Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 June 1887 — Page 2

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TELE INDIANAPOLIS" JOURNAL, THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 188T.

MATTERS AT THE CAPITAL

Changes in Salaries of Postmasters Caused by the Annual Readjustment. Ztidenca that the President Was Not Ignorant of the Law Concerning Custody of Rebellion Relics Washington Notes. POSTMASTERS' SALARIES. The Annual Readjustment Changes In Sal aries of Indiana Officials. Special to th lodiauapolls Journal. Washington, June 22. The readjustment of salaries of postmasters throughout the country ha about been completed at the Postofflce De ?artment, and the following chaoses bare been made in the salaries of the following-named postmasters in the State of Indiana, to take ef fect July 1: Present , Future rbtofflce salary. ' salary. Angola. $l.iXK . $1,300 Attiea 1.40O 1,500 Auburn 1.30( 1.40O Bloomir.gton 1,600 1,700 Bluffton. 1.40O . 1.500 Brasil 1,500 1.600 Columbus 1,000 2,100 Covinffton 1,000 1.10O Frankfort. 1.700 1.800 Goshen 2.100 2,200 Greeccastlo 1,800 1,900 Hartford City l.OOO 1.10O Kandallrille 1,500 1,600 Lafayette 2.GOO . 2.700 La Porte 2,100 2.20O Marion 1.70O l.SOO Martinsville. 1.10O , 1,200 Misbawaka. 1,400 l.00 Muncie 1.90O 2.000 Newcastle 1,500 l.HOO Notre Dame 1.500 l.COO Plymouth l.ftOO l.BOO Rushville l.HOO 1,700 Shelbyville 1.70O l.POO South Bend 2.200 2.70O Sullivan 1.2UO 1.400 Valpariaso 2.000 2,100 Vevay 1.10O 1,200 Wabash 1.80O 1,900 Washington. 1.500 1.60O Winchester 1,400 1,500 In making the readjustment it was found that all other presidential offices in Indiana had held their own in a business point, and no redactions la salaries will be made. REBELLION RELICS. The Attorney-General Advised the President that They Could Not Be Returned. H. V. Brynton. in Cincinnati Commercial Gazette. The President's plea of ignorance or want of fall consideration in the contemplated surrender of the rebel flags, has suddenly been swept aside by evidence which will startle the country, so flatly does it contradict the official explanations which have been given. Below will be found the eopy of an official document which shows be yond room for question that only a few days before the date of General Drum's letter in regard to the flags, the President bad referred to the Attorney-general the very question involved in their surrender, and had been advised in writing by Mr. Garland that the return of such property required Congressional action. As will be seen, . there was nothing "oral" about the transaction. It was all in black and white. The President submitted the case in writing, and the Attorneygeneral returned a written opinion. The question at issue was the return of certain articles captured early in the war when the Union troops toon possession of Arlington, the residence of Gen. Robert El Lee. These articles have since been on exhibition, first in the Patent Office and afterward in the National Museum. About the time Congress adjourned application was made from Virginia to Mr. Goode, the assistant secretary of the National Museum, for the return of these articles. The application was referred to Spencer F Baird, secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, and be formally submitted the question of returning this captured property directly to President Cleveland. The latter in turn formally laid the question before the Attorney-general. When the flag question was sprang on the country no men were more astonished than the force in the National Museum. As a result, the transactions that had taken place there in regard to the Lee relics were soon whispered about, and it was not long before a copy of the material paper in the ease was obtained. It is fair to sa that there were several refusals before an officer frank enough to furnish it con Id be found. The remarkable document is as follows: "Department ok the Interior. 1 Washington, April 12. 1887. J "The President: "Sir I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 9th of April, 1387, referring to zae a communication of Spencer F. Baird, secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, with inclosure of a letter of G. Brown Goode, assistant secretary in charge of the National Museum, from which it appears that, in 1861 or 1862, a number of articles of personal property, of little value, were removed from Arlington, the residence of Gen. Robert E. Lee, to the United States Patent Office, and at a later date to the National Museum, where they now are. They are highly prized by the heirs of General Lee, their former owner, as heirlooms and mementoes, who ask that the relics may be delivered to them. No sufficient facts are stated in the transmittals to show how the property got into the possession of the government, or to form a basis for an opinion as to where the right of property is now vested. Such facts may be inaccessible, but the possession is fonnd in the government. The uncertainty as to title would render ultimate disposition of the property a subject more properly within the range of congressional cognizance than that of the executive. I would, therefore, respectfully suggest that the status of the property as it now exists be maintained, and the subject of its final disposition be left to Congress for its final consideration. I am, sir, very respectfully. "A. H. Garland, Attorney-general." On the face of this formal opinion of the Attorney-general, an opinion which does him great credit, what becomes of the declaration of the President to the country that he had acted in the flag matter without giving the subject particular caret What will be the next subterfuge! Will it be claimed that he reearded flags captured in battle an property which be could dispose of without the authority of Congress, In spite of the fact that he had just been informed by bis Attorney-general that even private relics, the mode of capture of