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

THE JJSTDIAXAPOMS JODBXAL. SATURDAY, MAY 28, 18S7.

ty those alone who won it. And those who have worn it were entitled to wear it, for they won it t a fearful cost Why eive it to a man who did anything but sympathize with tnem, one who went out of his way to strain the law to Tiolate decisions in order to annul pensions to those of them who bear battle scars? Why is this miehty decoration cien thus, and so cheaply 5 Again, but three days since the chiefs of the Grand Army of the Republic invited him to the prand encampment of that order at St Loaij, and he gladly consents to attend. Why do these Grand Army chiefs interfere with the right of the boys to request legal and proper information from the posts they claim to hold in lubordination to them? And why do the members of these post3 permit themselres to be ordered to refuse to gire the press the proper information and blindly obey an order which these ehiefs assume with presumption to enforce? Why invite Mr. Cleveland to this great soldierlitizen encampment, whose members have, as they assert, taken an oath to have no politics in sr about their order; an oath of silence on all questions controlling their rights and duties as eitizens, to disobey which deprives them of friendship, charity, etc. Under their oaths of ulence nothine of governmental concern must be discussed, and hence the whippers in perpetrate Cleveland, the anti-soldier, vetoer upon tbem and compel these members, whom it pleases them to call subordinates, to do honor for his more than one hundred infamies to them. "Let it be in order now for the churches,' freemasons, Odd-fellows, Knights of Labor, the Turners, the Sabbath-schools, as well as Sunday whisky clans, to pin to him their badge of membership, and then we will see just as far into the fraud for the second term as into other tricks and devices for violations of law to that end. When Mr. Cleveland arises to address the members of the Grand Army of the Republic, who have taken an oath to keep silent on the treasons and wrongs they bave risked life, limb, health, home and familv to redress, as well as all questions involved in th . American idea of 'the consent of the governed,' let him address his eloquence to Sections 1753-4 of. the Revised Statutes of the United Stales, which read thus: ' 'Section 1753 The President is authorized to prescribe such regulations for the admission of persons into the civil service of the United States as may best promote the efficiency thereof, and ascertain the fitness of each candidate, in respect to health, age, character, knowledge and ability for the branch of service into which he seeks to enter, and for this purpose be may employ suitable persons to conduct such inquiries, and may presence their duties and establish regulations for the conduct of the person who may receive appointment in the civil ervice.' "And this also: 'Section 1754 Persons honorably discharged from the military or naval ervice by reason of disability resulting from wounds or sickness, incurred in the line of duty, shall be preferred for appointment to civil effices, provided they ; r& found to possess the business capacity necessary for the proper discbarge of the duties of such offices.' "In considering these sections of the laws of the United States, the President would confer lasting benefits if h would answer squarely: First How comes it that, under the civil-service rules, as he has amended them, about all the Republicans have been ousted from the petty offices, who were placed there through civil-service examinations? Second If about all who pass under the rules established are not Democrats, and the large percentage ex-confederate soldiers, while not one in fifty of those examed into place now are Republicans? Third Is it not a fact that, under Seotion 1754. if a soldier passes an examination at all, he is prepared and is entitled to the place under this preference of the law to the exclusion of all others not within that seotioDof the law? Fourth By what authority of law can he, as President, or any of his creatures, or any creature of Congress, so long as this law stands, formulate or enforce any rules by which these soldier brothers in place and dome their appointed labors can be examined out? Fifth Whether his new civil-service rules (as stated by Commissioner Oberly to be the President's) are not well-devised, specious pretenses to evade, overturn and violate the law, instead of the honest purpose to obey and carry out this law, which he promised so well in bis letters and papers to do. and which the New York World, on Dec. 24, 1884, so eloquently said be would do?" MINOR MATTERS.

