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Gas Lighting Postponed.

TOLEDO, o.. Jan 1.-THE people OF Msumee,
this city, greatly excited tonight over
a trick played them. They had planned
grand mid winter gas celebration in honor of
the introduction of natural gas into the city
Thousands of strangers from all parts of the
country invited, and distinguished
speakers were present. When ready to turn on
the natural gas it was discovered that someone
had cut the lines, and the gas could not be used
They then neld a mass meeting in the old court
house. where Chief justice Waite ade his first
speech. and which is now converted into a glass
factory. Addresses were made by the speakers
present Men are working all night to repair
the breaks in the lines
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A Long Fight for Seats.

New ORLEANS, Jan. ia dispatch from
Baton Rouge to the Picayune says 1.-The com
mittee credentials in the case of Grant Par
ish decided in favor of the McEnery delegates.
The case of East Baton Rouge has been taken
up and considered at great length
The committee apears to be giving
wide latitude to the investigations into the
contests, and thus its labors are likely to
extend over tomorrow. In fact it is regarded
as probable, in view of the contests still to be
considered. and which promise to give rise
protracted debates. that tae committee will not
be ready make a report before tomorrow
chafe AT the delav
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would be by ore labor organization against an
other the painters wishing drive the hard
wood fnishers out of the business The ques-
ton of nationality also enters into the fight in-
asmuch as most of the furniture worker TO-
GLIDING the hardwood fnishers, are Germans
or Scandinavians, while the painters are largely
Irish The painters want to do all the hard
wood finishing on buildings. and TO confne the
membe of the Hardwood Finishers' Assembly
to furniture work IN factories. which the
painters are rot skilled enough to DO.
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What "A Boston Girl Yearned to Know.

New Orleans Picayune.
The Boston girls style of conversation is not
so grossly burlesQued by the funny papers as you
might suppose. At a party the other evening
/ was introduced to a verv young woman-one
of this seasons 'buds"-who affected somewhat
the ingenue style. She said nothing for long
time while i talked to her. simply staring at
in a babyish way l spoke of dancing and
such frivolities. 1t was not until had well
nigh exhausted my conversational resources
that, after a long pause. she exclaimed, with q
suddenness quite Startling:
'Do tell me, you believer in the transub-
sanitation of the eucharistW
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A OCornar, in Tobacco.

CINCINNATI, Jan. lit is reported that half
a dozen large tobacco manufacturing firms To-
Gated in ST. Louis, Louisville, New York, and
Middetown, o., have succeeded in securing
corner on almost the entire product of what is
known as the white hurley" tobacco district.
About 1000 900 pounds. it is stated, already
bargained for and secured. and much more is
believed to have been conditonaly secured.
The tobacco in question sells now for SIG to $50
in the green, while it sold last year for frona
81. so to 81 per 100 pounds.
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ILLINOIS.


A Farm Hand Fatally Shot and a Young
Woman Seriously Wounded.
SYCAMORE, Jan. 1L--John Suchen, farm
hand employed by Mrs. Cristman, a rich widow
who lives on a farm near here, and Lorena Crist-
man. daughter OF the widow, were mysteriously
shot last night Suchen answered knock at
the door and was met by a strange man. who
shot him in the abdomen. Lorena ran TO the
window 10 pull down the curtain, when a bullet
came crashing through the glass and struck her
the point of the elbow SCATTERING the bones
The miscreant then left and has not been dis
covered. Suchen will die
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Rights of Commercial, Ageucies

TORONTO. Jan. lin the case of Todd
against Dim, Wyman 81 Co.. the Court of Ap-
peals to-day decided that communications be-
tween its correspondents and the merchantile
agency were privileged, and further,
that reports from the agency to its
subscribers, conveyed ITS sheet of
corrections, was entitled the same protec-
ton of law. The verdict reverses two decisions
IN rha conrrs below
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Trace of precipitation.
Northwestern Temperature.

ST. PAUL. Jan. 1L-This was easily the cold
est morning of the season throughout this Sec
ton. In st. Paul the government Thermometer
showed % degrees below. and it's official dupli-
cate in Minneapolis went 2 degrees lower, of
course. Red Wing reports 80 below, Crookston
Mimi, As below at o'clock this morning, and
Pembina, OAK, 50 below last night At Win
delayed and many frelghts have been aban-
doned. Tonight the cold is moderatine some
what and a warm wave is announced enrouts
from Montana.
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woman's Board of Missions.

