Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 November 1887 — Page 3

rKB XNTD I A2TAPOLTS yXO (TIN" AT. JE DK ES DAY, 16, 1887.

MASONS OF HIGH DEGHEE

Beginning of the Semi-Annual. Scottish Kite Convocation of Indiana

leetincr of the Grand Encampment of OddPellows Remarkable Growth of the Order New Officers Elected.

The convocation of Indiana Scottish Rite Masons, which commenced yesterday afternoon at their temple on South Pennsylvania street, had a large attendance of members living outside the city, besides a number of visitors from other consistories, who came to witness the work of conferring the degrees, prominent among whom were the following: Mortimer Nye, La Porte; -J. A; Manning, Michigan City; W. S. Kerlin, E. "W. Patrick, Sim Joseph, Evansville; 'Thos. D. Long, W. B. Manning, Carl A, Bnsch, Robert Van Valzah, D. W. Johnson, Terre Haute; J. "W. Lee, Greencastle; J. B. Safford, Chas. Hege, B. M- Hutching, J. A. Trotter, Columbus; Geo. C Stuart, Franklin; II. J. Morrison. D. B. Carter, A. S. Catherwood. T. ' D. Jones, Frankfort; Thos. IL Kirby, Muncie; , Henry G. Thayer, Plymouth; TV". J. Kobie. D. Bay, 2Corth Vernon; II. La Tourette, Covington; Sam IB- Sweet, Fort Wayne; R. P. Eden, F. H. Gordon, Knightstown; Wa Vischer, Cleveland, O.; 'XV. A.. Robinson, Sharpsville; Wm. Snyder, La . Fontaine; C. W. M. Brimfield, W. F. Clapp, Albion; J. D. Leighty, St. Joseph; C. S. La Folette. Lafayette; Quincy A. Hossler, "Warsaw; William Hacker, ShelbyvUle; S. D. Williams, J. B. Kimball, Kendallville; J. E. Abbott, Madison; R. W. Montrose, Buchanan, Mich.; John Andrew, Brazil; U. Z. Wiley, Fowler; W. CL Burk, Thorntown; T. J. Charlton, Plainfield; llarve Brewer. Greenwood; Isaac Mass, Vincennea; F. M. Swope, Seymour; H. A. Burrell, Brownstown; A. H. Wamples. Gosport; A. C. Daily, Lebanon; E. L. Parker. Orland. It was nearly half-past 2 o'clock before the twenty -seven candidates, who had been previously elected, presented themselves for initiation into the mysteries of the work performed by Adoniram Grand Lodge of Perfection. This body confers eleven degrees, and commences its teachings at the point where fvmbolio masonry leaves off at the "third or Master Mason degree and carries the thread of the story through to the end the fourteenth degree. The ceremonies were tmusually impressive, and the minor details which help to bring out certain points in the Titual were carefully looked after, bringing the standard of the work nearlv up to perfection. In this the grand master, Nicholas li. Ruckle, was creditably assisted by Judge D. W. Howe, who appeared in a difficult role for the first time. The work of the choir, consisting of JMahlon D. Butler, John G. Blake, Prof- T. W. S. Belcher, Geo. Woodford and U. Z. W iley, was also an excellent feature that aided, ltrgely in the successful conferring of the degrees. The pieces rendered during the afternoon and night w ere: Chant, '0, Lord, Have Mercy," by the choir; bass solo by 31. D. Butler, nd quartet. "Jehovah. Guide Me; hymn, "'Come, Ye Sighing Sons of Sorrow;" chant, 4 'Remember Now Thy Creator-," solo by John G. Blake, and quartet. Some Sweet Day;" duet and quartet. "Mar All Who Friendship's Feast Partake." by Belcher. Blake and choir; rong. "Long as I Live this Ring 111 Wear." The candidates, who are representative business men from all over the States are a fine-looking body and seemed to be deeply interested in the ' Masonic drama, of which they were participants. The closing degree of the series was finished at a late hour last night. The work to-day will be taken irp by the two bodies controliine the next four degrees in rank. Following is the order of exercises: At 2 p. m., Saraiah Council rf Princess of Jerusalem, 15 and 16, Br. Chas. JE. Wright, presiding; 5 p. m., banquet; 7 p. m., Indianapolis Chapter of Rose Croix, 17 and 18, J udge Byron K. Elliott, presiding. Grand Encampment of Odd-Fellows. The annual meeting of the Odd fellows' Grand Encampment was held yesterday at the temple wiAh a much larger attendance than for years past. While the proceedings were for the greater lart of but little interest to the public, the spirit with which matters pertaining to the welfare of the order were canvassed shows a new life and

