Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 January 1886 — Page 3

TIIE FORTY-NINTII CONGRESS Senator Pugh, of Alabama, Appears as a Champion ot the Silver Dollar, And Penonnwß the Effort to Secure a Suspension of Coinage as a Capitalistic Conspiracy to Control the Currency. THE SENATE. Routine Business—Senator Pagh Advocates Continual Coiuage of Silver. Washington, Jan. 11.—A number of petitions were presented praying for the suspension of silver coinage. Mr. Harrison reported favorably from the committee on Territories an original bill to admit Dakota and provide for the organization of the Territory of Lincoln. Mr. Butler reserved the right to submit a minority report, if, after perusal and consideration of the majority report, he should conclude to do so. Mr. Harrison, from the same committee, reported adversely on the resolutions heretofore offered by Mr. Butler and Mr. Vest, calling for inquiries as to the organization of a State government in Dakota. The resolutions were placed on the calendar. Mr. Morgan offered a resolution relating to the trustees provided for by the Utah bill to manage tho property and affairs of the Mormon Church organization. A preamble to the resolu tion recites that the union of ehurch and state in the joint administration of the temporal and spiritual affairs of any chareh or religious sect is dangerous to the freedom of religious worship, and violates the principles of the Constitution of the United States. The resolution sets forth, among other things, that, in the opinion of the Senate, it is not within the power of Congress to appoint officers of the United States to participate with the officers of any church or religious sect in the management of the affairs of such church or sect, and that it is a violation of the Constitution for the President to appoint any such officer under any law. At Mr. Morgan's request, the resolution was allowed to lie over. Mr. Manderson called up his bill to increase tho efficiency of the infantry branch of the army. The bill provides that each infantry regiment shall consist of twelve companies, one colonel, one lieutenant-colonel, three majors, one adjutant. one quartermaster, one quartermaster's sergeant and one chief, musician. All appointments to the original vacancies aboye the grade of second lieutenant, created by the act, shall be filled by seniority ir* the infantry branch of the service. Mr. Manderson addressed the Senate on the bill. Mr. Blair addressed the Senate on the bill introduced by him to provide for the erection of a monument at Washington to Abraham Lincoln, and another to General Grant Lincoln and Grant, he said, were associated in the minds of the people with - Washington as saviors of the country, and appropriate mdnuments should be erected to their memory in the capital city of the Nation. Individual effort would never undertake to erect monuments becoming the greatness of the men and principles to be commemorated in these instances, and the government therefore should undertake the task, as it had completed the monument to Washington. Mr. Pugh called up Mr. Beck’s silverresolution, and addressed the Senate on it. With the aid of all the learning of the world, Mr. Pugh said, the greatest statesmen were still grappling with the money question at precisely the same point at which they began to grapple with it. So far as the United States were concerned, there had never been a time when our paper or metallic currency had been so sound and healthy as it was to-day. This condition of affairs, and the premium on our bonds constituted a grim satire on the prophecies of the opponents of the legislation hitherto enacted by Congress on the money question. Nothing was more to be desired. Mr. Pngh thought, than that the banks, hankers and federal Treasury should stand aside and allow Gresham’s law to have full and free operation on our silver currency. These qnestiens were so fav-reaching and complicated in their operation as not to be capable of a final solution satisfactory to all honest inquirers. He (Mr. Pugh) had given the President’s message much consideration, bnt was constrained to differ with him in regard to money. Mr. Pugh quoted figures from the New York clearinghouse to show that only about 3J per cent, of the clearing-house transactions were represented by cash, the remainder being principally in checks. Congress was confronted, he said, with an official annoucemeut that our business relations had reached a crisis in which we must suspend the coinage of silver till we could secure an international ratio between gold and silver. - The real point involved Mr, Pugh believed to be not the suspension, but the total stoppage of silver coinage, and if silver coinage were suspended now it would directly and speedily lead to the consummation of an organized conspiracy of capitalists to secure absolute control of all our currency and the regulation of the volume and consequent purchasing power. Mr. Pugh believed he spoke for the Southern people when he said that three-fourths of them would to day, if opportunity were given, vote against the proposition to suspend silver coinage. The petitions that came to Congress favoring suspension were ail on printed blanks, and signed mainly by bankers. Mr. Pugh criticised the arguments of the Secretary of the Treasury and of the President. He inquired whether we were to take the mere dictum of the President on this matter, and insisted that the executive officers wue under obligation to enforce the laws of Congres. Some of those laws had been hourly violated. Had Congress abdicated itrf powers to the executive department of the government? The national banks who wero fiscal agents of the government should not, Mr. Pugh thought, have been allowed to become members of a clearing-house that discredited the silver certificates of the government. The national banks had evaded the law of Congress by agreeing that they would not offer gilver certificates to the clearing-house, and, therefore, none had been actually refused by the clearinghouse. A New York newspaper, he said, had squarely defended the evasion. Why was silver opposed by the national banks? Because silver wa* the only medium of ottr currency which they could not oootrol. “Stop the coinage of silver,” said Mr. Pugh, “and those banks will become absolute monarchs of all they survey ” The opinion of Mr. James G. Blaine, he continued, would hare influence with some. He read from remarks mads by Mr. Blaine, while in Congress, to the effect, that the establishment of a monometallic standard would be injurious to our industries and commerce, and that the United States could not wisely treat it as the European countries did. Both metals, Mr. Pugh insisted, were necessary in order to counteract the constant tendency of money to contract under the vast increase of the values of the world. He qnoted from an eminent English authority, Mr. Gosehen, to show that no goldstandard country in the world had advanced in prosperity in a degree at all to be compared with that of lb® donole-standard United States. Without concluding his remark-*. Mr. Pugh gave way to Mr. Edmunds for a motion to go into executive session. Mr. Vane* gave notice that at the close of morning business to morrow he would ask the Senate to continue the consideration of Mr Beck’s resolution. Mr. Coke gave notice that on Wednesday next he would ask permission to submit some remarks on the same subject The judicial salary bill was then placed, pro forma, before the Senate, and the doors were closed for an executive session. When they reopened the Senate adjourned.

