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ENGLISH EULE IN IRELAND.

1 : iThero lias Been Ko Rupture Between I Mr. Parnell and His Supporters. Events That Should Indicate to Mr. ChamberJain and Ilis Friends Certain Points on Which They Have Made Mistakes. Gladstone Will Make No Concessions to Conciliate the Liberal-Unionists. I The Real Danger to the Peace of Europe Docs .Hot Exist in Bulgaria, but in the Aiu- " tude of Boulanrer Toward Germany. TF1K IRISH QUESTION"; I No Rupture in the Nationalist Ranks No I Conmnlons from Gladstone, facial to tlj Indianapolis Journal. I London, Jan. 3. The report that a rupture shad occurred between Mr. Parnell and Messrs. (Dillon and O'Brien regarding the continuation of the "Plan of Campaign" is untrue. The f pressure brought to bear by the government -upon uncompromising landlords, though (rood as f far as it goes, has one fatal fault It does not go ffar enough. Up to the present it has been conf fined to disturbed district?. The' government has ienored Connaught and Ulster, the latter the fmost loyal and law abiding province in Ireland ;The tenants of loyal Ulster demand that f rents should be at once adjusted to is Sa sliding scale, taking into account the fall of prices since they were originally fixed. They state that this is the i only way to prevent the almost universal insolvency with which farmers , are at present threatened. The Belfast Northern Whig, one f Of the ablest organs of the Unionists in Ireland, complains bitterly of the unjust manner in which tenants on large Ulster estates are being treated. Dr. Kane, the famous Orange cham"pion, also denounces the government and Ulster landlords for refusing to treat tenants with the generous consideration they deserve Dr. Kane's .recent letter, referring to non-reduction of rent, "lias beea printed in leaflet form and scattered broadcast throughout the kingdom. In it the Doctor says: I "Was that refusal honest, in the lieht of the fact that the landlord and tenant are partners, and ought to share the burden of the present de?ression? And is it at all advisable to identify he Loyalist cause with an unfeeling refusal of a reasonable and just request!" Dr. Kane is quick enough to see the impolicy of thus treating Loyalists, but what he and his friends in Ireland and England are slow to learn is, that whether a man is a Loyalist or the reverse has nothing to do with it What is unjnst for tho Loyalist cannot, by any code of morality, be considered just for their opponents. I Mr. Chamberlain and all the other Unionists supported the Irish land act They accepted the principle that rents should no longer be settled by free contract between man and man, but by the state. They must now see that, in view of the violent oscillation in prices which has been brought about by bad seasons and American competition, a system of fixing rents by sliding scale, if possible, would have been a juster plan to both partners. Mr. Chamberlain himself advocated the compulsory total cessation of of eviction in Ireland for half a year, and thereby fully recognized the gravity of the crisis. - Mr. Parnell, on the other - hand, proposed that Evictions should be stayed upon the payment of half the rent, ' and that the tenant should be entitled to go into the court and ask what further amount of rent he should pay. Mr. Parnell was notably open to compromise upon the amount of the first necessary deposit, and if the government had met him half Way the amount could have probably been fixed t as high a figare as 70 per cent The government would hear of neither plan, therefore the tenants were forced into defending themselves in their own way. The ''Plan of Campaign'' W't an ideal scheme, or one suited to ordinary iimeg, but tho Irish tenant was driven into a Corner, and the question was, how could he deJend his share in the common property against landlords like Lord Clanricarde. The times were not ordinary, and he had to defend himself Va best he could. That he has striven to do so Without outrage is. at all events, something rained, and that Messrs. Dillon and O'Brien have steadily used their great influence to that Jnd will be remembered to their credit I it is a great mistake to assume that Mr. Parnell's present standing, outeido the quarrel of ihe moment in Ireland, implies any diminution t, or dancer to, his influence. Mr. Parnell know much better than that. He is at present like Mr. Gladstone, in that he has but one coninn ersy on hand. He is -a partner and couperator with the illustrious leader of the Libirnl party in the great cause of home rule for Ireland, and his very acute parliamentary nstinct, coupled with the present state of his Health, causes him to hold himself somewhat kloor from the fight in which Mr. Dillon ind Mr. O'Brien are the chief actors. Mr. Pariell has to hold himself level with his duty in .he Ilonse of Commons. It is scarcely necessary o point out with what great power he and Mr. Sexton will be able to indicate the lesson of jvcuia uuu io snow mai me rnie or the present tovernment is daily affording evidence of the ncxpediency.if not the imponsibilitw of Msntiln. ng English rule in Ireland upon a system which, n the light of recent action with regard to the JiTiee of Under Secretary, the government have rendered even more political and centralized ,an it has ever been in the present generation ? The report that Mr. Gladstone is about to nako concessions to the dissident Liberals on his home-rule bill has no foundation. It is well inown that both Mr. Gladstone and Mr. John v4rley will not recede one iota from the princi3l