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Business mbarrassments.
rial to the Indianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
COLUMBUS. Ind, April s.-Edward Peel,
a prominenU dry goods merchant here,
made an assignment. to-day, to
Edger McSweeney. one of his clerks. The
liabilities are placed at $4,000, and assets
about the same sum. The cause of the
failure was long continued dullness of
trade.
NEW YORK, April S.-The Calender In
sulating and Water-proofing Company, of
New York and East Newark. N. j., has sus-
pended operations and is financially en-
barrassed. The creditors are considering
an extension. The company claimed assets
of S427. 900 last July. of which 500, 900 was
valuation of patents. The liabilities were
placed at S97.2SS. No statement Of the
present condition of the company is made
public.
NEW York. April s.-The 1irm of w. H.
Wells d Co.. manufacturers of capstans,
hosting machinery and ship works. made
a general assignment to-day to George w.
Mclean, giving preferences amounting to
S4,T3.
LANCASTER, Pa, April s-Adam G.. Croft
miller, of West Lampeter township. made
an assignment to-day. Liabilities, $27, 900
assets, about $4,000.
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Foreign Notes.


The Faterland Fire Insurance Company
of Berlin has declared dividend of 45 per
cent.
1t is officially stated that the range of
observation from the top of the Eiffel tower
at Paris is forty miles.
,Advices received from Zanzibar are to
the effect that news of Stanley may be ex-
pected there about the end of May.
Dispatches from India say that Is. 600 per-
sons were rendered homeless by the great
fire at Surat. To add to the prevailing dis
tress. cholera has broken out in the town.
Emperor William has consented to as
sumo the relation of godfather to the
seventh son of poor weaver In Markichin,
Alsace.
Mr.. Gladstone dined last evening with
his former private secretary, Mr.. Hamilton.
His host lives in the top fat of the highest
apartment house in Park Lane. and the
building is not supplied with an elevator.
The aged ex-Premier was therefore COM
PEELED to climb eighty steps to honor Mr..
Hamilton with his company.
A serious riot occurred yesterday at
Nurnburg as the result of the lockout de-
clared by the master jOiners against their
striking employees. The police were COM
PEELED to resort to drastic measures to
quell the disturbance. and are fearful that
it will be renewed. A large force of police
is engaged in guarding the factories against
attack.
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1t Would Cost but One Cent Day to Maintain
Each Person, but Even that Pitiful Amount
Cannot be Obtained by the Sufferers.
Denial of the Report that Stanley and
Emin Bey We're En- ROutetO Zanzibar.
A Paris Paper Says BOulanger Has Been Or
dered Ont Of Belgium, but the General De-.
nieS that Such Action Has Been Taken.
THE FAMINE IN CHINA.
Five Million Human Beings Destitute an


Five Million Human Beings Destitute and
without Food.
SAN FRANCISCO. Cal, April S.-Detailed
reports of the great famine in Shantung
and Manchuria. brought by the China
steamer last night, show that its horrors
have not been exaggerated. 1t is the worst
famine known in China for twelve years,
and the saddest feature of it is that In
many parts of these two provinces the
overflow of the Yellow river has ruined the
land so that no good crops can be expected
for several years. Letters from American
and English missionaries. who have been
distributing food. say that no more than
one hundred thousand can be reached by
them although fully five millions are starv-
ing. Many of the men abandoned their
families after the flood, and the women and
children have nothing to live on. The
missionaries report that the spectacle OF
patient suffering of these people is heart
rending. One case is recorded of a blind
woman who strangled her little girl rather
than sell her or see her starve, while an old
man of seventy seven, maddened by hunger,
sold his daughter-in-law for So 1t costs
only cent per day to maintain one person,
yet the wealthy have been so reduced they
cannot aid their poorer neighbOrs
Near Chefoo DIR. Laughlin writes that the
whole plain is dug up by people IN search
of roots which serve to fill their stomachs.
but draw up their hands as though they
had infammatory rheumatism.
The Rev. Frank Harmon, of the English
Baptist mission at. Using Chou Flu; writes: ;,
This country is poor at its best. and
when the floods came every one who was
able emigrated to Kaan-Tung or Shansi.
Thousands remained, however, and are fam
ishing here, within twenty miles of the
Hsien City. The Mi river rose ten feet
eight-tenths of the houses, destroying
household goods and stored grain, and in
some places destroying old people and chill
dren who were unable to escape in the con-
fusion and darkness of the hight. The
of sand, thus rendering the land valueless
for years. Many houses were entirely swept
away, and families used to every comfort
are now living in dugOuts. AS many as
eight or ten families are crowded into one
small hole.v
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CHICAGO'S RECENT ELECTION.
1t Was Illegal, and the Result Can Be Over
thrown if Any Citizen Cares to Bring Suit.

