Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 January 1886 — Page 3

THE FOETY-NINTH CONGRESS The Senate Devotes Most of Its Time to Consideration of Dakota’s Claims. Mr. Vtst Arpnes in Opposition to the Arguments Made by Messrs. Harrison and Wilson—The Day in the House. THE SENATE.

Reatine Business—Mr. Vest Argues In Opposition to Admission of Dakota. Washington, Jan. 29.—Mr. Walthall presented the credentials of re-election of Hon. J. Z. George, United States Senator from Mississippi. The credentials were read and filed. Mr. Ingalls, from the committee on the judiciary, reported favorably a bill relieving from political disabilities George S. Storra, of the State of Texas, and on Mr. Ingalls’s motion the bill was passed. Among the bills introduced was one by Mr. Call, at the request, he said, of the Governor of Florida, to authorize the Secretary of the Treas nry to settle and pay the claim of the State of Florida on account of expenditures made in suppressing Indian hostilities. In introducing the hill ilr. Call said that a similar bill had been before the Forty-eighth Congress, but, at the request of the then Governor of Florida, was allowed to remain unacted on, because a Washington claim agent, named Wailes, claimed commissions amounting to $62,000 for “services” in connection with it As th amount of cash allowed by Congress was only $92,000, there would be littlo of the money left after paying the commission. Mr. Call regarded it as a reflection upon members of the Senate and House that money should be paid, or contracted to be paid, for services never rendered, in connection with legislation, while soldiers who had rendered hard service to the State, and the widows and orphans of such soldiers, went unpaid and unprovided for. Under the circumstances, he regarded it as a public scandal that a vast sum of money should be paid to lawyers, or pretended lawyers, or agents, for votes to be given in Congress. The idea of paying $62,000 out of a State’s claim of $92,000 should receive public eondemnation; and Mr. Call desired, from his place in the Senate, to give public expression to this opinion. There were no “services” to be rendered. Mr. Call said, in connection with such • bill. The question involved was one well settled by the history of the country, and legislation on it was nothing new. He believed, however, that the government of tho United States should pay interest on the claim of the State. Mr. Platt submitted a resolution for reference to the committee on rules, and it was so referred, providing that executive nominations shall hereafter be considered in open session. Mr. Platt said he would not care to speak on the resolution if it should be favorably reported on ' by the committee on rules, but would probably wish to do so if it were adversely reported on. A resolution offered by Mr. Edmunds was r agreed to, directing the Secretary of the Navy I to transmit to the Senate copies of the drawings “ and report of the recent survey of the Nicaragua eanal route, made by Chief Engineer Menoc&l. A resolution offered by Mr. Eustis was agreed to, directing the Secretary of tV.e Treasury to inform the Senate whether any instructions had been issued to the Assistant Treasurer at New Orleans to refuse to receive silver dollars on deposit and issue therefor certificates, or whether he had been instructed to receive only a limited amount of such silver dollars, and, if such instructions has been issued, to inform the Senate the reasons upon which they were based. The Chair laid before the Senate a communication from the Secretary of War reminding the Senate, apropos of Mr. Miller’s resolution of yesterday, that the circular space at the intersection of Maryland avenue and First street, at the western end of the Capitol grounds, had already been by law sot aside for a statue of ex-President ’ Garfield, and that a contract had been made with J. Q. A. Ward to erect a pedestal on the spot selected for the statue. The communication was laid on the table until Mr. Morrill’s resolution should be brought up. Proceeding to the calendar, the Senate resumed consideration of the bill to divide the Flonx Indian reservation in Dakota. In the course of the debate Mr. Teller said he bad recently met a lady who had built and organized free schools among the Indian tribes, one of which cost $16,000, and she kept up the schools by private contributions, furnished by Ehilanthropic people. Mr. Teller thought it a urning shame that individual citizens should be required to contribute to Indian education, while the government had itself undertaken that task. If the Secretary of the Interior were empowered to take Indian boys and girls and to tint them into manual-labor schools, whether their parents were willing or not, those children would have constituted hostages and would have prevented further Indian wars. Fifty Apache children placed in such schools would save the Nation millions of dollars. Mr. Logan said that if his [Mr. Logan’s] proposition of ten years ago, in this Senate, had been agreed to, there would have been no Indian wars after that time. His proposition then was that it be made a penal offense for anybody to sell a gun, or powder, or bullet to an Indian. That waa what was the trouble in our Indian affairs. At 2 o’clock Mr. Vest took the floor on the Dakota bill. He disclaimed any hostility, personal or political, to the people of Dakota, and claimed himself to be a Western man, and proud of tho Western country and its magnificent development. He desired to look at the question involved in the Dakota proposition from the stand-point of elevated statesmanship, .sot of partisan bias. In no acrimonious spirit lie retorted on the Republicans that never had they failed to take advantage of party feeling and bias in putting through their measures. He JMr. Vest] was a Democrat, aud was proud of the fact. Without regard to politics, however. „ In this question, he would be a coward if he did not stand where he now stood. He asked w'ny repeated references had been made in debate by the Republicans to party feeling; why had reference been made to the tact that tho people of Dakota were largely composed of Union soldiers, and that that fact might account for their restiveness in their present political condition! Mr. Vest could •how. and would before he got through, that many brave ex-Union veterans, who had been •hot, and shelled, and sabre-struck—and he honored them for it—who were now residing in Dakota, were earnestly opposed to