Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 January 1887 — Page 2

TELE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, FRIDAY. JANUAHY 28, 18S7.

Tsngemens with a . neighbor determined to break faith merely serves to furnish eround for a fresh dispute, and we believe Nova Scotians, who are the persona principally interested, would prefer a final settlement even if it disappointed them, to any more makeshifts. Leading American journal appear to be welldisposed to a reciprocity treaty, and we can conceive of no other method of settling the question. The imperial government ia moving in the direction of reciprocity. If it is true that Canada should be represented in the negotiations by Canadians famifiar with her wants and circumstances, and for once politicians should agree to work together for the common good, the country may be carried with honor through the crisis which the Americans are forcing upon us." THREATENS TO SHOW HIM UP.

Senator Joe Brown on the Warpath for Secretary Bayard's Grizzly Scalp.' VTashlngton Special. Senator Joe Brown is bent on showing up the action of the State Department in the case of exMinister Jackson, and if he carries out his intention in open Senate it will make a sensation. Perhaps few people understand the causes which led to Jackson's resignation. .It was generally supposed at the time that it was on account of the Cuttlne case. That matter was then absorbing public attention. The causes which underlie the Jackson difficulty were quite as serious as any bavins relation to Cutting. An American vessel, the Rebecca, sailed with a cargo for Santiago, but on account of a stress of weather was forced to put in at a Mexican port, and was there seized, because the ship's manifest showed the cargo was not intended for that place. The captain was tried, and both ship and cargo detained, and are in Mexican hands stilL Jackson wrote a very indignant letter demandine her release, and informing the department of what he had done. It appears that the State Department did not sustain his action in the matter, and his protests were unheeded. He is a thorough American, and believes this country has some rights that ought to be protected even as against Mexico. Naturally, he was very in dignant and finally insisted on being relieved at the earliest moment. Governor Brown has called for all the correspondence in the case, and .declares his intention of ventilating the whole matter. , The papers will show some interesting reading. - . . MINOR MATTERS. President Cleveland's Reception to Members of Congress and the Judiciary. Washington, Jan. '27. The President's reception to Congress and the iudiciary, the second of this season's series, took place at the White House ' to-niyht There was a large ' throng of distinguished people present, including a great number of Congressmen, but there was not the crowding which occurred at the previous receptions. The presentations were made by Colonel Wilson, U. S. A., and Lieutenant Duval, United States navy. The President was assisted in receiving by Mrs. Cleveland, Mrs. Manning, Mrs. Endicott, Mrs. Vilas and Mrs. Lamar. Among those who occupied places in the Blue Room behind the receiving party were Mrs. Folsom, Miss Sternberg, of Buffalo; Miss Kinesford, of Oswego; .all the Cabinet ministers except Messrs. Whitney, Endicott and Garland; General Sheridan, Admiral Porter, Chief Justice Waite, Senator and Mrs. Sherman, Speaker and Mrs. Carlisle, and Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbiit Mr. Byaam Really Said It, Syocial to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, Jan. 27. The insinuations in an editorial in yesterday's Sentinel concerning the correctness of a statement attributing to Representative Bynuni certain expressions regarding the senatorial election reproduced by these du patches in Tuesday's Journal, is unwarranted. Mr. Bjnura said all that the Journal correspondent quoted him as saying, and he Hoes not deny it. If it hurts the Sentinel and Judge Tarpie, it is their misfortune, and not - , i.MpI.corrspoudpt'a fault General and Personal. Ipeclal to the Indianapolis Journal. ' .. Washingtos, Jan. 27. A. Boice, an attorney of Indianapolis, is hereon professional business, and will be admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the United States to-morrow. Col. W. 7. Diidley is a prominent officer of the company which will construct a cable streetrailroad linn here under the provisions of the bill which passed the House to-day, should it go through the Senate, and there is little doubt of ibat . D. M. Kamber and C. J. Baron, of Evansville, ire at the Ebbitt. The Comptroller of the Currency has authorprized the Union National Bank, of Dulutb, Minn., to begin business with a capital stock of $500,000. The electoral-count bill, which was referred to the Attorney-General for examination and report, has been returned to the President for his action. The Attorney-general still has the interstate-commerce bill under consideration. It was referred to him yesterday by the President, with a request, in the usual printed form, to report if there is any objection to its approval. The; women suffragists have decided to hold an anniversary meeting in Washington, next . year, in commemoration of the fortieth anniversary of the beginning of the movement for woman suffrage in this country. Invit&'Jons will " be issued to women throughout the world who are interested in women's work, and an attempt will be made to give the meeting the character o.f an international woman's congress. A committee