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Arrested for Murder.

Special 20 The IndiaDapOlis JOURNAL
NEW ALBANY, Ind, July 1s.-Elijah
Briles alias John Hess. was arrested here
tonight for the murder of w. T.. Brayee &C
Cannelton. Ind. several DAYS ago. From
what the prisoner says the particulars of
the killing are about as follows: Briles and
a party of companions attempted to enter q
house. but were refused admission. All Of
the men left except Briles. who attempted
to break into the place. Brayee tried 10
persuade him to leave. when Briles turned
upon HIM and fired two shots. one of which
entered the abdomen and the other the
chest near the heart. The wounded man
died the next day and Briles escaped. He
was pointed out to the police here by cit
izeU of Cannelton.
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DO NOT USE THE MAILS.


How Screen Goods" swindlers Now Do Bus
mess with Showers of tho Queer"
WAsHINGTON, July 1S.-As result of the
vigorous war made on the "Green goods"
swindlers by the retiring chief inspector.
Mr.. Rathbone, these men have. 1t is said
abandoned the use of the mails for the con-
duct of their business. and recently issued
special instructions to their patrons in
which they announce the new method OF
doing business These instructions direct
correspondents never to say any
real nature of the business A
warning Is then conveyed against sending
any communications whatever to the
green goods" seller by mail. IF you do"
he adds IL shall positively refuse to re-
ceive them, and IN that event they will go
to the dead-letter office, and United
States marshal will soon be on your trail.
Now, if you care to avoid serious trouble
you had better take my advice and obey
orders must be sent by express. The 10;
structions close as follows: "Shonld
see me in order to make a face-to-
face deal. telegraph me when yOu
leave home and say All is well. then buy q
through ticket from your nearest large
town to Philadelphia, Pa. When you ar
rive there select any hotel you wish and
telegraph me the name of the same and the
number of your room. You will then re-
ceive my immediate attention. Be sare
you sign your name and postofiice address
to all communications, and address tele-
grams and packages hereafter as follows:
s. A. Johnson, 474 Canal street, New York,
care Charles Steel"
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The pre.iden. Didn.. Go GRABBING.

CAPE MAY. n. j.. July 1s.-A hard, driv-
ing rain came on this morning. effectually
putting q stop to the Presidents proposed
Grabbing trip. The President and Secrs-
tary Half0rd were together most of the
morning. but transacted little business.
Russell Harrison arrived this morning on
his usual Sunday visit TO the presidential
cottage.
This evening when the President and
family were out watching the full tide
surge against the bluff at the foot of Cape
avenue a fence was about to be carried
away. and a number IF bystanders. inciud-
ing the President. moved It To place of
safety. The most OF the population of the
place was on the beach witnessing the
event.
United States Marshal Ransdcll called at
the cottage to-day. EX-Asslstant Post
master. general Clarkson anu Senator His
cock are expected daily.
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WEST POINT, Miss, July 1s.-There was
sr,ot among the colored population on the
Capt. Fred Bean plantation. west of this
city. last night. Two young blacks had a
difficulty about girl. and proceeded to
cut each other to pieces with hoes Some
fifteen men. women and children took q
hand in the fray, and an inventory showed
one woman. who was enceinte. with her
brains OOziDg out of frightful hole in the
backof her head. made by hoe; one boy
was in the Same condition. and two of the
men were frightfully cut and bruised.
Every one engaged in the affair was more
or less badly hurt. and at least two deaths.
perhaps more, will result.
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GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS.

Train Pitches Over Embankment and
Crushes Eleven Workmen.
LIVERPOOL. July 18.-A terrible accident
occurred 1his morning along the line of the
Manchester ship canal. A train passing
along the railroad running near the canal
fell over the embankment near this city,
killing eleven men, who were working be-
low. In addition to the men killed many
other workmen were injured. The accident
was due to the fact that the pointsman. a
boy seventeen years old. mistoOk the points
and turned railroad train consisting Of
twenty-five wagons loaded with ballast
into a siding into q cutting. The train then
crashed into the siding at the end of the
cutting aud toppled over upon the men at
work below the mbankment. The bodies
of the men killed were horribly multilated.
The boy pOIntsman ran away. The lad was
captured later In the day and was charged
with granddaughter.
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Cable Notes.

