Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 October 1885 — Page 1

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL.

ESTABLISHED 1823.

MURPHY, HIBBEN A CO, 97 and 99 S. Meridian St., Offer, at WHOLESALE ONLY, unusually large and attractive lines of Fall and Winter Dry Goods, Woolens, Notions, Hosiery, Furnishings, etc., etc. CLOAKS, CLOAKS, CLOAKS! Ladies’ Misses’ and Children’s Cloaks, Newmarkets, Jackets, Russian Circulars, Plush Garments. The only extended display ot these goods at wholesale in the State. Prices guaranteed against any market. Novelties in Dress Goods, Sacqueings, Tricots, Plain and Brocade Velvets, High-Class Brocade Plaid and Mixed Wool Suitings. New 3-4 and 40-inch Plain Satin Full line Colors 50-inch Tricots. Berbers. Full line Colors 50-inch SacqueNew 3-4 Brocade Satin Berbers. j ncrs Manufacturing Co.’s p £ ' Mills 40 . inch All-Wool All-Wool Plaids, Stripes and Mixtures. ' Plalds \ A drive in Half-Wool, High- A drive in Turkey-Red Table Colored Plaids. Linens. All the best known and most popular makes of Bleached, Brown and Colored Cottons at VERY LOWEST quotations. A SPECIALTY —Western Yarns, Blankets, Flannels, Cassimeres, Jeans, many brands of which we control and have manufactured to our order. TWICE THE SPACE and MORE THAN DOUBLE THE STOCK of any Jobber in Indiana. SELLING AGENTS IN THIS CITY for North Star, Minneapolis, Minn., Blanket Mills; Springfield, Illinois, Cassimere Mill; South Bend, Indiana, Flannels and Yarn Mills; New Albany, Indiana, Hosiery Mill (special styles)? Kent, Ohio, Dress Goods Mills; * Aurora Illinois, Cotton Mills; New Albany, Indiana, Cotton Batting Mills; Forest Hill, North Carolina, Plaid Mills; Nashville, Tennessee, Plain and Colored Cotton Mills; Pee Dee, Rockingham, North Carolina Plaid Mills; C. B. Cone’s Son & Co.’s Overalls, Jeans and Cassimere Pants, Coats, etc. We solicit a personal inspection of stock or trial order. MURPHY, HIBBEN & CO. SMALL PRICES IS BIG FICORESI HEMP CARPETS, 1 Q§o PER YARD. INGRAINS, 20 CENTS PER YARD. COTTAGE CARPETS, \ Qc PER YARD. RAG CARPETS, CTS PER YARD. INGRAINS, QO CENTS PER YARDBRUSSELS, 55 CENTS PER YARD. EXTRA SUPERS, QSS CTS PER YARD. BODY BRUSSELS, Si PER YARD. MOQUETTES, si. 35 PER yard. VELVET CARPETS, sl.lO PER YARD. Lace Curtains, 75 cents; Lambrequins, $1; Curtain Poles, in Ash, Ebony, Cherry, Walnut, etc., 35 cents; Oil Cloths, 22 cents per yard. Table Scarfs, Table Covers, Plushes, Plush Pendants, Banner Trimmings, etc. Fringes, 10 cents per yard. Window Shades, with fixtures complete, 30 cents. Window Shades, with fixtures complete, 50 cents. Window Shades, with fixtures complete, 60 cents. Window Shades, with fixtures complete, 75 cents. N. B.—The largest assortment of Curtains ever seen in Indiana. to the State Fair are invited to call and see the LARGEST CARPET HOUSE IN INDIANA. Thev will see that it is no longer necessary to e:o out of the State to buy goods for interior Furnishings. ALBERT GALL, 17 and 19 West Washington Street.

INDIANAPOLIS, FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 2, 18S5.

