Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 November 1884 — Page 1

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WHEN INDICATIONS. Thursday. Partly cloudy weather and local showers. BUI YOUR OVERCOAT OR e it i t FROM THE WHEN CLOTHING STORE, And you will save enough to buy your Thanksgiving turkey, and, besides, have something to be extremely thankful for. A I>E UNI PATTI. The Great Prima Donna Pleasantly Reminded of Her Debut Twenty-Five Tears Ago. New York, Nov. 26.—Aii the young men of New York of twenty-five years of age rose to-niglit to honor Patti. She linked the present and the past, and it seemed a rivalry whether the sons or the fathers should be louder in recognizing the advent of Patti twenty-five years ago. No one in society when Patti began and still living was missing to-night, and nobody who belongs to society since or now was absent, The opera selected for the night was “Martha,” Patti appearing in the title role After the applause at the theater and the performance was over, police and people united in escorting their own pauna donna to the Windsor Hotel, which was not contemplated twentyfive years ago. There was groat rejoicing along the route, and at the hotel the flowers and other tributes of remembrances and recognition were very numerous. The Seventh Regiment band contributed a serenade.

Patti’s First Appearance. Adelina Patti made her first appearance in -opera before a New York audience twenty-five years ago yesterday, and General Badeau wrote of her as follows in Noah’s Sunday Times: "Patti was making her debut, was succeeding. Twas a holiday night, when fashionable people usually do not like to be seen in public, yet the great house was crowded with the most distmfuished frequenters of the opera There had ecn no heralding of the little girl's fame, no prolonged preliminary advertisements, no prodigious propitiatory placards, no indecorous devices. * * * There was some kindly feeling for her, because she was 'little Patti.’ She had sung at concerts eleven years before: the fine ladies knew her exact age, and one of them told me she had made a dress for Adelina’s original debut, when the baby was only four years old. You si o she was a pet among them; and so they Came to hear their favorite. "I recollect well how the house stared in delight and astonishment as note after note came ringing across the parquet: how the chatter in lobbies and the flirting in the boxes absolutely ceased, as the pretty little warbler began to show her powers. Could it really be? Can we really have a great voice here? —one of the voices possessed by only two or three in an age! Sweet, of wonderful compass, flexible, sympathetic, hut, above all. brilliant; a voice that could be heard in the furthest galleries, yet was so delicate in quality, so simply delicious in tone, that the most fastidious could find no flaw, and the roost experienced could remember no superior. Why, Jenny Lind had not more execution; Son tag, Bosio Lagrange, none were more admirable. We milst be mistaken. ’Tig not witli ourown ears that we hear. But she went on singing, and in the ‘Preghiera per te,' convinced the most incredulous. Her success was achieved. The house was carried by storm. It pronounced tumultuously in her favor; it nearly rose to applaud; time after time she was called before the curtain; round after round of clappings greeted the child. “She looked like a child amid it all; she looked pleased, hut scarcely aware of what it all meant She didn’t know how great she was. She looked delighted to make such sweet music, delighted to have pleased; but she never dreamed, till t hey told her afterwards, that she was a great prima donna; that she had taken her place among the first singers in the world: that on that night she became the peer of Piceolomini and Grisi. Piccolomini, indeed, never had one-tenth of Patti’s vocal ability, and Grisi. alas! has not onetwentieth of it now.” The Plenary Council. Baltimore, Md., Nov. 20.—The Plenary Council was again in secret session at the Seminary of St. Sulpice. Bishop McQuaid, of Rochester, preached to-night at the Cathedral, on “The Progress of the Church in the United States,” and Bishop Flaseh, of LaCrosse, preached at St. Alphonsus Church, in German, on "The First Precept of the Church.” Tomorrow there will he a solemn public service at the Cathedral, when an oration on "The Dignity of the Priesthood” will he delivered in Latin, by Bishop Heiss, of Milwaukee. A sermon will follow by Bishop Spalding, of Peoria. Robbery by Masked Men. Rochester, I’a.. Nov. 26.—Six masked men, with drawn revolvers, entered the residence of George Young and Levi Weisman, near Beaver, to day, and after terrifying the occupants, bouud and gagged both men and several ladies present. A search of the house was then made, and S6OO, together with a large lot of jewelry and silver ware, taken. Two hours later, Young and Weisman succeeded in freeing themselves, hut in the meantime the robbers made good their escape. Charged with Forgery iu India. Louisville, Nov. 26.—Robert McPliun, alias Bryce, charged with forging about $200,000 on parties in Calcutta, was tried in the United States Circuit Court to day. The question con siderod was whether Bryce could be legally taken back to India, where the forgery was committed. The nature of the treaty between the United States and India was argued pro and con. The case was submitted, and Judge Barr will render a decision on Thursday. Colored People Barred ill Skating Rinks. Reading. Pa.. Nov. 26.—The proprietors of two skating rinks in this city have adopted a rule prohibiting admission of colored people to the floor. The colored citizens threaten to test their rights in the courts under the civil-rights bill. Negroes oil Their Way to Liberia. New York, Nov. 26.—Colored citizens, in a meeting to-night, began to raise funds for the support of colored people who came here a short time ago frera Texas, en route to Liberia. In spite of all the new remedies which are constantly introduced to the public, Dr. Bull’s Cough Syrup still takes the lead for the cure of coughs, coidß, etc. Price 23 cents.

