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The Daily LOGANSPORT, INDIANA. FRIDAY ROYALTY WEDS. Marriage of the Duke of Hesse and Princess Victoria. A Grand Gathering of Royal Guests -The Wedding the Most geous of Recent Years. EVERY COURT REPRESENTED.

April 10. -With all the magnificent pomp and display and august ceremonia! of royalty the marriage of the grand duke of Hasse and Princess Victoria of Coburg was solemnized here at noon in the presence of Queen Victoria. Emperor William, the princo of Wales, ex-Empress Frederiolt, and many other members of the royul families England, Gerwang and Russia Crowded with Visitors. The city was packed with royal and Imperial guests, foreign visitors and German sightseers, Every building was decorated in some manner, even the most modest cottages having at lenst sOme slight display of bunting to the breeze, while the important thoroughfares and prominent buildings were buried beneath decorations of all descriptions and colors, and the sun beamed gloriously upon this temporury headquarters of representatives of nearly all the imperial and royal families of Europe. Ceromony In the I'rivato Chapot.

According to the ceremonial decided upon by Queen Victoria (all arrangements having been submitted in Florence), the marriage took placo at Doou in the privato chupel of the ducal schloss, with full stute, in the Lutheran style. Following German procedents, there were no bridesmaids, but the bride was supported by har younger sisters. The private chapel of the schloss was thoroughly redocorated for the occasion, and 86 the wedding took place on Primrose day, primroses entered largely into 'the interior decorations, these flowers having been sent from England for the occasion. Queen Victoria was 8C- companied to the chapel by the duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotba (tho duke of Edinburgh), father of the bride, and was escorted to an armchair in the front row of the distinguished guests and pert to Emperor William of Gormany, by whose side was the duchess of Suxe-Coburg-Gotha (Grand Duchess Mario of Russia, sister of the czar). Brullaut Fanotion.

There was some delay in the procoedings and consequently it was 12:80 p. In. betoro the ceremony commenced, but it wus 8 most brilliant and impressive one In the wedding procession Emperor William escorted the duchess of Coburg and ex-Empress Frederick followed alone. Prince of Wales and the czarowitz came next, walking together. The bridegroom, the grand duke cf Hesse, entered with his supporters.

his uncle, Prince ilenry of Jesse, and big brother-In-law, Prince Henry of Prussia. The bride, Princess Victoria, came in last, supported by her father and brother and accompanied by her sisters. The prince of Wales sat beside ex- Empress Frederick of Gormany (eidest daughter of Queen Victoria), then came the czarowitz These distinguished guests occupied frout seats the other side of the aisle, correon sponding with those of Queen Vitoria, Emperor William and the duchess of Coburg. Royalty Out In Force. Amoug the other distinguished perpresent were the duke and sonages duchess of Connaught, Prince and Princess Henry of Prussia, Grand Duke and Grand Duchess Vladimir of Russia, Duke Sergius of.

Russia and his wife, formerly Princess Elizabeth of Hegse-Darmstudt; Princess Alix, of Hesse; the crown prince and princess of Roumania, the hereditary prince and princess of Saxe-Meiningea, Prince and Princess Philip of Coburg, Prince George of Greece, Prince Aribert of Anhult, and Princes Honry and Louis of Batten burg. Viotoria's Appeacance. Queen Victoria wore the broad blue ribbon of the Order of the Garter and upon her head sparkled a magnificent crown of diamonds. Her majesty mained scated througbout, her age and in preventing bor from standing. The general superintendent of the Lutheran church, Pastor Mueller, offciated und was assisted by the court chaplain of the Grand Duchy of Hosse and by five local clergymen.

After the address had been dellvored the bride and bridegroom plighted their troths and the wedding rings were exchanged. Then came the benediction, after which Mendelssohn's "Wedding March" was grandly played and the curemony was at an end. The newly married couple kissed their relatives in turn and the procession left the chapel at 1 o'clock amid the booming of cannon. The Royal Couple. The bride is the offspring of the union of Queen Victoria's second son, duke of Edinburgh, with Princess Marie of Russia, while the groom is the son of the late Princess Alice, first daughter of the queen and Louis IV, grand duke of Hesse.

The bride was born on November 25, 1876, and has consequently just passed her 17th year, while the groom, strangely enough, Journal. MORNING, APRIL wAS also born on a November 25, but in 1809, and is eight years the senior of his bride. BORROWED PLUMAGE. The Claim Made That Roett Did Not OrigInute the New Rola. WASHINGTON, April house devoted the entire day to debate on the consular and diplomatic appropriation bill.

