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Labo Notes.

The puddlers and laborers employed by the
Pottsville PA Iron aud Steel Company struck
yesterday for an advance in wages. The strike
will suspend operations at mills employing be-
tween 300 and 400 hands.
The advance demanded by Mcclure & Co. g
workmen, at Connellsville. Pa, has been granted,
and all will return TO work to-day. Over 1000
men are affected. Every mine in the coke re-
gion is now paying the increase.
The Central Labor Union, OF Evansville, yes
terday, ordered a boycott of John II. Rocker &
Co., proprietors of the largest stove foundry in
that part of Indiana. The holders union have
asked them to cease handling p~rison-made
goods and make their shop union, which the
firm refused to do. The firm does a large BUSH
ness in the South and West.
Yesterday, at Winnipeg. 200 Italians assembled
at the Canadian Pacific depot to go west to work
on the road at 81. % per day. Another body of
men, who thought the wages were not large
enough, interferred and prevented them from
leaving. The strikers took possession of the
cars and refused admission to the others. Clubs
and stones were freely used, and several were
injured seriously. The police are busy arrest
ing the leaders.
A committee of Chicago Knights of Labor
called upon Mr. C. Fl. Mccormick and demanded
the reinstatement of 800 men discharged in the
recent strike. and whose places were filled by
non-union men. Mr.. Mccormick positively re-.
fused to re-employ the men. having given them
a fair opportunity to return to work. The COM
mittee declared they intend to have the general
executive board declare a boycott against the
firm
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Business block Burned.

MINNgAPoL1s. Mimi. April 12-Shortiy after
noon fire broke cut in the third story of the
Boston Block. in which the postofice is located.
The fire was confined to the building in which it
originated. Floods of water poured in, stopped
the downward tendency of the flames, and made
the damages to articles ON the three lower
floors only that from water. The total loss is
about 1925, 900. divided as follows: Building,
$1,000; postofice, $500; Miller Bros, hardware.
800, 600; tenants in Offices. SIS, 900. The total
insurance approximaxes $400. 600, of which $50.
600 is on the building; Miller Bros, 500. 900;
law library. $40, 900; the remainder is divided
up in much smaller amounts among occupants
of the oficeR
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Brief Mention.

Wolves have been committing depredations in
and around Washington.
The Presbyterians Of Monticello have com
rnenced erecting a parsonage.
Benjamin Smiths residence. near Tower Hill,
burned. Loss. ST.. 600; no insurance.
Henry G. Terry, of J~erseyville, has been taken
to the Insane Asylum at Jacksonville.
Justice Tinney, of Pekin, recently celebrated
the nifty sixth anniversary of his wedding-day.
In Jail at Belleville. Fred Lippert. sixty years
old, cut his throat with q razor. His condition
is critical
The livery stable of Thomas Rodebaugh. at
Winslow, burned. Seven horses and a number
OF vehicles were destroyed. Loss. $1,000.
1t will require 400 large grain-cars to move
the corn now in crib at Hammond, Piatt county.
Two hundred thousand bushels nave been
cribbed.
The First National Bank of Macomb has an
nounced that it will retire from business. 1t
has ample means and retires with unhlemished
reputation.
Fifteen hundred people at Decatur attended
the double service held at the Tabernacle in mem
DRY of John 3. Cough and VIM. S. Crissey, the
pioneer Methodist preacher.
Governor Oglesby has granted a pardon to
John Thornton. a convict in the penitent1ary
sentenced to three years Imprisonment from
Peoria county for assault to kill. He was dis
charged to enable him to attend the funeral of
his wife, who was killed last Wednesday by fall
inc out of a wagon.
William Forbes, the tax.collector Of Elnwood
township. who the day before the collapse of the
bank of a. Tracy e Co.. at Elmwood. deposited
$500 of the county funds in that institution,
has caused the arrest of Harlan P. Tracy and r.
b. Tracy, the bankers, on the charge of embez-
lement. Forbes claims that he was ready to
deposit the money in Peoria, but was persuaded
by Tracy to deposit it in their institution, the
bankers knowing at the time that the institution
was to close the next day. They were released
on SIS. 600 bonds.
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FOREIGN MISCELLANY.

