Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 December 1887 — Page 2

TELE ESrDIAN"APOI,I.S JODRXAL. THURSDAY, DECEM!BT3ll l,-' 1837.

Tnot certainly wll founded. Tbe only convert to Raines from Clarke from the South, eu far. is Cram, ct Texas. Southern men say thatCrain only proved himself to be more of a New Yorker thau a Texan, and that ho will be reminded of it. Crain was born and rained in New York, and may be called a Democratic carpet-bagger. MR. CARLISLE.

Be Thinks m Tariff liill Wilt Be Passed, and Is Not Troubled Abont Thcebe. New York, Not. 30. A Wasbitieton special to the World says that Speaker Carlisle has returned to this city from New York. Last evening he consented to receive a correspondent, and spoke freely on general topics. With regard to prospective legislation on the tariff, he said: "I have every reason to believe that an equitable redaction on imports will be effected daring tbe loming session. I expect we shall develop the lame opposition with which we have have always had to contend. The Republicans will undoubtedly be fonnd in the position which they hare always held. The protectionists will wage is bitter warfare as ever, bat the reform must come. As to the reports which I have seen in the papers that a tariff bill is now in course of preparation, I will say that, as yet, absolttely nothing has been done to formulate a measure." 'Yoa bare seen the stories with regard to four intentions toward Mr. RandaliT' "Yes; I have seen them. 1 can say nothing whatever on that subject. As I have already indicated. I am not the Speaker of the next House, as yet. When I have been elected it will be time enough to talk abont these things. I notice that several papers have commented on the fact that two years aeo 1 did not announce my committees until the holiday recess. It should be remembered that the House,' at the beginning of that cession, eneaged in revising the rules, which were not finally adopted until the day before tbe recess. It would have been IXtreraely unwise for me to have aDDointed the committees until their exact jurisdiction had en defined. There will doubtless be some delay in making the selections for tbe coming Congress. I see that of tbe total number of standing committees, more than half thirtytwo are without chairmen, the incumbents having been defeated in the last Congressional elections. Of necessity, much time must he consumed in filling these positions, and in making tbe acquaintance of tbe large number of new members, and in learning their peculiar tastes and abilities. It is doubtful whether tbe committees can be announced before the holidays." "Do yoa anticipate any serious annoyance from tbe contest of Mr. Thcebe?" "I do not give tbe matter a thought." "Shall you call someone to the chair when the time arrives for the appointment of the committee on elections" "No, for the reason that my action would be pen to the same criticism that could be made should I appoint the committee myself. They would be said to be acting under my instructions. I may ask the House to e'ect the committee by ballot. I have not finally determined this point as yet This is all, of course, upon the assumption that I am chosen Speaker." MINOR MATTERS. Congressmen ETovey and Cbeadle Preparing for the Work of tbe Session. Special to tbe IndianatoIis Journal. Washington, Not. 30. General Hovey and Mr. Cheadle, Representatives-elect from the First and Ninth districts, were at the Capitol to-day. looking up documents and getting ready for work that will be given them on Monday. They were Tery cordially received everywhere. Numerous inquiries are being made for Captain White, who succeeds Lowry in the Ft Wayne district, and who is expected here daily. Gen. Horey is spoken of for a place on the committee on invalid pensions, for which he is so eminently fitted. He made a successful issue of pension matters in bis campaign, had the almost solid soldier Tote, and be desires to show his gratitude by doing something for the soldiers. uenerai uovey zavors a service pension upon the basis of pensions paid those who served the 'Union in wars prior to the rebellion, and he also advocates land warrants for soldiers. The "boyBn can depend upon him as their friend every time. An Unpopular Committee. Vpecial to fbs IndiiiMolia Joornr. Washington, Nor. 30. "I shall not serve again on that committee," said an ex-member of the House committee on invalid pensions to your correspondent this morning; "and I don't believe any man wants to take the responsibility f it. Why? Because the dependent pension bill and a lot of other pension legislation is going to come tip again this session, and it will finally fail, because it is decreed that pensions shall be called to halt The admioistr ation is opnosed to greater liberality in that dir ection, and the President doesn't want to make any more vetoes, and so the strangling operation is to be performed in the committee. I am sure I dont want to be blamed for it; and no other member courts it All the members are praying to be excused. Even Chairman Matson doesn't want his old place. He prefers to serve his country on a less partisan committee." Indiana Pensions. Washington Special. Pensions have been granted the followingjamed Indianians: New Pensions Lucinda A. Chaney. Roanoke; John Harrison, Poland; Joseph R. Bruner, Wabash; Lewis Smawley, Westport; Dennis Burke, Terre Haute; Edwin Miller. Noblesville; Charles W. Oldham, Mitchell; W. T. Dickey. Sitka: Geo. Rolsy, Merom: Seth D. Parker, Moore's Hill. Increased Wesley King, Tipton; John A. Evans, Kellerville; Willis Bruce, Monrovia; W. Thomas, New Albany; James M. Hildretb, RushTille; Benjamin Honkins, Washington; Samuel