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ft 3t DEATH UN: FLAMES; A JATAL FIBE AT PITTSBCBG Vmwmm RaroaM Bad Two Fata Injur Jemplng 'rona Window A 9tfacrf Xablat Action. PaJ April 21. One of in tnoet dtsaatroue firi in thi vicinity for some lima broke out this morning in 'Willi rooery, corner Lacock and Corry reet, JLlleaheov Citr entailing low ol life, be tide Injury to eereral people and the destruction; of considerable property. I The "boildia. which ia a fbur atorr ooe, an the largiaVX in the neighborhood, occupied by Chart, John and George Willie They nd their toother and ioim roomer occupy thennner storiea.

Shortly after 1 o'clock Wra. Willi waa awakened by a crackling noise and tbe amell of amok. Arising be saw aperka coming up tbe elevator In tbe rear portion of tbe building She alarmed tbe inmate, and at tbe same time neoDle on tbe outside diacorered tbe lire and rare' the alarm. A number of person were known to be in tbe burning building, and tbe firemen immediately ran ladlefa to the various floor, while tbe police turned, their attention to breaking in tne door and fighting their war to the room of the un 1 Up ataira, bewildered by tbe amoke and fames, were Mra, Willi. Mis Olive Willi.

Miaa Mary Willis, John WUIia, Win. Lwr nan, employed nam driver by tbe firm, two (Irafk named JlocmUrun and rrei loriun. who worked for tbe Greek American candy company and roomed in tbe building; Fred Bcbulix, an employe of be Brm: Cbarlee Willia. George' WUJia and Via Sophia Boles. These people were urst bought of by the firemen, and never baa the Allezheur department done better work.

Tbe amoke wa thick nod bung in denae londs thrnnvh naasairefl and hall way a. To opea a window Irom one ol the ladder wa to meet a cloud of suffocating vapor, but into il all both firemen and police plunged. The Lead of 'tbe frightened women' were AnlnriMt 'in clothes and they were carried out, ail uninjured except So phi Vales: abe could not be found, and al xnoat from tbe first waa looked upon a lost. One of the meet appalling incident ol the fir waa the jumping of two of the people from the building while the firemen were fiffhtiao their war od ataira and the awe truck crowd stood on the street gazing up at tbe burning building. Wm.

Kberman ap neared at a window ou the third floor, lie Waa too tar gone to about, bat he was aeen, and the crowd yelled to bim to bold on. A ladder went up and a man started to help bim. When the rescuer bad reached tbe aecond floor Eberman waa seen tolurcli forward and then come down with a crash. Whether he fell or lamped could not be told, lie tell on Lit head and ahouldere, and waa picked up unconscious. One of the Greeks, Hoggitiruu, a powerful man, waa the other Ilia room wa on tbe fourth floor.

Tbe bravery of a man' in tbe crowd 1 probably aaved hia lite. The: Greek bad poised himself on the Bill, lookinir at the flames behind and1 the pavement below and then made a spring from the alll; just a hi body ahot downward a man from the crowd ran forward and with arms outstretched caught the Jailing body. The force sent bim to tbe ground with tbe Greek, bat the Utter' bead Lit tbe pavement and it ia thought bis skull ia fractured. The man wbo bad run such a risk for a atranger disappeared and tbe Greek was carried away. Tbe ire held on stubbornly and it waa aalfpast o'cloek before it waa under control.

A of the house was then made, and the bodies of Sophie Boles and Fred Schultx were found on the fourth floor. Tbey were atill in bed, and hud evidently peen so (located from amoke. Tbe injured, Eberman and the two Greeks, were removed to a hospital, where they are now resting easy. It ia feared, however, that Eberman and Hoggltzrun will not recover. The fire is eupposed to have been caused by an explosion of natural gas.

The loss is covered by insurance, Other HlaSes. i BjtOOKLYlV. April 2d. The Vos i burg Manufacturing Company's works burned last evening. Lose, fully insured.

Two hundred men are thrown out of employment. 'The company la one of the largest producers of fixtures in the oountry. Chicago, April 26. The fife atorr building, 40 and 44 Third by fschncidwind, Lee Ic dealers in printers' upplies, was completely gutted by tire last night. The building was valued at 25,000 and the stock at The total insurance amounts to $75,000.

One hundred and fifty men will thrown out of employment Jy tbe fire, i '1 FORKIOX NEWS. It Is reported that Rev. Dr. Mcdlynn, of 2ew York, will be suspended from his pastoral fenctions. "Bishop Keane, of Richmond, has received a papal brief advl ing the founding of Catholic university in 'America, On the pawnee of.

the coercion bill the Right lien. Hngh Holmes, attorney general for Ireland, will be raised to the judicial bench of Ireland. Russia has made demands reirsrding tbe Afghan frontier which: England can not grant, and an amicable settlement of the difficulty is believed to be impotsible. Edicts have been issued in AUsce lorraine dissolving the choral society of Haltzenhall and the society of students called "Sund govid." which were hostile to Germany. Victor Hugo's will, has been admitted to probate.

II is property in England is valued at Ilia daughter and grandchildren are the sole heirs. An annuity of X100 ia left to tbe widow of hia son Charles. 1 Many English liberals are uneasy at the attitude ol tbe Parnellites respecting the Utter published by the London Times, and state that it will be impossible to act with the Irish party' any longer naleaa Mr. Par nell conclusively prove hi inoocen. of tbe Bharg brought against him by the Times.

Emperor William has sent beautiful dia wjood bracelet as a wedding present to a Jewish maiden whom he used lo see at a window opposite his hotel at Gastein, and in whom be took an interest. He has asked ber to com to Gastein yearly during his so loum there. The yonng lady, whose name Is Kern. to ha married to a merchant tamed Kilian, at Iglau, in Moravia. PotitJcisvus lsMitoted.

8T. LouiSi April 2G. The Post Dispatch aays: The United States grand jury have fbend indictment against the folloa ing Veil known local politicians for complicity tn the fraud perpetrated ia the. elections last fall: State Senator Fountain II. Ketckum, Joseph X.

Judge, ex chainnan democratic central committee; Deputy Ke order Chamberlain, Central Consmilteemaa James Carroll, and Peter R. Morrissey, Andrew F. Biong and James Conway." i That SsnresA) Five Tliouaaaa Ioltar Draft. Philadelphia, April 20. Early in April a draft for $75,000 waa drawn npon the New Tork National Banking aasaciatioa of Xew Tork by the Bank of North America of this city, ia favor of Dunn Brothers, also of Phil adelphia.

The draft was said by Dunn Brothers to have beea mailed to the Ameri jawa Exchange Xattoael baak ia Xew York, bat as that institution failed to receive it, an investigation in the New York and Pbiladel pi. postefnee has been in progress for some time past. To day, however, the Philadelphia' postmaster received a letter from tbe Mers. Dunn saying that tbe miming draft bad leen found in their own office, never having been mailed. WAUBLia OF TnE WIBEii.

t)il at Pittsburg to day, 63ic Wood eotinty. Ohio, is' now the great center of speculation in Ohio. The Julian system of electric railroad was tried in yesterday, successfully. ienator and General Sbermau to day are at IVoodbury. their ancestral home.

