Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 February 1888 — Page 3

THE INDIANAPOLIS JODBNAL. WEDNESDAY; FEBRUARY 1, 18S8

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PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS

The Senate Devotes the Day to Talking About the Inefficient Postal Service, , And Varloaa Causes Are Assigned &3 Bainj Eesponsible for Delajr in Delivery of Mail Routine Business in tha House. Washington', Jan. 31. Among the bills reported from committees nd placed on the calen- ' iar were the following: To provide for warehousing frnit brandy, and ' for th construction of a bridge acroi3 tbe St. Croix river. Among the bill introduced and referred - were the following. By Mr. Stewart To establish a United States land court and to provide for the settlement of . private land claims. Also, to enforce restriction on Chinese immigration. '." By Air. Mitchell: To permit miners and mining companies to prospect and develop riining . portions on any Indian reservation on certain terms and conditions. - Mr. Dawes offered a resolution, which was adopted, calling on the Secretary of the Interior - for information as to the sale of the lands of the Omaha reservation. Mr. Riddleberger offered a resolution that the treaty between this government and that of Great Britain, now before the Senate in executive session, be considered in open session, and asked for its immediate consideration. Mr. Edmunds objected, and it was laid over tinder the rule. Mr. Mitchell offered a resolution, which was adopted, instructing the committee on commerce to consider the advisability of inserting a provision in the river and harbor bill requiring all work to be done by contract. The resointions offered yesterday by Mr. Plumb, instructing the postoffice committee to make thorough inquiry into the cause of inefficient mail service, especially in the West and Booth, was taken up for consideration. Mr. Manderson said that be felt a sense of personal gratitude to the Senator from Kansas, who introduced the resolution, and be hoped that the investigation would be thorough. Those who lived in the advancing States of the West had suffered very greatly from inefficient postal arrangements for the last conple or years, Mr. Stewart said that similar complaints as to inefficiency in the postal service were made in. Nevada. The mail service there had been cut down and expenses reduced so that the service was wholly inadequate. He had re ceived a large number of letters on tbe subject. Mr. Saulsbury said that he did not know any thing about the postal arrangements in tbe Western States, or whether the complaints from there were well-founded or not. He had no ob jection to the proposed investigation; but he thought it unfair to executive officers to have placed on toe records oi tne senate newspaper seraps and private letters renoctmg on them ' He was pleased, yesterday, to bear tbe Senator ' from Kansas charge the Postoffice Department 'with being too economical, because be reeol lected the grave charges of "Star Route" frauds and other defalcations preferred against that department under a former administration. He was pleased that no charge of that kind had been made -against the present postoffice ad . ministration. Mr. Morgan expressed his . satisfaction that the resolution had been offered, because be thought that the postoffice committee needed the administration of a stimulant. Mr. Teller expressed the opinion that the complaints of inefficient mail service grew ! largely out of causes beyond the power of the officials of the government. The fault was largely in the inadequacy of the appropriations made for the PostoQice Department, although some reason for it might be found in the numer ous removals of skilled and competent men and the substitution of new and unskilled men. Mr. Beck said that tbe matter was not so simple as Senators seemed to think. It involved classification and other tbines. Railroads were being built with such rapidity, displacing starroute lines, and so much time had to elapse be fore contracts could be made, that great embar rassment waa caused. He wished the postoffice committee to consider, also, whether some ar rangement might not be made by which postal clerks would serve on the great mail steamships coming to New York, so that there would be no such delay as there was at present in forwarding letters to their 'destination. He admitted that Congress had not done its duty in furnishing the Postoffice Department with the neces sary appropriations. Mr. Chace a member of the postoffice com mittee suggested that tne discussion seemed "a little previous," The difficulty complained of. he thought, arose from two source?. One (and probably the greatest) cause was '.he fact that the department had attempted clerical force too rapidly. In the short space of two and one-half years, ninety per cent, of the whole force of the postoffice department of the country had been changed. He admitted that there had been less changes among the railway postal clerks than in any other branch of the nervice; but it was also true that in no otbr branch had there been so little difficulty. He commented on the very defective postal service in Philadelphia, and said that the clerical force of that postoffice had been entirely chanced, the new men being selected, not with reference to their qualifications, but with reference to their political services, and he referred to the recent presence in Harris burg of postoffice officials as "heelers and strikers 'to control the Mate committee in tbe interest of the administration. Mr. Reagan favored the resolution. If there were any inefficiency in the postal service which was inexcusable, that fact should be developed; and if not, the action of the Postoffico ; Department should be -vindicated. As to the charge of numerous changes