Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 January 1886 — Page 1

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SKINIBLOOD Diseases from Pimples to Scrofula Cured by Cuticura. HUNDREDS of letters in our possession, copies of which may be had by return of mail, repeat this story: I have been a terrible sufferer for years from Diseases of the Skin and Blood; have been obliged to shun public plrces by reason of my disfiguring lmmors: have bad the best physicians; have spent hundreds of dollars, and got no .relief until I used the Cuticura Remedies, which have cured me, and left my skin and blood as pure as a child’s. COVERED WITH SALT RHEUM. Cuticura Remedies are the greatest medicines on earth. Had the worst case of Salt Rheum in this country. My mother had it twenty years, and in fact died from it. I believe Cuticura would have saved her life. My arms, breast and head were covered for three rears, which nothing relieved or cured until I used the Cuticura Resolvent, internally, and Cuticura and Cuticura Soap, externally. J. W. ADAMS. Newark, O. head, face AND body raw. I commenced to use your Cuticura Remedies last July. My head and face and some parts of my body were almost raw. My head was covered with scab3 and sores, and my suffering was fearful. I had tried everything I had heard of in the East and West. My cose was considered a very bad one. 1 have now not a £2j*ticle of Skin Humor about me. and my case is considered wmdet&JL mrs. s. e. Whipple. Decatur, Mich. ECZEMA FROM HEAD TO FEET. Charles Eayro Hinkle, Jersey CiiJ* Heights, N. J., writes: “My son, a lad of twelve years, **>*B completely cured of a terrible case of Eczema by the C' 4 *- vura Remedies. From the top of his head to the Spies of his feet was one mass or scabs.” Every other remedy and physicians had been tried in vain. Cuticura Remedies are sold everywhere. Price: Cuticura, 50c: Resolvent. $1; Soap. 25c. Prepared by the POTTER DRUG AND CHEMICAL CO., Boston, Mass. Send for “How to Cure Skin Diseases.” pA T TT)O Pimples, Skin Blemishes and Baby XV Ul3 O, Humors Cured by Cuticura Soap. AlOfV CUTICURA ANTI-PAIN PLASTER is new, original, elegant and infallible autiy t dote to Pain and inti animation, banishing /Xl Rheumatic. Neuralgic, Sciatic. Sudden. PffiLiyyA Sharp and Ner /ous Pains as by magic. At Banting Convicts with Bloodhounds. Little Rook, Ark. Jan. B.— News has reached here that sixteen penitentiary convicts wnohave been employed in the mines at Coal Hill, this State, effected their escape at 12 o'clock, on Wednesday. They tunneled a distance of thirty five feet. The work was commenced at the time of the strike, which occurred there about three weeks ago, and was continued up to the present time, but was kept covered from the officer* Search was made through the mine for the purpose of finding the passage by which they had escaped, but it could not be found, they having kept it closed behind them so that po trace was left Two of the convicts were recaptured, but the fourteen others made good their escape. Bloodhounds and a posse are in pursuit, and. the delegation are heading for the Indian country. Tidings of comfort and joy. St Jacobs Oil perer fails to cure rheumatism.

