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

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, VEDNESDAT, SEPTEMBER 28, 188T.

held hr aa ah came from the builder's hands, their nsaal quietness of djoeanor deserted them and their language did fall justice to the eircumatanoas. Bat there are no stenographic notes to Toocb for tbis report. Be this as it may, tbe Vol no tee r, so far as speed is concerned, was a access from the start. She began her career with a victory, and kept it up, walking away from all competitors in a light wind or strong wind. The weather mattered nothing to her. She was always easily best. Bat a n. Vs work is always of secondary interest to tii man himself. Mr. Borgess is a man of something less than medium height, sparely built. Judging by appearances one would never credit him with being a stronz man, yet be is an athlete. So, too, from among a crowd he would never be picked out as the man who did great things. lie wears glasses, has a beard of moderate length. It is hard to say what he looks like. He is fairly good-looking. One would pat him down as a quiet, tbouphtful man of something more than average attain ments. but not much; perhaps a school-teacher, or a preacher in a small way. General Paine has a distingue air. He is tall and soldierly, wild a nose that is disposed to be Wellinetonian. But be is fully as modest and unassuming as Mr. Burgess. When preparing for a yacht race be is for the time being wedded to his yacht. He studies her much more care folly than most husbands study their wives. Burgess and Paine are a matchless team at yachting. Mr. Borgess knows bow to build a boat to go, and General Paine knows how to eoaz all the "go" out of her that is in her. It was a lucky dav for the yachting supremacy of tbis country when they struck up an acquaintance. Captain "Hank" Haff, the skipper of the Volunteer, is a genial and grizzled veteran, tall and sinewy. . He made a reputation for himself and Fanny, when he commanded her, and when ti left her the Fanny's half of it departed likewise. Thoroughly good humored is Captain Haff always, and he knows well that a cheery word will get more out of his men than sulphurous epithets. He doesn't keep that article "on tap" as many skippers do, but nevertheless he has in his private locker a choice assortment of nautical phrases which he oan use with much celerity and efficiency when ha thinks the circumstances demand it. Captain Haff believes that the Volunteer is oing to win, and will frankly say so to anybody bat takes the trouble to ask him his opinion. Nearly all the crew of the Volunteer are Swedes and Norwegians, a clean, wholesome, bravtny lot of men, with clean-shaven, snnbrowned faces. They are good seamen, all of them. Hardly one of them can swim, but that bothers them little, for on such a stanch craft as the Volnnteer they would find no use for that accomplishment. Some adverse criticisms have been m.d because of the employment of foreigners instead of Americans on the Volunteer. The answer made to this is that the Scandinavians quarrel less than Americans, are more amenable to discipline, and, being lesa restless and ambitious, are apt to stick to their craft longer. The Thistle was conceived in secret, shaped in secret, and launched in a shroud. She has been the cause of more fancifnl sketching and more conjectural writing than the Flying Dutchman's ghostly craft; and Captain Barr has been as silent as Captain Vanderdecken. Another feature that imparted additional interest to the new challenger here was the composition of the syndicate. It is a hybrid. A fractional pert of it is American, as Mr. Clark, the thread manufacturer of Newark, who is a member of it, is a naturalised American citizen, though a Scotchman by birth, and, as it would seem, by instlnot. Among those associated with Mr. Clark are Vice-Commodore James Bell of the Royal Clyde Yacht Club, James Cos tea, jr., and U. B. Stewart. Presumably from his position in the club, Mr. Bell was elected as representative owner. The duties attached to this position are not merely nominal. It is anything but a sinecure. Its holder is apt to get more than bis due share of work; and while he may be called upon to burden himself with an easily borne load of glory, be is equally liably to be made the scapegoat for the whole lyndieate, and to endure vicarious eontumely. Mr. Bell has shown himself equal to any contingency. A shrewd business man, hailing from a eity wnere is centered a class of merchant princes of whom he is a worthy representative, Mr. Bell is the right man to pilot the financial Interests of the Thistle to a successful issue; and, win or lose, the syndicate will not be out of pocket. He has made many friends, and be has a whole court of admirers in the resident Scottish community of this city. But if they are proud of the vice-commodore, they are entbusiastio over his wife. Mrs. Bell has a rare faculty of amiability that paves for her a path of golden opinions, and she has pluck, energy, and esprit da Thistle enough to earn the respect of all yachtsmen in the bay. "Hail to the Thistle" was first sung in Scotland soon after the New Year. Under a shed in their yard at Meadowside, Partick, on the Clyde, Meters. D. & W. Henderson in Jannary began what, thanks scarcely less to their workmanship than to the designer's skill, turned out to be the finest vessel of her type afloat On April 26 the Thistle was floated, and received her spars, having ber outfit completed at Gourock. She was assailed with criticism enough to sink her; but she weathered it, and after trying her paces sailed south to begin work. Her voyage down the channel was not without incident. She experienced weather severe enough to founder the steamship Harkaway; and she bad the satisfaction of effecting a brave rescue from that vessel. The testimonial from the erew she saved bangs framed in her saloon, and if there is aught in the superstition, sorely that should be her mascot. Before Mr. Geo. I Watson projected the Thistle, he bad already acquired the reputation of being one of the ablest and most original designers in Britain. He is eminently progressive; and, like Mr. Borgess, his latest model invariably eclipses its predecessor. Personally, he is unassuming and mode6t. His popularity has been increasing with every triumph; but the Thistle has had the effect of bringing him more prominently than