1.1st of Indianlans Wlie Applications for Pensions Have Keen Granted. "Washington Special. Pensions have been granted the following named Indianians: Joseph Rowland, Van Bnren: Jonathan TJattabaugh, Brownstown: William H. Stader, Columbus; Samuel II. Watson, Tennyson Station; Stephen Poehlein, Cannelton; Hamilton Harper, Gas Creek; Starlin Sims, Raglesville. Reissues: George W. Prior, Clinton; Andrew E. McClure, Silver Lake; Richard Stephens, Heilman; Thos. Meads, Shelbyvill-. Restoration: James A. Jackson, Atlanta. Restoration and increase: Samuel S. Patton, Peru. Reissue and increase: Gottlieb Haskell. Bright; William B., father of John A. Robinson, tienham Store; Mania, mother of Jesse Burton, Graysville; John M., father of James W. Cain, Macksville: minors of William Harrington, Edwardsport; Mary, widow of Henry Somroerstate, Brooke ton; Margaret, mother of Darins R. Hooshaur, Todd; Elizabeth, mother of John Templeton, Bloomfield; Thomas, father of Ellis Bucknell. Holton; Joseph, father of Henry A. Shepherd, Cannellton; Lois, widow of Ezra Olds, Brazil. Originals: James II. Ferguson, Armsburg: Edwin B. Fannine, Fort Ritner; Daniel G. Everhart, Hendricks; William Elliott, Shelbyville; James Hendricks. Shelbyville; Henry Bean, Madison; Hilary Ward, Loogootee; William H. Curvin, Rexville; Milton J. Cooper, Greencastle; Elbridtre Booker, Monroe City: Martin Conneli, Fort Wayne. Increases: Branson Hiatt. Greensboro; William Pulien, Harmony; Henry C. Fields, Huron; John Huston. Rigdon: Henry C. Rreeu, Grsntsbnrg; James Baker, Terre Haute; Benton Mayfteld. Sullivan; George W. Gilbert, New Point; Napoleon B. Rockwell, Terre Haute; Joseph Poppino, Zionaville; David Finisey, Sentland: Georpe W. Keeshine, Muncie: Peter Lamb, Elizabeth; William Thomas, Augusta; William H. Fertich, Shelbyville; Benjamin F. Adams, Elizabethtown; Louis Spicer, Paris; Thomas McDowell. Sulphur Hills; David E. Blnss, Oloverdale; JobnT. Dobbins, Bloomfield; William S. Brown, Tborntowc. To Recover License Money. Washington Special. The New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore merchants, who have been paying a hieh license for their commercial agents in this city for a number of years, are going to try and recover all tbey bave paid, as tbe declaration of the courts that the tax was in violation of the Constitution makes all these taxes illegal exactions. The commissioners of this District have directed that all collected for this year be refunded. Put this will not satisfy the drummers. If they succeed it will cost the District several hundred thousand dollars. Major. Pnore's Condition. Washington. May 27. To-night Major Poore is reported by his physicians to be weaker. TELEGRAPIIIC BREVITIES. Green-well, the burglar, who murdered Mr. Weeks, of Brooklyn, was sentenced yesterday to be banged July 15. At Oshkosh. Wis., in the case of Mrs. M. Tolliver vs. the Wisconsin Central railway, for $50,000 damage for injuries received in an accident between Ashland and EauClaire. the Jury warded $7,000 to the plaintiff. She sued for $50,000. At Lawrence, Kan., on Thursday, the children of August Martin set fire to the bouse, and the baby, one year old, was burned to death. The father brought the child from the burnine house alive, but it was so badly burned that it died in a few minutes. Tbe Montreal express train, which left Troy at 11 o'clock Thursday nieht met with an accident above Addison Junction, at 3:30 o'clock Friday mornine. Four cars fell fifteen feet into Lake Cbamplain. Expre-raessenger L. V. Thayer and baggageman- James Cobine were lightly injured. None of the passengers were Injured. The' accident was caused by a landslide. The Law of Trade. Fittftbnrg Dispatch. There will be a better and more natural development of any industry if it is left open to free competition; and such a state of affairs will be far more consistent with the principles on which the freedom of our institutions is founded. Justice Js Slow, Very Slow. New York. May 27. The work of procuring a jury to try Jacob Sharp for bribery has occupied ten days and one seat remains vacant. The court has adjourned nntil Tuesday. llrave Men. Philadelphia Times. The American Nihilists, including Ingersoll and McGlynn, still carry on their relentless war against tbe Czar, with the blue sea rolling between. . Pulled His First Tooth. Atlanta Oa.) ffanncr. 3Ir. Alexander, agd eighty-two years, fatherin law to Capt. J. E. Ritcb, had bis first tooth 7ullod yesterday. '

THE EELIGI0US ASSEMBLIES

Proceedings of Church Bodies in Session in Various Parts of the Country. The Northern and Southern Presbyterians at Omaha and St. Louis The Baptists at MinneapolisGeneral Religious News. Northern Presbyterians. Omaha, Neb., May 27. The Presbyterian Assembly met this morning at the usual time. A resolution was received from the assembly at St. Louis, looking to united action between both divisions of the ehurch, as follows: Resolred. That a committee of four ministers and four ruling ciders, together with the moderator, be appointed to meet with a similar committee of tbGeneral Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America. Such committee shall be appointed for the sole purpose of inquiring into and ascertaining the facte above mentioned, and as to the position that assembly proposes to maintain as to the colored churches, ecclesiastical boards and any other subject now regarded as obstacles in the way of united effort for the propagation of the gospel, and report these facts to the next General Assembly for uch action as they may warrant. A similar committee was appointed by the assembly to confer with the committee above referred to. The committee on correspondence reported upon the project of church unity as suggested by tbe House of Bishops of the Protestant Episcopal Church, reaffirming the principles sustained a few days ago by the assembly, and suggesting the appointment of a committee to confer with a committee of the House with a view to said unity. Several communications looking toward church nnity were rsceived from the Reformed Church. Rev. G. Curtis, as the bearer of fraternal greeting from the Presbyterians of New South Wales, was received. Dr. Ostiander showed there were hut twentyfour chaplains, in the United States army, leaving several vacant posts, and asked to petition Congress to appoint chaplains to fill these places. The committee on temperance introduced the following resolution, which was nnanimously adopted. Resolved. That this assembly reiterates and emphasizes the deliverance of the former assemblies with reference to the sin of intemperance, the unspeakable evil and wrong of the liquor traffic, the use of intoxicating