It touched wide variety of subjects and at times was brimful of interesting personalities. 'The Hawaiian policy of the present administration came in for a good sharo of attention. The appointment of Mr. Von Alen 09 minister to Italy provoked a very extended dis cussion. It was held up to ridicule by the republicans, who inthnated that it WAS a direct reward for his $30.000 contribution to the democratic campaign fund.

The democrats, in defending the appointment, tried to counter on the Harrison administration by detailing the history of the alleged 5400.000 campaign fuud raised by ex-P'ostwuster General Wanamaker. Later in the day Mr. Wise Va.) took up the nuthorship of quorumconating us a parliamentary anti-tilibustering expedient and quoted from the record to show that the proposition in this line had been offered by J. Rundolph Tucker, a Virginia democrat, in 1850, when it had been vigorously opposed by Mr. Reed.

Mr. Wise said: "I simply desire now to strip a loader of the false colors under which ho has been sailing. We don't claim that the adoption of the quorucicounting rule was a triumph for the democracy. We only claim thalit was Do: triumph for Mr. Rood and republicanism.

Tho attempt on sido to history on it crowu Mr. your Reed as a leader la making him, in the might of big formor declarations, ridiculous." Mr. Walker Mass.) met this attuck on the ex-spealter's fame by reciting the record of the democratic opposition to the quorum-counting rule in the Fifty-first congress, Speaker Crisp leading the opposition. FAVORS THE TREATY. Senator White Explains His Attitude Rogurding Chinese Legislation.

WARDINGTON, April 19. -Much commeat has been caused by the announcement that Senator White, of California, farors the Chinese treaty. In giving his reasons for his attitude on this subjeet the senator said: "Tho treaty recognizi 8 the validity of tho Geary and McCreary acts, and expifeitly declares that tho Chinase government will not object to their onforcoment Tho provision whereby the United Sinter agrees to furnish Annually to China the Dames of our citizens, including missionaries, who reside there 1s in effect kuarubly by tho Chinese cbpire thut the Amorienna will not be curbed. While the Chinese government Is not friendly to American residents, the eloo: of the provision 18 LO make it liable 1arily und otherwise for Infurles to our poo. plo there The Chinese do not cajoy paying daInagOn.

Individuals, professing to Do iDtreaty terunted, will have opep the sanounced door to a shut Chinese the invasion, proposed but no labcror can enter without a return tiA cats. The Morrow bill contained a proviion for photographs, which is now supplied by laws. the Geary und McCreory THE GRAIN CONGRESS. Its Scastona at Wichita, End -Strong Resolutions. WICHITA, April National Grain congress, which bus been in session hero during the past two days, adjourned Wednesday evening to meet again at New Orleans the second Tuesday in June.

The next annual meeting will be held at Mobile, next April. Strong resolutions were passed, a synopsis of which follows: Thoy urge the west to throw off the yoke of the custard advouuto tho closest commercial relations betwoon woad and south: they Davor the of tho Nicaraguan canal nad iLy absolute control by the United States, also of lines of railroad from West the south to transport grain tha west to southern ports, and pledge the sup port of both sautlans to such corporations; do' mand the rapid compintion of the river and base bor improvements now In progress, and call upor. congress to establish fast mail corvice tween west and gulf ports to facilitate and expedito trade rolatious betwean the two sotions. Wants to Buy Our Feed. CHICAGO, April cable dispatch has been received in this city from tho English war department ordering the immediate shipment to the government victualing yard at Portsmouth of a sample consigument of 500 tons cf compressed fodder for horses, a combination of crushed oats, cora and chafed hoy.

This is the fret indication that the English government has been compelled to resort to this country for fodder a8 a result of the famine in the British hay market. Day Given Up to Festivity, BOSTON, April by one the old puritanical customs of 1 the east are disappearing. For 100 years and more the 19th of April has been observed AS 1 solemn last dav. Last year, however, the legislature abolished this custom, and in Its stead: decreed that the day should be general holiday and given up to festivity und jubilation. Vary Awards Six Conte Damagon.

NEW YORK, April 19. -Six cents was the Amount of dawages awarded by a William Wahl, who had sued his jury to cousin, Hermann, Wahl, for $5,000. There bad fight, and Herman, huge fellow, took William by the whiskers and tore them out by handfuls, as alleged. Judge Prior set asido the verdict. Fall Thousand Feet.

