Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 14 March 1885 — Page 1

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WHEN INDICATIONS. Saturday . Warmer , generally fair weather, followed by local rains. i\li Preparations Are being made at our factory for the Spring and Summer trade, and when the. season opens we will be in the lead, regarding variety, quality and prices, at the WHEN CLOTHING STORE. Rare Bargains now in broken lines in every department. WALTZING IN A CHURCH. A New England Dinner-Lively Cliurch Members on the Floor. New York, March 13. — I Thirty pretty girls, in just as pretty cousturaes; 200 other people, mostly bald-headed and gray or matronly, and a dude with a collar on that should have had a cuffbutton in the top of it. gave life and animation to the Central Congregational Church. The dude was first and foremost Even the pastor, Rev. William Lloyd, spectacled and smiling, shrank into insignificance beside him. The occasion was a genuine, old-fashioned New England dinner, the dude to eat and the young ladies to wait on biin and, incidentally, on the other people too. It was to celebrate the seventh anniversary of the pastor’s installation. Despite the vigorous rivalry on Madison avenue, the church has not only lived, but has grflwn apace in numbers and wealth. The pastor’s heart was filled with thankfulness and joy as he spone of his ministry. The interior of the church presented a rather peculiar sight. Tbe pews had been removed, and in their places were old-fashioned New England deal tables, loaded with substantial food, piled on blue and white crockery, that irresistibly carried one back to the old farm house days in the rugged granite hills. Tallow candles sputtered and dripped, and cast fitful shadows on the big white arenes overhead. Was it solemn? Not nipch. The solemnity was hidden away along with the hymnals and Bibles, and merriment end pork and beaus reigned supreme. A bald headed deacon, with a black coat and white >raid. sang something, whether it was “Climbing Up the Golden Stairs’’ or “Old Hundred,” no one knew or eared. Pink, and blue, and yell iw dresses, with kerchiefs and coquettish caps, lla.-hed. around everywhere. They were devoid of fiounces or trains, and had high waists. They were ueh as our grandmothers wei - e supwhen they molted up pew ter plates to make bullets. The supper lasted from 6 to 10. and then came something more interesting and decidedly more novel. The tables were cleared away, the crumbs gathered off the cotton druggets, the musicians struck up a waltz, and pious members and giddy girls whirled around in its mazes under the shadow of the big organ at the pulpit. The whole affair was under the directorship of the fair Bible class, with Misses Van Zile, Patrique, Lyon, Waterloo and Lloyd as managers. IIOW A TAPER WAS KILLED. A Lesson for Those Who Aspire to Enter the ** Newspaper Business. Cleveland. 0., March 13. Some valuable information for those who have a longing to go into the newspaper business can be had from the history of the Herald, which, after sixty-sijj years, has been wiped out for lack of sufficient nourishment Years ago. when Fairbanks & Benedict managed it in the old and when it had little or no competition, it divided large profits. Benedict died, and Fairbanks managed it his own way. It lost £150,000 before he got through. He then sold out to Col. R. C. Parsons and Col. W. P. Fogg, while E. V. Smalley was brought from the Now York Tribune to do the heavy standing around. Several years of amateur labor followed, with a loss of over $70,000. Then S. T. Everett, who had a tight with the Leader on hand. A. L. Terrell, who bad a candidate for editor on hand, ami several capitalists, who had axes to grind, took hold, and placed the paper in charge of J. O Keffer and six other men from the Leader office. The same parties have since owned it, with various changes of management, ami with a 1 iss of $120,000, a total of over #120,000 in fifteen or eighteen years. It lias now gone to the wall because the field was not large enough for two Republican dailies. Over a hundred men will he thrown out of employment by the smash. The Negotiations Completed. Cleveland, 0., March 13.—The negotia tions which have been pending between the Herald Publishing Company for the purchase of that concern by the Cleveland Leader Printing Company aud the Plain Dealer Publishing Company, were consummated to night. The total subscription list, news agents’ and carriers’ routes, are to be transferred to ami consolidated with the Leader, together with the tiles, running back to lhllJ, the year the Herald was established. The Plain Dealer takes the perfecting press, the type, machinery, and all the fixtures, and will remove immediatly into the Herald building and commence a morning edjjiUPl l * n addition to its evening Plain Dealer. It will be bai.ked by abundant capital, and will be made a first class Democratic daily. The lender will have its circulation increased by that of the Herald. The Associated Press franchise held by the Herald will he canceled. Charged with Conspiracy to Defraud. Philadelphia, March 13 —George W. Lehr, A. Carrigan. Ellen Martin. Resina Haines. Margaret Gallagher,* .Jno. Devliu and Chas T. Devlin were arrested to-day, charged with conspiracy to defraud the Mutual Trust Fund Life Association and the Massachusetts Benefit .Association of large sums of money by signing, in various uames, applications for insurance and benefit in the companies named. It is alleged that some of the defendants recently recovered a claim against one of the companies ou a death. 