which was oot clearly understood, could not be returned without th aetion of Con cress? It is well to look at the dates. The President, on April 9, last, submitted to the Attorneygeneral the question of his right to return the Lee relics: On the 12th of April Mr. Garland replied as above. General Drum's letter proposing the surrender of the battle figs was dated April 30. The indorsement of Secretary Endicott announcing to General Drum that the President had approved the letter of the Adjutant-general was dated Mar 26. The President and hi defenders were prompt to claim a degree of ignorance which reflected almost as much discredit on him as the act which he was attempting to exercise. But will he now claim, or will it be claimed for him, that he could not carry the plain points of the Attorney-general's letter on the Lee relics in his mind from April 13 to May 26? If nothing else had fixed his mind on the matter, it would seem xs if the facts that Mr. Garland, with Ms intimate associations with General Lee and the Confederacy, was yet prompt even on this case of somewhat vague title to advise that action of Congress wan necessary to authorize the return of anything taken from the Confederacy, and found in the possession of the government, would have stamped the case on his memory. The opinion not only does honor to Mr. Garland, but it shows conclusively what his friends have asserted, namely, that he was not consulted on the flag question, and that he knew nothing about it till the newspapers made It publia The authorized explanation, prepared at the White House and furnished to the press, Bakes this assertion: "The right of the department to make these returns being questioned by the President, such right was distinctly asserted and precedents alleged, and thereupon his oral consent was given to the proposed actions." This could not be true without it also being certain that the fresh opinion of the Attorneygeneral on the Lee relics was recalled to the President's mind. Why, tben, was the Attorneygeneral not consulted? Can there be the least doubt, in view of the above paper, what his rep!y would have beenf Was it because this surrender had been decided on that the Attorney-general was not again consulted? Are all the relics and trophies of the rebellion to be returned or pat out of sightl It is not necessary to pursue the subject The above letter of Mr. Garland to the President, now in the records of tbe National Museum, makes tbe case far worse for all concerned than if there had been no attempt to palm off the plea of carelessness on tbe country. It is a fatal faper, and carries its own comment to all inteligent readers. Why We Should Not He Surprised. New York Sun. A slight reflection upon the past life of President Cleveland will dispose of any feeling f surprise that may bre been excited by his

order about the captured flags. Why should he

know of the universal and deep-seated sent! nient that he so outraged? Up to the time that he became prominent he was singularly separated from all matters of public and eeneral concern. When the war broke out he avoided taking part in it, and by sending a substitute was enabled to continue in tbe quiet and se cluded sort of life that he preferred. Few people knew him, and consequently he knew and sympathized with few people. There is no reason for supposing that the crisis which convulsed the Nation and wrought the popular mind to unprecedented tension, ever added an extra beat to his pulse. The popular fears and passions had but very moderate interest for him, and it was from t&is obscurity and self-isolation that by a freak of fortune he was put into polities and rushed to the V hue House. Not being originally inspired with tbe peculiar national senti ment which was born of the war and has sur vived it. it is co wonder that he failed even to be conscious of its existence until the fact was forced upon bim in such an emphatic manner that, although he did not share in tbe feeling, be was compelled to submit to its dictation. ENDICOTT MUST GO. Rumors that His Resignation Has Been Ro- ' quested Snubbed by the President. Washington Special to New York Snn. CoL William Crowninsbield Endicott, comical Secretary of War, reported for duty this morn ing. Major Lee, the youthful custodian of the Secretary's person, mounted guard as usual over the approaches to the department, and kept at bay such persons as attempted to intrude upon his privacy with matters of public business, After a period of seclusion the. Secretary emerged from bis apartment and drove over to the White House. He walked up the stairs with great dignity, carrying a big bundle of papers, and tbe rural visitors who were so fortunate as to catch a glimpse of the great man of ancient lineage were ranch impressed by tbe sight. They at once surmised that a great affair ot state was about to be discussed in grand council. Their amazement was unspeakable when, in about one minute, they saw the Secretary turn about and come straight down stairs again, bundle and all. There was c frown on his brow and dejection in bis air. Ha had been informed, so report says, that the President was engaged the old, old story that is told to office-seekers and other unwelcome visitors often, but to Cabinet officers never. Mr. Endicott got into his carriage and went straight to his home on Sixteenth street without returning to the department. There are many rumors afloat about the situation. One is that the President is so vexed at his Secretary of War that he does cot want to see him. another is that he actually intends to freeze Mr. Endicott out, and a third report has it that Mr. Endieott's resignation already has been requested. None of these stories can be traced to any authoritative source, but the prediction is freely made that Mr. Endicott will be out of tho Cabinet within thirty days. He would have been out six months ago were it cot for his constitutional inability to take a