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PROCEEDINGS OP CONGRESS. THE SENATE. Appropriation for tlie Suppression of tile Cattle disease E‘asset!. Washington, March 17. —Petitions were presented from public commercial bodies asking the Repeal of the law authorizing the coinage of silver dollars. Mr. Allison presented a joint resolution of the General Assembly of lowa in relation to pleuropneumonia, and urging the adoption of means for its extirpation. Messrs. McMillan, Palmer and Manderson presented petitions fi'om citizens of their respective States, praying that Congress propose a sixteenth amendment prohibiting the disfranchisement of citizens on account of sex. Mr. Vest, from the mercantile bodies of St. Ijouis, presented a petition praying an extension of the bonded period on whisky. Mr. Hoar offered a resolution calling upon the Secretary of the Interior to report to the Senate the names of parties who have had pension applications pending for more than two years, and to show the condition of such applications and the reasons why they have not been disposed of. Mr. Hoar said inquiries were very numerous from all parts of the country as to pension eases undisposed of. No tragedy could be put on the stage, Mr. Hoar said, which ought, more to move the fooling of right minded men, especially American legislators, than the stories which come to ns day after day. week after week, month after month, and year after year, of hopes deferred, of poverty, sorrow, and agony of men who suffered wounds and privations and gave up their strength and health for their country, and the widow and orphans of those who have given their lives for it. Mr. Hoar found no fault, with the Pension Office, but something could be done to help forward pen sion cases. Mr. Dawes said the principal difficulty was in the expansion of claim agents, who gather in pension claims by the thousands and tens of thousands. If these agencies could be condensed or obliterated and the applicant deal directly with the government or a member of Congress there would be more hope for claims. Mr. Suulsbury said the chief difficulty was with claim agents. Mr. Ingalls repelled the suggestion that large numbers of just and proven claims were undisposed of, and that hundreds and thousands of men entitled to pensions were straviug to death. No government had been more liberal than that of the United States, and there was no ground for charging it with negligence in this matter. Such charges "created a wrong impression in the country. The difficulty was that large numbers of applicants had not proved their right to a pension. Mr. Ingalls believed so few proven cases were at present undisposed of in the Pension Office that one week's time would suffice for their disposal. Mr. Mitchell thought pension attorneys ought to be called “pension sharks.” They were the parties who were principally responsible for the difficulties in the way. The resolution was referred to the committee on pensions. Mr. YanWyck offered the following resolution, which was agreed to: _ l 'Resolved, That the committee on public lands be directed to inquire in what manner large quantities of public kinds have become transferred to or possessed fay fureign corporations or syndicates, and what, if any. legislation is advisable to prevent such transfers or possession.” Bills were reported favorably from the committee and placed on the calendar: By Mr. Hoar, from the committee on judiciary: To fix the salaries of judges of United Stab's district courts at ijss,oo). By Mr. Dolph, from the committee on public lands: To grant the right of wav over public lands of the United States to the Lost Lake and Slount Hood Improvement Company. By Mr. Ingalls, from the committee on judiciary: To compel the prosecution of proceedings in bankruptcy to final decree. Mr. Garland, from the judiciary committee, reported adversely the bill providing for two additional associate justices of the Supreme Court of Dakota. The hill was indefinitely postponed. Mr. Plumb’s joint resolution appropriating $25,000 for the suppression of the foot and month disease, was taken up and Mr. Bayard addressed the Senate. He said poliee powers had always been exercised by the State and not by the general government, and in his belief there was no authority in the Constitution for the power sought to be bestowed by this measure. Tl; e utter inadequacy of the appropriation propose'!, $25,000, was very apparent, but, if Congress were authorized to make such an appropriation at all, this would be followed by claims for $2,500.000 for cattle slaughtered in order to accomplish the eradication of diseases. Such a wide opening in the power of Congress were scarcely calculable, to say nothing of the improper assumption of the police power and local government If the measure passed there must in the near future come the reassertion of the principles of local self-government. Mr. Pendleton said he had not been abie to bring himself to full approval of Mr. Coke’s amendment, which would strike out the word “Kansas ’from the original resolution, so as to make the fund applicable to all .States affected. He thought lie had seen in the debates on this subject a spirit shown—a suggestion made—that there was in the United government a deficiency of power to do a thing contemplated, and that t his resolution would eke out that authority. If the United States government has the power contemplated, there was no necessity and no propriety in the proviso requiring the consent of the State government, if Congress lias not the power contemplated, then no assent which the State could give would come within the provisions ol the Constitution. While he would he glad to see the assent of the State government to every action of Congress affecting it, yet he was opposed to asking States for their assent. • 'I am too good a State's rights man, ” said Mr. Pendleton, “too strict a constructionist, to admit tliat in anything the action of a State (other than in the prescribed form of making amendments to the Constitution, and other than