was appointed to make the necessary arrangemants. Mining; Town In a State of Siege. ' Helena, M. T., Jan. 27. A Herald special says the mining town of Gregory, ML T., is in a state of siege. Yesterday Messrs. A. J. Seligman, H. W. Child, E. W. Bach and Thomas L. West, all stockholders of the Gregory Minine Company, announced their intention to close down the works, the finances of the institution having arrived at such a condition as to make a suspension of operations Imperative. ' On their intention becoming known, the miners, who have two months back pay due them, closed down the works and took the four stockholders into custody. To-night it is learned that oehgman and Child have been released, to come back to Helena to devise means for the payment of back wages, the other two gentlemen being held as hostages for their safe return. Meanwhile, Gregory is in posses sion of the miners, who, however, are peacefully lncunea awa auow no disorderly proceedings. Obituary, Special to the Xndisnanolia Journal. Evanstille, Ind., Jan. 27. William Hughes, the oldest and one of the most successful and wealthy merchants of this city, died this morn ing, ia the seventy-feurth year of his age. He was a native of Gal way, Ireland, where be was born June 30, 1812. He emigrated to this country in 1837. and entered the drv eroods business at Madison, lnd. In 1839, he removed to Evans-" ills, where, in 1840. he engaged In the dry goods and millinery business. His career has been a successful one, and his loss is a sad blow to this city. Mr. Hughes has been a devout Catholic since he was twenty -five years old. He leaves a Jamily of five children. . Santa Crvz, Cal., Jan. 27. Mrs. Georgians Bruce Kirov died here to-day. She was form erly a member of the famous Brook Farm com zuunity and wrote the Brook Farm papers. Suicide of Lieutenant Campbell. Fobt Lbavnwobth, Jan. 27. Lieutenant Peter Campbell. Eighteenth Infantrr. shot him self throura the bram to-day and died. He bad suffered somewhat from mental depression, and besides this was about to be court-martialed for an Infraction of discipline. This, it is thought, However, wouiu not nave resulted seriously. Liquor Legislation In Michigan. Lansing, Mich., Jan. 27. .fae joint resolution submitting a prohibitory amendment to the Constitution was passed in the Senate to-day. The question will be submitted at the State election next April. Tbi use of Angostura Bitters will afford immediate relief to all persons affected with dys--pepia,dUrrhcea, colic, and all kinds of Indigestion, x

NEW YOBK'S GBEAT STBIKE.

Business in Coal Handling and. Along the Water Front About Suspended. A jSnraber of Ocean Steamers Delayed, Beinj? Unable to Obtaiu Coal Xo Serious Disturbances Reported Labor News. THE NEW YORK STRIKE. Business Almost Suspended in Coal Yards and Along: tbe Water Front. New York, Jan. 27. Twenty thousand men are now on strike among the eoal-shovelers, 'longshoremen, freight-handlers and men employed on the river front in almost every capacity, and the number is augmented to close on 40,000 by the strikers on the Brooklyn and Jersey shores. In consequence, it is almost impossible for any of the steamers for Europe or coastwise to leave port. The order went forth, yesterday, from the headquarters of the 'longshoremen's union, which was backed by the Knights of Labor assembly No. 49, and this morning the men turned out Beach-walkers were sent out to cover all the various points on the river front where the trouble was concentrated, and they had particular instructions to use every means to prevent any disturbance. The Old Dominion lino has a few men working, and at the headquarters of the strikers it was reported at noon that a number of the creen hands who were taken on Monday had joined the strikers. The men were considerably elated at the reports that the waiting delegates, or beach walkers, were bringing in. One delegate from the North river front stated that not a single steamer 'had been able to take its regular supply of eoal, and consequently would not be able to sail on the day appointed. At the Cunard dock the Gallia could not be discharged because the majority of the piece men turned out. There are a number of men working by the month for this company, and they may turn out at any moment. The next move will be to get the engineers on the tug boats to refuse to burn the coal or tow it, and other labor organizations who are dependent on the eoal supply will be compelled to quit work. The ferry-boats are seriously inconvenienced on account of the lack cf coal, and one line had out grocery and other wagons bringing coal from the small yards, but when they came round so often the dealers refused to sell. The steamboat squad is scattered along the river front, where the men and the companies are in open conflict, but no disturbance has occurred up to noon. All along West street and the line of the docks groups of men are to be seen. Some are not in favor of the strike, but the majority express their determination to stand by the union's decision. Tbe strikers believe the discnte will be settled before the end of the third day. . ... The coal managers in this city state that no meeting has been called to consider prices, and that no advance will be made, no matter what price coal reaches here. They say they will sell all the coal wanted at their docks on the basis of $4.25 for stove size. The strike along the river front of Brooklyn also went into effect this morning. All the men went out quietly, peaceably and determinedly. Freight has accumulated on the docks