in the personnel of tbe Department, his understanding was that there had been fewer changes under this administration than there had been nnder any previous administration, even when there was no change of party. The resolution went over till to-morrow without aetion, and the Blair bill waa laid aside informally to permit motions to be made to take bills from the calendar and pass them. The following bills were so taken up and passed: To authorize Dalles City to construct a bridge across the Columoia river in Washington and Oregon; to grant the right of way through the pnblio lands for irrigation purposes; to punish robbery, burglary and larceny in the Indian Territory; to relinquish . the interest of the United States in certain lands in Kansas; for tho purchase of a site and erection of a public build I . Tw-r i 11 i t mg at Omaha, Neb., the maximum limit beiug tl, 200,000; a joint resolution proposing an amendment to tbe Constitution. It provides that the term of office of the President and of the Fiftieth Congress shall continue until the 30th day of April, 1S89, at noon; that tbe Senators whose existing terms would otherwise expire on tbe 4th day of March, 18S9, (and thereafter) shall continue in office until April 30 sue ceeding such expiration; that the 30tb of April, at noon, shall thereafter be substituted for the 4th of March as tbe commencement and termination of the official term of President, Vicepresident, Senators and Representatives in Congress, and that the Twelfth Article of the amendments to the Constitution shall be amended by striking out tbe words "Fourth day of March," and substituting the words ''Thirtieth day of April, at noon. "J Mr. Kenna gave notice that he would, next Thursday, submit observations ou the President's message and on Mr. Sherman's reply thereto. . The Senate then took up the Blair educational till, and was addressed by Mr. Evarts in its favor. The people of this country, he said, had made np their minds that there should be no Ignorance where it was in thepower of the state, and within proper limits of the United States to prevent. If education was not to dissipate the flark clouds of ignorance that existed in the South the clouds would grow darker and lower. If ignorance could not be lifted from the low level where it now rested it would not stay there, bnt would go lower and lower, and would become brutal, savage and hostile. Mr. Pugh took the floor and said he would withhold his remarks on the bill till to morrow. After an executive session the Senate adjourned. Proceedings of the House. Washington. Jan. 31. On motion of Mr. Bland, of Missouri, a' bill was passed authorizing the construction of a bridge across the Missouri river at Jefferson, Mo. Mr. Oates, of Alabama, from the committee on tbe judiciary, reported a bill to regulate the Jurisdiction of tbe United States District courts iu Alabama. Placed on the House calendar. Mr. Dingley, of Maine, from the comniittce on banking and currency, reported a bill authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to invest tbe lawful money deposited iu the Treasury in trust by national banking associations fur the retirement ot their 'circulating notes. Placed en tbe Houne calendar. Mr. Clardv, of Missouri, from 'the committee on commerce, reported back tbe Reading strike resolution, with a substitute requesting the

Interstate Commerce Commission to investigate the matter. It waa made a special order for tomorrow. . Mr. Dockery, of Missouri, from the committee on postoffices and post roads, reported a bill requiring the land-grant railroads to construct and operate independent telegraph lines. Placed on the Honse calendar. Mr. Blount, of Georgia, from the same committee, reported adversely a bill to reirulate the rates of postage on eeeond-class matter at lettercarrier offices. Placed on the Honse calendar. Mr. Perkins, of Kansas, from the committee on Indian affairs, reported a bill for the sale of the Black Bob Indian lands in Johnson county, Kansas. Placed on the House calendar. Mr. Merrill, of Kansas, from the committee on invalid pensions, reported a bill granting a pension to the widow of General Logan. Placed on the private calendar. Also, a Senate bill increasing the pension of the widow of General Blair. Placed on the private calendar. In the morning hour, Mr. Dibble, of South Carolina, under instructions from the committee on public buildings and grounds, called tip a resolution assigning Tuesday, Feb. 21, and from day to day thereafter, until further orders, for consideration of measures reported from that committee. On motion of Mr. Mills, of Texas, a substitute was adopted assigning Feb. 21, 22, 23, 25 and 28 for consideration of public building bills, provided that on each of these days the House shall adjourn at 5 o'clock; that the Speaker shall entertain no dilatory motions, and that debate on each bill aball be limited to half an hour. Mr. Reed, of Maine, said that be was glad to see that the Democratic party was ready to change the rules in a manner which it bad so violently denounced some years ago, when the Republican party had changed the rules in order to facilitate consideration of election cases. Bills were passed for the erection, at a cost of $100,000 each, of pnblio buildings at Asheville, N. C., Springfield, Mo., and Monroe, La. When the Asheville bill waa nnder consideration. Mr. Randall, of Pennsylvania, inquired whether that was not tbe measure vetoed by the President during tbe last Congress. Mr. Johnston, of North Carolina, (sottovoce. ) Don't say anything about that. Mr. Randall Well, I withdraw the remark. Mr. Johnston said that tbe President had recently visited Asheville, and had no doubt changed his opinion as to the needs of that city. A bill was passed for tbe erection of a public building at Portsmouth, O., at a cost of 960,000.