growing interest in its advancement In his re-

poi the Grand Patriarch said that the net inci ditse of membership in the Indiana jurisdiction Auring the year was 600, or fully 100 per cent, greater than the increase of the preceding year. This growth, he has hopes, will continue and make a still larger, showing at the meeting of the encampment in 18S3. To foster the social features of Odd-fellowship he granted a nunifcer of dispensations for Patriarchs to appear in regalia at entertainments, festivals, parades and public installations. This attracted the attention of young men, many of whom applied and were elected to memberihip. Dispensations were isued for new encampments at Silver Lake. Warren and Elwood. To Nicholson Encampment, at Columbia City, the charter was restored, and the encampment resuscitated was Sinai at Pendleton. There are not as many encampments delinquent as during the preceding year. The Rockville. in that town, and UnderhilL, at Pleasanton, have surrendered their charters. The ?uestions he was called upon to decide were e. but as usual they were of a character that the C. P. of any encampment could have answered had he taken the trouble to examine the iigest and by-laws. The report of the grand scribe puts the initiations for the year at 871, while the admissions by card and otherwise have been above the averageThere are now 134 effective encampments in the State, a net gain of three over last year's showing. The contributing members number 8.378 and the resources amount to $69,537.02. The receipts of the encampments were $25,258.45. In relief work 7,209. 73 was expended for 565 patriarchs and fifteen widows' families, md in burying the dead $1,985.34 was spent, bringing the total expenses up to $17,583.50. In ihe grand treasury there is a balance of $4,154.89, the Grand Encampment receipts for the year being $1,972.92. and. expenses $1.800. 4a In addition to the cash balance the encampment has as assets Grand Lodge Hall stock, valued at $4.150. . The election and installation of officers occurred in the afternoon, the newly-chosen officers being: Grand Patriarch A. S. MJliee. Warsaw.

Grand High Priest A. C. Daily, Lebanon. Grand Senior Warden Lawrence Gates, Angola. Grand Junior Warden S. P. Stroup, Waldron. Grand Scribe B. P. Foster, Indianapolis. Grand Treasurer T. P. Haughey, Indianapolis. Grand Representatives A. S. ililice and C. B. Cooper, the latter of Anderson, who holds over by his flection last rear. Grand Sentinel Joseph S. Watson, Indianapolis. Deputy Grand Sentinel A, P. Bennett, GreenshvTg. -. A resolution was adopted allowing representatives mileage at the rate of 4 cents in addition to the per diem of $2. Heretofore the $2 only has been paid. Last evening the full degree work was exemplified at the hall of the Indianapolis Lodge, and to-night the degree staff from Richmond, thirty strong, will carry it out at GrandLodge Hall. This staff, it is said, has the finest paraphernalia in the West. During the day Many Odd-fellows visited the Colfax monument, which they saw complete for the first time, as at the unveiling only the model of the statu was used. To-day the Grand Lodge and and the Odd-fellows' Mutual Aid Society will meet. THE COURT RECORD. Sopreme Court Decision. Boo. Allen Zollaf , Chief-justice. 12S17. Francis . M. Palmer vs. Chicaeo, St Louis & Pittsburg Railroad Company. Lake C. C. Affirmed. Elliott, J. Action for damages for oersoaal injuries caused byth railroad company. There may be a wilful act in a legal sens without a formed and direct intention to kill or wound any particular person. There may be, in Other words, a constructive or an implied intent without an express intention to inflict injury. There may be a wrong so creat as to entitle a trespasser to recover, although there may be no director actual intent to inflict an injury. If two men are been on a track in front of the train, and one of them risks his safety in the effort to signal the foremost man to leave the track, the engineer who sees tbesicual is euilty bt a willful wrong If he does not use ordinary tare to stop the train, Such conduct would amount to willfulness. The intent is constructive. Id this case the jury could not have inferred from the testimony that the engineer saw the signals. It matters not that the employes were negligent; the negligence of deceased bars a recovery. 12942. Emma G Williams vs. Dempsey Johnion, Hamilton C C. Reversed. Mitchell, J. In an action for personal injuries, the defendant can not call the attending physician of the plaintiff to disclose the result of big examination of the plaintiff after the alleged injuries ad been received, although the claintiff bad