NATIONAL CAPITAL NEWS. Wliat Was Kevealcd hy a Visit to Two of the Government Departments. The Clerks and Other Employes in Treasury and Postoffice Positions Waiting the Falling of the Official Ax. Anxiety to Obtain Information as to the Intentions of Mr. Blaine. Foints and Suggestions from the Annual Report of the Comptroller of the Currency—Our Foreign Commerce. TREASURY AND POSTOFFICE. The Employes of These Departments Will Meet Their Fate Without Grieving. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, Nov. 26.—T0-day the Journal correspondent made a tour through the Treasury and Postoffice departments, and talked with a large number of the clerks on their official outlook. I found them in nearly every instance resigned to the fate of prospective dismissal. Whether they are in anything like immediate danger of dismassal when Cleveland is pronounced President, or whether they may be perfectly secure by the civil-service law and a desire of the prospective President to regard it, matters not; they are nearly all prepared or are preparing for the final notice to quit. Mr. Charles H. Butler, of Indianapolis, one of the brightest clerks in the department, now in the highest rank to come under the protection of the civil-service—said to me; “Os course, we all realize that if Mr. Cleveland wants ns to go after the 4th of March next we will have to go. We can be dismissed in spite of the civil-service law. The great bulk of the clerks realize this, and are preparing for the signal to vacate. They are all looking around for some kind of business to go to in the event they are asked to quit the department If they are not forced to leave, it will simply he a pleasant surprise to them. The chief of divisions and|auditor, and officers on up, expect to be relieved soon after the President gets well into the harness. Mr. Alexander, the fifth auditor, under whom these people are,” indicating with a stroke of the hand quite a body of clerks, “will go to Indianapolis and return'to the practice of law, lam told. I shall probably practice the profession, also. Some say they will farm; others will go into merchandizing; a few have been here so long they don't know what they can d(u-" Around in another division I ran across Captain A. F. McMillan, another intelligent clerk, and well informed about the calculations of the people in the department Ho is chief of his diviston.and therefore just beyond the pale of the civil-service law. Captain McMillan is likewise a Hoosier.