The Bartlett-Dyson Case-The Minister Dis
charged from Custody.
LONDON, April 1.-THE case against Mrs
Ada Bartlett and the Rev. Mr.. Dyson, a Meth
odist clergyman Of Pimlico, for the alleged MUIR
der Of Edward 7. Bartlett. the woman's hus-
band, by chloroform, on Dec. 81 last, was
brought up for trial at the Central Criminal
Court to-day. The courtroom was crowded.
The crown declined to proceed against Mr. Dy-
son, because convinced of its inability to main
tain the Indictment against him, and he was ac-
cordingly discharged. Mrs. Bartlett, pale and
attractive, watched the proceedings intentlv.
The At~torney-general, in presenting the case,
urged the jury to refrain from convicting on
mere suspicion, but to weigh the evidence care
fully and patiently. A number of witnesses
who gave testimony at the preliminary hearing
repeated their evidence.
The release Of Rev. Mr.. Dyson caused Q sensa-
ton. He is to appear as a witness against Mrs.
Bartlett. Mr.. Bartletts father. being called as
a witness, testified that he believed the will
offered for probate as that Of the deceased was q
forgery. He stated that Mrs. Bartlett, during
her husbands life, once eloped with his brother
Frederick, with whom she remained for a week.
Frederick. after this episode, went to America,
and the witness did not know his present where
ab0uts.
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ILLINOIS.

Judge Hughes Causes a Sensation Among
Gift Enterprise and Lottery People.
Special to the INDIANAPOLIS Journal.
NATION, Apri: 1.-THE Coles County Cir
cult Court was convened at Charleston to-day,
with Judge Hughes on the bench. The grand
jury were given some pointed instructions in
reference to violations in Nation of the State
law in regard to rafles and lotteries. In the
dull months following the holidays many mer-
Grants ratified of a lot of surplus stock. It was
we'll understood at the time snat such proceed.
ings were unlawful, but the law was winked at
and the raf1ss carried on extensively. Tonight
there is no little stir among those interested.
Judge Hughes. however. was more pointed still
in his remarks against the gift enterprise i'm
augurated in this city within the past few
months, under the auspices Of the Brotherhood
Of Locomotive En- gineers. This lottery, osten.
sibiy for the benefit Of orphans Of the Brother
hood, has assumed no mean proportions. Tick
cts TO the face value Of Sl25, 900 have been issued.
and many have been disposed oil. Judge
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GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS.
concluded from First Pare.1

