Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 January 1887 — Page 7

THE mBIAKAPOIilS JOUI&OJU THtTItSDAY, JAKUAHT 13, 1887.

THE FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS

JTlie Senate Postpones Final Decision on the Interstate Commerce Bill ffhe Konse Passes Edmunds's Anti-Polycamy Bill, After Incorporating the Substitute . Offered by Kepresentative Tucker. THE SENATE. Continuation of the Interstate Commerce Debate Final Vote Postponed. Washington, Jan. 12. Mr. Hoar, from the committee on claims, reported the Senate bill to Extend the time for filing claims in the Court of plahns under the French spoliation act for jwelve months additional, and on his motion the till was considered and passed. Mr. Mahone, from the committee on public buildings, reported bills for publio buildings at Jefferson, Tex, and Eastings, Neb. Placed on he calendar. Mr. Manderson introduced a bill to facilitate promotions and to retire from active serTice, on Sheir own application, officers of the army who served during the war of the Rebellion three fears as of&cers or enlisted men in the volunteer sr regular army. Referred. Mr. Dolon. from the committee on coast de fenses reported (as an amendment to be offered to the bill to encourage the manufacture of Bteel for ordnance) aa item appropriating $5,000,000 tor the construction of fortifications and other works on defense. Ordered printed. On motion of Mr. Platt, the Senate bill authorizing a settlement of the claim of Hiram Ber an. assignee of the Berdan Fire-arms Com pany, for use by the government of the Berdan Improvement in fire-arms, was taken up, and, lifter some discussion, passed. On motion of Mr. Ingalls the Senate bill to a.mend Section 3749 of the Revised Statutes, in regard to renting or selling government prop erty, was taken up and passed. The Senate then, at 1:15, resumed considera tion of the interstate commerce bill, and was addressed by Mr. Call, who declared his concur rence in the great objects of public policy that were thought to be carried into effect by the original bill and by the conference report. Mr. Inealls expressed the hope that Mr. Cullom would not insist on a vote today". The de Date has developed, in the press and other nrgans of public opinion, a feeling of intense Interest, and much had been expressed which he regarded as profitable to those who were en traced in the consideration of the sublet. Mr. Call referred to the fact, stated in the rork of Mr. Poor, that capitalization of the rail roads of the country exceeded their actual cost iby three thousand millions, and complained that the rates charged for transportation were to pay Interest and dividends on this fictitious and pretended capital. The people were now paying an annual tax of $300,000,000 on this fictitious capital. He could see nothing in that, if it were permitted to continue, but the ruin of the Republic No regulation of interstate commerce Could be made that permitted this enormous annual tax. Did tho conference report propose to femedy this evil 9 It did not On the contrary, it impliedly licensed it in failing to provide any remedy for it. The "reasonable rates" nought to toe established by the bill should be "reasonable rates" calculated on the amount actually invested in the construction and occupation of the railroads. It thai) eould not be done, then the bill was futile, lit. was in favor of going a step further than the bill went He was in favor of a jaw declaring that rate only a "reasonable rate" which permitted a fair return on the capital actually invested in railroads. He would, bowever, vote for the pending bill, because it would Accomplish do great harm. But he regarded it aa no .remedy lor the existing evils, and as no triumph for those who desired to see interstate commerce regulated. Although he would vote for the bill, he would prefer to have it further considered by the conference committee. Mr. Brown made an argument in opposition to the bill. The two most objectionable features of the bill were those as to the long and short haul, and as to pooling. In regard to the first, tne friends of the measure differed among them elves as to its true meaning, while its oppo Dents were at & loss to give it a correct inter pretatiotu The section was uncertain, indefi nite and doubtful in its meaning. lie did not propose to attempt to interpret it No living turn knew what its authoritative interpretation would be. As to its practical result, however. be had no doubt From the very necessity of the case the railroads would be compelled to retain their present rates on the long haul, and this would very seriously cripple the interchange of commodities between the different sections of the country. He had no desire to predict ovii; out ne could not be mis taken In stating that the bill, when put into operation, would derange both the Internal and the foreign commerce of the sountry. As to pooling, he said that practical experience had demonstrated the fact that onbridled competition always resulted in ruin to the railroad companies, and to the absolute loss of the money invested in their stock, while it produced no good to the public. What the mercantile community wanted was reasonable transportation, rates that were uniform, equal And just. Pooling had been fouud to be the best deans of establishing reasonable rates and making them steady and uniform. It prevented consolidation and monopoly, while unbridled com petition produced both. He instanced the case of the six railroad companies which now covered the territory between the Potomac and the Missis sippi, the Ohio and the gulf. The prohibition of their pooling arrangements would end in their tinbridled competition and their eventual bankruptcy, and one man in New York could afford to pay $30,000,000 for the controlling interest in (nese railroads and then carry them on as a great Combination monopoly. The same thing would Apply to other sections of the country. This "would be the practical working of the system. TThe bill, if rigidly enforced, would do more than any other law ever passed by Congress for the destruction of railroad property, and for the Impoverishment of the thousands of widows end orphans whose worldly alt was