hint; but this time it will be something more than a hint. This rebel flag business calls loudly for a vicarious sacrifice, and both Endicott and Drum might as well pack their trunks and have the quartermaster's wagons in readiness to cart them off. Indiana Pensions. Washington (Special. Pensions have been granted tbe followingnamed Indianians: William L., father of Felix B. Smith, Bloomington; Harriet, widow of Ido Rober, Connersville; Michael Glass, Aurora; Gilmore Jordan, Indianapolis; Mills Wood, Portland; Jabel Smith, Columbus; Christopher Murray. Fontanel; Samuel L. Milroy, Delphi; David IL Hatfield, Clay City; Thomas G. Russell, Alaska: Henry C. Hammontire, Logansport; S. Martin, Goshen; Isaac Shelly, Indianapolis; Robert Ralston. New Albany; William H. West, Orangeville; John F. Akers, Wabash; Edward Schultz, Tell City; Aaron F. Ok inner. Newtonville; James II. Whitcomb, Boswell; William Stimp, Elocora; John Musser. Metz; Charles N. Coffin, Oaktown; John Humming, Easton: Nathan 11. Schoolcraft, Madison; David B. Johnson. Perryville; Silas Darling, North Indianapolis; James R. Abbott, Crothersville; J. Lovelace, Evansville; David Morelaod, Bourbon; John B. Dingant, Westfield; John T. Carpenter, Spencer; Ira Baber (dead), Connersville; Enoch Underwood.Valeene; Samuel S. Sturgeon, West Fork; William A. Tipton, New Ross; Barney Murray, Greensburg; Richard S. H. Notion, Huron; John Diaqne. Ewine; John Burgess, Corwiu. Increase: James A. Ellis, Farmland; Wm. R. Jones, Greenfield; John S. Steele, Madison; JoelGote, Balbee; Daniel Alton, Bicknell; Sterling Hyett, Oscrood; James S. Baddens, Plaine; Thomas B. Bennett. Brazil: Nickland Burger, Masrley; Casper Blaine, Scbnellville; James Cohel. Newburn; Henry Clin. Milibausen; Peter Woik, Jasonville; Samuel T. Tynan, Chesney; Arthur Deter, Terre Haute; Silas B. Davenport, Tipton; Theodore Lawrence, Ladoga; Amos D. Winters, Worthington; George G. Smith, Brookston; Charles E. Hall, Vernou; Francis M. Carroll. Bryant's Creek; Mathias Herbert, Hamburg: Isaac Filkerson, Raglesville; Alex. Shipland, Mount Vernon; Jonathan J. Burge, Prairie Creek; William B. Aldrich, Greensburg; Christian D. Cowgill, Terre Haute; Johu M. Bryan. Brewersville; John O'Connell, Inqnay; Thomas J. Williams, Oakland City; M. R. Alexander. Warsaw; Jare Coridan, Eaglestown; Charles Griffith, Martinsville; Richard R. Boyd, G os port: John T. Hitchcock, Hope; John R. Skinner, McVille; Frederick R. Surpent, Mitchell; James II. B. McNees, Farmland; Fraveis Nowa. Bryant Creek; Jacob M. Stile, Madison; Adolphus G. Cotton, Vernon; Wm. F. Stewart, Halton; Jared A. Bailey, Rushville. Reissue James T. Stewart, Halton. Conference of Clvtl-Service Boards. Washington, June 22. The Civil-service Commissioners have invited the secretaries of the civil-service boards in the cities of New York, Philadelphia, Boston, Chicago, Detroit, St Louis, Baltimore, Cincinnati, Brooklyn, Buffalo and Louisville to meet in this city, on Friday next, for the purpose of conference. The object sought to be attained is the systematizing of the work of examinations so that they will be tbe same throughout the large cities of the country. Exports and Imports. Washington, June 22. The Bureau of Sta tistics reports that the exports of this country for the year ended Mav 31 were valued at $724,560,000, aeainst $672,100,000 in 1883-6, and tbe imports $685,342,000 and $630,539,000, respect ively. TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. The board of trustees of Wells Female Col lege yesterday voted that women should have representation in the board, and Miss Helen F. Smith, the lady principal, and Mrs. Frances F. Cleveland, an alumnus, were unanimously chosen trustees. A. D. Parent, defaulting cashier of the Hochelaga Bank, of Montreal, has been arrested at Buf falo, N. Y., charged with embezzling funds of the bank to the amount of $22,000, about $20,000 of which has been recovered in money and securities. He fled from Montreal May 27, and was traced to Chicago and thence to Buffalo. A defalcation has been discovered in the Chi cago city water department L. G. Pope, a meter collector, has been collecting tax bills and representing that he was unable to get the money. Tbe defalcation will amount to probbly $5,000 or $6,000. Pope has disappeared and the detectives are unable to find any trace of him. As George Chastin, a prominent citizen, and his wife, accompanied by another gentleman and his wife, were taking a walk Tuesday evening in Wichita, Kan., Mrs. Chastin was grossly insulted by a tramp. Mr. Chastin resented the outrage, and was about to chastise the offender, when the tramp plunged a large dirk knife into his breast near tbe heart, inflicting a mortal wound. The tramp escaped. A Minister Kills Ills Wife's Assailant Birmingham, Ala., June 22. Rev. John T. Maxwell, a Methodist minister, to-day shot and killed a man named John Rickets, at Irondale, six miles from this city. About ten days ago Rickets went to the bouse of Maxwell during the latter's absence and attempted to outrage his wife. Maxwell has since been searching for bim, and, meeting bim for the first time to-day. shot him twice with a shotgun and once with a pistol. Rickets was a mineral prospector and geologist, and leaves a wife and several small children. Maxwell gat a himself up. Illness of Gen. Terry. New Haven. Conn.. June 22. Gen. A. H. Terry was taken suddenly ill to-day. His physicians say he overexerted himse'f daring the exercises attending the dedication of the soldiers' monument Cincinnati Forger Arrested. Toronto, Jnne 22. Frank Hopper, who is wanted in Cincinnati for forgery, was arrested here to-night Tbe prisoner is said to have defrauded his employer, a brewer, of a large sum of money. The Cora Lee Case. SrniNOFiKLD, Ma, Jane 22. The Cora Lee case went to the jury at 4 o'clock this afternoon. At 9 o'clock, tbe jury having failed to report a verdict coart adjourned until to-morrow morn ing.

