Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 January 1886 — Page 3

LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE. The New Crusade— The White Ribbon and the White Cross. To the Editor o£ the Indianapolis Journal: The White Cross Army, a movement inaugurated by the Bishop of Durham, in England, for the advancement of .the cause of social purity by pledging men to the best protection of womanhood and the highest standard of morality in manhood, is now growing rapidly in this country. During the session of the National Womans Christian Temperance Union at Philadelphia, last October, Dr. DeCosta, of New York, the president of the organization in this country, made an address, in which he presented the work of the society and its aims, and proposed that the Woman s Christian Temperance Union co-operate with the White Cross Army in this special line of work. For a number of years there has been a department in the W. C. T. U. with a national superintendent, having in many States a superintendent, who should push the work in the State. In some States these have done nobly, not only securing through their personal efforts the building of “homes" for degraded women, but rescuing many from lives of sin before they had become hardened. There have always been grave obstacles in the way of this work. It not only required that the workers should be notably consecrated women, but, that they should be in age and experience placed beyond any risk of being misunderstood. Then the objects themselves, sensitive to everything that seemed to call attention to their condition, were quick to resent any interference in their behalf, unless made in the most delicate manner by those peculiarly gifted in winning their confidence. The laws also, both of society and the State, have so discriminated between social vice in man and woman that the reclamation of women has appalled many by its seeming hopelessness. The title of this department of work in ( the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union was ,c ‘'Work for Fallen Women.” This being shown by those experienced in 6uch labor to be unsuitable, it was decided by the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union to accede to the request of Dr. De Costa, and the title was changed to “Social Purity. Co-operating with the White Cross Army.” The revelations of the Pall Mall Gazette are not more startling than facts gathered in many of our own cities, by tboso who have been quietly at work on this line in these organizations. Dr. Emily Blackwell says: “If the cover could be taken from the social life of some of our large cities, it would be ‘perdition uncapped.’” The woman who has made a study of the legal facts for this department publishes the statement that in many of our States the “age of consent” for girls is ten years of age. Less than that of England, at which there was such a shock among the Christian women of our land. Aggressive work has been already begun by the “Social Purity" department of the W. C. T. U., and the “White Cross Army,” for the securing of better legislation upon this matter. A thorough organization of Christian . women and men in the two societies is being pushed forward in the States. Miss Frances E. Willard, president cf the National W. C. T. U., impressed with the necessity of this new crusade for women, has taken the superintendency of the naticmal department. She has secured in Indiana, as State superintendent to co-operate with her in this work, a woman of the broadest philanthropy, who for years has been prominent in church and benevolent work in Indianapolis. Miss Willard, in giving the aim and object of the department of “Social Purity Co-operating with the White Cross Army” sets it forth as follows: “This department aims to exhibit the relations existing between the drink habit and the nameless habits, outrages and crimes which disgrace modern civilization; and especially to point out the brutalizing influences of malt liquors upon the lower nature; this study to be conducted by mean&of mothers’ meetings, leaflets, pamphlets, etc., co-operating with the White Cross Army and circulating its literature. It seeks to establish a single code of morals, and to maintain the „ Jaw of pn^Uy,an..equally binding upon men and vroifienu It has in view a distinct effort to impress upon the minds of men and women, youths and maidens the absolute demand of religion and physiology for purity in word, thought and deed. It will endeavor to secure legislation of a character calculated to prota*s the honor and purity of women and girls, and render them safe from the depravity of brutal men.” The organization of the “White Cross Army” has, so far, been principally under the auspices of the Protestant Episcopal Church, but it is hoped before long its five pledges will be introduced by clergymen everywhere; in their parishes, as well as into all schools and homes. A thoroughly aroused public sentiment among religious and social circles will soon cause a chance in the sentiment of the State. This topic will be treated specially at the meeting of ladies at Mrs. Charles Kregelo's, on Friday afternoon, by the lady who will have charge of the department in the Indiana W. C. T. u: At this meeting the necessity of establishing a “creche,” or “day nursery,” as an adjunct to the free kindergartens will also be discussed. The W. C. T. U. has a special department for this work, and in many of our cities these day nurseries are being established by its members, either • in connection with its own free kindergartens or by co-operating with other benevolent societies thAt have the free kindergartem system in charge. The National Woman's Christian Union has now thirty-seven different departments of work, each one in charge of a specialist, in national, State and local societies, where the local needs of a community demand it. In each one of these a special effort is made to coirect the evils and destroy the influences that are so largely the outgrowth of