IRELAND IN THE NEW YEAR. The Moderate Men of Both the Great English Parties Wish To Be Generous; And Desire to Ameliorate Ireland’s Condition as Par as Possible—Threats of IrishAmericans and Their Effect. , The Situation Very Serious, and Gladstone Not the Man for the Time. An Important Innovation by Church in Spain—German Decorations for Papal Officials—Other News by Cable. IRELAND'S PROSPECTS. Wltat 1886 Promises To Do for tli© Relief of England's Poor Relation. Correspondence of fbe Indianapolis Journal. London, Jan. I.—We stand on the threshold of the new year, and rarely have we had a more vague idea of what is in store for us when the door shall open ffnd the new history begin. Mr. Gladstone is the hope and fear of the time. The heart of the nation is not with him; the intellect of the nation has no confidence in him. If Lord "SMisbury were backed with the votes of a good majority, and had with him a strong working Cabinet, with real, constitutional control, all would be well. He is a reliable Minister, and his influence with continental governments is great. But, unfortunately, his party is in a minority, and the Liberals are not numerous enough to act independently. Any government that reigned by the weight of a powerful majority would do the right thing, because it would be independent and have no wick to trim. No Ministry without real power can solve the problems that demand solution in the new year. What will happen no one can tell. The situation is a serious one. and it is made the more serious by the hurried and undignified bids for office which are being made by the most turbulent Minister that ever imposed his strong will upon England. Mr. Gladstone began the campaign which has just ended with bitter denunciations of the Irish chief and Lord Salisbury, with a withering scorn of the rebel .claims of the Parnellites. To-day he is their apologist and would be their mouthpiec e and their ministerial friend. He has formulated a measure of home rule, but he denies its existence because he has not put it on papor. The Daily News, which gave up attacking the Parnellites the moment it was seen the Conservatives could not have a majority, has gone in for home rule with Gladstone, and on Christmas day it contained a clever apologetic editorial in justification of the Gladstone position. "It is characteristic of the English mind,” says the Daily News, “even when it has come to the conclusion that something must be done, to shrink back from the proposal to do something definite; aud when it has made up its mind that the time must come for action of a particular kind, to be startled at the tne time has actually come. To this quality, which is the weak side of the prudence and caution which have marked the history of the nation, must in part be attributed the revulsion of feeling which Mr. Gladstone’s proposal to deal at once with the question of Jhome rule has excited in many minds.” In spite of Mr. Gladstone’s declaration that he has no plan, but will prefer to wait for Lord Salisbury’s first move, the Liberal organ concludes that he has, and goes on preparing the way for it. The moderate men of both parties are anxious to be very generous to Ireland, and will be, no doubt; but the situation is not improved by the threats of the Irish in America, whoso cabled utterances in the London dailies are rather calculated to stiffen the back of the nation than to promote kindly feeling. Mr.Parnell has more to fear just now from his friends than from his enemies. The American Irish are complicating rather than ameliorating the position. They are reported to threaten revolutionary violence unless Mr. Parnell’s programme is accepted, unless his demands are granted. At present Mr. Parnell has not stated what he wants. He has promulgated no programme. Under these circumstances, it would perhaps be wise—it would certainly be better for Mr. Parnell—if the American Irish waited until the English knows what his programme is before they threaten to annihilate the poor old country if it does not grant his demands. If Mr. Parnell were to limit his claims within constitutional lines, and promise to Great Britain a patriotic allegiance to her united and imperial empire: if he were to give a frank promise that his agitation had constitutional limits; if he honestly denounced crime, and journalistic incitements thereto; if he gavo the government a real, broad, handsome opportunity to take him by the hand, he would then have both sides in a true rivalry to carry out his wishes. But, the nation being in a generous mood, it will be dangerous to trespass upon it with threats. The proposal of the Daily News is no doubt sufficiently inspired by Mr. Gladstone to be taken as a fair indication how far the Liberals are prepared to go. “An Irish Parliament, strictly limited to legislation on pureiy Irish questions, and to legislation on them in conformity with the fundamental principles on which the policy of the United Kingdom is based, would in our belief b* the beginning of pacification, and is the essential erudition of it Whether or not this is the best political ryst3hi in itself we need not now discuss. It is best fitteri m eet the present emergency. It would bring ~h.