Sheppard, Arlington; Henry Hummer, Lincolnville, James E. Stockwell, Mooney; W. T. Vance, Marengo; Michael Shuppert, Adams; Michael Kaitenbach. Kniehtstown; Caleb Clark, Westfield; Joab Driver, Farmland; Samuel M, Hobson, OtwelL Funeral or Prof. Baird. Washington. Not. 30. The funeral services f the late Prof. Spencer F. Baird, who died last August, took place in the chaDel at Oak Hill Cemetery this morning at 11 o'clock. Rev. Dr. Giesy, of tbe Episcopal Church, officiated. The little chapel was filled with official and personal friends of the deceased. After the burial services of tbe Episcopal Church had been read, tbe coffin, on which a bunch of lilies of the valley was resting, was borne to the vault of General Churchill, U. S. A. Mrs. Baird s father. The body of Prof. Baird was placed in a niche immediately below that containing the remains of General Churchill. Government Finances. Washington, Nov. 30. Government receipts and expenditures for the present month about balance each other. This is owing to the fact that pension payments for November are unusually heavy, exceeding $18,000,000. Conseouently. it is expected that little or no reduction In tbe public debt will be shown in the monthly debt statement to be issued to-morrow. The Kinount of money available for use in depository b&nks has increased during the month from $33,000,000 to nearly $43,000,000. General Notes. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington. Nov. 30. W. W. Cheezum was kwlay promoted to an assistant foremanship in :he Second division of the Government Printing Office, at a salary of $1,700 a year. Joseph P. Turk has been promoted to a position on the Congressional Record, at a salary of J1.500. Edgar Perkins has been appointed to a position in the Government Printin? Office. J. U. O'Neill, who succeeds Mr. Cobb from the Second Congressional district, arrived today and is at the National. General Kennedy, Ohio's recent stalwart Lieutenant-governor, and at present representative-elect from tbe Bllefontaiue district, ban rooms at the Ebbitt and is receiving quite an ovation from Republicans here. Steamship News. Liverpool, Nov. 30. Arrived: Caspian, from Baltimore. Hamburg, Nov. 30. Arrived: Rhsetia, from New York. New York. Nov. 30. Arrived: The Queen, from Liverpool. Antwerp. Nov. 30. Arrived: Belgenland, from New York. Plymouth, Nv. 30. Arrived: Rotterdam, from New York for Rotterdam. Qceenstown, Nov. 30 Arrived: Caspian,, froa Baltimore; Palestine, from Boston. A Congh. Cold or Sore Throat Should not be neg'ected. Brown's Brokchial TrtocHEs are a simple remedy, and give prompt -'ct. 25 eta. a box.

WRECKING OF TIIE FIDELITY

Trial of Harper Proceeds in Uninteresting Style Until Wilshire Appears, Bat When That Gantleman Tells What Ha Knows the Defense Shows Great Surprise and Judges and Jury Are Much Interested. Cincinnati, Nov. 30. The trial of E. L. Harper was resumed to-day in the United States Court, a long time after the appointed hour, owing to the absence of a juror who obtained leave, last night, to go home and arrange his business. The first witness was J. W. Hoyt, a broker of this city, whose testimony gave in detail numerous transactions in the buying of wheat in Chicago by him. When asked for whom he was acting, lie answered that B. E. Hopkins, assistant cashier of the Fidelity bank, made the purchases, but the settlements were always made by E. L. Harper. These transactions began in January last. They were the ordinary speculator's purchases, where no wheat is seen, but settlements are made according to how the market runs. Hoyt said Hopkins gave him checks signed by himself, and with these he purchased of the Exchange clerk at the Fidelity Bank drafts and letters of advice in favor of Green & Co. and C J. Kershaw & Co., of Chicago. The witness said he went to Chicago the day after the wheat market broke and went to the Exchange National bank. While there he met J. W Wilshire. Kershaw, Irwin, and several of the bank officials. While there he received two drafts for $100,000 each, executed by the Fidelity National bank. Mr. Hoyt said he had no personal transactions with E. L. Harper; did not know him. C. J. Kershaw, of Chicago, was the next witness. He said he had been a grain merchant for twenty-five years. His testimony was limited to identifying checks, drafts and letters of advice sent him by Mr. Hoyt and the Fidelity Bank. On cross-examination he said he had no transactions with E. L. Harper. Everything was done through J. W. Hoyt and Wilshire, Eckert & Co. All drafts upon the Fidelity Bank were honored. Mr. Wni. Munroe, manager of the Bank of Montreal, at Chicago, testified that Irwin, Green & Co. deposited in his bank, in June last, two drafts for $100,000 each, drawn by the Fidelity National Bank upon the Chemical National Bank of New York. Payment was stopped. A. W. Green, of the firm of Irwin, Ureen & Co., of Chicago, was next called. He testified that he made purchases of wheat for J. W. Hoyt to the extent of nine million bushels. Hoyt gave security for part of the purchases in drafts and letters of advice from the Fidelity stating that he had money deposited there to his own credit There was over $700,000 in the Fidelity bank to the credit of Irwin. Green & Co. The defense, on cross-examination, again emphasized the point that the witness's firm had no transactions whatever with E. L. Harper; that everything was done through the brokers named. Robert M. Orr, assistant cashier of the American Exchange bank of Chicago, was called to identify the drafts referred to by Mr. Hoyt. Mr. Eckert, of Wilshire, Eckert & C. of Cincinnati, followed. He testified to deals with Kershaw & Co.. and other