invested in Tailroads. Mr. Mitchell, of Oregon, very seriously doubted, and had always doubted, whether the short and long haul provision would cheapen local freights; while, on the other hand, a vital blow would ba struck bv it at the trans-continental and through commerce, and also at the foreign commerce or the country. As a rule the great bulk of profits realized by railroad companies came, not from the through business, but from the local business, and it was fair to assume that the.e compan-es would always look primarily to their own interests and not to the interests of the general public. All would agree, therefore. that there would be no hesitation en the part of transportation companies in abandoning their through freight business rather than give un n v i . . meir proms on toe jocni ousiness, b or one he did got prefer that result lie believed, how ever, that la such an event there would be such secret combinations between the powerful trans continental companies, including water lines, as would increase the through freight ana tnus enable tnem to maintain their present exorbitant churces on the short hanls. lie, therefore, believed that the provision would prove to he a cheat, a deception and a fraud. Mr. Mitchell laid great stress on the fact that the conditions and circumstances Df the throngh transcontinental business were ntirely dissimilar to those of the local busi cess, and therefore the fourth section would not Pplr to it. He therefore declared thai the sec Men was an absolutely harmless piece of legislation, so far as the interests of the railroad companies w; e concerned, and was wholly and abgolutely impotent and ineffective so far as giving protection to the shippers was concerned. It was worse th.ta throwing a tub to the whale, lie woold vote for recommitting the bill, with instructions to amend the second und fourth lections by striking out the words "under subJtaiftially tirailar circumstances and conditions." Mr. Cullom stated that ther were three or four Senators who desired to speak oo the bill, nd who had engagements for this evening, fie would not, therefore, ask for a vote to night, tut would do so before adjournment to-morrow. Mr. Harris asked unanimous consent to Lave

the- vote taken to-iaorrow, but Mr. Atdrich o'S-jecteL

At tor an executive session the Senate ad journed. Jay Goold's Views of the Bill. St. Lotris, Jan. 12. Jay Gould, when asked his opinion of the interstate commerce bill, said: "I am in favor of (it, provided it is revised and made clear, which the original bill is not The long-and-short-haul clause is especially ambiguous, and I see that Senator Cullom has taken occasion to explain and endeavor to mate it clear. If the bill is aa he claims, its intents and purposes should have been clearly defined at first, rendering such an explanation of it unnecsary. When the bill oBce becomes, law, and the railroads of the country are compelled to work under its regulations, they must act intelligently. The long-and-short-haul clause, as traffio men interpret it, amounts to a practical exclusion of the- products of the far West from the markets of the East. While it will have a damaging effect on the West, it will be an advantage to many of the Eastern States, and Ohio and Indiana farmers will be benefited by it The section of the. bill making its violation a penal offence is decidedly ambiguous. That clause will have a most detrimental effect upon the West, where there will be a clamor for its repeal. The wisest course to pursue would be to appoint an intelligent commission, and let the body pass upon all questional arising." "How do yon regard the failure of the bill to regulate the water-ways of the country?" P"I think that the mistake is a grave one, hut nothing will demonstrate this as clearly as a trial of the measure. I am inclined to the belief that St. Louis will suffer less than other points not touched by a water-way. There can be no control of the Canadian railways, and Chicago can get out in that direction. The bill will be of incalculable advantage and profit to those lines, and the ultimate result will b3 to divert exnort trade from Eastera points te Montreal New Orleans and Galveston will hold the Texas trade, and the Mississippi river will enable St Louis to protect herself far bet ter than any interior city." For and Against. Boston, Jan. 12 The Chamber of Commerce this afternoon adopted a resolution opposing the interstate commerce bill in its present share, objecting to the "long-and-short-haul" clause, and favoring the appointment of a commission. Philadelphia, Jan. 12. The Commercial Exchange, at a meeting to-day, adopted resolutiooB, with but little opposition, indorsing the interstate commerce bill now before Congress, especially the provisions in regard to pooling and long and short hauls. THE HOUSE. The Edmunds Anti-Polygamy Bill and the Tucker Substitute Adopted. Washington, Jan. 12. The Speaker announced the appointment of Messrs. Skinner, Peel and Perkins as conferees on the bill for the allotment of land in severalty to Indians. The floor was then, under special order, ac corded to the committee on judiciary. Mr. Collins, of Massachusetts, called up the bill providing for an additional circuit judge in the Second judicial circuit After some discussion it was passed. The House then proceeded to consideration of the Edmunds anti-poiygamy bill and the Tucker substitute therefor. Mr. E. B. Taylor, of Ohio, gave a brief sketch of the establishment of the Mormon Church in Utah, and the efforts which had been made by Congress to suppress the practice of polygamy. These efforts had been only partially success ful, owing to the difficulty of obtaining proof of polygamous marriages. Congress should take the matter in hand not in a spirit of persecution, but with tho de termination that the evil and wrong of polygamy should cease, It was now growing stronger, and was not confined to the boundary of Utah. Its friend, the Legislature of Utah, would not strangle it but Congress must and. fortunately, eould. It had the legal power, und3r the Constitution, and it had the means at hand to exercise it He fully believed not only that the pending bill would overthrown polygamy, Put that, u