ready for Vimment. while se vera! vessels are ,'.Vut discharge cargoes. Joe police say ,. uo lo; expect any trouble with the strikers. Tbey ar on guard at all the stores from Fuucs Terry to Red Hook. Later in the day tbe auta--mi saw fit. as a double precautionary measure to i;r.ve scattered here and there wormr, "umorooily upon freight, but they were not mossier! .by th strikers. At the Morgan company's dock, Pier 35, the men went to work this morning, as the company agreed not to handle any boycotted freight. The dock master had hard work to keep pace with the demand, as much freight that had been delayed in consequence of the boycott and strike is now being moved. At the produce dock a steamer was got awav at 2 o'clock this morning. It should have sailed on Tuesday night. The Pequot of the same line, arrived to-day, but could not be unloaded. because the 'longshoremen had gone out In the office of the dockmaster, it was stated that the company bad got all the coal it required for the use of its steamers, and also the men it needed to unload the Pequot On the dock were about twenty men at work, but the scene was dull to that usually presented on the arrival of a Providence boat, when there are three hundred or four hundred men at work on a vessel, which is usually unloaded and loaded again ready to sail again in a tew bours. Several canal-boats laden with coal were laid up at tbe bulkheads, but there was no one to unload 1 them. An Anchor-line steamer was docked, but no attempt was made to unload her after the passergers had debarked. Both Piers 20 and 21, belonging to this company, were guarded by police. At rier a, isortn river, were were vessels waiting to have their freight moved, but no men could be procured to do the work. It is expected hat the transatlantic steamers due out on Sat urday will not be able to sail, on account of their haviner no means of getting a coal supply aboard. The Y bite star liner Britannic was to have left port this morning, but she was unable to get her complement of coal, and was detained. The State of Georgia, of the State line, and the Suevia, of the Hamburg line, and the Independente, of the Florio Rubatino line, to Italy, were all delayed by the strike. The Gallia, of the Cunard line; the Devonia, of the Anchor line; the La Bourgoyne, for Havre; the W. A. Scholten, for Amsterdam; the Pennland, of the Red Star line, are moored for sailing on Saturday, but will probably not be able to do so unless the strike is settled. The coastwise and southern bound steamers due out to-day, and the Trinidad, for Bermuda; the City of Columbus, for Florida ports, the City of Columbia, for Charleston and Southern ports, and the Algiers, for Galveston, were also delayed. The Morgan line 'longshoremen, who had twice struck and gone back, subsequently went out again on the order of a beach-walker. The work of loading the steamer Algiers was discontinued. Big piles of freight are stacked up on the pier awaiting shipment About 4 o'clock, this afternoon, thirty Italians were secured and put to work. The strikers made no trouble beyond jeering at the Italians. The Helvetia, of the National line, reached her dock this afternoon and discharged passengers. No attempt was made to unload freight At tbe same pier a score of green hands were loading tbe Erin. A coal barge was alongside ahd the crew were filling the bunkers. The company hope to be able to clear the vessel by high tide Friday. The French line people say they have all the men they need. Four gangs were loading eoal on the La Bourgoyne, and three gangs were loading cargo at the three hatches. Thejnon-union men are of all nationalities. A sufficient number of men have been obtained to work by the White Star line, and they will have the Brittannie ready to sail on Friday. This will be one day late. The Wyoming arrived at the Guion doek at noon. Later in the day men were put at work unloading cargo. The fifty Italians employed to fill the places of the striking longshoremen, at the Red Star Lime's dock, in Jersey City, were visited by walking delegates this afternoon, and the result of the conference was a strike by the Italians. They were subsequently administered the oath of the Knights of Labor and left Jersey City with the delegates. The steamship Zaandam, of the Rotterdam line, encountered so much difficulty in receiving her cargo at the pier that she was towed into midstream and was loaded with 1,700 bushels of grain, acd the balance of her eargo. from elevators. The coal companies at Bergen Point brought two hundred Italians from New York this morning to handle coaL The strikers became so threatening that tbe executive committee of the Knights appointed men to prevent an en counter. At the Bremen, and Hamburg steamship

piers, in Hoboken, there is no trouble among the longshoremen, as the companies employ only non-union men. The coal arriving at the Long Island Railroad Company's docks, at Long Island city, is being handled without trouble, there being no indications of the strike extending to the 'longshoremen and dock laborers. The numerous factories in that city have coal enough on hand to last them for some weeks to come. It is estimated to-night that the numbers of 'longshoremen, coal-handlers, coal-boatmen, pilots, bag-sewers, coal -trimmers and other workmen on strike in this vicinity is 30.000, divided as follows: New York city, 15,000; Brooklyn. 8,000; Jersey City. Ho

