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INSINUATION OF COW ARDLY CON¬ DUCT TAKEN TO HEART. PARISIAN SOCIETY IS EXCITED. D« Rognier and Montesquion Appeal To the Sword—Results In No Damage, as Is Usual In French Duels. All Paris is talking of the duel with awords fought Wednesday afternoon between two members of tho old no¬ bility, Count Robert de Montesquiou and Henri de Begnier, at Neuilly le Yallois, growing out of a remark made by Mlio. Heredia, ihe sister-in-law of Begnier, a few (lays ago in the salon of the Baroness Alphonse de Rothschild. Mile. Heredia, who was with her eister, Mme. Begnier, turned the con¬ versation on a handsome cane carried by the Count de Montesquion, who stood near her, and remarked that it was just tho sort of cane that might have been used at the charity bazaar fire to heat the ladies. The count, who overheard the re¬ mark, interpreted it as an insinuation of cowardly conduct on his part to¬ ward women at the fire. Immediately withdrawing from the salon, he sent a challenge to M. de Begnier, who was escorting his wife and sister-in-law, and before midnight seconds were ap¬ pointed, and the preliminaries of the <Inel arranged. On consideration, however, the sec¬ onds of De Begnier submitted to tlie count’s seconds that the remark was one of mere banter, upon which the count ought not to place so serious a construction, and urged that the mat- fer be arbitrated. The Count Montesquion thereupon twitted De Begnier with being afraid 4o meet him and branded him in the newspapers as a coward. This result¬ ed in a challenge from De Begnier after three days spent in the discus- sion of conflicting statements as to the precise words used by Mile Her- edia and Mme. de Begnier, who had echoed her sister’s remarks. The Count de Montesquion immediately accepted this challenge. TLe duel was fought in the presence of Georges Hugo and the artists 51. Forain and Caran d’Ache. The com- hatants attacked each other with great vigor and for ten minute fought to kill. In the third encounter the Count de Montesquion was wounded In the hack of the right hand. The surgeons then interfered and refused to allow the combat to proceed. The combatants on withdrawing declined raven to bow to each other. 3Tie affair has made a tremendous sensation, as it may prove the first in¬ cident to a boycott socially of a number cl men who am persistenly accused in certain quarters of having displayed the rankest cowardice at the charity bazaar tire. CHARGED WITH BURGLARY. 5*rom«ncnt Citizens of Carrollton, Ga., Placed Under Arrest. The Carrollton, Ga., community has been thrown into a fever of excitement by the arrest of the Grant men, some of the most prominent people in the section, on the charge of murder and burglary. They have been locked in jail and the evidence seems to be them. Several daring burglaries have been committed of late in the neighborhood and the authorities had been unable to locate the guilty parties. It now appears, however, that the Grants are responsible for the crimes, and that they murdered a negro who happened to know of their dastardly deeds, for fear he would betray them. HEAVY LOSS OF LIFE. dale on China Coast—Five Hundred Drowned. Meager particulars were brought to Victoria, B. C., Wednesday by the ship Empress of Japan of a disaster which befell the fishermen of Chursan archi¬ pelago, oft' the coast of China. On May 6th, when all, or at least most of the fishing boats were out on the fish¬ ing banks, a terrible gale sprang up. Of the several hundred boats out at ihe time very few returned, and it is estimated that some five hundred men lost their lives. WOMEN AND CHILDREN SLAIN. Jffegro Desperado In Mississippi Does Bloody IVork With His Gun. News has been received of the mur¬ der of five negroes in the extreme north¬ western portion of Kemper county, Miss., Sunday night. A negro named Sibley, while drunk, secured a gun and started out to kill every person he met. He came across five negroes, three women and two children. He shot them down. He also shot at six other negroes, who Barrowly escaped. As soon as the bloody work of Sib¬ ley was discovered a mob was organized to lynch the murderer. Sibley took with to the woods, carrying his gup him. ^RESIDENT OFF FOR NASHVILLE. Q,eft Washington With His Party On a Special Train. A special tram conveying President JIcKinley and his party left Washing- #on for Nashville at noon Wednesday ®ver the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad. The private car of President M. E. In- galls, in which President-McKinley and his immediate family traveled,was decorated with gigantic pillars of flow- ■ere. MOUTHKIIN PROGRESS. New Industrie* Established in the South .During the Past Week. Among the most important new in¬ dustries reported in the south for the past week are the following: The North State Brewing Co., capital $150,000, Greensboro, N. C.; the Little