Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 December 1887 — Page 2

TJEUB TSDIANAPOIAS JOURNAL. SATURDAY ' DJEJCEMBER 3, 18ST.

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l tm c banter is concluded with the followinjr, under the sub-headiD, ''Competition": "A tludy of the act to regulate commerce baa satis ped the members of the commission that it was "ntended in its passage to preserve for the people the benefits of competition between the several transportation lines of the country. If that tball be done, the towns which have great natural Advantages, or advantages acquired by large expenditures of money in establishing new thoroughfares of commerce, will have cheaper rates than can ordinarily be obtained by towns less favorably situated. It might possibly be within the competency of legislative power to prescribe for the several interstate railroads equal mileage rates for the whole country, but this, if enforced, would put an end to competition as a factor in making rates, and, to a very large extent, deprive the great business centers of the eountry of their several natural advantages, and also of the benefit of expenditures made by them in creating for themselves new channels of trade. It would, in fact, work a revolution in the business of the country, which, though it might be greatly beneficial in some directions, would be fearfully destructive in others. Congress has cot, by the existing legislation, undertaken, to inaugurate such a revolution. The competition by water is - the most important factor in forcing rates to a low level at the points where the lines of land and water transportation intersect. The experience of the country has - demonstrated that the artificial water-ways cannot be successful competitors with the railroads on equal terms. The railroads long since deprived the great canals of Ohio, Indiana and Illinois of nearly all their imDort&nce, and the Erie canal is only maintained as a great channel of trade by the liberality of the State of New York in making its use free. In their competitive struggles with each other towns canuot ignore the effect which the existence of natural water-ways must have upon railroad tariffs; the railroad companies cannot ignore it. nor can the commission ignore it if competition is still to exist and be allowed its force according to natural laws. Neither can the great free Erie canal be ignored; it influences the rates to New York more than any other one cause, and indirectly, through its influence upon the rates to New York, it influences those of all other seaboard cities, and indeed to all that section of the country." The commission finds that the operation of the law has, in general, been beneficial; that it tends to increase railroad earnings, while, at the same time, the tendency of rates has been downward. These facts are attributed to the increased movement of materials, induced by faith in the stability and fairness of the charges. On thenbject of amendments to the law, the report says: "The commission has not seen occasion for recommending any very considerable changes in the act under which its work is performed. It has seemed to its members that the law for the regulation of interstate commerce should be permitted to have a growth, and that it would most surely as weli as most safely attain a hieh degree of efficiency and usefulness In that way. The general features of the act are grounded in principles that will stand the test of time and experience, and only time and experience can determine whether all the provisions made for their enforcement are safe, sound and workable. When they prove not to be, exoerience will be a safe guide in legislation to perfect it Incidentally in this report some need of amendment has been pointed out. Especially ought the law, as we think, to indicate in plain terms whether the ex Drees business and all other transportation by the carriers named in the act shall be governed by its provisions. The provision against the sudden raising of rates ought to be elearly made applicable to joint rates as well as to others. The commission ought also to have the authority and . the means to brine about something like unanimity of the method of publishing rates, which is now in great confusion, and to carefully examine, collect and supervise the schedules, contracts, etc.. required by law to be filed, as well as properly to handle the mass of statistical information called for by the twentieth section. Other matters, and particularly whether transportation by water shall be made subject to the act, are submitted to the wisdom of Congress without recommendation." THE DISPUTED SEATS. Both Parties Carefully Studying the Rules and Precedents. Washington, Dec. 2. The Democratic Senators held a caucus this morning and discussed a programme for Monday in regard to the contested election eases and membership of committees. Dispatches from West Virginia, stating that inasmuch as the election of a Senator was cot mentioned in the call for the special session of the Legislature that elected Faulkner, a local circuit judge holds that his election is void, have created considerable comment here, as the question relating to Faulkner's seat hinges on that particular point. The usual eourse of proceedure is to swear in new iSenatore two at a time, in the order in which their names stand on the alphabetical list. The two parties are exactly equal in Btrength at the th start, but with the administration of the oath to the first Senator on the list Mr. Aldrich the Republicans will have a majority, and