Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 March 1887 — Page 2

THE HnJIAITAPOI.IS JOimNAL, WEDNESDAY. M1BCH 10, 1887.

refreshments. The status will be unveiled the next morning, and on the occasion there will be a procession, in which all the military organizations here will be invited to participate. In the atUmooo thre will be an excursion to Mount Vernon and Marshall Hall, and at the latter place the excursionists will enjoy a planked-sbad dinner. The executive committee having charge of all local arrangements consists of General Albert Ordway. chairman; General N. L. Anderson. Colonel John Hay and General Mussey. The following sub-committees have been appointed: On the Unyilinx of the Statue Colonel J. M. Wilson chairman; Edward McCanley. John A. Baiter, lieutenants; A. Marix and G. I. Dver, of the navy, and Lieutenant J. H. Derail and Captain I. Oriffin, of tb army. Finance Committee About fifty citizens, with John W. Thompson, chairman. Entertainment CoL J. C. McKibbin, Capt. L. L. Blake, H. H. Dodge, superintendent, of Mount Vernon; F. 11. McGuire wid Wm. E. Clarke. Symposium Col. S. C. Kellogg, of General Sheridan's staff; Col. G. C. Kniffin, Coaries Thompson, J. C Squires and John E. Wevss. Hal-sand Decorations Captain John F. Rodgers, Capt. E. B. Town send, Capt. J. T. Dver, CoL Robert Boyd. J. M. Smithmeyer and Charles Ebert. Transportation and Hotels Col. It. P. Wright, Gen. H. MacFeely. 1. O. Smith, Robert A Parker, of the Pennsylvania railroad; Frank Trigg and James L. Tavlor. Press and Printing Maj. J. M. Carson. P. V. Degraw. E. H. H. Godwin, II. L. West, J. Y. Potts and W. E. ltingwalt. EDUCATIONAL INTERESTS. Proceedings of the Firt Day's Session of the Meet! lie of School Superintendents. Washington, March 15, The annual meeting of the Department of Superintendence, Natior.nl Educational Association, began this morntag in the hall of the National Museum. The president, Hon. Charles S. Young, of Carson City. Ne v., called the assembly to order. Mr. Yonne Introduced District Commissioner Webb, who delivered the address of welcome. Mr. Young, in replying to the address of welcome, said he regretted to see suggestions that this department should meet in the summer time with the National Association. The department should not be overpowered by the many, who are only gazers on In the work of education. This department, he insisted, should continue to be the body to which the people should look for counsel on educational matters. This should bo the educational senate. Through the work of this department the National Educational Association was established in advance of all similar bureaus In other countries. Still, the work of the department was just begun.

The lack of uniformity in States in granting certificates, and on other subjects, demanded attention. In education, he said, lies the security of the whole people. Six million of our people over tea years of age can neither read nor write. This condition will exist until aid is afforded by the legislators who assembled at the Capitol, but who seemed to assemble in every other interest except the educational interest. He referred to expenditures for public education in France, Germany, Holland and other countries. There was nothing in their history against government aid to the national nurseries of science and learning. After referring to Washington's plea for a national university in this city, Mr. Young said the only real inspiration of the last session of Congress seemed to be "millions for defense, but not one cent for education." Not even the corner-stone of Washington s ideal university had yet been laid. There may soon be a demand for a great normal school. The State institutions could not meet the demand for trained teachers. Ho referred to the work carried on by existing scientific bureaus of the government, and asked whether there was any better reason for aiding such science than for promoting the science of pedagogy. He referred to the fate of the Blair bill as a defeat of the will of the people. These and other reasons explained why they met at the national capital this year, and would meet here for many years to come to discuss national questions. City Superintendent P. S. Campbell, of Oakland, Cal.. then spoke on public education on the Pacific coa-.u. He dwelt at some length on night schools and their advantages, and called attention to the needs of a large class which they met. In the earlier days of the settlement of the West, he said, the East was, as a matter of course, far ahead of the West in its facilities fttvl its system of education; but he felt to-day that the West had profited by the example of thei East in reaching out for the very best educational facilities possible. An interesting discussion followed, led by S. D. Waterman, of Stockton, Cal., and Prot J. P. Fogg, of Eureka, Nev. In the afternoon Dr. A. J. Ryckoff talked on "A Teacher's Certificate. " The discussion that followed was led by Hon. W. W. Jones, of Lincoln, Neb., and M.E.'Hard, of Galiipolis. O. Among the members present to-dav were Hon. L. D. Brown, of Columbus. O.; W. H. Bartholomew, of Louisville; Hon. B. S. Morgan, of West Virginia; H. S. Jones, of Erie, Pa.; O. A. Lotham, of Danville, I1L; A. G. Lane, of Illinois; W. H. Anderson, of Wheeling, W. Va; Mrs. M. D. Haynie, of the Illinois State Normal School; B. S. Morgan, of Charleston, W. Va.; Warren Easton, of Baton Rouge, La.; H. W. Compton, of Toledo, O.; J. C. Ellis, of Chicago; Miss Mary Desha, of Kentucky: Mrs. Julia N. Clark, of Tennessee, and Belle Wilbur, of Maple Rapid?, Mich.: The officers of the department are: Hon. Cha?. S. Young, of Nevada, president; Superintendent N. C Dougherty, of Peoria, 111., vicepresident and superintendent; Charles C. David son. of Alliance, O., secretary. The evening session was held in conjunction with the American Institute of Civics. The subiect for discussion was "Civil Service and Pubic Schools." The principal address of the evening was delivered by Hon. Leroy D. Brown, State Commissioner of Common Schools of Ohio. At present, Mr. Brown said, the almost univer sal practice was to elect school trustees. It seemed to