Bock Brick Works, capital $30,000, Little Bock, Ark.; cotton compresses at Co : lumbus and Wnxabachie, Texas, and the Newport News Gas Co., capital $75,000, Neport News, Va. At Em- breeville, Tenu., it is reported that two 100-ton blast furnaces will be erected by the Embreeville Furnace Co. The Perking Machine Co., capital $100,000, has been chartered at Boanoke, Va.; tho Cartersville Manganese and Mining Co., capital $10,000, at Cartersville, Ga.; The George B. Sheriff Coal Co., capital $100,000, Martinsburg, W. Va.; the United States Automatic Fan Co., capital $50,000, Houston, Texas, and a cotton mill at Charlotte, N. C. The Big Pine Lumber Co., capital $25,000, has been organized at Boggy, Ark., a $40,000 stave factory will be erected at Elizabethton, Tenn.; a $20,000 box, barrel and lumber manufacturing plant at Macon, Ga., and other wood¬ working plants at Bridgeport, Ala., and Alexandria, La. Among mining improvements re¬ ported is the erection of 60 coke ovens at Ensley City, Ala., by the Tennessee Coal, Iron & Bailroad Co., and 100 at Chiekamauga, Ga., by the Ckickamauga & Durham Coal k Coke Co.—Tradesman, (Chattanooga, Tenn.) TO INVESTIGATE TILLMAN. Reformers of South Carolina Petition Governor Ellerbe. A petition addressed to Governor Ellerbe, of South Carolina, and number sign¬ ed by reformers, including a of office holders, was received by his excellency Wednesday. It asks for an investigation of Senator Tillman, as follows: “Many of the newspapers through¬ out the state are charging Senator Tillman with receiving dispensary re¬ bates, and Senator Tillman having in his recent letter made a formal demand upon your excellency for an immediate investigation, now we, as reformers, call upon you to order an immediate investigation. If, after a fair and im- partial trial, Mr. Tillman is found guilty, let him bear the odium and shame that will necessarily follow-, “If, on the other hand, he is ad- judged innocent, let the same news- papers who have made the charges do Senator Tillman justice by correcting their charges and proclaiming him an innocent man persecuted.” --» HAVANA TRAIN DYNAMITED. Insurgents Cause Death of Twelve People and Thirty-Five Wounded. The passenger train which leaves Havana for Matanzas daily at 6 a. m. was dynamited Wednesday morning about twelve miles from the city by a party of insurgents. According to the official account the object was plunder, as about $6,000 was in the express car. Both engineers and one fireman, one conductor and seveu soldiers were killed and three passengers severely injured, while thirty-two suffered more or less serious bruises. Simultaneously with the explosion the insurgents opened fire on the train, seriously wounding a captain. The military escort of the train quick¬ ly recovered and drove off the insur¬ gents. DISCREPANCY IN TAX RETURNS. Georgia’s Investigating Committee After Corporations and Individuals. The Georgia legislative investiga¬ tion committee has struck a hot trail, and if its work is pushed along the line now followed, a great deal of money is likely to be saved to the state. The committee is looking into tax returns, and finds a very large appar¬ ent discrepancy between the returns and the known value of property. This is true both as to corporations and individuals. Banks and other corporations have apparently made returns far under the real value of their property, and in some counties the returns of laud are thousands of dollars less than in other years. Spain Held Responsible. Consul General Lee, at Havana, has made bis report in the Ruiz matter to President McKinley. In substance the report lays the blame of Ruiz’s death upon Spanish authorities. CHURCHES CALLED ON To Devote Fourt i of July Service to Cu¬ ban Cause. The Cuban League of the United States has called upon the churches of the land to devote the principal ser¬ vice of Sunday, July 4th next, to the cause of God, liberty and humanity, as represented in the struggle of Cu¬ ba for independence, devoting the col¬ lection taken to the Cuban cause. The league also requests that the public school teachers devote the last half day of the spring aud summer session to the story of Cuba. The league calls upon ex-patriotic societies of America to make the 4th of July, 18!)7, a “Memorial for Cuban freedom. ” AIRSHIP COLLAPSED. Its Inventor, However, Came Down In Safety. Professor A. W. Barnard made an ascension in his airship from the ex- position grounds at Nashville Wednes- ,i ay a nd when at the height of a half nl i[ e the balloon split. The balloon descended with great rapidity but when some distance from the ground it formed a kind of a para- c hute and the professor lauded safely near the exposition grounds. ' PRESIDENT OF FRENCH REPUBLIC HAS A NARROW ESCAPE. BOMB THROWERS WERE AFTER HIM. Several Parties Are Arrested on Suspicion of Having a Hand In the Affair. A special from Paris says: An at¬ tempt