can, of course, control the current of events if no dilatory proceedings are resorted to. It is evident that members of both parties are studying the rules and precedents closely, with a view to meeting any attempt by their opponents to secure an advantage, but without knowing exactly, as yet, what they are to guard against. The Democrats have caused telegrams to be sent to their absentees, summoning them to be present to-morrow and on Monday. The absentees to-day were Senators George, Hearst, Blodgett, Hampton, Gibson, Colquitt and Saulsbury. Two or three of the cumber, however, are already in Washington. Washington Special to New York Trib une. It has been hinted that the Republicans will refuse to seat Mr. Turpie at all hazards. Such, however, is not the case. His credentials will be presented, no doubt, by Mr. Voorhees, and be sent, if objection should be made by anybody to their acceptance, to the committee on privileges and elections. There are absolutely no grounds for believing that the Democrats will endeavor to profit by a temporary tie in the Senate, and exact the seating of Turpie without an investigation in return for making no factious opposition to the organization of the Senate. Their tactics would lead to no practical result. After the new Senators and those who have been re-elected have been sworn in, the Senate will stand 39 Republicans to 37 Democrats, a narrow Republican majority of two, sufficient, however, for keepiog the organization in the hands of the Republicans after it has once been effected. There is no disposition on the part either of Democrats or Republicans to engage in an unseemly wrangle on Monday, though some temporary fencing may take place, and possibly some embarrassment ensue, from the fact that Mr. Jones, of Nevada, 13 absent and paired with Mr. Hearst, of California, who is not sworn in. THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE. It Will Be Very Lengthy, and Will Discuss Almost Everything Except the Tariff. New York, Dec. 2. A Washington special to the Tribune says: 'The President at the meeting of the Cabinet yesterday submitted the rough draft of his forthcoming annual message to Congress. It was fully and freely discussed for nearly four hours and will agiin be submitted on Friday to the Cabinet in the form in which it is to be sent to Congress. Meanwhile speculation is rife as to the contents of what will probably be one of the longest official documents ever written by Mr. Cleveland. Those who know say that it will contain approximately 22,000 words. "From excellent sources it is ascertained that Mr. Bayard's department will absorb the lion's share of the President's message. He will announce, in the first place, either the result of the fisheries commission or the fact that they are still at work. There 13 an impression prevailing that the commission will sit for the last time on Saturday next It indicates that the negotiation of a new treaty has been found impracticable, a result said to be favored by Mr. Bayard, who is represented as despairing of getting a treaty acted upon by the Senate in its present temper. What the President will probably be able to annouuee in his message is that the commission has agreed upon an interpretation of the treaty of 1813. "A revision of the naturalization laws, the establishment of a central bureau for the registration of naturalized citizens, and a hint as to the advisability of restricting by federal statute im-tari-ration of an undesirable kind, are amoag the topics discussed by the President, in view of the recent Anarchist demonstrations in various parts of the country. "Regarding the tariff and other questions of finance, the President will have tittle to say. the present plan being, it is said, to let the Secretary of the Treasury deal with both questions in extenso in his annual report. In a general and very guarded way the President recommends, it is understood, a liberal enlargement of the free list, mentioning, however, by came none of the articles whith in his opinion ought to be placed there. Upon the wording of this part of the message much care and attention have been bestowed. Among those to whom it has been read, outside of the members of the Cabinet, are Messrs. Carlisle, Scott and Watterson. Mr. Racdall has been given no opportunity to inspect it. "A codification of the banking laws amended in too xaacr proposed Ly the Comptroller of the

Currency is recommended. The President, it is thought, will, in a cautious way, recommend a liberal system of appropriations for the improvement of the Mississippi river. He will likewise soegest, it is believed, that appropriations for this river be made separately, and cot, as heretofore, in the river and harbor bill, which he has always regarded as an object of suspicion, more or less. "The repeal of the pre-emption and timber culture acts is . urged in the strongest terms. The necessity of preserving the national forest is also pointed out. "The Pacific railroads, it is understood, will be the subject of a special message to Congress later on." The message will be sect to Congress on Tuesday. Secretary Fairchild has completed the preparation of his annual report to Congress. The final pages were placed in the printer's hands to-day. He has besn engaged on thi3 work almost exclusively for a month. The report is all in the Secretary's own handwriting, amd gives his views in regard to surplus and tariff at considerable length. It will be made public immediately after its presentation to Congress, Wednesday afternoon. SOUTHERN DEMOCRATS.

