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he had been suffering from illness. “I considered Burton slow, but a good workman." said the witness; “he was respectable and respectful. I would give him a good character." The case was adjourned until Monday next, at the request of Mr. Poland, Solicitor of the Tteasury. Mr. Poland said at the next hearing the crown would produce an entirely new branch of testimony against both Cunningham and Burton. The prosecution was gathering, he said, fresh eridence against the prisoners every day, and the police were kept busy investigating it. A DYNAMITE CONGRESS. Picturesque Story About an Alleged Meeting of Organized Murderers. London, Feb. 23.—A Paris dispatch to Reuter’s News agency gives an account of the congress of Fenian dynamiters in that eity to-day. An oye witness to the proceedings of the meeting say around the table were seated eleven delegates to the long talked of convention. Two of these represented the Irish revolutionary party in Great Britain, three extremists reported from the United States of America, two from Ireland, two from the continent, and two others represented the Irish Invincible*. Thirteen Fenians sat behind the table, against the wall. These were prohibited from taking part in the debates. A Russian Nihilist stood in one corner of the room, in company with a manufacturer of dynamite, *" who was present for the purpose of arranging a sale for his explosive wares. Every person present was armed with a revolver and in readiness to shoot any detective who might interfere with the proceedings of the convention. The meeting was called to order by a man who was called Kiul; but whose real name is John Morrissey, a native of County Carlow, Ireland. An individual named Hennery was appointed reporter of the congress. Several letters of apology for absence were read, all expressing bitter hatred of England. Kiul, rising to speak, was greeted with three cheers. He referred to the past work and future achievements of the dynanaroiters, and invited the delegates present to discuss means which would lead to the end of England’s evil government of Ireland. The remarks of the chairman were greeted with cries of “Down with England," “Longlive dynamite.” Patrick Corcoran made a speech, in which he detailed at length what he described as the crimes and tyrannies of England. Ho proposed a resolution to the effect that this Congress, considering that England has thrown down the glove, accepts the challenge and defies her, and, taking all entailed risks, resolves to punish England. The resolution advises the pursuing of a dynamite war on an extended scale, and by more vigorous means, and to eause explosions not only in London. but in all towns and villages in England. Corcoran warmly supported this resolution. Several delegates pleaded in favor of innocent women and children, declaring that by making a general war of the description recounted in the resolution the dynamiters would lose the sympathy of mankind. A point taken by some of the speakers was, “We are not warring against the English people, but against the British government. Therefore, it is better to Attack only the vessels of the British navy, the barracks and arsenals.” These modified views did not prevail, and it was then proposed to effect a fusion of dynamiters and Invisibles, but this was frustrated by a telegram received from “No. 1.” The congress accepted a proposal for an alliance with the Russian Nihilists, on the ground that Russia was the enemy of England, and therefore a friend of Ireland. Jas. McDermott, the informer, was again condemned to death by solemn resolution of the congress. It was also decided to send two members of the dynamite faction, who are acquainted with military tactics, to the camp of El Mahdi, whom it is proposed to instruct in the use of a dynamite cannon, the inventor and manufacturer of which was present, and who is expecting heavy orders from the Mahdi. RUSSIAN INTERNAL AFFAIRS. . Tolstoi, Minister of *’•- • > rentiers ills Resignation. St. Petersburg, Feb. 23.—-It is learned to day that Count Tolstoi, Minister of the Interior, has resigned, but the Czar has declined to accept his resignation. Count Tolstoi, however, persists in his purpose of retiring, pleading that the excessive duties of his office at present, owing to the activity of the Nihilists, are undermining his health. • A London telegram says it is reported that the real reason for Count Tolstoi’s offering his resignation was that M. De Giers, Russian Foreign Minister, has abrogated many of the harsh and arbitrary decrees issued by Count Tolstoi in his efforts to suppress the strikes among the agricultural and industrial laborers throughout Russia. These strikes recently assumed alarming proportions, and Count Tolstoi endeavored to suppress them by force. De Giers has insisted on more moderate treatment. A SENSATIONAL TRAGEDY. An Unfaithful Wife Drinks the Poison Prepared for Her Husband. Paris, Feb. 23.