The Bell company has filed a demurrer to the complaint in the government case against its patents. A new company ha been organized to bring crude oil as foei to Cincinnati in iron, canal boaU. Dr. Parker, of London, baa postponed hia" visit to America to conduct a Beeeher lue xuorial eervice uotil October. Colonel W.

W. Dudley will turn his attention to cable railroad building, bis first contract at Minneapolis. Since March 1 to date Chicago packers have slaughtered 304,000 hogs, against 3'J7, 000 for tbe corresponding period last year, W. J. Florence and Lawrence Barrett have purchased residence sites in Washington, and will probably make the capital their home.

The mines of tbe Consolidated Coal company at Denver have been closed, owing to the loss of the Wabash railway contract and tbe inter state law. Alexander Mitchell's funeral in Milwaukee tbis afternoon waa the largest ever seen in tiiat city. Twenty car of people came irom Chicago. ilsmiltod Miller's wite, child and team were drowned while erossina the Auglaize river in Allen county, Ohio. Miller biin.mlf bad a narrow escape.

The monument to John C. Calhoun, at was unveiled tbis attt rnooo, in tbe presence of au immense concourse of spt ctators. Secretary Lamar delivered the oration. 1 i The Massachusetts railroad commissioners Hod that tho recent terrible accident on the Boston Providence railroad, was caused by the weakness of the bridge, which bad become worn out. Henry Ueille, who has been mildly insane for a year, made a deadly assault upon his wife and children at Cinciunati this morning with" a batcbcL.

Failing to kill them he cut bis throat. In a bar room Strut at Fort Worth yester day, John Rausch. after being shot through the hip and shoulder, was able to bring down bis assailant, "Red" tuino, at the first tire with a bullet in bis heart. Three voung men named Charles Moren, Auirust Rousseau and Joseph iiuard. were, drowned at St; Roniauld, near Quebec, on Sunday, by the upsetting of a boat, lionore 11 uard saved bimselt by clinging to a cake of ice.

Under tbe recent decision of the United States supreme court, New York banks yesterday peids $1,500,000 back taxes into'the city treasury. Marshall Smith compromised bis claim of for collecting it tor $1 2.000. James Nixon, an old living near Iiarmarsvilie, Butler county, Pennsylvania, who hud no faith In banks, was robbed. several days ago, of in cash and government securities, which he had secreted in his house. Caleb Foster, a negro in Harrison county, Texax, was told to apply coal oil 'for headache.

He did. so, and tx canie a raving maniac. He siezed his three year old tov and dashed hia brains out, and then disappeared with the body. Three days afterward be returned, restored and in his right mind. but with no recollection at all of the horrible tragedy.

Ite licof the War. Harper's Fkrrt, W. April 26. A picnic party, Sunday afternoon, on Bolivar HigbM, above tbe town, came across an Old bomb shell, a relic of the war. I It was taken to Major Cocker ill's bouse and several young men began pouuding it with 'stones, while the rest of the party gathered aground, filled with curiosity to see what was.

in tne shell. Suddenly there was a terrific explosion, and the people of tbe town looked toward the bights Six of the persons who were about the. shell were seriously hurt. The lint of these is as follows: Jones Frank, hand terribly lacerated; Edward Pales, jaw bone broken, skull fractured and leg broken; m. Turner, one foot torn on: Airnes Willis, aged fourteen, riirht leg blown oil below the knee; George' illis aze sixty, leg blown od; Thomas Willis, face seriously burned.

Agnes Willis and Edward Pale are not expected to live. A Ptcifio slope Wedtllnc anecia loTha Indianaooits Xswif si SaS FkaXcisco, April 20. The marriage of Miss Harriet Crocker and Charleb R. Alexander, which unites the great Alexander and Crocker families, took place bere at noon to There were no bridesmaids and the eight ushers were all from this city. The bride's jroussrau from the I'aris establishment or Worth.

1 be wedding was comparatively 'quiet, on account of the recent death of Mrs. Charles K. Crocker. Among, those present were Mr. and Mrs.

ander, Miss Crocker, Charles B. Alexander, Miss Grace Green and Henry Alexander. the best man, towhem Miss (Treeri is engaged. The welding tour will be to Knrope, and on their return to tan I ailed states will make their permanent residence in New York. The Canadian Fisheries.

Halifax, N. April 25. Captain Scott, admiral of tbe Canadian fishery protection fleet, start on hi first cruise of the season, on the steamer Acadia, about May 10. The Acadia is being refitted with new furnaces and machinery, at a cost of nearly $20,000, and the improvements are expected to give ber greater speed than before. An order has been issued from the fishery department for bidding oflicer of the fishery cruiser to al low themselves to be interviewed by press representatives in the future, it Wing claimed that their utterances have frequent ly been exaggerated: and misrepresented in tbe past.

Boulanger Woaderlut Telephone PaRLS, April 2C. General Boulanger gave orders yesterday for a newly invented tele phone aiiparatus to be arranged in bis cabinet at the ministry of war, by which the general will be able to give his verbal orders to twelve different persona at twelve different points of Paris at the same monent. Tho general is so struck with the military advantages of Ibis invention that he ordered its immediate adoption through the army. .4 p. m.

1 bree per cent, rentes closed at 9 francs 50 centimes. This was a decline of Co centimes from yesterday's closing price. A Noted Psesivsr UessdV Bostox, April 26. Dr. A.

J. Grant, the noted bigamist, died at tbe Cambridge jail this morning, after an illness of several days. He was awaiting trial for robbing and desert ing, a Cambridge lady immediately alter marrying her. Other charges of a similar nature were accumulating against binv Chic Boodler' Tnah. Chicago, April 20.

Judge Tu)ey this morning overruled tbe motion for a change of venue from Cook county in. the boodlera cases and the trial will, therefore, take place in Chicago. IndscmuntM. i Washixotojc, April 26. Indiana Fair weather; slightly warmer; variable winds.

LOCAL TEMPKKATCKK. 7 am 84 I 57 Cold Weather la tne Mouth. Ltxchbcrg, April 26. The moun tains ia this vicinity are covered with aaow merainz. The westtLasvia eool.

GRAFT'S BIRTHDAY WILL BK OCaEKVED AT WABASH. Deaths of otablo Indians People A 'w IMmocrsuc Xaily at Madison Accident Near Ilaute. fepedal to Tfce IuJIansnolls Xewil Wabaii, April 23. James II. Emmet post, (h A.

IU, will to morrow flttihijly observe the sixty fifth anniversary of the birth of General. Graut. Av the Presbyterian church id tbe evening Uev.t II. soo, of Logansport, will deliver his famous lecture on the life of the dead hero. The proceeds are to go toward the national Grant Oeneral A.

P. Uovey, of Mt. Vernon, congressman elect for tue nrst district, has been as the orator of tbe day bere on decoration day. The road supervisors in this township art complaining loudiy becauae of. the criticism to wbu tbey are suojeciea ior tne enior content of the lies stock law.

Several of them have been threatened with persoual vtoJence and with having their property burned. A petition to alloa one row for each family to run at large is being numerously signed and will be presented to the county commissioners. The conutry people leel that it is a great injustice to allow the stock to run loose in tbe city and shut the in up in the couutry. Obituary. Specials to Tb InJlunanoiis News.1 Evaxsvillk, April 2d.

