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Foreign Notes.

Owing to the protests OF the Polish Catholics
the Pope has discontinued negotiations for
entente between Russia and the Vatican.
Forty-fve thousand metal busts of Boulanger
were made several years ago, TO be ready in the
event of his becoming the ruler of France.
They are still regarded as good speculation.
The London Chronicle says the Pope has in
structed Archbishop Walsh. of Dublin, to COM
pile report on the National League and submit
it TO the Vatican for comparison with the report
of Mgr Persico
In the last five years $50, 900. 900 worth of iia-
monds have been taken to England from the
African diamond fields. Since 1871 800, 000, 900
worth. or three and half tons. have been taken
from the Kim mbsrly mine alone.
Rome has grown so that many OF its most in
terasting features are threatened. The magnifi-
cent Ludovisi gardens are offered to the city for
$500, 900. They now worth ten times that
amount as building lots, and will be cut mp.
The King Of Dabomey has embarrassed the
King of Portugal by sending six nsgro girls, the
''most beautiful" in his dominions. King Louis
doesn't know what TO do with them. and has
honsed them in geological gardens pending
Election.
King Thebaw's revenue from the famous ruby
mines of Burmah, it is said, did not average
150. 900 rupees annually. All precautions which
were practicable were taken to prevent SNUG
Cling, and stones of the value OF 1000 rupees
were royal perquisites but they were generally
secreted or broken up by the finders. The En-
glish have stopped all work at the mines since
they conquered Burmah.
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gan, that the principal and more Immediate OBJ
Jects In their programme will be the abolition of
slavery this year and measures for the improve
ment of the finances and currency Of the coun-
try. These declarations have given almost un-
mixed satisfaction, and the Liberal leaders have
nastened to assure the government or their sup
port IN regard to both objects. The wholesale
emanclpatory movement which was Initiated
last December in the province OF San Paulo, has
already produced the freedom of 10000 of it's
zuo,OOO slaves AT last the province of Rio de
.l@Reiro is affected. and the liberation movement
has been commenced in the municipalities of
san fidehs. Campos and Macahs In San
Fldelis, chiefly devoted to coffee-raising. 1000
slaves, 400 belonging TO one family.
were liberated by their owners at the end of last
week In Campos. a great sugar producing
county of the provinces. 5000 were set free
within ten days. In Macahe. 1000 have already
been emancipated. the Araruama family, owners
OF great plantations aud of the splendid central
sugar factory of Quissaman. inaugurating the
movement by giving immediate freedom TO over
l,OOO slaves and engaging to pay fair wages to
all their freedmen who choose to remain on their
plantations. The province of Rio de Janeiro,
which has hitherto been the stronghold of re-
sistance to abolition, has thus begun to give
way, and there is no doubt that the example of
San Fidelis, Campos and Macane will aoon be
followed in other counties. Petropohs has
fixed the lst of April for the extinction OF
slavery within its limits. and in the metropolis
OF the empire the city fathers have determined
on signalizing the return of the Emperor TO Rio.
on the 10Th OF June next. with the liberation of
all the remaining slaves in the city, now re-
0uced 10 aboat !, 900 in mum Der.
Accounts have been received from the South
western frontier of San Paulo of alleged poison
ing OF Indians. According TO the statements
forwarded thence to San Paulo paper, cer-
tain joaquin Bneno, who has seventy armed
men under command, recently assaulted a large
Indian village, and while the frightened Indians
were absent poisoned with strychnine not only
all the food and drink abandoned by the fugi-
tivss but also the wells and springs. According
to BuenoS own declaration he found, when he
returned, few days later. three hundred
corpses of Indians in the village. He also
boasted that in another village he had poisoned
eight hundred Indians and that he about
10 treat similarly another il which 1000 Inosans
resided
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A NOVEL SPECTACLE.
Digging for Gold in the Heart Of the City of
Providence.

