Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 September 1887 — Page 2

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prnbrJfotbatfcit erepir fin riMwithmit ins aiaf ve i h J th sacred writing that I ;ie.ir,t th. I..r.l build tf house, they labor in vain it futtiia it. I firmly fcLevo this; nd I also belioye ihntfi without Hm concitA'u we ha'l -.ueceed in th.?rlitiftl building r.f btrer than the builders of HJ. l W- .hull b .Hailed by our little partial, local int.rU, our pi-ojce's will bo confounded, and we ooif Mlrn aba'.: boooru reproach, and by-word down . to L'lttnre a!: and. hat U worn, mankind roar he rafter, from this uofortunM instance, despair of ahiishitjg gowfimH by human wisdom and leave it to chauc. war, an" conquest I "la tbe fe of all discouragements, the fathers f f the Krmblie labored on lor tour long, weary f Booths in alternate hope and fear, but always With, rugged resolve, never faltering in & sturdy endeavor sanctified-by a prophetic sense of the value to posterity of their success, aod always with nnflmehinr faith in the principles wbicn ms.kf tha fonndtition of a government by the people. At Inst their task was done. It is related that upoa the back of the chair occupied by Washington as the president of the convention, a son was painted, and tbatas the delegates were signing the complete Constitution. on of them said: "I bare often and often, in the course of the session, and In the solicitude of my hopes aod fears as to its issue, looked at that sun bebind the president without being able to tell herif risin- or setting. But now at nfth I knir J J a rising ouu uui, knot where this rising sun emerged from polititil night nJ darkness, and in its own bright Meridian li.rhtVe mark its glorious way. Clouds fepve Boci times obscured its rays and dreadful roriDS bate made ns fear; but God has held it in lu r.suse. through its life-giving warmth las performed His latest miracle in the creation of this wondrous land and people. As we look down tbi past.ceotury to the origin of our Coatitatioit as we contemplate it3 trials and its rriurapV8 BS ' ,re realize how completely the DrtacipM c"?on which it - i3 based have t;1 ,y national peril and every lationai ticell, how devoutly should ro confess, with Franklin, 'God governs n tbeaSairsof men;' and how solemn should be be reflection that to our bands is committed his ar iDB People's covenant, and that ours tn8 aaty to shield it from impious hands. We etit-'i sealed with the tests of a century, t has been found sufficient in the past, and in 11 the future years it will be found sufficient if he American people are true to their duty. r.otber centennial day will come, and millions tiw anoorn will inqnire concerning our sacred lip and the saiety or tnmr Constitution, uoa rani that they may find it unimpaired; and as rfjoice in iue patriotism, ana aevotion 01 OFf.WuO i a uuuuroa years Biro, so may TkLwoIow ng rejoice in our fidelity and l our jealous love for constitutional liberty." i When the President was in the middle of his p-nnrku, the soft sound of the bell in the cupola t the State-house, which occupies the place of cnsronthi structure wherein reposes that racfced and t'ma stained mass of metal the 4berty Bell rang out the hour of twelve, and t etch stroke a rousine cheer went up from the boras. The President was obliged to stop talkog for a few seconds. It was just 12:05 when he Fref idot uttered his last word, and he at ma retired to his sent. Before the echo of his rotds died away there was cheering which was learning. While the applause was still eoing n the cborus broke into a patriotic air, and the Ha was terrific. As far as the eye could reach bore was one solid, seethinir, surging mass of tutnanity, and when their throats opened in ;nuon they filled the air and made an inspiring wane. When qniet once more reiened, Supreme 1 us rice Samuel F. Miller, of the United States Supreme Court, appeared, and stepping quickly to the front of the stand and facing the assembled dienitaries began the delivery of his memorial oration. He begsn by sketching the war of the revolution, nd the events that led to the framiner, adoption and promulgation of the Constitution, lie then said: i "This Constitution has been tested by the extierienceof a century of its operation, and in he light of this experience it may be well to iiat its value. Slary of its most important features met with earnest and vigorous opposition. This opposition was shown In the convention which presented it, and the conventions of th States called to ratify it. In both, the strfcggle in it favor was arduous and doubtful, thf opposition able and active. For a very perspicuous and condensed statement of those objmiiione, showing the diversity of their character;, the importance cf some and the insignifiewtice of others, I refer my hearors to Section ef the Commentaries of Mr. Justice Story on Hj Constitution. Perhaps the wisdom of this I t ins?rament cannot be better seen t&an by lf.?ideriBg at this time some of the mo3t j important objection then mado w-.it One of i tb-B9 which caused ttr& ositioa of bp-, . . , eit'gfctea in V1 constitutional convention, and their .f a, to sign it, was tho want ct well-defined bill of rights. The I royal charters of many of the colonies, and ! constitution adopted .by several States after the i rwolt, bad such declarations, mainly assertions MJf personal- rights and of propositions intended t to give security to tha individual in his right of 'person and) property against the exercise of aas Lority by governing bodies of the State. The . Constitution, was not void of such protection. It provided for the great writ of habeas corpus, the : ne&ns by which all unlawful imprisonments and rettraints upon personal liberty bad been removed in the English and American courts since Macna Cbarta was proclaimed; and it declared that the privilege of that writ should not be sua- ' prided, unless, in cases of rebellion or invasion, "the publia safety should require it The Constitution also declared that no ex post facto law or bill ot attainder should De passed py con- : ovAa- a,sf " i s fw 1 m noirirt t Vt a Ah iffltiAn rf v. t Jnry of all crimes within the btate wher " offense was committed. It defined treason " to require some overt ac, which mast be P'fj by two witnesses, or confessed in open cot , conviction. fTt'toT "It can hardly be said that expeneu demonstrated the sufficiency of theseS purpose which the advocates of a bill riKht had in because upon the recomm , JJion of pral of the States made in the acr J " " . - " rigThe Constitution, or by legislator M tht firsimeeting subsequently, twelve 5rnendrni5nta wer proposed oy wongrees, eu &f which were i Immediately ratified by the requi namber ot oecamw par Constitution mriwiiiu wo or "-adoption. Presentation SficaUon of these f amendments, the advocates a 8pecific biU Qf riehtt and those who were aW..: . etron power conferred oti t t.., xnent, united; and manyjitte3men hQ leaned .toasfrong gMerniBDfor the Nation were -., willing, now tbatjj government was estab- - i18hd' t0 yfm favor those who distrusted it by tie adoptij thesB amendments. Hence a ' r ' amination of them shows that all o if Srre restrictions upon the power of the eP?crir'6overnment, or upon the modes of exer--ctisine that power, or declarations of the powers remaining with the States and with the people. . They establish certain private rights ot persons and property which theceneral eovernment may not violate. As res-ard these last, it is not b- , lieved that any acts of intentional oppression by me government or tbe United States have called . for serious reprehension; but, on the contrary, history points us to no government in which the jfreedora of the citizen and the rights of propj erty have been better protected and life and libi erty moro firmly secured. t "As soon as it became apparent to thecenvent!on that the new government must be a nation resting for its support upon the people over whom. , it exercised authority, and not a league of independent States brought together under a compact on which each State should place its own construction, tbe question of the relative power ct those States in the new government became .subject of serious difference. There were thse in the convention who insisted that in the legislative body, where the most important powers must necessarily reside, the 'States ehoald, as in the articles of confederation, stand , iipoa a perfect equality, each State haviug but cne vote; and this feature was finally retained in that part of the Constitution which vested in Congress the election of the President, when , therxahould be a failure to elect by the electoral coli-c in the regular mode prescribed by that instrument. Tb contest in the convention became natrowod to the composition of the Senata, after it had beca determined that the legislature should cop.nt o two distinct bodies, sitting apart fr-ta each other, and voting separately . tnese was to . oe a popuviocisu nirectiy oy tne people at short intervals. The other was to be a body more limited in numbers, with longer terms of fuce; and this, with tbe manner of their appoir.tment, was denicned to give stability to the policy of the government, and to be In some .sense a restraict cpon sudden impulses of popular will. "With natrard to the popular branch of the legislature, there did not seem to be much difficulty la establishing the proposition that in some general way each State should be represented m it in Proportion to its population, and that each member of tbe bodr should vote with rqual effect on all questions before it. But when it was sought by the larger and more populous States. as Virzinia. Pennsylvania, and .Massachusetts, to apply this principle to the composition of tho S.nate, tbe resistance of the smaller States became stubborn, and they refused to yield. Tbe feeling arising under the discussion of this subject came nearer causing the disruption of the coavontioa than any wh.ch acitawed its deliberation?. It was finally, settled by en agreement , that every State, however small, should have two representatives in the Senate of the United States, and no State should have any more; and that no rmendmeut of ftie Constitut'oa shou'd deprive any State of it equal sulirage in the r-Me without itsconut. Ai the Senate has Pmor ja rnctics law.ae tho IIouj