ton. Russian agents are swarming in all the
Slav states, and the Russian ambassador has
made a peremptory demand on Turkey for the
payment of the remainder of the old war IN
dsmnity, which, of course. it will be impossible
for Turkey to make All these signs point only
one way-to a resolution on the part of the Gear to
punish Prince Alexander. The action of the Prince
in accepting a quinquennial appointment. with a
reservation, so far from claring up the trouble,
seems to have thrown oil ON the flames. From
no source but Berlin do we get any peaceful pre-
%dictions, and that is explained by the familiar
fact that the Berlin Bourse is loaded to the gun
wales with Russian bonds. Prince Alexander is
acting as If he expected an invasion. He is re-
organizing his army, shifting officers who are
suspected to- be Russian sympathizers to minor
posts, and establishing a general staff. It is un-
derstood that he will soon dissolve the Assembly
and summon q general convention of delegates
from the two provinces to Sophia, which will
pass resolutions condemnine Zankoff and his
Russian agents, who will then be expelled. Rus
STA has already asked the consent Of the powers
to confer upon her the right to enforce measures
in Bulgaria and has been refused. She will take
this privilege without asking for it next time.
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$50; Milwaukee, $15, le4; Kansas City, SIG, 900;
Indianapolis. 81, 543: St Paul, $23, $40. Minneap-
oils, SIS. 900; Toledo, 1882. The increase of
second class matter mailed during the same
period at the thirty Offices was 5.785. 255 pounds.
Secretary Manning continues Is improve.
A wellattended joint caucus Of Republican
Senators and Representatives was held in the
hall of the House of Representatives tonight,
for the purpose of selecting members of the con-
gressional campaign committee. Senator Ed
munds acted as chairman of the caucus, and
Representative McComas as secretary. The
only action had was the adoption of a resolution
authorizing each State delegation to select q
representative in the campaign committee.
The District Volunteer Veterans of 1861 pa
raded to-day and passed Ia review before the
members of the Senate, a number of Represent
atives, and the District Commissioners
The President has withdrawn the nomination
OF Orlando Powers, of Michigan, to be associ-
ate justice of the Supreme Court of Utah.
Senator Chace reported to-day, adversely, from
the committee on postofices and post-roads, q
bill to increase the rate of postage on fourth
class matter to two cents per ounce.
Secretary Lamar will leave the city this even
ing or tomorrow for Memphis. Tenn; Macon.
Ga, and his home at Oxford, Miss. He is not
expected to return for a week or ten days.
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Bell company. 1.-THE Bell company has circu.
lated the report that it was a trick on the court, "
exclaimed the witness; 'those who circulated 1t
are liars. and they know that they are liars
The witness at this point turned his attention
to that part of DR.. Rogers's testimony rejecting
on his integrity, and he declared there was not a
word Of truth in Rogers's statement that Senator
Harris had denounced the witness as q scoun-
drel.
Dir. Rapnay began to catechise the witness
with reference to the omission of the Nipher
affidavit from the Interior Department. record.
The witness had a long controversy with Mr..
Ranney about the matter, and declared that
that gentleman was trying to misrepresent his
motive In emitting the affidavit. He objected
TO the attempt. to besmirch him by counsel for
other companies.
what do you mean by thatF' inquired Mr..
Ranney.
The Witness-I understand that you are here
as the advocate Of the Bell company2
Mr.. Ranney lindignantlyI-Who told you that
Where did you get i'll
Witness-I have been told that you own stock
In the Bell company.
Dir. Ranney-I will tell you that I do not own
officer in that company, and have no more con-
nection with it than you have
The Witness (coolly)-If I were not on the
stand. and made such a statement, you would
say that you did not believe me. Now, unless
you go under oath, I will not believe your state
meat. l have done a proper duty here In the
interest of my company and the public, and I do
not intend that anybody shall besmirch my
character.
Mr.. Ranney (angriiyl-If you don't stop your
impudent-
The Witness ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS you under
take to make IL appear that / have tried to play
a trick on the court, you can't do it with me.
Dir. Ranney-I have asked you q proper Ques-
ton. and insist on an answer.
Witnses-Id deny that the questions are proper.
Mr.. Rapney-Why didn't you object when the
chairman asked you about the matter2
The Witness-Because l wanted an opportu-
nifty to reply to the slanderous insinuations in
this record.
Mr.. Ranney-By whom?
The Witness-By the questions asked here in
the cross examinations. It has been asserted
here, and published in the New York papers
the Sun and the Tribune-and the editors of
those papers are lying scoundrels-that there
was a trick played upon the court. That is a
barefaced, slanderous lie, and the man who ut
tered il is a barefaced liar.
This declaration threw the committee into q
%1utter, and the chairman pounded the table with
his fist to restore order.
After a while the witness again proceeded. He
wanted to tell all, he said. This is not my
6uner-; shall / use the word hereY"
Mr. Miller-That is a good word.
The witness, continuing, produced a letter
that he had received from Casey Young. dated
Washington, March 81, 1886, in which Young
els him of his discovery of the supplemental
sgreement in the bottom of his trunk.
AT this point the committee adjourned until
Wednesday,.
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MINOR MATTERS.

