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HEIR TO $1,000, 900.
Blanche Chapman Profits by the
Death of Rev. Boynton Crystal.

Blanche Chapman Profits by the
Death of Rev. Boynton Crystal.
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla, March e.--Miss
Blanche Chapman has fallen heir to a mill
ion dollars through the death OF Rev. Boyn-
ton Crystal in New York, last Sunday The
Chapmans came TO this city from Gaines
Vile, Ga. about ten years ago. Mr.. Chap
man was a brick mason by trade, but OBJ
tanned position in the grocery store or ).
Z. Bennett. where he remained five years.
To a few intimate friends, Mr.. Chapman
confided the secret that Miss Blanche was
not the daughter of himself and wife, stat
ing further that they never had hau a
child. He slenced curiosity by saying that
they had adopted the girl Blanche went 10
the public schools, but was always consid-
when the Chapmans came here and Is now
about twenty. She always dressed fashioo-
ably and, being a pretty girl, attracted
much attention. She had chums or
close friends. While ii was not generally
known where the Chapmans got their
money, it was evident they spent much
more than MIR. Chapman earned. one or
two intimate friends were informed by
him that Blanche had rich relatives who
sent her money and that on the death OF
relative she would be wealthy. Mr.. Chap
man was last employed by the Hotel sup
ply Company. Several months ago he gave
up his position and soon after he went 10
Jacksonville. Not long ago Mrs. Chapman
and Miss Blanche left here. to join Mr..
lily lived here they made few acquaintances
and no one has known anything of the
mystery or romance surrounding the life OF
the supposed daughter.
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NEW SIGNAL LIGHTS
SUCCESSFUL TEST OF A NEW PLAN
FOR WARNING MARINERS.
Weather Bureau Places Red and
White Lights ON the TalIest Inhab-
liable Tower i'm the World.

NEW YORK, March "a most successful
test made this evening of new weather
signals constructed by the Weather Bureau
in the tower of the Manhattan Life Insur-
ance Company's new building, at No. 65
Broadway. Sergeant Elias B. Dunn. the
local forecaster; F. II. Kimball. architect
of the building: Superintendent A. J. Bush
man, of the New York Electrical Equip
ment Company; A. S. Locke, c. o. Brown
and several reporters made their way up
spiral stairway from the seventeenth to
the twenty-fourth floor of the building,
where the signal lights are situated in an
octagon-shaped tower. The signals. red and
white, are placed one above the other, 3Si
feet above the level of the sea. The lights,
which were specially constructed for the
bureau, have combined strength of $1,000
candle power. The red signal consists of
ten arc lamps each of 1900 candle power.
The white signal, which is placed twelve feet
above the red, is made up of six arc lamps,
each of 1000 candle power. The test was
made shortly after O'Clock. Sergeant Dunn
said he had men stationed at Newark,
Rutherford, Long Island City Brooklyn and
Hoboken who will report their observation
of the signals.
These signals" said Sergeant Dunn will
used as rain or snow signals. The red light
alone indicates easterly winds and hurri-
canes, Wnlte light, frosty morning, red
and white, high westerly winds; a fash
light with green shade will indicate a cold
wave. A revolving searchlight will be con
structed on the railing about the balcony.
This light was tested on the tower on cleo
ton night, and was plainly seen at Asbury
Park N, J. When we get everything iii
shape no mariner can leave port without
seeing our signals"
The tower. which is the highest inhabita-
BILE one in the world, will be occupied by the
weather bureau next week. After the Sig
nails had been lighted half an hour trip to
Brooklyn was suggested. At the Battery
and along lower Broadway groups of people
had formed and were watching the color
changing lights. The party boarded one of
the Hamilton ferry boats, and there OBJ
tanned a better view of the signals. Ser
geant Dunn expressed himself as delighted
with the success of the lights. There is
nothing like them in the world. They can
be seen nearly fifty miles away"
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STREET RAILWAY FINANCES.
Corporations Which Should Share
Their Profits with the Public.