BosToN, Jau 1.-THE twentieth anniversary
of the Womans Board of Missions was held
here to-day, with ITO delegates in attendance
from various parts of the country. The annual
report shows the society has 1l2 missionaries,
with mission schools in large numbers in various
parts of the world and the finances in bet
ter condition than usual The receipts were
Sl23, 220, with expenditures of 1920 S35 A large
number of reports from delegates read.
giving encouraging information TO the work
of the society.
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Sent to Prison at sixty-Nine.


FORT WAYNE. Jan. 11.-To-morrow morning
Sheriff Viberg will take to the Northern Indiana
Penitentary Chauncey White, old man with
whitened hair, who will serve four years for
horse-steaing He had stolen a horse and bug
gy from a farmer Fort Wayne, and had
driven 100 miles to Grand Rapids. Mich where
he sold the property and was afterwards arrest
ed. How old are you2" asked George O'Roufke.S
II am sixty nine" replied the old man. The
verdict of the jury was warranted by the evil
dence, and the old man sentenced. He is a
stranger here, and will not disclose his identity
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Important sredicai D,scoverv.

LANSING. Mich. Jan. 11.-At the meeting OF
the State Board of Health yesterday, Professor
Vaughn reported a successful experiment of pro-
ducinG, in car disease similar 70 typhoid
foyer in the human family. by the of the
germs found in water used by the 300 victims of
the scourge AT Iron Mountain. Mich. 1t is be-
ieved TO be the first discovery OF this nature in
the world
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-12
Major SteeIe's Bills.

TO the Editor of the Indianapolis Journals
WASHINGTON, Jan. 11.-Representative Steele
is pushing with vigor his bills reorganizing the
army and repeating the arrearages of pensions
act, and his Indiana friends rest assured
that if there is any chance for Repub lcan
measure to succeed in a Democratic House,
Maj or Steele Will get his bills throu gh. HIS
army bill has received the Endorsement of off
and others in the regular service who are
interested in it. They say it is just what is
needed
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Recep,ion to Genera, Fremont.

Los ANGELS, Cal, Jan. u.--At yesterdays
meeting OF leading citizens. Mayor Workman
presiding, it resolved tender General
Fremont public reception on Jan. 81, his
seventy fifth birthday. In Difference TO his we'll
known wishes in such matters. it was decided to
make this affair essentially informal. There
will be no banquet A fund in Frsmont's behalf
started By subscription Of $1,000 by MIR.
Freeman
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The DePauw Concert Company.
,iaI to the Indianapolis Journal.

GREENCAsTEE, Jan. ia concert company
composed of University talent only. has been
organized at this place The troupe consists of
Prof Jennie s. Allen, of Boston, vocalist; Miss
Rosa Marquis. volnst; Miss Susie G.. Kelley,
accompanies, and Mr.. Clarence A. Hough cousin
to James Whitcomb Riley, as recitationist. Tho
artists we'll known here and in this vicinity
and their names will serve ample recon-.
mendations Mr.. Hough will act manager,
and fills the first engagement in this place, Jan.
IL. after which date the company will begin an
extended trip.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-12
Senator Beck Reelected.

LOUISVILLE. Jan. 11.-At noon to-day the two
Houses of the Legislature joint session elected
MIR. Beck for third successive term the
United States Senate Should he live and serve
out his next term, his CONTIGUOUS service in the
Senate will have extended through period of
eighteen years. from March 5, 1877 to March 3,
1903
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ROCKFORD, Jan. 1.-Two Italians. Pericino
and Vincenzo Destofono. were terribly injured,
Yesterday, while in a blacksmith shop on the
line of the new railroad. A workman had
placed two dynamite cartridges the fire TO
thaw. They exploded, blowing the building to
pieces. Six men seriously injured ard
these Two very seriously.
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Thir.y-Seven Pounds of Twins.