in cases expressly provided in the Constitution.) can enlarge tiie powers of the federal government.” There was no power in the State to give the consent provided for in this resolution. The United States government had no original, inherent power, and no power arising from necessity, except what had been conveyed by the Constitution. Massachusetts lmd always been jealous of the power of the crown, and when she eamo to ratify the Constitution of the United States, she remembered the causes which hud led to Lexington and Concord, and ratified the Constitution with tile express understanding that no amendment should be adopted by which, in her own words, "undue administration should enlarge the powers given by the Constitution to the federal government and pervert the purposes for which those powers were given,” and the Ninth and Tenth amendments were adopted under her leadership, declaring that all powers not delegated to the United Slates or prohibited to the States should be reserved to the States and to the people. The Constitution was a grant and not a limitation. If man had no eyes, his want of sight would not be due to the obstruction to his vision, bnt to the absence of any original power to see. So, if the gentlemen could not see in the Constitution the authority they persisted in trying to see in it, let them not, he said, anathematize the States, but rather the founders of the Constitution. The exercise of power was not prohibited by the States, but by an original want of authority. Mr. Pendleton thought the safest policy was one of strict constitutional construction The absorption of the functions of the State in the federal government would. Mr. Pendleton said in conclusion, be the death knoll of the republic! Mr. Oullom. while not favoring every measure proposing intervention in State affairs by the general government, said lie thought there were measures in which that intervention was justified and necessary. Mr.. Plumb moved to increase tlio amount appropriated by the resolution from $25,000 to COO. Agreed to. ■ J ' j ' ’ Mr. Bayard moved an amendment „ ~ object of the appropriation to be ob£-' 1 v geminate mftrmatioi. rolatio” to "hot T ment>, cure and prevention of Ise L,. "re lkvard said he had no objection to the empro ,ri ot money for such a purpose, sir Bayard’s amendment was not agreed to. * _3 r - Phimb then moved an a /nendment, which Was agreed to, adding the proviso that no action

of the Commissioner of Agriculture under the joint resolution should commit the government beyond the amount therein appropriated. The joint resolution then passed—yeas 20, nays 14. j As passed, it appropriates $30,000, to he used by the Commissioner of Agriculture, with the co-operation of the authorities of the State in which it may be used, for stamping out the foot and mouth disease, the government nos to be committed beyond tin; amount, named. Mr. Williams presented the credentials of J. 8. Blackburn to be Senator from Kentucky fur the term beginning March 4. 1885. The bill extending the term of the Court of Alabama Claims until December, 1884, passed. Adjourned. THE HOUSE. A Number of Hills Introduced and Referred to Committees. Washington, March 17.—Mr. Henley intro tluced a resolution authorizing an investigation into the circumstances attendant upon making a lease by the United States to the Alaska Com mercial Company; also, as to the duties of that company to the United States under the lease, and the power of Congress to terminate it. Referred. Bills were introduced and referred: By Mr. Belford: Requiring all land grant or subsidy railroads to furnish the Secretary of the Treasury full-time quarterly statements, under oath, of their earnings and indebtedness. By Messrs. Wood and Calkins: Granting homesteads to soldiers of the late war: By Mr. Hatch, of Wisconsin (by request): A resolution authorizing the Commissioner of Ag riculture to investigate and report upon the influence and extent of speculative transactions in cotton, corn and other products of industry. By Mr. Buckner: Permitting the citizens of the five civilized nations of the Indian Territory, having organized governments, to organize banks under the provisions of the national banking act. By Mr. Hewitt, of New York: To suspend for two years the coinage of the silver dollar, and making it unlawful for the Secretary of the Treasury to issue treasury notes of the denominations of $1 and $2. This is the bill recommended by the New York Chamber of Commerce. By Mr. Green: Requiring star-route contractors to be residents of the State in which the route is located. By Mr. Follett: To admit free of duty articles intended for exhibition at the Cincinnati Indus trial Exposition. By Mr. Springer: Calling on the Postmastergeneral for copies of further correspondence be tween the Department of Justice and Postoffice Department in relation to the star-route frauds. By Mr. Robinson, of New York: Authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to pay $50,000 to Mrs. Scptiinia Randolph Meikleham. grandchild of Jefferson. Mr. Oats, from the committee on the revision of laws, moved to suspend the rules and pass a bill amending section 810 of the Revised Statutes and to regulate the standing aside of jurors. The section is amended by the incorporation of the following provision: And the United States in such cases (capital offenses), and in no other cases whatever, shall also, in conformity with the practice in any Suite, have the right in that State to stand jurors aside, and not show cause of disqualification or challenge until the venire be gone through with. The motion was opposed by Messrs. Calkins, Bisbee, Bayne, and Reed, on the ground that the bill wouid emasculate the power of the United States to secure the punishment of persons charged with political offenses in Southern States. It was supported by Messrs. Oates, Ben nett, and Dibble, who asserted the measure was intended to secure fair and impartial trials, and was in the interest of the liberty of citizens. The motion was lost—yeas. 13d; nays, 91; not the