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ing as are employed by the ordnance de-
partment of the United States army. Inc
repairs allowable during entire trlaI OF q
gun, exclusive of the insertion OF q inning
tube. will be confined to repairing or re-
newing parts injured during trial. No al
terations that may affect the genera con.
%structiOn of any part will be made wltnout
the sanction of the board
For the Pinch gun the weight is 10 De
about SO tons. the bore "a calibers long, and
1t is desired that the ~trunnlons be l4.o
inches in diameter and 49.S inches between
rim bases. The power is to be not less
than $1,000 foot tons, the range l4,1OO yards
at twenty degrees elevation; the accuracy
the same as the 1O-inch gun. endurance not
less than $50 rounds Ia lining may be IN
serted after 200 rounds); the weight OF pro-
jectile about 900 pounds, and the other
conditions are to be the same as IN the case
of the 10-inch gun, except that a hire OF ten
rounds per lou shall be ~attainable. Ihe
experimental guns should be submitted for
tests as soon as practicable, N within
three years from date. 1t is not considered
practicable for the board to determine, at
this time. what will be fair valuation,
of an experimental gun which shall fulhli
the requirements prescribed. nor what
price shall be reasonable" for q furtner
supply of similar guns 1t is believed to be
better, on all accounts, to leave these ques-
tions for determination after the actual
cost and value of such runs can be known;
1T being understood as the duty OF the
board TO act In such matter with entire I'M
Partially as between the United States
and any party who shall attempt to supply
the desired guns. 1t is understood, how
ever, that the board is dispo sed to deal in a
liberal spirit with parties submitting guns,
with a view to carrying out the evident
purpose of the act of Congress, which was
to encourage the de%yelopmentin the United
States of works capable of supplying the
needs of the country in the way of seacoast
and other kindred defenses.
The act of Congress under which the
board is acting, provides for an appropria-
ton of S6.O OO, 600, and authorizes the board,
after deciding upon the best type of gun,
TO make contracts for gun to the amount
of S2,OOO,0 600 each year for three years.
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal:

PORTLAND, Ind, April 1O.-Pennville, this
county, was nearly swept out of existence
this morning by a fire which started from an
Over-heatedg gas stove. The following bust
ness men are the sufferers, none of them hav-
ing any insurance: E.. 7. Williams, dry goods,
loss 1000; EnOs Hoover, hardware, 5000;
c. b. Saunders, drugs, $1,000; 8: F. & M. H.
Bourne, $4,000; Hughes & Sons. 81. 800;
Blackledge, dentist. $500; Sherwood estate,
$1,000; j. w. Rinard, drugs, $1,5OO.
Boston, April1O.-JOhn C.. Paige, through
whom is insured the Boston & Maine rail-
road property destroyed last night by the
burning of the freight-house of tina roads
w system, says the cOrpOratiOni is fully
insured in the Home Insurance Company.
of New York. Loss cannot be definitely
stated for several weeks; not until the
claims for damaged freight are presented
and the clearinghouse books made up, SO
as to show what cars are burned. Mr..
Paige estimates the loss at 800, 600.
MILWAUKEE, Wis, April 1O.-A fire i'm
Sanger & ROckwelps woodworking estab-
lishment, tonight, developed a dense and
members of the fire department succumbed.
Out of one hundred and fifty men, not over
thirty would be available if another fire
occurred tonight. Forty had to be sent
home and five are now in hospital, but all
are expected to recover. The loss is about
SIS, 900.
ATLANTA, Ca, April 10.-Gen. JamesL Long
streets residence, in the eastern part of
Gainesville, was destroyed by fire yester-
day. Loss, 81 10000.
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CROPS AND ANIMALS.
Their General Average Condition Is Extreme

