliza Washhurn, Moen's first wife,
was only twelve years old. She had nursed in
and been intimate with both families from that
time TO this. She had nursed both of Mr.
Moen's wives at the birth Of all of his children,
and had known him intimately since he was
twenty one years of age. He was always q kind,
just and upright man. and most faithful and
loving husband and father. Moen and his coun-
sci both deny, wholly and in detail, and in the
most positive and complete manner, Wilson's
story.
The records of the town of Oxford, Mass,
show that Levi Wilson was born there on Dec.
l, 1853, eleven months after Mrs. Moen died.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-03
ACautious Congressman.

Washington Special
Public men with Western constituencies find
that owning large houses in Washington does
not contribute to their popularity at home.
More than one Western public man has been de-
feRted by the iudieious circulation of photo
graph of his Washington house among his
granger constituents. Congressman Robert
Hit, of Illinois, Is evidently aware Of this fact
He rushed to-day from his house in great wrath
to demoish an amateur photographer who had
his camera leveled at the domicile. There were
high words on both sides, but as the photogra.
pher looked like an athlete. Mr.. Hit beat a re.
treat aud the man proceeded with his work.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-03

the building. All the records and other contents
were saved. The courthouse was finished in
1893 at cost Of 81, 500. and was insured for
$780, 900.
EAU CLAIRE Wis, Dec 2-The Cass Drug
Company's store was burned this morning.
Loss, $50, 900; insured for 500, 900. DR.. Day,
who had an Office on the second floor OF the
building, loses 81, 900; insurance. 81, 200. The
fire started from the furnace.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Dec. Fire at the Ar
gentine smelling and refining works, at Kansas
City, Kan, this morning destroyed the building
containing the smelling and furnace rooms.
Loss, SO, 600; insured. Thirty mel will be
thrown out of work for month.
EAST SAGINAW, Mich, Dec. 2-This forenoon
fire broke out in the Fourth ward public school,
where 400 pupils were in attendance. The chill
dren scrambled to get out Of the eight rooms OF
the school, and for a few minutes the confusion
bordered on panic. Many of the children had
their clothing torn almost completely off, while
few were slightly injured. Outside the build
ing the excitement was equal to that within. as
parents ran from all parts of the city to the
school, under the impression that their children
were in danger of being burned. The building
was partially destroyed, with loss of s., 900;
insured.
AVER, Mass, Dec. 2-The large twostory
brick building, and contents, owned by William
Baeder Co., glue manufacturers, was burned
this morning. The fire is supposed to have been
OF incendiary origin. because of threats made
against the company on account of the bad odor
always rising from the works. The loss is $780,
OOO. Baeder & Co. deal extensively with New
York and Western men. The matter is being
investigated The State Board of Health has
just completed an investigation of the charges
made by the citizens, but had not reported.
The Ames Plow Company loses many valuable
tools ready for shipment to the West
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-03

at Wala Walla. W. r.; William A. Ames. Of
Montana to be receiver of. public moneys at
Bozeman, NJ T.
The Cabinet meeting to-day was of short dura-
ton. All the members were present. The
Presidents message was the only subject con-
sidered. although there was an informal discus
sion as to the probable course of Congress at it's
coming session The message is practically
completed, and the clerical force at the White
House are now engaged in preparing copies for
the houses of Congress.
The President to-day issued proclamation
promulgating the extradition treaty with Japan
which was ratified after being amended by the
Senate last June.
The Secretary of War has approved request
made by the Chief Signal Officer shat Lietenant
Greedy be retained on duty in the Signal Office
as an assistant to General Hazen who Is in i'll
health.
The Pension Office is informed of the arrest
by Special Examiner. Paul E. Williamson, last
Saturday, of George Foster, of Knoxville, Tenn,
for making false afidavits. To-day Foster was
convicted and sentenced by Judge Key to one
years Imprisonment in the Albany renitentiary.