Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 September 1887 — Page 2

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TILE IXDIAAPOLIJS JOURlSrAlV TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1887.

An informal reception by the President and Mrs. Cleveland to morrow, a lawn party by Hon. Josiab Dent a reception by Secretary and Mr. Whitney, a reception and buffet banqnet at the Pension Office, a visit to 3k Vernon upon Uni'.ed States vessels, and an excursion to Niagara Fall'. He said it was a source of regret and embarrassment that the month of Seplember bad been selected for the congress, and the committee felt it a duty to explain the eence of that boundless hospitality for which Washington was so widely known. It was, he laid, due to the absence from the city of so tnany of those who were at other seasons wont ' to open their doors to visitors. President Davis next introduced Secretary of 8tate Bayard, who ' welcomed the Congress to Washington ia ao eloquent address. He said, in part: "We welcome this congress as guardians of the sanitation of the nations. In your profession we recognize the noblest school of human asefulness, and in the progress of the development of the laws of cure, the mitigation of suffering, the prolongation of human existence, aod efforts to discover the true principles and renditions by which life can be made "worth living,' we bave learned to appreciate our debt to those whose birbest reward is the 'still small voice of gratitude' and consciousness of benefaction to the human race. Gentlumen, I confl- - dentiy promise your convention a worthy audience not alone the members of your profession here assembled, nor the limited number

whom this building can contain, but that vaster audience, to whom, upon the wings of electrical force, your message will be daily borne far and wide to the listening ears of more than sixty millions of American citizens. Sure am I that your message will be worthy, and equally that your thoughtful deliverances will be welcomed bv a continent. The closer relations of mankind which modern invention has induced, has necessarily been accompanied by an increased dissemination of disease, and jhe need .s obvious of frequent international conference, that, in the grand sweep of scientific observations, rew discoveries in the healmg art may be promptly attested and applied in eounteraetion. Forgive me, if, as one of the great army of patients, I humbly petition the profession that in your deliberations nature may be allowed a hearing when remedies are proposed; that her vis medacatrix may not be omitted in coroputJ.. .I. r -j .I,-. . v restricted as often as possible to sounding the alarm for nature to hasten, as she surely will, if permitted, to the defense of tb point assailed. My duty is very simple, and I fear I bave already overstepped its limit, for there was. indeed, little more for me to say than to repeat the words of an ancient dame, whose cottage was close by tbe battlefield of Waterloo, and, being somewhat deaf, and hearing the sound of the artillery when the "famous poundiug" was hardest, thought she heard some one knocking at her door, and simply said: 'Come in.' This may seem an unscientific illustration of auscultation and percussion, but you need not make half the noise of Wellington or Bonaparte, and I can assure yon that the American people will tear you and heartily say to you as I do for them, 'Come in.'" Tbe welcome was acknowledged and respond ed to briefly by Dr. William Harris Lloyd, ln-peetor-general R. N.r in behalf of Great Bntian; Dr. Leon Laforte, of Paris, on behalf of France; Pros. P. G. Unna, of Hamburg, on the part of Germany; Senator M. Semmola, of Naples, for Italy; and Sir Charles Reyber, of St. Petersburg, representing the government of . Russia. Dr. Unna spoke in German and Drg. Semmola and Laforte in French. President Davis having called one of the vicepresidents to tbe chair, proceeded to deliver his opening address. He said: "Gentlemen: It is my sad duty first to remind you that death has removed from among us one to whom, more than any other, we are indebted for the privileee of having the ninth International Medical Coneress in America; one whose unbanity, erudition, valuable contributions to medical literature and eminence as a teacber caused bim not only to be universally regarded the most Influential teacber in all tbe preparatory work, but also tbe one unanimously designated to preside over your deliberations on this occasion. That one was the late Prof. Austin Flint, of New York, who was taken suddenly from his earthly labors early in 1886, before the work of preparation for this coneress bad been half completed. The true nobility of bis private and professional character, bis eminent ability as a teacher, and, above all, the number and value of his contributions to the literature and art of medicine, bad caused him to be known and esteemed by the profession in all countries. And as you all remember, while tbe shock of his death was fresh upon us, our loss seemed well men irreparable. But though he has taken bis departure ripe in years and full of honors, yet the influence of his excellent example and his contributions to medical science remain and will continue to exert