the measure reported from theJSenate committee on Territories. But he denied the right of any man to peculiar privileges in this country because of having fought under one flag; because of having •spoused a cause; because of having done his doty to his principles and convictions as he understood them. Justice should be done to all .men. Why thrust before the people, in all financial, social and religions relations, the dead issues of a dead strife, when our country, as we so well heard the other day, is now being hon- * estly cemented together by the glorious memories of the past and the bright anticipations of the future? Mr. Vest read from a Dakota newspaper an editorial which said that “Enough one-armed and one-legged Union veterans are in Dakota to whip a whole brigade of traitorous skuuks like Vest and Butler [laughter], and you can bet your boots they can do it any day, right hero on the open plains of the free soil of Dakota, and without resorting to bushwhacking or kn-klux-iae {either. If they don’t believe it, all they - Jhave to do to test the loyalty of Dakota is to fire on Sumter.” “Permit me,” said Mr. Vest, “to put at rest any apprehension on the part of the Dokota editor, so far as the inauguration of another revolution is concerned. Speaking for myself, so far ss 1 am concerned, Fort Sumter shall rest in placid tranquillity ror the balance of my natural life, at least. The admission of no twenty States would ever induce me to appeal again to the arbitrament of arms which the Dakota editor seems so anxious to invoke.” Mr. Vsat severely animadverted upon the course pursued by South Dakota in this matftfr of Its proposed admission as a State. He sent to the desk and had the Clerk read several editorial articles from Dakota newspapers insisting that Inhere was no law to forbid the people from gov■paing themselves. One such article inquired, the scarred veterans who put down the Rebellion now submit to the rebels? We say, a thousand times, no. You hare once conquered ■abls vrjtb guns in the field.” Mr. Vest insist

that Congress was the only power that could say when States should come into the Union. If the Ordinance of 1787— which provided that new States should be admitted when a population of 60,000 shoal and be reached—was the only authority on the question, the debate would dose at once. Mr. Vest denied that that ordinance was now in force, and read from decisions of the United States Supreme Court to show that that ordinance ceased to exist on the adoption of the federal Constitution, in 1789. Any other view would forever put an end to any discussion in Congress as to the admission of new States. Mr. Vest took the broad ground that no ordinance or treaty whatever could hamper or bind Congress in a matter of so fundamental a character as this. If it could, then one Congress could forever bind future Congresses. We could tear to pieces any ordinance or treaty that should pretend to put such shackles on the Congress of the United States. Alluding to the partisan references of the other side, Mr. Vest said he might pertinently inquire what political party was to be benefited by this Caesarian operation by which Dakota was cut in two for political reasons. Would it not add to the Republican forces, and perhaps give preponderance to those forces in a national contest? The great question was, said Mr. Vest, how to get new States into the Union. Everybody, then, wanted to push the Union. Every one wanted to push the frontier from their own borders. But what was our present condition? Our population, development and resources had exceeded the imagination of the facts. The admission dt two new members into the Senate of the United States as soon as any fraction of a Territory could show the same number of inhabitants that were now claimed for South Dakota, would soon swell the Senate to the size of the House o# Representatives, and such admissions would be unjust to the older and much more thickly populated States. Mr. Vest competed the position assumed by Dakota with that of Montana, to show that the latter Territory had acted in a respectful and constitutional manner, though he said he should be compelled to vote against the admission of Montana until she had a population at least equal to that required for a representative in the lower house of Congress. Dakota had not evinced proper respect for the Supreme Court of the United States. Its people had entered into a conspiracy to nullify a decision of that court in regard to the territorial bonded indebtedness. By the vote on the Constitution now presented, Mr. Vest continued, 160,000 persons residing in north Dakota were disfranchised, and had not taken part in the election. He ridiculed the Republican pretensions as to the anxiety providing the people of Dakota on the question of admission. “One would think,” he saia, “that even the babies of Dakota were crying for admission. [Laughter. J The manipulators of the movement had to bring every issue to bear in their support —even the prohibition issue. Cut off whisky from a man on the plains, and you take from him all that makes life endurable.” The speaker related an incident of finding in the wild West three men who, for three years, had been cut off from civilization, from bread, and from salt The first thing they asked for, on seeing other human beings, fresh from civilization, was not bread, not salt but whisky. [Laughter.] Mr. Vest mentioned this, he said, not to show the depravity of man, but to show that the rigor of the climate required whisky. Mr. Vest denied that the action of Dakota was the action of its whole people. It was a Republican movement, in the interests of certain individuals. The Democrats of Dakota regarded it as a farce, and had not participated in the vote on it. He had the Clerk read an official address by the Democratic committee of the Territory to support his statement The whole trouble, he said, was that Fargo and Yankton were competing conters of political ambition. He charged that the record of the last Legislature of Dakota, even on the showing of Republican newspapers, was without a parallel iu the history of bad schemes. In con elusion, Mr. Vest said he would hereafter submit a proposition to divide the Territory by a line running north and south on the 101st parallel of longitude, providing for the keeping of the unsettled western side in a territorial condition. Mr. Logan then took the floor, but gave way for a motion to adjourn, and the Senate accordingly adjourned until Monday.