was made Sunday to assassinate Felix Faure, president of the French republic, while lie was en route to Long Champs to witness the grand prix. While M. Faure’s carriage was pass¬ ing a thicket near La Cascade restau¬ rant near the Bois de Bolouuge, a bomb, which subsequently proved to be a piece of tubing about six inches long and two inches in diameter, with a thickness of half an inch, charged with powder and swan shot, exploded. No one was injured by the explosion. A mail in the crowd, suspected ns the prime mover, was arrested. He gave his name as Gallet and made only the briefest replies to questions put to him by the police. Gallet said that he liad no occupation, but resided at Levellers-Pere. The police are making a thorough search of his lodgings. He is believed to be insane, for lie shouted as the carriage passed along so loudly as to attract general attention in the crowd. The police have made another ar- rest in tlie case—a youth—but it is thought probable that tbe actual cul¬ prit escaped in the thicket. The news of the attempt spread like wildfire through the city, and when M. Faure returned to the Elysee the streets along the route where it was known he would drive were crowded with people who cheered vociferously. It was at first reported that the would-be assassin was a young man, about twenty-five, who stood in the crowd a hundred yards or more from the race course and discharged a pistol at M. Faure as he drove up to the entrance; and there was another report that both pistol and bomb were used. But the police now believe the sup¬ posed pistol shot was merely the noise of the bomb. The bomb was a clumsily made af¬ fair, to which a piece of fuse was at¬ tached, and the fuse was probably lighted by a paper fixed iu the end of a stick as soon as the head of tho pro¬ cession came in view. Tbe presump¬ tion is that the moment the fuse was lighted the culprit fled. In any case, the bomb could not have done much harm. In the thicket where tlie police found the remnants of the bomb they also found a pistol, upon which were en¬ graved the words, “Morta Felix Faure,’ and the names “Alsace-Lor¬ raine” and “Cologne.” Near the pis¬ tol was a small dagger bearing a simi¬ lar threatening inscription, and a few feet away the police found a newspa¬ per with a cartoon grossly insulting to the president. This contained an of¬ fensive inscription hinting at the ex¬ ecution of M. Faure. The police made three arrests bomb on suspicion of cpmplicity in the explosion, among them being two brothers, Galbel and Lauvin Gainier. They were closely questioned by M. Atbalin, the examining magistrate, but as they gave satisfactory accounts of themselves and their movements, they were released about midnight. The attempt on the life of M. Faure was made on the very spot where Berezowsky tried to shoot the czar while driving to the military review at Long Champs in 1867, and where Faneois, a lunatic, last year fired his revolver at M. Faure on July 14. WHOLESALE ARRESTS. Nineteen Negroes Were Charged With tlie Murder of Jackson. The sheriff of Georgetown, S. 0., carried nineteen negroes there Satur¬ day charged with the carving to death of Jackson on an adjacent island, when he attempted to kill their pastor. They were arrested without any trouble, although while the tragedy was being enacted the negroes are said to have been in a religious frenzy. Six¬ teen were released on bond, the others committed for trial. NEW ROAD FOB FITZGERALD, The Wadley and lit. Vernon To Be Ex- tended Seventy-Five Miles. Fitzgerald, Ga., is to have another railroad. It will be an extension of the Wadley aud Mt. Vernon road, which is an independent line about 50 miles long, connecting with the Central at Wadley. It will be ex¬ tended 75 miles to Fitzgerald, crossing the Southern railway and the Georgia and Alabama at Helena. When completed it will be an inde¬ pendent line 125 miles long, crossing three different railway systems. It will have a low bonded debt and a paying business on the 50 miles already in operation, with a fine pros¬ pect for business on the extension. A DEGREE FOR GROVER. Princeton Will Probably Give Ex-Presi¬ dent Cleveland a Title. A dispatch from Princeton, N. J., says: In reference to the rumor an honorary degreo of LL.D. will be conferred upon Grover Cleveland, the university authorities are reticent in giving information and confirmation or denial cannot be obtained. It is the prevailing opinion among the profes¬ sors and students that the report is true. GLADSTONE’ IGNORED. Official Programme of Queen's .Jubilee Offend* Liberals. A London cablegram says: The official programme of the queen's ju¬ bilee procession as published has given umbrage to the liberals, owing to the utter absence of recognition of the civil and industrial side of the queen’s reign. Chronicle is out¬ The Daily subject, especially very at spoken on the the omitting of Mr. Gladstone, and