their beneficent influence through all the generations to come." He thanked the congress for the honor bestowed ueon him, an honor that he appreciated as second to no other of a temporal nature, because it has been bestowed neither by conquest nor by hereditary iuflnence, nor yet by partisan strife, but by the free expression of his hearers' choice. Addressing himself .now more directly to those who had left homes and loved ones in other lands and encountered the fatigue and danger of traveling by sea and by land, in the name of the medical profession of this country he welcomed tbem not only to thin beautiful city and the hospitality of its citizens, as had been so admirably done already by the honorable representative of the government who had just taken his seat, but be cordially welcomed tbem to tbe open arms and warm hearts of tbe medical men of this whole country, in whose name they were invited here three years since, and whose representatives were now, here, gathered from the East, the West, the North, the South, as well as from tbe rugged mountains and fertile valleys of the center, to make good the promise implied by that invitation. He took great pleasure in greetInn Iti.m nr.m. m. A .11 l J: . . "fc uvuj, uur auu an, aa lenuiuj. BreuiauT9 of a profession whose paramount object is tbe lessening of human suffering. Nay, ' mere, with profound reverence he greeted them as a noble brotherhood, who. In the practical pursuit of that one grand object, recognized no distinction of country, race or creed, but bound up the wounds and assuaged the pains of tbe rich and the poer, ruler and ruledChristian and paran, friend and foe alike. With a common object so beneficent in its nature, and opportunities for its practical pursuit so universal, it was but natural that they should be found searching for the most effectual means for tbe accomplishment of of the one object of lessening human suffering In every field of nature and in every department of human knowledge. The time has been when medical studies embraced little else tuan the arbitrary dogmas of a few leading minds, cacL of which became, for the time, the founder of a so-called school of medicine with his disciples more or less numerous. But with the development of general and analytical chemistry of the several departments of natural science, of a more practical knowledge of physics and the adoption of inductive processes oreasoningt the age of theoretical dogmas and of medical sects, blindly following some more plausible leader, passed away, leaving bat an infinitelv small shadow yet visible on the medical horizon. So true was this that in casting our mental vision to-day over the broad domain of medicine we saw its votaries engaged, some searching for new facts and new materials, some studying new applications and better uses of facts and materials already known; and some of them aie in tbe dead-house with scalpel and microscope, not only studying tbe position and relations of every part, from the obvious bones and muscles to the smallest leucocyte in health, but also every deviation caused by morbid action or disease. Some were searching the fields, the forests, the earth and the air both for more knowledge conrerning the causes of disease, and for additional remedial agents; some were in laboratories with crucible, test-glass and microscope, analyzing very morbid product and every remedial agent, separating the active principles from the crude materials, and demonstrating their action on living animals, while far the greater number were at the bedside and with the wounded, applying the knowledge gained by all other workers to the relief of human suffering. It was on tbe development and diffusion of knowledge concerning the local conditions necessary for receiving and propogatiug the specifls infections of disease that nearly all theimportant sanitary measures of modern times bave been based, and it was on a further development of knowledge in the same direction, gained by more systematic, continuous aod coincident iuvestigation, that onr race would be most successfully protected from the pestilences that have hitherto "walned in darkness and wasted at noon-day." The presiding officer proposed a vote of thanks to Professor Davis, which was enthusiastically accorded, and then announced the congress adjourned till Id o'clock to-morrow. There has been but one case of friction in the proceedings, so far as has been learned. Some days ago the committee invited Dr. Francisco Durante, of Rom, to answer in the name of Italy to the welcoming address. Later, when Senator Semmola arrived, he claimed it as a right that he should make the response, renreleuting the government of It a! v. The committee felt constrained to make the change, aDd notified Prof. Durante. This gentleman is much offended and has withdrawn from the ton r reus. lie claims that he, and not Senator Bern mo! a, is the representative of the Italian government. The conversazione at tbe Pension Office this ivening was attended by several thousand ladiea snd gentlemen resident here, and by nearly all the visiting doctors. The immense hall, to which the finishing touches have Just been put, was richly bnng with banners and emblems of iU nationalities. A fine orchestra uad rases of