intemperance. Josephine R. Nichols, President Indiana W. C. T. U. About the Viaduct or Something Else. To tho Editor of the Indianapolis Journal: It is very proper that the people should freely discuss the relative merits of the several propositions to reduce to its minimum the inconvenience of railroads through the city, because at some time, and probably within fifty years, something will be done in that direction; but to thing of any such an undertaking any time within ten or even twenty years is preposterous. No safe business man, in the financial condition of our city, would entertain such a proposition for a moment. The plan contemplates t of at least half a million of "The lowest estimate of tho first viaduct It will cost $150,000 before finished. The building of one implies inevitably the building of at least five, for no man will concede the justice of requiring the whole city to pay for one viaduct and there stop. Twenty odd years ago there was a demand to build a bridge at the river crossing of the Crawfordsville road. No oue doubted the necessity of the bridge; but another at the Micbigan-street, another at the Washington-street, another at the Kentucky-avenue and another at the Morrisetreet crossing followed inevitably. The Weststreet railroad crossing is by far the most dangerous crossing in the city to day. East street is mors dangerous than Virginia avenue, and Washington street equally as dangerous, not to mention Meridian, and Tennessee, and Kentucky avenue. The viaduct system implies a half million at least. Are we in condition to begin this! It may be an easy thing for a City Council that pays no taxes, or next to none, to vote an appropriation which implies a half million, but the men who have to raise the money do not think that so easy. It may not be new, but it may with propriety bs here stated that twelve out of our twenty five councilmen paid not a cent of taxes on real estate for 1684, and that four of these paid less than a dollar each, and one paid sot a cent on anything, and that some of these went delinquent, and paid only after they became candidates for Council. It is no crime to be poor, but it does seem to be a little unwise to intrust the disbursing of $6117,000 to a body of twenty-five men, some of whom pay no taxes at all, and twenty-one of whom pay less than one-third of that paid by the other four. Let us concede that a system of viaducts is desirable, but it is not indispensable. The widening and deeping of Pogue’s run and the new market-house are indispensable, and every possible device may be resorted to m their behalf. It is not always a convincing argument to say that we have got along tolerably well without such

and such things, but that we have got along without them may be well given as a reason why we should not rain ourselves to possess them now. Thirteen years ago there was a well-to-do farmer in this county. He owned 160 acres of excellent land, was out of debt, and his farm was well stocked; his children were crown, and most of them married and well settled. The old house in which they had been raised was as large as ever and in good condition, but other people were building fine houses, and our farmer thought how nice it would be to have a fine house, in which to entertain the grandchildren. Everybody counted him rich, and so he was, but the architect gave him a plan that would more than absorb his ready cash ana tho money at interest, by the time fino carpets and a piano and a few other necessaries for a SIO,OOO-house were supplied. Farmer had never seen the day that he could not borrow all the money he wanted, And he borrowed and mortgaged bis farm. The sequel is easily told. One horse after another, and cows and sheep and hogs went to pay interest, and several years ago the farm went, brick house, carpets, piano and all. Why should we adopt that line of financiering? Already our city debt is beyond the limit allowed by law, and our tax assessment is up to the maximum. We may get the next Legislature to allow us to levy a heavier tax, but who is to pay it if we do? There are to-day more than 1,200 vacant houses in Indianapolis, and 20 per cent, of those occupied are delinquent in rent from one month to six. even at a rental that is not one-half that obtained when our bonds were put on the market Let the delinquent list tell the balance of the story. Are we in a condition to undertake a half million system of improvements when 1,364 pieces of real eastate are to be sold for delinquent taxes within a few days? It is trne that the roost of these belong to poor people, the accumulations of years of toil and economy—many belong to widows who cannot rent their property for enough to pay present taxes and Keep the property in repair and insured. Men who own norhing themselves and pay no taxes, think it the perfection of wisdom to dive deep into the public treasury, little caring where the money comes from and little considering that much of it is paid by the owners of small properties, often after the cost and per cent, of tax sales. Let us freely discuss viaducts, and elevated railroads and all that, but let us allow them to wait until our rollingmills, ind factories and shops begin to sing their old songs. U. L. See. A Red “Reform” Administration. To tho Editor of the Indianapolis Journal: I desire to say a word in behalf of Mr. Cleveland’s administration. Within the last few days I have been pained and shocked at the remorseless clamor that has been raised by the Republican newspapers all over the country in consequence of the appointment of Barney Conroy to an important and valuable position in the mail service. The editors of these papers seem to forget that this isareform administration—thatit was elected to be a reform administration—that the battle cry—the very shibboleth—in the last presidential campaign was “reform” with a W “R-” True, in certain quarters, and by certain leading politicians, that term was slyly explained to mean reforming Republicans out of office and