Street railways not a private business,
but a public service. They should not be
allowed to issue any stocks or bonds against
the estimated value of their public fran
chises, nor should they be allowed to issue
any securities in any form except as repre-
scented by actual paid-in capital. Upon this
prescribed dividend. and all earnings in
excess of the dividend should be shared
with the public treasury. There IS no con-
ceivable reason why, in return for the per-
transit in the streets the community should
be obliged to pay interest upon A0.0O0,000
actually been Invested by the company. AL
most nowhere else except in the United
States is this speculative stock jobbery per-
mitted in connection with a municipal SER
vice like that of street railways gas
supply. The gentlemen who lobby these To-
cal franchise measures through city coun-
ellis, and who obtain for nothing the privi-
leges that they proceed to capitalize for
millions, have a singulariy humorous habit
of dispoSing of every one who critfcises
their method by calling him an "Anarch-
take eagerly naturally to the idea of a
direct public manage ment of such public
services as illumination and transit; and
they recognize the simple truth that thus
far our best business ability has been en-
ployed in private rather than government
tai capacities. For that reason they have
thought it wise to allow private companies
to undertake such public services as the
gas supply, the distribution of electric pow
er and light and the management of transit
facilities. All that they care at present to
MARY value of the franchises which the
public has at it's disposal, and the proper
Safeguarding of the rights of the COM
munty which claims cheap, efficient and
community as a public corporation, in max
ing business contract with a money max
ing private corporation, should have its
legitimate interests honestly and intelligent
w secured.
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Fred Dougln.s'. Experience.


He never tired of contrasting the old
times with the new. 1T is not the height
to which / have risen,' he said once. in
letter to friends in Rochester but the
depth from which 1 have come that most
amazes me. 1t seems only a. little while
ago. when child, might have been seen
fighting with old 'Nep,' my mothers dog,
for small share of the few crumbs that
fell from the kitchen table; when / slept
on the hearth, covering my feet from the
cold with the warm ashes and my head
with corn bag; only little while ago
dragged to prison to be sold to the highest
bidder, exposed for sale like beast of
burden; later put out to live with Convey,
the negro breaker; beaten and almost
broken in spirit. having little hope either
for myself or my race; yet here ] am alive
and active, and with my race enjoying cti-
zenship in the freest and prospectively the
most powerful nation on the globe" He
also recalled. in conversation with me in
1880. the fact that one cold winter night
less than dozen years before, having
lectured in an Illinois town twenty miles
from Peoria, he compelled to reach
Peoria long after everybody was in bed
He believed that he should have to walk
the streets all night, as on account of his
color no hotel would receive him. A friend
insisted that when he reached Peoria. no
matter what the time of the night was,
he should seek certain house, which he
did, and was welcomed apd warmed. The
house was that of Robert 81 Ingersoi!.
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ERROR IN BookKEEPING.
Cause of an Apparent Loss Of Two
Millions in Gold.

WASHINGTON, March 6.-To-day's state
ment of the condition Of the treasury
shows: Available cash balance, $1S1. $780, 239;
gold reserve, $50 634. 900.
The seeming falling off since yesterday of
s2,000.000 in the gold reserve, as shown by
to-day.s treasury statement. was the sub
ject of anxious telegraphic inquiries sent
to-day by the treasury officials to the sub
treasury at New York The replies re-
ceived were to the effect that there had
been no loss of gold, either for export or
otherwise. and that the seeming loss was
occasioned by an error in the bookkeeping,
by which gold received on account of bonds
had been credited to the general gold ac-
count Mr.. Jordan, the subtreasurer at
New York, and the superintendent of the
assay office are both temporarily absent,
and 1t is explained that some one unfamiliar
with the complicated details of the book
keeping department had made wrong
entry. The matter undoubtedly would be
Strengthened out tonight. The treasury Off
Gals repudiate the published statement that
they were dissatisfied with the rate at which
gold was being deposited under the recent
bond contract. On the contrary, they say
that the syndicate has more than complied
with the requirements Of the contract in this
particular, and that. as matter of fact,
the government prefers that the gold should
deposit by foreign bidders of not less than
100000 ounces per month, and this limit
has been considerably exceeded from the
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TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.