TUB HOUSE. More New BilU, Making: a Total of About Four Thousand. Washington, Jan. 11.—The Speaker laid before the House a communication from the Clerk, transmitting papers in the various contested election cases, and the papers were referred to tbo committee on election*. A resolution ordering 25.000 copies of the President’s annual message printed, was adopted. Under the call of States the following bills and resolutions were introduced and referred: By Mr. Oats, of Alabama: To prohibit alien*

from acquiring title to, or owning lands w;thin the United States: also, to forfeit the New Orleans, Batou Rouge and Vicksburg land grant; also, to amend the rules of the House so as to limit speeches to thirty minutes. By Mr. Wheeler, of Alabama: Authorizing females to enter land* under the homestead law. By Mr. Henley, of California: To promote the introduction of fresh water on the Colorado desert. By Mr. Rogers, of Arkansas: Appropriating SIOO,OOO for the improvement of the government reservation at Hot Springs, Ark. By Mr. McKenna, of California: For appointment of a board of two army and two navy officers and one civilian, authorized to construct two gun foundries, one in California, at Mare Island navy-yard, or at Benicia arsenal, and one at such other place as the board may determine. at a cost not to exceed $1,000,000 for each foundry 3y Mr. Springer, of Illinois: A resolution directing the committee on claims to inquire into the expediency of passing a geueral law for the ascertainment of the facts in regard to each claim by a judicial tribunal before action by Congress, and also into the propriety of formulating a measure to prohibit the adjudication of private claims by Congress. By Mr. Townshend, of Illinois: Providing for the issue by the Treasury of silver certificates in denominations of one, two and five dollars each. This is an amendment of the silver act of 1878, under which the ten-dollar certificates are now issued. Its object is to supply the need for additional small bills as a part of the circulating medium. By Mr. Morrison, of Illinois: Authorizing tho Secretary of the Navy to fit out an expedition to observe the total eclipse of the sun on Aug 29. 1886. By Mr. Lore, of Delaware: To provide for the construction of a steam cruising vessel of war, of twenty knots speed. It recommends an appropriation of $3,000,000 for the construction of the vessel. By Mr. Paysou, of Illinois: To restrict tho ownership of real estate in the Territories to American citizens. By Mr. Weaver, of Iowa: To retire nationa bank notes, and to prevent the fluctuation o the currency by the substitution therefor o treasury notes. By Mr. Wilson, of Kentucky: To admit, free of duty, articles intended for exhibition at the Louisville exposition, to be held iQ 18S6. By Mr. Boutelle, of Maine: A resolution calling on the Secretary of the Navy for information concerning the truth or falsity of certain statements which have appeared in the public press as follows: First, that the commandant of the United States navy-yard, at Norfolk, Va., has caused the honorable inscriptions heretofore borne on the cannon captured by the United States military or naval forces to be obliterated; second, that he caused to be removed from the dry-dock a tablet placed there at the time it was reconstructed, and bearing the inscription “Destroyed by the rebels in 1862; rebuilt by the United States government in 1863;” third, that because of his protest against the removal of this inscription the superintendent in charge of the work of rebuilding has been removed from his position, and a person who engaged in military service against the government appointed in his place; fourth, that in disregard of a grateful recognition of the services, sacrifices and sufferings of persons honorably discharged from the military or naval service of the country, a number of such persons have been dismissed from employment in the Norfolk navy-yard, and their places filled by men who fought against the government during the Rebellion. If these allegations are found to be true, the Secretary of the Navy is directed to inform the House upon whose order, and on what authority, and in pursuance of what public policy, if any, such inscriptions were obliterated and such persons dismissed from the service. By Mr. Dingley, of Maine: To abolish compulsory pilotaee of sailing vessels in the coastwise trade; also, to encourage American shipbuilding for the foreign trade; also, a resolution directing the select committee on ship building and ship-owning interests to inquire what, if any. legislation will promote the interests of tho American marine engaged in the fisheries, and to report by bill or otherwise. By Mr. Cute boon, of Michigan: To promote the study of physiology and hygiene. By Mr. Gibson, of Maryland: Giving to the commander of the Marine Corps the rank of brigadier-general in the army. By Mr. O'Neil, of Missouri: Donating the Creve Coeur lakes to the city of St. Louis. By Mr. Healey, of Idaho: Authorizing a silver bullion fund for the purchase of silver bullion, to regulate the coinage of silver, and for theissue of silver certificates. By Mr. Joseph, of New Mexico: To divide the Territory of Dakota, and to create tfie Territory of Lincoln. By Mr. Warner, of Ohio: For the issue of treasury certificates on deposit of silver bullion; also, directing the payment of the surplus in the Treasury in excess of $50,000,000 on the public debt. Notwithstanding the large number of bills introduced during the last call of States, the call to-day brought forward 650 additional propositions, which increase to nearly 4,000 the number of measures now awaiting action by the House committees. The Speaker then called the committees for reports, but with the exception of the judiciary committee, which reported two or three private bills, there was no response to the call. The House then adjourned.