31r. Brumm, of Pennsylvania, presented the memorial of a committee representing 82,000 workingmen, asking an investigation of the Reading strike. It was ordered printed in the Record. On motion of Mr. Anderson, of Kansas, the resolution submitted by the committee on commerce, this morning, touching the investigation of tbe Reading strike, was made a special order for to-morrow, after the expiration of the consideration morning hour. On motion of Mr. Wilkins, of Ohio, consideration of the banking bill was postponed for two weeks. Mr. O'Neill, of Missouri, introduced a bill to prohibit enlisted men from being engaged in any employment where they come into competition with civilians: also, providing that the civilized Indians shall designate the traders, contracts made with whom shall be enforceable in the United States courts. Referred. The House then adjourned. TIIEY FAINTED AN1 GROANED. A Remarkable Religious Revival In a Little Indiana Town. Cincinnati Special to New York World. The little town of Westport, just over the Indiana line, and tbe adjacent county, particularly that in the immediate vicinity of Wesley Chapel, a small Methodist ehnreb, three miles from the village, is the scene of remarkable religious awakenings, full of almost miraculous incidents, attracting people nightly from a score of milea about. Westport and its vicinity has generally been considered a rather turbulent section of Indiana, though it really deserved no such reputation. A gang of lawless fellows, few in number but bold and unusually vicious, was the sole cause of the bad name, most of the people being intelligent and law-abiding. A few weeks ago the pastor of the church, Rev. John Porter, began a series of meetings designed to revive the drooping church, whose membership consisted largely of women. The meeting had hardly be gun wnen one of the leaamg lady members was found to have fallen from grace. The pastor was sore distressed, and felt it was almost use less to continue the meeting. After spending tbe greater rart of the day in prayer be went to tbe church greatly depressed. In bis pulpit be was seized with an inspiration, and without preliminary service began to preach the funeral sermon of the neighborhood. It was a scathing address that cut to tbe quick. Be fore it was half over women were falling in faints and men groaned as if in agony. At the close of the sermon tbe altar was crowded, and the meeting lasted until broad daylight. Some of the people were carried home in a semi conscious state. That night tbe church was crowded, and the scenes of the night before were repeated with greater intensity. By the next n;ght all the county was aroused, and crowds of people nocked to the cnaDel. The excitement continued, and it was not uncommon for women to go into trances which lasted for days. Among those who went through curiosity one night was a man named Carter, a Westport sa loon-keeper, known as the wickedest man in the county. With him was his seven-year-old daughter Tilly. In tbe midst of the services the little girl sprang to her feet and in marvelous language spoke for twenty minutes. It is not known that she was ever before in a church. The people were astounded and the father shocked. But beforeshe was through he was ou his knees praying at tbe top of bis voice. Before the night was over he professed conversion, and with a large part of the congregation went to Westport, when with songs and shouts, the liquor was poured in the streets. Ever since Carter and his daughter have attended services, singing ana speaking, tne little one every night. One young lady has been iu a trance for a week, waking only a few