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r. 7 yi jrn-q ITlWASU LOVE AFFAIR, CHABLE9 A- ABSOliM BECCOfES A I WAKDEREB OX THE EARTH, An Englishman of Tine Education i Abandonee -Everythlmr A Greet Cricket Player HU Taate tor TreweUiig Bm Endurance. Nrw Tom, Angusi 20. Tbe ateamship uriel, Quebee line, reached; here yesterday from'the West Indie. Her Captain report that, by tbe falling of a derrick on July 27, while tbe Muriel was loading 7 cargo at Port of Spain, Trinidad, the i Mariol's pursuer, Charles A.

Absolem, and tbe West' India Superintendent of tbe line, J. Dupont, were killed. Absolem'a was waited. life. A graduate of Oxford, at the bead of bis clans, well bred, a thorough English gentleman, with excellent opportunities and as fall to the, lot of few nien in this world, be threw himnelf away and became a wanderer without a' borne, lie was a great traveler, anil had read and seen almost everything of, interest on earth.

In bis youth be was qne of England's most famous cricket players, and his name will recall to every Britisher at home and abroad the atirring niitchea ten to fifteen veara: ago between Oxford and Cambridge." 1 1 nau no superroir a a Jierhaps the fastest runner that ever be-ouged to a university eleven. For several years be beld the record at 100 yards. When Lord Harris started on bis tour around the world at tbe bead of as strong a team as ever left the Tight Little Island Absolem was his right-hand man. For six niontlis they played cricket in the BrilUh colonies, being treated royally wherever they went. In Australia this remarkable man became, the talk of the continent by his rallies bareheaded in tbe broil- ring sun with the mercury registered at 120 Not even a native was; capable of performing such a feat.

The habit of going 1 without his hat grew upon him in early lifei and clung to him to the day of his death. When he-broke loose from homeacia- tions on account of a love affair, it is said be bought a riUc and a dog, and for eight years buried himself in the heart of the llockjr Here be became the friend and familiar -of numerous chiefs. -Many tribes In Montana and Washington Territory cam to know him well and to trust bini. Me was the er? cial favorite of the po-. kaners, apd fromUhcm be received a curious-name, which signirfs, in English, While hunting one tlay Absolut fell ofl'a ledge, receiving injuries whn brought him to Xe-w York where'he might find proper treatment.

lie waa inanospital here for several months, and when discharged accepted the, office of J'urseron the steaMer be tween this port and Bermuda. '1 roru that -vessel be was transferred to the Muriel in April, in order that he might have a look at the West Indies. It soon beeaihe known throughout the windward islands, that Ab- aolem was on board," and' herever the Muriel touched the colonists invited him to come ashore and join in theirj'gamcs of cricket. His fame preceded him wheirver there was a bat. a ball and a icket, i While in the tropics Absolem did what no Weitt Indian would dare to do slept on de.ck bareheaded, in rain and dew.

Aboard ship be was never known undrcsAatid go to bed iq a civilized way. lie bad an iron cou-' atitution. DEATH OF MOHES FOWLER, A Lone; and Ueoful Life 1 raven; to a Cloae Other Deatha; LaTATETTK, August 20. Moses Fowler, President of tbe Fowler "National Bank, at half past six this morning. He was in bia seventy-fifth MOM) Fowler was born at OrclevtlSe, April 80, His lather was a soldier of Jievolution; and both parent removed to Ohio from Virginia belor tbe birth of their Hon, Upon leaving school the subject of this tikctch was apprentiond.

to the tannine- buHinonB. In 1KM he removed to Lalayrtt with: John, Purdue, the generous tou micro Purdue ujvordi-ty. The two engaired in tbe dry aoods business, air. Kowler subsequently extended his own bnsiness wit other linen, and was aaso- ciated with WUliam J. Keyoolds aniTT i Kolurt Htockwell lm the wholesale srroocry line.

Whil Lafayette was then but a villaee, the fact of its being the terminus of the Wabash Erie canal and the head of navigation on the Wabash, made the trade of that point considerable. Mr. Fowler followed his successes and with Adams Karl established a private' and soon thereafter a fttate bank, tn connection with Hon. Hugh McCulloch. This Institution was aubsequently merged in a na-, tional bank.

i Mr. Fowler was one of three gentlemen who built the old l.yC. A road, now a part of the Kankakee Line. In 1874 the county utofrtenton County, in which neighborhood Mr. Fowler had vast interests, was removed from Oxford to Fowler, a own laid out by Mr.

Kowler. For the construction of a courthouse he donated fW.OOO. la lMt Mr. Fowler was married to Eliza Hawkins; of his children two daughters and a son are living. Mr.

Powler was a Republican in politics. fe waa a member of the Hteond Presbyterian Church at Lafayette and for twenty-enrht years a member ot the Board of Trustees-of the church organisation, liis wealth Is estimated at from two to three millions. FLYMOCTH, August 20. Dr. Le Baron KuBsel, of Boston, died at his home In this town yesterday afternoon, after a long illness, hie wo seventy-five years old.

Among bia classmates at Harvard were Judge Abbott, Jtev. Dr. Bellows, George Tiuknor Curtis; John 8. Dewight, Rev. Dr.

Osgood and Stephen Salisbury. He was an Intimate friend Thomas Carlyle and lalph Waldo Emerson, having been instrumental in baviug the. worka of the former published in America, lie never married. Washington, August 20. The State Department to-day received a cablegram from the United States Vice Counsel at Forto lUco, announcing the death of Consul "Edward Couroy, was the oldest of the Vnited States consuls, and in length of ser-vice was the lunior of but one man the Consul at Gibraltar.

Me was' appointed Consul, at fan Juan, Porto Kico, iu 18o9, -nd waa fully eighty years old. Cassopous, tAugust 20. Hon. i Charges W. Clisbee, aged fittr-six yeaM, 1 ex-Judge of Barren and Cass Circuits, died, thii morning after a lingering He was Secretary of the Republican National Conventions of.

1SS0, lb4 and lS; He also held the position of Heading Clerk of the National House of Representative for eix years; Lancaster, August 20. EeT. Ab rati am Martin, the oldest Menonite mioUter In the country, died near Beartown, tliis county, aged ninety-one years. His body will be cremated. KEWYOEK, August 20 Jamet S.

Gordon, a well-known newspaper mnn of- at one time a member of the Ohio Legislature, died of consumption. Died tn Well Doloc-. Bestow Harbqh, Mich August 20. If ias Tillie Felman, a young woman of Chisago, was drowned in the St. Joseph Hirer yesterday afre rnoon while' attempting to save Ed.

Napier, who bad got into deeper water in her efforts to rescuea little boy from drowning. Mrs. Kapler and the boy were saved, but Miss Felman loU her Ufe. The body was recovered by the Life laving Crew. The Affairs of Johnstown.

JOHTtSTOWX, August 20. It is now rtated, npon what is considered good au-. tbority, that about all the money baa been 'h'ent that bad been gnaranteed to Governor Beaver for the prosecction of the Stat work here. Buch being the case, it is said that In a few days the Sute force will be vltbdrawB, and Johnstown will then be left to abift lor herself. Two more dead bodies were taken out of cellars to-day.

Neither of them was recognized. One was a man and the other a amail child- Police Officials have been scouring the country for the past few weeks notifying people who carried oil things from the debris to return them. As a eonsequeoce, many valuables are. returned daily and' find their way to- the owners. 1 MEAXCIJG THE WHITES.