Democrats in. But Mr. Cleveland’s views were much broader. His understanding of what was meant was the reformation of individual Democrats who had lapsed from the paths of rectitude, even to the extent of having been required to perform penal service for the State in its penitentiaries in consequence o£ their disregard of its criminal laws, by taking such persons by the hand, according to the idea expressed by his Postmaster-general in his letter to Mr. Swift, and placing them in fat offices, and thus gently and kiudly lead them to amend their ways. Nor was this idea of Mr. Cleveland without reason. During the last presidential campaign these same newspapers had aired certain “irregularities” in the private life of Mr. Cleveland himself, in regard to which the chairman of the Democratic central committee of Indiana “dropped into poetry,” and produced that sublime poetical effusion beginning—"Hurra for Maria! hurra for the kid!” (Which seems now, by the way, to have become a stumbling-block in the way of his obtaining recognition at the hands of this administration, in the shape of an appointment to an office which he very much desires.) Yet, notwithstanding all this, did not the country “take Mr. Cleveland by the hand,” in the graphic language of Mr. Vilas, and bestow upon him the very highest office within its gift, to aid him in the work of personal reformation? “A fellow feeling makes him wondrous kind,” and when he sees a man whose moral instincts are so low, and whose moral nature is so utterly degraded and depraved that be does not refrain from robbing his neighbor’s hen-roost or burglariously entering his neighbor’s house, and who has been so unfortunate as not to have been able to escape pnnishment by means of all the technicalities and quibbles that the law provides and courts and juries enforce, what more natural or logical thing for Mr. Cleveland to do, especially if that man votes the Democratic ticket, as most of that class do, than to “take him by the hand,” as the Nation did Mr. Cleveland, place him in a good, fat office, and thus help him to reform? Certainly no citizen of Indiana ought to complain, for is not our entire penal code based on the principle of reform? Does not our Constitution, in its 18th section of its Bill of Rights, say “Tho penal code shall be founded on the principles of reformation?” Why, then, keep up this clamor about the appointment of the numerously convicted Barney Conroy, or our bribing excouncilman. and all that class? What, though Barney Conroy, who Berved his country under compulsion in the interest of his own reformation. crowds out a soldier who served it voluntarily, solely to save hi3 country’s life at the peril of his own? That soldier needs no reformation. He is moral and upright now, and always has been. He never stole a horse, or picked a pocket. Turn him out and let him “root hog or die,” and make room for a man who needs reforming. Let us have done with this Republican clamor about the appointment of ex-con-victs to valuable and responsible positions. I venture a single suggestion for the benefit of this “reform” administration. In addition to the recommendation of such congressmen as Mr. Bynum, when any applicant is presented for appointment, the President and Cabinet should make particular inquiry to ascertain whether he has been through any of the penal institutions of the country, and hence whether he is a fit subject to be “taken by the hand” by this administration, and given one of the important offices at its disposal, to aid him in his personal reformation. Hurra for reform! x. Indianapolis, Jan. 27. Shall the Women of Indianapolis Aid in Building tho New T. M. C. A. Hall? To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal: No appeal that has come before the public of this city for years has such force to touch the hearts of the women of this city, young and old, as the one now being made by the Y. M. C. A. for a suitable building in which to entertain our young men. Tho sum now asked for, $35,000, will surely not be sufficient to fit np such a place with all the attractions that such a building should possess in order that it may compete successfully with the gilded palaces of sin, where so many of our sons and brothers are tempted to their ruin. Let the women of Indianapolis value its 15,000 young men at one dollar apiece, and pay that sum in addition to the other $35,000 now asked for, and it will give our young men at least a respectable place in which to congregate. Let books be opened somewhere, either at the W. C. T. U. parlor, or at the Journal office or some other place easy of access, and let each woman, as she goes down town to market or shopping, stop, write her name and the amount of her subscription, such subscriptions ranging from 25 cents up, as she can afford it Os some it will require sacrifice on their part, bnt I have not forgotten how; When our boys were enlisted, we women sometimes equipped and uniformed whole companies by making sacrifices of unnecessary articles. Then, young girls, by going bare-handed, gave generous contributions to such funds in the form of what they called “glove money.” Where is the brave young girl who will start the fashion of going bare-handed to receptions and other social gatherings, that she may make a donation to the Y. M. C. A. building, and in this way show appreciation of the many sacrifices made by our young men for the gratification of her pleasure. Do not the girls know that ons finger of those bare hands will possess a more potent inflnance oyer many a