Their General Average Condition Is Extreme
ly Good, Owing to the Mild Winter.
WASHINGTON, April 10.-The crop report
ing service of the Department of Agricult-
ure for April relates to the condition of
winter grain and of farm animals as they
go out of winter quarters. The seeding of
wheat was somewhat delayed in the Middle
States by early autumn rains and in Ohio
by dry weather in September and October.
Later conditions were favorable in both
sections, with mild and dryer weather in
the East and a fair supply of moisture in
the West. In the South the condition of
the soil for seeding was generally favor
able, and termination was prompt and
growth good. In California the autumn
rains were oilowed by a dry season in win
ter. but refreshing showers in March
caused the termination of the lately
sown and a vigorous growth of the
early seeded area. There was little winter
protection, except for a short time In mid
winter, in the latitude of heavy winter
SHOWS, consequently the more northern
breadths are somewhat brown in color, and
patches in wet soils are winter killed. The
temperature has been so mild, with so few
sudden extremes. that the present con-
dition Is very good. The plants are gen.
orally well rooted and have been growing
over a large part of the area through the
winter.
The general average condition is "a,
nearly the same as the April condition of
the crop of 1856. which fell at harvest to
SIS; that of 1888, 81, and that of the previ-
Gus year, SS.1. The April condition of the
large crop of 1884, was "a. going up to %
at harvest. Present condition by principal
States is: New York, "a; Pennsylvania, 93,
Texas. 81; Kentucky. 81; Ohio, IS: Michigan,
50: Indiana. 81: Illinois, 81; Missouri, 90;
Kansas, SO; California, %;
The condition in the Southern States
ranges from 90 to 81. The rice crop is also
in good condition. betterthan that of wheat
in Ohio and Michigan, and worse than that
in Missouri, with slight differences in other
States. TIL general average is 1873.
The mild winter has been favorable to
farm animals, which are generally in high
condition. The general average for horses
is 9s.4; for cattle, 800; sheep, 97.4; swine,
9a6. The estimated losses from these and
all other causes during the past year have
also been much less than usual. That of
horses is Is per cent; cattle, "a per cent;
sheep. 3.s. and swine, So per cent. in each
case less than last year.
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A Lively Wedding Tour.

week ago G. w. johnson, a New York stock
broker, married the daughter of a member
of the New York Stock Exchange. The
father of the bride, in order to assist the
newly married couple; presented the groom
the matter the couple decided to visit Den.
yer on their wedding tour.
Last Thursday they arrived, and regis
tered at the Windsor Hotel. During the
evening Mr.. Johnson met an old friend.
earnest solicitation of their newly-found
friend the party visited one of the leading
gambling-houses.. Thinking this a good
Opportunity to increase his wealth MT.
Johnson took a hand at faro, and to make
hons SsorE Ts se1 nexf ' dav amon aUs tb ~i ~ three
on the Rock Island train eastward bound
were Mr.. and Mrs. johnson, who will avoid
Deuver in the future.
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FORT SMITH. Ark, April 1O.-The trial of
the noted Indian chief, Jack Spaniard, for
the murder of Deputy United States Mar
shall William Irwin, was begun in this city
yesterday. One of the first government
witnesses called was q mongrel dog, Rat
tier by name. The government attempted
to prove that Rather was the prisoners
dog, having been seen in the neighborhood
of the spot where the murder was commit
ted. The defendant denied ever having
seen the animal but the dogs affectionate
greeting of his oldmaster made him a danger
Gus witness. The animal picked him out
of a crowd and wagged his tail with great
vigor. Pearl Younger. a daughter of the
noted Belle Starr and Cole Younger, the
Kansas desperado, is a witness in the case.
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Reception TO the Postmaster.C.r.ro,

PHILADELPHIA. April 1O.-Postmaster-
general Wanamaker held a reception in the
new clubhouse of the Manufacturers Club
of this city. and shook hands with 1900
representative men in every walk of life.
in not only the city, but the State and Ma,
tiOn as we'll, The reception, in every feat
ure of it. probably surpassed anything of
the same nature ever held in this CITY. and
although there was not a single speech
made, and only an informal spread was
provided. the affair attracted far more at
tentiOn than anything in the history of the
club. There were present men whose inter
ests involve at the lowest estimate nearly
$780, OO,O 900. Mr.. Wanamakermade his way
to the slightly raised platform, leaning on
the arm of Mayor Filter, and was followed
by Secretary of the Interior Noble, Third
Assistant Postmaster-general Hazen and
Assistant AttOrney-general Tyner. For
nearly an hour and a half there was moth
but hand-shaking. After the reception had
terminated Mr.. Wanamaker was shown
through the magnificent building. which
partook of light lunch and went at once
to his sons house to remain for the night.
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Cruel Treatment of a Patient.