J. l.. Shropshire, cashier of the Central
Railroad of Georgia, committed suicide at
Birmingham. Ala.
The seventh annual congress of Scotch
Irish of America will be held at Lexington.
Va, from June 20 to q inclusive.
The First National Mank of Texarkana,
Ark. closed its doors yesterday through
inability to, meet its obligations Its de-
positors will not suffer.
MILFORD Jevous. an Englishman who in
vested largely in Wyoming grazing lands
and became cattle king, has committed
suicide in the Big Horn basin.
Norval A. Hawkins, charged with en-
beZzling 81, 600 from the Standard Oil Com
pany, While acting as cashier OF the Detroit
branch, was found guilty yesterday.
Mrs. John McCallum of Tacoma, Wash,
left her eleven-months-old baby in the care
of a daughter few years old. Matches
were their playthings. Result: Fire and
death of baby.
Joseph Jordan, white. is under arrest at
Bowling Green. KY, charged with assault
Stevenson. The Jail is being guarded to
keep Jordan from being lynched.
The Ohio Coal Traffic Association, which
has headquarters at columb bus o.. met at
perfecting plans for the material interests
of the trade. No action was taken. how
ever.
Dr. s. X Jackson a prominent physician
and the oldest practitioner in Norfolk. Va,
was arrested last night on the charge of
causing the death of Mrs. Ziporah Butland
while attempting TO perform criminal
operation on her.
DR. Marion Dexter earned, associate pro-
fessor of German at Johns Hopkins Uni
versity, has been elected professor of Ger
man language and literature at the Uni
yersity of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, in
place of the late Prof. Oswald Seidenstieker.
All the criminal suits at Pittsburg agains;
the factions of the Order of the Scion have
been withdrawn and the affairs of the order
will be wound up in peace There We're
charges and counter-charges of embezzle-
ment and forging the corporate seal of the
order
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DELICATE Jon FOR BAYARD.
He Will Try to Adjust the British
yenezueIa Dispute.

WASHINGTON, March 6.-Secretary
Gresham is about to instruct ambassador
Bayard to urge on Great Britain an adjust
ment of the long pending trouble between
Venezuela and British Guiana and to sug-
gest arbitration of the question. This ac-
ton is in pursuance to recent resolu-
tiop OF Congress. The result Of Mr.. Bay
ards appeal is being watched with much
interest owing to the reports from Ven
ezuela that the trouble has reached a crit
zeal stage, and that both sides massing
troops in the disputed territory lying be-
tween them. Mr.. Bayard is well equipped
for this negotiation, as he was Secretary of
State in 1887, when the United States first
made an offer to Great Britain to act as
clined. AT the same time Venezuela broke
off all diplomatic relations with Great Brit
ain and these have not since been restored.
Mr.. Blaine also sought to adjust the trou-
BILE, as ID was felt that British aggression
South American soil came dangerously
near invasion of the Monroe doctrine.
Mr.. Biaine's efforts also failed, and the
recent reports of hostilitieS and the de-
termination of this government to make a
final effort toward concluding negotiations.
In the event of Great Britain accepting
the suggestion of arbitration IT is believed
President Cleveland would be designated as
arbitrator. The fact that arbitration has
once been rejected does not incline officials
TO conclude that. Mr. Bayards present eff
forts are hopeless, as his familiarity with
the subject will permit him to make a
strong personal presentation of the case
to Lord Kimberly.
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You don't read ads? You should read y
ad of the p. Lieber Brewing Company {
Sth page, top of column.
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CUBA TO BE PACIFIED
MARTINEZ J. cAMPos, THE TERRI
BILE, READY TO DO THE WORK.
Activity In the Spanish War Depart
ment-Recan of the American Con-
suI-General Demanded.

LONDON, March IA dispatch to the
Standard from Madrid says that Marshal
Martinez J. Campos, who was given the
title Of "Pacificador de Cuba owing to his
successful efforts some years ago to re-
store tranquility in the island, has had
several interviews with Infanta Isabella
and Prime Minister Sagasta, the Minister of
War. and the Minister of the Colonies,
and has promised to accept the command in
Cuba whenever he shall be appointed to it.
Marshal de Campos was appointed to the
governorship of Cuba in 1876. and it was
due to him that the insurrection that broke
out in 1868 and lasted ten days was brought
TO and end. On the expiration of his term
of office he returned to Spain and has since
taken prominent part in national affairs,
notably in the Melilla affair.
The Queen has entirely recovered from her
recent attack of measles and has given an
audience to Senior Groizard, Minister of
Foreign Affairs.
General Calleja, Captain-general of Cuba.
has sent dispatch to the government.
asking that the reinforcements for the
troops in the island be sent direct to
Santiago de Cuba, equipped and ready to
take the field. The War Office is hurrying
the preparations and there is great en-
thuSiaSm in military circles at the prospect
of a campaign. Detachments from various
garrisons to form the first seven battalions
are mastering fast at Santander, Cadiz,
Corunna and Barcelona, from which ports
The cruiser Mercedes will carry to Cuba
two million cartridges.
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Obituary..