—The Figaro and other papers publish the following melodramatic story: “A most sensational drama has just occured here in the family of wealthy, well-known Americans, residing near the avenue De Bois De Boulogne. The married couple lived most happily together for several years, but last week the husband discovered that his wife was guilty of clandestine relations with his gardener. Ten days later be found in one of his wife’s dresses a love letter from the gardener, containing the following sentence: ‘Ernpoisonne ton Mariet nous fuirons ensemble a New York on nous Vivrons Heureux.’ The husband said nothing. In silence he awaited the moment for a terrible revenge. Last night as the husband and wife were going to bed the wife placed, according to her usual custom, two glasses of sugar and water, one for herself and one for her husband, on the dressing table, near the bed, the wife, as she had always done, putting the sugar in the water. The husband watched the operation, betraying no unusual expression. Just as the wife was about to drink her husband asked her to band him a silk handkerchief that was hanging on the back of the chair. As bis wife turned to take the handkerchief her husband quickly and adroitly reversed the tray, upon which were placed the two glasses, sc that the one intended for him stood in the place of th:|t intended for his wife. The husband and wife then drank at the same moment. As the husband, after ens- - bis glass, calmly replaced it on the dressing table, His wife fell to the floor, shrieking in agony. She had swallowed the dose of strychnine that she had with her own hands prepared for her husband, The affair causes a great sensation. The wife is not dead yet, but is suffering terribly. An official investigation is being invito ted,* and the husband and gardener are ar res ltd. * • FOREIGN MISCELLANY. The Remains of Mrs. Lowell Interred in Kensalgreen Cemetery. London, Feb. 23. —The remains of Mrs. James Russell Lowell were interred at Kensalgreen Cemetery, to-day. The funeral was strictly private, and started from the residence of Mr. Lowell at 11 o’clock this morning. Among those present were Secretary Hoppin, of the American U'Siution; ‘J. W. Smalley and lady. Lady Little ion. Mr. Stephens, editor of the Whitehall Review; Hon. Waldgraye Leslie, and Henry James, the American novelist. Minister Lowell wept freely during the obsequies. The Prince of Wains sent a message of condolence, and Premier Gladstone personally, condoled with Mr. Lowell. ’On Saturday the casket was almost buried in ■wreaths received from friends, from members of the diplomatic corps, and American residents in 1 I ejndon. (Shooting at a Caretaker. DrBLTN, Fob. 23.—A dispatch from Tralee states *hat last evening, just after dusk, an attempt was made to kill the caretaker at Castle

Island. The caretaker was sitting in his house, when he was fired at through a window. Only one shot was fired. The bullet struck the caretaker, inflicting, perhaps a mortal wound. Constables were in ambush near the house, and they shot at the retreating assassins, but owing to the darkness probably missed them. Search was at once instituted, and the entire place was scoured. Eleven young men were found out doors and away from home during the search, and were placed under arrest No evidence, as yet, has been produced agaiust them. Russian Intrigues in Afghanistan. London, Feb. 23.—A dispatch just received from Cabul says no little uneasiness prevails in government circles because of the {remarkable numbers of Russians pouring into tho Afghan capital, ostensibly as travelers. It is the general belief of the natives that these alleged Russian travelers are military men. and that their visits are connected with tiie rumored scheme of Russia for annexation of Afghanistan. Liverpool’s Naval Exhibition. Liverpool, Feb. 23.—At a meeting held here to day, the mayor presiding, it was decided to hold an exhibition here in 1886, illustrative of navigation, modes of traveling and commerce, the principal features to be exhibits in connection with ship-building and shipping industries generally. Tampering with the British Mails. London, Feb. 23. —The owners of the White Star line steamer Celtic, at Liverpool, say, in relation to the cutting open of mail-bags, on the voyage from New York, that, the mails were delivered intact. A dispatch-bag had been tamppered with, but none of its contents taken. A Wicked Canard. London, Feb. 23.