filled punch-bowls were among the attractions.

The affair was without a vestige of formality, and everything passed off very successfully. The Convention at Work. , Special to the Indianaoolis Journal. Washington. Aug. 5. The medical conven tion got fairly to work this afternoon. Within an hour after tbe adjournment of the opening general session at Albaugh's Theatre, hundreds of tbe delegates had dispersed, and were listen ing to learned disquisitions and elaborate disser tations on human anatomy, the physiological functions of special organs, disease, and other kindred topics in the eighteen different halls and meeting rooms nto which the different sections of tbe congress is divided. The section which looks after tbe interest of general medicine is presided over by Dr. A-B. Arnold, of Baltimore. The list of those who submit papers in this section com prises many of the most distinguished medical practitioners of the world- Dr. Wm. T. Briggs, a distinguished surgeou of Nashville, Tenn., is president of the section of general surgery. Dr. John II. Callander, of Nashville well-known physician, presides over the section of physi ology, tbe meetings of which promise to be of unusual interest, as papers are announced from a number of distinguished, physiologists of England, Canada and the United States. A sec tion whose proceedings promise to have more popular interest than most of the others is that devoted to public and international hygiene, over which Dr. Joseph Jones, of New Orleans, presides. One section is given over to the consideration of diseases of children, and over this Dr. J. Lewis Smith, of New York city, presides. The exhibition of medical and surgical sup plies opened to-day at tbe Washington Light Infantry Armory. I he armory is apparently turned into a huge drug-store, and presents a strange appearance, x he exhibit is a curious and interesting display of drugs, surgical instru ments, and all the appliances used in attacking diseases, relieving pain aud performing surgical operations. HOW DOCTORS DISAGREE, A Review of the Causes WhlcH Threaten the Success of the) Coneress. Washington Special in Philadelphia Press. This city is rapidly filling up with physicians in anticipation of the opening of the Internation al Medical Congress, Monday. The attendance of American physicians promises to be large. bat the foreign element will be but sparsely rep resented. Already mutterings are heard in the hotel corridors regarding the marked absence of distinguished physicians and the causes which led to(the best men practically boycotting the congress are being freely discussed. The opin ions seem almost as various as the disputants, but the facts of the case seem to be as follows: The meetings of the International Medical Congress are triennial. Copenhagen having re ceived the scientists in 1831. At that meeting Dr. John S. Billings, U. S. A., librarian to the Surgeon-eeneral's department, editor of the In dex Medicus, and well known as an original investigator in more than one department of medicine, on behalf of a committee appointed for the purpose, invited the congress to meet in Washington this year. The claims of other countries for the honor of becoming the host of tbe world's physicians was advanced, but the honor was finally bestowed upon the United States. The invitation of which Dr. Billings was the bearer was on behalf of the profession of the.whole country and did not pretend to emanate from any profession of physicians. Ac cordingly the committee of which Dr. ' Billings was a member, and which was composed of equally' representative men, proceeded, in virtue of the powers bestowed upon them and in ac cordance with the custom of previous congresses. to add to their number and to exert the execu tive powers with which they believed themselves endowed. The American Medical Association is supposed to represent trie reeular or allopathic physicians of tbe country, althouzh in reality its member ship is only about 4,000, while there are about 50,000 practicing nhysicians of tbe regular school in the United States. Its meetings are held an nually, that of 1885 (the year after the invitation to the congress to meet in Washington) being held in Isew urleans. The remoteness of that city from the medical centers of the East resulted in tbe meeting being almost exclusively composed of Western and Southern men. The matter of the coming con gress was ventilated, and an opposition to the evecutive committee which had its affairs in nana was speedily developed. I he opposition was led, it is stated, by a member of a small delegation from Philadelphia, and tbe causes of the opposition were two-fold. The first cause of complaint was that the committee bad voted its own members into the principal offices, and secondly, that in adding to its membership some thirty-five ad ditional members it had entirely ignored tbe claims of several Western States and had favored too greatly New York, Philadelphia aod Boston. A demand was made for territorial representation, and the association assumed tbe right to review the actions of tbe original committee, which it did by dropping the thirty-five additional members and appointing thirty-eight other representatives.covering most of tbe States and Territories. It also decided that only members of its own association, or of societies (State and county) in affiliation therewith, had any right to send delegates to the congress. The object of this move was to bar out the New York "new coders," L e., members of the New YorK Medical Society, an organization which practically permitted its members to consult with homeopaths an offense against the code of ethics. These decisions of the American Medical Association were protested against by tbe members of the committee present, but notwithstanding, were carried by a large majority. Immediately on this aetion becoming known a majority of the original committee of eight promptly resigned, stating first that the congress being a purely scientific organization, medical politics bad no place in its affaire; secondly, that as the invitation to the congress emanated from the whole profession and not from any individual body, that the American Medical Association had no right to review the acts of the committee, and. lastly, that in making its appointments the committee looked only for the men who best represented American medicine, irrespective of their location. It also pointed oat that members of the American Medical Association freely Jconsulted with "new coders" and it was therefore folly to exclude tbem from the congress. Following the resignation of the original committee the profession in Philadelphia promptly placed themselves on record. A meeting, of which Alfred Stille. emeritus professor of practice at the University, was chairman, protested against the limitation of the scope of the congress, and resolved that those who had been appointed to hold office by the reconstructed committee should decline to accept any office whatever. Among those signing the resolutions were D. Hayes Agnew, Weir Mitchell, Roberts Banbolow, John H. Packard, DaCosta, Dnhring, Gross. Leidy, Pepper, Parvin and others. Boston speedily followed Philadelphia's example, and the profession of the Hub stated that "they believed the action of the New Orleans committee was fatal to the success of the congress," and refused to fill any offices. Oliver Wendell Holmes. Francis Minot, Bowditch, Chadwi'ck, Edes, Fitz and others, many of them professors at Harvard, united in this expression of opinion. Baltimore also took un arms, and McLane. Tiffany, McSberry, Atkinson, Chisholm and McKenzie declined office and expressed their disapproval of the new committee's doings, while in this city an identical course was pursued by Joseph Taber Johnson. S. C. Busey, A. F. King, S. W. Burnett and others, who stated their belief that the action of the committee was calculated to brine the medical men of the profession in America into disrepute. Although tbe West was supposed to be pecu liarity favored oy the new deal, many of its leading men refused to take omce. In Cincin nati Drs. Conner, Reeve, Whittaker and Raamy followed their Eastern brethren, while Engelmann and Hardaway, of St. Louis, and Nevins, llyde and others in Chicago, also repudiated the action of those whose alleged intention it was to befriend them. It is not wise for a mere laymen to venture to judge the merits of a case so purely technical, but it is apparent on its face that the physicians whose names are quoted are among the foremost teAhera, writers and practitioners of the country, and would be accented both in the United States and in Europe as thoroughly representative men. The medical press was by no means unani mous in its opinion of the controversy and some lively writine was indulged in on both sides. The leading weeklies of New York, Boston and Philadelphia condemned the action of the New Orleans meeting, while the Journal of the American Medical Association was a powerful ally of the victorious party. Some of the journals charged that the "kickers" at New Orleans were led by a small lot of "soreheads" whose claims to recognition bad been entirely ienored by the original committee. The British Medical Jour nal referred to "the hopeless division of the profession in America," a condition of affairs it etsiirnated as "lamentable." French and German journals followed in the same strain and the effect of this has undoubtedly been to scare way many eminent foreigners who would oth

erwise ' have gladly visited our shores in the hope of meeting American physicians with whose writing and reputations they were well acquainted. - - As tbe discussion continued it was discovered that tbe presidents of fifteen out of tbe seventeen sections had declined to hold office, while about one hundred and thirty appointees to various subordinate offices bad also sent in their resignations. The secretary-generalship, perhaps the most important office in the congress, was offered to. Dr. John EL Packard, of your city, and promptly deci.ned by him, but ultimately Dr. John B. Hamilton, Surgeon-general of the Marine Hospital service, was secured, and it is safe to say that whatever success the congress attains will be due in no small degree to the in