A private telegram received here from New Harmony. says that Captain Frank Collins died at his home ia that place Sunday night. i'aptain Colllu was rifi seven years of and wss one ol the oldrst Dnioaiid Watasli riers siettUihoutoK'n. Hecoultnei)ce'l on the river when youn, oreupyiiiu the position of pilot and cutsln pu various sivsmers running irom Kvansviile. His last work was in tbe capacity ot ouiiuati'icr of the Wabash river vacket steamer I inra Scott, which he was part owner! He retire'! irom the river a fo'w yesrs ao, and had niiuo been a resident; of i Makiox, April 20.

Hamilton S. Mcltae, superintendent of the public schools of Marion, died at 11 o'clock, this of decay ot the blood. Iteceascd wus born In Harrison county, IrKlians, January i lNi3; Krailuatcl Irom blooraliiOm nuiversity ls 'T; reaij lawr with Him. William A. Prrxtor at t'orydon; wa.

elected to the legislature iu but rt.Mi;iiel toeoilut in tiie In ion army as a j.nvaie and was mu 'erej out tn 1 iu a caolanr. He was ai tHiiuted principal of (he third ward scbmils at Terre Haute in was appointed suporiiitend ent of the Vevav schools he year follow nip. became superintendent of the Muncie schools tn and iuieriiitendent of the Murion sellouts In which p. held at the time of bis death I A Marietta Cummissloo'er. Lafayette, April 26, Movernor Gray has named lion.

B. Wilson Smith, of this city as ooe of the Indiana commission to attend the centenuial celebration of the settlement of the northwest, held at1 Marietta, May 1SS8. Mr. Smith was born ut Clarksburg, W. and will have some interesting things to say at the celebration.

Among other things he will tell hVw, in lH' i2, when the ambitious Ohio had submerged the thriving, village of Marietta, residents of the Virginia side laid soldier warrant claims to the inundated village. was a shrewd trick hatched in Yankee brain, and led to a definite boundary dine being established. Fatal Accident. 1 Special to Tbe Indianapolis Nesn.1 1 Evasville, April 20. News has been received of what will prove a fatal accident which occurred at' Boonvillc yesterday afternoon.

John J. Lutz, agent for the F. W. Cook Brewing company, was unloading sotne beer from bis wagon when the team became triichteued and ran away. He' was standing between the wheels at tbe time and Wa knocked down, the hind wheel parsing oyer his body and; head.

An Old Sxttter. Special to Tbe ImlianupotU Neivs. Angola, April 20. In l3t Andrew rB. Young entered a tract of land in Steuben county, near Pleasant lake, and last week he died upon the same piece of land, it having remained iu bis possession for the entire fifiy one years, it is said to be the only piece of laud in that county that has not changed bauds one or more times.

i Minor Muiition. Simeon Stone, late of Illinois, has been appointed pastor of Ebenezcr church at Madison. President J. JI, Smart, of Purdue univer. sity, sailed for KuroiKS yesterday.

He will remain abroad until August. A course in domestic economy under the direction of Mr. Emma Ewiug, will be added to the course of studies at Purdue next year. Portland republicans have' nominated the following ticket: Theodore liaiiey for mayor, E. Crowel treasurer, M.

Beelinan clerk, mid A. II. Stepbeus marshal. The arrest ot Henry Frcvert, fcr alleged embezzlement and arson, caused quite a sensation in' Madison, whore he was borii and married. His family connections are good.

At the cloe of his' inorniug seriuon, on Sunday, Lorenzo D. liidgeway, pastor of the Christian, church at Madison, announced bis resignation, to take etlect in June. 1 The Madison Daily. Eveninz Times appears to day with Hon. John U.

Cushman as editor ajud George Trow as business manager. Its politics will be democratic, making two daily, democratic papers lor Madison. On account of some informalities in hi papers, Robert Edmunds, the postmaster at Psaintield, has not yet taken charge. Tbe proper corrections have been made, and he witljsoon replace Kobert Uiatt, the acting postmaster. On Sunday the Wife I of Eli Vernon, of Millersburg, Elkhart county, was thrown from her buggy by a runaway horse, and received such severe injuries that death ensued' in a few momenta.

The deceased was forty years of age. Georpe Harris is on trial at Logansport, charged with the murder of Abraham Les liq, romdiiited during an excursion last Au i gust at Lake Maxinkuckee. The case was sent, there Marshall county upon a change of venue, Miss Carrie Henderson, a graduate of Pur duj has just presented to the public a baud bookmen "Wood Carvings," the, first production the subiect by an American writer. It is designed as a self instructor, and contain chapters on material, tools, designs, forms ot carving and other useful information. A large frame house occupied by Gorrell Quick aa a residence at; Columbus caught fire from sparks from it chimney evening, and was gutted.

The. loss ou tie house will reach uninsured. Tbe household goods were baiily damazed, but are insured. An adjoining buildin as on, it badly scorched. Tbe guusmitb shop of S.

J. Ilestoo WorthiiiL'ton, caught fire about noon yester day and was burned lo the irrouud. Mr. Ueston had icoiie to dinner, and the fire was under each OeadwavXelore discovered that all attempts to save flie building were fruitless. Tbe most of bis tools, cuus and lumber were saved.

No iosurauoe. Mra. Christina OpeuhofT visited ilrs. Imen, a neighbor, at Fontanel, nine miles east of Terr Haute, aud while there fooled with a revolver. The weaiion went off, the ball striking Mrs.

Imen in the abdomen. She would have become a mot ber in. a' few Tbe child was bora dead with a bullet bole in its head. The mother ia dying. At Madison last night, primary convention made the following nominations; Treasurer II.

Keyt. republican, and W. II. democrat; clerk. Homer Sering, re publican, and John A.

Zack, democrat; mar hoi, John Hoasrland, republican, and Calvin Cisco, democrat; awn ssor, Ben Well, rcpubiicaa. and Casper Rein hart, deinoorati wUr works trustee, David Stuart, rein'oli can, and Charles Godtuan, democrat. iioth parries nominated full council tickets. The UamiJion and Tipton county beekeepers' association bold their regular met tiuir ou Saturday, tbe "tli of May. in Teal's ball, Arcadia.

A basket picnic and an interesting time are promised. Mrs. John Iticbey, of Miiroy, has been acpointel matron of the Children's home by tne Kuf county commissioners. Her husband assist in the care of tbe children, and it! is thought by citizens that the commissioners made a good selection. Tbe coro missiooec will be in session on Thursday fbr the purpose of closing the contract lor a farm on which to ran the The fa mil of J.

W. living in I South Manchester, were awakened Sunday morning by the sound of failing timber and I foond tbeir bouse enveloped in ilauie. lle i fore any assistance arrived, the house, with practically all its contents, was burucd to i he ground. Cause ot fire is suppoxjd to have been a defective fine. Losscbout flj.500; insurance on bouse $3u0, on cootentsltM.