THE PASSING OF THE KINGS

A Spirited Protest Against the Pretentions Flummery of the Royalties. Farther Demonstrations in Connection with Victoria's Jabilee Green Flag Hauled Down byEnglish Marines Cable Notes. A JOLT FOR ROYALTY. An Indignant Denunciation of a System that Has Outlived Its Usefulness. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. London. Jane 22. The Pall Mall Gazette, in a long pessimistic leader on the jubilee, its effects and its lessons, waxes indignant over tbe absurdity of continuing the rigidity of royal etiquette and observing the pretentious forms of a century ago in the face of the rising tide of democracy and the fact that the conditions which, generations ago, made these things seem necessary or desirable, have passed away, happily never to return. The functions of the throne, the Gazette contends, are positively farcical, and the spectacle of millions of Englishmen howling themselves hoarse over the completion of the fiftieth year of the reign of a sovereign who does not rule, but is ruled, is nauseating While Queen Victoria lives tbe monarchy will, in all probability, linger as a picturesque institution possessing a certain degree of usefulness of a low order, but the days of the traditional pomp, glory and grandiose display hitherto tolerated by a conservative and patriotio people are rapidly drawing to a closo, and new forms and observances commensurate to the altered condition of the social and political situation of the country must, of necessity, soon be adopted. The House of Commons, too. is in a sickening condition of coilapse through similar causes, and the Tory government, themselves the exponents of the divinity of sovereigns and the exaltation of useless formality and display over the sober simplicity demanded by the present state of things, have done more within the last three months to pull the walls down upon their own heads than the machinery of progress has accomplished within the last five years in bringing England to a realization of the necessity for a change. With all the enthusiasm, real and simulated, which prevailed throughout Great Britain yesterday, the Gazette has no doubt that a general election held to-morrow would show that tbe electors are, by a large majority, in favor of so reconstructing tht government as to make a repetition of such scenes impossible. More and more the people are coming to believe that Demos is king, and the day is cot far distant when he will be enthroned. The Gazette's article has created a sensation, and aroused much indignant comment among the Tory element, but the cumber of persons whose views it represents is very large, and a knowledge of this fact undeniably accounts for much of the denunciation the Conscrratires indulge in. VICTORIA'S JUBILEE. Savage Criticism of the New Peers The Children's Fete In Hyde Park. London, June 22. Tbe Queen rose early this morning, and took a drive in the garden of Buckingham Palace. Subsequently her Majesty received guests, and then she visited the Duchess of Cambridge. In the afternoon she received the homage of the foreign princes and others, and the presents sent in commemoration of her jubilee. Among the peers to be created are Sir John St Aubin, a Liberal Unionist member of Parliament for the St Ives division of Cornwall; Mr. Henry William Eaton, a Conservative member of Parliament for Coventry, and Mr. Edward Fellowes, a copious contributor to the Consert ative electoral fund, and formerly member of Parliament for Huntingdon. Baron Londesbrough will be made an earL The Earl of Stathmore, now a Scotch representative peer, and Viscount Gal way, an Irish peer, will be made peers of the united kingdom. Baronetcies will be conferred upon thirteen persons, includine Sir Algernon Rorthwick. editor and proprietor of the London Morning Post; Mr. Moon, chairman of the London & Northwestern railway, and Mr. William Pearce, the ship-builder, member of Parliament for Govan. Thirty-three persons will be made knights, including Mr. Long, editor of the Sheffield Telegraph; Martin Holloway, the heir of the Pillman; the Mayors of York, Liverpool, Leeds, Sheffield, Bristol. Portsmouth. Salford, Windsor, Norwich and Newcastle. Among the honors to be conferred, the Crown Prince of Austria will be made an extra Knight of the Garter, and Grand Duke SergiU9 of Russia, tbe Grand Duke of Hesse, tbe Grand Duke of SaxeMeiningen, Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar, Prince Victor of Hone Langenburg, and Prince Louis of Battenburg will be decorated with the grand cross of -the Order of-the Bath. Along list of minor decorations will also be conferred. The Pall Mall Gazette says the list is a "job lot," the choice of persons for elevation to the peerage being especially disappointing. "Lord Salisbury," says the Gazette, ''has no excuse of expediency, for bis creations are not even men of importance enough to be worth kicking upstairs. The omissions from this shabby list are more striking than its contents. Where is the baronetcy which was to immortalize the proprietor of the Seal of Unionism, the Daily Telegraphl Where is the peerage which'was to have shed a halo of royal favor over that sole pillar of an imperiled slatevidentified, with 'Parnellism and Crime?" ; ...... The children's fete at Hyde Park, to-day, in honor of the Queen's jubilee was a grand affair. Fully thirty thousand children were present The Prince of Wales, accompanied by nearly all of the visiting royalties, arrived shortly after the festivities began, and the children, in the excess of their exuberant spirits and curiosity to behold tbe personages at close range, broke down the rope barriers and crowded around the visitors. The royal party were delighted at the enthusiasm of the children, and their dignity and the children's faint knowledge of tbe re quirements of etiquette vanished at once. The visitors mingled and romped with the children, and the latter sang "God Bless the Prince of Wales" on keys exhausting the possibilities of the musicale scale and more than making up in earnestness and enthusiasm what they lacked in harmony. The visitors afterward proceeded to the royal platform, where the Queen