Governor 'White, of Aake For Unitary Protection. MlSSOCLA, August 20. Reliable information reached here last night that the Indians are again menacing the lives. of the whites at Demersville. They have broken into a bouse and one person bas been killed.

It. V. Duncan, a Justice of the Peace at baa telegraphed Governor White or protection, and says that the settlers' are guarding theiriboroex. Further particulars are not yet A CengreHmsn Laid to llest. Hastings, August funeral yesterday afternoon, of the late- James S.

Laird' was the argeat and most' impressive ever witnessed in Western -'The funeral cortege formed at the late residence of and proceeded to tbe First Prekbyterian Churchy, where the servicea were conducted by Hod. J. G. Tate; Chaplain of the Nebraska State Senate. The re-remains were conveyed in' hearse, drawn by four jet-bla(norscs.

Company Juniata Regiment of Xcbruka National Guards, acted as lolv ieuard, fol lowed by Grand Army of Jilte lloublic pouts from Western and staff and buite oflicers. For a Itankrupt Law. Mixxeapolib, August 20. The National convention of the representatives of commercial bodies of the United States will be held in this city September 3 and 4, and the members will rhsciiks a bankrupt law which they will endeavor to have adopted by Congress. Tbe convention will have as members many prominent business men from all arU of the country, and ii is expected that.

there will be about twn hundred, delegates present. The convention will be an udjourned reunion from: a meeting in fct. Louis last At fhnt convention a committee was appointed Ho draft a bankrupt law, and it is this measure that will considered. A Catholic Celebration. Baltimore, August 20.

The answers to the invitations to the centennial of the Catholic Jiierarchy, to be held in Baltimore, November 10, and succeeding days, indicate a very large attendance. Fully fifty of tbe- BwhopV of theUnited States will be Carditfal TaschfTouit, Arcbbisho'p of (Jtiebeo, bas sent an acceptance. A feature of the' occasiou will be the probable attendance of a delegation from Koine, headed by a prelate holding high rank in the propaganda. A dt-Iecation of. distin-guislid laymen from the Fucific slope have already reqneft.

that seats be reserved. 1 Io-nl Forecasts. For Indianajiotis and Vacinity For th twenty-four -hours' ending 8 a. August 21, fair weather. I Continued Warmer Weather.

AVashisgtos, August 20. Indiana aid ITIinois Continued, varmer fair weather Tnenday, showera and cooler Wednesday, westerly winds. LOCAL TKMPERATIRB. 1 a. 70" I 3 p.

m. so' Same date last 71 liol of Hydrophobia. Danvetis, Angnut 20. Gilman n. of Middlcton, who was attacked with hydrophobia '-on Saturday', died very quietly hut night, having been kept under the hiftiienee of hvpodermic iujectmna.

Mr. Kimball, was ac idcntnlly scratched on bin lip by the teeth of hU log some weeks ngo. The dog was chot in a fit of hydrophobia some time alter. Mr. -Kimball was sixty years old, and a member of the firm of J.

15. Thomusidc box makers. v. In Uegard to "Tlieoiiora." London, August 20. Misn Grace Hawthorne's suit qgainst Manager A.

M. Palmer, for breach of contract in failing to produce "Theodora" in London will be tried late in the autumn. Sir Charles Russerk and Sir Henry James have received retainers in. the case." Dr. Mallory, -father of Miss- Huw-thorne's partner, lias been eubpenncdland will come to iondon to testily.

Chicago MethoUfin Rome. P.OME, August 20. Last evening a spherical bomb, ten centimeters in diameter, was thrown from the rear, of the Chamber ofj Deputies into the Piaza Colonna during tbe progress of a conoert- The bomb, exploded, wounding seriously' six gendarmes and a child. A panic ensued, which was, however, quelled, and the injured persons were removed to the hospital. A Bleeekar Htreet New York, August 20.

Early this morning William Ball, cilored, a strolling minstrel, stabbed and killed a tough negro character known as Black Hawk' Porter, in a Bleecker street dance house, Ball in a statement to the police said that the killing was accidental, each had a knife, and were only fighting a sham battle; a The Cuir Miows a Musical Tarn. St. Peteksbtro, August 20. The Czar has sent a telegraphic to An to Bubenstein, the Russian pianist and composer, congratulating bim on the approaching jubilee of his musical career. The Czar has also sanctioned a public subscription for a testimonial to the great A' Lumber Yard "lr.

BrFFALO, August 20. fire-broke out In the lumber yard of B. A G. Dodkin, about a mile from "Tons waD da, at, 1 o'clock this morning. There were nearly 3,000,000 feet of lumber in the yard, and about tliree--fnuj-ths of it was 'consumed.

Lotts'fibout partly insured. Minister 1'orter Will Travel. Rome, August 20. Mr. Albert G.

Porter, United States Minister to Italy; will shortly leave with his family en a forty days holi-dav, which -will be spent at Geneva, Consul General Bourne will assume charge of the consulate here on the 1st' of October. A Vice Preaidcnt for Mexico; Chicago, August private letUr from Mexico just received, that Hon. Augustin Arroyo de Auda ha been chosen President of th Congress, of thwl country, by virtue of which oii-e he! become Vice President of the lieptlblic. I m-i i 1 A Postmaster for CreenHeld. Washington, August 20.

The President has appointed Henry C.Boyer, Postmaster at Shanandoah, vice John Seltzer, removed, and Isaac Davis. 'Postmaster at Greenfield, vice Noble P. Howard, removed. 1 Edison, the Inventor, Abroad. Paris, August 20.

Mr. Edison, tb famous American electrician, visit the Krupp Works at Essen, Germany, before vuu icruiinauvu ui uis visiu lie via return to America by way of England! Iltnma of ltmndolph Tucker. Lexington, August 20. Hon. Rani dolpn Tucker, ex-Member of Congresj, ia reported to be very ill, and his family fears a serious change.

An Advanced Oold Pmalum. Bttenos AYEr.9, August 20. The pre- mrHm on gold baa been advanced to 61 nax ci THE EN OF A LOXff EAST. BOBT. MARVEL, DIES AFTER 1XSQ ABS TAIXIXG FHOM FOOX.

An Octogenarian, Rednced to a Skeleton, 1J res on After Frieuda Hare Despaired Ulatory of an Extraordinary Cava. Robert after lasting sixty-seven days, died, this morning at 7 o'clock. His ease is so extraordinary that it baa attracted the attention not only of -the curious public, but of the medical fraternity far and near. On June 9 Mr. Marvel ate his last square He is eighty-five years old, and of course had not at that age been a hearty eater.

But after the day arrived he ceased altogether to cat. For thirty-six ldays he took absolutely nothing into his stomach. On the thirty-eighth -e bit" off a piece of pie, but did not eat it. On the thirty-nnth day he drank a small quantity of milk, and at irregular periods be has cbntinued to do so. All toid, he has drunk not to exceed one gallon of miik in tbe sixty-seven dav that have elapsed since he began to last: The eflect of this abstinence is such as would be expected.

The faster has reduced himself to a "living; shadow." The -case is so tar beyond the oidinary that incredlity has been excited. Hut there is no occasion tor this. Dr. George Hasty has regularly attended Mr. Marvel.

He saw him last on Sunday. "At that time," said the Doctor to-day, "Marvel was very weak and evidently approaching his end. The wonder was how be could live at all. His bowels h.tve tor two months been absolutely empty. In all this time there I'M not been any action of them.

His llesh has aliriv-eled up and you could feel his backbone lrom in front as well as irotn behind." The great difficult in treating him has been Phis determination to resist a'ii proffered aid. He nas paid no attention to ertorts to incline him to eat and drink. He would resist if pressed tod hard. After fasting a full rujnth, be one dav arose from his bed. and seizing a pan of water that stood near drank some ot" it off.

