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try ia to stand by each other in all matters pertaining to their welfare After the President vetoed the dependent pension bills the majority vf the soldier of the House, both Democrats and Republicans, united iu a general deprecation, if Dot -actual v condemnation, of tbe President's action. Geueral Bragg. however, made a lengthy and decidedly bitter speech in defense of the President's veto, in which be took occasion to reflect with preat severity open a portion of the Union veterans. According to his statement of the case, the country was swarming with a large number of bounty jumpers and swindline "coffee-coolers, who had never seen service, but who, since the war, had been the most energetic and enthusiastic of old- soldiers. These were the men, he claimed, who would be benefited by the dependent pension bill, and the President did right in vetoing it. As usual, ho ws baited by some of the Republicans Into an exaggerated statement of tbe case, and bis speech, as it reads in the Record, would indicate that about the largest proportion of surviving soldiers of the war belong to the delinquent ilass he bad mentioned. His speech was severely condemned at the time as an attempt to make capital for himself and the administration as against his old comrades, and it was stated then that he could not make so wide a straddle practical. The result was seen in the fight in Milwaukee yesterday, and General Braee has nobody but himself to blame. As the New York Sun tersely remarked the day after bis defeat in the nominating convention by Delaney: "How Gen. E. S. Bragg, of Wisconsin, must havo kicked himself for the enemies be has made." MBS. CLEVELAND. How the President's Wife Snubbed Gov. foraker and His Helpmeet. WaihlBgton Special. There has been universal talk through the day over the reports from Philadelphia that at the ' reception given last night to Mrs. Cleveland she snubbed Governor and Mrs. Foraker by declining to shake hands with them. The story was not credited by many for the reason that Mrs. Cleve- ' land has thus far. upon all public occasions, shown great tact and discreetness. The arrival this evening of a portion of Governor Foraker's staff, and others who attended the ' reception with him, has made it easy to obtain the exact facts from eye-witnesses. At the reception of the President, yesterday, Mrs. Cleve- ; land not being present. Governor Foraker and his wife were introduced to and received by the President as all others were received, he shaking bands with both. Later in , the evenintr, at the reception eiven to Mrs. Cleveland, the President being present, the latter shook bands with Governor Foraker and Mrs. "' Foraker as they came by in line: Mrs. Cleve- ' land, standine next to the President, shook - hands with those immediately preceding Gover- . nor and Mrs. Foraker. but upon their approach she bowed formally to them, allowing them to pass without offering her hand, and shook hands with the rest of the Governor's oarty who followed him. The matter was very noticeable to those near at hand, and created sufficient stir - to cause a member of the committee on arrangements to go to the Governors party and express ereat rezret at the occurrence, saying tnat it was the only incident that had marred the official proceedings. ' MINOK MATTERS. Commissioner Sparks Approves Kfcommendations of Surveyor-General Julian. Washington, Sept. 18. Commissioner Sparks, of the General Land Office, has received s report from the surveyor-general of New Mexico upon the private land claim known as tha Pablo Montoy, recommending that an investi . cation be had in the field for the purpope of loeating the boundaries of the grant, with a view , to the institution 01 suit to vacate me patent now outstanding. The recommendation was approved by the Commissioner. The grant, as - TtntMl- eont&ina Co.). 468 acres, lhe surveyorgeneral in his letter expresses the opinion that under the Mexican law of 1821 the grant was limited to eleven square leagues, or about 48,000 acres, and that a proper survey, even as the boundaries are now located, would reduce the area to fully one-half of the amount claimed. rAmmimlnnar Knarku has also received and or- ' dered ' transmitted to the Secretary of the Ina. r.nnrt from the aurvevor-treneral of New Mexico, recommending that suit be brougn t to set aside the patent of Antonio Ortiz, No. 42, in New Mexico, on account f fraud or mistake in the execution of its survey. The surveyorgeneral estimates that this survey probably ininia f.f) 000 a.ra in excess of the erant. The Commissioner approves the recommendation of the surveyor-general. Indians) 1'ensloos. Washington Bpecial. Pensions have been granted the followingnamed Indianians: Dal. father of Wm. Uowett, ITuntington: Dorothy ' W. G., mother of John W. Arrowsmith. Newport; Martha J., widow of Oliver N. Cunningham. Odon; Nancy, widow of Jos. V. Boling, Brownstown; Chas. M. Homy, Fort Wayne; 9eo. Helmich, North Vernon; Morris Agley, Plymouth; "Win. S. Stratton, . Uardinib lrir: Ferdinant Lehmann, Tell City: J as. Hurley, Koanolto: Solomon Stepen, Normanda; Oliver - W. Cunningham, deceased, Udon; Ueo. Hearth, bvana- , ville; Jeremiah Hanley, Terr Haute; Samuel Bench. I'.uffalovJlle; Samuel Hatten, Story; Alfred Smith. . Manoie; Daniel W. Eeais, Alton; John P. Wright, iirantaburg; Henry M. Prall, Her.ryviller Am brose Hodges. Indianapolis; Wm. Duncan Sparta; Morrison Gordon, Campbellsburjr; Mary J Wallace, former widow of Wm. Walker, Macksville; ' Sarah A., widow of John 1). if. A. JVI. Chauncer, Madi son: Harrison J. Steinbarerer. Jonesville; John W. ' Creamer, Snmmitvillej Nikolans Keyer, San Pierre; . Christina, widow of Isham Clark. Saltilloville; Rcb3rt . Laning, Chesterton; Jacob N. Wirick. Star City: Sol- . onion YewelL Terra Haute; Ira Nelson, Hamilton; Henry Garrison, Chesterville: Wm. F. Coffin, Patriot; Jeremiah Eyer, V akarusa; Peter Conner, Trafalgar; . Phebe J., widow of Jesse Smith, Winamae; Charlotte, widow or James 11. Kislc, carbersville: Martha A. widow of James W. Own. Mooney; James M. Risk. - Barbonrsville; Moses E. Soules, Terra Haute; Sey mour K. Atler, KidzeviUe. Increase Robert E. Hall. Centre Square; Jakob Backer. Bremen: James S. Halsey. Clarksburg; Chaa. W. Benton, Brownstown; Wm. H. Watts, Jonesville; Edwin Water, Chandler; Silas Smith, Jonesville; ' I'eter