Prince Bismarck and his wife are at Kis.
singer. Princess Bismarck is serlous i'll.
The CHILEAN cruiser ErraZuriz, which re-
Gently left Havre. is lying at Pezance. She
is unable to procure fremen.
The German Emperor has arrived at
Bronco, hey ond TrOndhiem. and continued
his voyage towards LatfOdens.
The Rome Tribuna announces that Car
dinaI vannutelli IS to replace Cardinal
RampOlla as Papal Secretary of State.
McMecking, "a Canadian, won the Prince
of Wales prize at the meeting of the Ma
tiOnal Rifle Association at Bisley, England.
with a score of 81.
The steamer Kehrweider, at DeptfOrd,
from Boston, reports passing. on July g.
in latitude 430 N, the sailing boat Sea Ser
pent. racing with the Mermaid. from Boston
to London.
Mrs. Sarah Newell Atkins of the United
States, who has been engaged at London in
literary work upon American newspapers
and who has also acted in several theaters
has obtained divorce in London.
Emperor William will preside at the cere-
mony of launching a new German battle
ship on Aug l. at the Vulcan ship binding
yards in Stettin. Ii was at these yards that
the record-breaker Fuerst Bismarck, of the
Hamburg American line. was built.
1t is officially announced that the gener-
ais commanding the Second, Fourth, Sew
entb, Eighth and Ninth German Army
Corps will be placed on the retired list.
This sweeping out of old and tried men is
only partly excused by their age General
Baron Won Meerscheidt Is only sixty-sx.
General Albedyll siXty-eight, while the
others are still fully equipped with powers
of mind aud body.
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CANINE THREATENING.
The Delay of the Monsoon Rains Have Made
Fall Crops in India Impossible.

The Delay of the Monsoon Rains Have Made
Fall Crops in India Impossible.
Copyrighted. 1891. by tho United Press
LONDON. July 1S.-It 10 too soon get to
conclude that the late arrival of the South
west monsoon rains IN India will result in
a failure of crops. Anything so serious as
that which occurred in the years 1s76-7s is
not likely. but there is now undoubtedly
much suffering. and it is certain that in the
particular districts affected the autumn
crops will not be reaped SIMPLY because
they have not been sown. Over most of
the area covered by the monsoon rains in
India the practice is TO prepare the land,
but to withhold the seed until the rains
have fallen. or at least have begun to fall.
lie Is now too late TO sow for the autumn
crops, and nothing is left for the un-
fortunate cultivatOrs but to await the
winter rains. The next harvest cannot be
expected until the beginning of 1892. The
food grains produced IN Madras are confined
to millet and rice. 65 per cent. of the former
and IS per cent of the latter being the pro-
portions usually sown. Both these, and
rice especially. require abundant moisture.
The total cultivated area of the Madras
presidency 10 about twenty-five million
acres. Of which moro than seven million
acres are watered from irrigation canals
tanks and wells. These are always secure
against deficient rainfall, but the remain
der 10 affected by the failure of the summer
raIna It 10 certain, however. that the
Indian governments will have to deal with
famine IN . more or less acute form over q
great portion of Madras. Bengal has re-
ceived fair amount of rain, though it is
lighter than usual. and the country imme-
diately around Bombay has been well
watered. From the interior of western
India reports vary, some portions having
had moderate amount of rain. while in
other parts little or no rain has fallen.
The English Hebrew authorities in Lon
don have taken steps to relieve the great
distress among the Russian refugees in
Palestine. The dangers of Q famine. the
price of bread having doubled, are so keen
iy appreciated that the Russo-Je wish CON-
mittee have ordered the immediate ship
ment OF food sufficient to keep the unfort-
innate Immigrants alive until they them
selves can reap harvest from the land.
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AGAINST UNITARIANs.
The International Congregationalists VIII
not Fraternize with Them.