A Search for a Suitable Man to Make the Race with Mr. Cleveland. Special to the Indianacolis Journal. Washington, Dec 2. Since Senator Gorman, a few days ago, advised Speaker Carlisle to retire from the presiding office in the House, and accept the chairmanship of the committee on ways and means, and lead his party to a successful consideration of the tariff, and since Senator Blackburn, who is Mr. Carlisle's most intimate adviser, anticipated that the time had come when the South should be represented on the national ticket, there has been more effective work done by Democratic stalwarts to carry out the idea of the latter gentleman than was ever done before. There can be no question that the South intends to make an heroic effort to secure representation on the national Democratic ticket. The principal Southerners in the House and Senate have been conferring together during the past week, and it has been noised about that they have consulted President Cleveland, Secretary Bayard and others most keenly interested in the Presidential campaign, with a view to agreeing upon some man from the South whose geographical location and public career would be least objectionable to the North. The Kentuckians, the Texans and the Missourians are outspoken in support of Speaker Carlisle. There are those, however, who are intimate with the Speaker, who say that he does cot desire the nomination at this time, as he believes the war issues have not been sufficiently strangled to permit a Southern man to strengthen the ticket. Southern people generally are determined to fight out the issue between the North and South, and to do it in a national campaign as soon as possible. THE ARMY AND THE INDIANS. The Noble Red Man Has the Most Effective Weapons That Are Made. Interview with Gen. Sheridan. "How is the army equipped for fighting the Indians?" "Oh, I think there are men enough on the frontier to take care cf the Indians. There is no forecasting what they may do out there at any time. But the troubles are growing less to be feared every day. The Indians are in bad shape to ever do much more fighting. Since the buffaloes were killed off they have lost their commissary department. The buffaloes, you know, were always the Indians' commissary de partment when they went to war. But now they are killed off and game is scarce, and they can't exist long without supplies." "How are the Indians armed for fighting" "Well armed. Better armed than the soldiers are. That was the greatest mistake we ever made when we disarmed them the first time. Then they had the old flint-lock guns and one thing and another that were not worth two cents. We took them all away, and inside of six months every Indian was better armed than our own men. They bad the best improved repeating rifles. And so it has been every time we have disarmed any of them they equipped themselves with the latest improved weapons. Why, now they have these oew repeating Winchester rifles that fire sixteen shots. Our men have nothing to compete with them, and there is not a rifle "in the army that is so deadly as those the Indians have. Of course Indian warfare is the hardest kind of fighting in the world. They are always well fitted out before they go to fighting. The traders are alwayt- around, and an Indian will give one, two, three, or perhaps five or six ponies for a good rifle and ammunition. The only way to fight them is with cavalry. The Indians are cavalry. But I do not look for much more trouble on the frontier. About all they can do is to rise suddenly and kill a few settlers, and before they can get further the troops are after them and run them away into the mountains.'' MINOR MATTERS. Judge Lowry Thinks the House Contests Will Re Settled Early in the Session. Special to the Indiananolia Journal. Washington, Dec. 2 "I believe the seven or eight contests in the House will all be disposed of by the early part of February," said Judge Lowry, who is contesting the seat of Captain White, of .the Twelfth Indiana district, talking of Congressional matters this morning. "There have been delays in the disposition of contests during the past," continued Judge Lowry, "and there were seemingly no grounds for such delays. The testimony in all the cases now pending has been presented early, and the representatives on either side are here or will be here by the time Congress goes to work when it reconvenes in January. There appears to be no sense in permitting cases to hang fire from month to month, and running away into the summer, especially when there is likely to be a vacancy created by the refusal of the House to seat either the contestant or contestee. Then the expenses multiply, and frequently both parties to a contest draw salaries. I have been assured that some of the cases will be disposed of during the latter part of January, and that the delays which have been occasioned in the past will cot be experienced in the future." Indiana Pensions. Washington Special.' Pensions have been granted the followingnamed Indianians: Mexican War Thomas Pinkerton, Huntington. New Pensions Martin Helzel, South Bend; miner of John W. Curl. Dillsborough; Rosanna W. Van Cleve, Flint; Wm. Jones, Riceville: Joseph Anderson. Russellville; Henry Shafer, Fort Wayne; Isam Head, Fern; Jaa. M. Ragans, Hillham: Harvey Weaver, Seymour; Frederick Staley, Ray; John B. Rodarmel, Wheatland. Increased David Byroad, Reynolds; Thos. E. Francis, Cambridge City; George Hill, Kendallville; John Weber, Huntington; Joseph Seigstein. Orange: John L. Ames, Bourbon; James E. Gillasry, Crothersville; David M. Hammond, New Aloany; Charles H. Snyder, Hope; L. L. Springer, Hemlock; Samuel IX Fortner, Ashborongh; John W. Duey, Clermont; W. H. Hall, Clark's Hill; Charles Darline, Rose Lawn; J. D. Knieht. Bedford; Legan Bowan, Lancaster; David Richards, Alfont; James M. White, Smiley; James C. Walker, Orleans. Reissue James B. Jones, Rising Sun; John StufUe, Keok'e Chnrch. I'ardotied by the President. Washington, Dec 2. The President has granted the applications for pardon in the following cases: Frank Phillies, convicted of counterfeiting and sentenced in November, 1883, to four years' imprisonment in the Michigan House of Correction; Columbus Houchin, convicted of passing counterfeit money and sentenced in December. 