of the bill as introduced by Mr. Gladstone. They are, however, willing to make concessions in the Irish land question. Politicians of all passes admit that even at the last election Mr. Gladstone would have carried the conntry on th home-rule question had he not been handicapped ith his Irish land bill. Since then thn (J. -ions of the Liberal leaders in delivering adIresses and lectures and tho distribution of j5amphlets and leaflets by tho Liberal League have educated the masses more thoroughly on the Question of home rule, and there is no doubt that )iiothtr election would return Mr. Gladstone to ower with a sufficient majority to attain the ule object of his remaining longer in political ife a peaceful settlement of the Irish difficulty, fbe fact is that Lord Hartington and Mr. .bamberlam are having great difflcultv in presenting a stampede of tho Liberal-Unionists ack to the Liberal fold. The activity displayed it the various political headquarters indicates hat the leaders xpeet another election early in -he spring, and preparations are being made accordingly. THE PEACE OF EUROPE. Not Threatened by Events In Hnl I but by General ISouianger' Attitude, V ti th lndlarap.tl Journal. London, Jn. a The real danger to the joacB of Europe docs not, at tho present moment, rise from anything which may occur in Bularia. It is generally admitted that Prince icholas, of Minpreha, will eventually bo acfcpted as tiw ruler of Bulgaria. Bat what

Prince Bismarck fears Is the growing popularity of General Boulanger and his inflated military budgets with the French populace. It is quite on the cards that General Boulanger will become Prime Minister when M. Goblet disappears. In that case, Prince Bismarck will have to make up his mind either to fight at once or to impose upon the German people new military burdens too heavy for any si&te to bear for any length of time without in tense suffering. Even as it is, the question of requiring Prance to stay her war preparations has been discussed at Berlin. If that very dashing policy has not been adopted, it is because the Emperor William is determined that no act of his shall precipitate war. The hour must come, nevertheless, for the ruinous competition in military expenditure is becoming intolerable. France, being conscious that Germany is stronger than - herself, cannot rest in inferiority, and eo she piles up her war credits one upon the other, and Germany is obliged to follow suit In case of war, Italy, it is thought, would join Germany and take as her portion of the spoils La Haute Savoy. That would make the French position hopeless, and it becomes all the more hopeless if Russia leans upon the German alliance. The hopelessness of the French position is the best guarantee of peace. But General Boulanger remains an unknown quantity. He may be as indiscreet in diplomacy as he was in his statements about the Orleanist princes. THE GERMAN ARMY DILI

An Ontlook Unfavorable to the Demands of the Imperial Government. Berlin, Jan. 8. Printed copies of the amend ed army bill will be distributed in the Reichstag on Monday. The debate on the second reading of the meas ure, on Tuesday, promises to be a stormy one. Prince Bismarck has announced his intention of remaining in Berlin until the fate of the bill shall have been decided. In government cir cles legs confidence is felt as to the passage of the bill,, and there are indica tions that Prince Bismarck is open to a compromise. It is believed he would accept an amendment limiting the operations of the bill to five years, but he will certainly reject any proposal for a term of three years, and will im mediately dissolve the Reichstag' if that body persists in thus amending the bill. The govern ment relies upon the fears of a dissolution influencing the members of the Centre and Pro gressists parties, and one of the results of an election . would probably be a reduction in their numbers. The temper dis played by the Clerical members of the commis sion toward the close of the debate showed no symptoms of dread of a dissolution of Parlia ment Herr Windthorst, the Clerical leader, had a sharp interchange of words with General Von bcheliendorff on a remark bv the former that Germany was living in a state of pro found peace; that she was in alliance with Austria ana Russia, while she was men aced nowhere. General Von Schellendorff de clared that as War Minister he had nothine to do with political considerations, adding that the government had not had reason to expect that the Kescbstag would oppose the septennate. The bill bad already been twice voted, and he was confident that the Reichstag would finish by voting for it again.Herr W mdthorst responded angrily that the Reichstag would make no concession bevond what the commission recommended, even if menaced with a coup d' etat Further soreness was caused by General Von Schellendorffs refusal to state or ditcuss what financial resources the government r$)ied on to coyer ine extra expenditures, un the whole, tne prospects are unfavorable to the government. The voting in the Reichstag will prob ably be in the same ratio for the triennate as in the commission. SCOTLAND'S CRAZIEST PEER. His Erratic Conduct and Questionable Be havior in Public Places. Edinburgh, Jan. 8. The Marchioness of Queen6bury has instituted an action for divorce against her husband, the Marquis of Queens bury. The action will be tried here, and will begin next week. Lord Queensbury has the reputation of being the most eccentric and erratic member of the British aristocracy," and the'only surprise which win be caused by the