shortly after arrived. The children massed themselves in orderly lines on either side of the carriageway, and as her Majesty reached the platform tbe assembled bands of music played tbe national anthem, the children at tbe same time singing tbe music and words, producing an effect really grand. A little girl chosen to represent the whole of the children, presented the Queen with a memorial cup, and as her Majesty was leaving the platform to return to Windsor, the children sang "Rule Britannia" in chorus, accompanied by the bands. A large number of the aristocracy assisted at the fete, and to their efforts the success of the affair is largely due. Among those present were Mrs. Gladstone, the Earl of Derby and Earl Spencer. Among the presents received by the Queen was one of 75.000, subscribed by three million women. Her Majesty accepted this, and graciously thanked the donors. The Queen left Buckingham Palace this even ing, and went to Windsor Castle. At different stations along the route she was cheered by en thusiastic crowds. GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS. An Irish Yachtsman Hoists the Green Flag and It Is Promptly Captured. Dublin, June 22. Mr. William Murphy, member of Parliament for St. Patrick's, enter tained a party of friends on board his yacht in Bantry bay, to-day, and hoisted the Irish flag at the masthead of his vessel. Her Majesty's ship Shannon, which was cruising in the vicinity, bore down on Mr. Murphy's yacht, and tbe captain of the man-of-war sent a party of marines on board to haul the green flag down. This was done, and tbe obnoxious emblem carried back to tbe Shannon. The Bantry bay regetta, which was shortly to take place, will doubtless be postponed until after the Shannon leaves those waters. Explosion In a Chemical Works. Manchester, June 22. A terrifio explosion occurred in Roberti, Dale & Co. 's chemical works, in this city, to-day, which destroyed tbe building. The ruins took fire and tbe flames spread to Pomona Palace. Windows for miles around

were smashed by the force of the explosion. The explosion occurred in a large retort containing picric acid. The iron platos of which the retort was constructed were blown a great distance. Many houses near the factory were partially demolished by the explosion, and it is feared that many persons were killed. The burning ruins threw out an intense heat, and the firemen found it impossible to approach tbe fire. Tbe military assisted the firemen. A large number of workmen were scalded by the acid or injured by the falling debris. The Egyptian Agreement Constantinople, June 22. M. Nelidoff and the Count Monebello, the Russian and French embassadors, respectively, have addressed a note to the Porte on the subject of the Egyptian convention. It is reported that their communication contained, a threat that war would ensue should the convention be ratified. Sir Henry Drumond Wolfe, the special English envoy to Turkey, in reference to Egypt, declines to modify the terms of the convention. The ratification of the instrument has been postponed by mutual agreement until after the Bairam festival. The situation of affairs is disquieting. Col. Sndelkin's Murderers. St. Petersburg, June 22. Twenty-three persons accused of tbe murder of Col. Sudeikin were tried to day and seven of them sentenced to death; fourteen were condemned to exile in Siberia, and two wre acquitted. Those condemned to death will be executed on Monday, Juuo 27' , Mr. Blaine's Reception. London. June 22. Mr. James G. Blaine spent a quiet day to-day. He is very well pleased with his reception, as well he may be, as no one, not a member of the royal family, has received sueh consideration from distinguished and prominent Englishmen as he.

Distress In Asia Minor. Constantinople, June 22. There has been an almost general failure of the crops in Asia Minor, and the districts of Adana and Kutahia are threatened with famine. The utmost distress prevails, and the inhabitants are making piteous appeals for aid. Cable Notes. Rumors are current that King Milan, of Sorvia, is about to abdicate. The Rev. Nicholas Matz has been appointed coadjutor to Bishop Machebuf, of Denver. United States Minister McLane has authorized the representatives of the press to state that he could not have made eny official claim upon the French government for the release of Baron Raymond Sailliere, nor does he cow regard him as an American citizen. THE BROOKS R03IAXCE. Another Chapter in a Story That Reads Like a Chapter Out of a Work of Fiction. Vassar, Mich., June 22. The disappearance of Mrs. Brooks is again to the fore, with a more romantic story than the first Several weeks ago L. C Merritt, of this place, wrote to Anna D. Butterfield a Riverside, CaL, asking for information concerning Mrs. Brooks The follow ing reply was received on Monday: "Your letter of the 6th received and contents noted. You say you were at Brooks's and read my letters to them, and you wanted to know if I had employed a detective to hunt up Aunt Johanna. I have, and he has found her and rescued her from a prison cell, where she had been for three months. Also, you wanted to know if she had drawn all her money. No, she has not drawn any of what was coming to her, but she had a present of a draft for $60,000. Then her lawyer gave her $20,000 in cash. She bad that when I saw her in St Louis, about the 19th of February. She is beir to about $300,000. The detectives have bad the luck to find that much out It can't be got without a private mark, which was agreed to when they last met tbe lady that has the care of it It was to make her sign' that mark that they tortured her, but she would not sign it, and I think she is very gritty. The detective writes me that they kept her six days without a mouthful to eat, and used all manner of tortures that are cruel. I shall see that she is taken to her family; shall try to get her there by the TFourth of July if her mind is so that we can move her, for now she is crazy. They killed her baby before her eyes, and that turned her brain. Anna D. Butterfield." The letter was evidently written by the same hand that penned the letter signed by Mrs. Brooks, and detailing