Esbelman, Crawfordsville; Robert A. Smith, Oreesboro; Wm- T. Linson, Moore's Vineyard; Jam; M. Kirk, Spencer; Jesse Haddon, Carlisle; Silas V. White, Clay Citv; Robert Petty. Pie on a: Michael Seltzer. liynnville: Wm. Smith, I-ivnnville; Win. Brown, Hatch's Mills; Ohio Miller, Waveland; Elias Rariek, Winamae: Jos. V. Shipp. Morritown;Andrew 11. Hmitn, Zenaa; Isaac At t roman, Alt. Sterling; Iftxner Bowers. South Bend: Alex. Sampson. Green ville; Moses G. McLain. Indianapolis; Jacob Askln, isherbnrg; Dennis Drisooll, tvansville: John Jieaws, Snencerville: Josiah Re'ghard. Forest, Jos. C. Millfr. Cromwell; Caspar Sully, Tell City; Moses L. Mclntrre. Ft. Branch: George W. Coughian. Cory; John S. Davidson, Nebraska; John B. Pophsm. Leavenwort! f John Wingler, Wakrland; Lewi Baumunk, Clar City; Charles H. Dressier, Bowling Green; George Gentry, FoNomville: Andrew J. Wilson, Lake Ciootu Theodore V like. aldrorn David, K. ckelton. Lena; Andrew J. HoUanple- Paragon; William L. Davis. Evansville: Francis M. Ramsey. Indian apolis; John McGritlin, fireenfield: John A. Moore, Vawfordsville; George W. Morris, Kokomo; Alien Creed. Sugar Creek; George 11. Given. Brookton. Reissues, &c .John Kelly Anderson; Isaiah Crouch. frosoort: Issas Doll. Indianapolis: Philip J. Lancer, deceased. WiSihickon; James Al. Noel. Nowark Jesse Smith, deceased. Winamact Harvey Taylor, Kaglesvilie: Herman Hamehnan, Leota; CorueUM Haggerty, Indianapolis. Return of the President. Washington, Sept. 18. The presidential party, consisting ofehimself and Mrs. Cleveland, Secretary Bayard, and Colonel and Mrs. Lain on t, arrived in Washington from Philadelphia about 3 o'clock this morning, in the special car of President Roberts, of the Pennsylvania rail road. Owing to the late hour there were none but the train bands and belated passengers at the station. Carriages were in waiting, and the rtartv immediately entered tnem ana were driven to their several homes. The President and Mrs. Cleveland went to the White House. where they remained until the afternoon, when they rode out to Oakview. They were much fatigued from their constant round of recep tions, though highly delighted with the trip. They regarded the celebration as a complete success and a great demonstration, and have nothing but praise for their reception while in the Quaker CKy. General Slocuin and the Grand Array. Washington, Sept 18. In a letter to a friend in this city General Sloe. urn has the following to say with reference to the coming Grand Army of the Republic meeting in St. Louis and its se lection of a new commander-in-chief: "I have reluctantly given up the idea of goine to St. Louis. I wish the encampment to be- entirely free in its action, and shrink from being placed in the position of a candidate struggling for the position." Commissioner lUark's Health. Washington, Sept. IS. General Black, Com missioner of Pensions, is still quite ilL His rheumatism is still very painful, and his efforts to attend to the business of bis office, which is brought to him. have brought on a weakness which compels him to husband bis strenetb more and more. No one, except on important business, is allowed to enter bis room. The old rule for preserving was "pound for pound," and it is the best to follow now, as less sugar causes liability to fermentation, and does not give the preserve that rich color and flavor

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Burial of the loans Men Killed by Sa loon-Keeper Hallam, of Logansport. The Late Reunion of the Fiftieth Regiment Supposed Suicide of a Physician Killed by a Fall from a Bridge Gleanings. INDIANA. Memorable Day at Logansport Burial of the Men Killed by David Uallam. Special to tha Indianapolis Journal Loganspoet, Sept 18. To-day will be a memorable one in the nistory of this city. Charles Planck and Jerry McCarthy, victims of the awful shooting tragedy on Thursday night at David Hallarn's saloon, were buried with all the solemnities that characterize funerals of this - character. The funeral of McCarthy occurred from the St Vincent DePaul Church at 1:30. at tended by a vast throng of sympathizing friends of the family of the deceased. The funeral of Planck was held from the family residence at 3 o'clock, and was one of the most solemn that was ever witnessed in this city. The mothers grief was very distressing. This death was an the more crushing to the father and mother for the reason that the form of their son was scarce ly cold in the tragic death -, that he bad met, when the dreadful news came that their elder son, x. J. PiancK, caa Deen arresmu u City, on the charge of embezzling $1,700 belonging to Ohio parties, and was on his way to Cin cinnati in custody of detectives. Reunion of the Fiftieth Regiment. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Mitchell, Sept 17. To-day closed a threedays' reunion of the Fiftieth Indiana Regiment at this place. The meetings were held in Sheek's Grove, just east of town. A large number of soldiers and their friends have been in attendance, and the utmost harmony has prevailed. Speeches were made by prominent soldiers, and war songs were sung. When the choir would sing "John Brown s uoay, -nanp Jeff Davis" and "Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys," th anldiera ioined in with a hearty good, will. shaking hands and singing as loud as their lungs' capacity would allow, opeecues wero made bv several, and the order to return the rebel flags was unanimously condemned. ' 'The boys in blue' ordered a countermand: it was granted as by a whirlwind, and the flags re main wbere tney neiong, ana mey un there," were the ringing words or one or tne speakers, who was heartily appiauaea. W. F. Edwards and John R. Simpson, of Paoli, made effective speeches. Up to noon to-day 370 soldiers had registered, some being present from Kansas, Illinois, Ohio, and New York. The following officers of the Fiftieth Regiment were in attendance: iol ov T. Wells, of Balonia; Adj. J. K. Simpson, of Paoli; Capt. Borrongn, or Co. A, ana vaci. Miller, of Co. L Among tbose in attenaauee from abroad were noticed A. F. Berry, of Rivervale, Ifirst lieutenant Co. F, ex-signal officer: A. J. Burreil.of Arkansas City, captain Company A, Fiftieth: and J. 13. Cosner. or iveigniy, jan.. uornpany xx , cvt3iucruiu luumu., of the, reunion is largely due to the efforts of the G. A. R. post located at this point. This morning a sham battle was fought The re union will be held at Salem next year. Snnnosed Suicide of a Physician. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. r.nnT)a. Sent ia Dr. Thomas J. btevens tcas fonnd in an unconscious state in his watercloset at this place early yesterday morning. The members of his family supposed tnat ne was in bed. as he usually slept in a room alone; and they did not know when he had gone to the place where he was found. He died at 9 o'clock. although every pnysician in iowu woe cauou w attend him. lie was a leading physician of the town, but was financially embarrassed and bad been drinting to excess, is suppuseu mi no took morphine. ' Gas Found at Selma. Special to the Indianapolis Jonrnat Selma. Sept 17. The first gas Tor this town was struck to day about noon at a depth of 1,000 feet It is one of the best wells in the State. From the time the first gush came the gas increased in volume and force so rapidly with every stroke of the drill that the company soon discovered tnas tney jwere getting more gas man vuey tuum uuuuui, and ordered the drilling stopped. Manufactur ing companies can get aounaance ot kus uero cheap. Killed by a Fall from a Bridge. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Shelbtville, Sept. 18. Mack Steins, of Greensburg, while at work on the bridge at St Paul, this morning, fell a distance of seventyfour feet into the river and was killed, living only an hour after the accident He was about thirtv-five years old, and leaves a widow and one child. Minor Notes. William Laymon, of Crawfordsville, fell dead in his yard on Saturday. He was in his usual health, and it is supposed that the cause of death was heart disease. He leaves a family. The escaping gas at the Wheeler well at Noblesville was ignited by some mischevious person yesterday afternoon, setting fire to and completely consuming the derrick and a large amount of drilling rope. Alfred Arnick, the oldest resident of Lexington, Scott county, fell from excessive weakness and, striking a fence, broke the point of bis 6boulder-blade and sustained serious internal injuries. He cow lies in a critical condition. The corner-stone of a new M. E. church at Elwood was laid on Friday. Rev. J. E. Ervin, presiding elder, assisted by other ministers, laid the stone. The plan is to build a church costing $5,000 when finished. Rev. M. S. Metts, the pastor of the church, is greatly encouraged by the present hopeful outlook for the completion of the building by the holidays. Fifty-eight colored men of various ages were arraigned at the Jeffetson Market Court, New York, yesterday, for gambling. They were all arrested at the Criterion and Caterers' clubrooms. Justice Gorman discharged them, saying that they had as much right to gamble in tneir own club-rooms as the members of the Union League or Manhattan clubs had in their rooms. The annual reunion of the Sixteenth Connecticut Regiment, on Saturday, at Hartford, was made notable by the receipt of the regimental guidon, captured in 18C4 by the Second Alabama, and returned by the latter regiment Resolutions were adopted, full of love and fraternal greeting, which, with a letter of similar nature from Colonel Cheney, of the Sixteenth Connecticut, will be forwarded to the Second Alabama. ILLINOIS. An Urgent Inquiry for Relatives of the Late J. M. Ilogan. Special to the Indianapolis Jonrnau Paris, Sept 18. There died in this city, recently, an old soldier named T. M. Hogan, a harness-maker by trade. Since his death the local post of the G. A. R. have been trying to find some of his relatives, but have not been able to determine where any of them live. Hogan has a brother livine somewhere in Indiana. J. M. Hogan was a member of the Twenty-fourth Regiment Indiana Volunteers, and served thirteen months in the late war. He had'been in this city six weeks prior to his death, and did very suddenly of heart disease. Any inquiries addressed to Dr. Z. T. Baum, of this city, will be promptly answered, as Dr. Baum is endeavoring to notify bis relatives, if any are alive, of bis death. He was not pensioned. Iirief Mention. Charles TL Wilson, deputy postmaster of Sterling, was killed at the Ogle county fair races on Friday. He was driving his trotting horse Zulu, collided with another horse, and was thrown upon his head. Nothing has yet been heard of the men who murdered and robbed John C. Reckers, near Jonesboro. last Friday morning. It is supposed they are in Southwestern Missouri or Arkansas. The county commissioners have offered a reward of $100 for the arrest and conviction of each of the men. On Saturday IJezekiah Bacon, of Jacksonville, cut his throat with a butchr-knife and died immediately. Mr. Bacon was a carpet weaver and dealer in junk and reasonably well off. It is supposed be lost his reason from worrying over bis liabilities and took his life when in that condition. Militia Deserter Sent to Jail. Louisville. Ky.. Sept. 18. It is learned .that Lieutenant governor Bryan, acting for Governor Buckner, has affirmed the verdict of the court

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martial of the Louisville Legion in the ease of William G. Patterson. Patterson was a member of Battery A, Louisville Light Infantry, and went with the State troops to Rowan county, recently, to protect the court during the late trials there. After a short stay. Patterson got tired and wanted to? return home on a trivial pretext, f and upon being denied the desired furlough, deserted. The court-martial sentenced him to ninety days' confinement in the Louisville jail and a fine of $100. The case has caused a profound sensation in military circles. OBITUARY. Josfcpli Cilley, Once a Senator of the United States from New Hampshire. Washington, Sept 18. Ex-Senator Joseph Cilley, of New Hampshire, whose death is announced, at the age of ninety-six, was appointed to succeed Senator Levi Woodbury, previously Secretary of the Navy and Secretary of the Treasuary, in the Cabinets of Presidents Jackson and Van Buren, who had resigned from the Senate to accept the appointment of associate justice of the Sunremo Court of the United States, in which position he died. Mr. Cilley served in the Senate from Jan. 13, 1840, to March 3, 1847, and was succeeded by Senator John P. Hale. Congressman Jonathan Cilley, killed in the memorable duel with Congressman Graves, of Kentucky, fought at Bladensburg, near Washington, Feb. 24, 1838. was his brother. The duel was fought with rifles at eighty yards, and Cilley fell mortally wounded at the third fire. Mr. Graves served in Congress in 1835, and died at Louisville Sept 27, 1848. Simon Cameron is now the oldest surviving ex-Senator. He was born in 1801, and is followed by ex-Senator James Bradbury, of Maine, born in 1805; Jefferson Davis, born in 1808. and Hannibal Hamlin, born in 1809. Mr. Cameron served in the Senate with Messrs. Cilley, Bradbury, Jefferson Davis and Hamlin. Calvin II. Carter. Washington, Sept 18. Ex-Representative Calvin H. Carter, president of the Detroit and Lake Superior Copper Company, and brother of President Carter, of Williams College, died suddenly this morning, of apoplexy, just after leaving the bath. He was a man of marked ability. The funeral will take piack on Tuesday. Other Deaths. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Peru, Sept. 18. Patrick Blake, passenger conductor on the Lake Erie & Western railway. died this morning at his home in this city, aged thirty-seven. He was well known along the line. Bridgeport. Conn.; Sept 18. Rev. Michael Francis Kelly, rector of St Augustine's Roman Catholic Church in this city, died here to-day, aged forty-three. TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. At Trenton, N. J., last night. Mercer Beasley, jr., son of Chief-justice Beasley, of New Jersey, shot himself in tbe bead and died in a snort time. No cause'for the act is known. He was a brilliant lawyer. i Frank W. Maxon, a wealthy stock-breeder of the town of Walworth, Wis., was gored to death, Thursday evening, by a blooded bull which he was leading to water. Deceased was sixty years of age, and leaves a widow. A collision occurred late on Thursday night, on the Iron Mountain railroad, north of Nettleton, between two constrnction trains, which resulted in the killing of three men and severely injuring seven others. Both engines were badly wrecke The rumor that the Eau Claire Lumber Company sold out is confirmed. The company's sawmills and other property at Eau Claire and Standing Pine, on the Eau Ciaire river, are stated on good authority to have been bought by the Mississippi Valley Logging Company. At St Joseph, Mo., Charles McNicbols and Joseph Chamberlain, brothers in-law, engaged in a fight over some family affair and both men drew knives. Chamberlain received a slight cut in the side- of the neck, while McNichois was partially disemboweled, dying shortly after. Chamberlain is in jail. ' A. B. Parment. postmaster at Middleton, Wis., for twenty years, was arrested yesterday by the federal authorities and lodged in jail at Marion. His arrest causes a profound sensation, as he was held in the highest esteem. He is cbarged with embezzling $500 of government funds, and with making false returns to the' Postoffice Department whereby be was able to secure $000 more salary per annum than he was entitled to. Tbe Question is being agitated in several G. A. R. posts in Chicago about a place being purchased and set apart, to be known as a G. A. R. burial-place for the interment of comrades who die and have no last resting-place for their remains. It has been suggested that land be bought in some eligible place, easy of access, and a cemetery be laid out. to be known as the Grand Army Cemetery. It would be for comrades, their families and - friends, including the Sons of Veterans. A GLOWING TRIBUTE TO AMERICA. Where Drains, Energy, Integrity and Flock Are the Talismans to Success. From Henry Olews's Forthcoming Book. In this country no oue cares about ancestry. The spectacle of Mark Twain weeping at the tomb of Adam is a humorous expression of American opinions on this general subject of ancestry. To save time he paid his devoirs to the fountain head without stopping at the Guelphs, the Tudors, the Bourbons, the Hobenzollerns, the Hapshurgs or the Romanoffs. There is no time, if there were any wish, in this great country, snaking to the tread of gigantic business, to inquire, "Who was his father?'' There is only time for such questions as "What do you knowl" "What can you do?' "How have you succeeded?" Integrity and ability stand a man in better stead in America than purple veins of Norman blood. Even in the aristocracy, so to speak, of brains, ancestry in one sense, so far from being an advantage, is apt to be precisely , the reverse. A son of Henry Clay or Daniel Webster " can never hope to gain the lofty pre-eminence of his sire, and he suffers by the comparison. Great men do not always have great eons. For one Pitt, the son of a great Chatham, there are hundreds of sons who intellectually dishonor great fathers. Brains, intelligence, industry, energy and pluck; these are the talismanic words which stand for success in America, where no ghost of a dead feudalism hovers over the land, darkening it by its blighting presence. In England the first question, a silly echo of centuries, i, "Who is his father!" But who are the nobility? Have they any title as such to the respect of right-thinking persons? The nobility is running to seed, or rather the once noble tree is withering and dying; it has borne its fruit and in time has passed away. In Scriptural language, why cumbereth it the ground? How many of the nobility are now worthless roues, habitual seducers, dried up and half consumed by the fires of passion and debauchery! They are dying as the fool dieth, with a drunken leer on their shrunken faces and the stain of dishonor on their escutcheons. The Commons of England will yet redeem it from the thraldom of a worthless aristocracy. America is the true field for the human race. It is the hope and the asylum for the oppressed and the down-trodden of every clime. It is the inspiring example of America peerless among the nations of the earth, the brightest star in the political firmament that is leavening tbe bard lump of aristocracy and promoting a democratic spirit throughout the world. It is indeed the gem of the oceau, to which the world may offer homage. Here merit is the sole fiat. Birth is nothing. The fittest survive. Merit is the supreme and only qualification necessary to success. Intelligence rules worlds and systems of worlds. It is the dread monarch of illimitable snace, and in human society, especially in America, it shines as a diadem on the foreheads of. those who stand in the foremost ranks of human entemrise. Here only a natural ordor of nobility is recognized, and its motto, without coat-of arms or boast of heraldry, is "Intelligence and integrity." Losses by Fire. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Michigan Citv, Sept 18. At about 1 o'clock this morning the Louisville, New Albany & Chicago round-house took fire and all that was burnable about it was consumed. Two fine locomotives were destroyed, or made useless, as also was the stationary engine in the shop and all the machinery. The fire is suppose to have originated in the oil-room, and, it is thought, was spontaneous. The loss is estimated at about $50,000. Ashland, 111., Sept 18. Fire last evening destroyed a number of the best business houses here. The losses aggregate nearly $30,000; insurance is full. Keyport, N. Y., Sept. ia The Lorillard brick-works were burned to-day. The loss is estimated at $150,000, of which $60,000 ia on machinery. By plowing two furrows on each side of the hedge not only will tbe roots be shortened but the loosening of th eoil will benefit the hedge as well as clean the snrface of the ground. While a hedge fence wall kept is very attractive, the harboring of weeds at its base makes the X&rra very unsightly.

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER

FRIENDS YEARLY MEETING. Figures from the Reports on Bible Schools Delegates to the Richmond Conference. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Plainfield, Sept 17. The report on Bible schools shows the following: Number of families in the Yearly Meeting, 2,207; number of parts of families. 1.813, making a total of 4,020; number of members, 13,038; number enrolled in the Bible schools, 7,087. Of these, 3,730 are in regular attendance. Last evening Luke Woodard preached from Romans 6th chap., 12th and 13th verses. He gave concise and lucid exposition of the doctrine of 6anctification, as subsequent to the wort of grace in the forgiveness of sins. He was followed by Jane B. Votaw in urging the importance of doing the will of God, and doing it now. Dugan Clark spoke in the same line. This morning a devotional meeting was held in the east room. Thomas White Fisher spoke from the words: "And Enoch walked with God, and he was not; for God took him.:' This was followed by a reading from Hebrews, eleventh chapter. fifth verse. He was followed by Anna E. Bell, enforcing the teaching and quoting John. 15th chapter, "Abiding in Christ" John F. Hanson enlarged upon the theme of "Agreement with God." Dlwood C Siler urged the necessity of action now. James N. Richardson, Alice Hanson, -Martha Underwood, Wm. L. Dean and many others bore testimony. The business session was opened with prayer by Lewis I. Hadley. B. C. Hobbs announced' tbe receipt of information from Jos. Bevan Braithwaite of his detention -on the Eastern coast, awaiting news from England as to the condition of his wife, who has been stricken with , serious illness since his leaving for America as a delegate to the coming conference of all the yearly meetings, at Richmond, Ind., and asking to be remembered in prayer by his brethren here. N. H. Clark, B. C. Hobbs, Samuel Trueblood and Wm. Walthall responded. James N. Richardson, of Ireland, and George Grubb, of Ireland, spoke words of sympathy. Wm. L. Dean, of New York, reminded the church of its obligation to God in performing the mission appointed by Him. The opening minutes were read by the clerk. President Mills and Dr. Clark were announced as being present, and a cordial welcome was given them. The following delegates were appointed to attend the approching conference at Richmond, ind. : Barnabas C. Hobbs, Calvin W. Pritchard, Samuel Trueblood. Nathan H. Clark, Daniel Hadley, Wm. L. Pyle, Eliza C. Armstrong. Drusilla Wilson, Frances C. Jenkins. Esther T. Pritchard, Lucinda M. Edwards, Martha J. Binford. The general epistle from London Yearly Meeting was read. Its teaching upon the points of doctrine contained in it were indorsed and recommended to the observance of the church. Brief remarks were made thereon by George Grubb. B. C. Hobbs, N. H. Clark, Job Hadley, E. C. Siler, John E. Woodard, Calvin W. Pritchard. Enos Kendall. Nathan Hadley, John Chawner and others.' Six thousand copies were orndred printed for general distribution. Tbe special epistle from London Yearly Meeting was next read;, also one from Dublin Yearly Meeting. Ireland. New Englaud, Baltimore, and Indiana. The remainder were deferred to a subsequent session. A large' committee to prepare answers to this "correspondence and produce them to a future sitting, with Elwood C. Siler as chairman, was appointed. In the afternoon the meeting convened in joint session, and the exercises were opened with singing. George Dillon, Charles Brady and Maria Richardson, ofLondon Yearly Meeting, were introduced to the meeting by the clerk. Their credentials were read, and the usual welcome was extended to them. Amos Sanders, superintendent of education in the Yearly Meeting, made his annual report, showing the status of the denominational schools under the care and support of the church. Earlham College at Richmond sbows: Number of Friends' children between six and twenty-one years, 3,442; number of Friends' children in school the past year, 3,10'J; per cent of all in school the past year, 90; number attending high-schools and academies, 305: number in college the past year, 78; number who have graduated, 28; number who have graduated in professional schools, 5; number of academies, 4. Reports were received and read from Union High-school, Westfield. Hamilton county, Indiana; Vermillion Academy, Vermillion Grove, IlL; Bloomingdale Academy, Bloomingdale, Ind.; Central Academy, Plainfield, Ind. Superintendents were appointed for the quarterly meetings, and Amos Sanders was continued as general superintendent for the ensuing year. Wm. D. Norton spoke of the educational work at Mountaiu Home, Ala. President Mills, of Earlham College, spoke in commendation of the report, and complimented the Yearly Meeting on having the best system of denominational schools of any Yearly Meeting in America. He made a strong plea for suoh schools, and would rouse tbe church to activity in the work of educating children as "Friends." Edward Taylor, of the Vincennes schools, made a few remarks in harmony with the topic under discussion. John Chawner, of Penn College, Iowa, also spoke in indorsement of the necessity of church schools. The executive