"Yes, I may he spotted, that is true, and official death may claim me as its own very soon after inauguration. Most of the men ranking with me and above, who are not protected by the civil-service law, have thrown up their hands and have begun to look about for other employment. I think we shall all go in time, hut this department is so very vast and its government so taxing that the Democratic party will find its hands quite full running it with the old force, let alone making a sweep of the employes, as is suggested. Tiiere is a general fright in all the departments, it is true, and there are few who believe they can be retained by any manner of means, but I do not think the raid will be begun very soon. For instance, they wouldn’t get down into the clerical forces under a year, I should believe, no matter how hungry the party may be and how willing the President and hi 6 Cabinet is to make extreme changes But there ycill be a great many men who will be retained. Some are so officient in intricate work that they are almost indispensable. Others are crippled. There are four thousand Democrats in these departments. Now, if the Democrats leave the cripples, the indispensable men and four thousand Republicans in, as the Republican party has done, the changes will no reach beyond the higher officers. Yet we are waiting, calmly waiting, the man with the guillotine.” In the Postoffice Department the same state of feeling exists. Should the official ax be wielded with an unrelenting hand, it will not make the gore run much deeper than it has already run within a fortnight It has been suggested that since the civil-service law protects all clerks whose salaries are not above SI,BOO, vacancies might be made by decapitating those above and making promotions, then continuing decapitation, but Mr. Butler, of the Fiftli Auditor’s office, told me that a clerk may refuse a promotion and thus save his official head if that were the policy. But as the places would have to be filled by civil-sorvice examinations, that would afford no advantage. To profit by a slaughter, the civil service laws must be repealed or wholly disregarded. JAMES G. BLAINE. (;rent Anxiety to Obtain Information as to His Intentions for the Future. Special to the ludiunapotis Journal. Washington, Nov. 26.—There is a good deal of uneasiness evinced on every hand here now regarding the future of James G. Blaina Not a few men iu public life fear that they may run afoul of him at some unexpected point and be dethroned.. Rumors of every kind, intended to injure him beforo the country and to force him to make known his plans in life, may he expected, and all such ought to be accepted with a good amount of allowance for bad foeling. Some of these reports have already beon circulated. One is that he intends to make a struggle to succeed Senator Don Cameron, of Pennsylvania, and try to become leader of the upper body of Congress. Another, that ho will “lay low” for Messrs. Conkling and Arthur in their senatorial manipulations in New York. The younger son of Mr. Blaine said to one of his boy chums the other day that his father and mother and sister were coming here to spend the winter; that his father would continue to write his history, out of which lie expected to ihako a good deal of money, but that his father did not know what he would do after that was done. The boy didu’t think his father wanted

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any more politics, and said the stories about what he was going to do were all false. People in Washington who beliove they know something of Mr. Blaine’s disposition, discredit the statements about his becoming in any degree a disturbing element His Time to bn Devoted to His History. Washington Special to Philadelphia Press. Mr. Blaine is expected here this week, and for the next three months will be hard at work upon the second volume of his book. A private letter received in this city, dated November 21, from the Henry Bill Publishing Company, of Norwich, Conn., says: “The statement copied from a Boston daily newspaper that Mr. Blaine would not complete the second volume before June is wholly without foundation. The article referred to also stated that he had hired the Sargent house in Washington, and would he there by the middle of this week. There is no truth in anv of theso statements. In Mr. Blaine's last letter concerning the second volume, he stated that it would be completed in the contract time, which calls for it to be finished in February, and we expect to have it completed at that time.” ' The statement that Mr. Blaine will be a candidate before the Pennsylvania Legislature for election as Mr. Cameron's successor in the Senate is regarded here as not deserving of consideration. A warm personal friend said to-day: “Mr. Blaine has no aspirations in that line. Ho is devotedly attached to the State of his adoption, which he has represented in both houses of Congress, and he will not seek preferment from another Commonwealth. He has no desire to enter public life again, and certainly would not think of entering the list in Pennsylvania, where he could not be elected without a struggle. If successful, he would be charged with having returned to public life to he avenged upon men in his own party, and he would suffer the great loss of citizenship in the State of Maine.” THE SECRET SERVICE. The Officials and Operatives Prepared for Official Death. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, Nov. 26.—“! expect to see this division cleaned out in a hurry by the new administration,” observed Colonel Brooks, chief of the Secret-service Bureau of the Treasury, in conversation with the Journal correspondent, today, “Yes, sir, we are spotted —marked for official death—and are prepared to go,” coutined he, “but it will not be a very big plum for Uncle Sam’s new tenant. There are not many of us—only forty.” “Will it impair the service to turn out the old and put in new men!” “Oh! the men here in this office,” replied Col. Brooks, “can easily be spared, but it will ruin tbe service for some time if all the old operatives are dismissed at once. They should be retained, at least some of them, for a while, to train the new men. When I came in here there was a new deal. There was no one who Knew the haunts and ways of any of the notorious counterfeiters, and it was slow work for a while. That was not right. Some of the men out in the service are very fine detectives, and they should be kept until new men are broke into the work.” “How much is your salary as chief of the bureau?” “Thirty-five hundred a year. It is a place envied by many who know little or nothing of the duties, and since we have no protection by the the civil-service, I expect to see anew lot of men in here and out on the road very Boon after .the 4th of March.