him that some modification of the present method of choo3ing boards of education should be adopted. The time had come when the department of superintendence should seek to discover and apply a remedy. An "intelli gent," or, if not that, then at least a "character qualification," should govern in the selection of school trustees. Mr. B. S. Morgan, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, of West Virginia, deplored the partisan prostitution of public schools, and said reform was necessary in examinations, tenure of office for teachers, and unification of work. Superintendent of Schools George G. Luckey, of Pittsburg. Pa., said the trouble was that Tings' controlled the election of trustees, and tost tne remedy lay with the people. Dr. II. R. Waite, of Boston, president of the Association of Civics; Thomas P. Ballard, of Columbus, O.: W. H. Anderson, superintendent Of schools of Wheeling, W. Va.; J. D. Hale, of Washington, and Dr. A. P. Marble, superintend ent 01 schools or Worcester, Mass.. also gave their views on the question. Dr. Marble took the eround that things were by no means as bad as they had been pictured. CLEVELAND'S PLAN. lie Will Slake a Mighty Effort to Swap Indi ana for Massachusetts. "Washington Special to Louisville Conrier-Jonrnal. The administration intends to make a mighty effort to carry Massachusetts next falL This was decided upon some time since. Two months go an Indiana Democrat was told by a promi nent member of the administration that Indiana would bo swapped for Massachusetts. "We know that we can carry Massachusetts easier than we can carry Indiana, and propose to do it," he said. The President is deeply interested in .this move, ne receives great eucouragement daily from the mugwumps of that State, and is talking fair with all the elements over there which are arrayed against the Republican party. Ho expects his ornamental Secre tary of War to hold np the aristocratic eide of the Democracy, and Pat Collins and Lovering to take care of the "bovs in the trenches. The dinner of the Bay State Club "Saturday night was a preliminary wtep to the programme. The nntoa between the Democrats -And mugwumps in Massachusetts is to be one . and inseparable. They are to have all the offices, and the honors aro to be easy. The

Globe, of Boston, is to preach Jeffersonian De

mocracy, and the Herald, of Boston, Curtis mugwumpery. When the President was in Boston last fall be was dazed at the cordial and enthusiastic greetings he received, and he was at that time assured that the old Bay State was largely for him and his policy. It was then he conceived the idea to set about to carry the State at the coming election, being satisfied that if be did so it would be a big boom for his reno mi nation. This looks like tbe abandonment of all the Western States in 1888 to the Republicans, and the fight of the Democrats being made for New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts and the 'Solid South." But can the Democrats carry Massachusetts, and will tbe South be solid for Mr. Cleveland? Quite doubtful. Massacbuseets has heretofore been reliably Republican in its electoral vote, and as for the "Solid South," the situation in North Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia is not encouraging. The impression here is that tbe Indiana Democrats have lost their grip on the State, and it will slip away from them next year. This impression may be wrong, but it certainly exists in administration circles, and several Indiana Democrats holding high places here admit that the outlook in Hoosierdom is unsatisfactory to them. But even if this is true, it is bad politics for the administration to make a deal having for its object the sacrifice of a gallant Democratic State iike Indiana in the hope of securing an old mugwump concern like Massachusetts. ONE OF GROTEE'S P. BPS. A West Virginia Office Turned Into a Pest Hole, and the Incumbent a Freak. Washington Special. A District man went out to Berryville, W. Va, tbe other day to buy some horses, and relates a fucny experience. He asked a man where the postoffiee was. "If you want to see tbe postmaster," said the Berryville man, T11 see him for you. We don't like strangers to see him." "But I must see him myself," replied the horse dealer. "We'd rather you would not, but if there is no help for it well, he's a hard-looking citizen. President Cleveland appointed him against the protest of the most respectable portion of this community." The direction was given, and the horse trader soon saw the reason why tbe citizens of Berryville were ashamed of their postmaster. He had a rude cot in his office made of poles, and on it were a straw tick and blankets that gave a stable-like odor to the place. The man himself had no nnder-lids to his eyes, which gave a very lugubrious expression to his countenance. He was not to blame for that, but the whole place was filthy and offensive to everybody coming for mail or having any business with the agent of Uncle Sam. "It was worre than my stable," said the horse man, "and a disgrace to a town of some twelve hundred people." MTXOK MATTERS. Congressman Henderson Thinks an Extra Session Will Be Necessary in the Fall. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, March 15. General Henderson, of Illinois, is the only member of the river and harbor committee who has not expressed himself as in favor of an immediate call for an extra session. "The failure of the deficiency bill," said General Henderson, "has caused a great deal of embarrassment in many of tbe departments, and it would certainly be very much better for the government if some provision could be made for tbe failure of Congress to get this bill ready for tbe President's signature before the adjourn ment; but it is hardly likely that the President will think it necessary to call Congress together simply because this one imperative bill failed. There certainly ought to be some provision made," he continued, "for carrying on .the works of improvements of the rivers and harbors of the country. The St Mary's Falls canal and the short cut across Keweenaw point should be put into shape immediately, for the benefit