—The owners of the steamship Lydian Monarch, which is being used to transport troops to Egypt, pronounce tho reported sinking of that vessel in St George channel a wicked canard, and threaten to prosecute the author. Cable Notes. Tlio Duke of Edinburg is suffering from an abscess, but is progressing well. The Swiss Bundesrath has rejected the naturalization treaty with the United States. Duke Leopold, of Torlonia. has been married to Princess Letitia, daughter of Prince Napoleon. The Moscow Gazette states that the Council of the empire has fixed the import duty on agricultural machines, without regard v to the material whereof they are constructed, at about $1 per hundred weight. The Lord Mayor of London has issued an appeal to the public for funds to assist the large number of people in London who have been thrown out of work because of the depression in trade, and who are in destitute, circumstances. GEN. GORDON’S CRY FOR AID. [Concluded. from First Page.] was possible to do so. Mr. Gladstone said he fully shared in the regret for the of that gallant officer, General Gordon; but there was some comfort in believing that no great effusion of blood had occurred at Khartoum. The English mission in the Soudan was the safety of Egypt The government might have committed errors of judgment, but throughout it had acted with honesty of purpose. He felt satisfied that no other course was open to them. He referred to the better government and other reforms established in Egypt, and said there was no longer any danger of rupture with France, which had cordially assisted in a measure which ho hoped in a few days to seo formally completed, and which should save Egypt from bankruptcy. If Sir Stafford Northcote wanted to establish good, stable government in the Soudan, such a covenant was not compatible with common prudence because it meant the establishment of British government over Mohammedans. This would entail an endless struggle, for those people were courageous by birth and were reckless by fanaticism. The government declined to enter into any covenant not reasonable and prudent. Even without the determination to smash the Mabdi, t the Iroops. If the House thought the government had failed in its duty the latter would cheerfully accept the verdict, but if they believed it had acted with good intentions and without palpaple errors of judgment, he hoped they would give expression to to their confidence, and thus strengthen the hands of the whole country in the face of the world. [Prolonged cheering.] Several speakers of less importance then addressed the House. Mr. Redmond said the Irish people desired to see the Mahdi successful in his struggle for liberty. Adjourned. In the House of Lords. London. Feb. 23. —In the House of Lords, this evening, Baron Wentworth, Liberal, gave notice that he would move an amendment to Earl Salisbury’s motion concerning the governernment’s Egyptian policy, to the effect that her Majesty’s forces should not occupy the Soudan any longer than necessary, and that, in the interests of Egypt and the British empire, it was undesirable to prevent the Egyptian people from exercising the right of selecting their own government. Earl Carnarvon implored tho Earl of Derby, Secretary of State for the Colonies, to let nothing stand in the way of acceptance by the government of the offers made by the colonies, and which would enable the colonies to act in the field in one body with the Queen’s array. It would, continued the speaker, be a great step in the federation of the colonies. Dickering for Votes. London, Feb. 23.—Secret negotiations are being carried on between the government and the Irish party in regard to the terms on which the Irish members of Parliament will support the government in the division on tho question of the vote of censure. Government agents, it is asserted, offer as a return for such support a modification of the crimes act; but Mr. Parnell insists upon a pledge that there shall be no renewal of the act The prospects for a government majority are improving. The Marquis of Salisbury's notice of a motion committing the Tories to a policy of prolonged occupation of the Soudan has driven tho Radical section back into the government ranks. The cohesion of the group of peace extremists will secure to the government thirty votes hitherto doubtful. OBITUARY. Sudden Death of Horace E. Capron, Former Commissioner of Agriculture. Washington, Feb. 23.—General Horace E. Capron died, last night, from the effects of a cold contracted while attending the dedicatory ceremonies of the Washington monument, on Saturday. General Capron commanded a company which took part in laying the corner-stone of the monument, in 1848, and subequently removed to Illinois, and entered the Union army from that State, serving with great distinction until after the battle of Nashville, when he resigned ou account of disability. He was appointed Commissioner of Agriculture in 1861, and held that office until 1871. . General Capron subsequently spent three years in Japan, having been appointed by the Japanese government to take charge of a scheme to develope the resources of the island Yeddo. For liis services there he received uuiuy distinctions from the Japanese government Flourlng-MiUs Burned. Columbus, 0., Feb. 23 —The Cottage flour mills, belonging to Cyrus Zeeds, jr., were burned to-day at Shadeville. Loss, $40,000; insurance, *IB,OOO. Never spend your money before you have it. This will save you from many difficulties and some temptations. But if you have a cold, spend twenty-five cents for a bottle of Dr. Bull’s Cough Syrup.