ever before to the notice of all the English-speaking countries in the world. There has been scarcely any change in the Thistle's erew since she was first launched. She will be manned in the cup race by the same sailors who have raced her victoriously in British waters. Since their arrival here these Scotsmen have been somewhat lionized. In the Jlrst place, a crew composed exclusively of men roxn north of Tweed is a novelty. Stalwart, bronzed and bearded, most of them have followed the sea from their youth up; and have seen severe service. They can tell tales of shipwreck, of privation, of hardships in the icy wastes of the frozen zone. The Highlaudmen among them earned their bread while yet mere boys by the perilous toil of fishing 'off those treacherous coasts. But such a life is the best of training for a seaman. The Thistle's crew have already proved themselves heroes; and if the great race is not won it will not be for want of srrit on their part. Their eommander, Capt. John Barr, is a man n whom boundless reliance may be placed. He has had a bigly successful career. In the fortytonner May he made himself known as an expert yachtsman, and his brilliant succession of victories while in command of the trim little Clara is still fresh in the minds of the public. Captain Barr's manner is what bis fellow countrymen characterize as "blate" before a stranger; but by those who know him personally he is esteemed both for his qualities as a skipper and a man. Captain Kerr, who brought the Thistle across the ocean, is likewise quiet and reticent; but is a most skillful navigator.and his guidance of the Thistle was a feat of seamanship. The course he maintained was marvellously direct. Evolution of the Racing Yacht. This is the seventh eontest for the possession f the American cup, the previous ones having been sailed in 1851, 1870, 1872, 1876, 1885, and 1886. Each one has been more interesting, and has aroused a greater amount of enthusiasm than any of the previous ones, the reason being that through successive trials a type of boat has bean evolved on each side of the contest superior to any theretofore produced. With each useefsive contest the story of those previously tailed has been told, and the America cup races are now very familiar to most readers of newspapers, yet with each recurring contest tha history must be repeated. The first challenger for the cup was the keel schooner Camoria, owned by Mr. James Ashbury, which came in 1870, and was beaten. Evidently, however, a very great advance bad been made in the model during the nineteen years which followed the first run for the cup. In rig end canvass they were still far behind the Americans la the matter of strength. The American yachts were rigged very neatly, and strong enough for the ordinary pleasure sailing on the Sound, but exposed to a strong breeze and tea outside Sandy Hook they tumbled all to pieces. The Livonia was the second aspirant for the cud, and she was also owned by Mr. Ashbury, Mr. Schuyler having decided that the intent of the donors was to have a race between two yachts only. There were for this contest four yachts selected -the heavy-weather yachts, the Sappho and Dauntless, and the light-weather yachts, the Columbia and Palmer. The committee reserved the right to name the yacht on the morning of each race. it was also at the suggestion of Mr. Ashbury arranged ttmt there should be a series of races isstead of a single eontest. The Livonia won but one race and that on account of her competitor breaking sown, and went borne beaten, leaving since tbat time the American supremacy, so far as two-masted yachts is concerned, undisturbed. The British have never since then attempted ' compete with an American schooner, and are

further astern, so far as that rig is concerned, than they were in 1872. Since then the - only schooner of note which the British have turned out, is the Miranda, now owned in this country, while the Americans have built the Intrepid and Fortuna, of the keels, and the Montauk, Grayling and Sachem, of the centreboards. The English then began a vigorous attempt to improve the cutter. The best informed among them saw that in the matter of sticked vessels, the Americans were very weak and vulnerable, and bad tbey made their attack in time, there can be no doubt but that they would have captured the cup. Had the Vanduara been sent instead of the Madge, most yachting men now admit she would have carried the cup home with her. There was a very great contempt for the cutters here; they were so extremely different from the ordinary sloop, so apparently uncomfortable, so unsuited to American harbors. Had the Vanduara or any other of the large cutters come at tbat time, a new sloop would probably bave been boilt to meet her. The open-banded flag officers of the New York Club are always ready to "chip in" and build a cup-defender, but the one then bnilt would inevitably have been a sloop of the Graeie or Pocahontas type, and she would bave been beaten. When Abe Madge came two things were apparent, one that in rie and sit of canvas the British were superior, and the otber was that the narrow boat could sail, and sail fast. The cutters Oriva and Bedcuin, built here from British designs, still further illustrated the fact, and the "cuttah,"as she had been termed in derision, began to be spoken of respectfully. When the challenges of the Genesta and Galatea were received, it was admitted on all sides that the advocates of the centreboard had got to bestir themselves if they desired to retain supremacy as to speed in the yachting of the world. There baa been some sideshows in the shape of a couple of challenges from Canada, bnt the yachts were copies and poor ones at that of the American centerboard, and victory or defeat by them meant nothing. With the Genesta and Galatea, however, it was a different matter. They represented a radically different type of yacht, and their defeat meant the abandonment of the silly idea that they were fast because they were narrow. It is not necessary to refer to their contests in detail; they are fresh in the mind of almost every American from Maine to Texas. The necessity of building yachts to beat them led to the adoption of much in shape and rig that had been common in British waters for years, and there was evolved a new principle, the combination of keel and centreboard, which up to this time has proved superior'in