*U' to Ireland classes and influences whose absence thence is in a ereat degree the source of the present mischief.” An Irish Parliament in Dublin for Irish work would have at least this greatadvantage: it would give the Commons time and opportunity for imperial affairs, and might, the House being free of purely Irish questions, develop a patriotic interest among Irish members in the larger necessities of government and legislation. Apart from the Irish question, the English outlook is far from encouraging. Trade does not improve, commercial prospects are dark, the Stock Exchange is dull, and stocks continue to have a downward tendency. The German tariffs under the Bismarckian regime have proved very injurious to the English iron and other industries. The failure of the elections to give the country a strong and settled government has hurt England in the East. America and Turkey will come closer together by reason of it, and the triple alliance will develop into a formidable factor of peace and war, should Lord Salisbury be defeated in office, which is now more than prob able. Throughout society and among all classes of people there is apparent that k*nd of uncertain feeling which is the forerunner of great events. The nation is waiting, as it were, waiting for the worst or the best, assured that the time has arrived for “something to be done” one way or the other. What that something may be nobody quite understands. The new year will tell us whether “the hour” has really “come,” and who is “the man” it will bring. In England’s greatest extremities the man is generally

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there: the necessity creates him. At the present moment it is hard to stop him; his name is certainly not Gladstone. Mr. Gladstone’s Alleged Plan. Cable Special. It transpired at a late hour to-night that Mr. Gladstone’s consultations with leading colleagues have resulted in an agreement on the general features of the Irish measure. Mr. Gladstone’s bill, as finally drafted, will run largely on the lines of the State Legislatures of America. It gives Ireland a real, not a phantom, national assembly. There will be a real Ministry, with absolute control over public offices, public revenues and public service. The legislature will be invested with the law-making authority. Ireland will have her own elections, and elect her own legislature, which will pass its own laws, run its own revenue and spend its own mouey. The imperial functions will be similar to those of the federal Congress—namely, control over army, navy, external relations, and internal revenue. The question of Irish representation in the imperial Parliament is undecided, but Mr. Gladstone is stated to be in favor of local and federhi representation, as m America. He does not share Mr. T. P. O’Connor’s apprehensions of Irish difficulties in the imperial Parliament He looks with confidence to the restraining influence of parties in tLe Irish National Assembly to safely guard national and imperial interests. The bill provides for a redistribution of Irish seats It will be seen that Mr. Parnell’s Grattan Parliament Bcheroe and Mr. T. P. O’Connor’s colonial plan are alike rejected in favor of a modification of the American legislative system adapted to the geographical and ethnological conditions. The Dublin Castle bureaucracy is to be swept away and leave no trace. One part of O'Connor’s colonial plan is likely to be adopted, namely, the appointment of a viceroy. It is believed that the Duke of Connaught would,be the most acceptable viceroy attainable'. The Duke is popular, and is notoriously in sympathy with the Irish nation, and eagerly seeking an opportunity of giving practical expression to his feelings.

• CATHOLICISM IN SPAIN. A New Departure in the History of the Catholic Church—A Most Important Step. Madrid, Jan. 8. —The manifesto of the Spanish bishops, now on the eve of official publication, will strike consternation into the hearts of those Catholics all over Europe who persist in being more clerical than the Pope, and with mixing up things eternal with things political. It will mark anew departure in the history of the Catholic Church in Spain, and w ill be another step toward the realization, of that ideal toward which Leo X Ill’s aspirations tend —the identification of Catholicism with the people. The Spanish bishops, after a long and secret consultation, proclaim what in Spain is a novel doctrine. Henceforth politics and religion must not be confounded in Spain. The pith of the document will be in clauses which state that, “provided that the faith and Catholic principles be respected, ail forms of government are admissible,” and that “no newspaper or publication in Spain shall in any way be considered an organ of the Vatican as to any form of government that may be adopted.” The bishops denounce all who oppose this doctrine as bad Catholics, and plumply informed the Ultramontaine journalists that their ravings have just so much authority as their arguments, but no more. The Holy Father had already dealt several crushing blows at the French and Italian Ultraraontair.es. By sanctioning the publication of the Spanish bishops’ manifesto he now rebukes the Carlist agitators, who, under the cloak of religion, are stirring up civil war and advocating tyranny. Thanks to Papal wisdom, the bigotry and ignorance which made Catholic Spain a byword, has gradually been dispelled. The mere announcement of the manifesto has made an immense impression. If adhered to it will cripple monarchical conspirators, who are watching the opportunity for anew revolution.