the story of her imprisonment San Francisco. June 22. Inquiry to-day has failed to learn the whereabouts ot Anna J. Butterfield, of Riverside, who is thought to know something of the supposed kidnaping of Mrs. Albert Brooks, of Michigan, who lately, as heir, secured $300,000 at Denver Col. There are certain facts that seem to be established, viz.: that Mrs. Butterfield came in to possession of private letters of Mrs. Brooks's and sent them to a banker at her old home in Michigan, and . that she has telegraphed money to her old home through the Riverside bank for the benefit of Miles Brooks, whom she claimed to be the son of an aunt who was lost It is possible that Mrs. Butterfield is niece ot her lost aunt, and it is just possible that she is . the lost Mrs. Brooks herself, and that after the receipt of money her mind became unbalanced and she wandered from her friend. Mrs. Butterfield has talked strangely about the matter from the first. The amount of money she claimed to have in her possession is varied from $20,000 to $400, 000. THE FIRE RECORD. A Blaze In Factories and. Tenement-Houses Causes a Loss of 8350,000. New York, June 23. At 1 o'clock this morning the six-story building. 80x130, at Nos. 179 and 1S1 Lewis street, took fire, and at this hour is enveloped in flames. It is occupied by Simon Strauss, cigar-box manufacturer, and H. C. Coffin, shoe manufacturer. The loss will not be less than $150,000. 2:30 a. m. At this hour the three six-story buildings, Nos. 179 to 183 Lewis street are com pletely destroyed, and the walls have fallen in. The four-story factory at 820 and 822 Christie street is enveloped in flames. The fourstory tenement house at No. 185 Lewis street is on fire and the occupants are fleoing in a panic. A strong east wind is blowing, and it is feared that the tenements adjoining will also be burned. The loss will probably be $225,000. 3:15 A- M. The fire is now under control. Tbe loss is about $220,000. No loss of life is reported. Other Fires, gpecial to the Indianapolis Journal. LaPorte, Ind., June 22. B. F. Huntsman's saw-mill, at Rolling Prairie, was totally destroyed by fire last night, together with a considerable quantity of lumber. Loss $3,000, with co insurance. Bloomington, 111., June 22- There was a destructive fire at Wallmington, Will county, to-day. At 1 P. M. an elevator was fired by a passing train. A heavy wind was blowing, and despite all efforts two elevators and the freight and passenger depot of the Chicago & Alton railway were destroyed. Loss, from $30,000 to $40,000. New Orleans, June 23, 1:30 a. m. At 1 a. m. fire broke out in the rear upper portion of F. Frederick's drug store, at No. 139 Canal street, in the Tours Building, the most important business block in tbe city. The fire is now burning fiercely. ' Steamship News. Plymouth, June 22. Arrived: Suevia, from New York for Hamburg. Qceenstown, June 22. Arrived; Prince, from Philadelphia; Caspian, timore. British from BalA Perilous Performance. CnourvsiAW Ttnmriv. N. Y. . Jnne 22 Rtenbfn Pee re, a shoemaker residing on the Canadian side of the Niagara river, crossed the river at this point, this afternoon, walking upon a fiveeighths inch wire cable. Obituary. Newark, N. J., June 22. Mrs. Jacobus, the nurse of President Cleveland, died a few days ago at CaldwelL She was born in 1805, and for over a year bad been helpless, being paralyzed and blind. Edwin Booth, in speaking of his capabilities as a business man, said tbe other day that Lawrence Barrett and Henry Irving knew more about accounts in a week than he did in a year. "I have frequently destroyed important vouchers," he added, "and in a certain busisess transaction I bad with Boston people, and which occupied a good deal of my time in tbe last veok, 1 am unable to ascertain whether I am $8,000 out or $600 ia. I suppose it will all turn out right"

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A Killing That May Have Resulted from Murder, Suicide, or Accident. Station Agent Discharged Because His Ac counts Were Short Capture of Mrs. Challey's Supposed Assailant Gleanings. INDIANA. Farmer Found Dead Under Circumstances Indicating Murder or Suicide. Social to the Indianapolis Journal Evansville, June 22. Jarrett Ingram, farmer residing in the vicinity of Somerville, Gibson county, was found dead yesterday, a few miles from his home. It is supposed that he committed suicide by Bhooting, altnongn no cause is assigned for the deed. He left borne last Thursday to hunt squirrels, and was not seen again until discovered dead. His body was in an advanced state of decomposition. Some of Ingram's friends entertain the belief that he was murdered. Coyne Declared Not Guilty. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Jeffeksonville, June 22. The trial of Jos, Coyne, charged with the murder of William Hitchman, was concluded in the Circuit Court here yesterday afternoon and the case given to the jury at 3 o'clock. After being out nice hours a verdict of oot guilty was agreed on, and was read at the opening of court this morning. The killing occurred about two years ago, and tee victim, a young man, was only a bystander. not having taken any part in the dimculty. Coyne had met John Krause on the streets a few nights before the killing occurred and made some insulting remark to the latter's wife. Coyne was knocked down and given a beating. On the day of the killing the two (Coyne and Krause) met in Kerwm s saloon and hostilities were renewed. Four shots were fired, one of which struck Wm. Hitchman. He lived only a few days after being shot K. of P. Picnlo at Cambridge City. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Cambridge City, June 22. Fully two thou sand strangers are in the city, to-day, attending the K. of P. basket picnio and reunion. Every lodge in eastern Indiana is represented, and U. R. divisions are herefrom Connersville, Liberty, Richmond and New Castle. The large crowd was disappointed in the failure of Gen. J. R. Carnaban and G. C Heistell to attend. After speeches in Meredith's grove by P. G. C Charles E. Shively and Rev. W. D. Parr, of Cambridge Lodee, No. 9, and Rev. Sands, of U. R. division of Rushville, the divisions and lodges were formed in line and a brilliant and imposing parade was made through the principal streets. Had it not been for the threatening aspect of the heavens during the morning, the crowd would no doubt have been treble its size. A Station Agent's Shortage. Special to the Indianapolis Journal Shelbyville. June 22. John T. Leatherman, the agent for the Pennsylvania Railway Company at Flatrock, has been discharged from further service on account of being about $300 short in his accounts. The books are now being examined. Lea therm an is about twenty -one years old and went there in February, before that time being employed at the depot here. He bad a good reputation. The company holds the bond of tbe Fidelity Trust Company, of New York, for $500 for the faithful discharge of his duties. ISitten by a Rabid Dos:. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LaPorte, Jane 22. Jacob Hatter, a prominent citizen of Rolling Prairie, was bitten today by a mad dog which bad taken refuge in his house. The brute had snapped at his child and wife, and in attempting to drive it from under a bed he was wounded in the hand. Minor Notes. Mr. Mordeeai Foster, an old engineer, died at Madison on Monday night John Custer died yesterday at Cambridge City, tbe result of a paralytic stroke. The Knights of Pythias of Madison will celebrate the 4th at Beech Grove Park, near that city. The remains of Michael Welsh, a telegrapher, who died at Marshall. Tex,, from typhoid fever, will arrive at Cambridge City to-day for burial Rev. L. G. Adkinson, who has just resigned the presidency of Moore's Hill College, contemplates going either to the South or West to reenter the Methodist itineracy. William Walker, eighteen years old, while working with horses at the fair grounds near Shelbyville, yesterday, was so badly tram pled by one of the brutes that he will probably die. CoL Henry Davis, who served with distinction in the Mexican war, dropped dead on Monday evening while sitting in a chair in his son's store at MitchelL The cause of his death was heart disease. Andrew J. Keyser, an old resident of Plymouth, was driving a team which became unmanageable and ran away. Keyser was thrown out of the wagon and run over, receiving fatal injuries. The officers have made it so hot for Harvey Habbard, John Sterling and their companions in crime, who have been terrorizing the farmers in the neighborhood of Odon, Daviess county, that the gang has left tbe county. A three-year-old child of Mrs. Elizabeth Bottomly, of Evansville, swallowed half an ounce of laudanum while its mother was absent from the house. When the mother returned she found the little fellow suffering from the effects of the drug. She summoned medical assistance, but the child died. J. S. Gamble, superintendent of Fayette county schools, upon formal demand, has refused to turn over the office to F. G. Hornung, who claims the office by virtue of the recent election. Hornung was one of the township trustees, and was elected by voting for himself, hence the present contest Jacob Lynam, a well-known young farmer of Steele township, Daviess county, was arrested yesterday on a charge of perjury. The affidavit was made by Gabriel Beitman, a Hebrew merchant of Washington. Lynam is charged with having given false testimony in a justice's court, in a suit brought against Lynam by Beitman. The store of William Rider, at Waynetown, was burglarized on Tuesday night, the thieves taking mainly revolvers. Yesterday morning a tall man, who afterwards gave his name as Conley, sold two new revolvers, worth at least $15, at a second-hand store in Crawfordsville, for $1. He also sold one to another man for a small sum. Officers were soon after the fellow, and he is cow in jail. ILLINOIS. The Search for Mrs. Cballey's Assailant Results In the Arrest of a Suspected Man. Special to tbe Indianapolis Journal. Bloomiogton, June 22. The search for the tramp who committed the assault on Mrs. David Challey, near Colfax, yesterday, was continued all last night and to-day. Several tramps were apprehended, but o'nly one filled the description. He was arrested here this morning and taken to Colfax. He was taken to Mrs. Cballey's room for identification, but tbe lady, being nervous and ill. was unwilling Jo decide as to whether or not he was ber assailant He was taken to Colfax and placed in jail. She will give her decision in the morning, and if she recognizes him there is no doubt that his doom is sealed. A reward of $125 is offered for the tramp's arrest He is rather small, with red face and mustache, and must bear scratches upon his face. Sheriff Powell, with a strong force and several patrol wagons, will make a raid on the noted , tramp camps of this vicinity and arrest them as vagrants. The people are thoroughly aroused, and are ready for war on the whole tribe. lirief Mention. The Supreme Court refused to grant the defendant a rehearing in the famous Caswell divorce case at Monticello. Suit for separate maintenance will be commenced. William A. Roberts, agent for the Americau Express Company at Lincoln, attempted suicide on Tuesday by morphine. The cause was financial trouble. He is married, and aged twentyfive. The City Council of Clinton has ordered plans and specifications drawn for supplying the city with a system of water-works. Tbe first outlay will be not less than $20,000, which will only supply the business part of the town. Work is expected to be begun at an early day. Crushed by a Falling; Tree. Wilmington, DeL, June 22. A violent storm of wind and rain broke over this city at 12:40 oclock this morning, and rased furiously for

half an hour, unroofing baildings, leveling chimneys, uprooting an 1 twisting off trees, and doing may thousand dollars damage in various ways. At Bancroft's Banks, on the Brandywine, just beyond the city limits, a big tree was uprooted and fell on a double frame dwelling, crushing ia tbe roof and killing three of the occupants Mrs. James Noble, Mrs. George Doran and Mrs. Doran' little boy. Mr. Noble was sot out alive, bur badly hurt Mrs. Noble's two-raonths'-old baby, in bed with its mother, was extricated from the crushed timbers and may live.

