Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 January 1887 — Page 3

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JIB. MANNING'S BAD HEALTH

30 Is a Physical Wreck, with but Little Prospect of Ultimate Recovery. . He Goes to Ilis Office in the Treasury Building Every Day, tut Is Unable to Even Sign His Name Without Assistance. A Colored Man Who Wields a Potent Influence Among the Knights of Labor. Quiet and Snccessful Revival Work in the Brooklyn Tabernacle Under the Guidance of L. W. Munhall andliev. Dr. Talmage. SECRETARY MANNING. His Health Is Completely Wrecked, andThere Is but Little Hope of Recovery. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. New Yomc, Jan. 21). I was in Washington this week and found the politicians there as much puzzled as the financial men in this city are over the retention of Secretary Manning in the Cabinet Not because President Cleveland could find a better Secretary of the Treasury than Secretary Manning would be if his health was restored, but because it is now no longer a secret that he is a physical wreck, with very little hope, if he continues in office and tries to perform its duties, that he will ever recover. -The personal sacrifice he is required to make is, nnder the circumstances, greater than any man ought to be cailed upon for. I eay that his sad physical condition is no lon ger a secret, but I confess that I did not fully realize the true state of affairs until I had been in Washington several days and seen and heard things that had not got into the newspapers, His appearance at the President's reception last week was a painful spectacle to hi3 friends, who had not seen him before, latelv. but not less so than the anxiety, which she could not conceal, of Mrs. Manning, who watched him with the most tender solicitude all the time he remained, and seemed hardly able to keep her place in the line of the receiving party when he painfully withdrew. Adavortwo later Secretary Man ning gave a dinner party, and a solemn oc casion it was. One of the guests described him as sitting at the head of tho table almost a picture of death, a grim determination to go through the evening and do the honors creditaViy being written on every feature of hi3 coun tenance. Mr. Manning goes to hi3 office every day, bu really himbelf transacts very little of the gov ernment business. Assistant Secretary Fairchild and Solicitor-ereneral Jenks keep the machine running, and thy are both very competent of ficials. It is said that very little of the annua' Treasury report sent to Congress last month was the Secretary's work. Those portions re lating to the routine affairs of the department were prepared by the two gentlemen I have al ready named, ana those relating to tne more weishty matters of policy are attributed to Sidney Webster. Of course, the whole was reaoto Secretary Manningand had his approval, but he was not, then, and is not now, equal to the continued labor neccessary for the preparation of such a state paper. Secretary Manning does not even affix his signature to official papers. The Attorney-general has given an opinion that a fac-eimile of his name, stamped where it should be written, meets the requirements of the law, and a clerk, in the presence of tho Secretary, stamps his name . where his predecessors have written it. I bad heard of this, but I supposed, until I went to - Washington, that this expedient had been resorted to to save the Secretary from a fatiguing duty that has proved a heavy tax upon men in robust health. But tha fact is that, without assistance, Mr. Manning is unable to write his name. A very prominent gentleman having business with the Treasury Department received some official papers from the Secretary's office the other day which did not even have Mr. Manning's name stamped upon thorn. He sent his private secretary back with them with a request for the signature. Mr. Manning, supposine that the gentleman was particular to have the written name, said that h3 would try to accommodate him. So tho pen was placed between the Secretary's fingers, and then his clerk, taking hold of his hand, guided it over the paper. Secretary Manning is the victim of a system that is radically wrong, one that requires the head of a department to perform a vast amount of routine work that ought to bo completed by men in subordinate positions. If the Secretary cf the Treasury simply wrote his name upon all the papers that are, in theory, supposed to represent his personal action, it would be enough to give him writer's cramp in six months. But a conscientious man is unwilling to sign papers cf which he has net at least a vague idea of the contents, and it was the vain effort to know something of the business he was transacting and still not neglect the social and other duties of his po;ita-that broke down Secretary Man ning'B heilth. It will break down the health of any mwa -who does not possess an iron constitution. The men of ordinary physical strength who have been able to stand the strain simply Cidn't do the work. Z. L. White. DELEGATE FERROL, "A Colored Man Who Has Attained Imminence Among Knlghta of Labor. Qperial n the lmlianaDolIs Journal. New Yock, Jan. 29. Frank Ferrol, the new chairman of the Labor party convention, is s 6talwart specimen of the full-blooded African A little above medium height, very broad shouldered, with a short, thick neck, he looks like an ideal porter. IIi3 forehead is of about average breadth ahd height, his nose not so flat and spread out as i3 characteristic of most o his race, his lips thick and mouth extensive, his chin inclined to prominence. WThenhe emilea a good-natured expression can