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24. 1885.

PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS. THE SENATE. Passage of the Des Moines Land Titles atfti Postoffice Appropriation Bills. Washington, Feb. 23. The Chair laid before the Senate the credentials of James K. Jones, senator-elect from Arkansas. A resolution was agreed to authorizing the committee on Indian affairs to continue, during the recess of Congress, investigation regarding the leases of Indian lands Another resolution was agreed to, calling on the Secretary of the Interior to furnish information relating to the progress of Indian education. Mr. Miller, of California, presented a petition received by telegraph from the annual encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic, now in session at San Francisco, asking the immediate passage by Congress of the bill to place Gen. Grant on the retired list. The petition was, under the rule, laid on tho table, the Senate having already, on its part, passed a bill to carry out the purpose prayed for by the petition. the Des Moines settlers titles bill was then placed before the Senate, and Mr. Lapham resumed his remarks in support of his proposed amendment exempting from the operation of the act such of lands as were covered by the joint resolution of March 2. 1861, and whose titles the Supreme Court has decided to have been rendered valid by that joint resolution. The amendment was defeated—yeas 14, nays 29. The bill was then passed—yeas 31, nays 24. As it is a Senate bill, it now goes to the House of Representatives. Consideration of the postoffice appropriation bill was then resumed. Some debate aro&e on the committee’s proposed amendment striking out the House provision that would require the Secretary of the Treasury to bid in competition with private parties for the manufacture of postage stamps, stamped envelopes and postal cards. On the question coming to a vote the provision was struck out, as recommended by the Senate committee—yeas 32, nays 20. The only Democrat voting in the affirmative was Beck, and tho only Republican in the negative was Sherman. The Senate also agreed to the committee’s amendments striking out the provisions for an extra 10-eent postage rate on letters intended lor special expedition in delivery. Mr. Maxey. by direction of the committee on postofiices and post roads, offered an amendment to extend in favor of third-class postofiices the privilege given the Postmaster general to lease premises for accommodation of first and seeoudclass offices. Ruled out on a point of order. Mr. Frye offered an amendment appropriating $890,000 for transportation of foreign mails, including the transit across the isthmusof Panama, and authorizing the Postmaster-general to contract with the lowest responsible bidder for the carriage of such mails at not to exceed 50 cents per nautical mile on the trip each way actually traveled between terminal points, but providing that such mails shall be carried on American steamships, and that the aggregate of such contracts shall not exceed one-half the sum appropriated by the amendment. After debate the amendment was agreed to — 30 to 18. The Senate retained the House provision permitting newspaper articles to be marked without increase of postage. The bill was then read a third time and passed without division. It now goes to the House for concurrence or non concurrence in the Senate amendment. Mr. Mitchell said he would, to-morrow, call up private pension bills on the Senate calendars. The Senate then went into executive session, and when the doors were reopened, adjourned. THE HOUSE. Defeat of Mr. Randall's Scheme for Rebuilding the Navy* Washington, Feb. 23. —Mr. Randall, chairman of the committee on appropriations, reported the sundry civil appropriation lull, which was referred to the committee of the whole, Mr. Bland reserving all points of order. Mr. Lefevro offered a resolution recit’nJfctaat is discriminating against, imported American products, and instructing the committee on foreign affairs to inquire into and report whether the interests of the United States do not require the adoption of a like discrimination on articles imported from the German empire. Referred. On motion of Mr. Pnyson the Senate amendments were concurred in to the House bill forfeiting the Texas Pacific land grant. On motion of Mr. Hopkins the Senate amendments to the House bill prohibiting importation of contract labor were concurred in. Tho States were then called for introduction of bills, but very few were presented, the most important of these being one introduced by Mr. Perkins, to open up the Oklahoma lands to homestead settlements. Mr. Randall then moved that the House go into committee for further consideration of tl e naval appropriation bill, and, though opposed by supporters of the river and harbor bill, the motion was carried —yeas, 136; nays. 125—and t'< e House went into committee as indicated, wi.fi Mr. Wellborn in the chair. Considerable debate ensued on the second section of the bill, which contains Mr. Randall’s scheme for rebuilding the navy. Finally, Mr. Thomas raised a point of or-der