asks: “What kind of a show is it that gives a prominent plnce to the soldiers of Emperor William and to the repre¬ sentatives of Turkish barbarism and excludes the greatest living English speaking statesman of the world?” Continuing, The Chronicle remarks: “The Victoria era is conspicuous above all in the progress of labor and the steady growth of self government. Yet the working classes are ignored. A still more Striking fact is that the pre¬ siding officers of the two houses of parliament are not recognized. The spearker’s office is centuries old. He is the first commoner in England, pre¬ sides over its most famous representa¬ tive institution and is the figurehead of democratic government, yet be has no place in the procession. What will the colonials, who are wedded to pure democracy think of this?” In conclusion, The Chronicle says: “If the crown lias done something for the country, it is also true that the country had done much for the crown, for its own progress and for the gen¬ eral cause of human welfare.” INDIAN OUTLAWS IN LIMBO. They Are Under Arrest and Will Be Tried; For Murder. The Indian ofiiee at Washington has received from Captain Stoucb, of the Tongue river, Montuna agency, a de¬ tailed report on the recent troubles- there, arising from the murder of set¬ tler John Hoover by David Stanley, a Cheyenne brave. After much diplomacy on the part of the agent, Stanley, with his two ac¬ complices—Sam Crow and Yellow- Hair—are now lodged in jail in Miles City, and will be tried by the civil courts. Captain Stoneh’s description of the trouble is interesting in that it shows constant conflict between federal offi- cers and the state authorities in the arrests of Indians. Iu this case the presence of the sheriff and a large posse came near causing a conflict with the Indians. ALDRICH TO TAKE A REST. Tlie Senator’s Physician Orders Him To Take a Vacation. Senator Aldrich, republican mem¬ ber of the tariff hill committee, left Washington Saturday by order of bis physician. He has been confined to his room at the Arlington almost all the time since the first week of the tariff debate with an aggravated attack indigestion with other complications. He was able to he present at the first caucus on the sugar schedule and was taken with a relapse afterwards. As he did not improve, his physician directed that he should go where he would have absolute rest and be free from the possibility of any consultation with him on the tariff. The senator accordingly went to his Rhode Island home. TO WATCH FOR FILIBUSTERS. Treasury Department Sends Instructions To Patrol Fleet In Florida. The treasury department has re¬ ceived, by reference from the secretary of state, a communication from the Spanish minister to the effect that he has information that an important filibustering expedition is being or¬ ganized on the coast of Florida, and asks that steps Vie taken by the gov¬ ernment to frustrate it. The department communicated this information to all collectors and mas¬ ters of the patrol fleet on the Florida coast with instructions to be on the alert to prevent the departure of any suspected expedition. MILES IS HONORED. He Will Ride Near Queen Vic In the Jubi¬ lee Parade. A special to The New' Y’ork World from London says: General Miles, who recently came to Europe to witness the Greeo-Turkish war as the representative of the United States army, is to ride mounted in the queen’s jubilee parade in a position very near to the queen’s carriage. Nominations by McKinley. The president sent the following nominations to the senate Wednesday: To be envoys extraordinary and min¬ ister plenipotentiary of the United States—Henry L. Wilson of Washing¬ ton, to Chili: William F. Powell, colored, of New Jersey, to Hayti; John G. A. Leishmau of Pennsylvania to Switzerland; John A. Cowery of Washington to be consul general at Kanagawa, Japan. A Desporado’s Deed. A.cutting affray took place about six miles from Mound City, Tenn., Wed¬ nesday, in which Burt Price, a North Caiolina desperado, killed William Hamilton and . fatally wounded his brother, Theo. Hamilton. TURKS IGNORE ARMISTICE. The Sultan Has Been Busy Mobilizing His Re-Enforcements. A special dispatch from Athens to the Exchange Telegraph company re¬ ports that the armistice between Greece and Turkey has been broken by the Turks mobilizing re-enforce¬ ments, fortifying Volo and Prevesa and sending troops to various islands. The dispatch reports that the Turk¬ ish fleet passed out through the Dardanelles Saturday night. J T PRE8IDEXT IS ROYALLY RECEIVED AT TENNESSEE’S SHOW. HE MAKES A PATRIOTIC ADDRESS. l>ay Was Appropriately Celebrated By the Immense Throngs In the City and at the Grounds. Friday was McKinley day at the Tennessee exposition. Tbe president and his party arrived at Nashville at 1 :30 a. m. and were met by President J. W. Thomas of the Tennessee Cen¬ tennial exposition, and the members