PROVIDENCE. R. l., April 18.-People here
abouts are being treated to a novel spectacle,
nothing less than gold digging in the heart of
the city. On the wastes known as the Cove
lands north of Union station ara rich placers,
and digging is going on that will probably yield
big fruit for several months to come. On the
waste is broad pile of the rubbish Of the Chase
building, one of the half-dozen imposing build
ings that were wiped out in the half-a-millior-
dollar fire OF Feb. Is last In the
building was the manufacturing jewelry
establishment of W. II. Robinson q Co.
Shortly after the fire the mass of rub
bish that lay piled in the cellar was care
lands, and watchman was stationed over it.
and has been on guard there day and night ever
since. Now the firm Is mining for its gold and
silver after the old California method of suice
washing. An engine pumps water for the sluce-
way from pond few hundred yards ND the
Woonasquatuckat river The siuice-way is
about 400 feet long, and is made up of boxes or
sluices each about ten feet long. They empty
into basin which contains the quicksilver
cessarY for securing the washed gold and silver.
The earth and the rubbish thrown in at the
head of the sluice-wav and washed and sifted by
each sluice until nothing but the finer particles
float onward to the quicksilver basin. The
scene is almost picturesque some of Bret
Harte's descriptions. This novel "claim" is ex-
pected to yield 81 000 SIS, 600 worth of the pre-
cious metals.
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MODEL
Spring Overcoats, $5 to
$50. See them.
METHODISTs AND HIGH LICENSE.
DR.. Tiffany, of Philadelphia, Causes Sensa-
tion in the Maine Conference.

PORTLAND Me-. April 18.-Thsre was a SEN
sation in the Maine Methodist Conference to-
day, which was in no small degree occasioned
by speeches made to the Methodists on Satur-
day evening by DR.. Tiffany. of Philadelphia,
and J. Ellen Foster, of Iowa, the former prais-
ing too much to suit Prohibitionists the effective
work of high-license legislation, as shown in
Philadelphia and the latter speaking too bitterly
OF third-party people. DR.. Tiffany was not
present this morning when both speeches were
discussed, but Mrs. Foster was and she replied
in her own defense. Later Elder Randall Of
no political party and Rev. Collins presented a
substitute that the conference indorse that
party best ombodying the prohibition idea. A
vigorous and spicy war OF words took place be-
tween the two ministers, and when the battle
was hottest Neal Dow entered the church and
took Q seat at the front. Mr.. Collins said that
the Republican party was the party of rum;
that both Blaine and Foraker had said that
theirs was license party. The mention OF Mr..
Blaines name caused a sensation, and Elder
Randall who fairly adores him, replied to Mr.
Collins in . magnificent speech showing how Mr..
Collins was wrong and that he was not acting in
accordance with church discipline. The people
knew what party had done the most for temper
Rnce men, he said. aud the Methodists would
not commit thems elves to any third party.
When Elder Randall sat down he had the sen.
timent OF the conference armly in his favor
Mr. Collins arose again to speak on his substi-
tute and referred to what DIR. Tiffany had said
in favor of license, but the threatened trouble
was settled by voting not to adopt the third
party resolution. and the whole matter was
then laid on the table. Elder Randall says that
n similar effort was sprung on the convention
last year by a small minority of Meshodists
who were willing to abandon the party which
had given them all the favors they had gained
in the mast.
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ALBANY, N Y, April 15.-The Assembly
committe on judiciary was engaged to-day in in
vestigating series Of charges published In the
New York World, to the effect that there is a
corrupt lobby at the capital headed by Edward
Phelps. Miss Pink Cockrane. the female cor
respondent of the World, who. over the sigma
ture "Nellie Bly," gave publicity to the story.
went on the stand and testified that Phelps told
her he could get six of the members of the com
mitto on cities for 81 900, and that he could get
the committee public health cheaper. She
rehearsed the story in detail as she had already
given it in her paper.
Edward Phelps, the accused, testified that he
had spent most of his time In this city during
legislative sessions for the past twenty years,
looking after bills in which he was inter-
ested. He denied the charges that he had tried
to influence the votes OF certain members, and
said he did not have any such conversation with
HNellie Bly," as she alleged On the other hand,
she wanted to pay him 81. 900 for having killed
the patent medicine bill He declined the
money. saying he had done nothing TO that end,
but she insisted, and he agreed to take $3.50.
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Flood Damace tn ths Northwsst.