against the section, that it changed existing law, and was not in the interest of economy. Mr. Stone raised a further point that the subject-matter of the section should have been properly reported by the committee on naval affairs, and was not within the jurisdiction of the appropriations committee. * The Chair declined to rule on this latter point of order, but sustained that raised by Mr. Thomas, and the section was stricken from the bill. Mr. Randall then wished to postpone further consideration of ihe bill for the present, and to proceed to consideration of the deficiency bill, but objection was made. Mr. Talbott offered an amendment appropriating $1,780,000 for the completion of a steel cruiser of not less than 5,000 nor more than 6,000 tons displacement, the armament therefor having been authorized by act of Congress approved Aug. 5, 1882. Mr. Thomas favored the amendment as being a practical beginning to the work of building up a navy. Mr. Hewitt, of New York, said wliat we wanted was a real navy and not a sham one, and the addition of this ship to the navy would give us another failure. To appropriate for it would be simply money thrown away. Mr. McAdoo regarded the amendment as a proposition to produce an American Esmeralda, and, so regarding it, he would vote for it The amendment was adopted—9l to 67. Ou motion of Mr. Randall the amendment was amended by adding a proviso that the Secretary of the Navy shall approve the construction of said vessel. Mr. Thomas offered an amendment appropriating $2,204,000 for completion of the Puritan, Terror, Monadnock, Amphitrite and Miantonomah. provided their completion shall be recommended by the Secretary of the Navy. Lost —64 to 95. On motion of Mr. Boutelle an amendment was adopted providing for the return of the Alert, with the thanks of this government, to the government of Great Britain; for the transfer of the Bear to tho Treasury Department, to be used as a revenue cutter in Alaskan waters, and for the use of the Thetis in the navy as a surveying vessel. The committee then rose and reported the bill to the House. The action of the committee in adopting tho Talbot amendment was ratified by the House —yeas, 111; nays, 99. The bill was then passed, and the House took a recess until 8 o’clock in the evening, the session to be for consideration of business relating to the District of Columbia. The House, at the evening session, passed a few unimportant bills and adjourned. Colored Men for Office. Albany Special, Mr. Cleveland is receiving applications for office from distinguished colored men from all parts of the country. The Rev, Charles S, Smith, colored, of Bloomington, 111., who Is said to bo an eloquent preacher and political orator, is a candidate for minister to

Liberia. He was an alternate at large to the Chicago Republican convention, but his friends now say that he was disgusted at Blaine’3 nomination and was the original colored mugwump, Andrew T. Brady, colored, of Chicago, wants to have Frederick Douglass's place. In his behalf it was urged that he is the best simon-pure colored Democrat of the Northwest He stumped the State of Illinois for the Democratic national ticket Recently he wrote an article in the Conservator, of (Chicago, calling upon the colored people to give President Cleveland a hearty support and praising him as a great and good man. A KENTUCKY TRAGEDY. A Peace Officer Killed by a Drnnken Marshal, and a Bystander Wounded. Mt. Sterling, Ky., Feb. 23.—Deputy marshal J. D. Wyatt and John Gill to night arrested Mr. Boyd, a merchant of Freestone station, for being drunk. A. M. Bowling, a friend of Boyd, who was also drunk, demanded his release, and secured it by covering the officers with a pistol. The two went to tho depot, where a large crowd was awaiting the train. The officers summoned a posse and surrounded them, Bowling drew a pistol, killed officer Gill, and painfully wounded Howard Wilson. Two other snots were fired without effect. Bowling finally surrendered and was placed in jail. Bowling is town marshal of Farmers, in Rowan County, and a man who has frequently stained his hands with human blood. He was the officer who had John Martin in custody, when Martin was being taken from Winchester to Morehead. Martin was riddled with bullets when the train stopped at Farmers, and with his dying breath accused Bowling of his murder. Bowling is said to have boasted openly on the streets here, to-day, of having killed Martin. RELICS OF WASHINGTON. A Few of Them Possessed by Citizens of Michigan. Detroit Times. Charles Hagadorn, of Ontonagon, writes that his grandfather, while boarding at the same hotel with Washington, discovered a hair in his hash. He began to abuse the cook and was in bad humor generally, when the waiter offered to work all summer without a tip if he would let him have the hair. “Why do you want it?” said Mr. Hagadorn. “Sir,” said the waiter, “that hair came from the head of General Washington, and $1,000,000 would not buy it 1,000 year’s from now.” This decided the old gent, and instead of raising further ado, he gave the waiter fifty cents not to tell, and put it in an envelope. It