WHEN INDICATIONS. Friday — Local shower s ) followed hj fair weather . VISITORS TO THE STATE FAIR WILL FIND A MINIATURE WHEN First west of the central stairway, on the second floor of the Exposition Building. It is simply a reflex of the 30 to 40 Nprth Pennsylvania st., opposite the postoffice, and whatever is there exhibited may be found at our store in quantities and sizes to suit the purchaser. The attention of visitors is called to this important fact, viz., that the WHEN is the only store in Indiana that manufactures its entire stock of Men’s, Youth’s, Boys’ and Children’s Clothing. The great desire of all dealers in merchandise is to make their purchases at the fountain head, thereby saving the commissions of intermediate dealers. The same rule holds good with the consumer, and only at the WHEN can the consumer in this city reach the fountain head or manufacturer. RUN DOWN BY LOCOMOTIVES. Three Persons Killed and Two Others Injured Beyond Possibility of Recovery. Hartford, Conn., Oct I.—At 8:30 o’clock this morning a train on the New York & New England railway struck an omnibus in New Britain, at the Black Rock grade crossing. It was occupied by children on their way to school. Charles Dison, aged nineteen years, the driver of the omnibus, and his sisters, Minnie and Lottie, aged thirteen and fifteen years, respectively, were so badly injured that one has since died, and the others will probably die. They were the children of the owner of the omnibus. The engineer says that the horses became unmanageable and ran upon the track in front of the locomotive. Later —The second sister died soon after the accident, and the boy can live but a few hours. Chambersburo, Pa., Oct. 1. —As David Appensellur was driving across the Western Maryland railroad track, near here, this morning, his horse balked immediately in front of an approaching passenger train. His two sons, aged respectively seven and four years, were in the carriage with him. Mr. Appensellar leaped out and seized the horse’s head, but the next moment the carriage was struck by the train and shivered to splinters. One of the hoys was instantly killed, and the other so shockingly mutilated that he cannot live. Mr. Appeusellar escaped injury. AN INSULT PROMPTLY RESENTED. John A. Smith Calls John S. Wise a Liar, and Is Immediately Knocked Down. % Washington, Oct. 1. —Avery large crowd left here to-night on the 6:25 train to attend the Republican meeting at Alexandria. Among the passengers were John S. Wise, Republican candidate for Governor of Virginia, who was to address the meeting, and John A. Smith, a claim agent of this city, and formerly member of Congress for the Richmond, Va., district. For some time past there has been a bitter feeling between these two men. They occupied adjoining seats in the smoking car, and when about two miles from Alexandria became involved in a wrangle, in which Smith called Wise a liar. He had no sooner uttered the words than he received a stinging blow in the mouth from Wise that drew the blood and knocked him down. Wise followed up his attack, but the crowd interfered and stopped the row. When Alexandria was reached, Wise went to Armory Hall, where the meeting was being held. The meeting was noisy from the start, and when Wise appeared on the stage, and began to speak, he was interrupted by the friends of Smith, who had assembled in large numbers, with all manner of insulting remarks, and Wise was finally forced to leave the stage and hall, while the meeting broke up in disorder. Marriage of a Pair of Children. Pittsburg, Pa., Oct. I.—Greensbuvg, Pa., social circles are greatly agitated over the elopement and marriage of two children whose parents are prominent members of Greensburg society. A strict license law went into effect in this State to-day, and it seems the young couple, concluding to take advantage of the two days’ grace allowed before the law was operative, went to Pittsburg on Tuesday and were married by a justice of the peace. The happy bridegroom is Willie J. Coshey, lately a messenger boy for the Bankers’ and Merchants’ Telegraph Company, and son of H. J. Coshey, a wealthy liveryman; the bride is the only daughter of J. M. Laird, editor of the Greensburg Argus, and adopted daughter of the Seventh Regiment, N. G. P. She is the young lady for whom that reeiment nearly lynched a man at the late encampment at Conneaut Lake, for insulting her. It is not known what the parents of the children will do in the matter. The combined ages of the couple will hardly reach thirty years. Triangular Fight and Possible Murder. Nashville, Tenn., Oct. I.—A special from Dickson, Teton., says: “Last evening Buck Brown started for Nashville, to attend his trial for killing Policeman Arnold, of Nashville, some months ago. When the train reached Graham station, Brown got out of the car and met Steve Easley, who is an important witness for the State in Brown’s case. They had sc.mo pretty hard words, and, finally, William T. Easley, a brother of Steve, came out of a house, and Brown asked what he had to do with it. Then Easley started for Brown with an open knife. Brown drew a pistol and shot him in the hand. Bill Easley then ran into the house, got a double-barreled shotgun,and leveled it on Brown, but the cap snapped. Brown then shot Easley in the left side, and it is thought he will die. Brown, after the shooting, telephoned to Nashville about his trial, and finding that it was not necessary for him to be there for some days, left, saying he would go back home. Up to this time Brown has not been arrested, nor has he returned home.” “Adirondack” M urray’s Divorce Suit. New Haven, Oct. I.—The petitioner in a suit for divorce, shortly to be brought in the Superior Court in this city, will be Isadore L. Murray, wife of Rev. “Adirondack” Murray, who is at the present time a resident of Montreal, Canada. Mrs. Murray asks for an absolute decree of divorce on the ground of desertion. The petition sets forth that she married William H. 11. Murray, Ane. 8, 1862, and that he deserted her July 1, 1880. The Rev. Mr. Murray, it is understood, is perfectly willing that his wife should take her decree without any opposition on his part. Mrs. Murray has practiced medicine in this city for about four years, and ha built up an extensive and lucrative practice.