committees on evangelistic, pastoral and church extension work made their annual report Nathan H. Clark, the superintendent of the work, produced and read his written report, supplementing the same by verbal statements in connection therewith. Much work has been done, and success has attended the labjar in all its departments. The number of series of meetings held was ninety-one. of twelve days each: sessions of these meetings, 2.184. More than seventy ministers were engaged iu this work; the number of conversions was 565; renewals, 1,108. Quite a large number professed sanctifaction at these meetings. Pastoral care has been given attention as never before in the history of the Yearly Meeting. Forty-eight places have held two days' meeting, and three new meetings have been ! organized. The money raised for the work was $1,934.97. The report suggested the increase of the committee from five to seven, and that they have tbe authority to organize and appoint their own oticers. A superintendent was appointed for each quarterly meeting. Elwood C. Siler, a member of the committee, made a few remarks encouraging the church to faithful service in those departments of the service, pointedly enforcing the fact that success depends upon the backing of the church in support of the workers and providing pastors in every place where needed. Plainfield. Sept. 18 At 8 o'clock devotional meeting was held in the east room. Dr. Clark leading. At 10 A. M. services were held in both the east and west rooms of the large church building, in the capacious tent and from the stand in tbe cum pus. The principal speakers were Eliaz Jessup, of Iowa; John F. Hanson, of Dakota; Charles Johnson, of California, and Elwood C. Siler, of Bloomingdale, in the tent; William L. Dean, of New York, and others in the west room; Thomas W. Fisher and George Grubb, of Dublin, and George Giilett, of England, and others in the east room; Willian S. Norton, of Alabama, and John Jessup, of Richmond, and others at the stand. The afternoon session was conducted at the same places, Luke Woodard, Dr. Clark and others leading in the same. Thousands "were on the grounds. Services were also held, both morning and afternoon, at tbe Reform School at the invitation of Professor Charlton. Southeast M. E. Conference. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Edinburg, Sept 17. To-day's session of the Southeast Indiana Conference opened with devotional services conducted by Rev. Joseph Tarkington. Rev. W. J. Vigus, Staie agent of the American Bible Society, was introduced, and in a short address represented the interests and needs of his work. Dr. John, of De Pauw University, was granted leave of absence. Dr. Jenkins, the newly-elected president of Moore's Hill College, addressed the body, making a very earnest plea - in behalf of that institution, asking for larger financial support and an increased number of students. The committee on memoirs made their report, paying tribntes of respect to the memories of Bishop Harris. Dr. Curry, Aaron Wood, Reuben Andrus and William Evans. Rov. J. C Hartzell, D. D., the assistant corresponding secretary of the Freedman's Aid Society, made an address, touching lhe wonderful successes which have crowned the efforts of the Methodist Church among the Freedmen. J. G. Chaffee and G. L. Curtis were elected reserve delegates to the General Conference. Several of the standing committees made their reports. The report on the Preachers Aid. Societv drew out a lively discussion, as it proposed to put a financial agent in the field to increase the funds of the society. The resolution did not prevail. . The afternoon was taken by the ladies of the Home Missionary Society, who held a good meetI. th. int.mcti nf their wnrlr. Tn th evening the anniversary of the Freedmen'i Aid Society was held, with a stirring address from Rev. J. C. HartzelL The pnlpits of the city will all be filled tomorrow by visiting ministers and members of the conference. M W . W WWW www w-w. burg for the handsome manner ia which they

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are entertaining the conference. Being the oc casion of the union of clertcal and lay confer ences, insuring double the ordinary numbers to be entertained, it was reared by many mac tne hospitality of the citizens would be overcrowded. But "Edinburg has proved more than equal to the occasion, having provided for all, with room to spare. The pastor. Rev. J. W. Turner, has the thanks of all visitors tor tne attention he has given to their comfort Lutheran Ml anion Feast. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Champaign. 111., Sept 18. The German Lu therans . of this section held a great mission feast on the Champaign county fair grounds today. A "large audience attended and spread dinner under the trees. The prominent cnurcnes present were those of Champaign, Phuo. Hensley, Broadlanda and Sadorus. Revs. Doedernen, of Pbilo, and Graupner, of Broadlands, made addresses. ON THE MOSQUITO COAST. The Snappy Elttle Republic on tne car lo be an Sea Facts and Figures.' Philadelphia Times. The liveliest mosauito to be found buzzing around the business bouses of Philadelphia during this week of centennial commemoration will it be John H. Simmons, wno comes an ins way from the town of Bluefields,, the trading center of the Mosquito Reservation, which is a part of the Republic of Nicaragua. Central America. Mr. Simmons is a native Philadelnhian and has been located at Bluefields since 18S0. He is as enthusiastic over tbe future of his adopted country as the most energetic boomer ot a new Western town witn a nair dozen corner lots for sale. The Mosquito Reservation lies on the eastern coast of Nicaragua, . ... i . ;i J running lengtnwise wiiu ine uarioean oeu, nuu while part of the parent country since tne withdrawal of the British protectorate, has its own government and laws. The chief executive is . W. A. Hendy, tne hereditary chief of the Mosquito Indians, with Charles Patterson, of Indian descent, as the vicepresident Attorney-general James W. Cnthbert is a Jamaica Creole and Judge or supreme Court John Taylor is a native, with the advant age of an American education, isesioes toese officials mentioned there are a collector of the port, three land commissioners and twenty magistrates. "We have the best and simplest form of government in the world," says Mr. Simmons, "and our laws, what