necessary two-thirds in the affirmative. Mr. Randall, under instruction from the committee on appropriations, moved to suspend the rules and pass the special deficiency bill, appropriating $1,079,000. After a half hours debate, confined to the consideration of sums which should be granted the families of deceased congressmen, the motion was agreed to—lo 7 to 15. Mr. Springer moved to suspend the rules and adopt a resolution requesting the At t orney-gen-eral to cause to bo made such investigations, by the examiners of the department, as may be desired by the committee on expenditures of the Department of Justice, provided such examinations shall not interfere with the current business of the department, and the examiners, when thus engaged, be paid out of the contin gent fund of the House. Agreed to. Mr. Singleton, under instructions from the committee on library, moved to suspend the rules and adopt the resolution making the Senate bill for the construction of a building for the accommodation of the congressional library the special order for April 3. The motion was opposed by Messrs Holman, Regan and Townshend, on the ground that the bill contemplated the purchase of a site east of the Capitol at a large cost, and Mr. Regan intimated there was a job in it. Messrs. Singleton. Nutting and Woodward presented the pressing needs of the library and contended the proper time for discussing the propriety of the site would be when the bill was under consideration. The motion was agreed to. yeas, 180; nays, 61. Mr. Buchanan, from the committee on naval affairs, reported a resolution appropriating out of the contingent fund $5,000 to enable that committee to prosecute the investigation previously ordered concerning .the loss of the • Jeannette. Adopted. Adjourned. Alleged Cuban Bandits. Vineyard Haven, March 17.— The brig Screamer, Cuba for Portland, arrived last night, having on board twenty five Cuban women and children, claiming to he refugees, and alleged in dispatches from Cuba to be bandits. The revenue steamer, Samuel Dexter, Captain Gabrielson, was on the watch for the Screamer, and fell in with her at 1 o’clock this morning. The brig anchored in the harbor, and under surveillance of the Dexter which anchored near by. Captain Gabrielson has telegraphed to Washington for instructions. Captain Robinson, master of the Screamer, is annoyed at the detention, and claims his passengers are only innocent refugees, not banditti. Asa result of a diplomatic conference between Secretary Frelinghuysen and the Spanish minister at Washington. Secretary Folger lias ordered Collector Worthington, of Boston, to prevent the landing of a gang of Cuban bandits at that port from tne steamer ‘ ‘Screamer. ” The gang referred to are represented to bo common outlaws and not political offenders, and upon this representation the order was issued. Adulterated Food. New York, March 17.—Before the State Senate public heallh’committee, to-day, several manufacturers of oleomargarine testified as to the harmless character of their product, claiming that it was free from noxious acids or dangerous substances. Frank Fiber used coloring matter in the manufacture of oleomargarine. He formerly manufactured in Ohio, whore there was virtually a prohibitory law. Since the enactment of that law there had been an increase in the manufacture of oleomargarine, and he thought the same would he true in New York. W. Waterbury, a retail dealer, said his sales for a month sometimes reached SI,OOO. He advised that its name be changed to imitation butter, as it could then more readily be put on the market. Several witnesses testified that the §ale of oleomargarine in the principal markets of the city as butter was almost universal. The Texas Pacific Cotton Frauds. Dallas. March 17.—Morgan Com mack having turned State’s evidence in the Texas Pacific cotton swindle, was released to-dav on bail. He immediate handed the Dd; rtS National Sjnktfor the Texas Pacific Railroad Com pan V, ot . th L money stolen on fraudulent bills of lading. ATI attachment shortly afterwards s,l _cd out by Oliver ft Griggs, bankers here, for SIB,OOO of the amount, but a levy was found impracticable. The bank has since been garnisheed by Oliver A Griggs, who have a suit pending against the Texas Pacific road. Hiving and Dying Every Day. Pittsburg, March 17. — A wonderful case of suspended animation is reported from Egypt, Venango county. The subject is an eight-year-old boy, who has lived and died every day dm* ing the last month. From sunset to sunrise he

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enjoys good health, and romps around like all children of his age, hut at dusk he becomes entirely unconscious and remains so until morning. Physicians are sorely puzzled by the case. One said: *‘l pricked him with a pin and applied a galvanic battery to his most sensitive parts, but without creating the least impression. I forcibly raised one of his arms, and it remained in* an upright position. The mdmbers were like wax, and were covered with indentations which I made with my fingers.” The child had just recovered from the whooping cough when this strange affliction came upon him. It is proposed to take him to New York, where lie will be examined by the most eminent physicians of the country. FOR THE FLOOD SUFFERERS. A Kansas Contribution. Accompanied by a Little Glorification of Sedgwick County. Wichita, Kan., March 17.