speed to anything yet tried. In hardly any other respect does the Thistle differ from the Volunteer. ' In rig they are the same, and although there is a difference in the beams, the American yacht being three feet the widest, the real radical difference is the board, and the contests of this week are to show whether or not British designers will adopt the board. American yachtsmen must nse it, on account of the shallow nature of most of the harbors, and it is thought by many that the highest speed cannot be obtained unless it is used. This is the real contest of the week. All admit that the board is an intolerable nuisance, to be dispensed with if possible. The keel-boat can be built stronger and with better accommodations below. The board is very frequently broken in performing its service of warning. Each time that the vessel is docked it has to be unshipped and hung over the side. Should the Thistle win the cup yachting men say it will mark another revolution in the fashion of yachts. As the British attacked the Americans through their sloops, so iu turn the American yachtsmen will go for the British through their scboc ers. If the cup goes to the Clyde a Yankee schooner will go after it. There would, it is said, be little sense in sending a ftloop, for only a larger than the Volunteer could hope for success, and such a one would be unwieldy for an ocean trip.

THE ORTHODX FRIENDS. Most of Yesterday's Session Devoted to Discussing the Paid Ministry Question. Special to tiie Indiananolis Journal. Richmond, Ind., Sept. 27. The International Conference of Friends devoted still another session to the discussion of pastorate work and a paid ministry. Many believed in the saying of the Lord, that "no man can serve two masters," and doubted the rigbtousness of the purpose to make your ministers serve employsrs for wages and at the same time expect them to serve Christ in the ministry. Others thought it was sufficient for the ministers to take the burden of the soul and to let the church take the burden of their support. Still others expressed impatience with the sneering remarks made by "hireling ministers,' in referring to those in charge of churches. The question tbis afternoon was on the propriety of a conference somothing like that of the Methodists, including all yearly meetings, to meet every three years, and then followed a detailed report on doctrines, which is now under consideration. Details of the Proceedings. To the Western Associated Tress. Richmond, Ind., Sept 27. After an hour spent in devotional exercise the minutes were read for the several ministers present from England and Ireland and those present from the several yearly meetings in this continent were announced by name. El wood Scott was granted a minute to visit London and Dublin Yearly Meeting, and also Norway, Denmark and Syria if the Lord shall open the way. In the afternoon the conference of delegates from the several yearly meetings reconvened and took up the question "Shall we recommend the establishment of a conference of yearly meetings, with certain delegated powers and to meet at stated timesl" Dr. William Nicholson, of Kansas, read an argument sustaining the proposition, reciting the dependence of the churches of America upon London Yearly Meeting as the parent until disturbed by the American' revolution, and the tendency of disintegration iu recent years from want of a central authority. He presented a scheme of organization of such permanent conference, and defining the powers in the polity of the society. Dr. Henry Hartsborne, of Philadelphia, advocated a periodic advisory Conference, without legislative or judicial powers, and Barnabas C Hobbs, of Western Yearly Meeting, urged the creation of an ultimate authority in the society, based on his experience in four lawsuits, in all of which the court's first Question was "Where is your head?" and for want of such head he was obliged to lean on Conferences like this. The subject was laid on the table and the declaration of Christian belief prepared by the committee appointed yesterday was read and, after discussion of various points, with some slight modifications, being satisfied that it was a collation for various authorized declarations of the society, from its origin to the present and embodied no new doctrine, was adopted. It was directed that a number of copies of the conclusion of the conference and of the declaration of faith be printed and distributed among the yearly meetings in proportion to their membershiD. The committee on resolutions presented their report, which was accepted by the conference and, with some modification, adopted. After a? season of prayer and thanksgiving for the felt presence and guidance of the Holy Spirit, the conference adjourned sine die. THE FIRE RECORD. The Business Part of an Ohio Village Destroyed. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Fout Wayne, Ind., Sept 27. Payne, O., a most enterprising village on the line of the Nickel-plate, between Fostoria and Fort Wayne, was visited this morning by a disastrous conflagration, involving the loss of $75,000, with insurance of $21,000. The town is situated sixteen miles east of Fort Wayne, just across the Ohio line. At 3 o'clock fire was discovered in the frame building of A. F. Hardesty by the Shaffer Jjjnily, who occupied the upper rooms, and who barely had time to escape with their lives through a second-story window. The building stood in the middle of a business row of rooms extending from Main to Laura street, and in ninety minutes the entire block was in ashes, destroying the leading business bouses of the town. The losses include the destruction of the postofQce, Odd-fellows Hall. Grand Army Hall, and township trustee's office, with all his records. Other Fires. Torokto, Sept. 27. Owing to the protracted drought bush fires prevail throughout Ontario and Quebec. At Montreal navigation has been stopped by the density of the smoke. Serious fires are raging about Cbateaugay. Caugnawaga. St. Jerome and Terra Bonne, in the province of Quebec, and the people are suffering terribly. The fires in Upper Ottawa are raging with terrible fury. Last Friday sixteen families were burned out. New York, Sept. 27. Fire in Josiah Partridge's chair factory, in Pearl street, to-day, caused a loss of $30,000. While watching the fire from an adjoining roof, an unknown man 1 o.l to the ground and was killed.