drink as a beverage, and the duty of all members of our churches to encourage and promote the cause of temperance in every legitimate way. and especially by the power of personal influence and example, and by the strong arm of the civil law. Southern I'resbyterlana. St. Louis, May 27. The General Assembly of the Southern Presbyterian Church, after two days' discussion, to-day adopted a resolution offered by Dr. Hoge, of North Carolina, which was really a substitute and compromise for the minority report on organic union, to the effect that a committee be appointed to confer with a committee of the Northern church to ascertain the sentiment of the latter in connection with ecclesiastical boards and the colored church, and on other subjects. The vote stood 81 for and 59 against the resolution. Dr. Morton presented the report of the committee on narratives, which specially spoke of the lack of attention to the colored people. The committee on foreign missions recommended the request of the Brazilian church, to allow it to ereot a separate national synod in conjunction with tbe Northern church missions, which have been released. The Baptist Meetings. Minneapolis, Minn., May 27. The oldest Baptist society, the American Baptist Missionary Union, held its seventy-third annual meeting to-day. The audience was very large, and the exercises deeply interesting. After a service of song, the president, Dr. Edward Judson, of New York, delivered tbe annual address. It was a powerful and eloquent discourse, and held the attention of the vast audience nntil the end. Dr. Mnrdock, the corresponding secretary, submitted his annual report, showing a manifest increase in the cause of missions. The following missionaries have died during the past year: Rev. Edward A. Stevens, D. D.; Rev. Wm. George, Rev. Norman M. Waterbury, Rev. S. J. Whi:e, Rev. C IL Carpenter, and Mr. Thomas S. Ranney. The treasurer has received, from all sonrces, $406,639, including donations of $176,488, and legacies of $66,068. The appropriations for the currant year are $351,890. The balance now in the treasury is $1,220. The report contained a detailed statement of the work in all foreign fle.ds. The report was adopted. The report of Secretary Griffiths contained the following information regarding the foreign mission work: Burmah mission, 34 missionaries. In missions to heathen there are 54 stations and 974 ont-stations. Including those now on furlough, there are 160 married mission aries, 22 unmarried men and 66 unmarried women, including widows of missionaries. In all missions there are 243 missionaries (including lay evangelists), 1,730 native preachers. 1,265 churches, 123,530 members; 9,342 were oaptized in 1886. The increase from last year was 22 missionaries, 45 churches and 5,370 members. The report was accepted. At tbe afternoon session the first half hour was devoted to devotional exercises. A report on obituaries was made by Chairman Rev. N. B. Cheney. D. D. Rev. Proper, of Kansas, presented a resolution from the Fort Scott Union, asking that the Baptist Missionary Union take means to raise funds to erect a monument to tbe memory of Rer. Eugene Kincaid, D. D., deceased, a veteran missionary. His remains, the resolution stated, now lie in Kansas. Two members of the celebrated Hutchinson family, a very elderly gentleman with long white locks and whiskers, and a young woman, broke the monotony of the session by singing; excellently well-rendered duets. United Presbyterians. Philadelphia, May 27. At this morning's session of the General Assembly of the United Presbyterian Church of North America, the following resolution was presented and referred to a special committee: We declare against all measures of license or taxes, delusive and in no way calculated to end the evils of the liquor traffic, but rather sanctioning, perpetuating and entrenching more strongly the traffic; that the only effective, permanent remedy is through entire prohibition of the manufacture, sale and importation of intoxicating beverages by the States and by the national government, and through constitutional amendments and statutory laws. Salutations were exchanged with the Associated Reformed Synod of tbe South. Rev. John A. Todd, of the Reformed Dutch Church of North America, in conveying a message of good will, explained the tenets of his church. Moderator Gibson, replying, said the door of the United Presbyterian Church was large enough to admit tbe Reformed Dutch Church and all reformed Presbyterians, and he would be glad to see them come in. A resolution of thanks to Dr. Todd, and directing tbe appointment of a delegate to the synod of the Reformed Dutch Church at Catskill, N. Y., June 1, was presented. It was recommitted, in order that the committee on correspondence might suggest the name of such delegate. Reformed Episcopalians. Philadelphia, May 27. Resolutions recognizing adultery as the sole ground for divorce, and forbidding ministers to marry persons who have been divorced, unless the person from whom the party was divorced was guilty of adultery, were adopted by the General Council of the Reformed Episcopl Church at to-day's session. The resolutions provide that nothing therein contained shall prevent the remarriage of former husband and wife. The discussion was very brief. The Chicago Cattle Quarantine. Chicago, May 27. The order of Commissioner Col man quarantining Cook county on account of pleuro-pceumonia, created great excitement among cattle dealers and others interested here. Until this afternoon, it was feared that the order apnlied to cattle in transit, which, according to a large shipper, "simply kills the cattle trade of Chicago as dead as a door nail." Prof. Law, of the Live-stock Commission, was greatly surprised to hear that Commissioner Colman had ordered a quarantine against Cook county. He could hardly believe that any such step would be taken unless he had first been consulted. Only a few days ago he wrote the department in order to correct the impression evidently prevailing there that there was pleuro-pneumonia at the stockyards. In the House, at the State capital, this morning, a bill was introduced and advanced to second reading, providing tbat the question of suppression of pleuro-pneumonia in this State be placed in hands of the Bureau of Animal Industry of the United States. Antl-Llqnor War In Dakota. Fargo, D. T., May 27. While the entire Territory is to vote, in November, upon the question of division, as provided by "ihe Legislature, that matter is almost lot signt of in the agitation over prohibition. The Legislature enacted that each county might vote on th license question upon petitions of one-third of the voters.

