The Indianapolis Journal (Indianapolis [Ind.])
May 11, 1883

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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL. ESTABLISHED 1523. WHEN INDICATIONS. FRlDAY.—Clearing weather, station ary or lower temperature. These evenings are liable to be cool. There are changes in the temperature at this season of the year from warm to cold and chilly days and nights, that good judgment and due regard to health would suggesta policy of protection. There can be no better protection than the Spring Overcoat, and with a variety that embraces almost every known fabric that can be appropriate for Overcoats, it is no wonder that the great pro portion of those we see on the streets come from the W HEN CLOTHING STORE. THE DRIVE-WELL CASE. The Green Patent Held to Be Invalid—His tory of the Driven Well. Des Moines, la., May 10. —The celebrated rlrive-well case of William 1). Andrews et al. vs. George ITovey, involving the validity of wliat are known as the Nelson W. Green let ters-patent No. 73,425, of date Jan. 14, 1863, and the reissue under date of May 9, 1871, was decided in the United States Circuit Court here yesterday. The case was submit ted at the previous term of court, and in it were involved all the cases for infringement and damages in lowa and Minnesota, and at the hearing Judge Nelson, of Minnesota, sat with Judges Love and Shiras in the consider ation of the case. The opinion was prepared by Judge Shiras and is a lengthy document, which ably discusses the case in all its phases. Judge Love, though fully concurring in the opinion of Judge Shiras, filed a supplement ary opinion reviewing further some of the points of law involved. Judge Nelson dissents, but filed no opinion. From the evidence in the case it ap pears that in the summer of 1861 Nelson W. Green was a resident of Cortland, N. Y.; that he was engaged in drilling and organizing volunteers for the army, and espe cially in connection with the Seventy-sixth regiment, of which he was appointed colonel; that whilst thus employed his attention was called to the subject of procuringpure water for the use of his men, and that he set about to devise a means by which water could be readily procured from beneath the surface of the earth, thus avoiding danger from poisoned wells and springs, and also from the risk of being cut off from access to the ordinary sources of supply when in the presence of the enemy. The patentee him self testified that in the summer of 18G1 he had devised in his owif mind a method of accomplishing this result, which he ex plained first to his drill-squad and then to the officers of the regiment, and which con sisted in driving a rod sharpened at the end into the ground and into the water-bearing stratum, then withdrawing the same and in serting a tube, through which the water could be drawn by any ordinary style of pump. The case just decided is conclusive as to all cases pending in both States. Judge Shiras delivered the opinion, as stated, holding, first, that the patent i3 invalid be cause the. inventor, Colonel Green, of New York, allowed it to go into public use for more than two years prior to his application for a patent; second, that the reissue was void because it was not for the same in vention as the original patent; and void be cause that the instances of prior use were in the main mere experiments of wells at Inde pendence, la., in 1861. and the successful use of several wells at Milwaukee in 1819 and 1850 were from substantially the same inven tion as Green’s. Judge Love, in concurring, held further that under'the act of Congress of 1839 it was immaterial whether the prior use of the invention for two years therein mentioned was with or without the consent or allowance of the inventor, and that such prior use in either case invalidated the pat ent. Judge Nelson dissented. The opinion was very long, and all the questions involved were discussed with much learning. Judge McCrary sat with the judges during the read ing of the opinion, which was listened to with the closest attention by the bar and a room full of spectators. Plaintiffs, if an ap peal is made, will appeal on law points. A Brother’* Devotion. Louisville, May 10. Governor Blackburn to-day pardoned James Wizemore, sent to the penitentiary from Clay county, in 1880, for six years, charged with murder. It is said Sizemore made no defense, llis brother, a man with a large family, being the real crim inal, lie voluntarily took the odium and pen alty on himself for the sake of his brother and family. The brother dying the other day, made declaration of his guilt, and gave such unmistakable proof of the truth of his confession that the Governor issued a pardon at once when the facts were made known to him. Investigating Butler's Veto. Borton, May 10.—The House had an exci ted discussion over the order empowering the veto investigation committee to spend mon ey. It is generally understood to be for bringing witnesses to prove that Butler was in Washington when the veto was sent to the House. The order was finally adopted. Some Republicans voted with the Democrats against the order. General Sherman's Picnic. Fortress Monroe. May 10.—Mr. Sackville West, the British minister, who arrived on the steamer Dispatch with General Sherman, wus honored with a salute. General Sher man and party, in the afternoon, witnessed target practice by the officers’ artillery school. The party also visited the National Soldiers’ Home and normal school at Hamp ton. Mure “Assisted” Immigrants. Boston, May 10.—The steamer Phoenician, from Glasgow, brought 821 evicted tenants from Glasgow, Galway, Blucksuii ami Lon dondery. Over 800, principally large fami lies, were assisted. They go to Pennsyl vania, Wisconsin, Virginia and Montana, UNRULY ENGLISH SUBJECTS Mullctt Convicted of Conspiracy, and Sentenced to Penal Servitude, The London Dynamite Prisoners Again Ar raigned— The Crown Will Ask That They Be Held for Trial. Two Hundred Killed at Miragoane, by the Use of Dynamite. Points from Mr. Gladstone's Speech On the Affirmation Bill—A Strange Coinci dence-Other Cable Ncwa. THE DUBLIN TRIALS. Mullett Convicted and Sentenced to Penal Servitude for Life. Dublin, May 10.—Joseph Mullett, indicted for complicity in the attempt on the life of juror Dennis Field, was to-day placed on trial. He refused to plead to the indictment, giving as a reason that the comments of the English press had served to prejudice his case. He also refused the assistance of coun sel assigned to him by the court. His trial, then, by order of the court, was proceeded with. Porter read an extract from a diary kept by Mullett. One of the entries was an ac count for arms, and the name of Arthur Forester was attached to it. Forester is sup posed to be a leading Fenian, and is wanted by the police. His wife and mother were witnesses in support of the alibi of Fagan. A further entry said the government was fooiish to bother about the Parnell proces sion, as the Parnellites were harmless. Porter read a letter from James Mullett, broth er of the prisoner, ordering the latter to make an example of the member of the Emmett band, who, the former said, turned traitor. Porter commented on the entries in the diary. He said ttie book noting cash re ceived and expended had been found in Mul lett’s bedroom. It would prove that the money was given by Peter Tynan (No. 1) to James Carey, for the purposes of the conspir acy, in amounts of £4O, £3O and £2O. Other pa pers found in the prisoner’s room contained entries of moneys received, with initials at tached, indicating that it came from Daniel Curley, Joe Brady, Arthur Forester, Joseph Smith and Patrick Delaney. Porter read an extract from Mullett’s diary, entered Sept. 9, 1881, in which he implored the assistance of God for a special undertaking. In the entry made Sept. 10, he said lie failed in the undertaking because two of his con federates deserted him. This, Porter said, is supposed to refer to the abortive attempt on the life of ex-Secretary Forster. Farrell, informer, testified that the pris oner gave orders to Hanlon previous to the attack on Juror Field. Mullett did not call any witnesses. Ad dressing the jury in his own defense, he re peated that his case had been prejudiced by leading articles in the newspapers and by speeches of ministers and ex-ministers. He was proceeding to mention the name of Mr. Hareourt, when the judge interposed. Mul lett then refused to continue his address. A verdict cf guilty was rendered against Mullett, and he was sentenced to penal servi tude for life. After sentence, Mullett said: ‘‘l might as well be in prison at hard labor as anywhere else.” Mr. Trevelyan on “Anted” Emigrants. London, May 10.—In the Commons Mr. Trevelyan, Chief Secretary for Ireland said the state aided Irish emigrants who left for America under direction of the Ttikes com mittee were all likely to support themselves and families. The proper proportion be tween workers and non-workers have been carefully observed. The American govern ment had made rules to prevent entrance into that country of those likely to become paupers. Mr. James O’Kelly, member for Roscom mon, gave notice that he would question the government concerning the protest of Gov ernor Butler, of Massachusetts, in regard to Irish pauper emigration. Cardinal McCloskey Repeats His Denial. New York, May 10.—In answer to the statements made by the Roman correspond ent of the London Standard, and published this morning, Cardinal McCloskey makes the following reply: “The Roman correspond ent of the London Standard some time azo reported, twice after it had been contradict ed, a similar statement which he knew to be false.” The Cardinal, therefore, declines to notice any further dispatches from that source. THE ENGLISH CONSPIRACY. The Prisoners Will Probably be Committed for Treason Felony. London, May 10.—Dr. Thomas Gallagher, Bernard Gallagher, Alfred Whitehead, Win. Ansburgh, John Curtin, Henry Wilson and Henry Dalton, the dynamite conspiracy pris oners, were again arraigned to-day. Boland, on behalf of the government, intimated that the examination of the prisoners would be concluded to-morrow. He would then ask that they be committed for trial on a charge of treason felony. The court room was crowded. The prisoners seemed in good health. A clerk, in the postoffiee testified that money orders had passed between Dr. Thomas Gallagher and Bernard Gallagher, and between Dr. Gallagher and Curtin. The steward of the steamer Partliia identified Dr. Gallagher as the man who sailed from New York on March 14. Another steward of the Parthia identified Ansburgh, who he said occompnnied Dr. Gallagher. The stew ard of the steamer Germanic identified Ber nard Gallagher, who sailed from Liverpool for New York on March 1. The steward of the steamer Spain swore that informer Lynch (Norman) sailed from New York on March 10. The clerk of the cloak room at Euston railway depot testified that Wilson and Dr. Gallagher deposited a valise with him on March 29. Gallagher told him to keep it cool, The Yalise was called for on March 31, by Wilson. Moiendie, public analyst of Birmingham, and chief inspector of explosives, gave testi mony concerning the nitroglycerine found in Whitehead’s factory. Whitehead cross examined Mojendio, and displayed much intelligence in putting questions. Witness INDIANAPOLIS, FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 11, 1883. declined to state that he understood the manufacture of all explosives. The hearing was adjourned until to-morrow. THE IIAYTI REBELLION. A Bridge at Miragoane Blown Up, and 200 Persons Killed. St. Thomas, May 10.— Hayti advices state that several noted persons at Cape Haytien have been arrested. Six hundred fugitive inhabitants of Miragoane have reached Port au-Prince. They state that the rebels blew up a bridge at Miragoane with dynamite, killing 200 persons and wounding 200 more. A boat with four men ran the blockade of Miragoane, and arrived at Kingston carrying a letter to General Baslias, assuring him that the force in Miragoane can resist a seige for four months. President Solomon has issued a decree that the properties of political of fenders be held as security for all war ex penses, and the government is mortgaging such properties. THE AFFIRMATION BILL. Points in the Great Speech of Mr. Gladstone on the Measure. oondon Special, I am convinced that on every religious ground, as well as every political ground, the true and the wise course is not to deal out religious liberty by halves, quarters and fractions, but to deal it out entire, and make no distinctions between man and man on the ground of religious differences from one end of the land to the other. But Igo a little further in endeavoring to probe this conten tion which has been so well put forward by honorable gentlemen opposite, and I want to know is your religious distinction a real dis tinction at all? I will, for the sake of argu ment, go witlvyou on this dangerous ground of splitting theology into slices, and ask you where you will draw the line. You draw your line at the point where the abstract denial of God is severed from the abstract admission of the Deity. My prop osition is that your line thus drawn is worth less, and that much on this side of the line is as objectionable as the atheism on the other. If you call upon us to make distinc tions let them at least be rational; I do not say let them be Christian distinctions, but let them be rational. lean understand one rational distinction, that you would frame the oath in such a way as to recognize and indicate not only the existence of the Deity, but man’s responsibility to the Deity; but is that your present rule? No; you know very well that from ancient times there have been sects and classes that have admitted in the abstract as freely as Christians the existence of the Deity, but have held that of practical relations between Him and man there can be none. My reasons for supporting this bill may be summed up in a very few words. If I were asked to put a construction on this oath as it stands, probably I should give it a higher meaning than most gentlemen oppo site. It is my opinion, so far as I may pre sume to offer it, that the oath has in it a very large flavor of Christianity. I am well aware that the doctrine of ray honorable and learn ed friend, the Attorney-general is, as I be lieve, that other forms of positive attestation, according to other systems of religion, might enable the oath to be taken by the removal of the words “So help me God,” and the sub stitution of some other word or symbolical act which should go to integrate the proceed ing of taking an oath by introducing the idea of Deity, and responsibility to Deity; but the real character of the oath, according to the intention of the Legislature, is that it does not consist of spoken words alone, but of words accompanied by a corporal act—that of kissing the New Testament. What i9 the meaning of that kissing the New Testament? It means the acceptance of the Divine revela tion contained in that book. There have been other forms in other countries; in Scot land, I believe, the form still exists of hold ing up the hand instead of kissing the New Testament, which is, or was, also the forir. in France. In Spain, I believe, the form was that of kissing the cross. In Italy, I think, at one time the form was that of laying the hands on the Gospels. I have no fear of theism in the House. Re ligion is the expression of the divine mind, and, however little our feeble vision may be able to discern the means by which God may provide for i ts preservation, we may leave the matter in His hands, and we may be sure that a firm and courageous application of every principle of justice is the best way for the preservation and maintenanceof religion. And I must painfully record my opinion that grave injury has been done to religion in many minds—not in instructed minds, but in those which are ill-instructed or par tially instructed—in consequence of things which ought never to have occurred. Great mischief has been done in many minds by a resistance offered to the man elected by the constituency of Northampton, which a por tion of the people believe to be unjust When they see the profession of religion and the interests of religion ostensibly associated with what they are deeply convinced is injus tice, it leads to questions about religion itself which commonly end in impairing those convictions and that belief the loss of which I believe to be tiie most inexpressible calam ity which can fall either upon a man or upon a nation. TWO CAPITALS. The Jealousy and Bitterness Between Citi zens ot' St. Petersburg and Moscow. St. I’etcrHliurg Letter. The last prince of the Rurik family, the Czarevitch Dimitry, when nine years old, was murdered on May 15 (O. 8.), May 27 (N. 8.), 1591. By some strange mistake the same day, May 27, has been selected for the coro nation of the present Czar, Alexander 111., the Romanoff. Thus the anniversary of the dark deed by which the Rurik family w’as extinguished coincides with the most pom pous ceremony of the “now safely czaring Romanoff family.” While musing on this strange coincidence, old orthodox Russians cannot help shaking their heads and mur muring, “It’s a bad sign!” The Rurik fam ily reigned in Russia 720 years, and tho Ro manoff family has reigned so far 270 years. Now, the superstitious Russians find mysteri ous meaning in both of these figures. There are, however, jolly St. Petersburgers who boldly affirm that May 27 is a very good day for the liomamoffs, though it was a very bad day for the Ruriks, for if the Rurik house had not been extinguished the Romanoff house would not have come to tiie throne. The recollection of the lost of tho Ruriks naturally suggests the thought that there may be also a last of the Romanoffs, and it seems this thought throws a dark veil over the pompous ami gorgeous preparations for the coming coronation. Whether May 27 is a had day or a good one, both tho St. Peterburgers and the Mus covites are in a state of great excitement. The whole of Moscow, and the Moscovites, though they hate them, must welcome their guests in the best possible way. The Czar’s two capitals, St. Petersburg and Moscow, are fighting an endless duel. Moscow can never forgive St, Petersburg for tho removal of the Czar’s court from the shores of the shallow and dirty Moscva to those of the clear and wide Neva. St. Petersburg is proud of being a European city, and Moscow is proud of be ing a purely Russian town. “Dress Coat” i and “Caftan,” the nicknames given by the rivals to each other, well characterize thoir i peculiarities. The city of the Neva scorns its rival slightly, and the city of the Moscva hates its rival deeply, but now they must embrace each other in their common fes tivities. “This sacred rite of the czar’s coronation,” a civil officer said to me, “gives us a good oc casion for fun. Imagine the smoothly-shaved St. Petersburgers, with their cocktails on, dancing to the same tune with the long bearded Mocovites, wearing their long caf tans. Imagine our ladies with French trains and French manners side by side with the Moscow ladies in their narrow and short sar afans and witli their Moscow manners. And add to that sparkling champagne for the St. Petersburgers and sour kvas for the Mosco vites, and you will have an idea of the pic ture that will soon be presented to the view of foreigners.” The moving of St. Petersburg to Moscow is going on in lively manner. Recently the im perial regalia was sent from here to Moscow. There was a pompous procession on that oc casion. Thousands of courtiers, aides-de-camp of the C’zar,Jand a soldier transported the sniail and the great golden chain of the Cross of St. Andrew’, the imperial globe, the sceptre, and the two crowns, one for the Czar and the other for the Czaritza. There are ready for transportation twenty-three gilt court car riages to be used in the coronation procession. Os these carriages three are particularly no ticeable. One is the throne-like carriage of Elizabeth in which she drove after having dethroned a Czar. Another belonged to Catherine 11., and from it she smiled upon her subjects after having murdered her hus band, the Czar Peter 111. Then there is a queer looking carriage of Paul 111., who, a few years after his coronation, was murdered by his coqrtiers. These carriages ought to be used on a holiday, for they suggest reruin iscenses of blood and crime. All the ministers, senators and members of tlia Council of State will go to Moscow, and stay there for over a month. In fact, the whole of the Czar’s government will re side for a time in the Kremlin at Moscow. The Czaritza, the “Dancer,” even for the sake of the crown, would not miss the servants of Terpsichore. She has decided to take to Moscow about 150 ballet dancers of this city, and fifty pupils, male and female, of the bal let school. The court ladies arc very busy on their dresses, which they have ordered from Paris for the coronation festivities. It is said here that every lady is preparing at least a dozen new drosses at a cost of from $250 to SSOO each. On the other hand, the Moscowites are try ing their utmost to make as much out of their guests as possible. The rent demanded for houses in Moscow for tho coronation hol idays is exorbitant. For a common dwelling house they demand 300 roubles ($150) a day, and 1,000 roubles on moving in, and 1,000 on moving out. Meat, bread, and all sorts of provisions will be sold at coronation prices, that is to say, at tenfold the ordinary price. The government has ordered from the to bacco firm of Laferme 30,000,000 cigarettes, which will be distributed among the soldiers and others who are present at the corona tion festivities. The Moscowites invite the St. Petersburg ers in this language: “Come home; come to the sacred city of Moscow; throw off the European dust from your feet; come to in spire the Russian spirit, and get consecrated and purified.” The St. Petersburgers answer: “Hush! old sinners. If the walls of the old Kremlin could speak what a bloody story they would tell. No other walls in the world have witnessed so many dark deeds. Every stone of those walls would tell of torture, murder, strangling or poisoning of czars or czaritzas, of princes, boyards, bishops or lamen, of women or children. The very soil of the Kremlin is saturated with human blood. The mysteri ous underground cells and passages of the Kremlin are full of the bones of innocent victims. No. Moscow is too bloody a place for purification and sanctification!” GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS. Halifax Mildly tiie Appearance of a Suspicious Vessel. Halifax, May 10.—The interest attaching to the Fenian scare produced by Governor Archibald’s startling letter from Ottawa, is abating somewhat, but to-day a report that suspicious vessels were hovering about the harbor entrance was discussed with some ex citement. About 3 o’clock this morning a signal was hoisted on the citadel staff for a steamer reported to tho eastward. She was made out by the signal officers at Sambro to be brigantine rigged, but her name is not known, as she did not approach sufficiently near the signal station. She came toward the port from the south east, passed on to the westward, and an hour or so later seemed to hover about the mouth of the harbor for a short time, apparently undecided whether to conic in. She then turned about and put to sea again without having made any signals. Postal BUI* Granted Urgency. Paris, May 10.—The Chamber of Deputies granted urgency for bills relating to postal services between Havre and New York, and between France and tho Antilles and Mexico. M. Naure opposed the bill. Jle criticised the concession granted by tho gov ernment to the French Transatlantic Com pany and characterized the system of subsi dies as ineffectual and prejudicial to the welfare of the merchant navy. Tlio Irriilentn Agitation, Rome, May 10.—Signor DePretis, Presi dent of the Councili stated in the Chamber of Deputies yesterday that the Irridenta agitation was conducted solely by persons hostile to the institutions of the country. The government, he said, was determiner) to repress al! criminal preparations. If Italy wished to make the doctrine of the National ists triumph she must declare war against the whole of Kurope. A liival Hills t\ Bridegroom ami Himself. Pahis, May 10.—A tragedy which caused a great sensation was enacted here this morn ing on the Rue Saint Denis. While a mar riage party was going along that thorough fare on the way to church, a rival of the bridegroom shot and killed him. The assas sin then poisoned himself. Philippart's Declaration. Brussels, May 10.—PDilippart, tiie Belgian financier, who was recently extradited from France on a charge of forgery, has written a letter to the public prosecutor, declaring that if he is kept in prison beyond the present week, all the companies of which he has the direction will be ruined. Another Suez Canal. London,May 10.—A meeting of influential shipowners, to-day, including a representa tion of three million tons of Suez canal traffic, unanimously adopted a resolution favoring the construction of another canal across the isthmus, and appointed an execu tive committee to carry out the plans of the meeting. Bismarck's Failing; Health. Berlin, May 10.—Bismarck is becoming daily more emaciated, and his physicians have informed him that the worst may hap pen if he does not abandon all state work for the present. Cable Notes. St. Vallier will be French embassador to Austria. Mathe, an autonomist, has been elected president of the municipal councilor Paris. The convention relative to the junction of the Austrian and Turkish railway systems has been signed. The Court of Chancery at London refused Madame Nilsson’s application for an injunc tion against Gye, Orders were received at Aldershot, yester day, to send troops and police to Curragh camp, in Ireland, instantly. The German Reichstag adopted a motion for an inquiry into the condition of the affluents of the Rhine and the cause of the. recent floods. The Irish National League announces that £5lO has been received from America since the previous report, and the agent in Aus tralia hopes to send £I,OOO monthly to Ire land. A large meeting of Bradlaugh’s constitu ents was held at Northampton, on Wednes day night, at which resolutions were passed in favor of Bradlaugh retaining his seat in the Commons. Mr. George A. McFarren, doctor of music, has refused the order of knighthood, which was conferred on him on Monday, at the same time that the title was conferred on Mr. Arthur Sullivan. TRADE AND LABOR. Probability that Iron Manufacturers Will Shut Down tho Mills. Pittsburo, May 10.—A meeting of the As sociation of Iron Manufacturers of the West was held here to-day. All mills of the West were represented, as it will probably be the final meeting prior to June 1, when the mills will close down unless the differences exist ing between the employers and employes are settled before that date. Further discussion developed the fact that the time intervening since the last conference had wrought no change in the situation, and that the manufacturers, to a man, were in favor of a general shut down unless the workmen accepted reduction, as the present condition of trade wouid not justify the payment of present wages. The action of the committee in re fusing to sign the scale presented by the amalgamated association, and in adjourning the conference sine die, was unanimously endorsed. A special meeting of the nail association was also held this afternoon, but nothing could be learned as to its nature, the manu facturers refusing to throw any light on the proceedings. The jigar strike is weakening. A number of old hands in the different factories have returned to work, and others are seeking employment at the old rates. The situation of other strikers is unchanged. Tbe Bricklayers' Strike. Chicago, May 10.—The striking bricklay ers, to-night, discharged their arbitration committee, appointed a few days ago to con fer with the master builders with a view to a compromise. The strike, therefore, appears no nearer the end than it did a month ago. The interiors of most new buildings are com pleted, and it is estimated that unless the bricklayers’ etrike is ended within two weeks, 30,000 men of the building trades— plasterers, carpenters, painters, etc.—will be thrown out of employment, because there will be no buildings to’work on. A Discouraging Schedule. New York, May 10, —Tho schedules in the assignment of Wm. B. Hatch and J. Hugh Peters, composing the firm of Hatch Peters have been tiled. Liabilities, $278,000; nominal assets. $188,000; actual assets, 16,000. Hatch’s individual liabilities, $1,000; nominal assets, $6,500; actual assets, nothing. Peters’s individual liabilities, $20,000; nominal assets, $81,000; actual assets, nothing. The affidavit states tho cause of the failure to be the dis honesty of Geo. W. Thompkins, a former employe. A great many persons owing the firm money are insolvent or cannotbe found. Some of those named as creditors were ac counted such by Thompkins to cover up his losses. Hatch has died since the assignment. The Trouble at Dodge City. Kansas City, Mo., May 10.—No reliable explanation of the troubles at Dodge City, Kas., has been received yet. A dispatch from, Topeka says nothing definite is known there, but it is believed that the special reports published are largely exaggerated, and that tiie disturbance lias not been nearly so great as stated. Luke Short,the most prominent of the six men who were expelled from Dodge City, came to this city and left to-night for Topeka, where he intends to lay his case before Gov ernor Glick. He claims that the authorities had no right to expel him from the town, but if he had violated the laws he should he permitted to remain there and anwswer the charges. A prominent cattle man who resides in Dodge City said, in an interview here to-night, that he believed the whole trouble was simply a war upon tho gamblers; that tiie citizens had de termined to make thojplace more orderly,and therefore compelled certain parties to leave. He said they had a similar experience about three years ago, and that there is nothing especially remarkable in tbe present out break. _ Catholic Knight* of America, St. Louis, May 10.—Tho third day’s session of tiie fourth biennial convention of tiie Catholic Knights of America lasted until 2 o’clock this afternoon. Tiie time was occu pied in receiving reports of the various com mittees, which were discussed at length. The finance committee's report showed that claims on the widows and orphans’ benefit fund paid wore $350,043.22. It was recom mended that an alteration be made in tho manner of keeping tho secretary’s and treas urer’s accounts. A balance of $2,000 is due the Supreme Council by the branch councils, and it was recommended that in future sup plies he furnished for cash. Adjourned till tomorrow. PRICE FIVE CENT’S. CONDITION OF THE CROPS. The Anxiously-Expected Roport of the Agricultural Bureau. A Slight Improvement in the Win tor Wheal Average, but a Los* of Twenty I'er Cent. I* Expected. Mr. Lyman Commissioned as Chid Civil-Service Examiner. Progress of tbe Argument in tbe Star- Route Case—Frederick Douglass and tbe Proposed Colored Convention. WHEAT AND COTT#\. Tbe Average Condition of Props Somewlia Improved Over April. Washington, May 10.—The May return: of wheat to tho Department of Agricultun make the condition, compared with tin April averages, materially lower in New York, Michigan, Ohio and Illinois. Furthei/ injury was wrought by frosts early in April, and in the more northern districts the real damage by the March freezing was nioro fully disclosed as the covering of snow and ice disappeared. The average is 77 for New York, Michigan 83, Ohio 62, Illinois 66. Further loss is suffered by plowing up large areas in Ohio and Illinois. A reduction in Missouri from 83 to 80 is al§o reported. In Indiana the condition averages 75, and New Jersey reports 101, both tfie same as in April. All the remaining Northern States show an improvement since the April report, as well as the Pacific coast and nearly all Southern States. These averages are: Con necticut 96, Pennsylvania 95, Delaware 85, Maryland 99, Virginia 97, North Carolina 96, South Carolina 93, Georgia 97, Alabama 98, Mississippi 92, Texas 87, Arkansas 86, Ten nessee 88, West Virginia 90, Kentucky 81, Kansas 91, California 77, Oregon 72. This is an improvement of 15 points in California and 17 in Oregon. The average condition of winter wheat is 83!£, against 80 in April. The loss in area from replanting in other crops may be assumed to reduce the pros pect to that of April 1. In 1879 and 1880 tiie general average was 99, in 1881 it was 88; in 1882 it was 102, and in May of last year 100. In former years there were no May returns. Two years ago tho average declined to 80 in July. Last year it increased to 104 at the time of cutting. It should he understood that in the depart ment reportsof condition, 100 means medium grow/h. witii a full stand and healthy plant. Tiie Ohio and Illinois reports compare with last year’s crop thus: Ohio reports 56 for May, compared with last year, and 62 com pared with an average crop. The spring wheat area will not be com plete till May 15, and will be re ported on June 1. The statistical agent for Dakota makes a probable increase of 30 per cent,: the agent for Minnesota re ported 86 per cent, of last year’s area already planted; an increase of 15 per cent, is re ported in Washington Territory. It is not probable that the increase in the spring wheat area will more than make good tho loss of winter wheat acreage. Without re gard to the spring wheat breadth, the present prospect for the winter wheat area, in consid eration of the reduced condition and acreage, is 20 per cent, less than in May last, repre senting a loss of about 77,000,000 bushels. A dispatch from the London statistical agent, under date of April 28, reports an improvement in European wheat prospects during the last month. The severe March was followed by three weeks of dry weather, which was succeeded by one week of invigorating rain. The season is still backward, and higher tem perature needed. The small area of spring sown wheat in England is thin and much of it will be replaced by barley. In France and Germany rain is needed, and a higher temperature necessary. With reduced acreage in western Kurope and some injury from freezing in March, a reduced crop ap pears inevitable. In Austria and Hungary the prospect is favorable for at least a medium crop. The returns of progress in cotton plant ing show that work is later than usual in every State, and indicate that on May 1. 74 per cent, of the proposed area was planted, when tiie usual proportion is said to be 84 per cent. In Vir ginia and North Carolina it was very late. The percentages planted were: Virginia 15, North Carolina 35, South Carolina 75, Georgia 73, Florida 96, Alabama 83, Mississippi 82, Louisiana 81, Texas 75, Arkansas 72, Tennes see 67. Mr. Tallmadge’* Estimates. Milwaukee, May 10.—S. W. Tallmadge, of the Milwaukee Chamber of Commerce, to day obtained the following information rela tive to the condition of the wheat crop. H. H. Young, secretary of the Minnesota State Board of Agriculture, says: “The acreage sown in tin- State will not exceed 2,392.500 acres. The crop is backward, even that down earliest; and taking tiie area and con dition together, we have no right to expect more than 86 per cent, of a good averuge crop. I estimate the crop of the State at about 23,500,00) bushels. Farmers in the southern part of the State have largely changed from wheat growing to dairying and general farming, and in tho northern part planting has been greatly delayed, con siderable ground not being sown vet.” Alex. Heron, secretary of the rndianaStats Board, under date of May 9, says: “I have but little change to report in tho prospect, for the wheat crop in Indiana. Tiie improvement is not.so much as estimated in tho April report, and we place the figures a shade lower as to condition. In the south western part of the State some good wheat is reported, but as a whole it is very discourag ing. The season is at least ten days late.” Mr. Tallmadge lias made anew estimate! on the crop of 1883, giving the following totals by States: Ohio 26.000,000 bushels, Michigan 23,000.000, Indiana 30,000,000, Illi nois 24,000,000, Wisconsin 10.000.u00, Minne sota 25,000,000, lowa 22,000,000, Missouri 23,000,000, Kansas 25,000.000, Nebraska 17,000,000, California 29,000,000, Oregon 13,000,000, Pennsylvania 22,000,000, New York 12,000,000, other States and Territories 95,000.000—making a total of K)2,000,0iK& bushels, against 503,000,000 bushels last year. THE CHIEF EXAMINER. Mi'. Kcim Withdraw*, and a Commission is Issued to Mr Lyman. Washington, May 10.—De B. Randolph Keim, who was recommended by the civil service commission for appointment ns chief examiner under the new commission, waited on the President to*day and withdrew Ui.i