of the commerce of the lakes. There are a number of harbors in this country, besides, which will be badly damaged before the new appropriation can be made; still, it is not likely that the Presi dent will care to call Congress together to reenact a bill which he vetoed. On the whole, I can see no immediate necessity for an extra session, but I think it quite likely that there may be such a necessity before the 1st of October." Senator John Sherman's Wife. Washington Special. Senator Beck's wife died just as Senator Sherman was about to start South. The latter said to his wife, "If I should die where would you prefer to live iu Washington or at Mansfieldr Mrs. Sherman promptly answered: "In Mans field, of course." At this her husband expressed much surprise, saying: "We have no relatives now at Mans field, so I wonder you would prefer living there, as you have spent so much time in Washington." Mrs. Sherman insisted that she liked countrv life so much better than that of any city that she would not hesitate a moment about settling at Mansfield, if left to choose her own place of residence. Mrs. Sherman is the one woman not so fasci nated with Washington life as to feel disposed to linger in any event at any cost, as ie the case with most of the men and women who have spent any time, long or short in official life in Washington. Mr. and Mrs. Sherman have been here continuously for over thirty-one years ever since be came as a member or the House of Representatives in December, 1855. She has probably - been longer, continuously, in Wash ington society, as the wife of a public man, than any other lady now in the national capital. She is still one of the most modest unaffected and kindly natured of women, always thoughtful for the eomfort and pleasure of others, and as devoted to her husband as she was when she first came here, a bashful bride. She was so much in company with her husband that that veteran in society, the wife of John J. Crittenden, of Kentucky, told her if she was so constantly seen with her husband she would be "talked about" in Washington. Error In the Interstate-Commerce Bill. Washington Special. It was learned to-day from an authoritative source that by a clerical error one seetion of the interstate-commerce law was enacted in a form very different from that intended. The error was one of transposition of clauses. In the bill, as finally agreed upon in the conference, there was the following: Nothing in this act shall bo construed to prohibit the issuance of mileage, excursion or commutation passenger tickets. In ibe final copying and revision of the bill two clauses were transferred, so that this pro vision read as follows: Nothing in this act shall arolv to the issuance of mileage, excursion or commutation passenger tickets. The mistake was not discovered until recently. There is, as will readily be perceived, a great difference between the provision intended and the one enacted. In tbe former the exemption is limited: in the latter it is unlimited. By the lat ter it f.eems as if all passenger business was ex empted from the operation of the law, but this interpretation is at variance with other portions of the law, which plainly apply to passenger traffic. One of the first questions brought before the board will be the construction to be put upon this section. Mr. Windom's "Frevlonsaess." Washington Special. The mushroom candidaey of ex-Secretary Windom for the chairmanship of the Interstatecommerce Commission died as quickly as it be gan. His friends are wondering what Windom will undertake next His Topolobampo railroad has received a quietus, and, with the death of Captain Eads, his services for the Teh nan tepee ship railway will come to an end. Mr. Windom's ruling passion is to seize time and everything else by the forelock. It will not be long before he will reach out after some new prize. When he was nominated for the presidency by his State in 1880, his previous way of accomplishing .results captured the State convention before the Blaine men knew what was .going on. Bill King, the old Postmaster of the House, and

Governor Davis, now Senator, were Blaine managers and thought they had things all their own way. When Windom had played his cards and secured a pledged delegation. King and Davis went out behind the opera-house, where the convention was held, and looked each other in the eye. "Bill," said Davis, is Windom in earnest! - He hasn't a ghost's shadow of a chance of getting the nomination." "In earnest!" screamed King back. 'In earnest! Why, he's already engaged in writing his second inaugural." Embezzler Pardoned. Washington, March 15. The President has granted a pardon to J. J. C. Dougherty, who was convicted of embezzling money-order funds amounting to $3,336, and sentenced Oct 6. 1884, to three years' imprisonment in the Baltimore city jail, and to pay a fine equal to the amount embezzled. The pardon was granted upon "the recommendation of the judge who sentenced the convict, and the present district attorney, the postmaster under whom he seryed, and the sureties of the convict and other persons, and because of his good character before sentence; his contrition for his offense, his service of more than three-fourths of his term, his advanced age and feeble health, tbe condition of his family, the restitution to the government of the money he embezzled, and bis confession of hi3 crime." Patents for Indianians. 8peeial to the Indiananolis Journal. Washington, March 15. The following patents were issued to Indiana inventors to-day: Jonathan Chalfant, Bluntsville, cultivator; Greer W. Davis, New Albany, apparatus for producing stage effects: Ned E. Hildreth, Decatur, tubular well valve; Noah Hollinger, Goshen, grain separator; Joseph H. Martin, Bloomington, mole trap; Charles McNeal, Mishawaka, boring machine; James L. Townley, Vincennes, coin counter, with automatic locking device; William Weber, Evansville. roller knife;