CHICAGO, April S.-The politicians of the
the announcement that it had been DIS
covered that the recent election in this city
was illegal and that it was. in the power of
any citizen to overthrow it, This state of
affairs grows out of decision rendered by
the Supreme Court of the State since the
election was held. This decision was to
the effect that the town of Brighton Park
and other portions of the township of
Cicero had been, by a vote of the people on
Nov. II, 1887, legally annexed to the town
ships of South and West Chicago Previous
to the annexation, the townships of South
and West Chicago were entirely included
within the limits of the city of Chicago.
While the decision of the court annexed the
operate to make it part of the, city. the
power to extend the limits of which rests
with the City Council. Therein lies all of
the trouble; The general law of the State
Ship lies within the limits of a
city, the city election shall be held
on the first Tuesday after the first
Monday in April. and that wherever a
township is not all included within the
city limits. the election shall be held on
the third Tuesday In April. Under the de-
cision of the Supreme Court the city of
Chicago does not entirely cover the town
ships of South and West Chicago, and
therefore the election, instead of being
held on the first Tuesday in April, as it was
should have been held on the third Tues
day. Moreover, the law requires that
twenty days notice of an election shall be
given. and as the time is too short between
this date and the third Tuesday in April
for legal notice, it seems questionable
whether the mistake can be rectitied by a
new election on that date. Wide fields of
speculation are opened as to the possibility
Of revising the verdict of the people in the
recent political Landslide" when the Re-
publicans were defeated by the Democrats
by decisive majorities. 1t is claimed that
If the present Republican administration is
willing to invoke the law it can hold over
and prevent the newly-elected Democrats
from taking their seats. 1t is said that
Mayor Roche has consulted the corporation
counsel in regard to the matter, but it
cannot be learned that any decision as to
what action shall be taken has been
reached.
This evening, resident of the annexed
territory applied to Judge Jamison for an
injunction restraining the election COM
missioners from counting or declaring the
votes cast. The ground taken was that the
residents of the annexed strip, having no
notice of the election, were deprived of
their electoral rights, vitiating the whole
election. The applicant was armed with a
recommendation from a master in
chancery that the Injunction be issued.
Judge JamisOn set the matter for hearing
at 10 A. NJ tomorrow.
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SERIOUS RAILWAY WRECK.
Car Full of People Smashed Into Kindling
WoOd--0ne Man Killed and Others Injured.

CHICAGO, April S.-A defective switch
derailed the four rear coaches of an inward
bound Baltimore IL Ohio passenger train
between Colehour and South Chicago,
yesterday morning. The coaches were
thrown with terrific violence against
several coal-oil tank-cars standing on the
side tracks and broken to pieces. One man
was killed, and dozen others injured, two
or three of them very severely. The train
was nearly two hours behind time, and was
running fast. Just north of One-hundreth
street, and parallel with the main tracks,
are a series of side-tracks and switches and
long strings of tank-cars, near the great
oll:tanks. As the train was crossing the
switches opposite one of the tanks the
seventh coach was suddenly wrenched
loose from its couplings and thrown
diagonally across the track to the left.
The ordinary day coach following Just
after was thrown from the track, and with
awful force against the oil tank
ears to the right. The entire side
of the car was ripped and torn, and smashed
into. pile of twisted iron, splintered wood
work and broken seats. The car was full
of men. women and children. who yelled
and shrieked, and cried as they were
thrashed about mangled and bruised un-
der the wreck;ige. The forward end of the
Pullman sleeper twas, was stS stove e; in, while the
more than shaken up. The automatic
brakes had meanwhile stopped the for
ward section of the train. The uninjured
passengers and the trainmen gathered
around the wreck and soon extricated the
wounded and uninjured from the wrecked
ear.
James Hanna, of Smiths Basin, n. Y,
was found with an iron rod through his
head, and died shortly afterward. Henry
Houk, a farmer. of Adamsville, Ia, had a
leg broken in Two places, and received in
ternal injuries. Among Others severely.
smiths Basin, n. Y; John III. Mcdonald. of
Antidonish. n. s; B. o, Rambo. Shelby. o.;
H. Straley, Cleveland. o.; John T.. Wood,
ander Wood, Cuba. n. Y, and A. Berschig,
Cleveland. y. None of these are fatally in
Jured; Several other men were slightly cut
ana shaken mp but went away without re-
porting. All those found by the railroad
9ifeials to be injured were sent to st.
Luke's Hospital.
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THE RAID ON OKLAHOMA.
Desperate Boomers Said to Be Plotting Crime
More Claimants than there Is Land.