CHICAGO, April Johannes Botten, a bed
ridden paralytic. who was also suffering
acutely from Bright's disease of the kid
neys, was a patient at the Home for Incur
ables in this city. A few days ago, when
his wife and daughter visited him, they
found his face bruised, and his eyes black
ened, and his tongue badly cut by his teeth.
He told them that these injuries were in
flicted by the attendants at the institution,
who were In the habit of striking him with
their fists. 1t appears that they did this to
prevent him from grooming when suffering
from paroxysms of pain. The wife and
daughter complained to the Woman's Pro-
tective Association, who made an investi-
CATION. The results indicated that the
management of the institution was guilty
of heartless cruelty to the u~nfortunates in
its care. Botten died yesterday and a coro-
ner's jury to-day returned the following
verdict:
We. the jury, find that the deceased came to
his death from heart-clot, but we believe that he
was subjected to acts of violence and abuse.
which may have fastened his decease, and we
recommend that the matter be investigated by
the grand Jury.
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Minor Notes.

Robert Smiths saw-mill at Wabash,
burned yesterday. Loss. $4,000; no insur-
ance.
The ministerial association of the La
Porte district, Northwest Indiana Confer
ence, will be held at WalkertOn, April %
to "a.
A revival at the Quaker Church in Mon
rOvia, conducted by Mr.. Maunley, of Chi
cago, resulted in ~thirty-five accessiOns to
the church.
The w. c.. T. u. of the counties of Wa
bash, Whitley, Marshall, KOscuisko and
Huntington will conclude q three days
convention atNorth Manchester to-day.
Hon. George Nathaniel Robinson, an elo-
quent and able member of the Shelby cOun-
ty bar, died at Shelbyville on Monday. He
served two terms in the State Legislature.
A. Appiegate, of Peru, a mail clerk who
was dropped from the service some time
ago, for offensive partlsanship, has been
reinstated to run from Toledo to st. Louis.
homing pigeon was shot on a farm neal
leg a silver band, numbered 1858, and bore
the letter u. The pigeon was supposed to
be a blue hawk.
The Putnam County Medical Society has
selected Drs. Hanna, Bateman and DeVore
as delegates to the State Society cOnven-
ton, and DR.. G. c. Smythe as a delegate to
the National Association.
The Winchester Board of Trade has
elected Gen. A. Stone president, and Enos
| L. Watson and two others vice-presidents
and a board of five directors. A great eff
fort is being made to arrange for free gas
for manufacturing purposes.
DR.. A. c. Frey, q Greencastle dentist,
while suffering from a nervous affection
| yesterday, took one-fOurth grain of atrOpine
| which was given him by his nurse through
mistake for bromide of soda. Prompt use
of emetics saved his life, though he is still
in a critical condition.
The office of superintendent at the gov.
eminent depot at Jacksonville is to be
abolished. Captain A. j. Burllngame, who
has filled the place for the past eighteen
months, has been notified that after Mon
day next his services would no longer bt
required. as the office would be done away
with. The position is an 8, 800 one, and ia
former days was one of Importance.
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CATHOLICS AND THE CENTENNIAL.
Cardinal Gibbons Invites the Clergy to Prop.
erly Observe the Coming Celebration.