announcement of the pro ceedings just instituted is as to why the Aiarcmoness should not nave sought a separa tion long ago. Lord Queensbury's attendance at tne London theaters is dreaded by tne man agers, as whenever anything displeases him on the stage he is in the habit of arising from his orchestra seat and proclaiming his views on the subject in the most forcible terms. One of his most recent appearances of this kind was on the first night of Tennyson s "Cup, at tne Lyceum. ma claims to ngure among the sixteen peers who represent the Kingdom of Scotland in the House of Lords were not admitted, owing to his having interrupted the electoral proceedings at likllnburga bv a strongly-worded profession of atheism, the ad vantages of which he eloquently described. He constitutes the queerest mixture of red radical ism and Scotch aristocratic pride imaginable, and declines to have any intercourse with his sister, Lady Gertrude, who, in 1882, married a bakor's apprentice of the name of Stock, at Kensington. Another of his sisters is the notori ous Lady Florence Dixie, whose mixture of cleverness and madness is even more remarkable than in her brother. Lady Florence is in espe cially bad odor with the Queen, whose favorite body-servant, John Brown, met his death from a cold contracted while investigating the alleered Fenian attack on Lady Florence near Windsor an attack which was proved never to have ex isted but in the eccentric lady's imaginative brain. Lord Francis, one of the brothers, was one of the victims of the tervible accident on the Matterhorn in 18(55, an occurrence which figures in every work that has been written during the past twenty years on the Swiss Alps. Lord Queensbury succeeded his father (who shot himself accidentally) in 1858, at the age of fourteen. In 1866 he married Miss Sibyl Montgomery, by whom fie has a family of five children. Cable Notes. France proposes to provisionally increase the sugar duties 20 per cent, and to reduce the snear bounties from September. The Paris Francais says that Queen Victoria ba9 invited the Count and Countess of Paris to spend Sunday and Monday at Osborne. The Catholic American patriarch at Constan tinople is going to Rome as the bearer of the Sultans presents of a diamond ring for the Pope and decorations for the cardinals. INDIANA TRAVELING MEN. Twelfth Annual Convention at Terre nante '-Prosperous Condition of the Association. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Terre Haute, Ind., Jan. a The twelfth an nual convention of commercial travelers of In diana, wa3 held here to-day, and was the largest and most successful ever held, about 450 deler gates being present, who, with their wives, made the number entertained by the Terre Haute merchants and traveling men about 700, that number attending the banquet The banquet was given them by the Terre Haute membership at Dowling's nail, this afternoon. The convention, which was held at the opera-bouse, was business-like and harmonious. Mayor Kolsem delivered an address of welcome, which was responded to by George C. Webster. jr., of Indianapolis. This was followed bv Presi dent O. W. Moorman s address. The following officers were electeaior the ensuing year: Presi dent, O. W. Moorman; vice-presidents. Charles W. Bridges, Emil Froeb, Sam B. Nisbet, Charles A. Munson, W. J. Robie, Ralph Thompson, John K. Woir, Aadison Neat, George P. Washburn, W. S. Stoddard; directors, liruce Uarr, YV. D. Cooper, C. McPherson, Fred Schmidt; delegates to the national association, Thomas A. Dean, George C. Webster, D. W. Coffin, W. J. Kobie; secretary and treasurer, D. W. Coffin. I ho affairs of the association were never so prosperous. The membership is 653. Only two deaths during the year. The cash balance in the treasury amounts to nearly $9,000. A ball is in

progress to-night at Dowling Hall, given in honor of the Commercial Travelers' Association, which is one of .the most elegant ever given in

this city. Evansville has been selected as the place for holding the next annual meeting. . 'Z LOST IN SIGHT OF LAND. . Z Five Memhers of the Life-Saving Service and a Portion of a Ship's Crew Drowned. Norfolk, Va., Jan. 8. One of the most dis astrous shipwrecks which ever occurred on the Virginia coast happened at 2 o'clock this morn ing, near the . Little Island life-saving station, fourteen miles south of Cape Henry. Not less than twenty, and probably more, lives were lost, among them five life-saving men, who, in the discharge of their duty, were drowned. The morning was bitterly cold, and a blinding snow-storm prevailing, with the wind blowing a gale from the northwest During a lull in the storm the life-saving patrol from Little Island life-saving station sighted a large ship stranded on the bar about eight hundred yards from the shore. When he saw the vessel he was going to meet the patrol from Dam Neck station and exchange checks showing that both patrolmen had been to the end of their beat. The Dam Neck patrol was only a few yards distant when the vessel was sighted, and both fired rockets to notify the crew of the stranded ship that she had been seen. They hurried back to their respective stations and gave the alarm. In a little while both crews, with life-boats and apparatus, were abreast of the wreck, and the boom of a mortar announced that a line had been shot out to the ill-fated vessel. The shot was unsuccessful, and a second was fired with like result After firing six unsuccessful shots, the life-saving men determined to brave the fury of the sea and the death that seemed cer tain to await their venture. The word of com