we nave, are irauieu on .a English common law. Our magistrates, our only court, have but little to do, as crime is almost unknown, except among the Spaniards, who, as a rule, are not settlers, but merely tran sient visitors. . "Up to the last year or so." continued Mr. Simmons, "our mam trade has been in rubber, but that having failed us to some extent we turned our attention to banana raising and ex portation. The soil ot the reservation is wen adapted to that purpose, oeing auuviai sou similar to that of lower Louisiana. lhere are now three steamers running regularly between Bluefields and New Orleans, two to Philadelphia and two to New York and our trade will be doubled in tbe next twelve months. Our bananas row average between $40,000 and foO.OUO a month and we import about 2o,000 packages every month, chiefly from the States. It is this wonderful advance in trade which has giveu rise to a complication with Nicaragua. ' Like all the Spanish-American governments whenever they see a people prospering they want to take about 75 per cent of the profits for taxes. This we obieot to. as we are now free or all debt, tne i TIT govnrnment is conducted economically. e pay an annual head tax of $2 and a small mercantile tax. The duties on imports are 7 per cent ad valorem except upon rum, powder and tobacco, upon which the duties are specific. "Now the Nicaraguan government has located a military post near our best banana tracts, what we consider to be Mosquito territory. By the treaty of Managua the reservation was to extend inland to 84 degrees 15 minutes longitude, west, but unfortunately there has been no survey made, and the exact line is undetermined. Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria was named as arbitrator in 1879 to interpret the Managua treaty, and he decided that the republic "is not entitled to regulate the trade of Mosquito Indians or to levy duties en goods imported into or exported from the terrtiory reserved to the Mosquito Indians." Probably not ten persons in the reservation knew the terms of the treaty, and in order to Lave a mouthpiece in which to assert our rights and privileges we have started a newspaper at Bluefields. "Here are tha four copies we had issued up to the time of my departure," triumphantly exclaimed Mr. Simmons, as he produced the editions. "Oh, yes, we print it in English, because everybody speaks English in the reservation." The Mosquito Coast Courier is a seven-column, four-page paper of excellent typographical appearance, and really remarkable under th circumstances under which it is gotten out "We made up our minds," remarked Mr. Simmons, "that we needed an organ, and we got together the type and a Franklin press as soon as the steamer could bring it to us." Edward James, our editor-in-chief, and the promoter of the Courier, had some experience as a journalist, and I knew a little about type-setting, but otherwise we were without expert help. 1 do not know what we should have done had it not been for a young English lad from Kingston who knew something about printing. We worked, I can tell you, and we got along pretty well in setting the paper up, but we failed altogether when we came to distribute the type. "The first number was issued on July 29, and we succeeded in getting out three more, but if a practical printer had not been sent to us from New York I am afraid the whole office would have been in pi. As it is we are all right now, and with 500 subscribers and a good share of advertising the Courier will boom along as the recoenized organ of the Mosquito reservation. "We have about two hundred and fifty Americans in the reservation," said Mr. Simmons, "but our total population it is difficult to even approximate, as there has never been a census taken. But that will come in time. Just now we are too busy with our bananas to think of much else. At Great river, sixty miles north of Bluefields, one hundred thousand plants have been set out and they have started to yield. The rubber bleeders are coming in from tbe interior and are taking up land or hiring out as laborers on the banana plantations, and everything points to an era of prosperity. Bluefields must remain tho chief city of the reservation, and the Americans are fa3t becoming the leading men of the country. American gold is coming rapidly into vogue as the circulating medium in place of the Peruvian sol, which is worth only about 75 cents on the dollar. We have, now that we have a live newspaper, about everything we want except a hotel. That I am having plans prepared for, and we will soon be able to give all guests a royal welcome when they come to our little but glorious country." SPEKD ON THE KAIL. An Engineer Tells Why It Is Sometimes Safer to Travel Fast. New York Star. "Of course an accident on a railroad is an event that can occur any time, no matter how great the precautions are," said an old West Shore engiueer. "I have railroaded many years at least twenty and my experience has been varied and at times exciting. I have faced death more than once, and hve averted many possible disasters by keeping a cool brain and a firm hand upon the throttle. "I have run directly through the jaws of death to save tbe lives of passengers, whereas had I endeavored to have shunned the danger ahead" many liues would have been lost. "On general principles there is less danger in running a train swiftly than slowly. The reason is obvious. I have run my train when behind time at as high a speed as sixty-five and seventy miles an hour, and have passed safely over loose rails that would have thrown my engine from the track had I been running more slowly. The momentum carried me over safely. "An engineer reldom, if ever, thinks of his personal safety at tho expense of those whose lives are intrusted to his care, but I have driven ahead at great velocity over, dangers that, bad I previously known of their existence I would have slowed up, and, as I before said, I have speeded where " I knew there was danger, and that very spurt of speed has saved my train." "Engines will jump the track quicker over light places at moderate speed than at express time, "and we are as safe in running around curves at a high rate of speed as when at twenty miles an hour, in fact, safer. You see, the incline of a track or the rails on one side of a curve being higher than those opposite is decidedly necessary for fast running, and there is no danger in the elevation, A train carries itself around a curve with the momentum it has gained before reaching the point If an engineer made a spun just before or as be reached the curve, his engine could hardly fail to jump. Again, if brakes are put on hard and tbe wheels thus clogged instead of allowing the coaches to swing readily and easily as they reach and round the curve, the bumping of one car against the other might send all off the track. .'The secret of the rapid running' around curves lies in the fact of the rail elevation on one 6ide, and that the flanges on the wheels hug the rails with a death grip, thus making tbe pressure so great that it is almost impossible to leave the track unceremoniously. "An engine in good order is as tractable as a lamb, and apparently endowed with human intelligence. 