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The Daily Chronicle of Happenings of Various Kind3 in the Two States. Baptist Convention at Pern War on Fort Wayne Gamblers Death from Chloral A Life Heroically Sacrificed Notes. INDIANA. FJfty.Fiftbf Annual Conventionof Indiana Itaptists. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Peru, Sept. 27. The fifty-fifth annual meeting of the Indiana Baptists, which convenes in this city Monday evening, continuing until Friday evening, promises to be of more than usual interest, and one of the most largely attended which ha3 been held for years. There are, up to the present time, nearly three hundred names enrolled on the roster here, with many more to hear from. The people of Peru, and especially those of the Baptist Church, extend a cordial and hearty welcome, and an assurance of a delightful time. The programme is varied and interesting. Amongst the prominent persons to be present are Dr. Eaton, of Louisville, Ky.; Dr. Bitting, of Philadelphia; Dr. Murdock, of Boston; Dr. Smith, of Chicago, and Dr. Ashmore, of Burmab, India. The annual sermon will be delivered by Prof. C. II. Hall, of Franklin. Tuesday's programme consists of the election of officers, reports of treasurer and board. Wednesday Reports on education. Publication Society, State Sunday-school missionary and consecration services. Thursday Home missions, foreign missions, and mass-meeting in the interest of the Baptists in Indiana. Friday Report on aged ministers and obituaries, followed by final adjournment. That Montgomery County Cow Case.' Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Crawfordsville, Sept. 27. The Montgomery county cow that ate the soap is again before the people. The damage suit was tried in the court yesterday. The jury returned a verdict that no damage could be collected for the death of that cow. The facts brought out in the trial were as follows: Rev. E. R. Lawhon. a Method ist minister, purchased six bars of Town Talk soap, at Crawfordsville, and put the soap under the seat of the sleigh of Geo. Deihl, who was to take it to New Richmond, the home of the minister. On the way home Diehl met Howard Dewey in a buggy going to see Miss Saxe. They traded vehicles, but not horses, and Dewey went on in the sleigh ignorant of the fact that the fatal soap was under the seat. When he arrived at his destination he hitched in front aud went in and spent a pleasant evening with a young lady. The young lady's father's cow went foraging and ate the soap, and was dead in the morning, by the bright light. A post mortem examination revealed the partly undigested soap, hence the suit for damages. The contents of the dead cow's stomach was brought into court in a flour sack and ebown to the jury. The young man wanted to go in with the preacher and pay for the cow, but the latter would not. Now, it is the nreacher'e turn to sue the owner of the cow for the value of the soap. Six lawyers will now have to be paid for their services. Stolen Horses Recovered. Epeclal to the Indianapolis Journal. Winchester, Sept 27. Last night Sheriff Hawthorne, of this county, returned from Henry county with three horses which had recently been stolen from this county, and taken there and sold. They are a part of the horses stolen by John Dodd, who, on last Friday, pleaded guilty to horse stealing, and was sent to prison for nine years. To-day Charles Inman was placed under bond of $2,000, charged with stealing a buggy from W. Scott, on or about Sept. 3. So far some 225 indictments have been found by the present session of the grand jury of Randolph county. They have attempted to reach some persons who have made false returns of their personal property. The Gamblers Mast Go. Special to tbe Indianapolis Journal. Fort Wayne, Sept. 27. The gamblers of this city were greatly surprised to find in this morning's local papers a peremptory order, signed by Chief of Police Deihl, directing the immediate closing of all gambling houses in this city, under penalty of raids, arrest and punishment of all room-keepers and inmates. The blow was so sudden and unexpected that the gentry of the green cloth cannot realize what has struck them. For years gamblers have carried things with a high band here, and until today there were three public faro banks, one keno room and numerous poker rooms, public and private, in operation. The Law and Order League is also making vigorous war upon the saloons. Death From an Overdose of Chloral. fpecial to the Indianapolis Journal. Evansville, Sept. 27. William Sefle, a farmer living about one mile west of Petersburg, was found dead at bis home, this morning. Sefle had been drinking heavily for several days and bad purchased some hydrate of chloral on the previous afternoon, of which it is supposed he took an overdose, resulting in his death. His family, consisting of a wife and two children, were away from home at the time of his death. Tbe deceased was of a good family and aside from his drinking habits was not a disagreeable man. He belonged to the Oddfellows. New Torn Firemen at Vincennes. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Vincennes, Sept. 27. The veteran firemen of New York and Cappa's Seventh Regiment band, en route from San Francisco, were banquetted in this city, this evening, by the Vincennes fire department. The guests declared they never partook of a better spread. They left at 10 p. m. for Louisville. ' They expect to reach New York Saturday night. Struck Gas. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Greenfield, Sept. 27. At a depth of 1,004 feet Trenton was reached at the Indianapolis Gas Company's well, west of the city, to-night. After penetrating the rock five feet a tremendous vein of gas was struck. Drilling then ceased until morning. The escaping gas was piped outside the derrick and lighted, and tbe blaze reached twenty feet, Badly Burned with Vitriol. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Elkhart, Sept. 27. Benj. Lyon, a wellknown young man of this city, was very badly burned, to-day, by having his face and eyes filled with vitriol, tbe result of an accident. It is scarcely probable that his eyesight can be saved. Minor Notes. The books of the municipal government of New Albany are beine overhauled by experts. At Deedsville, yesterday, Philip Fentex had both legs cut off by a circular saw. He will die. The Sunday-school Union of Randolph county on Monday adopted a constitution and by-laws forgits government. Charles Peterman, a veteran soldier, of Madison, was drowned by falling from the bridge at St Louis on Monday night. John Dreeder, a carpenter, who was injured at Muncie on Saturday by falling from the roof of a two-story building, died on Monday. C K. Slonneger & Co., of Jamestownjiave made an assignment to W. H. Orear for thienefit of their creditors. Liabilities about $4 W00. At the morning service of the M. E. church in Winchester, last Sunday, a class of thirty probationers were baptized into full communion. William Shea, accused of robbing freight cars near Crawfordsville, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to the Denitentiary for one year. He claims that his home is in New Orleans. Mortimer Whitehead, of New Jersey, grand lecturer of the National Grange, delivered an address in tbe interest of that order at the courthouse in Greensbnre on Monday afternoon. The fine two-story frame residence belonging to Mr. Geo. Con well, two miles west of Kokomo, was entirely destroyed by fire Monday evening, together with part of its contents. Loss, $1,800; no insurance. Harve ltowe, formerly an agent of the Singer Sewing Machine Company, and charged with having embezzled $300 from the company, was brought to Corydon on Monday, from Marshall, 111., on a requisition, to answer to the charge. Some yeara ago there resided in Jeffersonville a family named Baldwin. There were several sons in the family, one of whom, a very fast youth, removed to Arkansas, and those best

acquainted with him are of tbe opinion that he was the notorious outlaw, known as Davis, who wes recently killed near Fort Smith. The Salvation Army bad a big time at Crawfordsville, Tuesday night, it being a grand welcome extended to Major Alf Jones, of New York, who has charge of the Southern Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky divisions. Several other prominent Salvation persons accompanied him. ILLINOIS.

Abraham Hartley Loses His Life In Savins That of Another Man. Chicago, Sept 27. The Times's Joliet, I1L, special says: Abraham C Hartley lost his life, yesterday, at his farm near here, while saving the life of another. A well was being sunk on his place, and, coming to a bed of rock at the depth of twenty-five feet, Charles Kaehlert, of this city, who was doing the digging, fired a blast of dynamite in the well to break the rock. A few moments after the discharge Kaehlert decended the well, and called out that he could bear water bubbling, but almost immediately he began groaning and calling tor help. Mr. Hartley at once lowered himself, and found Kaehlert insensible. Hartley tied a rope around the man's body, and he was drawn to tbe surface by some of the neighbors present. The rope was then lowered to Hartley, and, when called to, he made no reply. No one dared venture into the well, but after considerable labor a noose at the end of a rope was secured around bis body, and he was drawn to the surface, dead. Kaehlert was revived and will live. An Alleged Murderer Arrested. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Marshall, Sept. 27. Sheriff Sherman made an important capture to-day. A few weeks ago he was written by an attorney in Wytheville, Va., to look out for a man by the name of Wayman Sutton, wanted there for murder. He was known to have been in Orange township, this county. Sherman kept the matter quiet until he located the man, then nabbed him. He is now in jail, awaiting orders from Wytheville. He is well connected in Orange township. Singular Accident. Marshall, Sept. 27. Mrs. Lewis Sutton, a lady living near Martinsville, met with a remarkable accident one day last week. While leading a horse by the forelock, the animal suddenly jerked its head upward, and the hair of its forelock cut clear through Airs. , Sutton's index finger, taking it completely off at the first joint. t Insane Man Struck by a Train. 6pecial to the Itidfanapolis Journal Danville, Sept. 27. Stepher Miller, an old resident of this city, while temporarily insane, to-day, waited up the Wabash railroad track, facing an approaching engine. He was struck and had both legs cut off. He will die to night The Blessed Rain. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Champaigk, Sept 27. A great rain has fallen here for the last thirty-six hours. It is of untold value. It will save the large new wheat crop from ruin, and make full pastures. NEW YORK DEMOCRATS. They Meet at Saratoga hat Succeed in Transacting bnt Little Business. Saratoga, Sept 27. The Democratic State convention met in Casino Rink, and at 12:30 the gavel fell, and D. Cady Herrick called the convention to order, and nominated Hon. George Raines temporary chairman. The motion was carried unanimously. He was received with applause and when it subsided he addressed the convention. His allusions to Hill and Cleveland were greeted with applause. Somebody called for throe cheers for Hill, but tbey were not given. His condemnation of tbe foreign proprietorship of land an an allusion to General Grant were also applauded. Tbe Chair ruled that all contests must be referred to the committee on credentials. The calling of the roll was then commenced, and the names of the prominent men were loudly cheered as thv were read. LThe roll-call developed many contested Feats, mest ot wnicn nave aireaay oeen maae puDiic. Committees on resolutions, credentials and permanent organizations were then announced. A resolution was offered as follows: Resolved, Tbat the laws of assessment and taxation should be readjusted and reformed, so that all property shall ratably share in the support of the government aud relieve farming and kindred pursuits from the disproportionate burdens imposed under the present law, and that national legislation should be so modified and amended that agriculture shall no longer be embarrassed or impaired by unwise discrimination. The convention then took a recess till 8 o'clock this evening. At 8:20 p. m. Chairman Raines rapped the convention to order. There were cot fifty delegates in their places. Sheriff Grant, of New York, moved that as the committee on contested seats would cot be able to report till a late hour, that the convention take a recess till to-morrow at 10 o'clock. The motion was carried. There seems scarcely a doubt that Cook and Fitzgerald, tbe incumbents, will be renominated by acclamation for Secretary of State and Treasurer, respectively; and Senator Weap, of the Saratoga district, appears to be without a rival for the Icomptrollersbip. Mr. Poucher, of Oswego, and Mr. Tabor, of Erie, represent the real contests of the convention for Attorneygeneral, and there is likely to be a fight, uuless, as it has been rumored to-day, Mr. Tabor withdraws. There has been much talk of a schism between the Cleveland and Hill men, but if there be any such there are no outward demonstrations of it Both names seem to be greeted with equal enthusiasm and by the same delegations. A dispatch to tbe New York Times says: "There was a conference in the executive mansion at Albany last night which was attended by several Democrats, who have more or less to do with the affairs of the party. The fact may perhaps possess no special significance, though it argues tbat the Governor is very well apprised of the policy which will dictate the proceedings of the convention, and that he acquiesces in it An open rupture between his friends and the friends of the administration becomes, therefore, one of the remotest possibilities." Harmonious Massachusetts Republicans. Bostox. Sept 27. The Republican State convention which meets here to-morrow promises to be most harmonious and no ballot, it is thought, will be necessary, except for Attorneygeneral, for which position there are several aspirants. There are no contesting delegations to be heard, and as appearances indicate that nearly all of the present incumbents will be renominated by acclamation, a brief session is anticipated. THE CHICAGO ANARCHISTS The Gang; Much Depressed by the Removal of Neebe to Joliet. Chicago, Sept 27. The Anarchists were very blue this morning because of the sudden removal of Oscar Neebe to Joliet. Tbey would not talk of the matter, and were apparently deeply affected by the reminder of the nearne ss of their own punishment Neebe's brother and an express man came around at 9 o'clock and gathered the convict's belongings together, and carried them away. The only other visitors were Mrs. Eneel, Mrs. Fischer and Miss Van Zandt , A Joliet dispatch says Oscar Neebe, the Anarcnist, spent last night in a solitary cell. He was taken out this morning and put through the usual prison preliminaries, transforming him into a full-fledged convict He was assigned to labor in the harness shop, under the registered number, 8,373. Mrs. Parsons at Liberty. Chicago, Sept 27. The postponed hearing of the charge against Mrs. Parsons for violating the city ordinance prohibiting the distribution of handbills on the streets took place before Justice Lyon this morning. He imposed a fine of $5, but immediately suspended it, and Mrs. Parsons went away looking satisfied. The Petitions for Clemency. Chicago, Sept 27. Up to to-day the actual returns on the petitions for clemency to the condemned Anarchists, as far as they have been turned into tbe secretary of the amnesty association, show about 15,000 signatures. In the list for preachers are the names cf two prominens Jewish divines. Steamship News. Amsterdam. Sept 27. Arrived: Leerdam, from New York. Moville, Sept 27. Arrived: Circassia, from New York for Glasgow. New York, Sept 27. Arrived: Wyoming, from Liverpool; Nebraska, from Glasgow; Elbe, from Bremen, and Chicago, from London.