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2 name from consideration for that position. The commissioners subsequently recom mended the appointment of Charles Lyman, chief clerk of the United States Treason, office, as chief examiner in place of Keim, withdrawn, and a commission was conse quently issued to Lyman by the President. Lyman, who has for a long time been identified with ciril service reform, was an active member of the civil service board appointed by General Grant He served in the army during the war of the rebellion, and made a good record. Mr. Keim, in his letter of withdrawal, says: “It would be superfluous to repel the un friendly insinuations made respecting my self from the fact that not one of them has been sustained; and that no scandal has at tached to my name is all the answer I care or n"ed to make. The question for me to consider is the effect which an unjust judg ment might have upon my usefulness to the commission, and whether the experiment of civil-service reform should not have a trial unaffected by personal considera tions. It is for the reason that my interest in the cause of reform is greater than my desire for the office that I wish to withdraw my name. However great my regret that I feel constrained to de cline the honorable part assigned me by the recommendation of the commission in the practical work o f reform, and however un just it is to have been condemned without one discovered fact in evidence, I have at least secured an opportunity of disinterested action. And now, Mr. President, as the best evidence 1 can offer of the interest i.fecl in the success of the work, I desire herewith to withdraw my name from consideration in the connection indicated.” THE STAK-UOITE TRIAL. The Arguments Suspended that Blnckmar Might He Examined. Washington, May 10.—When the star route trial was resumed this morning, Judge Wylie said lie wished to qualify his remark, made yesterday, that seemed to censure Biackmar. Asa matter of fact, the evidence showed clearly that Biackmar had made no proposition to Rerdell, but had merely lis tened toa proposition coming from him. The court wished now to coniine its censure to Rerdell. Mr. Davidge said he believed the court did not fully understand the matter. It was not a mere proposition, hut an infamous bar gain between Rerdell and a government agent to affect the composition of the jury. He was willing to suspend argument in order to let Biackmar take the stand and say whether or not he acted under orders. Biackmar then took the stand, and Mr. Ingersoll conducted the examination. Wit ness said he was present in court-room when Rerdell testified in regard to the sub ject. Ingersoll—You can state what you know about the matter. Witness—l made no arrangement of the kind with Rerdell; he said he was willing to go on the stand and testify. Q. —Did be say he would sit with the de fendants and challenge jurors at the govern ment’s suggestion? A.—He said he would exercise his priv ilege as a defendant to challenge jurors. Q. —How; for or against the govern ment? A.—l was to communicate that to the government. He gave me a list of persons he would challenge; I have it now at my house, and would have brought it with me if I had supposed I would be examined. I communicated the proposition to Mr. Mer rick, immediately, long before the trial be gan. I don’t think I gave that list to him, but cannot be positive. Mr. Ingersoll inquired if witness knew Rerdell had attempted to carry out his propo sition. Witness said his only knowledge on that point had been derived from the record. It was not understood that Rerdell was to chal lenge jurors for the government. When witness reported to Mr. Merrick, he was di rected to listen to Rerdell, and cautioned what to say in reply. Mr. Merrick ordered witness to say to Rerdell that the proposition could not bo entertained; it would not be proper for the prosecution to enter into it. nor would it be honorable toward the coun sel for defense. Witness had a conversation with S. W. Dorsey, yesterday; did not tell him he made that arrangement with Rerdell. tttd did not think Dorsey would say that, either. Q. —Did yon not say to Dorsey, yesterday, that you ought not to be blamed for this Rer sleil matter; that yon had taken every step under the direction of Mr. Merrick? A.—l said tlint in everything I had done in this trial my hands were clean, and that the remarks of Mr. Wilson were unfair; that I had been instructed to do whatever I did. Witness said.he would say now, and to the lay of his death, that he made no such ar rangement with Rerdell as charged. Mr. Ingersoll asked some questions which the court considered foreign to the subject under examination, and Judge Wylie de clined to allow an extension of the scope of inquiry. It must, he said, be confined to the simple question whether there was an agreement between Rerdell and Biackmar. Witness said he now' remembered that he had not shown a list of names to Mr. Merrick when he reported to Mr. Merrick that Her ded wanted to challenge for the government. That gentleman was very much offended, but witness must listen to Rerdell while re fusing to entertain the proposition. The court said it had been surprised at Mr. Wilson’s declamation against the prosecution, and had referred to the evidence to ascertain if lie was justified in it. A careful consideration of the testimony led the court to the belief that Rlackninr had only listened in silence to Rerdell’s suggestion, and although perhaps he (Biackmar) had not done his whole duty in failing to denounce Rerdell at ttie time, yet the court failed to see any ground for the indignation expressed by the counsel at the course of the government. The court de cidedly refused to go further into the subject, and Mr. Wilson resumed his address to the jury. The prosecution, be said, bad made a great point out of the fact that some of the routes ran through vast soli tudes ami across well-nigh impassa ble mountains. Well, Congress ami not the Second Assistant Postmaster-general was responsible for that. They specified the routes the mail should traverse, and the Sec ond Assistant Postmaster general carried out t heir laws. The jury could not ©raw an In ference of criminality from the charge of the judge who sat upon the bench; they must took to the evidence alone. No matter 1f Brady*> orders were not wise, it would be n monstrous thing for the jury to convict an xeentive officer of crime, beenuse his judg ment had not been wisely exercised. Mr. Wilson bad not concluded his address 'vuen the court adjourned. A COLORED MEN’S CONVENTION. Frederick Dougin mi Give* Ills Views Con cerning the Movement. WiiMhtnaton Special. Frederick Douglass, in an Interview to day, said [of the national colored men's convention, lo bo held in this city next September. “I assure yon that there Is no secret Inten tion or purpose about it. The colored citi icensof the country occupy, or think they occupy, n peculiar relation to the oilier citi .*ns of the republic). Whether they wish It !or not, they are in some sense a separate I class. They are reminded of all this in their I relations to the general American public. I j think it is the intention to come together I for consultation as to the best means of j bettering our condition as a class. I am suprised that the proposed convention has met so little favor from the Re publican papers of. the country. I am equally surprised that the editors of the colored newspapers have generally opposed the convention. The Republican press betray a fear that the convention will be anti-Republican, while the colored editors fear that the convention will be controlled by the existing administration. Neither ground of opposition is really tenable. Noth ing is mure common in this country than conventions for various purposes. We have all sorts of conventions—lrish conventions, women’s conventions, temperance conven tions, workingmen’s conventions, religious conventions, infidels’ conventions, conven tions to put God into the constitution, and conventions opposed to putting God into the constitution, and each convention must be judged upon its merits. One would think that there was something wrong in the very idea of a convention, but it is not so. They are the safety-valves of the republic. Men meet together and speak of their wants, their wishes; to prevent their grievances, if they have any, and make them known to the public. There is no use for dynamite where men can assemble in conventions. The op position to this convention on the part of colored editors has an element of bitterness in it-” "What do you hope or expect from the con vention?** asked the reporter. “If tiie convention does no good,” said Mr. Douglass, “or is likely not to do any good, I feel it my duty to act with it, and do my best to prevent its doing any harm to the cuuse of the colored man. Sly belief is that it can put forth such an utterance that it will ruise the colored man in the estimation of his fellow citizens, and secure for him a better footing in the republic. All sorts of moves are at tributed to the callers of the convention; that they are office-seekers, and the Boston Ad vertiser tells us that we make a mistake when we challenge consideration on the strength of color or the former state of our race; that the color of his skin is no reason forgiving a man business, office or special courtesy. All of which is very true, but equally true is it that man's color should not be reason of his exclusion from any business or office, or the denial of any courtesy. The one proposition is as true as the other, and it is to tliis last proposition that the convention of colored men, as I understand it, propose to address themselves.” GENERAL AND PERSONAL. An Indianapolis Man Undertakes the Filling of a Long-Felt Want. There is anew weekly in Wnahington, the Patent Office News. It is a neatly-printed quarto, published by Dr. Frank T. Howe and W. G. Nicholas, young men who appreciate the value of getting the latest information in all lines of news much better tlmn the average weekly publisher. No fact in connection with the issuing of patents can reach the public in any way a moment sooner than through this Patent Office News, and the other publications will have their hands full to keep up to this youngest competitor. Its publishers have no other purpose but to win in the field of special periodical literature, ami they have taken a specialty that gives ample promise of success for the venture, Mr. Coukliug’H Mistake. Qsth’e Gossip. “What is thought in Washington about Conkliug’s speech?” “It is regarded as a mistake. He seems to have no power to allay public excitement. Assoon as the public mind becotues cheerful and disposed to forgive him he starts afresh, and provokes anew burst of indignation.” “Is Conkling making money at the law?” “Yes; not only making money for work that lie does, but he gets fees merely for de clining to appear on the opposite side of a case. A large corporation will pay him a considerable fee in order to keep him from being retained by its opponents, although they do not ask him to do any work at all.” The Youthful Chief of the Army, Washington Spocittl. The youthful ness of the General of the Army, who is about to be retired for “old age,” is thus explained. Sherman was about to start for Fortress Monroe, rr'aen a reporter said: “You will miss the circus.” “That’s so.” replied the General, “I’ll miss the circus, and hate to do it. You know the circus is my stronghold. I saw the parade this morning, and I would like to see the show; but, as I am going on a gun-boat, I have to take her when I can get her.” "How long will you be gone?” continued the reporter. “Well, I can’t tell. If the fishing Is good I won’t hurry back.” Tobacco Stamps in Abundance. Washington, May 10.—The acting Com missioner of Internal Revenue to day seut a telegram to collectors in the principal to bacco manufacturing districts of which the following is a copy: Increased facilities have been provided for Imprinting stamps, and after to-morrow it will he within the power of this office t. relieve the immediate pressure, and at an eariy day HU all requisitions. Notes and Personals. Washington, May 10. —A postoffice has been established at Brice, Jay county, Ind. The original commission of Judge Howe as I'ostmaster-geueral has been sent to his son Frank. The bond of George W. Russell, postmaster at Irvfngton, Ind., for $4,000, has been ap proved by the department. Advices from Philadelphia say that after the operation was performed on Judge Kel ley on Monday ho hud a serious relapse. Yesterday morning he was quite low, but by evening had begun to improve, and at a late hour was doing well. The Secretary of the Interior has declined the request of Martin B. Haves to vacate the approval made by the Commissioner-general of the Lund Office of the entries upon the mines known as Santa Rita del Cobrein New Mexico, consisting of forty-five lode cluinis, entered b.v D. 11. Moffktt, jr., and patents will accordingly issue in favor of the mining claimants. The Comptroller of Currency authorized the City National Bank of Akron, 0., to be gin business, with a capitul of SIOO,OOO, and the First National Bank of Uniou. Ore., with a capital of $500,000. The Supreme Court of the District dis missed the petition of Rumptf Graessler fora mandamus on the Secretarv of the In terior and the Commissioner of Patents, on the ground of no jurisdiction. Runipff Graessler wanted a commission appointed to take testimony in a foreign country as to their being the original inventors of a patent. Knights of Honor Election. Gai.vkhton, May 10. —The Supreme Lodge of the Knights of Honor have ?e-elected the following supreme officers: Dictator, R. H. Cochran, of West Virginia; vice-dictator. F. I*. Ireland, of Nebraska; reporter, 11. F. Nel son, of Ohio; treasurer, R. J. Breckenridge, of Kentucky; chaplain, G. W. Holland, of South Carolina; guide, K. J. Davenport, of Minnesota; guardian, I*. C. Carlton, ot North Carolina; sentinel. Louis Wilson, of Ohio. Mv wife nnd daughter were made healthy t*y the use of Hop Bitters. Methodist (Clergyman. THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, FRIDAY, MAY 11, 1883. CRIMES AND CASUALTIES. A Pittsburg; Murderer Goes Coolly to His Execution, Progress of Thompson's Trial in Kentucky —The Usual List af Accidents and Affrays. THE CRIMINAL RECORD. Execution of Ward McConkey at Pittsburg for the Murder of McClure. Pittsburg, Pa. May 10.—Ward McConkey was executed here this forenoon in the yard attached to the county jail, for the murder of Geo. A. McClure, in Deadman’s Hollow, near McKeesport, Pa., on the night of Au gust 2, 1881. The murdered man had ?oods stolen from his store, and had tracked the thieves, among whom was McConkey, to the Hollow where be was afterwards found rid dled with bullets. The murder created in tense excitement and vigilance committees were formed who scoured the woods for miles, but the murderers eluded them, and several months afterward McConkey was arrested in New York State, but the others have never been apprehended. McConkey retired to bed about 10 last night, and slept so soundly that he had to be awakened this morning. He ate a hear ty breakfast, and when his spiritual advis ers visited him, was as unconcerned s he had been all the time. He ascended the scaffold a few minutes before 11. and thirteen minutes later the trap was sprung. On the scaffold he protested his innocence, and addressing the spectators said: “Good bye, one and aii. You nang me because you suppose I know something of McClure's mur der and wont squeal.” Just as the cap was ad justed he said: “Good bye, all ye murderers. 1 Death was caused from strangulation, and life was extinct in seven minutes. The bearing of the condemned was total indiffer ence, not a single tremor being perceptible, and lie was even laughing as he marched from the juil to the scaffold. The Trial of Jere Dunn. Chicago, May 10.—The trial of Jere Dunn was resumed this morning, the time being occupied in filling the jury list, after which it adjourned tilt afternoon. The court resumed its session at 2 o’clock, and the case proceeded without any change in tiie jury panel. The opening arguments for the State and defense were made by coun sel. Fred Plaisted, the oarsman, who sat at the table with Elliott at the time of the shooting, testified that a shot was fired over his shoulder by someone behind him. Elliott jumped up with an exclamation, and raised a chair as if to strike, when another shot was fired. Dunn and Elliott came to gether in a death struggle, and ten seconds inter lie saw a pistol in Elliott’s bauds. Dr. T. J. Bluthardt, county physician, de tailed the results of the post mortem exami nation. Charles Deal, cashier of the restaurant in which the affray occurred, testified that he saw Elliott and Plaisted come into the place and pass back into the restaurant A short time after he heard a shot* and then saw El liott and Dunn come into the frout part of the place, struggling together. This closed the day’s proceedings. De fendant preserved the utmost coolness throughout. Trial of Phil. Thompson. Harbodsburg, Ky., May 10.—The proceed ings in the Thompson murder trial were mainly formal. The prosecution rested, after giving legal proof of the murder. Colonel Jacobs then presented the defense to the jury by a statement which shows that the line of the defense will be that the shooting was justified by a great wrong Buf fered by Thompson, and that this provoca tion was only heightened when Davis, in the car, offered his hand to Thomp son. Colonel Jacobs drew a pic ture of Davis’s conduct in Cincinnati when lie brought Mrs. Thompson, drunk, to the St. Clair Hotel, and declared it was worse than criminal. Testimony lor the defense began, but was merely formal. The contest will be made when tiie defense attempts to prove facts which will justify Thompson. Appropriating Paupers’ Money. Boston. May 10.—In the Tewksbury inves tigation, to-day, Richard Morey testified that his aunt, Ellen Allen, weut to Tewksbury in March, 1877. She had money with her—he understood about sls0 —also, some jewelry p.nd valuable clothing. His aunt died at the institution in May, and his father was unable to obtain either clothing or money, and got no satisfaction whatever. The cash book shows a credit of $i to this inmate. Arthur Phippen, bookkeeper for a firm of coal dealers, testified that a number of tons of coal were sent by him to Exeter, N. 11., by order of Captain Marsh. The Governor said that he proposed to prove that tliis was paid for by tiie State. Witnesses identified certain bills for coal which were in Marsh's private accounts, but which had been paid by the State Auditor. A Michigan Rank Robbed. Detroit, May 10.—The bank of Townsend North, at Vassar, was entered by burglars, last night, the safe blown open, and $4,000 in specie taken. The thieves were frightened away before they could open another drawer, which contained SO,OOO in currency. Frank L. Fates, who rooms over the bank, was held under revolvers while the robbery was per petrated. Six hundred dollars in silver was subsequently found in u box some distance from the bank A large posse went in pursuit, and drove thegang into u swamp, exchang ing shots with them, but at lust advices had not effected tbeir capture. A Wisconsin Murderer's Sentence. Grand Rapid©, May 10.— Marvin Fenaer was to-day convicted of murder in the first degree, for killing John Hesler, and sen tenced to imprisonment for life. The first three days of every year are to bn passed in solitary confinement, and the 19th of Janu ary of every year also in solitary confine ment. lie killed bis friend for a pair of mules. Antagonists Killed by One Weapon. Galveston, May 10.—A News Salado spe savs: “On the Warrick’farm, two Mexicans killed t'neimelves with the same knife. One stabbed the other in the region of the hehrt, leaving the knife sticking in the wound. The other quickly drew the knife from his own breast and stubbed his antagonist.” Killed Wlille Resisting Arrest. Pikrrr, Dak., May 9.—This afternoon City Marshal Price shot and killed a herder named Thomas Thompson, while attempting his ar rest for previously firing on Otto Hinkle, a freighter, who was his rival for the affections of a woman of ill-fame.

THE OABU.iI/TY LIST. A Inlander oT a St Louis Druggist Uano* the Death of T%vi> Men. Bt. Louis. May 10.—At the city hospital, yesterday afternoon, n patient named Dan Killaher, died very suddenly, and two other inmates sank into a semi-tincouscious con dition, and were only revived after grout ox- TO THE LADIES OF INDIANAPOLIS AND VICINITY. Owing to the non-mention of Ladies’ fine goods in our numerous advertisements, sev eral have become impressed with the idea that we sell and keep only cheap goods. A mistake. We sell to-day more fine goods than cheap goods, and the trade is daily more and more in favor of fine goods. Why? We will tell you. We keep first-class makes, such as Morrow, Reynolds Bros., Denion Disbrow, Byrne’s, McKoight’s, Gardner’s! Clarendon, Talbot Cos., and numerous other well-known makes. We buy direct and for cash—which latter fact is good for 20 per cent, reduction on retail prices. We do more business, employ more clerks, sell more goods, sell cheaper, Keep the best varied stocK and defy in competition ANY SHOE STORE IN INDIANAPOLIS. All the latest styles are now ready and on sale, and we guarantee to every lady in this and adjoining cities favoring us with a call, a surprise in nobby, stylish goods, and extremely low prices. Fine goods sold for $4.50 and $5.00 we furnish same Kind, and in many instances the SAME MANU FACIURE, at $3.50 and $4.00. Very respectfully, Gr. T. W. MACK. Great Chicago Shoo House. ertion and the application of electric batter- ier. It seems a serious blunder \>as made bv Hospital Druggist E. T. Green,iwho, it is be- lieved, gave a mixture of chloral, instead of filling the proper prescription. Green de- i nies this. The contents of the bottles will be analyzed, and an inquest held to-morrow. A post-mortem examination of the bodies this evening revealed the presence of chloral, and Green, the druggist, was arrested to night. Drovers Killed b.v a Collision. Dutchess Junction, May 10. —A freight train going south, last night, broke in two near Highland Station, and the rear part was run into by another freight train follow ing. in the caboose of the first train were two drovers, H. I*. Johnson, of Leroy, N. Y., and S. E. Burt, of Batavia, both of whom were hurled into the river and killed, THE INDIAN WAR. General Crook’s Movement Approved by tbe Mexican Government. Denver, Col., May 10.—The Tribune’s Al buquerque, N. M., special says: “Colonel Unda, chief of staff of General Fuero, of the Chihuahua army, who is in El Paso, states that the movement of General Crook across the Mexican border is not only approved by his government but that General Fuero has instruc tions to take the field in charge of the troops stationed in Chihuahua, to co-operate with Crook in a grand Apache round-up, the lines of the combined forces being drawn around the savages so- that it will be impossible for them to break through. Colonel Unda believes a blow will be struck this time that will end in the utter annhihilation of the raiding Apaches. Upon Crook’s arrival at Sierra Madres the Mexican troops will move, and there will be music in the air. Awaiting; News from Crook. El Paso, Tex., May 10.—The Times says: ‘‘Neither Mexican or our own officers have yet received intelligence of nor from General Crook. Colonel Unda, at Paso del Norte, has directed the establishment of a courier line from Janos to Courillas, on the Mexican Cen tral. It ia in this direction that the Mexicans expect to receive the first definite news, bnt our officers believe General Crook will com municate from Guadalupe canon.” There is no direct news from General Crook, as yet. The Mexicans are using every exertion to communicate with him. The point where Crook is supposed to be is fifty miles from the nearest railroad station. General Fuero is eu route by way of Monte rey. RAIN, HAIL AND WIND. Destruction of Property and Loss of Life in an Illinois Storm. Sterling, 111., May 10.—A heavy storm passed over the southern half of Whiteside county last night, and many farm-houses and barns were blown down. Henry Speigle was killed and Mrs. John Speigle seriously hurt in a falling house south of this place. Many farms were tlooded by the lienvy rain, and planting is delayed. In Sterling a very large number of windows were broken by tbe hail. A Small Tornado in Wisconsin. Granville. Wis., May 10.—The town of Rock, in this county (Rock), was visited yes terday at 4 o’clock by a tornado. Wisner Tripp’s farm suffered extensively, two build ings being completely wrecked, and two were moved several yards from their foun dations. At F. 8. Eldred’s dairy farm, occu pied by 8. K. Otis, every building except the cheese-house and dwelling was wrecked. The storm was about forty rods wide, and traveled two or three miles without lifting. Total damage to buildings and orchards, SIO,OOO. No one was injured. Methodist Church Wrecked at Evanston. CniCAOO, May 10.—The storm in and about this city caused a great deal of minor dam age, and was particularly severe in the sub urbs. A Methodist church at South Evans ton, standing somewhat unprotected, was completely wrecked by the wind. The sex ton, the only occupant of the building at the time, managed to emerge from the debris un harmed. In Memory f Stonewall Jackson. Richmond, May 10.—The death of Stone wall Jackson, twenty years ago, was com memorated to-dav. The light infantry Blues marched to Capital square ami fired a salute in front of the Jackson monument. Rev. 11. Melvillo Jackson (Episcopal) then delivered an oration to a large concourse of people. GkorgkW. Cox, Lngunsport, used Brown’s Iron Bitters sur-cesfully for a severe pain in his breast. CRAFT CO!, ’•\NUFACTUR!NG AND IMPORTING JEWELERS! Call attention to their largo stock ot Watches, Diamonds, Jewelry, Silverware, Clocks and Fancy Goods. A large stock of loose Diamonds in nil sizes, in original packages, which wo will set to order and sell at greatly rodueed prices. Special agonts far Kino Montague and Inter national Watchm. Wo invito u call. No. 24 E. Washington St. There has never Eli IIDw 1 an instance in 5 -uvigorunt nnd nnti w affections. HONtet- ter’* Bitter* is the gaJg 3- —-w fPB specific you need. jOs 0 SiNp For sale by all drug gist* and dealers gen- AYERS PILLS. A large proportion of the diseases which cause human r-ulfering result from derangement of the stomach, bowels, and liver. Ayer's Cathartic Fills act directly upon there organs, ami are es pecially designed to euro diseases caused by their acraugemont, including Constipation. Indigestion} Dyspepsia, Headache, Dy sentery, and a hostof other ailments, ror all of which ttaev are a ecfo, auro, prompt, and pleasant remedy. Tlio exteusivo use of those Pills by eminent physicians in regular practice, Bhowa unmiatakr v y the estimation ia Which they aro h ’d by the medicul profession. These Fills are compounded of vegetable sub stances only, and are absolutely free from Calo mel or any other injurious ingredients. A Sufferer from Headache wri test— "Ayer's Pills are invaluable to me, and are mv constant companion. I have been a severe sufferer from Hoaaache, and your Pills aro the only thing I could took to for relief. One dose will quickly inovo my bowels and free my head from pain. They ore the most effective and easiest physic I have ever found. It is a pleasure to me to speak in their praise, and I always do bo when occasion offers. W. L. Page, of W. L. Page D #2.00 Living English Poets 2.00 The Real Lord Byron, by John Cordis Jeuferson Krsqr 20 BOWEN, STEWART CO., No. 18 W. Washington St. Bids wiliTbb received by mi: com' intNslonern of Marion county, Indiana, at their office, in the Onur?-h'*u*e, at Indianapolis, likllmmii, up to May 15, 1 KH.'I, for the purchase of $200,000 5 percent. Mciui-unnual coupon bonds of said count.* principal and interest pay aide nt the banking office of Winslow, Lnutor At C*., In the dry of New York. Said bonds to be dated June 1, 188S, and to ran ten years. The pur chaser 10 deposit 1 lie money and receive the bonds on Jane 1, 1833, at said hanking office of Winslow, Lanier A Cos., New York oitr. J. L. MOTHEUBHKAD, Treasurer Marlon County, BUSINESS DIRECTORY. INDIANA.POL.I3. ABSTRACTS OFTITLi ELLIOTT BUTLER, NO- 3 AETNA BUTLDING. ATTO R N E Y AT- L A wT~ SHEPARD, ELAM t MARTINDALE, ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW, .Etna RnUdin it, 10 North Pennsylvania St. HEAL. ESTATE AND INSURANCE. ALEX. METZGER’S, INSURANCE and LOAN, REAL ESTATE an STEAMSHIP AGENCY, Second EloorOdd-rellotvs Halt TRUNK. MAN UFACTU~RER. Ij'ULL ASSORTMENT. TRUNKS MALE TO order. Repairing neatly done. JAMES BOGERT, Telephone to Bates House Trunk Store. MISCELLANEOUS. INDIANAPOLIS PHONGGIUPHIcTNSmQTf Kuom 31, Bates Block, opposite P. O. Instruction given in Hliorthand and Type-writ ing. Positions procured for Stenographer*. Busi ness men furnished with Stenographers and Type-writer operators. Dictation taken, and copying done to order on the Type-writer. The Remington Type-Writer Ageney. PATENTS, MODELS AND PAffERNS. JOHNSON CO., Corner of Georgia nnd Delaware Sts. ERCUL.ES POWDER, THE SAFEST AND strongest powder in tne world. Powder. Cans. Fuse, and all the tools lor Blasting Stump* kept b.v C. H. .IK.N’NK, bote Ageut, 2y*3 Noriu Pennsylvania street. Indianapolis Oil Tank Line Go., DEALERS IN PETROLEUM PRODUCTS. Corner Pine and Lord SRreers. S ws. W. B. BARKY, Saw Manufacturer, 132 and 134 3. Poun*ylvanta 3t. Smith’s Chemical Dye-Work.3, No. 3 Martindale’s Block, near Postotfloe, Clean, dye and repair gentlemen’s clothing; also, ladies' dresses, shawls, sacquos, and silk anil woolen goods of every description, dyed and re tliusheu; kid gloves neatly cleaned at 100 per pair. Will do more tirst-oiass work for less money than any house of the kind in tue State. JOHN B. SMITH. OCEAN %TEAMER3. STATE LINE BETWEEN New York and Glasgow, Liverpool, Dublin, Belfast and Londonderry. These first-class, full-powered steamers will sail from New York EVERY THURSDAY. First Cabin. SQO to $75, according to accom modations. Return tickets, sllO to $l3O. Sec ond Cabin, S4O. Return tickets. 875. Steerage, outward $26; these steamers carry neither cat tle, sheep nor pigs. Prepaid tickets for steerage passengers from Europe reduced to s2l. Apply te FREXZEL BROS., Agents, 4S East Washington street, ALEX. METZGER. Agent, 5 Oddfellows Hall; JOHN H OMR, Agent, In dianapolis; AUSTIN, BALDWIN &CO., General Agents. 53 Broadway, New York. ANCHOR LIISTE. United States Steamships Bail from New York every Saturday for Glasgow via Londonderry. Cabin passage, SGO to SBO. Second Cabin, S4O. Steerage, Outward S2B, Prepaid s2l. LIVERPOOL AND QUEENSTOWN SERVICE. From Pier No. 41 N. R., New York, BELGRAVIA sails May 12, June 10, July 21. FURNESS IA sails May 20, June 3u, August 4. CITY OF ROME sails June 9, July 14, August 18. Cabin paNiage S6O to $125 according to accom modations. Sen* nd Cabin and Steerage a above. Anchor Ltne Drafts issued at lowest rates art* paid Tree of charge in England, Scotland and Ireland. For passage, Cabin Plans, Kook of Tours, etc., apply to HENDERSON BROTH ERS. Now York, or ALEX. METZGER, 5 Odd- Fellows Hall, or FRENZEL BROTHERS, Vauca Block, Indianapolis. E. C. ATKINS CO., Manufacturers of best ra- Y fined Cast Steel and the oeie- J 8,lv i r Hteel Circular Our warranty covers nil real defects. Send for catalogue, and special quotation*. 208 to 210 S. Illinois Street, INDIANAPOLIS. IND. py All kinds !>I BaW3 ropatreri. NOTICE. CLfcVBLAKn, roi.mintrs. CTNCftniATi At i.iiHANAi'ous Railway, Cleveland, O, April 2, 1883. Notice Is hereby given to the stockholders of the Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati Indian, upolls Railway Company, that n special meeting of the stockholders of said Rail way Company will be held wt the general office ot the company Intheoltv of Cleveland, O, on tlu* (Hit day of June, 1883. at 11 o'clock a. m for tho purpose of voting upon a lease for ninety-nine year* of tlie mi. Louis. Alton Terre Halite railroad t* tiie Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati India.- upolls and the Indian upolls At Sr. Louis Riillwa*' Companies, and to consider Raid lease, and to authorize, rally and confirm said lease or reject tin* same, and to take such otliarnotlon In regard to sntd lease as the stock holders may deem proper. By order of the Board of Directors, GEORGE 11. RUBBKLL, Hocrctary.