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of Uerrenent11. and as each State has its two vote!in tliat body, it will be seen that the arcia!ler .State sectired, when they are in a united majoritv, the practical power f defeating ail legislation which wan unacceptable to tbem. 'What h experience of a century taught us on this question? It is certainly true that there have been many expressions of dissatisfaction with thfc operation of a principle which gives to each of the six New England Staten, situated compactly together, as much power in the Senate in making laws, in ratifyine treaties, and in confirming or rejecting appointments to of2ce, as is given to the jrreat State of New York! which, both iu population and wealth, exceeds all tee New England States, and nearly if not quite equals them in territory. "Bat if "e re to form an opinion from demonstrations affainst, or attempts to modify, this feature fcf lho Constitution, or any feature which concerns exclusively the functions of the Senate, we shall be compelled to say that the ablest of oar public men, and the wisdom of the Nation, are in the main satisfied with the work of the convention on this point after a hundred years of observation. And it is believed that tbe existence of an important body in our system of government, not -wholly the mere representative of population, has exercised a wholesome conservatism on many occasions in our history. Another feature of the Constitution which met with earnest opposition was the vesting of the executive power in a s'nele magistrate. While Hamilton would have preferred a hereditary monarch, with stronsr restriction on hi authority, like that in Eneland. he soon saw that even his preat inflence could no carry the convention with him. Thnre were not a few members who preferred in that matter tho system of a sintrle body (an th Congress) in which should be reposed all the power of the Nation, or a council, or executive committee, appointed by that body and responsible to it. There were others who preferred an executive council of several members, not owing its appointment to ConLrref8. It was ursred against our Constitution by rnaty liberty-loving men, both in the convention and out of it. that it conferred upon the executive, a sineie individual, whose election for a term of four years was carefully removed from thelirect votn of the people, powers dangerous M the existence of f re government. It was eaid that with the apnointment of all the officers of trie jroveroiijent, civil and military, the sword and tbe purse of the Nation in his hands, the power to prevent the enactment of laws to which he did not assent unless they could be passed over his objection by -a vote of two-thirds in each of the two !cris!At:ve houses and the actual use of this power for four years without interruption, an amb:tious man, of preat personal popularity, could establish his power durine his own life and transmit it to his family as a perpetual dynasty. Perhaps of all objections made to important features of the Constitution this one bad more plausibility, and was urtred with most force. But if the century of our experience has dpmon8trn.ted any thing, it is the fallacy of this objection and of all tha reasons urged in its sup.port. "The objection that the electoral college was a contrivance to remove the appointment of the President from the control of popular suffraze, was, if it had any merit, speedily overcome without any infraction of the Constitution by the democratic tendencies of the people. The electors composing the college, who it was supposed would each exercise an independent juderment in casting his vote for President, soon came to be elected themselves on distinct pledses made beforehand, that they would vote for some person designated a3 a popular favorite for that office. So that at the present time the electors of each State, in sending to the capital their votes for President, do but record the instruction of a majority of the citizens voting in that State. The term of four years for the presidential office is Dot now deemed too long by anyone, while there are-many who would desire that it should be made longer, say seven or ten years. "The power of appointment to office requires the consent of the Senate to its exercise; and that body has asserted its right of refusing that assent so courageously and so freely, that there can be 'no real fear of its successful use by the President in a manner to endaneer the liberty ot tbe country, unless the Senate itself shall be utterly corrupted. Nor can the means for such corruption be obtained from the public treasury until Conereps in both branches shall have become so degenerate as to consent to such use. "Nor have we had in this country any want of ambitious men, who have earnestly desired the presidency, or, having it once, have longed for a continuation of it at the end of tbe lawful term. And it may be Skid that it is .almost a custom when a President has filled hi', office for one term acceptably, that he is to be re-elected, imaf3r!?rritica Darty continues to b a popular hero woVsbTp'cFces and rewarded them by eleto fb""' meon't? f tht? V? yVelJly to mention tb names of V aM , Jackson, liarrison, Tayior. and Grant "."iio of them there has been no want of ambitk n nor 0f tha domineering disposition which is Irk engendered by the use of military power. Vet none of these men have had more than two terms of the oflice. And though a few years aeo cne of th most largely circulated newspapers of th0 United States wrote in its paper day after day articles headed Caenariam, charging daner to the Republic from one of its greatest benefactors and military chiefs, it excited no, .tention but derision, and deserved no oUfer 'There is no dangertn-s conntry from the oower repos; edan) pre6idential 0fRce. There fVnmnerience shows, far, far more dancer