Charles Wittenberg, Indianapolis, return attach ment for telephone toll collectors; Edmund toller, Indianapolis, cuff bolder. General .Notes. Washington, March 15. The First Comptroller of the Treasury has decided that no por tion of the interest of the fund of $250,000 ap propriated by Congress for the education of the blind can be used in the purchase of embossed books and tangible apparatus for the education of the blind, made elsewhere than at the American Institute for the Blind, in Louisville. Ky. The President to-day signed the commission of Chauncey Schultz as assistant treasurer at bt Louis. He has been instructed to file his bond at tbe Treasury Department. It is expected that he will tase charge of tbe office on the 19th. A count of the cash and securities in the sub-treas ury will be made by a force of treasury experts in charge of Assistant Cashier Meline. HENRY GEORGEISM. The Originator of the Free-Land Theory Ex plains What lie Means by It. XT. A, MacB.'s Interview with Sir. Georce. "What is your idea of Henry Georgeismr he asked. I frankly told him that, without knowing much about it, I had been given to understand that he proposed to take all the land of the country and divide it up between mankind. "How foolish," he said, "such a ehimerical notion. I am not going to divide up anything. I do not propose to upset any laws or disturb any titles. My belief is that there is land enough in everv country to support the people. Now, I propose to have everything in the way of taxation done away with, except on land. Yes, it would even include free rum. It you tax only land, and lt the improvements go untaxed, you do not offer an incentive to either individu als or corporations to acquire large tracts of land. They would not naturally want more land than an amount necessary for personal use. Now what makes land valuable? You eo out in the wilds of the West and build a palace in the wilderness. The fact that you have put a pal ace on the land does not add to its value until contiguous to you other improvements follow. Then your land increases in' vaLue. My plan is to tax land as it improves, because V - the im provements put upon it, equal to the rental of the improvement. As a comprehension of the plan, I will relate in epitome what I told David Dudley Field in a conversation I had with him on the subject. The State should tax the soil and the soil only; that, in doineso, it should consider the soil as it came from the hands of the Creator, without anything that man has put upon it; that all other property (in short, everything that man has made) is to be acquired, en joyed and transmitted as at present; that the rateo annual taxation shall equal the rate of annual rental; that the proceeds of the tax shall be applied, not only to the purpose of government, but to any other purpose that the Legislature may deem desirable, even to diviaine them among the people at so much a bead. This is what some call confiscation of laud to the state. "But, Mr. George," I said, "how do you propose to support the ordinary operations of the general government under your systeml" "It can be provided for easily. The States could contribute so much each year, say accord ing to the value of the land within them. I would, however, reduce tho ordinary expenses of the government to the minimum. I would have done with the army of office-holders made necessary now to collect tbe revenues of the government Do away with all taxation, save on the value of land, and you sweep out of office the battalions now in." "How would you support tho armv and navy!"1 I queried. "Whv, God bless you " he said, "I wouldn't have any army or navy. What government proposes to interfere with Ufl We ought to abolish both organizations, and thus set an ex ample to other nations of our civilization. We are in no danger. I remember when I lived in California I used to strap to my back a revolver for protection. I didn't need it As a government, we need no army with guns, or navy. either. I am opposed, likewise, to the appropri ation of the revenues of the eovernment to seacoast defenses. We are a nation of peace." "What would you do with the public lands!" I asked. "I would let the people take them. They are of no value until they are improved. Give the people the lands as a free gift, and I would not tax them at all until by reason of eontiguity of improvement they became of value. To a train revert to my conversation with David Dudley Field, he asked me this question: 'A man that goes into the Western country and takes up land, paying the government price, and does nothing to the land, how is he to be taxd?' "To this I answered Mr. Field: I would tax that man as heavily as the man that has taken a like amount of land and improved it Oar present system is unjust and injurious in taxing the improver and letting the proprietor go. Settlers take up land, clear it, build houses and cultivate crops, and for thus adding to the general wealth are immediately punished by taxiug awav their improvements. "This taxation is escaped by the man that lets his land lie idle, and, in addition to that, he is generally taxed less upon the value of his land than are those who have made their land valuable. All over the country land in use is taxed more heavily than unused land. This is wrong. The man that holds land and neglects to improve it keeps away somebody that would, and he ought to pay as much for the opportunity he wastes as the man that improves a like opportunity. For such reason I would tax the farmer whose farm is worth $1,000 as heavily as I would tax the adjoining proprietor who, witn tne same qnanity or land, bas added improvements worth one hundred times $1,000. The improvements made by the capitalist would do no harm to the farmer and would benefit the whole community, and I would do nothing to discourage them. Fighting: for High License. Albant. N. Y., March 15 In the Assemble. to-night, after a prolonged strusrgle, a bill to es tablish a high liquor license id this State was ordered to a third reading, by a party vote Re publicans for. Democrats against Correct Chicane Journal. There are plenty of people to do the world's work by working six days in the week. No man or woman should be required to work seven. Hk talked as if he had a '"frog in his threat," bat he was only hoarse: a sioele bottle of Dr. Bull's Cough ST1X9 relieved he trouble at once; i cents.

