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TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.

President Agassiz has decided to send twenty
five tons OF concentrated ammonia down th q
burning shafts of the Calumet and Hecla mine
at once to put out the fire completely if pos
sible.
Jacob and David Campbell, father and son,
of Jersey City, while engaged in shoveling snow
were struck by an express train. David was in
stantly killed and his father shockingly and
fatally injured.
News has been received of the freezing to
death of two German farmers OF Campbell
county, Minnesota, named Fred and George Cor
NELL, Monday. While walking from Lagrace
to Mound City they lost their way. became ex-
hausted, lay down to sleep and pershed. The
bodies were found the next day.
Three burglars tered the residence of VIM.
Law, a farmer living near the town of BEDFORD,
fifteen miles from Detroit. on Monday night
bound and gagged Law and his wife, and ram
sacked the house, securing $3.50 in cash and q
large amount of jewelry. They then took Laws
team valued at 5000. and disappeared
So urgent has the demand for fuel become
west of Duluth. especially along the Northern
Pacific railway. that orders have been issued by
the road to its Duluth agents to ship nothing but
coal All its motive power aud equipment is to
be used for coal shipment. and other freight
ust wait until the famine Is checked. Some
two hundred cars of coal are sent out daily.
III. NJ Gonzales agent for several wealthy
residents of Coahuila, Mexico, has closed the
sale of 500 900 acres of land in the State of Goa
hula to the representatives of an English syndi-
cate, who already own 2 900 900 acres in that
State. The console ration was 1925, 900, or Is
cents per acre: The purchase comprises much
mountain land. English capitalists now own
fully one-quarter of the State of Coahuila.
A handsomely -attired and netite young lady,
who says she is Clara Novello, was arrested by
one of Comstocks agents at the New York post
office yesterday, on a charge OF using the mails
for illegal purposes She had a largely adver-
tised and unlawful preparation for women. and
was arrested with a decoy letter from Com
stocks society in her hand. United States
Commissioner Shields held her in So, 500 bail
To-day 1000 men will become idle in the
State prison Sing Sing, n. Y. and will be
locked in their cells. The same will be true of
$50 convicts in Clinton prison. The men VIII be
confined in their cells for twenty-five hours
ally until the Senate passes the bill making an
appropriation for manufacturing In prisons.
One million dollars has been turned into the
State treasury since July from prison indus
tries.
John Arensdorf and Paul Leader. two Of the
defendants in the Haddock murder trial, have
been appointed Western agents for Milwaukee
brewing company, and will at once erect bot
Ting works costing $50 900 nj Covington. Neb.,
on the opposite side OF the river from Sioux
City. This takes all the defendants in the case
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They Nearly All Get Married or Become
Engaged Soon Afterwards.
Washington Special.
The President, after making a decided sensa-
tion by walking out to West Washington on
Thursday last in company with Secretary Fair
child, continues to create surprise by his feats Of
pedestrianism. AS the winter wears on he finds
the indoor life he is forced to spend exceedingly
irkaome, and has never before felt the need of
open air exercise so much. He has adopted
the habit of slipping away from his desk for half
an hour at about dusk for a sharp walk of a
couple of miles out through the less frequented
portion of the West End. Until recently most
of his exercise has been confined to short drives
behind the seal browns" but, as he remarked
to a friend a day or two ago.
''If can stretch my legs for half an hour in a
brisk walk, it does me more good than all the
carriage riding in the world Either from his
steady application to labor or from his unusual
exercise the President is undoubtedly losing in
weight. A gentleman who called at the White
House n few days ago. and who had not seen
Mr.. Cleveland for year, said to the World cor
respondent:
''He is certainly twenty pounds lighter than
he year ago. / do not think it Is
work that has brought him down, for his eye is
as bright and his step as firm and elastic as
ever. His frock coat which he always wears
tightly buttoned uD, comes together now with
little less strain upon the buttons, and, the
whole, the change is a decided improvement"
Another of Mrs. Cevelands sctoolmates, Miss
sion. With delightful impartiality the mis-
tress of the White House is slowly going the
rounds of her old school friends, inviting one
after another to enjoy the novel and charming
experience of short stay at ''the palace"
the young ladies have christened the altogether
commonplace edifce that serves the President
for both office and mansion. A pretty young
girl. who belongs to what is called the 'W hte
House set" and who has met nearly all of Mrs.
Clevelands visitors, said to a World correspond
ent at q recent reception:
"It would be easy enough to know what an
awfullv nice girl Mrs. Cleveland used to be just
by meeting the splendid girls that come to visit
her. Nobody could have such lot of delightful
chums unless she were just as nice as she could
be herself and these not the sott % girls
that come to soc her because they can visit at
the White House They love her, and would
go anywhere to spend day with her. I hear,
though, that pretty little superstition is afioat
among her old schoolmates that the best OF luck
always follows those visits 20 Washington.
Several of the girls that have been down here
have got married since their return home,
and all the rest of them engaged. The girls
think it is better than finding four-leaf clover,
and those who have not been here are crazy to
Gomez
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Wisconsin Suffragists Defeated.