Alter that milk ana water were left near him and occaior.aily he would rise and drink a little. Sunday he drank perhrps a tcuspoonfuL At no time nas he tal-en enough load to sustain life. Existence has there. ore depended, upon the consumption of the tissues. Many times in the last thirty days Marvel has been bolieved to be dying and triends have gathered about his bedside, be rallied, and except that he gradually weakened, no perceptible difference has boen apparent In his eonuition During the last week Marvel has bean bedfast, except at times, when be would tpring up and wander about the house and poi th.

bores came upon him by reason of his long confinement, and evidently Marvel lias not only suffered long, but severe') though everything posFible was done to relieve him. His last is the longest on record, so far as The most prominent of voluntary fasting was Tanner's. It wid be recalled that he ate nothing and drank wut during forty days. Marvel lived with his relatives; in Pike Township, seven miles from -the -He passed away. Dr.

Hasty aid. verv quietly, much to the relief ot hf friends. Marvel's trouble benan with -apoplexy and paralysis. Herwas neither able-to hear nor speck. The doctor's theory is that the disease was responsible both io't the disposition to last.

-end the occasional tits of violence on the part of his patient. Marvel -was born in-Sussex Dela-ware OcUibtr 7, -105. When young he was a pnilor seven years. He came "West in 133. He lived in his Inter years with his widowed daughter, Mrs.

Jones. TO KEBITLI) SOUTH FORK. I The Cause of tlio Johnstown Udrror AV111 be PlTT9BrRO, Atirust 20. The general impression that tliT (South Fork dum would never be rebuilt appears to be erroneous, as there is a strong probability tfiat a fi filing bike will ajroin be ChUihliMied in that locality. A member of the fL-hing club of that name to-lay said that the belief that South Fork had been abandoned as a club resort4 was mistaken.

The club, he Raifl, could not aJi'ojrd to lose all the money it had invested Jitreal estate in that locaJitv, which wa wbrth and if lie fishing resort was not re-established', the whole investment would become almost a dead loss. 1 The intention," however, was not to build a dam of the si-nrof the one destroyed, but one which would mnke the lake tnuoh les in. i-iie, so tluit in the event of the barrier agniA giving away, no destnu-tion to life and property would No-fmove in that direction will be made until after the damage suit now pending against the stockholders' Is settledVeither by being paid or compromised. The ob ject is to establish a fair sized pond, capable of holding a good stock of Jisli. 'SICK TO DEATH." An Idlomutlc 'Phrase "Which IIcJp Mrs.

May Tew York, August 20. The New York attorneys for Maybrick received this morning from an anonymous correspondent a letter explaining the use of the am sick unto death," wbieb occurred in Mrs. Maybrick's letter to Brierly, and Jud-e Stephen placed much importance. corr'tiipudQut writes: "I yield to the soliciUttfous of friend to communicate witk you on behalf of You will laarn from that the sentence 'sick unto used in the Brierly letter. and construed by tlie Judge to mean darkty and an intent tp kill, is a Southern vernacular in common uc among women in tbeCiulf and other States, to express anr painful however alight it may tie.

She would stty: 'Lam sick unto if merely suffering from a sick headache or, sickness of the stomach. To express dangerous illness, she would be very apt sayjverv ill or Very The attorneys thiuk this an important point, and will send the letter to the British Home Secretary. neat-thing VYar Keliea. ALBCRQtERQtE, X. AugUKt 20.

Last Friday Captain Jack Crawford and Major T. T. Teel arrived in this city for thej purpose of haViDEMajor Teel locate the plm here he had hurried some cannon in April, ISo'J. Vt that time Alburquerque w.asiin the possession of the Kebeis, and Teel's Battery was part of General Sibley's command. Tbe other officers have fince died, or were killed, and Major Teel alone knew the spot wiiere the cannon was interred.

He pointed out the spot and went on his way to Fl Pa-so. The digging was commenced, and but a few feet from where be indicated the cannon were found. Fight were unearthed, and it supposed others will be fouud. They were soni'e six ieet deep, and when taken' out, alter twenty seven years' burial, were as bright as on the day they Tbejr quickly turned blai on exposure. They'nre twelve-pound- iiiw howitzers, three stamped showing that they had been captured from Uncle Sam, and bear the mark" of the manufacturers, C.

A. A Boston. It is supposed; they "were part of the McCrea Buttery captured at Fort Craiir. A Mudent 'Accidentally Shot, WOtFBORO K. JJ August 20.

Alfred Porter, of Dover, a- student at Dartmouth C-dlege, was shof and imUantly killed last night on Kerjdistou's Island, near this plare. ForterbaoTbeen camping1 on the; island a fewruavs with' two voung friends. Herbert Towle and Herbert IL Iledfield, both of Dover. Last evening Towle was cleaning a revolver, which he supposed was not loaded, when it, was discharged, and the ball passed through' the tent ana) entered Porter's body just below the first rib. It then took au upward course and probably, entered the Porter died The body was taken to Dover this morning.

Porter was nineteen years old. A New Journal's Troubles. N'EW YORE, August 20. The Jersey City News was put inMhe hands of "Win. Cor bin as receiver yesterday, Tbe receiver dvcxtuca the sale of the uroperty lor SM nrdar, The jnperibas been rutfmng ahota Six monttisana nas gamea a circulation ana done a business exceeding the expectations nf the ffiminnv.

The trouble is due to compliearioos srisine on account of the death of Jndge J. A. i uJJer, who advanccoVJ for his son, bne of the members of the News Comrany. His tartners'sre Lnby. chief editor, and Mr.

Tncker. The managers expect to buy in tbe paper and carry it without any change. DECIDED AGAINST TI1E THUST. The Mayor Holds that the Company. Failed to Fill Its.

Contract. Mayor Deniw this morning gave his decision on the seven affidavits filed against the Consumers' Trust, charging it with violating the gas ordinance and not obeying an order of the Council to extend its mains on Hoyt avenue and six other streets. The defense Was that the Trust was not financially able to obey the order and- did not willtnl'ly disobey' it, as charged in the affidavits. The Court held that evil intent and ler.il malice need not. be shown as the definition ot the word willful, but that the ordinance is simply a contract that the defendant need not have accepted.

"It was the company's duty to know, when it Hid the Dillon street mains if it would be able to lay the seven connecting lines," and the Court said the Trust bad no right to pre empt that part of the city and prevent other companies from supplying that territory with gas if desired. lie considered that the affidavits were civil ii 1 1 ttnrl fin, ftf fl -unci against the Trust on' each affidavit. Judge- i-amo gave r.otice that the Trust would cither ask for a new trial or take an appeal to the Circuit Court. Bond was fixed at ItO on each charge. Councilman Troisier and others, who instigated theruits, are in excellent humor.

Their employers are interested in the gas octopus. TOLD I5V THE; TF.LEGKAPH. Oil at Pittsburg. Long needed have fallen in Montana and Dakota. A big tariff-reform picnic will be held at Plettsbur.

Wednesday. Over a hundred persons were poisoned by ice cream at a picnic near St. Paul, Minn. A New York syndicate. practically has control of all gas and tliciric lighting companies of tit.

