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THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. 4 ■■■■■< ■' 11 1 " 1 A Democratic Senator Declares that the Treasury Ought To Be Investigated. It Is Charged that the Funds Are Not in the Treasury and the State’s Warrants Are Protested. An Affidavit Showing that Funds Were Lost in the Defunct Banks. Conclusive Reasons Why There Should Be an Investigation—The Legislative Proceedings Yesterday—Minor Matters. THE TREASURY INVESTIGATION 1 . A Democratic! Senator Declares that There Is Need of an lavesUgation. Yesterday was an uncomfortably hot day for Treasurer Cooper. The whole of the afternoon session of the Senate was devoted to the discus Sion of his offieia affairs, and the allegations, stated emphatically as facts* with reference to his management of the trust funds in his possession, or which should he in h;3 possession, were anything but soothing or plesising to the gentleman of investigation antipathies. Mr. Cooper and Franklin Landers were present durthe discussion of the question. THE CULPABILITY OP THE TREASURER. The consideration of the minority report was the special order of the afternoon, and the debate began upon a motion by Senator Lindley to substitute the minority for the majority report. Senator McCullough, the chairman of the committee, attempted to direct the discussion of the reports te the question relating to the interest n the State funds. “It has been assumed,” he said, “from the time this question arose with reference to the Treasurer of State that the statute prohibited him from loaning the State funds to barks or to persons, and that if he doea loan it and receives interest thereon, the interest is the property of the State. In my judgment, that is what prompted the attempted investigation—a wish to show that the State Treasurer had probably received interest on the State’s money, and then go to the people with the cry that tlie interest belongs to the State. I take the position that the interest on the funds is not the State’su You can’t place money in the hands of an officer and say to him, “You shall pay me back every dollar,” and at the same time aytohim“you shall pay back every dime of interest you receive on it” If you charge him with the interest be receives udod it you have got to make him your agent and stand any loss by fire, burglary, or other casualty. By not giving him any secure place to keep the State funds, and by allowing him only the pitiful salary of $3,000 a year—a sum that no insurance company would insure the money for, the Legislature has recognized that the interest the State Treasurer gets from the State funds is his own, and that fact, in my judgment, would be recognized by the Supreme Court if the officer whose duty it is were to sue the Treasurer and litigate with him for ten years to come. The State of Indiana does not want to loan her money. The £tate wants the principal of her money, and she wants every dime of it Tho majority of this committee recommend that the law shall be so amended .ns to leave no question about it —that the Treasurer and his bondsmen are absolute insurers of the money. Mr. Winter—l have listened with great patience to the speech by the senator from Gibson, and with disappointment, and I do not affect anything when I say that there has been, in roy fa dgraent, an utter failure to make any answer whatever to the grave charges they aro called upon to face. This is a question which rises above politics It is a question as to whether (Senators here, by the votes they will give on these reports, are willing not only to put themselves in the attitude whicn the senator from Gibson says formor Legislatures have been occupying for many years, as conniving at violations of the statute, but whether they will put themselves in the attitude of active participants In violations of the law in the future. It may be true, as the senator says, that all Treasurers of State have violated the law, and it may be true that Legislatures and Governors have connived at its violation; but I submit, in all eandor, we connot afford to go on conniving at the violation of law when it is brought before us officially that the law is violated. We have taken an * oath to see that no violation of law shall continue if it is in onr power to stop it. The senator from Gibson has attempted to argue that the Treasurer of State has a right to keep the public moneys where he pleases, to speculate with them as be sees proper, to make whatever profit ho may out of them, and no one has any right to call in question his acts. I take issue upon that statement as to the law. The very authorities the senator quoted show the proposition he has been advocating is not law, and never has been. It is conceded that the Treasurer of State has been violating the law in the discharge of his duties. That fact alone creates an imperative demand for a full