STRANGE VISIONS OF YOUNG GIRLS, Remarkable Outbreak of Religious Enthusiasm in the Bahamas. San Salvador Letter in London Times. A remarkable outbreak of religious hallucination occurred on this island this year. About January last a report was out that a young girl had seen visions and was under some influonco not belonging to this world. Her excitement soon communicated itself to others, and in the course of a few weeks some twenty young girls were affected. They then organized religious meetings, and much excitement was caused. I went once to see what took place at these meetings. About fifty people sat round in a room singing, clapping hands and stamping tho feet, keeping time to a Kind of mouotonic chant. The girls who saw visions were standing in the center, sometimes walking up and down. They had a vacant kind of stare. Gradually the singing quickeued, until at last it became fast and furious. Then the girls would dance, shout and bark like dogs. After twenty minutes of this they would fall down with a shriek. Their struggles, cries, and foaming at the mouth were dreadful to Bee, and in many cases it took four or five men to hold them still. After the tit was over they would lie exhausted for about one hour; then, when they came to, they gave very detailed accounts of the visions they had seen. A great deal of these visions was, of course, nonsense, but one thiDg was remarkable—they spoke of people doing things many miles away from the place. Upon inquiry it was found in some cases that what they had seen corresponded exactly with the events. One most remarkable feature in this outbreak was that it was not confined to one spot. Almost simultaneously in every settlement on the island (the island is forty-five miles long and twelve broad in places) similar outbreaks occurred. Girls living at a distance of five or ten miles from she scene of the “shouting meetings,” as they were called, would be seized. Being seized with a kind of frenzy, they would run, as if by inspiration, to the spot where the rest wefe assembled, no matter how far. Most of those attacked with the fits were people who belonged to the Baptist society. Con sequently their visions were not of the Madonna, but of the distinctive predestination doc trines of their sect. Very blowing accounts were given of the various punishments and tortures reserved for the wicked in hell, and they were most liberal in dispensing these punishments among their friends. Up and down the island abont 400 or 500neople were seized, and it was at first thought it was a kind of epidemic of hysteria. In a few cases glri. highly respectable character were seized, and, aitliOCgu did not see visions, yet for weeks they would Laws rit daily, and such was their superhuman strength that I have seen a young girl of sixteen.struggle C’Jt of the grasp of four strong men. The outbreak lastld from January to July, and at one time it wj? feared that it wouldlead to serious consequences, for all the people who gave credence to the visions neglected work and abandoned themselves to holding meetings day and night for singing, shouting, barking and listening to accounts of the visions seen. In the daytime, and especially on Sundays, they bad processions with banners. This led to some bad feeling, and in a few cases the law had to be appealed to in the interests of peace. It was a singular thiug that although they organized themselves into a sect, and all who disbelieved in the visions were “heretics,” yet they showed the utmost courtesy and good will toward the church, but toward their own particular denomination and tho various other sects they displayed great animosity. The excitement has died out now, and they have ceased to exist as a sect. P. Barrow Matthews, Rector, San Salvador, Nassau Diocese. FOREIGN MISCELLANY. German Decorations for Distinguished Officials of the Catholic Church. Berlin, Jan. B. —ln recognition of their service! in connection with the settlement of the

Carolines dispute. Emperor William has conferred the decoration of the Order of the Black Eagle upon Cardinal Jacobin!, Papal Secretary of State, and the decoration of the Order of the Red Eagle upon Monsignori Mocinni and Galinooti. Monsignor Madsoni and Monsignor Jacohini, keeper of the pontifical archives, receive the decoration of the Order of the Crown. The North German Gazette publishes an autograph let&r from the Pope to Prince Bismarck addressed, “Excelso Vivi Magni Chancellaro,” in whhsh the Pope expresses his thanks for the honor oi being selected as mediator in the Carolines question, which honor he ascribes chiefly to the advice of Prince Bismarck. i Severe Gale on the English Coast. London, Jan. B.—A hurricane has prevailed along the north coast of Great Britain, causing serious damage to property. A lifeboat was capsized in the harbor at Whitehaven, and one of the crew drowned. Several Bmall wrecks are reported, The weather has moderated, and a thaw has set in. In Scotland the snow in some places has drifted into enormous banks, and a number of trains are reported to be blocked. An unknown steamer has foundered in the English channel, ana a mass of wreckage has been washed ashore. The French bark Reni has been wrecked in Bristol channel, and four of her crew drowned. Destitution in Glasgow. Glasgow, Jan. B. —The great and long continued depression in trade, together with the cold weather of the past few days, is causing much suffering among the poorer classes. The charitable societies, notwithstanding extraordinary efforts, are unable to supply the wants of the great number of persons who daily apply for relief. The work-houses are overcrowded. A meeting of 5,000 unemployed persons was held here to-day, Tho crowd was orderly, and no socialistic remarks were indulged in by the speakers. It was resolved to make an appeal to the wealthier classes for assistance.