Louis. The annual meeting of the American Bar Association will be held in Chicago on the 28th, 20th and Soth inst. VJira a Detroit "crook," was shot in the streets of that city yesterday by a policei" man attempting to escape arrest. The Washington Terntonal Convention has adepted, as a seal a vignette-of Washington, wito. the words, "Seal of Washington, -Three convicts, who escaped lrom the brickyard on tlje outskirts of Little itock, Ark on Saturday, were caught with the aid of bloodhounds, altera long Policemen at Detroit raided a Chinese laundry early yesterday 'morning and captured eleven gam bier and oue woman, wlio sleeping oil the effects of a pi po cf opium, Governor Lowry, of Mississippi, yesterday recelv'cd a telegram from ag.ent Chil.is, saying that liilrain's lawyer had advised him not to fiKht fbcing extradited, a ad thut he.

would start home with his prisoner to-day. Hari-e and James Pullen, uucier arrest at Liberty, charged the Wabash train robbery, of Augiitt 3, have practically estab-llshediHn alibi. It is probable that their preliminary examination will resmt in their release! A Crecnsbtirg, special says: A fatal disease has broken out among the catt'e in in this county, and they are dying at an alarming extent. It is known nmopg veterinary turgeons as splunic-or Texas fvct. I Port Jefferson, in search of gas, has apparently struck a geyser.

While driving a pipe a stream ot water was struck. It squirts to the top of the derrick, seventy-five leet high, and throws, up stones Weighing' four pouuds. John Lesley shot and killed John Lee, a young married man, at East Liverpool; last nigbt. According to 1-ee's the shooting was a de)ibirate murder. Lesley frave himself up to s'ave himself from being ynched by Lee's friends.

Information from Helena, of a fatal aftack made by a vicious bull upon Mr. N. F. Bruce, son ol C. A.

Bruco, a prom bunt Episcopal clergyman of that place. The victim was horribly lacerated, then thrown in the air and literally ripped open. George Echoenberger. who was carjturod at Lancaster, on a charge ol obtaiuir.g mbn-- ey unuer iame pretenses at tine water, leigncd sickness Sunday night and was allowed to sit on the back strpv of the jail from which he made his escape into the diknesar Early yesterday morning. Mrs.

Voudertiver. a Uerman lady, living-at Paris, was awakened by some one coining to her bed and taking hold of her. Her cries Drought assistance and a negro named Bui ke was found to be the assailany. He is in jaiLaud may bo lynched. Ji.

D. Kobinspn was arrested at Union Star, ou the icharge of passing counterfeit money, a considerable auiouut cf r. hich was found on his person at the lime oY arrest. The boijus money is the bill known as the $10 "Webster brad." mana.ac,tuied bythe.I'jy-ton, gang, which was broken upsome tiuio ago. I Tom Collins, -who.

has been Known as a desperate character, was found dead by the roadside near Mount Vernon, yesterday morning with a bulletin his biain. One chamber of hi pifitel waj empty. He was seen a short time. before and had been drinking. It is not believed be cc mmitted suicide-but was killed in a quarrel seme one woo escaped.

Professor Edward V. Porter, tor nine years fast Pro lessor of Agriculture in the I'niversi-v of Minnesota, and director of the btate agricultural experiment station! at St. Anthony's Park, sir.ee its organization, bas been nnthimoualy elected Deau o.f the College of Agriculture of Missouri and director of its ex)ieriment station. Pro fessori Porter has accejited lhe positions and will enter upen his duties at an eatly day. INDIVIDUAL.

Miss Clara, youngest daughter of Lawrence Keen, will be married to-morrow morning at fct. Marv'a Church to George L. Paetz, lore? man of Stechhan'a J. R. Calder, the Advertising Agent, hae received a letter from Carl Steetltmay, en route to African Jungles.

The' letter is dated Bay ef Eisoay. July -J). Steckleman expresses himself as pleased with his prospects and progress. Places for Tin Horns. Two more Tin Horns have been given jo bs with the The Council, fast night, appointed 8.

W. Hornaday GriftVa natural ga inspectors on the recommendation of City Engineer 8ba wver. It is said that the Engineer not long since stated that there "was no earthly nse for the appointment of inspectors." As the natural gas companies are-not extending their mains, and making very few, if any, house connections, the C.ty Engineer about richt in Lhe first instance. lllominated Bicycle Parade. The Indianapolis Bicycle Club -will 'give an illuminated street parade Thursday evening.

They will start from Hearsey'a bicycle- store, corner Delaware and New York streets, at 7:30 o'clockand will make a run over the principal streets It is expected to have 200 wheelmen line. Lanterns will be furnished free to the wheelmen desiring to i i Receiver of the Dean Estate Named. A.J.Joyce was this morning appointed, by Jndge Taylor, receiver of the property of John W. and Gtafe Dean. Tie Indiana National Bank filed a five-thousand-dollar suit against the Dean" or notes and mortgages.

The bank allege; that the mortgaged property is in danger of Wing lost or wasted, and- aaked for the appointment of a receiver. An Did Soldier wies'Bot-h Legs. Frank P. Harrison, an engineer, living at ISO English avenue, was run over on the Big Four tracks at Alabama street yesterday evening and both legs were taken off. planner i Buchanan took him to the City Hospital.

Chances are against his recovery. Re is an old soldier. A Coaehnian Nought or. Charles Axle Stjemgu, coach ni an for E. 8.

Folsom, of. 332 Park a-. enne, is being sought for by the police. Mr. Folsom to the.

Cnion Station, snd'iva3 seen ahoct i o'clock! with the bupgy near fhe Deaf and Dumb ln-i stitnte, thrt-a teeing to commit suicide because'-he had been crossed. in love. Refused to Apjwint it Receiver. Judge Taylor this afternoon refused to appoint a receiver for the Indianapolis Bolt and. Machine Works, petitioned for by Orlef Olaen, one of the owners.

Rid Foreclosure Suit. Vfilliam H. Baker this afternoon brought suit against Dorcas A. and Jennie A. Baker to collect notes, and foreclose a mortgage.

Death uf Bertie iUinms. Bertie Williams, son of Smith Williams, ShperintenJent of tbe Poor Farm, died Uus nioxning of ooiusiunjiUon. DAILY STATE CHRONICLE. DASflEROrs RESULTS FROM THE ELIXIR TREATMENT AT PIRC. Miners' Demand for Arbitration la Strengthened Pestered "With Ser- pen ta-Thrown and Killed Bull on WarPath.

rspeclal to The Indianapolis JVewa.1 Brazil, August; 20. The situation at the mines remain's unchanged, except the recognition of the. strikers by the 'National' Assembly of the Knights of Labor, with $2Q of relief, as-reported Friday, has had the effect of strengtnening the miners in their demand for arbitration. The understanding is that the Knights of Labor will continue, their liberal donations indefinitely, having recognized and officially passed upon the justice of the strikers' claims. The Central Kelief Committee met again with about the usnal contributions and dependents.

A number of miners who recently accepted work of the New Pittsburg Coal and Coke Company at Alum Cave, have returned dissatisnea with the prices and "Will Rebuild the Mill. Ppecial lildiaiiauolii News. August 20. M. Murry whose saw-mill in this place was destroyed, by ja boiler explosion, have consented to rebuild, provided the citizens will clenraway the debris, and this work la being gladly undertaken.

The company did an extensive business here, and thousands of dollars were thereby placed in circulation in this Lngineer Young, who was killed in tne sixty-pine, and he leaves a wile nearly its old with but. limited means. Paniel McCall, the other injured man, will bedisabled 'or a long time. 2 Effect of Elixir Treatment. Special to The Indianapolis News.r PeuC," August 20.