PRESIDENT ARTHUR. Wliat Is Said In Official Circles as to the New York Senatorsliip. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, Nov. 26.—1 tis whispered in official and Republican circles generally, that the main reason President Arthur desires the United States senatorsliip in New York, which becomes vacant next March, is that he has his eyes on the race course of 1888, and wants to be kept before the country in some position where his abilities may be demonstrated and he will not be lost from view. Much effective, quiet work has been done to this end during the past ten days. The register at the Arlington bears many names during that time of prominent New Yorkers, who have come here to see the tenant of the White House in regard to Senator Lapham’s successor. President Arthur, however much he may have longed for the place, and however much he desires it at this time, will not be announced as a candidate until he sees his election within his grasp. The names of William M. Evarts and Levi P. Morton have been used as a blind merely. There are but two men prominent in the eyes of the New York Legislature, say Republicans from that State, and they are the President and ex-Senator Conkling. Were it altogether improbable that the name of Mr. Conkling will be sprung to defeat Mr. Arthur, the latter, it is believed, could get the majority pledged on the first canvass. It is not thought the Blaine element will work any mischief in the struggle that may arise. THE COUNTRY’S CURRENCY. Facts About the National Ranks—The Bonds and the Issue of Silver Dollars. Washington, Nov. 26.—The annual report of the Comptroller of the Currency shows that during the year ended Nov. 1, 1884, 191 banks have been organized, with an aggregate capital of $16,042,220; circulating notes have been issued these new associations amounting to $3,860,230. These banks are located by geographical di visions as follows: Eastern States, ten banks, with a capital of $810,000; Middle States, twentyfive, with a capital of $1,812,230; Southern States, thirty, with a capital of $2,991,100; Western States, 102, with a capital of $8,903,880; Pacific Statgs, live, with a capital of $380,000; Territories, nineteen, with a capital of $1,143,000. Since the establishment of the national banking system, Feb. 25, 1863, there has been organized 3,261 national banks; total number in existence Nov. 1, 1884, 2,671, the largest number in operation at any one time. Eleven national banks, with an aggregate capital of $1,285,000, have failed and been placed in the hands of receivers during the year. The different items of resources and liabilities, as tabulated, indicate that the business of the national banks during the past eleven years has generally increased. The items. United States bonds and circulation thereon, have decreased during the past two years. The aggregate liabilities of national hanks to depositors and correspondents were reduced, during the year, upwards of $94,000,000. This reduction of liabilities and the general reduction of loans by hanks, which amounted to $03,000,000 during tile year, the Comptroller says was doubtless occasioned by the ilnancii l troubles of May and general depression of business. During the same period the national banks increased their resources by about $21,000,000 in specie and $11,000,000 in legal tenders and United States certificates of deposit for the same. The total number of banks still in operation, organized under the act of June 3, 1864. and the provisions of the revised statutes providing for succession, which will terminate, unless bereafterrenewed during the years previous to 1900, [Continued on Second Page,]

EVENTS IN THE OLD WORLD. mm Prime Minister Ferry Defines His Position as to the Tonquin War. He Admits that the French Cabinet Has Been Led Further than Was Expeeted, but Charges It to the Uutorseen, And Demands an Additional Amount of Money to Continue the Fight. A Belgium Letter-Writer Claims that Enrojieans in the Congo Country Are in Constant Peril—Other News by Cable, THE FRENCH IN THE EAST. Ferry Defends the Position of the Ministry and Demands More Money. Paris, Nov. 26. —1n the Chamber of Deputies, to day, the debate on the Tonquin credit bill was resumed. Prime Minister Ferry took a leading part in the discussion. He declared he did not repudiate the responsibility devolving upon tbe present ministry, but he desired to define and apportion the responsibility fairly. The work of the present ministry in regard to Tonquin was defined by two principal votes in the Chamber of Deputies, and the cabinet had followed the