INDIANA AND ILLINOIS NEWS

A Quarrel Over a Disputed Account Ends in the Murder of an Aged Farmer. Coal-Miner Falls Under a Moving Train and Is Instantlj Killed Mysterious Disappearance of a Schoolgirl Gleanings. INDIANA. Dispute Over Twenty Dollars Results in the Murder of an OJd Man. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Lebanon, March 15. At a late hour to night a report was received here of a murder committed near the village of Dover, in Jefferson township, this county. Ira Alexander, nearly seventy years of age, was shot by Thomas Hartman, a young man and a neighbor of Alexander's. The difficulty arose over the settlement of some timber-clearing work, in which the sum of $20 was involved. The killing was done with a shotgun, which produced a horrible wound, from which the entrails protruded, and death followed within an hour. No arrest has been made np to this writing, and full particulars have not been received. The Madison Connty Democratic Organ. Special to the Indianapolis JonrnaL Akdeksojt, March 15. The -Anderson Democrat, the organ of the Democracy of Madison county, was purchased, to-day, by ex-Secretary of State Myers, who takes possession after the issue of the paper next Friday. CoL J. B. Maynard, of Indianapolis, will become editor, while Captain Myers wiU look after the business of the office. The consideration includes $1,400 in cash and a couple of pieces of city property owned by Mr. Myers, in all about $4,000. The Democrat has had a checkered career of late, and in the past three years has changed ownership five or six times. Cant W. J. Hilligoss, who came here from Huntington, last winter, to take editorial management of the paper, is now in Washington, having abandoned bis position here for a clerkship in the Pension Department . Struck by a Manacled Prisoner. Special to the Indiaaapolia JonrnaL Columbus, March 15. A rather exciting incident happened on the J., M. & L train just this side of Edinburg, last evening. The notorious Henry Underwood was on the train in charge of an officer who was taking him from the northern prison to North Vernon as a witness in a trial there. He was heavily ironed and was standing up when Harry Webster, on whose evMence, chiefly, he was convicted, passed down the aisle, not noticing or recognizing Underwood. When passing, the latter struck him a square blow in the face with both his manacled hands, cutting a severe gash and almost felling him to the floor. The officer forced underwood to ta&e his seat and prevented any further violence, but the incident created quite a commotion in the car. Marion's Latest and Best Gas Well. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Marion, March 15. The new gas well opened at this place last Saturdav evening, promises to develop into a genuine wonder. Up to last evening experts pronounced it the equal of any well in the State. Thia morning the drill was let down and the well was sunk a foot deeper. Tbe work was done with difficulty, owing to the extraordinary rush of gas. When the drill was withdrawn a gennine volley of pebbles and pulverized Trenton rock was thrown nearly a hundred feet high. A two inch pipe was attached, and the current was ignited. The flame leaped up forty feet, and burned without smoke or odor. 1 Arranging for n G. A. 11 Reunion. Special tc the Indianapolis Journal. Marion, March 15. Representatives of the Grand Army posts composing the soldiers' asso ciation of Grant, Madison, Delaware and Black ford counties, met here to-day, to perfect arrangements for a reunion and encampment, to be held next summer. A large number of veterans from a distance wero present. It was decided to bold the encamp ment at the fair crounds, at this place, Tuesday. vednesday and Thursday, commencing Aug. lne programme win include processions, parades and a grand sham battle on the eloping day. Maj. Georee Steele was chosen encamp ment commander. - Coal-Sliner Instantly Killed, flweial to the Inrtiauaeoiis JonrnaL Rockviixe, March 15. Yesterday afternoon. while a switch engine was returning from Min snau coai mines to jessnp, inos. Uii&ra, a drunken miner who was riding on the train, while attempting to eros3 from one car to anoth er, fell off and was instantly killed. One car passed ovetehim, almost severing the bodv in twain. He was about twenty-six vears old, and had just returned from Smithboro. 111., where he has a brother. Coroner Kendall was conveyed to the scene of the accident by the switch en pine, where an inquest was held and the unfor tunate buried. Verdict Under the Telephone I, aw. . Special to the Irdiananolis Journal. Elkhart, March 15. A suit that has excited a great deal of interest in this vicinity, as estnb lishing a precedent, has been decided in the Cir cnit court, namely, tne case or ri. O. Dodge, a lawyer of this city, vs. the Midland Telephone Companv. for repeated infractions of the law, although but one infraction was adjudged. Ho was given a verdict for $ 100. ltail Bond Forfeited. Special to the IndianaDOlis Joarnau Vincennes, March 15. The bond of Jacob Rubnsh, under indictment for attempted rape on Miss Cora Barton, was forfeited to-day. the defendant failine to appear when his case was called. His father, a prominent contractor, was his