—A solid train, consisting of thirty-one "ars loaded with corn, which was contributed by farmers of Sedgwick county and business men of this city, to the flood sufferers of the Ohio river valley, left this city at 10:45 this morning. The train, which was decorated with bright colored and suggestive cartoons and bunting, moved off amid the cheers of hundreds of persons and the enlivening music of a brass band. Each car is furnished with two cartoons, one upon each side, measuring twentyeight feet in length; the subjects are varied and suggestive, with appropriate mottoes. The decoration was done by the Santa Fe Railroad Company, % whieh furnished the cars nml engine free of cost to haul the train to Cincinnati, and which will go from here to Kansas City over their road, from Kansas City to St. Louis over the Chicago & Alton, and from St. Louis to Cincinnati via. the Ohio 6c Mississippi road. The train, as it stood on a side-track yesterday, was viewed by thousands of people, and was photographed and sketched by several artists. The thirty-one cars contain 12,400 bushels of corn, shelled and cleaned, and was the spontaneous offering of our people, all being raised within a few days, twenty-six townships of the county each contributing one car. and some of them more. Hundreds of wagon loads additional were offered, and a number of loads came in this morning, but they were too kite to go into the train, which was already as large as could be conveniently handled. Several hundred dollars, contributed by citizens of Wichita, are still on hand, and will be sene by draft. Sedgwick county is known as the great valley county of Kansas,, is nearly thirty miles square, and is watered by three rivers. Shortly after its first settlement, ten years ago. it was almost devastated by grasshoppers, but since then the farmers have grown rapidly rich. The farmers had on hand, on the Ist day of March, 1,700,000 bushels of old corn, and the crop report 'for 1883 shows 5,481,000 bushels of corn raised, 1.187,000 bushels of wheat harvested, and 1.500,000 bushels of oats, with cattle, hogs ami sheep without number almost. The property valuation has grown from nothing a dozen years ago to upward of $20,000,000.. The train sent out to-day could be duplicated every month in the year, and the corn not be missed by these prosperous and whole-souled farmers. DR. JOHN P. NEWMAN. * A Vigorous Expression of Know-Nothing Sentiment—A Temporary Truce. New York, March 17.—Parson J. D. Newman, of the Madison Congregational Church, preached to 2,500 people last night. He said during his discourse: “I shall not be satisfied until I see the day in this country when Congress so amends the naturalization laws that foreigners will be compelled to reside here just as long as I, a native born, did myself before they can exercise the elective franchise. America is for the Americans. Too much premium is given in this country to foreigners. All the offices are open to them. I shall bo glad if legislation is enacted that shall declare that no foreign-born citizen shall ever enter the halls of legislation.’ These sentiments astounded many in the audience, and a large number of foreigners got up and left the church. A truce has been declared in Dr. Newman’s Church, to last until the end of this month. His pastoral relations cease then, according to contract, and since the council lias declared that ho is not a permanent pastor, not having been installed, his opponents are willing to watt until the expiration of the contract before taking further action. There is no probability that he will l-etire, and a definite announcement to the effect that lie will not will be the signal for another factional struggle. It is probable that when the struggle begins his following will call for installation and his opponents will try to prevent it. THE APPOINTING POWER. The Bill Giving the Mayor of New York Power to Designate Subordinates. Albany, March 17.—Governor Cleveland has approved the Roosevelt bill giving the mayor of New York power of appointment, without confirmation by the Board of Aldermen. The Governor says: “If the chief executive of the city is to be held responsible for its order and good government he should not be hampered by any interference with his selection of subordinate administrative officers, nor should he be permitted to find divided responsibility an excuse for any neglect of the best interests of the people. The plea should never be heard that a bad nomiua tion had been made because it was the only one that could secure confirmation. An absolute and undivided responsibility on the part of the appointing power accords with correct business principles, the application of which to public nf fairs will always. I believe, direct the way to ' good administration and protection of the people's interests.” Warring Politicians. Petersburg, Va., March 17.—A personal encounter took place to-day at the custom-house, between li. A. Young, a prominent coalition Republican and deputy United (states Internal Col lector here, and C. B. Raine, a prominent straight-out Republican. Young was struck on the head with a stick and badly injured. During the fracas Young attempted to shoot Raine but was prevented by a bystander. A few days ago Raine published a card in reference to Colonel J. D. Brady, chairman of the State Republican executive committee, accusing Brady of taking what funds the Republicans had during the last presidential election and opening Hancock and English headquarters here, This information Raine claimed to have got from Young. Young denounced Raine as a liar. This led to the difficulty. Raine was taken before a magistrate and admitted to bail. A life for a Life. .Greenville, Tex., March 17.—J.. Varkcr and Joe Baker, between whom an o\,, feud bis existed. met in the town of Pjmckjack Grove, on Saturday, and after a few; T! „ v ,i, Baker pulled a pistol and shot l arkev fatally through tho lungs. Bystanders took siu.cVi, and exchanged a number of shots without results. Baker then ran into an adjoining Louse, got another pistol and was re VJrrtftlM? when fired on with a shotgun by his victim Parker, and instantly killed. Parker, when told that his own wound was probably mortal, replied: “1 don’t give a ;I am satis tied.” Husband and Wife Commit Suicide. Chicago, March 17.—Frederick W. Gagow and wife, who came here a month ago from Leipsic, Germany, were found dead in their sleeping room in a West-side boarding-house to day, having committed suicide by hanging. They could not speak English, and the cause assigned is despondency from failing to find work. Take the news home to Mary, and tell her that my cough is gone, and that a 25 cent bottle of Dr. Bull’s Cough Syrup did it.

LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE. Faying Xionds with the Surplus. To the Editor of the ludfaunpolifl Journal: I see in your issue of the 12th mst. that you head an article ‘‘lndiana Giving Advice to the United States Treasurer,” and that myself and friends had petitioned Congress to enact a law authorizing the United States Treasurer to call in an amount of bonds equal to the amount of gold and silver in the Treasury, and apply it to their payment. The whole .petition and reasons for asking it have not been properly sent you or you would have stated all the facts. The United States Treasurer reports a large accumulation of coin and bullion, amounting to several hundred millions, which has been held ostensibly to redeem the United States notes, commonly called greenbacks, and here you left out one sentence, which will explain our petition without making it appear like advice. It should say: “Whereas, The Supreme Court of the United States declares that said United States notes arc law fr.l money of the United States, to be received and kept in circulation, and consequently require no redemption; therefore, we pray, etc., to have tVmonoy in the Treasury applied to the payment of out standing bonds.” This proposition is so reasonable, that if properly presented, will be comprehended and approved by the American people at once. The money is in the Treasury, and if we do not apply it as we petition, what in the name of common sense shall we do with it? It is not needed for any other purpose. Appropriate it for internal improvement, and then to meet the interests of all the American people we would have a much greater job on hand than the State of Indiana did many years ago when she borrowed $30,000,000 and entered into a general scheme of improvement. We got twenty miles of railroad from Madison, and thousands of holes dug all over the State. The old Cumberland road that runs through Indianapolis is a monument of the wisdom of United States internal improvement. Impiove rivers and harbors! Why, with our railroads the navigation of our rivers is nearly gone out of use. and steamboats are rotting at the wharves. Our harbors—well our commercial marine needs some harbors in which to lie and rot. for our commerce is almost entirely carried in foreign bottoms. Then education might be suggested. Now, see the surplus divided among the States, or, rather, the land donation for agricultural colleges. They are a bone of contention iu nearly every State. We are paying interest on these bonds, and the financial principle is ns correct with a State as with an individual to stop interest whenever one has m6ncy on hand by applying to the note. This is tlie true interest of the American people, and especially the laboring people. But a few such follows as Vanderbilt may say, “Damn the people; they have no rights worthy of respect.” Will you please make the correction in your next issue, tliat we may stand on facts before the country? Let our idea be properly presented, and wo will abide by the decision of the intelligent American people. The question is now before the public, and like Ban quo’s ghost, it will not be put down till it is properly adjusted. Crawfordbville, March 13. * M. Hiatt. The Republican Party and Prohibition. To tlio Editor of the Indianapolis Journal* I would like to propound a few questions to the friend of my jouth “E. P. W." with regard to the attitude of the temperance people which he so earnestly defines in his letter in last Friday’s Journal, after placing both parties on equal footing as far as favors to tlie temperance people were concerned. He says the Republican party can go to the bottom of the sea ere the Prohibitionists will vote for it, if it does not set itself right as to prohibition. Then again, he says a majority of our citizens would vote for prohibition if permitted at a special electiou. Isn’t that just what the Republican party offered you? Was it the fault of tlie party or tlie temperance people that we did not have this special election? Why did not your temperance Democrats join the Republican party and elect enough men to carry that amendment? Did not the majority of the temperance Democrats cast aside their temperance principles and vote squarely with their party, which did then and does still proclaim with a loud voice that it is in full fellowship and communion with the whisky league and all its interests. Why is it tliat some of our great temperance orators are working so hard for prohibition, and at the s,. ne time such faithful workers for the success of tlie Democratic party? “Oh, consistency, thou art a jewel.” It seems that it does not require a prophet or a politician to see through such trickery. Do you think if you could sink the only party that has ever shown you, and the rest of mankind, any favors, that you would thus accomplish your desires? In threatening to organize a third party, do you expect to draw enough of the moral ele ment from both parties to elect your ticket, or is it just to have the privilege of sinking the Republican party? Do you think it grateful to accuse the Republican party of dishonesty because, as you say, three senators voted against the principles of their party? If we are not mistaken you are a minister of the gospel in the organized body over which you preside. If there should be some sent out of that organization to advocate certain doctrines, would the church be responsible if they should prove recreant to their trust. We do not think all are saints in the Republican