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THE KILLING OF CRAWFORD.
The Mexican Version Given by the Presi
dent to the Congress of the Republic.

The Mexican version as Given by the Prest-
dent to the Congress of the Republic.
WAsHINaToS, April l0--Senor Romero the
Mexican minister, has just received the message
of the President of Mexico, transmitted to the
Mexican Congress on its convening on the 1st
inst A brief snopsis of what the President
said of the encounter in which Captain Crawford
was killed was telegfaphed from thss City of
Mexico. The following is translation of that
passage of the message:
sOn the 23d of January last, the Governor of
the state of Chihuahua, in report by telegraph
to the War Department, says that on the 18th of
said month the Mexican forces had an encounter
at place called Tiopar, in the Bavais mount
aims, with about two hundred Indians COM
manded by foreign officers, and had killed five
persons. among them the captain Crawford.
On our side several persons were also killed and
wounded. Among the former were the major
commanding the troops, and lieutenant. This
incident was somewhat distorted in transmitting
the news by the American newspapers
and this gave rise to a supposition in
the United States that the killing of
Captain Crawford in said encounter had been in
tentionaly caused by our troops as they 1.-THE
papers] assert that they (the Mexican troops)
fred against the officers of the United States
army knowingly. Public opinion was some
what excited in both countries, and the two gov
ernments were compelled to order careful
investigation of the facts. For my part. and
taking into consideration what has been ascer-
tanned up to the present time, have the convic-
ton that in said encounter our troops thought
that they were fighting the hostile Indians, be-
cause they were following the track of the saw
ages. The killing of courageous and deserving
officers and citizens Of both countries is very
lamentable affair; but our troops which were
composed Of citizens of the State of Chihuahua,
will always have the excuse that they could not
take as friends the Indians who were in front,
when they we'll knew that. according to the
agreement for the passing of troops across the
frontier only the regular troops of both repub-
lies can pass reciprocally the boundary line
when they are following the trail of the hostile
Indians"
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IN FRANCE.


The Labor Troubles Growing More Serious
Knife Duel In the Streets of Paris.
PARIS, April 10.-The situation in France is
General Boulanger, Minister of War, is playing
double game, and the assertion is apparently
justifable. It is charged that at the very mo-
ment he was speaking in the Chamber of Depu-
ties about the sympathy Of the soldiers with the
strikers at Decazeville, and instancing their
friendly feeling by relating that the soldiers
were dividing their rations with the workmen,
his orders to send fresh supply of troops to
Decazeville were being executed. Open charges
OF duplicity and falsehood against General Bou-
LANCER are to be heard every side, and the
number of his apologists is decreasing RAPIDLY.
Four Socialist members of the Chamber of Dep
uties are at Decazeville encouraging the strik-
ers to hold out, and their presence there makes
the recent arrest of reporters for Socialist news
papers for alleged encouragement of disorder
ridiculous.
Crime is still rampant in the streets of Paris.
Yesterday promenaders in a Rue Clignan court
witnessed novel Sight-a duel with knives be-
tween two liberated convicts The motive of
the quarrel was woman who had transferred
her affections from one Of the men to the other.
Five hundred eager spectators soon formed a
ring around savage encounter, which lasted
nearly fifteen minutes Both parties were
wounded-one having his ear sliced of, the
other being cat in the cheek, breast and leg
The combatants continued to crouch like cats,
making sudden springs at each other, until final
~ one of them fell bleeding to the ground, but a
policeman then appearing in sight he found suf6
cent strength to jump into a cab with his ad-
versary. The policeman in trying to stop the
cab was knocked down and run over. and had
his leg fractured. Many Parisans regarded this
as an improvement upon the recent prize fight
at the Maison Laftte between Smith and Green
field.
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SHIP SUBSIDIES.