niuih&m and ABfinnftinatiun. thj.n from am bition in our public servants. So far have the incumbents of the presi dency, d urine the hnndred years of its history, been from grasping, or attemptinc to grasp, powers not warranted by the Constitution, and so far from exercising the admitted power of that office in a despotic manner, a candid student of our political history during that time cannot fail to perceive that no one of the three great departments of the government the legislative, the executive, and the judicial has been more shorn of its just powers, or crippled in the exercise of them, than the presidency. "In regard to the function of appointment to office perhaps the most important of the executive duties the spirit of the Constitution re quires that the President shall exercise freely his best judgment and follow its most sincere conviction in selecting proper men. "It is undeniable that for many years past, by the gradual growth of custom, it has come to pass that in tbe nomination of officers by the President, he has so far submitted to be governed by the wishes and recommendations of the two houses of Concrress, that the purpose of the Constitution in vesting this power in him, and the right of the public to hold him personally responsible for each and every appointment he makes, is largely defeated. In other words, the great princiolo lying at the foundation of all free governments, that the legislative and executive departments shall be kept separate, is invaded by the participation of members of Congress in the exercise of the appointing power." "If experience can teach anything on the subject of theories of government, the late civil war teaches unmistakably that those who believed the source of danger to be in the strong powers of the federal government were in error, and that those who believed that snch powers were necessary to its safe conduct and continued existence were in the right The attempted destruction of the Union by eleven States, which were part of it, and the apparent temporary success of the effort, was undoubtedly duo to the capacity of the States under the Constitution for concerted action, by organized movements, with al' the machinery ready at hand to raise armies and establish a central government. And the ultimate failure of. the attempt is to be attributed with equal clearness to the exercise of those powers of the general government, under :the Constitution, which were denied to it by extreme advocates of State rights. And that this might no longer be matter of disoute, three new amendments to the Constitution were adopted at the close of that struggle, which, while keepine in view the principle of our complex form of State and federal government, and seeking to disturb tlfe distribution of powers among them as little as was consistent with the wisdom acquired by a sorrowful sxpenence, these amendments confer additional powers on the government of the Union, and Place additional restraints upon those of tbe States. Jlay it bo long before such an awful lesson is again needed to decide upon disputed questions of constitutional law. "It is not out of place to remark that while the pendulum of public opinion has 6wung with much force away from the extreme point of State - rights dpctrine, there roay be danger of its reaching an extreme point on the other side. In my opinion, the just and equal observance of the rights of the States, and of the general government, as denned by the present Constitution, is a necessary to the permanent prosperity of our conntry, and to its existence for another century, as it bas been for the one whose close we are now celebrating. "Having considered the objections originally made to trfts great work, in the light of its one.ration for a century, what shall we say of it in regard to those great features which were more cenerally acceptable? The doctrine of MontesQnieu. then in the height of his fame, that the powers essential to ail governments should ha attributed among three separate bodies of magistracv namalr. lfiln.ri v. nTnuniit, r,r..i judicial was, as Madison affirms in No. 47 of the Federalist, recognized bv the. convention nn the foundation of its labors. The apparent de parture from that principle ir. making the Sn- I ate a participant in the exerciaa of tha r,r,nint. ics powqr, acd tho treatj-maki.2 power, works

wnll. because tbe initiative remains with tho executive. The power of that body to try impeachments of public officers for high crims! and misdemeanors, a function essentially judicial, while it bas not produced any substantial injury, has, perhaps, operated as a safety-valve in cases of great popular excitement. As an efficient remedy, it must be conceded to be a failure. But the harmony and success with which tbe three great subdivisions of the organized government of the Constitution have co-operated in the growth, prosperity, and happiness of this great people, constitute the strongest argument in favor the organic law, which governs them alb It id tbe first successful attempt, in the history of the world, to lay the deep and broad foundations of a government for millions of people and an unlimited territory, in a single written instrument, framed and adopted in one great national effort. "It r not only the first important written constitution found in history, but it is the first one which contained the principles necessary to the successful confederation of numerous powerful states. I do not forget, nor do I mean to disparage, our sister, the federal republic of Switzerland. 'But her continuance as an indedendent power in Europe is so largely due to her compact territory, her inaccessible mountains, her knowledge of the necessity of union to safety, and the policy of her powerful neighbors, which demands of each other the recognition of her rights, that she hardly forms an exception. But Switzerland stands to-day may she ever stand as the oldest witness to the capacity of a republican confederation of states for sonnd government, for the security of freedom, and resistance to disintegrating tendencies. But when we look to tiie results of confederation in the Olympic Council,, and the Achaian League of ancient history, and in modern times to the States of Holland and the old German empire., we must admit that the United States presents the most remarkable, if not the only successful, happy and prosperous, federated government in tho world. "Under the government established by this Constitution we have, in the century which we are now overlooking, had three important wars, such a3 are always accompanied by hazardous shocks to all governments. In the first of these we encountered the British empire, tho most powerful nation then on the globe, a nation which had successfully -resisted Napoleon, with all the power of Europe at his back. If we did not attain all we fought for in that contest, we displayed an energy and courage which commanded for U3 an honorable stand among the nations of the earth. "In the pecond the war with Mexico while our reputation as a warlike people suffered no diminution, we made large accessions of valuable territory, out of which States have been since made members of the Union. "The last war the recent civil war in the nnmber of men engaged in it, in the capacity of the weapons and instruments of destruction brought into operation, and in the importance of the result to humanity at large, must be esteemed the greatest war that the history of the world presents. It was brought about by the attempt of eleven of the States to destroy the Union. This was resisted by the government of that Union under the powers granted it by the Constitution. Its results were the emancipation of three millions of slaves, the suppression of tha attempt to dissever the Union, the resumption of an accelerated march in the growth, prosperity and happiness of this country. It also taught the lesson of the indestructibility of the Union, of the wisdom of the princie&s on which it is founded, and it astonished the nations of the world, and inspired them with a respect which they had never before entertained for our country. "The Anglo-Saxon race, from whom we inherit so much that is valuable in our character, as weil as our institutions, has been remarkable in all its history for a love of law "and order. Wnile other peoples, equally cultivated, have paid their devotion to the man in power, as representative of the law which he enforces, the English people, and we their descendants, have venerated the law itself, looking past its administrators, and giving our allegiance, and our obedience to the principles which govern organized society. It bas been said that a dozen Englishmen or Americans, thrown on an uninhabited island, would at once proceed to adopt a code of laws for their government, and elect the officers who were to enforce them. And certainly this proposition is born out by the early history of our emigrants to California, where every mining camp organized into a political body, and made laws for its own government, which were so good that Congress adopted them until they should be repealed or modified by statute.