THE DEADLY MERMAID. The Beautiful Maiden from Under the Sea Makes Much Heart Trouble. New York Herald. The making of mermaids is purely an American achievement, although the first inventor was an Englishman now living in this city. They were first made in this country thirty-three years ago, to fill an order of a noted showman. Hundreds since have been manufactured and have been exhibited all over the country as gen uine. They are of all sizes and shapes. The bodies and heads are made of paper, rags and wire. The tails are of the codfish. The teeth are fishes’. The arms and legs are turkey bones. Dried eyes of the turkey are used when available. They are presumed to be more hideous and fossil-like than those of glass or paste. The secret of the mermaids’ success is that they are described as beautiful women who have lost the power of talking back and asking questions, their time being too much occupied with paddling, splashing and combing long, beautiful, floating hair and singing. A short time ago Ed. Burfleld, the champion seal hunter of New Brighton. S. 1., thought he had discovered the whereabouts of a real mermaid, which he said hung about Bobbin’s reef. He said that while he was fishing at night he could distinctly hear her singing '“Johnny Morgan” and another of his most favorite operas. Mr. Burfleld cont.nued in this opinion until George Hayward, of Tompkirisville, caught a big dogfish, which on its travels had swallowed a small musical box of the “Johnny Morgan” persuasion. Since then Mr.’ Burfleld has given up his moonlight trips to Robbia's reef, and says “he passes on the mermaid racket—no singing syringes for him.” Tne success of every mongrel woman depends upon her historian. There are men wno sit up nights to think of something new to say about them. Some of the exhi’oiters are very happy and clever in their descriptions. One of these said the other day, “I’ve been a side-shower all me life, and have traveled the whole country over. The best route for mermaids is through Ohio. The men there are wild to see ’em. I’ve known half a dozen engagements of marriage broken off because the lovers would go in the tent; and there was a divorce suit started down in Knox county because some old farmer fell in love with the pictures of a mermaid at a side show of a circus. Kinda queer things is mermaids.” A Discreet Maiden. San Francisco fall. Time, 5 p. m., and about forty-three passengers on each side. Enter a prepossessing young woman, who gazes appealingly at the male element and poiseß in graceful expectation of a seat Soft-hearted young man gingerly offers his place. Prepossessing young lady hows, hesitates, gurgles and assures him that she is “only going a little way.” Soft-hearted young man insists and prepossessing young lady is willing to eompromiee. “If you are a married man.” she suggests archly, “I will sit on your knee.” I’M not a believer in patent medicines, but a friend induced me to try Balvation Oil for my foot which has been afflicted with rheumatim for several years. 1 used it, and the rheumatism is entirely gone. John H. Anderson, liettd Welter, Maltby House, Baltimore, Md.