be seen tfeaminp through the phenomenal darkness of bii countenance, and his eyes and typical regro teeth glisten astonishingly. If his shortcropped hair turns white in his old age his ffiends will bo able to distinguish his mustache from his upper lip without getting athwart his profile and bringing the mustache between theobserver and a gas jet Ferrol is not a porter, but an eneineen he is employed in taking care of the engine of a high-toned apartment house, just north of Union square. He attained his prominence in labor affairs through his personal popularity in the union, "Eccentric Engineers," to which bis trade brought him. With his fe'l-low-engiceers bis popularity is due to a uniicrnily pleasant disposition, in which modesty WDrnibo ft 8t-rfns eJlTOent an to a faculty r public speaking. This latter is really not w remar liable as one would expect from

errol'g reputation. Ha is a fairly -well-

read man, and like all workingmen of to-day a good parliamentarian. His manner of speafcmg Is confident and . authoritative, though be offers little that is new in idea or especially happy in expression. When he loses his head a little, which any man in a labor meeting may be pardoned for, his utterance becomes thick and his phraseology obscure. His first real prominence was brought about by his advent as a del egate to the Central Latar Union. By the constitution of that body, the chairmanship is held for a week at a time by each union or association represented there, the office passing in rotation from one class of workmen to another. When it came the turn of the Eccentric Engin eers to name the chairman thev nut forward Perrol. The time was rioe for such an event: the workingmen had alreadv familiarized them selves with doctrines of equal rights for all, and u i-uen- cmuubiasm weicomea an opportunity 10 attest their sincerity. A much weaker man than t: erroi might have been boosted into the same prominence. His associates in the labor movement made him the emtoma of a nrinciDle. and. because of his color, he was treated with vastly more ravor and consideration than if he had been a white man. It will be remembered that he went to the Richmond convention of Knights as a delegate from District 49, of this city, and that wnen tne Hotels of the Southern city were closed against t'errol, all his colleagues deliberately took up quarters in boarding or private houses kept by colored people. That kind of petting is observed constantlv at home, and it sneaks well for the darky's sensible disposition that he is not made unbearably conceited by it He is one of the dozen men in the ranks of the labor party who command the close attention of the dele gates in their conventions when he rises to epeas. iney undoubtedly believe that he is a man of unusual ability, and respect him for it MUNHALL AND TALMAGE. A Revival Meetlne at Which Abont Two Hundred Converts Are Made Each Week. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. New York, Jan. 29. A religious revival is going on immensely in Talmage's Tabernacle, and members are being made at the rate of 200 a week. The pastor is hot doing the extra work himself, but has engaged a professional revival ist, L. W. Munhall. A revival meeting in the Tabernacle is a very quiet affair, however. Mr. Talmage opens the service with prayer, and then retires to a seat at the back of the platform, leaving the field clear for Mr. Munhall, a sturdy, athletic man in a pea-jacket, who speaks good English and argues like a lawyer. While he is urging the unregenerate to be saved, Mr. Tal mage sits with his legs crossed and his chin upon his hand, looking serious, and as though impa tient of his own inactivity in the revival. Occa sionally a point in the revivalists argument seems to strike him, and he busies himself for a moment with pencil and paner. When Mr, Munhall prays, the pastor's tall, gaunt form stretches itself out and gets upon its feet against the organ panels. One long hand 13 thrust insido the breast of his coat, and the other wanders around awkwardly outside until it finds a "button to catch hold of. Repose is not the normal state of that quaint face and ungainly figure, and the attitude is constrained and stiff, like a wooden Inuian. At the end of the prayer Mr. Talmage begins to edge toward the platform steps, and when the singing begins he furtively slides down and escapes into bis study, where he can unbend and chat with parishioner-s. The re vival goes on decorously. There is no shouting, no hysterical confessing of phenomenal deprav ity, no jumps. Mr. Munhall urees the wavering to engage in silent prayer, and the brethren go about quietly inquiring after the spiritual condi tion of strangers in the pews. Mr. Talmage comes out from his study with his overcoat col lar turned up and views the scene, but takes no active part in it, except when a penitent is led into the study. Then the famous smile breaks over the preacher's face, and he questions the convert and congratulates him. Mr. Munhall's work goes on without excitement, except of the mildest form, and before 10 o'clock Mr. Talmage comes out of the study and buttons his over coat, wnicn is tne signal that the meeting is over, and the people quietly go away. THE BLACKWOOD WIFE-MURDER. A Life Sentence Evidence Circumstantial A Trobable Appeal to the Supreme Court. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Brazil, Ind., Jan. 29. The jury in' the case of James Blackwood, charged with wife-murder, this morning returned a verdict of murder in the first degree, fixing the penalty at life im prisonment The jury bad been out seventeen hours, five of them holding out for hanging. The verdict was a surprise to many, and an appeal will likely be taken to the Supreme Court 1 he trial excited more interest in this com munity than any tor years oast, and a review appears to be called for. The murder was com mitted on the night of Nov. 15, the remains of the murdered woman being found next morning near the side of the public road leading from Cardonia to the Blackwood house, and in the edge of the village. The accused and the victim had been in Cardonia from 5 to 9 o'clock that night, and were both drunk when they left for home. The theory of the defense is that the murdered woman fell headlong and forward, mashing her nose and mouth, and that while caring for her the accused got blood on his hands and clothing. As she was unable to proceed, the two remained there some hours together, and were thus seen by a number of parties, as there was a dance in the village, and a general carousal, following pay-day, was on. At a late hour, his wife still being in a drunken stupor, and unable or refusing to proceed, Blackwood went home without her, a distance of about a mile, but sent his two sons, James and Tom, aged eighteen and fourteen re soectively, an hour later to bring hor home. As they neared the snot where she lav, two men sprang up from bv her side and ran away in op posite directions. When the sons reached their mother her clothing was disarranged and cov ered with blood, and she was groaning in agony. She told them to go home and care for the little children, as two men, unknown, had murdered her. She was then lying several feet from a pool of blood, whence she had been carried, and her weight was 17o pounds. A witness saw a man by the murdered woman, and heard her groan ing. He stopped, but being a boy, did not pro ceed to the spot, but hurried homeward. Going a few yards only be met the Blackwood boys, who, in reaching the spot, found two men there, who rose as referred. The woman, then, was doubtless murdered by men who had outraged her. and who desired to remove all evidence by inflicting iust the wounds they did. The perineum was lacerated, and the rectum torn loose and ruptured. They then carried ner from the spot, for 6he was Dot dragged, and the accused could not have carried her. Against this theory the State offered no evidence, and the conviction was reached on circumstantial evidence, implicating others equally with Black wood, with the exception of bloody garments. The court-house was crowded to its utmost capacity to hear the arguments. The defense was most ably conducted by Messrs. Holliday and Byrd, while the prosecution was notably weak, lhe verdiet, therefore, is aurpri3e. BiC Verdict Against a Railway. Milwaukee. Jan. 29. A special to the Even ing Wisconsin from Madison says the arguments . , . t : a. - n a in th greas railway buii oi oaran a. Ancei against the Chicago, Portage & Superior Rail road Company, for violation of contract, were concluded at 11 a. M. The amount involved is estimated at half a milliou. The jury rendered ict for the plaintiff for $331,905.50. A motion was made for a new trial Natural Gas at Muncie. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Munoie, Jan. 29. This morning the Muncie Gas Company sent the drill down in their first well, having concluded to go some deeper, as the drilling was 3topped in the first place at only,two feet in the rock. The tool worked sluggishly for some time, and it was nearly noon when the drill was doing any work. Six feet iu the rock

was reached, and the eras commenced to pour I

forth at a fearful rate, sending gravel and sand I to the top of the derrick in such quantities that i worn had to be suspended tor a time. Tne wen is a gusher in all that the name implies, and the

owners are much gratified over their find. There J A Ext)loit That "FvtArtpd Aflrnirntinn are three derricks being built at this time tori1"1 lUtih AloriLU AUimrdUUIl

the drilling or gas wens, and the people iiere think that we are in the field of gas in its largest quantities. ' . . CAMP-MEETING JOHN. A Feeble Imitation of Sam Jones, Who Has Met -with Great Suceess at Hartford City. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. I TT.nmsAnTv t, t. on T.of 5hk hpy, delighted to term himself, the Methodist evangelist who has been conducting the great religious revival at the, Methodist Episcopal Church in this citv, made bis last appearance. The church, though commodious, was taxed to its utmost capacity to accommodate the crowd which had assembled to listen to the evangelist In many respects Mr. Naugle is a remarkable man. He is small, though active, and possesses a face which is entirely devoid of beard. His age is - probably thirty years. In his talk he follows no particular line of thought, but speaks in a rambling, disjointed manner, and is not overly particular in his use of the King's English. Mr. Nau gle is a sort of a prototype of Sam Jones, and delights in the use of slang phrases. After the singing of several revival hymns the evangelist advanced to the pulpit and began his discourse for the evening. Taking a close sur vey of the congregation, the evangelist said: "I m a man of pluck, a man of common sense. Now, hear me. I don't believe in people coming here to have a picnic. If they do they need not be surprised if they meet with a vigorous kick from this quarter. At this juncture "Camp-meeting John" seized a small leather-bound Bible, and, waving is dramatically, exclaimed: ''Get a Bible; read it digest it. It will last as long as you live exactly. Don't be an ignoramus. I tell you, brother, that I have lost all sympathy with a young man or woman who has grown up to be an ignoramus. Why