Favorable Report on the Bill Providing for
Organization of Indian Territory.
WASHINGTON, April 1.-THE House commit
. on Territories to-day. by a vote Of 6 to 5.
reed to report favorabiy a bill to provide for
b organization of the Indian Territory and the
stblic land strip into the Territory of Oklahoma.
he bill provides that nothing in it shall be so
construed as to disturb the existing property
or treaty rights of the Indians. The bill also
provides that the public land strip shall be
opened TO settlement under the provisions of the
homestead laws only, and that as soon as the
Creek and Seminole tribes, and the Cherokee
tribe. shall have given their assent, the uncccu-
pied lands ceded by these Indians to the United
States shall be opened to settlement under the
five year settlement laws. The President is
Unauthorized to appoint a commission to enter into
negotiations with the Indian tribes within the
limits of Oklahoma for the purpose of procuring
the assignment of lands in severalty, and the
purchase by the United States of the relin-
0uished and unoccupied lands.
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INDIANAAND ILLINOIS NEWS
The Daily Chronicle Of Happenings of
AM Kinds in the Two States.
ADefeated Candidate Seeks to Profit by a Tech
nicality-Stolen Mail-Sack Found-A Sem
sation Among LOTTERY PeOple-Notes.
INDIANA.

A Democrat Attempts to Secure an Office by
Pleading a Technically.
Special to the indianapolis Journal
KoKoMo. April 12-At the December term Of
the Commissioners Court, a strip two miles wide
and three miles long was taken from the west
edge of Union township and annexed to Taylor
township, which heretofore has been Democratic.
and now comes Mr. Duncan, the recently de-
feated Democratic candidate for trustee, who
proposes to contest the election of Mr.. David
Shenk, who was elected by a majority of six
over Duncan. Duncan's attorneys, Bell g Pur-
dunn, today filed the papers of contest with the
auditor, alleging that the election was illegal on
account of informalities in the action Of the
Commissioner in admitting the new strip re-
Gently taken from Union and added to Taylor
township. The whole proceeding is a ~sore-toe
baby act on the part of Duncan, who fails to
take his medicine like a little man.
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A minister's Successful oonfidenoe Game

MILWAUKEE,, April IL "A special from Water
town. Wis, to the Sentinel says: 1.-THE Rev. l.
r. Kehler, some six months ago, came here
from Manistee, Mich, to take charge of the Ger
man Evangelical Church. He was a very impor-
tant-appearing person, dignifed and pompous.
His ministrations were successful. and he had
no difficulty in having his wants, of whatever
character. supplied. getting trusted to a consid-
cradle amount by those OF his flock who were in
business, and others. He left town a few days
ago, his absence being a mystery until yester-
day, when a letter was received from him by
Charles Beckman, president Of his church COM
mittee, written from Detroit, rendering his res
~ignation and informing any inquiring friends
that he would be safe in her Majesty's dominion,
Just across the river. 1t is now learned he had
borrowed about $500 in money from various par
ties, in sums of from $25 to 1900. He had q
confirmation class last Sunday. and the fee he
exacted from the members of it he pocketed, to-
gether with the proceeds obtained from the
sale Of 500 tickets for a ten-cent concert that he
had planned. Several clothing stores had fur
nished him with stylish suits on credit, and a
jeweler was not slow in selling him . fne gold
watch on trust"
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Prussia and the Popa.

BERLIN. April 12-Debats was begun in the
upper house of the Prussian Diet, to-day. on the
amended ecclesiastical bill. DR.. Koph, Bishop of
Fulda. said he was grateful for the ccnciliatory
attitude of the government, but insisted that
the bill would not suffice to attain the objects de-
sired. He urged the adoption Of his previous
amendments on the basis of a further agree
ment.
Prince Bismark SAID that the government had
not arrived at a decision on the question. He
had already taken the full responsibility for tbs
May laws as fighting laws. He bismarck
thought the time had arrived to abolish the
fighting laws. He preferred to treat directly
with the Pope. because he had found the Pope
better disposed toward Germany than the major
iy in the Reichstag. In conclusion, he asked
the House to pass the government measure,
which, he said, would enable the Ministry to se-
cure a wider basis for further negotiations.
The general debate on the bill was then
closed. The separate issues will be discussed to-
morrow.
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Delaware County Stock Breeders.
,cial to the Indianapolis journal.