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ACRES OF BLAZING OIL. _ I •Hie Jersey City Works of the Standard Company Fired by Lightning. Loss of a Million and a Half in Property aud Six Human Lives—A Terrible Scene Mourning the Head. Destruction in Various Parts of the Country by Electricity. Horning of Animal* and Other Property at Avocu, 111.-A Shsli and Blind factory iu New York—Other Fires. TRUCK BY LIGHTNING, •Jersey City Oil Tank* and Other Property Burned—Six Lives Last. New York, May 10. —The works of the Standard Oil Company at Commuinpaw, the most extensive in this country, are on tire, and about one-half the property is now de stroyed. The tire started during: n severe ejtornj this morning:. One of the large tanks near the shore was struck and exploded by lightning. The burning oil poured out like an angry river, and flowed down the avenues j between the rows of enormous tanks toward i the river. 111 a short time the flames com municated with three huge tanks, and they exploded simultaneously with terrific force. Fragments of iron, were hurled a distance of half a mile, and the burning oil was scat tered in all directions. The entire fire de- partment has been summoned, but their services are almost useless, as the burning streams of oil poured through the yard, and firing tank after tank on the east side and licking up buildings. The storehouse, a solid structure, where barreled oil was kept, was attacked by the flames, and succumbed. The engine-house went next, and the oil and water pump-houses, sunken tanks and the machine-shop quickly followed, and the whole easterly side of the works is a seething mass of flames. Despite the tremen dous heat and blinding smoke, the firemen are working valiantly in the hope of check ing the progress of the flames, but it appears Bfc this hour that the vast works will be de stroyed, and it is feared the flames wiil reach out and consume property in the neighborhood. People are deserting their homes, and moving out what is valuable of their effects. It is estimated that there were 5,000,000 gallons of oil in the tanks, and the loss of property will reach $1,500,000. THK BEGINNING OP THE FIRE. The shaft of lightning of unequaled bril liancy and brightness that struck the first tank was seen by the firemen of engine No. 10, in HoLliday street, Jersey City, one mile away, and the engine at once started for the scene. It was soon discovered to be useless work to play upon the flames, and all efforts were directed to prevent them from spread ing. This was partially successful until 5 o’clock, when tank No. 7 exploded with a terrific report and the blazing oil spread witli lightning rapidity. The waves of flaming oil had rolled in upon the engine house, carpenter shop, machine shop, boiler and pump room, two warehouses, cooper shop and blacksmith shop, and they were a heap of ruins in an hour. Tank after tank was caught by the flames, until seven out of twenty-six on the ground were blaz ing. The tracks of the Pennsylvania road also caught fire, and several rolling tanks on rails were only saved by having earth piled on top of them. The bay was a sheet of flam ing oil, and the long trestle bridge of the rail way, about a quarter of a mile long, running from the works to Black Tom’s Island, was also burned down to the water’s edge. The burning works extend, with those of the Eagle refinery, about three-quarters of a mile. The buildings that have been destroyed were situated in the midst of the tanks. The wind is southeast, blowing off sea. and there fore there is no danger of other tanks explod ing. Had the wind been northerly, the boarding-house and Eagle works would cer tainly have perished also. The fire is now under control. It is thought the loss will go over a million and a half. Twelve large tanks, eighteen cars, six bnrges, a dredger, three dock s and five brick building* were destroyed. The quantity of oil consumed is not known. Among the losers, besides the Standard Oil Company, are several other firms, who each lose from 400 to 700 barrels of cylinder oil, which was stored in one of the warehouses. DEATH OF SIX MEN. Chief Ferrier and a number of men were within ten feet of this tank when it ex ploded, and were saved almost by a miracle. Dropping the hose, which was burned to ashes, they fled for their lives. When they mustered together at a safe distance, six of their number were found missing. The emoke was so dense that it was impossible to ee which way one was going, and it is thought that the unfortunate men ran down to the river and were lost The names of the missing are John Herbert, superintendent; Joseph Jenkins, foreman ot the cooper-shop; George Davis, engineer; Henry Kiglon, la borer; Dick Conklin, laborer; Win. Curry, boiler-maker. At the hoarding-house of the Eagle Refin ery* close by, the scene was painful in the extreme. The newly-made widows congre gated in one of the rooms, hope ami dispair alternating in their distracted minds, and la menting the terrible fate of loved ones, from whom they had parted but a few hours be fore. No bodies have been found, for the heat renders close upproacli to the ruins im possible. OTIIKU FI Burning; of 11 Tenement House, Hotel ttml Blacksmith Shop Wheeling, W. Va., May 10.—Fire broke out at Bridgeport, opposite this city, in Ohio, ut 8:30 this morning, in the three-story frame tenement house belonging to Amos Osborn, tliis city. That house and the Cochran House, a three-story frame hotel adjoining, with wagon and blacksmith shops on the same lot, were all destroyed, The hotel was situated on the west end of the wooden bridge spanning the west channel of the Ohio, and this caught fire several times, and only by herculean efforts was its destruction prevented. Several firemen were badly burned. Much excitement was caused, as the bridge is the only communication be tween the central part of the city and Ohio via Wheeling Island. A Nebraska Town Suffers Heavily. Council Burns, la., May 10.—Specials to the Nonpareil, give the particulars of an ex tensive firrt at Avoca, this county, at 2 o’clock this morning. The fire originated in (’oats’* livery stable, which soon burned down with its entire contents—ten head of horses, a large quantity of hay, harness ami buggies. Loss, SIO,OOO. Sniffer cfc Weise’s lumber-yard was next destroyed, causing a loss of $15,000; insurancess,ooo. Two cribs of corn belong ing to S. Caldwell, and 14,000 bushels of corn were destroyed; also cribs and 50,000 bushels belonging to Hancock A Cos. The origin of the fire is not known, but it is thought the stable was struck by lightning. Fire-Bugs at Pittsburg. Pittsburg, May 10. —The residents of Law renceville, a wealthy suburb, arc alarmed and excited over the frequent fires which have occurred in that neighborhood of late, i and which are supposed to be the work of in- cendiaries. So far fire-bugs have confined themselves to stables, sixteen Having been destroyed within the past two months; but the citizens fear that dwellings will suffer next. Vigilance committees have been formed, ar.u every effort made to detect the incendiaries, but as yet they have been 1111- j successful. Two Lives Lost at Baltimore. Baltimore, May 10.—A fire occurred this morning in the back building of the resi dence of the Misses Adams, on Madison street. Mr. Adams, an old man paralyzed, j was suffocated, and a colored cook burned to death. The colored house girl jumped from the third-storv window and broke an ami and was otherwise severely injured. A Small Cincinnati Blaze. Cincinnati, May 10. A lire in the ware room and manufactory of A. E. Burkhardt, in the rear of his hat and fur store, damaged the stock SIO,OOO, mostly by water; insured. The smoke entered the windows and halls of the Burnet House, causing an incipient panic among the guests. One Man Burned to Death. Hamilton, Out., May 10.—The premises of Lenox, stoves, McMillan, dry goods, Doug lass, boots, Bailey, saddler, Bristow, tinware, Miehie, general store, and Blackwood, har ness, were burned. Loss heavy. 8. R. Lenox was burned to death. Eight Buildings Burned. Youngstown, 0., May 10.—Eight buildings, including the postoffice and three stores, all frame, at Vienna, Trumbull county, were de stroyed by fire last night. Loss, $12,000; in surance, SB,OOO. It is thought to be incen diary. Short Fire Reports. At New York, the sash and blind factory of Bradley Currier was struck by lightning yesterday morning and burned. Loss, $20,000. At St. Albans, Vt., the Baptist church, a fine brick structure, was totally burned yes terday morning. Loss, $30,000; insured*for SIO,OOO. The old arsenal building in Rome, N. Y., occupied by Woodruff A Cos., as a knitting mill, was burned last evening. Woodruff Co.’s loss, $30,000; insured for $20,000. The loss on the building is unknown. One hun dred hands are thrown out of work. RELIGIOUS NEWS. The Steubenville Presbytery Suspends Dr. McLane for Heresy. Wellsville, 0., May 10.—The Steubenville Presbytery has been engaged for several days with the trial of Rev. W. W. McLane, pastor of the Second Presbyterian Church of Steu benville, for heresy. He has recently pub lished a book entitled, “The Cross in the Light of To-day.’’ The committee of prose cution reported that the book taught hereti cal doctrine by denying that the Savior of fered himself as a sacrifice for sin, denying the mediatorial work of Christ, or that a be liever is justified by the imputed righteous ness of Christ. The testimony consisted of the book itself. Dr. McLane mode his own defense in a long address. Drs. Milligan and Swaney acted as prosecutors. A vote taken this afternoon resulted in his suspension from the ministry. Dr. McLane will appeal to the General Assembly, which meets May 17. Young Theologian* Graduated. Cincinnati, May 10.—The forty-seventh anniversary of Lane Theological Seminary, on Walnut Hills, was held to-day”. Ten graduates took the degrees, delivered by Rev. Dr. Morris. They are Arthur J. Brown, of Fond du Lac, Wis.; Samuel A. Coile. of Mount Horeb, Tenn.; Wm. H. Day, of New Athens, O.; Wm. H. Franklin, of Knoxviile, Tenn.; Wm. F. Gowdy, of Xenia, O.; Wm. M. Greenlee, of New Market. Tenn.; George A. Mackintosh, of Cincinnati; Charles B. Riggs, of Cincinnati; Alonzo A. Iloger9, of Green field, O.; Wm. H. Wieman, of Lexington, Mo. An address was also made bv Rev. Abbot E. Kittridge, of Chicago. Win. H. Franklin, oue of the graduates, is a colored mail. Alleged Discrepancies Denied. Boston, May 10. Rev. J. N. Murdoch, cor responding secretary of the American Baptist Missionary Union, brands the report of al leged discrepancies in the accounts of the union with its missionaries as fulse and mis leading. The.charge that any financial officer of the union has misappropriated money is without foundation, as the books of the union will show. Passenger Rate War at Lonlsvllle. Louisville, May 10.—Differences exist among the railroads here, and rates to Chi cago have been cut $2, and to Indianapolis sl. The L., N. A. AC. made the cut, owing, as they allege, to the J., M. I. declining to continue the arrangement of last season for an excursion rate of $7 to Chicago and re turn. The J., M. L officials are out of town, but. it is understood, will cut rates also, and it is intimated that they may go be low the L., N. A. AC. The O. AM. has no part in the trouble, but. has put down its rate. Steamship News. Boston, May 10.—Arrived; Kansas, from Liverpool. Hamburg, May 10.—Arrived: Suevia, from New York. New York, May 10.—Arrived: Holland, from London; State of Pennsylvania, from Glasgow. London, May 10. Arrived: Lord Gough, from Philadelphia; Rhaltia, Columbia and Italy, from New York. Distinguished Free- Trade Delegates. New York, May 10.—The Free-trade Club has appointed delegates to the Detroit con Terence and convention. The delegation from Brooklyn includes Henry W. Beecher and Thomas G. Shearman. Ex-Senator Davis Heard From. Vallejo, Cal., May 10.—Ex-Senator David i Davis arrived at the navy-yard this ovening, and|was received with a salute. Pretty easels to hold shells or pictures can he made by using for the foundation the j rulers or measures which ore now distribut |cd for advertising purposes. Split them and cover them with velvet. Ts you choose to tie the pari* together with ribbon you may do so, or simply sew them with strong silk or thread. Hereford's Acid Phosphate indigestion rßO.\f overwork. Dr. Daniel T. ifaiHon. Chicago, ys; “I find it A plens-mt. mid valuable remedy In indiges -1 tlon, particularly in overworked iiimd.” TIIE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, FRIDAY, MAY 11, 18S3. STATE NEWS AND GOSSIP, i

Destruction of a Baggage Car Through the Explosion of a Gas Stove. Singular Cause of Death—Uncomplimentary Reminiscence of Kli Johnson-—Brief Items of Interest. INDIANA. Burning of a Baggage Car While the Train Runs at Thirty Mile* an Hour. Crown Point, May 10. Shortly after the L., N. A. A C. train had passed the station at Cedar Lake, last night, the gas stove in the baggage car exploded, setting fire to it. The clothes of the newsboy in the baggage car caught fire while he was attempting to suppress the flames. The express messenger also received most serious injuries. Thebell rope was burned, so that no communication could be had with the engineer to stay the i flying train. The boy jumped from the blaz ing car, and finally, when the flames burst from the car. the engineer saw the trouble, i and stopped the train. But before this was j done the whole interior of the cur was ablaze, j It was tilled with the passengers’ baggage, and express and mail matter, all of which was consumed. There were no means of extinguishing fire on the train, and it had to he allowed to burn itself out, thus delaying the train nearly four hours. A Reminiscence of ftli Johnson, Princeton Clarion. Eli Johnson visited Princeton about two years ago and delivered two or three wild harangues in the M. E. Church, under the guise of temperance lectures. His utter ances and manneratthat time were so ill-timed and so full of conceit that the majority of those who heard him were completely disgust ed. It will be remembered that in one of his lectures he devoted a considerable time to abusing the Clarion and denouncing a certain statement published therein as a lie. It wiil also be remembered that the Clarion had something to say about Eli along about that time. We had no hesitancy then in pronouncing him a notorious blatherskite and crank, and furthermore produced evi dence to show that Eli Johnson was as great a liar a3 ever struck the town. That we cor rectly measured the man is plainly shown by his conduct in trying to enrich himself at the expense of bringing scandal upon his wile. No man but a villain and a scoundrel would hire detectives to watch his wife for the purpose of finding some suspicious cir cumstances upon which a suit for damages could be maintained. Mrs. Johnson has always had the reputation of being a pure and noble woman, and we confidently be lieve, when the pending suit terminates, it will be found that the only mistake she ever made was in consenting to a matrimon ial alliance with a tyrannical brute like Eli. Indiana Patents. Patents have been issued to Indiana in ventors as follows: Cortland Ball. Indianapolis, polishing iron. John L. Barnes, Hecla, cider press. Wilshire M. Davis, Remington, bed spring. William H. Drew, assignor to himself and S. Fields, Laporte, carpet-stretcher. Henry A. Gore, Goshen, staple-puller. Myron H. Lincoln, Bedford, combined seed-planter and fertilizer distributor. George W. Lutz, Indianapolis, speculum and vaginal irrigator; same, stem pessary. Daniel W. Marinon, Indianapolis, roller mill. Edmund D. Meagher, South Bend, plow; two patents. John E. Sanders, Indianapolis, die-plate. John Sedgwick, Richmond, wire and cord stretcher. Andrew Steveley, Frankfort, canopy for folding beds. N. C. Swindler, Belleville, straw-stacking machine. John Winebrener, Cromwell, ice-hook, Singular Cause of Death. Special to the Tuilianapoiis Journal. Foot Wayne, May 10.—Last evening, at about 5 o’clock, a five-vear-old daughter of Alexander Humbert, a prominent farmer, living six miles north of Fort Wayne, met with a terrible death. She was watering plants in the garden, when her foot slipping, she fell upon a piece of broken glass bottle, pieces of which pierced her heart Death was, of course, instantaneous. Affairs of C. N. Miller. Huncie Hews. As we understand it, Miller went away with the full knowledge of those with whom he had been dealing that lie was going. He owed two or three parties a small sum, prob ably $1,300 in all, and gave notes for the debts, which are believed to be good. It is not believed that large sums have been lost in speculation in grain, as the business of the shop has been small and confined to few dealers. Minor Notes. Evansville Is to have anew cavalry company. There is now hut one such company in the State —that at Portland, j;y county. In Union count}’, the other day, a citizen bor rowed a horse to ride to a neighbor's, about two miles distant, uud then walked and led the horse. A meeting of ex-Union prisoners will he held at tiie court house, In Columbus, on Saturday, May 19, to organize an association for the Fifth congressional district. William Fenton was found dead in his lied by his mother, on Wednesday morning, in Aurora. Tim I’omuer held ail inquest, wliicu developed that he hud died of apoplexy. General T. W. Bennett, the retiring mayor of Richmond, was in office for six years, and dur ing that time liquidated tiie entile indebtedness of the city, which amounted to *159,000. On Wednesday, the Lafayette stone-cutters agreed to accept The proposition made by Con tractor Pearce--53.25 for workmen who were worth u. The men had demanded *3.50. The Granger store at Pleasant Vale, Warrick county, was entered by burglars on Tuesday night, and the safe was blown open and fobbed of SH. A large amount of goods was also taken. Harrison township, Harrison county, in which Corydon in situated, lias ordered a now election, to occur on the Bih of June to vote aid to the Now Albany, Corydon A Air line branch rail road. At Richmond, on Wednesday, while a peddler named Moan was going up gehaatupol hill, bin horse, which was blind, hacked off the road and fell into the river, forty-tlvo feet below, taking wiili him the wagon and two sewing muchlnos. The horse was so badly hurt that he was killed, while tne wagon and machines were wrecked. This evening, a post of the Grand Army of the Republic will lie organized at Roanoke, Hunt ington county, fifteen miles west of Fort Wayne, and next week a post will be organized ut s sian, Wells county, twelve miles south of Fort Wayne. The Roanoke post will have a charter membership of tweuty-five, and the Ossiau post of fifteen. Detective Garrison, of Cincinnati, arrested Geottfe Davis, son of Judge Davis, deceased, of i New Albany, on Wednesday, and took him to I Cincinnati r o answer a omirgo preferred bv 1 (lately A Conroy, who allege that Davis, as their agent, sold books, albums, etc., to the value of l *3OO, and failed to m ike returns. Duvls claims that Ue returned all dun the firm. Ar Jeffersonville, on Wednesday, a scaffolding at Howard’s shipyard, upon which ten men were working, broke loose from Its fastenings, ami the men were precipitated to the ground, a dis tance of about fifteen feet. Four of the men es caped unhurt, while the others sustained severe bruises. Kqnlre GUl’s collar-bone was broken and George Yarbrough received a deep gasii in tiie back of Ids head. Tlio commencement exercises of the Nobles vllln high School took plane last evening at the I M. K. church and were attended by a largo au dience Tile following urn the graduates and their subjects: Miss Mellle Canned. “Pano rama;” Miss Emma Chew, ‘This World of Ours;” Medic Clark, **Tne Box of Pandora;” Evert Neat, “Our Country;** Miss Katie Kelly, “Wrinkles;” Mias Mary Cook, “Masks and Gog gles;” Mies Laura Stephenson, “Clouds Will In- tervene.” Mrs. Waldron, the venerable mother of E H. Waldron, general manager of the Like Erie A Western railway, died very suddenly, at Lafay eite, on Wednesday. She was apparently in good health during the forenoon. At noon her son called her to dinner, but. receiving no re- l spouse, lie. went to her room and found her sit ting in her chair dead. Blie was seventy two years of age. Heart disease was the cause of death. The body of a male infant, only a few weeks old, was found Moating iu a privy vault at the Farmers’ Hotel iu Hoouvilin, on Wednesday. An inquest was hold by the coroner, at which stilli cient testimony was given to justify a verdict to tiie -ffcer. that tiie body was that of a twin to tiie child mrown into the same vault, some' weeks ago by the woman Mary Small, ami a verdict was rendered accordingly. The mother is at the pour-asylum* where she was removed. ILLINOIS. Yesterday Spent by the Legislature on the Harper High-License Bill. SpRrxGFTELD, 111., May 10.—Tiie House of Representatives to-day reached the Harper high-license bill through a ruling of the Speaker that a majority could advance it over other hills in the same order on second reading. The entire day was occupied in discussing the merits of the bill and in offer ing amendments. An amendment was of fered fixing the minimum license fee for selling beer at $l5O. The original bill makes SSOO for a minimum license for all retail dealers in liquor. Without action on the bill or any amendments, the House adjourn ed. Brief Mention. All the capital of th newly-organized Woolen nulls Company, so,ooo. has been subscribed lor. Tim company will erect suitable buildings ut once and Degin business. Robbins A Colvin’s circus was blown down by a hurricane at Freeport, Wednesday afternoon. Wild confusion prevailed among the small audi ence present, but all escaped without injury. People of Mound City bav*. hired an engineer to make surveys and estimates of the cost of building their levees oue foot higher than the highest flood line. The work is to oo done at once. The strikers ut the rolling-mills In Springfield, despairing of success in their demands, are, from day to day, returning to work under the oid arrangement. The Btriko is the same as ended. James Milliken and David Martin have com menced suit Against the city of Decatur to re cover damages in the sum of ijr3,ooo, by reason of the obstruction to a street, caused by the De catur Street-rullwuy Company. Mlaa Allie Best, a young lady about nineteen years of age, and daughter of Robert Best, a wealthy farmer living in the southern part of Coles county, lost her reason iu the excitement of a religious revival about a year since, and was sent to the asylum at Anna, tilie has en tirely recovered, uud is now ui Home. The Rev. 8. A, Cecil, pastor of the Southern Methodist Church at Rush vi lie, was before a church committee, on Wednesday, on the charges of misappropriation of church funds and improper relations with Mrs. John Marlow, a memner of Ins Hock. He was found guilty and suspended from preaciliug until tiie meeting of the next conference, wuen he will be tried for his misdeuicunor. Farming in Japan. American Agriculturist. Labor in Japan is exceedingly cheap. The ordinary farm hand averages from S4O to SSO per year, without board and lodging. As the land is in general very minutely divided, the farmers cultivate their own lands with their own hands. There are about 15,000,000 acres of land under cultivation at the pres ent time, and the people engaged in farming are about 15.500,000, so that the average ex tent of land per farmer is a little less than one acre. The wives of farmers not only per form their household duties, but also consti tute a part of the regular farm force, taking the easier kinds of work, such as picking up potatoes, transplanting rice, etc. The Japan ese farmers subsist upon a simple diet, but they enjoy robust health, and are very hos pitable. In the northern provinces of Japan the farmers emigrate to the Island o£ Hok kaido after harvest is over, and engage in the salmon and herring fisheries, where their la bor commands about SSO for five months’ service, with board. This is considered as the highest wages in Japan. The manure, tiie most important item in farming, is carefully economized by the Jap anese farmer. He never wastes what will contribute to the fertility of the soil. Fish guano, lime, barn-yard manure and night soil are the principal manures used. He ob serves strict economy in the preservation and application of these manures. Here it may be safely said that what keeps up the Japanese farm in its virginal fertility is prin cipally the virtue of night-soil. The chem ical analysis of fish guano showed that it contains nine parts of nitrogen and three parts of phosphoric oxide. This fish guano is made on the northern coasts and used iu the southern provinces. Faying great atten tion to the economical application of manure, the Japanese funner next considers the thorough tillage of the land. The soil is finely pulverized by a rude implement, some what rimilar in construction to a common hoe, and the weeds are carefully pulled up or plowed under. The Japanese farmer never allows weeds so grow and draw elements of fertility from the soil. Every iarm, every field, looks like a garden. From this point of view, Japanese fanning may aptly be called gardening rather than farming. It is a joyous time for everv farmer when the weeding of the rice field begins. Men, women and children all go out into the field and pull up every weed they can find, and leave the field in the nicest pos sible conditio They do not mind how deeply they must get in the mellow mud of the rice field, but proceed with their work singing merrily and heartily, and when their labor is over they have a big feast in a family circle, and look for u future blessing from heaven. Rice may be understood as the sta ple cron in Japan, and the Japanese farmer depends entirely upon this one crop; but rice needs water for its growth, hence the water question in Japan becomes a most important one. At present every wafer system is care fully utilized for the irrigation*of rice fields, and the system of irrigation is such that when the rice ripens its seed, and is ready for its harvest, the water is drained off and the field is made accessible for men to work. lfoiiftuliold Hints. Thick brown paper should be laid under carpets if the patent lining is not to be had: it save? the wear of the fabric and prevents the inroads of moths, which* however, will seldom trouble if salt is sprinkled around the edge when the carpet is laid. To dye a good black, boil together well one pound ot logwood with half a gallon of good vinegar. Wet your silks or woolens and put them in the pot with your dye. Do this three times and then take them from the pot and allow them to drip. Do not wring them this time. Hang them out to dry and then wash them through several clenr waters till they cease to color the water. Butter and sugar, about three parts of the latter thorouglv mixed with one of the for mer,are excellent to check a cough caused by a tickling in the throat. If this does not avail, melt the mixture, and add a littlo vinegar. Many find relief by eating a little rock salt, or if this is impossible to obtain, table salt will answer the same purpose, al i though the first h much the better. One j troubled with a baching cough should never j he found without a bit of hoarhound candy or a few kernels of rock salt in the pocket, witli which to check an attack while at church or during calls. A erktvitl mother and cross child indicates ill health, which Hop Hitlers will remove. SPORTING* MATTERS Expectation of a Successful Spring Meet ing; of the Jockey Club. Louisville, Ky., May IQ.—Yesterday a special train of liorscs from Nashville, num bering 130, arrived at the Jockey Club grounds, followed to-day by the stable of George W. Darden Cos., making a grand total of over 300 racers now at the track. The spring meeting of the Louisville Jockey Club promises to eciipse even its past suc cesses. Drake Carter wiil not go to Lexing ton. so his owner has decided, but will await the Blue-grass cracks and try conclusions with them in the Derby, when, it is sup posed, from twelve to fifteen houses will face the starter. Crowds gather at the grounds daily to witness Thora, Checkmate-, Boatman, Ascender, Tangier and other noted horses at exercise. The spring meeting begins on May 22 and continues to Jane and. The Lexington Races. Lexington, May 10.—The weather wns wet and disagreeable, and there was a small at tendance in consequence. The muddy track caused the withdrawal of Queen Ban, Pike’s Pride and Issie from the Straus stakes race, aad the sport was tame. The mile race, for a purse of $175, all ages, Sadie McNairy was first. Newsboy second, Greyhound third. Straus stakes, all ages, mile and ene-six teenth, Rufus L. was first, Long Knight sec ond, Rena B. third. Selling race, tor a purse of $250, mile and quarter, Silvia was first, Lutestring second, Bubbler third, Suffolk Park Races. Philadelphia, May 10.—Class 2:40: Ike Shultz l 1 l Creseo 2 3 2. Gettysburg ..3 2 3 Eastern Medium 4. 4 4 Time—2:33*4. 2:30*3, 3:14. Class 2:23: Keno 4 3 2 1 1 J Net a Medium 2 112 2 2 Stonewall 1 5 4 5 4 3 Cyclone 3 4 5 4 3r. o. Gladiator 2 33 sr. o. Tom Rogers 5 Drawn Time—2:2o*3, 2:20. 2:27, 2:27*3, 2:28*3, 2:30*3. Kansas Sportsmen’s Tournament. Ottawa, Kas., May lo.—Arrangements for the fourth annual tournament of the Kansas Sportsmen’s Association are completed. It will be held at Forest Park, Ottawa, on May 29 to June 2, under the auspices of the Ottawa Gun Club. Five thousand wild pigeons will be furnished. The tournament is open to the world, and noted sportsmen from all parts of the Union have signified their intention to be present. Large purses for prizes are offered. Base-Bail. Cleveland, May 10.—Clevelands, 5; Provi dence, 2. Pittsburg, May 10.—Baltimores 4, Alie ghenys 3, Springfield, 111., Mav 10. —Springfield* 10, Quincy 0. Fort Wayne, May 10.—Peorias 13, Fort Waynes 4. Philadelphia, May 10.—Metropolitans 1, Athletics 2. Columbus, May 10.—Rain prevented nine innings. Cincinuatis 3, Columbus 4. Detroit, May 10.—The game at Grand Rapids. Mich., to-day, resulted: Grand Rapids, 5; Bay City, 3. Detroit. May 10.—The first game between the New Yorks and the Detroits, which was to come off here to-day was postponed on ac count of heavy rain. Recipes. Tea Cakes. —Delicious puffs for tea are made by beating the yolks of six eggs till they are very light; stir in a pint of sweet milk, a large pinch cf salt, the whites of the eggs beaten to a froth, and flour enough to make a batter about as thick as boiled cus tard. Bake in gem pans in a quick oven. A Delicious Pudding.—Sift two table spoonfuls of flour, and mix with the beaten yolks of six eggs, add gradually one pint of sweet cream, a quarter of a pound of citron cut in very thin slices, and two tablespoon fuis of sugar; mix thoroughly, pour into a buttered tin, and bake twenty-five minutes. Serve with vanilla sauce. Brussels Sprouts.—Trim and wash the Brussels sprouts in cold water. Then throw them into boiling hot water, with a tea spoonful of salt in it and a pinch of carbon ate of soda. Let them boil quickly lor ten. or fifteen minutes, drain through a colander, and serve very hot. Cook them without cov ering with a lid, as all green vegetables should be, because they wiil lose their color if cov ered. Spice-Cake.—A spice-cake which costs but little, and which if eaten while fresh is ex cellent, is made after this rule: Rub half a cup of butter and one cup of sugar together until they are light a3 cream. Beat the white and yolk of one egg separately; add this, ami also half a cup of sweet milk, one teaspoon ful each of nutmeg, cinnamon, and cloves; mix one teasnoonful of baking powder with one cup and a half of flour. Bake in a loaf, and frost, using the white of one egg, and frost the top only. After spreading the frosting over ir, set it in the oven and brown it slightly. If you choose you can vary this receipt by adding half a cup of raisins or currants. An elegant square felt table-cover has a border of crazy patchwork fifteen inches deep, and is finished with fringe. A Nashville special sa}*s $5,000 wortli of gamb ling apparatus was burned on the public square, yesterday afternoon, by order of tiie Criminal Court. Five hundred gum biers are leaving the olty on account of the law making gambling u felony. A largo number have gone to Chicago. M. V. Wagner, of Marshall, .Mich., has bought I for SB,OOO tins stallion Jiia-k Cloud, with a record of 2:17*4. the fastest stallion time except Smuggler’s 2:15*4. Ho will bo campaigned this year. The Governor of Connecticut has refused to ap prove a bill reducing railroad taxes. ST 1 [•’on one dime get a package of Diamond Dyes nr (lie druggist’s. They color miything the most desirable and fashionable rotor. WHEN you want Cingor, don’t ask for Jamaica Ginger, but ask for the GENUINE PHILADELPHIA GINGER Made by Frederick Brown, It is the only reliable and Genuine, and will give relief in Cramps, Colic, Stomaeh-aeho and AEL Stomach Disorders. Remember* Always ask for Brown’s Girnjor THE GENUINE PHILADELPHIA. THE CHEAPEST’ NEWSPAPER IN THE WEST. ITUS WEEKLY INDIANA STATE JOURNAL ONK DOLLAR PUR YEAR. Ninety cents in clubs of five ami over, AUCTION SAI If UNT A MoOIJUDY, REAL ESTATE AVI) I General Auctioneer*. 83 ft. Waaumgum**. BROWN’S IRON BSTTERS will cure dyspepsia,heartburn, mala ria, kidney disease, liver complaint, and other wasting diseases. BROWN'S IRON BITTERS enriches the blood and purifies the system; cures weakness, lack energy, etc. Try a bottle.' BROWN’S IRON BITTERS is the only Iron preparation that does not color the teeth, and will not cause headache or constipation, as other Iron preparations will, BROWN’S IRON BITTERS Ladies and all sufferers from neu ralgia, hysteria, and kindred com plaints, will find it without an equal. ~4|WfIOUGHT |>||l IRON f r PIPE FITTINGS. Selling agents for Nation- Lj a 1 Tube Works Cos. I Globe Valves, stop Cocks. Engine Trimmings. Pipe i’ONGS, CUTTERS. VISES. g -j:j TAPS. Stocks and Die* l Wrenches, Steam Traps, 2d Pumps,Bmks. HOsE, BELT K INC. BABBITT ME IT ALi Kg (25-pound boxes). Cotton E&j Wiping Waste, white and jgu colored (100 pound bales), R and ail o’ her supplies used S in connection with STEAM, WATER and GAS. In JOB or RET A IL LOTS. Do a rag tfS blur steam-titting bustness. |3s Estimate ami contract to I*sl heat Mills. Shops, Factories lift; and Lumber Dry Houses fSj with live or exhaust steam. Pipe cut to order by steam g| fey power. I 1 KNIGHT JILLSON. E 75 and 77 S. Penn. 8L INDIANAPOLIS' Machine and Bolt Works. Manufacturers of Heavy and Light Machinery. Small Steam Engines. Punches, and Dies, Plan ing and Moulding Bits. Machine, Bridge, Roof. Plow, and Elevator Bolts, Lag Screws, Nuts and Washers, Taps and Dies. Works, 79 to 85 S. Pennsylvania street. ANNOUNCEMENTS 1.1 LECTION NOT ICE—THE STOCK HOLDKI 14 j of the Indlanapel sand Fall Creek Grav I road Company are hereby notified that Min annual election for five directors for said com pany will be held as School-house No. 11, in On ter township, Marlon onunty, Imiiuna, on too 19rli day of May, 1883, at i> o’clock a. hi. Bv order the Board of Directors. U. A. HOW LAND- Secretary. WANTED \Xf ANTE')—TFTH CHEAPEST NEWSPAPER iu the West, the Weekly Indiana state Journal. One dollar per year. Ninety cents iu clubs of five and over. \\T ANT E D j[\ RN ESS VkK US GOOD Vl wages and steady imployim nt. Apply at once by letter or in person. PERKINS, CAMP- CO., 92 and 94 Main street, Cincinnati, Ohio. YIfANTJ Di FrBT-N CITY OR FARM property. U. M. STODDARD, Olay pool Building. ONRY l' LOAN AT THft L< *W ES P RATES* of Interest. JOHN \V, WI[,I.IAMS CO„ 3 an d t Vinton Block. Money to loan on first mortgage of city ami farm property in Indiana and Ohio. Low interest. JOi. A. MOORE, 84 East Market street. 1 WILL FURNISH MONEY ON l IKM I curity. promptly, at me lowest rates for long or snort tune. C. DAY A CO., 72 East Market street. FOB SALc-. liORP Mi ONLY ONIS DOLLAR PER YEAR tho Weekly Indiuua Slate Journal, bcud 10-r it. IJO R BALE -F A RMS, CHEAP, ON LONG credit, which wo have taken on foreclosure. Wend for circular. FRANCIS SMI i’ll AO I^OU BALK Os AAtORrMENTOP SECOND hand engines, ooiler*. and sawmills iu goo.i order. HADLEY, WRIGHT A CO., eoruer XeunesACe uud Otuugiu si recta, Indianapolis. 3

