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TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.

At Lexington. KY. on Saturday night, Tom
OBrien shot and instantly killed Henry Met
calfe OBrien attacked by Metcalfe and
others, and used his pistol with telling effect
OBrien has not been arrested.
Sam Jones, the revivalist, spoke ''To Men
Only" at Kansas City yesterday. The attend
ance was 1000 and the collection for Jones's
personal benefit amounted to So 50O He spoke
last night to an audience of 1000
Mrs. Winnie Forbes, wife of Dr. Forbes, of
Cincinnati, lat night took trough on rats"
with suicidal intent, and died at midnight.
Three weeks ago she returned from a protract-
ed visit to her brother at Quincy, Ill.
The boiler of the ting Zouave exploded IN
New York harbor to- day. John Connolly the
engineer; Patrick Healy and John McKenney,
fremen, and Bordnar rd Rooney, the steward
were all shockingly scalded, most of them fatal
ly. probably
The Montgomery, Ala, police last night at
tempted to arrest two men, James and Reuben
Barrow. One of them was captured but the
other made his escape after shooting and fatally
wounding Neil Bray, one Of the police assist
ants. The Barrows family live in Lamar coun-
ty. Ala. and accused of train robbery near
Texarkana, Tex.
prominent official of the Atchison g. Topek
system says that his company has decided to
bny 100, 900 bushels of wheat and ship it to
Western Kansas for spring seeds The compa-
ny will charge nothing for transportation and
sell it at cost. taking notes from the farmers,
duo in one year. at three per cent. He thought
the action of his com pauy would be duplicated
by the Missouri Pacific.
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THE FIRE RECORD.

Fire in an Apartment and Store Building
Narrow Escape OF the Occupants.
CHICAGO Jan. 22-About forty people barely
escaped being burned to death this morning in
a fire that destroyed the greater part of the big
apartment and store building at the southwest
corner of Oakwood boulevard and Cottage
Grove avenue. Not one Of the forty had time
to give the slightest attention to dress. and
many, including several ladies, were dragged
out by firemen into the frosty air, unconscious.
Miss Abbie Birdsall, q teacher, was found lying
in foot of water in the cellar, two hours after
the fire started. She had become suffocated and
lost her way in the smoke. Her recovery is not
expected. 7. d. McKillip, gentleman rooming in
the building, is also in precarious condition, the
result of injuries received in making his escape.
A few of the people had to be taken out of the
upper windows by means of ladders. A p Tre-
gent, with his wife and baby, forced to
climb away from the flames to the roofs of the
houses next the burning block Wallace l.. De
Wolf, local lawyer, owned the building His
loss is $50, 900; fully insured. About $4,000
worth of furniture and clothing, half insured,
belonging to nine families, destroyed, and
$4,000 additional damage, also partly insured,
was inflicted on the stocks of the several store
keepers occupying the ground floor.
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REFORM IN THE DARK.

Democrats Secretly Preparing . Bill Which
They viii Attempt tn Pass.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal
washington, Jan. 22-The announcement
Friday by the Republican members of the
House committee on ways and meahs that the
Democratic majority of the committee were
working scheme by which past procedures in
the formation of tariff bill were to be set aside
and the will OF the country riden over, was but
the elimination of what intimsted would take
place in these dispatches more than 4 month
ago. Then stated that there was a movement
among the tariff reformsrs in the House to shut
out all hearings from the people OF tn country
on the subject of revision of the tariff and pro-
long examination of the bill in the committees,
comes before the House, that no direct OF
collateral influences from the masses could
change the course of the majority
and the decree OF their caucus. The action
that there is a secret Democratic committee
the part of the House and Senate who have beer
secretly working for weeks upon tarih
measure. which they propose keeping from the
knowledge of the country till it is sufficiently
crysta,lized to not be affected by any genera
uprising. 1t is customary to introduce these
bills in the House, have them printed and re-
ported to the committee on ways and means
where arguments are heard for and against them
by those who want to enter approval or protest,
and thus the fullest publicity as to the contents
of the measures and criticisms are offered. Now
it is proposed to take the bill first to the commit
tee with report already prepared in favor of
it. and push it rapidly through, probably at one
meeting. and then offer it in the House with
caucus approval. and in such way as to make
it too late for any action by the country. There
tariff yet and especially should the extreme
tariff reformers attempt to carry out the plan
described and agreed upon. 1t shows TO what
extent and desp Grafton the tariff reformers have
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What Has Resulted from Placing an Incom pc
tent Man at It's Head.