Atlanta Constitution. ef
A colored woman of Albany, Ga, wife of
Willis Ellis, of this city, gave birth the other
day to twin boys. They said to have weighed
thirty-seven pounds, one tipping the scales at
heaviest babies ever known. Mother aud chill
dren doing we'll
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Indiana Pensions.

Washington Special.
Pensions have been granted the following
named Indianians:
New pensions-Lucy c. Petre, NIuncie: A B.
Hershey. indianapolis. Rachel A. Green, Ke-
wanna; W. A. Robinson, Michigan City; VIM.
NJ. Robbins, Cana; VIM. Wilson, Carlisle; F.
FIagle, South Bend; Z. Golfer, Nineveh Jos.
Hughes Beanblossom; John W. Russell,
Youngstown; Jos. Connell, Kokomo; A. Mendi-
colt. Diego; G. w. Looms, Brazil; Isaac Willis,
Daggett.
Increased-H. Borden, Little York; j. 3. Hus-
ton, New Philadelphia; John Wollard, Hartford
City; w. b. Fitch, West Baden; G. Griffin, Mar
tinsYilla.
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Steamship News.

MovILLE. Jan. 11-Arrived: Furnnessia from
New York for Glasgow.
NEW YORK, Jan. 1L-Arrived: Wyoming.
Bothnia. from LIVERPOOL; Suevia from Ham
burg.
LIVERPOOL, JAM I1.-Arrived: Roman, from
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-12
MINOR MATTERS.

IN Senator Gives Reasons for Predicting Fall
for Postal Telegraph Bills.
speefal TO the Indianapolis Journal
WAsHIsGToN, jan Ill predict the failure
Of all postal telegraphy bills in this Congress-
said Senator to-day. "for the reason that there
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-12
Stolen vaiuables Quickly Recovered.

New ALBANY, Jan. 11.-.Joseph Rebel, no.
tel proprietor of this place. was robbed last
night of over $25, 600 in bonds, notes. checks and
other valuable papers. His house was entered
from a rear window, and the bonds etc, taken
from drawer in a sideboard, where Rebel
to-day, however, young negro named Grant
Walker, who was formerly inmate Of the
House of Refuge, arrested, and the entire
lot of stoleE government bonds, ETC., recovered.
Telephone Company Ordered Out of Town.
sDecial to the Indianapolis Journal.
ELKHART. Jan. 11.-As an outcome of the war
that has been in progress here for some time
past between the city aud the Bell Telephone
Company. at meeting of the City Council this
ening that company ordered to remove
its poles and wires from the streets within thirty
days and a franchise was granted the Cushman
Telephone and Service Company, which has
been operating here but has had no franchise.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-12
The Boss Gambler.

Louisville Courier journal
The new president of the Chicago Board of
Trade is only thirty eight years old Is there
nothing that be done to rescue the young
men of this headlong nation2
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Minor Notes

At Patriot, Tuesday night, William Rowan,
while walking up the leyee after landing from
the steamer Dale, was seriously wounded by an
ambushed man. supposed to be Frank Emerson
who held grudge against Rowan for ejecting
him from a saloon al that town.
The other day while VIM. Crouch, laborer.
at work at Oak Hill Cemetery. Crawfords-
vile, he killed hoop-snake which was rolling
around the snow and ice lively as though
it the 1st of July instead of the middle of
winter. His snakeship measured four feet in
length.
The Tr-Stats Fair Association. which has
been holding annual fairs in Fort Wayne for
many years past, has been reorganized as fol-
lows President w. d. Page; vice-presidens. E.
A. &. Hackett; secretary. W. w. Rockhl
treasurer, d. G.. Fisher; superintendent, j. w
Pearse. The standing member of the associa-
ton is p. A. Randall
On Monday. Mrs. Otis Fuller of Milford was
accidentally shot and killed by her husband
who was cleaning his revolver near by. Accord
ing to Mr.. Fuller, he in the act of laying the
revolver on the table. when it was discharged,
shooting her through the chest and instantly
killing her. The deceased was twenty one wears
of age, and leaves an infant child
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Hardwood Finishers aud Painters.

CHICAGO. Jan. 1.-THE trouble between the
house-panters aud the hardwood hnshers.
which 7. b. Barry. OF the general executive
board of the Knights of Labor sort to Chi
cago to investigate, is assuming such an acute
form that strike is not improbable. The strike
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-12
Brief Mention.