WINoNA, Mimi. April 1S.-The loss to the
manufacturing interests of this city by the
floods is estimated at $l00.0 600. The Minnesota
Boom Company lost 5000, 900 feet of logs. valued
at $3.50 600, making the loss TO the lum bering IN
terest alone $3.50. 600. The river Is four miles
wide here.
At TrempeIeau Wis. while five Indians were
endeavoring to drag a canoe across raft of logs,
the logs parted and all were drowned
At Dodge, Wis. engine and six cars ran
into washout and were pretipitated into thirty
feet of water. No lives lost.
At Fremont. Wis, on the Wolf river, in Wau-
paca county 10, 900 0e0 feet of logs released
ried into lake Poigan and can be recovered, but
at heavy expense.
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IRISH AFFAIRS.
Chamberlain Denies that He Has Been Con-
Yerted by Hig Visit to America

Chamberlain Denies that He Has Been Con-
verted by His Visit to America
LONDON. April 1s-Joseph Cham berlain spoks
tonight at the conversazione of the Birming-
ham Radical Union. He ridiculed the notion OF
Gladstonians that his sojourn ip America had
partly converted him to their policy. On tie
contrary. he had found very few persons indeed
in America who approved Mr.. Gladstones pol
icy. If the American Democracy had to oeal
with the Irish question they would make short
work of the monstrous pretensions of the
sacred name of liberty to be prostituted to the
purposes of anarchy and crime. The Americans
allowed no sentimental considerations whatever
TO stand In the way of laws made by the major
ity of the country. Never, in his opinion, had
the position of the Unionists been stronger than
low. For the first time since the passing of the
crimes act he would be willing, without the
slightest hesitation. to appeal to the country
with certainty tnat they would go back with q
ma ajo rity great or greater than they now pos
sessed. There were two reasons for this:
First. the gradual deterioration and dis
organization of the Gladstonian party;
second. their alliance with the Parnelltes
The Conservatives were stronger and more per-
foreign and home policy and the achievements
of the government, Mr.. Chamberlain quoted
Sir VIM. Vernon Harcourt, to the effect that
the governments success was due to the adop-
ton of the Liberal policy; and he asked why
then. did not HarcourE and his followers, If he
had any, support the government instead of do
ing everything IN their power to obstrucr and
defeat It'll 1t was, he said because their Liberal
ism was absorbed IN Parnellism.
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oArEs.s THREAT.
The Direct-Tax Bill Can Only Become Law
by Refundfng the Cotton Tax.

The DIrect-Tax Bill Can Only Become Law
by Refundtng the Cotton Tax.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal
WASHINGTON, April 49, Representative
Oates, of Alabama, who led the flibustering
against the direct-tax bill, was asked this morn
ing what he intended to do when the bill was
taken mp next December. He replied that the
filibusters who went into tho caucus did not
make any pledges and would not have done so
under any circumstances when tho direct
tax bin comes mp again." he said, I'VE will beat
1t if we have to flibuster to the end Of the ses-
sion. The bill will never become q law IL there
is any way to prevent il. and IL we cannot de-
feat it by votes we can do so by dilatory mo-
tions. When voted for the postponement in
the caucus. we did not agree that the bill should
become law or that any time should be set for
vote upon its passage, and we wsil never let ~
pass unless it is amended so as TO refund the
cotton tax that was paid by the people OF the
South during the war 1t is an outrage to com
pei those who lost in the rebellion 10 pay the
cost OF their subjugation.D
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Failure of a St. Louie speoulator.

ST. LOUIS April 18--Moses Fralsy, q leading
speculator in the st. Louis grain markets, has
announced his inability to meet further margins
and is now on the floor settling his deals. Last
night he stated to friends that he had put up
$500 900 in cash and would be unable to put up
any more. Checks given yesterday after bank
ing hours failed to pass the clearing house. but
to-day Mr.. Fraley said funds were Forthcoming
20 take them up. He has been the leading bear"
of the market the past year, and is short in
large quantities OF all grains. The failure is for
more than half a million. Mr.. Fraley says he
will pay dollar for dollar.
A meeting of Mr.. Fraley and his creditors was
held this afternoon, at which, after n good deal
of talk, terms aof settlement were agreed
upon and his affairs will be closed satisfactorily
to all concerned. The terms are: Wheat, May
option, S3Ac; June, $3.50; July and August, 82ac,
December, S64c. Corn-May 51fc July. 5Okc.
Oats-May, 3lEc 1t is claimed that Mr.. Fraiey
speculative business.
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GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS.
Great Activity Among Russian Nihilists-