bother; they are hardly worth the powder that it would take to kill 'em. Don't read light, trashy literature: you can't afford it Whenever I touch upon a popular sin, there is a great kick raised, and I don't want to say it boastingly, but, brethren, there is mighty few things which comes uo in a pulpit but what I know something about So, if you want to use good English, read the Bible. Exactly: why am I a Methodist? How am I to know if I don't read the Bible! I won't be like the little eirl who wouldn't recite any more lessons from St. John. Why? you ask. Because St John defeated Blaine. It would be the toughest thing in the world for me to be anything else but a Methodist The devil believes in the Lord Jesus Christ, though he be a devil still. Now, hear me. I am here to preach the GosDel, and have preached it. What I have said I said publicly and aboveboard, and if the heavens fall and hell smashes up, I want to be true to God." The best of order was maintained, and the evangelist was listened to attentively throughout At the close of the sermon an invitation was extended to the congregation to come forward and shake hands with the evangelist, as he intended to take his departure on the 11:42 east-bound train. The congregation pressed for ward, and for over an hour the band-shaking was continued. Each and every one that came for ward shook the evangelist by the right hand, while with the left he dropped a coin , into bis hand until he was almost overwhelmed in a shower of tilver. Ihis has been one of the most remarkable revival meetings ever occurring in Hartford City, eclipsing in many respects the great revi val inaugurated by Mrs. Maria B. Woodworth two years ago. THE DEVIL'S SECTION. A Region in Indiana in Which Dark and Mys terious Crimes Have Been Committed. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. M ARTrNSVitY.Br," Ind. J an.29. Con siSerable" excitement has been caused in the southern edge of Morgan and the northern part of Monroe counties by the discovery of a human skeleton in the southern part of this county. The spot where the bones of the dead man were discovered is in one of the deepest and darkest gorges in Indiana, through which a man can travel for miles without seeing a glimpse of the sun. In this section grows 6ome fine timber, and buyers from different parts of the country are constantly buying and working it into 6pokes, staves, etc About three years ago there came into thi3 rough and wild country an Indianapolis man by the name of Armstrong, eneaged in buying spoke timber, bhortly after his arrival he mysteriously disappeared, and for a long time not the slightest clew could be discovered as to his whereabouts. As he had considerable money on his person, and had started out prospecting, and never returned, the citizens who lived in that part of the country concluded that he had been murdered and thrown into some of the deep, dark recesses of nature, and paid little or no attention to the circumstance at the time. Just why his relatives never investigated this matter none can explain. The gun which he had with him when he started prospecting is said to be m the possession of a man in that section. A detective is secretly working up the case, and the facts of tiis mysterious deed may yet be made public. Several years prior to this muroer a negro in this same section was hired to kill' a man by the name of Sox. He was afterward captured, and confessed his crime. But this does not end the crime, of this "Devil's Section." A wealthy Kentuckian who had come into this section to purchase land some years ago, gave up his life and what money he had accumulated in this same region, w nen ne was last seen he was riding in the direction of White river, and was never afterward heard of. His horse and saddle were found near the river the day following. A strong suspicion immediately settled upon a man of that community, who could not rest day or nieht after the sudden disappearance of the wealthy Kentuckian. He claimed he was bewitched or haunted, and soon wasted away to a mere skeleton. Many were there who believed in his stories of ghosts and "ghost-land," but some of the oldest residents believed him to have been mentally deranged by the burden of his crime, and that he died, leaving behind almost positive proof that he was a murderer. Shelby Joint Stock Agricultural Society. Special to the Indianapolis Journct. Shelbyville, Jan. 29. The stockholders of the Shelby County Joint Stock Agricultural As sociation met at the court-nouse, to-day, in an nual session. Treasurer Bishop offered his re port showing receipts amountine to $6,902.55, expenditures of $0,174.09, leaving a net balance on hand of $728. 4G. Among the assets is also a note of $1,800. A 10 per cent, dividend was ordered. The followine officers were elected: John Blessinsr. president; Henry Doble, vice-president; John Elliott, treasurer; L. J. Hackney, secretary; Redin Doran, superintendent; directors, Jacob Mutz, T. B. Anders, Nicholas Bailey. Jerre Dugan, Isom Wray, Jas. Haymond, G. W. Hill, George Holmes, John Tomlinson, George Kingsley. T. A. Cotton, H, B. Cole, G. W. Davis and E. H. Stanley. Suicide of a Disappointed Girl. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Elkhart, Jan. 29. Mies Achisah Huffman committed suicide at Millersburg last night, being found dead in bed this morning. She bad been disappointed in love, and this is the supposed cause of the deed. Killed by the Cars. Special to tho Indianapolis Journal. Bhazil, Ind., Jan. 29. A brakeman, Ed Owens, fell under the wheels of a Bee-line freight train at Carbon, at 9 o'clock this morning, and was instantly killed.