THE HOUSE. The* Day Devoted to Consideration of Bills of a Private Character. Washington, Jan. 29.—After a few private measures had been reported by committees, the House, at 12:30, went into committee of the whole—Mr. Hatch, of Missouri, in the chair — on the private calendar. The first measure on the calendar was Mr. McMillin’s bill providing for the “Fourth of July” claims. Mr. Geddes, of Ohio, explained that the bill comprised 943 claims, distributed among eleven States and one Territory, and called for an expenditure of $229,000. In the course of a short debate which ensued, Mr. Browne, of Indiana, declared that the government treated its creditors shamefully, especially if those creditors were small claimants, living far from Washington, and too poor to secure the services of someone to log-roll their bills through Congress. The bill was laid aside for a favorable report. A long discussion arose over the next bill, referring to the Court of Claims for adjudication the claim of the personal representative of C. M. Briggs, deceased, for proceeds of captured cotton, now in the Treasury. Several amendments were offered, spoken to at length, and subsequently withdrawn. The first amendment upon which a vote was reached was one offered by Mr. Holman, of Indiana, authorizing the court to determine the claim under the px’ovisions of the Bowman act, and to report to Congress the cause of the delay in the presentation and prosecution of the claim. This was rejected —44 to 62. On motion of Mr. Rowell, of Illinois, an amendment was adopted directing the court to inquire into the loyalty of C. M. Briggs, and of the person from whom he obtained title. Sir. Gibson, of West Virginia, suggested the propriety of amending the bill so as to require the court to determine whether the cotton was grown on loyal ground, was picked by loyal hands and was itself loyal. On motion of Mr. Burrows, of Michigan, an amendment was adopted, providing that if Mr. Briggs, or the person from whom he derived title, shall be found to have been disloyal, the claim shall be dismissed. The committee tnen rose and reported the two bills to the House, when they were passed. The House then took a recess until 7:30 this evening—the evening session to be for the consideration of the pension bills. The House, at its evening session, passed about fifty pension bills, and adjourned until Monday. Sensational Suicide at Buchanan, Mich. Buchanan, Mich., Jan. 29.—The residents of this city were greatly excited, last night, over the sensational suicide of P. Cox, a young mechanic about thirty years old. He was a cousin of Charles Clowes, who killed himself and mistress in a Chicago bagnio a week ago. Clowes’s remains were brought heure for interment. Young Cox seemed to have been deeply affected by the tragedy in which his cousin figured. Yesterday he went into a hardware store and asked to be shown some revolvers. The proprietor intuitively felt that something was wrong and declined to exhibit the weapons. Cox afterward entered another hardware store. No undue mental disturbance was indicated by his demeanor. In obedience to his request he was shown several revolvers. He selected one, and cartridges to fit were handed oat. These he deliberately adjusted in the chamber. “Gentlemen,” he said, turning to the five or six men in the store, “I wish to say good-bye, and■” The now thoroughly frightened spectators advanced to prevent the suicide. “Stand back,” he exclaimed, brandishing the weapon; “I don’t want to die a murderer, but you mustn’t attempt to interfere.” The men retreated. Placing the pistol at his forehead, he added: “Say good bye to all my friends," and pulled the trigger. Those were the last words he uttered. The bullet entered the brain and death ensued almost instantly. Cox leaves a mother and young brother who were dependent upon him for support I am thoroughly satisfied with the result of a trial of Athlophoros, as it does all you claim for it. It cured me entirely of rheumatism, and I cheerfully recommend it to all sufferers with that terrible disease. C. P. Griffin, a hatcher of Stuart, la.

THU IN DIANAPOLIB JOURNAL, SATURDAY, JANUARY 30, 1886.

TIGNAUX ASD SCHAEFER. Last Night’s Play Gives the Big Frenchman 2,400 to His Opponent’s 2,337. New York, SFan. 29. The fourth night’s play in the great balk-line billiard match between Sehaefer and Vignaux attracted a number of spectators sufficiently large to fill all the seats and crowd all the aisles and vacant spaces, notwithstanding tho fact that extra seats had been put in. The interest manifested in the result was intense, and the betting slightly favorable to Schaefer, notwithstanding the excellent play of Vignaux last evening, when ho reduced the lead of his opponent from 365 to 47. Schaefer came up first, at 8:05, and was soon followed by Vignaux. Madame Vignaux occupied her usual seat in the balcony. Game was called at 8:15 r. m. Schaefer led off on the balls, played in the position which they occupied at the termination of last night's game, bnt did not connt. Vignaux made 15, Schaefer scored nothing for the second time. Then Vignaux did not score, and Schaefer made 16 by careful play. Then Vignaux began a run which promised well, but more than once was compelled to suspend owing to the confusion which prevailed in the hall, caused by those who came late. Cries of “sit down” to those standing caused Vignaux to cease play altogether, but soon he renewed it and made 47 points, which, for the first time placedjiim on a par with his opponent Many beautiful uraw shots distinguished the run, and a fine masse shot on the side elicited the first outburst of applause of the evening Vignaux now had 84 points, and the balls well in hand. He made 100, and the ball shook with applause. Up to this time, with the exception of those shots previously mentioned, the performance of Vignaux, while safe, was not brilliant. In fact, he appeared to have adopted the tactics of his adversary, and abandoned his showy manner of play