"I but repeat the language of the Supreme Court of tho United States when I say that in this countrv the law is unrem. No man is so fcign as to be aove the law. No officer of the! government may disregard -it with imc-unitv. To this inborn and native regard for law, governing power, we are indebted largely lor tbe wonderful success and prosperity of 'our people, for the security of our rights; and when the highest law to which we pav this homage is the Constitution of the United States, the history of the world has presented no such wonder of a prosperous, happy, civil government. "Let me urge upon my fellow-countrymen, andtspecially upon the rising generation of them, to examine, with careful scrutiny, all new theories of government and of social life, and if they do not rest upon a foundation of veneration and respect for law as tbe bond of social existence, let him distrust them as inimical to human happiness. "And now let me close this address with a qnotation from one of the ablest jurists and most profound commentators upon our laws Chancellor Kent. He said, fifty years ago: The government of the United States was created by the free voice and joint will of the people of America for their common defense and general welfare. Its powers apply to those great interests which relate to this country in its national capacity, and which depend for their stability and protection on the consolidation of the Union. It is clothed with tbe principal attributes of sovereignty, and it is justly deemed the guardian of our best rights, the source of our highest civil and political duties, and the sure means of our national greatness.'"' It was twenty minutes past I o'clock when the memorial address was concluded, having occupied one hour and ten minutes. Just as Justice Miller was seated the band struck up "Hail Columbia" as an accompaniment to the chorus of 2,000 voices. The new words contributed by Oliver Wendell Holmes were used, and as the popular air floated into space, it was caught up by many of the crowd, and this, with the beating of time by thousands of feet on the stand, produced an effect that will linger long in the memories of those who witnessed the scene. The national hymn which was contributed by F. Marion Crawford, was then recited by Professor Murdoch with a chorus of 200 men's voices. At forty minutes past 1 President Kasson, one of the commission, gently took the arm of Cardinal Gibbons, who, wiib. the glittering sun pouring down upon bis cardinal vestments and the "red hat," so lately placed npon bis head by Leo XIII, looked his best and was the recipient of much attention. After walking to the front of the stand and paying bis respects to toe thousands of people who surged in and around the square, with a bow he turned, and facing the President, and within hearing of all who occupied seats around the circle, offered a prayer to the -Almighty. He was listened to with the closest possible attention, and upon the conclusion of the prayer the sweet strains of the patriotic "Star BDangled Banner" broke upon the crowd in volumes from the voices of the rand chorus, accompanied by the Marine Band. An impressive benediction was then pronounced by the Rev. Mr. Witherspoon, of Nashville. Tennessee, this being tbe only alteration made in the programme as arranged some time ago. Just as the benediction concluded, the Marine Band began rendering a march, and the President and Mrs. Cleveland, arm-in-arm, walked to the front of the stand and bowed again and again in acknowledgment of the thundering applause from those who had stood in the square. A wild rush was made over chairs and railings in the stand to the place where they stood, and the President gave a short but involuntary reception to those who succeeded in reachmg him. As they passed out they walked directlv underneath the old Liberty bell, and the solid mass of people on either side of the foot-way cheered and waved their hats, handkerchiefs and umbrellas till they bad passed out of sight. When they reached the street another ovation awaited them, and as far a3 the eye could reach there was seen nothing but a fluttering mass of handkerchiefs, hats, etc., and the cheer was taken up along the line until it seemed as though pandemonium reigned from one end of the street to the other. The President and Mr3. Cleveland rode iu a handsome barouche, he with uncovered head, and both smiling to the throng as they rode swiftly by. They were at once driven to their hotel. Keception to Mrs. Cleveland. Philadelphia, Sept 17. The most important social event connected with the celebration of the constitutional centennial, took place this afternoon, when Mrs. Cleveland was entertained by Mr. and Mrs. George W. Childs, at Wooton, their beautiful country-seat at Bryn Mawr. The occasion was marked by the presence of a great number of distinguished persons. Mrs. Cleveland and the invited guests, numbering from 400 to 500, were tafcen to Bryn Mawr in a special train. Mrs. Cleveland looked particularly charminc in fcer JauisiUiy fitting dress ot

brown silk, trimmed with gold braid. When she reached the second floor of the station, Mr. Childs was waiting to receive ber, and at once escorted her into the private car, where she was joined by General and Mrs. Sheridan, Secretary of State Bayard, ex-President Haves and others. Arrived at Bryn Mayr, where the whole place had turned out to see her, Mrs. Cleveland mounted to a seat beside William Struthers. on top of his tally-ho, and as she sat there with a girlishly char ming and pleased expression, she so won upon the hearts of the onlookers that they burst into three cheers for ber. The rest of the party were accommodated with seats on the tally-ho and other vehicles, and were driven to Wooton. Upon reaching Mr. Childs's grounds, the impromptu coaching party went at once to the spring-house, and after beiog shown its attractions, Mr. Childs led thera to an inclosure near by, where seven or eight thoroughbred Jerseys were browsing. Mrs. Cleveland. on being told tbat she might choose whichever one of them she wanted for a present, expressed ber . delight in naive fashion by consulting all about her as to choice, and she cast an appealing glance at ex President Hayes, who, by this time, was in the inclosure examining the cattle with the air of a rural critic. Mrs. Cleveland also called upon Bishop Potter and Mr. Childs to give her their opinions, and at last her selection wavered between Hester and Grace. The latter, a prettily-colored heifer, eighteen months old, finally had the honor of being chosen, and as her new mistress announced the fact, she turned laughingly to General Sheridan and said: "General, do you think I am mean in taking the best?" Mrs. Cleveland soon after mounted the tally-