BALTIMORE, April 10.-Cardinal Gibbons
to-day issued a circular letter to the clergy
of Baltimore in relation to the approaching
centennial celebration of the Inauguration
OF George Washington. The letter reads as
follows:
Rev. Dear sir-on Tuesday, April 80, next,
Republic will unite in celebrating the centenary
OF the inauguration Of George Washington, the
rather OF his Country and first President OF the
To Washington will remain the imperishable
glory OF leading this people out of the house of
bondage and oppression into the clear light OF
freedom and national prosperity. The history
OF the United states Is the history. OF
Of Il li RsaaTai and p,sin law fro and the Oyaa iou mo S,%
so deeply and so broadly laid, of that state
~ fabric of our national institutions, which has
become the admiration of the world. Therefore
do we testify our love for him and endeavor 10
repay a small fraction of the inestiInable debt
we W to his memory by giving his name to
talr and thriving cities from our great capital
westward to lofty mountain peaks and majestic
SHIPS, and to our sons by thousands. His name,
700, WITH wider range and deeper import is cher
Most just and fitting it is that this Nation. so
founded. rising so magnificently upon the lines
which he laid down, should honor with special
and grateful commemoration the one hundredth
anniversary of the taking, by the great captain
In war OF the chair OF Office in peace, as the
chlef MAGISTRATE of the land he had fought for
with such effective valor. To all it should be q
matter of profound satisfaction that the citizens
or the United States, without regard to race or
creed, or previous allegiance to any flag soever,
are about to recognize the life and achievements
OF the greatest man this Western world has nur-
tured as a gift to Almighty God to his own age,
and as an example TO all the ages to be.
In order, therefore,, to give expression to orr
heartfelt thanks for the civil and religious bless
ings thus far vOuchsafed TO us by the Giver of
every perfect. gift, and TO pray that the spirit of
patriotism which burned in the heart of WASH
lngton may continue to animate those TO whom
IA ffn af nrr~ hnl4-2I l. t.
trusted, you are invited, Rev. dear sir, to an
n0unce, at a seasOnable time beforehand, "a
special service for the moring of April 80, at 9
O'Clock, or at any other hour most suitable for
the congregation. You are further requested at
such service to make an address suggested by
the occasion, closing with the prayer for the
authorities" As an additional expression of joy
and thanksgiving, the church bells will be rung
from 10 to 1870 The same morning.
JAMES. Cardinal Gibbons
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the performance wa merely incidental to his
being on duty at the place as a member of
a guard, and that he was simply awaiting
there the proper time to arrive when he
would be again required to walk his post as
a sentinel, and was in a place where he had
permission to be near his post of duty, In a
position where he was ready to respond In a
upon him. and, in the Judgment of the As
sistant Secretary, was in the line OF his
duty as a soldier and a member of SAID
guard at the time the accident occurred.
Nor do / think" continues the decision.
pensionable status should be in any way
affected by the circumstance hat he was a
spectator of a circus performance. which
happened to be Transporting at the time"
This decision Overrules that of March. 10,
1883, and directs that the name of the Claim
ant be placed On the pension rolls.
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Miss whites Fraudulent transactions.

ELMIRA, N. Y, April 10.-The detention
of Ella G.. White, the Elmira music-teacher.
who obtained between $4,000 and $50, 900
from Elmira parties on various re presenta-
tions, and lost the money in speculation,
has resulted in the arrest of Nelson ".
Wheeler, ~bucket-shop proprietor, through
whom Miss White conducted her dealings.
Wheeler last evening was twice arrested
on warrants charging him with forgery in
the second degree. He pleaded not guilty,
and his wife furnished bond for bail.
Jacob Schwartz, counsel for Wheeler, says
it is preposterops to charge Mr.. Wheeler
Miss Whites transactions beyond invest
ing the money she put into his hands in n
perfectly legitimate business. He said it
could be clearly shown that Wheeler does
not operate a bucket-shop.
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THE LANDS.
Efforts to Get the Land Offices Ready for
Business-The Cherokee Outlet.

Efforts to Get the Land Offices Ready for
Business-The Cherokee Outlet.
Washington Special.
The General Land Office is making every
effort to get the offices at Kingfsher
Station and Guthrie, Oklahoma, ready for
business on the I'D. when the Territory
will be opened, but it is going to be pretty
difficult. No pOstoffice is open at either
place. At Guthrie a postoffce has been
ordered, but the postmaster has not yet filed
his bond, and there may be some delay
about getting his Office opened. The office
here is not informed whether Kingisher
stage station possesses a single building of
any kind. 1t is twenty-five or thirty miles
from q railroad, and the facilities for build
ing there are not the best; buff it islearned
in a day or two that there is not an editice
In the future metropolis of western Okla
hOma, a portable house will be bought IN
Caldwell, shipped in sections. and set up
some day next week. No end of trouble is
anticipated from the enormous rush into
this very limited tract. For every we'll
watered and well-situated quarter section
there will be a dozen claimants, and they
will all initiate their claims so nearly stimuli
taneOusly that the only witnesses will be
rival claimants. 1t will thus be simply i'm
possible to determine who located first, and
uuuuiCuS VI ulcputcb Will udNc W Dc cCtUiCu
by a primitive appeal to force. 1t will be a
wise course for every man who wants a
slice of Oklahoma to get on to it at the
earliest possible moment after noon on the
I'D of April, and devote himself to making
a burrOw or a hut and breaking up a little
ground for a crop. He has three months
after making his settlement in which to file
his entry, and the most essential thing for
him is to make his settlement. Somewhere
between four-fifths and nine-tenths of the
people who are going to rush into Oklahoma
a week from next Monday will get no land,
because there won't be land enough to go
around. They will be pretty certain to
camp down on all the unoccupied land of
the civilized Indian tribes. 1t is very
doubtful if the government would attempt
to drive them off these lands by the bay
Onet, and nothing less than the entire army
could accomplish it. The boomers will get
the land, and the government will probably
settle with the Indians. The Cherokee out
let, containg some 100000 acres, may also
be thrown open by the Presidents procla-
nation as soon as the commissioners and
the Indians agree on the terms of cessiOn,
and as this tract is three times as large as
the portion of OklOhoma that will be
| opened on the ed, it would, if opened
promptly. afford relief to the throngs that
will be inside Oklahoma in two weeks.
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Business Embarrassmepts-