Thomas this city, who submitted to the elixir treatment, received the first injection of bullock glands on last Thursday, and although aged, decrepit, rheumatic, at that time he was able to atteud to Ins business. Immediately following the. injection there came total and complete prostration, with much pnin and discomfort, and now swelling has appeared, coupled with much soreness where the iujectiuiswere made. In this caoe the experiment has proven totul failure. TV njbafth Teachers' Institute.

1 Jtfpecjal to The Indianapolis Xpws.7 SVAltASfi, August 20. The Wabasjt County Teachers' Institute began its session yes-, tcrjlay with a large attendance, there being nearly 200 teachers present. The instructors are I'rolessor V. V. Parsons, President of the Indiana rotate Normal; Miss S.trah K.

Tarnty, critic teucher ip the State Normal Training School, and Professor C. P. Berry, Principal of the South Wabash Schools. Festered With he'rpents. (Special to The Indianapolis News.1 COKYDOy, August 20.

In Washington Tow nship, this county, venomous snukeeare becoming quite numerous. Two rattlesnakes have been killed recently, and another veny large one was pursued to the woods where it escaped. Copperhead snakes arc found almost every day. One man reports that he killed three- while ploughing up a small patch of clover. Clay County Teachers' Institute.

Special to The Indianapolis August 20. The Clay County Teachers' Institute is in session in this city. 'Organization was eaVcted by tlic election of Superinteiitieut V. II. 'bilson us Piesidotit; J.

M. llawjcy, of Van lUtren Township, Vice President, and Misa Alice Harjnrr, of Cory, Sccretury. Mr. George F. Indianapolis, addressed the teachers yesterday.

4 Bnll on the War Path. '(Ppecial to The Newt, i 20. John Xew-burjr, while yisiting. in the country near herfr yesterday, was attacked by a vicious bull and nnrrowly escaped. Willi his He was knocked "down," two or three ribs broken and he was unconscious when found.

He will recover. Broke Ills Neck. to The Indianapolis Newfi.1 FoltT WXYXE, August 20. Early this morning Conrad Iloneck, a poor old fell down the Plate Railway ehibaiikment, near the Ijist Main street crossing, and broke his neck. Tbe deceased was over seventy years of age, a widower and homeless.

1 Returned from tjurope. fFpeeia! to The Indianapolis Xtwrn COLCMBUSj August 20. George Kitzen-ger, a prominent and Germail citi-teh ot this city, arrived home last evening from an extended trip through Furope. He was a. arm welcome.

Mijrratlng Rats. Special to The Indianapolis News. I -JeffersoxviLLE, August 20. Armies of rats have invaded and are. 'devastating the corn field neor Blue The rodents appear to bemigratiug.

Thrown Off and Killed. 'Special to Tbe Indianapolis News. Jeffeksoxviixe, August 20. The fifteen-year-old son of James Conner, of was thrown from a horse and killed last evening. General Mate Slews.

There is an epidemic of typhoid fever at Connersville. Tbe New Albany soldiers reunion has been changed to September la George Denel, of New Albany, lost an arm yesterday while coupling cars. Dillon Asf.er, of Martinsville, a local politician of note, is dead of paralysis. J. R.

Funk, of Corydon, a criminal and civil lawyer of distinction in Southern Indiana, is dead Lo- -is, son of Joseph Lieber, of fell ito a tub ot boiling water and was terribly scalded, Thomas R. Fuirit. of Clark, County, while out bunting, accidentally discharged bia gun into bis ankle. Emma, young daughter of Thomas Hall, near DarrriUe died on Saturday of lockjaw, alter terribleutJcring. Joseph A.

Woods, ot Stilesville, a fanner, bas made an assignment. Assets, liabilities about the same. D. P. Bower, of Pennsylvania, the new General Secretary of the tu Wayne T.

M. C. -has assumed nis duties. John Gaither, of Fort Fnlton, mate of the tow boat Hotspur, lell off his boat at Jefferson-ville, last evening, and was drowned. Miss Minnie Ostrander, of Jeffersonville, aged chloroform with sucidal intent, and was rescued with difficulty.

Crawlordsvilie is proposing to annex the suburbs known as Longvtew, Highland, Dur haniville, lairview, Englewood and Fiake-ville. The wrangle over Board Pension Examiners seems to have been set.led by select ing i it. i nomas Acuieujiu lucceea UT. J. aiaddox.

Tbe new St. Joseph's Academy at Terra Haute, bas been dedicated by bishop C'hatard and it will be opened for school purposes early next mouth. The Randolph County Teachers' Institute is in session at. Winchester', with T. G.

Aliord, of Indianapolis', and Miss E. A. Hill, of South Bend, as instructors. The town council of Danville has contracted with the Danviiie Gw Company for thirty water plugs, to be used lor tire purposea, for which fl.An will be paid per annum. A.

B. Haines, of the Vandalia telegraph office, at UreencaMle, while returning home late at night, was assaulted by loot-pans, wao took hat little he had under cover of cocked weapons. A peculiar affair is reported from Fori Branch. Last evening a man nhraed Dloat accompanied a young man named Trible into a room over a saloon, and almost immediately ha came running down wiU tha claim toat Trible had shot himself; The latter was killed instantly. A pistol was found in Eloat's pocket with one chamber discharged and thia led to bis arrest.

The quarterly conference, in session at Spencer, hae passed resolutions recommending B. F. Rawlings for editor of the Western Christian Advocate, vice Dr. J. H.

Bayllas, deceased. There was a quarrel at Washington between John Hook and John Colbert, the latter a bartender, over a drink, and Colbert was struck in the temple with a brick andlatally injured. Hook was arrested. The new Pension Board of Martinsville is composed of members of General "Harrison's regiment, the Seventieth Indiana Dr. A.

W. Reagan, of MOoresville. and Dr. I'riah H. Farr and i)r.

D. P. Kennedy, of Martinsville. Mrs. William Ackley, whose husband was killed in a saloon row at New Albany, by Henry Kelly, bne of the proprietors, has brought suit against the sureties On the saloon bond Claiming It is the first case of the kind ever filed in Floyd County.

John Collins, at Anderson, yesterday, was-struck in the face with brass knucks, bandied by Michael Leary, the Wow cutting through his cheek and (tlsxdir.g several teeth. Collins fell as if shot, and his head sinking an iron column, his skull was badly Injured. The eighteenth annual reunion of the old settlers of Hendricks and adjoining counties will be held at Pecksburg on the 24th and the addresses will be delivered by Dr. W'r H. Wishard.

of Indianapolis; Priva'te Toni Hanna, of Greencastle, and Hon. L. M. Campbell, of Danville. While workmen near Fort Wayne yesterday were engaged in clearing away the debris of the old Trench brewery, recently burned, one of the walls collapsed, and Margin Thomas, Lawrence Overly and Charles Bubs wtre fatally injured, and John Gleason and Henry Knitz dangerously.

Felix Snapp, of Harrison Connty, attempted suicida because Miss Ida Heishman declined his offer of marriage, and be wrote a note requesting that her photograph might be placed in his coffin. While in the act of putting a pistol to his head his brother disarmed him and placed him ucdtr guard. The night blooming cereus belonging to Mrs. Dr. Smith, of Spehrer, bloomed on Saturday night, one bud opening, and on Sunday night, five buds followed.

On Saturday r.iglit the" residence was thrown open to the public, and 250 people availed themselves of the opportunity to inspect the beautiful bloom. Richard Adams and a railway section boss 'named Welch, "of lioaclidale. came to blows, and Leland Priest attempted to separate them. Adams struck and Priest whipped him brutally. Theodore Trucks nulled Priest off, and then Albert Sonk assaulted Trucks, and altogether it waa a lively seance.