testified that she had sustained injuries and bad called this physician, who had prescribed for her. 12979. John Mohn vs. Rebecca Mohn. Huntington C C. . Reversed. Zollars, C J. Appellant was the owner of a tract of land. Appellee requested him to convey it to a third person, in order that it might be conveyed to her. At the same time, she agreed that if he would do so she would hold the land in trust for him, and that if it be sold she would hold the proceeds in trust for him. There was an equitable obligation on the part of appellee which was a sufficient consideration to support the agreement by her to bold the proceeds of the sale in trust for appellant. 13936. George A. Robnsh vs. State. Knox C C Affirmed. Howk J. A complaint on a forfeited recognizance bond, which avert that the recognizance was by the court then and there forfeited, and the forfeiture thereof duly entered of record, is sufficient on a motion in arrest of judgment. (2.) An indictment charging that an offense was committed on a "certain day in the year "1887," instead of "18S6," the latter being correct, is not void because of such clerical error. The indictment showed that the grand jury intended to charge the defendant with a crime committed prior to its return. It amounts to an uncertainty which affords no ground for arresting judgment. A change in such date would not affect the validity of the indictment and would not release recognizors. 13053. Board, etc, vs. Tohver Wertz. Dubois C C. Affirmed. Niblack, J. Under Sec 5883 when there is an emergency for holding an inquest over a dead body, and the coroner is, from any cause, so far out of the way as to be unable to reach the body and to bold an inquest upon it within a reasonable time, in view of the general condition of affairs attending the emergency, a justice of the peace of the proper; county is authorized to hold the inquest and to perform ail the duties of coroner in connection with it. Superior Court. Boom 1 Hon. N. B. Taylor. Judge. Mary A. Hicks vs. John Moore et aL; damages. On trial by jury. Boom 2 Hon. V. W. Howe. Judee. Mary A. Nealy vs. H. B. Sherman and Sinker, Davis & Co.; damages. Verdict against H. B. Sherman for $5,800. Boom 3 Hon. Lewis O. Walkr, J nde. Eliza R. Espy vs. John J. Cooper et. al; quiet title. Finding for plaintiff. Celia Lester vs. Geo. Lyons, et aL; cote. On trial by a jury. SEW SHITS FILED. Ella Freeman vs. Clay Freeman; complaint for divorce. Allegation, abandonment. Georgietta E. Carter vs. William Carter; complaint for divorce. Allegation, cruel treatment Criminal Court. Hon. Wm. A. Irvln. Judge. State of Illinois vs. Samuel P. Snowden; identification. Requsition approved.

DAILY WEATHER BULLETIN.

Indication. r Washington, Nor. 161 A. m. For Ohio and Indiana Warmer, fair weather; light to fresh, variable winds, generally shifting to southerly. For Lower Michigan Fair weather, followed by light rains; light to fresh, variable winds; rising, followed by falling temperature. For Upper Michigan Local snows; slightly colder; light to fresh, variable winds.

I or Illinois r air weather, followed by local rains; light to fresh southerly winds, becoming

variable; warmer, touowea by cooler weuther. Local "Weather Record. Indianapolis. Nov. 15. 1887.

Time. Bar. jTher. Hum. Wind. Weather Rain. 7 a. M... 29.90j 3i) 82 West. Cloudy 2 p. M... 29.961 48 56 N west Cloudy 9 P. M... 30.001 40 84 West.jClear

eter. 37. Following is a comparative statement of the condition of temperature and rain-fall for Nor. 15, 1887:

Tern.

40 42

Norm al... ............. .......... Mean. ............................

Departure from normal.. ............ 2 Total excess or deficiency since Nor. 1 . 1 4 Total excess or deficiency since Jan. 1. 2 1 Plus.

Rain.

0.12 o.oo

0.12 1.41 -14.62

General Observations. Washington. Nor. 15, 9 p. M.

Stations.

Bar. TheriWiad.R.F.jWeather

New York c;ty..--,.j29.50

i'hiladelnhia. U... i'.' OO

Washington Citr... 29.74

Charleston, d. C-.-i'9.94 SanAntonia, Tex..30.02 Jacksonville. Fla...;3O.00

Atlanta. Ga... 30 04 Pensacola. Fla 130.04 Titusville. Pa 30.00

Momgomerr, Ala...,30.04 Vicksbnrg, 5liss j30.02 New Orleans, La.... 30.06 Shreveport, La 29 98 Fort Smith. Ark... . j29.SS Little Bock. Ark... 29.94 Galreston.Tex joO.OS Palestine. Tex !30.02 Brownsville. Tex..j30.0S Mempnis. Tenn..-. 29.96 Nashville. Tenn 30.00 Louisville, Ky 30.02 Indian&Dolis. Ind... 30.00 Cincinnati. 0 30.00 Pittsbnrir. Pa.. 29.83