Great Activity Among Russian Nihiiists-
The Czar Postpones Projected Journey.
VIENNA, April 18 Great activity is reported
among the Nihilists of northern Russia. who are
reorganizine for the purpose of shortly under
taking extensive operations. All of the luke
warm adherents to the order have been ex-
PEELED. and committee has been
formed to assist prisoners to es-
cape from Siberia, large number
of whom have already regained their freedom.
Arrests of suspected ihilists continue to be
made secretly in St. Petersburg, many of the
prisoners being reported to have been driven in
sane by torture resorted to extort confes-
sions.
Ateeeram from Odessaisavs it IL reported that
the Cars projected journey to Caucasus has
been postponed owing TO the prevalence of a
separatist movement A large number OF ar
rests have been made in connection with the
movement at Tifis, Stavropol and Kutais
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A $4,000 shock.

DETROIT, Mich, April Ia--While Alneron
Kratz was recently performing his duties on
high tower as trimmer for the Bush Electric
light Company he received q shock from what
he had been told was dead wireb which shat
tered his nervous system so that he is unable to
work. He brought suit for $25, 000 dana ges
against the company, which claimed that Kratz
was negligent To substantiate this they intro
duced as evidence in court miniature electric
light tower, with which they tried to show that
a careful man could not be injured as Kratz was.
The latter claimed that il was not fair test of
the shock received By him. because electricity
loses it's severity when received by a person
standing on dry floor instead of the earth or
iron footing. The jury gave Kratz $40, 900.
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COLUMBUS. o., April 1a-The Supreme Court
handed down an important decision, yesterday,
In the case of Robert Patterson Miami county
prisoner in the penitentiary. sent a five
years sentence for burglary. which sentence
will expire In 1890. This being Pattersons third
penitentiary term, he was marked for retention
life prisoner under the habitual criminals
act. This act was based upon the principle that
successive crimes is confirmed criminal. and
should be restrained Of his liberty for the good
OF society. The attorneys for Patterson took
the case 20 the supreme Court for the purpose
Of testing the constitutionalty of the act. The
court decided that the law is Unconstitutional,
and Patterson will therefore be released at the
are about half a dozen other prisoners in the
penitentiary whose cases similar, and they
must also be released when their REGULAR terms
eXDire.
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THE LATE ROSCOE CoNKLING.

The Funeral Services WIN Be Held nc Utica.
N ", ON Saturday Afternoon.
New YoRK, April 1S-Mrs. Conkling and
Mrs. Oakman were kneelirg at the bedside of
Mr.. Conkling when he died. Mrs. Conkline had
her hand clasped in his. Mrs Conkling left the
room when the face of the dead Senator was
covered went into her own room and fell ex-
hausted Oh lounge. At o'clock the under
taker called at the house with two assistants.
They washed and laid out the body on cooling
board, in which condition, they said. it would
remain until A. NJ, when they would return
and embalm the remains After this process it
will be dressed and placed in q coffin. Mr.
Nevens was asked the condition of the body of
the Senator, and he said: '.I have frequently
seen Mr. Conkling in life, and when looked OF
him he seemed to be quite natural I cannot
understand how he could have lost the amount
of flesh that has been reported. The body must
weigh about two hundred pounds.
Mr.. s. L. NJ. Barlow, after consultation with
Mr.. Conkline's relatives and friends this morn
ing,sannounced to the members of the press that
funeral services will be held over the dead Sena-
tors remains Friday morning. at 10 o'clock, in
Trinity Chapel, West Twenty-ifth sire ct The
Rev. Morgan L. Dix will oficiate, assisted by
other clergymen. On Friday afternoon the re-
mains Will De taken on a special train Co UIlca,
II. Y, where funeral services will be held in
Calvary Chapel Saturday Afternoon. The
pail bearers selected are: Hamilton Fish,
Judge Shipman, Abram S. Hewitt s. L. nj.
Barlow, Clarence A. Seward, Manton Marble.
Senator John G. Jones, Senator Don Cameron,
VIM. J. Wallace, Walter S. Church and Isaac
II. Bailey.
This morning the body was embalmed by un-
dertaker Nevins and placed in q casket which is
q duplicate of that in which Senator Conkling's
brother in-law. Gov. Horatio Seymour, was
buried. The United States Circuit Court, the
City Court and other courts adjourned to-day
out of respect to the memory of Mr.. Conkling.
Addresses of euIogy were made by several judges
and lawyers
1t was rumored day that Mr. Conkling suf
fered from internal troubles and that since his
death abcess in his stomach had been discov-
cred. DIR. Barker said there truth in
such rumors; that Mr.. Conkling's organs were
healthy, and that he died from exhaustion.
The casket is covered with black cloth, with
full length cross upon the top. 1t is OF cedar
and lined with white satin. The handles are
covered with black velvet The cross, which is
raised, ID also covered with black CLOTH In this
city and Brooklyn flags are flying at hRlf-mast
on the city hall and other public buildings. out
of respect to the memory of the dead states
man.
thousand more kilograms and letters of
coincidence have been received The following
named persons were among the senders: Gov
ernor Beaver, Governor Hill. Judge w. @.
Gresham. Hon. j. d. Cameron, Chauncey Nj.
Depew, Hugh Nesbitt and wife, Isaac Frennd
and Joseph Pulitzer.
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TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.