supplemented oy the proposed con stitutional amendment, it would relieve the country from all fear of it and its cognate evils. The Mormon Church disposed ot life and liberty. It dictated laws, and, in the name of religion, it imposed the practice of polygamy. This people and this church dehed the moral sense of civilization, and were antagonistic to the principles and institutions of the Republic. But while he heartily favored the main features of the pend ing bill, he was unalterably opposed to one provision of it that abolishing female suffrage in the Territory or Utah. He stood appalled at the first suggestion of taking the electoral fran chise from a considerable class of people accustomed to its use. Would the precedent here made be invoked hereafter, and, if so. in what direction? But, though protesting against this provision, be would waive his objection and heartily support the bill. Mr. Came, of Utah, earnestly opposed the measure as undemocratic, un-American, and wantonly destructive of human rights, and be cause it set at naught the immutable principles upon which the common rignts of man were bottomed, and tnrned the Mormons and their church over to insatiable spoilers. He sketched the settlement of Utah by the Mormons, de picted the persecutions to which they had been subjected, and highly eulogized the Mormon people for their industry, intelligence and hon esty. 1'assing on to a constitutional discussion of the provisions of the bill, he declared that the prescription of a test oath as a prerequisite to a man exercising the right of suffrage was not only odious to every American, but a clear violation of the letter and spirit of the Consti tution. In concluding, Mr. Caine asked the House to pause. It could not afford to tase a step which was determined npon on such insuffici ent and untrustworthy testimony. He pledged his word and his character that the statements upon which this legislation was based were without foundation in fact Time, the corrector of all evils, would right this wrong, if 6uch it were; and the fiat of the Eternal had already declared that the last vestige of Mormonism shall be swept away by the peaceful progress of events, if it is not that which God, in his wisdom, has appointed shall survive as the fittest To gen tlemen wno nad ireed irom pondage the negro slave, who loved liberty and cherished the insti tutions of our country, and who would bequeath them unsullied to their children, he pleaded that they would not consign his people to such inhuman slavery. Applause. Mr. Bennet of New York, opposed the bilL In speaking of the clause requiring all male inhabitants of Utah to register, and to swear to uphold and observe the laws, including this act, he said we were again to be subjected to that state of things which, in the South, ended in a corporal's revising the decisions of the Supreme Court of a sovereign State. Mr. Reed, of Maine, said that Congress had the right to make rules and regulations for the Territories. As to the Territory of Utah, he was not sure that the wisest course would not be for Congress to take complete control of that Territory. And why that Territory? A long time ago a body of religionists held possession of certain property belonging to the United States. It was not onlv a body of religionists; it was a people with a policy. That was the key-note of the situation. They intended to peo pie that Territory exclusively with Mormons, aud to segregate to themselves.as a separate band, a portion of the property of the United States. lhat hierarchy had been kept no ever since. 1 heir organization was an organization inside of tho Union, and controlling one of Its Terri lories. 11 was useless to call th;s bill an assault upon religion. It was aa assault upon a band of men organized for the pur pose or exclusively controlling a Territory which belonged to the people of the United Oi.ni.ris xu uay iUUKro&a was rooting OUt RU an just possession of the soil that belonged to the people, and that should have been open and free to them aiL foiygamy was only one of the manifestations of the bad condition of society in mat lerrnorr. it zaigni De asiied why we did not let them carry out the principles that actuate them. Because, -some day or other. these people might be admitted into fellowship in the States, aud while he recognized to the fullest extent the right of local self-govern ment, the right of preservatioa of local institu

tions, while be deemed teat right one of the strongest bulwarks of liberty, nevertheless thia country must be, in the main, homogeneous in thought and feeling1, if it was to be a strong nation. The differences that were to be tolerated must be kept within reasonable limits, which would still enable the. Nation to be united ia thought and feeling against all exterior opposition. Mr. Caswell, of Wisconsin, heartily indorsed the bill, while disclaiming any wish to persecute the Mormons. Mr. Tucker, of Virginia, said the Supreme Court had held that there was no right of suffrage, by any inhabitant of a Territory; but there was a right of suffrage by the citizen of & State, that the absolute determination of the question of the government of the Territories was in the power of Congress, subject to the Constitution, and whether - a man or woman should be allowed to vote w&s a question for Congress to decide. There had never been a question brought to the attention of a committee that bad been examined with more earnest care, and the committee had come to the conclusion that something must be done if the United States did not desire to declare that they were unable te cope with the question of Mormonism. The territory of the United States did not belong to the first little squad of men which came and squatted upon it and said. "We are mon-