Liocal-option or pronioition conventions are being called in nearly all the counties outside of the Black Hills and

the new railroad sections. and it is claimed that in nearly every; one the requisite names will be secured and prohibition carried. It is believed this will be the case, even in Cass county, which has some seventy saloons, several breweries, and a large wholesale liquor business. Fargo bas this among its largest interests, and its extinction is anticipated with much concern. A general prohibition campaign is being inaugurated, and it is believed that nearly sixty out of eighty counties will vote out the liquor traffic next November. EDUCATIONAL. Graduating Exercise of the Delphi High School An Unsatisfactory Feature. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Delphi, Ind., May 27. The regular annual commencement of the Delphi High-school occurred at the opera-house last evening. There were eight graduates. Their names and themes were as follows: Willis Searight, "Effect of Immigration Upon the United States;" Lucy Mortman, "The Legends of the Rhine;" Will Bradshaw. "Life Is but a School;" Alena Young, "Chinese Eraiera tion;" Mary Shockey, "Pluck vs. Luck;" Charles Wmgard, "Conditions of feuceess, Ida White, "The Unknown Quantity:" Willis Eversole, "Our Nation; Is It Strong?" The diplomas were presented by Professor McCracken. Considerable dissatisfaction was expressed because of the fact tbat an admission fee of 25 cents was charged at the door. The result was tbat there were a namber of empty seats in the house. Many friends of the school, who do not think the annual production should be utilized as a money-making concern, remained at home. Franklin High-School. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Franklin, May 27. The fourteenth annual commencement exercises of the Franklin Highschool were held ?ast evening in the Music Hall. About 1,200 persons were present. The class was composed oi ladios, seven in number. Ihe first colored lady graduate from the Franklin schools was a mem ber of the class and acquitted herself with the credit and polish of her white co-graduates. The people of Vincennes might bave gotten a pointer if they had been present The Overstreet orchestra furnished excellent music. Numerous tokens were showered upon tbe members of the class by their friends. The names of the graduates, with the subject of each, is as follows: "The Present Crisis." Emma Foley: "E Pluribus Unum," Minnie Lienor; "The Value of Trifles," Lucy Bell (Eng. Course); "The Mission," Alice Hill; "The Irish Character." Mary Walsh; "All- Life Is Death." Ella Parkhurst; "The Worth of a Scholar." Etta Walden. Words of congratulation and advice were eloquently spoken by Rev. E. M. McMillen, of the Presbyterian Church. The diplomas were presented in a neat speech by Superintendent P. H. Kirsch. Commencement at Franklin College. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Franklin, May 27. The programme arranged for the fifty-seventh annual commencement week of Franklin College is as follows: Thursday. Friday and Monday, June 9, 10 and 13 oral examinations. Friday, June 10 7:30 P. M., freshman prize contest. Saturday, June 11 7:30 P. M. , junior prize contest. Sunday, June 12 7:30 P. M., baccalaureate sermon. .Monday, June 13 8 P. M., joint literary society entertainment. Tuesday. June 14 IOa. m., graduating exercises of preparatory department; 2 p. M., field-day exercises on college grounds; 7:30 P. M., annual address before literary societies, the Periclesian, Athenian and Webster. Wednesday, June 15 10 a. m., stockholders' meeting; 2 P. M.. annual meeting of alumni association; 8 p. M., alumni address and poem. Thursday, June 16 10 a. M.. commencement, followed by alumni dinner and president's levee in the evening. It is probable that tbe corner-stone of tbe new college building will be laid sometime during commencement week. Cambridge City High-School. Special to tbe Indianapolis Journal. Cambridge Cmr, May 27. The fourteenth annual commencement exercises of the -High-school occurred to-night, at the opera-house. The decorations and other appointments were very elaborate and tasteful. This, with one exception, is the largest class ever graduating from these schools. The following subjects were discussed: "Heaven Helps Those Who Help Themselves," Rose Griesinger; "Tbe Standard Nation of the Future." Lynn E. Kepler; "Oh, Wad Some Power the Gif tie uie Us," Lora Riche; "Where Shall We