and complete investigation. REASONS FOR AH IHVEStrOATIOX. Mi. Magee—l desire to address myself rather from an individual stand-point than any other. I find it impossible for me to agree with the majority on this question. I haro been assured this was not a political question, and I take it that it is not It reaches beyond a political question. It is a question that involves the integrity of an officer of the State, and the safe keeplug of the funds which the people of the State have contributed for the maintenance of the government of the State; a question ns to whether the funds aro in the custody of the proper officer or not—as to whether the Treasurer of State is able at any time to produce the money with which he is chargeable; and I cannot conceive how it is that there could be any obstruction or any delay in that in quiry, or wffiy it should not be so fnll and complete as to make it as satisfactory as it would be to inquire into the trust of any other citizen; or why this inquiry is not to be met in that spirit of fairness which a man would want to meet, and show that he desired close scrutiny as to his trust. It is not a question as to whether the Treasurer has been guilty of felony, neither it is it a question of an attack on ex-Governor Porter. 1 caro not if the insinuation of Governor Porier was begotten in malice; tho people have the right to know whether the money* they have paid in for taxes are on hand or not The majority report says they are. That may be. Bnt what harm would it be to ascertain whether it is there or not? I undertake to say it is not there. I charge that no longer than today a warrant drawn against the general fund ha* been protested, and I have tho authority of the gentleman who holds the warrant for saying so. Whether that be true or false. I make the statement that the general fund which ought to be at hand failed to respoud to a warrant drawn in favor of the gentleman who is entitled to have the sum of money named in his warrant Ido not know anything about the truth of the reports that the Treasurer is delinquent, but it seems to me when there is such a report it would be the duty of the Treasurer of Stats at once to address the General Assembly a letter inviting them to make as full and complete investigation as it is in their power to make. It is the duty of the Treasurer of State to meet his ebligations promptly, and at all times, without hesitation. There are some insinuation* in this minority report that I hardly think proper, and " that i* why I have hesitated and some of my friends on the Democratic side have hesitated in this matter. Senator Foulke closed the discussion, and he spoke with telling effect. It had been stated, be said, that the minority report was for political effect. “Why is it that the Democratic organ of Indiana, published in Indianapolis, and the Democratic organ of Ohio, published at Cin-

cinnati, both take the same view the minority of the committee took? Why is it that tho senator from Cas, and men who have stood as leaders of the Democratic party demand an investigation of the Treasury?” He said that when the officers of the Meridian National Bank, with whom the deposit of $60,000 had been made by the State Treasurer, were asked how the money e'atne into the bank's possession, they replied they could not tell, for the reason that Mr. Cooper did not desire that there should be an investigation. Fmnkliu Landers has expressed a willingness that his accounts with the bank, so far as they might relate to the Treasury funds, should be examined, but he had not given permission to examine the accounts of the * firm. There were facts with reference to this special deposit that made an investigation necessary. With reference to the accusation that the minority were attacking the Treasurer from political motives. Mr. Foulke inquired who had made the acrimonious attack upon Governor Pc rter because he had suggested the necessity of an investigation. In reply to Vie charges that the minority had no authority but mere rumor for the statement that the Treasurer had lost money in the failure of the defunct banks, Mr. Foulke produced an affidavit from Moses G. McLain, clerk of the Marlon Circuit Court, affirming, and the report of William Wallace, receiver of Fletcher A Sharpe’s bank, among the liabilities to persons holding certificates of deposit were the items: “May 31, 1884. John J. Cooper, Treasurer of State, $6,000; Jnne 23. 