RACINE, Wis, March 6.--Otis A. john
son, pioneer lumberman of the State. died
this afternoon, aged eighty. He was heav-
lily interested in mills in northern Wiscon-
sin, and also was the owner of extensive
redwood tracts in California He leaves
Oo0 to a wife. two sons and two daughters
He was a partner of the late Senator
Stockbridge, of Michigan, and also of Gen.
Alger. of, Michigan.
NEW YORK, March 6.-Ex-Judge James
Mcdonald of Chicago, died suddenly here
tonight. He had just been arrested ON a
charge of causing a disturbance at cafe
under the Broadway Theater 1t is not
known whether his death was due to nat
ural causes or to blows received during a
personal alteration in the restaurant.
LYNN, Mass, March 6.-Harry T. Arm
stead captain of the Oxford boating team
of the New England Amateur League, died
at his home here late last night from pneu-
.nonia after less than weeks illness. Mr..
ArInstead was thirty-six years old and was
prominent in amateur athletic circles.
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BIG BLAZE AT FLORA.
All the Buildings Save One in n Solid
Block Destroyed.
Ial to the Indianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
FLORA, Ind, March ga fire broke out
in the business portion of Flora tonight
at $50 O'Clock and before it could be con-
trolled destroyed property valued at $4,000.
1t is the worst blow the town has ever
suffered. The business houses of Yundt &
Carper, general store; Frank l.. Hunt,
drugs; J. p. Urbn & Son. clothing: Sentinel
printing office; Gillams justice office; G.
w. Poague's law office: S. r. Longs restau-
rant; c. E. Nobes, drugs; Fountain City
Enterprise printing office; Clingenpeel &
Krauss, hardware; J. f. Wolf, harness. A.
Gillam's residence; Mrs. NJ. J. Nobess
residence-every building the square
bounded by Main Center, Walnut and Di-
vision streets being burned except tae
residence of T. j. Ryan, which was saved
by tearing out the building occupied by
DIR. Lyons office. The fire started from the
explosion of a large lamp in Urbin's cloth
Ing store. The flames spread rapidly, there
being no fire engine here. Only part of the
loss is covered by insurance.
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nized a. one OF the leading lawyers and
orators or the State. Representatives Crisp
and Culberson are both silver advocates,
but are conservative on that question.
There is little doubt, however, that they
VIII stand for all that can be had for silver
in case the conference is held. Mr.. Hit is
classed as u bimetallist and is understood
TO believe thoroughly in the rehabilitation
Of silver, provided 1t can oe obtained by an
international agreement. All the members
OF the commission are lawyers except, Hit
and all except Teller and Hit served on
the confederate side during the war of the
rebellion. All are fifty years and over as
regards age. Speaker Crisp is the youngest
member, being fifty. senators Teller and
Culberson are each sixty-four; Jones, fifty
five: Daniel, fifty-two. and Hit, sixty-one
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wITCHCRAFT IN BRAZIL.
A Wife Testiffes that Her Husband Is
Real Wizard.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
BRAZIL, Ind, March ga remarkable
case of witchcraft, the first on record in
Clay county, was tried in Squire James's
court here last night The developments
originated from a surety case in which
Charles Stapleton asked the court to place
w. S. Johnson under peace bond, as he
had threatened his life. Johnson is the
brother of Stapleton's young wife, who tes-
titled in court that Stapleton was wizard
and had ''wrealxed vengeance on her." He
had her under his influence, she said, and
could throw her in spasms at will. She
insisted that her husband a wizard
and this was given as the reason her broth
err threatened to kill him. Her mother also
testified that she had been bewitched, and
while in court she had spell, creating
much excitement. She remained in spasms
for some time before she could be relieved.
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Death of John CaseIey, Who Was the
Victim of Misfortune.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
KNIGHTSTOWN, Ind, March 6-John
Caseley, aged seventy-nine. died last even
ing at his home in this city. Mr.. Caseley
was born in England in 1916, came to the
United States in 1850. settling in Richmond.
He has been identified with the business
interest of Knightstown since 1866. Before
he came to Knightstown he man.
aged a tow mill at Richmond. The
mill burned and he came here over the old
stage line with $1,000 in gold in his pocket
and started another mill. In 1868 he was again
burned out, but he rebuilt and again the
flames swept away his belongings He then
built sawmill and in 1880 dry boiler ex-
ploded, killing Con Cleary and Frank Bros
ius and demolishing the mill With this
business, a ruined man. For many years
he acted as city councilman.
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WASHINGTON, March 6.--Manuel AL
magro. accountant and interpreter to the
Argentine legation in this city. was to-day
arrested at the Office of the legation and
locked up at the request of Minister
Zeballos, on charge of embezzling $500
of the funds of the legation. Almagro con-
fesses his guilt. He says he lost a large
sum belonging to the legation on the street
last November. Being afraid to confess it,
he tried to make 1t up by gambling with
through his hands BY January he had lost
in all 81 goo. He then confessed to Minister
Zeballos, who gave him time to raise and
replace the money. He visited Cuba. where
his father is said to be a prominent man..
for this purpose, but failed to secure the
money, and the minister, finally losing pa
thence. caused his arrest
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WASHINGTON, March 6.--The increase of
the enlisted force of the navy 1000 men. al
lowed by Congress, will, it is estimated at
the department, afford the means to put in
commission five ships which have been lying
idle at the navy yards. They are the Bos-
ton, which has been out of commission at
the Mare island navy-yard for nearly a
year; the armored cruiser Maine, the double
turreted monitor Amphitrite, the Lancaster,
a rnan-of-war of honorable record, and the
Marion. which was repaired at Mare island
navy-yard last summer after long service
Boston and Marion to the Pacific station
will greatly aid the Navy Department in
its efforts to provide suitable fleet early
next summer for service in the Boring sea
vSafr
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George skinner has