defatigable efforts of this gentleman. Among other troubles with which the congress was confronted was the death or Dr. Austin Flint, of New York, who was elected to tbe presidency, and whose name was a tower of strength. In his place Dr. Nathan S. Davis, of Lhicago. was elected, a selection which was un doubtedly one of the best possible under the circumstances, as Dr. Davis is not only person ally popular, but has an unusually strong follow ing in the West, and is besides editor of the of ficial Journal of the American Medical Associa tion. In spite of all difficulties the new committee seemed to be determined to conquer the .obstacles which constantly presented themselves, and no sooner had one nominee declined an of fice than another was hunted for, and the long list finally filled, while the chairmen of sections have managed to get together a numbar of pa pers which, if not of the first order in point of scientific merit, are at least respectable in that respect and more than sufficiently numerous. This opinion is hazarded from a glance at the official programme, a bulkv little pamphlet which has just made its appearance. want of money has been another drawback of a most serious character with which the execu tive has bad to struegle. Congress, under Mr. Randall s economical promptings, appropriated the beggarly sum cf $10,000 towards the ex penses, and about $3,000 more has been collected from various medical organizations and from in dividuals. This amount, $18,000 is less than half of what is necessarv to maintain the repu tation of this couotrv for hospitality. Af Copen hagen the hospitality of tbe profession and people was simply lavish for a country so comoaratively poor as Denmark, and at London where the Congress met in 1881, a single dinner given by the city of London cost $15,000, while probably five times that sum was spent by orga nizations and 'individuals in 'entertaining tbe guests. It is announced that the most elaborate exhibition of hospitality will be a "buffet banquet" at the Pension Office, at which domestic champagne only will be served, and tbe committee is in sore straits over a demand by a per son who has the exclusive right to convey visi tors to Mount Vernon, for a tax of 66 cents a head from tbe foreign delegates, who are to be conveyed from Washiueton to the tomb of tbe Father of his Country, in the United States junketing vessel Dispatch. W batever may be said of the quality of the deleeates there is no doubt that the number will be very large, as every hotel seems thronged with doctorb, and already the very boobtlacks on the corners are shouting "Hey, shine 'em np, DocP The congress will be opened Monday at 11 o'clock in the presence of President Cleveland, and the various sections will begin work in tbe afternoon. Sessions will be held every day next week. DAILY WEATHER BULLETIN. Indications. Washington. Sept. 6, 1 a. m. For Indiana, Illinois and Missouri Fair weather; nearly stationary temperature; light to fresh winds, generally southerly. For Ohio Cooler, threatening weather, with rain; light to fresh southwesterly winds, veering to westerly. For Michigan and Wisconsin Cooler. threatening weather; local rains, followed by warmer, generally fair weather; light to fresh winds, generally southerly, veering to westerly. Local Weather Record. Indianapolis. Sept. 5, 1987.

Time. Bar. Ther. Ham. Wind. I Weather Rain. 6 A. M... 30.1fi 66 61 Calm.lFair. 771717 2 P. M... 30 07 01 26 Swest Cloudy. 9 P. M...30.U2 78 43 SwestClear .-

Maximum temperature, 93: minimum tempera ture. 64. Following i a comparative statement of the condi tion of temperature and rain-fall for Sept. 5, 1&S7: Tern. .Rain. Normal. TO O.O'J Mean 78 .OO Departure from normal 8 O.O'J Total excess or deficiency since Sept. 1. 23 0.4 5 Total excess or deficiency since Jan. 1.. '130 10.27 Plus. General Observations.' Washington, Sept. 5. 9r.n. Stations. Bar. 30.16 30.18 3U.liO TherlVind.!R.F.t Weather New York citv.. Philadelphia, 'Pa... 68 68 66 jSwest ! Swest