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POSTPONING THE EVIL DAY. England and Russia Readi an Understanding on the Afghan Question. A Collision Between Russian and Afghan Out* posts Will Not Necessarily Result in War* Between Russia and England. Both Sides Agree that Neither Shall Make Any Advance at Present. The Announcement Causes Great Satisfaction in England, Though It Is Not Certain War Will Not Finally Result. THE AFGHAN QUESTION. An Agreement Under ’Which No Further Advance Will Be Made. London, March 13. —In the House of Commons, this afternoon, Mr. Gladstone announced that an agreement had been arrived at between Russia and England, by the terms of which neither the Russian nor Afghan forces would advance any further on either side of the frontier. Sir Stafford Northcotc asked whether this agreement was a permanent or temporary arrangement. Mr. Gladstone replied that the agreement was without any specific limit. The best description he could give was that the agreement was to last as long as there was occasion for it. [Laughter.] This agreement provides against a rupture of the friendly relations between the two governments, in the event of a collision between the Afghan and Russian outpost?, which might possibly occur while instructions were being conveyed to the opposing commanders. The members of the Commons heard Gladstone’s announcement of the agreement between England and Russia with an almost general sense of relief, the agreement affording reason to hope that war may yet be averted by diplomatic means. It is believed Sir Peter Lunisden has the Afghans sufficiently under control to present a collision between the Afghan and Russian outposts, pending a pacific settlement of the frontier dispute. Some prominent Conservatives point out that the agreement will not prevent Russia from massing troops on the borders of the debatable territory, and they object to the Russians being allowed to remain even temporarily oh territory claimed as belonging to Afghanistan. Sir Peter Lurasden has certain discretionary powers touching his course in the event of a dangerous Russian advance. He is nearly six days’ march distant from the nearest telegraph station. What his action will be in the event of a Russian attack upon an Afghan stronghold has not been allowed to become known, but it is believed he will send officers to Herat to organize the Afghan troops, while he himself assumes a position, not necessarily war like, at Robat Pass. llartiDgton, Secretary of State for War, stated this evening, in the Commons, that it was impossible to deny that there was still cause for great anxiety regarding the relations of Great Britain and Russia. The arrangements between England and Russia,announced by Mr. Giadstone in the Commons, was concluded to day, and resulted in a decision that the Cabinet would not insist on withdrawal of the Russian troops from the outposts during the deliberation of the joint commission. Baron de Staol yesterday sent a denial to Granville and DeGiers of the report that troops were concentrating at Kaskabad. He also protested against the preparations for war which it is reported are now being made in England, and demonstrations upon the Indian frontier, which, he said, were calculated to lessen the chances of an amicable settlement consequent upon the agreement. The Standard SAys the agreement between England and Russia leaves tho essence of the difficulty untouched. Matters must have been bad when such an agreement was paraded as a diplomatic gain. Many consider the pause in the situation a prelude to a surrender. The War Department is making preparations with a view to the possible occurrence of serious trouble in Afghanistan. Orders have been sent to the arsenals at Bombay aud Bencal to prepare all kinds of ammunition. Tho details for two army corps are already completed. Each will number 1,500 officers, 35,300 men and 11,800 horses. The Admiralty is making arrangements to have a fleet of transports in readiness. Advices from Teheran state that Sir Peter Lumsden is encamped on Persian territory, not far from Herat. The expectation is that lie will enter Herat iu case the Russians make any fur tlier advance. The Governor of the Caucasus, General DondoukotT Korsakoff, has returned to Tiflis. The tone of the Russian press continues extremely bellicose, and open declarations are made that Russia intends to have Herat. The Novoe Vrernya calls the approaching meeting of Lord DutYerin and the Ameer of Afghanistan a military >. demonstration on the Russian frontiers. “Russia and England.’’ the writer continues, ’‘will soou meet nn dry land, and the result will be that the isolated security hitherto enjoyed by the British empiro will ho destroyed. Baron Mohrenheim, Russian embasador to France, has been interviewed in regard to the present Anglo Russian situation. He expressed the opinion that Emperor William would exert his influence to avert war, aud also endeavor to induce England to make some concessions, lie scouted the idea that Russia would withdraw her troops from the positions at present occupied. Such action, he said, would reflect dishonor upon the Russian arms. In case England did not declare war, it was certain, in bis opinion, that Russia would not do so. He thought it extremely unlikely that England would declare war, as she has her hands full already. DeGiers, the Russian Prime Minister. was animated by a desire for peace, and the influence of the war party in Russia had diminished since the death of Gen. Skoboleff. The North German Gazette, of Berlin, repudiates the idea that Germany w;r imperil the friendly relations now existing between herself aud Russia by venturing to place a veto upon any regulations Russia may choos* to make on the froivtior. The Czar Boca Not Mean War. St. Petersburg, March 13.—The Czar of ftoisiu said to night, in an informal talk with

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several diplomates: “I cannot feel that any but the wildest dreamer could think I would declare war against England. Our ends can he attained, aud will be attained, but it wiil he by the gradual power of civilization, aud not by force.” The Debatable Land. Pall Mall Gazette. In the debatable land in which Sir Peter Lumsden has been spending the winter in making preliminary surveys and in establishing the influence of England among the Afghan tribes, we are face to face with more or less barbarous tribes, behind whom stands the empire of Russia. The position in which we find ourselves is indeed alarming. It is essentially false. Neither Russia nor England want war. But a single frontier brawl may commit them to hostilities. That matters should ever have got into so serious a position is due, like all our other troubles, to the one overmastering determination of the government to avoid responsibility. When it was proposed to delimit the Russo-Afghau frontier from Khojeh-Saleh, on the Oxus, to some point about Sarakhs, on the HeriRud, Russia suggested that the principles upon which tho frontier should be drawn should be defined, and that then a joint commission should be dispatched to effect a precise delimitation of the new boundary. Was the frontier to be drawn on purely ethnographic, or economic, or strategic principles, or was it to be based exclusively upon the maintenance of the status quo? These were bread general principles which ought unquestionably to have been settled by the governments before their agents were deputed to define the boundary on the spot The English government objected to decide anything, proposing to leave everything to the joint boundary commission. That objection was a mistake, and Russia was quite right in pressing for its reconsideration. Wo refused, and Russia foolishly gave in. That was a blunder which she committed, with which, of course, we cannot reproach her, seeing that she did it to oblige us. It was agreed that the frontier should be settled entirely out of the heads of the commissioners on the spot, and Sir Peter Lumsden started for the trysting place. Unfortunately the Russian commissioner, who was said to have been specially selected for his good sense aud English sympathies, was so unpatriotic as to fall ill, and in the delay thus caused everything went wrong. The Afghans, feeling no doubt inspirited by the presence of the British commissioner with his escort, and anxious to make their position as strong as possible pending deliberations, thr*w some troops into the Turkoman village of Penjdeh. From Penjdeh the Russians declared the Afghans could threaten the Russian advance post at Sarakhs, and as a reply to the Afghan advance they threw their troops forward to Pul-i-khatun. There were great protests on both sides, aud Sir Peter Lumsden waxed very wroth. As the situation was becoming more and more strained every day, the Russian government dispatched M. Lessar to London to try to arrange the principles on which the new frontier should bo drawn. The line suggested by Russia is based, not on strategic considerations, for the only strategic fromier7 that of the mountains—falls much nearer Herat, but upon the simple necessity of including the pastures and salt-beds of the Russian Turkomans within the Russian frontier. With M. Lessar's frontier—or, rather, with the principles on which it is founded, vre have no quarrel. If all the strategic advantages of a defensive frontier are left in the hands of the Afghans—for that is what ML Lessar declares the Russian government is willing to accept as the first principle of the new boundary—we see no disadvantage to England, but quite the reverse, in agreeing to tho Russian proposal to draw tho new frontier as far to the north of Herat as is consistent with allowing the Salor Turkomans of Sarakhs the territory essential to their existence.