ARKANSAS CITY, Kan, April S.-The Of
ficials of the Santa Fe railroad were busy
yesterday investigating the story that the
boomers concealed in the woods of Okla
homa had banded together for the purpose
of destroying the railroad bridges on the
night of April 81 in order to obstruct the in
flux of homesteaders until the men con-
cealed in the country could make perfect
their claims. 1t appears that the boomers
In hiding are desperate. They have select
ed and watched their claims for years, and
they now fear that the newcomers, with
the assistance of rapid transit. may get the
best of them. There was meeting of thase
boomers held in the timber near Oklahoma
City last Thursday, and they canvassed the
situation. After the meeting adjourned the
Santa Fe agent received notice that the
railroad bridges would be burned and the
trains stopped on April %, as the old BOOM
ers did not propose to jeOpardize their
chances by allowing flood of tenderfeet
todrOp III on the land they had picked ont
Detectives have been sent along the line
through the country. and every precaution
will be taken to prevent railroad Obstruc-
tiOn.
There are twice as many people now on
the borders as can be accommodated under
the homestead act in Oklahoma. Yester-
udy lully pdSocllscIS dIIlNcQ III tHlS
city, all bound for oklahoma. Many of
them represent colonies. and are here as
the advance agents. There are men here
representing colonies from Washington,
California, Utah, Colorado, Nebraska,
Iowa, Illinois, Indiana. Wisconsin and
Alabama. The colonies number from
twenty to 500 persons. Last evening twenty
empty passenger coaches pulled into the
city on the Santa Fe, attached to the reg
ular freight train, and were run into the
yards to await the 22d. railrOader said
that the Santa Fe company had 400 cars
already engaged by parties who desired
household goods removed to this point be-
fore the 21st. The crowd has increased here
to such proportions that persons who get
their mail ut the free-delivery window at
the postotfice are compelled to form into q
procession, and then it is frequently five or
six hours before they can get to call for
their mail. AS consequence of this large
influx of people here, real estate COM
menced changing hands. The sales of Sat
urday amounted to $4,000.
KANSAS CITY, April S.-The Rock Island
is making great preparations to handle its
Oklahoma business and will probably have
from six to ten special trains leaving Mis-
souri, river points on the Goth and 21st. The
line will be open for business to Pond
Greek OIL the Goth, and the road will oper-
ate stage line from that point to King
fisher.
CALDWELL, Kan., April S.-A count to-
day of the boomers camped around the city
| showed the number to be about 1850, and
| lnceaSlng every day.
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Anoka,s Dishonest Cashier.

ANoKA, Minn., April S.-Nothing further
is known of the whereabouts of abscond-
ing Cashier Pratt. AS near as can be learned
now the amount of his stealings is SS5,OOO
from Mrs. Nell, $4,000 from St. Paul and
and 81, 900 raised by the sale of his own and
other peoples stock. New York and Chi
cago correspondents of the bank are yet to
be heard from. Mrs Nell, who is nearly
eighty years old. has always trusted Pratt
as a son, and left the management of her
affairs almost entirely in his hands. She
can hardly believe that he has robbed her,
and attributes all of his trouble to the
woman in the case.v
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GENERAL BOULANGER.