James H. Frazee died at his residence in liushviile Sunday nigjit of Britrht's dnwasc. lie leaves a. widow and nve jcliil dren. He was first lieutenant of Company II, Fifty econd infantry, and resigned in lfto3 and came home to recruit a company tor the Ninth Indiana cavalry, commanded by Eli of Indianapolis.

lie wits elected captain of Company Ninth cavalry, and served until August. Isoj. The following named Imliauiaus were granted pension yesterday: Nancy, mother of Jackson Speedy. Eckerly; Minerva, mother of Henry Burden, Marion; Susannah, mother ot Tnorntou Freeman. Lynn; Mary diutcbins, tor widow of John Tboiuson, Angola; Elizabeth, widow ot Fernando Wau'b, Trov; John Abraru, Worthington; John Walz, Napoleon Bailey, Millsboro; John Aurora; Phillip Dissen, Swans vifle; Stephen Hodsdea, iSedIey; Peter Wilson, Fanuersburg; James Cram.

GrandvU Lewis Good, CieijrgtMlibbeson, Fort Wavne; William FetteH, Lionier; il liam Dogley, Gosport; Aibert Etiwar is, Fair )ak; Jonies McClnin, Marion: William Klletsville: John Hcntb, Crawfords vifle; Adam Douglas, lliekport; Cb.rlc;s Williams. KendaUville; Lucia S. Wicht, C'lioton; Sum Eberly. Pine Village; John Lavin, deceased, Kichujond; Alexander Cook Michigan City; llobert Snyder, Greens burg; Hiram Clege, Iat'arette: Adam Zim iner, Kelso; George L'lmer, Medora; Henry Mayr.e, Hlouutsville; Martin Brown, deceased. Star City; Jewett Barnes, F.iiwoodf" liezekiah I link ion, Indianapolis.

Iift redse Taylor Meek, Kinirston; Sylvester Mann, Clcverdale; James Kichardson, Fianklin; James Bush, Greenfield; James I.ytle, North Salem; Jaine Wells, Fairmount; Kobert Montgomery, Shelbyville: Alfred S. Walls, Terre Haute; Joseph Wallace, Greeuwood, raocis Cooper, Madison. I'lCKUl'. Sarah E. Waggoner was to dav divorced from Wm.

proof of lai lure to provide. The bridge aefcpss Indian creek, north of Corvdon, was wasbed away by a tlood. I.Oss. The city clerk" is receiving bids for the manufacture ot another, year's supply of dog checks. At Wakeland, Morgan county, the sawmill of John Schuter was burned yesterday morning.

Loss, no insurance. Frank Payne's residence, pearthewire nall works, in the southern ptirt of the city, w.a wrecked by fire early this morning. Loss, $300. i Ii. li.

House was wanting to wacer $1,000 to dav tiiait bis horse llicket could outpace anything in these Uuited States; Kobert ner's best'piece of horse rtesa not excepted. Charles Baily, colored, a frequenter of Zaph's safoon, on Wepi Market street, and who lias failed to heed the warning of the police, was heavily Qued to day lor loitering. Bertie Shcrley, aged twelve, residing at 272 jst St. Clair street, has been missing since April and his parents are greatly distressed over his absence. Information is wanted of his whereabouts.

The secretary of state this morning received articles ot incorporation ot natural gas rm panies at Marion (two), Seymour and 'New Castle. The Marion Street Kailway company was also incorporated with a capital stock of C.0,000. The warehouse on Columbia street. Fort Wayne, occupied by pBattenbtirg, Miller it Co. as a junk shop, was partially destroyed by fire.

With' all iLs couteuis, caused by spontaneous combustion among a large piie of raps. Loss, fully iunired. There seems tp be a fueling among local republicans, not to hold tne city convention until the sen ton is well advanced, aud many are found lavoriug a. campaign not longer than thirty days. IVere this to prevail, nominations woald not be made until the J.st of October.

The suitdf Ann Doyle aeainstthe Crescent Brewing com naiiy was called before a jurv and Judge llowe this morning. Mrs. Doyle was run over and seriously injured by one of the company's wagons ou Ekert street, near Kentucky avenue, last year, and sues lor The friends of Woodward, the lottery man, are circulating a petition tor his pardon by the governor und a nuuiber of strong names are indorsing tbe application, conditioned1 that Woodward pledges himself to leave the state for at least five years, mid abstain from lottery deals and intoxicants. 'Conductors Bobbins Keogh, of the iVandalia, have beea suspended from their runs for two weeks. Mr.

Bobbins had already been appointed superintendent of the new St. K. C. Col. road, and would have resigned his position with ihe 'Vandalia in a few days.

No cause is assigned for the suspension. Kev. A. A. Abbott, who has accepted a call to the pastorate of St.

James Episcopal church, at Vinceiines, is at present rector of tbe bishop's church, at Fairbault, Minn, lie visited Vineennes a couple ot months atro. and officiated at St. James one Sundar, and made a verv favorable impression. He is a favorite of Bishop Knickerbocker, and when be comes, in July, will bring the latter' niece aa his bride'. i The "Hoivery" Itaided.

Nos. 22G, 228 and 230 East Pearl street is occupied by colored prostitutes, and tha locality has given the police so much trouble thai it has been named the Bowery. Vesterday afternoon George ifarris became involved In a row with Louise and she hit bim with a tumbler, to his severe injury. This led to police interference, and yesterday evening and this morning raids were made on all the numbers as above. Eight females aud two males were arrested, and the mayor assessed penalties which carried them to tbe work Tbey were about as tough a looking lot as has graced the city court for some time.

The Mciioattoels Affair. Pahis, April 26. The judge who issued the warrant lor the arrest of Schnaebels as sert that he possesses convincing )reot that Schnaebels was the principal of a party of conspirators, in league with French officers, who met at the cafe Ehrliordt in Straxburg. The proprietor of the cafe and two architects, named Klein and Grebert, have been arrested. The pope has sent a confidential note to France and Germany, tendering his services a mediator between the two governments in the dispute growing out of the arrest of M.

Schnaebels. I Corresponded AY lib, Another Fellow. Thomas Hogan was arrested last night for striking Ida Johnson, aud the 'police were put in possession of a story to the effect that a year ago Hoean and the woman left Mat toon, 111., and resided in Chicago for several months ai man and wife. Three months ago be came to this city and she joined hire here, and it is alleged that last night hexcnred poe sessioa of correspondence which she had been boldiug with some one else. The assault followed, aa alleged, and it was for this that Patrolmen Hagerman and Corriean placed Hogan uader arrest, lie will bare baariaa ta snosTows i RAILROAD MATTERS.

NEW B. fc O. LINK TO EV YOKK. A It Scbeme to Divert Traffic From Cb.i cko to JoliM The Autl CommiMion War Between East and WtW Ealtijioee, "April 20. Tbe American says that tlje deal between President Garrett and.

Messrs Ives and Stay nor is progressing satisfactorily, although no details are yet obtain aide. Mr. Garrelt said to a reporter tha) the combination of the Jersey Central, Penn? sylvania, Luhigu and Leading mnde it im peratively necescary tor the Baltimore A Ohio to build its own line from Philadelphia to New YorK, and that surveyor were going over tire ground acain with tbat end in and Stateu Island as the New York terminus; that the obligations of tbe opposition incurred udder their oombinatiou, bad weaked their power to embarrass the project of the B. O. for aa ea iern line.