Boise City, I. T . 130.22 Osweeo.N. Y. 29.64

Calcarv. N. W T.... 30.04

Toledo. 0 29.96

Minnedosa. N.W.T. 29.70

Escanaba. Mich.. ... 29.82

Prince Arthur's L'g. 29.90 Chicaro. IU. 29.94

Milwaukee. Wis 29.92 Dulath. Minn 29 88

St. Paul. Minn 29.82 La Crosse. Wis..... 29.86 Davenport. Ia 29.84 Des Moines. Ia...... 29.66 Con cor di a. Kan..... 29 66

Keokuk, la. 29.78

Cairo 111. 29.96 Springfield, III 29.82 St. Louis. Mo 29.86 SDrinfield. Mo 29.86

Leavenworth. Kan.. 29.7

Omaha. Neb 129.64 Valentine. Xeb iJ9.76

Yankton. D. T. 29.53 Moorhead. Minn 129.84 Bismarck. D. T. 129.82

Fort Buford 129.78

Fort Custer. M. T J30.04 Oa'Aoelle. N. W. T. 129.92

Deadwood. D. T 29.98

Chevenne. Wr. T.. 29.80

North Platte. Neb.. 129.70

Denver. Col 29.74 W.Las Animas. Col. 29.70 Dodge City, Kan... 29.74 Fort Elliot, Tex 29.76 Fort Sill. L T 29.84

Port Davis. Tex 30.00

El Paso, Tex .. 30 00 Salt Lake City j 30.04 Santa Fe. N. M (30.02 Montrose, Col J30.00

46. West. 46 'West.

46iN'wst

54 West. 66 South 601 West. 52jN'wst 64 j West. 62,N'wst 56, Calm. 64 South 64 S west 66;South 62'S'east 62 Seastj

66South 68 South 66 S'east 60 S east 48 i West.

42;South 40 West. 46lWest. 44!Nwst 38 North

38,N'wst

24 South

38 West

32 Nwst 38 North

34 Swest

42 S'east 42: S'east

38 S'east

40 East.

40 South

42,'East.

48 i S'east 66iSwest 48 1 S'east

54lSouth 48South

52S'east

52 j S'east 60 South 56 South 48'N'wst 42!Neast

34 Neast

34 Swest

38' West

36 North

34 North 42:Neast

38N'wst

50iN'wst 60 vVest. 50; West. GO South 50 Calm. 58 Calm. 54iSwest 54!Calm. 44iN'wst 48 North

SSS'east!

Cloudy.

,02 Cloudy. -tt

Clear. Clear. Clear. Clear. Clear. Clear. Clear. Clear. Clear. Clear. Clear.

Clear. ..r.' Clear. ....j Clear. Clear. ....Smoky. .Clear. ....Clear. Clear. Clear. .... Cloudy. .... Clear. .... Cloudy. T Clear. .... Clear. TjSnow. .... Clear. .... Hazy. .... Clear .... Clear. .... Cloudy. . Cloudy. .... Clear. .... Clear. .... Clear. Fair. .... Clear. .... Cloudr, .... Clear." .... Clear. .... Clear. . .... Clear. .... Clear. .... Clear. . Clear. .02Rain. .02 Cloudy. ....j Cloudy. .. .'Clear. .30 Cloudy. .... Clear. .... Clear. .... Clear. .... Clear. .... Clear. .... Clear. .... Clear. .... Clear. .... Clear. .... Clear. . . . . Clear. .... Clear. .... Clear.

T Traces of rain.