archs of all we survey." It belouged to the United States, and it was the duty of the United States to say that this Territory should not be monopolized by any class of men or any church. There was no doubt about the power of Congress in this matter. The bill violated neither the letter nor the spirit of the Constitution. Though be had reported the bill, he would vote against it u he thought there was one thing in it which trenched upon the conscience of even a Mormon. He did not care what a Mormon believed, but he must not put his belief into act if thereby he in fringed the rights of any other man. What was polygamy. It was a crime by the law of every state in Christendom. Ever since Christ interpreted the Judaic law and gave out, "Therefore shall a man leave father and mother and cleave unto his wife, and they twain" "they twain," and not a whole bundle. fLaughter and ap plause. Ever since Christ uttered that sentence all Christian nations had adopted monogamy. Applause. The nucleus of a nation was in the homes of the people. The one man and the one woman; the one man loving supremely none but her, and the one woman loving supremely none Dut him. Thank God! there were such homes yet. Apilause. That was the foundation of the bodypolitia Without it there would not be a Christian state that would be fit to live in. Ap plause. In Utah the heart of the husbaud was diffused among a number. That was the basis of the civilization that went out 2,000 years ago, except in Asia. Ours was the basic principle of the civilization of to-day; the Mormons that of the ancient civilization. Could they be brought together? Could they lie side by side? Was there a man who would vote to admit the polyg amous State of Utah into the Union? Cries of "No," "no." Then what was Congress to do? The gentleman from Utah Mr. Cainel said, Wait: if we are wrong, we will sink." But the government wanted Utah as one of the States of the Union. Why did it not come in? Because there were 150,000 Mormons who would establish polygamy as one of the institutions of that State. It was the duty of Congress to prepare Utah to come into the Union, and to prepare it by extirpating, rooting out, that which was aiien to the genius of our institutions. He believed that if this bill were enacted into a law and supplemented by the proposed constitutional amendment, Mormonism would go to pieces 'he meant as a polygamous institution, and that Utah would be peopled by a free people and would be ready to come into the Union. He was going out of public life, and if he could do anything to establish a proper 6ystem in this unfortunate Territory, to uproot this thing that bad been a blot on its fame, and permit it to come into the free sisterhood of States, based on tne idea of Christian homes, he would feel that his humble public life would not be in vaiu. Loud and long continued applause. 1 Mr. Scott, of Pennsylvania, asked leave to offer an amendment to the bill. Mr. Tucker declined to permit him to do so. saying that be wanted to pass the bill here and now, so that the 12th of January, 1887. would be memorable in the history of the country. Ap plause. ihe House substitute was then agreed to, and the Senate bill, as thus ameuded. was passed without division, only eight members rising to demand the yeas and nays. The House then adjourn ed. THE CITY IN BRIEF. Anna Singer, the young woman who fell down the elevator at the Bates House in last Novem ber, has brought suit against Louis Reibold, proprietor of the hotel, for $6,000. Marriage licenses were issued yesterday to Wiiliam D. Patterson and Lillie Burns, Charles Hi. Fark and H.muy L. Minnick, Ohmer Spencer and Cassie Ann Phemiater. Oliver Winsted, of Clavton. formerly of the Eleventh Indiana, received $1,072 back pension, yesterday. His wife died recently, and being unable to do anything for his children, on account of an injured hip, they have been in the care of the county authorities. The police, yesterday morning, arrested Al Kerr, William Hourist and Clem Young, ac cused of stealing overcoats from Tomlinson's Hall during a ball there, several weeks since. They were found in company with a woman named Mamie Fay, who was also locked up. Real Estate Transfers. Instruments filed for record in the recorder's office of Marion county, Indiana, for the twenty-four hours ending 5 p. M., Jan. 12, 1887, as furnished by Elliott & Butler, abstracters of titles, Room 23 2tna Building: August Schieber and wife to George Mor gan, lots, l , is. iy and 20. in block 22. in North Indianapolis S100.00 Hamilton Bailie and wife to Thos. Cummipgs, lot 18, in block. 16, in S. K. Fletcher's south Brook side addition to Indianapolis 50.0(1 Louis H.llmann efc al, to Thos. Cummings, lot 66, in Elliott's wbdWisioa of outlot 156, also lots 22 and 25, in Caven's subdivision of a part of outlot 150, all in Indianapolis 1.G00.00 August Stein to Theodore Stein, part of part of ontlot 55. in Indianapolis 800.00 Henry Schnull et al. to Alex. Risman, parts of lots lO and 11, in square 75, m Indianapolis 36.500.00 Wm. H. Morrison and wife to Sarah F. Martin, lot 11, in Cox's addition to Newton 22. 60 James A. Palmer et al. to Joel Jacksoa et al., lot 11, ia Cox's addition to Newton 250.00 James R. Lambert and wife to Mary C. Poor, lot 53 and part of 54, in Ruddeil & Vinton's ParK Place addition to Indianapolis . 250.00 F. M. Churchman et al. to M. H. Spades. lots 1, 2, 3 and 4. in Klrland & Ryan's subdivision of lot 1 and part of 2, in square 54, in Indianapolis 50,000.00 Conveyances. 9; consideration..... $S9,572.G0 Horse-Breeders Have a Hot Debate. The Horse-breeders Association of the State met at the rooms of the State Board of Agriculture, yesterday, and remained in session all day. In the foronoon a hot discussion arose between three of the members upon the question of a bill which they are going to present to the Legislature for enactment, aud, forgetting Cushing's Manual, they came very nearly debating under Marquis of Queensbury rules. A Wife's Suit for Support Emory Wilson is in the employ of Hildebrand & Fugate as a salesman, and, his wife says, is receiving $125 a month for his services. Several months ago be refused to longer live with his wife or support her. She has brought suit in the Superior Court, asking that the firm of Hildebrand & Fugate be compelled to pay into court $75 of his wages each month for the support of her and her child. Gsdney House, New York, Broadway and Fortieth street; opposite Metropolitan Opera-house and Casino. Hotel entirely new. Desirable for business men or families. European plan. Rooms, $1 per day upwards. Excellent restaurant Gen Dan Macauley & W.B. Bowers.

AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS. Personal and I-oeaL V. T. Malott, general manager of the Union Railway Company, has gone East to be absent until Sunday next On Feb. 1 the office of the Southwestern division of the American Express Company will be removed from Cleveland to Cincinnati. Hon. William L. Scott has been elected president of the Erie & Pittsburg road. This line is operated by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. The I., D. &S. enters the new year in good shape, earning the first week in January $11,406.17, an increase over the corresponding week in 1886 of $1,950.92. The Chicago Inter Ocean: It is probable that the meeting of the executive committee of the Chicago and Ohio River pool, set for Jan. 21, will be deferred until the 2Gth. E. J. McDale has been appointed traveling passenger agent for the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy railroad, with headquarters at St Louis. The appointment takes effect Jan. 15. Commissioner Blanchard has issued a call for a meeting of the managers of the Central Traffic Association, to be held at the committee-rooms, Jan. 19. The meeting will hold two days. TheC, L, St. L. & C. begins the new year in fine style, the road earning the first week of January $46,942.67, an increase over the earnings corresponding week, 1886, of $6,542.67. Hon. James F. Joy, a member of the Wabash purchasing committee,, is quoted as expressing the opinion that all the plans of the committee have failed, and that the Wabash system, as a result, will be broken up. It is stated that with George L. Bradbury takng the general managership of the Lake Erie & Western road, he will appoint H. C. Parker general freight and passenger agent of the road, consolidating the two positions. In the year 1886 there were received at the

live-stock yards, Chicago, 208,461 car-loads of live stock, and shipped therefrom 64,212. In both receipts and shipments there is a slight decrease shown as compared with those of 1885. George H. Daniels, assistant commissioner of the Central Traffic Association, by circular has again referred to the rule of the association by which reduced rates are declared not allowable to meetings or conventions of other character than religious, benevolent, educational or medical. After reading the interstate commerce bill carefully, an old-time railroader says all the pending bill will accomplish would be achieved by a simple measure establishing a railway commission and compelling an absolute publicity of freight rates. The management of the Globe line announce that after Jan. 31 all through billing of that line and all traffic agreements terminate, and parties holding claims against the line are asked to present them at once to the general manager for settlement Stock of the Peoria, Decatur & Evaneville road is booming, over the results of the business since the present m anagement took hold, and friends ot the road feel confident it is stated, that Mr. Mackey's management will add greatly to the value of the property. The Cleveland, Akron & Columbus road have been using the American electric headlight on four of their locomotives for one year, and in not one case has the lignt failed to perform satisfactorily, and the company have ordered both their passenger and freight engines equipped at once with this light Owen Ball, who was buried on Tuesday at Layette, was one of the first director of the Layette & Indianapolis road, and remained a member of the board until its sale to the Cincinnati & Indianapolis Railroad Company. He was also one of the contractors in the construction of the Wabash & Erie canaL It is understood that George L. Bradbury has been offered and has accepted the position of general manager of the Lake Erie & Western road. This is certainly an excellent appointment Mr. Bradbury is now receiver of the Ohio & Michigan road, and was formerly traffic manager oi tne reona, uecatur & i vans vine road. C. W Fairbanks, general solicitor of the L, B. & W. Railroad Company, has been called East to aid the attorneys in agreeing on a form of decree to enter calling for the sale of the I B. & W. road. It is expected that within the next ten davs the decree of foreclosure sale will be entered, in which case the sale will come off within ninety days. It is stated that on the ISth of this month E. W. Sloane, superintendent of the Indiana divis ion of the American Express Company, will retire from active service and assume the title of general agent of Indiana, and that he will be succeeded by k . C. Fargo, now assistant superintendent of the Isdiana division, with the title of acting superintendent In consequence of the change of management in the Wabash east of the Mississippi, General Manager Talmage, in charge of the Wabash west of the river, will make a sweeping reduction of the clerical force of the general offices at St Louis. Having only half as much road to operate as formerly, he can dispense with the services of a large number of employes. A society of railroad conductors, to be known as the Lincoln Division, No. 206, was organized in Springfield, 111., on Sunday last by Grand Chief Conductor Calvin S. Wheaton, of Elmira, N. Y., assisted by Chief Conductors William Kirkpatrick, of Chicago