1881, John J. Cooper, Treasurer of State, $7,000. CAUSE FOR SUSPICION. When Senator Magee was speaking he was interrupted by Mr. Cooper, who said, in response to the statement that a warrant had been protested, that the reason the payment had not been made waa because there was no money in tho fund. The warrant alluded to was issued to Mr. P. MoCormick, the contractor for the construction. of the Evansville Insane Hospital, and the amount was $24,000. The warrant was not presented for payment immediately, bnt at the time it was issued by the Auditor there was fully SBO,OOO in the general fund, and it is authoritatively stated that there ought to have been not less than $40,000 when it was presented. When Auditor Rise was asked, yesterday afternoon, if he knew that he was issuing a warrant for money that was not in the Treasury, he promptly replied, “All 1 have to say is, that the money ought to have been there.” It is a criminal offense, punishable by imprisonment in the penitentiary, for the Auditor to issue a warrant for money that is not in the Treasury, and James H. Rice is net a man who would make such a mistake. LEGISLATIVE MATTERS. A Test of the Strength, of the Temperance Sentiment in the House. The bill of Representative Staley, requiring tho teaching in the public schools of the effect of alcohol upon the human system, came up for final action in the House yesterday afternoon. It ia understood to be a test of the strength of the temperance sentiment in the Legislature, and tho vote upon it, therefore, is of. more than ardi nary significance. The bill was passed by a vote of 43 to 42. There were thirteen representatives who were not present, and doubtless with a full attendance the result might have been different Those who voted for the bill were Representatives Adams, Akins, Barnes, Best, Boyd, Brooks, Brownlee, Browning, Carr, Cepeland, Dale, Deem. Dunn, Engel, Fleeces Floyd, Franklin, Hargrove, Hoban, Hopkins. Jameson, Liuville, Long, Monk of Wayne, McClelland, Osborne, Overman, Patten, Pleasants, Rivers, Robinson. Sayre, Sears, Shanks, Smith of Tippecanoe, Staley, Timmons, Toner, Townsend, * Trout. Twinoham, Vickrey and Wilson —43. Those who voted “nay” were Representatives Bailey, Barnev, Booe, Branch, Butz, Cartwright. Cory. Crecelius, Ditteraore, Donhost, Eley, Farrell, French, Garrison, Gooding. Gordon, Hanlon, Harrell, Hayden, Helms. Kellison, Klaas. Loyd, Mock of Wells, Murphy, McGovney, McHenry, McMichael, McMullen, Medcalf, Pendleton, Pruitt. Reeves, Reiter, Robertson. Schley, Schmidt, Smith of Perry, Smith of Warrick, Williams and Speaker Jewett—42. The bill was introduced by Mr. Staley, of Clinton, who is a Democrat. THE KNIGHTSOWN INVESTIGATION. The committee appointed, to investigate the charges against the officers of the Soldiers’ Orphans’ Home and the Asylum for Feebleminded Children, at Knightstown, held a meeting at the Grand Hotel, last night, and began the work of preparing the charges against the persons whose conduct will be investigated. Superintendent White was represented before the committee by Judge Claypool, Mr. Frank Morrison, of this city, and Mr. Ferguson, of Knightstown. John M. Goar, the trustee of the institution who demanded the investigation, was represented by W. D. Bynum. The chargee were nob fully prepared, but the committee will meet again this evening to complete the preliminary work. No testimony wiTl be taken, however, before Monday, The committee will go to Knightstown to-morrow, to spend Sunday at the institution, for the purpose of gathering information that may be useful in prosecuting the investigation. THE ELOQUENCE OP AN ASA The unusual value of space, yesterday morning, precluded any noticeof the idiotic speech on the majoritv report of the investigating committee delivered by the ridiculous representative from Sullivan county, whose career as a statesman has been a pitiable exhibition of asininity. The speech is classic in its idiocy, and as a specimen of ludicrous literature it deserves immortality. Nothing more comical has occurred during the session, or probably at any time in the legislative proceedings since the owl-bill speech by Representative Cabbage, which was supposed to be the climax of soaring stupidity. The painful effort with which the Sullivan statesman struggled, stumbling and halting, through the reading from manuscript of tho following grandiloquent peronitioß, was a strain upon the risibility ©f the House: “The gentlemen from Wabash and Kosciusko nut on his feathers and warpaint and constitutes himself the" Republican Warwick, and like the Cos low-sis of Rhodes be strides the—swash of Republican corruption, and attempts to purify tho polluted waters of the Stygian stream by dragging the untarnished reputations of Democratic officers into it; but the gentleman, like the puny, ephomeral insect which dances in the sunshine tor n moment, and then—ig-no-min-ous ly perishes, when ho cam* in contact with the blaze of Democratic investigation, with bis false charges, was scorched to death, and he cannot avert the fate of his party, which will be overwhelmed by the waves of oblivion, and sunken deeper in obsourity than the long lost At-a-a-a-lantis, which lies buried thousands of fathoms deep at the bottom of the ocean.” Tho above peroration is a fair specimen of the whole speech. It leaves little room for