While coastipg in Joliet, Monday night, Miss
Orlena Wheeler ran into crowd of boys draw
ing bob up the hill She was thrown from
her sled and had her left leg broken in two
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DAILY WEATHER BULLETIN.
Indications.

WASHINGTON Jan. 12-1 A. N.
For Ohio, Indiana and Illinois-Warmer, fair
weather, followed by snow in Illinois; light to
fresh southeasterly winds, increasing in force.
For Michigan and Wisconsin Fair weather.
followed by snow; light to fresh winds. increas-
ing in force, and becoming southerly; warmer.
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Refreshments for the pious.

New York Mail and Express.
Sandwiches of grated turkey, the bread cut in
the form of crosses, were served at d reception
of a semi-religious character few days ago.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-05-23
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.

Cox and Bernhamer, the convicted Indiana
tally-sheet forgers. must serve out their SEN
fences in the penitentiary. Their application
for writ of habeas corpus has been denied
by the United States Supreme Court
The decision of the United States Supreme
Court in the case of disputed jurisdiction be-
tween West Virginia and Kentucky, growing
out Of the Hatfield Mccoy vendetta, affirms
the principie laid down in the case of Ker,
the Chicago defaulter, that the question Of
how the prisoner came to be inside the State
is not one to be considered In both cases
kidnapping was resorted to in obtaining juris-
diction.
ONCE more the Senate Judiciary Committee,
at the supposed instigation of Mr. Edmunds,
has postponed action on the nomination of
Melville w. Fuller as Chief Justice The
matter has not even been referred to n sub
committee.
The Supreme Court has denied the applica-
ton for a rehearing in the Bell telephone case.
IHE American Woman's Baptist Home Mis-
sion Society has just held its eleventh annual
meeting at Washington About 200 delegates
we're present The reports of the Secretary
and the Treasurer we're read, showing the So
ciety TO be doing important work, particularly
in the South. Satisfactory progress has been
made during the last year.
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THE FOREIGN BUDGET.

II is reported by cable that the Russian and
Montenegrin Governments have concluded
treaty, according TO the terms OF which Mon
tenegro. in the event Of Russo Austrian
war, will send 80, 900 troops to Herzegovina
to harass Austria, and Russia, il victorious,
will give Cattaro TO Montenegro. A dispatch
from Warsaw says that the managers of rail-
ways at Warsaw, Granica, and Ivan Gorod
have received a military order directing them
to accumulate without delay on each line
10000 tons of coal
ADvIcEs from Australia say that a tidal
wave forty feet high, caused by volcanic
eruption, swept over New Britain in March,
drowning seventeen members of the scientific
expedition
The Russian Count strogonon and his sis
ter, Princess Tscherbao,off with an escort OF
15o men, have been captured in Asia Minor
by tribe of Kurl nomads who demand an
immense ransom
The Brazilian Senate has passed the bill
aboishing slavery which was passed by the
Chamber Of Deputies last week.
HE election in the department Of Isere to
fill q vacancy in the Chamber Of Deputies re-
suited in the return OF NJ Gaillard Radical,.
The vote was as follows: Gaillard, 40. 26o;
M. Giroid COpportunisp, 1888; Gen Bou-
LANCER. 14.2Z3
A ROME dispatch rays that Archbishop
Walsh's words on his return 10 his diocese
were that no Irish Bishop could rebel against
the Pope's decree, it being question OF faith
and morality The Irish Bishops who as
sembled to examine the possible consequences
OF the decree have forwarded 10 the Propa-
ganda certain observations on these points.
and an attentive and dispassionate examine
ton is also being made Of the various utter
ances OF members OF the National League
made with the object of rendering the decree
OF no effect
The London Standard, speaking OF Lord
wolseley's exposure of the army's weakness,
says his declarations, IL true. are reproach
10 rich and powerful government The
Times says Lord wolssley's defense was man
ly and straightforward
The royal families Of Russia and Greece
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TEE WORLD AT LARGE.