Collision Caused by Smoke from Forest Fires. St. Louis, Nov. 15. Word has just been received that two passenger trains on the Iron Mountain railroad collided. Monday afternoon, near Bradford, Ark., 2S0 miles south of this city. Nobody was killed, but Geo. Gable, engineer of the north-bound train, was seriously hurt, and four or five other trainmen were bad ly bruised and cut. None of the passengers were much hurt, but all were roughly shook up. Two or three passenger coaches were badly broken and the locomotives were greatly injured. The accident was caused by the dense smoke caused by forest fires in that region. For many miles up and down the road and all the way over to the Mississippi river, fires are raging'in the woods and swamps, and the entire country i3 filled with smoke. The smoke ha3 been so dense at points on the river below Cairo and about New Madrid as to delay steamers, and the traffic of the country has been badly impeded. Immense amounts of cut timber and standing trees have been burned, and in many cases farm products and other property has been destroyed. Female Book Keeper Killed In an Elevator. Chicago, Nov. 15. Miss Ella Bauer, assistant book-keeper and, cashier at the large grocery store of Jeane & Co., 1 10 Madison street, was caught in the elevator shaft this afternoon and instantly killed. She was alone on the elevator, which was used to carry freight, and was going to the fourth floor on business. It is thought the made a mistake in the management of the elevator, and attempted to stop off too soon. She was caught between the floor of the car and the top of the door on the third floor, her neck being broken and her body crushed and almost severed at the waist. Miss Bauer was thirtytwo years olL and hal been employed at Jeone & Co 's for eight years. She lived with her father, Frank Bauer, and, it is stated, intended to go to California soon to be married.

' Ohio Base-Hal! Lsneae. Kalamazoo, Mich., Nov. 15. The Ohio Baseball League was r organized here to-day for tho season of 1888. The Canton, Columbus, Kalamazoo, Lima. Mansfield.' Wheeling, Sandusky and Zanesville associations were admitted to membership. The Ohio League pennant for 1887 was presented to the Kalamazoo team by the retiring president, V. IL Voegele, of Mansfield.

LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE. Some Features of tba Gas Trust. - To the Editor of the Indianaeolis Journau I believe it has been conceded that it will eost not lets than $400,000, and more, probably $450,C00, to secure leases, dig the necessary wells nd bring a twelve-inch pipe line to the corporation limits of the city from the present known gas fields. If any prospeetine has to be done, and any mistakes are made, a much larger sum will be required. It if known that to give the entire town or the major portion of 'it gas, will require the piping of oyer four hundred miles of streets, and that th alone will cost $2,000,000. The subscription to the Trust Gas Company have been made by parties livine all along this four hundred -miles of" "street, with the implied understanding that ' they would b supplied with caa by this company, and that within a very short time, and eacb equally with any other. Now, how many of them are going to realize their expectations? Not one-twentieth of them. .Oris it. proposed to raise other money than the $500,000 of subscriptions, and. if so. how By additional subscriptions, aid from the city, by bond and mortgage, or howl :I have heard it suggested that the city could loan ber credit as she did in the case of the Belt railroad. Does not the Constitution of the State limit indebtedness of cities to 2 per cent, of their tax duplicates, and was not this amendment to the Constitution adopted after the city gave her aid to the Belt road? . I believe, it- is now admitted by ...All that the trust feature of the scheme is illegal; bat it is a reed that when the Legislature meets this . will be cured,, and it has been suegested that at the time this would be done, that the limit of yearly taxes, which is only a legislative enactment, could be taken off. When this is done, the city could render the company aid by doubling the yearly taxes. , Would the people submit to - this? Tbn what other resource is there for raising the money except by additional subscriptions, or by loans? Is it possible to raise more money by subscriptions than the $500,000. The canvassers say no. Then the only resource left is bonds and mortgaees. Now, Mr. Subscriber, do you- want your stoek and all it represents covered over with a mortgage, with a fair probability of having it entirely wiped out by a foreclosure of the 'mortgage in the hands of some money sharks? . Or. will you be willing to have your taxation increased when all do not get gas? If some power could simply turn on the gas. then the trnst might be a success but when popular' subscription ends and falls short of full accomplishment, then whence coms the balance of the money needed to make available that already expended. The cheapest gas for every body is what the people of Indianapolis want, but they may very properlyfear that in the belly and legs of this Trojan horse there is an enemy concealed. Have . the principal aiders and movers of the gas trust ever demonstrated by act : or. deed their great love for the poor,... -or given- great, aid to ' practical chanty? Where baa Mr. Claypool or ex-Governor Porter, given time or money to public charity, or for the amelioration of the condition of the poor?.' Mr. Claypool has been a banker and a money-ratherer. Mr. Porter bas been a rich man's - favorite and an office-holder all bis life. Are these men known as greet philanthropists, that their names at the head of a popular movement should absolutely prevent anybody from entertaining or expressing an adverse opinion upon its Utopian features? The people will look in vain for a large subscription to the gas trust of which they are trustees. The world is not a gift enterprise. People work for their own interest. The city should look to it that it gets for its citizens the best and great