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Treasury Department Certain of Securing the Bonds Desired. Disgraceful Conduct of Array and Navy Officers Bids for Gun Material Patents to Indiana Inventors General Notes. AN EPIDEMIC OF DRUNKENNESS. The Disgraceful Conduct of Army and Naval Officers on Account of Drink. 'Washington Special. An epidemic of drunkenness would seen to have prevailed in the army and navy during the summer, affecting even the Military Academy at West Point, and the civil bureaus of both departments. The army orders published Saturday contain a full report of the court-martial and findings in the case of West Point Cadets William R. Dashiell, Hart, George W. Kirkman and Alfred C. Merrill, who were tried for drunkenness at the State encampment at Peekskill in July. The exemplary youths appeared on parade in such a state of intoxication that the services of orderlies were required to prevent them from falling from their horses. The court found them all guilty, and Cadet Merrill admitted the charge of having left bis post before being relieved. Dashiell, Hart and Kirkman were sentenced to be dismissed the service, and Merrill to ten months' suspension with loss of pay. Executive clemency interfered in each case, however, and the sentence of Dashiell and Hart was commuted to three months in the light prison, that of Kirkman to four months, and that of Merrill to two months similar confinement In army circles tbe commutation of the sentences is not looked on as conducive to tbe good discipline of the academy. A short time ago a naval lieutenant on duty in the Ordnance Bureau of tbe Naval Department reported at 9 o'clock in the morning so much tbe worse for liquor that be had to be sent home in a cab. The attention of the officer in charge was at once called to the offense, but no action has as yet been taken in tbe premises. At about the same time a lieutenant on detail duty in the naval observatory imbibed so freely during tbe day that his actions resembled those of the traditional bull in a china shop. He knocked down and injured several valuable instruments and then left the observatory without winding such as were operated by clockwork. As a consequence, tbey all ran down before morning. It was stated at the time that he fell upon and stopped the great chronometer clock tbat sends out tbe time signals all over the country. This is denied. No cognizance of his case has been taken in the department, and it is doubtful if anything will be done. Tbis laxity is in marked contrast with the action in the case of Capt Cyrus G. Gray, late of the Twenty-fifth Infantry, a veteran of tbe war of tbe rebellion and a soldier whose record was excellent until he was nnlucky enough to be found under the influence of liquor. He was promptly court-martialed'on charges preferred by his commander. Col. James W. Forsythe, found guilty and dismissed the service. Though admitting that he was intoxicated, Captain Gray denies, that he was on duty until bis colonel, who saw his conidtion, ordered bim to perform the delicate task of closing up and transferring bis company accounts to the officer ordered to relieve him. The court-martial charges then followed. Capt Gray, some time ago, preferred formal charges to the Secretary ot War against Colonel Forsythe, alleging that the testimony given by the latter before the court-martial was - not true; that the Colonel was actuated by malice and did, in fact, commit perjury. No action has been taken by the department in the matter. A promiuent army officer said to-day: "If every man who is found drunk, even when on duty, is dismissed the service, our little army will soon dwindle to a corporal's guard. It makes a deal of difference, however, whether the officer has 'influence' in the department" THE BOND PURCHASES. No Doubt that the Desired Amount Will He Offered In Time. Washington, Sept. 27. There was a decided falling off to-dav in tbe sale of bonds to the government under the terms of the Treasury circular of the 22dinst, which fact Treasury officials attribute somewhat to the great interest taken by tbe business community in the international yacht race at New York. There is very little doubt, however, of the government's ability to secure the $14,000,000 bonds required for the sinking fund within the time prescribed by the circular Oct 8. Over $8,000,000 of the amount has already been seenred within five days, and there is less than $6,000,000 to be purchased within the remaining ten days. The total offerings to-day were $717,8o0, of which amount $580,500 were four-and-a-half per cento., and $131,350 four per cents. MINOR MATTERS. Bids Received by the Navy Department for Gnn Materials. Washington, Sept. 27. Proposals were opened to-day at the Navy Department for furnishing twenty-two sets of steel forgings for six-inch bre6ch-loading rifle guns, oil treated and annealed, aggregating about 13G tons, and of domestic manufacture. The Midvale Steel Company, of Philadelphia, was the only bidder. Tneir proposition was: For supplying the forgings, rough bored and turned, oil treated and annealed, $123,284; with tubes, jackets and trunnions, to be roughly bored and turned by the Navy Department and the other work by the contractor, $108,799. No award has yet been made. Mr. Cleveland and Mr. Randall. Washington Special. Mr. Cleveland, despite the efforts of his Mugwump retainers to-day to explain the story, is likely to find himself in a bad mess if he refuses longer to make known the contents of his letter to Fox, the superintendent of the Philadelphia Mint This letter was written just before the Pennsylvania Democratic convention, and it is asserted that it contained an order that Randall's friends in the mint should net participate in tbe convention. A few of the politicians, whose relations with Philadelphia are pretty close, assert that they have seen the letter, while a few others have had word from Philadelphia, assuring them that the story is correct that the letter was written. No one doubts that fact, and the only important question is tbe exact nature of tbe contents. Tbe President himself is evidently determined to keep back