The question of the extradition of Benson,
the swindling ticket-seller, who in March,
1887, issued sac, 900 worth of false tickets to
the Patti concerts in Mexico. has been decided
by the United States Supreme Court The
Court upholds the decision Of Judge La
combe, OF New York, and orders Benson back
to Mexico to be tried there. This is the first
suit of the kind that has ever come before
the Supreme Court
A LITTER recently received announces that
the Nicaragua Canal survey progresses salts
factorily, and tha the members OF the expe-
dition are in good health
JOHN l. SULLIVAN has finally had the
long-expected row with Harry Phillips, his
manager, and the partnership is dissolved.
IKE Protestant ministers OF Montreal, Ont,
have passed q vote of thanks to Archbishop
Tabor for W thdrawing his name from petI-
ton TO the City Council to have a statue of
the Virgin Mary erected in public park
The State Department at Washington has
received a telegram from Roderigo da Silva,
Minister Of Foreign Affairs, that the Brazil
ian Parliament has approved the Government
bill completely abolishing slavery, and that it
was sanctioned by the Regent on the 18th
INST Tho telegram was Immediately sent to
the President, who at ence dispatched the
following reply to Minister da Silva:
The President directs me TO convey to your
Government his congratulations upon the abo-
lition of slavery in Brazil, and to express his
personal hope and expectation that the free
dom thus extended will result in the Increased
happiness and prosperity Of your country
RIvEs, Acting Secretary.
TIE action commencsI by Gen. Alan
Badeau against the family of the late Gen.
U. s Grant for 5000 services rendered the
latter during his lifetime has entered into a
new phase. The family has offered to pay
the amount, but Badeau demands public
trial, TO viudicate his honor.
OsMoSD TRARLE and his wife, Mr.. and Mira
John Bigelow, Bolossy Kiralfy, Marshall Fl
Wilder, and Ernest Pcssart have sailed for
Europe. Mrs Frank Leslie has also gone
abroad
CANADIAN railway traffic for the year ended
July l, 1887, incre ased by five and a half
milliona There are Il, 332 miles OF railroad
in the Dominion.
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constitute an election Of Bishop After con-
siderable debate the motion was carried by
vote OF zoe 70 1871
GEonoE, alias Harry. Benson, the Patti
ticket swindler, committed suicide ut New
York by jumping from the second tier of the
Ludlow Street Jail to the floor below.
Time and again during the proceedings look
inc To his extradition 70 Mexico, Benson had
declared that to return thither was equivalent
I'd signing his death warrant and that no
would rather die than go back. Benson's swim
ding career was perhaps the most marvellous
of which there IL any account In the world.
Born OF French parents in Alsace forty -one
years ago, he was given brilliant education,
and at an early age he entered journalism in
Paris. where he made his mark at once. Be-
i 10 tb NE ID sa nd the Siph mode
OF living into which he drifted at that time led
TO his subsequent criminal career, as he was
tastes by legitimate means. Then he per-
petrated q most stupendous series OF swindles,
and finally, In December. 1885, made his
sc, 500 worth of bogus Patti concert tickets.
While a prisoner in London years ago he at
tempted suicide by setting ire to his clothing
in his cell.
The greatest gathering in tho history of the
Presby terrain Church assembled at Philadel-
phia on the 18th inst The General Assem-
bly,, which began it's centennial session on
that day. is the largest and most important
Calyinistic assemblage ever seen in this coun-
try, and it's deliberations promise to have an
unusually important bearing upon the status
of American Presbyterianism. There was
lively contest for Moderator between the VEN
cradle DR.. McCosh, of Princeton College, and
Rev. Dr. Charles l. Thompson. Of Kansas
City. The Western man captured the plum
by a good majority.
ONE man was blown to pieces and two
seriously injured by the explosion Of maya
zine containing 800 kegs of powder, at Stock
ton, ~ ]. Scores of houses were ruined by
the tremendous conclusion.
The action OF the Philadelphia Post, of the
G. A. r., in electing Gen. Joseph E Johnston
(ex-Confedera.e) contributing member"
has brought an order from the Department
Commander declaring that such election is ir-
regular, and not in accordance with the laws
and rules of the order
MRS. scoFIELD, involved in the death of
Broker Hatch at New York, has been dis
charged by order of Judge Lawrence.