Schooner Wrecked and Crew Dost. London, Jan. B. —ThS schooner Swallow was wrecked at Fleetwood, and all on board were drowned. THE BUSINESS OUTLOOK. Bradstreet’s Weekly Report of the Condition * of Affairs at the Principal Trade Centers. New York, Jan. B. —Special telegrams to Bradstreet’s to-day, from leading business centers, indicate that at Western distributing points general trade is almost .uniformly quiet. Dry goods jobbers and commission houses are very hopeful. Stocks at cotton goods mills are lighter than at the corresponding period one year ago, with one exception. The fproduction of woolen goods is light©?, proportionately, than that of cotton. Jobbers have been buying rather freely of late. Print cloths are higher and firmer, and stocks at Fall River, Mass., are smaller than at auv date since 1879. In raw wool there have* been quite moderate transactions, but the tone of the market was strong. Holders are of the opinion that an advance is more likely at the present time than three months ago, inasmuch as manufacturers are expected to buy more freely before the end of the month. Stocks are reported to be relatively small. Makers of pig-iron do not see their way clear to an advance in prices in the near future, and speculators therein are not so anxious to buy as previously. Southern pig-iron is still coming forward. There have been no imports of Scotch pig-iron during the week. Steel rails have been sold at from $1 to $2 pwr ton .below the nominal quotations of $35 per ton, which sufficiently comments upon the published interview with prominent steei’affoi iron merchants as to tWe condfcion'of the market Petroleum is somewhat lower in price, owing to anew well having threatened to increase the available oil territory. W T heat is somewhat firmer, after the break recently sustained. The heavy En-' glish stocks, added to the quantity of wheat and flour on passage for the United Kingdom, and the large visible supplies in the United States and Canada, show by far the heaviest available breadstuff stocks in sight ever reported. This is more than enough to account tor the heaviness of the market. Indian corn and oats are relatively quiet Exports of wheat have been made freely, owing to the break in prices. Hog products have been held higher and firmer. The foreign demand is somewhat better, and the falling away in the supply of hogs contributes to the strength noted. Anthracite coal is inclined to be demoralized. Prifeea are off, and the demand is light. The uncertainty as to mining arrangements for the ensuing quarter constitutes a source of uncertainty.

Failures for the Week. New York, Jan. B.—The business failures occurring throughout the country during the last seven days, as reported to It. ti. Dunn & Cos., number, for the Uuited States, 316, and for Canada 20, or a total of 336, be ; ng the largest aggregate for any week since Janupry, 1885. The casualties are exceptionally numerous in the Southern States. There were 299 failures in business in the Uuited States reported to Bradstreet’s during the week, against 297 in the previous week, 448 in the same week last year. 345 iu 1884, and 342 in 1883. * m Cleveland, 0., Jan. B.—Sampliner, Adler & Cos., wholesale dealers in jewelry, made an assignment to-day. The liabilities are estimated at $50,000, and the assets at a lower figure. J. C. Bloch was made assignee. Wm. H. Doren & Cos., shoe manufacturers, also assigned. The liabilities of this firm are unknown. Baltimore, Md., Jan. B.—Win. H. Rose, the late h<>ok-keeper of Painter. Tongue & Cos., who assigned yesterday because of embezzlement by Rose, made assignment to day for the benefit of his creditors. The bond of the trustee is SIO,OOO, indicating only $5,000 assets. Toronto, Jan. B.—William Hessin, wholesale confectioner, is in financial difficulties. His premises have been taken possession of by Molsen's Bank under a chattel mortgage for $59,000. Chtcaoo, Jan. B.—Gohegan & Cos., furniture dealers, have failed, and were closed by the sheriff this morning. The firm did an extensive business. A MICHIGAN TRAGEDY. A Whole Family Found in Their House with Their Throats Cut—Work of a Maniac. Battle Creek, Mich., Jan. B.—Neighbors, noticing the absence of persons around Martin White’s residence, in this city, broke into his house this afternoon and found the entire family with wTfbr throats cut. White and wife were lying upon the and ths two children in bed. It is thought they have been dead since Stir.dsy night, as they have not been seen since then. It is thought that he became insane and murdered his family, as no other reason is known. A coroner’s jury is now in session. Intense excitement prevails over the tragedy. The family consisted of White and wife, and Bessie and May, aged four and twelve years, resnectively. Mrs. White was found by the side of the kitchen stove, dressed as she came from church, with a terrible cut on her chin, and her throat cut. White lay in front of the stove, with a great cut on his throat Bessie was found up-, stairs on a bed, witn her throat cut, and ou the" floor lay May, in a pool of blood, with her throat cut from ear to ear, and her head nearly severed from her body. The walls were spattered with blood. It is supposed that White took little Bessie up-stairs and cut her throat; he then called May up. and had a struggle with her. He waited for his wife to come home from church,' when he struck her with an ax and cut her throat White is a cousin of the White who was murdered in the Crouch slaughter, near Jackson.