party, neither are all sinners in the Democratic; but we know that the majority of temperance men are members of the Republican party, and .the majority of the whisky men vote the Democratic ticket. Now, in the knowledge of 1 hese facts, is it wise in us,as Prohibitionists, to antagonize the only party that we may expect any favors from; for we believe in time the Republican party will indorse prohibition.. We should stand by our friends and not be used as “cat’s-paws” to bring about results just the reverse of what we want A Republican Prohibitionist. Tipton, lnd., March 10. The Schools aiul Superintendent Tavbell. To the Editor of tlie Indianapolis Journal: It will be a sad day for the schools of this city when political interests contend in their management: and much to be regretted when fairness and hospitality toward able men who make their homes among us shall be wanting. A few years ago this city was in need of an experienced and capable superintendent. It invited tlio State superintendent of public schools, of Michigan, then recently re-elected, to take charge of its schools. Ho resigned that high office and came, but there is every reason to believe that he lias ever since been too much cm barrassed by influences which had to he con ciliated to make any superintendency in an ordinary business way possible, let alone carrying out any high ideal of the duties of that office. Envy and plotting for the succession, rather than zeal to make the schools a success under the present management, have prevailed to too great an extent. It is time the responsibility was put on one man, and he sustained in his efforts and held to full accountability. If this be withheld, no honorable man will ever bo found to trust his re|mta tion to a city which invites to recklessly disgrace an officer, who should be a gentleman and a scholar. No one at the head of our Schools has ever given such patient attention to the demands of intelligent parents, and to the conclusions of the medical profession in respect to the healthfulness of our schools, and ] think expresses the opinions of the majority of tlio intelligent men of the city, in saying that he has done more than his duty in endeavoring to secure harmony in tlie entire school system, and healthful, well-lighted and convenient buildings, good water and pur* air for our children while at school. We should show some apprecia tion of this work, while we prove ourselves a community with whom such labors obtain commendation. Let the excellent machinery of the schools do its work unlmm]K?red by contentions, and the true public voice be heard on t he question of new buildings. More rooms must ho provided for pupils. What they shall be—whether one large

or several small buildings—it. is the duty of the school board to determine. It lias the power, and on it must rest the responsibility. Our character as a people demands that justice should be done toward those who labor for our children, even though we should deny them our gratitude. Indianapolis, March 15. * w. Mr. (ialliip and the Relief Movement. To the Editor of tlie Indianapolis Journal* My attention has been directed, to various statements published in our city papers regarding my recent visit to the flooded districts on j the Ohio river. In justice to myself, the relief committee and tlie worthy people who have suffered from the terrible flood, 1 desire to state that erroneous impressions have been made by the published statements. In the first place I did not visit either Lawreticoburg or Aurora. My trip extended from Madison to Fa triot, and I have not been in any other town above Patriot for a year. I found all the people most grateful for all that liad been done for them, not only by the Indianapolis Board of Trade but for aid received from other sources. The committees and individual persons Vith whom 1 conferred at the several points visited received me with the greatest kindness and attention, and were anxious, ns t was to ascertain the exact needs and necessities of their suffering people. They said we had already done all that they could expect, and yet if we could still aid those to restore their damaged houses and make them habitable who cannot help themselves, it would be most gratefully accepted. Thor© was no de maud, no greed, and only the kindest and most grateful feeling. And J desire, especially on my own behalf, to acknowledge tlie assistance extended me by the citizens of Madison, Brooks burg. Vevav. Markland, Florence, and Patriot in the discharge of my duties and in my efforts to find out the wants of the several places named; and I thank these good people for myself and in behalf of the relief committee, whose duties hav< been so arduous, and. as 1 think, have been con scientiously performed. 