surety. Young Rubush was convicted o the cnarge a tew weeKs ago, nut secured a new trial. Minor Notes. The Frankton Natural Gas and Oil Company have organized, and are ready to sink a test well as soon as a euitabie contract can be made. Mr. Jere Keeney has sold his interest in the Crawfordsville Star to W. D. Harlow, ex-editor of the Ladoga Ledger, who, with Jere M. Keney, will conduct it under the firm name of Keeney & Harlow. lley, the thirteen-year-old daughter of S. W. Axtell, of Bloomfield, attempted to mount a moving log wagon. She was thrown to the ground and one of the wheels passed over her, inflicting serious injuries. Isaae Compton, aged eighty-six years, ope of the oldest and most prominent pioneers of Elkhart county, died on Monday. . He came to Elkhart in 1831, entered his farm from the govern ment, and had been prominently identified with the place ever since. Isaac Heffelfinger, a young man living at Huntertown. was found dead, on Mon.lay, in a hay-stack, near that place. Cause of death unknown, but it is supposed he froze to death, as it was bitter cold. He had no home, except when he found jobs on farms adjoining the town. Yesterday morning Hon. John M. LaRue, judge -of the Superior Court, on the application of H. L. Wilson, appointed receivers for the Lafayette Daily Journal office. R. P. Davidson, jr., and William Stuart were cboso, and thy represent Frazee & McCluro nni Henry L, Wilson, respectively. Joseph Wright, a teamster at Fillmore, en the Vandalia road, was run over by a freight train oa Monday. He was alitrhting from the train when be fell upon tbe track, and both legs were crushed beneath the wheels. His legs were amputated, but the unfortunate man lived only a few hours after tbe accident. John IdcNatly, for many years a passenger conductor on the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chi-

caeo railway, but for the past two years man

ager of a grocery on Wallace street. Fort Wayne, was found dead on the floor of bis erocery Mon day night, where he had fallen early in the evening, caused by excessive drinking. He leaves a widow and two children. ILLINOIS. A School-Girl Who Failed to Pass an Es amlnatlon Mysteriously Disappears. Special to the Indiananolia Journal. Danville, March 15. Miss Delia A. Flaherty, daughter of John Flaherty, mysteriously disappeared yesterday about il o'clock, and though the family and officers have searched and. tele graphed nearly everywhere, her whereabouts cannot be located. The young lady expected to have graduated with the high-school class this spring, but she failed to pass the required ex amination, held yesterday morning. This failure was very mortifying to her. She wrote a letter to her sister, and, among other things, stated that they would never see her asrain. Miss Flaherty is eighteen years old, good look ing, with dark hmr, eves and complexion, and was dressed in a light cloth suit with jacket to match. It is generally believed that she left town, because she went home and cot $10 just before she was last seen. State Encampment of K. of F. Special to the Indiananolis Journal. Bloominqton, March 15. The staff of Gen. Brand, of Chicago, commander of tbe Uniformed Rank Knights of Pythias of Illinois, to-day, in Chicago, decided that tha annual encampment for Illinois will be held in this city between Aug. 15 and 25 next, the exact date beine not yet fixed. This will bring here about three thousand uniformed Knights. Arrangements have been making for some time; $1,000 in money has al ready been subscribed, and ail that is necessary will be raised. One of the many beautiful spots about the city will be selected, prepared and fitted with tents for those who wish them. Among those who will be present are Howard Douglas, of Cincinnati, chancellor of the world. and Gen. James R. Carnahan. of Indianapolis, commander in ehief of the Uniformed Rank in addition to the lodcres of Illinois there will be present a number from adjacent States, and a great many individual visitors. Ren n I on of the Hunter Family. Special to the Indianapolis Journal Marshall, March 15 A. S. Hunter, living a few miles south of Marshall, held a family re union on Sunday. There were present, besides the venerable pioneer and bis wife, twelve chil dren, one daughter-in-law, five sons-in-law and fourteen grandchildren thirty-two in alL All those present except tbe dauehter-In-Iaw, are residents of Clark county, she living in Daviess county, Indiana. Mr. Hunter is in his seventysecond year, and bis wife is in her sixty-second. The youngest child is seventeen years of age, and the oldest forty-one. Probably no family in this or any other adjoining county can muster so large a number of immediate relatives. Brief Mention. Mr. I. N. Sheppard, at one time tha owner of the celebrated trotter. Joe Davis, sold a sister of Joe Davig to a Louisville gentleman yesterdav for $1,000. The mare will bo two years old this spring, and is a beauty. - Nathan Miller, of Quiney, was drowned on bundav while duck shooting. His boat over turned and he was unable to reach the shore. His companion, Charles Weber, swam to an island, where he was found yesterday morning. A colored man named James Alexander, whosethome is in St Louis, while attempting to board a