AFFAIRS AT THE CAPITAL. Another Democratic Proposal in Reference to the Admission of Dakota. # Several Proposed Amendments to the National Constitution Which Commend Themselves to the Consideration of Everybody. Gen- Sheridan’s Opinion of Gen. Crook and His Campaign Against Geronimo. favorable Report on the Bill to Prohibit Lottery Advertisements in the Mails—llow the Pension Roll Is Increased. THE DAKOTA MATTER . Proposition to Divide the Territory on the Line of the Missouri River. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, Jan. 8. —The members of the Democratic side of the House have prepared a bill which they intend to use for the purpose of knocking the wind out of the sails of the Republicans who desire the division and admission of Dakota. This bill provides for the division of the Territory into two States, the dividing line of which shall he the Missouri river. This would give a Republican State on the eastern side and a Democratic State on the west, as it would take in all of the Black Hills district and the rough towns along the Missouri, where Democratic leaders are thickest. Delegate Gifford said to-day that he would be perfectly satisfied to have this bill introduced; that in fact he would welcome any attempt on the part of the Democrats to divide the Territory in any manner. “If they will take any step in that direction,” said Mr. Gifford, “it will give us an opportunity to show the justice of our claim, and we shall be well content to fight it out on that line.”

CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS. Proposed Measures Which Commend Themselves Because of Their Merit, Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ♦ Washington, Jan. 8. —A great many bills have already been introduced in Congress which propose amendments to the Constitution, of more or less merit. There are two of these, however, which seem to commend themselves to the consideration of nearly everybody. Oue of them is that which proposes an amendment whereby the President shall have the power to veto itenls in appropriation bills: but under the present system of legislation and the consequent necessity for log-rolling, it is doubtful if this measure would secure a tithe of the votes on either side of the House. Another proposition is to so amend the venerable corner stone of American institutions as to make it impossible for Congress to enact special legislation. Several of the States in tho Union have[already amended their constitutions in this respect, and members of Congress who have represented their various districts in the legislative assemblies of their States aro heartily in favor of this V’hich would not only relieve the House and Senate from an enormous amount of work, but which would also remove, to a considerable extent, the opportunities of unscrupulous newspapers to attack every man who votes for special legislation in favor of any corporation. Owing, however, to the inactivity and old-fashioned ideas of the judiciary committee, it is not likely that any constitutional amendment will be recommended to the people.