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i SALT! DOCUMENT. - The Late Archbishop Purcell’s Creditors Pay Their Respects to the Church Authorities. The Cincinnati papers of yesterday published the following report, made by a committee to the creditors of the late Archbishop Purcell, and by them adopted by a unanimous vote. It is certainly a document of an unusually “salty” character. Ladies and Gentlemen —The committee to whom you have intrusted the conduct of your affairs have watched your interests with constant solicitude, and, after a hard struggle with law and roguery, succeeded in exposing some of the tricks of the clerical trade and their henchman, Mannix. It was a difficult job to draw the rascal from his sacred hole and bring him up for public justice. He sat so long in the first pew in St. Xavier’s Church, frequenting and desecrating the sacraments, with such holy unction in his acts of devotion, that he deceived the public, and most of the creditors could not bring themselves to believe that so saintly a character could do any wrong in their behalf or turn aside from the paths of virtue. He was unearthed, however, and we all know now that he was but playing the game of the clergy who wished, and did actually defraud you. Hypocrisy is a trade adopted for personal gain, and outward sanctity is the cloak put on to cover the trader. Mannix was brought up in the proper school, and, seeing his tonsured teachers successful in the role, followed in the holy footsteps of the men of God. From the beginning of this controversy between the creditors and the assignee, Archbishop Elder frowned upon every effort at compromise. He knew that he had the right man in the right place, and the reverend members of his cabinet, who advised him to repudiate the debt, swallowed their cocktails with the utmost nonchalance at their Sixth-street barrel house, where the saints most do congregate in the back room. Oar Metropolitan is now at Rome, where he placed at the feet of the “Holy Father” a large sum of money, said to be given'him by Mannix for that holy purpose. This is not, however, the first time that a large percentage of your earnings went to the “Vicar of Christ” and doubtless invoked his prayers in your behalf that you might, with all the grace showered on you from the throne of the Vatican, be tho bet tor able to stand the robbery. It’s an old game of bishops to run to Rome with the offering of “the faithful” to secure the blessings of the “Holy Father” and promotion at the same time. It is within the recollections of all, except the very young among us, that the venerable prelate who eaused all our sorrow was inspired to visit tho “Holy See” some years ago, and with the view of making a suitable “offering” to heaven, who seemed in want of cash at that time, and as the Archbishop had none of his own to offer, he piously fell back upon your pile, out of which he had built a 6hip of gold, which, from stem to stern, from lower hold to quarter-deck, was composed of the solid auriferous article. Every mast, and spar, and sail, from the jib to the top-gallant, and even the “donkey,” were all of the same material. Thi3 ship the Archbishop had loaded to the gunwales with double eagles, and proceeded to lay this precious gift at the feet of the “Holy Father.” While this mode of disposing of vour funds must be verv pleasing in the sight of heaven, we stinted our families in order to add to our earnings against the necessities of the proverbial “rainy day,” until all went up into chaos, among Papal benedictions and magnificent temples erected to tho glory of “the living God.” Doubtless the golden ship and its contents were a solid part of the $15,000,000 which Pio Nono, of “blessed memory,” bequeathed to his family, not leaving a cent to church or charity of any kind. The present “prisoner of the Vatican,” who has just received another “offering” from your treasury, lives in such penury in his palace of 1,300 rooms, with his 500 goreeously-liveried servants, that he needs some assistance from the working women, the laborers and mechanics of Cincinnati, whom his predecessor hcloed to rob. In bis great necessities he contrived to present to Prince Bismarck —a very poor man, of coarse —a jewel pin of priceless value, and this within the last week. A year ago he presented to an Austrian archduchess another bauble valued at over $1,000,000. You can see by this “how the money goes,” and what worthy poor people receive largesses from the “Holy Father.” That the church system to’ rob the poor and make the rich richer is perfect, a single example that occurred in our own case will be sufficient to illustrate. Soon after the fail are of the Archbishop a meeting of clergymen was held in the basement of the Cathedral to devise ways and means of meeting the obligation. All were agreed that the obligation was diocesan; bnt one priest, who stood high with the old Archbishop, and sometimes stands in the shoes of the new one, was louder in his declarations as to the honesty of the debt, and the obligation that rested upon tho diocese to pay it, than any of the others. While the old Archbishop was in command this gentleman continued the loud advocate of devoting every piece of church property in the oid archdiocese to the payment of the debt, but as soon as the old star of Bethlehem had vanished from the ecclesiastical sky and the new snn of Romo had arisen, this anointed doctor of divinity made a moral somersault over the dividing fence of honesty and theft, and landed on the other side.