Chicago firms from January last till June, and said they sent about $1,000,000 to Chicago to Kershaw & Co. When asked where he got the money he said he could not exactly tell. He supposed it came from parties interested in the wheat deal. He was then shown some checks signed by himself and WTilshire, and was asked again where the money came from. He said: "All I had to do when calls were made on us was to go to the Fidelity Bank and give our checks for that amount. Where the money came from I do not know. When these checks were drawn we did not have that amount in bank." J. W. Wilshire. partner of Eckert, was next called. He identified checks aggregating $1,300,000, drawn by J. W. Wilshire and indorsed by Wilshire. Eckert & Co. He said that either himself or Mr. Eckert had indorsed the checks. He said there was an understanding between him and Mr. Harper that these checks should be protected. He made it clear that he acted in all this wheat deal as the agent or broker of E. L. 'Harper. . , .,, Mn. Wilsliire did not look at Harper once while Le was on the witness stand. The latter turned red when he heard his former associate giving such damaging testimony. Major Blackburn and Judge W ilson, counsel for the defendant, looked at each other in astonishment, but they did not betray any trepidation. The jury listened very closely to Wilshire's testimony, and. Judges Jackson and Sage showed their interest by asking occasional questions. Question Now, Mr. Wilsliire, you have testified that these checks were received by tbe Fidelity under an arrangement made in each instance between yourself and E. L. Harper. Please state what the arrangement was with reference to the wheat deal. Answer Well, the arrangement was simply that he was to protect the wheat that he was carrying through us. That is, when we were called on for money we were to get it from him. In regard to the checks, the understanding was that he was to take care of them when they were deposited, and I presume he did it. Q. How often did you see Mr. Harper! A. Nearly every day. Q. Sometimes more than once a day? A. Occasionally; yes sir. Q. How much wheat did you buy in the aggregate? A. There must have been, all told, nearly 25,000,000 bushels; that is, bought and sold. Of course, some was bought and sold again. It would change from one month to another. We would buy one month and make a transfer. It was really a purchase and sale. Q. What was the amount you had on hand at the time of the break! A. Well, over 14,000.000 bushels of cash wheat, and I have forgotten the amount of options. Q. About how much? A. Well, about live or six million bushels. Q Then you must have had about twenty million bushels in round numbers? A- Yes, sir. Q. Do you know, approximately, how much loss you sustained on that amount A. No, sir. As I said, it is very difficult for us to arrive at that until we get an account of sale from Chicago. We can't tell the prices they sold out at. The Court How much was the fall in wheat? A. Twenty cent3 a bushel. Q. You then had 14,000,000 bushels of cash wheat? A Yes sir. Q. That would be $20,000 on every million? A-No; $200,000. Q. WTiat was the all in option wheat? A. About the same. I think that they sustained the same ratio on the decline that they had previous to that. Q Then the loss was about $200,000 on every million bushels of wheat? A. That would depend entirely on how they sold it out. They must have sold some out before the extreme decline. Mr. Burnett For whom were you carrying all this wheat? A. For E. L. Harper. The arrangement was that he was to furnish the money to margin this wheat to a point where the banks and brokers of Chicago would carry it. It was ail bought as option wheat, but whenever the option would mature we were obliged to receive it and pay for it. . Q. Will you state whether or not you went to Chicago on the night of June 14? A. Yes. sir. Q. Who went with you? A. Mr. Hoyt met me in Chicago. Mr. Gahr went with mo. Q What had Mr. Harper given you on credit for use in Chicago? A. He gave me an envelope which contained $600,000. I put it in my pocket and started for the train. I didn't open the envelope; only know what he told me. Q. When did you next see it? A. When I arrived at the train Mr. Gahr was there, and said to me that he was instructed by Mr. Harper to take charge of the money, and I gave it to him that is. I gave liini the envelope just as Mr. Harper had given it to me; I had not opened it. Mr. Gahr and I went on to Chicago on the same train. When we arrived in Chicago Mr. Kershaw met me at the depot, and my instructions were to ko to the American Exchange National Bank those were the instructions from Mr. Haiper and to say to them that if they would carry out the provisions of the dispatches he had received from thera, this money was to be deposited to the credit of Kershaw te Co. and Irwin. Green & Co. for use in sustaining the market. St Paul's Cable Road. St. Paul. Nov. 30. The New York Cable and Construction Company, which recently went into the hands of a receiver, has been building the St. Anthonyville cable line here, now nearly completed. This morning the sheriff attached the cable itself and other property of the line to satisfy some $G00 worth of time checks given to laborers on the road. Secretary Lloyd, of the Construction company, says the time-checks had been bought up by a broker, and would have been xtaid if properly presented. Tbe cmnT has

already paid out some $400,000 on the road, and does not now. be says, owe over $1,000 in St. Paul. He declares that nothing will now stop tbe speedy completion of the road, but the repeated delays hitherto have caused some incredulity on this point.

