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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-18
TELEGRAPHIC BREYITIES.

Frances HagermaL and Leonora Johnson. colored
were suocated by coal gas in attic bedroom at the
formers home, No. SO Carlisle avenue, Cincinnati,
on Thursday night.
Owing to the delay in equipping the tugs of the
Montreal harbor commission for keeping the st.
tie project is failure and will be abandoned for this
year.
At New York. yesterday, Vickerman and Nesbitt.
who accused Mr.. Rosenberg of being the McQuad Q
jury the interest Of ths defense arrested and
locked up for the night in default of $5 600 hail EACH
In suit brought by Rosenberg for $50, 900 damages
Cor defamation of character.
Early yesterday morning the Salt Lake express on
the Denver & Rio Grande railroad struck cow and
was deraied, near Gunnison river, The engine rum
bled inso the river, instantly killing engineer
Welch and fireman Mcconnell. All the coaches
remained on the track None of the passengers were
injured.
The jury in the case of Mr.. and Mrs. Baker, who
have been trial East Cambridge. Mass, for
eral days, on charge OF having murdered old Mrs
Susannah Prescott at Groton filed their verdict with
the court yesterday. Baker is adjudged not guilty
while Mrs. Baker is found guilty of murder in the
second degree
On Thursday night while engine was returning
to Somerset, KY, the Cincinnati Southern rail-
road from freight wreck near Sunbright Tenn,
azel of the tender broke and the engine thrown
Of Ludlow, KY, and John Rhodv, fireman, of Dan
ville KY. crushed to death beneath the engine.
Factor Jones and Dick Bullock, two of the four
negroes who few days ago, murdered George Taafe
IN the Choctaw Nation, because he discovered them
killing his cattle, and were released on S4O0 bail.
were caught by a mob Wednesday, taken to the
scene of the murder and ridded with bullets, each
receiving not less than forty shots Sandy Smith and
George Moss, the other murderers in Jail await
ing trial.
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Injustice to MIR. Alexander McKnig ht.

The newspaper items to the effect that Mr. Alexander
Mcknight recently connected with the R. R. Rouse
Manufacturing Company, had forged the name of his
uncle to onethousanddoll note held by his former
partner, Thomas P. Terhune have done Mr. Nc
Knight injustice. The filing of the affidavit against
him appears to have been unwarranted. Instead of
avoiding the officers who came here as they
stated, he was at the time in Spencer to
see about the trouble, having heard that
proceedings to be instituted against
him. On Thursday examination was held at
Spencer. and he honorably acquitted. The note
signed by his mother-in-law, Mrs. Elizabeth
Archer, and not by his uncle. the officers who
came here reported, and when put upon the witness
stand she identified the signature her own. Mr..
Mcknight also claims that he has had no other
investment in this city, save with the Rouse Com
pany and it injustice to charge that he proved
a failure in several business enterprises.
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Cave-in of a Coal Mine.