FENIANS EXPELLED. Stephens and Other Leader* Arrested and Expelled fk*om France. Paris, March 13.—An immense sensation has been caused by the stand which the authorities have taken toward the Fenian agitators. In eddition to the arrest of Jarnee Stephens, Eugefto Davis and John Morrissey, yesterday, the police this morning arrested a journalist named Mortimer Leroy and another Fenian, whose name was not learned. Mr. Stephens was also arrested, but subsequently released. All persons uow under arrest will be expelled from the country today. Warrants for the expulsion of other leaders have been issued, and further arrests are expected. Stephens, Davis, Morrissey and Leroy were taken to the frontier of France to day, and warned not to return. Stephens, Davis, Leroy, and two Anarchists went into Belgium. Morrissey was allowed to remain in Paris. L’lntransigeant protests against the expulsion of Stephens, Davis and Leroy, and says the action indicates that Ferry is ready to outrage the liberties of refugees who have sought asylum in France—a thing which the Ministers of the empire would never have dreamed of doing. Stephens’s wife was not allowed to have an interview with him after his arrest. BARRIOS’S DECREE. He Assumes Absolute Command and Declares the Opposition Traitors. LaLibektad, San Salvador, March 13—The decree issued by President Barrios, proclaiming the Central American Republic, did not become public here until yesterday. In it he states that after serious consideration be issued a decree proclaiming himself chief of the Republic of Oautemala and the Central American Union, as a single republic, assuming the title, “Supreme Military Chief of Central America,” and taking as such absolute command, and declaring that any one pronouncing himself opposed to the Union or embarrassing his movements is to be treated as a traitor to the great cause of nationality and subjecting himself to the pains and penalties thereof. He urges all chiefs, officers and soldiers of Central America to join him, offering promotion with decorations and compensation. THE WAR IN TOB SOUDAN. Rumored Evacuation of Metemneli—Distress 1u Osman Digna’s Camp. London, March 13.—A report is current among the natives at Korti to the effect that the Mahdi has evacuated Metemneh. The reason alleged for the step is that the Mahdi fears an invasion is about to be made into the Soudan from Abyssinia. General Graham lias ordered that the inhabitants of Suakim be disarmed, as he has reason to apprehend treachery. Hereafter any native found with arms will be treated as a rebel. Dispatches from Suakim state that mutiny has broken out in Osman Digua’a camp. Deserters bring terriblo tales of suffering among the Arabs,, and say Osman Oigna is onl3' ab'o to maintaiu his authority by a system of terrorism, which includes the beheading of a few mutineers every morning at sunrise. FOREIGN MISCELLANY. Memorial Services In Honor of Gordon —Bishop Durnford's Language. London, March 13. —Memorial services in honor of General Gordon were held to-day at St. Paul’s Cathedral, Westminister Abbey, and many other cathedrals. Immense crowds were present everywhere. Right Rev. Dumford, Bishop of Chichester, preached a memorial ser-

mon, in the course of which he asked: “Does the death of Gordon bring no disgrace upon England? Is there not humiliation linked with our sorrow? The nations which envy our greatness are rejoiced at England's inability to protect her trusted servant. Scorn and reproach are cast upon us. Could we plead that they were undeserved. The conscience of the Nation feels that a stain rests upon it.’’ France Will March on Pekin. Paris, March 13.—1 tis reported that the members of the government are convinced of the necessity for marching upon Pekin. The government will shortly ask a grant of $10,000,000 to provide for the dispatch of 25,000 men to China. A French man-of-war detained and searched the British steamer Glenrov, off Gutzlaff because the Glouroy had lead among her cargo. Preparing to Receive the Prince of Wales. Dublin, March 13.— A. petition asking the Chamber of Commerce to form a grand committee for reception of the Prince and Princess of Wales bears tho signatures of thousands of citizens. There is great unanimity in relation to giving a suitable reception to the Prince and Princess. Cable Notes. M. Louis Andre Ferdinand Gatineau, a wellknown lawyer and member of the French Chamber of Deputies, is dead. The Pope has intimated to the Irish bishops that it will be advisable for them to postpone their convention until after the visit of the Prince of Wales to Ireland. A dispatch from Vienna eavs the Czar is expected to pay Emperor Francis Joseph a visit this summer. It is thought probable Emperor William will also come to Vienna. JOE EMMET IN COURT. He Ascribes His Recent Debauch to the Evil Influences of Cold Weather. Albany, N. Y., March 13.