Clear. ..... Clear. ..... Clear. Clear. Clear. . Clear. ..... Clear. ... Clear. Clear. ..... Clear. ..... Clear. ..... Clear. ..... Clear. ; ..... Clear. ..... Clear. .....Clear. ... . Clear. Clear. ..... Clear. .....! Cloudy. 'Clear. Fhir. ..... Clear. .50 Clear. .08 Cloudy. .04 Clear. .24 Fair. ..... Cloudy. ..... Cloudy. .... Clear. ..... Clear. ..... Clear. ..... Clear. Olear. Clear. . Clear. ..... Clear. CUar. 1 .18 Cloudy. ! IClear- ! Fair. Clsar. Fair. Clear. ..... Clear. ..... Clear. : Clear. Clear. - - Clear. Clear. .lOClear. .... Cloudy. .....Clear. j Clear. . Clear. ; IClear.

Washington Cit,y. .. Charleston, S. C. ! South 30. lO 70 East. 74 Cairn. 72 East. OS West 78 East. Jacksonville. Fla... 30:10 3O.10 30.06 30. IU 30.04 30. 6 30.0 k 30. u J 30.02 30.06 30. OO Atlanta. Ua Pensacola. Fla..... Montgomery. Aia... Vicksburr, Miss.... 7S;N'wst 76 S Vast New Urleans, La Shreveport, La.-... fcO S'east iort femith, Ark.... Little liock. Ark.... 78;Calm 80;'east Galveston, Tex .. 82 .S'east 82South 78 i South feOouth 7 west Memphis, lean.... .Nashville, 'lean.... I30.08 130.06 30.l2 30.04 Louisville, -Ky. Indianapolis. lad.. Cincinnati. U..... 88 .S'east Pittsbure, Pa 30.08 30.04 30.00 120.88 20.02 20.yo 29.78 20.76 20.88' 20. tO 20.t0 7s I North 64:S'east Oswego, N. Y....... Toledo. O 76 East. Escanaba. Mich. 66 Swest 72 South 66)S'east 64!Neast 70;S'east 72iSwest Chicago. IU. Milwaukee. Wis. St. Paul, Minn... La Crosse, Wis Davenport, la.. ies juoines. xa. . , . . . 78 Calm. 78'Calm. 82 West. 76 Swest 88 Swest 84iSouth 74jSouth 76 South SOjSouth 72; Calm. 70Swest Dubuque, la....... Keokuk, la......... 20.06 3O.06 20.98 30.00 3OO0 20.96 29 8-i 20.84 29.74 20.82 29.72 20 8 J 29.84 29.08 20.94 Cairo 111. ....... .... Springfield, 111...... St. louis. ALo-...... Lamar, Mo Leavenworth, Kan Omaha. Neb-....... Valentine, Neb .. Moorhead, Minn Hismarcic. D. T. . Fort Bulord. D. T. Ft.Assiuaboine.il... FortC uster. M. T -Dead wood, D. T.... Cheyenne, VVv. T.. North Platte, Neb.. 62 Calm. (32 West. 60:Swest 74S east 62 j Swest 66'East. 82S'east 30.86 Denver, Col........ W.Las Ammas, CoL Iode City, Kan Fort Elliot. Tex.... 20.86 74 S'east 20 SO 29.92! 76! Calm. 80 1 S'east 30.92; 29 00 J 30.9 76 S east 7SjSoutb. 68iNea3t Fort Sill. 1. T Fort Davis, Tex. . El Paso, Tex 70 Caim Salt Lake City ..... . 29.1-0! 72 56 80i North Montrose........... sO Swest South Concordia. . ........ 20.88 j TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. The postoffice at Northern Pacific Junction, ten miles from Superior, Wis., was broken into and robbed of $600 on Sunday night. At Columbus, O.. last night, in a fit of jeal ousy, William Farmer murdered Agues Jones, cutting her throat. Loth parties ara colored. Farmer has cot yet been arrested. Wm. O'Brien, a mill-hand, murdered his wife last night at Greylock, Mass., in a most brutal manner, knocking her down ana kicKing and stamping upon her. lie was observed in tbe act and captured. Samuel Chew, aged eighty, who was assaulted and robbed by masked burglars on tbe night of Aug. 2i). nar Lucas, O., died yesterday from his injuries, lwo brothers, William and Cal Spayde, have been arrested for the crime. A freight and gravel train on the Beading railroad collided in Williamsport, Pa., yester day, both engines and a large number of cars being badly wrecked. The loss will be not less than $20,000.. Michael Joyce, a brakeman on the gravel train, was killed. The conductor of the gravel tram is said to have disregarded his orders. JT. E. ITerty Mortally Injared by a Negro. Baltimore, Md. Sept. 5. Mr. J. E. Herty. a commercial traveler for a Baltimore drug house. was assaulted in tne dining-room of the Eutaw House, this afternoon, and nrobab'.y fatally injured, by a negro waiter named Ben Madden. Mr. Herty was ai dinner, and was in the act of taking some fruit from a fruit dish when Madden came up and itnDudently snatched the fruit dish away. Enraeed, Herty threw a sauce bottle at him. Madden went to the waiters' ward robe and procured a billy. Comine up behind Mr. Herty be dealt him a terrific blow on the head, telling him to the floor. Mr. Hertv lost consciousness instantly, and is now in that condition. Two doctors are attending bim, but they have no hope of his recovery. Madden escaped. Steamabtp New a. Philadelphia, Sept 3. Arrived: Indiana, from Li verpool. Glasgow. Sept 5. Arrived: State of Indiana. from New York. Loxiont. Sept 5. Arrived: Bessarabia, from Boston; Indian Prince, from Baltimore.