mand being given by Captain Belanza, of lifesaving station No. 4, known as Little Island, six of the most expert boatmen manned each boat At Lis command the men gave way with a will; and, in a moment, both boats were breasting the furious waves. They reached the ship in safety, and five of the ship's crew were taken in a lifeboat, and ten in a ship's boat, which was launched for the purpose. The boats headed for shore, and not a word was spoken, for each man realized the awful peril which surrounded them. With a steady pull the two boats were making good headway for shore, when a wave of great power struck both boats, capsizing them instantly and pitch ing their twenty-two occupants into the boiling sea. Then began a desperate struggle for life, and with many of the men it was a prolonged one. The horrified life-savers on the beach were powerless to assist their drowning comrades or the unfortunate strangers. The drowning men were carried southward by the seas, and some of them were washed ashore. As they came within reach they were picked up, and endeavors were made to revive them, and in two instances with success, although one of the two is badly injured. The vessel is the German ship Elizabeth, Capt. Halberstadt, from Hamburg to Baltimore, and not one of her crew survives her wreck. Her cargo is unknown, as the high seas have thus far prevented any attempt to reach her. it is though she is leaking badly, and at sunset her masts were thought to be giving away. Of the life-saving crew the following were lost: ABEL BELANZA. captain of No.' 4. known as Little Island. J. V. LAND, same station. GEORGE W. STONE, same. J. A. BELANZA, of Dam Neck Station, and brother of Abel. JOSEPn SPRATLEY, of Dam Neck. John Etheridge and Frank Tetford, of No. 4 station, were washed ashore and resuscitated, but H.thendge is so badly lciured that it is thought he cannot survive. Washington, Jan. 8. The signal corps sta tion at Dam Neck, Va., reports that the masts of the stranded ship are loose, and that she will probably be a total wreck. No particulars of the casualties, beyond those contained in the Norfolk dispatch, have been received. A HUGE BLAST. Two Hundred Thousand Tons of Stone Loos ened by Twenty-Two Tons of Giant Powder. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Easton, Pa., Jan. 8. One of the most suc cessful blasts that ever took place at the Glendon Iron Company's stone quarry, two miles from here, occurred at 1 o'clock this afternoon. The quarry is 150 feet high, 500 feet wide, and al most perpendicular. Five chambers were made in the hill, each 200 feet long and sixty feet from the base of the quarry. These were charged with twenty-two and one-half tons of giant powder. Notices, warning people living in the vicinity of the quarry and to notif v the Lehigh & Susquehanna Railway Company, whose tracks are near by, were sent out in due time to prevent any mishap or damage. Everything was in readi ness at the appointed time, and at 1 o'clock the entire charge was exploded by electricity, Superintendent Firmstone opening the key. A low, rumbling noise came in an instant, followed by a fall of stone that covered a space of five hundred feet square, and leaving the breast of the quarry as straight as before. The best part of the blast is that no stones were thrown beyond the quarry property. No close estimate can be made of the' quantity of stone knocked down. It may reach 200,000 tons, and it may reach duu.uuu. Anxious to be Saved from Hi Friend. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Nework, Jan. 8. The Commercial Adver tiser this evening says: "It is understood that the Rev. Dr. McGlynn is very much shocked by Henry George's sensational article in the Standard. Friends of the suspended pastor say that the article in question will influence him to withdraw quickly from a position that, from the beginning, has placed him m a false light The Rev. Dr. Charles McCready has been appointed pastor of bt btepnen's Church, to succeed Dr. McGlynn. Dr. McCready is known as one of the most popular priests in the diocese. He is distantly related to Dr. McGlynn, and is reluc tant to accept tne charge from which his friend nas oeen renevea. i.ne assertion in a morning paper that Dr. iUcLready is already in posses sion oi ou oiepntJUB is uuirue. - Cowhided by a Woman. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Paris, III, Jan. 8. Mrs. Mary Gaunt created considerable excitement this afternoon, by cowhiding a man named A. H. Bowen, in front of the postoffice. The lady gave as her reason for whipping Bowen that "he had been slandering her for years, and now she was even with him." A Trivial Quarrel Ends in Murder. Cincinnati, O., Jan. 8 Dick Hurley shot and instantly killed John Keating, shortlv after 9 o'clock to-night The occurrence took place in a saloon, where the men had quarreled about a dog. Both were ward politicians, and Hurley nas an unsavory reputation. $12. bpecial ceanng-out overcoat sale to-morrow. Regular $15 and $18 men's overcoats for $12 at the . Model

EGOTISTIC PABSON NEWMAN