Two weeks ago a dog afflicted with rabies bit' a timber ol live stock at New Castle and was killed. Recently cews belonging to W. C. Middaugh and Wm. Carter developed the same disease, their deaths occurring on Saturday.

Thia waa shown by post mortem, held yesterday, and the families which have been using the milk of the afliicted animals are verv much disturbed, Balph Williams, of Markleville, died jester-" day, after a long illness. He -was born in Franklin County in 1801, and he. settled in County In 18S4, where he remained until his death. lie was very devptcd In his advocacy of Methodism, of which church he was an exceedingly zealons member, and he contributed liberally to, the re Pauw fund. One of the rooms in that institution is dedicated to him.

Mr. and Mrs. Simon Snyder, living near La-fayette, fotmd1 their houe swarming with fleas, and Mrs. Snvder applied gasoline in liberal quantities, after which the doors were cloeed for the day, while they absented themselves. Returning in the evening, struca a match, and.

instandy there was an explosion-of gas which had accumulated, setting fire to the curtains and carpets, and "burning Mr. Snyder severely. The interiorof the house was tbadly damaged before the flames were extinguished, but the lire or gasoline proved a sovereign remedy fjjr the plague of fleas. ICCH mcnicipal'bvsin'ess. Contract Awarded for the Construction of Penn.

Street Pavoniuut. At last night's session of the Cit Council bids for 'the paving of Pennsylvania street, from Washington to Ohio, with asphalt, were received. They weie as follows: Rochester Vulcanite Paving Company: Curbing, per lineal foot, 65 cents; curbing around corners, (1.02; pa ting roadway, per lineal front foot on each side, $8.43.. Booth Fli'nn, Pittsburg. Curbing, per lineal foot.

S3 cents; around corners, jl.Ofr; paving roadway, per lineal front foot.on each Matt Taylor raving Company, New York: Curbing with stone, ncr lineal loot. 49 cental around corners, 9H cents; paving roadway, per imeui irom loot on eacn aaae, ys.ia. The Western Paving and Supply Company: Curbing with stone, per lineal loot, 60 cents; pavintr roadway, per lineal front foot on each side, R1 repairs, where pavement is in-tt ntioually cut, per square yard, f3. 'the Company submitted a statement witli its bid to the eflect that, in rae they were 'given the contract, they would bepiu work immediately and complete the improvement days. The bids to the Committee on Contracts, with a request that an immediate-report on them te made.

Tbe committee, alter half arf hour's consultation, -recommended that the contract be awarded to the Western Irving and Supply Company, as it was the lowest bidder. Messrs. Darnell. and Htutkmeyer' vofed against awarding the contract to this company. Darnell, who had signed the report from the Committee on Con tract 3, waa called upon for an explanation when he voted in the negative.

In rcp.y inr, he intimated that he did not believe there had been lair competition for the He said the ordinance only called for one kind of pavement. The City Civil Engineer reported that be had-appointed Hornadav and W. D. tin fun natorel gas were contlrmed. The annual report of the County Auditor.

showing the value of taxable property, was presented, and a resolution was. then passed continuing the city tax rate at 90 cents on toe JloO. The Soldiers' Monument Committee was fiven the privilege of using Tomlinson Hall ree of charge Thursday night, and 23d was appropriated assist in the ex-peiiues of the corner-stone laying exercises. Councilman Trusler alone voted against the appropriation. George Uimbel was given permission to speak in to the rebuilding of KatighA Cos lertilizing factory on-the South Side; and then a resolution, introduced bv Darnell, was passed, annexing to the city all the platted territory between Meridian and Tennessee streets and extending to Twenty-second street.

Two new asphalt pavement ordinances were introduced. OnA provides for the laying of the. -pavement rn Illinois street, from Washington to the Tunnel, and the other on Court street, from Delaware to Pennsylvania. Councilman Hicklin attempted to have a resolution passed authorizing the city to sink a well in search of artesian water, but he met with encouragement. from but sir member.

An ordinance introduced bv Councilman McClelland authorizing policemen tjo kill all dogs found -unlicensed on and after August 1 of each year met with much favor, and an mndm tA manAnd li anH rit, but the effort failed. Councilman Trusler placed on the: files an ordinance jrovirtlng for tbe via-ductover the Union tracks on Virginia avenue. The ordinance specifies that a sum of money equal to one-half of that collected from applicants for liquor licenses be set asfde for the pjurpose, but does not provide that any part ot the expense of the improvement shall be borne by the railroad who make the viaduct a necessity. Tried to Leap Into the Water. Sunday afternoon people near the.

Michigan street bridge witnessed a blood-curdling attempt at suicide. A nan who Uvea in-th'e extreme northeast part of the city, was crossing the bridge, accompanied by two women. One of the young and of -course rather good looking, when, midway of the bridge, auddenly climbed the railing and attempted to throw herself off. man; however, caught her by the foot and prevented her from falling, and after considerable effort drew her back on the bridge and carried her some distance before releasing her. He vera! Slate Incorporations.

Crawfordsville is progressive. This morning a company with a capital stock of J. was incorporated to build water works for the town. Tbe directors are John 8. Brown, Benjamin Crane and Warren H.

Ash lev. Other incorporations to-day: The Triumph Gas Company, of lairmouut, Grant County, with fMXO capital stock, and the Arcadia Gas Consumers' Association, of Arcadia. -Hamilton County, with a capital stock of VThey Now Go Into Court. The row at the Hanghville festival has been the cause of the filing of an affidavit for petit larceny against Lawrence Howard, John Mc-Kenna, Patrick Move, Thomas Gardner and Archie Lockwood. They are charged by Matthew Lewis with taking the "rammer'" hich was offered as a prize to the most popular molder in Haughville.

Ley (ioei to Prison. Amos P. Loy. the Hendricks County farmer was taken to the State's Prison this morning to serve a four years' sentence for assault and battery intent kiU. He waa so weak, he could hardij ilaml.

LAYING 0 CO UX ER-STON PATRIOTIC PREPARATIONS FOR THE OREAT STATE A Fitting: Welcome for Prealde-nt Harrison Arranged lie "JV111 Arrive To-morrow Xlg-ht nt 9 O'clock Minor Details of tbe Event. The history of Indiana is crowded with the record of many great, events, but that which shall be written Thursday promises to be as lasting as anything that has been said before. The laying of the corner-stone of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument is not an event of mere local significance, as some seem to suppose. It irpre-eminently a State affair, with borderings near on to the National. The arrangements for the exerclsae Incident tbe placing in stcwition of the stone are commensurate with the significance of the event, and it is well that it ia The various committees appointed a month ago have worked taithluIl.Aat the great tank before them, and if they have lett anything undone that might have added to the success of The day-, a cursory glance does not reveal it.

The interesting events that will follow each other in quick succession begin with tbe arrival of President Harrison and party to-morrow night at 8 or 8 o'clock. So tar as learned, the Presidential party will consist of- the Provident. Secretary Rusk, Private Secretary Haliord. I'niled Stales Marshal Kacsdell. and Captain Meredith.

Chief of the Bureau of Engraving aud Printing. The will leave Deer Park thia Anil rrirh I'inrifinitt aiimit fime to-morrow forenoon. At U.30 clock to morrow tbe President will visit ihe new Chamber of Commerce in that city and later in the dav will hold a general reception. The party will leave Cincinnati for Imliuuapol'e at 4 or 5 p. m.

by syai train. The' Board of Trade and Citizeirvy ception Committee will go to Cincinnati t-niorrow to welcome the Preeir dent to Indiana, and escort him to this citv. Theentire party will be met at the depot by the local reception committees, who will escort the President to the New-Dcnison Hotel, where rooms -have been reserved for him. If agreeable to. the President, the various committees will tender him an informal reception at the hotel from until 10 o'clock.