THE PRINCE Oi YTALES. His Private Hansom His Personal Popularity, and How He Acquired It T. C. Crawford, in New York World. I saw tbe Prince of Wales last Sunday aftercoon driving toward Kensington. He was in a private baniiom. For tbe benefit of the young men of Nrw York who consider everything from a Prince-of-Wales stand-point, I will describe his outfit for this afternoon's drive. He was dressed in plain black; bis coat was a single-buttoned cutaway made of the soft, rougb cloth cow so fashionable in London for morning coats; his bat was black silk; bis tie at his throat was a dark blue, with a light polka-dot running over it He . wore no gloves. He leaned with one hand upon & tightly-rolled silk umbrella, while the other, hand crossed and rested easily upon the one supported by the umbrella stick. Tbe hansom cab was dark blue, with a light white lice traced upon its psneling. There was no coat of arms upon tbe cab to indicate its belonging to the royal stables. The horse was a dark bay, strong, clean and powerful. Tbe harness was black and absolutely devoid of ornament The man who sat in the driver's seat wore a high silk hat, ornamented with a black cockade. His coat was a dark blue, with blue buttons. A square, white cravat was at his throat His breeches were white and skin tight, bnttcuicg at the knee above a pair of black top-boots. The Prince was smoking a cigarette, and was apparently lost in v ntemplation of the rich greens and shifting colors of tbe vast stretch of Hyde Park at his right He was driving along at the rate of eight miles an hour. He sat so far back in tbe hansom that few noticed bim. If he bad been recognized generally there would have been much hat-lifting and cheering. There is no membei of the royal family who is so popular as the Prince of Wales. Tbe Pricce of Wales is popular because he cultivates his popularity. He is a perfect pink ot politeness in all his relations with the public. There is no publio enterprise of any merit which calls in vain upon him for his personal assistance. The Prince appears to realize that royalty in England is only popular from tbe social and spectacular 5tarl -point I have talked with any. cumber cf intelligent Englishmen ou this subject England in many respects is a wonderfully free country, but the traditions of royalty are so strong that there is . no knowing how long the people of this country will consent to bear the enormous expense of maintaining the establishment of an hereditary ruler. There are none so ignorant in England who do rot know that the royalties, so far &8 actual government is concerned, are mere figureheads. One prominent Englishman said to me the other day: "Royalty continues to exist England because it has become negative and toa wise to attempt to thwart the public If the time should come when England had a King who should be ambitions in a political war, and who should seek to promulgate a policy contrary to public opinion, then it would soon bo seen how weak royalty is becoming in this country. It would go down in an instant, with hardly a breath of warning." The Prince of Wales appears to thoroughly understand public sentiment He is very careful to keep out of politics, and never uses the in ."uence which he could employ as a member oi the House of Peers to affect legislation in any way. Those who know him sayhat he is a very clever and well-informed man. He goes about in public so much and comes in such close contact with the people that every small boy in London knows him by sight, Much of' the Queen's unpopularity comes from her tremendous dislike for the public. I understand that she is afraid, and that the sight of a great crowd makes her very nervous. There have been one or two attacks upon her life by fanatics, and she dreads, therefore, going out in public Tb businessmen in London are great friends and admirers of tbe Prince of Wales. Tbe Queen's absence from London is a constant subject of unfavorable criticism from the city men; they charge much of tbe business depression and dullness in London commercial affairs to tbe character and administration of the Queen. They say that if the Prince of Wales could only become king London would be one of tbe eayect cities in the world. There would be one round of royal entertainments after another, which would attract here strangers from everywhere with plenty of money to spend. The city men seem to regard the royal family as a means of attracting business to London. The failure to have plenty of royal entertainments is considered by tttem the most vicious feature of a bad administration. A NEW INDUSTRY FOR SUMMER. Hundreds of Chicaeo Women Making; Toboggan Caps for Next Winter's Trade. Chicago Herald. "That makes over three Hundred," said the macagerof a knit-goods manufactory, yesterdny, as a voung woman with a handle in her hands closed the door behind her. "I aivertised for women to do crochet work at their homes, and I've fairly been besieged with applicants . ever since." "Why is there a special demand for crochet work at this season of the year!" "Toboggan caps," was the laconic reply. "You see, we're getting ready for next winter's trade. and, as there seem to be no signs of the toboggan craze dvisg oat, we want to lay in a good stock of material to fill the demands of the job bers. This crochet work is an excellent thing. by the way. and there's many a family in Chicago which is entirely supported by it. It doesn't require much skill, and a woman with any aptitude for that kind of work can easily crochet ten caps in tbe course of a day. We pay 10 cents a cap, so yoo see a woman can make a nice little income out of the work. Strange t say, however, most of our applicants are married women, who are supported in comfortable style by their husbands. They have everything they want except pin money, and they take this means of getting it After all, it's a sort ct amusement for them, ton. After their household duties are over, and they find their time hanging heavily on their hands, they eau take out a cap and work on it 'Why,' said a woman to me this morning. ' think tnis is just a splen did scheme. I don't eare if I don't make more than $1 a week: it will keep me in ice-cream. Some firms require the crocheters to make a de posit before they take tbe work borne, but w never do. I've been in tbe business over tea years, and I've never kno vrn the firm to lose an ounce of material No, the people who do thif kind of work are honest" At this point a buxom young matron entered tbe manager's office, leading a little girl by th hand. "Oh, Mr. " she exclaimed, "I want material for six dozen caps. We've started a society on tbe West Side, and we're going U have a capping bee every day. Its lust too de lightful for anything, and I'm going to makf ever so much pin-money this summer. That's just the way it goes " said the man' ager after the applicant for material had departed. "Now, I know that woman. Her has band is head clerk in a big store down-town, and gets a salary of $1,800 a year. She has n need of the money; its only a freak in wnicl she has induced some of ber friends to partici pate. They'll soon tire of it though, and ther someone more in need of the money will re ceive the benefit" Gen. F. E. Spinner, says that he founds hif "hope of salvation" on the fact that he first appointed women to positions in the Treasury De partment, Washington. Miss Jennie Douglass , was the first one appointed, and she. and otherf later, were employed on the merely mechanical work of trimming Treasury notes with shears. A number of women were made clerks in 1862. DRPRICES SPECIAL NATURAL FRUIT FLAVORS MOST PERFECT MADE Prepared with strict regard to Purity, Strength, and llealthf ulness. Dr. Price's Baling fowder contains no Ammonia. Lime or Alum. Dr. Price's Extracts, Vanilla, Lemon, Orange, etc, flavor delicioasly. rry''Tn- .i..L .-a

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