THE FIRE RECORD. Tlie Strobritlge Llttiorraptilne Establishment Destroyed Loss, 8200,000. Cincinnati, Deo. L At 1:30 this ramine a general alarm sounded, and called the entire fire department to tbe Strobridge Lithographing Company's great building, on the northeast eorner of Elm and Canal. The flames devoured the entire buildintr, and in less than forty minutes the walls fell in. The loss is total, and will probably be $200,000. Other Fires. Charleston, S. C, Nov. 30. A fire at Aiken, S. C, this mormnj destroyed nine buildings. Loss, $40,000; insurance, $27,000. Mason Citt. Ia., Nov. 30. Fire destroyed W. W. Cameron's elevator, yeBterday. with 23,000 bushels of grain. Loss, $15,000; insurance, $4,000. Love and Suicide. Davenport, la., Nov. 30. Oxford Junction, a small town forty miles north of here, is greatly excited over a suicide which occurred there yesterday. Ben Cusley and Charles A. Logan, two prominent youn? men, were rival suitors for the hand of Elizabeth Waterson, seventeen years old, daughter of a well-known farmer. The two men met at the eirl's home yesterday morning, when a desperate encounter ensued, tbe victor to bay e the prize. Cusley was finally successful, driving bis rival off at the point of a revolver. Lopan was the favorite with the eirL and yesterday afternoon she sent a bullet through ber heart. Fighting: in the DrK. Nashua. N. H., Nov. 30. John Donohne, of Boston, and James Curley, of Nashua, N. IL, fought fifteen rounds to a finish, with bare knuckles, this morning, in a barn just over tbe Massachusetts line. Curley had the best of tbe fight for ten rounds, after which Donohue assumed the offensive, and in the fifteenth round knocked Curley out by a blow under the chin. During tbe last three rounds neither man could see tbe other, their eyes being closed. Donohue's nose was broken in tbe thirteenth round. A BUhop Consecrated. Nashville, Nov. 30. Rev. Father Richard Scannall, D. D., pastor of St. Joseph's Church, this city, was consecrated bishop here to-day. He was born and educated iu Ireland, and was ordained a priest in 1871. He will leave for Concordia, Kan., his new field of labor, next Wednesday. Archbishops Feeban, of Chicaeo, and Elder, of Cincinnati, were present at the consecration. Antioch College's Possible Loss. Cincinnati. Nov. 30. Mr. A. B. Champion, one of the trustees of Antioch Colleee, says that Charles A. Kebler succeeded his father as trustee in care of $100,000 endowment fund of Antioch College. He says that it is known that some of this fund has been used UDby Charles A. Kebler, but whether he made way with all or with only a part of it is what they are trying to find out. Buried Under a Cavine Bank. Chattanooga. Tenn., Nov. 30. While a dozen workmen were engieed in laying water pipes under the East Tennessee railroad, in this city, . this afternoon, a passing freight train jarred the banc and it fell, buryine Alexander Wilkerson.the superintendent, and Bury Byron, a colored workman. When unearthed, three hours afterward, both were dead. The Sogur Trust. New York. Nor. 30. It is reported that the North River Sugar Refinery Companv has been sold to the Suear Trust syndicate. Tbe officers of the compauy refuse to confirm or deny the rumor. The price said to have been paid is $325,000. It is also reported in tbe trade that the firm of Moller, Sierck & Co. will sell out to the trust. . PRETTY GOVERNMENT CLERKS. How They Stick to a Place When They Get It Demand for Them Decreasing;. " - , Washington Special. One "of the CiTil-serviee Commissioners is responsible for the statement that the demand for women in the departments is steadily decreasing. 'The ratio of appointments," said tbe Commissioner, "is about one woman to seven men. The principal objection to women lies in the fact that, as a central rule, you can never got rid of them. No matter bow badly they act, how impudent they become, how incompetent thev may be, there they remain. "What the 'Old Man of the Sea' was to Sindbad the Sailor tbe average woman clerk is to the executive departments at Washington. Before sbe secures the place she is all sweetnsss and humility. Sixty or seventy-five dollars a month would be a heaven of delieht to her. She doesn't want any more. She wouldn't knov what to do with it. She will work all nieht f necessary and try in every way to 6bow her jpreciation of the favor. This is what she t Is you. "Well, she gets the place. She has not X n there three months before sbe wants a promotion. She brings to bear all the influence she is possessed of to secure it. Tbe promoting officer is nagged, and harassed, and worried till she gets it Then she subsides till she wants something else, which she gets by pursuing the same methods a second time. "If she is impudent, or lazy, or indifferent, and you discharge her, she will not stay discharged. She will rain tears upon you, and from every side will come reproaehes and expostulations, and heartrending accounts of the distress, the intense suffering, the agony you have occasioned. Breadless orphans will be paraded before your eyes, rageed and distressed, innocent sufferers on account of your cruelty. "At last you will commence to believe that you are a monster of hideous mien, that you have been guilty of abase meanness to a helpless if not anf elic creature, and in a little while you will relent, apologize, promise to never do so again, and the woman will resume her desk, and stays there. "I have never had any experience of the kind, because I could never induce myself to discharge anybody, man, woman or child; but this is tbe experience of bureau officers, as they relate it to me. Wiita a man it is different. Dismiss him and, as a rule, that is the end of it." "What women make the best clerks?'' "Young women; from eighteen and twenty to twenty-five and thereabouts. As a general proposition the service tbey render is satisfactory. It is their misfortune, however, that they are compelled to suffer along with others of their sex who are less desirable. "I think, "continued the commissioner, settling himself more comfortably in bis chair, "that what may be called tbe most intricately trouble some women bureau officials have to deal with are divorced women. If I were appointed by a court referee to decide whether in any such case the wife or hnsband was more to blame I couid, I believe, render an oninion with unerring exactness after sitting in the same room with tbe woman a few months. Tbe same fretful, disagreeable qualities in her disposition which led the poor devil of a husband to seek a legal separation would inevitably be exhibited by the woman in tbe course of her routine duties. Where the widow is such from natural causes I think I could tell with equal exactness whether the dead husband was more entitled in his grave to congratulation at his happy escape or to regret in having been separated from a good wife and an agreeable companion." "Some women, then, make good clerks, you say?"' "Unquestionably. I have several in my mind at this moment who cannot be excelled. Since type-writing has come into such general use women have been principally demanded for this service under the impression, probably, that they are more expert than men. But a change is going on even in this particular, and now the demand is daiiy growing greater for men who are both typewriters and stenographers." "Walt Whitman on the Socialists. C. F. Willard, in'American Magazine. "What do you think of the socialistic movement V asked the poet. That's something, Mr. Whitman, on which we would be glad to have your light." Then Walt began: "I don't know exactly what they re drivin at like, beems to me this is a pretty good government, but I see no harm m their having societies subterranean or other wise: no harm in their paradin', resolootin", pronunciamentoin' and careerin' round like. Do they celebrate themselves? Let 'em! Even if they don t halt tmnK tnemseives, tney stir up other minds. Placing the Responsibility. Philadelphia Tress. The Democrat who did more than all other Democrats to boom the Kepuoncan majority in Ohio is a bier man weighinar 250 rounds, and ho used to be sheriff at Buffalo. The effort to lift tho responsibility off his shoulders is well-meant nrwl wnprnns but, it will not siiftrand. Thft load 1 is too bulky and its resting place ia too plain to admit of deception.