wild freight train in the Illinois Central railroad yards, at Centralis fell under the wheels, and was horribly mangled. He cannot live. Representative Campbell, of McLeansboro, has a cut abont two inches longover his left eve. as a result of the Virden accident, is bruised considerably on the breast and his ankle is seriously sprained. He is still confined to his bed. j An Italian miner, living at Diamond, accepted foO from the mar who had eloped with and mar ried his wife, and permitted the pair to depart for pew Mexico. T.h deserted husband then gave 810 to a justiee to dismiss the charges of bicamy preferred against his fhshty spouse. The latest figuring up of returns from the Worthinctoo-Post coneressional contest gives general I'ost a pinraruy or seventy votes over Worthineton, and this plurality is likely to be increased by further returns. These figure are regarded as strictly reliable, and Republicans are rejoicing. Charles Rhoads, a son of William Rhoads. living in Clark county, while on his way to Paris on horseback, was seriously injured by the horse falling while running at a fast gait. The horse was killed in the aecideot Rhoads is eighteen years old. lie yesterday recovered conscious ness sufficiently to tell how he was injured. LAIiOR MATTERS. New York, Pennsylvania & Ohio Freight Trains Mnvlng Under Police Proteetinn. Cleveland. O., March 15. The first freight train in over a week was sent out over the New York, Pennsylvania & Ohio railroad this afternoon. The train was in charge of De tective Hildebrant and seven Pmkerton men. The strikers collected in a large body along the track at Newbnre, but, owing to the large nnm ber of policemen on the gronn-J, they made no demonstration, and the train passed through un molested. It s believed that the backbone of tho etrike is broken, and that trade will soon be resumed with new employes. At 3:30 o clock a second train left the vard. It is the present intention of the railroad man agement to run only two freight trains per day until the business offhe road will warrant an in crease in the number. The striding yardmen were quiet and orderly, and nothing was done to interfere with tbe movement of the trams. Signed Under Protest. Pittsburg, Mareh la. The convention of railroad eoal-miners of the Pittsburg district, which met here to-day, accepted the ecale of prices Adopted at the interstate convention of operators and miners, recently held at Colum bus, under protest, as they eiaimed that the Pittsburg district should have 21 cents above Hocking Valley. The price in this district, undr the Columbus scale, is 9 cents higher than the Hocking Valley rate. The matter of "dead work" and screens was settled by placing al local grievances in tne nanus or tne ooani or ar bitration, which will be appointed to-morrow. It was also decided to have a uniform price for all drivers and day hands in the Pittsburg dis trict Strike Declared Ended. Boston, March 15. After a protracted meeting, to-night. District Assembly 740 declared the strike on the South Boston street railroad at an eud. - Labnr Notes. Tho American Federation of Labor Is receiving numerous accessions. Large numbers of Italians will shortly sot sail for this country to ao railroad bunding work. The sash, door and blind employers of Detroit are undertaking to re-establish the ten hour rule. English skilled labor of various kinds is making inquiries on this side as to opportu, of employment The miners are perfecting their organi. one in the West, and re eueeeeding before th va: rious Legislatures. The 6,000 earpentersof Chicago mean to strike for eight hours and thirty-five cents per hour from April L Tho employers have been notified. For the first eleven daj's of March 4,000 wag?workers went on strike, among -which are 700 Michigan railroad-builders and C50 St Louis stove- molders. The largestd red e ever built has jost been turned out at Jersey City 2.000 borse power. Several Jersey City machine-shops are busy en machinery for the Panama canal. Gold, silver and copper mining companies are springing uo in the West St Paul capitalists are preparing to operate new mines noar Boul-

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sirucK on at ivansas uitv. The London printers work fifty-one hours week, rne shoemaking trade is broken no into sixty branches. It takes eight men skilled la different branches of labor to icake a piano. Seven hundred convicts are idle in the fiinff Sing prisou, owing to the expiration of the Perry contract for stove-making. There is no other m mediate work. The firm will start new works at South Pittsburg, Tenn. Seventeen persons in every one hundred en gaged in the tobacco industry are children. Dur ing the last decade for every two additional men 6et to work five children were employed. Thia was partly due to the increasing effectivnoss of machinery. Labor is daily eomine into more active de mand. Spring and summer orders are crowdinsr in, and skilled workmen are finding employmen in all kinds of machinery establishments, loco motive-works, car-works, foundries, implement works and mills. The New York master builders have agreed with the brick-layers' union. Wages are to be forty-five cents an hour for nine hours, except on Saturday. The joint