When asked if he could readily obtain tbe money to build the remainder of the line, he sai that money had been offered him in abundance and at very low! rates. lie referred to tbe fact that nearly every business man he met now strongly urged the un isli.nir of the line, and (he jdesire to see it ceuiplefed was greater now than when the work to Philadelphia was' inaugurated. "Now we hear that we can obtain ail the facilities we desire over existing lines, and at what is, called satisfactory figures. Tbey will have to be very satisfactory to induce the abandonment of present purposes." I Chicago's ew Itival. JOLlET, April 2d.

A syndicate representing the Belt Line railroad company, a line tapping all the western trunk lines west of Chicago, including the Chicago, Milwaukee St. Paul, Chicago fc Northwestern cud Burlington Jc tuincy, from fligiu, pa siu through Joliet to and tapping' the eastern trunk lines, bus bought 200 acres in tbe northeastern suburbs of Joliet It is said that transfer depots, stock yards and car shops will be built on this tract of land, Joliet being on a' 1 direct line from tbe treat producing fields of the west to the seaboard, with direct communication with all th western and eastern trunk lines, and an attempt will be made to lifake this the chief, transfer, point, instead of Chicago, where the projector of the scheme allege tbat freights of all kinds are block' aued and storage is hiirli. The Atcblson. Topeka Santa Fe and a local syndicate (of which it is said the Joliet steel company is leading member) are tbe accredited directors ol tbe scheme. The CnmmitMOS Iloycott.

Pitts ii tR April 2tJ. Tbe trouble between tue railroads of the Western passenger association and of tbe Central traffic a ociatioa. recardinz. the sale of tbroii 'li tickets and lie abolishing of commissions, is assuming a more serious phase. It is said that a number of the roads which consented to the proposed agreement with the eastern roads, including the Gould system, have not luny.

compueu wun tne pro pose a agreement. As a result, the Pennsylvania company has issued another circular discontinuing the sale ot ticket of the following roads: Burlington A Missouri Itiver; Chicago, Burlington Quiney; Chicago, Milwaukee fc St. Paul; Green Bay, Winona St. Paul; Hannibal St. JoVih; Kansas City; St.

Joseph Council Bluffs; Missouri Pacific; Missouri, Kansas Sc Texas; Milwaukee fc Northern; St. Louis. Iron Mountain Southern; St. lx)uis, Keokuk nrtid Texas Pacific. This makes a total of thirty two railroads over which ther Pennsylvania conipuny ha now ceased lo sell through ticltets.

More Kilruad Itobbers. April 20. T.J. Scanlan, a freight brakemkin on the Fort Wayne railroad, was arrested to day on a charge of robbing freight trains. This is the first arrest made outsiiie of the wholesale arrests on the Pan Handle.

Others will follow, bowevtr, us iris staled that the Pennsylvania company has evidence implicating a number ol em ployes on their various lines. Track Ti liti a. Sidney Dillon "has bought from the Gar risons a controlling interest in.tbe Wheeling Luke Erie railroad. The Indianapolis lines, which, a few weeks aao, took off sale mileage tickets, yesterday placed them at 2 cents per'milc, good until Julv 31. i i The.

position of president of the Chicago, Milwaukee Jc St. Paul road was odered to T. J. Patter, his declination to accept brought out the fact that he bad accepted the vice presidency the Union Pacific. T.

Moore lias resigned tbe position of general agent fr tfie receiver ol the Wabash, to take etlect May I. Mr. Moore intends to go into other business in Chicago. The general offices of the Ohio Mississippi railroad will be removed from Cincinnati to St Louis. Six thousand tons of granite blocks are Ciled along the railroad tracks at tbe Marl orV)iih (N.

II.) quarries, waiting for some modification in the interpretation of tbe in ter state commerce law. The Bee Line paymaster is making hia monthly visitation, John Booth's patent locomotive slide valve has been tested on the Bee Line, and has been pronounced a notable success. Two en gines are equipped with it, a the valve promises to become one ol tbe prominent patents of the day. The Vandalia and tbe 1 Big Four will test the valve aa soon an possible. Mr.

Booth is an Indianapolis man. Newton Clay pool has lie red the Lake Erie Western Railroad company bis South Meridian street block, now occupied in part 1 by the Board of Trnde, for headquarters at! per month. otwitastanding this advantageous oiler, it is understood that the company will build, as heretofore noted, on Noble street. General Freight Airent Hibbard, of the Vandalia, and Division Freight Agents Wasson and Van Winkle, of tbe Bee Line, are to day holding a conference on the question of rates to common C. C.

Waite, vice president of the H. is expected in the city this afternoon. He will probably go out to night over the Bee Line to Anderson and nmkc a trip over the C. W. fc M.

There is said to be a Ipros pect that the local agencies of the St Ir. and the W. A. M. will be consolidated.

This l. icks confirmation. on 1 flic chair cars on tbe liee Joej limned, win be discontinued, and drawing room cars, to run between Buffalo and St. Louis, will be substituted. A decree of Judge Gresham in the suH of the Central Trust company agaiust the Lake Erie fc Western railway, has been filed bere.

'The court orders Jtbat the amounts due from the dillereut divisions ol" the road, which are prior in equity to the mortgage indebtedness, shall be paid, out of the purchase money. A Oraud Send on, The leagne season will open in tbis citron Thursday with the Detroit, wbo will, also play on Friday and Saturday. On Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday the Cbicagos will be here, and tbat will be the last of ball playing on the Athletic grounds until June as the borne club will go east. There is i disposition among the businessmen to make the opening a gala occasion, and in so far aa the When band can contribute that way, this at least will be done. Tbe two visiting clubs are the strongest in the league, but fames with them will more surely show the mettle the Indianapolis nine, and there is no doubt but what the entir series will be an interesting exhibition of tbe national game.

There should lie 10,000 jeople on the ground Thursday to give the boys a send otT. President Newberger is willing to make room for 20,000, if they will only come, and by the way, he ia bunting the man who bad put him dowa a riebfleldf la Use caaa waiak 7 I MB I 30 1,1 IXDIAAPOLIS. TUESDAY EVENING. APRIL, 26. 1887 isrtt two enrvrn.

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I I 1 v.Trr two rnrvrn. was played this afternoon between picked nine on the bome grounds. Newberger ia a lawyer and something of a diplomate, bat no ballplayer. Tbe 'Athletics shut out the Metropolitans badly yesterday by a score of 13 to and the "Indians' didn't seem to care whether they won or not. They have loet every game ther played tbis season.

Tbe Brooklyn detested tbe Baltimores by a score of 16 to 10, in a came that was not especially loterestiuz. Detroit bent SL. Paul to a in tea innings. KMGIITS The Opening; Proceedings of the Tblrfy tuira Annual Conclave To Iay. The thirty third annual oonolare of the grand commandery Knights Templar of In diacfa began at Masonic hall tbi afternoon, with one hundred delegates, representing thirty one coiiimajiJeries and following grand, officers present: iraiid t'omman ler E.