indications thus given, and no more. He denied that he had decided the contrary. He admitted the government had been led on by events. It would not be otherwise in a colonial matter in which the unforseen played so large a part Tbe French position in Tonquin, lie continued, was excellent; the French forces have taken the offensive with the result of gaining daily victories. The resources of the country would increase under good government, but it was first necessary to establish peace and order, and to settle the conflict with China by treaty or by modus vivendi. M. Ferry continued by saying that France was perfectly justified ill demanding iudeuinity tor tlie Bakle ambuscade, and he demanded authority from the Chambers for continuing a policy which is based upon securing pledges for payment of indemnity. If China persisted in refusing to pay indemnity, the present provisional occupation of the island of Formosa by France will becoroo permanent M. Ferry tlieu formally made a motion for anew credit of 43,000,000 francs, and demanded a vote of urgency thereon. The debate will be resumed to-mor-row. BANQUET TO SIR JOHN MACDONALD. The Premier of Canada Honored 111 London —Toasts and Responses. London, Nov 26. —Lord Lome, late Governorgeneral of Canada, presided at the banquet tonight, gjyen by the Empire Club, in honor of Sir John A. MacDonald, Premier of Canada. The Marquis of Salisbury, replying for tbe House of Lords, said ho hoped Premier MacDonald would often repeat his visit to England, and expressed his country’s pride in the colonial empire. He wished Canada possessed many such statesmen to shed lustre and confer benefits upon the whole country, while they wore attainin’ rhe high position that destiny pointed out IVm. Henry Smith,member of Parliament for Westminster, responded to the toast ill honor of the House of Commons. The Duke of Sutherland proposed a toast in honor of the Colonies, and the Empire of India, to which the Earl of Derby, Secretary of State for the colonies and the Earl of Keraberly, Secretary of State for India, both replied in short addresses.

FOKEIGN MISCELLANY. A Belgian's Report of the Danger to Europeans on the Congo. Brussels, Nov. 26.—The Reforme publishes a letter from a Belgian at Stanley Falls. He complains of the danger to which Europeans are subjected because of the hostile attitude of the natives, and reports the discovery of a plot to poison Europeans at Leopoldville. The African International Association, he says, refuses the service of portieres to conduct Belgians who wish to leave its service to the coast He asks that his name he kept secret, as he fears the association will wreak vengeance upon those who tell the truth concerning the state of things on the Congo. Bismarck Opposes Free Passes. Berlin, Nov. 26. —Bismarck, in the Heiehstg to day, charged the members with using railroad free passes to travel all over the empire. Therefore he advocated the revoking of the granting of freo passes. The opposition declared that the government wanted to prevent, the attendance of the poorer Socialists at the Reichstag. if the government refused the traveling expenses of members it must pay the members of the Reichstag to enable them to live in such an expensive style. Lord Coleridge and His Daughter. London, Nov. 26.—Mrs. Bishop, sister of Sir Stafford Nortlicote, has written a letter, in which she says: "Miss Coleridge managed her father’s house as working house keeper for six years, receiving sixty pounds yearly. Since she left her father's house she has lived in a small lodging-house, and received no regular allowance from her father, only occasional checks. She has nothing except what she lias saved from her earnings as a music mistress.” Tlie University Troubles In Spain. Madrid, Nov. 26.—Sixty profossors in the University, including Democrats, Constitutionalists and Conservatives, have signed a protest against tlie invasion of the University and the conduct of the troops toward the students. A proclamation lias been issued by tlie government prohibiting the gathering of groups of people in the streets. The newspapers seized by the government include tlie Liberal, Iberia, Dis cussion, Matin, and Dominicalos. Investigating the Astou Riot. London, Nov. 26.—A judicial inquiry into the causes of the Aston riot began to day. The only defendaui, a man named Reid, appeared. Sir. Chamberlain, president of the Board of Trade, testified that he received all the affidavits concerning the riot, which he made use of in his 6peeeh relative to the matter in the Commons, from the Liberal association. He denies that the affidavits were procured at his suggestion. Pleased with the New Treaty. New York, Nov. 26—A letter from Havana, dated Nov. 22, says; "The announcement of tlie conclusion of the Spanish American treaty was joyfully received. The Conservatives sent a cable dispatch to Madrid congratulating the Chamber of Deputies on the successful tormina tion of the negotiations.” Gladstone's Redistribution Scheme. London. Nov. 26.—There was a conference of Liberal and Conservative leaders at Mr. Gladstone's residence, to dav. The Standard says there Is good reason to belive that an amicable