A Clerical i Sensationalist Who Is Con tinually in Search of Notoriety. His Address on the Occasion of the Logan Ohsequies and How It Was Received An Experience with Him at Mount McGregor. The Firm Friendship That Existed Be tween Senators Logan and Allison. Why the Nomination of Public Printer Bene dict Is Certain To Be Rejected Prominent People Who Get the Best of Every thing. PARSON NEWMAN. A llombsstlc and Egotistic Preacher Who Is Always on the Alert for Notoriety. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, Jan. a Whatever may have been the effect upon the readers of Dr. Newman's sermon on General Logan, delivered in the Senate chamber last Saturday, it is interest ing to note how little he moved his auditors. The words were uttered in a monotonous, almost heartless manner, and were listened to in a most perfunctory way by all save the immediate rel atives of the deceased. The Doctor is one of those unmeek and unlowly disciples who apparently wants notoriety at any price. He is nothing if not a blatant and egotistic poseur. The moment any man of consequonce In the country dies the Doctor gathereth himself up. and leaves no stone unturned until he and his "bic talk" are included in the funeral ceremonies. "The bad construction and sublimated exaggeration of Dr. Newman's sentences," said a prominent man to me after the Logan funeral, "are only equaled by their author's magnificent assur ance." ' W. F. O'Brien, who is attached to the Wash ington bureau of the United Press, told me, today, of an experience he had with the Doctor on the tep of Jonely Mount McGregor, prior to the funeral of General Grant I quote O'Brien verbatim: 'I was sent to the Mount just after the death of General Grant, as representative of the United Press, with special instructions from the general manager to procure a copy of Dr. Newman's commemorative sermon in advance, so that it might , be sent to the various papers of the association, under pledge not to be pub lished until released at the hour of its delivery. To make matters easy, I armed myself with a strong letter of introduction to the Doctor from a personal friend of his. A week before the day set for the funeral I presented my letter and was received with impres&ive urbanity. He said he would be delighted to furnish me with an ad vance copy, and assured me positively that he would giv4 me printed slips of the sermon with in three days. On the third day I reminded the Doctor of his promise, and he said that on the morrow it would be forthcoming. I was informed that night, confidentially, that the representative of the Associated Press was doing his best to pre vent our concern from getting an advance slip, and the ot$er newspaper men present were lay ing big odds that the rival press association would be "beaten." The Doctor kept out of sight the next day, and there was no sign of the Associatedjfrees man, either. The home office of my concern began to telegraph me about the sermon, stating that all our papers had been no tified that copies would reach them in advance, and on no account to fail in procuring the copy as agreed. At 7 o'clock that night I succeeded in finding the ponderous form of the preacher, and in response to my anxious query ho said he was very sorry, but that when he told me that he would give me a copy of the sermon he had forgotten his pledge to the Associated Press that they were to have it exclusive' -' 3bat he had that day been reminded of it, . .s was sorry if he had in any way misled me. I told him I was sorry, too, but not half as sorry as he would be if he didn't keep his prom ise, tie wanted to know what i meant. and I told him that several hundred papers had received our assurance that they were to have copies of his sermon; that this assurance had been given because of bis promise to me; that I happened to know that the Associated Press man had been up-stairs with him all day making a copy of the sermon from his rough draft, and that this copy had been sent to New York to deliver that evenine, and that unless he signed a dispatch directing the manager of the Associated Press in New York to deliver to the manager of the United Press a copy of this copy, I would send a dis patch to every paper on our list to the effect that as Dr. Newman violates his promise to the United Press we would be unable to furnish the sermon. He wanted to know if I thought that fair. In reply I walked to the telegraph desk, just across the lobby of the hotel where we were talking, and began to write my message. In just three seconds the Doctor was at my side and was writing the dispatch to the Associated Press. It worked like a charm. The main office duly got the copy, we kept faith with our papers, but it required a mild kind of black-mail to make the Doctor remember his promise. About 11 o'clock that evening I met the Associ ated Press man, whose arm hung limply at his side. I asked him where he had been all day. He replied with an affected yawn that he had been fishing. 'In inkl' I suggested. He blushed and the boys tittered." I.OGAN AND AIXISON. The Fast Friendship and Mutual Esteem Each Had for the Other. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, Jan. 8. In all the largo circle of public men who mourn the death of General Logan, none feel the loss more keenly than Sen ator Allison, of Iowa. The two men were closely linked together in private and senatorial life. Their names were often spoken about the Capi tol in the 6ame breath. They were recognized leaders, and among those who always examined with precision and intelligence every measure which came up for action. They were among the most ardent committee workers, and for many years were together in this important branch of legislation. The country little real izes how much of the work in Congress is done in the quiet committee-room, where the public eye does not penetrate and the public ear does not hear. Here crude measures are perfected and made ready for final action by the full body; and here Logan and Allison, although know world-wide as remarkably strong debat ers, have done that which has been most effective, yet which has created least comment At the time of hi3 death Senator Logan was a member of the committee on appropriations, of which Senator Allison is chairman. In many respects the two men were very similar in character, and being in daily contact with each other it is not strange that they became very warmly attached to one another. No man ever had a more steadfast or enthusiastic friend than