has been cherished in the family, and has been found a sovereign cure for toothache when applied externally. Sarah Adelaide Pietou, a Belleville spinster, writes that she is an artist and has painted a picture of Washington, which is very fine, and which she intends presenting to Mr. Scripp’s art museum, when he gets it. She adds, by way of parenthesis, that this is her first effort, and that she has the hair two shades blacker than it ought to be, his moustache is too heavy, and his Prince Albert best coat has a trifle too wide a lapel, but, barring these defects, it is the best picture ever made. Samantha Gage, of Grand Rapids, has the following. which G. W. wrote in her autograph album one day after she had mashed him: FaireT than the fairest. Rarer than the rarest; Oh, how would I be blessed Were I by yon caressed. When this you see Remember me. George Washington, President of the U. S. The Libby Prison Tunnel. National Tribune, Feb. 19. To the Editor: I read in the Tribune of Jan. 29, an article written by Capt. J. T. Chalfant, of Pittsburg. Pa., headed “Libby Tunnel,” in which he gives a very accurate account of the parties connected with that scheme. CoL A. D. Streieht, of the Fifty-first Indiana, had no connection with the tunnel whatever. In fact, u_ U—— *- -*~o -- tunnel in progress until it was nearly completed, and he never was in it until he passed through it in making his escape. Colonel Thomas E. Rose, of the Seventy-seventh Pennsylvania, and myself conceived the plan of tunneling under Cary street, and he and I worked several nights alone before we took any one into the secret. I have often read newspaper accounts making Colonel Streight the “hero of lhat famous tunnel,” but thinking someone of the escaped officers would write it in detail, I have never attempted it, after a lapse of twenty-one years. Captain Chalfant’s statement as to the officers connected with it is correct, and the only true statement that I have ever read. Colonel Rose was a native of Pittsburg, and I have never been able to find out his whereabouts. He was one of the most noble and brave men I ever knew —generous to a fault and true as steel. I have often reflected over the perilous situation we were placed in while digging that tunnel. I would like to hear from Colonel Streight, through your columns, and hop© he will come out and give the honor to the brave men who are entitled to the credit. A. J. Hamilton, Captain Company A, Twelfth Kentucky Cavalry. — Distress in West Virginia. "Wheeling, W. Va., Feb. 23.—There have been reports, for some time past, of great distress in portions of the counties of Lewis, Braxton, Calhoun and Gilmer, in this State. The distress has been caused by the crops being ! ruined, last summer, by drought, and the unusual severity of the present winter. Whole neighborhoods of people, not to speak of live stock, have actually famished for want of proper food. A large amount of stock of all kinds has died. To-day the Legislature took measures to relieve the sufferers. A Thrifty Kditor. Griffin, Ga., News. The News acknowledges the receipt from S'mator Colquitt of a package of garden seed. We are waiting for a sack of joanna from our Uncle Joe Brown and will then plant our garden; and when the golden summer sun has ripened the products of the cucumber vines, our two senators will be invited down to a banquet of peas, carrots, turnips, cowcumbers and watermillions. An Aged Woman Burned to Death. Baltimore, Md., Feb. 23.—Mrs. Ann Bowling. aged eighty-six, was found dead in bed this morning, in the northeastern section of the city* She had attempted to make some tea, when her clothing caught fire and-she got into bed, being unable to call assistance. the bed was partially burned, and her body almost burned to a crisp. They Never Get There, Eli. Cincinnati Commercial Gazette. Uncle Joseph McDonald is tho Durbin Ward of Indiana. Each great State ought to have one of them. After a Frightful Fall. A mason named Reighter, in Carlisle, Pa., fell from a high scaffold and injured his leg. For a long time his leg was full of horrible sores. The scars are still there, but the sores are all healed. The healing was accomplished in seven weeks by the use of Brown’s Iron Bitters, which, by purifying the blood and strengthening the system, drove out the humors which had kept up the sores. Mr. Reighter is well known in Carlisle and vicinity. cover a thick cushion of medium size with satin, one of the dark warm shades of red is the most effective, if it is not oecessary to match a color in the other decorations in the room. Cut a tri angle of sheer white muslin, and cover one corner with it; along the bias edge place a jabot of lace, and on the other corner a handsome bow of wide satin ribbon. Biliousness Is very prevalent at this season, the symptoms being bitter taste, breath offensive, tongue coated, sick headache, drowsiness, dizziness, loss of appetite. If this condition is allowed to continue, serious consequences may follow. By promptly Riking Hoods Sarsaparilla, a fever may be avoided or premature death prevented. It is a positive cure for biliousness. Sold by all druggists.

LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE. The Other Side of the Seal-Skin Sacque. To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal: At the State woman’s suffrage convention, held in New York last week, one impassioned speaker said: “At present lam a slave, hating my serfdom. lam here to day as a slave, dragging my chains with me.” Her fetters weren’t perceivable, being, no doubt, hidden by the sealskin sacque the fair serf wore. I clip the foregoing from the Journal of the 19th. Doubtless many read and smiled, as I did at first glance, seeing only the comfortable side of the aforesaid sacque. It is said that ft r every smile there is a tear, and to the right side of every seal-skin sacque there is a wrong side. Maybe this fashionable “serf’ wore an aching heart that had been wounded by unjust treatment in a probate court or in other place under man-made and man-executed law. Be this as it may, one thing is sure, that Chicago has recently shown the other side of this woman’s serfdom in a most shocking manner. A simple-minded German girl, Miss Sidel, was accused of stealing a ring by her mistress, and notwithstanding she protested her innocence, she was arrested and taken to jail. She was arrested by a “voter,” was incarcerated and guarded by “voters.” Jailer Patton, also a “voter,” who had charge of the corridor in which the cell was located, most brutally outraged the person of this poor girl. The mother was summoned early the next morning, the daughter, more dead than alive, was removed to her home, and skilled physicians testified to the truth of the girl's charge against the guard at the jail. All parties were brought into the court. The judge was a “voter,” the twelve jurymen were “voters,” the advocates were “voters.” I read with care the testimony as it appeared from day to day in the Inter Ocean, and it was enough to stir the blood to boiling heat of any man who honored the name of mother, sister, wife or daughter. There was no shadow of doubt " left as to the guilt or the guard. The defense set up the plea that the girl was of unchaste reputation. By dint of the most depraved testimony it was shown that she had once, three years before, been found in company with a man under suspicious circumstances, and this, too, when she was unable to speak the English language, and unused to the wiles of American scoundrels. Because of this single instance Jailor Patton was sent from that court room with a verdict of “not guilty.” Had there been fair play the life of Patton should have been carefully scanned, and if he had been proven guilty of a single lapse from virtue a verdict of “guilty of the crime charged,” would, under the rulings of this court, have exerted a salutary influence upon the future conduct of men similarly inclined. But no! only a “male” can be a “voter;” only a “voter” can be a juryman, and notwithstanding the fact that many of these “voters” are taken from the almshouses and prisons, hustled on board of ships and “assisted” to our shores to become full-fledged citizens, men, alone, do not seem to see the danger imminent, especially to the women of the Nation, because of this unjust discrimination of sex. The poor working girls, the Sadie Sidels, are crying out to the women in “seal skin sacques” to protect them from such injustice and outrage as comes from the fact that women are not allowed self-protection and selfrepresentation. Abraham Lincoln spoke with tongues when he said: “He who has not a voice in the laws under which he lives is a slave indeed.” This applies as well to those who wear sacques, us to those who wear coats. The shameless outrages that are being perpetrated in the courts of the country upon women should call the working men to defend the working women by placing the ballot in their hands, that when trials in courts are necessary, these women may place juries of their own sex to try their cause, thus preventing men as corrupt as the criminal himself from upholding dastardly crime. Freedom and law should know no sex, and until this sentiment is fully recognized by written law, noble souls, patriotic minds, will feel the galling “fetters” of injustice, whether covered with rags or seal skin sacques. Helen M. Uougar. Lafayette, Feb. 