Ever since he has been the bitter foe of tho creditors, though he was educated for the altar out of their money. Can heaven need the ministrations of such an ingrate as this? The only effort he can make to justify his desertion of the creditors’ cause, is by constantly repeating Lincoln’s lie, that we deposited there to avoid the tax-gatherer. He was not ashamed to accept an education, clothing and food from the poor women and meu he now slanders, and bo made a gentleman of in outward appearance, but all the money stolen from us could not make him one in reality, because he lacks the instinct. Contrast this man with another of the same calling in religion. Father Goetz, of Dayton, devised a plan for the payment of the debt, and by his single exertions collected over sll,000 for the fund. He was also educated by the old Arch bi9hop, but he did not lose his gratitude nor his honesty. He toiled to repair the misfortune and save faithful Catholics from utter ruin. He supposed be was doing the work of Him he served. He was consecrated by the same hand and holy unction as our Cincinnati traducer. Which appears to day in the better light before the public, the repudiator or the honest debtor? In the case of Father Goetz the one-man power came into play, and his beneficent efforts were suddenly stamped out by Arp hbishop Eider. If we have a few dishonest priests who surround the Archbishop, and seem to shape his plans and policy, there are many more like Father Goetz, who desire the debt paid, but whose mouths are closed by the tyranny of the Cathedral. Every priest who wrote or spoke of the honesty of paying the debt was not only muzzled but exiled to the Siberia of the diocese, or sent to pastorate in other sheepfolda. We hope that the new assignees will probe to the bottom the influences that surrounded Mannix, and trace the connection of the Cathedral authorities with his fraudulent schemes. We have no doubt in our minds that he was directed in all his movements by agents of the Archbishop, who gave him a carte blanche to steal and likely an absolution iu advance, so that he would mismanage the case in court as would defeat our efforts to obtain justice. All of this he did with mala fide, ns the trial in the District Court end the papers filed in the Supreme Court prove. Judge Hoadly was his counsel, and assured us in a letter, published a few weeks ago, that he had the management of the case, ami that Mannix was nobody’s tool. If Judge Hoadly prepared tlie papers on file in the Superior Court, what are we to think of him as an honest man? He must either be incapable as a lawyer, or, like Mannix himself, a tool of somebody. It is about time the ex-Gov-ernor would arise and explain. He was employed by Mannix to cover his roguery; the creditors believed in him as a lawyer and honorable man, but we must change our opinion now if be draws withiu his shell and refuses to speak. He, like Mannix, must have known that Father Edward’s account books were intact at the Cathedral when the assignment was made, and should be in the hands of the assignee. They, however, would tell too much; show where the money went; how much went to tho “Holy See;” how much was lent to bishops ami priests throughout the country, and were too dangerous to the good faith of “our holy mother. the spotless hind,” that can, like anointed kings, do no wrong. They

would exhibit to the gaze of an astonished public bow many reverend, very reverend, right reverend, and most reverend clergy forgot to pay their due-bills; how much was spent in educating, feeding and clothing the very men who repudiate the debt, spurn the aged and infirm creditors from the door of the cathedral house, built and supported by their money, and go about slandering the victims of their avarice. The assienee was true to his alma mater, and, seeing that the books would tell too much, took no notice of them and left them in the keeping of the faithful shepherds, who had them consigned to the flames, like heretics of old, “without benefit of clergy.” Onr case is now in good bands, to whom we look with confidence to push the bearing in the Supreme Court to a speedy and final conclusion. THE SIGNAL SERVICE. War Department, ) Office of the Chief Signal Officer. > Washington, Jan. 12. la. m. j Special Indications for Twenty-four Hours from 7 A. m., for Indianapolis and Vicinity— Fair, sliehtly warmer weather. For the Ohio Valley and Tennessee —Fair, slightly warmer weather, variable winds in the Ohio valley and Tennessee, falling barometer. For the Lower Lake Region—Generally fair weather, slighly rising temperature, winds generally westerly. For the Upper Lake Region—Warmer weather, variable winds, generally shifting to southerly, and followed in northern portion during Wednesday, by local snows, falling barometer. For the Upper Mississippi Valley —Fair weather, warmer variable winds, generally southerly. falling barometer. For the Missouri Valiev—Fair, sliehtly warmer weather, variable winds, generally southerly, falling barometer, and followed, during Wednesday, by local snows. Local Observations. Indianapolis, Jan. 11. Time. Bar. | Ther. | Hum.! Wind. .Weather Rain. 6 A.M.. 30.35 10 a.m.. 30.44i —B.B 86 [S’westClear. 2 p.m.. 30.41! —l.l 75 I West Cfeaß 6 p.m.. 30.461 —2 5[ 87 West [Clear 10 P. M.. 30.50; —s.l[ 89 (West [Clear Maximum temperature, 1.0; minimum temperature, —12,8, General Observations. War Department, ? Washington. Jan 11,10 p.m. 5 Observations taken at the same moment of time at all stations. . W H 51 P3\ & ‘3% g l STATIONS-. I§ : g £ & sf- b ; t; r* ® 1 ■ “[1 : : ® * * E>* • • ■ • • r* New York City [30.18 9 Nwest Clear. Washington City... 30.29 B!Nwest Clear. Vicksburg, Miss [30.59 18 Hast Cloudy. New Orleans. La... [30.54 25 N’eastj [Clear. Shreveport, La .... 