CROOK AND THE APACHES. General Sheridan Thinks the Marauders Will Soon Be Extirpated. Washington, Jan. B. —Lieutenant-general Sheridan, in conversation with a representative of the Associated Press, to-day, remarked, with reference to his recent official visit to Arizona and the latest news from the Apaches: “I have reason to believe that General Crook’s operations will result in the destruction of Geronimo’s band and the restoration of quiet in the region of the Apache depredations, but the work cannot be accomplished in a day. Now that Geif. Crook has full sway, his tactics and fearless energy will, I doubt not, brine about good results. He has all the troops he wants, and they are placed in the most advantageous positions. Detachments guard all the watering places, and patrols and scouting parties coyer the entire area of 30,000 square miles over which the savages have been operating. Everv route which is practicable to white men is thus guarded. The failure to extirpate the band long ago is due to the wily instincts of an enemy so small in numbers that the methods of actual warfare cannot be employed with effect, aud to the nature of the country. The Apache is a mountain Indian, bred from childhood to practice climbing and to make long desert journeys afoot, with little water, little or no clothing, and no other food than roola or berries. When on the war-path he carries no rations. Encumbered with only his gun and ammunition he proceeds by trails which are impassable to mounted meu, or to those who are only habituated to the conditions of ordinary military experience, and in such paths he often travels a distance of sixty miles a day. It is only in recent, years that the ponies have become his auxiliaries, and now he kills the animal and seeks his own safety in his familiar fortress when pursued. Apache outbreaks are rarely to be anticipated or foretold. When a band becomes hostile, it manages to cet away six or eight hours before any knowledge of its purposes can become known to the troops. It murders isolated settlers and prospectors, and attacks and plunders ranches to obtain provisions. The course is always towards the Mexicau borders. If such a band is overtaken by the troops it does not give battle, but its members scatter to the hills, each for himself, and they reunite at some designated spot, many miles away. The troops aud the Indian trailers who accompany them are rarely able to do more, in such cases, than pick up a few women and Wh?n I visited General Creek, or six weeks ago, eleven warriors had been killed, and thirty one women and children captured. Twenty warriors and all the remaining women and children were in Mexico, and only ten warriors were north of the border. These ten have committed all the recent murders.” LOTTERIES AND THE PRESS. Favorable Report on the Bill Prohibiting Lottery Advertisements In the Mails. Washington Jan. 3.— Senator Wilson, of lowa, to day reported favorably, from the comm ittee on postoffices and post-roads, the bill introduced by him to prohibit the mailing of newspapers and other publications containing lottery advertisements. The report accompanying the bill says that the several States have acted resolutely and with marked uananimity in thoir endeavors to suppress the malicious presence of the lottery. Louisiana stands almost alone in the toleration of the evil, and she has pronounced against it after 1895. The postal system ought not to be degraded to the condition of an instrument for the promotion of crime. The report

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farther says it is the purpose of the bill to aid the States in their efforts to suppress the crime which they have denounced almost with entire unanimity. It is intended to close the United States mails agaiusfc the transmission of lottery advertisements of every kind and character. “Without some law,” the report continues, “the insidious temptations contained in the cunningly-devised lottery advertisements will continue to invade every State, family, shop, office, or other place of business, or of pleasure, or public and private resort, in spite of the efforts which the United States have made to prevent it.” The committee says the bill is un* doubtedly constitutional, and quotes a decision of the Supreme Court upholding the right of Congress to pass such laws, and concludes its report by saying; “Freedom of the press was not guaranteed for the purpose of intrenching on our system an enemy to its better condition. On the contrary, it was established for the purpose of promoting such conditions. If it be prostituted to the base purpose of crime and the demoralization of the people by the swindling devices of the manipulators of lotteries, surely Congress may say that it shall not be entitled to use the mails to satisfy its needs.”