BUTTE, Mont, April Huert, miner, met a horrible death at Mountain View mine Ho fell 1,000 feat down the shaft. APRIL 20, 1894. WORLD'S FAIR ART PORTFOLIO COUPON. 6 of different dates and 10 cents secures the current nomber of Art Portfol109. See advertisement.

VOL. XIX. WISE Above cut shows the beautiful New Quarters 409-411 BROADWAY, The Bee Hive Dry Goods House Will occupy after this week. During the present and last week of our stay on Fourth Street we willl offer goods very cheap. Wiler Wise.

During this week only. 315 Fourth St. TILLMAN LOSES. Hia Pet Measure, the Liquor Law, Unconstitutional, The South Carolina Supreme Court 50 Decides- -This Action Will Abolish the State Dispensaries. com pounding medicines.1 ABSENTEEISM.

Indications That It Has Ronohed Its Kad ju the THE TILLMAN LAW KILLED. COLUMNES, S. April 19. -'The Tillman state dispensary liquor law has been declared unconstitutional by the supreme court of South Caroliua, two justices concurring and one (Tillmanite) inember of the supreme bench dissenting from the opinion. This is the low the utternuted enforcement of which caused the recent fatal riots in this state.

The decision was rendered in a composite case originsting in Darlington and appealed to the supreme court by the state authorSties and of several ruinor cases, lilcewise appealed by the state. The gronnd on which the law is declared stitationa! is that it creates monopoly for the state. The decision declares the law unconstitutional in nearly every respect, and holds that it cannot be upbeld on any vital point. The profit to the state feature is declared vicious. Gov.

Tillman says he is not tulking; that it is time only for action. Several district courts of the state have iu effect given similar decisions agaiust, the law, but Gov, Tillman has never paid attention to them; but this deciany sion of the supreme court effectually wipes out the obnoxious law, and will end the suit pending in the United States supreme court for the registration as a trade mark of the dispensary whisky label. Tho dispensing law. which wont tuto oroct liquors 1, by 1893, any probibited private the Individual, swie of and provided for the appointment by the governor ut in lasioner whose duty It should be to purohaso tall such liquors, giving proference to maculuo Aurers and brewers dolag business withio the and to furnish them to duly appointed dispensers each county of tho stato, who la turn suppiled them to purchasers for consumpsion. An exception was made la favor of drug.

giata, who wore permitted to buy liquor for WASUINOTON, Aprli An era of business is rapidly being inaugurated in the house of represeutatives. Tho quorum -counting rule has been the frat step in that direction. Further steps are now contemplated by which absonteeism will be brought to an ond. The house will then have ayatom by which unembers can be compelled to attend and when in attendance can be counted to make a quorum. It will be the most stringent system for enforced attendance and enforced voting that congress has ever had, the system under Mr.

Reed having lacked the plan of withholding tho pay of absont members. It is believed by porli)mentary authorities that the new sysitem will make it almost out of the question to break a quorum, and that the houso from this time forward will always be ready to do business. judiciary committee, made up of the landing lawyers of the has 20. 1894. NO.

96. POSTPONED. President Debs Takes Action in the Great Northern Trouble. He Declares the Strike Off Pending Investigation and Efforts 10 Ef. fect a Settlement.

THE SITUATION, St. PAUL, April -The Great Northern railroad employes in Minneapolis were ordered out by telegram midnight and all the night switching crews quit work. The strikers sembled in their hail and discussed the situation at some length. They did not relish the idea of going ont fore they thoroughly understood sitnation. and H.

S. Young, president of the Minneapolis union, was appointed a committee to wait on V. Debs at his hotel in this city, and, possible, get him to define the sitnation. Mr. Young drore to l'aul in an open carriage.

arriving here at 2:30 o'clock. After listening to the decision of the Minneapolis employes, as stated by Mr. Young, Debs declared the strike off for the present, pending the result of a mass meeting to be held in Minneapolis. Serving the Injunctions. The deputy marshals sent out serve the injunctions have all reached their destination without interference.

It is the plan of the company to work on the Minnesota divisions first, and ufter getting them in perfect order proceed west, 6 division ut a time, that the injunction will not be served in Montana at present Will Try to Sottle the Trouble. President Debs told a reporter that ho and Vice President Howard, with other of the union men, would seek interview with President lill to ascerthin whether or not he will receive committee from the union. Mr. Debs said that if President Hill will treat with this committee there is DO good reason why the strike should not settled within two or three days. Blockade Broken.

FARGO, N. April blocknde on the Great Northern has been broken here. A full train drawn by two engines and in charge of eight United States marshals passed through here without opposition from strikers, On board were five engineers and fre firemen, who claim to be brotherhood IDea. They said the only thing that would drive them from the truin was open switches. Stand by the Strikera.