boken, Weehawken and interior points of New Jersey, 7,000. Steamships will probably be unable to leave port for two or three days, at least It is stated that the pilots who belong to District Assembly 49. Knights of Labor, have agreed not to pilot a vegset out of port that has non-union eoal or men aboard. At aconference. to-day, between the executive board of Assembly 49 and District Master Workman Owens, of Poughkeepsie, it was decided to ask all Knights employed on the New York Central railroad to refuse to handle boycotted coal. A great deal of coal has been coming into the city over the New York Central from Newburg, where it is brought by the Erie railroad. There are rumors that the railroad and coal companies are taking steps to have the leaders of the Knights of Labor arrested for conspiracy. OTHER LABOR NEWS. Action of the Illinois Convention Concerning the Chicago Anarchists. Chicago, Jan. 27. The following is the full text of the resolutions introduced in the labor convention at Springfield, yesterday, by D. D. Linn: Whereas, Hundreds of labor organizations have protested against the verdict condemning the seven so-called Anarchists in Chicago to death as unwarranted by the evidence as produced by class hatred and the clamor of a vindictive press, and dangerous to the right of free speech; therefore. Resolved, That it is the sentiment of the organized labor of Illinois that the public peace, as well as justice, demands that a new trial should be granted and a more impartial and dispassionate sifting of the evidence be secured. Whereas, In his message to the Legislature, Governor Oglesby says: "The many signs of the willingness of a portion of our people, especially of incorporated wealth, to impatiently demand the use of the militia in all cases of threatened or real violence, without an effort to secure the protection of the law through the civil forms provided by law, is an unpleasant augury, and one to be constantly watched bythe ardent friends of constitutional liberty. The fact that snch incorporated wealth can command a portion of the press to malign, misrepresent and aim to intimidate any who feel it a solemn duty to execute the law by observing law, is a portent indication of no common evil:" therefore. Resolved, That we most emphatically denounce this growing tendency on the part of incorporated wealth to rely upon force for the purpose of intimidating the people as inimical to the perpetuity of our institutions, and calculated to breed discontent and class hatred; and we furthermore call -upon the Legislature to investigate both the propriety and the ieeality of private individuals, especially the Pinkerton detective agency, employing and arming a mercenary force whose sole use is to overawe workmen who may have disputes with monopolies and corporations, wao, without such aid, already possess control over the means of living. The resolutions were considered separately. A delegate raised a point of order that the matter was out of order, as it was not in accordance with the constitution. President Long ruled that the point of order was not well taken. An appeal from this decision was taken, and upon a standing vote the Chair was not sustained, and the resolution was ruled out The resolution respecting the use of the militia and Pinkerton men was, however, adopted. 4 Inharmonious Labor Legislators. Springfield, 111., Jan. 27. In the lower house of the Illinois Legislature, to-day, while discussing a resolution of thanks to Senator Cuiicm. in connection with the interstate nomtaerce bill, a member road at? Afoeiat.-l Press dispatch dated Washington, Jan, 26, getting far a that the legislative eoniwtUtae- . 1 x.-v ?.. ,. t w..-,' --- "Trident -' Vtina to fate the interstate eoT5mrce Mi, Iixr.n, of Cook, leader of the Labor party ia the Hesse, branded the dispatch as a f alsehoo, and said that it hal been promulgated in t'r.c interest of monopolists. Representative Bailey, one of his lieutenants, thought that Mr. Dixon was mistaken; that he, himself, was cot prepared to indorsethe bill until he further understood its provisions. Mr. Dixon was loudly applauded on the Republican side, while Mr. "Bailey was cheered to the echo by the Democrats. Three Thousand Men Desert the Knights. Boston, Jan. 27. The Knights of Labor in Boston are very glum, as all the operative tailors in the city, including the machine operators, basters, pressers and all others engaged in the manufacture of ready-made clothing, have decided to leave the order. Of the 4,000 cf these craftsmen in the city, at least 3,000 have been members of the Knights of Labor, and ihey go out to a man. They have belonged to four or five different assemblies. Thev have been dis satisfied with their treatment by the Knights of LiAOor ror some time, and since their last strike, which was unsuccessful, they have been very uneasy. A meeting was held on Sunday night to consider the advisability of forming an open union, and the executive committee, appointed at that time, decided last night to leave the Knights of Labor and send to the American Federation of Labor for a eharter. Collieries to Resume Work. Wilkesbarre, Pa., Jan. 27. The Wilkesbarre Record is authorized to announce to-morrow that all the collieries of the Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal Companies will resume operations on Saturday at their full capacity. This will include all the collieries of the Red Ash Coal Company, whose coal is taken by the Lehieh and Wilkesbarre Company. In view of the fact that most of the colliers have worsed but two days this month, the news is particularly acceptable in this region. This step is made possible by reason of the companies havins succeeded in