THE PENSION ROLL. How Claim Agents Add to the Already Overcrowded List—Treasury Pirates. Washington Special. In the perfect flood of bills introduced into th* House at the beginning of the session there are any number of devices to further increase our already overcrowded pension list Most of these measures are prepared by claim agents and lawyers who are interested in getting money out of the treasury for their clients, with whom they divide the spoils. These claims have been pushed through before under the cry of patriotism which should deny nothing to the Union soldier. Few of the politicians have dared to vote against these so called soldier measures for fear of incurring the wrath of the professional soldier element, which is united in compact social organizations throughout the country. Among the propositions submitted for consideration this winter are bills providing for the payment of female nurses during the war, for the pensioning of every man who has ever served in the army or navy in any war of the United States, or in time of peace in the army of the United States; for the granting of pensions to the widows and children of the soldiers and sailors of the Mexican war and the late war of the Rebellion; for the equalization of the bounties of soldierß of all grades who served in the late war; for the pensioning of prisoners of war who were confined in confederate military prisons during the late Rebellion; for the pensioning of the survivors of the Mexican war; to increase the pensions of soldiers and sailors who have become permanently and totally disabled; for pensions for the surviving soldiers of the Florida and Black Hawk wars; and last of ail, to pension ail honorably discharged persons of the array and navy whether disabled or not 1 have given but a few o£ these bills. Enough, however, to indicate their general character. The claim agents at Washington will never rest until they shall have on the pension list every ex United States soldier of any war, and every man woman and child who has been remotely connected by blood ties or marriage with any citizen who has ever worn the uniform of the United States. Some day some statesman will be found strong enough to stand up in his seat and denounce the schemes of these treasury pirates who, under the cover of patriotism, are constantly knocking at the doors of Congress for more money. It is a curious fact that no man, however high may be his position, appears to be above taking a pension however small. The original idea of granting pensious was to give them to men who were actually disabled, as an aid to help really disabled soldiers to live; yet a great many men are on the pension list who are in active business and have no need of the money. There are a number of senators and members who are on the pension list. I know of one particular senator who. to all appearances, is as young and active a man as there is in that body, and yet he is on the pension rolls, and draws sls a month for disability. A number of these men who are drawing pensions for disability have life insurance policies in reputable companies. In order to obtain these policies they have to pass a physical examination as sound men. In order to obtain a pension they have to pass another physical examination. What kind of a physical examination is it that certifies the same man to the Pension Office as disabled, and declares him to be sound to the life insurance companies? Either the government or the life insurance companies are defrauaed. It is probable that some of the statesmen who are pensioners, and who also carry insurance, were at the bottom of a law which was passed several years ago, declaring that nothing related by a man applying for a life insurance, or his record upon examination by the insurance people should be used against him in his application for a pension. Two or three years ago Congress required the printing of a complete list of the pensioners of the government. It would*be an interesting thing for the officials of the various insurance companies of the country to take the list of the people they have insured, and find how many of these men who are drawing pay upon the grounds of serious disability are on their records as sound men.

MR. INGALLS’S EDUCATIONAL SCHE3IE. How Be Expects to Attract Support for Hifl National University Bill. Washington Special. Senator Ingalls’s bill for a national university at Washington attracts some attenion from its singularity, and its author will no doubt make an interesting speech on its advocacy, as he promised to address the Senate on the subject Mr. Ingalls is a scholarly man, a college graduate, an ex-school teacher and one of the moat pleasing and witty speakers in Congress. His scheme does not meet with much favor, though he makes a shrewd bid for congressional support by supplying members with patronage. Each representative can fill a scholarship, and each senator two of them. He would appropriate $.1,000,000 as a permanent fund, on a special government bond, bearing 3 per cent, interest. This would give the institution aa*income of $250,000 a year, outside of tuition bills from students not holding scholarships. But the tiniversify could not bo run on this basis. The Military Academy at West Point costs annually, exclusive of the support of the cadets, over SIOO,OOO, and many of the instructors thero are ou the pay rolls of the army. Besides, that is a special school, with a comparatively narrow range of studies. It may not be generally known that there are already no fewer than five universities of national scope and reputation already located at Washington. These are the Columbian University, Georgetown College, Howard University, the National University for Deaf Mutes and the new Catholic university founded by Miss Cald well’s recent bequest, and destined to grow to large proportions. I>Gr s-re the other universities such on paper only. They ar* all prosperous, well attended and doing a high grade of work. Kerce the capital offers, as it is, an op* portunity for ambitious youth to acquire a lib*' eral education. _ MINOR MATTERS. An Abuse of House Privileges Which Calls Loudly for Reform. Special to the Indianapo’is Journal* Washington, Jan. B.— Of the three or four thousand bills introduced into the Forty-ninth Congress thus far, At least one-half are private pension bills, and of the whole 4,000 three-fourths are old measures, which have appeared year after year in Congress, and are introduced and reintroduced, printed and reprinted, until the] clerks who handle them a t the Capitol can repent some of them word for word, and line for line, without looking inside the wrapper. It seems as if a proposition to reform this abuse would now be passed in the House; but, uufortun