The International Congregationalists Will
Not Fraternize with Them.
LONDON. July 1s-The feature of the
weeks session of the International Con-
gregational Council was the speech of the
Rev. DIR. Walker, of Melbourne, condemn
ing Unitarianism. which. he said, W as max
ing tremendous Roadway among Congre-
gstionalists. DR.. Walker said that
he would rather drift towards the
Church of England. or to the Church
of Rome, than towards Unitarianism. and
that there should be no fraternizing with
Unitarianism. The Rev. DR.. Noble. of Chi
cago, asked DR.. White. the next speaker.
exchange pulpits with Unitariana This
question. DIR. Noble added. was one of vital
Importance in the United States. DIR.
White answered, NO" and the chairman
said the voice of the cOnncil was sufficient
ly emphatic. and that IL was not necessary
TO ask anything TO the contrary.
The Congregationalist delegates this
morning were entertained at breakfast at
Exeter Hall by the Total Abstinence Asso-
citation. During the course of the enter
talnment n number of TEMPERANCE adj
dresses were made. Among the Americans
who took part in the speaking were Samuel
IL. Forbes. of Connecticut Rev. r. r. Will
Jams, of Chicago; DIR. j. N. Mclean, of
The Rev. Mr.. Hook, secretary of the
council. made q long address upon the
present position of the temperance
cause among the COngregationalists of Ire
land and Scotland where he said nearly
al the ministers were abstainers. He add
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Minister whitslsw Reds Diplomatic Success
in Securing Quick and Favorable French
Legistion for American Pork.
Delay of the Monsoon Rains the Cause
Of q Widespread Famine in India.
Crushing Failure Of the London Bank Of the
River Platte Caused by South American
Speculstions-Ths Wagner Festival.
POPE LEo's CONDITION.