Carve Our Names!" Mary Rareshied; "The Dignity of Labor." Frank T. Frohnappel; "The New South,"Nellie Martin; "Liberty Run Mad," Geo. T. Keiss; "Burn Your Ships," Jessie Gray; "The Power of the Press," Frank G. Stahr; "Never Again," Ethel Zerung. The presentation speech was made by Superintendent W. F. L. Sanders. The total number of graduates is seventy-three. Oratorical Contest at Richmond. Special to tbe Indianapolis Journal. Richmond, Ind., May 27. In the oratorical contest between W. S. Doan, of Indianapolis; Robert E. Pretlow of Dublin, and William Bayard Hale, of this city, at the Grand Operahouse, last night, for the prize offered by the Prohibition Club, of this city, the Richmond contestant carried off the honors in the estimation of tbe judges, but the expression of the audience was manifestly in favor of tbe yonng orator from the capital. Doan stood alone in support of the noble record of the Republican party, which promised tbat no needed reform would appeal to it in vain when the time was ripe for it, while Pretlow and Hale argued the cause of the Prohibition party. The judges were Dr. M. H. Haynes. Prohibitionist; B. F. Harris, Republican, and J. W. Henderson, Democrat. Shelbyville High-School. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Shelbyville, May 27. The fifteenth annual commencement of the Shelbyville High-school was held in the Opera Hall to-night, which was crowded to its utmost capacity. The class acquitted themselves splendidly, and were the recipients of some handsome ilowers. The members of the class and their subjects were: "Science and Modern Life," A. Vernon Randall; "The Uses of the Hand." Susie L. Schoepfel; "A True Course of Action," John H. Milleson; "Change," Aurilla V. Jeffers; "Our Systems of Industrv," Harry B. Griffey; "Castle Building." Edith L. Gordon; "Hypocrisy." Charles W. Dill; "Beyond the Alps JUies Italy," valedictory, nie L. Parrish; presentation of diplomas. T. L. Hughes: farewell to class, Stella IL ger. . DMTEN-WELL ROYALTIES. MinRev. ConThe Owners Expect Now to Recover Millions of Dollars. New York Times. W. D. Andrews and brother, of 233 Broadway, who own and control a majority of the territory of the United States under Green's driven-weil patent, which has just been declared valid by the United States Supreme Court after a litigation of more than fourteen years, were found at their office yesterday in a satisfied state of mind. "We entered upon the litigation which bas finally resulted in our favor." said W. D. Andrews, "in the spring of 1872. and while we have been fighting for our rights the patent and reissue have run out. That, however, will not relieve these who have used the driven well at any time during the existence of the patent from the payment of royalties. We are entitled to a royalty of $10 on each well in use throughout the territory owned by us in the United States. As nearly as I can reckon, without an actual examination of the books, there are between 30u,000 and 500,000 wells which, under the decision of the Supreme Court, will be obliged to pay us tbe $10 royalty. This calculation is exclusive of $150,000 which has already been collected in royalties. With tbe exception of a few counties and towns, we control all the wells in the State of New York, and the same state of facts applies to Pennsylvania. We practically control the States of Delaware, Maryland. Virginia. Georgia, Kentucky. Arkansas, Colorado, Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota, Illinois. Indiana. Michigan and tbe District of Columbia, as well as Indian Territory and the Territories of Utah and Dakota. "We shall immediately instrnct our agents throughout the Union to proceed to collect tbe unpaid royalties. Frank O. Bennett, tbe respondent iu the Ohio case, which involved precisely the same points as those of our own case and was decided the same way, is a book-keeper with the firm of Rozers. Peet & Co., the clothfirm of this city. Mr. Bennett and his family own all the well rights under the Green patents in the State of Ohio, and they will now be able to get something out of it Colonel Green, the original patentee, Is now residing in Boston, and is in needy circumstances. He owns about an equal portion with us of the patent rights, but has. I believe, assigned most of the interest to which he is entitled to his creditors. His brother controls the State of New Jersey, but Green himself owns all the royalties which may cow accrue throughout New England.