overcoming the labor troubles at Port Johnson. The vast quantity of coal that is side-tracked in this region will be forwarded to Port Johnson to-morrow as fast as it can be taken oyer the railroads. Industrial Notes. Philadelphia Record Wages are being advanced at some blast furnaces from 5 to 10 per cent The workmen in the Joliet, 111., steel works have received an increase of 13 per cent in waees. A big stove foundry has been started fn Nebraska, and a mower and reaper establishment at Kansas City.. An electric railway manufacturing company, with a capital of $1,000,000, has just been started in Portland, Me. The Russian government is about ordering a large number of repeating rifles from Connecticut and an order for 6,000 Remington guns has just been increased to 11,000. The clumsy English shovels whieh have heretofore been generally used in South America have largely given place to the lighter and better American shovels, largely made in Pittsburg. The earpet trade is beginning to gire evidences of life. Buyers have waited a long time to see if last season's prices would prevail this year. Textile manufacturers entertain very bright hopes for the future. , Plate-glass is in good demand, and factories are overcrowded with orders. The green elass workers are still out and will be assisted by the Knights. Stocks of shades and globes are light New designs are soon to be brought out French and German clothing manufacturers expect to do a large business in clothing with Japan. The Empress recently placed an order for $200,000 worth of fashionable European clothing with French and German manufacturers. .. The application of electricity to car-lighting is feasible. It is done in England with Faeur batteries. A central rail is used. At each end of the car are contact pulleys, which, eomine in contact with the middle rail, convey the current to the incandescent lamps. The government has $20,000,000 worth of tools, hardware, nails and stuff of that kind. Among them are 46,566 augers and bits, 29,542 screws,

and 146,385 files. There are 1,200 tons of cast and wrought iron and 159, GOO pounds of old copper. Mush of this material is lying loose around the yards. - The Chicago Northwestern Railway Company has established a mutual guarantee fund. The cost of insurance ranges from 65 cents per $100 the first year to 50 cents the fifth year. It is a very successful and satisfactory system to the employes, and it will probably be extended to other roads. The possibilities of a general advance in wages of both common and skilled Jabor are being considered by employers in all stations. Many of them think that the establishment of arbitrative methods will help to increase rather than to decrease strikes and dissatisfaction by offering facilities for the presentation of demands. Great industrial and building activity is reported from the Northwest Minneapolis and St Paul furnish the most marked evidences of it. The Knights there are putting up a large four-story building. All the saw-mills are getting ready for a big spring's work. The fiour-ing-mills aro doing more than they did last winter. Gun-makers record with satisfaction that not one of the Rodman guns ha3 ever been exploded, even though the pressure goes as high as 200,000 pounds to the square inch. The endurance ranees from 300 to 2,400 rounds. The life of a large steel gun is 200 rounds. The average pressure in Krupp's guns is 30,000 pounds to the square inch. Paterson silk manufacturers have started a dozen silk manufactories in this State to employ cheap labor, and a cigar-manufacturing concern has just been started at Kingston, N. Y., with a capital of $500,000. and ir employing only country girls, and is using the best machinery that can be had for cigar-making. Other manufacturers threaten to follow. Manufacturers are favoring the establishment of relief associations. Several New England employers have started them. One in Portland, Me., has a membership of 129. All persons whose wages are over $5 a week pay $1 fee and 10 cents per week, which entitles a member in case of sickness to $5 per week until $25 has been drawn out, and to $25 in case of death. Great expectations are indulged in concerning the labor convention to be held in Cincinnati on Feb. 22. Five hundred delegates, at least, are counted on. A good deal of well-deserved opposition is felt and expressed at some of the originators, whose names smell in the nostrils of honest labor. Tbe Knights will lead off, and the obnoxious members will stand in the background and watch. The convention will call another one to nominate a President for 1888. It is apparent that employers will very generally advance wages voluntarily. Hundreds have already done so, even before any demand was formally made by organized labor. Prices are improving, mills, factories and mines are overcrowded, orders are far in excess of capacity, and employers, therefore, take the opportunity of advancine wages. At the rate business is crowding in, the great majority of employers will not be in a position to remain idle long over wages disputes. Boston has 1,251 firms engaged in the shoe business. In Massachusetts there are 3,690, of which 1,089 are manufacturing houses. New York has 230 shoe manufacturers and wholesale dealers and 529 tanners and leather dealers. Philadelphia has 112 shoe manufacturers, 45 jobbers, 44 tanners of morocco and 33 of sheepskin and ealf kid. The number of tanning firms in the State is COG. Ohk has CO and Illinois has 72 shoe manufacturers. There are 15,217 retailers of shoes in the United States.