Nothing Save the Most Meager Details Can
BE Obtained at the Vatican.
ROME, July 1s.-Rome was no less startled
than the rest of the world to learn, yester-
day, that his Holiness Pope Leo XIII. had
on Thursday been seized with serious ill
ness. The announcement of the fact. late
as it was, came unaccompsnied by any par
ticulars as to the nature of the malady
which had so suddenly and apparently so
completely Frustrated the Holy Father. All
that ie known is the fact that the illness of the
aged Pontiff was of such nature as to cause
panic in the Vatican. and the sending in
hot haste for DR.. Caccarelli. the ois-
tinguished Italian specialist.
Though the health of the Pope 10 q mat
ter fraught with so much for the whole of
mankind, and is circumstance upon
which such mighty interests hang. the last
place In the world to obtain information
of the condition OF an siIing Pontfff has
ever been the Vatican That the present
case was not an exception to the rule was
sscertsined by the representative of the
Associated Press when he attempted to OBJ
tain some particulars of the illness of the
Pope. The attendants about the palace
could be induced to say nothing
more than has already been made
known. that DR.. Caccarelli had been in at
tendance and that the Holy Father
was now better. Being further pressed,
they avoided further conversation by say
ing that any information with regard to
the health OF the Pope to which the public
was entitled would be given in the form of
bulletins. The question whether the POpe's
health was so precariOus as to suggest the
the possibility of the early appearance of
Bulletin ELECTED nothing more than faint
smile and gentle shrug of the shoulders.
The officers of the Italian government. who
naturally take an extremely lively interest
In the matter. were quite willing to
talk. but, unfortunately. knew no
more of the matter than did 9TH
ers not very near to the sacred person of
Leo XIII. Ii is recalled that on the occa-
sion of the explosion of the powder maya
zine at Peszo Pan talo on Aprll23, which con-
yulsed Rome from center TO circumference,
the Pope was at the time celebrating low
mass. receiving q shock which flung him
into the arms of the attendant. Although
it was reported a few days after the acct
dent that the Holy Father had recovered
from its effect, there are many who be-
leved then. a now. that the injury done to
the nervous system of so old and feeble
man as Leo XIII could not fail to have
serious if not fatal consequences
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has been concluded. 1t was conducted nm
der tn. command of Lieut. X. X. lngersoll.
The distance was 100 yards. The center
piece of the target was about ten feet long
and two feet high. surmounted by ball
two feet in diameter The proiectile was
slx-pound ball from q rapid firing Hotch-
Kiss gun. The proficiency shown by the
naval cadets was remarkable. Naval
Cadet Frank l.. Chadwick. of Minnesota,
leo the score. making 100. the highest pos
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assistance that W as expected to be received.
to enable the bank TO tide over its troubles.
The difficulties af the bank are due TO the
locking-up of South American securities.
The capital of the bank Is s7.500.0O0
other half of the capital is only
applicable in the event of the banks Ii
haa OF nna cannot h De TO anS
reserve of 81. 100. 900. During the past three
years the bank has paid yearly dividend
of 10 per cent. The difficulty in which the
bank now finds itself arose from the impOs-
slbility of collecting debts due 1t IN the Ar
genuine Republic in consequence OF the
moratorium decree recently issued by the
Argentine Republic Among the directors
of the bank are the Hon. Carr Glynn and
Sir George Hamilton.
The failure will cause widespread loss to
small investors. An unusually large pro-
portion of the shares of the bank are held
in small blocks by comparatively poor per-
sons as an investment. and the call for tlO
per share, to W hicn each holder Is liable. In
liquidation, will bring ruin to many. The
stability of the bank was not doubted up
to the time the failure was announced. de-
spite the fact that the insti-
tuition was known to be embar-
Argentine government In failing to keep
mp it's balances 1t was supposed that this
difficulty was merely temporary. and that
the banks resources were ample to tide 1t
over any suoh tight place. The London
newspapers recently published Buenos
Ayres letter euiogizing the courage and
energy of the banks members during the
recent financial crisis in the Argentine,
and limiting at the existence of q cOnspir-
acy among local rivals of the bank to ruin
it through political intrIgues. 1t is thought
possible that this may explain the peculiar
course of the BuenOs Ayres government
preceding the failure
Lord George Hamilton First Lord of the
Admiralty. is one of the directors of the
bank. and it is understood that many of
the holders of the stock were induced to
make the investment on the strength of
his name. Instances like this emphasize
the objection which has so often been
raised to members of the government being
mixed up in corporations of various kinds.
1t is alleged that most of the large and in
companies. the stock of which they receive
in return for the use of their names.
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TORONTO. Ont, July 1s.-The interna-
tional educational convention ID thing of
the past. Last night was devoted almost
exclusively to jolhty. and the visitors
every there spent a delightful time. To-
day tie exodus set III in earnest. but at
least half of the 10000 eXcursionists are
disposipg of themselves in various parts of
the Dominion. aud are literally patroniz-
ing scores of side Trips announced by road
river and rail. 1t ~ estimated that these
will remain in Canada for the next three
week. Resolutions of thanks to the local
committee have heen officially handed to
inspector j. l.. Highes by the n. l.. A. Coun-
oil
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Lost His Life for the Gar.

BERLIN. July 1s.-The Gear. after the re-
ception of the French squadron at Cron-
stadt. will sail for Copenhagen escorted by
the united Russian and French war ships.
The latest rumOr regarding attempts upon
the life of the Gar which rumor causes
momentary terrors in Strasburg. was that
an officer had tried to murder the Gar with
an AK. The report, arose from
tho fact that the Gar WAS
amusing himself in q forest chopping trees,
when the head of the ak flew off and struck
an attendant in the face and wounded
him. The Gar went to the assistance
of the wounded man and got
some blood on his hands and
clothes. An officer of the guard
approached them and thought that the
Gear was in danger. He called upon some
soldiers to rescue his Majesty. and before
an explanation could be made the wounded
attendant was cut down by the overzealous
soldiery. The Gar caused the officer to be
punished for his action.
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MINOR MATTERS.
Captain Coon Finds that the Indiana Claim
Has Offset at Washington.
f<f Tho Iudt ia