He Denies q Rumor that He Has Been Or
dered to Leave Belgian Territory.
PARIS, April S.-The Mot dOrdre says
that the Belgian authorities have notified
General Boulanger to leave Belgium. and
that he will go to Brighton tomorrow.
General Boulanger has autographed from
Brussels that the report that the Belgian
authorities had requested him to leave Bel
GUM is untrue.
In the Senate, to-day, M. Buffet moved
that the procedure of the Senate as a court
be regulated by law before the trial of Gen.
BOulanger is begun.
Nj. Thevenot. Minister of Justice, replied
that the question of procedure could not
be allowed to operate to delay the consti-
tuition of the Senate as a court, and the
motion of Nj. Buffet was rejected, III to 72.
The Senate will hold its first session as a
tribunal for the trial of General Boulan-
ger on Friday next.
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from $1,000 to $4,000 from various Elmira
citizens She borrowed money in several
cases from friends by representing she could
invest it profitably; in other cases by Offer
ing notes, signed some by fictitious names
and others signed by herself and indorsed
by her father, who, she said, was wealthy:
Her father is a superannuated employe of
the shops of the Erie road at Susquehanna,
Pa, and has transferred his property,
amounting to $4,000. She was arrested on
four warrants. charging her with forgery
III the second degree.
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The Rhode Island Elections.

PROVIDENCE, r. l., April s.-Burrillville
elected Republican Representative to-
day by 67 majority, and Bristol failed to
electa Representative, there being five
tickets in the field. The Legislature now
stands: Senate-Twenty-f Republicans,
-Twenty-eight Republicans. thirty-seven
Democrats: seven to be chosen. On joint
Ballot-Fifty- two Republicans. forty-seven
Democrats. Elections are to be held to-
morrow in Newport, Bristol and Cranston.
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Illness of Governor Jackson.

SALISBURY. Md. April s.-Governor Jack
son, who was brought home from Philadel-
phia yesterday, very i'll, is somewhat better
to-day. His attending physician says the
cause OF his illness is erysipelas. and that
no serions results are anticipated at this
time. There is a great deal of anxiety on
TO his condition. Governor jackson IS a
leading candidate for the United States
Senate to succeed Senator Wilson, and any
serious permanent injury to the health of
the former would greatly interfere with
the plans of the Democratic leaders in this
State.
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Local Government for Scotland.

LONDON, April, Tin the House of Com
mons, tonight, the Lord Advocate intro
duced bill providing for local government
in Scotland. The bill creates county coun-
ellis, the members of which are to be elected
by househOlders. All boroughs with pop
ulation of less than 1000 will be merged
into counties; the others will be self-gov-
erned. The powers of the councils extend
e pTSate Bills has hEhs hfbertd 4d
been vested in Parliament. The measure
is, therefore. a step in the direction of homo
rule. The functions of the councils are
otherwise similar to those of the English
councils.
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GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS.

German Boy Murdered and Mutilated in
Jack-the-Ripper Fashion.
HAMBURG, April 8.-The body of boy
named Streinfatt, was found at an early
hour this morning on a road near this city.
The boys throat had been cut and his ad-
domen ripped open, and his entrals re-
moved. The body was otherwise shockingly
mutilated. 1t had evidently lain ON the
road throughout the night.
The country in the vicinity is being
secured by hussars in search of the mur-
derer. The murderer was surprised by sew
eral persons, but he succeeded in making
his escape. He will probably be identified,
as some of those who saw him profess to
recollect his features distinctly.
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Steamship News.

BREMERHAvEN, April s.-Arrived: Ems,
from New York.
PHILADELPHIA, April s.-Arrived: Lord
Cough, from Liverpool.
GLASGOW, April 8-Arrived: State of
Nevada, from New York.
MoyILLE. April s.-Arrived: Oregon,
from Portland for Liverpool.
LONDON, April S.-Sighted: Bohemia,
from New York for Hamburg; Leerdam,
from New York for Rotterdam.
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Armes Abjectly Apologies.