30.61 20 North j [Cloudy. Fort Smith, Ark... 130.62 lOjWesfc j !Cloudy. Little Rock. Ark... [30.60 14 North 1 [Cloudy. Galveston, Tex 30.i>2‘ 34 N’ea*t[ [Cloudy. Memphis, Tenn 30.57 l2[Nwest[„ iCloudy. Nashville, Tenn 30.50 2;Nwesti [Clear. Louisville. Ky 30.56 BiSwest [Clear. Indianapolis, Ind... 30.50 —4|West [Clear. Cincinnati, O [29.53 —3|West [Clear. Pittsburg. Pa 130.35 1 West Clear. Oswego, N. Y 30.22 —4'S’east ;Lt snow* Toledo, O 130.40' OSWest Cloudy. Escanaba, Mich 30.39i —liNwesC [Clear. Marquette, Mich... j 30.321 2! West iClear. Chicago, 111. 30.46 1 i West [Clear. Milwaukee, Wis. ... 30.46[ —H Nwest [Clear. Duluth, Minn [30.44! —sjSouth [Clear. St. Paul, Minn [3O.5 11 —11:8 west! [Clear. LaCrosse. Wis !30. M; —6 West j [Clear. Davenport, fa [30.55: —7 West [.....jClenr. Des Moines, la [30.59 —2 Calm ! [Clear. Keokuk. Ia 30.58 —3 Nwest [Clear. Cairo, 111.. 30 61 6 Swest .[Clear. Springfield. 11l [30.54 7 Calm .....[Clear. St. Louis, Mo [30.59 9 West Clear. Lamar, Mo [30.63 31 West [Clear. Leavenworth, Kan. .[30.64j 4'Nwest [Clear. Omaha. Neb [30.62j —4jCalm [Clear. Yankton, Dak j3o.s(i[ —4 Calm [Wear. Moorehoad, Minn.. 130.41 —l2! South \ Clear. Bismarck, Dak [30.38 —2|South [Clear. Fort Buford. Dak.. ’30.33 14 South j (Cloudy. Ft.Assiniboine.M. T. 30.33 18 West [ [Clear. Fort Custer, Mont. .[30.39 7‘S’easti [Clear. Deadwood, Dak [30.42 19 Swest; 'Clear, North Denver, fJ’A 1 30.41 11' South ! (lear. W. Las Animas.* Col 30 40 B[West I 'Clear. Dodge City, Kan 30.41 7|S’east | [(dear. Fort Elliott Tex... 30.47 13 Swest Clear. Fort Sill. Ind. Teri j I Fort Davis, Tex.... 30.26 *2O X'east! ,07[Lt snow. El Paso, Tex 130.26 35!SV:st .21 Cloudy. Salt Lake City, U. T 30.34! 20:.South! Clear.*

THE GRANT FUNERAL EXPENSES. Mr. Merritt’s Bill Still Unpaid—How He Has Been Embarrassed. New York Tribune. Undertaker Stephen Merritt is in a peck of trouble. Yet he bears himself as of old. like a philosopher. He has vainly been knocking at the portals of the government to get his bill of $14,163.75 for the funeral expenses of General Grant paid. He has invoked the aid of Congressman Merriman, and his son, William Merritt, went to Washington on Tuesday, and is now there hunting with the congressman for the pigeon-hole which may contain the unpaid bill. Mr. Merritt sat in his office yesterday, a thoughtful, yet a hopeful, mac. He leaned back comfortably in his chair, twirled his thumbs, looked up with a reverent air and said: “Yes, it is now going on six months since General Grant died, and the government has not paid my bill. I have tried every means in my power to get the money, but I have failed. I don’t know positively what is the matter, but I think the bill has got into a pigeon hole. There is nothing the matter with the bill itself; it is perfectly reasonable. I was urged by some to make it $40,000; they told me I might just as well make it thst as not, and it would be paid just as quickly as a small bill. But,” and Mr. Merritt grew more thonghtful, “I don’t believe in that sort of thing. I put in my honpst, legitimate expenditures, and the generals went over all the items. 'That’s right,’ they said to each one, and they thought my bill perfectly reasonable. They are all chagrined that the bill has not yet-been paid. I sent it to General Hancock and he forwarded it to the War Department; it was audited, and that’s the last I beard of it I have written to the department, and have been told that the bill was ‘progressing’— going through red tape, I suppose. I wrote last three weeks ago, but I have had no answer to the letter. I don’t know what to make of it, and so my son William has gone on to Washington to hunt up the pigeon-hole. I spoke to Congressman Merriman about it last week, and he said he would look into the matter. He is anew member,” said Mr. Merritt, dubiously, ‘ and he may not know where all the pigeon holes are.” Mr. Merritt paused, as a look of benevolent commiseration overspread his face. He appeared to be looking next into depths of doubledyed villainy, for he went od: “I have been told tha t if I would ‘put up’ something that bill would fly right out of that pigeon-hole and the money would be in my hands in a week; but.” and he brought his hand down with emphasis, “I won’t put up oncent—uo, sir; not if I lose* every dollar of that bill! That's an honest bill and a reasonable one, and I shan’t pay anybody a cent to hurry up the red tape. But the bills which I iucurred for the funeral have kept coming in. I was told by the generals that the money would be paid right after tho funeral; so, when the bills came in. I gave my notes. These notes have been coming due. Tho other day one for $2,500 for carriages came due. I paid it like a little man. So another for SBSO. I don’t believe there’s another undertaker in the city who could have gone on and run up the bills I aid on credit. I’ve been paying them right along. I have had to draw on my capital. But when I get that $14,163.75 I shall have so much clean money in my pocket—all my bills paid. lam expecting the money every day sow,” he concluded hopefully. “I am looking for that check by every mail. Although I’ve been called queer names because I didn’t make the bill larger, I would do just the same thing again.” Procrastination the Thief of Osculation. Burlington Free Press. “Kiss the baby while vou can,” warbles a poet. Thanks; we will wait till she is sixteen and risk our chances. Hon. R. M. McLank, United States minister to France, says Red Star Cough Cure is the surest.