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Two Young Boliemian Girls Browned by the Capsizing of a Pleasure Boat. A Shelbj County Man,Fatallj Stabbed by His Brother Christian Church Convention. White Woman Married to a ftegro. INDIANA.' t Two TonngGlrle Drowned at English Lake by the Capsizing: of a Boat. Special to the I ndiananolis Jouraau English Lake, Sept 5. A very sad accident occurred at this place yesterday afternoon. While Joseph Podach and two young ladies. Miss Kate Homalka and Miss Tillie Honvalenka, were out boat-riding on the lake, the boat npset and the girls were drowned. Tbe bodies were raised in about an hour. Both girls were highly esteemed by all who knew them, and their loss is mourned by many. The young man escaped and is nearly wild with grief. All parties are Bohemians. ' Meeting; of Christian Churches. Specia? to the Indianaoolis Journal. Plainfield, Sept 5. The eighth annual meeting of the Christian churches of Hendricks county, held at Lizton, closed last night after an interesting three days' session. The attendance was larger than on any previous meeting, there being present yesterday several hundred people. On Friday night Elder Ira J. Chase, of Danville, gave an interesting address. Satur day, at 10 a. m., a discussion led by Mr. George Fleece, of North Salem, was held on the subject of "Church Officers; their Duties, Manner of Selection, Term, Installation." This vat followed by an interesting paper, read by Elder J. A. Johnson, of Darlington, on "The Relation of the Church to the Cause of Temperance." At 2:30 o'clock of the same day Dr. House, of Clayton, gave a talk on "The Lords-day School; its Organization, Musio and Literature." Reports of churches and. Sabbath-schools were then given. At . 7:30 p. M. Elder A. S. Frank, of Danville, preached an eloquent sermon before a large audience. Yesterday the session was held in tbe grove south of town. The Sunday-school in the morning, taught by Miss Cora Campbell, of Danville, was well attended. Rev. D. R. Van Buskiik, of Indianapolis, delivered a good sermon at 10:30 a. m. , at the close of which tbe laree audience adjourned for dinner. The Lord's supper and reunion at 2 o'clock was led by Rev. U. C. Brewer, of Danville. The meetine closed last night with a sermon by Rev. D. R. Van Bnskirk. Fatally Cut by His Brother. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Shelby ville, Sent 5. Word was brought to this city this morning that Sylvester Bassett, a notorious character of Marion township, had fatally stabbed his brother, Albert Bassett, in a quarrel, about 12 o'clock last night. Sylvester Bassett was quarreling with his father when Albert came ; over from his house and attempted to act as peace-maker. He was turned upon by Sylvester and cut five times across the breast and stomach. The wounded man managed to get back to his residence, and Sylvester sat in the house all night with a loaded shotgun and would not permit the family to give the alarm. Dr. Bowlby, of Marion, examined the wounded man, and says be cannot possibly recover. Late this evening word was brought to this city that he was dying. Officers went out this afternoon to arrest the probable murderer, but bave not yet returned. Sylvester Bassett is one of the worst characters in the county, and has for years been a bully of the worst type. Wben under tbe influence of liquor he is a dangerous man, and his friends hare been predicting for him some bad end. Marriage of Mrs. Hal-Cee. New Albany, Sept. 5. A sensational marriage took place yesterday morning, at 8 o'clock, on East Elm, above Fifteenth street Mrs. C. V. Hul-cee, the temperance lecturer, was mar ried to Ollie Durbin. a young man scarcely twenty years of age. Tbe Rev. Dr. Hutchinson performed the ceremony in the presence of a few friends at the residence of Mrs. Hul-cee. Mr. Durbin is studying for the ministry, and it is said gives promise of success. The marriage, owing to the disparity ot age, is causing considerable comment among the temperance ladies. Mrs. Hul-cee lived in this city until a short time ago. She was married to Joe Craig, a printer, who was afterward a letter-carrier. He forsook bis wife and eloped with Miss Nellie Brown, and after Mrs. Hul-cee eecured her divorce, be married tbe girl who fled with him. Mrs. Hul-cee created a furore in New Albany, Madison, and other towns for a time last winter in her temperance work. She also labored much for the cause in Louisville. Corner-stone Laying; at Edlnbnrg. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Edinburq, Sept. 5. The laying of the corner stone of the new Christian Church, which is in course of erection at a cost of $25,000, occurred here this evening, and was witnessed by a large audience. The meeting was called to order by Rev. P. L. Rhodes, pastor of the church; the Bible reading was given by Rev. J. W . Turner; prayer by Rev. J. H. O. Smith, State Christian evangelist n address was delivered by Rev. Z. T. Sweeney, of Columbus, and the benedic tion by Rev. D. A. Kuhn. Brumbaugh's Murderer. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Looansport, Sept 5. Judge Winfield issued an order, this afternoon, authorizing the warden of the penitentiary at Michigan City to return William Green, the murderer of Enos Brum baugh, to the Cass County jail for trial. He is a brother of the notorious Ame? Ureen. aoauctor and murderer of Luella Mabbitt. I hey were conveyed to Michigan City some thirty days ago to prevent mob violence. Minor Notes. The old-settlers' meeting at Oakland was very successful, the attendance being large, the weather beautiful, and the addresses very satisfactory. Messrs. Bosh & Houk, proprietors of the Ledger, have revived the Daily Ledger, and Noblesville ow has two aftteruoon papers as well as two weekly papers. Hog cholera has broken out in the northern part of Wabash county, and is spreading rapidly. One ''farmer has already lost fifty head of valuable animals. Stock-raisers fear that the scourge has come to stay all winter. The Hamilton County Teachers' Institute con vened yesterdav at Noblesville. There is a very laree attendance and much interest is manifested in the work. E. A. Huntan, county superintendent has engaged some of the best institute workers in the State. At a citizens' meeting held at Greenfield, yes terday, a committee of twelve prominent and in fluential men was appointed for the purpose of entertaining visitors and others who are looking un locations for manufactories, etc. The Green field gas company, during the meeting formally announced their intention of drilling a second well on the Gooding farm and donating therefrom free gas to all manufactories. What promises to be a good-sized school-book row is developing in Wabash county, caused by the action of the seven trustees of tbe various townships, who have decided, by a vote of five to two, to supDlant the geographies now in use in the various district schools through the county with a new edition by Van Antwerp, Bragg & Co., which firm employed an attorney to areue ' tbe case before the board. The old books cost $1.30 each and have been used about a year. The new ones cost $1.40 each, and are said to be but slightly different from the old ones. ILLINOIS. A White Woman of Terre Han te Married to a Coal-Bl act Negro. " Special to the ludianasolts Jonrnau Marshall, Sept 5. Thomas Tolliver, a coal-black negro, aged about thirty-five years, and Miss Fannie Neideigle, a white woman of about the same age, drove over from Terre Haute to-day and were united in marriage by Esquire Green. Brief Mention. The sale of the Carbondale Coal and Co He Company's mining property in Jackson and Williamson counties will be made in Springfield Oct 20 next, under a decree of the United States Circuit Court Tbe State-bouse Commissioners have begun tbe construction of the scaffolds preparatory to erecting the much-discussed statues in the corbels in the upper rotunda of the State House at Springfield. Tbe first scaffold is built at the southwest corbel, which projects Ircm the wall immediately beneath, the broozod representation