no and drove the party herself to Mr. Childs s house, handling the reins in skillful style. Once again off the tally-ho, Mrs. Cleveland was soon inside the house, where she took her place with the other ladies receiving. These were: Mjs. Potter. wif of Bishop Potter; Mrs. Macalister Laughlin, Mrs. SamL J. Randall, Mrs. Sheridan, Mrs. F. D. Grant, wife of Colonel Grant; Mrs. Joseph Pulitzer, Mrs. J. Dundas Lippincott, Mrs. Ricljard L. Ashurst. Mrs. Richard M. Cadwalader. Mrs. Eleanor Patterson, and the Misses Smith. The other guests, all anxious to get a sight of the President's wife, fell in line and parsed in -the front door. Mrs. Cleveland had been at the house but a short time before, by a ruse, she, together with Mr. and Mrs. Childs. Colonel and Mrs. Grant, Mrs. Pulitzer and Miss Patterson passed out of the house unobserved and nroceeded to a small oak tree near the house. Here Mrs. Cleveland took a spade in her hand, and, cleverly turning the soil, "plantod" the tree which will go down to history as the product of her skill. By the time this ceremony was finished tbe tally-ho was alongside, and Mrs. Cleveland, mounting to the front seat, gathered up the reins like a true whip, and, waiving her good-byo to Mr. Childs and his friends, drove off with a coach full and returned to the city. The President Addresses tiie Hibernians. Philadelphia, Sept 17. Three hundred persons sat down to centennial banquet of the Hibernian Society this afternoon. After the members bad been seated a few moments, the President arrived. As the President entered the entire assemblage rose, and, amidst cheers and waving of handkerchiefs, the chief executive was escorted to a seat by the side of the chairman, ex-Governor Andrew Curtin. After a half hour's intermission Chairman Curtin rapped for order and introduced Governor Green, of New Jersey, who responded to the toast, "Constitution of the United States." Chairman Curtin, after a few moments intermission, introduced President Cleveland, who spoke as follows: I should hardly thin! my participat ion in the centonnial celebration satisfactory if I Ctad not the opportunity of meeting the representatives of a society which, through its antifjnity and associations, bears a close relation to the events of tho time we c mrcemorate. That you celebrate this occasion is a reminder of the fact thiit in tha troublous and perilous days of our country those whose names stood upon your roll of membership, nobly fought for the cause of free government aud for the homes which they found upon our soil. No society or corj oration. I am sure, has in its charter or its traditions and history a better or more valuable certificate of its patriotic worth and character than you have, and which is found in the words of Washington, v h i, in 1782. declared of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick, of which this association is trie successor, that it "has always been noted for the firm a'luerence of its members to the glorious cause in whioH v.e eniraged." These are priceless words, and they te"l most fittingly the part -. hich the members of the Hibernian Society j:rj to-day assuming. I notice upon a letter which I received from your secretary one object of your society is stated to be '"for relief of emigrant -nrnv-- '"nlkno, - and tt-i me to reUect hc.vj Jneatbr . .iiTed -the love of country is to ' k:-Jiy humr.nity. and ho-v. --t-nTI sur-S a benevolevt purpose of this society as assistance and rtlief tu. atfiirgers aid needy emigrants follows patriotism, in which it had its origin. Long may the Hrbernmn Society live and prosper; lonj may its benevolent, humane work be prosecuted, and when another centennial of the Constitution is celebrated, ruav those who shall then form its membership be as fully inspired with its patriotism, its history and traditions, and as ready to join L-i the general felicitation as tbe men I see about mo here. Tho speech elicited most uproarious applause, and when tbe President, a few moments later, started to leave the hail, the members formed in line, and he was compelled to accord each a handshake. The End of the Celebration. Philadelphia, Sept. 17. The centennial celebration ended to-night with a grand ban-. qnet at the Academy of Music, tendered by the University of Pennsylvania, the American Philosophical Society, the College of Physicians, the Historical Society, the Franklin Institute, the Academy of Fine Arts and Natural Sciences, to President Cleveland other distinguished guests. Covers for 600 were laid, and the hall was tastefully decorated. At 6:30 the guests formed in line and marched into the hall. President Cleveland took his seat at the table at the place of honor. The guest3 included prominent citizens, the foreign ministers, army and naval officers. Governors of various States, judges and others. Provost Pepper, who acted as toast master, made a brief address. At the conclusion of his remarks, the President responded to the toast, "The President of the United States," as follows: On such a day as this, and in the atmosphere that now surrounds him, I feel that the President of the United States should be thoughtfully modest and humble. The great office he occupies stands to-day in the presence of its maker; and it is especially fitting for this servant of the people and creature of the Constitntion, amid the impressive scenes of this centennial occasion, by a rigid self -examination, to be assured concerning his loyalty and obedience to tha law of its existence. He will find that the rules prescribed for his guidance require for the performance of his duty, noi the intellot or attainments which would raise him far above the feeling and sentiment of the plain people o" the land, but rather such a knowledge ot their condition, and sympathy with their wants and needs as will bring him near to them. And though he may be almost appalled by the weit of his responsibility ar.d the solemnity of his situation. he cannot fail to find comfort and encouragement in the success the fathers of the Constitution wrought from their sinple. patriotic devotion to tha rights and interests of the people. Surely he may Lope that, if reverently invoked, the spirit which gave the Constitution life will be sufficient for its successful operation and the accomplishment of its benificent "purposes. Because they are brought nearest to the events and scenes which marked the birth of American institutions, the people of Philadelphia should, of all our citizens, bo most imbued with sentiments of the broadest patriotism. Tha first continental Congress and the constitutional convention met hero and Philadelphia till has in her keeping Carpenter's Hall. Independence Kail and its bell, and the grave of Franklin. As I look about me and see here represented the societies tbat express so largely the culture of Philadelphia, its Jove of art, its devotion to science, its regard for the broadest knowledge. and its studious care for historical research societies, some of which antedate the Constitution I feel that I am in a notable company. To you ia given the duty of preserving and protecting, for your city for all your fellow-countrymen, end for mankind the traditions arid the incidents related to the establishment of the freest and best government ever vouchsafed to man. It is a sacred trust, and, as time lead our government further and turther from the date of its birth, may you solmeuly remember that a nation exacts of you taau these traditions and . i.ii nuTpr be tarnished nor neglected, but that, briehtly burnished, they may be always held aloft, fastening tbe gaze i -u!., ana keeping alive their love ana revereuc. :ur xne wonsutution. , . HON. JAMES G. BLAINE. "Letter Expresses His Kejrret at His Inability to Bo Present. Philadelphia. Sept 17. The following letto- ma kcp ved Dy aewBwuu vuuei.itui.ioua commission from Hon. James. G. Blaine: HA3IBCEG, uerzna-iv. oepi. is, xsvi. Hon. J. A. KassonAmos II. Little, uampton L. Carson: ' , . , Gentlemen It is - with sincere regret I find myseJ: nnablo to accept your invitatiou to be present at the ce"ebra i P" muleationof the Constitution of the L,mted htates, t 17 17S7 Next to the Declaration of Independerce the ordaining of the Constitution is the S event to be celebrated for all time by the Amerfcan plopTo. As years roll by, and the -Nation rows in numbers, in power, in prestige, our admiration and appreciation of the men who framed our organis law f rpl7iilir strengthened. It was assurediv a cf Mi to construct, for thirteen feeble States with " an ogg' ot. ts and hal mi- - J.f To'ile a constitution, which, one huudred yelsK found Perfectly adapted to the needs and lwiah.es of a powerf ul natum, expanded fonrf U I "a i's territorial area, with thirty-e-gnt States . and mora 'than e1 million reP-e. Perhaps in no

countrv and in no period of the world history has the conception of free government, firmly sre tired by the cheeks and balances of a permanent and ctn sedative constitution, been more profoundly studied and rehended than by our fore athers. r,hJ effectually organized a revolutiion acraiust the foolish trranny of an English King and against the arrogant wrong of an English Parliament. After victory in the field they completed their work by laying broad and deep tho foundations of a popular government m which the people are rulers and the officials are servants. The extraordinry proportion of men who, in this patriotic generation, were fitted by long: study and training to the highest duties of statesmanship, is shown by the fact tnat of the fifty -five members of the Congress of 1776 who signed the Declaration of Independence, only blx were included in the thirtynine members of the convention of 1787 who signed the Constitution. The reverence and the affection which we feel toward those great men will best be shown by cherishing their work and assuring to our descendants as many and as grateful reasons for a national celebration of the establishment of the Constitution as those which influence us to day. With great respeot, Faithfully Yours, J. O. BnAINK. THE FIRE RECORD.

The Town of Ironwood, Mich., Suffers to tho Extent of About $150,000. Milwaukee, Mich., Sept 17. Fire swept away several of the best business blocks of Ironwood, Mich., this afternoon, much in the same manner as three months ago its sister Wisconsin town, Hurley, just across the Montreal river, was destroyed. The loss is estimated at about $150,000, with practically no insurance. At one time the entire town was threatened. The fire broke out in the business center, in some inexplicable way, and in a short time the St James Hotel and Alhambra Theater were in flames. The town, having no facilities for fighting fire, the merchants became panicstricken and instead of trying to check the progress of the flames attempted to save their goods by carting, carrying and wheeling them to vacant lots. Hurley sent over an engine, but it was practically useless, and tbe flames rapidly spread, and a brisk wind aided their progress. The large general store of Bingham fc Perrin, containing goods valued at $60,000, located just opposite, soon caught fire and was destroyed. When it became evident that the town was threatened, the men employed at the big iron mines in the neighborhood quit work and organized bucket brigades. They succeeded in saving the souta part of the town. About twenty buildings were destroyed, including the St. James Hotel building, wherein were located the Bank of Ironwood, the drug store of A. L. Downs, the American express office, the Western Union telegraph office, tho postoffice, and J. E. Bean's jewelry store, and the Alhambra Theater, involving a loss of $16,000. Bing ham & Perrin's loss is $0,000; Hoxie & Mellon, $20,000; Lake Shore & Western freight depot, $3,000. The Ironwood Company's general merchandise store, the Transient Hotel, the Record priuting office, the Grand Hotel, Max Hau's hardware house, and a few minor intermediate buildings, containing saloons, and the drug store of Thomas & McAde were also burned. Losses by jFire. Wh-eelivg. " W. Va., Sept. 17. Labelle glass works, at Bridgeport, opposite this city, was burned this evening, entailing a loss of itso.UUU; well in sured. Four hundred resole are thrown out of work. The destruction of the factory is a severe blow to Bridgeport, it being its largest industrv. A fire broke out in Brasts House stables, a New Martindale, W. Va.. this evening, and spread rapidly to adjoining buildings, and within the space of two hours laid waste about fttteen buildings in the heart of the town. Loss. $15,0U0 to if'JO.UCO; weil insured. Iowa City, la., Sept. 17. The large cattle sheds and warehouse of the Iowa City distillery were burned bv an incendiarv this morning. Loss, SIO,OUO: insurance, $6,500. Tho main building of the distillery escaped uninjured. DAILT WEATHEK BULLETIN. Indications, Washington, Sept. 18, 1 a. m. For Indiana. Illinois and Missouri Threaten ing weather: local rains; nearly stationary tem perature; light to fresh variable winds, generally easterly For Ohio Local rains; nearly stationary temperature; light to fresh variable winds, generally Bfl s t ?rl v For Lower Michigan Slightly warmer, fair weather: light to fresh variable winds. For Upper Michigan and Wisconsin Slightly cooler; generally fair weatber; ngnt to irosn variable winds. Local Weatiier ICeport. s i-lMWANAlHJLIi, Stipt- 17..1S87.