Thursday morning the time of the various committees wiU be given up to the reception of visitors. Particular attention willDe paid to the' veterans of the war. As thev arrive tney 'wtll be escorted 1 to the State capitol grounds, where they will rendezvous. They will receive every care and attention possible. Tiiis morning, by directionof Govennor Hovey, the Governor's Guards erected avUents at the capitol to be fet, the disposal of the visiting.

veterans The State has an additional one hundred tents, thjft will be put up if needed. The Governor desires to have it understood that veterans who) desire to use these tents for sleeping purposes must bring their blankets with them. i At 12:30 o'clock the booming or artillery wi'l be a signal for the great parade to form, and half an hour later it whll move, in the form, and along the route heretofore announced. W'ith tbe old soldiers, the 1ons of Veterans, and military and civic organizations of all kinds, the parada promises to be a notabie-one, indeed. It will pane in; review bv the President, perhaps, from the bacony of the Kew-Denison Hotel.

An event of great interest to the old veterans will bethe camp-fire at Tomlinson's Hall at night. The program cm braces a variety of subjects covering all the -phases-of armv lite, and the speakers chosen have prepared themselves to interest the audience. The corner-stone laying exercises will begin at 2 o'clock. After the crowd has congregated about the monument foundation a passage way will be opened, and the carriage containing tbe President will be driven to the speaker President Harrison will be escorted to a seat on -the platform aud will remain until the exercises have been concluded. At the close of the program he will be introduced to the throng, but will cot' make a speech.

In addition to the program.of exercises already published, State Commander of the Sons of Veterans and of the Women's Relief Corps will speak briefly in behalf of their respective organizations. Those who will participate in the cornerstone-laying exercise have already begun to arrive in theoity. Commander-in-chief Travis -came in last evening, and brought with him a great roll of historical documents to be deposited in the corner-stone. Among other things he has a carcfnHv written history of the movement to organize the G. A.

including the history of the first post established in Indiana. The decorators are busy with banners and banting to-day, and the city begins to assume patriotic lines. The scaffolding is rapidly becoming a "thing of beauty." while the State llouseand many business houses are already attractive on account of tbe ornamentations. The most of the high fence around the Circle disappeared this forenoon, and great fags are b-in-swung west and north of the Circle. the treet Commissioner will, pot Circle street -and adjacent thorcughlarca in a clean condition He will compel the hackmen ho have occupieoV the squ ire so long to vacate it in the morning and stand some place else until the corner-stone has been laid.

Mavor Dennv, in a proclamation, has given. the Monument Commissioners exclusive control of Circle street, and Market and Meridian streets one each way from the Circle on Thursday. This territory will be patroled bv an extra force of men lor the purpo-e of preventing a blockade. Passage on the outside walk leading to business houses will not be cut off. The members of the 70th Kegimert, the one President Harrison commanded, will be conspicuous in the exercises.

will act as special escort of the President from the Union Station to the hotel to-morrow evening and will meet this at 'Squire Smock's office to complete arrangements for the dutyTOn Friday tbe regimental reunion will take place at Tomlinson Hall. At I o'clock City. Attorney Taylor will deliver an address of welcome and President llar-rison will respond. The annual address will be- delivered by Colonel Samuel Merrill. There will be numerous speeches in the afternoon and a camp-fire at night, in which the Sevcntv-ninth Ohio, Oae Hundred and Second, One" Hundred and Firth and One Hundred and Twenty-ninth Ullinoia Regiments will take part.

REAL. TRANSACTIONS. A Large Xumber of Sale with Small Consideration. Sarah J. Oursler to Jamea C.

Webb, pt It Harria'a add Mt. Jackson, (300. Timothy P. hite to Alonzo M. White, It 36, Woodruff Place, 3 0U0.

John H. Vajen to Clarlnda Wood, Its 30 to 84, Vajen's sua pt blks It and 14; Holmes's End add Haughville, $6,000. Elmer E. Townsend to Mary E. Harding, lta 9, 10 and 11, Holmes's sub pt blk 24, Holmes's End add, Berry man Painter to John Hurtzberger, 8, Pyle's sub lots 11 to 21, Va'en'a Springdale add, ojo.

J. V. McKernan to Wm. A. Lilly, Its 87 and 38, Cooper's stib 1 'i I.V I- i eilKUltt, 11 X.I VlftrhKr'l WnrJtavn nA.i i.t MUU.

t' 111 Hoadley to Willis S. Dunn, It 7, Ross's sub Its 13 to Wm. Bradcn's sub blk 21 and i blks IS, 17, 18, faTS. Sain'T B. Corbalcy to Artemus N.

Hadley.q to pt It 10 West's heirs' Jf. Hadley to Wm. H. Corbaley, lta 2 and Mccarty's first westrsi'de add, $100; Daniel H. Wiles to Barbara Rienhen, Its 1 and 2 bik 161 Brightwood, John A.

Hosbrook to Willie D. Hutton, It 41 John A. II on brook's Prospect street add, $76; George B. Yandes to J. V.

McKernan. Its 1 and Benjamin Blue's aub blk 1 Hutchinget al add fJOtt; J.B-Baldwin, adm'r, to George B. same, tl93; Traveleis' Insurance Co. 'to Robert L. Howe Its 136 and 137 Johnson etal's add to Irvington, Chris.

H. Harmenirgto Herman Hanu-ening. Its 24 and James W. King's sub as-son ii Co. 'a Highland Park add, t00.

A. chasce roa 'I Coancllmen Said to be Selllnjt Goods and Ijtbor to- the City. 1 Are douncilmen and other city officers violating laws? Sonne of them are employes of corporations doing business with the city. Others have for years done business at their shop with corporations so profitably that they could not afford to "break" with them by voting against anything the corporations demanded. Perhaps some things can be explained.

Last night Mr. Davis, bo is Chairman of the Committee on Public Property, presented two bills for expenses at Garfield Park. One waa for about lor fencing, and the other for worth of supplies furnished by the South Side Foundry-'This foundry Is owned and mant aged by Thomas Msrkey. who is a member of the City Council. A State law says that "No member of the Common Council, or other officer of such citv.

shall, eithor dii-ectlv or directlv.be a party to or in an manner in-i in any contractor agreement with, aucn city lor any matter, cause or by which any liability or indebtedneaa' ia in any way or manner created against audi city." There ia also an ordinance against WAP OX, I MOB prii'kItw'o rEx-r. INDIANAPOLIS, TUESDAY ETENING, AUGUST 20. 1889. WliOIJi SO Ji7. TT-nOLLABS PKK rtAR IN BIA 37 Cily Just suck condaet as this, and Attorney 1 ay lor states that there is a penril: lor the violation of the law.

It stands to treaaon that a member of Council, who ia pacing on hia own bill would not be a disinterested judge." Tbe law Waa made Because there waa obvious reason for it. Has it not been violated i It has been reported for soroef time that Councilman Long and Street Commissioner DeRuiter have teams driven by men who are the presumed owners, at work lb the street department. Mr. Long said last evening that the report ia nntrue ao far as he iavconcerned I that the pay-roll in the Clerk's moo wouldV show that be has no teams ihg for the city. The Street Commissioner also snake a denial.

i Ue TH rOLlTjlCAt, lOT 1SOILS And Much -Hi-otli Indicate (he Prwa- enc of Sotip-CIty and Hftate. i I A prominent citizen of Wlncbqster. in the city last night, remarked: "I wu The New would correct the Impression thsj has gone: out that General Browne will no again a canaiaate jor. congresw from thetSixth Dis- zrtct. I "Will he be? ha veno authority to apeak him, bat iamsatistieujhatl4ewm be.