est results in natural gas, and in everything else. Has it ever occurred to these gentlemen who are now posing before the people as public benefactors and the poor man's friends that their positions might become anything bat enviable? Suppose a large part of these subscribers are not furnished with gas and thsy will not be, as surely as the sun will rise to-morrow morning. Have such representations been made to them to induce them to subscribe as will lead them to expect it? Will they be disappointed and sore when their money is gone and other people have gas and they none? Suppose the boom does not come, will there be any sore and tired real estate men? Should a cyclone come along ia the shape of a foreclosed mortgage, will there be any mourners? The writer would not be a trustee or director for all the profits of all the gas companies which may finally land in our streets. Enqhiber. A Change Over the Spirit of the Trust. To the Editor of the Indianaoolls Journal

Mae last wees has worked a great change in the management of the Consumers' Trust Company. A week ago it was a great philanthropic movement upon the part of generous and good

capitalists who were willing to sacrifice themselves for the public good by becoming the managers of all the money that the publio could be induced to place in their hands, to the end that

cheap gas should be furnished to the city for all time. And, in order that no one should say

that there was even a chance for loss in the in

vestment, the great trust feature and the provision that gas should be furnished at ordinance rates was heralded far and wide. . Ward meet

ings were held, and the trustees and others

took the stnmp and made speeches to induce

the widow to invest her pension money and

the laboring man to put in his earnings to

8 well the fund. It was , high treason for any

person or newspaper to even express a doubt as to the advisability or legality of the plan. But this week mark the change. After the subscriptions have been forced to the highest point, and the widow and laboring man have signed contracts for stock. Mr. English and Mr. Claypool,

the two wealthiest philanthropists of all, come

forward and tell us that, of course, the trust

part of the scheme is of no force; that the stock

holders stand the same as those of other corpo

rations, and that it is right and proper that it should be so; that they understood it all the

time.-and had advice to that effect long before

the question was raised in the public press.

What does this mer.nl Are we to understand

that this patent-right trust arrangement, and

the flourish of trumpets that attended the ap

pointment of Governor Porter, General Morris

and others, as trustees, was simply a device to

catch gudgeons? Did Governor Porter and

the other trustees, directors and gentlemen, who

made such long and earnest appeals for sub

scriptions, assuring every one that this was an absolutely safe investment, free from all the ordinary dangers of stock investments, under

stand this matter as Mr. English does! Whether

they did or not, one thing is certain, that no

person who subscribed for stock believing

and relying upon tbosexepresentatione is under

any moral or legal obligation to pay an, assess

ment upon it. We want natural gas and all the

companies we caa get to bring it here., There is plenty of room in our city for all of them. If there is a genuine philanthropic revival going on in our midst, and these capitalists, are in earn

est about desiring to invest their money for the

good of thecity, let them organize, put sufficient

of their money into a company, pipe gas to the eity and furnish it at ordinance rates or less. If

they do, the people will all find it out, and the

conversion of Saul of Tarsus will nale into insignificance beside of It F airplay.

An Enterprising Newspaper TYrlter.

Washington Letter In Boston Herald.

An interesting case which was called up on

the district docket last spring is one which,

owing to the prominence and wealth of the par

ties unwillingly concerned, has heretofore been

discreetly kept in the background. Among those who passed last winter in Washington were two young ladies whose coming had been heralded by glowing accounts of the most fabulous wealth. Among the first to call after their arrival was one who introduced herself as a member of the cress, upon whose shoulders devolved a heavy weight of responsibility. The accounts which this enterprising young person gave of berself were quite interesting, and. after enlisting the sympathies of her hearers,

she requested that she should be included in the list of invited guests npon such occasions as should be selected for giving afternoou teas and receptions, adding that the privilege

would be esteemed a great one in view of ber

calling, and would in no wise be abused. The sisters consulted together, and, though averse to having their entertainments written up, they finally concluded, as they were strongly urged

in tho matter, to consent, for the purpose of helping a fellcw-sister in her laudable endeavor

to earn ber own living. So the matter was set tied, and apparently all thioc3 were as they

should be. Early in the spring, at the close of

the season, the sisters were sitting together

one morning as oreatrast when the cutler announced a call from the correspondent, who stated her business was urgent. The astonish

ment of the hostess can be imagined when the caller announced that the object of ber visit

was for the purpose of collecting money justly

due ii er iur uitide successiunv punea icem

through the colnmns of the paper which she

represented, ine inaignant expostulation with which this extraordinary request was received