1 have not attempted to make an estimate of the amount of money required to reimburse the people for their losses by the flood, but have only recommended that certain allowances be made to individual cases where they were most in need, and the money has been sent to responsi ble committees, which will be disbursed as already indicated. W.u. I*. Gallup. The KlielbyvilJe Quarantine. To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal: I desire to call the attention of the people of Shelbyville to the fact that their smallpox hand hill was unfortunate in many respects: First—lt was uncalled for, as but one case of smallpox has occurred in our city since Thursday last. Second—ls smallpox was prevailing here very extensively, tkgy should guard against it by vaccination and re-vaccination. Third—Tlie day of shotgun quarantine is over, and it is to be hoperl that it will Dover again be inaugurated. Boards of health are able to handle smallpox and all -other preventible diseases with out interfering with the commercial or public interests of the country. Fourth—The city of ShelbyriEohas established a dangerous precedent for herself. Suppose that one of her citizens should die of smallpox, and by negligence on the part of his family, four of them should contract the disease. How* would Shelbyville feel if the surrounding cities, towns and country should quarantine against their city? Indianapolis has had about tlie proportion of smallpox that the above figures would be to Shelbyville. E. S. Elder, M. D. Indianapolis, March 17. The Fast Mail Boomerang. To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal: A fast mail running in advance of regular connections, is necessarily a local mail, and of benefit only to the people along its route. George S. Bangs, the first general superintendent of the Railway Mail Service, tried a fast mail from New York to Chicago, with the enthusiastic support of the papers of those cities then as now. It was abandoned, a proved failure, and Mr. Bangs resigned. He had staked his reputation on its success and lost. This ('hi cago fast mail, which is being inaugurated with such a flourish, is simply a Cincinnati and In dianapolis fast mail on an extended scale. They are dangerous things for public men to monkey ; with. To be made a practicable success the ! running time of all the railroads in the country would have to be materially changed. Indianapolis, March 17. Mr. French ami the Soldiers. To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal: Seeing a statement that Mr. 0. J. French, superintendent of railroad mails, Fifth division. liis promoted soldiers, I defy him to name one soldier that he has promoted to the position of chief clerk here at Indianapolis. All tlie promo tion the soldiers get under Mr. French is as head clerk of a car, and no further. After a man has served eight to ten years as clerk of a car in charge and lias been a soldier and his record is good lie ought to be entitled to promotion of chief clerk, hut Mr. French prefers the young dudes. He cannot show one in his division be has taken from a car and promoted to chief clerk who was a soldier during the late war. E. C. Smith. Tli© Logic of It. Greenfield Republican. C. Jay French, superintendent of the postal mail service, has been on trial for quite a while before a commission of postmasters at Indianapolis, charged with oppression and cruelty to the postal clerks under him. Tlie testimony has been long and tedious. What tlie result will In no one can tell. But any one who will read the testimony can readily see that one of two things is certain: either that C. Jay French is an op pressive tyrant, or that, tlie men under him are a set of shirks and dead-beats. Either he ought to go or tlie men ought to go. We do not believe these charges would come from so many men without a cause, and hence we conclude that French is a tyrant. The Kitz. Investigation. Richmond Independent. Indianapolis is having another investigation. For a change this time it, is Trustee Kitz. There are many charges made against him for reck lessly expending the township money. All the defense Mr. Kitz makes is a charge that the chairman of the Republican central committee is doing it for buncombe—political capital. How quick people will jump at the conclusion that someone else has been following out the rule which they themselves usually work by. Wliat To Do with the Lasker Resolution. Brooklyn Eagle. As Bismarck declines to receive the Lasker resolution, and Frelinghuysen refuses to take it back, perhaps the best disposition that could be made of it would be to label it “Ginx’s Baby” and hang it up in the Patent Office. Tlie Trustee an Important Office. Logansport Journal. The election of township trustee is indeed a very important part of the campaign work, and every Republican voter should perform well his part, and use every effort to elect the best avail able men in the parry. Should Be Put on Thick. Kcntlaud Gazette. C. J French will probably receive a coat of whitewash. To hide the deformities, it will require to be put on thick. Who the Critics Are. Phi hide! phi a Press. President Arthur is criticised forgiving dinner parties during Lent. The criticising is done mostly by the folks who aren’t invited. For throe years, Mr. R. C. Wright, of Gaston, N. C., had been an iiKen.se sufferer from rheunui tism. His friend, J. A. Warwick, of Petersburg, Ya,, writes: “Before the first bottle of Athlo plioros was finished he was able to walk, and now uoes about all over his farm.” In this case, which the friends of Mr. Wright regarded as desperate, a test was made of Athlophbros. It surprised friend and patient, by its prompt and thorough action on the blood and diseased parts, and won the emphatic opinion that it was truly a specific for rheumatism.