of the exposition executive committee. After cordial greetings had been ex¬ tended to the visitors they were takeu in carriages to the Maxwell House. They breakfasted and at 10 o’clock Governor Taylor of Tennessee and Governor Bushnell of Ohio, accom¬ panied by their staffs, called upon the president. Mrs. Van Leer Kirk man, president of the woman s board of the | exposition, also called upon President j and Mrs. McKinley and party. Leaving the hotel the president was . greeted by the thousands of people ’ who lined the streets. A detachment of ex-Confederate vet- ; erans acted as a guard of honor for the president. line of march continued out The Broad street to West End avenue, aud to the main entrance of the exposition. Arriving at the grounds the presi- 1 | dent was greeted Secretaries with hearty cheers I and so were Sherman, Alger, Gary, Wilson and the other : panying distinguished ladies. guests Mrs. and McKinley, their aceom- much | : to the regret of every one, did not feel equal to the heat and stress aud re¬ mained in her room at the hotel. I A variation upon “Old Kentucky | Home” was a fitting prelude to the ! speeches at the auditorium. Presi¬ I dent Thomas introduced Governor Taylor, who delivered an address of -welcome, and introduced the president of the United States. The president amon g other things said: ■Officers of the Centennial Exposition, Ladies and Gentlemen: American nation- atity compared with that of Europe and the east is still very young: and yet we are be¬ ginning to have age enough for centennial aim iversaries in states other than the origi¬ nal thirteen. Such occasions are always in¬ teresting and when celebrated in a practical way are useful and instructive. “Combining retrospect and review, they recall what has been done by stato and na¬ tion and point out what yet remains for both to accomplish in order to fulfill their high¬ est destiny. “This celebration is of general interest to tho whole country and of special signifi¬ cance to the people of the south and west. It marks the end of the first century of the state of Tennessee and closes the first year of its second century. “Your exposition shows better than any words of mine can tell the details of your w-ealth of resources and power of produc¬ tion. “You have done wisely in exhibiting these to your own people and to your sister states, and at no time could the display be more effective than now, when what the country needs more than all else is restored confi¬ dence in itself. This exposition demon¬ strates directly your own faith and purpose and signifies in the widest sense your true and unfailing belief in tho irrepressible pluck of the American people and is a promising Indication of American prosper- ity. “Let oursolves and let them always re¬ member that whatever differences about politics may have existed, or still exist, we are all Americans before we are partisans t and value the welfare of all the people above party or section. Citizens of differ¬ ent states, wo yet love all the states. The lesson of the hour, then, is this—that what¬ ever adverse conditions may temporarily impede the pathway of our national prog¬ ress, nothing can permanently defeat it.” After a musical interlude, Governor Asa S. Bushnell, of Ohio, was then in¬ troduced, receiving a flattering recep¬ tion,' in which the ladies participated with hands and handkerchiefs. No more loyal demonstration was made iu any section or state of the union than that which helped to make the day’s festivities memorable. The speech by President McKinley, the feature of the day, is pronounced one of the best ever delivered in the city, and provoked loud applause. KILLED IN WRECK. Freight Train Tumbles Into a Washout With Disastrous Results. The most serious freight wreck on the Boston and Maine road in many months occurred on the western divis¬ ion near Exeter, N. H., Thursday morning. The Portland and Boston through night freight ran into a wash¬ out south of Ferland’s culvert. The locomotive and three cars were demol¬ ished aud three men killed. The engine and cars and the contents of the latter were practically ruined. The engineer and two brakemen, w-ho were on the front of tbe train, had no chance to jump and were caught in the wreckage. NEW FREIGHT ASSOCIATION Organized In Cincinnati and Officers Elected—Purse Is Chairman. The Freight Commissioners’ Associ¬ ation of the United States was organized at Cincinnati Wednesday. The following officers were elected: Chairman, D. G. Purse, Savannah; secretary, N. B. Kelly, Philadelphia; treasurer, E. P. Wilson, Cincinnati. Committee of plan of organization, N. B. Kelly, J. S. Durant, A. J. Van Landingham. TOM 1)ELK IS DOOMED. Hlg Respite Will Soon End, While the Gallows Await* Him. Tom Delk must die Friday, .Tune 18th. His respite will expire then, and the governor of Georgia says it will not be extended. Tom Delk has been repeatedly re¬ spited