—Joseph K. Emmet played a leading r-art. in tho court room yesterday morning. His spree, begun in West Virginia, ended last evening, when he assaulted his son because he had heard a report that the youth had secretly married a girl here. In defending himself the boy struck the actor, cutting his faco, and Mrs. Emmet, in alarm, summoned the police and kept her husband in the custody of the authorities during the night. When called by Judge Clute this morning to meet his family, the left side of Emmet's face, from his forehead down, was covered with congealed blood. His attire was dirty, and his curly hair matted and disordered. As he entered the door he saw his wife and son sitting, with averted faces, in the corner. Taking two steps, he sank dramatically on his knees in front of them, and, clasping an arm about each, exclaimed: “Oh, my God! my wife and son, what have I done to you both whom Hove so well?” Then he broke into a fit of sobbing, while his wife smoothed his hair and the son took his hand, and each whispered words of encouragement The actor called God to witness that he would never act so again, and the magistrate said that the decision lay with his wife. If she was willing to trust him, there was no objection. After a long conference and solemn promises on the part of Fritz that he would refrain from drinking, the reconciled family drove off to their home. An officer accompanied them. Emmet says: ' ‘lt was the cold weather that drove me on this jamboree.’’ His son denies the story that he has been secretly married. TIIE FIREJRECORD. Furniture Factory and Two Hundred Thousand Feet of Lumber Burned. Easton, Pa., March 13. —A. D. Cooke’s furniture faetory, above Easton, together with a sawmill, boiler-house and 200,000 feet of lumber, was destroyed by fire this morning. Loss, $60,000; light. Thermometer Works Burned. Osw ego, N. Y., March 13.—Pool’s thermometer works, and Mast in’s flax factory burned this morning. Loss on building. $5,000; insurance, $2,500. Pool’s loss is $30,000: insurance,, $16,500. Martin's loss is $7,000; insurance, $3,400. _ Fire at Flleusbnrg, W. T. Eli.knsburo, W. TANARUS., March 13. Five this morning destroyed the Valley Hotel and twelve frame buildings. Loss. $33,000; insurance light. Costly Residence Burned. Poughkeepsie, N. Y.. March 13.—John L. Aspinwall’s mansion, at Barrytown, burned today. Loss, $70,000; insurance, $58,000. School Building Burned. Chicago, March 13.—The high-school house, in the suburb of Lake View, burned to-night-Loss, $20,000; insured. Betrayed by a Pet Dog. Chicago, March 13.—“ My husband is not in the city," said .Mrs. H. T. Helehur. as she barred the entrance of two detectives to too family residence, 608 Hubbard street. “We’il take a look through the house, ’ said tho officers, and after & thorough examination of the premises they were about to depart when a little pet dog belonging to the lady made a spring from her arms and ran under a lounge in the parlor with a joyous bark of recognition. “Get out! Hist!’’ said a low voice that seemed to come up from the cellar. “Damn tho dog!” was the next expressionwhich greeted the ears of the officers, and upon reaching down aud groping about under the lounge they felt a bare foot and soon hauled out a full-grown man. It proved to bo H. T. Helehur himself, who had hoped to escape the impending arrest by crowding his stalwart form into the narrow space between the lounge and the floor. He is wanted for selling mortgaged property, and was taken to the station house. Obituary. San Jose. Costa Rica, March 13. —General Don Prospero Fernandez. President of Costa Rica, died suddenly here this morning. Omaha, March 13. —General Joseph U. Taylor, assistant adjutant general of the Department of the Platte, died of pneumonia, in- this city, to night. The deceased was a nephew of Zachary Taylor, and a son of Joseph 11.l 1 . Taylor, Commissary general of the army. His paternal grandfather was Richard Taylor, of revolutionary fame He was a West Point, graduate, of the class of 1856, and served with distinction on the staff of General Sumner, in the army of the Potomac, throughout the rebellion. lie gained celebrity by his effective work iu briuging the murderers of l ; nco!n to the gallows. General Grant Better. New York, March 13. —General Grant slept a good deal to-day. He took food frequently, and asked for it. His pulse and temperature are about the same, and his general condition is more favorable. Steamship News. New York, March 13.