Froney postmaster George Skinner has
been appointed postmaster at Goodby.
Secretary Morton has been advised
through the Department of State of an In
ternationaI exhibition of agricultural ma
chinery, to be held in Vienna, May a. 5. 6
and I, 1885. The list for applicants for space
from America will remain open until April
IS, and exhibits must be in place the 30th
OF same month.
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Cut Down to 500. OOO.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, March 6.-Further
inquiry shows that Miss Blanche Chapman,
of this city, instead of falling heiress to
81, 100000 through the death of her uncle,
Rev. Boynton Crystal, of New York city,
is his beneficiary to the extent OF $50, 0OO.
This sum is said to consist of part money
and part land in Georgia. Miss Chapman is
seventeen years old and rather pretty. She
came here from St. Augustine, and former
ly resided in Gainesville, in this State. She
of Mr.. and Mrs. NJ +. Chapman.
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other Deaths in the State.

SHELBYVILI.E, Ind. March 6.-Afrs.
Zene Bowers, aged forty-eight, wife of j.
K. Bowers, leading farmer of Marion
township died at their residence last night.
Her mother, Mrs Jeanette Gordon, died
a few weeks ago.
Miss Jessie Hoover, aged twenty. died in
this city this morning of consumption.
Miss Annie Bishop agel twenty-three,
died at her homo in Moral township last
night of pneumonia.
JJsFFERSONyILLE, Ind, March g.
Marcus Long, of Memphis, aged sixty,
dropped dead to-day at Memphis.
Mrs. Ellen Foley, a well-known woman
of this city, died of consumption last night.
Elijah hedge, aged sixty, veteran of
the late war, died here this morning of
softening of the brain.
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Third Attempt at n Trial.
,neciaI TO The Indianannlis In,Irral

SHELBURN, Ind, March 6.-The cases
of number of miners who were Indicted
during the coal strike last summer will
come up for trial in the Sullivan circuit this
month. As this is the third attempt to
bring about trial it is thought both
parties will be ready for business. An eff
fort will be made by the miners to secure
D. w. VOORHEES, and T. W. Harper, of
Terre Haute to assist i'm the defense. The
United Mine Workers Association will
assist by financial aid. The miners claim
they will be able to produce evidence which
will surprise the public in regard to the
burning of the coal cars during the strike