TIME FOE DECISIVE ACTION. A Belief that the Danger of War in Turkey Is Increasing Very Rapidly, And that Immediate Intervention hy the Great Powers Is Necessary to Prevent the Inauguration of a Bloody Struggle. Rumor that Russia and Germany ITave Concluded to Support the Union. A British Conservative Leader Announces that the Government Will Deal with Ireland with a Strong Hand—Notes. • frHE ROVMELIJ N TROUBLE. The Conference Not Ready for Business—Active War Preparations in Roumelia. London, Oct. 1. —The embassadors met to-day to consider the Roumelian question. The meeting was held at the residence of Count Corti, the Italian embassador at Constantinople, but adjourned without transacting any business of an important nature, several of the embassadors not having received instructions from their respective governments. The Porte has sent a circular to the powers protesting against the recent action of Prince Alexander in disarming the Mussulman inhabitants of Roumelia. M. Brattiano, the Roumanian Prime Minister, who has had interviews with Emperor Francis Joseph and Count Kalnokv, Austrian Foreign Minister, respecting the attitude of Roumania in the event of war between Turkey and Bulgaria, has left Vienna to confer with Prince Bismarck, after which he will visit the Czar. His mission i3 for the purpose of having Roumania considered inviolable, and accorded rights similar to those enjoyed by Belgium, if hostilities should break out. The opinion gains ground that tne crisis is extending, and that unless the powers intervene at once war is inevitable. The Porte, as a precautionary measure to prevent the reduction of supplies in the event of a war with Bulgaria, has issued an order prohibiting the exportation of cereals. The Paris Temps says Russia has decided to recognize the union ot Bulgaria and Roumelia; that Germauy has offered no opposition to the union, and that Austria makes compensation of Servia and Greece the condition of her consent The result of the recent interview between M. De Giers, the Russian Prime Minister, and Prince Bismarck, will be to restrain Servia, Greece and Montenegro, from attacking Turkey; otherwise Austria would, it is thought, certainly make a bold strike for Salonica, and possibly for Constantinople, causing a blaze in Russia, which would end in a European war. A rumor is current at Malta that the British squadron in the Mediterranean has been ordered to Turkey. The London Times’s correspondent at Constantinople thus summarizes Turkey’s position: “Turkey has no army ready to march, no stores, no money in the treasury, no administrative enerey. She must submit to the inevitable.” Prince Alexander is actively engaged in pushing forward measures for defense. BulgaHrtn troops from ‘Sofia are taking the places of the volunteers who have gone to the frontier. All the strateeic positions and passes are being rapidly fortified, and the military posts are being greatly strengthened. The postal telegraph tariff of Eastern Roumelia has been assimilated with that of north Bulgaria. Anirade has been issued ordering the Turkish troops to mass at Adrianople. The Servian government has 80,000 men under arms. It is feared that the King means to attempt a coup de main beforefthe conference is concluded, because the finances of the country are unable to stand the present heavy drain. The people of Greece are sending petitions to King George, asking him to pursue a vigorous policy in connection with the Roumelian revolution.