INDIANA AND ILLINOIS NEWS

The Daily Chronicle of Happenings of Various Kinds in the Two States. Evansvilla Threatened -with Another .Tele phone War Sixth District Woman Suffrage Convention Notes and Gleanings. INDIANA. Evansville likely to Have Another Encounter with the Telephone People. Special to the Indianaoolls Journal. Evansville, Nov. 30. Another telephone fight will take place in this city in the near future, which promises to be more spirited than tbe one in 1886. In July, 1886, the City Council cut the wires and poles of the Cumberland Tel ephone Company, because it refused to comply with the "$3-per-month law," which was passed by the Legislature, in 18S5, and later sustained by the Supreme Court. A majority of citizens and telephone subscribers approved the action of the Council. Since that time this city has been people upon wholly without service, and the are now beginning to look the telephone as a luxury, rather than a necessity. The new City Council, elected in April last, astounded the people of the city a few months since by votine back the fran chise of the telephone company, with the previ sion that the city be furnished with thirteen telephones for constant service, making no demand that the people of the city should be supplied with service. Vice-president Rhea, of the Cumberland company, with head quarters in Nashville, has written to the Busi ness Men's Association, of this city, asking for a conference that a scale of rates might be agreed upon so that service can be restored here. The Association looks upon the request as an admis sion that other than legal rates are expecteo by telephone people, hence their deBire for a confer ence. At a largelv-attenued meeting of the lousi ness Men's Association, last night, it was unanimously decided not to yield to the telephone company, but to demand good service at ? per month. The local stockholder of tbe telephone company intimates that if the citizens do not make concessions the telephone compauy will furnish service only to the thirteen instruments for city officers, in order to hold their valuable franchise. They will meet an obstacle, however, for as soon as operations are begun, which tbe council provided should be by January 1, 1888, certain citizens will get ont an injunction, on the ground that the laws of this State provide that telephone companies operating in Indiana shall bave their principal offices in the State and a majority of the directors shall also be resi dents. The general office oftbe Cumberland company, is in Nashville, and but one director resides in Indiana. In the meantime Evansville's citizens are losing no sleep for the want of telephones. Municipal Sam-age for Women. Special to tbe Indianapolis Journal, Mcncik, Nov. 30. The National Woman's Suffrage Association for the Sixth Congressional district, which has been in session in this city for the past two days, adjourned last night. The citizens made every preparation for enter tainment of their distinguished guests, Mrs. Helen M. Gougar, Miss Susan B. Anthony and Mrs. Zorelda G. Wallace, and the programme was executed in a satisfactory man ner. Upon taking tbe cnair aionaay afternoon, Mrs. Gougar, the president, reviewed the woman's suffrage movement at considerable length, and was followed by Mrs. Wallace, the session closing with an address by Miss Anthony. A meeting was held in the evening, at which Miss Anthony delivered the principal address, and Mrs. Wallace followed in a short plea for justiee. The pastors of nearly all the churches were present and gave their support to the work. An influential association was organized last evening, which will daubtlaaa do (rood work in the cause of municipal suffrage. The district officers are: Mrs. A. A. Truitt, president; Miss Nora Silverburg, secretary, and Mrs. Lonise Cassadv, treasurer. Also, the following persons were selected as vice-presidents for the different counties comprising this district: Mrs. Caroline Edgerton, Henry; Mrs. Judge Monks, Randolph; Mrs. Mary Goddard, Delaware; Mrs. Rebeoea "Swayne, Wayne; Mrs. May Welman, Rush; Fayette to be filled. Mrs. Geo. H. Koons, of this city, will superintend the press department of the district. A local club was also formed, with the following officers: Mrs. Mary Goddard, president: Mrs. Mary Case, secretary; Mrs. Sarah Hathawav, treasurer. Vice-preBiants were appointed for each church in this city, and are: Mesdames Rachel Sharr, Elizabeth Ileinsohn. Margaret March. Nannie Gregory, M. J. Stack house, Emilv Stokes. Harriet Case. Ida Rea, Susan Lempler, Emma Truett. J. Stiffler and E. Bover. Messrs. J. F. Wildman, C