SHENANDOAH, Pa, Dec 17.--Between and 4
o'clock this morning the people living along West
Coal street in the northwestern section of this bor
ough were aroused by creaking noise and the sway
ing of the houses resembling series of successive
shocks of earthquake. The sensation produced
BY cave-in which took down fully four acres of that
section of the town, upon which stand upwards of
atty houses. The greatest alarm prevailed from 3
o'clock till after daylight. AS the surface sank the
houses swayed and tottered and the frightened people,
many of them with children in their arms ran In
search of places of safety while the collected
the doomed district. The surface settled from two to
-FOUR feet and damaged the property to the extent of
from $4,000 to SIS, 900. The cave-in was caused
5y the robbng of the workings of Kohinoor colliery
which is located under that portion of the town
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General and Personal.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON Dec. 17.-Mr. Bynum broke away
from his party to-day and voted with the Republicans
toincrease the appropriation to the Soldiers Homes
from 81 900 to So, 900 900. The object of the in
crease was to enable the trustees of the Homes to
grant relief the dependent soldiers outside Of the
Homes.
The President to-day appointed Ebenezer Hender.
son. chairman of the Indiana Democratic Committee
to be Deputy Commissioner of Internal Revenue. The
appointment will take effect Jan. l.
prominent Treasury official who was asked for
information the subject said this afternoon, that
1t is not at all likely that the department. win make
any immediate calls for threeper cent bonds In view
of the fact that it has already given public notice that
it stands ready to redeem all such bonds outstanding
paying par and accrued interest to date of presenta
zion. The amount of bonds redeemed under this
open call. which issued Sept. is last is 3d.
2O9 900. This leaves $63 9O9,5OO of uncailad
threes still outstanding OF the called bonds there is
outstanding $7.O75, $50.
General McMahon. of New York, and Maj. Thomas
q. Sloan, of the Old Guard called upon the Presi
dent day and invited him to be present at the Old
Guard ball. to be held the New York Metropolitan
Opera-house on the evening of JAN g. The President
acknowledged the courtesy and accepted the invita-
ton conditioned his being able to leave his public
duties
Ex-senator J. E. Mcdonald is here again.
Senator Harrisons bill, increasing the pension for
total deafness to $25 month, has been Endorsed by
the Pension Office The present law gives only $13.
while Pension Office officials say total deafness is
quite much of disability as loss of leg.
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LABOR MATTERS.
Organization of Knights of Labor Encounters
Opposition in the South.

Organization of Knights of Labor Encounters
Opposition in the South.
BALTIMORE Dec 1.-THE Sun has this FOL-
lowing special from Columbia, S. c. 'The eff
forts of some of the organizers of the Knights of
Labor in this State to enroll the colored people
in the order has caused much bitter feeling
against the order by the farmers Some papers
advise the farmers to spot" all white men like
Russell, who endeavoring to organize knights
of Labor, and to drive them from the
neighborhood. These journals have ad-
vised that the Legislature should ap-
propriate money for the maintenance of
militia as well-equipped soldiers will be need ed
if this organization goes on. This the Legsla-
ture has done, and, to further protect the farm
against the organization of the colored
people living on their plantations, the Senate
has passed. by large majority, and the House
will doubtless make it law. bill making it
conspiracy, punishable by fine and imprlson-
meDt, to interfere between employer and
employee in any contract. whether written
verbal The possibility of a strike
at contemplating time when the whole crop of
the State would be lost if not promptly gath
cred. was the principal argument used together
with the declaration that if strike occurred
among the negroes, much more blood would be
spilled than last summer in Chicago and st.
Louis"
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A Consulate In the Market.

Washington Special.
There is vacant consulate at Ascension, Uruguay.
which Is open for competition of oice-seekers Soon
after the administration changed q man named Smith,
of Mississippi friend Of Secretary Lamar, ap-
pointed The consulate is worth 81 500 year.
Smith accepted the place and started for his post He
arrived there. He disappeared on the journey
and has never been heard of since. His baggage ar
rived at Montevideo and minister there wrote to
the State Department concerning the missing CONSUL
who never claimed his baggage. The next appoint
rner. 20 this place was ofce-seeker from Indiana
named Elliston. He heard there only person
in Ascension who could speak English, and that the
ladies of the high society of the town walked about
barefooted. Before this appalling picture his seEs
tire soul shrank and he resigned before the State De-
partment could give him any instructions. Day be-
fore yesterday Mr.. Walton. of Kentucky. ap-
pointed to this consulate He heard all the stories
about the place after his nomination GENT to the
Senate. He procured clerkship in the Treasury in
stead Of the copsulship. Once the Ascer sion
consulate is open for ambitous politicians who desire
to serve their country abroad.
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Losses by Fire.