A KkI I. LI A NT KK A T 111? A U Tfl

. . vx xiuau.kj j from Longstreet and His Veterans. The Redeeming Feature That Accompanied the Frightful Fiasco Made by Gen.. Stoneman Inside the Confederate Lines. I ThA I m V lift"iGinn nn VVhih KnlWrKYor. SOll Recognized thC Confederacy, With Mention of His Earnest Efforts to Suppress the Rebellion by Talk The American Mob at the Chinese Minister's Rail. JIM BROWNLOW'S GALLANT DEED. A Feat of Arms That Excited the Admiration of Longstreet and His Men. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, Jan. 29. "I remember a splendid feat of arrr8,w said an old Senator to-day. "At the time General Stoneman made his awful fiasco while on a raid inside of the confederate lines, and surrendered his entire outfit, including himself, to a force inferior in numbers, made up, principally, of the hollyhock, sassafras, ginseng and hoop-pole forces, under the command of the Falstaff of the Rebellion Howell Cobb there was performed a feat of arms by a young soldier of East Tennessee which was unparalleled in the history of the war on either side, and one that called forth the applause of even Longstreet and the veterans he commanded. Finding himself, as he supposed, entirely surrounded by a superior force, Stoneman determined to surrender, though, for form's sake, he concluded to hold a council with his regi mental and brigade commanders. Among those commanding a regiment in Stoneman's force was young Jim Brownlow, son of Governor Brownlow, the fighting parson. When young Brownlow appeared before his commander, being the young est regimental commander present, General Stoneman informed him that he intended to surrender, and asked him what he thought of it Young Brownlow objected, and said that there was no necessity for it He was overruled, however, and then he demanded the privilege of cut ting bis way out with his regiment, if he could, for he and his men knew that if they were cap tured they could expect no mercy, for they would be treatedjas traitors to the South. However, he was told to cut his way out if he could. Sweeping the rebel circle with his field-glass he thought he could detect a weak place in it atone point Riding up to the head of his regiment, he announced to his men that they must either cut their way out or starve to death in a rebel prison, and asked them to decide at once what they would do. With a shout they demanded to be led again st the foe. Ordering his men to draw sabers and follow him, like a thunderbolt the one thousand mount aineers hurled themselves straight at the weak spot; but they were repulsed. Again they tried it, and again they were hurled back. Forming his men again for the third time, th fearless young leader told them that there, must be no more recoiling; that they must get out or die. Once more the charge was sounded, and straight as an arrow young Brownlow hurled himself and his men at the rebel line and broke it as a whirlwind.-, Longstreet came up just as the first charge was repulsed, and saw the whole affair from beginning to finish. He asked who the Union leader was, and was told. Then he in quired if Colonel Brownlow had been educated at West Point He was answered in the negative, when he said: "'That young man is a natural soldier, and that is the finest feat of arms I ever witnessed. Any regiment may break through an encircling line on the first charge and thus get away, but to be repulsed twice and still persevere, and succeed in the third effort, is a feat almost unparalleled in history of war.' The story of that dars gallant action will be remembered and rehearsed in the mountains of East Tennessee as long as the memory of the great Rebellion shall be preserved among men. Colonel Brownlow was a chip off the old block, sure. n INGERSOLL LN BATTLE. The Occasion on Which He Recognized the Confederacy Effect of Hit Eloquence. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, Jan. 29. "I served in Col. Bob Ingersoll's command," said a veteran at the panorama of Bull Run, this morning, "and whenover I want to have a good laugh I recall in my mind the incidents connected with his capture in Tennessee. I have seen somewhere a cruel paragraph to the effect that the Colonel surrendered very willingly, and I want to brand that falsehood for just what it is. A braver man I never saw in five years' service We were scattered over a good deal of territory surrounding a little village at the time the Colonel was taken and cared for by the Johnnies. We were in a skirmish at the time, and the Colonel was trying to get to a demoralized wing of his command. As he was passing through a series of cattlepens he was surrounded by a lot of confederates and commanded to surrender. But he didn't do it worth a cent He kept right on, running at break-neck speed. He was not so stout then as now, and as a pedestrian he waa no slouch. The bullets were flying about him thick as hail. If he could get to another branch of his command he felt that he could rally the boys and win tho fight. A number of his men saw that he was in great and imminent peril, and if he didn't surrender he would be killed, and yelled at him, at the top of their voices, to stop and surrender. He heeded, but I could see that he did so with regret and disgust Here is where the humor began. When the Colonel stopped, he threw up his hands and screamed out: " 'Stop firing! I'll