doubting that the Sallivan statesman is the primeval ass 7 MINOR MENTION. A handsome bonquet was presented to Speaker Jewett, at the opening of the afternoon session yesterday. A joint session of the House and Senate will be held on Monday to elect the State Librarian and the trustees of the different institutions. A motion to reoonsider Mr. Eley’s bill reducing the pay of coroners from $lO to $6 a day was overwhelmingly defeated in the House yesterday. Representative Helms voted against the Staley bill yesterday, for tho reason, he says, that he “believes that the agitation of the temperance question has been detrimental to the best interests of the eouutry, and it must in the future be without his support.” Evening News: If the gentleman from Sullivan should undertake to chastise every person who shares Mr. Fortune’s opinion of yesterday’s effort, and of Patten’s speech-making ability in general, he would be kept extremely busy from now until the end of the session. Evening Minute: Mr. Patten should not get angry because ha is u fool. He esn’t help il Nature made him so, <vnd he should not go back on the works of Nature. And this objecting to having the cold truth said about hjsspeech shows

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that Mr. Patten is no true patriot He should glory in his ignorance and comfort himself upon bis inability to hide it THE PROCEEDINGS IN DETAIL THE SENATE. The Bill Appropriating 53,900 for tlie State Exhibit at New Orleans Passed. The Senate yesterday morning returned to the consideration of the bill [H. R. 3] to increase the bond of the State Treasurer from $150,000 to $500,000. It was read the third time, and finally passed the Senate by yeas 45, nays Ol Mr. May, explaining his affirmative vote —I was not hero yesterday when the amendment was considered, and only want to say that I should have favored the bill as it came from the House of Representatives, to make the bond of the State Treasurer $1,000,000. I shall vote “aye” as it is. On motion of Mr. Foulke tho hill [H. R. 356] to appropriate $3,900 for maintaining the exhibit of the State at the World’s Industrial and Cotton Sentennial Exposition, reported from the House of Representatives, was read three times, under a suspension of the constitutional rule. Mr. Magee—l regard this exhibit on the part of the State as very much like a progressive business man advertising his business. We will get from this exhibit a notoriety we can get in no other way. I think this bill ought to pass without a dissenting voice. This exhibit cannot help butindneo immigration and the bringing of capital into this State. It has been stated that Indiana is the first State in the Union, according to wealth and popoulation in area, and we ought to make an exhibit worthy the people of the State.^ The bill finally passed the Senate by yeas 41, nays 4. The following described House concurrent resolutions were passed by the Senate: Requesting senators and instructing representatives in Congress to use their influence to secure the repeal of the limitation act of 1879; also, to vote for the repeal of that clause of the pension law which requires an applicant to prove himself of sound health at dato of enlistment; also, that all Mexican and disabled Union soldiers should be pensioned; also, that suit may be brought against railroads which have forfeited their land grants; also, to equalize bounties and secure pensions to those entitled thereto; also, to pass laws for the improvement of the Ohio river, amended so as to afford protection to holders of property in Indiana on the Ohio river. THE HOUSE. The Allen Land Act Passed—Mr. Staley’s Temperance Bill. The House, at the morning session yesterday, took up the bill [H. Ik 68} to repeal the alien land holders’ act. Mr. Pendleton—lt is time for the people of this country to protest against any future encroachment upon cur domains —to protest against aliens holding lands within the boundaries of our State. We invite all people to come among us, except the Chinese, and partake with us of our freedom and of our bounty. I believe it right to welcome them, and most cordially and heartily invite them; but we ask them to bear a just proportion of the burdens of taxation. Mr. Browning—l am opposed to this hill because I do uot think it is necessary to encumber the statute with two bills. I think that the Senate bill will accomplish all that is necessary. It repeals the law and allows all parties five years to dispose of their property. I think the Senate bill is a better bill. 5* Mr. Mock—When the committee investigated this bill and made their report, there was a difference ot opinion as to whether or not this law repeals the law of 1881. It may be it will by implication. There is a question about it. lam not in favor of repealing tho law absolutely. I will vote for this bill, however, or any bill repealing that kind of an