minutes at a time. She has taken no nourishment whatever. Strong men fall senseless in the road and about their business. The church will not hold half the people who crowd to it. and up to date over three hundred persons have professed conver sion, '"l be baby preacher," as Tilly Carter is called, is in great demand. IAXGLED LIVES AMD FORTUNES. An Ugly Mess Drought Out IJy a Suit Filed at Memphis. Memphis Special to Louisville Courier-Journal. Rose Elizabeth, a comely mulatto woman. thirty-eight years of age, who was married in April last to Patrolman Burrill Randolph, of this city, is the heroine of a sensation which was caused to-day by the filing of a bill by Randolph and bis wire against A. (J. .Brewer and his wife. and Thomas D. Coffee and his wife and children, to recover possession of a large amount of valuable property which was devised to Rose Randolph by the late Matthew J. Coxe, a man of wealth and influence, residing in the vicinity of Holly Springs, Miss. The bill relatefs that when Rose was seven years of age, she and her mother were purchased by Coxe, and remained his slaves until the close of tbe war, when Rose was twelve years old. coxe, w no was unmar ried, took her for his wife, and she was so recognized by him. She bore him seven children, and remained true to mm until His death, two years ago. All of their children are dead, one of them having lived almost to womanhood. In 1SS0 Coxe removed from Mississippi to Mem phis, purchasing a bouse on Linden street. where he continued to live with Rose as his wife. Their life together is said to have been very happy, tbe infatuated planter treating bia companion tenderly, and showing at all times a deep anxiety for her welfare, going so far as to employ teachers wno regularly visited her for some time, their relations being well known to all of Coxe's family. He concluded, in 1S70, that he would make Kose his wire in law, as she has been so long in fact, and in the latter part of the year named, they were married in a room at the Overton Hotel, this city, by a negro preacher named Joseph Ross, who is now dead. There were no witnesses. Fearing that the ceremonv was not valid, they went to the town of Grenada, Miss., one hundred miles South of Memphis, in the summer of 1875, and the marriage ceremony was again nerformed Wm. Price and Oora Harwood being witnesses by A. C McDonald, a minister of the gostel. Tbe marriage was lawful, and Rosa now has the certificate, signed by McDonald. She claims that she was fullv apprised of the contents of bis will before his oeaiu. ano tnat ne frequently expressed a fear that she would be beaten out of the property which he desired that she should exclusivelv en joy. Then follows the particulars of the efforts of lirewer anu otners, wmen were partly successful, to obtain possession of the property. It is altogetner a very ugiy legal and moral tangle. Mr. Cleveland's Lsit Reform. Washington Critic. . . Senator Voorhees accompanied a constituent to tbe Postoffice Department a couple of days ago, and urged nis appointment ior a suoorain ate position. Tbe Postmaster-general received them courteously, and alter neanng tne sena tor's statement, turned to tbe applicant and asked him, "what are your politicsr "I'm a dved-in-the-wool democrat, sir, waa the prompt response of the Hoosier office-seeker. "Well. Senator." remarked tna x'osimastergeneral, "1 think I will have to remove a Re publican and give your friend a place." In sneaking of the incident to some friends Senator Voorhees remarked: 'Postmaster-general Dickinson tis the first Democratic Cabinet officer I've met in this ad ministration."

THE TEUTH OP HISTORY.