for one more conservative and substantial. The score told this fact as plainly as words could. It was on an easy draw that he finally stopped. The score on the third inning stood Vignaux, 152; Schaefer, 16. Then Schaefer made 5, including a pretty cut-shot in the corner, and Vignaux made 5, and on his fifth inning began again a series of nursing shots, repeatedly sending object balls to the cushion, and bringing them back in position at the center of the table. On his sixtieth shot, Vignaux made a chance shot which was a good play on the risk he had to take, the balls being in line, with the red in a corner and the white ball between. Sbaefer seemed nervous. However, he made 17 on his seventh inning, slipping up on an easy shot He left the balls close together, and Vignaux was not slow to avail himself of the opportunity. Nursing was the order until 50 buttons were placed to the good. Schaefer looked slum, and made two duck eggs in succession. le left the balls well apart, with the spot ball at the bottom, and the rad and white balls in a line at the top of the table. By cushioning the shot was made by Vignaux. On the fourth shot a four cushion shot was bravely made. At fifty points he was loudly applauded on making a well “englisbed” shot. Schaefer’s bad luck continued to pursue him, and although he made a run of twenty the balls did not seem to roll right, and he stopped easily. He had then made sixty-six in ten innings, or a total of 1866 points. Vignaux made twenty-eight on his tenth inning, and his score was 351 for the night, or a total of 2,104. A little over an hour had been consumed in play. Schaefer made a run of sixty-seven without. apparent effort, and his admirers went wild. Vignaux made little counts of two, nine and one until the thirteenth inning, when he scored eighty-two, apd twenty-two directly after. Schaefer meanwhile ran forty-four and thirtyeight, and in his eighteenth inning made the run of the evening and of the match—l 80. There were no fancy shots, but every shot was played for and deserved. When 100 points were made, there was applause, as also at 137, which equaled Vignaux’s best run, and also at 178, when he excelled Vignaux’s and his own best record. Vignaux made 24 in good style, a bank shot, with the cue ball played from between the object balls being especially applauded. At the end of the eighteenth inning the score stood 491 to 411 in favor of Vignaux. Schaefer then began to play, anl made 78. He gathered the balls together, and had them broken up at will, until he missed on a masse shot —very difficult —against the lower rail. Vignaux made many pretty shots right along in his nineteenth inning. The “oh’s” and “ah’s” were numerous. He stopped play on a difficult bank shot in his twentieth inning, and both players started on the liorne-stretch on the last hundred points, although few among the audience remembered that Vignaux must make 647 points to reach the requisite goal of 2,400, which one party or the other had to make, under the rules governing the match. This part was explained to those present by Umpire McCreary when Vignaux had counted 496 on the night’s play. Schaefer followed, and there were many hisses over a decision against Schaefer by the referee. Schaefer counted three, and Vignaux made ten points and finished the fourth evening’s play. The following is the score: Vignaux—ls, 0,137, 5, 60, 6, 50,0.50. 28. 2,9, 0, 1, 82, 22, 0, 24, 33. 14, 18, 81, O, 10-647. Schaefer—o. O, 16. 5,1, 7, 17. 0,0, 20. 67, 9, 44, O, 7, 38, O, 180, 78, 16. 10, 6, 13, 3—537. Grand total—Vignaux. 2,400: Schaefer, 2,337. Averages—Vignaux, 27 19-24; Schaefer, 22 9-24. Time, three hours. Schaefer has accepted a challenge from Vignaux to play another game of 3,000 or 6,000 points for $2,500 a side, after the conclusion of the present match.

IRISH PIKES FOR INSURGENTS. Formidable Weapons Being Manufactured by the Nationalists in Minnesota. St. Paul, Minn., Jan. 29.—A discovery of a manufactory of Irish pikes is said to have been made in this city. A prominent Nationalist, while declining to go very much into details, said these pikes are being made as an experiment, and in certain events are to be used in arming Metis, ex-half-breed insurgents, in case it becomes necessary to draw the attention of Canada to her Western borders in order to distract it from scenes over the water. If coercion in Ireland is resorted to the next uprising in the Northwest will be by men thoroughly armed with these pikes. They are now being made in Minneapolis, and could be put to that purpose. It was learned in conversation with a prominent member of the National League that W 1 H. Jackson went to Chicago at the time of the meeting, on Jan. 20, of the executive committee of thejLeague, and had a long consultation with them. This member exhibited no surprise when told of the manufacture of the pike, and blandly said he “had seen one, and it was a formidable weapon.” The formidable weapon is the pike used with such deadly effect by the Irish insurggents against the British soldiery in the “days of ’98.” The one seen resembles a saber-bayonet, but broader, strong and double-edged, and made of the best quality of steel. The New American Cardinal. Nkw York, Jan. 29.—There is undoubtedly a great deal of interest taken in the question who shall be the new American cardinal to succeed the late Cardinal McCloskey. At first, the choice of the Catholic clergy of the country seemed to fall with a great deal of unanimity on Arbishop Gibbons, of Baltimore, but of late there has been not a little quiet pushing forward of Archbishop Corrigan. Os course the high standing in the church, the learning and character of the Baltimore prelate is neither questioned nor depreciated, but the!diocese which has built so magnificent a cathedral and numbers among its supporters so many people prominent in politics and society, is naturally anxious to retain the office within its limits. A prominent Catholic priest said to-day that of the two he thought the selection of Archbishop Corrigan, in spite of his comparative youth, would be more acceptable to the clergy of the country, and his long intimate association with the late Cardinal only made him all the more eligible. An Aetor Under Arrest. New York. Jan. 29.—Louis de Snit, a mem ber of Rice's Evangeline Company, now playing in this city, was arrested this morning in Brooklyn, on complaint of his wife, who charges him