of the celebrated joint discussion between Lincoln and Donelas. This position is to be occupied by "Horizontal Bill" Morrison. Thomas Kave, of Abingdon, tried to kill his wife Saturday night, finne three shots at her. She fell at the last shot, but was unhurt Thinking her killed, he put a bullet through his own head, dying instantly. Genuine Texas fever has broken out among the cattle in the country norh of Fairmount Sixteen head are reported sick now and the disease is snreading. It was contracted from a lot of Texas cattle shipped there for feeding. Dr. A. Bruce, of Centralia. placed under $1,000 bonds last week, charged with being implicated in tbe abduction of two girls from Rome, was granted a new hearing at Mount Vernon on Saturday, before Judge Bogg, and dismissed for want of evidence. LABOR INTERESTS.

Strike Inaugurated in the Brazil . District 0er the Fay.Day Matter. Special to the Indianapolis Journal Brazil, Ind, Sept 5. The 500 miners employed in the Nickle-plate and Chicago mines, operated by the Jackson Coal and Mining Company, struck to-day ever a two-weeks' pay-da y. : They demand that the payment shall be on the first and third Saturdays of each month, and up to the week preceding. The operators propose to pay second and fourth Saturdays, to within two weeks of the day. This is the first strike that has occurred herein two years. It was precipitated by miners outside the federated association, which order is for arbitration. The strike will hardly extend to other miners, as all .other operators pay as desired. Its duration may not be guessed, though it may continue several days at least. ' Strike of Switchmen. Milwaukee, Sept 5. A special from Stevens Point, Wis., says in obedience to a general order issued on Saturday, twenty switchmen of the Wisconsin Central railroad struck at that place. Tbey have been receiving $1.90 and $2 per day for day and night work, respectively, and want $2.15 for both night and day work. About one hundred brakemeu and switchmen are now idl at Stevens Point There is at present no prospect of a settlement. ISefnsed to Handle Lake Shore Trains. Chicago, Sept. 5. The switching crews of the two Chicago, Burlington & Qumey engines at the stockyards quiet work to-day rather than pull out a train of cars belonging to tbe Lake Shore road. It is thought there will be serious trouble at the yards before long, especially if tbe switchmen of other roads follow the example of the Burlington crews. A Strike That Failed. Montgomery. Ala., Sept 5. The brakemen on tbe south and north divisions of the Louisville & Nashville railway went out on a strike Sunday. To-day some of the brakemen refused to work here, but the road had no difficulty in running all its trains, and the strike is considered a failure. Labor Notes. Philadelphia Record. The demand for skilled labor in machine shops of all kinds throughout the country is Greater at this time than for several years. Special arrangements have been made to secure English and German labor within the next ninety days. Farm hands are being initiated into tbe mysteries of the machine shop, tempted by the higher wages offered. Leading manufacturers are beginning now to recognize the very urgent necessity for technical education. Foreign laborers, although skilled in their own country, have to be in many respects re-ttught here. A number of shops in Indiana, Illinois and west of the Mississippi are at this time in need of skilled workmen, and there is an emigration of machinists from the East to the West, although it has not assumed very large proportions. Two million dollars will shortly be invested in textile mills in a dozen or more Eastern towns. The Maine manufacturing centers are beginning to feel the stimulus of increasing manufacturing activity. Several large cotton concerns are enlarging their facilities, among them the Lonsdale, the Globe, tbe Merrick and the Amoskeag. Great improvements are being introduced into these new mills. Tbe Lonsdale is finishing one of the finest factories ever built The Otis Company is building a huge mill. 410 by 118 feet The Pacific Company, at Lawrence, Mass.,i8 building an immense mill. 444 by 74 feet The Cheney Bros, are building a mill 325 by 60 feet All the Eastern silk-mills are very busy. ' The boot and shoe manufacturers of New England are much pleased over thelatest trade developments. Dealers are buying fewer high and more medium-priced goods. A year ago the prices ranged all the way from $3 50 to $4.50. Popular prices are now between $.2. 2a and $3 for shoes. Only specialties are commanding outside prices. Everything points to an early winter business. At Haverhill tbe lasters have suc ceeded in inducing their employers to accept the new price list The monster steam hammer of Krupp. the German gunmaker, is nearly two-hundred feet high. Tbe hammer falls on a block of metal weighing 20,000 tons. One of the cross-pieces bears an insrriptiou which, translated, reads: Let her go, Fritz." All access to the works is forbidden. The horse-power employed is equal to 19.000. Nearly 200 new manufacturing enterprises have been started in New England since Jan. L Of these twenty-six were woolen mills, twenty-one metal-working concerns, eighteen paper mills, seventeen machine shops, sixteen cotton factories, fourteen wood-working concerns and twelve hosierv factories. There is a very heavy demand for cotton ties from tbe South, and there is an increasing movement of general hardware to that section. One Pittsburg firm bas an order that will keep its immense establishment at work for four months. An Ohio firm expects an order for 3,000 tbns of ties. The clothing manufacturers are ' pursuing a very cautious course in manufacturing for winter distribution. A great many foreign goods are coming in. and this fact disarrange the plans of American manufacturers. Many workmen have been thrown off. ' A company with a capital of $500,000 has leased fifteen miles of coal land near Paris, Tex., and will open it at once. Capitalists from East Saginaw, Mich., have purchased two or three counties of West Virginia mineral land to develop it Window-elass-works are extending through out the West. Tbe cost of freight from' Pitts burg is more than tbe cost of the ware in some cases. The Mexican demand for glass is increas ing yearly. . - s The paper mills all over the country are very busy. The makers of paper-mill machinery have been very active since Jan. 1, and have now more orders on band than for years. Nearly all the glass-works in tbe country are receiving heavy orders, and eome manufacturers think tbe demand will be strong enough to force an advance before winter. In English mills a replacement of machinery is necessarv every ten years. In American mills the machinery, being better made and lighter, runs much longer. The manufacturers of agricultural implements and tools are organizing for the purpose of ad vancing prices and dividing business up among themselves. A Bessemer steel plant will be erected at An timony City. Ark., and a large iron-fence manufactory will be established at Plattsmoutn, Neb. One hundred coke ovens will be built at Coaldalo, Ala.., and a large steel manufacturing plant will be located at.North Birmingham. Five million dollars has been subscribed to build a new town near Stevenson, Ala., where manufacturing will be done on a large scale. The "pluck-me" stores, against which the Pennsylvania Legislature raised its arm, are still flourishing throughout the State. English manufacturers are jealous of the prospects opening up before the American manufacturers of iron and steel. The Chinese governmenthas bought 6,000 tons of sti?el rails, and the Indiau government has just ordered 18,000 tons. From all accounts, between 2,000 and 3,000 coke ovens will be erected during the next twelve months. A new steel-making concern, with a capital of $3,000,000, is soon to be established in East St Louis. Knights of Labor in Atlanta, Ga., buy only from those who advertise in labor papers. Some splendidly equipped vessels are being built for freight service on the lakes. A new wire-mill will be erected at Braddocks, Pa. It will employ 100 men. Workmen at Anniston, Ala., iron-works are paid from $1 to $4 per day. Death of It" New York, Sept. 5. The nondescript called It," died of pyemia. It's companion, "He," is very sick. Too much handling and exposure to an unfamiliar climate is supposed to have led to the misfortune.