in order that he might testify in behalf of his father; Taylor Delk, whose trial, concluded a day or two ago at Zebulon, has resulted in con- victiou of murder. The Delks, father and son, partners in crime, both con-, victed of the murder of Sheriff Guinn, stand face to face with death. Tom dies within a week and Taylor at the end of six weeks. The crime which they will expiate upon the gallows was one of the most shocking in the annals of Pike county, and the popular feeling aroused by it was so intense that at one time it was doubtful whether they would live to be tried. The judge that tried them found it necessary to shoulder a Win¬ chester rifle and join the posse that did guard duty about tbe jail between the suns, while the trial was in progress. Tom Delk’s conviction was affirmed by the supreme court, but there was a trifle more of doubt as to the conclu- a iveness of the evidence against the ( q ( | man> and Taylor got a new trial, Tom insiBted that his father was not j n t|, e house from which Sheriff Guinn was s i 10 t > and he was respited in order to giye tllis testimony for Taylor Delk. Tom’s evidenoe was submitted at the trial held in Zebulon tbe past week, but did not save his father from convic¬ tion. AN ULTIMATUM TREATY Rein" Prepared By President McKinley Regarding; Cuban Matter. President McKinley i's pre-par'ng an ultimatum to Spain. In consequence of the report of Consul General Lee, at Havana, bearing on the Ruiz mat¬ ter, iu which Spain is held responsible for the death of tbe American dentist, intense interest centers upon tho doc¬ ument. This message will cover the whole ground. Judge Day, assistant secre- tary of state, has the work under his liersonal supervision. The report of Mr. Calhoun has made no material change in the wording or purpose of the ultimatum. The information which he brings is in the nature of cumula¬ tive and confirmatory evidence. To¬ gether with other reports of a statisti¬ cal and informatory character, it will be attached to the dispatch as an ap¬ pendix. The note has now been in course of preparation for several weeks. Every incident and precedent of diplomacy bearing on the question of belligeren¬ cy, the recognition of independence and the preservation of treaty guaran tees, has been collated and embodied. Senor De Lome has been officially informed of the attitude of the admin¬ istration and its contemplated purpose of Bonding a note offering'mediation oil the basis of the independence of the island with the payment of an in¬ demnity. He has replied very adroitly that Spain would not consider such a note as an unfriendly act, but would give careful consideration to its con¬ tents. This reply is not to be con¬ strued, however, as indicating a pur¬ pose to accept the offer. TEST VOTE IN SENATE. Republican Caucus Amendment On Sugar Schedule Adopted. The first test vote of the sugar schedule was taken in the senate Friday, resulting in the adoption of the republican caucus amendment changing the house rate to 1.95 per pound, by the close vote of yeas, 32; nays, 30. The affirmative vote was made up of tw-enty-nine republicans and one dem¬ ocrat, McEnery, of Louisiana, one silver republican, Jones, of Nevada, and one populist, Stewart, of Nevada. The negative vote was made up of twenty-five democrats, three populists and two silver republicans. It was the closest vote thus far taken on an issue of importance and was accepted as showing that any amendment hav¬ ing the sanction of the caucus w-as as¬ sured of adoption. FARE LAW CONSTITUTIONAL. The supreme court of Indiana has decided .that the 3-ceut street car fare law in constitutional. It relates to the city of Indianapolis only. In the federal court recently the same law,passed by the last legislature, was declared unconstitutional and in¬ junctions were granted. BROKER CHAPMAN IS FREE. Serves His Short Sentence In the District Jail at Washington. Broker Elvbrton B. Chapman spent the final night of his term in the dis¬ trict jail at Washington Thursday night. His sentence expired at mid¬ night, but, according to custom, he was “allowed to remain” till Friday morning. Ho accepted the final courtesy at the hands of Warden Leonard laughingly, saying he should be sorry to requite the hospitality he received by seeming to hurry off precipitately. He might had he so desired, have left in time for breakfast at the Arlington, but, in¬ stead, he breakfasted at the jail. FOR MINISTER TO SPAIN. General Cox, of Ohio, May 15e Appointed to the Flace. General Jacob D. Cox of Cincinnati, who is said to have been tendered the post of United States minister to Spain, says there has been as yet no official action taken, and he seems in¬ clined to doubt that the president will appoint him. General Cox is one of the foremost men of Ohio. His career as a civil and military officer is most brilliant, and he has been one of Ohio’s most respected private citizens.