act. Mr. Adams—l think that the statute ought to be so framed that the party will have five years to perfect his title and dispose of it. Mr. Kellison —There is another objection to that bill, and that is it has no saving clause. I am in favor of repealing the law, with a saving clause. Now it seems to me we ought not to pass this bill upon the supposition that another bill will pass. Ido not think that is wise;. This bill does not provide for rights acquiredunder the law. I, therefore, more that the bill bo recommitted to the judiciary committee with instructions to attach a saving clause. Mr. Williams—There is no bill that calfc* more for affirmative action. Os all the laws of the State of Indiana this is the most infamous. It is a disgrace to the State. It has been said it will be confiscation of aliens’ property. There is no emergency clause, and it will give them time to dispose of their real estate. I still move to lay the motion on the table. A division being called for the motion was laid on the table by yeas 36, nays 29. Mr. Moody—With all due deference te the* terms of this bill I want to know before its passage if it will accomplish anything. I have not heard a single gentleman state to this house the object to be accomplished by this act. If the House bill passes, and if a man acquires a lien or acquires a mortgage under the existing law, it will throw a cloud on his title. lam in favor of repealing this law, yet, at the same time, I am iu favor of saving every person, alien or resident of the United States. If an alien has acquired any property under the law we have no right to confiscate iti The Senate hill is the best bill. Mr. Gooding l —l do not understand the passage of this bill to interfere at all with the rights acquired under this law. It is a well-settled rule of law, I think, that laws enacted by the Legislature operate prospectively unless they provide otherwise. The repeal of this act will not affect the title of auy right acquired by foreigners until the time of taking effect. The repeal of the law will not affect the rights acquired under the law. Mr. Robinson—The time has come for the passage of thi9 bilk A similar hill to this was delayed two years ago until it was not passed. lam in favor of supporting the bill. The Senate bill, I think, doea not cover the ground. I demand the previous question. The House seconded the demand, and under its operations the bill was rend the third time, and passed, by yeas, 68; nays. 15. The Senate amendment to the House bill fixing the bond of the State Treasurer, reducing the amount from $1,000,000 to $500,000. came up for consideration. Mr. Gordon said: Ido not bolSevo a million dollars is any too much for the amount of the State Treasurer’s bond. Five hundred thousand dollars is not a sufficient bond. Mr. Gooding—l am willing to vote for a bill making the bond one million, but I am informed that next Tuesday the Treasurer will commence his new term of office, and, unless we pass some kind of a bill, he will only give a bond for $150,000. Therefore, rathertban have him give a bond for $150,000 only, I am in favor of concurring in the Senate amendment of $500,000. Mr. Harrell—lt has been argued before this house that it would be better to concede to tho Senate than let the matter pass over until next week. lam inclined to think it would not be. If the judgment of the House is that the penalty of tho bond should be one million dollars, we ought to stick to it. Oa the Ist of November, 1884, there was a balance of cash in the Treasurers hands to the amount of $431,256.58. A bond of $500,000 would scarcely cover that. It seems to me the bond ought to be enough to make the people of the State feel secure. Mr. Engle demanded the previous question. The House seconded the demand, and under its operations the House refused to concur in the Senate amendment by a vote of ayes, 38; nays, 47. Mr. Gordon moved for a committee of free conference, and that two be appointed on the part of the House. The motion was agreed to. and the Speaker appointed Messrs. Patten and McMullen. The bill [H. R. 16] to provide for the teaching of physiology and hygiene in the public schools, came up for consideration. Mr. Gooding—l am not willing to say to the school teachers that they shall pay special attention to the teaching of physiology and hygiene with special reference to the influence of ak-ohol and narcotics on the human system, to the exclusion of all other branches. We have enough taught iu our common schools. I move that the bill be recommitted, with instruction* to report back to this House with amendments. If it is not, I shall vote against the bill. Mr. Wilson—l think this bill should pass. Mr. Staley—lt is not a matter of policy, but it is a matter of right. It is conceded that it is a moral question; therefore, I think the bill should pass. We should have some legislation on moral questions.