Special 20 the Indianapolis Journal.
TERRE HAUTE, Ind, Dec. 17.-Fre in the Eagle
foundry of j. A. Parker 8 Co., this evening caused
loss of So 900; covered by insurance. The bulk of
the loss patterns in the moldng department Two
days ago there was fire in the building but it was
extinguished with triAing loss.
EVANSVILLE. Ind, Dec ia special to the Jour-
nal from Owensboro says that the Welsh distillery
warehouse, at Greensboro KY. burned early this
morning and number of barrels of whisky were lost
The loss will be about SIS OO0 partly insured. This
company lost their distery about three months ago.
ALLENTOWN, Pa Dec. 17.-Fire, between u and
o'clock this morning. destroyed Hirner's cattle pow
der factory and the stables of Lewis Peters George j.
SEyder, jr., Daniel Swoyer and Samuel Schpll. The
loss is estimated at so 000 insurance about &c.
900. The fire is supposed to have been of incendary
origin.
DAYTON, O., Dec. 1.-THE saw-mill of @. Wight &
Son, of this city. destroyed by FIRE yesterday.
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There seems to be but little doubt that the
Atchison, Topeka d Santa Fe is the actual pur-
chaser of the Chicago & ST. Louis railway This
road runs into Chicago over the Great Western
Terminal Company's line and uses jointly with
the Wisconsin Central the depot and grounds at
the corner of Fifth avenue and Polk street It
runs from Chicago along the west bank of the
canal, parallel with the Alton. which runs along
the east bank, to Joliet, thence via Streator,
over what was formerly the Chicago, Pekin &
Southwestern, to Pekin Extensions are con-
templated or in progress between Pekin and
Springfield. from which points another extern
sion is TO be built to connect with the new Litch
field road for st. Louis
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Obituary.

HARRIsoNBURG, Dec. 17.-Major c. E. Haas
prominent member of the Harrisonburg bar, died
suddenly last night of hemorrhage of the bowels He
was brother-inlaw of Leander J. Mccormick, of
Chicago
LOUISVILLE, Dec 17.-Mr. Gratiot Washburne
son of Hon. E. B. Washburne, and secretary of the
general council of the American London exhibition
who arrived here yesterday in the interest of the
hibition dropped dead at the Gaut House to-day of
cerebral apoplexy.
BUFFALO, N Y, Dec. 17.--Hon. James D. Warren,
editor and proprietor of the Buffalo Commercial Ad-
vertiser, and ex-charman of the Republican State
committee died at his residence at $50 this evening
Mr. Warren had been i'll for several weeks, but had
been improving. To-day he had relapse and sank
rapidly
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Grand Army Elections.

Williams Post, No. 7s, g. A. R.. of Muncie, has
elected officers as follows: Commander, D. H. H.
Shoemaker; senior vice-commander Sidney Jewett;
junior vcecommander, Calvin Haines; officer of the
day, Joseph A. Brown; officer of the guard John w.
Turner; chaplain, Rev. Smith Goodin; surgeon Dr.
6. W. 81. Kemper; quartermaster. Charles M. Kim
brough; trustees, A. L. Kerwood, John NJ Bloss and
7. H. Kirby The post has membership of 225 in
good standing.
Henry Chapman Post, G. A. R., 442, Of Warsaw
has elected the following officers: Commander, E. NJ
Chaplin; senior vice-commander n. n Boydston;
junior vice-commander. G. Smith; chaplain, F. NJ
Marc; surgeon, w. H. Eggleston officer of the day,
B. w. Marshal officer of the guard. Thomas Huber;
quartermaster, Amos Keller; delegates for the de-
partnent meeting, Col. @. w. Chapman, Robert Hick-
man, John Lathrope, A. c. WEIGH and B. M. Chaplin
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The first mortgage bondholders of the Central
Iowa railway are being urged by some of their
number to reject the plan of reorganization pro-
the main line of 100 miles from Abba to North
wood, upon which their bonds are prior lien.
There can be no doubt that abundant reason ex-
lists for dissatisfaction at the manner in which
the company was MIXED by former manage
ment in the process of burdening it with 80
miles of branches out of which favored parties
derived enormous profits through construction
companies. Instead of being feeders these
branches have proved to be nothing but suckers
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The Patriot Laaena.