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4 THE DAILY JOURNAL. BY JNO. C. NEW A SOX. For Rates of Subscription, etc., see Sixth Rase. FRIDAY, MAY 11, iss:i. Surgeon-genebal Barnes died two, three— j or was it four months ago; but official notice of the event has only just been issued to the medical department of the army. The sur- geons who have with difficulty restrained their grief at the affliction can now weep offi cially. The Courier-Journal, a one-wheeled organ published at Louisville, Ky., republishes the New York World’s platform to show that Democracy has been in favor of free trade from the first. Like the World, it sees fit to ignore President Jefferson’s views of that subject, as expressed in his messages to Con gress. A Philadelphia paper, which is not up with the times, says Senator Fair is making capital on the Pacific coast for McDonald, of Indiana, in regard to the presidency. Latest advices would seem to show that domestic affairs engage Senator Fair’s attention, and that such of hia capital as ia not turned over to his wife will be used in making himself solid. The New York and New England railway lias been sued by one of its engineers for $lO,- 000 damages for injuries received in ft collision on defendant’s road, which, as alleged, was caused by a telegraphic order, misleading the conductor and engineer of one of the trains. It begins to appear that somebody will have to be held responsible, if employes seek redress. ______ The Shelbyviile Volunteer, the old Demo cratic organ of Shelby county, expresses preference for the nomination of Judge Solomon Claypool, of this city, for Congress. It speaks of “little machine politicians,” “theatrical managers,” and “two-legged in sects,” in a way to indicate that harmony has been thoroughly restored in the ranks of the rock-ribbed old party. The Peoria National Democrat under stands that Bishop Spalding, of the Peoria diocese, has been elevated to the cardinal ate aud then made an archbishop. The same paper reports that the Bishop has suc ceeded in raising $2,000,000 in Europe for the purpose of erecting an ecclesiastical edu cational institution for the training of young Catholics for the priesthood. The truth of these reports has not yet been established. In Copenhagen anew law for the regula tion of saloons has been passed, embracing these points: 1, The number of public houses is to be reduced from 1,350 to 300. 2. Girls are not to be allowed to stand behind bars. 3. Liquor is not to be sold to persons of either sex under eighteen years old. 4. No liquor is to be sold to persons already vis ibly intoxicated. 5. A drunken person is to be taken home in a cab or covered carriage at the cost of the landlord in whose house he took the last drink. It is reported that 450 New York peniten tiary convicts have been let to a certain firm for the term of five years, at the rate of 35 cents per day. They will be employed in making cheap clothing. This force will be armed with 300 sewing machines. Such a scheme is of more than doubtful policy, since these men come in disastrous com petition with as many honest tailors, male and female, outside the prison walls. They would be better put on public works, such as building roads, bridges, canals, etc. British railways have the reputation of being very carefully managed. Yet during the year 1882 they were the cause of the death of 1,121 persons, of whom 127 were passengers. Besides these, 4,001 were in jured, of whom 1,739 were passengers. This was an increase of twenty-five killed and thirty injured over the record of 1881. Still, while these totals are very formidable, when compared with the millions of passengers transported by railways in the United King doui the per cent, is insignificant. De Be Randolph Kkim, whose appoint ment as chief examiner of the Civil Service Commission was received with such Unani mous disapproval, yesterday withdrew his name, and the President at once issued a commission to Mr. Charles W. Lyman, chief (Clerk in the office of the Treasurer of the United States. Mr. Lyman has been identi fied with civil cervice reform for yeais, and was a member of the commission appointed under the administration of President Grant. This snag having been satisfactorily steered around, it is probable the commission will at once go ahead and put the provisions of the law into actual operation. The May crop bulletin of the Agricultural Department, for which the telegraph yester day reported the existence of such a demand among speculators and others, is made pub lic this morning. The condition of the crops is such as to cause the liveliest feeling among all classes, and in format ion itiat can be re lied upon is eagerly sought for. According to this official estimate, the crops generally have somewhat improved over their condi tion since April, but they are still decidedly below the average. In Indiana the wheat crop is reported at 75. In some States it is less than this, and in others greater, but In diana gives about the average of the country by and large. The question of ethics, absurd to every body but doctors, put in its annual appear ance at the late meeting of the “regulars.' 1 This professional phantom is not the appall ing bug-a-boo it was a dozen years or more ago, and a number of elderly physicians with perfectly spherical heads, tried to lay the ghost, which came this time in the form of resolutions censuring the action of the New York Medical Society in adopting anew code which allows regular physicians to consult with practitioners of any and all other schools. Had it not been for the country members these resolutions would have been defeated. As it was, a substitute was adopted instructing Indiana delegates to the national association to uphold the ethical code so far as consultation with “irregulars” is concerned. It is a singular fact that the majority of the most ardent sticklers for the code are young doctors who are in the primary grades of practice, just beginning the profession. The older men are more liberal. It is the young physician who fet ters himself and makes his attempts to earn a livelihood in his profession more difficult. In conserving the code he aids the old physi cian who is established in his practice, to his own injury. THE PUBLIC LANDS. During the past nineteen years, since 1864, the United States government has made land grants to western railway corporations aggregating 192,000,000 acres. An idea of the magnitude of these donations may be had when it is bornein mind that it is equivalent to two and a half times the area of En gland, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. In other words, to stimulate the development of the West, two and a half times the area of the United Kingdom of Great Britain were pledged, under conditions, to companies that undertook to construct certain lines of railway through what was then an almost uninhabited region. The incen tive for such magnificent subsidies was the civil war. Everything that tended to strengthen the Federal government, to in crease the population and wealth of the North,'was regarded as imperative, and the passage of such measures by Congress was generally approved. In the case of one line of railway that received aid from the gov ernment, the Union Pacific, its construction was regarded as a national necessity, since it was not improbable that we might become involved in war with some foreign power, in which event it would have been necessary to have some speedy way of strengthening our Pacific coast defenses. But times have changed since then. The great unknown West has rapidly de veloped. Lands that were comparatively worthless, on account of their remoteness, are now valuable as farming lands. It would be regarded as preposterous for the same companies now to demand the same subsi dies. When these vast donations were made, it was under conditions, and these conditions have not been met. The lands in question, therefore, should rightfully revert to the public domain. But the interests in volved arc so great, the value of these lands is now so enor mous, that the corporations which forfeited them by failure to fulfill tlieir part of the contract, will make a big fight to re tain them. The question is simply this: The Federal government, desiring certain railways, offered certain lands on condi tion that the roads were built within a specified time. The corporations accepting the offer failed to construct the lines, and in some instances made no effort to do so. In equity that ought to settle the matter at once, and it would were not so much in volved. But despite the fact that they have no equitable title to these lands, the railway companies propose to make a fight for them, and have employed the best legal talent in the land to defend their claims. The present legal status of this important question is this: The various railway com panies, seeing how valuable these lands have become, decided to attempt their possession. In some instances they got an extension of time in which to perform their part of the contract, and then failed again. Then they threw aside pretension and made a direct movement for the possession of the lands. Attorney-general Devens gave an opinion to the effect that until Congress should formal ly declare the forfeiture, or do some act equivalent thereto, the right of the company to the lands continued, and that patents should issue. In accord ance with this, patents were issued, and the practice has continued to this date. In 1875 the Supreme Court decided that the lands granted to these companies passed to them by virtue of the act making the grants on a condition subsequent—that is, the com pletion of the railway within the time speci fied; and that if the company failed to com plete the railway within the time specified, notwithstanding the provision that “the land shall revert to the United States,” there must be either a judgment declaring the forfeiture or an act of Congress declaring it. It is apparent from this that Congress must take prompt action in this muiter. The patents already issued would probably prove valueless after such an act by Congress, blit if this vital question is allowed to go undetermined until all the lands are pat ented to innocent purchasers, it would be well nigh infamous to dispossess those who have made a* ey natural mistake through the culpable neglect of Congress. It is esti mated that by prompt action on the part of Congress, as suggested by the Supreme Court, about 90,000,000 acres of the public domain can he recovered. This isequivaWnt lu extent to four and a half times the area of the State of Indiana. The interests at stake are worth fighting for, and cannot be ignored without blame. The railway companies have no claim in justice upon these lands, and they should not be allowed to retain possession of them. The welfare of the nation demands that the West, like the East, be owned by actual settlers and not by gigantic TIIE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, FRIDAY, MAY 11, 1883. monopolies, whose influence upon legisla tion is so potent and so dangerous. A bill will be presented at the next session of Con gress declaring these grants forfeited, so that these vast tracts of unoccupied land may re vert to the government. The bill, if proper ly devised, should pass without a day’s un necessary delay. At this time there is no occasion to give away land by the millions of acres, and certainly not when no return is made or pretended. The vote on this point should be unanimous, and the question should be settled at once and forever. MUSICAL THERAPEUTICS. Anew cure for nervous diseases is re ported from Erie, Pa. A young girl of that city was, until recently, an invalid from childhood and confined to her bed. During each night she was subject to fearful convul sions that nearly destroyed her life. In order to ward off these attacks, which were of ner vous origin, she was giveu her brother’s cor net and violin. Practicing upon these in struments in the once stilly night hours the girl’s mind was diverted, and she became so absorbed in the new occupation that from twilight to dawn for months and months, wierd and dismal strains of cornet and vio lin issued from her room. The convulsions ceased, the illness gradually left her, and now the young woman not only possesses physical health but is an accomplished vio linist, and has gone to Cincinnati to enter an orchestra. In this individual case no harm may have been done by this singular and bar barous method of cure. The lady’s resi dence may be detached one, and none but her immediate family perhaps suffered from the effects of the perscription; but against the general adoption of this method of re moving disorders the public should protest. While to a patient subject to convulsions the awful sounds of violin or cornet, when drawn out by unskillful lingers or uncertain breath, may be most soothing, the effect upon those persons in the neigh borhood who do not have fits, but desire to sleep, is most disastrous. Men have been driven to madness and to crime by much less aggravating causes. For forty years Thomas Carlyle and his wife fought with fate in the shape of the neighbors’ pianos, and with what a painful result. Not all of us are Car lyles, thank fortune, but not one of us but may become equally dyspeptic and misera ble by a constant course of fiendish piano practicing next door. If such consequences may befall us from an evil which is usually confined to hours of daylight, what can be expected when the period once devoted to repose becomes a time for a tooting of horns and the doleful squeak of fiddles? Nervous women are many. It may be safely said that every house contains one or more. Compar atively few of them have convulsions, but they may reasonably argue that if cornet and violin can cure violent cases, what may the instruments not accomplish for the less severely afflicted? In milder cases, indeed, other instruments—the flute, the French harp, or the jewsharp—may be found effect ive. Should the claims of this remedy be come well known, as it is feared will be the case, the distressing results to those who seek balmy sleep can hardly be estimated. The trade in brass and stringed instruments may become brisk when one of each is re quired in every household, but this will hardly be comforting to the man who, when nightfall comes, enters his home and leaves hope of rest behind. The cure will undoubt edly become popular with the nervous of both sexes, unless all who still possess their right minds make an organized and early effort against it. The faith cure being less noisy in its work ings, was not objectionable to outsiders, and they were not justified in interfering; but here it is different. Unless cornets and vio lins are forcibly suppressed, or a hall is built for the use of nervous invalids—a musical tower of Babel, so to speak—the rest of man kind will soon have the alternative of going into lunatic asylums or taking to the woods. The bounty offered by the commissioners of this county for hawk, owl ami ground hog scalps, while being sufficiently liberal, does not open the way for speculation as a similar order by the county courts in Mis souri. There a bounty of twenty-five cents was placed upon gopher heads. The quick witted farmer readily discovered that he could realize more money from breeding gophers than from raising corn. Hence he did not hesitate to gopher for it. But in the present case, the board unwisely cut off the only show for speculation by n subsequent order excluding the groundhog from the list of bounty-covered heads. The breeding and propagation of the owl and hawk is a higher calling than the average man is prepared to engage in. In another of otir Western States the experiment of paying a premium on rat scalps was also tried, until the enormous run on the county treasuries threatened to bank rupt the counties, whereupon the premium was taken off, and the rat-killing was resum ed with a view of extermination instead of taking the scalps of just so many as could be spared from the breeding pits and not inter fere with the stock in trade. Tiie announcement that President Arthur would spend the Fourth of July at Wood stock, Oonn., as the guest of Henry C. Bowen is now said to be a mistake. It is cx-Presi dent Hayes who has accepted an invitation to be present on that occasion. Mr. Bowen, whose country residence is at Woodstock, in dulges every year in an old-fashioned, nlti tudinous, spreadeugie Fourth of July celebra tion, at which are present all the celebrities whom he can entice thither. This is very patriotic and hospitable, no doubt, and no one except the readers of Mr. Bo won’s paper, the New York Independent, has any right to object; but a word of mild advice in their be half may not be out of order. It is the cus tom of the proprietor to publish in full in his otherwise estimable journal all the ora tions delivered on these occasions, and if this must be, it is no more than fair to his subscribers that he should endeavor to secure the best speech-making talent the country can afford. He may have some difficulty in doing this, as those who have been guests once, it is noticed by readers of the paper iu question, never repeat the visit, but he should make an effort. Mr. Arthur’s pres ence would have instilled some interest into the celebration, but if he felt unequal to a seven-column oration he did wisely to have a previous engagement on hand. In no other field is Indiana making more rapid progress than in the work of author ship. Among those who have recently done honor to the State, favorable mention should not be omitted of Professor James Baldwin, of Huntington. He has just issued from the press of John E. Potter A Cos. an admirable work on English literature. The book is in two stout, but elegant volumes, the first being devoted to poetry and the second to prose. The author has wisely, as we think, the current method of considering (pur literature merely historical and chro nologically, and has substituted the topical treatment—a method much better adapted to the tastes of the critical reader, and es pecially superior as a vehicle of class instruc tion. Professor Baldwin’s style is chaste, elegant, and in keeping with his theme. The book is not wanting in warmth and pictur esqueness, and the racy criticisms which abound in every chapter add greatly to the general value of the work. As an able sum mary of what the English and American world has accomplished in the vast domain of letters Professor Baldwin’s book is worthy to be favorably compared with the works of Shaw, Welsh and Hart, if not with the more elaborate production of Tyler, of Ann Ar bor. Professor Baldwin deserves not a little praise for the work which he has just given to the public. The good old ways are still maintained in Arkansas. Convicts in the penitentiary of that enlightened State are guarded by armed men and bloodhounds, the latter to be brought into use in event of an escape. Three of these criminals were kept in charge of three certain trusties. It so happened that these three trusties made a break for liberty, and the dogs were put on their trail. With cunning instinct they soon caught up with the fleeing men. But being known to each other, the dogs did them no harm. The men reciprocated this kindness by hanging the dogs to trees and again speeding away. New dogs were Drought, and two of the three fellows were soon overhauled. Arkansas, like Kentucky, seems to have an overstock of Spotless Prowess—of a certain quality. Cincinnati comes to the front with the only human zoological garden of living wonders now upon the globe Mr. Jacob Beoker bluehiugly acknowledges that seventeen years ago he tearfully left the fatherland, but not uutil he had gone out in the wooae pasture and imbibed a snake. With this modest stock in trade he sought a fortune across the wide ocean, and struck it in Cincin nati. Os course, all these years that snake had nestled quietly and serenely near his heart. But when Theodore Thomas let loose his musicians, three years ago, it was too much for the snake. It was so terrified that it tried to flee to the mountains, much to Jacob’s discomfort and dis may. Jacob consulted a dootor or two, who pre scribed for a bad liver, a heart that wouldn’t work weil on account of a worn-out “sucker,” or something else. But it did no good, of course. Another physician was called, and he said, “stiakeß,”on general principles. Well, he weut to work on the man, aud the results may be re garded reasonably encouraglug. The first returns showed several sections of tape-worm. These were followed by a lizard, yellow and alive. But on Sunday the original Dutch snake was reached, and it, too, was alive. Since then no list of the reptiles has been furnished the press. It is thought, however, that the patient will feel better over what has beeu done. Cin cinnati Is a great place—for snake stories. The Stamm Lodge, Sons of Malra, of New York, was composed of women. Think of itt Sous of Malta! O the grand tank with a stone bottom—how in the world did they manage the ibex? Marvelous as it may appear, they stuck together like a band of Spartans. If they “sassed’* in the lodge room they kept it to them selves, and no barbaric outsider was the wiser. If they indulged inswapping choice bits of scan dal instead of Investigating the mysteries of the 938th degree of the sacred boudoir, they didn’t give it away, if the Great High Spinster lec tured the rest of the lodge uutil their back hair fell off, it was regarded as a royal secret, to betray which was to in vite sudden deatu. No; all these things were locked in their innermost hearts, and wild horses couldn’t draw the dread secret from their bosoms. But with the return Os spring came thoughts of bonnets aud trimmings, and nat urally the item of expense was scrutinized. It was finally concluded that the Grand Lodge was absorbing altogether too much of the Htamm Lodge funds, and a genuine Catherine Lewis kick was made. The Grand Lodge insisted, and the subordinate lodge finally seceded, taking with it some S9OO iu cash—euough to buy two very sweetest spring bonnets for the very an eleut and inexorable Grand Hpinster. From time to time modost Americans lay claim to estates in England valued variously at from 1! 100.000 to £500,000.. True, the matter seldom or never gets beyond claiming these comfortable sums, and nobody is hurt much. It is rare, however, to reverse tills order, and to have someone in Englaud claim money or iunds in the United States. But at last ft has come, and a lady by the poetical name of Laviua Fenn Vaisslcie, of Dynevor road, Stoko-Ncwlngtoti, London, modestly lays claim to half of New Jer sey. Well, It's comforting to reflect, after all, It is only New Jersey. They can turn over the mosquitoes for the English lady’s half, nnd keep the other half in the family. The exact date is not.antionnoed, but the mil lenuiuiu is liable to break upon us ar about 4 o’clock almost any afternoon now. When woman tackles anything it Is morally certuin to come Into reality without delay. Some English lady has grappled with the dress question, and wo are now told that all shoes should have fl it soles and broad toes: that all waists should be as guiltless of rcstraiut as that of the Medlciau Venus; that sleeves should be roomy, skirts straight and bonnets flt to protect tho head ef fectually from sun and wind, and a great many other things equally revolutionary in their character. It is a pleasing dream, if nothing more. Sophia Williams, of Philadelphia, is a for eigner, but that doesn’t prevent her from having three husbands, all alive and kioking, because she has not received at least two divorces. She is a practical poisoner, too, in a small way, hav ing triod to do away with her third better half’s children by a former wife,, and now charged with havlug attempted to poison two oflier own offspring. Give Sophia a fuir field and no favors and there will be no marketable husbands or children left in a few weeks. A Southern exchange says: “One of the most accomplished and fascinat ing young widows in the South manages two large stock farms in Tennessee, aud resides iu a superb mansion iu North Carolina.” Almost any widow would be accomplished, with two fascinating farms iu perspective aud a mansion iu the foreground, or would be fasci nating with the same sort of accomplishments possessed by this lady. A Maryland judge has set aside a verdict be cause one of the jurymen was detected In listen ing at the keyhole to an outsider's remarks. The man on the outside only asked how the jury stood, but the judge held that the suspicion of tampering was sufficient to vitiate a verdict, and that it could not stand. Judges of that descrip tion are neoded outside of Maryland, Boston is to have anew public library, the plans for which provide for a building covering over half an acre and three stories in height above the basement. It is estimated that the building will hold 1,100,009 volumes. When this library is built and stocked no excuse will exist for any resident of Boston remaining un cultured. A Burks county, Pennsylvania, man is trying to eat 100 goose eggs in twenty cousecuti ve days. Should he succeed, he threatens to start on a championship tour, challenging other large eat ers to gastronomlcal contests. That such a oalamity to the country may be averted, here’s hoping that the ninety-ninth goose egg may be fatal. Rev. Mutciimork addressed Elder Roller in the Philadelphia Presbytery, the other day, as a miserable upstart, and then explained that he meant nothing persoual. Not much more was said while Roller was around, but this made everybody happy. “Is Carter Harrison also a political dude?” —Louisville Courier-Journal. From the way lie“doed” up the Iroquois Cluo, it is generally conceded that Carter really is a dude. May be you don’t like Carter Harrison) It has been demonstrated that tho Indianap olis uiue is the terror of the kindergartnors. ABOUT PEOPLE. Tiie Chicago Herald asserts that that the real name of the “noei of the Sierras” 1b Heury F., not Joaquin Miller. Mr. Justin H. McCarthy, author of “An Out line of Irish History,” just published in Harper’s Franklin Square Library, is a son of Mr. Justin McCarthy, author of “A History of Our Own Times.” John Ruskin has a beautiful country home at Brantwood, Conistou, in the north of Eng land. A stream, a lake and a forest, with an ap ple orchard are all close by his two-story gam bling-house. The June number of the North American Re view will contain an artiole on the “Abuse of Citizenship,” by Edward Self, in which will be presented an array or facts bearing upon the at tempt of a portion of our Irish-Aiuerlcan popu lation to use the United States as a base of war like operations against England. Mrs. Augusta Evans Wilson, the novelist, is now about fifty years old, and looks pale and faded; but her eyes ure bright and her face con stantly wears a smile. She lives in a flower-em bowered cottage on Spring Hill road, Mobile, and devotes most of her time to caring for her husband, who is a confirmed invalid. Ex-Sergkant-at-Arms John R. French will enter the leoture field next spring, his subject being “Ten Years Among the Senators.” Mr. French was sergeant-at-arms for nearly ten years, from 1869 to 1879, aud if he tells all he kuows about the senators his leoture will he a revelation to some of their constituents. A rich old maid In Norway, who died not long ago, distributed her estate equally among six discarded lovers, al; of whom were free, explain ing her bequest as follows: “These lovers either courted me for my money, which they now have, or else they loved me, and for that reason they shall have the money, because I believed them.” Cathani Bey. the Jewish millionaire, died re cently In Cairo, agod seventy-three. Hie prop erty is estimated at over $25,000,000. He was private banker of tho former vice-King, whoso unlimited confidence he possessed. He owned a synagogue of his own, in which services were daily held, and he oarefully observed Jew ish rites in diet, etc. He had two wives, one of whom survives, and a numerous progeny. A YOUNG Kentucky couple having eloped and got married were caught up with by the pursuing mother of the bride just after they had retired at a wayside inn. The mother, wishing to de tain the pair until the arrival of her husband, went into the room and seized the groom’s trousers* which that happy gentleman perceiv ing ho lifted his head and shouted: “Take’em along, old woman, take 'em along, 2 shan't want 'em agin!” Patti, at $5,000 a night, will get about $5 a breath in “Luola.” She is on the stage, by the watch, just sixty-two minutes during tiie three acts. This gives her SBO and some odd cents for every minute. The average rate of respiration is about eighteen a minute, so that each breath is paid $4 44. In “Lucia” there are 1,200 words and 2,800 notes, so that Patti is paid $4.10 a word, and $1.75 a note. Fora little run of a dozen notes a twenty-dollar bill is very fair pay. Perhaps the most Striking lhcident in the gen erally smooth and quiet career of the late Jules Bandeau was his Intimaqy with Goorge Sand, when he was twenty and she twenty-five. It was meant to be eternal; hut It lasted less than two years. Thirty years later they met again, in the foyer of the Odeon. Their eyes met for a moment lie hesitated, half raised his hat, nnd then asked a friend who was by his side: “Who is that lady? It strikes me I have met her somewhere before.” Mas. Emily 0. Kimball, of Riley, Mich, de serves to go on record as a model American woman. She Is eighty-three years of age, and has, within the last two years, knitted twenty four pairs of socks and stockings nnd four pairs of mittens, aud made and quilted nine patchwork quilts, some of them of very minute pieces ana intricate patterns, besides HMsisting with the housework and doing general sowing for the family. The old lady is a better housekeeper at eighty-three than many of tiie candidates for matrimony at sweet slxteeu are. One man’s manner may be more effective than another’s oratory. William Pitt once made an attack on Rir William Baker, a member of the House of Commons, in which he charged hi in with liavlug made a large sum of money by a fraudulent contract. Baker rose quietly and said: “The honorable gentleman isu great orator, and has made a long and serious charge against me. I am no orator, nnd therefore shall only answer him in two words: Provo It/’ Having thus spoken he sat down, amid cheap- plauso of the members. His brief reply gained the ear of the House, and his manner satisfied all that the charge was a calumny. THE SPIRIT OF THE PRESS. There Is something alien to our system of government in the endeavor to mass voters, not a coord in g to their views on pressing questions, but by races, sects or nationalities; ana they are not wise counselors who recommend such a policy to the negro.—Boston Journal. Ik the politicians make their organizations too exclusive they may find some dav that the or ganization is all they have left. They will have the shell, but the long-suffering snail will have departed. Some concession must be made to the voters, and what is asked for in the way of pri mary reform is little euough.—Chicago Tribune. The South ia slowly learning that it must give up either Democracy or modern civilization aud progress. It can stick to Bourbonism and barbarism if it chooses, or it can open the way for rapid development and diversification of in dustry ly expelling Bourbon politicians from power. But Bourbonism and oivilized progress —those two it cannot have.—New York Tribune. It is but fair to allow that England lias treated us rather shabbily in extradition matters, and the temptation is great to pay her off in her own coin. But clearly we should not be guided alto gether by Englaud in our conduct and policy. A great nation, like an honorable person, doe* right, not because the recipient of the act is worthy, but because the actor has respect for himself and for justice.—Boston Advertiser. The man who placed the stock of the Credit Mobllier Association “where it would do the most good” is in his grave. How far Ins moral sense was blunted by self-interest and by the corrupting iutlueiico of a corrupt aud money making age we will not xiow inquire. The evil he did lives after him. lihis memory is resusci tated and fumigated, who shall disinfect the men who have courted private life ever since lie laid before them the glltteriug bait?—New York Times. Julian lias generally known how to profess righteousness for the performance of malice, and he has brought inconsistency to a climax m assailing Carl Bchnrz for his administration of the Interior Department, with respect to the public lands. The record of 3oliurz is not vul nerable, but ho has not allowed gross imputa tions to pass unnoticed. On the third page of this paper will be found a letter from Schurz to Julian that is sufficient for the whole subject.— Cincinnati Commercial Gazette. It Is absurd for English newspapers to howl about “Irish plots” in this country. Under the circumstances, our government must not deliver up a single man to England on any unfounded charge of murder. An indictment for murder by a paid Dublin jury is not worth the paper it is written on. Our government should utterly ignore it and require some real proof. The jury machinery at Dublin works obediently to tho Castle. It is ready to indict any critic of tho acts of the British government as a murderer. Louisville Courier-Journal. The press should lend its influence to the courts in establishing a higher, safer and better standard of justice in our oriminal courts, espe cially throughout the Commonwealth. The bet* ter class of citizens are always tractable, and ready to give their support to the right in any 1 good cause. The unpatriotic aud tho ungoverna ble are disorganizes and destroyers of pnblio peace wherever they exist. They are dangerous to good government, and, because unworthy themselves, have a spite against the world al large,—Louisville Commercial. There is no concern of greater or more imme diate importance to our national welfare thatt than that which has been raised by this pro gramme of “assisted emigration.” It brings be fore us tlio direct question whether it is not a bu ureme duty of our national government to pro tect this land, uot merely against an influx of heathen Asiatics, who do not become a charge upon society, but also against the Immeasurably greater evils that arc threatened in the use of it by European States as a dumping-gr*tnd for tho paupers, lazzaroui, rogues, dynamftards, and other social offscourings which they may wisk to get rid of.—Chicago Times. The worshipers of mere novelty may as well understand, once for all, that in the bad old times of judicial despotism tbe jury system was so very potent in protecting tho Innocent that the institution is sacred, aud oveti its outgrown features are invested with a certain sanctity. We are accustomed to associate the right of trial by jury, as of habeas corpus, with magna charts, and that grand bulwark of freedom did guaran tee this rignt, but it was old theu. What has been gradually secured through centuries is too deeply rooted to be toru up and cast aside, lu whole or in part, however importunate certain doctriualres may be.—Chicago Inter Ocean. We have ourselves felt too sharp an experience of the horrors of political assassination not to feel the most intense indignation againstt Its perpetrator* or abettors everywhere. The deaths of Lincoln and Garfield are so fresh iu our memories that we can readilj' appreciate the feeling which reigns in England to-day. It is a reasonable feeling, for it was precisely our own when we lost by murder the heads of the state. What must we think of the late convention, which, with notorious facts in its knowledge, with the men who boast of carrying on a dyn amite war against England iu attendance on its sessions, dared not utter a word of censure# One thing is certain: political reform by the process ,of murder is not going to be popular ized in America.—New York Christian Advooate. 5-‘. Reform in Kentucky. New York Herald. It is reported that some of Mr. Thompson's* acquaintances have thought that perhaps their gallant friend ought to be tried for murder. Not that they wish Thompson any harm—oh, dear, no! Even if the evidence were to show that Davis had been entirely innocent of the offense charged by Thomp son, and that the latter had acted on mere rumor or suspicion, no Kentuckian would wish to see a high-spirited gentleman hanged, or even taking rooms for life at the peniten tiary. Still, that they should think it proper that Mr. Thompson should be tried for mur der shows such a change in methods of thought that, although there was a lynching affair in tho State yesterday, we unhesitat ingly announce that reform has begun its beneficent work in Kentucky. Apt Scholars. Philadelphia Times. The gambling law passed by the recent Legislature of Tennessee is now in operation. But the State debt is still going begging at fifty cents oil the dollar. It is evident that the old New England deacon who said to hia new clerk: “Sonny, when you have watered the whisky and sanded the sugar come into pi Myers" has been down South giving lessons to that benighted population, and that they have shown themselves apt scholars. The Honesty of the Judiciary. .Cincinnati News. A corrupt bench might be endured for the brief time it would last. It would speedily bring about its own correction. A bench which has become the servile minion of a party, a degraded political tool, forgetting its high office to do tiie bidding of party leaders and politicians, is the worst calamity that could befall a people. Will He Include the Marlon Trust? WdHliingtou Pont Bismarck appears determined to carry thf paternal system to an extreme unheard of in modern times. His latest movement is for nationalization of the fire insurance business of the empire. Why not as properly nation alize thje grocery trade or the dry goods busi ness. Difficult to Ignore. National Republican. Tho London Times proposes to get rid of tbe Irish agitation by having Englishmen “ignore” Irishmen. The Times had hettef educate Englishmen up to sitting on red-hot stoves and ignoring the fire. Tlio Drumutic Dudes. Cincinnati Enqnti^r* .Several of the able critics of the Dramatic festival wbund themselves around such ter* rible words as subtlety, passion, sympathy, and emotion yith a skill that terrorized mod est opposition- __ Heavenly, hut Too Costly. Philadelphia News, Patti siijh that music belongs to heaven rather tha* earth. Well, Patti, If the angelsnre going to eilarge ssa seat every time they sing, we ure sorry we have been so good, that’s all, A Two-Cent Confession. Chicago Horsld. TheTicrnla had no credit with the papet mills and often when one edition wus printed it wH problematical where tho paper wnf comng from for the next.