MADISON, Wis. Jan. 31.-The women of Wis
consin were defeated In the Supreme Court to-
day, the court holding in elaborate opinion
that the Legislature of 1885 did not for a mo-
ment contemplate extending the same suffrage
to females which males enjoyed, but on the
other hand meant to restrict female voting to
school matters only. as specified in tho law. The
case was that of Olympia Brown Willis, of Ra-
cine against A. L. Phillips and other inspectors
of election of the Second ward of thu city of
Racine, who. at the last spring election refused
either TO receive the vote of Mrs Willis for
Mayor. City Clerk, Comptroller Aldermen and
Supervisor to permit her to swear tin. Mrs
Willis claimed such right under Chapter 21I, OF
the laws of 1885, and Immediately sued the in
spectors for So 900 damages. She won her suit
in the Circuit Court for Racine county, when
the Inspectors appealed to the Supreme Court.
which to-day reversed the decision of the lower
court and held q above noted.
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Steamship News.

PHILADELPHIA. Jan 31.-The steamship Lord
Give has arrived from Liverpool
GLASGOW, Jan. 3L-The steamer State of In
diana, from New York, arrived to-day.
New YORK, Jan. 3I-Arrived Gall la. from
Liverpool.
LONDON, Jan. 3L-The steamship Vaderiand.
fl ON Philadelphia for Antwerp. passed Scilly
light today. The Dutch steamer, p Caland
which sailed from Rotterdam Jan. IA for New
York, has put back TO Plymouth with three
blades of her propeller gone. She has been
seven days returning. She has 200 passen-
gers on board She is the sister
was Loaf off Dover few months ago. The
steamship Istrian passed Browhead this after
Suevia which sailed from New Yoak for Ham
burg. Jan. 10, to Queenstown. Tb5 Suevia be-
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General Notes.

Special to the INDIANAPOLIS journal.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3L-Will Cumbaok, Of
Greensburg, and D. E. Hill of Akron, are at
the Ebbitt
The British legation at Washington has applied
to the State Department for information as to
the whereabouts of Michael Duegan, of Indiana
to whom the sum of about $50 has been be-
aueathed by Patrick Duggan, deceased, of New
Zealand.
Government receipts during the current month
have averaged about ST. 900. 900 day, and Treas
ury officials estimate the debt reduction for the
month at about $l4 500 000
Frederick b. Dodge, of Michigan, was to-day
appointed superintendent of the Ninth division
railway mail service, with headquarters at
Cleveland to succeed John M. Baker, who has
been appointed assistant superintendent in the
general service.
The Comptroller of the Currency has declared
a first dividend of 80 per cent. in favor of the
creditors of the Fifth National Bank of St.
Louis. on claims proved, amounting to $500, 51I.-
OF. This bank failed Mo-. Z. 1887.
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A New Anti-Polygsmy Bill.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 3L-Chairman Culberson,
Of the House committee on the judiciary. in be-
half of the subcommittee to which was referred
Representative Taylor's LOT Ohio) bill defining
polygamy, to-day reported to the full committee
the following substitute:
Section 1. Polygamy shall not exist be lawful
within the United States any place subject to their
jurisdiction.
Sec. 2. Polygamy shall consist of the marriage re-
lation by contract in fact between person of
either and more than person of the other
Sec. 3. Congress shall enforce this article in the
District OF Columbia and the Territories of the
United States and other places subject to their rs
diction and shall have power, concurrently with the
several States enforce the within the States
by appropriate legislation.
The full committee did not attempt to discuss
this report to-day, and it took its place as unfn
oh cd h11a
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Hester Ann Wizard. Linnville; Elizabeth Diel.
Harmony: A. Kareth. Seymour; James Leegitt.
Greensburg; Charles Graham, Oweusburg: ID.
Markley, Roanoke; W. J. Greer, Dilney; Joel
Fields Foltz A. FL. Allison, South Bethany; r.
B. Hoover, Versailles; III. LisDy. Fillmore; B..
Young, Kokomo; E. Ball, Westfeld, and A.
Fritz. Hagerstown.
Restored-J. W. Loder, Rochester.
Increased-E. Brewer, Derby; Thos. T. Ray.
Bedford; Ell. J. Fulk, Worthington; l. Abbott,
Fremont; j. 81. Davis, Avon; NJ A. Sherherd.
Commiskey; w. F. Green, North Vernon; NJ.
L. Martin. Salem; Robert Hart, Pierceton; j.
W. stump. Aloma; A Cox. New Augusta; F..
May. Attica; A. Handle. Clinton Falls; If. v.
Wallace. Washington w. E. Merris. Pilot
Knob; Thos. Turner, Martinsvilis; g. Cord,
New Salem; John Edwards, Plainville; E.
Pearman, Veedersburg: w. B. Whitcomb.
Six-Mile; L. WARMTH. Leavenworth; John
Graves. Eckerty; j. W. Todd, Indianapolis;
VIM. Courtney, Butlerville; w. A. Knight,
Campbellsburg; ]. Shnrley, Rushville; J. F.
Davis, Boonville; j. n. Shepherd, Terre Haute;
II. Hart, Decatur; r. Hayden, Union; g. W.
Fletcher, Pascom; j. M. Anderson, Brazil; Il. j.
Mingus. Birds Eye G. w. Aders, Adyville; j.
x. Reynolds, Rockport; j. S. Moore, Pierceton
L. g. Penson. Terre Haute: w. E. Chrisman.
Gosport; c. II. Gott Nashville.
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Money to secure Clrcul.t,ng Note..