with assaulting her on Jan. 15. She stated that he had also endeavored to compel her to extort SSOO from Mr. Wetherall, husband of Emma Abbott, on a false charge. De Snit denied the charge, but was committed for triaL THE TRADE SITUATION. What Is Shown by Bradstreet’s Telegrams from a Number of Business Centers. New York, Jan. 29. —Special telegrams to Bradstreet’s from a large number of distributing centers indicate that general business has not been so active. The snow blockade of the large Northwestern railways, which has checked the movement of trains for the greater part of two weeks, has just been raised. At New York city there has been some activity among dry goods commission merchants, and also at Boston, most notably in bleached cottons and print cloths. In other lines at those cities trade may be classed as fairly satisfactory. Dry goods generally are favorably affected by the renewed buying. Print cloths in first hands are quite firm and advancing: prices yesterday were '3gc per yard for 645, against 3516 c a week ago. A small advance has been obtained for medium sorts of wool at the seabord. The strength of the London spring sales encourges expectations of a brisk demand for material. At Philadelphia there is no general activity. The distribution of general merchandise from Baltimore has been light, but country stocks are reported low and orders are accumulating. Advices from Cleveland. Cincinnati, Louisville, Memphis, Chicago, St. Paul, Burlinglington, St. Louis and Kansas City report a quiet movement in trade. At Pittsburg business has been satisfactory, and at San Francisco pros pects are said to be good. Iron shows no change in price or demand. Steel raiis are weaker; grocery staples move slowly; sugar is dull and lower; coffee is firmer, and tea quiet Dairy products are dull, but with a slightly improved export demand. Wheat is somewhat firmer, and the temper of the speculative market is somewhat bullish. Corn and oats are steady; flour is relatively firmer; hog products are irregular, pork being the leading speculative product. Business Embarrassments. New York, Jan. 29.—The business failures occurring throughout the country in the last seven days, as reported to R. G. Dun & Cos., number, for the United States, 252, and for Canada, thirty seven, or a total of 289, as compared with 329 last week, and 332 the week previous to that.

THE DAILY WEATHER BULLETIN. Indications. War Department, ) Office of the Chief Signal Officer, > Washington, Jan. 30, la. m. ) Special Indications for Twenty-four Hours from 7 A. m., for Indianapolis and Vicinity— Light local snows this morning, followed by fair weather, slowly rising temperature. For the Ohio Valley and Tennessee—Fair weather, preceded in the eastern portion, this morning, by light local snows, and followed in the western portion, during the night, by local snows, slowly rising temperature, westerly winds, generally shifting to southerly. For the Lower Lake Region—Cloudy weather and light local snows, wester 1 / winds, colder weather, followed by slowly rising temperature. For the Upper Lake Region—Cloudy weather and local snows, slowly rising temperature, preceded in the eastern portion by nearly stationaay temperature, variable winds, generally shiftiug to southerly. For the Upper Mississippi Valley—Cloudy weather and light local snows, preceded in the southern portion by fair weather, slowly rising temperature, winds generally southwesterly, falling barometer. For the Missouri Valley—Cloudy weather, and in the northern portion local snows, warmer weather in the southern portion, rising, followed by falling temperature in the northern portions, winds generally shifting to westerly, rising barometer in northern portion, falling barometer in the southern portion. Local Observations, Indianapolis, Jan. 29. Time. Bar. , Ther. Hum. Wind. Weather Rain. 6A. M.. 29.88 j 27.5 94 Nwestlcioudy. 0.02 10 a. M.. 29.89; 24.5 94 Nwest Sleet 2p. M.. 29.82' 23.0 88 N\vest|Lt snow. 0.02 6P. M.. 29.85 39.7 88 Nwest Lt. snow 10 P. m..|29.89| 12.5 90 Nwert|Lt snow. 0.03 Maximum temperature, 31.1; minimum temperature, 12.5. General Observations. War Department, I Washington, Jan. 29,10 p. m. 5 Observations taken at the same moment of time at all stations. W H 53 53 saf 4 t 2 3 O' P'S, a stations. 1 s ; % = a 5 I : *1 ? • ® ! • 85 . • ;;; J New York City 29.511 35 Nwest .03‘Clear. Washington City... 29.58 1 41 North .01 Cloudy. Vicksburg, Miss 30.09 35 North Clear. New Orleans, La.. 30.00 46|West Clear. Shreveport, La ;30.13 36'Nwest Clear. Fort Smith, Ark... j 30.11 25 ■ S west ..... Clear. Little Rock, Avk...'30.07 30, North jClear. Galveston, Tex 30.13 46 Nwest Clear. Memphis, Tenn 30.03 26 Nwest Clear. Nashvillo, Tenn 29.96 24 Nwest, Cloudy. Louisville. Ivy 29.91 27 West j Cloudy. Indianapolis, Ind... 29.90 14 Nwest' .02 Lt snow. Cincinnati, 0 29.84 24 Nwest: .02,Lt snow. Pittsburg. Pa 20.66 31 Nwest .03 Lt snow. Oswego, N. Y 29.59 27 Calm ! :Lt snow. Toledo, 0 30.73 24 Nwest! .05 Lt snow. Escanaba, Mich.... 29.82 11 Nwest Lt snow. Marquette. Mich— 29.8 li 11!Nwest| Cloudy. Chicago. 11l 29.86 12 West 'Clear. Milwaukee, Wis 29.86 l 4 Nwest 'Clear. Duluth, Minn 29.981 9 Nwest Clear. St. Paul. Minn 29.90) 4 S’east! 'Fair. LaCrosse. Wis 29.92 13,West (Fair. Davenport, la |29.98; 9:West |Hazy Des Moines, la 129.951 17jSwest 'Cloudy. Keokuk. Ia j 29.00 11 West Clear. . Cairo, 111 30.05i 20jWeat iClear. Springfield, 111 '30.96 lijWest .Clear. St. Louis, Mo 29.03; 19 West Clear. Lamar, Mo |30.08j 18 So nth! Icioudy. Leavenworth, Kan.. 30 04! 