arbitration committee is to meet on the third Thursday evening of each mouth to settle all matters of difference. Over one hundred large European firms prac tice profit sharing, of which one-half are French. Mr. Uodea, of Guise, has 1,300 men employed, this way. The profit alloted to labor varies from to 75 per cent American employers are pick ing up all tbe facts in regard to these experi ments that they can find. The two extremes in iron are nails and rails. The nail-makers are restricting production and the rail-makers have many months work ahead. A general movement will be made among iron makers for an advance in wages this summer. Eastern puddlers are indifferently organized. It is rumored that a good many English and Welsh puddlers will immigrate to this side. The building trades all over the West are arousing for the season's work. Very few strikes are probable. Workmen from the interior towns aro beginning to flock to the cities for the higher wages. Painters are coming into closer organization. Stone masons have greatly extended their membership. Curpenters have a good many non-unionists to contend with in all cities. The house-builders in all the large cities expeet to eclipse last year's record. Real estate is advancing in value slowly. Building material is being purchased in large quantities. Brick yard capacity is being enlarged, valuable stone

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ery has been made to facilitate and cheapen handling. DAILY WEATHER BULLETIN. Indications. Washington, March, 1C, 1 a. it For Indiana Fair weather; higher tempera ture; variable winds, generally Snrtherly. For Illinois Fair weather; nearly station ary temperature: variable winds, generally northerly. For West Virginia and Ohio Fair weather; warmer; variable wmos, generally northerly. For Wisconsin and Michigan Fair weather. higher temperature in the eastern portion; sta tionary temperature in the western portion; variable winds. Local Observations. Indianapolis, March 15. 1837. Time. Bar. Th er. Hum.

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M... M... M... 30.02 81 57 67 29.901 34 29.93 30 Maximum ture. 2& temperature, 36; minimum temperaBusiness Embarrassments. Chicago. March 15. Georee T. Howe, an operator on 'Change, failed to-day, owing to sharp decline in wheat during the middle session. Springfield, O., March 15. The sheriff today closed the carriage works of James Driscoll & Sons, on claims aggregating $15,000. Tbe snop is one oi inn oldest in the city, and em ploys 150 men. The failure is thought to bad one. Philadelphia, March 15. Work at morocco factory of E. A. Smith & Co. was be tbe suapended to day, and the building and stock taken possession of by a sheriffs officer. Nearly 400 hands are thrown out of employment It waa stated that an effort would be made to effect att arrangement with the creditors by which tho firm could resume business. Tho morocco trade will not be affected in this city by the failure. The liabilities of the firm amount to $375,000, and the assets about $250,000. NswYokk, Slarch 15. The failure of Peele, Hobell & Co., of Manila, probably the largest house in the sugar trade of the Philippines, was Announced by cable, yesterday, and caused great excitement in the trade here. Their agents in this country are Willett & Hamlin and Willett, Hamlin & Co., of Boston. The failure of the house is attributud to the steady decline in the price of sugar, of which they carried a large amount for a long time. It is supposed that Eastern banks are principally interested io the failure. Experiences of an Amateur Tramp. New York, March 15 Albert Parr, a sixteen-year-old messenger boy employed by tho Wall-street firm of Obrigg & Winter, was seized with a desire to become a tramp, a few days ago. Accordingly, when he was sent to the bank on Monday, with $29,050 in checks and some cash to deposit, he did not go to the bank, but started out on bis travels. He got as far as Williamsburg, where he met some tramns of the real kind. They soon spent all the cash Parr bad, and then discovered that they could not cash the cheeks. The boy accordingly tore them into small pieces and threw them away. He and his companions have been arrested, and the Wail street firm is trying to get duplicates of their checks. Mr. llannfns Sails for Europe. New York, March 15 Ex Secretary Daniel Manning sailed for Europe on the steamer Arl zona, this morning. He was accompanied by his wife and daughter. Mr. Manning said the voyage was taken in the hope that the tonic of the sea air would benefit his health. He was feeling strong, and the cold he caught in Washington, had almost entirely left him. His old complaint had not troubled him for nix months. While in Europe he might do a little for the nev bank by looking out for suitable places to locate agencies or brancnes, but that would only be in his private capacity and not as an officer of the bank. C. N. Jordan sailed on the. same ship. Absolutely Pure. TfcU powder nevrr raria. A marvel ef TaritT.Rtrn jta u w-lioU'iiu'hea. Motu ecunowleaJ ll iWeurditi. rjr VIm1m, hihI run not ba oii tn coiinnjitlou with Qie luulMtudovf Ur-tt.lwtt-wK'iit aimN er phosphate i'i!ori. mI'I only in cans. UOKAli UAKi&U I'Q W'U CO., lot Wail itioet. N. If