Colonel Keifer Takes His Life. New York, Jan. 27. The Tribune this mornsays: "Dispatches were received in thi3 city yesterday from Monrovia, a watering-place near Los Angeles, Cal., stating that Col. Samuel Keifer, formerly proprietor of the Grand Central Hotel, in this city, had committed suicide at that place on Sunday morning. He has been in ill health for several years, and it is believed that he killed himself while suffering from, temporary insanity. He was a native of Ohio." Steamship "Smvr, Livzupooii, Jan. 27,Arri;!: Assyria, from Southampton, Jan. '27. Arrived : Werrs, from New York fcr Bremen. Qt-KXSTOWN, Jan. 27. Arrive Wiseccsio, City of Chester, from New York. ' New Yoke:, Jan. 27. Arrived: Wycm'toc, Helvetia, from Liverpool; Devonia, from Glasgow; Australia, from Hamburg. The Senatorial Situation. Letter in Louisville Conrier-Journal. The more you try to ascertain Mr. Robinson's exact feelings in the senatorial race, the more uncertain a quantity does he appear to be. I have it from the most reliable authority that he promised in a certain contingency to vote for Judge Turpie last Saturday. Indeen, it may be set down as art act that had there been two ballots for Senator on Saturday, Robinson would have voted for Turpie on the second ballot and all the agony would have been at an end. That day appears now to have been the crisis in the senatorial fight, and the tide did not run quite high enough for Turpie to get there. It looks like Robinson might not be again in the humor to vote for the present Democratic caucus nominee. In this connection, I get it straieht tbat Robinson has said to Representative Fleece, of Hendricks county, that he will not, under any circumstances vote for Judge Turpie. Fleece is a Republican, and told some of bis friends what Robinson said to him. Altogether, the Republicans are much more comfortable than they were last Saturday. The Nation's Debt to the Soldier. Lafayette Call. No doubt the "soldier racket'' is worked too numerously for its own good. The mere fact that a man was a soldier does not entitle him to everything in sight But the fact remains in these latter days of pseudo-patriotism, that he who was a faithful guardian of the Nation's unity, and who never faltered in the trust, is entitled to some distinction because of his precious rarity. There were many men in the army who were not soldiers, for soldiers, like dollars, do not grow on every bush. The real soldier, however, earned a mortgage on the Nation's gratitude, paid for it in valuable consideration of blood and life, foreclosed it on the day peace was declared, and will not cease collecting his judgment until eternity. Indiana Suffragists. Beport of Washington Convention. At the evening session or the convention, which was opened with prayer by the Rev. Zerelda G. Wallace, of Indiana, the attendance was very large, the church being crowded, including both galleries. - Mrs. May Wright Sewall, of Indiana, addressed the convention, her subject being "The Conditions of Liberty," which she handled in a very clear and forcible style, making many excellent points, which were greatly enjoyed by the entiru audience. Her reasoning was close and logical, and evidenced the careful study and attention she had given the subject "What High License Does. South Bend Trlhnne. . Since last August high license has closed 143 saloons in the city of Chicago. When you make a man paymore for the privilege of selling whisky than his profits will amount to be will eo out oi ousineBs, anu mat is just west high It cense does, in the majority of cases. A Genuine "Ben liar." Lafayette Courier. The namesake of the hero of General Lew Wallaces ramous novel "lien Uur," resides ia Crawfordsville and has all his life, and was an old soldier of the famous Wilder brigade. Did the General borrow the title of his book from Ben Hur, the Union soldier! Quite Too Modest. chipaeo Journal. Civil-service Commissioner Edgerton says he is not mucn ot a ngnter, aitnougn be Has been indicted five or six times for ehoottng. Mr. Edgerton appears to be unnecessarily modest The Talue of Scissors. Sevmour find. J Republican. The next best thing to writing rood articles is clinninc them from eontiirnona conaanrninitv. We believe, mightily in the saving grace of tne sciBsors. tives. render Ayers Sarfctparllla unequaled as a

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INDIANA AND ILLINOIS NEWS

The Daily Chronicle of Happenings of All Kinds in the Two States. A Second Marriage and a Family Lawsuit An Editor Wanted for Forgery Business Man Swindled by a Bogus Drummer. INDIANA. Complications Growing Out of an Old Man's Second Marriage. Special to the iBdianaoolig Journal Richmond, Jan. 27. There is quite a sensational statement of facts set forth in a transcript from Rush county filed here this morning, the defendants taking a change of venue. The principal defendant is Milton Reddick, a Knightstown lawyer, but his several brothers and sisters are also defendants, and the plaintiff is their father," Jacob Roddick, who lives several miles from Knightstown on a Rush county farm, over which the suit was begun. It seems that the old gentleman was intending to marry a second wife, a Miss Mary A. Chickmon, of Knightstown, and that the legal light of the family made it plain to him that he had better . deed the farm to him and the other children, as Anna Hattle, to whom the old eentlemac had also been paying court, was going to sue him for $10,000 damages in a breach of promise case. This the old gentleman did, and then married; but upon investigation he learned that no breach-of-promise suit had been contemplated, r " now he seeks to recover the farm, in which e his second wife will probably get it, as his t .ren so much feared she would when this subterfuge was resorted to. Bow in a College Society. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Richmond, Jau. 27. They have abte wrangle in the Ionian Society, at Eariham College, over the election of officers. One clique is composed of the sophomore and freshman boys and the other of the seniors and juniors, with a few of the former classes. A. E. Baldwin was one of the first-named clique, and the latter clique challenged him as to his right and eligibility to vote, and the President, who was one of 'em, sustained the challenge. This, the Baldwin clique say, was done without proper evidence and without giving Baldwin an opportunity to establish his rights. The senior-clique also tried to shelve his petition for reinstatement, and, although failed in that, disregarded it and voted to refund Baldwin's membership fee, which he refused to accept Another meeting will be held to-morrow night, and in the meanwhile Baldwin has consulted Judge Fox, who says Jb.ey will apply to court for redress if the opposition does not recant Christian Missions. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Ckawfokdsvillk, Jan. 27. The regular monthly meeting of the Missionary Society of the Christian Churches of Montgomery county was held in this city this afternoon. Unly a small number of persons were present, and only two churches were represented. During the past year the county has been thoroughly can vassed, and every church visited by an evangelist cs ployed for this pnrnosa. Tdere are sixteen churches in tht county, wita a total membership of 21?0 E'-rrr church in the county aow has result sfr'jw, U,ut ence a mor.th. The curry oa the work during tee . miins year. A protracted meetisg will be comtaerced atSwartsburg, next Wednesday, by Eider Johnson. SnmJay-Soli ool AanoclaUon. Special to the Xudiauapolis Journal. Ckawtoedsville, Jan. 27. The Franklin lownship Sunday-school Association met in quarterly convention to-day in the Presbyterian Church at Shannondale. There were a large number of persons in attendance and the meet ing proved to be very interesting and instructive. The opening exercises were conducted by Rev. S. S. Aikman. "The Teachers' Responsibility" was the subject of Rev. G. J. Vought; "More Consecration in .Work," that of Mira Rosaubarger: "How to Teach the Children." Rev. S. S. Aikman; "The Mission of the Sunday-schooL" Lavia Jtlarter, ot this city. Keports from all the schools in tbe township were sen tin, from which will be compiled a report for the State sta tistician. The next meeting will be held at Darlington on the fourth Thursday in April. Sudden Death of Barnett Jenkins. Special to tbe ldlanaoIi Journal. Lafayette, Jan. 27. Barnett Jenkins, one of the oldest residents of Lafayette, and for forty years a miller at this place, died almost in stantly to-day in the office of the Lahr House. Shortly after 1 o'clock Mr. Jenkins stepped into the office of the hotel, complained that he felt very bad, and asked that a physician be sum moned. Before one arrived, which was but two or three minutes, he was dead. He had been sufferine for some time with rheumatism in the lower limbs, and it is supposed the malady touched his heart Mrs. J. is in California spending the winter. , An Editor Wanted for Foreery. Special to the Iidianapolii Journal. Delphi, Jan. 2?. Samuel Young, editor and joint proprietor of the Delphi Journal, is being hunted to-night by officers for the alleged foreery of a note for $1,000. When confronted by the injured parties, to-day, he escaped and left the town on foot. The act was committed in the adjoining county of White, where Youne lived until last fall, when he purchased the Journal with the money thus obtained. He had a fine outlook and was married this month. Minor Motes. Mrs. Elizabeth Davenport, an old resident of Madison township, Montgomery county, died at her home, near London, on Wednesday morning. ... : A farmer near LaPorte has a forest of sixty acres, representing every variety known when that region was first settled, from which a tree has never been cut John Merlan, a German farmer, living near New Palestine, became of unsound mind yesterday morning, and wandered away. He had on his person , money and notes of considerable value. Efforts are being made to find him. Susan Byrum, aged sixty years, dropped dead from heart disease, on Wednesday night, near her residence in the southern part of Decatur county. She had called at a neighbor's house, and was just starting home, when she exclaimed, "Oh, my heart," and, in a moment was dead. At Lafayette, Thursday, Mrs. Samuel Favorite celebrated her eighty-third birthday. Mr. and Mrs. F. are probably the longest married ef any couple in the State. In November next they will celebrate their sixty-first wedding annlverAt Lafayette, yesterday, the police rescued a seventeen-year-old girl from a bawdy house, and she has been taken in charee by the ladies of the W. C. T. U. Beyond the faot tbat she was respectably connected, the police refuse to divulge anything about her. - The City Council of CrawfordsTille has passed an ordinance that all vagrants who are arrested and fined shall work the fine out upon the streets at the rate of 75 eents per day, and if they refuse to work they shall be fed on bread and water until they are willing to work. , On Wednesday the remains of Nicholas Tonnelier, a prominent French eitisen of Decatur, were Jenad drowned in the diteh of the Grand lipids a Indiana railway. He started, the night before), to walk to hit home, one mile south

of that place, and fell from the track and rolled