16 South' 'Cloudy. Omaha. Neb |30.92 15 South; .Cloudy. Yankton, Dak ; 29.82' 29 Sweat! Cloudy. Moorehead, Minn.. |29.82| 11 S’east' .03'Lt snow. Bismarck, Dak |29.76 22 Calm j Fair. Fort Buford. Dak.. 29.84 32 Nwest Clear. Ft.Assiniboine.M. Tj 1 Fort Custer, Mont. .i29.04 40; West .01 Cloudy. North Platte, Neb..j00.95 36,Swest Clear. Denver, Col '29.14 51 Swest Cloudy. W. Las Animas. Col 30.07 32 West Clear. Dodge City, Kan —!29.97 34 South |Clear. Fort Elliott, Tex...,29.08 35 South ‘Clear. Fort Sill, Ind. Ter. j ....! Fort Davis, Tex j 30.15 37 East Clear. El Paso, Tex 30.21 49 Nwest Clear. Salt Lake City, U. T'30.37 43. South jCloudy. E. H. Carleton & Cos., Swindlers. St. Louis, Jan. 29.—There is detained at the postoffice in this city, the accumulated mail of three weeks, addressed to E. H. Carleton & Cos.. 390 Fourth street. There being no such number on this street, and no such firm in the city, the suspicions of the postoffice were aroused, and an investigation Bhowed that this alleged company had been swindling merchants in Kansas and Nebraska, by offering large discounts on all cash payments for children’s and ladies’ furnishing goods. The detectives are at work upon the case, but hare made no arrests. Hudson Did Not Violate the Law. Cincinnati, Jan. 29.—Judge Fitzgerald, of the police court, to-day decided the case of Chief of Police Hudson, for contempt, in delaying the service of warrants sworn out by the committee of one hundred, for violation of the registration law. He found that Hudson pursued the ordinary course, and that he was Dot guilty. His Honor, however, took occasion to announce a new rule for the service of warrants hereafter, which will prevent each delay as happened in this case. No one should delay when they have a cough or cold, when a 50 cent bottle of Bigelow’s Positive Core will promptly and safely cure them. Dollar size cheapest for family use or chronic esses.

LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE. County Nominating Conventions. To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal: The Repnblicans have had, in times past, difficulty in pleasing the masses of the party in some counties, in the matter of nominations. The primary election, mass convention and ordi nary delegate convention, have devotees and critics. I propose for discussion at the coming mass conventions the following suggestions: First—That each county convention he composed of just one hundred delegates. Second —That each delegate be elected by the Republicans in a separate district containing one-hundredth of the votes of the county. Third—That each and every delegate be elected separately, at a uniform tiAe and in a uniform manner. Fourth—That each delegate be elected by a majority of the Republicans attending the separate unit district meetings. Fifth—That the delegates be elected within three days before the county convention. Sixth—That in the county convention all voting be by ballot, a majority to nominate. Rensselaer, Jan. 27. S. P. Thompson. A Complaint from Lawrence Township. To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal: We notice in your issue of the 27th a call for Republican primaries, and just below it a little advice to committeemen, to give due and timely notice to all the voters of the precinct, that they might kuow when and where to meet. But the same old tactics are in vogue in this precinct that have been for the past ten years. The coramitteemenship is passed around among two or three of the “elect” between dark and daylight—when honest men should be asleep—without the sigu of a notice. To a voter (not a night-walker), of whom, or when, or for what purpose they are called together, I ask you, Mr. Editor, if it is not the duty of committeemen of each precinct to put up notices in tneir respective precincts, giving all timely notice of such meeting, or whether it would be better for the party or the general public for the commit teemen to send out runners to a few of the faithful who would probably favor him again for committeeman, and meet in a little back room for the purpose of setting it up on the voters of his precinct. Such work as this, I contend, has demoralized the Republicans of this township, and defeated every candidate who was presented from this township for the past twenty years. . _ Lawrence. How to Nominate Candidates. To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal: On the 11th proximo a call for congressional nominating conventions in this State will be agreed upon. In order that the district assemblies may have an opportunity to devise something better, I publish these suggestions: The members of our party are entitled to a voice in selecting party nominees. In this way the party can be united. The jealousies of rings, cliques, and counties, will be weeded out by careful attention to the composition and business of our nominating conventions. Each congressional nominating convention should consist of one member for each voting precinct, without any alternate. Each member should be elected by the Republicans of his own precinct, at the same time and in a uniform manner. This can be done by a precinct mass convention. The voting should be by ballot on a call of the roll of members, and repeated until a majority of all members vote for one man, who will thereby become the nominee. This method of nominating would be republican, and no “bolt” or “scratch” would reasonably follow. # S. P. Thompson. Rensselaer, Jan. 28. Apropos of Glucose Honey. To ihe Kditof of the Indianapolis Journal: Something ought to be done at once to stop adulteration of food. Does anybody know where any sweet sugar can be bought? Has anybody had a piece of swoet cake lately? Can anyone make wheat taste like cake any more? Has anyone bought a genuine box of olive oil sardines lately? The pure Michigan cider sold this fall was glucose and sulphuric acid. The vinegar we buy is very queer. Something is the matter with buckwheat this winter. Red peppr turns moldy in its bottle nowadays: mustard the same. Jane Grimshaw.