lime. Bar. (Thor. ! Hum .'Wiud.j Weather Rain. C, a. M... 30. 60 1 52 78 Xeast (Cloudy 2 v. M...i30.y-Jj t! 62 Neast - Cloud v 9 P. M... 30.21 61 74 yeast ICloudy

Maximum temperature, 67; minimum temperature. 46. Following is a comparative statement of the condition of temperature and rain-fall for Sept 17, 1887: Tern. Rain. Normal 64 O.09 SI can 59 O.OO Departure from normal.. ti 0.09 Total excess or deficiency since Sept. 1 "39 0.45 Total excess or deficiency since Jan. 1. 155 10.27 Plus. GeDeral Observations. Washington, Sept. 17. 9 p. m. Stations.

J Bar. TherWind.JR.F.Weather .i30.42 58 West iClear. . 30.42 5ti S'east jClear. . 30.38 50 Neast Clear. . 30.24 70 Neast I Clear. . 30.0S 72iNeast 1.18 Rain. . 30.22 68 East Clear. . 30.00 82 East .24 Fair. . 30.10 76 Neast Cloudy. . 30.04 OOlS'east Fair. . 29.90 78 1 East. Clear. . 29.98 80 Neast Clear. . 30.06 70 S'east Clear. . 3O.06 66 Neast Clear. .29.94 84 East Clear. . 29.98 SO: S'east . . .;. Clear. . 29.92 76; North .04 Clear. 30.08 66! West. -OSiOlondy. 30.16 66lEast .96 Rain. .30.18 61 ! Neast .18 Rain. . 30.20 62 i Neast Cloudy. . 30.20 61 S'east .T Rain. . 30.28 62 S North Clear. . . 30.34 52 S'east Clear. . 30.26 60 Neast Cloudy. ' . 30.18 5S Swest Clear. . 30.20 62 East Cloudy. 30.28 60 Calm Clear. 30.06 66 Calm. .06 Rain. SO.l i 60 Calm Clear. 30.20 5 1! South Clear. 30.12 6 East Clear. 30.14 62; Calm Clear. 30.18 68S"east Clear. 30.18 64 East Cloudy. 30.14 68 East. T Clear. 30.16 68 S'east Fair. 30.16 68 East Fair. 30.06 64 Calm. .84 Clear. 30.12 52 N'wst ..... Clear. 30.22 52 North Clear. 30.12 50 North '. Clear. 30.06 59 East Clear. 30.24 4 8 West Clear. 30.08 58 East Clsar. 30.08 2 S'east Clear. . SO.OO 66: North Clear. 29.26 68 East. Clear. 30.12: 66 i S'east I.... Cloudy. 30.04 64!North .06! Fair. 29.98 70North .04'Fair. 29.90 7SKeast Clear. 29.82 70 South ..... Clear, 29.96 60 South (Clear. 30. lO, 6 East i Cloudy.

New York city.. Philadelphia, Pa.. Washington City.. Charleston. S. C-. Jacksonville, Fla.. Atlanta, (ia Peasacola. ' Fla Montgomery. Ala. Vicksburg, Miss New Orleans, La. . Shreveport, La . Fort Smith, Ark.. . Little Rook. Ark... Galveston. Tex. . -.. Palestine. Tex Brownsville, Tex.. Memphis, Tenn.... Nashville, Tenn Louisville, Ky Indianapolis, Ind... Cincinnati, O...... Pittsburgv Pa Oswego, N. Y. Toledo. O... Escanaba. Mich. Chicago. lib Milwaukee. Wis Duluth. Minn St. Paul. Minn La Crosse. Wis . Davenport, la...... Des Moines. Ia.. . Keokuk, Ia Springfield. 111...... St. Louis. Mo Lamar, Mo. ........ Omaha. Neb Yankton. D. T...... Moorhead, Minn Bismarck. D. T. . . -. Fort Buf ord. - Fort Assinaboine... Deadwood, D. T Chevenne, Wy. T.. North Platte, Neb.. Denver. Col V.Las Animas, Col. Dodge City, Kan... Fort Eliiot. Tex Fort Davis, Tex El Paso, Tex iSaltLake City Montrose Cor cor di a T Traces of rain. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MtJNCrE. Sept. 17. Cant Jas. II. Orr died at big residence, six miles east of here, this morning. Ha was a callant soldier during the late war, having served three years in the Eighty-fourth Indiana. He was a member of several secret societies. Interment will take place Monday. Chicago, Sept 17. Mask Skinner, of this cit.v, who, as president of the sanitary commission, collected and distributed !f"5,000,000 to sick and wounded soldiers during the civil war, died last n-'ght. at Manchester, aged seven '-four. He had been iu feeble health for some time. Aa estate of $1,000,000 is eft by him to his daughters. St. Louis. Sept. 17. John W. Baha. who has been identified with the St.. Louis fire department as chief and assistant chief for more t'lan thirty years and who was well-known throughout the country.' died suddenly at his home to-night aged fifty-nine years. , - Nottingham. N. H Sept 17 Hon. Jos. Cilley, the oldest ex-United States Senator and a veteran of the war of 1812, died here yesterday morning at the age of ninety-six years. Philadelphia, Sept. 17. Rear Admiral J. R, Madison Mullany, United States navy, died at Bryn Mawr, Pa., aged eighty-six. He was placed on the retired H&t in 1879. Three Men Killed. "Wheeling. W. Va., Sept. 17. At 4 o'clock this afternoon, while workmen were repairing the Baltimore & Ohio railroad bridge spanning the Ohio river ar, Beilaire, O., an engine backed upon them, knockin" Edwin Duffy, the foreman, to the ground, a distance of forty feet, instantly killing him, and rilLning over Patrick Barrett and J. B aiding, horribly mangling 0th. Barrett died shortly after, and Har.iin... not recover. Duffy and Barrett are married, aud jeave lamiues. tj iuo eusrineer oiaims ha did not sea the men on accennt of the engine being backed. The Kiehtieth Victim.. Chats-worth. 111., Sept. 17. THa uf. nf i, wouuded of the ill-fated iagara excursionists remaining here, Mrs. K. S. Borden, of Tonica, 111., died yesterday. Thb places the total number of victims at eighty.