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young man than the whole hand of an older woman, even if the band may be the one that tended his helpless infancy? What a graceful “favor” a young lady might confer on her friends, if, instead of the usual trinket given at a “german” she could give her card with the amount such trinkets would cost, added as a subscription to the ball of the gymnasium to be built for their entertainment The “traps” that now lie in confusion around young men’s bed-rooms would seem worthless by the side of such a substantial proof of friendship. Why should not the mothers of the city who have pleasant homes, where their own boys find comfort and pleasure, make themselves responsible for a fund that will aid in providing a pleasant temporary home for other mother's boys who are sojourning among us? It belongs to the women of this city, for the preservation of the peace and purity of their families, if for nothing else, that they see to it that there is such a home arranged. For the sake of the sons and daughters with whom these homeless young men are constantly thrown in social circles,* and at our own firesides, it is necessary that every means be used to prevent them from becoming unworthy companions for our own young people. Let it for a time be the fashion in Indianapolis for its womeu, who are so full of good deeds in all philanthropic work, to make up this additional fund for the Y. M. C. A. building, and there is no doubt but that it wili be done. Mother of a Young Man. Amusements. The weather last night was a dampener upon amusements, butdespitethe rain.very fair houses were in attendance at the Grand, to see the ‘ ‘Shadows of a Great City,” and at English’s to witness “Hazel Kirkfe. ” The engagement of each continues through the week, with Saturday matinee. At the Museum, “Stranglers of Paris,” and at the Zoo, Davene’s Allied Attractions. On the evening of Feb. 4, at the Grand Operahouse, James Whitcomb Riley, Eugene Field, of the Chicago Daily News, aud the famous Bill Nye will give an entertainment. This announcement alone will be sufficient to fill the house. The Mendelssohn Quintet Club will give a single concert, at Plymouth Church, on the evening of Feb. 5. A Hotel Bar Burglarized. Burglars broke into the Denison House bar and billiard-room Tuesday night, by prying the catch off of one of the windows, opening on Wabash street. Once inside, they demolished the cash register and took from the money drawer $54. No clews. THE DAILY WEATHER BULLETIN. Indications. War Department, ) Office of the Chief Signal Officer, > Washington, Jan. 28, la. m. ) Special Indications for Twenty-four Hours from 7am., for Indianapolis and Vicinity— Fair weather, preceded this morning by local rains, stationary, followed by slight rise in temperature. For the Ohio Valley and Tennessee—Light local rains in the morning, generally followed by fair weather, slowly rising temperature in the western portion, slightly colder in the eastern portion, followed by slowly rising temperature, winds generally northwest, becoming variable. For the Lower Lake Region—Cloudy weather and local rains, generally followed by fair weather, northeasterly winds, becoming variable in the western portions, nearly stationary temperature to-day. followed during Friday by slowly rising temperature. For the Upper Lake Region—Generally fair weather, warmer winds, becoming variable and finally shifting to southerly, falling barometer. For the Upper Mississippi Valley—Generally fair weather, warmer variable winds, generally shifting to southerly, falling barometer. For the Miss .ri Valley—Fair weather, soutLerly winds in the southern portion, westerly winds in the northern portion, slightly warmer, followed in the north portion by a slight fall in temperature. Local Observations. Indianapolis, Jan. 27. ue. Bar. Thor. Hum. | Wind, j Weather Rain. 6a. m.. 29.85 35.0 90 N’eastjLt. rain. 0.02 10 a. M.. 29.88 34.8 90 N’eastlLt. rain 2P. M.. 29.82 35.3 91 N’east;Lt. rain. 0.25 6P. M.. 29.95 35.0 95 N’east Lt. rain 10 P. M.. 29.87 34.2 94 i N’east iThret’ng 0.07 Maximum temperature, 35.9; minimum temperature, 34.0. General Observations. War Department, t Washington, Jan. 27,10 p. m. j Observations taken at the same moment of time at all stations. w i ? if" i ® 5* ®g- g STATIONS. ‘ i o * g £ 2 sr b : gg- ? r 4 ® : f* zL • •a! • v - : New York City 29.97 1 34 N’easti .09 Lt. rain. Washington City... 29.91; 35 North! .24 Lt. rain. Vicksburg, Miss— 29.98 j 39 Nwest! iCloudy. New Orleans. La— 29.95; 42‘Nwest; Cloudy. ' Shreveport, La. 30.04 39 Xwest .Clear. Fort Smith, Ark... 130.08 30 North 'Cloudy. Little Rock, Ark... 29.98; 34,Nwsst iCloudy. Galveston, Tex...... 30.06; 50'North Clear. Memphis, Tenn 29.91: 33 Nwastj Idoudy. Nashville, Tenn j29.79j 37 West j .25 Lt. rain. Louisville. Ky |29.80 43'North' .01 H'yrain. Indianapolis, Inand Cincinnati, O ,29.84 38:North .02|Cloudv. Pittsburg. Pa 129.86 40 N'east: ICloudy. Oswego, N. Y 30.04 30jN ’east Lt. rain. Toledo, 0 130.01' 30N’east .04 Lt. rain. Escanaba, Mich |30.22; 11 N’east lOlear. Marquette. Mich...!30.19 16'West h.OljLtsnow. Chicago, 111 30.02; 33 N’east' Cloudy. Milwaukee, Wis 30.12; 27 N’east' iCloudy. Duluth, Minn 30.16 14 N’east .01 ICloudy. St. Paul. Minn 30.10 14 East I Cloudy. LaOrosse. Wis 30.11 25 S’east' Clear. Davenport, la 30.09 24 N’east Cloudy. Des Moines, la 30.11 lß|Calm Cloudy. Keokuk. Ia 130.07 26 N’east Cloudy. Cairo, 111 30.93 31|Nwest Cloudy. Springfield, 111 29.99 30 North Thret’ng St. Louis, Mo 30.00 30iNorth .03 Cloudy. Lamar, Mo 30.12 26 North Cloudy. Leavenworth, Kan.. 30.12 22 Nwest Cloudy. Omaha. Neb 30.10 16 South Cloudy. Yankton, Dak 30.04 10 S’east Clear. Moorehead, Minn.. 29.93 13 South Clear. Bismarck, Dak 29.91 12 South Clear. Fort Buford, Dak.. 29.97; 21 Nwest Lt. snow Ft.Assiniboiue.M. T 30.27 3 Nwest Cloudy. Fort Custer, Mont.. 30.14 32 S west Fair. Deadwood, Dak.... 30.19 40 South Cloudy. North Platte, Neb.. 30.04 32 S’east Cloudv. Denver, Col 30.18 43 West Clear. W. Las Animas, Col 30.06 34;Nwest Cloudy, Dodge City, Kan— 30.01 30; S’east Clear.* Fort Elliott, Tex... 30.06 35,South Clear. Fort Sill, Ind. Ter ; Fort Davis, Tex |30.10 50 S’east ....