1SS3. to seven years' imprisonment in the Indiana State prison; Roger Clawson, convicted of polygamy and unlawful cohabitation and sentenced in November, 1834, to three years and six months' imprisonment in the Utah penitentiary, and to pay a fine of $300. Pardons were granted in most of these cases on the recommendations of the judges and district attorneys. General Notes. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, Dec 2. Representative Johnston, of the Eighth Indiana district, arrived this morning and is at the Hotel Windsor. Mr. Holman aspires to succeed Mr. Cobb as chairman of the House committee on public lands, and Indiana Democrats say he will get it. This committee will give him a clerkship, which would no doubt go to Holman's son but for the fact that the latter has a fat sinecure in the geological survey. The friends of Mr. Holman in the Fourth district who want a clerkship would do well to apply early. Colonel Matson would also like this chairmanship, as he does cot want that of invalid pensions agaiu, and if 'Mr. Hol

man is not especially bent for it the Colonel will succeed in his desires. Holman is now on the

SDcroDriations committee, a nlae.e h fondle cherishes because of its influence, aud he may not yearn very mucn to go to the public lands committee. W. S. Capellar, chairman of the Republican executive committee of Ohio, is in the city and will remain until the national Republican committee meets, to urge upon them the claims of Cincinnati to be the meeting place of the Republican national convention. Representative Owen arrived to-night, hale and hearty, and will take hold to-morrow. THE KILLING OP HARRIS. History of a Murder for Which William G. Corbin Will Be Called to Answer. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Scelivan, 111., Dec. 2. Judge Walker adjourned the fall term of Circuit Court for this county to-day. The Corbin murder trial was continued on account of the absence of "alleged important witnesses." On the 23d of September last Wm. P. Corbin shot and killed Charles T. Harris. Corbin was the exclusive furniture dealer of this quiet little city of 1,600 inhabitants, and owned or controlled several business houses aside from the one he occupied himself. Charles T. Harris was proprietor -of a drug store and rented a room from Corbin adjoining the furniture store. On a Sunday in J uiy last, a fire occurred in Harris's drug store, causing considerable loss on stock and doing slight damage to the building- The two men had been passably good friends as neighbor merchants until this occurrence, when Corbin became rather bold in his assertions that Harris had set fire to the building, thus engendering a bitter feeling between the two men. Later, Harris vacated Corbin's building, and, as a matter of self-defense against Corbin's accusations, related to mutual friends incidents regarding Corbin's immoral conduct, to which he had been an eye-witness, in the rear part of the furniture store, which reflected in a damaging manner on the owner, though, as long as he was a tenant, he had said nothing publicly concerning bis landlord's disreputable conduct. Corbin grew louder and louder in his accusations, and began to indulge in open threats against Harris, arming himself with a five-shot revolver, though there was no evidence that Harris had made any threats against his life, yet the mutual friends apprising him of his enemy's threats and armed condition caused him to carry a revolver. On Sept. 23 the two men met on the sidewalk in front of the Corbin building, and all witnesses to the affray which followed substantially agree that Corbin made the attack, firing first and last, sending one ball into Harris's brain and another into his breast. Harris fell and expired on the spot, within a very few moments. Corbin's revolver was found upon his person, with all five cham bers empty, while Harris's had but one empty chamber. Corbin was not scratched. The witnesses, with one exception, claim that Harris only acted on the defensive, and this one was closeted for an hour with Corbin's attorneys prior to giving his peculiar testimony before the coroner's jury. When Harris fell, and was fast dying upon the street, friends rushed to his as sistance, while Corbin entered his store and came out a,iain, making a lame excuse for bis terrible deed. He was immediately arrested and placed in jail , for bis personal safety as well as in compliance with the mandates of the law, for personally, Harris had five friends to his one. He refused to go before the coroner a jury and testify or make a statement in his own behalf. Habeas corpus proceedings were praved for before Judge Smith, in Decatur, and the case granted a hcr.ring, but the. court refused the appeal for Corh.u's admission to bail. He was a soldier in the Mexican war and has had a peculiar domestic history, having been divorced from his first wife, only to marry her again, and live with her until her death. Later, he married a widow who had been a bride on three former occasions, two of her husbands having died, and their domestic relations have cot been of the most pleasant nature. It is current rumor here that, a short time previous to the killing of Harris, Corbin's wife consulted a lawyer with a view to instituting proceedings for divorce, on the ground, of alleged .unlaw; ful conduct of her liege lord with certai;? disreputable characters, the facts of which had reached her ears through Harris and the everready mutual friends. It is also alleged that other prominent men of the city who sustained secret relations with disreputables in connection with the accused were fearful that Harris might tell publicly what he might know of their escapades, and these urged Corbin to bluff Harris by threats, in the hope that if it did not do him any food it might cause Harris to keep silent in regard to themselves, to which he had an equal chance of being an eye-witness, and, if made public, would create a great disturbance in their domestic atmosphere. Corbin is quoted as saying, since his incarceration, that "had it not been for his fool f riecds he would cot have fela