PERSONAL AND SOCIETY. Mr. W. C. Arndt is in the city for & few days. Mrs. Fargo will give a large progressive euchre party to-morrow evening. Mr. and Mrs. John Kern returned yesterday from a short visit to Logansport. Mr. William A. Van Buren returned yesterday from Ohio, where he had been on law business. Mrs. Dietrich will give an elegant coffee party on Friday evening. About ftxty guests will be present Miss Amelia Coons and Mr. Bollens will be married this evening at the residence of the bride's parents. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Raschigwill entertain a laree progressive euchre party on Saturday evening in honor of her niece from Kentucky. Judge Woods, District Attorney Lamb and United States Marshal Hawkins go to Evansville this morning to hold a term of the federal court there. Mrs. E. K. Hall, the widow of a prominent citizen of Noblesville, with her two daughters, have removed to this city for permanent residence. Mr. Harry Woodburn left for Minneapolis last night. His wife and child will spend the winter with her mother, Mrs. Morris, on North Alabama street. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. H. Roll have issued cards to the marriage of their daughter. Nellie, to Dr. A. E. Buchanan, Wednesday evening, Jan. 20, at 8 o’clock, at Meridian-street Church. Mrs. Joseph Moore will entertain the Art Association this afternoon, at 2 o’clock, at her home, 612 North Pennsylvania street. “Phidias” and “Praxitiles” will be the subjects of the essays to bo read. The Gentlemen's Literary Club of Indianapolis mot last night at Plymouth Church. Major Gordon read a very able essay on “Hamlet and the Experts,” taking the position that Hamlet was the most sane of sane men. Hon. James H. Jordan, of Martinsville, who will be married to Miss Emma Johnson, at Sandusky, 0., Wednesday evening, will breakfast at the Denison with his bride Thursday morning, and will go to Martinsville at noon the same day. Bishop Chatard, whose long residence in Italy has given him a dread of our Hoosier winters, went to Savannah, Ga., a short time ago to spend the boreal season. As the cold weather has pursued him even to Savannah, the Bishop by this timo is doubtless sorry that ho took the trip. The Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society of Central-avenue Church will meet to-morrow (Wednesday) afternoon, at the residence of Mrs. W. H. Smith, No. IGB College avenue. Various papers will be read, and an interesting session is anticipated. All members and ladies of the church and congregation are invited. It would seem that the little pleasantry attached to the report of Clerk McLain’s birthday party on Saturday night, to the effect that he is contemplating matrimony, luvs been taken by some as truth. There seems to be no hope for Moses in this direction. Certain it is, he emphatically denies even the remotest intention of entering upon the troubled waters of so uncertain a voyage. Hotel Arrivals. Bates House: J. C. Sawyer, Newport; H. N. Trueblood, Kokomo; R. B. Mitchell, M. G. Branch and Charles Hamilton, Martinsville; H. C. Hodges. Paragon; E. C. Steele, Spencer; G. M. Ray, Shelbyville; Prof, J, H. Smart and Samuel Moore. Lafayette: J. K. Johnson, Rushville; John S. Irwin, Fort Wayne; Miss C. Focnt, Winchester. Grand Hotel: C. H. Addington. Winchester; H. 11. Milner, New Burnside; D. T. Roots, Connersville; Prof, David S. Jordan, State University; Prof. John Cooper, Evansville; Col. R. S. Robertson. Fort Wayne; F. H. Doran, Michigan City; Samuel T. Morgan, Vincennes; Martin Dawson. Elkhart; H. H. Lancaster, Lafayette; F. H. Ewing, Terre Haute; W. K. Mower, Atlanta, Ga.