INDIANA AND ILLINOIS NEWS

A Smart Thief Gets Away with $1,000 Belonging to a Hush County Farmer. Fatallj Mangled by a Train Samnel Tonng Acquitted Startling Incident in Connection with Immersion Ceremonies. INDIANA. A Rush County Farmer Slakes a Rank of Ills Stocking and Lose Sl.OOO. Special to the Indiamtoolis Journal. Rush ville. May 27. Stamper White, a farmer living east of the city, was robbed of $1,045, last night, by a confidence man. On Tuesday a stranger, well dressed, came to Mr. White's and wanted to purchase his farm, but Mr. White told him he was not anxious to sell, but would sell for $S5 per acre. Tbe stranger accepted the proposition, and wanted White to put up a forfeit of $1,000 that he would pay all cash for the farm, and to hold White to his con tract White told him tbat he did not have the money by him, adding thai he had some good notes; but the stranger insisted on putting up the cash, and White came to the city yester day, borrowed the money from the bank and took it home with him. On going to bed, he put the money, with $-15 which he had in his pocketbook, in his stocking, and put it on his foot. About midnight he felt someone pulling at his stocking,' and on awaking he jumped out of bed, took a chair and made for the thief, whom he discovered to be the purchaser of his farm; but the straBger went through the door into the kitchen, closing it after him. blew out a light which was placed in the kitchen, and made his escape, The Gas Towns. At Redkey, on Thursday, the drillers at work on well No. 1 struck a Btrong flow of gas at a depth of 990 feet ten feet in the Trenton rock and ceased operations until next morning, when work was resumed. At each plunge of the drill the flow increases, and the roar of the escaping gas can be heard for miles. It is the intention of the projectors of the well to anchor and light the gas and proceed at once to lay mains and furnish gas to the citizens of the town and to light the town with gas. The contract for gas well No. 2, at Greenfield, was let, yesterday, to the firm that drilled the Wainwright well, at Noblesville. According to the contract work must be begun within twenty days. The well will be drilled in the eastern pare of the city, on ground owned by the National Gravel-road Company. Well No. 1 is constantly increasing in pressure, and the noise it terrific. Portland was visited yesterday by one thousand people from Ft. Wayne and Rishmond. who inspected the gas wells. Ben Butterworth, of Cincinnati, addressed a large audience on the benefits of natural gas, and predicted a brilliant future for Portland. With the last well at Portland, and the wells at Dunkirk, the output of gas in Jay county, every twenty-four hours, is 50,000,000 feet. Projected Improvements at Mnncle. Special to tbe Indianapolis Journal. Muncie, May 27. Messrs. Robertson, Ball and Campbell, of Maysville, Ky.. have been in this city several days looking over the ground with a view to building a system of street-railway lines here if a franchise were granted. Being pleased with the outlook of Muncie they solicited a franchise from the city, and at a special meeting of the City Council, last evening, the desired right of way was granted them. The projectors will at once take steps to build the lines, and expect to have between two and three miles of road in operation before next winter, with first-class equipments, and seven miles of track before August 1888. Messrs. Albro and Kinnear, of Cincinnati, closed a contract to-day for the erection here of wood-carving and veneer works. The erection of several business blocks has been commenced, and numerous residences are being built in different parts of the city. Everything points to an unprecedented growth of Muncie during the present year. Samnel Tonng Acquitted. Special to tbe Indianapolis Journal Delphi, May 27. The trial of Samuel Young, formerly editor and proprietor of the Delphi Journal, came to a close at Monticello yesterday. He was charged with forgery. The prosecution wa3 vigorous. The jury, after being out fifteen minutes, returned a verdict of acquittal. Public sympathy was very strongly with tbe accused, and his acquittal is heartily indorse! on all hands. Fatally Mangled by a Train. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Peru, May 27. Jesse Landauer, a young man living near McGrawsville, while attempting to board a north-bound Lake Erie & Western train, atJtsunKer iini, tuis evening, missed his hold upon the rail and fell between the cars, both legs being severed. He was taken to the depot and medical aid summoned. He cannot live through the night. Stricken with Paralysis. Special to the Indiananolis Journal. E vans ville. May 27. George Miller, one of the most prominent merchants of this city, was stricken with paralysis this morning and has since been unconscious. The stroke will prove fatal. . Minor Notes. At Fort Wayne, on Thursday. Civil-service Commissioner Alfred P. Edgerton settled the suit brought against him by Joseph Ketchum, paying $3,200 in cash and transferring a mortgage for $4,000. Mrs. John Smith, whose death at Ben wood, Clay county, was supposed to be due to a stray shot from a hunter's gun. was the victim of Tbomas Llewellyn and Ed Toole, who were prac ticing at a mark. Probably the smallest specimen of humanity now living in Indiana was born to the wife of Ashley Cooper, of Mooresville, a few days ago. This little midget, now but six days old, weighs less than three pounds. William Straightman, an employe of the La fayette car works, died, on Thursdav nieht. from the effects of injuries received on Tuesday. While assisting in removing a large bar of iron from the steam hammer, he was struck iu the abdomen, the injuries terminating in death. Newland T. DePauw. Peter R. Stov. C. W. DePauw and John W. Ray have qualified as ex ecutors of the estate of the late W. C. DePauw, giving bond in the sum of $2,000,000, with John McCulloch. Moses Irwin, Elijah Newland, M. A. Weir and James M. Hams as sureties, each of the executors signing the bonds of tbe other. The bonds are probably the largest ever given as executor's bonds in the State. Mrs. DePauw, who was also nominated in the will as one of the the executors, declined to qualify. ILLINOIS. Immersion Ceremonies Postponed by the Sudden Death of One of the Converts. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Marshall, May 27. Last evening a large number of interested people gathered on the banks of Willow creek, in Orange township, to witness the immersion of nearly thirty converts to the Methodist Church. Nearly the last to arrive was Mrs. Joseph Adkins, aged nearly sev enty years, and one of the early settlers of the county. She alighted irom ner ouggy and was walking slowly toward the place of immersion when she suddenly reeled and fell to tbe earth. She was at once surrounded by anxious friends' and the limp form tenderly lifted and placed on a hastily improvised couch of quilts, while unremitting exertions were made to resuscitate her. but in vain. In ten minutes alter her sud den fall she was Jead. No cause was known for her sudden and awful death. The immersion was postponed indefinitely. It is supposed that apoplexy was the cause of her death, but nothing positive is yet known. Brief Mention. Daniel Hanna. a brakeman of the Indiana. Bloomineton & Western, living at Amboy. had an arm and a leg crushed off at tbe Union Depot, at Pekin, bv falling under a freight train. The injuries are probably fatal. .Tosenh Barrows, a novitiate of St Viateur's College, at Kankakee, was drowned while bathing in the river at Bourbonnais. His age was twenty-six. He was to bave been ordained to tbe priesthood in a few weeks. His people live in Canada. Is It Libel? Detroit Tribune. . les. there is numshment after death, ins Springfield Republican, one of tho sulkiest mugwump organs of the East, keeps standing

conspicuously on its first page this cruel comment on a good man, who has long since been dead: "Established in 1373, by Samuel Bowles."

ACROSS THE CONTINENT IN A DAY. The Wonderful Bicyclo Koad That Mr. Thomas Nichols Intends to Build. Kew ToTk Mail and Express. A man wearing a red mustache and a faraway, dreamy look sat in a bie room at the Fifth-avenue Hotel, surrounded by a lot of curious models, consisting of little machines that ran backwards and forwards upon a single track. Now and then he would mutter, "Yes, if they work at all tbe American continent can be crossed in a day instead of a week." Then rfe would seize a machine and push it rapidly to an fro on its single track. A reporter, observing these singular maneuvers, asked the gentleman, who is known to fame as Mr. Thomas Nichols, President Garfield's private secretary, what his models meant. He said tbey illustrated Boynton's bicycle railway system. "This invention." he explained, "is either the greatest one of the age or else it amounts to nothing. I heard Boynton talking about his bicycle railroad, so I invested some money and had these models made. This invention is not to drive out existing railroads, but to change them so they can reduce expenses and revolutionize the bed system. Narrow, deep and strong trains of one-fifth the present weight may be guided on tbe present railroad tracks by an overbanging structure, supporting dependent guide rails, about sixteen feet above the standard gauge tracks. This will permit grooved guiding wheels of single-rail trains to engage and glide under a single overhead rail, against which the wheels are held by a vertical spindle shaft and spiral springs, projected upward from steel cars, 46 inches wide, 14 feet or more deep, supported by and riding upon a single rail below on precisely similar double-flanged supporting wheels. This system makes a five-fold saving over tbe present one. A further saving of five-fold power, required in rounding curves, is effected by tbe substitution of single-rail bicycle spindle wheels instead of double-axle wheels of the tworailed tracks now in use. Thus it will be seen that competition, either from the present system of railroads or from waterways, will be out of tho question when the bicycle roads are adopted. The overhead structure on the present roads can be built without interrupting traffic whatever and the new system adopted at once. Bicycle trains will be forty -six ii.cheswide and one foot clear space will be between the trains that run in opposite directions on tbe double tracks. These bicycle trains will run at a speed of 220 miles per hour. The difference between tbe present and the new system when in full operation is that between a stage coach and a lightning express. "The bicycle trains, continued Mr. Nichols, "will never'run off the track. That will be impossible. The personal comfort of travelers will be just as great as on the present fast trains in palace cars. It will not be difficult to breathe poing at such a rapid rate, as the atmosphere travels alone with the train. As to easy riding, these bicycle trains will run so smoothly there will be no difficulty in writing letters on tbem. The wheels will be made of steel and paper. The rapid motion will not melt the journals, because the weight of the car is so small there will be little friction. The new roads can be built at one-third the cost of the present kind. But my plan would be always to build a double track, so as to have the superstructure braced properly. My idea is that the superstructure should of iron piping. I intend to build several hundred feet of track at Arlington, and operate