sufficiently angered to do as he did." In the habeas corpus proceedings a witness testified to having heard Harris make threats against Corbin's life. It has later transpired that this witness did not arrive in Sullivan until the morning following the murder, and that he received his first news of it from the citizens he met eoming from the depot to the square. He had been continuously absent for four months, and bad no knowledge of the trouble which had arisen between the slayer and the slain. The evidence is strong against the defendant, and the public sympathy is with the widow of the murdered man and her three small children. At the past term of court the grand jury returned an indictment for murder against Corbin. His attorneys are ex-Judge Thornton, of Shelbyville, Hon. John R. Eden and J. B Titus. The State is represented by State's Attorney S. M. Snyder, his assistant, Eden Jennings, who will be supported in the trial bv Hon. H. J. Hamlin, of Shelbyville, III. It will be a very interesting trial, and will be hotly contested at every legal point LABOR INTERESTS. Powderly's Warning to the Men Who Propose to Secede from the Knights. New York, Dec. 2. The Journal of United Labor, of Philadelphia, contains a second letter from Mr Powderly on the "Works of Knighthood." In the course of its three columns he says: "From an organization numbering less than ten thousand members when the first General Assembly was held, wo have seen the Knights of Labor grow until over seven hundred thousand men and women claimed membership at one time. While that vast industrial army was being gathered together, while the seed was being sown, men who were pioneers were making sacrifices that the order might live in history as a power for good. Men, good and true, were blaok-maiied and discharged. They never murmured. They were not working for self cor the present; they were working for posterity and the future. When I hear men talk of seceding from the organization, with the threat of starting an improved order, I faney that they know but little of the trials, the dangers and the odds against which they will have to contend, and I feel that the amount of energy necessary to build up a new order, if properly applied to the old one, would make it invincible. It is true that in the old organization all who aspire cancot be officers, all who pull wires cannot succeed in getting positions, but it is equally true that if they secede, and if they succeed in building up a new order, they only make it possible for other man io pull wires and aspire to the places which they continually hope to secure for themselves. If in the new order they succeed better than in the old one, and secure offices, they do so only to find at their elbows men who, like themselves, will stop at nothing mean or low to compass their ends." Imported Miners for Pennsylvania. Cakbondale, Pa., Dec 2. The latest news of the Lehigh strike received here is that 2.000 Belgian miners have been employed in the old country to come to this country for the purpose of working the mines of Eckley B. Coxa If the Bel guns come there will be bloodshed in the Lehigh region, for the men there feel that they might as weli die fighting as starve to death on the wayside in midwinter, and if they are driven out of the Lehigh field they will be discriminated against and black-listed by every boss in the anthracite valley of Pennsylvania, and they will not be able to find work anywhere. The Milwaukee Maltsters. Milwaukee, Dec 2. The maltsters strike is practically at an end, the local union having given permission to the men to get work whereever they can find it. For Coughs and Throat Disorders Use Brown's Bronchial Troches. "Have never changed my mind respecting them, except I think better of that which I began thinking well of." Rev. Henry Ward Beecher. Sold only in boxes.

INDIANA AND ILLINOIS NEWS

Man Fatally Hart and $20,000 Worth of Property Burned by a Gas Explosion. Sadden Death in Sbelbj Connty Complica tions Over the Lawrence Connty (111.) Conrt-IIouse Reach a Climax Gleanings. INDIANA. One Man Fatally Hurt and Much Property Destroyed hy a Gas Explosion. Special to the Indianapoliv Journal. Farmland, Dec 2. There was an explosion of natural gasin the bank building just ereeted by Clayton & Wright, at this place, about 6 o'clock to-night. Samuel Wright and George Retter entered the rear room, which was being fitted up by Retter for a restaurant, in which it was intended to use natural gas. They struck a match to light the lamps, when there was a ter rific explosion, followed in a moment by a sec ond. The building, a fine two-story brick, was blown to atoms. Wright and Retter were buried in the debris. Wright and Retter were with dif ficulty rescued. Wright is undoubtedly fatally injured and Retter seriously. The loss of prop erty is about $20,000 An Insane Woman's Freak. Jpeclal to the Indianapolis Journal. Crawfordsvil.Ii'e, Dec 2. Mrs. Cyrus Jenk ins, who lives near Shannondale, became insane last spring over the loss of her only child. She, however, has been kept at home, all the time being closely watched. Last eight she escaped from her room, and took to the woods. Her husband gave the alarm, and the neighbors turced out and searched for her with lanterns and torches. The night was cold, dark and rainy. About 4 o'clock this morning she was found in the pasture of A. H. Bowers, who lives near Darlington, by Frank Smith. She was ly ing upon the ground, unconscious and almost dead from exposure to the elements. She was taken to her home, where her life is despaired of. She had traveled about two miles in the woods, and her wet clothes were almost frozen to her body. New City 1111 for Ylncennes. Special to the Indianapolis Journal ViNCKNNES, Dec 2. The magnificent new City Hall was formally accepted by the City Council last eight. Architect Walters, cf Lou isville, stated before the Council that the work was done strictly in accordance with the specifications as drawn by him. The contractors were Charles Pearoe & Co., of Indianapolis. The total cost, including furniture, fencing, gas, sewerage, etc, is $57,511.02. Formal dedication exercises will be held Dec 22. Sndden Death. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Shelbyville, Dec 2. John Stewart, who wa3 taken to the poor farm last Tuesday from Sugar Creek township, dropped dead about 3:20 this morning. He was jest returning from the coal-house when death overtook him. It is said that at one time he had $3,000, which he loaned to a relative in Ohio, and never got it back. He was fifty-four years old. Minor Notes. F. C Williams left Franklin yesterday for Washington City, where he has been provided for in the Government Printing Office. The jury in the case ofjlluntington County vs. Beaver, after twenty hours' deliberation, were unable to agree, dividing on party lines. The case will be tried again. John Christie, a young unmarried man, working on the farm of Mr. T. A. Peden. two miles west of Spencer, had the first three fingers of bis right hand cut off, on Thursday, in a large cutting-box. At Franklin the jury in the case of the State vs. ttenj. Shadley, charged with rape upon the person of Miss Flora Williams, atier leing out for five hours, brought in a verdict of five years in the State's prison. The commissioners of Scott county have been arrested, charged with a violation of the statutes in that they employed Hon. Charles L. Jewett as an attorney to attend to legal bus ness that the law requires the prosecuting attoicey to look after. H. C Dickerson, a Republican member of the Legislature from Vigo county, died on Thursday. Dickerson gained considerable publicity last winter by taking the seat of Meagher, Democrat, in tho House, thus bringing about a tie on joint ballot, leading to the dead-lock in the election of a successor to Senator Harrison. Miss Alice Reed, daughter of ex-Commissioner A. J. Reed, of Clark county, recently returned from her home in Ness county, Kansas, where she went a few years since and pre-empted a farm of 160 acres. Since then she has continued to reside in an adobe house on the land without any companion, except her pony. She says that she has never had any occasion to be afraid of anything, and has always received the kindest of treatment. John Boal and William May, two young men of Lafayette township, Madison county, accompanied two young ladies home from church on Wednesday night. They agreed to meet at an appointed place at an appointed time. May was there first, and, after waiting a few minutes, Beal came running. Each lighted a cigar, and, after speaking a few words, Beal dropped d9a d in his tracts. Coroner Hunt is investigating the matter. The Complications Over the Lawrence County Court-House Reach a. Climax. Special to the Indiaaasolis Journal. Vincennes, Ind., Dec 2. The trouble in regard to the Lawrence county, Illinois, courthouse, seems to have reached a climax. The supervisors met yesterday and, by resolution enjoined the county clerk fora drawing orders in favor of Bippus & Kanzaler, the contractors, for work already done. J. W. Gaddis, an ar chitect of this city, also has a claim of $1.2-17, which they refuse to pay. The petition of the contractors for extension of time in which to complete the work, from Dec 1, was denied, and the board resolved to take no further steps in the suit pertaining to the settlement of the court-house difficulty, which was remanded back from the Supreme Court for retrial. A petition is being circulated praying for the removal of the seat of justice to Bridgeport, ten miles west Should the necessary two-fifths of the voters' signatures be secured, a vote on the question will be taken at the next general election iu 1833. The' right to issue bonds must be also voted on at the general election following, or in 1S90. Thus, at "least three years must elapse before the building can even be begun. As the old court-house was torn down when the contract for a new one was let, the people of Lawrence county now hold court in a church. Brief Mention. J. M. Rusell, contractor at Elgin, assigned on Thursday, with liabilities placed at $1,200. Senator Martin B. Thomasson was buried from his late home at Urbana, Thursday. The funeral was attended by a very large number of the friends of the deceased. George W. Baker, a farmer in Hickory township, near Charleston, cut his throat with a razor, on Wednesday night. Surgical skill, however, will probably save his life. Insanity was probably the cause. Mrs. Ben Anderson, the young wife of a well-to-do far-ner, residing at Dixon Springs, committed suicide by cutting her throat with a razor. The couple, although but recently married, had several disagreements, and the woman, being of a sensitive nature, could not endure her unhappy life. At Wapello, De Witt county, on Thursday, Dr, Williams, a veterinary surgeon, of Bloomington, and Messrs. Pearson and Johnston, of the State Live-stock Commission, condemned live mares affected with the new disease, maladie dn coit. The mares were shot. The doctor states that the disease is not spreading, and that all existing cases are strictly quarantined. A Kan-Partisan View of the School Question. Central Christian Advocate. There is also a continual effort on the part of ambitious superintendents and educational specialists to divert the public school from its proper work. The public school is for the eda cation of tho children of the people, and especially for the children of the poorer classes who would otherwise grow up in ignorance. In the majority of eases these children have to begin to earn their own living at an early age. They need therefore to be confined to and thoroughly taught only the fundamental branches of an English education. They are quite well equipped for life if at the age of twelve or fourteen they have learned to read and write and to have made fair progress in arithmetic Those who remain a vear or two longer

may profitably add grammar. Pcpils of this class do not need instruction in botany or other of the natural sciences, and in modern and ancient languages. And there is need of reform in the higher grades. The aim of so many school superintendents to make the public schools preparatory departments for the colleges is a mistaken policy. Nor can it be doubted that teaching methods have become whimsical; and the schools of to-day fail of as good results as those of forty years ago.