Lad no etTect whatever on the visitor, who stated that she had that

morning received a large sum from the wife of a prominent official, and that

for services rendered in the present case her bill

would be SFJUO. rinding that the visitor was not

to be gotten rid of without baring the palm

crossed gypsy fashion with silver, the young lady in desperation proffered a $20 bill, while expostulating against the extortion. The sum was

indignantly refused by the correspondent, who finally departed, announcing that the bill was a just one, and khe would see that it was settled as sueh. The following day an officer of the law called at the bona and served a writ upon the inmates requiring their presence jn court to show just reason why the bill preferred against them bad not been settled. Securing the services of a lawyer, they at once hastened to the judge, who, in view of the facts presented, gave the ease a private bearing. Upon bearing both sides of the question, the judge at once dismissed the case, at the same time delivering a severe reprimand to the enthusiastic aspirant for financial aid.

J. WILKES BOOTH'S DIARY.

The Comments of Lincoln's Assassin on Tits Creat Crime. .Washington Special tn New Tork World. The assassination of President Lincoln by John Wilkes Booth, and the hanging of Payne. Atzerodt, Herold and Mrs. Surratt as principals and accessories in that crime, have been vividly recalled within the past few days by circumstances connected with the trial and execution of the Chicago Anarchists, and also by the prominent figure cut hi the Anarchist ease by General B F. Batler before the Supreme Court of the United States. The charge has frequently been made that Mrs. Surratt, one of the persons who were - tried and- executed .for the murder of President Lincoln, was "illegally hung; that she was an "innocent woman." General Butler, on the floor of the House, repeatedly made a similar statement, and claimed that the diary of the assassin Booth, on file in the War Department, sustained the allegations as to the innocence of Mrs. Surratt. With but one exception none of the gentlemen who relied on the contents of the Booth diary had ever seen that book, which was then locked np in an iron safe in the War De- . partment, and public examination of it was refused by orders of Secretary Stanton. A few days ago the World corresaendent obtained permission of the Secretary of War and made a copy of the contents of the diary. It is as foi- . lows: THE PIABr. . April 14, Friday. The idea. Until to-day nothing was ever thought of sacrificing to our country's wrongs. For six months we had worked to capture, but our cause being almost lost, something decisive aifd great must be done liut its failure was owing to others who did not strike for their country with hea. I struck boldly and not as the papers say. I walked with a firm step through a thousand . friends; was stooped bnt pushed on. A colonel was at his side. ' I shouted -Sia Simper Tyrannis" . before I fared, and in jumping broke my leg. I passed all the pickets. Rode sixty miles that nisht with the bone of my leg tearing the flesh at every jump. I caa never repeat it. Though we bated to kill, our country owed all her troubles to him". God simply made me the instrument of his punishmeot. The country is not . what it was. This forced Union is not what I have loved. I enre not what becomes of me. I've no desire to outlive my country. The night before the deed I wrote a long letter and left it for one of the editors of the N ational Intelligencer, in which I fully set forth our reason for- our' proceedings, He or the South .. . -e . f At the top of another, page is resumed as follows below: i Friday, 21. After being hunted like a dog through the swamps, and last night being chased by gunboats until I was forced to return, wet, starving and cold, with every man's baud against me. I'm here iu despair and why? For doing what Brutus was honored for; wht made Tell a hero. And vet I, for Striking down a greater tyrant than they ever knew, am looked on as a common cut-throat. My act was purer than either of. theirs.' One hoped to be great himself, the other bad not only his country but his own wrong to avenge. I struck for my country and that alone, ajid prayed for this end; and yet ne w behold the cold home they extend me. God pardon me if I have done wrong, yet I cannot see any wrong in saving degenerate people. -' The little, very little, I left behind to clean my name- the government will not allow. to be. printed. For my countrvlhave given all that makes life sweet and holy, brought misery - on my ' family, and am sure there is ... no pardon t iu heaven since man condemns so much; I have only heard of what had been done, and it fills it with horror. God, try and forg-ive, and bless tny mother. To-night I will ' once more try the river, wr h the intention to eross, th'oogh I have a great desire and almost a mind to return to. Washington and in a measure clear my name, which I feel I can do. I do not repent the blow I strnck. I, may be for my -God, but not to man. I think I've done well, though I am abandoned with theeurse of Cain on me: when the world knows my heart that one blow would have made me great, though I had no desire for greatness. To-night- I'll try to escape the bloodhounds once more. Who who can xead this fate. God's will be done. I have too great a soul to die like a criminal. Oh, may He., may Ha spare me that, and let me die bravely. I bless the entire world; I have never hated or wronged any one. .The last was not a wrong, unless God desires it so, and it is with him to damn or bless me. And for this brave boy with me, who often prays with a true and .sincere heart, was it a sin iu him? If so, why can he pray te same? I don't with to shed a drop r blood,