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31-The House committee
on banking and currency to-day reported favor
ably to the House Mr.. Dineley's bill author
izing the Secretary of the Treasury to invest
the money deposited by national banks for the
retirement of their circulation in the purchase
of United States bonds at current market rates
The bonds SO purchased, with interest accruing,
are to be held in trust and used for the payment
of the circulating notes of the banks which have
deposited lawful money for such payment The
committee reports amendment limiting to 50
per cent the amount that may be invested, and
authorizing the Secretary to sell the bonds re-
deemed if it shall be necessary to redeem the
circulating notes outstanding.
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Indiana Patents.

Special TO the 1ndianapOlis Journal.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 31.-Patents issued to In
dianians to-day as follows
August F. Chable, assignor of one-half to j. G..
Price. Evansville. sad iron; James Cunning and
G. A. Lowry. said Lowry assignor to F. P.
Woollen, Indianapolis, hoescraping machine;
John b. Deeds, assignor to f. Lee. Terre Haute,
hydrocsrbon generator and burner; Charles w.
Delaney. Hammond, headrest for .barbsss'
chairs; Frank A. Jacob. ass1gnor Of one-half to
w. Strong. Indianapolis, hose-coupling; George
ing and bagging machine; John F. Mains, as
signor of one half to w. N. Short Indianapolis
machine for agitating liquids; Robert E. Poin-
dexter, Indianapolis, saw jointer; Horace l..
Renne, assignor of one-half to w. Fl. Verrill,
Hammond, safety car door; William L. Shake,
Paxton, grain adjuster.
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THE FIRE RECORD.
Virginia Penitentiary Buildings Burned, In
volving a Loss of $4,000.


RICHMOND, Va, Jan. 3I.-Soon after o'clock
this morning the building of the Virginia peni-
Tertiary. leased by the Davis Shoe Company of
Boston, and operated as a shoe factory, was dis
cove red on fire. The flames spread rapidly, and
despite the efforts of the fire department. tho
buildings occupied by the shoe company were
destroyed, together with all the valuable machn-
cry and stock. The buildings burned were
three-story bricks, and covered an area of about
700 feet in length and sixty in width. The loss
to the shoe company is estimated at from $780,
600 to $l750 00 The amount of insurance is not
yet ascertained. Soon after the fire broke out
the bells in the city sounded the military call.
and in few minutes about 200 soldiers were on
the ground to guard against any emeute of the
prisoners, but everything entirely quiet,
and after the walls of the burned building had
fallen in and all fear of further spread of fire
was over, the military were ordered back The
buildings were State property, and the loss by
their destruction will amount to sos 600. The
shoe company worked between 300 and 400 con-
victs The insurance Davis e. Co.'S ma
chinery, $l36. sos, is divided among seventy-five
companies. The buildings, which were owned
by the State, were not insured and are total
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Brief Mention.