CHICAGO, Dec 1.-THE Patriot League organized
here with the avowed purpose of combating efforts to
spread socialism and anarchs has issued an address
to the public asking the operation of all good cti
zens in the movement and to aid in disseminating
thorough accurate and pertinent information and
claring that ought to meet the approval and hearty
cooperation of every who has interest in the
heart the welfare and improvement of the condition of
its aboring classes. In this work the league
estly socits the active cooperation of all good citi
zens, and requests that all communications be ad-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-18
Delaware Peaches Doomed.

WILMINGTON, Del. Dec. 1.-THE Peninsular Hor
tcutura Society mot in annual session in this city to-
day. Nearly all the growers of peaches and small
fruits IN the Delaware peninsula in attendance
A general discussion had during the morning ses
e sentiment Of all growers present that the peach is
IN the wane and that its cultivation on this peninsula
win be end owing to the fact that the SOIL
after tenn of years, loses those qualities which
bring the fruit to perfect DEVELOPMENT.
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Cardinal Manning and Henry George.

NEW YORK Dec 1.-THE Brooklyn Examiner will
tomorrow publish long letter from Cardinal Man
ming stating his recolectons of interview accord
ed by him to Henry George some three years ago.
The Cardinal says he expressed to Mr. George his
belief in the law of property as sanctioned by
Revelation. declared In the Christian law. and
taught by the Catholic Church, and that he under
stood Mr. George to say he did not deny the principle
that his contention mainly. if not only. on the
intoerable evils resulting from exaggeraton of the
alleged, on MIR. Georges book, Progress and Pow
erty but has read portions of his Social Problems
in which he found nothing to censure.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-18

The Boston Advertiser predicts that the next
great railway extension will be the building of
an independent line by the Atlantic & Pacific
from Mojave into San Francisco The ill-success
which the Atlantic 81 Pacific has had in it's
traffic contract with the Southern Pacific is only
one of many illustrations of the utter inability
of human intelligence to prepare a traffic con-
tract which will hold when it ceases to be salts
factory to either party.
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An Entertainment Not ON the Bills.

LOUISVILLE Dec. 17.--Robert Lowry, son of the
Governor of Mississippi, and w. H. Louderback of
Pennsylvania fought in private box at the Masonic
Theater tonight, and the latter was knocked down
before they could be separated. They were commit
Bindley, actress, with floral design Lowry
made tbs presentation speech, and is said to have
faied to mention Louderbacks name as being on the
committee. This angered the Pennsylvania, and he
demanded reparation with the above result.
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Boy Seriously Injured.
Special to the indianapolis Jourpa,.


GREENvILLE. o., Dec. 17.-About noon, to-day,
Johnny Gmble aged fifteen years while crossing the
track at the Dayton g. Union railroad depot was
struck by train and thrown under the wheels which
passed over both legs above the ankles Amputation
above the ankles took place possible. The
boy will probably de-
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Steamship News.

New YORK, Dec. 17.-Arrived: Devonia, from
Glasgow.
GLASGOW Dec. 17.-Arrived: State of Alabama,
from New York.
QUEENsTowN, Dec. 17.-Arrived: Wisconsin,
Germanic, from New York.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-18

From 900 to $50 passenger trains enter and
leave Boston ever weekday between the hours
of A. NJ. and 11:30 P. NJ, while every Sunday
from 217 to 268 trains, according to the season.
are run. In these days of enforcement of Sun.
day laws it may be noted that, out of the passen-
ger trains run on Sunday, all but two are run in
violation of law. By special law the Railroad
Commissioners are empowered at the request of
any railroad, to authorize the running of
through" trains on Sunday
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Minor Notes.

Charles A. Miller. formerly pastor of the Gibson
vile coored church. has sued the trustees for $500
which he claims that congregation owes him for serv
ices pastor
DR.. James r. Dodds. one of the oldest and best
known physicians of Bloomington died Wednes-
day. On Thursday the community shocked by
the death of his wife, which sudden and probably
caused by nervous prostration.
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snhstitnta for rhe R,air PENSION Bin.