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BOURBON METHODS. South Carolina's Unique Registry Law—An Act to Disfranchise Voters. Charleston Correspondence New York Tribune. The registry law of South Carolina is, per haps, the boldest attempt that was ever made under a popular government to disfranchise large masses of citizens and place the polit ical powers of a majority in the hands of a minority permanently. In order to ac complish so difficult a task it was necessary that the right of the elector to vote should be inade to depend upon some condition over which the minority had full control. The registry law makes it a condition of voting that the voter shall have in his possession a certificate of a certain particular form, losing which he loses his rights as a voter. Every voting citizen of South Carolina carries the charter of his liberties in his pocket, unless he lias a safe or an old stocking in which he Cdn hide it at home. If he loses this paper ho loses with it all the powers that a republican system of government confers Upon a citizen for the protection of his civil liberties. A petty larceny may deprive a voter of his whole political capacity. If he sells his certificate he parts with his political manhood. This scheme was designed by the successors of the Calhouns* the Mrestons and the Haynes, to take advantage of the illiteracy, thoughtlessness and cupidity of the negro, in order to strip him of political rights that were acquired at the cost to the nation of the great war. The registration law is not a temporary provision for a single biennial election, but is a permanent system that must stand until the law is repealed or modified. According to this law, from and after the day on which the registration books were closed, which Was In the summer of 1882, there exists no means by which a citizen entitled to vote at that day, and not then registered, can ever afterward acquire the right to vote. Those who may subsequently acquire such right, either by ooming of age or by the residence of one year in the State, can claim registra tion under it, but not such as had the legal right to registration at that day, and. by acci dent or neglect, failed to claim it. It is true that this want of authority to add to the reg istered names after the day of the closing of registration has been disregarded by the su pervisors of registration, who were all ot one political party, and many names have been added since that time. But every name so added is that ot a political partisan of the officers, and no negro or white Independent lias been able to secure registration since the date above mentioned. Thousands of these registration certificates have already been stolen, lost or destroyed, and before the next election, in 1884, the right to vote for all time while the present law stands will be lost to a large proportion of the negro population of the State. The registry act makes no provision and confers no authority to replace a lost or destroyed certificate. It allows a mutilated certificate to be exchanged for anew one, but unless the Old one is surrendered to the registering offi cers no new certificate can be issued. In prder to embarrass and disfranchise the working people who hire out their labor, and thus frequently move their residence from place to place, a certificate, which is required to state the place of residence of the voter, becomes worthless the moment he Changes his residence. To produce this effect it is not necessary that he should move from one county to another, or even from one Soiling precinct or ward to another, but if e goes from one place of residence to an other in tho same polling precinct or ward, even though he may pass from the place of one employer to that of another immedi ately adjoining the former, the charter of liis political liberties is gone, and lie must seek anew certificate, stating his new place of residence. Thus the favored classes of South Carolina, who, as the possessors of its political author ity are the protectors of the weak, are con verted into ravenous wolves, devouring and destroying the liberties of the poorer classes, both black and white. This is Bourbonism in South Carolina. With anything like a free vote and an hon est count, South Carolina will in 1884 cast its electorial votes for the Republican presiden tial nominee,and this fact is so patent to tho Bourbon managers that they are striving in every possible way to interpose obstacles to the non-fulfillment of that end. and the violent opposition of the newspapers to the attempt of the national government to bring violators of the election laws to justice is part of a scheme to hold the State for the Bourbons by intensifying feeling between the races and keeping the management of the election in the hands of the present State government, which has so shamefully vio lated the rights of a clear majority of the people. PAUPERS AND PIE. An Almshouse Which the Yankee Fondly Relieves Is Typical. Letter in Boston Herald. I drove out to-day to a poor-house In the neighborhood of this town, hoping to find a typical, old-fashioned New England alms house. I was not disappointed. The matron, whose name I refrain from giving at her re auest, had visited Tewksbury a year ago. and le was very anxious to see the full testi mony. When asked for her impressions of the fatuous institution, she said: “I shouldn’t like to be mixed up in the mutter, hut I am free to say that I thought the old people there were not kindly treated. An old woman whom we called Molly went from this poor-house to Tewksbury, and that was what took me there. I wanted to see how she was treated. I really pitied poor old Molly. When she was here we gave her tea, plenty of milk, butter on her bread, and she had pie and doughnuts. You know old folks set great store by a piece of, pie or a doughnut. But I found that at Tewksbury nothing of the kind was permitted to be given to the old folfcs. They told me, when I said to them, 'Aunt Molly has been used to tea and can’t live without it,’ that no tea was served to the wouiem except in special cases. I saw that they served a sort of gruel to the old people, and, at dinner there was a kind of meat and' fish atew, not very relish able. Now here, al though our fare is very plain, we give our old people apiece of pie, and tea twice a day. Old folks prefer such things to meat and 80Up.”I All this the brisk matron, a wide-awake New England woman, said in earnest fash ion. It was quite pathetic, her Yankee em phasis on the desirability of pies and dough nuts ns articles of food. She honestly felt that, without doughnuts and tea and a gen erous slice of pie, life would he a burden, even to a pauper. “And w hat became of Aunt Molly, with out her pie and tea—did she die?" I asked. “I hear that she did,” was the matron’s re ply. “I told ’em she couldn’t live on gruel alone." And then the kind soul expressed her wish to go to Tewksbury and bake enough pies to give every one of 900 inmates a good big slice, just for once! Who shall say that I’ie, with a capital “P,” lias no hold on tho affec tions of our people? An aged man, sitting near at hand on a bench, heard the matron talk, and nodded approval of her sentiments. He and the rest oi her pauper family looked well fed, and I made an Impromptu investigation of the premises. Tin* poorfhouse was a large two btory house, with a big L. It had been tho house of a wealthy farmer before being converted into an almshouse. The rooms were spacious and lighted With quaint little panes of glass. The rooms lor the mule paupere were clean, the beds us good as those to be found in factory boarding houses, and the women's rooms were a trifle more cheerful, and some primitive decora tions were visible. As instancing the social Democracy of a quiet Massachusetts town, let me record the fact that in this poor-house superintendent and matron sat down in the same dining-room at the same table with their charges, ate the same food and felt it no disgrace. The food was simple but fairly nourishing, and the matron’s theory of the needfulness of pies and doughnuts was carried out in practice. Bless her heart, the kind but misguided woman! Happy the pie-fed paupers of Blanktown! Let these facts be copied by those cynical journals which can find no kind word to say of Mas sachusetts charities. A GREAT RAILROAD MANAGER. The Vast Work Performed by Judge Thomas Drummond. [ndiauapoliß Letter In Cincinnati Enquirer. The great work of Judge Drummond, which has impressed itself upon the judicial history of the country, has been done since he went upon the Circuit bench. The panic of 1873 swept over the West like a simoon and wrecked railroads in common witli every other expanded interest which had sprung into life under the inflation which followed the war. By the middle of 1876 nearly 16,000 miles of railroad, which were in whole or mainly in his circuit, had passed into the hands of receivers appointed by Judge Drum mond, aud this vast interest represented over $300,000,000 in bonds and nearly twice that amount in stocks. Every one of these receivers made their detailed reports of their financial and operating actions directly to Judge Drummond, and upon every act of theirs he had to give his approval. In this way he gave more attention to the actual de tails of their operation than Mr. Vanderbilt or Mr. Gould ever did, and yet he controlled as many miles of road as did both of the great railroad kings, with a large slice from Tom Scott’s road. These roads were wrecked when the court took them, and the almost superhuman amount of labor necessary to save the prop erty and make it of any value to the credit ors had to be done by this one man, who marked out the policy of each one of his managers, and, although their interests often conflicted, his policy was so wise that it saved every one of them. Not a pound of iron or any improvement or betterment could be put on one of the roads without his order, and while he had selected the best possible men, he never varied from his de liberate judgment as to what action was best for each line. It would seem that this vast work, greater than any other man has ever performed alone, would have been all that one could have done in a lifetime, yet he did it in less than seven years, and while he was doing it he discharged all the other duties on his circuit; and in that time he did more to shape the policy of courts in managing railroads in the hands of receivers and in determining the rights of creditors than any other judge in the country. Os course, this would follow his having control of so many miles of road in the region where they had had such a mushroom growth; but he had started with the advantage of living on the seaboard, where he had acquired a thorough knowl edge of admiralty law, and also of the prac tical relations of common carriers to the public. His main policy in the management of bankrupt roads was that his receivers should not incur any debts except to put the roads in a condition which would insure the safe transportation of passengers and freights. When the strikes of 1877 stopped the oper ation of nearly every railroad in the West tiny included several of those in Judge Drummond's court. To deal with the men who had invaded the rights and authority of the court was a delicate task, yet the Judge did it with so much justice that even the strikers did not complain of his sentences. And his reasoning in deciding the cases in this Stcte and Illinois was so profound that every recent writer on the relations between railroads and their employes, and the rela tions of both to the public, have quoted him. Tn all cases he has held that the claims of the men who operate and care for the prop erty of creditors of a railroad are a first lien, and must be paid before any other debts. Judge Drummond is, physically and men tally, only now in his prime. Senator Mc- Donald said to the writer recently, that no judge of his acquaintance was in more active mental condition than Judge Drummond. Yet behind stands the work of more than ordinary lifetime; its monuments all credit able, and so quietly have they been erected that the public has never thought of the guiding genius which has shaped each ot them. Had he been a railroiui manager in stead of a judge, the world would have echoed his name if his success in dealing with that interest had been only half what it has been. “HANGMAN' FOOTE. How the MigsiHftlppiao Regretted His Hasty Words to Hale. Washington Correspondence Philadelphia Record. Everybody knows that on a day before the war .Senator Foote, of Mississippi, remarked to Senator John P. Hale, of New Hampshire, on the floor of the Senate, that if he should repeat in Mississippi the nbolition speeches he was then making in the Senate, he would he hanged to the nearest tree. “And,” went on the hot-headed Mississippian, “in lieu of anybody else, I myself would act as hang man.” Perhaps everybody don’t know that Foote was sincerely sorry for his unfortunate utterances. “The words were scarcely out of my mouth,” he said, “before I wouid have given worlds to recall them. I saw at once what an opportunity they gave my enemies for merited castigation. Next morning, when letters and notes of all sorts began to arrive, addressed to ‘Hangman Foote,’ many of them containing pictures of that person* in the performance of his ghostly duties, I found my worst fears realized. Then came the newspapers. I never he&rd the end of it. Ami all the time, after I had apologized to Hale, whom I liked very much, and lie had forgiven me, like the gen erous, jolly old soul that he was, I was on the best of terms with him.” It was iust after Hale had forgiven Foote that a beautiful girl came down from New Hampshire to beg for the pardon of her brother, who hud been led by bad companions into the commission of a crime, for which he was being punished under the sentence of a Federal court. There were extenuating dti*6udistances, his parents were old, his health was bad, and the judge who tried him. the jury, the grand jury and the district attorney put their names to the petition that the brave sister carried to Wash ington. She laid the facts before Senator Hale, and implored him to intercede for the boy. He told her that he had no influence with the administration, and was therefore power less to help her. Nevertheless she came to his room again and again on the same er rand. Finally his henrt was touched, and lie made it his business to see Senator Foote, of Mississippi, to whom he explained the case. “Now, Foote,” said he, “I know that you’re on excellent terms with Robert J. Walker, the —cretary of the Treasury. Go to him for me, and see if you can’t get this boy off.” “I’ll go to-day,” said the willing penitent. And lie did. At tlie end of a week .Senator Hale placed the boy’s pardon in the hands of his sister. Then he intro dqced to her another gentleman, who was ?uietly enjoying her joy. “This is my riend, Senator Foote,” said Hale. “Hang man Foote he’s called up our way. It is to him we owe your brother’s pardon. When you get back to New Hampshire tell them that even the devil's not as black ns he’s painted.” A RKD-HKADRD lass In Kentucky, Jumped on a colt very plucky, But Bt. Jacobs Oil used, On red the back alio lutd bruised, As well as the jumps of Miss Duckio. THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, FRIDAY, MAY 11, 18S3. PULITZER'S PLANS. The Kind of Paper Ho Proposes to Make the New York World. Interview with Gath. 1 saw Joseph Pulitzer, to-day. Said he: “I suppose you want to know about the pur chase of the World newspaper. Well, come along and sit down somewhere, and you shall have the first news. I presume I have bought it, and that I will be in control to-morrow, Thursday. I understand that Mr. Hurlbert will announce the sale to-morrow. lam not yet in possession, so I will go no furthur than that.” “What do you estimate the Associated Press franchise to be worth?” “For a paper of that class, and in this city, it is worth a great deal of money, l believe. I considered it to be so in making the pur chase. I regard the growth of the city as sure to be enormous. In the home of the Asso ciated Press a place in it is of consideration, if anywhere.’ “Shall you publish the Morning Journal now from the World office?" “Not at all. I have nothing to do with the Morning Journal, except that I lent my brother some money, or put some money in his paper. The World will be the only news paper issued from its office, or in any way connected with it.” “Are you going to make personal changes there?” “As vet, 1 know very little of the inside of that office. lam going, however, to make it an American newspaper, and not a European one. I shall notice European events only as American references. The aristocracy of Ehrope shall not find the World a court journal for them. Indeed, I am reflecting about calling the paper the New World, to emphasize its Western tone and change. Yet such a compound word may be an embar rassment to quote from it I wish the paper to be understood immediately as not con trolled by any corporation, capital, or social aristocracy. To see two New York editors capering at the Vanderbilt ball satisfied me that the Democratic press here had got some what fat and overfed. I shall take the popu lar stand-point, and publish a Democratic paper, yet an independent one. Democratic monopolists and great millionaires shall not be my gods.” “1 suppose you will keep a correspondent at all the aristocratic centers of Europe?” “About the first thing I shall get rid of will be the Jennings letters from England, and Whiteing’s letters from France. I shall publish a paper for New York and the United States.” Announcement of the Transfer. New York, May 10.—The World of to-day contains the following: The undersigned lias this day transferred to Mr. Joseph Pulitzer, well known as tho founder and editor of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, the entire control of the World newspaper, which will be issued under Mr. Ptilltzer'n editorial management on and after to-uiorrow morning. May 11, ISB3. Mr. Pulitzer's experience as a journalist, and his loyalty and Sound Democratic principles warrant the confidence and good will with which the undersigned cordially commends the World under his direction to the public of New York. William Henry Hurlbert. New York, May 9, 1883. Each member of the working force of the World also received to-day a circular from Mr. John Gilmer Speed, manager of the World, informing him of the change in the proprietorship of the paper, and asking the employes to remain in their present positions, at Mr. Pulitzer’s request, for the present at least. AT THE DOG SHOW. The People Who Attend the Exhibition and What They See. New York Herald. Bow-wow, ki-yi, snap, snarl, growl and wag-tail is the procedure to-day, as it was ycsterdaj r and will be to-morrow, in the Madison Square Garden, where hundreds of dogs of various degree and pedigree contest for prizes in the bench show. There is not a noisier place in Gotham nor greater con fusion in Bedlam. Laugh! Why, there isn’t a dog in the entire collection who doesn’t re mind the calm observer of a dear, an absent friend. The features of the ugliest are al most human in expression. Solemn dogs are always funnier than professionally comic dogs. Some of the large animals are of start ling proportions, and their bark is on the lower C. The surly brutes are pleasant of countenance; the affectionate dogs look as if they would like a dinner of nails. Mr. Lin coln, covered with badges and decorated with medals, is extremely cour teous and attentive to the guests who crowd the place, which is more than can be said of the managers in general. Everything appears to have been wisely chosen. The garden is spacious and well ventilated. The kennels are neat and comfortable. The cat alogue is a delusion and a snare, and of no conceivable use to the ordinary visitor. The arrangements for judging are convenient, and the facilities for seeing are all that could be asked. Men and women are quite as conspicuous in the show as the dogs themselves. Owners make themselves known. Some have fur nished the kennels of their pets, some have decorated them, some have carpeted them. Fancy dogs with oddly-cut hair uttract atten tion. Some of them are as black as charcoal, particularly one owned by Mr. Hecksher and another in an adjacent box. There is a rough-coated St. Bernard called Bon ivard, to whom forty cups and prizes have been given. He is catalogued at $2,/>OO, and attracts continuous attention. It would be useless to give the mumes or numbers of special dogs, as there is but one sensible way to see the show. Start with No. 1 and go around the entire garden. There are mastiffs, St. Bernards, Berghunde, New foundlands, greyhounds, deerhounds, dach shunde, English setters, pointers, foxhounds, Irish setters, black-and-tan setters, all kinds of spaniels, fox terriers, bulldogs, bull ter riers, all kinds of terriers, pugs. King Charles spaniels, Italian greyhounds, beagles and collies. They are full of interest and without a flea. Decorated with blue ribbons a few seem nuite proud and contented, but a majority yelp anti yell, sereneh and scream, bay and bark all daylong. Rents ought to go up in that vicinity. The regular tramps who occupy benches in Madison square are in no sense a rival to the bench show ill the garden, although there isn’t a face in the one that has not its counterpart in the other. Yesterday morning there were very many ladies present. Some owned dogs in the show and exercised them. Some toved with the ferocious and petted the bashful. The sleek and the rough had each his charm, and the champions were no more feted than the others. Several theatrical celebrities have dogs in tho show and are on hand to drive dull care away and help their pets from tho pains of homesickness. Mr. and Mrs. Dude, with a number of their set, were in the gar den night and day. What they don’t know about dogs would fill a book. -No man need fear to be lonesome there. The plane is full of information and people to distribute it. The money value of the show is very great. There are very little, tiny animals there whose cash cost is considerable, and others, bouncers, whose worth is equal to their weight in silver. Perhaps tho significant feature of the benchshow is its attrac tion for children, Hundreds of little folk being among its most interested patrons. At n moderate estimate there are 50, (XX) dogs in New York, and although many are not worth the price of the dynamite that would blow them to Barren Island, there are thousands worth SSO each, and hundreds for which $250 would be a small price. It is es timated that $500,000 worth of dogflesh runs I between tho Battery and Harlem river, und lof this much of the creme de la creme may be seen in the bench show. It would be pleasant to know what the dogs think about it. They certainly and obviously think some thing, for their bark is not an unmeaning noise alone. On the contrary, a degree of intelligent inflection and significant empha sis is noted by all who listen with care. Some of the neighbors whose ears are filled with black-and-tan bark are quite certain that the dogs have a purpose in their madness, and that purpose is a determination to get as square with the human race as possible, and to destroy all rest and comfort as far as they can during the reign of the exhibition. A TALE OF A WHALE Told by the Owner of the Fish Which Trav eled Over the Country by Rail. Chicago News. When they first took the whale it was on the point of being cut up by some fishermen who had just found it floating dead in Cape Cod bay. The idea was to make a show of it in Boston, but it was soon decided that such a show would not be of long enough contin uance, and tho embalming proces* was de cided upon. It was not a success, “so,’ says the Captain, “we proposed to continue it with spades. We dug his inside out and sold the blubber and scraped the skin off clean on the inside. Then we threw into him tons of lime and pounds of arsenic, bales of hay, brickbats, everything to make him full, deodorize him, and give him weight. Outside of him we put on a line linen cover, very strong, not sewed, but pasted, and when this Was done we had a complete whale. We put him on a car about fifty-five feet long, and, with a train of one sleeping-car and a baggage van, we started. About the first stop we made was Washington. Well, we brought our embalmed whale right under the shadow of the Smithsonian Institution, and got Professor Beard to come and see him. We fooled him completely. The most wonderful thing he ever saw. The minute he said anything we had it down in our note book, and when he went away we went down to the newspaper offices and printed what he had to say. We used to get doubters in, with whom we made a rule to get very much offended. Not always with success, though. If a man would insist on touching him, we would cry out, ‘My God, don’t do that; you will get poisoned sure; blood poison!’ “For a time we made a good deal of money, but the whale got very shaky. Riding on the car he used to get shaken up very much and break out in pieces, and you could see the hay and dry good3 boxes inside of Him. I used to lay awake at night and won der what I would do if the train went off the track. Well, as soon as we would get to the town we would patch him up with plaster of paris and linen. It used to show but we would say, when questioned, that that was the place where the bomb struck. Finally he got all over bomb wounds, and we had to say it was decay. Finally in New Or leans, he wouldn’t hold together any longer, but we worked up a boom for him. We got a piece of muscle from an animal and had it made into a circle about the size a cricket ball could go through. It was then put in alcohol and exhibited as the size of a whale’s throat. Then we got the preachers to explaining how it was a miracle that Jonah was swallowed by the whale, and it didn’t matter what kind of throat the whale had. he could swallow whatever God willed. "We used to get our strolling preachers to give their discourses on Jonah and the whale somewhere in the vicinity of the tent. They used to do it, too. Finally the sheriff got the whale, but he couldn’t realize on Him A Cool Tramp and a Cool Maiden. Elmira Advertiser. A well-known printer’s family met with a singular experience on Monday. The daugh ter answered a knock at the door. An old tramp asked for “a bite.” She did’t like his looks and told him so. and he left. Shortly after Ills disappearance a neighbor’s daughter came in and told the printer’s daughter that the latter’s clothes (an entire washing) had just been stolen by the man she had turned from the door, that he had taken them all down and done them up in a bundle before asking for the bite, and lugged them off at his leisure. The two young ladies started in pursuit. At the Southport depot they learned that the bundle and the man went down the railroad. They followed and soon overtook him. “We want those clothes you stole from U3!” said the printer’s daughter. “H’m! Well, I don’t know but you can have ’em,” said he, coolly turning over the bundle. “There’s a shirt or wrapper missing,” said she, after looking them over; “now, what have you done with that?” “Got it on!” said the tramp, opening bis vest to prove it. “Well, off with it, then!” said the plucky maiden. “What! here?” The maiden paused in a predicament. A gentleman friend was mar and she hailed him, telling him about the trouble. The gentleman friend took the tramp into the hushes near the engine-works and got the shirt. Great Empires of the Earth. London Echo Appropos of the “land-hunger” which ap pears to be troubling more than one nation at the present time a few figures may be of interest. The five principal nations of the world at this moment, in point of territory, are the British, the Russian, the Chinese, the Brazilian, and the United States, in the or der above mentioned. The British Empire (according to the last edition of “Whitaker”) covers 8,982,177 square miles of the earth’s surface. Russia may he said to stand alone witli England in the first class of States em bracing large areas. Hers amounts to 8,325,393 square miles. The Chinese Em pire is said to cover, in round numbers, 4.540.000 square miles. For Brazil and the United States the figures are, respectively, 3,288,000 and 3,002,851 square miles. With respect to population the British Empire still comes first, with 305.400,000; the Chi nese, according to the latest estimates, would come second, with about 270,000,000; the Russian -third, with 100,038,342. Tho popu lation of the United States in 1883 is reck oned at 52,000,000. In this particular race Brazil is nowhere, her population number ing about 10,200,000. New Guinea is not in clqded in the foregoing estimate of the su per'fices of the British Empire. Four Qualifications for Discussing a Great Evil. Htoftkton (Cal.'i MsiF. A inan who would whipsaw the ace and at tempt to call the turn by putting (as we hove often seen him) $1 (his week’s salary) on a card that was as (loud as Thompson’s colt, is hnnlly the person to discuss this great ques tion intelligently. Stockton (dal.' Horald. A, man who would let his money (bor rowed from us) lie on the jack until said jack has passed to the silent majority, and a drunken check guerrilla appropriates the swag, while the player, with Fils eye on an other man’s bet, fondly supposed he was coppering the queen, enters this important argument considerably handicapped. Retribution. Atlanta Constitution. A strange allllction has been visited upon a young man who resides in a town not many miles from Atlanta. Several years ago when he was a hoy he was accustomed to pussing through passenger trains that stopped at his town and soliciting alms, representing that he was a mute. He did so, not so much to defraud, as for the pleasure of perpetrat ing a joke. He is now in Atlanta for treat ment for deafness and cannot hear a word that is spoken to him. The deafness is due to a disease which attacked him while in Texas some weeks ago. Ho spells on his fingers as an ordinary deul' mute does. A PRISONER'S PLEA. An Address by a Convicted Negro--A Re markable Scene iu Court. Fort Smith Special. Death sentence was passed on Saturday last upon three men—Martin Joseph, a negro, who killed two men after having ravished the wife of one of them; Tu-al-is-to, an In dian, and William 11. Finck. They were sen tenced to hang on the 29th of June. Finck is a quadroon, with decided Italian features, and a man of unusual intelligence. As was expected by many, Finck, when asked by the judge if he had anything to say why sen tence of death should not be passed upon him, arose, calm and collected, and said in a distinct and rather musical voice: “May it please the court: I know not which weighs the heaviest upon me—wonder or grief. Both weigh heavily upon me. I must first call to mind the occasion which I am called upon to make my appearance be fore the court to-day. This to me is most solemn and serious. It is as the sadness of death itself—death which in a brief while will coine to me with sickle and terror. Alas! alas! for such unlucky stars that beam ed at my birth. But I am not possessed of that obstinate stubbornness characteristic of one who is about to have sentence of death passed upon him, or, more generally speak ing, a hardened criminal. Being truly sensi ble of the singular and serious position in which I am placed, I cannot help but shudder, aud must say that these are the sad dest moments of my life. “Death is the destiny of all men: and being a debt of nature which must be paid, I do not fear to meet it in i;s natural form. But I shudder—l fear—the best of us do so, to die a disgraceful and ignominious death. I do not make this talk as an effort to save ray life. It is an effort to seek justice, and to save the reputation of my family, whose honor is dearer to me than my life. For what is life? It is but a vapor;* it appears but a little while and then it vanislieth away. It is but a spark struck out of noth ingness and expires in darkness. Nay, it is but a flash out of darkness, soon again to re turn. As the old Saxon imagination pictured it, it is, ‘like the swift flight of a bird from the night without, throuh a lighted chamber filled with guests, heated with the breath of passion, back into the cold night again.’ The strange uncertainty of life is but a mock theme of pathos. No description can touch all the sorrowful tenderness which death in me excites, now becomes so tragic and so bitter. O! ignominy! thou art bitterer to me than the gal! which Socrates drank. It is not death I fear—it is the form of death—its ignominy and the shame of the gallows. Under my present circumstances I cannot but fill my mind with the gloomy images of death, and to torment the present by appre hensions of the future. “But religion does not countenance any such morbid anxiety. She comes bearing in her hands the flowers of hope, and, like the angel which she is, whispers of the crucified Christ, ‘He is risen.’ The star of hope that first beamed upon men like me shone from the murderer’s dying faith, as he hung upon the cross, a companion in death with Christ, and tliat same star of hope scatters its rays in my heart. Yet I find it hard to banish the dread events from me. Yet why so? I have always been honest, and stand’guiltless to day of the crimes for which I am about to be sentenced. I stand here and boldly say, and with a clear conscience, that I did not kill those two men. If I speak falselj', miserable or happy souls, whoever you are, make your appear ance upon the threshold of this room and cry out, Thou liest!’ And to you [ad dressing the judge] whose duty it is to be tender as well as just, I ask all clemency you can give. And now farewell earth, made wet with tears and blood, farewell; and to my enemies farewell. Time’s brief work in the face of eternity, a ray of celestial joy falls upon me and takes away every fear, and I now know' how easy it is to die.” Thus ended the most eloquent plea ever made by any prisoner at this court. The ef fect on the judge and audience was marked. The prisoner was impassioned in his utter ance, and was more than ever pathetic and touching. The Judge then, in a feeling manner, re viewed the evidence and passed the sentence. Finck now awaits his end, and his execution promises to draw from him another oratori cal flourish. An Easy Way to Raise Strawberries, Baltimore .Sim. Anew self-tending strawberry bed is the invention of a Californian. Fill with earth any sort of barrel that has been bored well all round with inch holes. Plant strawber ries in every hole and in the open top, root downwards and top outwards. It is a great success. It is quite ornate, and will keep for several months in bearing. Every child can have a keg, or several can cultivate a half barrel in common, besides industry and economy, to say nothing of fun and health. Ready lor the Season. Now York Mail and Kxpross. Spurious Red Clouds and bogus Sitting Bulls are congregating at Niagara Falls pre paratory to the opening of the season, and will soon have all their bows and arrows and bead knickknacks spread out on the grass for sale at a price higher than one can purchase a real, live Indian for on the plains. To Our Patrons- We say, while our loss by tiro to-day la very large, wo were fortunate In saving a portion of our patterns, aud ahull replace those destroyed as soon as possible. We have now on hand the largest stock of stoves we ever had—over 4,000 —and can till all orders without delay. We shall have ready for tho full trade many now novelties. Thanking ull for former liberal pat ronage, and soliciting aContluuance of the same, we are yours truly. Indiana poms Stove Company. By Deloss Hoot, President. 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C )*rte.!T2 Me’nhi* and ChrtfT’tOn TexasPac.Vd.grants. 65 Michigan Obrttral 93K T. P..Kio Grunde Div. 84 Minneapolis Andßt.L. 28 U. P. first* lU> Min’lis andSt.L. pref. 57 U. P. land ernnts INK Missouri Pacific I'HK U, P. siukitig fnnd..ll6S Mobile ami Ohio 16 Adams Express... 128 Morris and Essex 127'4 Allegheny Central l r >K N. and Chattanooga... 62 Al.andTerro Haute.. 67 New Jerser Central.... 7*K A), and T. tl.prefe’d. 90 Norf’k and IVst’nprf American Express,,.... 91Northern Pacific SIM ■Bnf..tMl, and Nor... M Northern Pacific pref. 88’i Canada Southern 65'* North western.... 124 Chi.. St. fj and Pitts. IBS Northwestern pfd l-'l T)o. preferred MS New York Central 1174a Central Pacific 7.j’4;Ohio >.tral 12 Chesapeake and Ohio. -OS . and E 20 (“c.. San. and (here... 40 Pittsburg J3O Cleveland and Col 69 Pullman Palace Car... 129*6 Delaware and Hud 108 S Reading MVf Del.ami Lackawanna.l26 Rock Island 124 H Den. and Kio Grande. 49“*? Ft. L. and San Fran... 34 Erie 36 *t. L. and S. F. nfd... M* Erie preferred 70 St. L.anuri. F. Ist pfd. 9814 East Tennessee 9b St.Pr.nl 10414 I nut Tennessee pfd 20% St. Pan! nreferred 120 Fort Wayne 13.V* St. P.. M. and M I*3 Hannibal and Bt. J 0... 43 St. Panland Omaha... 44 H. and at. Jo pfd 96 St. P. and O. pfd. 107 Harlem... 195 Texas Pacific 39 Houston and Texas.... 75 Union Pacific stock.... 97 Illinois Central... —....J43 United States fcxo 54 1.. B. and W 29‘* Wnb.. Ht. L. and P Kansas and Texas 30H W St. L. and P. pfd. 4614 Lake F.rieand West’n ?9 Wells A Fargo Exp.... 124 Lake Shore r ..ITO l d W. li. Tciegrapn... Wi*6 Lou. and Nashville.... 5134 Foreign Mosey and Stoek Market. London. May 10 Government bonds—Con sols, for money 101 15-16; account, 102 1-16; new fives extended, 1094. Railroad bonds— Illinois Central, 148 V. Pennsylvania Central, 6238; New York Central, 125*; Erie, 137 V. sec onds, 102; Reading, 128 V Paris, May 10 —Rentes. 79f 650. COMMERCE, Review of the Local Grain, Produce, and Provision Market a. Indianapolis, May 10. “Moderately active” is what tho wholesale men say of trade, and caution is still the chief characteristic governing bnsines*, and how to explain the tameness to trade i* a mystery,'sny the oldest merchants. There has hern and there is no speculation, there Is no overtrading, there is no abuse of credits, there is no special sinning aguinst the laws of business; men are prudent, economical And industrious: nothing has hap pened nnd nothing is in tho air that could make iHKiness had or send prices down. No epidemic 1s within sight, no war is thought of, no destruc tion of property has occurred. The world is richer than it was over before, and our business men are stronger than were their illustrious pre decessors and fathers. Yet profits ore low, quotations are unsatisfactory, and the induce ments held out by business are ex tremely discouraging, yet crop reports ure more favorable from nearly all points, and there certainly Is a decided improvement from the condition of tilings as noticed two or three weeks ago. Tho flour market, however, contin ues in a very unsut isfaetorv condition. Eastern paper* report, that there is more or less selling to meet the wants of trade, hut business has been siiiull for the season, amt in list, soon take a favorable turn, us .toppers must, replenish stocks at an early day. All the leading brand* of Ilnur •re very low compared with the prlee of wheat, end Western millet* oloiin that at current rates they do not get tin Ir money hack. There are In- oi mnmyiovumuiJi, however, in this market in the near future. The New York Pro- j duco Reporter says the material increase in the consumption of wheat bread in Germany, Franco and Great Britain is admitted, owing to the very high price of vegetable*, especially po tatoes, and it is therefore reasonable to assume that the present large and prospective supplies at English and Continental markets will readily be absorbed. Stoek* on the Continent, thouhg am ple. are comparatively much smaller than those at English ports: hence a spirited trade in July and August j*eems quite probable. Tue wheat plant hero and in Europe, it is well known, is very backward, and over large areas it lacks vi tality and i* consequently less abie to overcome the many vicissitudes to which it is liable ere the middle of September. Further injury to the crop in Europe by frost and rust could uot fail to cause much excitement, and if there is a large short, interest in any of the summer months, or in the early autumn, tile activity and “boom” promises to be more pronounced. A large area m Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, etc., has been plowed up and used for corn and oats. It is a great mistake for any one to assume that there is any increase in the acreage, on the contrary it is undoubtedly much short of last year, ami in no Stale are its conditions as hope lul as at the corresponding time lost year. GRAIN. The grain markets present no interesting features. Dealers show littie disposition to trade. Receipts are light. We hear of sales of No. 2 white corn track at 56c. Bids on ’Change ranged as follows: Wheat—No. 2 red, $1.14 o. t.; Mediterranean, $1.17 o. t.; May, $1.13 o. t., rejected, no bid. Corn—No. 2 white, 56c; high mixed, 55%c, o. t.. mixed, 53**o; sound ear. 51 bit*; rejected, 60c; unmerchantable, 450. Oats—No. 2 while, 45‘3>und standard. $1.60® 1.70. Corn—Golden Rule. $1.15 ©1.50; Polk’s 2-oountl cans. $1.10®1.20; Yar mouth.sl.4o®l.so; Revere. $1.40® 1.50; McMur ray, $1.40©1.50. Blackberries. 2-nouud, 95c® 1.05; raspberries. 2-pound, $1.75 ©1.80; pine apple. standard 2-pound, $1.80©2; second do., $1.65® 1.75: cove oysters. 1 pound, fuli weight, $1@1.05; light. 55®70e: 2-pound-full, $1.75© 1.80; light. $1.05® 1.20; string beaus sl.lo© 1 20; Lima beans, 1 ©2.40; peas, marrowfat, 85c®$1;40: small, $1.35® 1.50; lobsters, $1.75® 1.80; blueberries. $1,50© 1.60. DRUGS. Alcohol, $2 20®2.30; asafetlda. 25®30c: alum, 4®sc: camphor. 30®35c; cochineal, 60©65c; chloroform, 80©85c; copperas, brls, $3©3.50; cream tartar, pure. 35®40e: indigo, $1®1.20; licorice. Calab genuine, 35 ©4oc; magnesia .oarb., 2-02, 30®35c; morphine. P. h- Isianu Bc, Augusiu be, Ottawa Toledo 6*30. Manchester 63*0. Ticking—Atnoskeag ACA 16c. Conestoga BF 17c. Conestoga extra 15c, CoueatogaGold Medal 15c. Conestoga CCA 13*3C,Couestoga AA 11 *3; Manilla, 598c;print paper. No. 1, 7*3®Bc; No. 2, 7®7V; book paper, N. 1. 8. A 8. C., 11 ©l2 V; No. 2 fc. (J., 9910 c; No. 3, 8. fc C.. B®9c. FLour Sacks—No. 1 drab. U brl, s3s p 1,000; *B brl. sl9; lighter weght, $1 P 1,000 less. Twine—Hemp, 18921 c p tb; wool. 15c: flax, 25940 c; paper. 20c; jute. 18c; cotton. 20®2Sc. Wooden ware—No. 1 tubs.sß®B.2s;No. 2 tubs, $7-97.25; No. 3 tubs. $696,25; two-hoop palls. $1.6091.70; three-hoop pails, $1.8592: douole washboards. $2.50 92.75; common washboards $1.50® 1.85; clothespins 60c®$1 P box. Wooden Dishes—Per hundred, 1 16, 30c; 2 16, 33c; 3 16, 40c; 5 16. 50c. IRON AND STEEL, Bar iron (rates). $2.40: liorse-slioe bar, $3.40; Norway nail rod,Bc; German steel plow slub.4 V; American drill steel, 15e; Sanderson’s tool steel, 18c; tire steel, 4V; spring steel, 7c; horse shoes, P keg, $4.50; mule shoes, P keg. $5.50: horse nails, p box, 84, $5; cut nails, lOd and larger, $3.50 p keg; other sizes at the usual advance. Tinners* 9upplihs—Best brand cnareoai tin— IC, 10x14,14x20.12x12, $7.25; IX.IOx 14.14x20, ami IX 12x12. $9.25; IC, 14x20, rooting tin,so.76; IC, 20x28, $13.50® 14; block tin. in nigs, 29c; in bars, 30c. Iron—27 B iron, sc; 27 C iron, 7c; gal vanized, 33*3 P cent, discount. Sheet zinc, Bc. Copper bottoms,- 31c. Planished copper, 39c. Solder, 15®l-70. Wire,,4o p ceut. oft list. LEATHER. HIDES aND TALLOW. Leather—Oak sole. 38® 14c; hemlock sole, 25 ®33c; harness. 33®4G0; skirting,4o943c; black bridle, 4P* doz, $60®65; fair bridle, $60978 p doz; city kip, 60®80c; French kii 85c©51.20; city calfskins, 85e©51.25; Freuch callskius, $1.1591.90. Hides—Green, 6*a®7c; heavy steers, 7V; green salt, B®B V; green salted calf. 12c; dry flint, 13c; dry salted, 10®llc. Damaged one third oil the above prices. Sheepskins—sl9l.2s. Tallow—Prime, 7®7V. Grease—Brown, 5®5V white, B®SVj. PRODUCE. Butter—Creamery, fancy, 31®33c; dairy, se lected. 18®20c; choice coantry roll, !0®18c; poor to fair. 10912 c. JOggs—Shippers paying 13c p doz; selling from store at 14c. Feathers—Prime geese, 550 p 16; mixed duck, 20925 c p rb. Honey—New. 23®20c in 1 and 2-16 can*. Poultry—Hens, 12c p ri; roosters, 7c p fb, ducks. doz; geese, $6 P doz; turkeys, 13® 14c p 16. Wool—Tub-washed and picked, 33®35c; un washed. medium und common grades, u m good Order, 22®23c; unwashed fine. 18®20c; fleece washed, if light, well-washed, and in good order, 28®30e; coarse and coarse Cotswold 13® 18c; burry aud unmerchautable according to their value. PROVISIONS. Wholesale Prices—Prune steam lard. 11.85 c. Short ribs, 10V. Sweet pickled hams, 12c; shoulders. 7%c. Jobbing Prices—Sugar-cured Hams—Ten to 12 ms average, 14*40: 15 IBs do, 14c; 17*e 16s do, 13-\c; 20 16sdo. 13 V*. Breakfast oacon, 14c. Shoulders, lOc. California hams. 10 V. Bacon— Clear sides, 12 V, clear backs or bellies, 12%c. Dried beef, 17V; H. Porter 'T9 bu; ungraded, 55®65*9c: No. 3. 59% ©6lc; steamer, 63*4©65c: N0.2, 64*4 ©66c; No. 2 white, 68c: No. 2 Mav, 63%®61*9C, closing at 64*9r; June, 63 7 8®64%c, closing at 64%c; July, Us 7 s© 6650 C, closing at 6689 c: August, 67*9®67 7 sc, closing ate7 7 ac; September. 68®68%c, closing at 68%0. Oats higher and active; re ceipts, 37.000 bu; exports, 191 bu; mixed West ern, 49®52c; white Western, 52*9®58c. Coffee lower. Sugar auiet but firm; refined steady; con fectioners’ A 1, B®BC. Molasses quiet but firm: 50-teat refining, 31*g©320. Petroleum dull; united certificates, 93*eo. Tallow steady- Rosin firm. Turpentine higher at 42*9C Eggs— ivest eru fresh quiet hut firm. Pork stroni:; new mess, $20.45©20.50; o)>tions nominal. Beef dull. Cut meals quiet but firm. Lard dull: prime steam, 11.959120} Mav, 11.98® 12.01 c; June. 12® 12.06 c: July, 12.03® 12.12*c: August. 12.02© ©12.11c; September, 12® 12.05 c. Butter duil at 11 ©3oc. CHICAGO, May 10.—Flour quiet but firm. Wheat irregular, but fairly aciive: regular. $1.12*6 May; $1.14*8 June; $1.16%91.16*9 July; $1.16*2 August; $1.16*4 September: $1 12 all the year; No. 2 Chicago spring, sl.ll*9® 1.12*8; No. 3 Cutcugo spring, 95c; No. 2 red winter, $1.13*9© 1.14. Corn unsettled and generally lower; 53*4®53%0 cash; 53*90 May; 55*8955*90 June; 57*fia5730C July; 58 B s©sß%e. August; 51*4®51 *2O all the year. Oats dml und easier; 40*9®403b0 cash; 410 May; 42*4 ®42 %0 June; 420 July; 35c August; 330 ail the year. Rye weaker at 63*90. Barley quiet at 80c. Flaxseed quiet at $1.42. Provisions— Mess pork easier; S2O cash and May; *20.15©20 17*9 June; $20.32*9©20.35 July; $20.47*9©20.50 August; $20.52>9®20.55 Sep. teinber; $17.95918.000 all the year. l*rd in fair demand, but at lower rates; 11.95911.97*96 cash and May; 12.00©12.02 *90 June; 12.05© 12.07*90 July; 12.07‘® 12.10 c August; 12.00 c September; 10.92*9® 10 95c all’Che year. Bulk meats in fair demand: shoulders, 8c; short ribH, 10.95 c: short clear. 11.10 c. Butter weaker; creameries, 18®26c; dairies, 15922 c. Whisky quiet and unchanged. Freights—Corn to Buffalo lower ut 2%0 per bu. On the after noon call wheat was in active demand and prices advanced; regular, $1.12*9 May; $1.143s June; $1.17 July; sl.l6 7 8 August; $1.16*9 September. Corn was active aud firm; ad vanced *BO for May and .Tune. Oats were quiet but firm, and advanced *ec for Juno and Jul3', and advanced *4O for August. Mess pork whh active and prices advanced; $20.17*9®20 10 June; $20.37*9 July: $20.52*9 August; $20.60 September. Lard was moderately active and higher; 11 92*9C May; 12 05c June; 12 00® 12.02*90 July; 12.10 c August; 12,02*9C Septem ber and October. Receipts—Flour, 6,500 brls; wheat, 18,000 bn; corn, 134,000 bu; oats. 83,- 000 bu; rye. 9.500 bu; barley, 15,000 bu. Ship ments—Not reported. BT. LOU 18; May 10.—Flour unchanged. Wheat unsettled but generally better, except for cash, which is lower; No. 2 red cash; $1.14*9® 1.15*8 June, $1.15*4® l.l&Bs July, $1.14%® 1.1530 August, $1.15*9® 1.16 Seprem iir, $1.1391.13*9 the year; No. 3 red, $1.08*4- Corn opeued lower, bur. improved and closed better for optioas; 50%®510 cash, 55c June, 53‘9©540 July, 55*8©55*9C Ausfusr, 46*4® 46*90 bid the year. Oats slow: 43*4®43%0 cash, 43c May, 43*9®13 s scs bid June, 41*80 bid July. Rye quiet ut 58c. Barley quiet at 55® 75c. Load quiet at 4.15 c. Corn meal firm at $2.65. Butter and eggs unchanged. Whisky steady at $1.14. Pork slow; $20.37*9 cash; $2027*9 bid May. Bulk meats and bacon very quiet and unchanged; only job trade. Lard nominal. Receipts—Flour, 4,000 brls; wheat, 21,u00 bu: corn, 57,000 bu: Oats. 2,000 bu: rye. none; barley, 6,000 lu. Shipments—Flour, 5,000 brls: wheat, 4,000 bu; corn, 6,000 bu: oats, 1,000 bu; rye, 1,000 bu; barley, none. After noon Board—Wheat firm and higher; 51.15*0 June, sl.l5 7 8 July, $1.15*8 August, $1.13*9 the year. Corn quiet 510 May, 51 7 gc June, 53 7 e 0 July, 55*90 August, 46*9C the year. Oats firm; BALTIMORE, May 10.—Flour quiet and un changed. Wheat—Southern quiet but steady; Western easier and dull; No. 2 winter red, snot, $1.21 *s®l.2l*9; Mav, $1.21 bid; June, $1.22*8® 1.23: July. $1.23*491.23*9* August, $1.23% 1.23 7 8- Corn—Western steady but dull; Western inixen, spot, 66®66*00; May, 64©64*ec; June, 63*4®63*90. Oats anil; Western wliite, 52®53c; Western mixed, 50®51c. Rye quiet at 70©72c. Hay dull and unchanged. Provisions firm ami unchanged. Butter steady: Western packed, 17923 c: Western roll, 14 a 18c. Eggs firm at 15c. Petroleum nominal. Coffee dull; Rio cargoes, ordinary to fair, B*9®9*9C- Sugar steady; A soft, B*Bo. Whisky quiet at $1.16*9® 1.17. Freights to Liverpool per steamer un changed. Receipts—Flour. 2,000 brls; wheat, 26,000 bu; oorn. 24,000 bn; oats, 1,000 bu; rye, 300 bu. Shipments— Wheat. 35,000 bu; corn, noue. Sales—Wheat, 208,000 bu; corn, 42,000 ou. TOLEDO, May 10.—Noon Board—Wheat was dull; No. 2 red winter, cash and May, $1.15*4 hid; June, $1 16*9: July, $1.17 V, August, $1.i7% bid; September. $1.18% bid; October, all the year, $1.15*0. Corn dull; high mixed, 60c bid; No. 2, cash and May, 57*4c: June, 58*0c; July. 58*90. Oats quiet; No. 2, July, 44*90 asked. Afternoon Call—Wheat closed firmer; No. 2 red winter, cash and May, $1.15*9: June, sl.l6 7 b; July, $1.18*8; August, $1.18*4; Septem ber, $1.19; October, $1.20; all 1 lie year, $1.16. Corn dull; No. 2 cash. 57*4*. bid; May, 57*9C; June, 57%c; July, 57 7 bc: August, S9 7 00. Oats quiet and unchanged. Receipts—Wheat, 15.000 on; com, 23.000 bn; oats. none. Shipments— Wheat, 58,000 du; corn, 6,000 bu; oats, 1,000 bu, PHILADELPHIA, May 10.-Flour quiet: buyers uud sellers apart. Wheat opened *4®*9C lower, but afterward reacted and closed higher; No. 1 red. In elevator, $1.23; No. 2 red. in eleva tor, $1.20*9: No. 2 red. May, $1.20 *9® 1.21*9: June, $1.22"591.2235: J>“y. sl23*B® 1 23*9; August, $1.23*8©1.23*8 Corn—Options opened low but closed u shade firmer: car lots dull; re jected, 58c; No. 3 mixed, 60*9®62c: steamer mixed, 61®63e; sail mixed, 63*9®64c; sail mixed. May. 63*4 ©63%c: June, 63%®64c; Julv, 65 7 8®O0c; August, 67*4 ©67*9 1- Oats easier; No. 2 mixed, 50*ac; No. 3 white, 52c; No. 2 white, 53c. Petroleum dull; refinod,7%®7*9o- Others unchanged. Receipts—Flour, 2,000 brls; wheat, 2.600 bu; corn, 97.6’>0 bu; oats. 15,300 bu. Shipments—Corn, 25,300 bu. MILWAUKEE. May 10.—Flour quiet and un changed with moderate demand. Wheat huov ant-.No. 2 Milwaukee $111%; May, $1.11%; June, $1.14*8: July, $1.16*8; No. 8 Milwaukee, 89c; No. 4 Milwaukee, 76c. Corn dull; No. 2, 53*40. Oars weak; No. 2, nominal at 40*tc: No. 2 white, 44*4©44*90. lower. No. 1. 62*4® 62*90; No. 2 61c. Barley dull; No. 3 spring extra, cash nnd May 54c. Provisions steady; moss pork. $20.20 cash and May; $20.37*9 June. Lard—Prime steam, 120 Cash and May; 12 16c Jane, freight*—Wheat to Buffalo, 3%©3%c. Receipts—Flour, 10,000 brls; wheat, 24,000 ou; barley, 12,000 hu. Shipments-Flour, 11,000 brls; wheat 1,400 bu; barley, 9,500 bu. CINCINNATI, May 10.—Cotton dull and un changed Flour dull and unchanged. Wheat easier; *1.13 spot. $1.14 June, $1.13*9® 1.13% July, $1.13*9 August. Coin nominally un changed Oats quiet hilt steady at 45*gc. Rve lower at 64*9®00n. Barley dull and nominal. Provisions—Pork firmer at $20.75®21. Lard no sales. Bulk iiieuts easier; shoulders B*ec; clear ribs, 10.95 c usked. Bacon steadv and un changed. Whisky active and firm at $1.13. Butter nominal. lA>U IS VILLE, May 10—Cotton quiet but firm at 10*40. Flour quiet but unchanged. Wheat dull but unchanged; No. 2 red winter, sloß© 1.10. Cbm dull hut unchanged; No. 2 white, 56c; No 2 mixed, 540. Oats nominally un changed; mixed Western, 47c. Provisions quiet hut firm; ni'*ss pork, $20.50. Bulk meats— Hlioiilders, B*OC. Bacon—Shoulders, 9 _ nn.rtmi lixnmss, exc’uSuinlay s:tsnmi Arn,o—Klcliinoint Accommodation, ex cept Snndav 9:55 an*' S York, Philadelphia, Wash iiTirton, Baltimore and Pitts bnrk Uxpress, dally 12:00 m Columbus and Day*ton Express except. Sunday 5:45pm New York, Philadelphia,Wash ington, Baltimore unu Pitts burg Express, daily 10:35 pm Dayton Express, daily except Sunday 10:35 pur CHICAGO DIVISION VIA KOKO.HO, P., C- ST.L. It. It* I Depart—Louisville and Chicago Ex press, i). c 11:15 am 1 Louisville atid Chicago Fast Express, daily, s 11:00pm- Arrlvo—Chicago ai. Louisville Fast Express, daily, 8 3:50am 4 Chicago aud Louisville Ex presw, y. c-. 4:o3maj Jeffersonville, Madison <3c Indianapolis.] Dsport—Southern Express, dally, 8 .i-isl Louisville aud Madison Ex press 7:40 am Louisville and Madison mail, _ P-c 4:20 put l Louisville Accommodation, daily, r. o 6:30 pm Arrive —lftdiauupoUs aud Madison Mail 10:00 ami Indianapolis, St. Louis aud Chicago Express, daily, n.. .11:05 ami New York aud Northern Fast Express, r. c s:sopm fit. 1./Oiiiß, Chicago and Detroit I Fast Line, daily, s 10:45 pm*' Cmdm'ti, Xnd’ap’lis, St. Louis dk Ciuoaao.4 CINCWNATr DIVISION. Deport—Chicago and Louisville Fast Line, daily, 8. and c. o 3:45 am Cincinnati Arc. daily 4:30 am* Cincinnati Accommodation...ll:os aut 1 Chicago und Louisville Mail, P- c 3:45 pm Cincinnati Accom’dation, d’ly 7:OOpm Arrive —lndia’polle Accoin’daMon, d’y. 10:50 am Chicago and St. Louis Mail,p.c.l 1:40 am Western Express s:olpm Chicago nnd Sr. Louis Fast Ltue, daily, s.and c. c 11:05 ptu fit. Express, daily 10:40 put, CHICAGO DIVISION. Depart—Peoria and Bur. Ex 8:05 am Chicago omi Sr. Louis Mail, p.c.12:00 m Western Express 5:20 pm Chicago Fast Line, daily, s .r.c.11:35 pua Arrive— Chicago and Louisville Fast Line, dally, c. c. and a 3:23 am Lafayette Accommodation 10:45 aui Chicago and Louis’lle Mail, p.o. 3:30 pin Cincinnati Accommodation... o:4opm Vandalia Lino. Depart—Mail Train 7:30 am Day Express, daily, p. h 12:35 pin Terre Haute. Accommodation.. 4:00 pm Pacific Express, daily, s 11:00 pin Arrive—New York Express, daily 4:05 am Indianapolis Mail and Accom modation 10:00 am Cincinnati and Louisville Fast Line 3:40 pm New York Express, daily, h.. 5:05 pm Wabash, St. Louis Pacific. Depart—Detroit and Chicago Mail 8:55 am Toledo and Fort Wayne Ex press..; 2:20 pm Chicago and Michigan Express, c. c. ands 6:20 pm Detroit and Toledo Express, daily except Saturday, s 11:45 pm Arrive —Michigan and Toledo Express, dally except. Monday.. 2:20 ant, Toledo and Fort Wayne Ex press 11:00 am Detroit and Chicago Mall 5:55 pm Toledo and Detroit,Express, s. 10:20 pm Indian*, Bloomington Western. Depart—Pacific Express anil Mail 7:45 am Kansas and Texas Fust Lino.. 1:30 pin Burlington and Rock Island Express, daily, r. c 11:15 pm Arrive—Eastern aud Southern Express, daily, r. c 4:10 am Cincinnati Special 10:50 am Atlantic Express and Mail..,. 6:30 pm ST. LOUIS DIVISION. Depart— Moore fie Id Accommodation... 6:30 am Mail and Dav Express 8:20 am Night Express, daily, r. c—11:10 pm Arrive —Night Express, daily, r. o 4:10 am Mall and Day Express 5:45 am Moorefleld Accommodation... 6:25 pm EASTRRN DIVISION*. Depart—Eastern Express, Mail, d’y,r. c 4:20 am Day Express, s 11:25 am Atlantic Express 7:<)0 pm Arrive —Pacific Express, s 7:05 am Burlington and R. I. Ex., d’y r. c 10:50 pm Western Express, s 1:03 pm Indianapolis and St Louis. Depart—Dav Express, daily c. c 7:25 am Parts Express 4:03p ru Boston and St.Loms Express.p 6:45 ptu New York and 8t Louts Ex press, daily, s. and c. o 11:10 pm Arrive—New York and Boston Ex press, daily, c. 0 4:55 am laical Passenger, p 10:40 am Indianapolis Express 3:30 pm Day Express, c. c., dally 6:4.3 pm Cincinnati. Hamilton and Indianapolis. Depart—Cincinnati, Dayton and Toledo 4:1.3 am Connersvltlo Accommodation. 4:45 pm Cincinnati, Dayton, 'Toledo and New York Expren.... 6.55 pm Cincinnati, Dayton, Toledo and New York 11:05 am Arrive—Connersvillo Accommodation. 8 45 am Cincinnati, Peoria and Ht. Louis 12:1.3 pm Cincinnati, Peoria and Bt. Louis 10:43 pm Ciiiciiniutl Accommodation.. 7:15 pm Indianapolis and Vincennes. Depart—Mall and Cairo Express 7:50 am Vincennes Accommodation.. 4:oopm Arrive— Vincennes Aecoiumodatiou. .10:50 am Mail and Cairo Express 5:10 pr.t GRAND HOTI<; L? INDIANAPOLIS. IND. Passenger elevator and all modern oonvrni icnccs. Loading Hotel of the city, rimt net nv hrst-eiasß. Rates. $2.50, $3 and $3.30 per •in Tho latter price including GEO. F. PFLNU3T, Propria to:-

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RECORD OF THE COURTS. in tiie Various Courts of Record Yesterday, Full Abstract of the Opinions Rendered by the Judges of the Supreme Court -Work in the Local Courts, Supreme Court-May 10. WILL SIGNATURE OF TESTATOR. 9,690. Aniline Holinwell vb. DrusMla Hol lowoll. Huntington C. C. Bluck, C.—The mere fact that the signature of tlif testator to a will followed the attestation clause does not make the will invalid. It is necessary that he should sign before the wit nesses ttt'esied and subscribed, but It is not necessary, though more orderly, that, an attesta tion clause should intervene between his name and that of the witnesses, or that there should bn any attestation clans©. (70 lud., 16(i; 87 id., 1.1 Jude moot affirmed. REVOKED LICENSE —REFUNDING MONEY PAID. 9,789. Commissioners of Monroe County vs. An east Kri ugcr. Monroe C. C. Morris. C.—The question presented is whether o ruunty is legally bound to a licensed retailer of Itquor,' his license having been revoked upon appeal, for such part of the fee paid by hint as Is represented uy the unexpired term for which the license was granted. The appellee must be held to have paid tlio money vwuntnrlly nnfl without legal compulsion lie had the option of paying Ids money upon the order of the board, or waiting until the final ■determination on appeal. He must ho held to have acted in view of the right of tlio remonstrants to appeal, and with reference ro the results that might follow. Hu knew that in waking the order thn board wns acting judicially aud hud uo power to create any obligation that would bind the county. If the benefits received were less than he had been led rook peer, it is bis misfortune. (41 Ind., 312; 40 id.. 352; 51 Id., 264; 54 id., 83.) Judgment reversed. APPEAL —REQUISITES OF BRIEF. 10,373. City of Anderson vs. Abner 11. Neal. Madison C. C. Howk, J.—A brief which urges that a part of the damages recovered in the action aro too re mote. but does not point out what part is meant, and that the instructions given did not present tbo law as settled by repeated decisions of this court, without citing any Bitch decision, does not comply with the requirements of the court on the subject of briefs. (12 Ind., 654; 43 Id.. 306; 60 id., 266:68 id 6 Judgment utlirmed. INTOXICATION —PUBLIC PLACE. 10,894. The State vs. Wtu. Welsh. Monroe C. O. 7ollars, J.—ln nn indictment for being found Intoxicated in-a public place it Is necessary that the indictment should, with reasonable certainty, describe the place where the accused wuh found so that the court may see that such place is a public place within the meaning of the stature. (52 Ind.. 311, 481.) Tno allegation that the accused was found “In a certain public p'a-e” is not sufficient. Judgment affirmed. DECEDENT’S ESTATES —STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS. 10.366. Michael Zeller vs. Ephraim Griffith. Montgomery C. C. Elliott, J—A claim arnlnst a deoondent’s estate for money paid on an ex ecution against the decedent is barred after the lapse of seven years after payment. The defense of the statute of limitations in such a case is available without being specially pleaded. (R. S., 2.324; 80 Ind., 531.) On a mo tion for anew trial for newly-discovered evi dence it Is proper to file counter affidavits upon the question of diligence. (2 Graham Nut. New Trials, 1,069.) Judgment affirmed. AMENDED PLEADINGS —PRACTICE. 10,090. State,ex rel. Bunnell, ve. James flay. White C. C. Franklin, C.—Where amended pleadings are filed In a case, all the former pleadings are super seded and excluded from the record, and a bill of exceptions will nor bring forward the rulings •upon motions in relation to the former pleadings ‘end make them applicable to those subsequently filed. Judgment affirmed. wife's INTEREST IN LAND- ACT OF 1375. 0,*.!98. Daniel Summit vs, Mary Ellett. Mon roe O. C. Bioknell, C.—The complaint of appellant al leged that In 1877 he mortgaged certain land to the uppellee, bis wife not Joining in the mort gage; that the mortgage was foreclosed against the appellant only and before the expiration of the year for redemption his wife died; that by virtue of these facia, appellant had become the ownerof his wife’s third in the land. It lx olairaed by appellee that as the wife died before the year for redemption had expired her in ohoate interest never became consummate. But under the. provisions oT the act of 1875 only twu tlnrds of the land were sold at the judicial sale. (66 Ind., 505.) The wife’s third does not be come an absolute Interest in her until her hus band's legal title lias liecotne vested in the pur chaser by the sheriff's deed, but then her title relates back to the day of sale. (70 Ind., 234; 80 Id., 285.) Appellant's wife therefore became the owner on the day of the sale of one-third of the lan.l, and when she died that third descended to her husband bv virtue of sectiou 3of said act of 1875. Judgment re versed. The following cases were also decided: 10,516. Moore vs. Colling hum. Hamilton C. Reversed. Bear, O. 9,839. Btrauglian vs. White. Hendricks C. C. Reversed. Morris, 0. 10,360. Lee vs. Templeton. Hamilton C. C. Affii mod conditionally. Bickuell, C. Superior Court. Room No I—Hon,1 —Hon, Napoleon B. T.