1 can tell you of a circumstance that makes me believe an nj',ne has human intelligence, locomotively aneaking. In 1876 I was running on a Western road, and left Chicago on one of the stormiest nights I ever saw. I had orders to speed, as I had a theatrical party on

board, and I was thirty minutes late owing to some connections with another and inbound Western train. I pulled out of the depot in good style, and was soon speeding through th snowfiakes at the rate of forty-five miles an hour. I continued at this rats for about three hours, when suddenly, and without any apparent reason, my engine jerked. 1 at once thought we bad struck something on the track, and either had thrown it aside or had passed over it In three minutes more the engine jerked again and seemed inclined to stop. I was non-plussed. I had carefully examined the machine in every part during the afternoon, and I knew everything was all right when w started. A minute later there was onother jerk, and about a couple of minutes after that another and Tery violent one. I slowed 5 up, and after riding "very slowly a mile further th moon came out brightly. An eighth of a mile ahead of me. was a curve, and I intended to again let out after passing that point Just as we turned the curve my fireman yelled out: 'Let her up; something ahead!'. I at once pulled down hard. and. what do you think:, we stopped! about thirty feet from where a tree had been blown across the track. The train hands, with the assistance of the male passengers and axes we had on board, cut the tree so that we could swing it from the track, and after nearly two hours' delay we started again. Talk about speed! I made that train almost fly through the air, and my loss of two and a half hours' time in all from Chicago to Detroit, Mich., was reduced to fifty-three minutes. Railroading is not the easiest life in the world, especially for engi neers." .- EYES AND EYE-GLASSES. Vanity Pots Too Many Persons In Spectacle! The Cigarette Eye. Sew Tort Mail and Express. A reporter watched for five minutes the human tide that swirls through Park row, opposite the postoffice, and counted seventy eight person with eye-glasses astride their noses. Then be went to the oculist and said: "Are diseases of the eye on the increaser ... The oculist adjusted his own glasses, looked critically at those of his questioner, and said: "I think not When 1 say that, I don't mean that our business is falling off. On the contrary, it is increasing every year and will continue to do so as long as people wear eye-glasses, because they think it adds to their personal appearance. Yon have no idea how many there are who do this, and only one who sees cases every day, as I do, can form any estimate of the number of glasses that are disposed of in this way. "Young people study and read by dim lamp or gas light, and of course the eye becomes somewhat weakened. Then the parents rush, off to get a pair of spectacles, and oftentimes patronize men who will sell them any kind of glass, no matter how well it may suit the ease, just to get the money. Thin carelessness is dangerous and sometimes fatal to the organs of sight, which are entirely too sensitive to be trifled with. The greatest enemy to the eyes of young men is the cigarette Recently a disease has appeared among smokers which is dangerous, and after careful investigation, the best authorities, who for a long time wofe at a loss to understand the peculiar malady, have traced it to the small paper-covered tobacco sticks. It is now known as the 'cigarette eye,' and can be cured only by long treatment Its symptoms are a dimness and a film like gathering over the eye, which' appears and disappears at intervals. If young men continue to smoke cigarettes excessively they may expect to be afflicted by this troublesome disease; and it is not relieved by spectacles." Arctic Cold. St. Nicholas. "It is impossible to form any idea of a temp est in tbe Polar seas. The icebergs are like floating rocks whirled along a rapid current The huge crystal mountains dash against each other, backward and forward, bursting with a roar like thunder, and returning to the charge until, losing their equilibrium, they tumble over in a cloud of spray, upheaving the ice fields, which fall afterward like the crack of a whip ias'a on the boiling sea. The sea gulls 11 v away screaming, and often a black shining whale comes for an instant puffing to the surface. When the midnight sun grazes the horizon, the floating; mountains and the rocks seem immersed in a wave of beautiful light The cold is by no means so insupportable as might be supposed. We passed from a heated cabin at 30 above zero to 47 below zero in the open air without inconvenience. A much higher degree of cold becomes, however, insufferable it there is wind. At 15 below zero a steam, as if from a boiling; kettle, rises from the water. At once, frozen by the wind, it falls into a find powder. This phenomenon is called sea smoke. At 40 the snow and human bodies also smoke, which smoke at once changes into millions of tiny particles, like needles of ice, which fill the air and make a light continuous noise like the rustle of a stiff silk. At this temperature the trunks of trees burst with a loud report, the rocks break up, and the earth opens and vomits smoking water, knives break in eutting butter. Cicars go out by contact with the ice on the beard. To talk is fatiguing. At night the eyelids are covered with a crust of ice, which must be carefully removed before one can open them.''

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