into the water, wbicn is very deep at mai pic. tt. i. . . m i ue leaves a large larany. ILLINOIS, ". A Bogus Commercial Traveler Swindles t Mattoon Man with a Spurious Check. 6pecia to the Indianapolis Journal. Mattoon, Jan. 27. "Bob White ' is the came a commercial confidence man wrote upon a hotel register in this city, when he called with a choica line of samples of wall-paper to show to local dealers, who had previously received circulars announcing that the New Ohio Wall-paper Company was ready for business, snd the company's representative, A. U. White, would call soon, ne carried a fine line of samples, and, as he had been in the city on like business for other firms in times past one of our dealers gave him an order. The business acouaintance led the commercial man to ask his customer to indorse a check for him zs euarantee so that he could draw $io for current expenses, the check purporting to come from the house he represented. It was boeus. The schemer worked a Shelbyville man for $100, and. it is supposed many others were also caught. Brief Mention. Champaign city authorities are trying to com pel the removal of all barb-wire fences in the city limits. J ' Governor Oulesbv eranted a . pardon on Wednesday, to William G. Arnold, hold at Galesburg under a penitentiary sentence lor emDez zhne $1,500 from the C M. 13. A. or that city. The people are indignant that a pardon has been granted. -.- . . After much correspondence between postmas ters of the second class in the united (states, they have agreed to meet in convention at Springfield, Jan. 31, for consultation about their interests and duties. A large attendance is anticipated. , Robert Walters, of Monmouth who achieved some notoriety by swearing that he saw men and women swimming together in a nude state at a picnic on the banks of Cedar creek, for which they were indicted on Wednesday . pleaded guilty to perjury and meekly accepted a sentence of three yeara in the penitentiary, . t HAZARDOUS L.GI SLATION. Can a Political Commission Accomplish that TVhich Capital lias Failed in Doing? - Hew To;k Mail and F.xpress. ' It is already apparent that the great railroad interest of the country propose to giyja-tha busi ness community a chance to choose between the dynasty of King btork and King Log, to discover 4 whether a commission, owing its existence to . political clamor and influence, can bring about a -reconciliation of inharmonious elements which, capital has wasted millions and : millions to aecomplish. The interstate-commerce bill has passed both houses of Congress, and will soon be signed by the President Its provisions are manaaiory ana yet emtunc,. v&gua nuu iu definite, and construable in away to chill the industries of the country, block the wheels of trade and dam the avebues of commerce. ' The railroads propose to obey tbe law. The most aoie counsel atvamauie arc uuvr cumtuiuf it, that they may advise the companies of the duties it imposes upon them. . r. Instead of defying the authority of- the Congress of the United States, railway managers seem to welcome the opportunity of demon strating how great an injury msy be dobe by demagogical interference with chartered interests, and to welcome the opportunity of proving that the railroads have found their greatest profit in multiplying the number of their patrons, developing the country and doing the largest amount of busidess at the least cost : taking the initiative in reducing rates and building extensions in the anticipation of futura , profit ' 4 i The bill has not yet been signed, but the Central Traffic Association, built up with almost infinite labor, is preparing to dissolve, and a dozen pools are already making ready to go out of existence. More than one of them will have closed its books weeks in advance of the day on which its existence is declared Illegal. The trunk-line pool hasnroved so valuable that its. organization will doubtleSs "tft izri(fiaixieajii though its authority vanishes. - j.. What will the great companies do? .Well, the Pennsylvania has notified its largest shippers that its authority to name r ates is uncertain; that the act may vitiate contracts, and tbat, while endeavoring so far as possible to sustain the in' dustries on its Hue, it is as yet unable to say what it can do. In plain English, the great iron manufacturers have taken contractu to fur. nish thousands of tons of iron and steel rails upon an agreed rate of freight They have been told that this rate must be changed if the law compels them to stop at a siding to take on a cook-stove at the same rate. Passes have : been issued in the course of business, and to Congressmen, as well. All those will be called in, and rightly. This is one of the merits of tbe bill, and a provision at which no one will kick as hard as those who voted for it- . All freight will seek the water route as soon as possible. We shall take a stride backwards, and the lake and the river boats, which pay no taxes, will take any rate they choose. To-day tbe xiuffalo ship-yards are full, and vessel property is worth 25 per cent more than if was three . months ago. But railroad property will not be seriously injured; the people will suffer. Local rates will remain the sarjje, and the doctors will be called in to cure the paralysis of the through traffic. Business will be embarrassed, but the railroads will probably earn more. The cost of railroad transportation in this country is . lower than anywhere else in the world, and. that very fact has encouraged foreign investment in the stocks of roads which could return a profit after accommodating tbe public on such terms. 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