WVl'atrkiit, Ersnsville. lKHity iTrand t'ommnnJcr U. tirwnd Oeneral Keubeu fTden. Kniclittovji. i.raud 1'rvirtte E.

P. balien. 'Tnones. Grand enior Warden Duncan T. liaeon, Logansport.

(r.nd Junior WardouThorua McKlni Crinvfontvviile. 1 riiint Trejkxurer J. W. Smith! Indianapolis. 5 Kecier John M.

P.aaowseil, luJ sni apoli.v 1 iraud Standard Hearer J. llurson. Munciej (fraud sword rkuuvr 11. M. incasier, ctte.

I. rand Warden I. B. i liraud ol the Guard'." M. Black, In uianapoiis.

The headquarters of the commandery is at the Bales and their parlors were crowded all morning with the visiting delegates and t.heir. city brethren! The principal feature of this afternoon's business was the address of Grand Commander Patrick. It showed tbat tbe past year bad been one of prosjH rity tn the. order anil that peace and haj uiouy prevailed throughout the jurisdiction. During theyesr thirty six Knights have died, among them William A.

Foote, of South Bend, gragd generalissimo ot tbe grand I body; Luke Kdjar Br.rber, Fast grand commander of Arkansas; Id ward' Tavlor, past grand com niauder' of Texai: TiieoIore past trand commander of Illinois; Edward W. Kelley, ernml captain general ot Michigan, and Peleg Brown, past grand commander of Alabama. Tbe statistics of. the subordinate commauderics in the state for the year ending December 1, lWil, show: Total niim ter krightcJ, reinstated, and affiliated, 23; number died, demitied. suspended and ex pelled, 147; net gain of 7 total membership, 2, VH).

The icrand commander recommended that, the insjection of commanderies by a competent Sir Knight be made annually instead of triennially. Other reports were heard this afternoon, aud the standing. committees appointed. Tomorrow morning an election of officer will be held and the grand commandery will conclude its business during the day. PKlWflNAlj.

Mr. A. I. Mason has' gone to Washington to argue a case before the supreme court. Cox, wbo is now a flourishing citizen of Grand Kapids, ia in tbe city.

IU r. II. Alerding, rector of St. Josepha, church, delivered a lecture on American Citizenship" at Martinsville last night. Mrs.

Klizabeth Boynton Harber and Miss Susan B. Anthony will be here next wiek, in upon the auifrage convention. Mr. II. Harrington, late proprietor of the Denison boUse, leaves to day for tbe north wesl.

to look after a business opening. Morton Bcvillo, of Cleveland," Hancock connty, and Miss Emma Pace, of Bowling Greeu, were married by Judge Howe yesterday afternoon. Frank V. Hawley, manager of M. HI Curtis, who was given a benefit at the Grand last night, 'was presented with a fine scarfs pin moonstone, set in diamonds bv a lew ot bis friends as a testimonial of good will.

John T. Dickson did the honors. Major Gordon suffered a relapse Jast evening, and bis condition, to day is very bad, although his friends have not entirely abandoned hope. He has been unconscious since last ni iit. Clint Dumont, brother in law if Major Gordoo, is also very low, and there was report this afternoon that his death was likely to.

occur at any time, Bethlehem (Pa.) papers contain ari account of the golden wedding of Key. Mr. aud Mrs. Ambrose liondtbaler, parent of Ilev. J.

Albert Koudthaler, pastor of the Tabernacle church, on tbe 20th inst. The reception to lomu parishioners and pupils, ir. liondtbaler havintr been both pastor and teacher, lasted Hroni o'clock iu the morning until 10 at'night, the first rollers being tbe Trombone choir of the Moravian church, who played several appropriate Mr. and Mrs. Uondthaler bad ten children born to them.

buf two of whom lived to sen this anniversary, aud both of whom were present Kev. J. A. Houdthaler and Miss Emma liondtbaler, a teacher iu the Moravian parochial school at Bethlehem. Lsbr t.

The Ceotral Labor union has sold 'the Labor Signal to the Co operative Publishing company, that it may be merged into an afternoon "daily, and it is reported that ibe name of the new venture will be the Daily Evening Signal. Tbe work of canvassing for subscriptions to the stock of the latter is now progressing. itT3ie building trades have organized a builders' council, and have elected William McCulloch, of the plasterers, president; and William H. Allied, of the tinners, secrtary. Eight trades are represented in tbe organization, and tbe council will consist of five delegates from' each.

To this council will be referred all dilfcrences arising between employers aud employes, and its business will bo. to look after ibe interests of workmen represented in the organization. tjuite a number of the. new organisation are members of the Central Labor'union, and it is reported that last night notice was given of their withdrawal from tbe latter, and it is expected that the other members of the building trades will follow their example. It is claimed by" those withdrawing tbat there are many Objectionable features about the union, and that they can best serve their own interest by having a separate organisation.

Charged tVith Mealing His Dsn Necklace. Fred Deen, known aa Corny lou, wa arrested lost night by Patrolmen iSehafer and Clifford for stealing a necklace from Ella Ilolman, of West Washington street, aud tbe testimony to day elicited tbat Deen and the woman bad been on terms of criminal intimacy, during which he made ber a present of the necklace, but, finding her well disposed to other men. be wrested it from ber by force. The mayor fined bint for assault, and took tbe question of theft under advise nient. Deen is a married man, bat his wife is serving a term in the reformatory under tbe name of Ada Clarke, she having been sentlrom Shelby vilie.

Prior to that conviction, she was arrested in this city, dressed in men's clothing. To Repress nuJ01ilo Mob. April; 2d. The coventor, this afternoon, ordered the Toledo eompanr of the National' Guard to the acene ot the riot at the Paulding country reservoir. The information in brief, aa outlined to the governor, is that two hundred masked men over piwered the gt ards at tbe reservoir last night and blew up tbe banks, saturated the locks and timber with oil aud burned them.

The guards were on duty at the instance of tbe governor. Row Hetween Htate racial. Jeftebsox Citt, April 26. Ex Supreme Judge John W. Henry and State Auditor Walker had an altercation on the street this roornintr, in which Jndire Henry was shot once in tbe riirbt arm and again in the breast, and Walker, waa' severely cut in the head by a blow from Jndire Henry 'a cane.

Both men are now in chartre of physicians. Tbe origin ot tb trouble ia xtot ifsV THE GAS OUTLOOK. PROSPECTS OF CONSOLIDATION. Ramon That the Stasdsrd Oil Company Will Absorb.th Loeal Oompantea Ga. North of the Wabash Kiver Indianapolis is in a glorious frame of mind.

A boom is on, and it will not be beadrdotT. estate offices that have b. ea slamberous with the dust of the day of tbe seventies are now stirring with life, and their occupants are in the full swim of Irge amount of capital are coming into tlio city, and much foreign money has been already invested, Many sales are recorded daily in The News, and ninny inbre and larger dealscould be mentioned bad not knowledge of thetn for the present been iu trusted to rejiorters iu coufi.leuce. Natural pis is not who! ly responsible for this, but it is a bravr contributor, Tbe Standard 'Oil company, through its bead authorities, repent with increasing assurance that natural gas will. le oficred to' every householder and manufacturer before tbe snow Acs, If the city will permit, Tbe Indianapolis Gas (olJ) company says the same thing through its officers.