tent Man at It's Head.
Special to the Indianapolis 10 nrpaL
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.-An abominable con-
dition of affairs has been found to exist at tbs
Govern ment Printing Office. The reports from
the Departments and matters from Congress
which should have been printed weeks ago in
order to be of benefit, are resting quietly and
un acted upon in the Office. Some Congressman
who have special interest in matter which they
send to the office to be printed have made in.
vestigation and find that Public Printer Bene-
dict, when he went into the Office discharged the
oldest and most competent employees, without
regard to party politics, simply because they
were old in the service, and put in new and in
experienced, and in many incapable per-
sons. gentleman who went TO the Office the
other day to get a report from Congress
amazed to find that the copy had not
been put upon the printers cases. when
he supposed that it printed weeks ago. He
went into the room OF Captain Brian, the foreman,
and the only really valuable man of prom
inence in the Office who has been retained under
this administration, TO learn why there was de-
lay Captain Brian appeared to be very much
embarrassed over the matter, but being in
ferior officer had to refer the matter to the Pub
lie Printer. The gentleman said that around
the Captain were a large bsvy of printers and
foremen, with copy in hand, and asking a
thousand and one questions which would not
have been necessary with the old employees, and
that it appeared tn him the time of the general
foreman was almost entirely taken up in issu-
ing instructions TO the incompetent. inexperi-
cECeu printers. pre5SIntu, DOok- DnQerS, etc.
There is more competent man for the place he
fills than Captain Brian, and although he never
says anything about the condition of affairs in
the ofic8, it is well known that he is greatly
embarrassed and hampered In his annual re-
port to Congress, the other day. Public Printer
Benedict points with pride 20 the decrease ne
has made in the number of employees of the
Office and the cheapness of materials bought.
Investigation shows that the country is paying
for this false economy. The cheap inks. etc. he
has purchased upfs for the use they are put
to, and for every dollar he has saved by the dis
charge of men. the government and the country
will have to pay two by inferior work and de-
lays There will undoubtedly be inv estiga-
ton by Congress. If the House does order
it the Senate will 1t will be remembered that
il was shown while the nomina alton of Benedict
was pending before the Senate that he was not
q practical printer, and that the experience he
had had in managing printing-ofice in a
very small affair. and his capability was brought
into serious question. Congressman and others
allege that investigation will show him to be
incompetent, and resolutions may be offered
requesting his resignation
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DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION.
The Contest for Its Location Promises To BE
More than Usually Spirited,

The Contest for Its Location Promises To BE
More than Usually Spirited,
Special tU the IndiaaapoIis Journai-
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.-The recent discussion
of the probable selection of place for holding
the Democratic national convention has agitated
the various applicants considerably, and the
struggle for the prize bids fair to begin some
weeks before the meeting of the national COM
mittee. Feb. %. The California delegation are
working hard to get the convention at San Fran
cisco, and declare that the distance shall not
be permitted to increase tho cost to
the delegates Representative Biggs says
that, for his part, he is willing
to pay the travelling expenses of all the dele
gates and give them the freedom of tho city.
There will be a delegation from California on
here little later, and he thinks they will make
the proposition he suggests Chicagoans In the
city very confident they will again secure the
prize, while Cincinnatians and st. Louisaus
maintain that they mean business, and if Chica-
cago can beat them this time it will not be be-
cause they are not prepared to be liberal in Of
fering inducements. Considerable pressure has
been broughtto bear upon the executive to have
him express a preference. but he has not yet
done So He will undoubtedly leave the matter
to his friends, and be satisfied with their detsr-
minatiOp.
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OhifunrY-
Special to the Indianapolis Journal