TIIE ANARCHISTS' FRIENDS

An Active Campaign Uogun in the Interest of the Seven Condemned Men. rrepariDjr for Appealing to Gov. Ojrlesby Effect of the Decision Upon tho Knights of Labor Movements in New "York. Chicago. Sept. 17. The Ar be iter Zeitung, of yesterday, under the head of "Foreeries" says: "The Illinois Supreme Court consists of representativesor, it you please, of tools of the various railroad corporations. It is clear tbat no one can expect anything from such men of honor. But that this supreme tribunal should take refuge in the clumsiest what do you call them so as not to be guilty of contempt? well, say 'mistakes' that it should take refuge in the clumsiest 'mistakes' in order to give a decision the appearance of justice, that is a matter which a few days ago we should not have believed. To speak candidly, the Supreme Court of the State of Illinois, in its opinion on the appeal case of our comrades, has, although unconsciously, in the blindness of prejudice, forged and distorted the testimony, and where that was not sufficient invented new proofs of guilt. The tape-worm-lik9 document which, by the way, smells strongly of the State's attorney's office, is so honeycombed with forgeries, distortions and arbitrary suppositions, that it. will be necessary to publish a pamphlet to expose the humbug. The perjured testimony of detectives and purchased witnesses was not entirely sufficient to justify the affirmation of the bloody verdict 'legally.' The Supreme Court found help.and supplemented where it was wanting. Neebe, against whom not a single incriminating statement can be found in the record, appears in the opinion as a man for whom tbe halter is much too good." In introducing a translation of the opinion the paper says that the reasoning is "a mixture of lies, misrepresentations and idiocy." The printed forms of tbe petition to Governor Oglesby, appealing for commutation Of sentence for the condemned Anarchists have been gotten out, and are now being forwarded to all parts of the country. . The petition was drawn up by Captain Black. It reads as follows: To His Kxcel'encv Kichard J. Oglesby, Governor of the State of Illinois: The wndersicmed. believing that in any case involv ing life, humanitv and the State are better served by mercy than by the rigorous execution of a sentence the justice of which is questioned by many of onr people, respectfully but urgently bespeak the exercise of the executive clemency oy your r-iiceiibucy m oehalf of August Spies, ftlicbaei sanwan, uscar rxeeoe, A lhert R. Parsons. Samuel Fielden. Adolph Fischer, Louis Lingg, and George Engel. being persuaded that such action on your part will conauce 10 me peace 01 the State. The Times to day says the decision of the Illinois Supreme Court in the Anarchist case will exercise a powerful influence on the annual gen eral assembly of the Knights of Labor, which will meet at Minneapolis. Oct 3, and thereby indirectly on the labor movement, and perhaps the very existence of the order of Knights of Labor. It is intended to bring the matter be ore tbe assemblv at tbe outset, and pass a reso lution denouncing the decision and demanding the interference of the Supreme Court of the United States. This move will proceed from the radical wiug, and thus will be an element in the fight on General Master Workman Powderly. The radicals had some difficulty in passing their anarchist resolution in Richmond. Their hands have been very materally strengthened during the past year, and they now claim that they have a majority in the coming convention. Kport3 that have been re ceived by those prominent among tbe radical Knights in this city ensure them that the radicals have elected their delegates in nearly all the big cities, and in many places outside the centers of industry. They are very hopeful, not only of carrying the resolution in favor of the Anarch ists, but also of ousting the present conservative administration. Tbe anarchist resolution will be used as an entering wedge to separate the two factions more definitely than has hitherto been possible. If the General Assembly is not disposed to allow the radicals to rule, the latter will withdraw from the order and attempt to break it-v. p. - Movements of New Yorli Anarchists. New Yokk, Sept 17. The streets are being flooded this morning with anarchist circulars denouncing the Chicago authorities and the Illinois Supreme Court The circulars are printed in English and German. The following is a copy of one of them: AMERICANS, AROUSE! Free speech is about to be buried in the coffins of seven martyrs to the cause of labor. A treasonable conspiracy is now in operation to murder all who dare speak in behalf of the robbed and oppressed workers. A grand mass-meeting will be held Monday evening, Sept. 19. at Cooper Union, to protest against the death sentence pronounced upon the seven workingmen in Chicatro. Prominent advocates of the labor cause will speak in Englishind German. Federation of Tkades Unions. Geo. A. Schilling, chairman of the Anarchist defense committee, arrived last night from Chicago. He comes to this city primarily to consult the great lawyers in the East Ingersoll, Pryor and Butler, and perhaps others but will use the occasion to arouse the interest of the working men in the case and to urge upon them the necessity of providing funds. He brought with him copies of the briefs of Capt Black, tha prisioners' counsel, and of District Attorney Grinnell, as well as copies of the decision of the Supreme Court , To a reporter he said: 'We propose to bring the matter before the United States Supreme Court, if possible, and we are assured that we have a good case. I am here to consult with various lwayers in relation to the matter and try to retain one of them." Mr. Schilline was taken off by some of his friends, and they were engaged in discussing future action at a late hour last night CITY MATTERS IN GENERAL. In Brtef. In the damage suit of James A. Heath against the. Union Railway Company, the jury yester day returned a verdict for tbe plaintiff for $500. Marrijipa licenses were issued yesterday to Patrick M. Duffy aud Nellie Sullivan, Charles Dealey and Laura Hart, John Elli3 and Rosa Cook. Tha When Band, organized for the occasion, twenty-one pieces, bas been engaged to turn out with the Hendricks Club, and to furnish music at the State-house during the reception of tbe President. Marv E. Oliver has brought suit against Elizabeth Johnson for $5,000 damages alleged to have been sustained by falling over an obstruction on South Mississippi street, placed there by Mrs. Johnson. The iurr in the damage suit of Mrs. Mary Herrington against the C, C, C. & 1. railway, returned satisfactory answers to the interroga tories yesterday morning, and gave the woman a verdict of $7,000. A new trial will be asiced for, and if not granted there will be an appeal to the Supreme Court ; CAPTURE OS1 A WESTEK5T FUGITIVE. Deputy Marshal Miller yesterday arrested and brought to Indianapolis Rufus Hulmick, alia Frank McKinney, who is wanted in Colorado for a nostoflice robberv. He was arrested, indicted. and placed in jail in Denver in default of bond, out Pro te jail and came to inuiana. us was arrested near Goshen. Judge Woods gavo an order for his removal to Colorado. DEATH OF ISAAC! KAHN. Isaac Kahn, an old and well-known citizen. died at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon, at his residence on North Delaware street He came to this city from Bloomington, soon after the close of the war, and was for many years a prominent business man. He was a member of the Hebrew congregation on Market street, and of the 1. O. B. B. He was a widower, and leayea three children. Henry Kahn, Mrs. M. Ezekiel and Miss Cora Kahn. KEUNIOV OF THE "OLD GUARD." The fifth annual reunion of the Thirteenth Regiment will be held in the court-house on next Wednesday. A full attendance is expected, as the railroad rates are low, owing to the fact that the State fair will be held during the week. The veterans will also meet in St. Louis on Wednes day, the 2Sth, at "Old Armory Hall," on the corner of Fourth street and Washington avenue. COL. BLAKE'S MENTAL CONDITION. In response to a petition filed by his wife an insanity commission was called yesterday to pass unon the mental condition of Col. John W. Blake, of North Indianapolis, who for several years has been addicted to tbe excessive use of intoxicants, and who.she alleges,has recently become dangerous by threatening to take her life. After the examination had begun Mr. Blake created somewhat of a sonsatioa by appearing