Division, No. 1; William Sheehan, of Fort Wayne Division, No. 119, and E. H. Belknap, of Galesburg Division, No. 83, and a number of visiting conductors. In a receut conference between Judge Cooley, receiver of the Wabash, and George Blanchard, commissioner of the Central Traffic Association, Judge Cooley agreed to lend hearty co-operation in furthering the pooling interests of the several lines and the Central Traffic Association. Should the present programme be carried out, the De troit & Logansport division of the old Wabash system will be put under the control of Judge Cooley as its receiver, and then short work will be made with the rate-cutting methods the Wa bash has been indulging in on business out of Indianapolis. The L., N. A. & C. and the C, H. & I. have introduced the lunch-basket system on their through trains between Chicago and Cincinnati, and a glance at the bill of fare shows that for 50 to 75 cents a person on one of these trains ean get a first-class meal The bill of fare includes the most palatable articles of food, such as broiled chicken, fried oysters, roast beef, with the appropriate accompaniments, fruits of the season, and the most popular drinks are all to be naa wun these basket lunches, which are of the same character as the lunches which have made the Boston & Albany road so popular with the traveling public The local rate-maintaining association has al ready struck a snag. The local ticket agent of the C, H. & I. declines to put up any forfeit money or to sign the agreement The L. D. & S. agent, as well, refuses, and the Wabash agent will not go into the arrangement unless the two roads which decline to sign the agreement change their minds. This virtually kills the whole scheme. One of the agents was honorable enough to say that, to get any business for their road, he was obliged to cut rates, and that the hnes which he would be called on to pay. were he to sign the agreement to maintain rates or pay his forfeit monev, would daily take more than his salary per month amounted to. A Growing: Business. The paying of money by telegraph, which was introduced some two years ago by the express companies, is becoming'an important feature of their business. The American Express Com pany paid by telegraph from this point $24,787 in the year 1886. This method of paying money is a great convenience where money is needed at a distant point for immediate use. This method of transmitting money has by no means reached the volume of business which is done through money orders, as is shown by the fact that the Indianapolis office in the year 1886 paid money orders to tne amount of $360,000 or an average of $d0,000 per month and fully as large a sum was sent out from this office. Both the paying of money by telegraph' and in money orders has increased handsomely since there has been so much complaint as re gards the unsatisfactory service of the postoffice department The popularity of this method of sending money is made quite apparent in the act tnat the ngures given above, wbicn are official, represent .bat one of the express corn-

panies' business at this point. Both the Adams and the United States Express companies do a large money-order business, and the more gratifying features of this method is that the money

is delivered promptly, and in the year 1886 not a person lost a dollar, so systematized has become sending money by telegraph or through money orders. Meeting; the Views of the Commercial Men. The Pennsylvania Company make another aggressive move which will certainly . be appreciated by the commercial travelers. The management of the passenger department of the Pennsylvania lines west of Pittsburg have placed on sale at 100 of their principal stations, including Pittsburg, Columbus, Dayton, Cincinnati, Louisville, Indianapolis, Yincennes, Logansport, Chicago-, Fort Wayne, Toledo, Mansfield and Cleveland the so-called week-end tickets, which will be sold" at one fare for the round trip to commercial travelers who are members of the Travelers' Protective Association. These tickets will be available from this date on, and it is expected that the liberality of the Pennsylvania lines in this matter will be the result of increasing their local business very, materially, as the traveling salesmen will take advantage of the low rates, and spend Sunday at home. Jay Gould's St. L.ouls Projects. St. Louis, Jan. 12. Mr. Jay Gould, accompanied by A. L. Hopkins, of New York, aud General Manager Clark, started this morning for an extended tour of inspection of his railroad property, going first to Texas. In an interview, Mr. Gould confirmed the statements recently made that arrangements are in progress to practically abolish the bridge arbitrary here, and to operate the bridge so that its revenue shall barely cover its fixed charges. When this arrangement will be perfected, Mr. Gould could not definitely state, but he said that it will be in the near future. He also said that General Manager Clark has been author ized to call for plans for a new union depot from local architects, and that during the com ing year he hoped to see the building completed. It is to be situated between Twelfth and Fourteenth streets; will be six hundred feet long, with east and west entrances, of