CHICAGO, April 10.-On the application of
a member of the firm, this afternoon. A re-
ceiver was appointed for the dry goods
house styled the City of Paris. The ground
on which the receiver was asked was that
the firm was doing a losing business. The
bills due amount in round numbers to about
$1,000, and borrowed money to SIS; 900. The
to about $4,000.
ROCKFoRp. ILL.,. April 10.-The proprietors
of the A.. w. Keeny paper-mill assigned
Yesterday. Liabilities, $4,000; assets. 500
600. The mill was established a year ago.
KANSAS CITY, April 10.-Pond a. Winners.
jewelers.. failed to-day. Liabilities, SIS, 600;
assets, 81. 600.
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RIGHTS OF CoLORED PEOPLE.

Argument In the Case of William HI. Heard
VS.. the Georgia Railroad Company.
WASHINGTON, April 1O.-The Interstate
Commerce Commission to-day heard the
case of William III. Heard VS.. the Georgia
Railroad Company. The petitioner COM
plains that in travelling over defendants
road from Augusta to Atlanta he was COM
PEELED to accept ~second-class accOmm0da-
tion, in that he was obliged to occupy q
compartment car, although he had pur-
chased a ticket allowing him first-class &C
c~ommodations. Complainant. in his pc
tition, prays that whole cars be furnished
for the use of colored people on defendants
road. the same as are furnished to white
people. or that the smokers car be located
in some portion of the train other Than in
the compartment car which colOred travel
ers are required to occupy. Dispositions
concerning the condition of the accOmmO-
datiOns on the road were read by. counsel
on both sides. Mr.. j. w. Cromwell, cOun-
sci for the complainant, then began his
argument. He did not desire to
inas@uch 's as the facts in the
case were practically the same as those in a
previous complaint lodged by complain
ant against the defendant, at which time
the commission issued an order requiring
the company to cease and desist from sub
jecting cOlOred passengers to unreasonable
prejudice and disadvantage regarding &C
cOmOdations. Counsel, however, desired to
say that the sixteenth section of the inter
state-commerce act had not been under
stood or had been disregarded by the COM
pany. This section provides that when
ever any common carrier subject to the
provisions of the act shall violate OF refuse
or neglect to obey or perform any lawful
order OF requirement of the Interstate
commerce Commission, it shall be lawful
for the commission, or for any company or
person interested in such order or require
ment, to apply by petition to the Circuit
Court, alleging such violation and disObe-
dience; and the court shall have power to
hear and determine the matter" etc.
Before proceeding to answer the argument,
Mr.. >. Il. Cumming. counsel for the railroad
company, called as a witness VIM. Martin,
who testified to the ample accommodations
on the Georgia road for white and cOlOred
local point on the line where the cars were
frequently crowded, but where white and
colored passengers Jared alike. MIR. Cum
ming then took up in detail the charges
made by complainant and denied that
there was an attempt at discrimination.
The use of the compartment cars on which
the complainant was obliged to ride was a
question of economy with the company.
The half car is sufficient for the amount of
travel The books of the company showed
that the amount of space furnished for
nished for white peaple. 1t was not a race
slight to the colored' people in furnishing
them with half cars. After further argu-
ment. the commission took the case under
adviSement.