Secretary Bayard Points Out Advantages
and Disadvantages of the Foreign System.
WAsHfNaToN, April 10.-The Secretary of
State, through the President, to-day transmit
ted to the House Of Representatives the reports
tries. In transmitting the reports, Secretary
Bayard says:
''This subject has Of late assumed great i'm
portance through the efforts of certain of the
leading commercial nations Of Europe to assist,
by direct and indirect aid, their mercantile ma
rine, and thus to give it an energy which is con-
sidsred unattainable without such aid. France,
Germany and Italy are paying bountes in va
rious FORMS with view to stimulating the
construction of vessels. to encourage their navi
CATION and to placing their shipping in more
favorable position for securing larger share in
the carrying trade of the world than they
would, under natural conditions and with free
competition, obtain Had this policy been con-
fined to single nation, that nation might have
derived some benefit. though the confusion
reached in some reports would seem to show
that in France, where liberal bounties for the
construction and navigation of vessels have been
paid since 1881, the results have la no
respect fulfilled the expectations of
those who favored the policy. But when
other nations enter the list, and meet privilege
with privilege, and bounty with bounty, no ad-
vantage is gained, and the conditions of compe-
tition are changed. That nation which bids
highest, which grants bounties and subsidies
most literally, holds the position of vantage, but
only until other nations are willing to pay the
same. Whatever advantage France has secured
in the last four years will, in measure, be neu-
tralized by the bounty policy of Germany and
Italy. This policy may lead to the construction
of a certain amount of new tonnage. but it is
open question whether there is legitimate de-
mand for this additional tonnage. The returns
upon such costly policy as the bounty system
of France are small. and are due to artificial
conditions. Judging by the experience of the
past these conditions must be continued to in
sure maintenance of the shipping they have
stimulated into existence. To nation possessed
of large commercial interests, the bounties of
other nations may give an advance in the form
of cheaper rate; but it may well be doubted
whether it will be polite to sacrifice this advan-
taee and impose an additional burden on produc-
tive industry by the adoption of a system of
bounties."
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present Congress- but he has every hope that
public sentiments will he so awaked two years
hence as to insure some action looking to bet
ter coin standard. There is certain unanimitv
of sentiment between the extreme silver men
and the so-caled anti-slver men, 1t is doubt
the House to-day. At least fve-sixths of the
members Of Congress believe in double
monetary standard. The only difference of
opinion between them is the manpsr in which
this can be brought about The Western men
very generally think that the continuation of
the present coinage law in the United
States would accomplish the result. while
those members representing the Eastern section
Of the country are equally positive in the opin-
ion that the enhsncAment of silver as a coin
metal can never be brought about until France
England and Germany unite with the United
States in an agreement by which the coins of one
country shall pass at their face value in each of
the other countries
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THE EDUCATIONAL BILL.
But Little Prospect that the Measure Will
Be Adopted by the House.

But Little Prospect that the Measure viii
Be Adopted by the House.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, April lot seems evident now
that Mr.. Willis was oversanguine when he pre-
dicted that the reference of the Blair educational
bill to the committee labor would prove
effective in securing favorable report immedi-
ately. The committee on labor was supposed,
by Mr.. Willis and some of his friends, to be prac-
tically unanimous in support of this bill. When
the question of reference came up in the House,
however. four members of the committee voted
against it. Since that time, several have made
speeches in which they have taken very strong
that if the money was to be spent
in this wholesale manner it would be
far better to expend 1t in some works
of public Improvement whereby the
laboring men would have q chance
to earn portion of it than to throw it into the
treasures of the Southern States to be used in
manipulating elections and abusing the right OF
suffrage When the bill was referred to the la
Dor committee. it had majority of something
like eighteen votes in the House. Since that
time it is believed that number of those who
supported the change have been won over to the
other side, and they would now vote the other
way if the opportunity was afforded them Mr.
Lawler, of Chicago who is a member Of the
committee on labor, expresses the belief that his
committee is opposed to the measure, and that
it has very little chance of passing that body.
from the committee, but it is certain that in the
pre- sent state OF feeling in the House the educa-
tional bill can lever become law at this session
of Congress.
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Cauvassing Candidates for the Speakership OF
the Next Republican House.
Special to the lndanapolie Journal.