It is said that President Hill is considerably nettled over the attitude assumed by the mayors of St. Cloud, Devil's Lake and smaller places The company bus been refused assistance by sheriffs and police officers in several towns when the company claims the strikers were committing overt acts May Call for Troops, WASHINGTON, April opinion has been given tho post office by the attorncy general which has Ad important bearing on tho Great Northern railrond strikes The case ArOSO in California where the strikers sought to interfere with trains carrying the United States mails The post office officials wanted to know it under such circumstances they have the right to call the aid of regnlar troops in protecting the mails and securing uninterrupted transit of mail trains The attoracy general holds that they have such right and that the troops can be employed for such purpose where the local authority is insuilicient. Minors Hesitate. BRAZIL, April block coal miners of this district, nnwbering about 3,000, held a mass meeting at the courthouse in this city to decide whether they would join the general strike Saturday or continue work until their contract expires May 1. The meeting was addressed by L.

Konnedy, secretary of the United Mine Workers' ussociation. Mr. Kennedy importuned the miners to obey the dictates of the association notwithstanding they are not members of the organization. The men, however, declared they were in honor bound to abide by the contract with the operators until it expired: then they would promptly join the strikers if a settlement was not reached. The meeting adjourned without rendering a Anal decision.

Menage MAy Iteturn. INDIAN APOLIA, April letter has been received here purporting and believed to be from Louis F. Menage, ex-president of the Northwestern Guaranty Loan company, who has been a fugitive from justice for several months, and to find whom local, state and national authorities have einployed every effort It states that be would return to Minneapolis not later than May 16 to answer to the indictment chargiog him with the embezzlement of over $1,000,000, Record of Forty Years Broken. CINCINNATI, April 1849 the steumer Telegraph. No.

3, made the 150 miles up the Ohio river from ville to Cincinnati in ten hours and two minutes. That record stood unbroken forty -one years until the new steamer City of Louisville arrived here, Dine hours and fifty-three minutes out of Louisville, beating all former records by nine minutes. FROM HOOSIERDOM. Telegraphlo News of Interest to Indianians. Glad to Get Rid of Him.

HUSTINOTON, April. 19. -Charles Ashley, whom the penitentiary authoritics ut Michigan City claim was the worst prisoner they ever had, returned to this city Wednesday after serving three years for a brutal assault upon J. B. Kenner.

lle was immediately rearrested on a charge of perjury. While in the peuitentiary Ashley was stubborn and absolutely refused obey orders. lle was subjected every punishineat and was finally confined for thirty months in a small solitary cell, but even this failed to subdue him. Diabolical Frostrated. COLUMBUS, April 19.

-The wife of Jaines Jarret, whose skull W'39 crushed in by a blow from an iron bar in the hands of Oscar Malloy, and who is now blind, deaf and nuconscious, sturtled this cominunity by the statement that it was Malloy's intention to murder her husband and their four children and then fire the house, but their little boy escaped from the house when his father was struck, and the plan was thus broken. Malloy is still at lurge. Lake Shore Lianted in Smash Up. GOSUEN, April Lake Shore vestibuled limited, No. 10, was lute Wednesday afternoon.

While running at a high rate of speed the engine of No. 10 struck the caboose of a freight train or a side track which had not cleared the main track near Engineer Meicher of the fast train had several ribs broken besides other bodily injuries, while Fireman Nopper, who jumped, sustained severe injuries. The passengers were badly shaken up, but none was iajured. Found Him In a Lumber Pile. HUNTINGTON, April was received here Wednesday that burglary had beeu committed at Decatur, and it was thought the robbers had come this way.

Mayor Dungan and the police forco joined in 8 search for them, and found a man in a lumber yard. He had thrown away two revolvers, several razors and a bunch of keys, which were also found in the lumber pile and identifled as being part of the stolen goods. Hustlod Back to Jail. LEBANON, April John H. Dickerson, musician, who ww! arrested last week charged with criminally assaulting Miss Sarab Kepper, of this city, attempted to secure bis release here Wednesday on 1 writ of habeus corpus.

Last Saturday Dickerson's attorneys got an affidavit from her in which she swore the charge against the professor was untrue She told 8 different story in court, however, and Dickerson was sent back to jail. Knights Elect Omcors. INDIANAP'OLI3. April annual conclave of the Grand Commandery Knights Templars of Indiana Wednesday elected the following Charles W. officers: Misha.