Senator Logan or Senator Allison. Once reckoned as a friend one need never coach or inquire after that friendship. It was as steadfast as a mountain and as warm as the sun, true as the needle to the pole. Both men stood above the approach of the corruptionist, and both were ardent, systematic workers, in full sympathy with each other. Often they were seen consulting, and each knew the other to be his true friend. When Senator Allison lost his wife a few years ago Senator Logan condoled with him like a brother. Senator Allison is a man of tender nature, warm impulses, and is of a very affectionate disposition. When he loves he never suspects. His whole soul goes out, and his friendship is as steadfast as that of a father or brother. The Senators, like school boys and girls, have confidants and chums. In social and frequently business intercourse they often go in pairs. For instance, Butler and Cameron, although representing the two passionate branches of their parties, are the warmest friends. Vest and Voorhees, Hawley and Harrison, and other Senators, have formed attachments that are as strong as can be, and are often together, simply because they are fond of each other's company. When the death of Senator Logan was announced Senator Allison was almost stunned. For over a score of years they had pulled together in either house of Congress, always in sympathy one with the other. The history of each in public life is similar to the other. Both worked up from the base. Both were prominent in the organization and conduct of the war. General Logan fought in the field, while Mr. Allison did a gallant and commendable service at home. He graduated from the Western Reserve College, in Ohio, and beea a the practice of law in that State. In 1857 he removed to Iowa, then a-frontier settelment, and continued to fieht his way at the bar. When the noise of war was heard he was on the staff of the Governor of Iowa a State that turned out as many good soldiers for the Union in proportion to population as any other and he was assigned to

the raising of troops. Mr. Allison helped to organize many of the volunteers of his State, and is affectionately remembered by them all to-day. His sympathy for the soldiers and the general services in all phases of Senator Logan s life linked the two men very closely together. feince the death of the Illinois Senator there has been much said of the increasing strength before the country of Senator Allison and the probability of his becoming the presidential nominee in 1888. He and Senator Harrison, it is believed, will inherit nearly if not quite ail of the strenth held by General Logan among the soldiers of the country, especially in the West, as they may be said to be the leading representatives of the work instituted by and conducted at the instance of the now dead Senator. A more worthy heir to this affection of the soldiers could not be found than the Senator from Iowa, the personal friend of "Black Jack Logan. THE PUBLIC PRINTER; His Nomination Certain To Bo Rejected When It Comes Before the Senate. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington. Jan. 8. Representative Farquhar, of the Buffalo district, who is acting in the matter for the National and International typographical unions, said to your correspond ent, this evening, that the nomination of Public Printer Benedict would be rejected by the Sen ate beyond any reasonable doubt. Mr. Benedict has admitted that he never served an appren ticeship in either printing or binding, and the law specially prescribes that he must be a prac tical printer and have a knowledge of binding. Major Farquhar, who drafted the present law on the subject, says that there is not the least question that a man cannot come within the scope of the law unless he has served as an ap prentice; that the words "practical printer" were employed to designate those who served an ap prenticeship and to bar out "scabs" men who have a mere smattering of the art, such as one gets bv hanging around-printing offices. The question is one, he says, involving the Knights of .Labor organization and all trades-unions. They demand that only one who has served an apprenticeship shall be eligible. Mr. Benedict's appointment was a personal act of President Cleveland, and it seems to have been a blunder. FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS. The Day Devoted Almost Exclusively to the Transaction of Routine Business. Washington, Jan. a Mr. Haley, of Idaho, from the committee pn Indian affairs, reportod-a. bill for the purchase of a tract of land near Sa lem, Ore., for the use of the Indian training school. Referred to the committee of the whole. Mr. Dibble, of South Carolina, from the committee on public buildings and grounds, reported back Senate bills authorizing the construction of a public building at Houston, Tex., and changing the limit of appropriation for the building at Denver, Col. Referred to the committee of the whole. Mr. Cox, of North Carolina, from the committee on civil-service reform, reported back the Senate bill repealing the tenure-of -office act. Placed on the House calendar. Mr. Morrow, of California, presented a petition of the Chamber of Commerce