Sometime ago he satd that he ipwjbably would not run again, f. but at that time hewas not only sijtk himself, but his family was affltvjed and he hardly knew what he waa iMkyingoc doiog. He has entirely recovered his health, andj the people of pur county will ra listen to his tWirement. General Browne wiU be a candidate 1 ate rorre- election." 1 Candidatee for cilr ofTlcea nowShannt ih. public court for elect loneering purtosea, Councilman Hicklin last nTght announced himself a candidate lor re-electionf He wants to remain Chairman of the Coreraittee on' Charities.

It begins to look Is if Joe Fanning, who ia hustling lor the Clerk of the Supreme Court nomination, will be? the only Democratic can- -didate for a State office from Marijin County. Voy dvocatintr ro one for Mayor, but should he do so, he uld advocate entire Norton, Councilman Davis is theonlv In ember of Council who managed to be on bath sides of the liquor license est ion at the Hi me time. Councilman Fine Is very anxioua lor an Invitation to run for Oouneil airain. i Councilman Darneil is still fiirtlig with hlsT constituents; He wouidlike to has the nomination forced on him. 0 Mayor Denny would not object jlo a Con-gTessional nomination.

(j Harry Tincher iaiseeking the nomination for State 'a Attorney aaain. Councilman Parkinson insists that he is not a candidate lor re-election. Dr. Fjirp has emphatically refused to be considered a Councilmanic quantity. John Blackwell.

wiiiolnu- it i uilding, i out as a. candidate. tbriAldarman "vu ine iitn listrjct. TUE POLICE AHRAXGEMEJ1T8. i Streets to be CTeni-od for theMaumeut Irooossloi The Crook.

Superintendent Tesvis will have lS police-men on duty Thursday. The regular will look out for hieves, knd the -special keep tbe streets cleared. The police will tatenopart in the parade. At roll call last evening tbe Supeijintendcut notified the police that a mob of thieves and pickpockets might be expected tqiarrive on Wednesday. He instructed the police lo run I in all loiterers, known thieves and Suspioloas I characters.

ji Detective Grady wired Colonel Keitch, 8u- rerintendent of the t'inolnnati polioe, aaking that a detective be smt here to asstat him in pUing crooks on Tbursdav. Grady received-word last evening that Detective rati had been detailed to asshit him. i 1 The Police Hoard last evening ordered the Stiperintenilent to keep the following streets Reared and compel ilhe people to remain on the sidewalks and out of the roadwav. (A violation of the ordet will subject tbaonende to arrest.) Lino of March-Washington street iUl'abama to Mississippi street; Pennsylvania street, Washington to North streetiipennavl- -vania to -Meridian; iMeridlan atreet, North street to Circle. I For Rendexvons-Op Washington skreet, de- Ploying east from Alabama stro.

on Alabama street, from Man land tn rihiit- .7 x. streets, tn tween Pennsylvania i and aixeeia. rx order Of the board. WERE ANY BIDS STUaIwI i A Councilman Iffhta that Some Were Xot Bona Fido. i i no committee to whom was referred the uicanite Pavement gbid at Council: meeting last night was compescd of Measrl Stuck- meyer, McClellan and Darnell.

One of the trio speaking to a friend this mominfi, said: "We didnt see tmtch compulsion in tbe bids. They were all dated the same day, and the handwriting on them all was siuiilar in a great many respects. Of course webouldtr't say they were straw bids, but we did not feel justified in recommending that the Icon traot be awarded to any particular company, so we just made list of the prices and let ike Council do the recommending. We didn't cart to -tujiiD tuc rcgponsiDiity. MEETINGS AiiDANNOrXCEMENTS.

The H. St D. ahnonnces an excursion Septemberli and October a to Florence, at 1. 76 round-trip, 3 The funeral of the Jate Dr. Bobiason will take place to-morrow alternoon at 2 o'clock at Kobcrts Park Church.) ji Persons interested 14 fc-free gravel I road Irvington and an electric tWie to that college suburb, are invited to attend a meeting at Joe Keeling's office) So East Washington atreet, at 10 o'clock to-morrow morniag.

tlctitusof Their OwnrActi Judge Irwin this morning sentenced Frank M. Logan, the professional "fire bag," who attempted to. burn up a carload of lumber belonging M. M. Rejnolda.

Logan tatade a speech to the court yesterday and at cmpted to play tbe orazy act, bet It didn't work lie got six years in the State's prison, and received his aenUuce without a word, Bernard Richey, who stole a coat, will wear a striped Jacket for eighteen months. John Parker, a petit lar-Ceuist, escaped with three months in tie Work House. i i Solomon Day, a bit of charcoal, pleaded guilty to stealing a revolver from patrolman Brady. Judge Irwin will decide in day or two whether Solomon goes to Plaiafleld or Michigan City. -fe- Airs.

Carney, the More Voluble, Mrs. Mary. Carney caused the arrest pf Will-lam Weaver for assault and battery, and showed a bruise on het chin where i be said William had struck bet- Mrs. Carney has had several cases in court. Mayor Denny tried to give her a lecture when) he dismissed the case; but she was the best talker of the two.

As Weaver and a swarm of witnesses left the court room, Mrs. was waiting out in the hall, attempted to assault Weaver. Ser- geanuoyce got into the crowd and prevented a small-sized riot by sending Mrs. Carney to the west and the Weavers to the east, in Live Iilrdk Shooting. At Brighton Beach yesterday, Geo.

C. Beck and Ed. Vorhla, of Crawfordsville, formerly considered the best shot in the Statu; held si shooting match for 75 a side. Twenty-five each, of live pigeona, English sparrows and clay pigeons, were fired at, Beck score waa 22, 24 and Vorhis's, tl. 22 and IS.

In other 5eneral matches, Dr. Britton, Gua Craft and amea Johnson. Horace Corastock, Charles Polster and J. H. Meeker divided first prizes.

Gatherings of Catholics. 3 The old and young people or St. Marv'a and Sacred Heart Churchea enjoyed' a pictaic together at the Shooting Park yesterday) The Emerald Association met last night and formed a reading circle on the plan; of the Columbian Reading, Union of New York. The -Circle will immediately begin with the sub ject, -ramoia, or tar ijnurcn or the I ij Accused of Beating Boy. Frank Erath, a butcher, living in the north east part of the city, was arrested on a warrant from 'Justice Ftjbleraan'a Conn thia morning.

He is accused of cruelly beating a lad named Willie Kuhit, jj A Glgnetle Bnlliring Aaaociatitkn. The People's Building and Loan Association, of Minneapolis, made known tc-itay its intention to establish branches in Indiana. The capital stock of the concern la ffO.OuO.Oou. Cause of Voung, Wife's Inaahijry. The wife of a traveling salesman, well known, was declared insane last night.

A few Bp on the ago a child having two heads waa bora to her. 1 nis caused tbe young wile to lose her jmind. Alaa, Poor Jack Oallagher. Jack Gallagher, the pngillst, who forth in this city last winter, waa shot and; killed during a quarrel, at Chicago, a fw day, i I I' 1 i '-3'.