20, 1885. ine AllliCAntluU Ul A I'Ails. To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal: I confess to being interested in the story that went the rounds of the papers, some weeks ago, of the Scott county election, upon which, as the story read, depended the annexation of Texas. The Journal excepted to the statements made therein. Mr. Joseph B. Lewis, of Pendleton, came to the rescue of the story so far as to the vote, in the Senate, upon the annexation question, and showed that the annexation of Texas did depend upon one vote. In passing, I would say that when Mr. Lewis makes an assertion in regard to a matter of political history, it is wise not to take issue. The chances are against one in that kind of controversy. When Texas was annexed Indiana was represented in the Senate by Albert S. White, and Edward A. Hannegan. White voted against the measure in all its stages and Ilurnegan as steadily voted for it. It is an interesting fact that Mr. Tlannegan was elected to the Senate by seventy-six votes —a majority of one. Oliver H. Smith, the Whig candidate, in his book, “Early Indiana Trials,” assorts that he was defeated by the treachery of Daniel Hoover, of Wayne county, and Daniel Kelso, of Switzerland, both of whom, Smith avers, had repeatedly pledged themselves to vote for his re-election. Tilghman A. Howard was the Democratic caucus nominee, but was able to get hut seventy-four votes. To secure the votes of Hoover and Kelso, Howard was cast overboard and Hannegan taken up. Had Smith been elected he would have opposed to the bitter end, the annexation of Texas. But even with these two votes, Hannegan had but a bare majority, and it becomes an interesting qustion, whether or not Scott county's representative at that time, had been elected by a majority of one. If so, that Scott county story materializes, and it becomes by no means improbable that a single Scott county Democrat, waiting patiently or impatiently, for the return of his boots, without the loan of which a vote would have been lost, was exercising a far greater influence upon the destinies of mankind than does the astronomer who, after years of patient toil, discovers an asteroid, or marks the period of some comet's return to view. Richmond. lud., Feb. 21. J. N. Study. Forceythe Willson. to the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal: Dr. Holmes, in liis lecture ou the poets of America, said “The ’Old Sergeant,’by Forceythe Willson, is the lines lyric our war has produced, and casting about for some information of the poet I found him to be my next door neighbor.” Thus we learn that Mr. Willson was a Boston man, the son of a wealthy father, it seems. I. only know of the poet through his wife, who was Elizabeth Conwell Smith, the grand-daughter of James Con well, the great land-holder of Franklin and Fayette counties, Indiana. Mr. Willson camo to New AlAlbany during the war, where he met Miss Smith, at that time a school girl, and herself a promising poet. She was an orphuu and fitting herself to teach when she met Mr. Willson. Their courtship was soon followed by marriage, which occurred at the residence of Mrs. Mary Harrison, of Indianapolis, whose generous spirit was interested in the fate of the lovely and gifted orphan girl. The wedded poets went to Boston, and Mr. Willson,one day, while driving his bride through the beautiful groves of Cambridge she was struck with the elegance of a certain spacious house and grounds. In a few days she found herself the mistress of the spot she had so much admired, where she lived in idyllic happiuess one short year, and where she died on giving birth to her first-born. Mrs. Willson, with the infant, whose death preceded hers, is buried among her kindred at Laurel, Franklin county, Indiana, in the quaint little country church yard, where forest trees and the flow of the Whitewater sing her requiem. After her death Mr. Willson published a volume of his wife's poems for private circulation. Her picture, which graces the little volume, with its > flowing curls suggests Elizabeth Browning, | though much more beautiful. The poems showed great promise. Mr. Willson made fre- I auut journeys to the spot where his wife was <

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