of Eureka, Cal., asking for an appropriation of $500,000 to improve the channel of Humboldt bay. Referred. The House then, in the morning hour, went into the committee of the whole Mr. Cox, of New York, in the chair for the consideration of bills reported from the committee on public buildings and grounds. The first bill called up was that appropriating $500,000 for the purchase of a site and the erection of a public building in Charleston, S. C, and indorsing the sale .of the present postoffice building in that city. Mr. Hepburn, of Iowa, opposed the bilL The city of Charleston has been the scene of a terrible calamity, which rendered it unwise that the government should erect a new building at that place at the cost of half a million of dollars. There was no permanent structure there which had not been seriouslg injured and not well nigh destroyed. The vibrations were continuing, and in the face of that fact it did not seem wise to make this appropriation at the present time. Nor did be think that the business of the city justified it. Mr. Hepburn moved to reduce the appropriation to $200,000. Lost On motion by Mr. Dibble, of South Carolina, to limit debate, Mr. Hepburn raised the point of no quorum, and the morning hour having ex pired in an unsuccesstui attempt to secure a quorum, the committee rose and the bill went over without action. The House then voted yeas 151, nays 33 to go into committee of the whole Mr. Springer, of Illinois, in the chair on the bill consolidating certain bureaus of the Navy Department The bill was debated, and the committee rose without action. The Senate joint resolution was passed appointing James P. Angell a member of the board of regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Mr. Willis, of Kentucky, reported the river and harbor bill, and the House adjourned. MINOR MATTERS. A Pair of Democratic Statesmen Who Always Get the Best of Everything. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, Jan. 8. The Commissioners of Pensions and Agriculture have become known in Washington as "the men who never get left." Often seen together at public places, they seldom are absent from thjnany blow-outs given to those who control affairs. Where a banquet, dinner, lunch, theater party of public men, and the various et ceteras are given there one sees Black and Colman. So often are they out ioN these events that the public inquires of one where the other is should he not be in sight At the White House a week ago to-day this duet entered the Green Room on the very heels of the notables, leading a looker-on to remark: "Here come two men who are never left on anything. They are every "here, are first served, get the best of all that is goin?, and catch on to the froth of official life better than anybody I've ever heard of. It s amusing. Tbev bad not been in office a week till they were taking in every thing going. There seems to be a destiny in the lives of those fellows that shapes them to the good things, look for them or no. There hasn't been a pnblic or private affair going here since they came into office that both of them missed. Some people have a special ability for raking in the-chestnuts pulled out of the fire by others.

You have seen men who always happened in at

tne very moment tne free lunch was spread. . Well, here's a parallel. Thv arA th T)mln in this thing, and it's seldom'that one heara of a good thing going that he doesn't work the othAi in on it I never knew how thev seerreeated no i well. They seem to be set together and anarfc from the rest of the official world. Alwava to gether, they have become a section of everything in tnemseives, but not a distinctive portion of anything, taken collectively." The President's Summer Vacation. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, Jan. a It is said that the President and Mrs. Cleveland contemplate a lot of jaunts this summer; that they intend going to the Pacific slope through the South, spending some time ia the woods of Michigan and New. York, and tha the President hopes to take sufficient exercise to work down his superfluous flesh and give his muscles some elasticity, so as to obviate, the danger he is in of a stroke of apoplexy or some thing else. Last summer he had such a good time in the Adirondacks and felt so greatly improved that he will try it on a larger scale. He has not yet made up his mind definitely about anything, but the political geography of the country will be considered along with the climate of it and the results aa to hnalth n.i pleasure. It will be remembered that last summer efforts were made to get Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland to go to San Francisco, to St. Louis, to Yellowstone Park, and a number of other places contemplate ing travel oer a large scope of countrv. The Jf resident hinted at that time that he might nav visits to all those places in the future. This summer will cover the long vacation of Congress, or rather the interim of great length when there is no session. The offices will nearlv all have been filled by new men, and they will have so completely mastered their details as to be able to run the machinery of government without his directing care. So the moment for politics, recreation and social visits will be opportune about June or July. , Gifts for the President. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, Jan. a "People generallyhare very little idea how many presents the President really does accept," said a merchant the other day. "I know he refuses a great many, and keeps within tho bounds of propriety, but a largo cumber of trinkets of more or less value find a lodgment at the White House or Oak View. Within a year they aggregate no inconsiderable sum. Many of the presents are unique. The other day W. W. Kirby, bailiff in the district court, presented to the President for his country home a set of old bed-room furniture which has been in the family for more years than the memory of man runneth back. The presentation was made through Marshal Wilson. The bedstead was of mahogany and of antique design so antique that it was patterned 4n the dark ages. Williams, the dealer in such stuff, moved the furniture in one of his big wagons, and he didn't breathe well until it was landed out at the country place. He was so afraid some body would find what he was doing that it worried him not a little. A great many nice little keepsakes go to Oak View from every part of the country nowadays, and they all make a collection which the President will highly prize someday." 1 Social Festivities at the White House. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, Jan. 8. Mrs. Cleveland has had a very pleasant week in the one just closing. Her New Year reception and that held this afternoon have broken the monotony of her daily life, now that the President again spends his days at his , desk. The President and Mrs. Cleveland have already . sent out the invitations for the Cabinet dinner week after next The coming week Mrs. Cleveland gives a luncheon on Wednesday, and on Thursdav evening occurs the first evening levee at the White House. Mrs. Cleveland's first public reception of the season at the White House, this afternoon, was largely attended. Mrs. Manning. Mrs. Endicott, Miss Mollie Vilas and Miss Hastings, the latter a niece of the President, assisted her. Owing to the death of his brother-in-law, General Duncan, Colonel Wilson was not present to make the pre-J-eiitaten8, and this duty-devolved en Dr. O'ReilIv, who was assisted by Lieutenant Duvall, of the navy. ,. Big Titles in a Little State. Special to the ludianspolis Journal. Washington, Jan. 8. "Rhode Island hasun doubtely clinging to her formulas and ceremonies of official life more of the colonial times and the English customs than all the other States com bined," said & high official from that section, to your correspondent this morning. "Now, "con tinued he, "I have just received th agn. manual of the Governor of Rhode Island, and foereit is: 'His Excellency Governor, Commander-in-chief and Captain-general of the State of Rhode Island and . the Providence Plantations.' The same hifalutin is attached to all tho little offices in the State. The men who fine people at the cross-roads for getting drunk, the officers who improve the highways, and the little fellows who make assessments of property every vear, havo a long string of high-sounding phrases equal to that of the Governor's whenever they write the title of their offices." The L.ogan Fund. Washington, Jan. 8. Capt. George 13. Lemon has received additional contributions to the Logan fund, which have not been heretofore acknowledged, as follows: Cash, Illinois, $500: Clark E. Carr. Galesburg. 111.. $50; Hon. John R. McShana, Omaha, Nob.. $l,OOOj lion. John M. Tburston, Omaha, .Neb., $oUO; lion. C. B. Grubb, Burlinaon, N. J., $500; I. Milliken, Decatur, 111., $200: Trenton (Mo.) G. A. R. post, No. 2, $25. Through A, J. Drexol& Co.. Philadelphia Sadgewick Fost, No. (. A. K., Sf3; U. xi. tiartol, $100: Samuel Croiier, $100; George U Thomas, $50. Forwarded by Heniy C. Bowen, of the New York ' Independent A- A. Imw, l&'zovi Arnold, Constants Co.. $100; S. T. Stranahan, $100: Snencer Trask, $50; W. E. D. Stokes, $25. Total, $3,555. Sad News for Office-Hunters. Washington, Jan. a The Secretary of Stata to-day transmitted to the Speaker of the House, in compliance with the requirements of the stat utes, a list of the names of employes of the Department of State, together with the statement that they havo been useful employes, and that the services of none of them can be dispensed with without detriment to the service. The, Secretary adds that "as the clerks of this department have become trained to a degree of -usefulness beyond that which could reasonably be expected from new appointees, I am not at present prepared to recommend any changfa." Senator Brown Will Not Resign. Bpecial to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, Jan. 8. Senator Brown, of Georgia, arrived here to-day, and, in conversation with a reporter, said he had not authorized any statement respecting his alleged resignation. The Senator added that the fact of his having returned to Washington to resumo his duties was, in his opinion, quite sufficient to prove that he had no present intention of resigning. General and Personal. f Special to tho Indianapolis Journal. Washington, Jan. a J. F. Gent, of Columbus, Ind., is in the city. Col. W. W. Dudley, and some other gentlemen largely interested in the passage of a bl), now pending, granting right of way to a traction or cable street-railway here, had a consultation today with the House committee on the District Columbia, for tho purpose of comnromising the disagreeing points. It is believed the bill will pass, as it provides for a public need. Colonel Dudley is a moving spirit in it, and will be the principal officer of the company. Representative Anderson, of Ohio, has been admitted to practice before the United Statos Supreme Court, upon motion of ovUoternor Hoadly. Hon. Frank Hurd, of Ohio, it in Ut elty for . Cow d&yfta Representative Reagan left this city for TeW this morning, to tako an active part in the louai