-vvlor, Jndare. Electa Thornton et al. vs. Lewis Huffman et al.; suit to satisfy mortgage. Finding and de cree for plaintiff. Johnston, Erwin Cos. vs. Union Railway Company et al.; suit for damages. On trial by Jnry. Howard A Denfg vs. Philip IT. Kellv et al.; attachment proceedings. Dismissed by tlio plaintiffs. Koom No I—Hon. Daniel W. Howe. Jadgo. Louisa Sohuls vs. Central Plank-road Com pany. Dismissed by plaintiff at Iter costs George C. Knowlton vs. Charles Harmon, sr., et al.; settlement between luudlord and tenant. By court. Fannie Heglln vs. Albert Heglln; divorce granted; grounds, failure to provide, cruel treatment, etc. Charles Beard vs. Allison Lamb; damage suit. Dismissed for want of prosecution. Catherine Smith vs. Thomas 11. Irkdc. Com missioner flies final report. Room No. 3—Hon. Lewis 0. Walker. Jurtgo. Daniel M. Bradbury vs. I.awrenoe F. Shuler t al.; suit to set a*lde conveyance. Judgment vs. Lawrence F. Shuler for 81403.35. Edward 8. Pope et al. vs. Sinker, Davis A Cos.; suit on account. Tried and taken under advise inant by the court. Joint Kiidher vs. Peter Dennis et si.: proceed inlgs supplementary to execution. Finding for defendants William H. McLaughlin vs. Adam Bettner; suit ou account. On trial lv tho court. Circuit Court, non. Joshua 0. Adams, lu iso. Francis O’Reilly v. Jacob P. Duuu et al. Jury returned sealed verdict. Before Hon. James K. Holler, Judge pro. tem. Robert Chieom vs. Lucinda Barbour et al., pro ceeding to make nunc, pro rtiiiu entry, to correct Judgment. On trial by court. Before John A. Holman, Judge pro. tern., John M. Shirley vs. Judith A. Dale; suit to •quiet title. Motion for u now trial argued and taken under advisement. Criminal Court. Hon. I* I errs Norton, Julm. State vs. Martin powers; assault and battery ■with intent to kill. On trial by Jury. Stale vs. John Yotger; maintaining a public ouisunco. Defendant acquitted. Claims Dismissed. Judge Adams, yesterday, began to call the claim docket in the Circuit Court, and will con tinue this morning. The following claims against estates were dismissed yesterday: Willis Wright. Ts. William Whikey, Owen A. Sliisher vs. 8. S. Wiseman, George P. Bissell vs. W. 11. Morrison, Deloss Root vs. Janies H. McKernnn, Knefler Republican Club vs. L. F. Orr, W. B. Bm ford vs. Alfred T. Sinker, Austin M. Brown vs. Alexander M. Russell, I). ILurgert vm. Mary (I. Smith, Hays iTbadmcir vs. M. L. Mossier, M. H. Spades vh. jfiaintiel Heiacr, O. B. Jameson vs. John L. Hhuiiu, Mrs. J. M. Simmons vs. George Thoinnß, Esther E. Sykes vs. Alice Sulgrove, P. G. 0. Hunt vs. William L. Adam*, Hnhl (Copper vs. Anthony L. Reasener, W. fl. Cruft vs. Ester A litres, George W. MeCurdy vs. John Love, JS. Zimmerman vs. John Love, Henrietta Kerst- Ing, Charles W. Ahoekney, J. G Pahon, Christian TVateriuun vs. John Love, Scvercn, OaU-nnycr er, A. L. Ksrwood vs. Henry C. Holbrook, Mary A. Taggart vs. Johunna C. Pope, Joseph Stake vs. John Love, Benuett Bryan vs. David Weber. 8. L. Warner vs. Polly Wilson, John P. I.e Page vs. Daniel Frlemac, County of Boone vs. Charles F. Hunt, Thomas P. Miller vs. 11. W. Harrington. J. R. Feather stone vs. Patrick O’Brien, C. E. Wright vs. A. W. Scbwtnge, and Felix Deitch Vs. Charles J. Wilcox. _ THE OON G REG AT lON AL I STS. Yesterday’s Proceedings of tbo Association Ladies’ Missiou Meeting- The Memorial Service. The Congregational Association had a full attendance at all their meetings yesterday. The Ladies’ Mission meeting was u unwt successful one, resulting iu the organization of new auxil iaries. Mrs. Smith, of Detroit, and Mrs. Wilcox, of Chicago, occupied the last houn-of the morn ing in aide addresses before the association. The paper of Rev. E. Frank Howe, on the “Duty of the Church to the Times," elicited tui animated discussion on the degree of Toleration to he exercised toward theo logioal opinion at variunce from the oomraon belief of tho church. Rev. Messrs. Howe and McCulloch spoke on the liberal lde, Rev. Messrs. McCone, Seymour, Hyde and Captain Potter and Mr. Goodman on the conservative side. Rev. Mr. Darling de scribed the ideal Snmtay-sohool. empha sising the toaoher’b work with his class. The memorial service tit the event rig consisted of an historical paper by Rev. N. A. Hyde, on the his tory of Congregationalism in Indiana. He dwelt on the pre-Mstotio period, when the Con necticut Missionary Society did so much in this State, by its missionaries, to build churches, all of whioh were cast in the Presbyterian mold. It appeared that the First Presbyter inn church, of this city, was organised by one of the mis sionaries (f the Connecticut Society, Rev. David C. Proctor, and a paper of acknowledgements signed by Isaac Coe aud James M. Raj' was read.* Key. T. B. McCormick, of southern Indiana, followed Mr. Hyde with very interesting remi niscences of his experiences iu the anti-slavery conflict, which caused some Cumberland Presby terian churches in the southern pari of the State to become Congregational. Mr. D. J. Baldwin, of Michigan City, aud Rev. E. Frank Howe fol lowed with further reminiscences. The session of tho association closes to-night, with addresses by Dr. Clark, of New York, ana Dr. Humphrey, of Chicago, ou home ana foreign missions. PERSONAL William Niles, of Laporte, Ind., is at the Deni son. A. 31. Robins, of Shelbyvllie, is at the Grand Hotel. Mrs. W. A. Graham, of Madison, Ind., is at the Denison. O. M. Rigg and mother, Beatrice, Neb., are at the Bates. C.T. Tyler and wire, or Boston, Mass., arc at the Don Ison. Dr. R. H. Tarlton, of Martinsville, is at the Grand Hotel. Dr. 8. H. Charlton, of Seymour, Ind., is at the Bates House. Hon. James H. Willard and wife, of Bedford, are at the Bates. Colonel 8. N. Yeoman, of Washington C. H., 0., is nt the Denison. Will E. English left yesterday for a short stay at Lexington. Ky. J. A. Barnard and E. P. Schlater, of Anderson, are at the Grand Hotel. Mrs. J. A. McDowell, of Louisville, Ky„ form erly of Indianapolis, is the guest of the Denison. John C. New returned from Washington last night aud will speud several days iu ludian a polls. P. W. Riley, Peru, Ind.; W. D. Stan si ter, Co lumbus, Ind.; L. 31. Campbell, DauvlUe, Ind., are nt the Denison. C. L. Tucker aud E. P. Tucker, of Logansport, Ind and Frank J. Smith and wife, of Houstou, 'Hex., are nt the Bates. ■J. D. Wade, Cleveland; C. M. Stuart, United States artmj; U. J. Wller, D. Smith, J. T. Brown, G. H. Stewart, and H. S. Travis, of Fowler, aro at the Grand Hotel. Messrs. Peter H. Ward, of Kentfand: Henry 8. Travis, of Fowler, and Simon P. Thompson, of Rensselaer, were in tho oily yesterday, urging the appointment of Judge Hammond to the Su preme Court vaonnoy. W. A. Bucher, Laporte; J. W. Gates, St. Louis; B. 8. Schwartz, Buffalo, N. Y.; E. P. Watkins, Atlanta, Ga.; O. C. Clmrlton, Lebanon; F. D. Ilnekleman, Knahville; D. C. Je.tine, Brazil; J. K. Law, Mercer, Cal.; Ira H. Gillum, Seymour; J. Crosette, Muskegon, are among tbo lata ar rivals at the Bates House. THIS CITY IN BRIEF. The exceptions to the driven-well suits are be ing argued in the Dlstrlet Court. A case of smallpox was reported yesterday, on Indiana avenue near California street. Frank Vaughn's nail lias been reduced to $6,090, but he has not yet succeeded In flnding bondsmen. John Soltmid and Mary E. Tltels, Francis Roesolt and Jessie Love were licensed to marry yesterday. Tilt* State-house contractors were yesterday paid $2,215.11 on uccount of estimates for work done during April. Martin Powers who shot Jacob Sohutt, both men being merchant policemen, some mouths ago, is ou trial in the Criminal Court. Judge Howe, yesterday, granted Pannh) Heg lln a divorce from Albert Heglln, on proof of cruel treatment and failure to provide. The Royal American Benevolent Association, of nils city, yesterday tiled articles with the Auditor of State, conforming lo the new insur ance laws. The alarm of Are from box 72 at 3 o’clock yes terday afternoon was mused bv a small blaze in Wity’H cooper-shop on South East street, which was easily extinguished. The Evansville police commissioner was not appointed yesterday ou account of the absence from (he city of Slate Treasurer Cooper. He will he named to-day, however. A petition for the privlieen of filing excep tions to tho master’s report in the case of Hatch against toe 1., I>. 8. Railroad Company, was argued yesterday tu cite Federal Court. The Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society of the Meridian-street Church, will meet at Mrs. O. H. Hansel man'a, No. 378 North Meridian streer, to morrow afternoon, from 3 to 6 In the Hf*mi-annual settlements made with the Auditor of State yesterday, Siarko county paid Into tlie State treasury $2,534.83; Pike county, $8.237 92; Warrick, $11,599.31. and Brown, $l,OOl 68. James Pnrqulmr, who was arrested on tho charge of violating the pension laws was given a preliminary heating yesterday by Commis sioner Mtlllg in, and in default of ball for $1,090 was sent tu Jail to await trial. Mary E. Johnson lias begun suit against John and Oliver Johnson, administrators of the eat ate of James Johnson, for $965 for services ren dered In nursing and caring for the decedent during his last ami u previous illness. Thirty-one out of thirty-four of the business men having stores fronting on Washington street, between Delaware and Pennsylvania street, have signed a petition ticking that. Wash ington street be pared with Median stone. The notice hi this paper of the suit commenced by Mrs. Ann Sanders against the Odd-fellows’ Mutual Aid Association might mislead. There is a contention between parlies as to who Is en titled to the money in question. The associa tion, for satety, allows suit to be brought, pays thn money Inin court.'.compels the adverse par ties to Interplead, and let the court distribute the money to those who, by its judgment, may be entitled Thereto. This Is a common proceeding where there is no dispute about the claim itself, but. wb re several patties demand tlio same debt adversely. “Fair Girl Graduates," whose sedentary lives Increase those troubles peculiar to women, should iish Dr. Pierce's “Favorite Proscription," which Is mu unfailing remedy. Bold by druggists. THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, FRIDAY, MAY It, 18S3. MANY MEDICINE MEN. The Concluding Session of the Indiana State Medical Society- The Convention of Eclectics. At tho meeting of the Indiana State Medical Society yesterday morning the resolution offered ly Dr. Rowland, or Covington, the evening be fore, disapproving of the action of the New York Medical Society In adopting the new code by which physicians were allowed to consult with any one of whatever school in their practice,was taken tip. 'This resolution did not pass, a substi tute being adopted instructing the delegates from Indiana to the American Association to vote against any change in the ethical cone so far as consultation with irregular practitioners was concerned. A resolution was adopted allowing Dr. Thad. M. Stevens to spread upon record his defense of the charges made against him as Its secretary, and on account of which he had been deposed from that position. The retiring president. Dr. Win. 11. Bell, was elected delegate to such medical societies of Europe as he may visit. Dr. George Sutton, of Aurora, furnished a paper on “Parasites and the Effect upon tho nutnan System,” and Dr. George Rowland, of Covington, one on “Medical Legislation.’’ In rela tion to the second paper. Dr. Boyd, of Dublin, remarked that it emlmdied the things set forth by hitu in a paper w ritten two years ago. He added that his paper had been lost by the secre tary, and somebody Seemed to have found It. Dr. Rowland, with some warmth, asked Dr. Boyd if ho intended to imply that he (Rowland) had committed a plagiarism, to whioh Dr. Boyd replied no, but that great minds appeared to run in the same channel. Still he should always wonder whut became of that psper. Dr. East man, of Indianapolis, presented a paper on "Some Thoughts on Surgery of the Rectum.'’ Tne afternoon session opened with a paper by Dr. Worrell, of Terre Haute, on “Diseases of the Ear of Children,'" which, as tn the case of a paper b> T Dr. Gaddy, of Lovett, on ’‘Systematic Prevention of Disease," was read by title, and referred to committee on publication. MEDICAL EDUCATION OP WOMEN. Mrs. Mary F. Thomas; M. D., of Richmond, read a paper on “Tito influence of the medical colleges of IndiAiiapolls, ot the regular school, on the medical education of the women of the 6tate.” She held that the spirit of liberality tliut pervades the educational sentiment of the times is askiug the removal of the restrictions of sex in the reception of students, and qualifi cation and adaptation for the positions sought in the higher literary institutions is muds tho test of adini*slon. and sees no jnst reason why the same course should not ire adopted in medi cal us iu other colleges. It has long been a mat ter of study to the intelligent, consistent rea soner on thesrbject, to reconcile the practice of tho profession with the persistent objection to co-education in tuedioine. Many men physi cians honestly deem it Improper, if not positive ly indelicate, to talk to mixed classes on the dif ferent organs of the body and their functions in health and disease, and yet see no objection to being specialists in gynecology, visiting women under any and all circumstances that they think necessary as their pro leestonal advisers. Neither do they object to professional attendance in whole institutions of women, where disease in ull its forms coiues be fore them for treatment, no matter bow objec tionable to 11re sensitive nature of refined wo manhood. Neither does society object to physi cians in their capacity, admitting the preroga tive of the attending physician to possess him self of every reasonable means of diagnosis for the purpose of curing his patient. Personally (says Mrs. Thomas) we have no criticism in re gard to the matter, but we are reasoning from the stand’point of the professor and students, wno are so sensitive about co-education in med icine that one would suppose thev would shrink from Obstetric and kindred practice. The Doc tor was aware that medical students could con duct themselves In such a manner that women students would feel it a com promise of their own self-respect to attend lectures with them, but this matter Is largely in the hands of the pro fessors. A DIFFERENT VIEW. This paper was called out by the faot that the Indiana Medical College now refuses to admit women as students. Dr. T. B. Harvey, ut the conclusion of the paper, explained that while be himself was in favor of the medical education of women, he dhl hot think that men and women could receive such education in this State ut tho present time. The loss iu male students, were co-education tried, would not be repaired by nn increased number of women students. Tno Doctor intimated that sentiment and philan thropy were good things, but that the college was necessarily run upon u business and money basis. Tlio delegates to tUe American Association will consist, under the rule, or on© delegate to each ten members or the State society. This would entitle Indiana to about one hundred and twenty delegates, but it seldom happens that a third of that number go. As the afternoon advanced the attendance grew smaller aud smaller, until Dr. F. 8. New comer, his oounteuauco Indicating alarm, rose and said; “I see present only one delegate proper to this society—only one person proper lo mote an adjournment. If he should happen to go out without doing it, I fear we will have to hold over until next year." On motion, the society adjourned to meet on the second Tuesday iu May, 1884. The Eclectics. The Eclectic Medical Association met yester day morning in its second day's session. The following officers were elected for the ensuing year: President, S. 8. Boots, Greenfield; first vice-president, Joshua Webb, Indiuuiipolis; sec ond vice-president, W. A. Johnson, Raleigh; see retury, Charles H. AhbeU, Indianapolis; treus urer, 8. 11. Riley, Miiroy; corresponding secre tary, J. M. Westerllckl, Lewisville. The charge* of unprofessional couduot against Dr. A. ,T. Smith and Dr. Daniel Lesti were referred to a special committee to be reported upon next year. The prreldeut's address, “The State of Eclecticism iu Indiana," was. with other papers, referred to the committee ou publication. The unsocial mu adjourned to meet on tim second Wednesday iu May, 1884, As to Taxes on Coupon Bauds. Tho district attorney yesterday mo veil excep tlons to the master's report iu the matter of In tervening petitions in tho case of H. B. Hurl hurt against tho 1. Si Bt. L, Railroad Company, before Justice Harlan and Judge Woods in the Federal Court. Tho question involved is the payiueutof internal revonuo tuxes on coupon bonds, which tho railroad company declined to pay, and also taxes ou certain other coupons paid Jan. 1, 1872, the day after tho expirulion of the internal luooiue-tax law, which (he gov ernment claims that tho railroad company is ro sponsible for, because tho interest coupons were paid ut of tbeearolugs of the road in 1871. when tho law was in force. The matter has been tukeu under advisement by the court. Fatal Accident to a Boy. A thirteen jear-old boy named Sullivan, u son of John Bullivun, u Bee Line chcckumn, while assisting In loading u freight oar in the Bee Line yards yesterday artemoon, accidentally foil, in stepping from the depot platform to the car, and a barrel of eggs whioh ho was transferringon mo down on him, fraeturing his skull and otherwise seriously injurlug him. lie was removed. In au unconscious condition, t4t ii nt fully lo the same effect. At Easton, Pa on Tuesday, John E. Healey was thrown fifty feet in the air by n premature blast in the Fisher state quarry, M Chapmans. His brains were scattered iu e very direction One eye, the cars ond some of the brains were found Tuesday eveninxr. Some parts of the lreud have not yet been found. TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. Two men were killed tn Moffett's mine, at Wilkesbarre. l*a., yesterday, by faliiug rock. The business portion or Forney, Tex., was consumed ou Mouilav, crcatlug a loss of $30,- 009. Dr. a. R. Stokes, of Bt. Johnsbnry, Vt., con victed of abortion, was sentenced to seven years in State prison yesterday. A whole family, named FTegner, and several visitors were poisoned at, Foster's Crossing, 0., 011 Wednesday, by driuking buttermilk. Escaping convicts tn Arkansas, pursued by, bloodhounds, caught the docs and hanged them to a tree. Others wore obtained himl the fugi tives captured. Governor Boynton, of Georgia, on Wednesday, appointed Colonel Sam. \V. Small, “Old Si." as commissioner for the State ol Georgia to the Southern exposition. Hon. E. John Ellis, of Louisiana, contemplates resigning hiH seal in Congress in the event that certain pending business negotiations iu Ntw York are consummated. In the class which graduated from Lane Theo logical Seminary, yesterday, is a young colored man, who will preach and establish schools auu churches throughout East Tennessee. Lewis Carter, colored, was convicted iu South ampton county, Virginia, of the murder of his xvife, and has been sentenced to be hanged on the 22fi of Juno. Carter made a full confes sion. Theseoonfl trial of the libel suit or James Frances Malloy against James Gordon Bennett, of the Nexv York Herald, resulted in a verdict of $25,090. Malloy got a verdict of $20,009 at the first trial. At Cincinnati, George Norton was fatally wounded, yesterday afternoon, by the falling of an elevator from thn third floor of Kormann’s •furniture factory, No. 301 Walnut street. The rope broke. During a severe storm at Lacrosse, Wls., Wednesday afternoon, lightning struck the house of James Egan, severely if lint fatally in juring Mrs. Egan, ami In a less degree her daugh ter, aged thirteen. Suits having sustained tho will of the late Miss Telfair, the 1 gaoy made Hie Georgia Historical Society is now at its disposal. The amount i $1,100,000 in railroad bonds, with nine years’ accumulated interest. The National Temperance Society and Publi cation House re-elected John N. Sr earns secre tary, and Chase Bishop Hopkins, of Massachu setts. president. Receipts for the past, year were $60,000 anil tho expenditures $61,000. At Thomasville, Ga., two ordered children, aged seven ana nine, enticed from its home a three-year-old child, and throwing her down, forced sand into lier month mull dead. Because of their extreme youth, Judge Mitohell dis charged the children. Henry J. Marriott and Mario Porenr, arrested for the larceny of $75,000 worth of diamonds from a Paris jeweler, were married yesterday in a New York court, where Marina was taken on a writ of habeas corpus. Marriott was returned to Jail und tho girl to her lodgings. DAILY WEATHER BULLETIN. Indications. War Department, Office of the chief Signal okkccrr, Washington. May 11, la. m. For Tennessee and tho Ohio Valley—Clearing weather, winds mostly northerly, stationary or lower temperature, and higher pressure. For the Upper Lake Region—Fair Weather, winds mostly westerly, stationary or higher temperature, and higher pressure.* For the Lower Lake Region—l/oeal rains, fol lowed by olearlng weather, northwesterly winds, stationary or lotver temperature, higher pressure. boost Observations. Indianapolis, May 10. Time. Bar. Th. Hum wind Weather]' liTl 6:21 a. m. 29.81 70.3 70 SW ClOUdv. 10:24 a. M 29.80 72 66 SW Cloudy 2:24 r. M. 29.77 75 52 W Fair 6:24 P. m. 20.00 01.5 72 W Cloudv 10:24 i*. m. 30.08 51 77 N Cloudy. Maximum Temperature, 77.0i minimum temp erature. 51.0. Geireral Ot*ervarlon. War Department, 1 Washington. May 10, 10:25 p. ru. j Observations taken at tho same rnumuut ot time at all stations. ?~s “s V 3 1, 2 g STATION. g •3 •wJ 7* 5 Bisniarok, Dak... 3021: 40 N 4CI ear. Cairo 30.16 61 N Clear. Chicago 30.08 47 W .03 Clear. Cincinnati 30.03 66 NW .13 Cloudy. Davenport, la— 30 13 48 NW Clear. Dean wood Denver. 29.92 55 8 Clear. Des Moines 30.25 45 8E Fair. Dodge City 39.19 54 NK Clear. Fort Assumtmiue Fortßutord 30.22 38 N Clear. Fort Concuo 30.11 65 NE Clear. Galveston 30.0(1 74 8E .43 Clear. Indianapolis...... 30 08 51 N Cloudy. Keokuk 30 21 48 NW Cloudy. La Crosse 30.08 4 5 NW Clear. worth 39.28 59 N Clear. Little Rock. Ark.. 30.09 69 N Clear. Louisville 30.04 58 \V .33 Fair. Memphis 30.07 69 NW Clear. Moorhead 30.19 38 N Fair. Nashville 30.07 67 NW luudy. North i'latte 30.21 45 SE Clear. Omaha Pittsburg 29.89 65 h ,01 Clear. han Antonio 30.08 75 E Clear. Shreveport 30.08 76 8W Fuir. Springfield* lII—3O 17 fn> NW dear. at. Louis 30.19 52 NW Clear. Stock ton St. Paul 30.14 42 NW ...Clear. Vioksburg to 08 SK .01 Clear. Yankton. D. T 30.26 49 N Clear. Las Animas Springfield, M 0,... 30 19 55 N Clear. New Orleans 30.09 70 E .11 Hi. St’tti Fort Smith Fort Billing* Temperance and Parties. To tho Editor of tho Indianapolis Journal: I noticed in yesterday's Journal an extract from another paper that conveyed tiie idea that the deiminds of the temperance people were responsible for placing the Republican party in a false position and thereby causing its defeat. This notion lias been advanced before by some of the politicians, and 1 con eider it to be a serious mistake. It will be conceded by all that the evils of intemper ance are of such magnitude that some effort should be made to stay tlio tide of misery it hs bringing in in its course; but in the effort made in our State the temperance people did not (Wire to make it a party question, nor is it their work that it has been no made. The liquor dealers, knowing that the attention of the world was being directed to the immense proportions of the traffic and its direful effects on community, and knowing further that such scrutiny was injurious to their craft wherein was much gain, they cast about.for for an ally in one of the great political pur ties of the State. Thev first made overtures to the leaders of the Republican party ns the one most likely to injure them unless pro pi liable. And it brings tlio blush of shame that some of those honored ones wore dis posed to accept the offers, nud, perhaps, would have closed the bargain if they could have delivered the goods. But both parties to tho bargain soon Locarno satisfied that it would not be ratified, and the dealers then turned to the Democracy, and there found the material to make the iufumous bargain that lengthens out the time in which they might rob and destroy. Men who had aspired to high places in the nation; vied with each other in their efforts to get down the lowest before this great whisky power. And it was this unholy league that forced this question into party politics, and they are the ones re sponsible for its being there. If this is a true statement of this matter I ask what w the proper course of the leaders of the Republi can party in the future? Is it to try to get down lower tuna did Ifon. VV r illiaiu H. Eng lish and liis conferees before the power that was to put the outs in? Noland I am glad that all are agreed that such a thing is not to be thought of. The only course that is in accord with the pust record of the grandest and most glorious political party thut this or any other coun try has ever seen, is to come out boldly and unequivocally for right and humanity. Let the bugle blow no uncertain sound in this the grandest of all the conflicts of right against wrong, and when the victory comes, sis come it will, then will the banner of Re publicanism be indeed an emblem of liberty reverenced by all. This need not be the only issue of the campaign, but that it will be the main one no human power can prevent. W. La BARER. Ct. vpk's Hill. May 9. THE APACHE INDIAN'S. Interesting Description of tl*e Tribe CHvon by Prof. Bandelleiv bettor in Bt. Louis Westllcijo Post. The “Apaches,” strictly so-called, do not possess a tribe name in their own language. The word “Apache” was borrowed by the •Spaniards from tho Zuni dialect, in which the word “Appachu* applies as well to tiie Navajoes as to the Apaches. This nomen clature has been repeatedly adopted. The word Moqui is also of Zuni origi n—“Mequu.” “Pecos” and “Zuni” itself are words in the “Queres" dialect, the former calling them ‘‘A’Keri” and the latter “Slii-ni.” “Taos” (“Tani”) is borrowed from tiie Tehua” dia lect. While the Navajoes, with their large-boned muscular develodment, their tall stature, with their deep-sunken, often narrow-open ing eves, and their keen, wolf-like glance, re mind of their Northern race origin, the Apaches, on the other hand, with tiieir slen der build, small stature and the wide open eye. would appear to be descended from the so-called “Pueblos.” Their women are small and frequently very meager, which is only natural when the hard condition of their lives is taken into account. The Navnjoe wears his hair smooth behind and tied in a small queue; the Apache per mits his to hang free, like the “Pueblo,” the only difference between them being that the Apache, unlike the “Pueblo;” dispenses with the queue. The married Apache women imi tate the men. Tiie maidens, on the other hand, comb their hair back and tie it in a queue with a gay ribbon. It is to be under stood that the combing to which I here refer 13 of the most primitive description. The Apaches do not appeur to possess a tribe organization. It is only in war that they select leaders, like Yictorio and his son “Name” and the invulnerable “Ju” of our day. The picture which the Apaches pre sent is, however, not the less interesting from an ethnological standpoint. That which appears to be an assemblage of one race is in realitv an aggregation of independent tribes like the “Gens,” of Rome; the “Clans of Scotland,” the “Galpulli” of Mexico, and the “Ayllu,” of Peru, bound together by a com munity of blood. Each one of the tribes build a so-called “Rancheria,” i. e., a num ber of tents crowded together, each tent be ing made out of strong boughs bound to gether w r ith the fiber of the Yucca, or with willow. Every family has its own tent. The young man bent on matrimony seeks a bride from another Rancheria; he buys her or steals her. Marriages among them are reg ulated with a strict regard to caste, just as it is among all peoples among whom the clan idea prevails. Concubinage exists among them as among all Indians. His wife is his most valuable material possession, for she works for him. When the man dies, the wife, or wives, becomes the property of his next male kin. It is proper to remark right here, that the idea of enduring marriage does not find favor with these people. Should a wife no longer please, she is given up. The women mourn their husbands. Thev Cutoff their hair as a sign of grief, but the lord of creation does not make much ado over the death of a wife. Each rancheria has its own chief. When we denominate the underlying principle of Indiana tribe organ ization as Democratic, it is not to be inferred that the forms of modern democracy are ob served among them. There is no “election day” among the Apaches. The chief of the rancheria is chosen through esteem, or he becomes such through cunning, bravery or descent. Concerning the religious tenets of the Apaches, I am not able at this time to speak. The only information on this subject that I have gleaned from them after repeated ques tioning is that, like all Indians, they possess a distinct mythology of their own, which they insist on keeping inviolably secret from strangers. At all events, it is certain that superstition plays a great, role in the life con cerns of every Apache. A superstitious fear will Induce* them to change their place or habitation, and they regard most of tho actions cf the whites with a superstitious mistrust. The whites frequently unwittingly offend the views of the Indians and deadly conflicts ensue iu consequence. Should blood How the question is asked, on whose side? The Apache is prepared to give up a life for every murdered white man, but he in sists on the same retaliation for every mur dered Apache. In most cases our civilization doe* not take this doctrine into account, hence a vendetta is proclaimed aud every competent branch of the rancheria takes up arms; they send for help to Hie next; they take their revenge where they can. ft is not always, however, a class misunderstanding that leads to dangerous outbreaks. The Apache is, like every man, susceptible to be rendered a slave to the influence of strong drink. lie breeds from crushed Indian corn a dangerous intox icant. called “ti-Buin.” This urink is, like all such liquors among Indians, a medicine, and he fasts before he indulges his appetite for at. Then it works double mischief, and brother is not safe from brother. Now', while the Indian has well-established rules by which he atones for his misdeeds, the white man does not know this, and this ignorance results in further incentives to enmity. Finally, it U not to be concealed that many provocations arise on the side of the col onists. But these are not as frequent as might he supposed. The Anglo-American, although theoretically intolerant toward those who speak a tongue foreign to iiis own, is practically tolerant. The man of the bor der often gives very great offense in his speech, and such thoughtless offences some time* lead to regrettable results. Generally the white man invades the reservation first, and then the red man is pursued with bow and arrow until he is scattered over Dili and dale. Within the borders of New Mexico and Arizona there are, including the Navajoes, about 35,000 Apaches. A VETERAN LECTURER. 1 He Thinks the Lecture Field L Narrowing, hut Will Never .Slop Till He Dies. Interview in Kt. Loots I'oaL-Dispatch. “How many speeches have you made do you suppose?” “Since my first essay in October, 1812, I have made 8,U()0 speeches, including loc tures, and have traveled 400,000 miles,” “When do you think of stopping?” “I shall never stop until I die If r should he deprived of speech I believe I should con tinue to muke motions.” “Would you mind telling me why yon abandoned the subject of temperance iih a specialty in your lecture programme?” “The reason is that the circle thut it stir- rounds is too narrow. 