THE RECORD OF TIIE COURTS. United States District Court. fa on. W. A. Woods. Judge. To-day—Court at Evansvi'le. Superior Court. Room I—Hon. Napoleon U. Tayior. Judge. Yesterday—Charles Brinkley vs. The Indianapolis Chair Company; damagea Judgment on verdict for $450, James A. Ward et al. vs. Benjamin F. Moyers et al.: partition. Partition made. Acsah Kenyon vs. Willis W. Wright et al.; note. Taken under advisement. Thomas Thompson et al. vs. Barbara Schnabel; to quiet title. On trial by court. To-day—Calls: Petitions in the causes of Mary Morrison et al. vs. William Needham et al., and Fietcher & Sharpe et al. sl*om 2—Hon. D. W. Howe. Judge. Yesterday—John M. Guston et al. vs. George D. Vincent et al.; suit on bond. On trial by jury. To-day—Same causa continues. Koom3—lion. Lewis C. Walker, Judge. Yesterday—William C. Denny eta!, vs. August M. Kuhn. Judgment for plaintiff for $192.75. Frederick Brewer vs. August M. Kuhn et al. Judgment for plaintiff for $200.25. To day—Calls: 33G99, The State, for the use of Flack, Commissioner of Drainage, vs. Carenar Plummer et al. .‘14,386, Samuel L. Mohler et al. vs. George W. Scott. 33174, Mary J. Wolf ys. Rudolph Thike et al. 34392, Harry O. Meikel et al. vs. Caroline M. Miekel et al. NEW SUITS. Room 1 —34888, A. L. Wright & Cos. vs. Harry A. Hoffman; account; dernaud $1,300. 3492 TANARUS, First National Bank, of Indianapolis, vs. Indh anapolis Bridge Company et al.; note; demand SII,OOO. Room 2—34919, The Cottrell Bill Posting Company vs. Jacob E. Sackett; account; demand SIOO. 31922, First National Bank, of Indianapolis, vs. Indianapolis Bridge Company et al.; note; demand S6OO. Room 3—William B. Dodaridgo vs. Acme Caah Register Company; note and foreclosure cbattol mortgage; demand $1,200. Criminal Court* Hon. Pierce Norton, Judge. To day—Call: The State vs. Ed Harvey; assault and battery. A Foreclosure Asked. A complaint was filed by Wm. B. Doddridge & Cos., in the Supreme Court, yesterday, against the Acme Cash Register Company. It recites that in September, 1884, the company gave complainants a chattel mortgage on certain patents for an improved cash register, and also on fifty shares of the company’s stock, to secure a loan of $984. A foreclosure is asked for, as well as a judgment for SI,OOO. An Anomalous State of Affairs, Charleston News and Courier. The very congressmen who are repudiated by the people in November can legislate in contempt. of public opinion all through the winter. Their official life ends only in the following March. The anomalous condition of things is that the merabers-elect, who represent the people, have no voice or power for months, and the old Congress hangs on aud acts as it wills. The new members should take their seats immediately after their election. A Ship Committee of Agricultural Proclivities. Boston Herald. The new committee of the House on “American shipbuilding and shipownine interests” has for its chairman Dunn of Arkansas, and but two members—Dingley of Maine, and Biin of New York—whose constituencies have any direct interest in the question. Advice Fitted to All Localities* Atlanta Constitution. Wherever there are desolate women to-day that are cold, wherever there are fatherless children that are hungry, let us be sure that we find them out and minister unto them. Is It To Be Senator Arthur? Philadelphia Times. A faint streak of light in the New York horizon looks like the advanee rays of an Arthur senatorial boom. Arthur never slipped up on a 79cent dollar.

A New King on the Throne! “Malaria,” as a “popular ailment,” has given place to anew potentate. If you have Rheumatism now the medical wiseacres exclaim—“ Uric Acid!” If you have frequent headaches they sagely remark—“ Uric Acid!” If you have softening of the brain they insist that it is—“ Uric Acid!” If Sciatica or Neuralgia make life miserable it is—“ Uric Acid!” If your skin breaks out m Boils and Pimples it is—“ Uric Acid!” “If you have Abscesses and Piles, “Uric Acid” has set your blood on fire. If you have dull, languid feelings, backache, kidney or bladder troubles, gout, gravel, poor blood; are ill at ease, threatened with paralysis or apoplexy, vertigo; are bilious, dropsical, constipated or dyspeptic—“ Uric Acid" is the key to the situation, the cause of all your difficult ties! We do not know as madam Malaria will take kindly to this Masculine Usurper, but he lias evidently come to stay. “Uric Acid”—this Monster, is the produet of the decomposition—death—constantly taking place within us, and unless he is every day routed from the system, through the kidneys, by means of some great blood specific like Warner’s safe cure, which Senator B. K. Bruce says snatched him from its grasp, there is not the least doubt but that it will utterly ruin the strongest human constitution! It is not a young fellow by any means. It lias a long and well-known line of ancestors. It is undoubtedly the father of a very great family of diseases, and, though it may be the fashion to ascribe progeny to it that are not directly its owa, there can be little doubt ti*.t if it once gets thoroughly seated iu the human system, it really does introduce into it most of the ailments now. per force of fashion, attributed to its baleful influence. Mb iron ■ pipe mmk FITTINGS. Selling Agents for NATIONAL. Tube Works Cos. F' j Wgam Globe Valves, Stop Cocks, KnWiir ‘lfeii#: gine Trimmings, PIPETONOH, [gj| fSIsS CUTTERS, VISES, TAPS, 691 LrM Stocks, and Dies, Wrenches, Steam Traps. Pumps, Sinks, Sm t ill HOSE. BELTING, BABBIT METALS (25 pound boxes), Jfc.7 t j Cotton Wiping W'aste, white IjgM and colored (100 pound bales), fasti and all other supplies vised in tjgP connection with STEAM, WAfeli TEH and GAS, in JOB or REjaf E§|p TAIL LOTS. Do a regular !* m® steam-fitting business. EstiIN® and contract to heat Mills, tIH! Shops, Factories and Lumber m Dry-bouses with iivo or exhaust Hgtj steam. Pipe cut to order by (I F ■ steam power. I 1 KNIGHT Y JILLSON, * Si w 75 and 77 S. Penn. St.

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