THIS FIRE RECORD. The Losses by Wednesday Sight's New York Fire Aggregate 8600,000. New York, Feb. 5.—A critical review of the losses at this morniug’s big fire on Wooster street foots up a total of half a million dollars, of which the underwriters will have to pay three-fourths. Os the huge building where the fire raged, and to which it was wholly confined, nothing is left Every dollar’s worth of property, except what may be found in the buried safes when the ruins cool down, is destroyed. The nearest estimates that can be gathered of the losses of the tenants to-day are as follows; First floor and basement —Scott & Bonne, chemists, $60,000; Steiuhardt Bros., wholesale liquor dealers, $50,000. Second floor—J. Rashower & Cos., fringes and tassels, $13,000t Third floor—Goodyear India Rubber Glove Manufacturing Company, $‘25,000. Fourth floor—Bernard Allman, fringes and novelties, $10,000; J. Dalton, lace goods and canvas, SIOO,OOO. Fifth floor—A. Nussbaura, straw goods; $?,- 000. Sixth floor—Rub. Fenner, Smith & Cos., manufacturers of gold aud silver-headed canes, $13,000. The building was owned by Peter Bruener and Henry 8. Moore, furniture manufacturers, and cost $250,000. The building No. 116 occupied by Gillis k Geoahecran.. steam heating apparatus, was knocked entirely to pieces, and No. 118, occupied by C. A. Shocks, as a hardware store, was partly destroyed. The loss in these is $lO.000, and the steam heating firm's loss on stock is SIOO,OUO. C. A. Shocks’s hardware store was damaged $30,000. The damage to business houses in Greene street and surrounding tenements i6 $15,000; total loss $505,000. The damage done by the tire of last night to S. B. Chittenden’s building, on Barclay street and Park place, amounts to $50,000; fully insured. The costly presses of Major & Knapps, lithographers, that escaped destruction, were more or less bad I v damaged, and the total loss on stock is $150,000. The insurance is distributed among thirty companies, amounting to $90,000. The damage to Fritchie. importer of drugs and oils, is estimated at $25,000; insured. The damage to John Wygand's stock of crockery is $30.000; insured. Edward Miller &Ca lose $30,000; insurance, $20,000. Fire Losses in January. New York, Feb. s.—The Daily CommercialBulletin of Feb. 6, will give a list of fires during January, in the United States and Canada, where reported loss was SIO,OOO and upward. Os such fires there were 223. The Bulletin estimates the aggregate fire loss for the month at $8,500,000, or $1,000,000 more than the avegage loss in January for the previous nine years. There were eleven fires where the loss ranged between SIO,OOO an $35,000, causing, in the aggregate, about one-fifth of the entire fire waste of the month. If tires keep up at this rate the result will be a fire loss of $102,000,000 for 1885. A Tillage Destroyed. St. Paui., Feb. s.—The village of Battle Lake, which has a population of 500, and is cated twenty miles east of Fergus Falls, was destroyed by fire this morning. The loss is not eiven, hut most of the buildings are said to have been destroyed. DAILY WEATHER BULLETIN. Indications. War Department, ) OffFICTT OF THE CHIEF*Si&XATj OFFICER, S Washington, Fob. 6, 1885. ) For the Ohio Valley and Tennessee —Fair weather, northerly winds, becoming variable, falling, followed in the west portion by slowly ri&iug temperature. For the Lower Lake Region—Colder,fair weather, followed in west portion by slight rise of temperature, northerly winds becoming, variable. For the Upper Lake Region—Local snows, partly cloudy weather, variable winds, generally northeast to southeast, slight rise of temperature. For the Upper Mississippi Valley—Light local snows, partly cloudy, slightly warmer weather, variable winds, generally from east to south. For the Missouri Valley—Clearing, slightly wanner weather, variable winds, generally southerly. _ Local Observations. Indian apoms, Feb. 5. Time. Bar. Thar. [Hum.[Wind. Weather Rain. - ■ - ■ 6a.M.. J 29.64 34.6 98 Calm Lt. Snow .03 10 a. m.. 29.75 26.6 88 N Lt. Snow 2p.m.. 29.77 23.2 73 N Fair. .04 6 p.m . 