F. W. Neely. Thomas McKillip, Drs. Bowles, James and Budd. were appointed a committee to co-operate with tbe officers of tbe association in selecting men who are in favor of municipal suffrage, on a non-partisan basis. Fifty Year a Doctor. Special to the Indianapolis Joaroau Fort Wayne, Nov. 30. Yesterday marked the fiftieth year of practice of the medicine profession by Dr. B. S. Woodworth, of this city. In tbe evening the members of the Allen County Medical Society, of which be is a charter member and an ex president, gathered at his residence and dined with him. A numher of citizens presented him with a purse of $600, and the medical society gave him a costly French clock. Each present was accompanied by an engrossed address. The Doctor replied with much feeling. Dr. Woodwotth is a graduate of the Berkshire Medical College of Slassarhnsetts, and came to Fort Wayne in 1846. In 1860 he was president of the State Medical Society. He is still in active practice. Congressman-Elect White. Special to the Indiasaoolls Journal Fort Wayne, Nov. 30. Capt James B. White, Congressman from the Twelfth district, left last night for Carlisle, Penn., where his two yonnger sons are being educated. From Carlise be goes to New York city to meet his daughter, Miss Jessie White, who is on board a steamer from Liverpool, and with whom be will go to Washington to attend the opening of Congress. The Coming Concert at DePanw University. Prof. James W. Howe, dean of the School of MuBic, DePauw University, will go East for a month's vacation. The winter term of the school begins on the 4th of January. The work of the college may be judged from tbe following programme of the concert to be given in Library Hall on the evening of the 7th of December: rart I. Overture ' 'Tan nbauser" - Wagner Full Orchestra. Male Chorus "Legend of the Rhine" Smart Apo l - Club. Duet "1 Would That My Love" Mendelssohn Sidelia Starr and Carrie Austin. i S a "Forsaken" Koschat Male Chorus (b) .TyroUiSe Hunter's March".Koschat Female Chorus Kest lhee on this aiossy Pillow" Smart Lorelei Club. Male Chorus "Go, Speed Thy Flight" Otto Overture 'Orpheus'' . .Offenbach Full Orchestra. Part I. . MASS OF ST. CECILIA. (Composed by the celebrated author, Charles Gounod.) Xyria "Merciful and Gracious Lord." Gloria ' Glory to God." Credo "We Trust in One Almighty." y OFFERTOBY BY THE ORCHESTRA. Sanctn "Holy. Holy, Lord God Almighty.' Bened'e-us 'Hlessd be the Itord God of Israel." Asmus ii "Holy Savior." Assistants in trio narts William J. Williams, R. T. Jones. Arthur Mason. Basso, Geo. II. Kichmond. Minor Notes. A seven-foot vein of lead was struck at Royal Center, Cass county, on Friday, at a depth of 1G0 feet. Belle Reynolds, of Rochester, aged sixteen, - has disappeared. She ha, since her infancy, resided with her aunt, Mrs. John Gottschalk. The girl is supposed to have been abducted by a stranger wbo has been shadowing tbe Gottschalk residence for the past two days. The disappearance of the girl is enshrouded in mystery, and a thorough search is being made to get trace of ber. ILLINOIS. Gleanings from Exchanges and Cnlllngs from Correspondence. The Rev. Hoce, chaplain of tbe Big Bend Reunion Association ot Veterans, and commander

of Post No. 232, Joliet, died suddenly of heart disease while engaged in his pastoral duties at Coleta. The Kinder Lee slander suit was compromUed on Tuesday, thedefendant, Lee. agreeing to pay $500 damages and the costs of tbe suit. The schools of Lasalle. after having been cloned for a few weeks on account of Quite an epidemic of diphtheria among the children, have reopened with a good attendance. The city is now in a healthy condition. The Rev. M. F. Paisley, formerly of Hillsboro, but more recently at Moberly, Mo., has received a call from tbe Presbyterian Church at Cassopolis, Mich. He has accepted, and will begin bis labors in his new field immediately. Mr. William H. Smyser, a prominent Democratic politician of Champaign, and part owner of the Champaign Times, and now cbief of tbe Pay and Bounty Division in tbe office of SecondAuditor Day, in Washington, and Mrs. Alice R McCulloueb, of that city, were married, Monday evening, in the Vermont-avenue Christian Church, of Washington. Tbe raising of mushrooms in the tunnels near Lasalle proves to be a success, and the first supply of the fungi was put on the market on Tuesday. There are six acres of mushroom beds in these tunnels, and two crops will be raised every twenty-four hours. About a hundred bushels will be taken out now, but this will be in creased daily toward spring. Tbe eprawnis shipped from France and England.