‘Clear. El Paso, Tex <29.09 50;East Clear. Salt Lake City, U. T;30.32| 39,Nwest Clear. A Chicago Phryne. Chicago Mail. The establishment presided over by the Watson woman, in which Clowes last night killed his mistress, has been either tho starting-point or the place of denouement of a dozen terrible tragedies within the last half-dozen years. Charley Stiles and the Sturlatta woman started from that house on the ride to tho South which ended in a quarrel, and a murder at the Palmer House. The most terrible tragedy of these latter days, the killing of that amiable merchant, Mr. Cram, at his own home at Lake View, in the very presence of his own wife and children, by the lad who had been refused the house, and the suicide of the lad. had its beginning in the same way. The lad started in a sieigh from the Watson woman’s house that tragic night with one of its inmates. All of An cell’s troubles, and they were quite as terrible as a killing, grew out of his liaison with one of Watson’s women. The establishment has been full of horrors. The woman at its bead, though not as beautiful, in her artfulness and power for evil has been a Phryne to the community, wrecking families, overthrowing characters, blasting high hopes, scattering death. We are selling Athlophoros, and will say that it is the best thing of the kind we have ever bandied for rheumatism. I have sold nearly half a gross of bottles without any of it being returned. Barber & Turner, druggists, Manning, la.

LIKE AN IRISH LANDLORD. William Scully, of London, Said To Be Making Serfs of Illinois Tenants. < hic- go Special. The Tribune devotes four columns, to-day, to the career of William Scully, at present a resident of London, England, who, it is claimed, owns large tracts of American land, and testimony is offered to show that he has introduced the Irish landlord system in the management of his American properties. The paper, in its resume of the allegations, says: “Scully is of Celtic birth, but now lives in London. He is one of the chief figures among the alien proprietors of American soil, and has introduced the meanest features of the worst forms of Irish landlordism on his estates in this country. It will startle the public to learn that he has acquired in the neighborhood 90,000 acres of land in Illinois alone, at a merely nominal figure—so cents to $1 per acre as a rule. His career as an Irish landlord was a history of oppression and extortion that was appropriately finished by a bloody encounter with his tenants. He was tried and acquitted on the charge- of double murder, but became so unpopular that in 1850 he sold most of his Irish property and has since devoted himself to building up a landlord system in Illinois, Kansas, Nebraska and other States. He made entries of the public domain through the medium of tho land warrants issued to Mexican soldiers, which he purchased at the rate of 50 cents per acre. In Logan county, Illinois, alone, he has 40,000 to 45,000 acres. “It is the almost universal testimony that Scully’s rule in that country has reduced 250 tenants and their families to a condition approaching serfdom. Furthermore, Scully pays no taxes, the tenants signing iron-clad agreements to assume the same, but they are required to pay to Scully’s agents the tax money at the same time as the rentals—the Ist of January of each year—whereas the agent need not turn over the taxes to tho county treasurer until about June 10 following. It is suggested that Scully probably makes a handsome per cent, on the tax money remaining in his hands for five months. It is also shown that a great deal of this alien's land entirely escapes taxation, thus increasing the burden on other property-holders; that he takes the most extraordinary precautions to secure his rent, executing a cast-iron lease with provisions that mortgage the tenant’s all, scarcely allowing his soul to escape, and making it compulsory for small grain to be sold immediately after harvest, no matter what may be the condition of the market; that grain dealers are notified not to buy of the tenants until Scully’s rent is paid—in short, that Scully has founded a land system so exacting that it is only paralleled in Ireland, and rules his tenantry so despotically that few can be induced to tell the story of their wrongs, justly fearing that it would iuvolve ruin to them.” —" ■■ A PECULIAR CASE OF ECZEMA. The Terrible Sufferings of a Man Living at Penn Yan. Elmira (N. Y.) Special. Avery peculiar case came to the notice of the people of Penn Yan some time ago, and its progress has been watched by the medical profession with the greatest interest Perry Danes, a respectable citizen of the village, suddenly became afflicted with a singular disease. The* first symptom was a peculiar itching of the skin over the entire body. This continued for several months, and the torture he endured was indescribable. During this time the skin was gradually thickened. The color was a lurid red, and a burning sensation pervaded the entire body. Many physicians were consulted, none of whom were able to diagnose the disease or afford any relief to the sufferer. After a time the skin became thick and leathery, perfectly dry, and covered with scales. Whenever the body was brushed white scales would fall in showers. After the skin had thickened and become perfectly parched and dry it began to form in folds. Every part of the surface of the body was thus affected. The face presented a terrible appearaneq. The eyes were nearly closed from the excessive thickness of the eyelids, which lay in thick folds. The skin over the entire surface of the body seemed to be growing thicker and harsher during this time. Mr. Danes suffered untold agonies, and was told that his case was hopeless, and his time to live was short. He had lost all faith in medicines, and was anxious to have death relieve him of liis suffering. At the meeting of the State Homeopathic Society at Grove Spring, last fall, he was examined by the leading physicians of the State, and so rare is the disease that few of them over witnessed or heard of a similar case. Two of them pronounced it a well defined case of universal eczema, and Mr. Danes at once placed himself under their treatment. For a long time no change was