WASHINGTON Dec. 1.-THE House committee
invalid pensions to-day adopted substitute for the
Blair pension bill The substitute provides for q
uniform pension of $12 month to all disabled sol
4iers of all wars whereas the Blair bill gave graded
pensions according disability, ranging from ST. to
B24 month. The substitute measure adds q clause
for dependent parents and req Tires proof of de-
nendeucv
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Embezxler Reed Sentenced

BOSTON, Dec. 17.--Reed, the embezzling treasurer
of the South Boston Railroad Company, sentenced
to-day to seven years in States prison. His counsel
made Intellectual plea for lenency. and of the
heaviest losers by his operations joined in the petit
ton. Reed win be taken to prison tomorrow.
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Heavy Damages Awarded.

ST. LOUIS, Dec. 17.--Mrs. Juliet Cunningham who
was seriously injured, some time ago. by Jumping
from streetcar of the Peoples line which was in
imminent danger OF colhding with railroad train at
che Fourth and Poplar street crossing. was today
awarded the unusually large sum of SOS, 900 damages
oy jury in the Circuit Court.
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Relief for an Indianapolis Man.

Special to the indianapolis JournaI.
WASHINGTON, Dec. ia bill for the relief of
James Fl. King, of indianapolis, was passed by the
House tonight 1t gives him pension for total dis
ability. The bill was introduced in the Senate by
General Harrison, and passed there and was in charge
of Mr.. Bynum in the House.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-18

Granda admits he was with the party and dranl with
them They had agreed to attack Haddock and
other prominent Prohibitionist. Arensdorf he says
fired the shot which killed Haddock. Granda with
his wife and Koshnitzk, who is under arrest at
Sioux City, foated down the river in fatboa, and
KoshnitzH went on TO California.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-18

do you know" remarked prominent gentle
man to a few days ago, DR. Bulls Cough
Syrup is really good thing. My DAUGHTER
would have me use it for bad cough and it did
cure me.p
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-18

HAVE found out GIFT for my fair. It is not
= ring OF gold. nor flowers for her hair nor
pearls for her white neck, but Salvation Oil for
5er sore throat She is singing bird.
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The murder of Rev. Haddock.

KANSAS CRY, Dec. 17.--Sylvester Granda, alias
Ganders. under arrest for completely in the Haddock
murder, win be taken to Sioux City tonight. The
Star will publish confession made to-day. in which
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-18

to St Joseph Mr. Endicott viii be asked to explain
why he disobeyed the law In taking the money from
places authorized by Congress to place it where it
vea4 NOT aukhopzad
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ILLINOIS.
Cuttings from Correspon ,sence and Gleanings
from Exchanges.

Mrs. e. NJ. Tooley of Streator. burned to DEATH
Thursday night, by her clothing catching fire.
W. H. Simmons, farmer living near Vienna, com
mitted suicide on Thursday night, by shooting him
self in the presence of his family. Imaginary do
mesic trouble is supposed to have been the of
the act.
On Thursday Mrs. Mary Ward residing De-
caur, thrown from a wagon and almost instantly
killed. The team became frightened and ran away.
throwing the old lady from the vehicle and infcting
injuries from which she died in few minutes after
being picked UP.
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A Business Man Takes His Life.

Special to the INDIANAPOLIS Journal
GORDON. Dec. 17.-William E. jordan committed
suicide his homo in this place to-day by shooting
himself through the head. Dependency, caused by
sickness. is the assigned for the act He was
thirty three years of age married, and prominent
business He member of several secret
societies, and had his life insured for So, 600.
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Cost of Staying a sheep Killing Dog.

WABASH, Dec. 17.-To-day a suit involving the
value of sheepkilling dog decided after a long
wresttle with the evidence, by jury in the Wabash
Circuit Coart Last summer, dog belonging
to Milton Roberts, weknown colored farmer living
in the southwestern portion of this county killed
by Reuben Deeter, while oanqueting sheep.
Roberts promptly instituted suit for $l5 the alleged
value of the dog. before a justice, and
secured Judgment for $15 Deeter appealed the case,
and after spirited tusse in the Circuit Court Roberts
to-day obtained verdict for $40. The costs in the
exceed 80 and the attorneys fees will be $685.
making total of $175 for Staying the cur.