solution of the redistribution problem is hy no means certain, as there several very difficult obstacles to overcome. A Defeat for Bismarck. Bert.in, Nov. 26.—The Reichstag, to-day, 180 againt 99, adopted a resolution in favor of payment of members for their services as legislators. The resolution was strongly opposed by Bismarck, and the result is considered a signal defeat for him. An Epidemic of Hydrophobia. Vienna, Nov. 26.—An epidemic of hydrophobia prevails in this city. Already eighty' cases have been reported, eleven of which proved fatal. . Cable Notes. Five heavy shocks of earthquake were felt at Grozet, the capital of Sty'ria, on Tuesday. Although the cholera bulletins from Paris have been stopped, isolated deaths from cholera continue. It is estimated that 100,000 persons left Paris during the cholera epidemic. People are now returning in great numbers. General Von Manteuffel, Governor-general of Alsace-Lorraine, has issued a rescript suppressing three anti-German newspapers in his province. A dispatch from Paris says the French govern ment have resolved to send two more cruisers to the west coast of Africa, in view of the possible result of the Congo conference. THE KNIGHTS OF HONOR. The Treasurer Has Vouchers for Ail Moneys Paid Out, and the Remainder Is in Bank. Louisville, Ivy., Nov. 20. —To the Public: There appeared in the evening papers of the 4th inst., and in the Courier Journal of to day, statement copied from a Cincinnati paper of Sunday, the 23d inst, which was copied into that paper from the Knights of Honor Observer, which purports to boa true statement of the amount of money which I had on hand as supremo treasurer of the Knights of Honor on the 30th day of April, 1884, the amount 1 have received sinco, the amount I have disbursed, and the amount in my hands now. These figures, of course, were furnished from the office of the Supreme Reporter, B. F. Nelson, at St. Louis. These figures are as false as the infamous statement of the Observer that • ‘R. J. Breckinridge, late Supreme Treasurer, is a defaulter.” 1 have two vouchers for every- dollar I have paid as supreme treasurer, and the bank at Springfield, Ky., where 1 lived before coming to Louisville, has in its possession vouchers for every dollar I had paid whilst there, and the People’s Bank of this city has a voucher for every dollar paid by me since 1 came here. So that there are in existence three separate vouch ers for every dollar paid by me. These vouchers will, and do, establish the fact beyond all peradventure, that the statement made in the oublication of these words: “lie has paid orders to the amount of $473,000," is absolutely false, and is less by nearly soo.ooo than the iruo amount paid hy me since May 1, 1884. In fact, all of these figures of the statement as to the amounts received by me, paid out by me and the balance in my hands, are false. T have in my possession the evidence, in the shape of written and printed matter, of every dollar which has come into my hands, and the vouchers for every dollar which has ever been paid out by me, and the balance, after deducting the disbursements from the receipts, is now in the People’s Bank of Kentucky', ready to be paid by me to whoever tlie court may advise me to pay it to. The poor imbecile, bankrupt in character as well as purse, who wrote the article knew theso facts, and the .man from whose offiee the figures came also knew them. These matters will all be settled in the courts, and, until such settlemint Is made, I trust the people of Kentucky, amongst whom I have lived for half a century',’will not believe—on the bare statement of those whohatemo because 1 would not disobey the law, nor aid them in setting it at defiance—that 1 am a dishonest man. As to the personal aspect of this matter—between these persons and myself—l have nothing to say, neither has the public any interest. 1 am certain, if God spares my life, that will all bo properly and satisfactorily arranged, lte spectfully, Robt. J. Breckinridge.