Cauvassing Candidates for the Speakership OF
the Next Republican House.
Special to the lndanapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, April 10.-The almost GER
tainty that the Fiftieth Congress will be Repub-
lican calls attention to the gentlemen who are
available as candidates for the speakership Of
course this availability depends largely upon the
outcome of the coming elections, as no man who
is in Congress now but who will be relegated to
private life next November will be of any use
whatever as a candidate for Speaker There are
three men, however, who now hold seats on the
Republican side. and who will IN all probability
bpTcJ nedto the next House, who are spoken of
more frequently than any others in this connec-
tion. They are Messrs. Reed of Maine, Hiscock
of New York, and Long of Massachusetts. Mr..
Reed is the recognized leader of the Republican
party in the House now. and he holds his lead
ership by virtue of his complimentary nom
ination by the Republican caucus for the
speakership last December. Mr.. Hiscock. how
ever, ia strong favorte for the place, and there
are many who cast a complimentary vote for
Reed who will probably throw an effective vote
for Hiscock, because they would rather have
Reed on the floor to lead them than in the chair
to preside over them. Mr.. Long is new man.
comparatively, and has had much less legisa-
tive experience than either of the other two who
have been mentioned, but he is one who has
grown wonderfully in popular favor during the
time he has been in Congress, and in the event of
the defeat of Reed and Hiscock in the nomna-
tions elections this fall, which event is not
entirely unlocked for, Long may, and in all
probability will be, the Republican candidate
for the speakership. There are few men who
or who would be less likely to be biased by un-
fair considerations in making their decisions.
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Gable Notes.

The Egyptian government announces that 1t
is ready to deliver, at Suez, samples of petroleum
recently discovered in the Soudan.
Advices from Senegal say that the commander
of the French troops at Bakel repulsed the at
tacks of the insurgents without loss.
rumor is current at st. Petersburg that the
Czar and the Sultan of Turkey will meet some
day next week on board vessel in the Black
sea-
DR.. Reichard, the African explorer, claims to
have acquired portion of territory, equal in
size to half of Germany, around Lake Tangan-
the annexation.
In the Greek Chamber of Deputies, Saturday
several speeches were made in favor of war with
Turkey. Many members demanded enforce
ment of the cloture, but Prime Minister Delvan-
mis- declared in favor of freedom Of speech.
Of confidence in the government was passed-l29
to 49,
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Speculation as to the Future.

What is the forecast of the coming criss9 ''Per
haps," said Morley in his powerful speech yes
terday, eff we Liberals fail to pass the bill you
Conservatives will pass it." This is not by any
means unlikely, according to my view, for from
the moment Gladstone rose and announced to the
Commons the principles of his scheme for home
rule, the passage of home rule bill became cer~
tain, and never will any political party offer Par
lament scheme of less extent. If the Liberals
do not pass it the Conservatives will.
The present scheme will probably not pass,
but will get through the House of Commons,
very likely, by a small majority. after a long de-
lay and much putting about in the committees.
The session will then be far advanced and the
Lords will, of course, throw out the measure.
Probably Mr.. Gladstone will not dissolve under
such conditions but will let his enemies do the
best they His enemies will try to form a
coalition Ministry and will fail Zone thing
know" Disraeli said in great speech on mem
orable night, many years ago, England does
not love coalition Ministries By that time the
Tories will be educated up to home rule, and
will bring in comprehensive measure which the
Radicals will support, some willingly, some
grudgingly. Not unlikely the provisions of
home rule scheme may be finally expounded to
the House OF Commons by Lord Randolph
Churchill, then returned to his first love in pol
itics
This is exactly what happened with the reform
bill in 1867. Gladstone stroye to pass reform
bill in 1866, and failed because of ombination
OF Tories and Aduliamites against him. The
Tories came into Office under Derby and Dis
raeli, and at once brought in more advanced
and liberal reform bill, which was carried
Chamberlain was, very likely, making the
fortune of the Tories who cheered him the other
night, and in their hearts despise and detest
him. Ireland in the end-it is all the same to
1reland-would wish, and all Irshmen every
where would wish, that the glory of carrying
home rule should be reserved for the great
English Minister who first had the courage,
justice and generosity to propose it. But Glad
stone is a very old man, aud cannot hope to
make much more of struggle. Practically he has
carried home rule already, for he has made it
impossible for any political party to hold Office
and neglect it
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FOREIGN MISCELLANY.