HKER RABBIT. The Fun He Is Having: Out in Australia and the Big Price Whicli Is Put On Ills Head. New York Commercial Advertiser. "Brer" Rabbit is acquiring Australia by right of conquest. He is already a hundred times more numerous than the colonists, and Li eating them out of house and honie. A few years ago a mere handful of rabbits was taken out from England as a curiosity. They were put into the Botanical gardeus at Dunnedm, New Zealand. They multiplied into two or three families, and as they were still a curiosity, a couple of them, with a proper respect for the sexes, were given homes on the mainland. This was a bad move. The rabbits proceed to bring up large families, which brought up other large families, which but it would take longer than a Bible genealogy to express how many rabbits were soon overrunning New South Wales. The colonists shot ihem, trapped thera, poisoned them, blew up whole settlements of them, but the rabbit family kep.t on having births and christenings, and so on until the colonists almost went" wild. Some of their best sheep runs were almost spoiled by the teeth of the rabbits, and tho "bunnies" began to invade their gardens as the bears do the farm-yards of Pennsylvania. The government of New South Wales offered prodigious rewards for the extermination of "Brer" Rabbit, but he kept up his race with the ant and distanced him. A few days ago R. W. Cameron & Co., the Australian shippers at No. 23 South William street, this city, received an offer of $125,000 reward from the New South Wales authorities, to any American who could find a way to rid the colonists of the white- tailed pests. A gentleman connected with the firm said this morning: "The rabbits have burrowed the entire colony. Ferrets, shotguns and poison are powerless. Every month thousands of bales of rabbit skins are shipped to England, but enough of the animals remain behind to furnish coats for the population of China. I believe that a prayer for protection against rabbits will soon bo inserted in the litany of the churches out there. It is a fact that the rabbits are carrying everything before them." HUMAN UYKNAS. Delegate Smith, of Arizona, Shows What Religious People the Apaches Are. Washington Special. "The Apache Indian is a human hyena. He is an Isbmaelite, whose band is raised against every living object, whether it be man or beast. He delights to kilL He is a fiend in human shape. He can no more be civilized than a tiger. Of the two, I believe him to be the more bloodthirsty." The speaker was Mr. M. A. Smith, the Delegate from Arizona Territory. "We have numerous o'her Indians among us," Mr. Smith continued, "who live in peace with the whites. The Yumas and Papagas are susceptible to civilizing influences. The children go to school, while the elders till the soil and make an honest effort to support themselves. Not so tbe Apache. From the time he is so high (holding his hand a foot from the ground; be will bite, and steal, and murder if be can. "There are five thousand of them on the San Carlos reservation. The povernment feeds and cknhes them. For some unexplained reason it furnishes them with arms, and ammunition also, although their food is provided for them. Notwithstanding this care, when they can steal awsy from the reservation they will kill every white man they meet. "Speaking of this reminds me that a part ot the Apache reheion is tbe atonement for murder by blood. If an Apache is killed his nearest relations must immediately kill a white man, or else he is doomed to suffer eternal torment. It makes no difference if the Kinship be ten degrees removed or if he is obliged to travel a month before meeting his victim, the obligation is quite the same. "Their religion, too. prevents them from committing a murder in the dark. If a dozen Apaches should discover yon sleeping by your camp fire at aight tbey would not attack yon nntil the sun came up. They believe if they kill a man at night their souls will walk in eternal darkness. Knowing this many of our people travel by night during the prevalence of Indian troubles in the Territory." A Touch Pun. Washington Special. Evarts is as great a punster as ever. In the intervals of fixing up his house bere for the winter's campaign, he wanders about the departments seeking entertainment quite as much as small favors for his constituents. If there be any eood stories or jokes going, he learns thera, and he always gives as good as he gets. He dropped into a government office the other day where a portrait of the late Justice Nathan Clifford, of the United States Supreme Court, hangs on the wall. Justiee Clifford always wore a large, old-fashioned neckcloth, to which he gave great care. He wears it in the portrait with life-like dignity. Evarts looked up at the portrait as he sat there, smiled his wintry smile, and remarked: "The last time I saw old Clifford was when I was making my argument before tbe Electoral Commission, of which, yoa remember, be was a member. Right in tbe middle of it I looked up at him. and I could not help saying to myself: 'Mens conscia necktie.'" Wisdom Lingers. New York Sen. The Hon. B. F. Shively, of Indiana, said to be the youngest member of the House of Representatives, is for a government telegraph. Doubtless Mr. Shively will grow wiser as he grows older. Loud Lyons, who retires from his long and arduous labors at the British embassy at Paris, crowned with praise and honor, has always been a water drinker. He served excellent nines to his guests at dinner, and to encourage them filled his own glass, but never so much as tasted the tempting liquor. HBamBamBBaBemHBMsnm What a Time Teople formerly Lad, trying to swallow the old-fashioned pill with its film of magnesia vainly disguising its bitterness ; and what a contrast to Ayer's Fills, that Lave been well called "medicated sugar-plums" the only fear being that patients may be tempted into taking too many at a dose. But the directions are plain and sLould be strictly followed. J. T. Teller, 51. D., of CLittenango, N. Y., expresses exactly what hundreds have written at greater length. lie says: " Ayer's Cathartic Pills are Liglily appreciated. They are perfect in form and coating, and their effects are all that the most careful physician could desire. They Lave supplanted all the Pills formerly popular Lere, and I think it must be long before any otber can be made that will at all compare with them. Those who buy your pills get full value for their money." "Safe, pleasant, and certain in their action," is the concise testimony of Dr. George E. Walker, of Martinsville, Virginia. "Ayer's Pills outsell all similar preparations. The public having once t:sed them, will have no others." Berry, Venable & Collier, Atlanta, Ga. Ayer's Pills, Prepared by Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, M Sold by all Dealers in Medlclas.

DRAWING TO A CLOSE.