—Arrived: Rhein, from Bremen; City of Berlin, from Liverpool. No Woman Suffrage in Dakota. Bismarck, March 13.—Governor Pierce to day vetoed the women's suffrage bill. Why go through the world suffering from dyspepsia when you have at your very door a remedy that is an absolute cure? If you have tried other remedies and found uo relief send to the nearest drug store for a bottle of Mishler’a Herb Bitters. It will surely cure you. Mrs. Samuel Elliott, of Indianapolis, was a physical wreck from the effects of this distressing complaint. She did not despair, aud when she heard of Mishler’s Bitters she gave it a trial. It cured her just as it will you.

POINTS FOR OFFICE-HUNTERS A Clumsy Sort of Plan for Evading the Pendleton Civil-Service Law. Charges To Be Preferred Against Incumbents, an Alleged Investigation Had, and the Official Ax Will Then Fall. A Sample of the Lies Told in the South About Northern Manufacturers. Senator Sherman Declines Service on the Finance Committee—Hendricks Pleads in Vain for the Office-Grabbers. AN OFFICE-GETTING SCHEME. Incumbents To Be Removed by Preferring Charges Against Them. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, March 13. —It is said that there were several office-seekers that called within an hour upon a prominent Western Democratic senator, this morning, and that he had the good nature to dispose of all of them without dampening their ambition. The rush for office is coming up to the high standard set last week. For the first three days this week there was a lull, caused by the impression that the men filling term offices would be allowed to complete their tenure. This caused a great deal of temporary dissatisfaction, too. A scheme has been devised which, although not very ingenious, will result, if properly carried out, in making a good many thousand vacancies without violating the letter of the civilservice law. It is to prefer charges against those who have a long term before them, and railroad them to conviction and dismissal. I know a gentleman here now from a Southwestern Territory who wants a federal position of prominence. He went to the Secretary in whose department the office is, and was informed that the officer had over two years yet to serve. “Go home.” said the Secretary, “and prefer charges against that officer. Send me a letter, alleging irregularities, and I will dispatch a special agent to investigate. When the agent makes his report come and seo me again.” The gentleman told me he would be back here again inside of six weeks, and was positive that he would then receive his appointment. “Is this thing to bo common?” I asked. “Yes, confidentially, it is to be common. I should think Mr. Cleveland gave strong enough intimation of it in his inaugural address. Os course, ho did not say how men were to be removed who had participated in politics beyond the bare exercise of their franchise, but he surely said they would go, and this is the way it is to be done. Charges will be preferred, and special agents will investigate, and removals will be made. We can vacate half of the offices within six months. And, furthermore, I can tell you, there will be an army of these clerks here in the departments who will go on account of their political work.” By some manner the impression has grown here to-day that while Mr. Cleveland is a civilservice reformer he is not the kind of ono the office-holders want, and that any scheme will be manipulated that can make a subterfuge for removing officers. The pressure for place is becoming irresistible. AN EXTRA SESSION OF THE SENATE. It Costs a Great Deal of Money, for Which tlie Public Receives no Uenelit. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, March 13.—“ This extra session of the Senate costs a good many thousand dollars a day,” said a Republican member of that body to your correspondent, to-day, “and" the only thing it is sitting for is the accommodation of the President. We are here simply to make confirmations and otherwise promote the political ends of Mr. Cleveland.” “But you can do some business,” said I. “Oh! Yes, we could pass a resolution calling upon a Secretary for information, or cot up a junketing committee, or adopt a eulogy, or conduct the funeral services* of a senator, but that i3 about all. Moreover, it is known that we will not do anything to help the people, because it is almost impossible, and a President is just as culpable for keeping a Senate in executive session a9 a Governor for calling a useless session of the Legislature.” , “When do you expect to get away?” “In a week or two. We might just as well have been dismissed on Saturday last. It is folly to talk about these treaties. There is nothing else that can come up, and these minor confirmations could bo made just as well uext winter ns now.” LIES ABOUT THE OLIVERS. A Man of Alleged Intelligence Repeats a Number of Stale Slanders. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, March 13.—Here at the capital, where can be found pilgrims from every State in the Union, incidents are constantly occurring that seem so improbable to well-informed people as to be absolutely incredible. A lloosier from one of the counties on the Bee-line, who has been a resident here for some years, was brought into contact with an old gentleman from Tennessee. He was a man of more than ordinary intelligence, having successfully followed his profession, and amassed a comfortable competency. Our Hoosier friend and the Tennesseean soon reached the common topic of politics—a subject that is always in order in Washington. The Hoosier alluded to the oppression of Union men in the South—black and white—and made the remark that there never would be real peace between the sections till that was all done away with. “Oh,” said the Southerner, “that is no worse than takes place in every Northern State. The men in all those large manufactories and machine shops in the North—look how the bosses of such concerns make their employes walk up to the polls and vote just as they order them to. See how the proprietors of those great plow works in Indiana —the —the—” “Olivers?” suggested tho Hoosier. “Yes, tho Olivers, of South Bend, lud. See how they made their men vote just as they pleased last fall—made them vote just like cattlel That offsets anything that takes place in the South.” Ycf, he said it; and in saying it lie exposed tho

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deep, dark, density of the ignorance that must prevail among the masses of the people of the South. For if ho—an educated, professional man—has been made to 'believe such stuff, wh&t will not the ignorant, one-gallowscd, copperasbreeches masses of the Southern States not swallow? The Hoosier assured the Tennesseean that he was misinformed; that if the head of any large establishment in tho North should undertake to coerce his employes as ho said the Olivers did, he would only succeed in injuring his own party by turning the sympathy of the masses against him and his cause, and would hardly escape with his life if he proceeded to acts of oppression. But it did no good. The man had thoroughly imbibed the poisou, and refused to believe the truth. The Oliver slanders have been thoroughly disseminated and believed in the South, and that lie is to be made the cloak for tho outrages that are hereafter to be perpetrated in the Southern States'in order that the shotgun and the lead-pencil may nullify the honest suffrages of the Northern and Western States. THE INDIANAPOLIS POSTOFFICE. Tlie Vice-President and Mr. Bynum Again Call on the President. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, March 13. —Vice-president Hendricks and Representative Bynum have both waited upon President Cleveland-again in regard to the Indianapolis postmastership. 'Mr. Hendricks represents that he has recommended Jones and Byfield in the same terms, showing partiality to neither; but it is understood he hopes to seo Jones appointed, and Indianians think that his hopes will be gratified. While it is unusual for a Vice-president to interfero in a matter of this kind, it is almost certain that he can name a postmaster at his own homo. Mr. By field, it is said, has been telegraphed by his friend Sullivan, of Indianapolis, who has just arrived from the East, to return here. Sullivan believes h can fight Byfield's appointment through, and ho is expected hero to-morrow night from Indianapolis. SENATOR JOHN SHERMAN. Guesses as to His Reasons for Retiring from the Finance Committee. Washington, March 13.