ENGLISH POLITICS. The British Government Preparing to Deal Effectively with Crime in Ireland. London, Oct. I.—Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, the Conservative leader in the House of Commons, speaking at Salisbury yesterday, said the government was attempting, in concert with the powers, to circumscribe the area of the existing Roumelian disorders. Referring to the alarming increase of boycotting fti Ireland, he said the government was preparing to deal with the evil with a strong hand. He believed the Irish people would applaud the action of the government in regard to the matter. He denounced Gladstone’s manifesto as misleading in its statements concerning occurrences of the past and in its promises for the future. The speaker said that the reports of crime in Ireland were absurdly overdrawn. Crime in Ireland now was nothing compared with that in 1880 and 1881. Boycotting, however, was rife in dfertain districts, and the government would spare no efforts vo put down the practice and prosecute the offenders whenever evidence could be obtained against them. The government would also introduce some kind of counter-demonstration against those forms of boycotting with which no law in the world was able to cope. If these means failed, the government would find other means. The law must be upheld. The Standard complains bitterly of Sir M. Hicks-Beach’s lack of programme, and says it is useless to denounce the Liberal programme if he has no substitute for it. It fervently hopes that Sir Michael will only he reluctant to forestall Lord Salisbury. FOREIGN MISCELLANY. Marriage of Mile. Emma Nevada and Dr. Raymond Palmer. Paris, Oct. 1. —Mile. Emma Nevada was married, to day, to Dr. Raymond Palmer, of Birmingham, England. The civil service took place at the English embassy, and the religious ceremony at the Church of the Passionist Fathers. The bridesmaids were Misses Morris, Johnston, Everest and Tift, of America. Signor Salvini, the Italian tragedian, was the “best man.” The attendance was large, American, English and Parisian fashionable society being well represented. The occasion was marked by much enthusiasm, and the display of flowers and elegant costumes lent an air of gayety to the scene. The whole of the American colony attended the ceremonies. Rev. Father Michael Watts Russell. of the Passionist order, rector of St. Joseph’s Retreat, Highgate Hill, London, delivered an eloquent oration. A string band furnished music for the occasion, and Miss Laura Moore sang a solo, with harp accompaniment. The wedding breakfast was served at the Hotel Athens. The Window-Glass Trade. New York, Oct. L — A general convention of window-glass manufacturers was held here yesterday, with Mr. Thomas Wightman, of Pittsburg, iu the chair. The meeting was very fully attended and all agreed as to the very unpromising outlook for the fall trade, for, although no glass has been made for three months, there has been no improvement in prices worth mention. Stocks are yet larger than a year ago, and little desire vas expressed to add to them. The mat-

ter of adjusting the scale of wages with the workmen was continued in the hands of the same committee that were named in July last. THE EPISCOPAL BOOK OF PRAYER. Rev. Dr. Richey Suggests Certain Alterations for the Cure of Errors and Defects. New York, Oct. I.—At the centennial diocesan convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church, of the diocese of New York, to-day, Rev. Dr. Thomas Richey offered the following: Resolved. That it is not expedient, for the present, to proceed with the revision ot the book of common prayer, further "than the consideration of the longstanding and genea&lly acknowledged errors and defects, and the concession of greater freedom in the use of the hortatory portion of the daily office, and the office for the holy communion. The following alterations, without disturbing our long established order, will be found to satisfy all present needs, and will go far toward rectifying the most glaring liturgical blemishes in the prayer-book, viz.: Permission to omit the opening portions of morning and evening prayers on all week-day services, and to begin with the Lord’s Prayer at the discretion of the officiating minister; permission to omit the prayer after the collect of grace in the morning office when it is followed by other offices; the use of the Apostles’ creed (unbracketed) in the office for morning and evening prayers, and the recitation of the Nicene creed in its proper place, after the gospel, in the office for holy communion. It is the further sense of this convention that a committee, composed of men learned in liturgical science, be appointed by authority of the general convention, whose duty it will be to report to the same from time to time, and whose recommendations be accepted or refused by that convention. These suggestions were ordered printed and made a special order for to-morrow. The Recent Murders at Austin, Tex. Galveston. Oct. I.—A special to the News from Austin says: “The negro, Johnson Gregg, on whose evidence Oliver Townsend and ’Dock’ Woods have been arrested, charged with Sunday night’s murders, states that he overheard Townsend and Wood planning the murders and on the night of the crime followed one of them to the premises where it was committed. He heard ‘Dock’ Woods protest against the deed for fear of detection, and Townsend declared he would kill Gracie Vance. He heard the disturbance made in committing the crime, but then left the neighborhood without raising an alarm. Gregg also stated that he had heard Townsend threaten to kill Becky Rainey, who. with a little girl, was killed on a Sunday night about a month ago, and said that he had not spoken of the matter because he did not know that Townsend killed her. This story, however, is discredited. Lucinda Boddy is now lying unconscious in the hospital, with little hope of recovery.” Millionaire Murphy’s Will. New York. Oct. I.—The will and codicils of Daniel T. Murphy, a millionaire engaged in business in California for many years, lias been filed for probate here. He died on June 3, last. His widow, Anna S. Murphy is executrix, and among the executors is Eugene Kelly. The former is made guardian of the children, and the latter guardian of the estate. To his mother he gives $5,000 a year and a house in Albany; to his brother Henry, $25,000, and $5,000 to Archbishop Riordan, of San Francisco, for charitable purposes. To his widow he gives au annuity of $6,000 and all his personal effects. The residue of his estate is divided equally among his children. All Quiet at Montreal. Montreal, Oct. I.—Forty-nine new cases of smallpox, iwenty-two of which were authenticated. were reported yesterday. The placarders met with no serious opposition to-day. Fiftyeight vaccinators are making house-to-house visitations, and are inoculating 3,000 persons daily. There have been no disturbances to-day, and no trouble is feared to-night. Fourteen of the sanitary police, well armed with revolvers, turn out every night to guard their office in the City Hall. Chief Paradis was at his office to-day. There are one or two cases of smallpox in Longueville, but the disease has been confined to the house in which it first appeared.