I’.l Mahdl to the Tribes of the Soudan. j have heard the Vni f the Lonl A the Pro*diet heard of old; F-v me hr ve the files od angels Tlie book of Fate unrolled; Gulr-iel, holiest, highest, Flush- .] to my rave D-un the sky. And cried, as the dawn 'Uuuiiucd the east, “Wuke. for the end is nigh! •Speed! f n-'t is thine to save the saints. And tie : r proud oppressors slay. And lu till lie- earlh with righteousne ••• Be tore the Judgment Day.” Then ho was gone as the lightning goes, Aid my heart h-upt up ;.s tW. And tortii I HisUc.l , • tl.o 11- h War r-r il„. „r A!I;,!,V And rip),ling river aud rustling reeds. And tup wind ~i th- d.-surt sisrliing, K.I, ird his err as I ..assrd tln-tu I,v. 5;.... .1! tor* tlio h..urs aro flvinrf ’ Tl - sunbeam* shur.o. like lances keen. An ... the Mec.. ••ii.hiinTh. ~f hosts W.is in mr ears Their furvin ,m In-sin And I v.,w.-’d to Hie Godot the Faithful His IVofhet alone should reign! Now, who is on the side of God To li.'l.t litis fiqlit with me To bleak the ranks of tie- infidels And hurl theu. berk to the 5,..,, And all tins tortured, tramoled km From gre and ar. 1 sp. il to free? Who . Miss in P- radire? who eternal flan,.-' Let him follow me to ih- Holy War For the glor\ of Allah': name! Leave your flnkks on the gra-v hills Os cool At ham's stream: Under the palms bv th- l-nclv wells No mo.,- i aoodliJodream: From Nile's fair groves and uplands, Freni mow low. and marsh. and mere, Throng to the Credent banner With lance, and shield, and spear! Uornem. your fleing stallions From iordlv Dai fur's side; Bold from Sahara's burning depths On your swift camels ride; The sun by day shall bid you speed By night each guiding star. Through the thorny wastes of Il.wdofan, The wide plains of Scnnaar! And from Fez and far Morocco: From Yemen and He jar.— F..v round the world the Faithful This fire of fi.nl shall blaze— And from the realms of tin* Indian sea, And isles of spice and balm. Shull a thousand th on sand hither haste For tlie glory of Lslaaui! And as in the Valley of Bedor. When the Moslems charged ttie foe. The angels stooped to the stormy pa-s And laid the faithless low— ‘ So shall they watch my Standard, And all along our line Will hover their shining legions, And the battle Ik* divine! And should you fall in the conflict, O. glorious, glad surprise! White-wiuged camels will bear you thouc* To the bowers of Paradise— Up to the crystal fountains. And the feast of the Tuba tree, The songs of Israfil to hear, The face of God to see! Allah! 1 long for the onset! Moslems! welcome tire* day When forth in tiie rosy dawn we sweep As victors to the fray! For fierce as the lion leaping At night from liis woody lair: Dread as the hot simoopi whose breath No living thing may dare: Strong as the sun when he mounts the sky To bathe in the western sea— So fierce, to the godless of the earth, So dread, so strong are we! And. by the soul of Mohammed— Nay. by the Throne of God— Tlie Infidel and the Spoiler Shall into the dust lie trod! And away by the winds of heaven As worthless chaff lie blown. Ami tlie Prophet, ami true Believers, Shall i ule in the earth alone! —Edna Dean Proctor, in April Manhattan(■■in vmma ■■■ i >■ n m\ niiiminvri COFFEE AND TEA HOUSE. We are now receiving NEW MOYUXE. IMPERIAL, GUNPOWDER and YOUNG HYSON TEAS; also, OOLONG and JAPANS. Would also call the attention of dealers to the fact that we carry the largest stock and greatest variety of COFFEES iu this market. Consumers who love a GOOD CUP OF COFFEE should ask for GATES'S A No. .1. or Blended Java Coffee in packages. A. B. GATES & CO. SOCIETY NOTICES. • M asonic—keystone chaftfk no. r. a. M. Stated meeting in Masonic Temple this (Tuesday) evening, at 7:30. JACOB W. SMITH, H. P. WILLIAM H. SMYTH IT. Secretary. ANNOUNCEMENTS. TUV D.UdIVS BREAD—VIENNA—PEERI.ES> X Cottage, half rye. liOTTOM PRICES ATTHE LION SHOE STORE J 29 East Washington street. R. M. COSBY. IEARN TELEGRAPHY HERkTTxD Wlf WILE J give von a situation. C. ECKERT, Sunt., Belle Plaine, Minn. POLITICAL. Sheriff. TAMER R. ROSS WILL BE A CANDIDATE FOR f) Sheriff of Marion < >uuty. subject to the decision of the Republic sin nominating convention. Robert \ h \ r :i> 1 n. is \ < andii>ate"for I V Sheriff of Marion county, subject I” the ih-.-ision of the Republican county convention, April 12. 1881. WANTED. \I rAX T E D—B Y EVE K Y (>\E— I ‘ARID S V? Bread. \1 T ANT E D—SI ’P l 'AT lON f\ ~V A Mild FS TO SEW ; Vt can make dresses and give a pcifer‘ fu to the form. 71 Peru avenue. \\ rA~NTFri~- Ygknts in' FyFFToT n'ty "tx TT ihe State for tirsi-class bo,k< H. fi. HANNA MAN, Room 10 Thorpe Block, Indianapolis. TIT ANTED—lmmediately, n !'\v reliable men to TT travel and sell Freeman's portable fire o>eap,*. and machinery. AETNA MACHINE WORKS, War ren, O. FOR SALE. 17V >K SALE—DA KEY'S BREAD AT ALL GR<>CB . rieß. I "Tor SALE—A HANDSOME NEW RESTDENt E on North Meridian E. C. HOWLETT. 8 (Aunlit Block. ITIOR SALE - F \KMs” rill' \l‘ (< >\ ~I A \< i credit. Send for circular. Blue glass nurture for rent, cheap. FRANCIS SMITH. SALE—DRUG STOCK OF $3,000; WILL take SI,OOO in approved real estate: balance on easy terms. Address DRUGS; care of Column Hr ••. Warsaw, lnd. 1710 R SALE—SPECIAL BARGAINS IN SECOND. . hand or new Engines, Boilers. Sew miiK Heading and Stave Machinery. HADLEY, WRIGHT A CO.. 113 and 125 S. Tennessee street, IndiunapolK. IM m r—l I • ~ • FINANCIAL. INDIANA BANKING CO. CLAIMS BOUGHT. E C. UOWLETT, 8 Condit Block. mo LOAN— Money on farm and ! JL C. HOWLETT. s Condit Block. DNEY TO LOAN AT LOWEST RATE OF interest. E. B. MARTIN DALE & SON’S. Mon ey"at the lowest r vt’es of inter. . cst. J. W. WILLIAMS A CO., 3 and 4. Vinton Block. Money ro l ►an *\ first mortgage. city and farm property iu Indiana and Ohio Low interest. JOS. A. MOORE, 84 East Market street. U EWTL V? short time. THUS. 0. DAY A CO., 72 East Market re- ' l . AUCTION SALES. | I TNT A M-< IKDY, REAL EsTA f E AND OF >- 1 I. oral Auctioneers, 88 East Was-Vaigum ir-. i.

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