29.91 18.1 70 N Clear lOp.M- 29.99 13.5 85 NW [Clear. Maximum temperature, 30.2; Minimum temperature, 13.5. General Observations. War Department, \ Washington, Feb. 5, 10.00 p. m. ) Observations taken at the same moment of time at all stations. aa3 * 3 5 a s' 00 §■ g 33 f* o g ? STATIONS, % 2 i • % * 3 Si ; *g* : * • • • • a • ” i • b i : J : : >: & : New Orleans. La.... 29.95 ~57 W .... CfewT" Vicksburg, Miss.... 30.07 48 NW Clear. For ; Smith. Ark 30.09 34 W Clear. GWvssfcon. Tex 30 08 57 NW Clear. Little Rock. Ark.... 30.05 43 N Clear. Shreveport, La..... 30.10: 46 NW ' Clear. Cincinnati, 0 29.95 18 N Clear. Indianapolis. Ind... 29.95) 14 NW Clear. Louisville, Ky 29,97 22 NW Clear. Memphis, Tenn 30.04 38 NW Clear. Nashville, Tenn 29,96 25 NW .05 Clear. Pittsburg. Pa 29.80 17 N .04 Cloudy. Chicago. lU, 30.00 14 NW .OttiLt. snow Cairo. 11l 30.06 30 N Cloudy. Davenport, la 30.04 19 Lt. snow Dee Moines, La ,29.93 27 . S ..... Cloudy. Keokuk. Ia 29.99 34 E Lt. Snow LaCrosee. Wis 251.98 14 S Cloudy. Moorehead.Minn... 29.92 8 NE .02 Lt. snow St. Louis, Mo 30.02 j 27 NE 1... .iciou.lv. St. Paul, Minn 129.92 9 SE LCloudy. Springfield, ill 30.06 23 E 1 Cloudy. Leavenworth, Kan.. 251.931 32. S Clear. Omaha, Neb 29.94 30 S Clear. Yankton, Dak 29.91 28,Calm Cloudy. Bismarck, Dak., 29.91 lJTOalm Cloudy, Fort Buford, Dak.. 251.92 19 N Lt. snow Ft. Aseiaiboine, Mta 29.87 36 NW Fair. Deadwood, Dak 30.04 37 8W Clear. Fort Custer, Mont.. 29.01 38 W Clear. Denver. Col 30.17 47 W Clear. Dodge City, Kan.... 30.09 514 W Clear. Fort Elliot, Tex 30.13 34 NW Clear. North Platte, Neb.. 30.01 32 W Clear. Las Animas. Col 30.09 34 SE Clear. Fort Bill. Ind. 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Monthly statement for January 1835, Showing the condition of the State Treasury at the close ot business January 31. 1885, as indicated by the records in the offices of Treasurer and Audi to# of State. RECEIPTS. Balance in Treasury January 1, 1885 $1,044,494.39 General fund $123,954.08 School revenue fund.. 199,144.62 New State-house fund. 17,857.67 College fund, prmcmol 1,477.1 ! 3 College fund, interest.. 717.29 Permanent endowment fund 4,211.517 Sales lands, act 1883.. 500.00 338,862.76 Total $1,383,357.15 DISBURSEMENTS. General fund $208,938.33 School revenue fund.. 687.562.80 New State-house fund.. 26,165.70 College fund 500.00 Unclaimed estates fund 215.43 923,382.20 Balance. January 31, 1885 $459,974.89 JOHN J. COOPER, Treasurer of State. JAS. H. RICE, Auditor of State. ANNOUNCEMENTS. Announcement— there will be a social and supper at the Fourth Presbyterian Church on Friday evening. Adults. 25c; children, lQe admittance. Col. 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THEJOUENAL-1885 THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL is recognized everywhere as tho leading newspaper of Indiana. No proper expense will be spared in the future to maintain this undisputed excellence and to increase the value and interest of the paper. THE JOURNAL was never so well equipped to serve the public. Our arrangements for the collection of the news of tho day are moro complete than ever, and we are adding some special features for 1835 which must enhance the popularity of the paper. THE JOURNAL is the only paper in Indiana that prints regularly the full reports of tho Western Associated Press, which are now more comprehensive than ever, covering the whole world. These dispatches are supplemented by the work of special correspondents at all the principal cities and towns of the State and of the country at large. We have a special resident representative at Washington City, who looks after the news of the national capital with vigilance, paying particular attention to that which most nearly concerns THE JOURNAL'S constituency. Tho national administration will soon pass into tho control of tho Democratic party, and tho fullest and moat reliable intelligence from Washington will be presented in our news columns, free from party bias, impartially, and without restraint. The new State administration takes charge of affairs with the beginning of the new year. The Democratic Legislature will be in session. The Journal will pay unusual attention to the daily presentation of such a report of its doings that any citizen of the State may know all that is going on affecting the public interests, accompanied with such comment as may be needed to explain the possible political, social and economic effects of the proposed legislation. 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