Frightful Scene at the Guillotining of Mur-
derer Koenig.
PARIS, April 10.-The guillotining of the MUIR
dercr Konig was horrible affair, nd-has
has caused feeling of disgust with this anti:
quated system of capital punishment The con-
demned man fought on the scaffold until over
forced upon the balance plank. but as he con-
tinued to struggle and kick. his head was seized
and dragged through the circular hole and held
in position by Its hair until the knife descended.
The assistants were obliged to remain in danger
Gus proximity TO the kuife in order to keep the
trightful yels, which were interrupted by the
fall of the fatal blade.
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MINOR MATTERS.
Mr.. O'Neill Fails to Keep His Promise to Go
to Fort Worth and Settle the Strike.

Mr.. O'Neill Fails to Keep His Promise to Go
to Fort Worth and Settle the Strike.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, April 10-Since the labor
strikes in the Southwest have assumed such
formidable proportions, those men who predicted
such great results over the passage of the ONeill
arbitration bill have changed their tune to
considerable extent, and it is now very gener-
ally admitted that the time spent in
passing that measure in the House was
very efiectually wasted. Nobody claimed
that the bill would have any other
effective than moral one. The advocates of
the arbitration measure insisted that the object
was to create public sentiment in favor of arbi-
tration. The mere passage of the bill was suf
fcient to do this, if the creation of this senti-
ment could be effected by legislation at all Mr..
ONeill promised to start for Fort Worth the
night that the bill was passed, and to secure
settlement Of the labor difficulties before he re-
turned He has not yet gone to Fort Worth,
and it is doubtful if he will be able to carry out
his promise if he should 60 there with the en-
tire Congress tomorrow
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Miscellaneous Notes.

Special to the Indianapolis Journat.
WASHINGTON, April 11.-J. III. Stine formerly
Of Union City, for several years clerk in the
Third Auditors Office of the Treasury Depart
ment, has been reduced from 81, GOO to 81, 200.
Postmaster Aquila Jones, Of indianapolis, is
here again, trying to induce the Secretary of the
Treasury to order certain improvements made
in the postoffice building which will probably
require an act of Congress.
To-day's Capital says: Senator Voorhees, was
at the Treasury Department, one day last week,
trying to get constituent into the great bee-
hive. He failed, if may Judge from q remark
/ overheard. You can 90 to --- in hand
basket said the Hoosier Senator, "a good deal
easier than you can get woman into 5000 posi-
ton In the Treasury under this administration ~
DR.. Lincoln said tonight that Secretary Man
ning ie very much better, and that he has i'm
proved greatly during the past week.
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THE SILVER QUESTION.
The Advocates of Suspension Of Coinage
Take Fresh Hold.

The Advocates of Suspension Of Coinage
Take Fresh Hold.
Special to the Indianapolis journal.
WASHINGTON, April 1l.-Since the defeat of
the Bland free-coinage bill last Thursday the
advocates Of the suspension of the present law
relating to coinage have taken a fresh hold.
They think that the defeat of the Bland bill
means the ultimate success of their proposition
to suspend the coinage Of silver, pending negotia-
tions with the commercial nations Of Europe for
the establishment of an international union to
agree upon ratio between gold and silver coin
age. Mr.. James, of New York, who has been
one Of the most industrious workers in behalf of
suspension, says that he thinks there Is no
prospect Of accomplishing his purpose in the
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Peace Restored st Laredo.