1 find it very difficult in Amcricu tn really know wlmt public opiu- ion is regarding tcmperanco. In England if j is different. There you can focus public opinion in twenty-four hours. The reason I 01 the difference is on account of the wide j urea of the Union, f find also much apathy pro vailing in regard to temperance, Tho j clergy do not fake ns much interest in ft, I There is more ltiger beer drank annually, and yet I should not like to say that iuteniper ance is increasing for these reasons. I havo 1 enlarged the scope 01 my subjects.” “Are you of opinion that tho lecture field, is also being contracted?” “Decidedly, l am. It is getting to be played out.” ‘Why?" “Because other things nre taking its place. For instance, 1 find wonderful development among tiie masses for good music, and it is a good sign. Music now largely supplies the place of the lecture platform which flour ished so widely a few years ago. The craze for theatricals is another cause for tiie de cline, which I do not take to be so good a sign. But it is nevertheless true. I see this evidence everywhere In small as well as irn large towns.” A successful Boston florist gives the fol lowing us his method of starting slips of rare and tender plants: Underneath the usual J layer of sand in which the slips are planted, j and covering the bottom of the pot or box, ie places a layer of oats, which, when soaked with moisture, exude a mucilaginous substance, acting as a stimulant and feeder to tiie tender roots of the slips. By this method he seldom fails to root his slips. Tll K CUTICUR Ri; M EDIES. Some Facts Regarding Them—Who Make* Them, and Wlmi Is Thought of Them ly the Drug Trade—lnterview of a Tim Re porter with Refer Van Schauck, Esq. Uliicago Time,. To enable the Times to furnish its readers with some reliable information regarding the Oufcb cura remedies, which are now attracting so much public attention, a reporter called yester day upon Mr. Peter Van Schaaok, of Vail Selmack, Stevenson He Cos., wholesale and retail druggists, corner Lake aud Dearborn streets, when the following facts were elicited: R.—Will you oblige til© readers or the Tunes by answering a few questions regarding tho Cut!- cura remedies? Mr. Van B.—Certainty; fire away. R.—Do they sell well? Air. Van B.—Tll© sale of the Cuticura, Giitlear.v Resolvent, and (’utlouru Soap, have been unpre cedented. K.—What reasons do you give for so large a sale? Mr. Van B.—l give four reasons. First, they are origtnnl and revolutionary in their compost* 1 turn ami mode of treatment. Second, they un 1 doubtedly possess great curative properties, j Third, there are thousands upon thousands of I sick and suffering who have tried and found 1 wanting the usual remedies and modes of treat ment, and who are ready to weluome a really great and successful medicine. Fourth, the urico of them is within the means of every in valid. R Are your large sales of these medicines through your agents? Mr. Van 8. —No; they nre legitimate mail or ders. Wo employ no travelers ou the road—aro fundamentally opposed to that, way of setting goods—rite retailer lias to stand such and such staple goods us these require no one to lorco them off. R.—Do you class the Cuticura remedies as patent medicines! Mr. Van B.—l do not. They aro proprietary, so far as their names are concerned, these being held as trade-marks; but their composition and preparation are scientific, and in a*cordanoo witu the most advuuced pharmaceutical kuowl edge. K.—Can you toll us something about the origi nators? Mr. Van S.—Weeks Potter, Boston, are Im porters, Wholesale druggists and chemists, aud tor twenty-five years hare been the foremost house in the trade iu New England. The Cuti cura remedies have grown to such an extent that the business lias been transferred tb a tive st ory laboratory, built ami tit-red expressly for the purpose, and conducted under the uum'e or the Potter Drug and Chemical Cos., In compli ment to Mr. Potter, the real discoverer ot 'Cuti cura. R.—lt Is popularly supposed tnat advertising will sell uoythiug, regardless of merit. Is It true? Mr. Van B.—No. A remedy falsely claiming to possess virtues of which It. is in fact destitute, will surely fail, as it ought to. No reputable firm—and druggists are the most competent Judges—would think of risking fame and fortune in any medicine, unless it had under the most trying circumstances, proved itself to possess extraoruiuury medicinal value. The expense attending the introiluction ot such remedies Is enormous. A fortune must be spent before any return can be expected. And if, after a wula distribution, they are found to be all that is claimed for them, those who have been cured will recommend them one to another, and thus make them remunerative. I may safely say that over $500,000 have been paul the news papers alone for advertising Cuticura, besides all that has been expended for pamphlets, circu lars, signs, etc. When u man backs his state ments with liis own money, you may generally rely upon them. This the Potter Drug and Chemical Company are now doing. R.—Have they ever before originated remedies for popular use? Mr. Van 8— I believe not. They are, like our selves, agents for a great many, but' we think the Cuticura remedies are the first that they pre pare themselves It is but once in a lifetime that u discovery is made of a remedy that such u firm is w illing to stake reputation aud fortune Oil. R.—Are their prospects flattering or other w me I Mr. Van B.—Very flattering. Although they have as yet realized but a bare interest on til© amount of money invested, they will In tlui© meet with large returns, because, as I said bo fore, the remedies undoubtedly possess great merit, and besides, they treat blood and skirt diseases according to new aud tiiorougkty rational plan tunt must take a firm hold ou tho confidence of those who suffer from chrouio dis eases of thn blood, skm and scalp. A NOTED BUT UNTITLED WOMAN. [Fiona tlio Boston Glut*.} Mooort. Editor* a— Tho above is a gx>d likeness of Mrs, T,ydln B. Pinto* bam, of Lynn, Mass. who above all other human being* may bo truthfully colled tlio ‘'Dour Friend of Woman, H as somo of her correspondents loro to call her. Bho is zealously devoted to hor work, which Is the outooioQ of a life-study, and is obliged to keep sir ladjr assistants, to help hor answor the large correspondence which daily pours in upon her, each lienrlng Its special burden of suffering, or Joy at release from it. Her Vegetable Compound Is a modidno for good and not evil purpose*. 1 Lavo personally investigated (land am satisfied of tho truth of this. On account of It;; proven merits. It hi recommended and prescribed by the boat physicians In tho country. Ono says i It works llko a charm and saves much pain. It will euro entirely tho worst form of falling of tho atoms, Leuoorrhcm, Irregular and painful llensti u.viion, all Ovarian Troublos, Inflammation and Ulceration, Floodings, all Displacements and tho con sequent spinal weakness, and Li csputlally adapted to tho Change of Life." It permeates every portion of tho system, and gives new life and vigor. It removes faintness, flatulency, destroys all craving for stimulants, and relievos weak ness of tho stomach. It cures Bloating, Headache*, Nervous Prostration, General Dobility, Duprtwdon imd Indigestion. That fooling of bearing down, causing pain, weight Mad backache. Is always permanently cured by Its use. It will at r M 11mm, and under all circumstances, net In harmony with tlio Liw that governs the female systom. It costs only sl. iK*r bottle or six for SX, and Is sold by druggists. Any ail vie© required as to special cases, and the names of umny who have been restored to |Mirfcct health l.y iho use of tho Vegetable Compound, can bo obtained by addressing Mrs. P., with stamp for reply, st her homo In Lynn, Mass. For Kidney Complaint of W/A<*r sex this compound 1* unsurpassed as abundant test ImonJals show. “Mrs. link bain’s I.lver rills,” tnys cue writer, “tuw thf beat in tho world for tho cure of Constipation, Biliousness and Torpidity of the liver. Her Blood Furir.sr works wonders In Us special line and bids fair to oqnal the Compound in its popularity. AH must respect her as an Am.ol of Morey whoso solo ambition is to do good to Others. Philadelphia, Pa. CO Vr*. A M 7

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8 CONFIRMATION DRESSES AT L. S. AIRES CO.’S. GREATEST VARIETY OF LADIES’ AND MISSES’ WHITE DRESSES Ever seen in the West. All prices, from 885.00 to SBoO.OO. Lovely Styles. Exquisite Embroideries. Fine Materials. Good Workmanship, combined with Very low prices. L. S. AYRES C 0... INDIANAPOLIS. N. B.—Don’t forget the Bargain Table of Ladles’ Muslin Underwear, slightly soiled, but awful cheap. SURGICAL INSTRU IME NTS And appliances of all kinds, from best manu facturers. Dental Forceps, Trusses, Supporters, Shoulder braces, Elastic Stockings, Medicine Cases aud Chests, Artificial Eyes. Crutches, etc. BROWNING SLOAN, Apothecaries’ Hall. THE NEWYORKSTORE (ESTABLISHED 1853.) MILLINERY DEPARTMENT. The question has been asked Why is the Millinery Depart ment of the New York Store daily crowded with eager buy ers? We give the solution as be low: We have the newest styles, shapes and colors in Hats and Bonnets. We have the greatest variety. We have the Ribbons, Flow ers and Feathers to match all hats. We have the Lowest Prices. PARASOL DEPARTMENT! AT THENEWYORKSTORE MORE NOVELTIES OPENED. We have opened this week over GOO PARA SOLS which, in addition to our previous large stock, xnftkes our assortment full and com plete. We have PARASOLS from 25c to $12.00. White and Cream Satin PARASOLS, with 4 Pink, Blue and Cardinal Linings, very rich handles. BLACK PARABOLS. with Ruffles and Lace trimmed and Fancy Colored Lining. COACHING PARASOLS in all colors. BUN UMBRELLAS in 22, 24 aud 26 inch, with Pearl Inlaid, Ivory, Natural Wood, Carved Wood and Egyptian Handles. CHILDREN’S PARASOLS in all colors. All Goods Marked in Plain Figures. PETTI?, BASSETT k CO. Bialiop Paddock. To-night tlio lirst missionary bishop of Wash ington Territory will speak at Christ Church. There are several interesting fact* connected with this occasion. Bishop Paddock was for many year* the loved pastor of Bt. Potei's Church in Brooklyn, N. Y. The present reotor of Christ Church was in the Sunday-school there, and Bishop Paddock presented him for confir mation. When Washington Territory was open ed a* a missionary field, Bishop Talbot, the lute Bishop of Indiana, was very anxious that Mr. Bradley should he sent out as the fitst bishop. The young people of Christ Churoh have been raising money to hung the first church bell in the new diocese. Bishop Paddock, on his way to his far-off home,lias consented to stop over one day and speuk hero of the new Territory and his missionary work. It will be a very interesting occasion. The Home Nine Has a Picnic. The Edinburg base-ball club came up yesterday and played the home club an alleged game. The game was so one-sided as to be of very little in terest, and resulted in a score of 23 to 0 lu favor of the ludiunupolis. The visitors did not secure a single base lilt off of Murphy, and were retired in one, two, three order in eVery inning except the ninth, in which they got one man as far as second base. The Indianapolis club got nineteen hits, and a total of twenty-five liases. Dwyer, late of the St. Louis “Grand Avenues,” has been engaged to play short-slop, and played yesterday. Ho lias got a good record, aud will, doubtless, show up well. To-day the Columbus, 0., Buckeyes play the home club. Their pitcher and catcher are deaf mutes, and the club Is said to be composed of Strung player*. Kino A Elder are receiving their spring stock of furnilit: and it will pay those interested to •all aud sec the unv and elegant designs. PASSENGER RATES WAR. Who Is Responsible?—The L. E. W. People Blame the Other Fellow. The C. O. Reaching; This Way for Busi ness—More Trouble with the St. Louis Live-Stock Pool. DELAYS DANGEROUS. Massachusetts Has a Chance to Unload Its Elephan t. The New York, West Shore fc Buffalo Railroad Company propose to handle New England as well as New York business, and looking to that end for some days past parties representing the New York, West Shore ve mentioned equally. He says not until such an arrangement is made can this matter be adjusted properly. Business Light on the Belt Road. Officials of the Belt road state that not at any time since the road was opened for business have transfers been so light as at tho present time, dropping below 600 oars per day. Os the ten engines owned by the company, but four are in daily service. The present management are economizing, however, in every way possible, and to handle tlie usual amount of business would not use as many engines us were formerly in service; besides, at the crossings of the sev eral roads better arrangements iiave been made to transfer the ears, which greatly expedites business. Indianapolis Vincennes Election. The stockholders of the Indianapolis Vin ceuues road yesterday held their annual meet ing and elected as directors for the ensuing year George B. Roberts, Philadelphia; William Thaw, J. N. McCullough, T. D. Messier, W. H. Barnes, William Williams, Pittsburg, and J. A. Perkins, ludlanapolls. There were 28,088 shares voted. The annual report shows earnings for tire year 1882, $342,982.75; expenditures, $326,335.49, u net inerense in earnings of $9,422.20. During the year $40,000 was expended ou equipments aud bridges. Another New Railroad. The Northern ludiana Air-lme Company yes terday filed articles of incorporation with tho Secretary of State. The route of tho proposed line will extend from Richland township, Steu ben eounty, to Btiliwell, in Laporte county, pass ing through the counties of Steuben, Lagrange, Elkhart, Bt. Joseph and Laporte. The capital stock is $1,000,000, and tho directors are Joel P. KriegeL Erast us Hoadley, William 8. Boon, Leander Burgh, Elisha 8, McLallen, James S. Collins, John C, Wigend, Richard Collins aud Curtis W. Jones. Local Nots. The Indiana, Bloomington A Western aud the Peoria, Decatur A Evansville, on Wednesday commenced doing buslucss in their new freight house at Peoria. Tho Pittsburg, Cincinnati A St. Louis Railway Company, on Wednesday commenced laying the stone foundation for anew passenger depot at Dennison, to cost $15,000. A surveying corps commenced yesterday locat ing the lino of the Indianapolis, Eel River A Vin cennes coal road, ami indications are that the road will he built within the next eighteeu months. The Ixmlsville, New Albany A Chicago people are continuing the work of laying tiieir niaiu line entirely with a heavy steed rail, and at the cloe of this year the mileage of iron rail will bo quite limited. Asa result of the recent visit of General Mas ter Mechanic Turreff, of the Bee Line system, to MuUoon, five engineers have been discharged, without usslguiug tho reason* lor their dis- charge. J. H. Guilford, Jack Steveus and L. Kimball were passenger engineers, J. F. Waller aud T. Maney freight engineers, and all are said to be No. 1 engineers. There is good authority for saving that when the Chicago A Indianapolis road is ready to put on regular passenger traius arrangements will be made by which they will arrive and depart at the Union Depot. The passenger earnings of the Cinclndatl, Indi anapolis, St. Louis A Chicago road in April last exceeded those of Aprli 1882. $4,317.55, and the revenue from through freight traffic ran $14,300 ahead of the corresponding month of 1882. Dealers in railway supplies are a little blue, so slo w are requisitions coming in, yet all are san guine that withlu the next thirty days orders will increase and prices improve somewhat. Prices, they say, are now down to hard-pan. Edgar Hills, assistant general freight agent of the Bt-o Line system, in answer to the question why the Lackawanna fast-freight line was shut off'of the Bee Line, said because they already had fast-freight Hues enough on their road. What they wanted was more business, not more lines. The fast day express west over the Cincinnati, In.'tianapolis, Bt. Louis A Chicago road was late yesterday in leaching Indianapolis for the first time in two mouths. Waiting on its Cincinnati Southern connection, which had aboard a num ber of passengers for Chicago, was the cause as signed. Fearing that the aid voted in June, 1881, by Harrison township, Harrison county, Indiana, to the Corydon A New Albany branch railroad had been invalidated by the company not com mencing the work of construction within the time prescribed by law, the commissioners have ordered another election, to be held on the 6th day of June. T President Jones of the Indianapolis Steel Rail Rolling-mill Company, still thinks that reducing the duty on steel rails 50 per oeut., and at the same tune increasing the tariff on raw material was a grand mistake, aud he can now see no way by which their company can overcome it and manufacture steel rails at as low figures as are now offered. The management of tho Kanahwa Dispatch, which is a Chesapeake A Ohio fast-treight line, and whioh reaches Chicago over the Cincinnati, Indianapolis,St. Louis ACUlcago road,have made runuiug arraugeiuents which shorten the timeof their freights carried both east and west by them some twelve hours, which, it is stated, will enable them to rnuke as good time between Chi cago and the seaboard as do a majority of their competitors. Lest the item in yesterday’s Journal regarding the abandonment of a contemplated excursion to St. Louis over the Indianapolis, Bloomington A Western might be misunderstood, we would state that this has no reference to the special traiu for Bismarck Grove. This train will run as advertised. Leave Columbus 5:50 a. m., and Indi anapolis, 1:30 p. m. ou Sunday, May 13, and oth er statious as advertised, arriving at Bismarck Grove, or Lawrence, Kan., at 11:10 A. m. Mon day, May 14, Trains on all divisions of the Chicago, St. Louis A ‘Pittsburg roau are uow provided with tin boxes containing tho proper materials for binding up injuries which may result to persons in collisions or accidents. The idea is to use these materials in cases where physicians are not at huud. Conductor Will Brown, on the Lo gansport division, who is somewhat of a sur geon, has beeu selected to instruct traiu men as to what should be doue in case of acoideut ou di visions of Superintendent Watts. THE TROTTER ESTATE. Another Convention of the Heirs Held at the Grand Hotel Yesterday. A meeting of about thirty-five of the Trotter heirs was held at tho Grand Hotel yesterday afternoon for the purpose of determiuing upon ooncerted actiou in establishing their claims to the fabulous estate of $500,000,000, which, it is claimed, has been lying idle in England for many years awaiting the claimants, A detailed account of the condition of the estate and its history has already been published in the Journal. At the meeting yesterday members of the family were present representing Illinois, Ohio, Kentucky, Missouri and Indiana. The objeet was to establish the identity of the different heirs and to raise funds for pressing their claims to a settlement, for which several conventions have been held during the last fif teen years. A meeting similar to that of yester day was held at the Grand Hotel iu 1878. It is claimed that the estate is now in sliuoe for set tlement, and that the only thing yet necessary before the heirs can realize from It is for them to establish their claims. Dr. J. M. Trotter presided over the meeting, aud in an address to the heirs as sured them that the wealth of their ancestors was now almost within reaoh. An assessmeut of $25 per capita for defraying the expenses inci dent to tlie settlement of the estate was agreed upon, aud Dr. J. M. Trotter was authorized to act as trustee for the heirs. Some Remarks by the Police Reporter. After this week the night patrolmen will be required to appear at the police station at 2 o’clock iu the afternoon, on Monday, Wednesday aud. Friday for drill practice. It may be fua to the superintendent of police to play soldier with the men, but to the officers who faithfully patrol their beats during the night it will be a hardship. They need sleep aud rest during the day, and drill exercise during the afteruoon is not just the thing to nerve them for their ofght’o work. It does not appear in what particular the practice is likely to develop better polloe meu. Among the many things whioh it is evi dent the superintendent will yet have to leurn is that a police force is not a standing army or a craok military organization, but that the requi site quali Heat ions for a suocessfu lpolico officer are well-cultivated eyes aud ears, peuetrative uess of mind and eternal vigilance. To these qualities may also be added some embellish ments in the way of a sense of common courtesy, an understanding of the laws which he is ex pected to enforce and the courage or rather the self-reliance to conscientiously discharge his duty without waiting for “orders.” The super intendent of police will not find the lessons for the development of these qualities iu any drill manual. _ A Base-Ball Benefit. At a meeting of the ladies of the Flower Mis sion, last evening, it was decided that a match game of base-ball, the rival nines to be composed of business men of the city, should be played ou the 18th or May, under the auspices of the society. Manager O’Leary offered the free use of the Indiauapolis grounds for the occasion, and Frank Bird has tendered the free use of several of bis carriages for a masquerade street parade of the players prior to the opening of tho game. Rev. Myron W. Reed has con sented to act ns tho umpire. In addi tion to the match game there will be other sport, such us a fat-man’s race, a sack race and a wheelbarrow race. Members of the Hay den club will ulso ruu one hnndred yards. The price of admission has been ttxod at twenty-five cents, and ten cents for children. The entire proceeds go to the Flower Mission. The ladies of the society will distribute tickets among the business men lu a few days, and the goutlomau selling the largest number will ho given a suit able prize. .A meeting will ba hold at Plymouth Church next, Tuesday afternoon at 3 o’clock, for the purpose of completing arrangements. Morris Noel Surrenders Himself. Morris Noel, formerly a well-known young man of this city, who was accused about a year ago of embezzling about sß,oou from ills employers, a dry-goods firm in Denver, Col., and has since been missing, has surrendered himself to Sheriff Hess, and will be tuken West to-day. Since the accusation was first publicly made against Noel h* hn been a fugitive from Justice, spending considerable of his time in and about this city. Recently he has been in Texas, and last week telegraphed to his former employers at Denver that he would return aud give himself up. He received no answer, and accordingly oame to this city, and on Sunday notified Sheriff Iless that ho was ready to accompany him to Denver, lie was not formally pluced under arrest, but was kept under surveillance. It is understood that tlie case against him is not a very strong one, and it is probable that some compromise has been or will bo effected. Young Noel enjoyed a good reputation while a resident here, and his friends greatly regretted his downfall. SUICIDE OF A STRANGER. Death fr im Morphine of R. L. Graham, of Elizabethtown. Ky., at the Station-House. Yesterday afternoon about 4 o’clock a man was found lying on the sidewalk in front of the Spencer House in a comatose condition. He was removed to the station-house in the patrol wagon, and Dr. Hodges was called to examine him. It was found that he had swallowed a large quantity of morphine, which had worked effectively, ami it was evident that his life could not be saved, although the physician worked diligently with him for three hours. The stomach-pump and the electric battery were ap plied, but he could not be aroused from the stu por, and shortly before 9 o’clock ho died. In searching his clothing the following note, crudely written, was found: “Indianapolis, April 10, 1883. “When found dead telegraph to Elias Graham, Elizabethtown, Ky. r. L Graham.” No other papers were fouud upon his person establishing his identification. The man seems to have been a stranger in the city and had evi dently just arrived. About 3 o’clock in the af ternoon he went inco the Spencer House barber shop, where he was shaved and had his hair out. He told the barber that he intended to commit suicide, but no one was interested enough to try to prevent him. He was slightly intoxicated, and after he left the barbershop it is thought that he took several more drinks'of liquor, iu one of which he swallowed the fatal dose. An hour later ho was found on the sidewalk. After death he was removed from the station-house to Kregelo a undertaking establishment. A tele gram was sent to Elias Graham, Elizabethtown, Ky., in accordance with the instructions of the note, but no reply lias yet beeu received. The deceased was a man of rather vigorous physique, had light hair aud grey eyes, and was apparently au Irishman, What Mrs. Clem Says. A reporter of the Evening News, who has suc ceeded the Journal man in the “sleuth” business, has had an interview with Mrs. Clem regarding that mortgago transaction, of which an account was given on Tuesday morning. She says that the contents of the paper were misrepresented to her when she signed it, as she thought it was a simple indemnifying bond. She says that when her term of imprisonment has expired she in tends to bring suits against several persons who have defrauded and wronged her, aud she will make a determined effort to have the divorce which was granted her husband set aside, as she was not represented In the trial of the cause, and the proceedings were altogether irregular. Mrs. Clem is represented to be somewhat faded in appearance, but as vigorous and spirited in conversation as ever. Presentation of “Era Diavolo.” To-night, to-morrow afternoon and to-morrow night the Indianapolis Opera Company, assist ed by Mr. William Castle, of the Abbott Opera Company, will present “Fra Diavolo” at the Grand Opera-house, aud the advance sale is al ready large. Mr. Castle personally superin tended the dress rehearsal last night, which in dicated that the performances will be well worthy of attendance. The parts are well ar ranged, the orchestra in splendid form and tho chorus large and well trained. Foilowiug is tho cast: Fra Diavolo Mr. William Castle Zerlina Mrs. Enrique Miller Lady Alcash Mrs. Leon Bailey Lord Alcash Mr. Charles B. F'oster Lorenzo Mr. Sidney Reade Mutteo Mr. Frank Ruschig Ke PP° Mr. Harry ilackett Giacomo Mr. W. De M. Hooper Judge Woods’s Successor. The successor of Judge Woods ou the Supreme bench will bo chosen by Governor Porter to-day. The contest ia understood to be very close be tween Judge Frazer, of Warsaw, and Judge Hammond, of Rensselaer. Avery strong pres sure has beeu brought to bear in favor of the latter in behalf of the uorthern quarter of tho State, whose representatives claim that they have never beeu favored with a State office. All the other candidates have withdrawn except these, and the new judge will be one of the two. A Steam Launch at tlie Ripple. E M. Dasher returned yesterday morning from South Bond, where he purchased the little pleas ure steamer Hattie Gould. He will place it on tho river at Broad Ripple above the dam, aud will ruu it for the benefit of excursionists aud pic nickers, this summer. The boat’s capacity is seventy-five passengers, and it ia thoroughly safe and reliable lu every sense. Pakkf.r lias received anew lot of the Terra Cotta scarfs, so very popular. One of tlie largest and best wood-working es tablishments in tho State for sale or trade. Alex. Metzger, Odd-fellows’ Hall. Indiana Insurance Company. The Indiana Insurance Company adjusted their loss with tho Eagle Machine-works on threshing machines, yesterday afternoon, pay ing SI,OOO, tho amount of their policy, as shown by the following from tlie assured: “Indianapolis, May 10, 1893. “Received of the Indiana Insurance Company of Indiannpolis, through M. V. McGllliard, sec retary, SI,OOO iu full for all claims and demands for loss and damage by fire to our property on May 9, 1883, insured under policy No. 7,616, issued at tlie home office in Indianapolis, Ind., aud iu consideration of said payment the polioy is surrendered to tin* company. ISigiied.J “Eagle Machine-works,” Lot on North Delaware, near North street, 60x150 feet, to trade for good tenement proper ty. Alex. Metzger, Odd fellows’ Hall. Twenty choico pieces of city property and cash for larger dwellings or husluess property. Alex. Metzger, Odd-felJows’ Hall, Twenty sites for manufacture on railroad switch. Alex. Metzger, Odd-fellows’ Hall. We Don’t Bet. But if we did, would go our Inst penny on tho quality of our Enamel Mixed Paint, which wo have sold long enough to know what it is. Can MU .YOU cheap paints at 75c to sl, hut won’t guarantee your money's worth. Ask your mer chant for the Enamel Paint, made at Cleveland, O. We want au agent in every town in the State. Send for color cards of alabastine, tho only durable wall finish; superior to kalsomino. Hii.dkhrand Fugate, 35 South Meridian Street. jl M mini|n*n Shirt Factory and Steam Laundry, ..1.., IIU J U No. 74 N. Pennsylvania Street.. “The Time of the Singing of Birds Has Come.” And an hot weather advances people uso less mofct amt assume a lighter aict, aua so Crackers and Tea will be more and morn in demand BRYCE’S CRACKERS Are the most nutritions and palatable, being made strictly of the best materials. No oleomargarine nor cotton seed oil whatever used. Always fresh, as no stock on hand is carried, but the supply made daily. Get the best, as the best is always the cheapest. Kept In nearly every grocery In tho city, and “BItYCE” stamped on every cracker. BAKERY, Nos. 14 and 16 East South Street. Our Elegant New Line of Advertising Cards and Fold ers is now in and ready for inspection. Prices greatly re duced. INDIANA PAPER CO., 23 E. Maryland St. L ij Jl_. J— LACROIX MIDDLINGS PURIFIER COMP'Y. MILLERS, TAKE NOTICE. One thlrty-two-lnch New Stock Corn Stone under runner; one Plantation Mill, Nordyke .Ci Afarmon’s make, all in good order, umi for auto clioHji bv f.AOKCHX. MfDDTjINGS PUKIVIEU CO., 71) to 85 South Pennsylvania street. Manufacturers of Allddliiigs Pun tiers, Grudina rthuicei-H, with Aspirators, Centrifugal Bolts, Wheat Brushes. Wo also keep a large slock ol Bolling Cloth. pOYAI Absolutely Pure. This powder never varies. A marvel or purity, strength and wholesomeness. More economical than caunot be sold in competition with the multitude of low test, short weight, alum or %d a nd£ n, .y iu canß royal mak- ING 1 01V PER CO., 10h Wall stroet, Now York. SILVER leWELRYI NOVELTIES IN Lace Pins, Hair Pins, Rhine Stones, Bangle Bracelets. CAM. AND SEE THEM. 12 E. Washington St. BINGHAM WALK, INDIANAPOLIS PAPER WAREHOUSE. HUBBARD ANDERSON, AGENTS FOB THE WOOD PULP PLATES. The Best Butter Dish Made. All perfect, and the only cheap dish that will hold water. Try them and be conviuced of their superiority over all others. No. 127 South Meridian St., INDIANAPOLIS, IND. LUMBER! E. H. ELDRIDGE 4 CO, .Alabama Street, Cor. of Maryland St. Wall Paper. An elegant aud varied soleotion of choloe pat* terns and colorings for the Spring trade. CATHC ART, OLE LAN D CO. No. 26 EASt Washington Street. °r THE DENNISON. *3? At U. S. Custom House, Cincinnati, O. Best of attendance, beds aud food, without dis play. Incandescent Electric Lights. Heated by Steam, Hot and Cold Water, Hydraulic Elevator, All-night Service, Double lire escapes with bal conies aud permanent Iron ladders. Board from $2.00 per day. A. GUNNISON, Proprietor. MRS. M. DIETRICHS CO~ Are now opening on elegant new line of Millinery and Fancy Goods, At very reasonable prioes. An Invitation extended to all. No. 10 East Washington fit.