—1n the absence of any authentic information, gossip is busy over the rumored reasons for Senator Sherman’s declination to serve upon the finance committee ol the Senate. To an Associated Press reporter, who asked Mr. Sherman for his reasons, to day, he said: “If I have any apologies to make, I will make them to my constituents.” The report, two years ago. that Mr. Sherman wished to be restored to tlie chairmanship of the finance committee, from which he withdrew to become Secretary of the Treasury, is revived, and it is said that some persoual illfeeling existed between himself and Senator Morrill, the present chairman of the committee, in consequence. Mr. Morrill was asked in regard to the matter to-day, bnt replied that he had nothing to say, but added that, so far as he knew, tho relations between Mr. Sherman and himself were cordial. There is said to be a feeling which is not entirely cordial between Mr. Sherman and Mr. Aldrieb, and rumor alludes indefinitely to a demand or request, said to have been made by tlie former, that the latter should be removed from the finance committee, in default of which he (Mr. Sherman) would no longer servo. This cannot be traced to any authentic source, but, on the other hand, none who should know the facts are found to deny it. Ji can be said that when the subject of Mr. Sherman’s retirement was referred to in the caucus tho other day. tho colloquy which ensuod between Mr. Sherman and Mr. • Morrill was kindly in tone, each professing sincere persona! estoem for the other. The only reason brought forward for the retirement of Mr. Sherman ,wos his belief that tlie interests of his constituents were not fairly considered in tho action of the committee upon tlie wool tariff. Mr. Sherman asked then to be relieved from further service, but the caucus, by a formal vote, declined to relieve him. Tho misunderstanding between Mr. Sherman and Mr. Aldrich dates back, it is said, to the action of the committee respecting tho tariff, and has been renewed and possibly increased by the controversy over refunding and national bank measures, in respect to which tlie two were advocates of widely different courses of procedure. It is likely that nothing further will bo heard of the matter until next session, as the committee will have nothing to do beyond consideration of nominations during the present session.

CtIiVELAND’S PLAIN TALK. Hendrick# and Voorhws Rebuffed at tho White Houh). AVanliington Special. Vice president Hendricks and Senator Voorliees have had an interview with the President, in which they tried to persuade him that ho ought to move promptly in putting Republicans out and tilling their place* with Democrat!?. They presented all the arguments of party policy and of the doctrine to the victors belong the spoils. President Cleveland heard them through, and then told them plainly that he intended to carry out the propositions lie had set forth in his letter on the civil service and the declaration of his inaugural on the same subject He held the party by its civil-service law to be bound to an honest effort to carry its principle into effect Both Mr. Hendricks and Senator Voorhees dissented most emphatically from the position of the President, and especially from the purpose ho announced of making changes very slowly, and except in those classes of office# which every one expects to change almost at once with an administration, making them only for cause. The President’s views, if carried out, will snot, speaking generally, give the offices to Democrats much faster than commissions expire. The report of this interview has had a chilling effect upon a large company of crusaders, who are Hocking in from all quarters to help defend the Treasury. A raging fight against Cleveland, from within his own party, waged by those who insist upon having the offices, and having them quick, already seems to boa foregone conclusion. The desperation to which President Cleveland has driven the members of his party by failing to act promptly, is illustrated not only by the Hendricks interview, but by the experience pf a Democratic senator, who visited the White House determined to make an issue. The seuator, when accorded an interview, went straight at the subject by asking the President, in the name of his constituents, many of whom, he said, were here at heavy aud unusual oxpeuse, just what they might expect in the distribution of federal patronage. In other words, boldly said the seuator: “They want to know if you propose to ruu a Democratic administration with Republican officials?’' Mr. Cleveland is said to have answered without a moment’s hesitation, and with great emphasis, that there should be no lack of information about Ims policy and intentions. His letter t a George Wiliam Curtis, and the sentiment expressed in his inaugural, were, lie thought, explicit enough for anybody of common sense to understand, and be could not say anything more on the subject. The senator turned away without further remark, and advised his constituent*, a number of whom were waiting outside, that they might as well go home. As an illustration of the reception given to congressmen after the offices, the experience ot Wclborn, of Texas, at the Poatofilco Dcpurttuyny