apparent. The scales that fell from his body increased, and hundreds of people who had beard of the strange case came to see him. His skin presented very much the appearance of an elephant’s hide. His nights were spent in bathing and rubbing his body, and he had become nearly insane from long suffering and want of sleep. About six months ago he began to inmrove slowly. The shower of scales lessened, the thickening of the skin was arrested, and the deep and painful folds began to disappear. Although not yet well, he is comparatively comfortable, and is thought to be in a fair way to recovery. Seward on Reconstruction. In the Southern Bivouac for February Judge Gayarre, of Now Orleans, talks of an interview held with W. H. Seward, October, 1866. Judge Gayarre asked what position tho administration would take. Mr. Seward said: “Congress and the administration are at variance. as you are aware. Our main object has always been reconstruction. On that subject we have n deviated or equivocated. We want the union of all the States. To arrive at it we have asked of you four things, which we thought matters of absolute necessity. First, the abolition of slavery. Second, the repudiation of the doctrine of secession. Third, the adoption of the federal debt. Fourth, the repudiation of the confederate debt You have acceded to that; we have no more to ask of you. We have no advice to givo, no blame or approbation to express as to any particular course of policy which you of the South may pursue within the law and tho Constitution. The constitutional amendments are proposed by Congress, not by us. We will not, therefore, urge you either to accept or reject them; it is a matter entirely between you and Congress. The issue which we have made is reconstruction on the four conditions which I have stated. We are not going to be driven from that issue. The issue made by Congress is a different one, and is intended to divert the attention of the people from the real one. It is thus that we act, we lawyers. Are you a lawyer?” I nodded an affirmative. “Then you understand it,” continued Mr. Seward. “Well, let them stick to the false issue; we will stick to the true one. Let the people pronounce. The elections are not yet over. We must be guided by circumstances; our policy is an expectant one. Let Congress pursue their course; we will pursue ours. Let us see what they will do; it will then be time enough to act They talk of impeaching the President It would be again changing the issue, as they have done once al ready by their constitutional amendments. The other issue would be the destruction of the government The impeachment of the President would be a singular way ot restore the Union. Let them make that issue and other false Issues, not us. 1 have always said the same thing, and shall never unsay what I have said, nor say now what I have not said from the beginning. Sir, although I suppose I might be hung at the North for the sentiment, I have no hesitation in declaring that there was no time, either during or after the war, when I would not have preferred seeing Jefferson Davis himself in the Senate to seeing the South out of the Union. Therefore, sir, although grateful for the information on men and things in Louisiana which you tender, we have no question to ask, because we are determined not to act either one way or the Other. We are satisfied. Let those who are not impose other conditions than we have. It is their affair, not ours.” How Strangers Are Plundered in Cincinnati. Cincinnati, Jan. 27. — M. S. Chamberlain, a stock dealer, living near Toledo, 0,, was found in an insensible condition in Mill creek bottom, early this morning, and, after being restored to consciousness, stated that he arrived in the city on Tuesday night, and, entering the first hack he noticed at the depot, requested tho driver to drive him to the Palace Hotel. After he had proceeded some distance be heard a peculiar noise, as if something were being forced through a tube. Soon afterwards be lost all conscious-

ness. The police hare made no arrests up to tonight, but they say that the story of Mr. Chamberlain is undoubtedly true, and claim that the hack was fixed by means of a pipe extending from the driver’s seat to the inside of the vehicle, so arranged as to enable the driver to force a sleep-producing gas into the inside of it Mr. Chamberlain lost some $1,200 in money. The Case Against General Slialer. New York, Jan. 27.—1n the trial of General Shaler for bribery, to-day, counsel for the defense moved to withdraw the indictment and instruct the jury to acquit the accused. The court denied the motion. Counsel then opened for the defense, and called General Shaler to the stand. He stated, in reply to the question whether he made any such agreement with M. B. Wilson, as the latter testified to on the stand yesterday, that such a statement was false. Witness never had any conversation with Wilson in regard to the mortgages at the time he mentioned. The witness denied in toto nearly every statement made yesterday on the stand by Wilson. He swore that Wilson never came to bis house and received from him the satisfaction pieces. Oa the cross examination, General Shaler said that he and Wilson were intimate friends during 1884 and previous years. Wilson worked hard to secure the sale of these pieces of property to the committee. Witness supposed Wilson wa3 working for love and friendship. He did not believe that Wilson would receive a commission for his work in the witness’s behalf. Witness bad no claim in the mortgages and had paid no interest on them since Wilson acquired them. The defense then rested their case. Judge Barrett’s charge was regarded with favor by both sides. He advised the jury that the accused should receive the benefit of his record and good character previously. The jury retired atO P. M., and at 11 p. m. had not agreed. The Minneapolis Mills. Minneapolis, Jan. 27.