an engine on it to see how it operates in practice. Yes, from New York to San Francisco in one day will be no more thought of. if the bicycle road is a success, than a week is now. Just wait and sea developments." "BEN -II UK" DID IT. Bow Gen. Lew Wallace Was Given the Turkish Mission. T. M. Nichol. in Louisville Courier-Journal. I have just happened to read your graceful and merited tribute to Gen. Lew Wallace and the famous book, "Ben-Hur." Indulge me in a bit of the queer history that may have had an influence in making tbe fame of a boob: and the fortune of an author. A few days after General Garfield was inaugurated President, I was taken sick, and while confined in my room in the Ebbett House, at Washington, wanting something to read, I sent to Mrs. Tyner's room and asked her to lend me something to read. She sent me a number of books, among them "Ben-Hur." When I got able to be out I was up to the White House one evening to dinner. President Garfield asked me while we were dining how I had emertained myself when housed up. I replied, telling him the books I had read, and among them "Ben-Hur." "Tell me abont 'Ben-nur," said he, "does it amount to anything is it worth reading?" I assured him it was. "Tell me why," he persisted, "what makes it worth reading?" I answered, if it's pure invention it's good invention; and if it's anything like a correct picture of the times, people and incidents it deals with, and the result of study, it's equally good from that stand-point, and I added: The fellow who wrote "Ben-Hur" ought not to be sent to South America if you want to send him anywhere send him to Jerusalem, or Egypt, or Turkey, where he can have a chance to see and study Orientalism, or the traditions of it where it has been. He said to one of the little boys, "Irvin, you go to the hotel with Mr. Nichol and he will give you a book; bring it to nm" Two days after I saw him again; he said he had read "Ben-Hur" "at two pulls" after going to bed the two previous nights. Lew Wallace had been nominated to go to UruKuay. He immediately recalled ths nomination and returned the came for minister to Constantinople, and at the same time wrote Lew Wallace a very complimentary letter on "Ben-Hur," which has since been effectively used by tho publishers as an advertisement. I am told that it is now the most popular selling book on Harper's list, and by several librarians that it is the oftenest-inquired-for book in their libraries. These little accidental incidents will continue for many years to keep up an interest in the book, and would do so none the less without being thus definitely told, but the striking thing is tho illustration of the acute literary taste of the man who, harassed with cares as Garfield then was. would snatch the time from sleep to read a book the size of "Ben-Hur" in two nights. If tbe book proves that General Wallace ought never to have been a General, this incident proves that President Garfield ought never to have been a President. DAWSON GIVES HER UP. The Exposure Blights His Prospects with Miss Tapplin, of New Jersey. New York Special. George D. Lawson, who threatened to carve Colonel Frank Burr for exposing his villainy in attempting to marry a young and innocent girl, while his wife, or several of them, still lives, hr a made no further trouble. It is related by the reporters to-day Jthat his wife died on three different occasions while he was on the Mail and Express. Twice, while he was employed on the Star, he was reported to be dead, and three different women put in a claim for his body. Tbe young lady to whom Lawson was engaged to be married resides with her father in the pretty little town of May wood. N. J., a station just the other side of Hackensack. Her father is a florist named Tapplin, and for years he has supplied the New York market with roses. Miss Tapplin was seen by a roporter, but she declined to talk for publication. Mr. Tapplin is still firm in his determination not to let Lawson marry his daughter, and there is no likelihood of an elopement. Mr. Tapplin was formerlv gardener to the Duke of Devonshire. He is an Englishman, and came to this country several years ago. The family is very well off and greatly respected in Maywood. Frank Burr sat in the Hoffman cafe to-night surrounded by a group of friends when Lawson walked in. His glance did not happen to rest on any one in whom he seemed interested, and ha passed quietly out of the Twenty-fourth street entrance. The Press correspondent followed him. and Lawson said: "I am willinsr to be married to-morrow to any woman above the age of consent, and assume any consequences the 4avr exacts from me as a penalty thereof. I am not a married roan to-day. i was engagea to a young lady in New Jersey, but I shall never see "her again unless by her invitation, and that I do not expect. Before I made a proposition of marriage to tbe young lady i toia ner oi my wrong-doing. When this alleged wife of mine came to her with the children she knew just what she was going to say. Her parents were surprised, but she was not. NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS Illinois-Street Tunnel Oflice of the City Civil Engineer. I Indianapolis May 12, 1887. i Notice is hereby given that sealed proposals will be received by the committee on railroads, city attorney and engineer, at the oftice of tho undersigned, in the Court-house, in the city of Indianapolis, for reconstructing the Illinois-street tunnel, according to plans and specifications now on file in tho city engineer's office of said city. i'rojMJsals will be received until o ciocit p. m. on ie 2th day of May. 18S7. The riifut to reject unr ana aai oius is rmrcu. & IL SHEARER, City Civil Engineer.

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