sufficient width to cover all the tracks in the present depot yards; win be a structure of modern architecture, embracing all the late improvements, and to cost upwards of $1,000,000. He also discussed surface and ele vated tracks to enable the iron Mountain road to reach the Union Depot; expressed a preference for the former, and stated that the Municipal Assembly will be again petitioned for the privilege of laying a track from the present station of the Iron Mountain, at Fourth street and Chou teau avenue, to the Union Depot Ha declined to talk about Wabash matters; he thought well of the project to establish extensive stockyards in the western suburbs of the city; said he was considering plans for the extension of the Mis souri Pacific into Colorado, but while nothing had been definitely decided upon, a number of extensions and feeders will be built during the year, and probably as many miles of road be added to the system in 1887 as in loSb. Week-End" Tickets. Pittsburg, Pa., Jan. 12. E. A. Ford, general passenger agent for the Pennsylvania lines west of Pittsburg, officially announced to-day that the so-called "week-end" tickets for commercial travelers, members of the Travelers' Protective Association, have been placed on sale at one hundred prominent stations on the Pennsylvania system west of Pittsburg, including the larger cities of Pittsburg, Wheeling, Mansfield, Tole do, Ft Wayne, Chicago, Logansport, Indianap olis, V incennes, Louisville. Cincinnati, Dayton, Columbus and Newark. The tickets were sent to prominent stations to-day, and commercial travelers desiring to avail themselves of the privilege of this concession on the coming Sat urday can do so. Brakemsa Charged with Manslaughter. Milwaukee, Jan. 12. Brakeman C H. Wells, who, it is charged, was responsible for the Rio holocaust, was arraigned at Portage, this morn ing, for manslaughter, and pleaded not guilty. His counsel promised to make sensational devel opments when the trial comes off. Wells will endeavor to prove that conductor Hankey caused the accident COMING TO SEE THE EXHIBIT. Ladies of the Terre Haute Decorative Art So ciety to Tisit Indianapolis To-Day. President McKeen has tendered bis private car for the transportation of the ladies who con stltute the Terre Haute Decorative Art Society to Indiannpolis. They want to see the lace and needle-work exhibit under the charge of the Art Association here, and are coming en masse. They will arrive to-day, at 10 o'clock, and, after viewing the exhibit, upon the invitation of Miss Mary Dean, secretary of the association, they will dine with her at the Bates House. A number or articles were added to the ex hibit yesterday, among them a $1,500 lace shawl, of Brussels manufacture, the property of Mrs. Emil Wulschner, and a $300 point de Venice lace collar, which is owned by Mrs. George R. Sulli van. Mrs. Louis Hollweg, also, has placed on ex hibit a French table-cover of the time of Robespierre.whieh is a wonderful work of embroidery. From tne xoung Ladies Uuild, of Christ Church, was received a complete set of altar cloths. The borders are hemstitched, and all the embroidered designs have a special significance. An elaborate piece of embroidered mull, of fine pattern, is owned by Mrs. Charles D. Meigs. A rich and artistic spread ' is done in the dull shades of silk, and is over one hundred years old. A small folding screen shows the style of embroidery of two centuries. The Swiss embroidered handkerchief of Mrs. James M. Bradsbaw is as fine a piece of work as there is shown. The drawn work attracts consider able attention, and is of all grades. That of Mrs. J. W. Beck is pronounced by all exceeding ly handsome. Moving; Against the Gamblers. Superintendent Colbert last night had keepers of quite a number of gambling rest notified that they must shut np, or they will bt arrested without further notice. There was complaint among the managers of some of the smaller resorts that, in having his order delivered, some of the dives that are run expressly for the benefit of members of the General Assembly were overlooked. James Sullivan, the keeper of a saloon on South West street, was arrested for allowing minors to play cards in his place. There are quite a number of saloons in different sections of the city that have been encouraging half -grown boys to gamble, and all of them, the superintendof police says, must reform. Dismissal of a Damage Salt. The damage suit of Thomas McClelland against A. F. McCormick, the representative of R. G. Dun's commercial agency, in which $60,000 damages was asked, on account of alleged false reports concerning the condition of his business having been sent out, eame tip before Judge Walker yesterday, and was dismissed at the plaintiffs cost Meeting ot Democratic Editors. The State Democratic Editorial Association will meet at the court-house to-morrow. ' The tariff question will be discussed, and Scott Ray, of Shelbyville, will deliver an address on "How Best to Succed in 1883." In hundreds of cases Hood's Sarsaparilla. by purifying and enriching the blood, has proven a potent remedy for rheumatism. Hence, if yon suffer the pains and aches of this disease, it is fair to assume that Hood's Sarsaparilla will cure, you. Give it a trial.