Mrs. Mahala ElIinwood, forty-seven years
old. residing in New York city. shot herself in
the head With revolver, yesterday, aud in
ficted q mortal wound.
Patrick Fitzgerald OF PhiIadelphia, was shot
and killed, last night. by special officer Timothy
Bergins of the Pennsylvania railroad, while the
former was resisting arrest.
Benjamin E Hopkins, the convicted ex-
assistant cashier OF the Fidelity National Bank
of Cincinnati, was yesterday sent to the peni-
tentiary at Columbus, To serve ont his term of
seven years and eight months. He claimed TO
be q very sick man. and said he expected to be
brought back from Columbus corpse.
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FAtanz shot by a Drunken Husband

CLEVELAND. April 1s-Henry Basch and
Michael Klosch chinsky. two Polish quarrymen,
who live in Bersa, o., received their monthly
wages yesterday and proceeded to make a night
Of It Both men became very drunk and this
morning Basch ordered his wife to go to saloon
for beer. The woman refused, and the husband
threatened to shoot her il she did not obey.
Mrs Baseh persisted in her refusal to go to the
saloon, wnereupon her husband seized a loaded
shoteun and placing the muzzle against her
side, Just below the right breast, pulled the
trigger The woman fell TO the floor fatally
wounded. The murderer and his companion.
KloschinslSy, were captured by citizens and
taken to the village Jail Mrs. Basch can live
but few hours
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Doesn't Think It : Golden Are

LONDON, April I8.-Mr John Morley. in. .
speech at Blackburn tonight. referred TO Lord
Randolph Churchills calling this the golden
age of English politics. It was not much of a
golden age" Mr.. Morley thought, when Irish
Members of Parliament were logged by detect
ives, and when the governmsnt refused either to
listen To the appeal of the Parnsllites or 70 per-
init them speak ir Ireland. He said the i'm
prisonment of leaders of the irish people was an
odious spectacle, but it was the best argument
that could be advanced IN favor of home rule.
He appealed to the nation TO assist the Liberals
in their efforts 90 compel the government to
adopt wiser pelicy.
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thirty hours. Twenty miles from Creston he
looked at his watch. which indicated 2:55 A. n.
Time was lost at Prescott. and seeing tho all
clear light at Cromwell, he hurried by. The
Crom mweIl operator claims be signaled Creston,
but Creston disputes this. The brakeman had
no watch. The passenger crew were ordered
not to exceed twenty miles hour. TO avoid
the chance of distractions. Tho trains met at
double curves. both emerging from cuts at 4:0o
Both were experienced engineers.
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WHEELISG w. Va, April 1a--A special to
the IntellRencer from Charleston says: "A
port has just reached here that man in CAL
turning home late Wednesday night, in COM
pany with peddler. discovered light in the
window, and when he looked in saw his wife and
his three children lying dead on the floor. He
also saw four men in the room. The peddIer
drew his revolver and was told to make a noise
nt the back OF the house. The men inside
fusnea out and three OF them were killed out
right, the fourth being badly wounded Il is
impossible at present to verify the story bus
the man who brought it is considered reliable
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The Reyolt fn Roamania.

BUCHAREST April 18.--The riotous demon
strations of the peasantry are spreading
throughout Roumania. Soldiers have been sent
to upwards Of thirty villages to quell riots and
put an end to robbery. murder and other out
RACES 1t is stated good authority that the
revolt has reached such proportions that the
government is powerless to cope with it.