Grand commander, Slick, waukee: deputy grand commander, Waltor M. Miodman. Vincennes: grand generalissimo, G. W. Durbin.

Anderson; grand captain gencral, John E. Redmond. Logansport: grund prelate, Christian 33. Fort Wayne; grand senior warden, John H. Nicholson, Rich mund: grand -junior warden, Emerson D.

Mor gun, Evansville: grand treasurer, J. N. Smith, Indianapolis: groud recorder, W. 1. Smith, In Cornots and Jail Broakers.

ANDERSON, April cleaning the jail Wednesday nfternoon Sheriff Vandyke found 3 kit of corset steel saw's and bottle of acid. Investigation showed that the heavy bars were almost sawed through. The work was done by a gang of convicted tiary prisoners It is supposed that the stays were taken into tho jail by a woman last Saturday. Went to Steep on the Halls. ELWOOD, Ind, April 19.

Charles Moody, a barber, while returning home from a negro dance intoxicated Tuesday night went to sleep on the railroad. He was run over by a freight train, which cut off both his legs and crushed his head into a pulp, killing him stantly. Run Down by a Train. MUNCIE, April Henry Slickner, aged 65, who recently came from Germany with her husband and located at Yorktown, was run down by a Big Four freight train on a bridge at West Muncio Tuesday night. She was knocked to the bottom of tho creek and cannot possibly recover.

To Get a New Factory. ANDERSON, April 19. -Birminghain (Ala.) capitalists signed the final papers Wednesday securing for Florida, a town north of this city, the location of a juil furniture and lock factory that will employ 125 men to start with. The company received a bonus of 000 and free gas. Miss Rose Hendricks Married.

GREENSBURG, April Rose Hendricks, only daughter of the late Vice President Thomas A. Hendricks, was married Wednesday to Charles Zoller, 8 merchant of this place. The Australian government has de cided to loan money to farmers from the savings bapk balancer, to to presented a report to the effect that It is the imperativo duty of the sergeantat-arms to execute the old law for the deduction of pay of absent mombers. This report supplements the recent uction of the democratic caucus, Instructing the sergeant-at-arms to execute the law. VETERANS ARE FORGIVEN.

Decree of Expulsion Against a G. A. 16. l'out to Iso Removed. ALBANY.

N. April state Grand Army of the Republic department has practicully decided to reinstate Farnham post, Grand Army of the Republic of New York city, which was expelled from the order last winter for passing resolutions on the ponsion question, condemning the position taken by the National Grand Army of tho Republic encampment, and circulating the resolutions throughout the United States A rulo ndopted by the tional encampment of 1884 forbids any post from circulatiog any resolutions among the other posts when the circulars relate to the pension question, except by the consent of the national encampment. Farnham post, after circulating the resolutions, fused to retract, and openly luvited expulsion. Jealousy Leads to Murder. MoUNT VERSOS.

April 10. -A female Apache Julian prisoner of war named Belle, and Nahtoraghun, 0 member of the Indian company stationed at Mount Vernon barracks, were shot and mortally woundod by llugh Seetoll in fit of jealousy. After shooting Belle and Nuhtoraghun, Seetoll shot and instantly killed himself. Bandit Was 'Thirteen Yonra Ust. Four Sarra, April 19.

-Among the fifty-six federal prisoners taken to Brooklyn, N. by United Stutos Marshal Grump in his last butch was Jim Rogers, 13 years old. He was convicted of holding up the postmaster at Hayden. I. at point of a Winchester and rubbing the post office.

He gets three years in the reform school. Two Women Burned to Death. MENOMINEE. April 10. At Marinette, two women were burned to death in a tenement house.

A Mrs. Cleary tried to sturt a kitchen fro wish kerosene, when an explosion occurred. Her clothing caught fire and sho ran into a bedroom where a sister, Mrs. Stevens, was in bed asleop, and attempted to sinother the fumes with bed-clothing. The effort WAS unsuccessful and both were so badly burned that they died in short time.

Senator Stockbridge 111. CHICAGO, April 10. -United States Seuutor Stockbridge, of Michigun, is lying seriously ill at the ho his brother-in-law, James L. Houghteling, 27 Bank street, in this city. The seuator is suffering from a complioution of troubles and has a well defned casc of diabotes and also a wuch of heart troublo.

Incendiaries Burn a Residence. HELENA, April 10. -Dr. H. A.

Mitchell's residence in Deer Lodge, which was just nearing completion at a cost of $4,000, bay been destroyed by fre. The insurance is $15,000. The origin of the fire was incendiary..

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