PERSONAL AND SOCIETY Mr. S. P. Whitehead, of New York, is spend

ing a few days in the city. Miss Carrie Malott returned to school at Newburg, N. ., on Tuesday night Miss Esther Cummings has cone to Philadel phia to remain indefinitely. County Clerk McClelland, of Heniricks coun ty, was in the city yesterday. Misses Bettie Willson and Lillian Drennan, of Danville, were in the city yesterday. Miss Linda Gray will go to St Paul, Minn.. next month to visit her sister, Mrs. James N. Bearnes. Mrs. C C Hines has returned from the East and is stopping with her son, Mr. Fletcher Hines. aii xuiuerBviue. Mr. Tom L. Johnson, of Cleveland, who ha8 been in the city the past few davs. returned home last night State Auditor Rice left last night for New Al. bany, to attend the funeral of his aunt, Mrs. John Fagin, who died there Wednesday night A. L. Heck, for over a Tear a mail clerk serv ing upon the J., M. & L road, has been removed, and B. Sheridan has been appointed his successor. Louis Vogt. a well-known musician of thia city, has agreed to swing the baton for George fc. Jlnignt's orchestra, and will leave soon to ac company it to the Pacific coast Miss Grettie Y. Hoilidav. who went from here. to Tabriz, Persia, as a missionary, has been ver j ill with typhoid fever, at that place; but has, according to a letter of Dec 7, improved some, though her recovery is still a matter of doubt SOCIETY. The Fortnightly Literary Club met on Tues day afternoon with Miss Alice Baker. There was a good attendance. An excellent paper was read by Mrs. Kate H. Builard on the subject ot the "French Academy." Mr. and Mrs. Solon Lb Good celebrated their crystal wedding anniversary last evening by en tertaimng a party of friends, to .the number of fifty or more. Mr. and Mrs. Goode were remem bered with numerous gifts of crystal, of which so many beautiful articles are made. Miss Florence Miller entertained a large parte of friends very handsomely last evening at the residence of her father, Mr. W. H. H. Miller, on. North Delaware street The reception was from 8 till 12. The rooms were very tastefully ar ranged and all appointments were exceedingly pleasing. Miss Miller is a debutante of last season, and a favorite in her large circle of acquaintances, Hotel Arrivals. Denison House: L Pearson and wife. Kokomo, J. H. Hodapp, S. E. Carter, Seymour; John C Rogers, Memphis, Tenn.; E. H. Peed, New Ca8tle;;S. S. Raridan, Cambridge City: M. U. Nolen, Rushville; L R, Wilt, Muncie; Henrjr C. Starr, Charles Griffin. Richmond: George P. Sohngen, Hamilton; John E. Humphries, M. D. White, Crawfordsville. Bates House: F. F. Keith. - P. W. Henrr. Terre Haute; A. F. Armstrong, Kokomo; B. F, Claypool, Connersville; Charles V. Moffett, Edin burgh, V. D. Irwin, D. W. Gerard, Crawfordsville; A. Z. Foster, Terre Haute; AmosT. Davis, Anderson; James . A. Webster, Warsaw; O. Lv Davis, Sullivan; Mahlon Bell, Lincoln, Ind.; J. S. Nave, G. E. Currshman, Atticn; A. Keyea, Xenia, Ind.; A. Herz, S. Uppenheimer, Terr Haute; W. A. Dolph. Crawfordsville: J. B. Gattshall, Warsaw. Grand Hotel: A. R. Wood. Kokomo: A. J. Howard, Jeffersonville; E. W. Brown, Columbia City; L H. Taylor, Washington; W, M. Amsden, Madison; George H. D. Gibson, Louisville; M. A. Sweeney. Jeffersonville: George W. Jones. Fort Wayne; Leon Seligand family. Union City; W. S. Shlvely, Martinsville; J. W. Stewart ana . wife, Monticello; W. D. Thorn bury, Nashvlllej A. O. Echsle, Auburn: J. M. Fisher. Attleboro: Patrick Martin, Greencastle; J. B. Weaver. CL E. Rhoads and wife, Goshen; C. E. J. McFarlaa, Connersville; C. A. Shafer, Syracuse; W. W. Stader, Columbus; Peter T. Luther, Thomas McQuade, Brazil; N. Day. T. N. Stucky. Mooresville; E. M. Kemp, Dan Sayre. Wabash; J. O. Pedigo, Lebanon; W. W. Modlin, New Castle; S. Hersch. Terre Haute: M. H. Gillem. Rockville. Advice to the Clergy. Atlanta Constitution. The Chicago clergy object to the ballet because "it is inexcusably and excessively fleshy." Never judge a play by the bill-boards. Disgusted with Smith. Cincinnati JEnauirer (Dem.) Indiana Democracy seems to lack cohesion. Baron von Humboldt, In his travels and explorations in South America, became deeply interested in the wonderful properties of the coca plant Consumption and asthma, he says, are unknown among the na tives who use it, and it is, furthermore, conda cive to longevity. The coca forms one ef th ingredients of the Liebig Ca's celebrated Coca Beef Tonic. It is conducive to health and longevity. Its use is yery beneficial. Examples of longevity are numerous among the Indians, who from boyhood up have used it "Cases are not unfrequent of Indians attaining the great age of 130 years." says Prof. J. J. Van Tshndi. (Travels in Peru. ) Invaluable in dvsnepsia. liver complaint, cancer, debility, biliousness. When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria, When she was a Child, she cried for Castoria, When she became Miss, she clung to Caatoria, When she bad Children, she gave them Castoria, YOU WANT TO SEE THIS RADIANT HOME BEFORB YOU BUY A BASE-BURNER. I. Tj. fkankem, 86 East Washington Street SHHawMaaaMawMMMMMnaHSMMi P P' 1 1 f" C O ft causes, and anew and sue1 1 tU 8" ll rNj cessful CI7KB at your own 1 1 sww home, by one who was deaf V twenty-eight years. Treated by most of the noted specialists without benefit Cured himself In three months, and since then hundreds of others Fail particulars sent on application. T, J3. PAGE, No. 41 West 31st St., New York Cltj,

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