PITTsBURG, April S.-The Times's Harris
has received letter from Major Armes,
who assaulted HIM in Washington. 1t con-
tains most abject apology for his outrage
Ous conduct, and begs him to interfere at
Washing gton to prevent the court-martial.
Armes says that rather than submit to the
disgrace of being court-marrialed he will
suicide. and pleads that it will dis
grace his family. Governor Beaver has not
to notice the communica-
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SUsouEHANNA, Pa. April s.-Miss Ella
White, an Elmira music teacher. was ar
rested here this morning by Chief Little.
of Elmira. for defrauding various.people of
that city out of sums aggregating $1,000 on
fictitious mining and silk-mill stocks and
other pretenses. She confessed that she
She waived requisition.
ELMIRA, N. Y, April S.-Ella c. White is
a music teacher in this city who has sue
ceeded in borrowing amounts estimated
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SUPREME COURT.

Cases irt which State Courts and Legisla-
lures Are the Supreme Authority.
WASHINGTON, April s.-The Supreme
Court of the United States to-day rendered
an opinion in the cases Nos. l96 and 197,
Henry. Amy and Gustavus L. Hoppenstedt;
Nos. 19s and 100. Edwin f. Knowlton. and
Nos 200 and 20l, the executors of William
S. Pierson. deceased. all plaintiffs in error
VS.. the city Of Watertown; in error to the
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Horrible Death of a Wine Seller.

Hungary. was entered last night by
thieves. who plundered the premises of
everything valuable. The proprietor of
the store surprised the robbers at their
work and was seized and crushed to death
in wine press. The thieves afterwards
got drunk and were in an almost helpless
state of inebriety when. few hours later,
they were arrested.
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Relief for Distressed workmen.

PANAMA, April Sowing to the distressed
condition of the negroes on the canal
works, the British consul to-day distrib-
tress has prevailed among the workmen
since the suspension of work on the canal.
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TRAVELLERS INDEX.
TAN K AK E T. T INE
ABIG FOUR RAILWAY
NEW YORK AND RETURN ONLY sc.o.

NEW fOhh AMI INN oNLh Szi'W'
of President Washington at New York. this line win
sell tickets Indianapolis to New York and return
for s2l 90. Tickets win be sold April q and Is. good
to return on all trains leaving New York including
Maya Here is splendid opportunity to visit New
York cheap. Remember that ON the tickets pur-
chased at this Office. you go over the mountains where
the grandest scenery is to be BY this line only
can you go through Washington, Baltimore and Phil
adelphia- Come and see ana arrange for this
cheap trip to the metropolis.
TIME CARD.
CINCINNATI DIVISION.
Depart: 3;55 m 1050a 3:50pm 626 m
Arrive :10-40 11-45 4:55 1850 d IN
CINCINNATI DIvIsIoN-sUNDAY TRAINS.
Depart, 800 a m S45 m
CHICAGO DIVISION.
Depart 710am 12:05no'n 5:l5pm 1120 m
Arrive $50 a m 1875 m $50 pm Clio m
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The American Pilgrims.

JAFFA, April S.-Tbe party of American
Catholic pilgrims reached here yesterday
from Ismailia. The sea was. fortunately,
smooth, and the landing was made without
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delay. The pilgrims proceeded at once
toward Jerusalem. They will reach there
tonight and will remain until April %,
when they will return to this port en- route
for home
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To strengthen the hair, thicken the
Sfowth, stop its blanching and falling out,
ana where IL is gray TO restore the youth
agi COLOR use Halls Hair Renewer.
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'BEE-LINE ROUTE
EAST AND WEST

The only line landing passengers In the Grand Gen.
between Indianapolis, New York and Boston. The
Fast Line St Louis and the West Ee CANT sleep
ing cars nightly this line to St Louis and
passengers can occupy them early as $50 D. m,
and remain undisturbed until arrival of tram In ST.
Louis at 7:30 a m
TIME OF TRAINS:
Depart for n Y. and Boston, 800 m. 400
Cleveland- 7:3Q IN, H7:25 m
-" Ft Way and Dayton 1l:l5 IN, 400 m
ST. Louis and Kan. Cy. Hiss m. t11:O0
Il. Haute and Matto0n a7:25 m, $50 m
sDaily.
Arrive from N. Y and Boston. m, .1035 m
Cleveland 1855 a IN, Sis ID m
Z" ST. Louis and X. Cy $310 m, s3:40
-" T.. H'te and MattOon 1000 IN, s6:25 IN
For tickets, sleepingcar accommodations etc. call
at No. Bates House, No. 13s south Illinois street,
or Union station IT. G. PECK, Pass Agt