Probably It Is Not Politics. To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal: An article in to-day’s Journal, with reference to a call for a Republican meeting in Center township, is signed, J. W. Hervey, M. D. I know there are a great many new things coming up in politics,and as I waut to keep posted, please inform me through the columns of the Journal what the M. D. stands for. Subscriber. Indianapolis, Jan. 29, 1886. TIIE CITY IN BRIEF. Ralph H. Brown and Cora I. Drake, Win. Hampton and Emma Gillmore procured marriage licenses yesterday. The Merton Gravel-road Company, of Putnam county, has filed with the Secretary of State formal notice that it has abandoned business. A girl baby wrapped in a blanket was left on the steps of No. 108 North Illinois street last night. The waif was given over to the police authorities, who had it taken to the Orphan Asylum, on College avenue. The University Singers of New Orleans, the only double quartet of colored jubilee singers, are expected in this city to-day. To-morrow evening they will sing in connection with the regular services at Meridian-street M. E. Church. Next week they will give two or three of their popular coucerts, notice of which will be made through the papers and pulpks. The will of Joseph K. Whellan was probated yesterday. It gives all his property, of every description, to his widow, Anne F., and directs her, when she can find it convenient to do so, to pay $25 each to the Little Sistera of the Poor, the Sisters of the Good Shepherd, Sisters of St Vincent’s Infirmary, Catholic Orphan Asylum at Vincennes, and St. Vincent De Paul Society of this city. lie also requests her to pay $25 to Father Bessonies. She is the administratrix, without bond. A Hoosier’s Unappreciated Social Enterprise. Washington Correspondence Boston Traveller. A young man from Indiana, who came here several months ago, has just been caught at a very neat trick, for which the young ladies in society here are giving him a decidedly frigid shoulder. When he first arrived he had the very good fortune to be introduced to a young belle. He was invited to call, and did so. He met quite a number of young ladies, but that was altogether too slow for him. Then he decided to make acquaintances by the wholesale Ho would call at a reception and ask if the belle had arrived, always making sure first that she was not there. The hostess seeing a passably good-looking young fellow in a dress suit would inform him politely that Miss Dash had not yet arrived, and would invite him to come in. Invaribly he accepted, and produced his card, after which he was introduced to the ladies present. He kept up this game for some time, but after awhile the ladies began to compare notes. The result has been that he is invited nowhere. If ever a man received the cut direct it has been the Hoosier dude. He threatens to move out of the city, but he hasn’t gone further than Georgetown, according to the best advices* A Bishop’s Good Fortune. Carson < Nev.) Appeal. Bishop Whittaker has been having considers ble good fortune of late. ‘When Sharon died he left $2,000 for the Bishop’s church, and recently a law suit has been decided in favor of the Bishop’s school, at Reno, for SIO,OOO. Some years ago a wealthy widow died in Boston, and in her will left the Bishop’s school SIO,OOO. The relatives tried to break the will, and took the case to the courts, and recently the court decided that the will was good, and the school will get the money. Os Interest to Athletes. James Robinson, trainer of athletes at Harvard and Princeton Colleges, writes from Princeton, Jan. 24, 1885: “For cuts, bruises, strains, rheumatism and colds, I always use.Allcock’s Porous Plasters for myself and pupils. Never have known them to fail in over one hundred cases. They strengthen the muscles and give instant relief. They are tho only external remedy used by our athletes.”

__ DIED. CALDER—John D. Calder, aged twenty eight years, at 23 hj North Illinois street, at 10 o'cloek p. m. sVi* day. January 29. Notice of funeral in Sunday morning papers. CHARLES E. KREGELO, Mill DIDM MUR. TELEPHONE 564. FREE AMBULANCE. SANITARY HOME—At 334 North New Jersey st., Indianapolis, Ind. Chronic diseases and diseases of women- a specialty. The methods employed ars electricity, Swedish movements, baths and other hygienic agents. RACHEL SWAIN, M. D. § WROUGHT IRON PIPE FITTINGS. Selling Agents for Nation A* sy Tube Works Cos. mi\ ISffiEA Globe Valves, Stop Cocks, EnffeSfa gine Trimmings, PIPETONGS, rngm fUgl CUTTERS, VISES, TAPS, Stocks, and Dies, Wrenches, *£3 LSfcd Steam Traps, Pumps, Sinks, lU mm HOSE, BELTING, BABBIT .fej METALS (25 pound boxes), fjgg I igG Cotton Wiping Waste, white FtJ Lg and colored (100 pound bales), i Fp and all other supplies used in Sysf I S connection with STEAM, WA--50 feM TER and GAS, in JOB or RE--1& TAIL IjOTS. Do a regular |-F2 ; steam-fitting business. Esti||gsj mate and contract to heat Mills, rfi? Shops, Factories and Lumber gK Dry-houses with live or exhaust tp?; steam. Pipe cut to order by pp steam power. I 1 KNIGHT Ymm, fii 75 and 77 S. Ponn. St. POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS.^ rpAKE NOTICE—REPUBLICANS OF THE SECA ond precinct in Sixth ward: You are hereby notified that, pursuant to the call of the Marion county committee, a meeting of the Republicans residing in the above precinct will be held at 7 o’clock to-night (Saturday the 30thday of January), at the office of Otto Steehhan. Esq., 451 North Alabama street, for the purpose (1) of electing a delegate to the next congressional district convention to select a member of that committee, and (2) of electing a member of the Marion county committee. WARWICK H. RIPLEY, Committeeman of Sixth Ward. Second Precinct. Township Trustee. WM. F. RUPP—FOR TOWNSHIP TRUSTEE— Subject to Republican Nominating Convention. JOS. R. 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 ta the decision of the Republican township convention. WANTED. . IST ANTED V? door English's Opera-house, to-day, from 8 to 12 a. m. WANTED— A GERMAN ~WASHERWOMAN: only a first-class need apply, at No. IG7 NortkAlabama street. W ANTED—MEN AND WOMEN TO START A, new business at their homes; can be done evenings and learned in an hour; any person making lesa than 10c to 50c an hour should send 10c at once for a package of sample goods and 24 working samples (formulas) to commence on. Address ALBANY SUPPLY CO., Albany, N. Y.