p. w. Mitchell. a prominent business man of
Shelbyville is missing.
Mrs. Belle Coon, while going from Mansfield
to Argo, was thrown from sleigh and fell on
a hedge stump, receiving what are believed to
be fatal injuries. The hedge entered her side
making a terrible wound.
Fred. Scates aged fourteen. was accidently
shot and killed Monday by boy named Robin
son. They were hunting about four miles north
of Shawneetown. Robinson was attempting to
shoot covey of quail that had been flushed.
The report telegraphed from Carmi to Chi
cago and from there sent broadcast over the
country, reprssen ting that oil wells of wonderful
capacity had been discovered about eighteen
miles from Carmi, is false in every particular
The kilograms, three in number, were all sent
sent by tine same party. who is unknown, two
being signed Reno and the other Powers What
his object could have been is unknown but he
has succeeded in deceiYing many oil men. Sew
eral came from Chicago and Oil City Pa, with
a view of investigating the report.
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A BOOT And Shoe SALESMAN
A Small Surgical Operation Which Did
Great Deal Of Good in Short Time.
The Largest Boot and Shoe House I'm thu
West-Mr. Charles Wiebe Makes an
Interesting Statement.
IFrom Cincinnati, Commercial Gazette. Sept. ISL

IFrom Cincinnati Commercial Gazette, Sept. ISL
Mr. Charles Wiebe, the subject of this sketch,
lives at 303 Saratoga street. Newport. KY,
and is engaged in the wholesale boot and
shoe house of w. r. Thorne & Co., 50 West
Pearl street, the largest concern of the kind in
Cincinnati If not ia the West Mr.. Wiebes
father has been known for many years in con-
nection with the boot and shoe business of New
port. It was during conversation to which
the writer was party that Mr. Charles Wiebe
said:
about seven or eight years ago my work
kept me for the greater part of the time IN .
room where the air pretty warm. In fact
the temperature most of tho time was over SOP.
Going in and out during the cold weather con-
tracted colds. which, naturally enough, settled
into catarrh. NV nose got stopped up so that
could not get any air through it at all had to
sleep with my m outh open or sufocate. In the
morning would have to cough and hack to
clear my throat ana chest. which would seem to
be all choked MP"
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INDIANA ANDILLINOIS NEWS
The Daily Chronicle Of Happenings of
Various Kinds in the Two States.
Saw-Mill Owner Fatally Injured by an EN-
ploye-Manicipal Quarrel at Fort Wayne
State Politics-Notes and Gleanings
INDIANA.

Lewis Smith Fatally Injured by EmpIoye
Flight of His Assailant.
Special to the Indianaooiis Journal.
BLOOMINGTON, Jan. 3L-Word has been re-
ceived here from Salt Creek township of the
probable murder of Lewis Smith, saw-mill
man, by one Of his employees: The men had
some words about their work whom Miller, the
employe, slipped up behind Smith and struck
him a terrific blow on the head with hand
spike, which, it is feared, will prove fatal.
Miller has fed the country.
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'fWhat did you do abont i'll"
''What every body else does, / suppose, tried
everything heard about and anybody recon-
mended. But nothing would take that weight
off my chest or clear out my head SO that could
breathe. / had some pain in my head, but that
didn't worry me as much pains in my chest.
They would come first side and then on
the other, and would go back under my shoulder,
fairly taking my breath away. 1 lost flesh and
appetite. l grew respondent My disease
seemed to be getting incurable It affect
ing my voice. my bearing and my sight My
voice would have peculiar nasal twang, which
could see was getting more pronounced. and
my breath had bad odor had difficulty in
breathing and pains about the heart
'All from the same causeT'
apparently. These pains would come and GO.
Some days / would not have them at ALL and
then they would come back worse than ever.
Sometimes would seem be getting little
better for while, but then in a short time
would be worse than was when l began to inn
prove. Mind you. 1 couldn't breathe through my
nose at all, and all the time 1 would seem to
have this heavy weight my chest Some time
ago wen. to DIR. Blair. He examined me aad
found that the passages of my were com
pletey stopped up with polypi-little tumors.
that resulted from the irritating progress of
catarrh. He removed these, and he did It with
out hurting me, too. Once more could breathe
freely through my nose, and you can't begin to
imagine what a relief it was"
WAS that all?"
mo, he placed me under regular treatment
for my bronchial and catarrhal trouble. The
pains in my chest passed away. My appetite
returned / began to feel stronger, I sleep
well and feel well-am altogether another man.
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Bank Consolidation.