IIAJiXAN'S DEFEAT. Cost of the Dispatch Announcing the Result and the Route It Came. Philadelphia Press. The dispatch from New South Wales announcing the victory in the sculling match there of Mr. Beach came over 12.000 miles and cost $2.47 a word to send. It passed through several cholera-infected districts without being quaran tined, and after being Tel aid, or given a fresh start, half a dozen times, arrived in Philadel phia a few minutes after it had been sent. The dispatch originated at Sidney, then it went to Adelaide, from there struck north. directly across Australia to Port Darwin, there it divided into the oeean and took in Singapore, Penang, Madras and Bombay, passing through telegraph stations run by operators of every degree of black and shade of yellow, many of whom do not know who Beach is. In some places the wires are strung on palm trees, then again they go through sandy deserts and under the feet of caravans. Some of the people among whom the message passed were baking in a sun as hot as Philadelphia's hottest August, and others were shivering in November ulsters. The news did cot stoD to spread itself among the worshipers of Buddha, over whose temples it passed, but dashed north ward to the more hardy and athletic believers in Christ. From Bombay the electric fluid went to Aden. through the Red sea, skirted the Suez canal to Port Said, back to Alexandria, through the Mediterranean to Bona, in Algeria, by cable to .Marseilles and then on to London. Its route thereafter became more commonplace, for an everr-dav-sub-Atlantic cable brought it to the United States. l'oune Heiress Restored to Safe Hands. Chicago, Dec. 2. Pretty fifteen-year-old Minnie O'Neill, who was abducted from - her mother m this city when a. little child seven years old, and has been missing ever since, was brought back triumphantly by the mother and placed in sate hands here to-day. lhe girl is an heiress, it is said, being the great granddaughter of Sir Anthony Dean, who was knighted by Queen Victoria for services as an engineer in raising the wreck of the Royal George. According to the mother's story, Minnie was abducted bv the child's grandmother, who lives in Brooklyn, and was given in charge of a relative named Mrs. McGann. at Hannibal, Mo., with the information that the little one was an orphan. As a result ot the abduction, JUiimie has never re ceived her share of Sir Anthony's fortune. though the Brooklyn heirs have long since been provided for. Mutual Killing. Philadelphia, Dec. 2. A quarrel took place this evening in an Italian tenement-house on South Seventh street, in which Mary Shields, thirty years old, was stabbed through the heart by her Italian paramour. Roasano Pedano, after she had stabbed him in the back with the same weapon. Pedano made his wav to the Pennsylvania Hospital, where his wound was pronounced fatal, the knife having evidently penetrated to the viscera. Eighteen inmates of the house were arrested, but it is not believed any of them were connected with the affair. Pedano himself gives about the same version of the affair. They were in their own apartment. where the body of the dead woman was subsequently found. Rig Freight War In Prospect. Chicago, Dec 2. A conference was held to day between the head officials of the Chicago, Burlington & Ouincy and the receiver of the Wabash, at which it was determined to put the reduced Illinois freight tariffs in force Dec 20, giving interested lines five days' notice. No attention, it was decided, would be paid to the threats of the Chicago & Alton, which has given notice of intended reductions of 30 per cent, in rates to the Missouri and intermediate points in Missouri. The Alton is getting ready its tariffs to put them in force on the same day the Burlington and the Wabash make their cut. Steamship News. New York, Dec 2. Arrived: City of Richwen ; Ems, from Bremen. Plymouth, Dec. 2. Arrived: Vaterland, from New York for Antwerp. , Philadelphia. Dec 2. Arrived: Hibernian. from Glasgow. Gla gow, Dsc 2. Arrived: Siberian, from Boston. Regulating Lazy Son. New Tort Commercial Advertiser. According to the terms of Horatio G. Onderdonk's will, his executors, or at least one of them, will have to get np earlv every day m the week except Sunday. One of the conditions by which a son of Mr. Ordendonk inherits a fortune is that he has his breakfast before 9 o'clock every morning except Sunday, and that he does not go fishing or hunting on that day. The ex ecutors will probably take turns watcmng mm. Never Had Seen There. New YotX gun. Brown Where have you heen lately, Robin son ? I haven't seen you for two months. Robinson (carelessly) Oh, off on a little trip -London and Paris and that sort of thing, you know. Paris is a fine place, Brown. Have you ever been there ? Brown No : I've been in Louisville and Lex ington and Paducah, but I never wag in Paris. Jumping -Dog Kills Two Men and Himself. Pierre. D. T., Dec. 2. Jumping-dog, the Indian who fired the Cheyenne agency, a few days ago. was captured last night. This morning he attacked his guards, and stabbed two of them to death with a pair of shears, and then committed suicide. . Broad wagon-tires are best at this season, as they Bave labor and permit of greater speed in hauling. The First Symptoms Of all Lung diseases are much the same : feverishness, loss of appetite, sore throat, pains in the chest and back, headache, etc. In a few days you may "be well, or, on the other hand, you may be down with Pneumonia or "galloping Consumption." Run no risks, but begin immediately to take Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. Several years ago, James Birchard, of Darien, Conn., -was severely ill. The doctors said he was in Consumption, and that they could do nothing for him, but advised him, as a last resort, to try Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. After taking this medicine, two or three months, he was pronounced a well man. His health remains good to the present day. J. S. Bradley, Maiden, Mass., writes : " Three winters ago I took a severe cold, which rapidly developed into Bronchitis and Consumption. I was so weak that I could not sit up, was much emaciated, and coughed incessantly. I consulted several doctors, but they were powerless, and all agreed that I was in Consumption. At last, a friend brought me a bottle of Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. From the first dose, I found relief. Two bottles cured me, and my health has since been perfect." Ayer's Cherry Pectoral, PREPARED BY Dr. J. C. Ayer St Co., Lowell, Mass. Sold by all Druggists. Price $ 1 ; six bottles, $5. Preserve Your Health. SMITH'S PATENT PERFORATED CHAMOIS UNDER GARMENTS afford, to persons susceptible to cold the best protection against FN E UMON IA. RHEUM ATISM. and all LUNG DISEASES. Recommended for Ladies and Gentlemen by the Medical Faculty. Send for highly illustrated circular. CANFIELD RUBBER CO., Successors to D. C. II AUL& CO., Sole Manufacturers, 7 Mercer Street, New York.