. I.,:.. I j - . 'Judgement Day" will be Re7. G. G. MitehellV theme at Fifth Presbyterian clurch this morn ing. "A Splendid Young Man will be his Bub ject this evening. The subject for the Central Universalis' Church for the conference to-day, is "Uplift. The subject of tbe sermon on Wednesdoy even ing will be "The Evolution of Religion." "Cause and Effect" will be Rev. R. V. Hunter's subject at Seventh Presbyterian Church this morning. Mr. Snyder, a student of McCor mick Seminary, will oceupy tha pulpit this evening. Dr. R. T. Brown will speak from the text "Every tree which bringetb not forth coo fruit is hewn down and cast into the fire," af the Criminal Conrt-room temperance meeting, this afternoon, at 3:30 o'clock. Rev. J. A. Rogers, of Philadelphia, will ,con duct tha services at First Baptist church to-day. His subject this morning will be "The Hol Spirit's Relation to Christ" and this evening "How Shall a Man Find His Right Place." Rev. G. L. McNutt's discourse at the Fourth Presbyterian Church this morning will be on tn subje-ct "The Liberty Wherewith Christ Mad Us Free." This evening his theme will b "Drawing the Line Between Worldliness and Christianity." A song service will be held at Central Chris tian Church this evening, uuder tbe direction of Prof. Ora Pearson. A poem will be read by Miss Lida Brown and Mr. James Seatbers will deliver an address. This morning Rev. Gantx, will preach on the subject "Christ Our Mediator." A Hunter's Awful Mistake. Laramie. Wyo., Sept 17. A woung Englishman, named A. V. AVhitehouse. w hile out huntingantelope, last evening, near Howard Windham's Twin Mountain ranch, shot and instantly killed his Ciium and coin A pan ion, Geo. H. Gordon. The two were graduates of Oxford "University, and the sons of wealthy English parents. They arrived in America about three week ago, and cam west to engage in the stock business. Yasterday, while at Windham's ranch, they 6aw t antelope, and with their rifles started ii pursuit.' They soon lost sight of odo of the auinials. but Eaa'-lj" located the other in a gulch. Gordon started up oa one side, while Whitehouse crept along the bottom. It was now dusk. Suddenly Whitehouse caught sight ' of an object moving in the sage-brush about a hundred yards ahead of nim. Atter watcningat tor some time, he decided it was a mountain lion, and fired. The oh iect fell. Fearing that it was only wounded, ani having heard of the ferocious nature of thes4 animalj when in that condition, he fired three times more, an 4 then, parting the brush, approe.ehed the spot wheM the object had fallen. He was struck dumb with how ror on finding that i;n of bis bullet had entered tii temple of young Gordon, and that life was extinct Married Woman Elopes. Marion. Ind., Sept. 17. Mrs. Sanford Talmas, of this town, has cloned with a follow calling himseU J W. Blanton, a machinist. The woman, took one ol her children a girl -with her, desSrtinar the others. The husband is endeavoring to trace the runaways, and it is presumed be will endeavor to shoot the scoundrel Blanton, or whatever his name is. Indiana-Boston' School of Elocution. Teeth year, fall term, begins: Private de partmenV, Sept 2G: professional and class in stractioriOOct & Partial or complete course. in physical training, expression, reading and oratory. Defects of vocal organs a specialty. Boston method used, and varied to suit individ ual needs. Apoty to Mrs. H. A. Peunk, Principal. 3C8 West New York street, Indianapolis. A. DICKSON b CO. FALL DRY GOODS Prices Lower Than Ever Before New Colored Dress Goods. New Black Dress Goods. New Wraps of all kinds. New Shawls of all kinds. NewVelvets. New Silks. New "Wool Flannels. New Cotton Flannels. New Linen Goods, New Underwear, New Hosiery, New Gloves, New Corsets New goods in all depart merits and at lower prices than ever before. See our new goods and you will be convinced that prices are low this season. A, DICKSON k GO.

ana peraisnu iu ueienaing himself TT allowed to cross-examine all the witn.! WM a.s the commission found it impossible an1 rid of him an adjournment w ukl. rM Monuay. The records show tha be , i?1 asylum a short time four years ago but official record routd be found in the Y'UrV fice he could not be recommitted without 'a? other investigation. uoul A BOS BOLD ROBBERY. Last night, at 9 o'clock, while Mrs. Reeves li, Ingon Mkhigan street near, Pennsylvania' w passine along Washington street, near Del, ware, a colored boy grabbed her satchel contn. ing four dollars and ran. Patrolman LsrS who happened to be near, recognized the boy ! Simon Hard way, a bootblack, who was arreftM only a few weeks ago for stealing a watch Th boy was arrested at his home and charged with highway robbery. The property was not recov. ered. THE CONDITION OF BEKNHAMEE. W. F. A. Bernhamer, who was prostrated Friday afternoon, while undergoing cross-ex-amination on the witness-stand, remained ia a very critical condition until last evening at ff o'clock, wben he became rational and apparently much revived. He still complained of severe pain in his head and was unable to leave his bed. At supper last evening be ate heartily for the first time since be was prostrated, and his phvsician. Dr. Sutcliff, now thinks there is Kb doubt of his recovery. TEE FEAST OF ROSH HOSHANA. The Jewish year 5G1S begins this evening af sunset, to-night being the new moon of Tishri, which is the seventh montfc of the Jewish year. Tbe principle on which the year is made to beg'n at that time is much the same that starts th day at sunset. It is the beginning of tbe rest period of the year. The planting and harvest ing are finished, and the repose of the wintei months, for man and for tht earth, precedes ths labor of the coming year. This, too, appeari to have been tbe method of reckoning first adopted, for the Scriptures read that "tb evening and the morning were the first day." The festival at the beginnng of tha year is called the feast of Rosh Hogbana. Services at the Ckurcb.es. Rev. Dr. Bradley returned from the East at Saturnay noon and will occupy his pulpit to day. Rev. WV J. "vigus, of Wabah, will preach af Central-avenue M. E. Chcrci to-day, mbrnici and evening. . Rev. James Green will conduct the services at Sixth Presbyterian Church tlis morning, ani this evening Rev. W. A. Paton will occupy tht. pulpit Rev. B. F. Rawlins will prach at Meridianstreet church this evening. 1 he services thi( morning wiil be conducted by the paitor, lie v. Dr. Gilbert