—The flour market shows more life, and about ail the mills would bo in operation but for low water, this alone holding the output down. Sixteen mills last week made flour, several starting late in the week. The production was 90,648 barrels, averaging 12,950 barrels daily for seven days, against 72,366 barrels the preceding week, and 97,000 barrels for the corresponding time in 1885. Seventeen mills were runuing to-day, but were the power good the number would be twenty. Those in operation represent a maximum capacity of 28,000 barrels, but probably are not turning out more than 14,000 or 15.000 barrels, and of this amount about 4,500 barrels is being made by steam, three mills being thus operated. Another mill will start an engine soon, and probably others will quickly follow the example. The need of a pool to regulate the running of mills in accordance with the supply of water has become apparent, and an effort was made to-day to form one. A Veto from Governor Murray. Salt Lake, U. TANARUS., Jan. 27.—Governor Murray, to-day, returned to the Territorial Legislature with, his veto, the bill which that body had passed, giving absolute right of bail, pending appeal, to all convicts, excepting in case of murder in the first degree. The Governor says the present bail law has been adjudicated in the United States Supreme Court, and been sustained. It has been wisely applied in the discretion of the courts, which discretion the proposed measure would take away altogether. Since the beginning of the enforcement of the Edmunds law Judge Zane has generally refused bail to all persons convicted of unlawful cohabitation and polygamy pending appeal, and in this he has been sustained by the Supreme Court. The object of the vetoed bill was to break up this way of dealing with Mormon convicts, who always appeal, and would thereby often escape punishment or delay the evil day to an indefinite future. Money for Parnell. Philadelphia, Jan. 27.—A large number of prominent citizens met in the Council chamber this afternoon, in the interests of the Irish Parliamentary fund. The meeting was opened by John N. Campbell, president of the Catholic Total Abstinence Union, who explained that the gathering was called under tho auspices of the Municipal Council of the Irish National League of America. Mayor Smith was called to the chair, and spoke earnestly in sympathy with the movement. After several other addresses, Robert M. McWade started a subscription-list by announcing the name of George W. Childs and Anthony J. Drexel for SSOO each. This was the signal for a flood of subscriptions, which continued till $5,000 was obtained. The officers of tho meeting were directed to cable this fact to Mr. Parnell, and a committee of fifty citizens was appointed to raise additional funds. The Townloy Heirs. Detroit, Jan. 27.—This city, to-day, is the meeting-place of the heirs io what is known as the Lawrence Towuley estate in England, valued at upwards of $800,000,000. Notwithstanding the recently published letter of Minister Phelps stating that the Bank of England knows of no such property, tho heirs in this country believe firmly in the justice of their claim. They have become more eager and certain on hearing that one of their number has secured the necessary proof for establishing direct lineage with Jonathan John Lawrence, whose heirs are entitled to the property. The meeting to day was devoted to hearing the reports of committees, and the object of this meeting is to raise money to investigate their claims in England. Persons are present from Nebraska, Missouri, Michigan and Canada. Another meeting will be held to-mor-row. Remarkable Vitality of a Drummer. Malone, N. Y., Jan. 27.—0n the 12th instant John S. Gillette, a commercial traveler for a New York grocery house, went into a drug store here, and, taking a sixty grain bottle of morphine off one of the shelves, swallowed its entire contents. He immediately relapsed into unconsciousness, and a few minutes later was pronounced dead. Shortly after, signs of life were discovered, ana vigorous applications of a galvanic battery brought the unfortunate young man to life. Since then he lingered between life and death until yesterday, when he died. He was delirious during the entire period. It is considered a very remarkable fact that he should have lived two weeks after having taken so large a dose of the deadly drug. Dead at 131. Detroit, Mich., Jan. 27.—Last night there died in Windsor. Ont., an Indian-Spanish negro named Preman Clark, who was born in Buckingham county, Virginia, Aug. 4, 1764, being over 121 years old. He lived in Virginia for eighty years, working at his trade as a cooper, and then came west to Ohio, afterwards coining here and settling in Detroit In a few years he want across the river, where he has lived since. He worked steadily at his trade until five years ago, and was still active up to last Saturday, when he began to fail. He was married twice, and has 138 living decendants. An Entire Family Frozen to Death. Montgomery Citv, Mo., Jan. 27.—Some time last year John C. Kimbrell, a famer living near this place, moved, with his family, consisting of a wife and three children, to Kansas, taking up a claim near Dodge City.- During the recent blizzard which prevailed in that section of the country, Kimbrell and his family were at Dodge City. They started home before the blizzard had spent its force, traveling in a covered wagon. They were not heard of for some time, until a searching party found the entire family frozen to death in the wagon. You can face any weather with warm clothing and Red Star Cough Cure. „ PIEDDAVIS—January 27, at 3:30 a. m.. at the family residence. No. 274 Pleasant street, Mrs. Frances B , wife of Dr. Samuel Davis, aged fifty-nine years, two months and nineteen days. Funeral services at First Presbyterian Church, Rich mond, Ind., on Friday at 2p. m. Train leaves Union Depot at 11 a. m. on Friday. CHARLES E. KREGELO, heml mum mm. TELEPHONE 564. FREE, AMBULANCE. ANNOUNCEMENTS. Dr. a. w. brayton. OFFICE, ID WEST OHIO street. Residence. 4, Ruckle street.