The Demoralizing Game of Foot-Rail. Boston, Nov. 20.—The athletic committee of tlie Harvard College faculty issued a notice yes terday which bids fair to prevent the playing of foot ball at Harvard in the future. Tlie notice is as follow's: "The committee on athletics having become convinced that the game of foot-ball, as at present played by college teams, is brutal, demoralizing to players and spectators, and extremely dangerous, proposes to request the faculty to prohibit the game after the close of tlie present season. Students interested in the game and wishing toshow cause why such action should not be taken, will be heard at a special meeting of the committee Dec. 1.” The committee have attonded all recent games, and are sup posed to have been decided by the recent Ilar-vard-Princeton game, which was a very rough one. A .School for Christian Workers. Springfield. Mass., Nov. 26—Preliminary measures for the incorporation of a school for Christian workers have been taken in this city. Prominent men in this city. New York and Boston arc interested in tlie enterprise. The school will he opened January 1. under the pres idency of Rev. D. A. Reed, of this city, assisted by an efficient corps of teachers. The present arrangements will reduce the expense to students to the mean cost of board, books, etc, Tlie object is to train, in a two years’ course, young men of Christian associations who wish to fit themselves for Suudny-school superintendents, etc. The work has the approval of Mr. Moody, Mr. Pentecost, Mr. Safford and other prominent gospel workers, who say there is a positive demand, at living wages, for a large number of young men trained to this service. A New Tariff Association, Reading, Pa., Nov. 26. —A movement has been begun by the Eastern Pig Iron Association of which Henry S. Echert, of Reading, is president, to organize a general tariff club. It is pro posed to include every industry in the country, in tlie interest of protection. England's Cobdou Club was organized to disseminate freo trado doctrines. Tho intention is to effect a general organization of all industries interested in favor of homo as against foreign manufactures. A meeting of the committee to deliberate upon a plan of organization will be held in Philadelphia December 3. Urging the Removal of a Risliop. Montreal, Nov 20.—A French paper states that two ex-canons of this diocese have ad dressed a memorandum to Rome, asking for the removal of Bishop Fabrc from the diocese of Montreal, urging in support of ttieir request (hat lie is not in harmony with the majority of Uie dioceso on certain religious difficulties. Tho paper also states that tho two priests referred to are supported by the apostolic commissioner in their petition. Obituary. Ft. Smith, Aik., Nov. 26.—Sergeant J. B. Campbell, in charge of tlie Signal Service office at this place, died suddenly last night, of heart disease. Philadelphia, Pa., Nov. 26. —News has been received of the death, in Florida, of John Me Donough, owner of the Bijou Theater, this city. “Eternal vigilance is tho price of liberty.” It is also the price of perfect health—that boon which all seek. It is not j>ossiblo to have per feet health if the bowels are not regular in their action. Diarrhoea and constipation are equally destructive of health and comfort. Dr. Peter Tracy, of St. Louis, Mo., says: “For constipation, when used according to your printed directions, I prefer Mishlor’b Herb Bitters to any other remedy. n

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POLITICS AND THE PRESS. Charges of Partisanship Against tho Press Association Managers. After Careful Investigation the Service In Found to Have Been the Most Efficient Ever Knoivu, and Entirely Fair. More About the Incompatibility Between Cleveland and Hendricks. Evidence that Shows Beyond Question the Fraudulent Character of Mr. Brand’s Claim to a Seat in the Illinois Senate. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. Tlie General Manager Acquitted of the Charge of Sending Partisan Dispatches. New York, Nov. iStt. Some days ago tho Journal of Commerce commented unfavorably on tho Associated Press in connection with the election returns from New York, and expressed tlie opinion that Mr. Whitolaw Reid, of the Tribune, had exercised an undue share of in lluence in tlie work. This morning the Journal of Commerce contains an editorial on the sub jeet. which was written after Mr. David M. Stone, the editor, bad inquired into ilie facts. It is as follows: ‘•The joint executive committee rs tlie West ern and New York Associated Pros.- - met yesterday to investigate tho complaints which Lave been made from both parties concerning the re ports of the late political campaign up to and in eluding the returns of the election. After a careful sifting of the evidence sov oral facts of public interest were established beyond controversy, ami we refer to them briefly in justice to ourselves and others. Tho for re porting the proceedings of the convention, the acceptance of the nominatic oj . and the sayings and doings of the several candidates were shown to he as perfect as could well he devised, and wholly without partisan bias. Any seeming partiality to one one or tlie other side in the dispatches received was corrected at once by Mr William Henry Smith, the general agent, ant all that human ingenuity could devise was done to give reliable intelligence, uncohired by parti san prejudice: We stated, on the 11 1 fi inst., that, as other members of tt<* execulive committee had not been active, the recent ejection returns appeared to have been collected under tbe entire supervision of the editor of the Tribune. Tho latter attended ane t ting of the board just before the election, and was understood, in answer to a question from the president, to have given sufficient authority for such au assertion It is now stated and accepted that he did not intend by his an ewer to give this impression, and that, as a matter of fact, neither he nor any other of the committee gave any personal attention to the supervision of returns." In regard to the collection of the New York State returns, tin* Journal says that so far as the action of the general mauagor of the Associated Press, or tho control of tho machinery, is con corned, there is no cause for complaint, and concludes as follows: “Exactly how the return • from this State took on the partisan character they assumed, we cannot say, but we are satisfied that no orders or directions of the managers of the Associated Press had any sharo in contributing to that re suit.”