Captain Coon Finds that the Indiana Claim
Has an Offset at Washington.
Special the Indianapolis Journal
WASHINGTON, July 1S.-When Indiana
made application for her share of the di-
rect tax fund, $4,000 was retained by the
Secretary Of the Treasury on account of
overpayments on errors, and duplicate
vouchers in the different settlements made
with the State since 1861 reimbursement
for war expenditures. These settlements
were made in the office of Third Auditor
Capt. John w. Coon, late Deputy Auditor
OF State, an expert accountant, has been
here this week on behalf of the State. and
has made thorough examination and in
will report to Governor Hovey that the
showing made by the Third Auditor is cor
rect Captain CoOns left for home to-day.
going via Chicago.
The Naval Exhibition
WASHINGTON, July 12-The programme
of the exercises for the squadron of evolu-
ton. in conjunction with the naval militia.
during the next week. at Fishers island.
has been agreed on between Admiral
Walker and the State authorities. The ex-
ercises will take place In New York harbor
and at Fisher 8 island. and they will include
target practice, gunners exercises and
sbam-battle. boat races, dress parades and
numerous other events The programme
arranged will begin Tuesday. July 81, and
will continue until Friday, July 81.
General Notes.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal
WASHINGTON. July 1S.-Capt w. NJ. Nc.
Beth. of the Treasury Department. late
vice-commander of the G. A. Il for Indiana.
left for his home in Lafay cite this morning,
called by the serious illness OF his wife.
A conscience contribution of - was re-
ceived at the Treasury Department yester-
day from an unknown resident of Indiana.
Miller went down the Potomac. to-day. on
q revenue cutter. for few Gays outing.
General Bussey. Assistant Secretary of
the Interior, returned to Washington to-
day from visit of inspection to the Pine
Ridge agency. He found the Indians APP
parently well satisfied with the govern ent
officials. exceptinRin regard 10 few trivial
matters.
Acting Secretary Chandler has issued an
order providing for the extension of the
lines of counties in Oklahoma. so as to have
each contain seven hundred square miles
and also providing for the subdivision of
other land into counties of about seven
hundred sqnare miles each.
The citizens of Washington have raised
the guarantee fuDd-S50. 000-for the q. A.
r. encampme mt IN lsI2, anu tonight a COM
mittee was appointed To 90 To Detroit 10
present the claims of this city as @ desira-
BILE place for the encampment
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HEAVY FAILURE.

Bank OF the River Platte, Capitalized for
s7,5oo.ooo, Forced To Suspend.
LONDON. July 1s.-The English Bank of
the River Platte (limitedl. whose offices are
at IS Saint Swithins Lane. this city. and of
which Mr.. A. K. Smithers In managing di-
rector. has suspended payment in conse.
euencs Of the failure Of the bank to secure
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Ten Horses Killed by Lightning.

special To the Indianapolis Journal
WASHINGTON, Ind. July lS.-LightDng
has caused great damage IL Daviess county
within the last week Several barns have
been struck, and ten horses killed. Singu-
larry, however. each horse was killed in the
field. Several in the bsrns were badly
shocked.
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the Indianapolis Journal.

fpecial 20 the IndianapoIis JOurnaL
COLUMBUS. Ind. July 1a-Charles Wal
son, young farmer. was thrown from
road. cart. this afternoon. by his horse be-
coming frightened by traction-engine.
Wilson's right leg was broken below the
knee. lie was otherwise injured. and 10
lying in a dangerous condition at the City
Hospital
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There Will BE Many Surprises, and, Per-
haps, Some Disappoihtments.
Special TO the Indianapolis Journal
WASHINGTON. July 1S-There have been
frequent inquiries. principally. from the
larger cities. as to the time when the first
evidence will appeared the elaborate work