Special to the Indianapolis Journaa.
FRANKLIN. Jan. 3l.-As had been contem-
plated for some weeks. the two banks of this
city, the Franklin National. Bank and the
National Bank of Franklin, have consolidated,
and will begin business tomorrow under the
first name-the business of the last-named be-
ing merged into that of the fret. Hitherto
each organization operated with 5000 capital
stock. and with a combined surplus of $40, 900.
The new organization has 100000 capital and
800 600 surplus. MIR. John Clarke, ex-presdent
of the National Bank of Franklin, will be presi
dent of the organization; E. G. Miller.
cashier; j. G. Smith. assistant; Victor Smith,
book-keeper and Adair Overstreet messenger.
The business will be continued in the old Ma
tional Bank of Franklin building. and the other,
together with the vaults and fixtures will be
Sold
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ThRbe's Retort.

Washington Special.
A public man who was in Washington several
weeks ago, when Mr.. Thoebe first presented his
claim to the seat usurpsd by Speaker Carlisle.
tells this incident: ''Mr. Th9be was arguing
his case among a lot of Congressman, among
whom was Southern member, who tried to cut
him off by remarkipg that, after all. he didn't
represent many people. We'll, sir. replied Mr..
ThHbe. L bring with me paper signed by 5000
men, every one of whom voted for me. That is
about twice the number of the entire vote
counted in your district The Southerner had
nothing more to say"
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Slain by Her Drunken SON.

BUFFALO, N. Y, Jan. 3L-John Cullen, a
ship calker, aged forty-four years. killed his
mother, Ann Cullen. tonight with AK. The
two were in their house. getting ready for sup
per. when John struck her twice in the back of
the head, infiictne two horrible wounds. She
fell dead, and the son then bent over and kissed
her twice. He then walked into two saloons
aud announced that he he had killed her. In
one place he said: ''Norissey killed his mother
out with an Ak" When arrested he made
resistance. He gave excuse that he COM
mtted the crime SO that his mother would not
have % 60 to the work house. He was drunk
when arrested
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Other Fires.

ST. THOMAS. Ont, Jan. 31-J. j. Blackmore
& Co.'S hardware and house furnishing establish
ment was burned to-day. The loss IS $780, 00O
and the insurance about SIS, 600. Atcheson's
hardware store was badly burned. and Foster &
Cos drug store was damaged by smoke anc
water. VIM Hills, aged sixty-five, while watch
ing the fire dropped dead.
PITTsBURG, Jan. 31.-The Union City chair
works. of Moore & Sheeney at Union City, Pa,
were burned this afternoon. together with q
stable and a number of outbuildings. Loss
$4,000; insurance, $500 Origin of fire un-
known.
LEAvENwoRTH. Kan, Jan. 31.-One of the
stables at Fit Leavenworth in which were sixty
horses belonging to Company /. First Cavalry
was burned this evening. Thirty-six horses
were suffocated. Loss, from slO.0 900 to $l2, 600.
No insurance.
PITTsBURG, Jan. 31.-Heard. Biber & Eas-
tons dry goods and trimming store dam
aged by fire this morning to the extent of s10,-
600. Origin unknown.
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PITTsBURG, Jan. 31-The National Tube
works Company, of McKeesport. Pa. employing
1000 men, have posted notice ordering re-
duction of 10 per cent in the wages Of all en-
ployes. IL the reduction is not accepted the firm
threatens to shut down their entire establish
ment. Similar action has been taken by the
Continental and Pennsylvania Tube-works COM
panies. The men say they will not submit to
any cut in their wages. but willing to refer
the matter to a board of arbitration. general
strike would throw over 6, 900 men out of work
in this district alone
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The OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.

BALTIMORE JAN 31.-The national conven-
ton of garment-cutters and trimmers to-day
formed into a trades district OF the Knights of
Labor, electine the following officers; Charles
Katz, of Philadelphia, district master workman;
James Hughes, of Chicago. worthy foreman;
Walter r. Westbrook, of New York, interna-
tional secretary; Nicholas G. Canister, of Balti-
more, district treasurer national district execu-
tive board, Charles Katz. chairman; Walter r.
Westbrook. secretary; James Hughes Charles
Rieche, of Brooklyn; Nathan Kaufman. of Bal
timore; John THEM, of Rochester; Aaron Cohen.
of Cleveland; national statisticiau, Adoph Low,
of Philadelphia