Insanity of Benjamin E. Smith. Columbus, 0., Oct. I.—Benjamin E. Smith, formerly one of the wealthiest men of Columbus, has been adjudged insane and ordered to be sent to the Central Insane Asylum. Reverses in business, it is said, have been the cause. Several years ago he began the erection of a largo hotel at Rockaway Beach. In this he sau k the major part of his fortune, and never completed it. His handsome residence here has been sold at sheriff’s sale, and is occupied now by Governor Hoadly. He had been cared for in a private sanitarium for some time, but the fact that his mind was effected was not even suspected, and its announcement creates surprise. Lynching in Colorado. Denver, Col., Oct 1. —Information has reachod here to the effect that Marshal Clements, the murderer of his brother and brother’s wife at Saguache, was taken from the jail there by a party of masked men and hanged. Clements had a Knife with which he cut two of the masked men quite severely. Before he died he stated that his father and sister had nothing to do with the matter. The lynching occurred last Saturday night, but the location is remote, away from all telegraphic connection, and the residents of that locality manifest a desire to suppress all information. A Request for Publicity. New York, Oct. 1. —The Chamber of Commerce to-day adopted resolutions requesting that the provisions of the proposed treaty with. Spain and the provisions of other treaties be made public at the earliest appropriate moment, and before definite action is taken by the .treatymaking power, so that ample time'may be had for their discussion and consideration by the public in all their various forms. A copy of these resolutions was ordered to be sent to the President and Secretary of State. Government Barn Burned. Guelph, Ont, Oct. I.—The large barn of the Ontario government farm caught fire yesterday, and, together with horse-stables, sheep-pen, blacksmith shop,and other out-buildings, was destroyed. The absence of wind was all that saved the college and other buildings. Only three head of grade cattle were in the barn at the time, and these, with grain, hay and other feed, were burned. The exact loss cannot be ascertained, but it is estimated at from $25,000 to $35,000; fully insured. Hoadly Challenge* Sherman. Columbus, 0., Oct. I.—Governor Hoadly has challenged Senator Sherman to a joint debate at Dayton on Saturday. The challenge was not accented by Chairman Bushnell, on the ground that, as Hoadly had refused to meet Judge Foraker, his rival.Jhe would not dignify his candidacy for the United States senatorship by allowing Mr. Sberman to debate with him. Smallpox in New York. New York, Oct. I.— lsidor and BerthaJHeroert, aged respectively five and four years, were removed to the Riverside Hospital tonight, suffering from smallpox. There have been several cases of this disease recently in the vicinity from which they were removed. * Yale’s First Female Student. New Haven, Conn., Oct. I.— Miss Alice B. Jordir, of Cold water, Mich., a graduate of the academic and law departments of the University of Michigan, entered the Yale law school to-day. She is the first lady ever entered in any department of Yale outside of the art school. An Ex-Governor Sent to the Penitentiary. Boston, Oct I. — Franklin J. Moses, ex-Gov-ernor of South Carolina, was to-day sentenced to three years’ imprisonment in the State prison for obtaining money under false pretenses. The Right Rev. Henry Cotterell, D. D., Bishop of Edinburgh, is seriously ill with cancer of the jaw.