OHIO EIVER IMPKOVEMENT

Negotiations Which It Is Hoped Will Kesull in Safety for Lawrencebunr. A Confereuca of Protection and Anti-Protection Democrats Which Is Expected to Evolve Vast Quantities of Harmony. THE OHIO RIVEK. A Contemplated Imprisonment That TVil! Keep Lawaenceburg Out of the Wet Washington, Sept 5. Lieut-Col. of Engineers William. E. Merrill has transmitted to the War Department his annual report on the river and harbor works under his charge in Ohio and neighboring States. The dike at Rising Sun bar has fully accomplished the work for which it was built, and since the completion of the dike the conditions have so entirely changed that the bar has ceased to coutrol the .higher stages of low-water navigation on the Ohio river. Owing to high water work was not begun at Grand Chain nntil May, 1S87, but by the end of the fiscal year 897 tons of rock had had been removed from the main channel. At Ashland relinquishments could not be obtained, and the project of ice piers there has been abandoned. At the end of the fiscal year proposals had been solicited, but had not been obtained, for the removal of a portion of the rock . bar ' at the upper end of the shoal of the Licking river. Negotiations are pending to raise the railroad track, which . now acts as a levee protecting tbe town of Lawrenceburg from the waters of the Miami, to the height of three feet below tbe high water of 1884. In this connection Lieutenant-colonel Merrill says that he has been unable to identify the bar which is said by the river and harbor act to be forming in the Ohio river at this point, nor does be see how the great Miami embankment is to prodnce the effect antieipated-by the act of arresting the formation of the bar. Owing to tbe late passage of the river and harbor bill, and the necessity of making extensive repairs to machinery, dredging was not begun in tbe Ohio until Oct 11. and . continued but a little over a month, when it was suspended on account of high water. As no action was taken on last year's estimates for one year's work on the river, aggregating $1,076,250. they are again submitted.. At the beginning of the present fiscal year the amount available was $198,564. Included in the report is a letter from S. F. Covington, an underwriter of Cincinnati, stating that - the navigation of the river has been greatly improved by the government work, with the result that insurance can be afforded cheaper, aud freight rates cau be reduced. Estimates are submitted for a larger lock-dam at Piers island, Pittsburg, than that contemplated in 1880. For use in this crowded harbor, it is held that the locks should have a elear width of fifty-three feet and an available length of two hundred and eighty-five feet making its capacity about 70 per cent greater than the one originally designed. The lock will have to be built on piles, which makes it necessary to increase the estimated cost to $400,000, exclusive of the cost of the land, which it is believed will be at least $20,000. DEMOCRATIC FOLIC!". A Conference Which Is Expected to Result la an Abundance of Harmony. $pecial to tbe Indianaoolis Journal. Washington, Sept. 5. Secretary Fairchild is expected here to-morrowmorning. Mr. Randall is reported to have arrived to-night Messrs. Mills and Carlisle are still here. To-morrow all these gentlemen will call at Oakview, where a conference with the President will be had. The result of this conference will be a policy for the Democratic party in the House this winter. It is generallybelieved that all the conferees, with the. exception of Mr. Mills, are disposed to favor the abolition of the tax on tobacco, but not one of tbem will consent to any reduction whatever upon spirits and beer. The invitation to Mr. Randall indicates that everything possible is to be done to harmonize the conflicting opinions in the ' Democratic party. There is every likelihood that an understanding will be reached beforethe week closes. . THE GRAND ARMY. Attitude of the Cleveland Administration To ward the St Loots Meeting. Washington Special. The impression is fast growing in strength here with Grand Army men that tbe meeting in St Louis is likely to prove the crucial one in the history of the organization. There is a firm belief that the administration is determined, if it cannot control the organization for its own uses next year, or, rather, if there seems to be indications of a solid opposition to the President's policy, to split the organization, and in so far as possible to neutralize its influence. In other words, Mr. Cleveland bas determined, if he can, to sacrifice the magnificent society which means nothing to him upon tbe altar of bis own ambition. This determination . is evidenced most emphatically in a recent interview with Commissioner Black, whose, bitterness shows how deeply the administration has been wounded. Black bas been tbe display soldier of the administration; on every occasion he, has been pushed forward as an evidence of what the administration is doing for the soldier, - and his frequent absences from dutv to look after bis interests have always been bulletined for the press by the faithful subordinates at bis office. He was sent out as a peace-maker when the firot indignant outcry from the Grand Army at the course of the President was heard. His lack of success has disappointed both him and tbe President, aud the first indications of tbe final purposes of the administration are shown in General Black's statement made to a reporter, as follows: "Wben the Grand Army shall so choose, in its great national council, either by tbe assertion of new principles or by the election of utterly unworthy and bitterly partisan men to declare that it is a partisan organization, and to take sides for one party and against another, it will in itself release every man from the obligation which be assumed on entering tbe order, and will leave every Democratic soldier free to shake off all allegiance. I oan only speak for myself. I do not represent any man in what I say. But the above is the course which I bave marked out for myself." Grand Army men here will say little, but the feeling among the leaders is very strong, and will show itself without stint at St. Louis. MINOR MATTERS. American Merchandise Sent by Mall Detatned by Mexican Officials, Washington, Sept. 5. Many complaints have been received at the Postoffice Department -that merchandise packages sent from this country to Mexico under the provisions of tbe new postal treaty, which went ' into effect July 1 last, . have been detained at Paso del Norte, Mex, in many instances for more than a month. It is stated that these packages come within the limitations of the treaty in every, respect, that they are fully prepaid and properly addressed. Col. N. M. Bell, the chief of the foreign mail service, will call the attention of tbe Mexican government to these facts and request that the irregularities complained of be promptly remedied. - t The Thobe-Carllsle Contest Washington, Sept 5. The testimony in the contested election case of Geo. H. Thobe against John G. Carlisle, from the Sixth congressional district of Kentucky, was opened to-day by the Clerk of the House and ordered printed. Ir. Carlisle appeared in his own behalf and Gen. J. Hale Sypher, ex-member from Louisianna, appeared as counsel for Mr. Thobe. The sealed, package contained the notice of contest, the answer and depositions on the part of Thobe. Mr. Carlisle offered no testimony. The President's Visit to Wisconsin. Madison. Wis., Sept. 5. President and Mrs. Cleveland will reach Madison Oct 7. and will spend three days here, as guests of Postmastergeneral Vilas, departing forSt Paul Oct 10. over the Chicago & North wesrern railway. A citizens' committee of one hundred persons, irrespective of politics, bave been appointed to receive the visitors, who will be escorted from the depot to the State-house by the committee, the local military companv, band, civic societies and fire department At the Capitol the party will be welcomed to the State by Governor Rusk and to the city bv the Mayor. A oublic receotion will be held in the rotunda of the Caoitol, and in the evening another reception will be given at the Postmaster-general's residence. The remainder of the President' sojourn here will be spent quietly resting.