acknowledge your old Confederacy!' "The Colonel was taken over to a store for safe keeping, and he proved to be a great curiosity. People flocked around him, and listened to his stories, laughed, and declared, they were having more fun than they ever had in their lives. That night the Colonel sat around that store till a goodly number of the rebels came in, and then he began to treat and tell yarns. Finally the crowd overflowed the place, and blocked the entrance to it Then the Colonel went outside, The boys were all feeling well under the potency oi woras ana.arinKs, and every man, woman and child within the sound of his voice loved him. Directly the Colonel was asked to make a speech. This was what he was workine for. and a minute later he was addressing the crowd: and it was a right rough crowd, too. No lecture that great orator has ever delivered had so much that was good in it. It fairly bubbled over with the miiK oi human kindness, lie pictured how re gretfully the North took up arms against the South, reminding his hearers that they had fired the first shot in the assault on Fort Sumter. Then he went off on slavery, placing the whites before him in the unfortunate light of the blacks a people with soola

and all the instincts of the whites,

bnt doMtredden for no cjther reason than tbe were black. He pictured the ravagBi Of eternity, when those who had held human souls in bondage were called before the isdement throne to be passed upon for deeds done in the flesh, w&8 ft touchfn eappeal an4 brought out stre it streams of tears and storms of applause from the very men who bad but a few hours before shot at and captured him. At a moment when the most pathetic touches were beine eiven his remarks, General Forrest, whose command had made the capture, rushed into the crowd all aglow with excitement, but not anger, and exclaimed: vuere. ingersoll. ston that speech, and 1 11 exchange you for a government mule.' "It was but a short time until Colonel Inger soll was paroled. He was demoralizing the whole of that command, and would have had it revolting against its commander had he been accorded him the first day." CHEEKY, ILL-BRED PEOPLE; The Crush at the Chinese Minister's BallNew Departure by People Who Entertain. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, Jan. 29. The ball at the Chi nese legation, on Thursday night, was the most conspicuous event this year in the social season. It was noteworthy in several senses. "Invita tions were limited and demands for them unprecedentedly large. The severest kind of pressure was brought to bear on Mr. Bartlett, the affable. dignified secretary to the legation, and a week before the event the cards were exhausted. Seven hundred invitations were issued, and nine hundred people were present Of these nine hundred, there were one hundred who, with un blushing and affluent effrontery, presented themselves without the faintest possible right Never was there a better-dressed, handsomer and more ill-bred crowd gathered together in this city of well-dressed, ill-mannered assem blages. There were twenty women for each man. The chairs and couches, the circular stairway, the doorways, the very walls were covered and lined with distrait-looking women who looked daggers at those who sailed by with a man. After a hearty h and-clasp from the suave minister of the Celestials the crowd surged through the spacious drawing-room and into the palm-adorned ball-room, where, at 10 oclock. the strains of a concealed and effective orchestra announced that dancing had begun. Forty peo pie danced on the slipperiest floor that ever was waxed, and four hundred people crowded around them, suggesting a gigantic cake-walk in all save the costumes. This human ring stood there with but slight alteration in its personnel throughout the night, and stared, and ogled, and made rancorous remarks. The courtly Mongo lians, who were all suavity and affability, did their level best to clear the room so that those who wished to dance might do so, but after an hour's vain effort gave up their unerateful task. When, at 11 o'clock, the supper parlor was thrown open the rush thither was like that in a newsboy's home, and for two hours there was a line eight deep struggling, pushing and crowd ing, and it was only after the table was stripped of everything edible and drinkable that the swell mob retired. At 1 o'clock the crowd began to diminish, and the first enjoyment of the night was experienced by those who remained. The night will mark the beginning of an era in matters social at the Capital. The presence of so many unbidden guests, the wanton vul garity and exceedingly bad manners of many. added the last bale of straw to the. load of abused entertainers. A movement which had its origin in the dawn of Wednesday morning, in a group oi prominent people who were in censed at the developments of the preceding night, has already grown to the point that official and diplomatic hosts publicly assert that no one will in future be admitted at their enter tainments unless the card of admittance, which will accompany all future invitations, shall be shown. Lists have to be carefully scrutinized and largely reduced, and all who act like coal beavers and fish-women will have ended their careers in the official and diplomatic entertainments of he town. So offensive had this intrusive nuisance become that Mrs. Cleveland was, on Thursday, forced to announce that her card mornings were at an end. She looked upon them as an opportunity to meet those whose acquaintance she wished to cultivate, but when several hundred people rushed in upon her, as though it was a public reception. she, after those experiences, gave up as hopeless any attempt to carry out her wish. MINOR MATTERS. The Woman's Christian Temperance Union Weakening Itself by Political Action. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, Jan. 29. It seems that the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, which once wielded such a potent influence on Con gress and other legislative bodies a few years ago, has retrograded in its standing here by dabbling in politics. For months this organiza tion has flooded the lower house with petitions praying for the passage of the Blair educational bill. Some members have received these signed by a majority of the women in their districts, and they are impressive ordinarily, as the women of the country even now control elections in many places for Congress. But these petitions are not worth the paper they are written on," said a far Western mem ber this morning, "and what I say I have heard two dozen members say. There are fifty members on this floor now, and there will be twice as many in the Fiftieth Congress, who have felt the influence of the Woman's Christian Temper ance LniOn in their elections, and the conse quence is they are all opposed to it, and will not only not pay respect to the requests it makes, but win do the opposite to that which is asked. Now, I myself, would do nothing to please this organization, simply because it meddles in poli tics, when its domain is m Christian work. Whenever a church, temperance or other similar organization meddles with politics it not only loses its prestige in the halls of Congress and legislatures, but with all statesmen and poli ticians." I have heard such expressions from a number of sources, and there may be a grain q wisdom in it . Four Were Total Abstainers. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, Jan. 29. In a committee-room of the Senate, six Senators met the other day to celebrate a joyful event which occurred affecting one of the number. A splendid lunch was spread, and it included sn abundance of champagne, Jthe popular beverage in Washington. To the amazement of the host four of the six turned down their glasses and refused to drink, even to his health. He swallowed his chagrin with his wine, and finally sought to cheer his temperate friends with cigars. Although the finest brands were at hand, only two of the party smoked. Again the eyes of the host podded, and he was constrained to remark: uentiemen, i oeseecn oi you to never sav an.?in . V 8 elDmontot temperance." "Because, ' he replied, "my constituents would believe it was a lie, and that all of us got drunk." There are quite a number of temperate men in the Senate, but if fifty parties Of this size were selected at random it is not probable that in one of them would there be found so mauy teetotallers as were in this little one. The Bond Between Adams and Hepburn. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, Jan. 29. When Charles Francis Adams, the well-known lawyer, of Boston, appeared before' and addressed a sub-committee of the House committee on judiciary, the other day, Representative Hepburn, of Iowa, one of the prominent members of the committee, requested a personal introduction to the distinguished advocate. Afterward Mr. Hepburn explained why he did so. Many years ago Adams's grandfather had Hepburn's grandfather thrown into prison for libeL While languishing there Hepburn's ancestor was elected to Congress, and an appeal was made to the grandfather for the liberation of the pria -

oner, bnt the renneat wan refused. And the CrfiM

fiSressman - elect bad to lay odt the period of du ration. 'And now," said Colonel Hebb urn. "tha grandsons meet on a common level where the" : forefathers fought out their political battles. H' mates a bond between us ox a peculiar, but, I - must say, cordial character." Candidate for the Liberfan Mission. Washington, Jan. 29. Rev. A. E. P. Albert, of New Orleans, Eastern secretary of the Meth odist Book Concern, arrived in this city to day to nrge his application for the Liberian mission. Mr. Albert is a colored man of education and . good standing, and brings strong recommendations from prominent clergymen in Louisiana. ' He is recommended by Governor McEnery, ana has the support of the entire Louisiana congres sional delegation. . Mrs. Emmons Not Insane. Washington, Jan. 29. The jury in the Em mons lunacy trial rendered a verdict that Mrs. Emmons is sane and capable of managing bee own affairs. General and Personal. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, Jan. 29. The nomination of Capt John E. Ban ta, to be postmaster at Mun cie, has been referred to Senator Sawyer, of Wis consin, sub-committeeman of the Senate committee on postoffices and post-roads. No objec tion has yet been made to confirmation, and it is believed it will be reported for action early text week. Miss Mabel Ward and Miss Lucy M. Ward, of Indiana, have been appointed to $900 position: in the Treasury Department, under the civil service rules. THE FISn-BAIT WAR. Rumor that British Men-of-War Will Speedily Appear Unless a Settlement Is Reached. Ottawa, Ont, Jan. 29. It i3 positively stated in official circles here to-night that the British government has. in accordance with an appeal from the Dominion Cabinet. given Sir John MacDonald assurance that if the fishery trouble is not settled before the fishing season opens, they will dispatch several of their men-of-war to cooperate with the Dominion cruisers in enforcing the fishery regulations. This is the important communication to which reference was made a few days ago. that Sir Charles Tunner was bearing from the British gov ernment, and which he laid before the Cabinet on Wednesday last, on bis return from England. A similar course was pursued by the British government in 1870, before the treaty of Washington was signed. Sir John MacDonald declines to confirm or deny the report A Cabinet Minister, speaking on the subject, expressed himself as follows: "I have come to the conclusion that American legislators, having gone so far, will never yield their consent to the appointment of a commission. Gloucester fishermen will not venture into our waters again in force, and next April will witness the first startling falling off in their trade. Two years hence the splendid Yankee fishing fleet will be a thing of the past Let them resort to retaliation if they will, and the result will be that the game will work both ways. Portland, now a winter port of Canada, will decline, while Halifax, under the new order of things, will flourish., Civil war between the Eastern and Western States would follow the adoption of a retaliatory bill." Northern Ohio Anxlona for War. Cincinnati, O., Jan. 29. A special from Co lumbus to an afternoon paper cays: "Governor Foraker is constantly receiving letters from citi zens of Ohio asking that, in view of the threatening attitude between this country and Canada, permission is given to raise militia companies. The latest letter is from Homer J. Lake, of Tiffin, who asks authority to enroll the ablebodied men of Seneca into defensive horn guards, as northern Ohio would be the grand theater of the struggle." FATAL COLLISION. Accident on the Louisville Si Nashville Rail way Ten Persons Reported Killed. Chattanooga, Tenn., Jan. U9. A special to this city from Decatur, Ala.. savs: "A collision occurred on the Louis ville & hvilla railroad, fifteen miles, south of ) this afternoon, between a freight and an e. ress train. It is estimated that at least ten persons were killed, two of whom, Mr. McDermott and a son of the baggage agent 4t Decatur, are known. Unly meager particular have been received, as the collision occurred in Blount county, distant from a telegraph office.1 Horrifying: Features of the Bohle Murder. IJew Youk, Jan. 29. The remains -of th butchered German, August Bohle, reached this. city this morning. They were taken to the morgue and examined by the coroner. The feet had been cut off just above the ankles, the flesh, having been carefully cut around with a razat and the bone sawed into with a moat saw. Th4 legs had been cut from the trunk in the same way at the thickest part of the thigh, just below the hip joint. Even in cutting the head off, a saw had been used to sever the spinal column. The cut was made across the cervical vertebra. and if the head should be found, tha greater part of the neck will be found with it The left arm had been amputated at the shoulder, but the right arm was in its place. The little fingef of the right band had been severed by the sur geons who performed the autopsy in Maryland. It was apparently thi3 finger which was stiff and permanently bent Examination of this finger showed three scars that indicated that the tendous had once been cut, in which case tho finger would remain stiff. The trunk was not opeaed. It will be photographed after being pieced together and set upon a pedestal. Afterward, the post-mortem examination will be completed. The stomach is still in Baltimore, but is expected here to-day. The police are stil searching for the head, which will settle the question of identity. Senatorial. Charleston, W. Va., Jan. 29. The Legislature, in joint assembly, to-day enst its fifth bal lot for United btates benator. lhe vote is as I f0nows: Camden, 37; Wilier, 32: Burictt (green backer), C; Judge Johnson, 4: John Brannon, 3; A. F. Hammond. Z; trovernor nson, ll. (JL Simms and L. S. Newman, 1 each. Austin, Tex., Jan. 29. The dead-lock In tho Legislature over the election of a Sena tor to succeed General Maxey continued unbroken. At noon to-day the fourteenth ballot was taken nnd resulted a follows Reagan, 54; Maxey, 45; Ireland. 35. Threa members did not vote. This i3 a loss of five votes for Maxey, while Reagan's total is unchanged andi Ireland gains two. In the fifteenth and sixteenth ballots Reagan lost one vote and Ireland gained one. The seventeenth ballot resulted: Reagan, 51; Maxey, 4G; Ireland, 3G; Congressman Culberson, 1. The eighteenth ballot resulted: Reagan. 52; Maxey, 48; Ireland, 33; Senator Bureoss, L The nineteenth and twentieth ballots showed unimportant changes. The twenty-first ballot resulted: Reagan. 56; Maxey, 4(5; Ireland, 32. A motion that the Senate withdraw from the joint session was defeated twice, but prevailed tha third time by one majority. An adjournment was taken until 10 o'clock Monday. Iron. Potash, and the best vegetable altera tlves, render Ayer's Sareaparilla unequalcd 04 JV. ' blood medicine