tbe letter, because of the remarkable discrepancy it will show between his professions and his practice in the direction of civil-service reform. Patents Granted Indlanians, Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, Sept 27. The following paten tt have been granted Indiana inventors: Wm. Adair, Leesville. nut lock: Joseph D. Adams. Marshall, and F. 31. Pen nock, Kennet Square, Pa., road -grader; Charles A. Bertsch, Cambridge City, furniture caster: John W. Locbner and N. Oster, Aurora, device for ageing and purifying liquors; Britton Paulson and E. L. Lathrop, Fort Wayne, assignors to American Road Machine Company, Kennett Square, Pa., road-grader: Charles J. Kinderknecht, Indianaoolis, saw-mill set works; John Rogers, Elkhart, machine for grinding mowing machine knives; Isidore V. Roy, assignor to Dodge Manufacturing Company. Misbawaka, wooden pulley; Calvin J. Udell, North Indianapolis, towel arm. Personal and General. Washington, Sept 27. The President has declined to interfere in the case SeaborK Kalijab, a Creek Indian, convicted of murder, and sentenced to be hanged at Ft Smith, Ark, on the 7th prox Mr. Miller, Commissioner of Internal Revenue, denies tbat be intends tusking a raid on the brewers and making an analysis of their beer. The President has granted a pardon in tbe case of William Brooks, James Fitzgerald, Thos. Jackson, Wra. Henderson, John Palmer, Reuben Goins and Geo. Horner, who were convicted in the United States Court for the Western district of Arkansas, last August, of manslaughter, and whose sentence was suspended. The pardon is granded on the ground that the convicts bad reason to apprehend bodily harm frSm the men whom they killed. It is learned on good authority that the vacancy on the Supreme Bench, caused by the death of Justice Woods, is not likely to be filled until after the President's return from his Western and Southern trip. The Haddock Murder Case. Chicago, Sept. 27. A Sioux City, la., special says: The bondsmen of John Arensdorf, the chief defendant in the Haddock murder case, who is held in $2,500, surrendered him to the sheriff yesterday, two of the sureties withdrawing. Other bonds were furnished in a like sum.

It is evident that the results of the late trial are causing anxiety, and that future possibilities are regarded with great concern. The Methodist conference, now in session here, will raise $6,000 to aid the prosecution. The arguments fcr a new trial in tbe Munchrath case are not yet completed, and sentence will not be passed nntil late to-morrow, at least

Cardinal Gibbons at Chicago. Chicago. Sept 27. Cardinal Gibbons arrived in Chicago to-day,en route to the far West He en tered a carriage in waiting at the depot and was driven to toe residence of Archbishop Feehan. Before he en tered his carriage, the Cardinal was halted by a reporter. "What of Dr. McGlynnf he was asked. "Dr. McGlynn's star has waned. The interest in him has almost completely died out for the papers speak seldom of him. Dr. McGlynn wa a eood man, atfd it is my earnest wish that he may be brought to a realization of bis indiscretions, and ask the pardon of his Holiness." Further, tbe Cardinal would not say. A maguificent banquet was tendered him this afternoon in the large hall of the Cathedral's school, on Chicago avenue and Cass street After grace the Cardinal said he was glad to welcome a body of clergymen from such an arch-diocese, under tbe charge of Archbishop Feehan. The Cardinal also dwelt at great length upon tbe growing power of the church in the Western country. Union Veterans', Union. Cleveland, Sept 27. The second annual encampment of the National Command Union Veterans' Union met here last night M. A. Dillon, of Washington, D. C, grand commander-in-chief, is the presiding officer, and delegates are present from Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania. Connecticut, Illinois, Michigan, District of Columbia and Ohio. It was decided to appoint a committee to draft a new pension bill for presentation to Congress. The Woman's Relief Corps, Mrs. A. R. Fairbanks, of Cleveland, president, was recognized as an auxiliary to the Union. To-day the ritual will be revised. Come Around In the Spring. New York Mail and Express. A reporter boarded a Fourth-avenue car yesterday and took the only vacant seat, which was next to a handsomely-dressed lady, who was accompanied by another lady equally well dressed. "Just think," said one, "we have been acquainted only a short time and we are such good friends. You must certainly call on me and see my home and meet my husband and the children. I want you to promise to come sure, and see what a cosy little home I hare. I will give you my address. ' "No." she continued, "I won't give you my present address; we are going to move and when I get settled I will let you know. You must be sure to come, we are going to move on the first of next May," and with two) or three "good-byes" she left the car. The lady to whom the invitation had been addressed looked very much mortified, and from the expression on their faces the passengers certainly sympathized with her. Humbug, Barnum said, "The American people like to be humbugged." Tbis may be true in the line of entertainment, but not where life is at stake. A man with consumption, or any lingering disease, looking death in the face, and seeking to evade his awful grasp, does not like to be trifled with. So with confidence we plaoe before our readers nature's great remedy. Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, a sure relief for tbat long train ot diseases resulting from impure blood, such as Consumption, Chronic Nasal Catarrh, Liver Complaint, Kidney Disorder, Dyspepsia, Sick Headache, Scrofula, and General Debility. Time-tried and thoroughly tested it stands without an equal! Any druggist Absolutely Pure. This powdernever varies. A marvel of purity, strn l and wholesomeness. More economical than tueodil ry kinds and cannot be sold in competition with ti mnltitudeof low-test. ghort-weicbt alutn or rhosplml powders. Bold only in cans. ROYAL UAK1N1 FO V DEB CO.. 106 Wall street. N. Y."

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