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Price $1; six bottles, $5. % WROUGHT |i IRON I|§px:pe: FITTINGS. ixa Selling Agents for National Globe Valves, Stop Cocks, EngSSl gine Trimmings, PIPETONGS, IBf Vj-ri CUTTERS, VISES, TAPS. I L | Stocks, and Dies, Wrenches, USPj r- Steam Traps, Pumps, Sinks, fpl I ® HOSE. BELTING, BABBIT sj£eJ St METALS (25 pound boxes), I3' Cotton Wiping Waste, white ISf and colored (100 pound bales), HHI [ and all other supplies used in i connection with STEAM, WA- * TER and GAS, in JOB or RE- : fej|y TAIL LOTS. Do a regular steam-fitting business. Estii Ifps mate and coutract to heat Mills, * fejay Shops, Factories and Lumber Uk Dry-houses with live or exhaust ||gr steam. Pipe cut to order by ■P? steam power. 9 1 KNIGHT T"JILLSON, fH 75 and 77 S. Penn. St. BUSINESS DIRECTORY. INDIANAPOLIS. - - j*. - ABSTRACTS OFJTITJLES. ELLIOTT & BUTLER, NO. 3 .ETNA BUILDING. MACHINERY, ETC. C A WC “ Y O V V J SUPPLIES. W. B. Barry nd Supply Company, Nos. 132and 13-1 m. st., Indianapolis, linl.. Saw and Machine Knife .wuufucturers. Dealers in all kinda of Saw and Planing-mill and Machinists’ Supplies. MISCELLANEOUS, A TYIMC E, C. & CO., Manufacturers and ReR I JVIIN D, nairers of CIRCULAR, CROSSCUT, BAND and all other kinds of g S Illinois Street, one square south of Union Depot. j;iTryan & CO., Commission Merchants and Dealers in FLOUR, GRAIN, HAY AND FEED, 62 and 64 East Maryland Street. INDIANAPOLIS OIL TANK LINE C 0 DEALERS IN PETROLEUM PRODUCTS, Corner Pine and Lord Streets. POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS. Township Trustee. WM. F. RUPP—FOR TOWNSHIP TRUSTEE— Subject to Republican Nominating Convention. JOsTr FORBES WILL BE A CANDIDATE FOR Township Trustee, subject to the Republican nominating convention. Township Assessor. Hugh w. white will be a candidate for Township Assessor, subject to the decision of the Republican township convention. FOR SALE. For sale-only one dollar per year the Weekly Indiana State Journal Send for it IjlOR SALE-HOME, PLEASANTLY LOCATED. in Montezuma, Ind.; price, $1,000; or will exchange for Kansas real estate, improved or unimproved. E. B. JONES, Hillsdale, Ind. WANTED. WANTED —HEAD COOK AT BRUNSWICK Hotel. ANTED—TO BUY A SECOND-HAND LEFThand saw-mill, without power; good repair; cheap for cash. Address FERGUSON & WHITE, Cicero, Ind. ANTED—MANUFACTURER OR CAPITAL-* ist to take interest, in cheapest and best fence machine in market. Address W. A. H.. 68 West Maryland street. ANTED-A FIRST-CLASS SALESMAN TO represent a well-established house to the drug trade, either exclusively or in connection with some other iine. Address, P. O. Box 1488, New York City. 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Address A. H. MERRILL & CO., Chicago. FINANCIAL FINANCIAL-MONEY ON MORTGAGE—FARMS and city property. C. E, COFFIN & CO. M~ "ONEY ATTHIK LOWES’FraTKs" OF INTER I est. J. W. WILLIAMS Je CO.. 3 and 4 Vinton Block. I'OANS NEGOTIATED ON IMPROVED FARM J and city property in Indiana and Ohio. JOS. A. MOORE, 49 East Washington street. TXTE WILL FURNISH MONEY ON FARM SE YY eurity, promptly, at the lowest rates, for long or short time. THOB. C. DAY & CO., 72 E. Market

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