DciaWare COunty SCOCk- Eree0erS.
special to the Indianapolis journal.
MUNcIE, April 12-The Delaware County
Stock-breeders' Association met at the court
house in this city on Saturday last, the meeting
being attended by a large number of the leading
farmers of the county. Hon. J. H.. Koontz,
president, called the meeting to order, and an
informal discussion as to tine time and manner of
sowing oats and cloverseed was had. Hon. j.
81. Koontz read an interesting paper upon Fish
Culture" The methods Of constructing ponds
and stocking them was shown. An inter
esting discussion followed. 1t was ascertained
that there are now in this county twelve ponds,
each literally stocked with German carp, and all
doing we'll aud reasonably profitable to the own
ers. Many other ponds are now in course of
construc Sion and will be provided this year.
Following this, Judge j. s. Buckles read an
exhaustive paper on sBeef Supply" in which he
showed from statistics that the beef
supply per capita Is decreasing, from
whiche he reasoned that the raising Of
cattle for beef is to be one Of the
leading industries connected with agriculture of
the future. He held that as the ranges of the
great West are being reduced to narrower limits
by reason of the lands being taken up by actual
settlers, the Deol supply OF the future must oo
furnished by the average farmer. He urged the
Importance of raising blooded stock. that the
greatest amount of the best beef could be made
from the least expense. The committee
appointed at the preceding meeting to report
On the advisability of establishing a creamery
near this city, reported favorably thereon. 1t
was ascertained that the creamery could be
made ready for operation at a cost of about
So, 900, upon which sum the committee thought
a good profit could be realized. The matter was
left in the hands of the committee, who will no
doubt carry the matter to a successful result.
The meeting adjourned to the first Saturday in
June.
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Minor Notes.
vincennes is afflicted with bucket shops.

vincennes is afflicted with bucket shops.
Patriot is soon to have a new M. e. church.
The Christian Church at Madison wants a
pastor.
Mrs. Sallie Adams, insane. has been taken
from Jacksonville to the State hospital.
The Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of
Montgomery county will hold a convention to-
day at Waveland.
On the first Sunday in May forty-eight con-
verts of the colorsd Baptist church, at Jefferson
vile, will be baptized.
of slate mantels. failed yesterday. Liabilities,
81. 500: assets nominal.
Clarence. the eleven-vear-old boy of G. Fl.
Kelly, of Jacksonville, disappeared a week ago.
About that time he was seen at indianapolis,
but there all trace of him was again lost.
A tusk of the extinct American elephant was
found imbedded in the sand at Mennettis Point,
near Vevay, a few days ago. The tusk is eight
feet long and nine inches in diameter at the
root Two years ago a similar tusk was found
in the same neighborhood.
Thomas j. Vauosdol died very suddenly on
Sunday morning, at his residence near Pleasant
Postoffce. Switzerland county. He was in his
seventy-second year, and was a much respected
citizen. He leaves a widow and one child, Capt.
A d. Vanosdol, of Madison.
The remains Of ex-Citv Marshal Burns. of
Kokomo, were followed to the tomb. yesterday,
by a large concourse of people. He died on Sun
day, of consumption. His mother and one
brother are all that remain of a large family.
His age was twenty nine years.
f.. P. Washburn, retiring trustee of Madison
township. Montgomery county, is over 81, 300
| short in his accounts on his two terms. His
bondsmen have paid the deficiency. He is a Re-
| publican, and the newly elected trustee is a Re-
publican also, and a Methodist minister, Rev. s.
q. Shanklin.
The w. B. Reyburn Post Of the g. A. R., of
Peru, celebrated its fourth anniversary Satur-
day night Captain Daley arranged a very en-
tertaining programme. consisting of music,
furnished by the Ohio Quartet, and recitations
by Messes Brumfeld and Moorehouse. Short
addresses were made by the official members.
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Chicago Special.
In Mr.. Beecher's opinion hoycotting was a tyr
amy worse than the tyranny of Russia. 1t did
away with a free press end free speech. Ii
ended liberty OF action. Nothing could justify
sult might apparently be good, but in the end is
must be evil. OF the second poison Mr.: Beecher
said that the Knights did exactly the things
which formed the basis of the grievances they
complained of, when they sought to interfere
western strike, Mr.. Beecher characterized ie as
the most outrageous affair of the kind on the
part of the Knights which had occurred during
his life.