Tlie Committee’s Report- In Full. New York, Nov. 26.—A meeting of the joint oxecutive committee of the Now York Associated Press and the Western Associated Press called in New York to investigate the published charges of partisanship in their dispatches dur ing tho campaign, and their collection of election returns, was attended by members as follows: Charles A. Dana, of the Now York Sun, chair man; Whitelaw Reid, of the Tribune, secretary; James Gordon Bennett, of tho llorald, repre sented by Dr. G. W. Hosmer; Richard Smith, of the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette; W. N. llaldeman, of tho Louisville Courier Journal. After a thorough investigation of the work, including circulars of instruction, correspond ence with agents by letter and telegraph, correspondence with candidates, complaints from both Democratic -and Republican sources, dispatches sent out, returns reeived by telegraph and the originals filed by the senders in tho several telegraph offices, Messrs. Haldeman. of the Louisville Courier-Journal, and Richard Smith, of tlie Cincinnati Commercial Gazette, were appointed a sub committee to summarize the conclusions reached by the members. They presented the following report, which was unanimously adopted. The chairman and secretary of tho joint executive eommitteo wore instructed to sign the same, and transmit it to tho members and clients of the two associations: “To the Member* and tTi?*uU of the Associated Press: “The joint executive committee did not deem it advisable, during a sharply-contested cam paign, to take public notice of misrepresentations and unwarranted criticisms published against the Associated Press. Observation shows that, during such seasons of excitement, men are moved by passion rather than by rea son. Now that tlie party contest is closed, the committee deem it their duty to make public the following statement: “A meeting of the committee was called for the 25th inst., to which David M. Stone, presi dent of the New York Associated Press, and Hon. Joseph Pulitzer, of its executive c mimit tee. were invited. The hitter was, unfortunately, out of the city, but Mr. Stone attended and gave the committee tho benefit of his coun eel and experience. A careful review of the work done, and of tho official record, warrant the statement that tlie high character anti nonpartisan fairness that have given the Assn iated Press its hold upon public confidence in the past have been firmly maintained, and that no improper influence, political or otherwise, has been permitted to enter into tho management The work, strictly confined within tho limits pro scribed by rules which experience has proved to be safe and just to all parties, has been larger than in any previous campaign. This was due to a greater number of party di. isiom\ and to the demand of the press for a fuller service. The State conventions, nearly a hundred in number, and the uational conventions of all the political organizations wore reported with a thoroughness ami rapidity surpassing anything over before attempted. Tho subsequent official action of the party committees, the letters, ad dresses and movements of the candidates were carefully provided for under instructions similar in language and spirit. It has never been considered as within tho legitimate functions of this non partisan association to report ordinary campaign mootings or to transmit tho scandals that spring up during such heated periods All ouch have been rigorously excluded from the Associated Press reports. “Tho charge that election returns tn the State of New York were withheld, is disproved by the fact that, out of a total of 1,099 wards and towns in the State, tho Associated Press received, on clectiou night, returns from 630, whereas in 1876 returns were received from only 254. and in 1880 from only 293. The extent, rapidity, and substantial accuracy of this service wero never equaled beforo in this State, the total vote of which, in 1884, reached tho onoromous number of 1,167.003, so nearly divided between the two great patties as to leave to the victor only about 1.100 of a plurality. The investigation shows that while there wore some serious error? in, the telegraphing of our reports, e*>pccialljr