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THE PERILS OF PATRONAGE, Democratic Congressmen Who Are Sorry that Cleveland Was Elected. Prominent Members of the Honso Who Are Likely to Suffer from the Wrath of Disappointed Constituents. Rumor that E. 0. Graves Will Be Given the Place Vacated by Mr. Eaton. A Kansas Farmer’s Unique Appeal for a Tostoffice—Mr. Stockslager Sworn in as’'Assistant Land Commissioner. DISTRIBUTION OF PATRONAGE. Annoyances Which Party Success Has Brought Upon Democratic Congressmen. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, Oct. I.—There are a great many Democratic congressmen who are exceedingly sorry that Cleveland was elected to the Presidency last fall. It is not that they have any particular ill-feeling towards Cleveland per se, but they were by no means anxious that any Democrat should succeed to the presidential chair. It seems somewhat paradoxical that a Democrat who has worked hard for many years for his party should regret his party’s success. Yet it is not strange when the situation is looked into. A comparison of the congressional directories for the last decade will reveal that in nearly all the strong Democratic districts the present incumbents have been’ returned to their seats in Congress term after term, by majorities which increase in the same ratio as the growth of the population. In the Republican strongholds, on the other hand, it is rare that a congressman succeeds himself more than once or possibly twice. The reason for this seeming unaccountable difference is plain. Republicans have had all the patronage to distribute, while the Democrats have had none. The result has been that in distributing this patronage the Republican congressmen have made many enemies who have worked agAinst them in convention. Now the boot is on the other foot, and from all sections of the country come reports of dissatisfaction and growlinsr in the hitherto peaceful Democratic camps, and the natural regret of Democratic congressmen that they have a President who can prove such a powerful factor in their own defeat. It is shrewdly hinted that the true animus of the ‘‘kicks” against Cleveland which some congressmen have started is to be found in their desire to shirk the responsibility of recommending changes. However this may be, it is known that dozens of these gentlemen heartily curse the fates which compel them to create antagonisms in their own bailiwicks through the distribution of petty appointments. Among the most prominent and best known Democratic leaders who are likely to suffer from the wrath of disappointed constituents are Springer and Townshond, of Illinois, Mills of Texas, and Holman of Indiana. Many others might be named, but those mentioned will servo as excellent examples. It is said by Illinois men that Springer and Townsend have each lost a hundred votes or more by every recommendation that they have made and that the hitherto serene skies which have formed the canopies over their districts are already clouded and overcast. Springer is especially unfortunate in thi* direction, and only a miracle can now save him from political annihilation. Mills, in order to attempt to counteract the bad effect of his political moves thus far will lead the onslaught on the civil-service law, and will probably find himself deeper in the mire than ever at tho end of the coming session. Holman is believed to have signed his own death warrant already and Indianians from bis district predict that he will never be heard from after this Congress.

THE CIVIL-SERVICE COMMISSION. Rumor that the Presidency of the Board Will Be Offered to Mr. E. O. Graves. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, Oct. 1. —A gentleman close to the administration informs me that the President intends to offer the position of chairman of the Civil service Commission to ]NIr. E. O. Graves, present chief of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. It is not known that Mr. Graves would accept the place, nor is it positive that he has any intimation of the President’s intention. The tender ot the place to Mr. Graves, however, would be eminently fit and proper. He entered the civil service of the goverinent as a minor clerk, during the war, and by his integrity and qualifications climbed the ladder until he reached the post of chief of the National Bank Redemption Agency of the Treasury Department During President Arthur’s terra, he was promoted to the position of Assistant Treasurer when Mr. Wyman succeeded Treasurer Gilfillan. Finally, in looking about for the right man to take charge of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, the attention of President Cleveland was directed to the record of Mr. Graves and he was selected. The appointment was commended upon all sides, except by those rank politicians who hoped that this important bureau, with its vast patronage, would fall into Democratic hands and again become a prolific source of revenue for congressmen having heavy political liabilities. * Mr. Graves ha3 been an ardent advocate of civil-service reform for reform’s sake, and to place him at the head of the Civil-service Commission, provided he would accept the trust, would be a fitting recognition of his services in behalf of reform. A UNIQUE APPEAL. A Kansas Farmer’s Original Method of Applying for a Postotflce. Special to the lrdlanapolie Journal. Washington, Oct. I.— Amid the cords of adulation which are piled in the files of the Postoffice Department in the interest of various applicants for postoffiee appointments, is an occasional letter which is unique and original. The fight over one of the Presidential offices in ■ Kansas, near the boundary line of the Indian Territory, has grown so hot that the leading j candidates are engaged in a laudable attempt to j prove each other thieves, burglars and horse-, stealers, and the appointing power has thus far 1 beon unable to settle upon a fit man for the place. Consequently, the following letter, recently received by the President, is as refresh.