DRAWING TO A CLOSE, The Visit of Dr. Barker, the Ocu list and Aurist.

Now that the -visit of Dr. Biirker, the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat specialist, is so rapidly draw, ing to a close, those needing his services shoul4 avail themselves of his skill before he leaves, as his success is not only beyond question bul his fees are so reasonable that none need re main away on account of pay. This is the BEST SEASON FOR TREATMENT. No other time in the year is more propitious foi overcoming disease than the present. With hit new, rational and exact methods, one visit is ii most cases all that is necessary: after th patient is examined and furnished with remediei and appliances, the treatment can be carriei on at home just as successfully as if by a pr fessional hand, which reduces the expense to a nominal sum, ranging from $10 to $13. Tho6 needing ARTIFICIAL ETES will never meet with an opportunity like this, Instead of having a stock of a dozen or two, ai is usually kept by those who pretend to adjusl them, to select from, Dr. Barker has thousand! of them, of new composition and design, everj variety in size, shape, shade and color, inserted without cutting or pain, and having not onlj the appearance but the movements of tho natural organ. If you are using or eontempUfe ng the use of SPECTACLES apply to him and you will get an examination prescription, optician's work and glasses, for les than oculists usually charge for an examination alone, besides the advantage there is in havinf the services of one thoroughly competent hav m g had eighteen years: experience and spenl thousands of dollars in preparing for thii special line of practice. The statement thai 'more eyes are lost from the wrong or non use of glasses than all other causes" is but poorly appreciated, yet abundantly proven by everj opthalmic author and eye institution in the land. Parents and guardians having children who show signs of defective vision should bear io 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 method of treatment ii sure and almost painless, requires but a minute, attended with no detention or confinemenl after treatment, and his fees are within the reach of all; the sooner they are cured the bet" ter. It not only removes a great deformity bul saves the sight and will be permanent. The D octor will positively remain OM.Y TO THE 23d OF DECEMBER when he will leave for his home office in Cinch natL He will carry with him the benedictionj of a multitude of grateful patients from Indian apolis and vicinity. All will agree that his visif has been of profit to the public generally, as he has not only cured the afflicted but his published statements for the protection and preservation of those delicate organs of which he is so famous in treatment will long be appreciated. He has proven himself a master in his calline, a devotee to his profession, and 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 Office : 15, 17 and 19 MARTINDALE BLOCK, (Entrance 5 liN. Pean. St, S. of P. 0.) CONSULTATION FREE. SALARY AND COMMISSION To competent business men. accepting xeluiT eit agencies for sale of our National Automatic GasSavind Govern ors. Required by all gas consumer!. Save 33 Per Cent, in Gas Biils. They equalize th pressure at meter. Secure a steady and increased illumination, insuring perfect combustion of th cases, and a pure and healthful atmosphere. Prevent the disagreeable whistling:. Mowing and smoking of burners, remedying frequent danger from fire, and expense of broken giols. Over 8.000 in serriee. Indorsed by highest Mercantile. Corporate and Ex pert Authorities. Agents clearing $500 per months Address THE UNION NATIONAL GAS-SAVING CO., 744 Broadway. New York. BRIDGE RODS, TRUSS RODS, Bolts, Stirrnps, Plates, Washers And CONSTRUCTION WORK STEEL PDLLEY AND MACHINE WORKS (Successors to Machine and Bolt Works), 79 to 85 South PeunsyWania St.. INDIAXAPOljIS. The Castle Eogine, The Acme of Simplicity. The cheapest audi: most convenient En gin in the world. No valves, steam chest or eccentric. Only eight moving pieces. This is & Piston Engine that requires no paekinc less, elf - lubricating. ,and takes up its own lost motion while run-4 nine. High-test Steel Boilers; suitable for natural gas;, sizes, 2 to 10 H. P. All Engines guaranteed. Addreec W. LUTZ, SenJ for Catalouge. 22 South Illinois St. GR-jSTD HO TELi INDIANAFOLIS, IKD. Passenger elevator and all modern conveniences, leading Hotel of the city, and strictly firstslass,. ! Kates, $2.50, $3 and $3.50 per day, the latter prio( including bath. UiSO. V. PIMOSl. Proprietor. ,

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