LAREDO. Tex. April 1L-General Roberts and
his command of State troops have returned to
San Antonio Captain Schmidt, with his com
pany of State Rangers, will remain here for
some weeks. Major Aree said to-day that no
arrests would be made for few days. in order to
give the people time to cool down. The newly
elected municipal officials will be installed on
Monday or Tuesday. The most reliable returns
show that of the Huarches. seven were killed
and eight wounded; while of the Botas, ten were
killed and one wounded
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Three Men Drowned.

RICHMOND, Va, April 11.-Information has
been received here Of the drowning of three
men, while crossing the New river, at Sunny
side, w. Va The party consisted of G. j. and
VIM. Hood, p. III. and Sam Quimby, W. A.
Haynes, and negro ferryman. C. j. Hood and
the Quimby brothers were drowned by the up
setting of the boat They were in the employ
TO the Chesapeake g. Ohio railroad. engineers
department
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A Royal Journey Postponed.

ST. PETERSBURG, April 1.-THE intended
journey of the Gear to Nova Tscherkask, to pre-
sent his son to the Cossacks as their chief, has
been prevented by the discovery of dynamite
plot to assasinate the imperial party. A Cossack
officer and his brother have been arrested in con-
nection with the scheme They are belived to
be Nihilist agents
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Duties Levied on Petroleum.

VIENNA, April 11.-A treaty between Austria
and Hungary raises the duty on light American
raw petroleum and benzine. and other petroleum
products and prohibitive import duty is laid
on Russian heavy petroleum.
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Ohituarv.
the Indianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
EVANSVILLE, Ind, April 11.-W. W. Williams,
a prominent citizen, died this morning of heart
disease He was q prominent member of the
Quaker order and was forty mine years old. He
leaves widow, who is daughter of Judge Sloan,
of Golconda, Ill.
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Steamship News.

New YORK, April 1l.-Arrived: Adriatic,
from Liverpool; Grecian Monarch, from Lon
don; India, from Hamburg,
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"IN all distresses OF our friends, we first con-
suit our private ends was the old style; now we
dont consult anybody, but invest twenty-five
senss In q bottle Of Salvation Oil It kills paint
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New YORK, April 1.-THE Woman Suffrage
party has sent the following to Gladstone:
.The Woman Suffrage party Of New York ad-
miro and applaud your glorious stand for justice,
freedom and peace in Ireland. Soon or late you
viii succeed Be sure. at the earliest moment,
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CHE DAILY WEATHER BULLETIN.
Indications.
WAR DEPARTMENT.,
. OFFICE OF THE CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER,

Indications.
WAR DEPARTMENT.,
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER
WASHINGTON, April r. "A. NJ.
Special Indications for Twenty-four Hours
from A. NJ. for indianapolis and Vicinity
Light rains, followed by fair, slightly warmer
weather.
For the Ohio Valley and Tennessee-Local
rains. followed by fair weather, and again fol-
lowed in Tennessee by local rains, winds general
ly southerly, slight changes in temperature.
For the Lower Lake Region-Local rains,
slightly warmer winds, generally southerly.
For the Upper Lake Region-Locai rains,
followed by fair. warmer weather; winds gencr-
ally southeasterly.
For the Upper Mississippi Valley-Fair, warmer
weather. followed by local rains; winds generally
shifting 10 southerly.
For the Missouri Valley-Icreasing cloudiness,
and in the southern portion, local rains winds
generally warmer, southerly.
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to secure those blessings Of liberty and self
government also, to the women Of the three
kfngdoms.r
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Local Observations.
INDIANAPOLIS, April IL.
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Maximum temperature, 580 minimum tempera.
ture $50