AU the Indianapolis natural gas companies repeat the same, story. Beports that lack confirmation are to be heard in every quarter that the Standard people will oiler to the loeal compauies opportunity to subscribe stock in the Indiana compnnywhich the Stan'dard 'Oil people organized yesterday with a million of capital. Mr. Manstieid. the Standard's 'representative 'tor Indiaua.

said to day that he was not prepared to say whether members of the other locai companies had become interested in tbe Indiana company or not. Local Indianapolis gentlemen ny that they have been given to understand tbat they will be permitted lo subscribe stock in the new company. Their names are not as ret tarnished for publication. It is a well supported sup oition that by Monday next, when the' council one or two of tha leading lights ot one or two ot lie local companies will have merged interests with the Standard company. Other local companies are evidently prepared to strengthen themselves and continue in the field on ''wholly, independent basis.

Mr. Fletcher, of the old gas comjiany, ito dar said tbat be had beard of no proposition to consolidate interests with the new company. it is highly probable that stock holders in cert a in local companies will becomi holders in tbe Indiana company, it seems to be true, also, that the local companies are preparing for an active campaign. The di rector of the Indianapolis company will on Thursday morning and probably resolve to receive sutweriptions, makinir their capital' stock The Tw.ilfth street company aays tbat it has enough money at command to s'iok three welts and that they will be drilled as soon as pos ible, in accordance with the or'ginal determination. City company tias opened its tock books and will consid aWy.

Two new wells will be sunk at once beyond Brightwood. The Bright wood well will be shot this week, perhaps on Thursday. A hundred pounds of nitroglycerine wid be used. The explosive i now en mute from Ohio. The drillers' tools are being removed from Bridgeport to West field, and drilling will begin at tbe latter place at once.

At Broad Uipple rapid progress is reported, and the company is bojie lul of success. A new company is being organized on the South Side to dav. It will probably be called I bo South Side Natural Gas company. W. Scoti, tbe druggist, J.

C. Adams and others are among the subscribers tothewtock. The shares are being taken mostly in small amounts. A capital of $2,500 will be employed, and the company proposes to sink a well south of thecitv icrbaps at or near the extremity Ot Shelby street. Mr.

Pierce, contractor of the Muncie court house, lias invited the members ot tbe Indianapolis Builders' exchange to accompany him to morrow to Muncie to look at toe uew rbuildiug and take in the cos wells. I The Scymonr Exploringcompany has been organized with a capital of to dig for gas. The Indiana (standard oil) company will probably be incorporated al a late hour this Crenerul stearch For Gas. (Specials to The Indianapolis News, Bro4D Kipi'LE, April 2t. There is con siderable delay occasioned at the gas well and the stockholders are beginniug to grow suspicious at the interruptions.

At present the drill lies at the bottom of the well, having become detached on Saturday morning. and will probably have to be cut to pieces add pumped out. As progress is. made the indications of gas grow stronger and. at present the drill men are villinz to wager aay anioant of money the fluid will be found iii great abundance.

The depth now attained is 2i feet. FaikmoCXT, April 26. At a depth of 957 feet the drillers at well No, 1 ceased operations yesterday after having penetrated Trenton rock twenty three feet, Tbe flow of gua developed was simply wonderful, many persons from Jonesboro, Marion and Ander sari conceding that it surpasses any of those towns. The pressure has not yet been, tested and nr correct idea of its rolume can be ascertained, unless from the fact tbat cans, chips and pieces of timber were thrown info tbe current as it ecaeu from a two inch pipe And tossed eighty feet into the air. The gas escaies from a two inch pipe with a roaring, noise similar to that of a train ot cars.

Without fear of successful contradiction, Fairmount claims, the best How of gas yet.de veloed in this section of the state. Keal estate is already advancing, and many transfers of property are noted, among them the sale ot toe Winslow farm, east of 'town, for 20,000. Jobn Ink has sold 2C0 acres east of town a i'e and a half for what would have seemed a fabulous sum last week. Property! in the business portion of town is rapidly chanzing hands, and ir ia thought that before the close ot this week all salable real estate will have changed owners, Wabash. April 2pA contract for drilling the natural ga well at Bunker Hill was let to day tn the parties who drilled the Rochester well, which was a total failure.

It is being generally that gas in pay in? quantities can not be found north ot! tbe Wabash. Drilling is in active progress at Lafuiiiaine and North Manchester, this couuty. 1 i jsotes Hiim tue Meld. I Marion has two jiew companies with $13, tMX) capital, organized to furnish fuel to i The limit of stock was taken in the Ladoga natural gas well within two days by about sixty persons. Work will be commenced at once.

The establishment of a steam forge to employ one hundred men, was secured at Portland last night by a 'cash donation of $10,000. Natural gas will be used tor Inel. Tbe Natural Gas company of Cireensbnrg Will shoot well No. 1 Thursday. Tbe flow of gas from this well is increasing.

The city council lias made a contract to drill well No. 2, and the contractors are erecting derrick, and boring will begin in a few days. Clark Robinson, of Lima, arrived at 'Shelbyville yesterday, overland, with eighty quarts of nitro glycerine. In the, afternoon the entire amount was exploded iu gas well No. 2, the coocasMou throwing tbe water higher tliao the derrick.

Tbe prospect are that tbe well i a failore. After cleaning out the waste, tbe flow of gas is only about three feet through a one inch pipe. Another well will be contracted tor. The Ma Haw f'urm south of Greencaatle has been 'selected as the place to bore lor gas. The citizeas of Cloverdala and vicinity have organized a company to bore tor gas, oil and At Bridsanort th coaasaar abandoned tbeir well last evening, baring penetrated v.

L. L. 1 uv tun tue liroun bad a d'tirMoni e(rVst nnon them. The contract for boring at Ilainfield bar Km 1 b. jAIIii Kut O.

lucre ib WW. vm. the enterprise will be consummated, althoujia tbe hopes of success are very discouraging. a ik niruy tract ion oue acm, wci Mnocie, was sold at $175 per acre. Six day ago the price was $260.

Represratatires ot a paper mill from New York and of a. woolen mill from tbe south are bere seeking to locate. Muncie to day1 has more manufactories than all the towns 'in the Indiana gaa belt put to gether. Tbe excitement is increasing. The first tract ot land parchased on the boom by a big syndicate, for 135 an acre, was sold fr $100 an acre.

I. A company is being organized to sink a gas well at' Fisher's Station, six nities thia aid of Noblesville, on the farm of John M. McKahan. Thia ia in the ga belt, The DePauw gas wefl at New Alhanr ia sunk tbe deptn of 1,200 feet, and decided trices of oil have been found. The bora will be continued 3,000 feet.

Real Estate Activity, A large number of heavy deals in real tkie are but all! parties interested ara shy of publicity. Real estate is undergoing inspection bv manr foreign speculator and the inquiry extends to evrry class of IU B. F. PeircC and John Lazarus bare porch: sed the eleven acre Scburmann heirs' tract of land below Fourteenth street, between Meridian and Illinois. lne leteher A hare estate la being rap ittly disiwsed ot by Receiver Wallace.