The Visit of Dr. Barker, the Oculist and Aurist. Now that the visit of Dr. Br.vker. the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat specialist, i- so rapidly drawing to a close, those nciuii; his services should avail themselves of his skill w-fore he leaves, as his success is not only beyond question but his fees are so reasonable that none need remain away on account of pay. This i the BEST SEASON FOR TREATMENT. No other time in the year is more propitious for overcoming disease than the present With his new, rational and exact methods, one visit is in most cases all that is necessary; after the patient is examined and furnished with remedies and appliances, the treatment can be carried on at home just as successfully as if by a professional hand, which reduces the expense to a nominal sum, ranging from $10 to $15. Those needing " ARTIFICIAL EYES will never meet with an opportunity like this. Instead of having a stock of a dozen or two. as is usually kept by those who pretend' to adjust them, to select from, Dr. Barker has thousands of them, of new composition and design, .every variety in size, shape, shade and color, inserted without cutting or pain, and having not only the appearance but the movements of the natural organ. If you are using or contemplating the use of SPECTACLES apply to him and you will get an examination prescription, optician's work and glasses, for less than oculists usually charge for an examination alone, besides the advantage there is in having the serv ices of one thoroughly competent having had eighteen years' experience and spen thousands of dollars in preparing for thii special line of practice. The statem ent that "more eyes are lost from the wrong or non use of glasses than all other causes' is but poorly appreciated, yet abundantly proven by every opthalmic author and eye institution in tho land. Parents and guai-diaus having children who show signs of defective vision should bear in mind that procrastination is not only the thief of time, but of sight. The earlier they are attended to the more easily they are remedied. There is no excuse for any remaining CROSS EYED. for Dr. Barker's new nievhod of treatmen t is sure and almost painless, requires but a minuts, attended with no detention or confinemeul after treatment, and Lis fees are within tin reach of all; the sooner they are cured the better. It not only removes a great deformity buf saves the sight and will be permanent. The Doctor will positively remain 0LV TO THE 22d OF DECEMBER when he will leave for his home ofSce in Cincinnati. He will carry with, him the benediction! of a multitude of grateful patients from Indianapolis and vicinity. All will agree that his visil has b:en of profit to the public generally, as ha has not only cured the afflicted but his published si atements for the protection and preservation of those delicate organs of which he is sa famous in treatment will long be appreciated. He has proven himself a master in his calling, a devotee to his profession, as a man who believes that intelligence from information is the direct road to usefulness and happiness. VISIT EXTENDED UNTIL Thursday, December 22 Positively no longer.) A. B. BARKER, M. D. SPECIALIST. EYE, EAR, NOSE & THRO AT Scientifically prescribes and adjusts 1 m j 1 1 Office : 15, 17 and 19 MARTINDALE BL0CIC (Entrance 5 H ft. Fea St, I of P. 0.V CONSULTATION FREE. Railway time-tabt.es. PENnVyLVANIA LINES THE DIRECT AND POPULAR PASSKSOia BOCTKS. Ti-ainsleav and arriro at Indianapolis a follawri: I,avefor Plttsbur?. Saw JTork. etc.- " " Richmond and (Join otusl!:' a Arrtvefrom X. if.. Pittsb?anl St .ll:lu a 4: Hp s 10:2 pa 3..V)p; Sleepers to Pittsour? and Nr KoVlc wi'tawt chauia. t..Tefar Chicago and Northwest H:15fU ArrT'e -trow Tch.cas o aul-N.rth est . 4:0Ju j.. m. a 1. a. a. sou fit I,eavfnr lonisvill9 . and the South. :15a" Arriie from LoiisTitle. n-.ypia 3.jop a 5:50pnt ifctspm 1. a v. b. m. jLeaTe for Vincennes . Arrive from Viucenues... -SOUTHWEST. 7:10.-m 4:ispn ...l;n4oam 4:30pna TfANUtLlA USE SMOKIEST ROUTS TO V St. Locii Avr thk West. Trainsarrireani leava In iianapoln a tollown: Leave for St. Lini. 7:S'ara U:55aro U:vtoH Greencantleand Terre Hante Accons f'v3" ArriTefroraSt. h 4n 4:lVn Z:i? a ' Terre Haateai 1 Greeacatlo Accom . liKOUani Sleeping, parlor an 1 r-cliain?-cHir ert are mi thron?htr tin. Fir r tte ti I infor njtrvi awpif t ticket a?enti of the co npaiir or ti. IS. Dbusi. Aaistantireneral tasreager Ag tt. . V P. 7m The Short Lino to Chicago and the NorthwestTrains depart and arrive as follows: K life. &M- C. fast mall, d. ex. Sun.. 1 1:50 a. t. No lo' Chicazo night express, daily 11:10 p. ra, No! IS! Monon Ac. daily ex. Saudav.... 5:00 p. a NoV'lMincinnati nl?ht express, daily... 3:35 a. m No! 11. Ind. fast mail, daily ex. Sunday .. 3: 15 p. xa No. 17, Ind. Ac, daily eieopt Sunday 9:55 a. nv Ticket oficea: "JO oath Illinois street, 146 South, Illinois street. Union Deoot, Massachusetts areaaa, E. O. AIcCOKiUO1- G. P. A. L D. Baldwlv. D. P. A ... I- - 1 - ' - -im-i THE PROPER ROUTE TO CINCINNATI Toledo, Detroit, The East and South Trains Lave Indian anolis. 3:55 a. m. (daily. 10:.5 a. m.. 3:50 p. ra.. 6:15 p. m. Trains Arrive at Indianapolis: 8:30 a.m.. 1 1:45 a.m.. 4:57 p.m., 10.55 p.m. (daily.) Urand Union Ticket-office, cor. Iiiicois t. and Kentuckv av-. aJ,i 1 South Illinois st. Special rates to Southrt Winter Jicsorts. Kates to New York and other Eastern points $1 to $2 below emrx"ition. W.H.FISHER, Genl Ar"t C. H- & I- In iianapolia. C H. ROCKWELL, O. P. andT. A. Cincinnati. A. W. BRAYTON, M. D. 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