gpeciaI 20 the IEdianapoIis JoprnaL
MADISON, Ind, Jan. 22-William Todd.
formerly n merchant tailor Of this city died last
night at Pine Bluff, Ark, from accidentally
breaking a leg. He prominent member of
the Royal Arcanum, Knights OF Pythias and the
Grand Army. the family reside at Frankfort,
Ky. The remains will be brought to Madison.
SAN FRAScIsco, Jan. 22-walter NJ Gibson,
OK prime minister OF the Hawaiian islands under
King Kalakaua, died in this city. LAST evening
OF consumption. His health has been gradually
failing since his arrival here, in July last The
BODY will be embalmed and taken to Hon olulu
for interment
New York. Jan. % Kate Claxtons father,
spencer Wallace Gone, died yesterday, at the
residence OF hke son in-law, Charles A. Steven
5on, at Larchmont Manor. aged sixty two years.
tie had suffered from paralysis for several years.
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Heavy Loss at HoIyoke. Mass.

HoLYoKE, Mass, Jan. 22-The east wing of
the Holyoke Envelope Company's mill was
burned to-day. Loss, 1926. 900. The envelope
company will lose about 100000, insured for
half. The loss of the Holyoke Waterpower
Company the building is about 5.0O0 and
the whole mill is insured for 100000. B. F.
Perkins's machine works, adjoining loses $685.
$4,000. The envelope company had about $780,
900 worth of stock and finished goods on hand.
They had nearly two hundred tons of paper and
There were fifty envelope machines and twenty
printing presses in the building. besides other
valuable machinery.
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THE NEW POSTAL Law.

What Is Admissible in the Way Of Printing
Wrappers and Envelopes.
Washington Special.
Postmaster general Dickinson has issued
circular which states that by recent act Of
Congress the former laws regarding permissible
writing and printing second, third and fourth
class matter repealed, and the following
rules and regulations. in conformity with tbs
provisions of said act will in future prevail:
Second-cass Matter-Matter of this class shall con-
tain writing, print sign thereon therein, In
addition to the original print. except the name and
sent index figures Of subscription book either print
ed or written-which figures may indicate the
of she pubeaon snd the Where ss: i
is published, the printed written name
out the addition of any advertisement.j and written
printed words or figures, both, indicating the
date on which the subscription to the matter will end
the correction of any typographical error, q marf
other than by written printed words) to designate
word or passage 20 ~ncn is Is desired to call aten.
ton the words sample copy when the matter is sent
such and the words marked copy when the matter
contains marked item article. And publishers or
news agents inclose in their publications bills
receipts orders for subscription thereto, but the
shall be in such form to convey other in
formation than the name, place and subscription
price of the publication which they refer and the
subscription due thereon
Third-class Matter-On matter of this class, or
its wrapper or envelope. label attached. the
sender may either write print his name, occE-
patton and resdenceor business address, preceded BY
the word from and may make marks fother than BY
written printed words), to call attention to
words passage in the text, and may correct am
typographical There may also be placed upoE
the blank leaves of any book other attes
of this class simple manuscript dedication in.
scription in the nature of personal correspond
There may also be placed upon the envelope,
wrapper tag label of of this class any print
ing that is in it's character unmailAbe third
class matter provided there BE- kept sufficient spacS
for legble superscrpon and the necessary postage
stamps.
Fourth-class Mattsr-With matter Of this class.
properly prepared as such. the sender may inclosc
third-class matter; and he may write print upoz
the wrapper label thereof his name. occupa
tion residence business address, preceded by the
word from and any marks numbers names or let
ters for purpose of description. He may also print
upon the anything that is not unmailable Az
printed after and that is not ;n the nature of per.
correspondence provided there be left sufficient
space for legi5e superscrpton and the nscsssarys
xnnr+nc ra-afnrr
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cpeciaA 70 TIE Indianapolis JouTnak.
CHICAGO, Jan. 22-Finley d. Brown, Of the
well-known Board Of Trade firm of Robers
Lindblom s. Co., fell. thrown, last
evening, from third-story window of the open
Board of Trade buiding-the rooms of the Cen
trry Club-and was seriously. if not fatally, in
jured. The cause of the accident is not def
nitely known but the ianitor of the club says
that Brown came to the door of the club under
the influence OF liquor and asked for ad-
mttance. The members at first refused to let
Mr.. Brown in, but after ill-tempered dialogue
the door was opened A few moments later the
jantor neard a noise. as If a struggle was in
progress Then came the crash of glass and
the fall to the sidewalk. The lights were
turned OUT and all lett Immediately afterwards.
Mr. Brown was conveyed TO his home and an
examination showed that his back was iniur red
and his spine effected. He is fifty years old,
and has a wife and family.
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Other Fires.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.