Yesterday fifty four lots were ald at an aggro save of fis.OOu. Every remaining lot ia Bruce east end addition, was disposed of. To day many lota are being sold and a considerable proportion of them are fetching more than the appraisement. Newman Oaks place, twenty acres) tvinr ftf a lllm i I is in demand. party to day c8 fenjd the receiver $17,000 for iu have recently sold in several transa tions won of Indianapolis real estate," said Horace McKay to day, "and oT this amount all was foreign capital except What is bvtter.

not a mortgage waa ieiided in any of the transactions. 1 am in favor of securing lor the city as tunny lorei; land owners as are ready to iovcst'for cash, and especially those who propose to construct Three Isrje eastern factories are under stood to be in communication with Indian apolis baukers, with a view 'of removing to ibis city. Amusements. "Without a Home," a highly dramatic and sensational play, is running at the Museum. The principal actors are Minnie Oscar Gray and E.

T. Stephens, and they have a troup of five acting dogs, which take a promioi ut part in the play. Tbe piece will be repeated to night aud to morrow night, after wbich "Saved From the Storm" wi.1 Iron the rest of the week. John L. Sullivan and bis combination will give an atnletic and sparring exhibition at the Grand Friday evening.

With Sullivan are such celebrities as George Le Blanche (tbe Marine). Steve Taylor. Joe Lannoo, Bob Turnbull and other. One of tbe finest musical entertainment lever witnessed in this cky will be presented at the (irand opera bouse next Monday eveu in" It is the telpbrmltvl Itoulibn Svmnhfin Orchestra, sixty five strong, under the di reclion of Mr. Willielin Gericke.

In addition to thia celebrated orchestra two emi 'neut soloists will appear at both concerts lietene Hastreiter, whose appearance here in opera is gratefully remembered, and Miss Aus der One, the pianist wbo has earned the hearty indorsement New York, Boston and Philadelphia. Tbe sale of scuts begins Friday. 4 The sale of aeafa for the performance of" "Uamlei" by Edwin Boot at English's, Mfcy 5, amounted to more than t3, t.K) nt the close of business hours 'yettcrday, an amount, unprecedented here. Ia fact, nearly the entire house was sold out, and to provide extra space tbe management has decided to put the orchestra'back on tbe stage during Ue performance and place sixty four scuts In their place. These will be placed' on sale Thursday morning.

A force of men were put to work cleaning 'painting and upholstering tbe gallery seats tins morning, and after it has been made as comfortnbte and presentable as possible, seats will be numbered and reserved there, and placed on sal Thursday morning at 1 each. The speculators continue to ask exborbitant prices: for their scats, but tbey Art not tXf 1 1 ti 11 i wrv trtTTit 1 1 A Irlsl Ponding. There is a great trial pending before 'Squire Judkins, from which considerable "meat" mar be gathered. It is a ciiiil suit i'uyolying 100 or and "Tobe" Hdwe is the pJaintilT, with Solomon Leopold as defendant. The plea is understood to be made by defense tbat the plaintitf knew that the money was borrowed for gaining pur "ikx while Howe is understood to be playing the "innocent" party," and to be entire ly igbortint of tbe uses for which the loan was intended.

A large number of well known gentlemen have been subpecaed to testify in tbe case, which baa been set for Thursday afternoon, add Constable Glass ia being put to his wit's end to locate some ot them just at thia particular time, in order to get service. Keal Kstate Transfers. Taeophilus Kins to Fred A. Gregory, lou 140 and 111 in Harrison's third addition. S1.0UO.

Josephine McGiimis to Henry Tellcamp, part of lots 71 aivi, 72 In Mc limb's subdiyiMon of JUines's heir addition. 8125. Frederick icand. leceiver. to Joseph Harold, receiver, lot 6 in Rand's (receiver) sub Jivlstou ol part of outiot 101, Fcuderlck receiver.to Charles Gaksteltcr lot 12 tn Hand's treclver) subdivision of outiot '104.

VKi. Lntel A. Chenoweth to Wm. O. Culbertson, lot 8 in f.

A. Fletcner sufxlivl iou, MHrv dirt's to Leri 1'. Harlan, part of lot 2, out lot 4, Frazier's suodlriskto. IUOert Kelter to Herman Tilly, lot C5 In Outiot Hendricks's subdivision. tl.Jno.

Fred A. ijrevory to Cbariea Lewis, lota. 149 and 141 iu MorriMHi's third addition. r.o25. MartBi Crawley to ijuherine lioiiaxhue.

lot 15 Kltnecanniith's txtrrectud subdlrLsion, Citizns Nation id bank to Uwxm Seatonr lot Zi Id Kod.lell Vinton's park place, llii Stephen U. Fletcher to be l'auw university, lot 19 in sonars lot iu square 4. Fletcher's llrrk. l.le aJditHin, Nsrbolas McLartr et aL to John J. BlackwelL part of lot 70 ui Mccarty's subdivUion of outiot si.

fc Vfl. Van B. Stlarwalt to Arozlna Barter, lot 32 la "block 24, Indianapolis, Sti'i. Albert Capron to Mary X. horman.

lou 9, It. lf. a. 3. M4 and in ock lots 21.

2X J' and 41i in block 4: lots 1j and 16 in b' 13, iots o. 7. 17 and 20 in ttoek 11; loU 'JA and 25 la block li Nortli Indianapolis. io Ijmvn Wallace, tnvarf, 4o Mary E. Com ton, part.of lo: 4 In stuarei4.

Ovid li. UV.ls.ce to Lewis Wallace lot 63 i ill tn, Johnson. linwle Irrlnton addition, alo lot on Central avenue. i4.jJ. IlAtrn ut 'inrint Miller WrllitdM lfillr r.ar.

tl.lr.vfKMA 1.. 4 H.7i. atne partition to Kllzatteth IL Miller, 17S acre In Wayne township. Ceore K. Root et al.

lo Charles V. Krdmao, lot ZX in J. W. i addition II00 ItmldniK 4eriults. J.

O. Flmmons, Improve dwelling on English avenue, ueiwceu union ana Leair streets, A. Jones, irame addil.oii to dwelling on reno sylvania street, between Pratt and Joe streets, 4l'A. Catharine Rnst, frame addition to house on LusUerty street, between tatt acd Wright S'jrceis, jsj. ChrLstian V.

Resener, frame stable, rear of 23 Mrs. li. Cohen, improvements to hoase on East street, bet weeu New York aud Vermont Clierles J. Rrady, frame cottage on Altiemarle struct. tetween Orange and Clifiord avenues.

J'iCKL Patrick Martin, two tory rsme cotta ire on IVlaware street, between Soutn aud Merrill greets. iLudwi roll, two frame cottage on Torbet i'toet, near First, STAAi each. Sapreuta Court Deuiaiona. The supreme court te dsy decided tbe following cases: li76C Lewis E. Campbell ra.

Indianapolis A Vineennes Katlroail company. Marion S. Affirmed. How It. J.

ILS is. Jane Kline r. Kadonal Benefit associations Marion 8. tl Baviaed. Elliott.

C. J. 1251. Uldeon V7. beavey ra, FraaXli.

Saorick Tin fL r4h nn i.