AGENTS WANTED. Agents— any man or woman making less than $lO per week should try our easy money-making business. Our $3 eye-opener free to either sex wishing to test with a view to business. A lady cleared $lB in one day; a young man S7O on one street. An agent writes: “Your invention brings the money quickest of anything I ever sold.’’ Wo wish every person seeking employment would take advantage of our liberal offer. Our plan is especially suitable for inexperienced persons who dislike to talk. The free printing we furnish beats all other schemes and pays agents 300 per cent, profit. A lady who invested $1 declared that she would not take SSO for her purchase. Write for papers; it will pay. Address A. H. MERRILL & CO., Chicago. FINANCIAL. Financial-money on mortg age—farms and city property. C. E. COFFIN & CO. M~ ONEY AT"THE LOWEST RATES OF INTERest. J. W. WILLIAMS & 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. E WILL FURNISH MONEY ON FARM SeT curity, promptly, at the lowest rates, for long or short time. THOS. C. DAY & CO., 72 E. Marketst. CHURCH SERVICES. Christian. CENTRAL CHRISTIAN CHURCH-CORNER OF Delaware and Ohiosts. Rev. E. J. Gantz, pastor. Preaching to-morrow at 10:30 a. in. Morning subject. “Is There Unrighteousness with God?” At 7:30 p. m. a full musical service will bo rendered under the direction of Prof. Ora Pearson, Several selections will be given by the choir and the Apollo Club. Mr. Williams will sing a solo. Sunday-school at 2:30 p. ru. Prayer meeting on Thursday at 7:30 p. m. All are cordiafiy invited. Methodist Episcopal. CENTRAL- AVENUE METHODIST EPISCOPAL Church —Corner of Central avenue and Butler street. Rev. A. W. Lamport, pastor. Preaching tomorrow at 10:30 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. by the pastor. Class-meeting at 9a. m. Sunday-school at 2:15 p. m. Young people’s meeting at 0:30 p. m. Strangers cordially welcomed. Meridian streetmethodist eplscopal Church —Corner New York and Meridian streets. Rev. J. E. Gilbert, D. D., pastor. Preaching at 10:30 a. m. by Dr. Bowman, of DoPauw University. At 7:30 p. no. Dr. Gilbert will preach. Subject, “The General Resurrection. Will Man's Body Live Again! If So, What Will Be Its Characteristics?” Sundayschool at 2 p. m. Young people’s meeting at 3:30 p. m. Roberts park methodist episcopal Church—Corner of Delaware and Vermont streets. Rev. I. H. McConnell, pastor. General class at 9a. m., led by Mrs. Robinson. Preaching at 10:30 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. by Mrs. L. O. Robinson. Sundayschool at 2p. m. At 3p. m.. meeting for converts and young people only. At 6:30 p. m., class and prayer-meeting. Young people’s meeting on Monday at 7p, m. Preaching at 8 p. m. by Mrs. Robinson. Everybody invited to these meetings. Presbyterian. First Presbyterian church southwest corner Pennsylvania and New York streets. The pastor, Rev. M. L. Haines, will preach to-morrow at 10:45 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Evening theme, “Heart of Faith.” Sabbath-school at 9:30 a. m. The public cordially invited. SECOND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH-CORNER of Pennsylvania and Vermont streets. Rev. James McLeod, D. D., pastor. Preaching at 10:30 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Sunday-school at 2:30 p. m. Prayermeeting on Thursday evening at 7:30. All are cordially invited. SEVENTHPRESBYTERIAN CH URCH—CORNER Cedar and Elm streets. Rev. R. V. Hunter, pastor. Sabbath morning, communion service and pubfia reception of members. Evening, the Y. Mi C. A. cause will be presented by E. W. Halford. Sermon by the pastor to the young men. Sunday-school at 2:30 p. m. Prayer-meeting on Thursday evening. 1 TABERNACLE CHURCH—CORNER MERIDIAN . and Second streets. Rev. J. Albert Rond thaler, pastor. Morning services at 10:30 o’clock. Sunda?£~ school and Bible classes at 2:15. YodnJ people's prayer-meeting at 3:45. Evening services at 7:30 o’clock. Seats free throughout the house. Universal iat. CENTRAL UNIVERSALIST CHURCH—SF.RVices evory Sunday, at 10:30 a. m., in True Friend Hall, No. 14 When Block. To-morrow Rev. A. Tibbetus will preach. Subject, “The Day of SmalV, Things.” Sunday-school at close of services. All arc •ordially Invited.

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