J- Jut I jaiust fijiht tta cause. Tis all that is lett me. . ,

The "brave boy" to whom Booth alludes was one of the assassins who was afterward tried and hung with the others for the murder of the President THE PASSLXG OP THE BUFFALO. Rapid Extermination of the Once Vast Herds on the Westeru Plains. Wm. T. Hornady, iu November Cosmopolitan. When the Union Pacific railway was bnilt from Omaha to Cheyenne, in the years 18GG-7, it cut through the center of the great buffalo ranges, and from it as a base of operations the hunters swarmed north and south, slaying as they went. Thus was the great herd cut in twain never to be reunited. The Staked Plain of Texas presently became the geograrjhical center of the southern herd, and - Glendive, Montana, that of the northern. In a short time the building of the Atchion, Topeka and Sante Fe, and the Kansas Pacific railways thoroughly opened up all parts of the southern buffalo country, and in 1879 there arose a demand for buffalo robes that proved fatal to the species. The war of extermination began immediately, and according to the statistics that have been gathered and publLshed by Colonel Dodge, tho years 1872-3 and '74 saw the destruction of over four million three hundred and seventy-three thousand seven hundred and thirty buffalo on the southern range. Thus was this great herd slaughtered out of existence in about three years' time. The survivors sought refuge in the desolate wastes of the Staked Plain; but even there the relentless hunters still pursued them, when bull robes sold for only one dollar and twenty-five cents each, and the cows were slaughtered for skins that were worth the paltry

sum of only sixty cents- i nat was oaa enougn, and entirely too.bad, but if I could call up before you a vision of the hundreds of thousands of dead buffalo that were- heartlessly slain for their tongues or their humps, or for "sport" (!) alone, you would sicken at the sight. Never in the history of the whole animal . kingdom has there been such another bloody and cruel carnage, or one that yielded so little in proportion to the total value involved. .. lu 1S76 th northern herd . was probably twenty times as large as the southern, and covered twenty times as mtieh territory. It was estimated by the buffalo hunters that there were five hundred thousand buffalo within a radius of one hundred and fifty miles of Miles City, Montana, alone, and that the northern range contained over a million head. The Northern Pacific railway was opened 'for traffic from Glendive eastward in 1880, and the buffalo hunters made an assault in force on the northern herd. Buffalo hides were shipped eastward by the railway and the Missouri river by tens of thousands, until 1884, when the work of extermination was complete. In 1835 not a single fresh hide was in the market, and in tho year following only two rewarded the inquiries of the buyers. The buffalo were gone forever, not only from the United States, but from the British possessions- as welL Last year the largest fur house in Montreal asked from thirty to forty dollars each for the robes, and some of the leading furriers of New York had none at all Another fact that stares us unpleasantly in the face is that, with the exception of the wild buffalo in National Park, all of which will eventually either wander out or be frightened out and killed, unless the Park is enclosed by a barbed wire fence in time to prevent it, the National government has not a single buffalo on any of it3 reservations, nor anywhere else in charge of any one in its employ. In spite of the attention that is being paid in other quarters to the development of our animal products, no steps whatever have been taken to preserve bos Americanus from total annihilation. At all events, it now seems reasonably certain that in three years more there will not be a wild buffalo remaining on the whole continent of North America, except in the National Park. Up to 1866 the whole of the great western pasture region from the foot hills of the Kocky Mountains eastward to the borders of civilization, and from the Saskatchewan to the Stakc-d Plain of Texas was occupied by buffalo. Within our own territory the number of head alivo in 1863 must have been about eight millions. Even as late as 1868 Mr. William Blackmoe declares that in making a journey of one hundred and twenty miles from Ellsworth to Sheridan they passed through an almost unbroken herd of buffalo. In those days that tract of country would be literally black with buffalo, and it seemed as if they never could be all "killed off. - Orders from a HlgU Power. Tid-Blts. "You never play bail on Sundays, do you, Bobbyl" asked the minister. "No, indeed, sir," Bobby replied with a fervor that smacked of the religious. "Tell me; Bobbs," continued the good, man, 'why you don't play ball on Sundays." ''Cause such things is forbidden." , 'And by whom!" . -

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