MUNCIE, Ind, Jan. 22.-Last night about IL
o'clock, the city machine-snops and foundry,
owned by Wysor, Hanes g Patterson, were
damaged by fire to the amount of So, 900. On
account of the hydrant being frozen. the hose
could not be attached until the building was
nearly consumed.
CRAwFoRDsvILLE, Ind, Jan. 22.-The resi-
dence Of Miss Mary Hovey was partly destroyed
by fire this morning, This house was land
mark Of the city and the home of the late Prof.
Hovey of Wabash College.
MANIsTEE, Mich. Jan. 22-Crons's furniture
store was burned at 10 o'clock Saturday night.
Loss, SIS. 900; insurance, SO, 900. A fireman was
killed and four others seriously injured by fall
ing walls.
LEMoNT Ill.,. Jan. 21.-Fire this evening de-
stroyed several frame buildings, including two
stores. Loss, $4,000; partly insured.
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terest. Invoking your benediction on myself,
am, your devoted son,
JAMES. CARDrNAL GIBBONS,
Ia ~ - Pal

L am, your devoted son,
JAMES, CARDINAL GIBBONS,
Archbishop of Baltimore.
''BALTIMoRE Dec, 1. 1887
The Pope then read his reply to Archbishop
Ryan. in Latin, expressing the pleasure he felt
in receiving jubilee gift from the President of
the United States He continued:
Il have received offerings from all parts of
s ram ~.
President of the United States most pleasing
one. As Archbishop" he added, you enjoy
tnsfs .as perfect hssx ,Rs
spread of religion. As the head of
the church. I owe my duty. love and solc-
toward America bear especial love. The care
OF your nation is great; your government is free;
your future full of hope. Your President COM
mands my highest admiration. Hence this
touched my heart. 1t affords pleasure to
pour forth, through You, to your President and
TO your great country. my most profound sense
of appreciation and gratitude. In conclusion,
grant you my blessing, and ask that of yourself
and of the President OF your country.
Turning to DR.. OConnell, the Pope said: 'I
desire you to make this known to your people
Describe the solemn manner in which have re-
ceived the gift of their President"
Afterwards the Pope received the delegation
privately. He was delighted with President
Clevelands gift, and engaged in conversation
with the delegates for nearly an hour.
4Io pEelaUes present DrouRul luOile0 oHerlngS
amounting to $50, 900. The delegation included
Archbishop Ryan, of Philadelphia: Bishops Ryan,
of Buffalo; Burke. of Cheyenne. and
of Charleston S. c.: Rev. Macdonnell,
of New York; Farelly, of Nashville; Castaldi.
of Buffalo; Kehoe. Of Chicago and the CORES
trusted by Cardinal Gibbons with the delivery
of the Presidents gift to the rector of the Amer
lean College in Rome. The Pope ordered that
the Presidents gift be placed on exhibition
of ha Kinpa MAmbers Of "a
Papal Court state that the American prssenta-
ton was the most successful event of the ju-
bilee, other offering having elected from the
Pontiff so rich and spontaneous an expression Of
thanks and appreciation.
The Pope. in receiving deputation of Aus
trian nuns to-day. exhorted the Catholics of
Austria to exert all their efforts to the end of
bettering the insupportable position of the Holy
Father and regaining his temporal power.
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A SMART INDIAN.

The Questions Ariee, Chief of All the Flat.
heads. Put to- the Commissioners.
washir0ton Special
The Northwest Indian Commission visited the
Flathead reservation in Montana in the course
of their travels last summer Their mission
was to induce the Flatheads TO permit the Spo-
kanes and the Calespels TO settle on the ressr-
walton. The usual palaver took place IL APP
pears from tho proceedings, which have just
been printed, that the commissioners sneount-
cred smart Indian in the person of Chief Arlee.
The Chief made speech, and this is what he
said
II am Arlee, chief OF all the FlatheAds. We
arc willing 10 lend the land; this 10 al right
We are satisfied with 1t. now have somethinS
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Cable Notes.

The Spanish government has given orders to
English houses for camp equipage and hospital
and other stores sufficient for force OF %, 900
men,
Rumors were in circulation at Berlin yester-
day that the condition of the Crown Prince had
changed for the worse, but they were not con-
firmed by the dispatches resolved from San
Reno last evening
The Compaenie Generale Trans-Atlantique.
at Marseilles. is dismissine its foreign workmeu,
and has ordered that none shall hereafter be en-
ployed. 1t is reported that the other French
companies will adopt q similar course.
The French and Russian ambassadors TO
Turkey resent the decision of the Porte to en-
ploy Germans to assist the governors of the
provinces In developing agriculture and mining.
It Is expected that they will make formal COM
plaint.
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LOWRY-wHITE.

Powerful Influences as Work to Secure the
unseating OF the Latter
Special to the lndianaooiis Journal
WAsHISGToN. Jan. 22.--It has been discovered
that Judge Lowry, of Fort Wayne, who has
been here for about two months working up
sentiment in favor OF his contest of Captain
Whites seat in the House. has visited the pr-
vate residences or boarding-house ofsa number
of Democratic members. and urged upon them
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GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS.
Success of Nj. Pasteur's Preparation for Ex-
terminating the Rabbit Pest.

terminating the Rabbit Pest.
PARIS, Jan. 21.-M. Pasteur's trough on rab-
bits has had great success in an estate near
Rheims, where it was tried by his nephew, M.
Loir. The warren WAS in a large cave, and ell
attempts to exterminate its denizens having
failed, the estate proprietor had invited NJ.
Pasteur to try the plan he had proposed to the
New South Wales government. M.
Pasteur being i'll, NJ. Loir won't
down to Rheims. In the cave he
placed a sheaf of hay, which he watered
with six quarts of fuid infested with chicken
twenty four hours nineteen Dummies were found
dead Two days afterward twelve more were
found, and there were signs of living pests.
On a search being made in the holes groups of
FIVE. six and ten corpses were found. Since then
the warren has been quite deserted. NJ Pasteur's
plan has. therefore. proved completely success
full. The savant will read paper on the sub
ject to the Institute of Medicine.
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THE WHEN keeps right up with this pro-
cession the year round. In the summer it
presents for you diaphanous garments, and
now it spreads before you the wool warming
clothes which, if you take care OF, will take
care of you.
Take advantage of the semi. mi.annual reduc-
ton sale now in progress at THE WHEN.
which affects the price of heavy Overcoats
and great many Suitings. and which reaches
as we'll to the Furnishing and Hat Depart
ment, and you keep up with the process
sion Just as does
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Residence Burned.

CHICAGO, Jan. 22.-The residence OF Perry
Trumbul at IL Scott street was destroyed by
fire at o'clock this morning. So rapidly did
the fire spread that it with difficulty that
the family escaped with their lives. A number
of valuable paintings were destroyed. together
with considerable fine furniture. Loss, $15, 600;
partial Insurance.
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WHEN INDICATIONS
M0NDAY-Warmer, fair weather, followed
By snow.
All EAD!

indianapolis doesn't get left very much.
There hasn't been as bad billiards here this
winter in the far Northwest-modihed,
doubtless, by the natural gas that is burning
north of us-but, considering the latitude, We
have had about many articles of weather
as most of them; and then recall how in the
summer the good old town didn't get left,
either. We blossomed out as one Of the hot
test spots in the country.
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Business Embarrassments.

BosToN,' Jan. 2L-Melon g. Chaplin, produce
dealers have failed Liabilities. $i7 600; assets,
the same
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 21--George B. Smith. a
wholesale grocer. has failed. Liabilities, $50.
coo; assets, unknown