Henry Clay and John Tyler Reminiscences and a Refutation of Inaccuracies. John 8. Fry, la Telaware (N. T.) Express. Mr. Ben E. Green, on "John Tyler," in the Century for June, 18S7. page 317, presumes not only to question, but to deny absolutely the reliability of the statements, respectively, of the venerable and distinguished Mr. James O. Harrison on "Henry Clay" in the Century for De cember, ISS6, page IS2, and of the accomplished historians, Messrs. Nicolay and Hav, in tbe Century for January. 1887. page 393. wherein they characterize with deserved seventy Mr. Tyler's unpardonable betrayal of the Whig party, by which he had been elected Vice-president. Mr. Green asserts, with all boldness, that the Whig party had "no platform, and none was intended or implied;" that "the Whigs did not nominate Harrison and Tyler;" that "the Harrisburg convention which nominated these candidates, Dec. 7, 1839, was known at the time to be a joint convention of Whics and Democrats, in which the Democrats accepted Harrison, while the Whigs accepted Tyler;" and that "the case was one of pure political bargain, in which each aide took its chances.'? Now, let ns turn from Mr. Green's fictions they are naught else and deal with the facts in the ease. The Whig party did have a "platform." which was both "intended and implied," aud which embraced (briefly stated) the following orominent measures of publio policy, namely: A national bank; a tariff on foreign imnortation, both for re enne and protection of home productions and industries; a distribution of the proceeds from tbe sales of tbe public lands among the several Slates; a system of internal improvements by the general government, in the interest of the whole country. The Whig party did nominate Harrison and Tyler, and tbe Harrisburg convention which nominated them, in 1839, was not known at the time to be a joint convention of Whigs and Democrats, in which the Democrats accepted Harrison, while the Whigs accepted Tyler; but it was known as a Whig convention from too to bottom, throngh and through- All the delegates, without an exoeption, were sent thereto as Whigs by Whig constituencies, John Tyler being one of the number. He bad sometime before severed his relations with the Democrats and joined tbe Whigs. Moreover, be was an enthusiastic advocate of Henry Clay for the presidency, as against all comers, and this circumstance alone made him a delegate to the convention. Well knowing and glorying in the fact that Mr. Clay was the foremost champion in all the Union of a national bank and the other leading measures of tbe party, he voted seven times in the convention before tbe nomination of Harrison was effected, easting every ballot for the "Great Commoner." Henry Clay! Being thus defeated in this disinterested and all-absorbing ambition of .bis inmost soul, poor Tyler's heart was broken! He wept! Just why he abandoned himself to such extreme sorrow was not quite plain to the dull public at the time: but m the light of subsequent events it became apparent that he then aud there gave up all hope of ever ..witnessing the crea tion of .another United States bank. Had he lived till now, he might see a thousand such banks: but he died in 1862, while a member of the Confederate Congress, and engaged in the congenial endeavor to legislate the national Union and government on t of existence! Let it be repeated here that his professions of su preme devotion to Mr. Clay's political fortunes gave him a seat in the Harrisburg convention. And let it be added as a fact, which none may deny, that his advocacy, and votes, and sobs. and tears in the convention, in the same behalf, gave him the vice-presidential nomination. In a word, through the potentiality of the name and character of Henry Clay and by the act of God in the death of Harrison this man became President of the United States. General Harmon, in tbe course of the presidential campaign of 1840, delivered in Indiana what soon became known throughout the coun try as his "Miami speech," in which, referring to a United states bank, ne said' in substance. that formerly he had entertained some doubt as tons constitutionality, but in view of the almost uninterrupted concurrence of tbe legislative, executive and judicial branches of tbe government in its favor, he regarded the question as settled authoritatively: and if he should be elected President, and the people's representatives in Congress should pass an act to charter such bank, he would feel bound to make it a law by his approval, whifth, without doubt, the heroic old patriot wouldnave done had he lived till the time arrived for action. Before, at the time, and after the election. Tyler professed to be in fulPaccord with Harrison's views and position on the bank question, as set forth in his Miami speech, as well as on all other questions of public policy embraced in the creed of the Whig party. Mr. Green concedes this when he says: "Harrison and Tyler Were agreed as to the state in which affairs were when they were elected." It is known to all who are fairly well informed in relation to tbe memorable canvasa of 1840, that tbe Whig party, tnrougn- its newspaper press, its public speakers, and its multitudinous gatherings of the people, proclaimed, main tained and enforced its doctrines in every town and school district in the United States, while the Democratio party, by precisely the same instrumentalities, antagonized the bank, tariff. distribution, internal improvements, etc. The outcome of the great contest waa an overwhelm ing victory tor the vv hies, Harrison receiving 234 electoral votes, and Van tfuren to. It was in this wise, and after the consummation of this sweeping political revolution, that "tbe Democrats accepted Harrison." The will of the nation, expressed in mandatory terms, and with wonderful unanimity, compelled the Democrats to accept him. But he never accepted them. When inaugurated President on the 4th of March, 1841, he announced as his constitutional advisers, or Cabinet. Daniel Webster, of Massachusetts, Secretary of State; Thomas Ewing, of Ohio, Secretary of the' Treasury; John Bell, of Tennessee, Secretary of War; George K. Badger, of North Carolina, Secretary of the Navy; Francis Granger, of New York, Postmaster-general; John J. Crittenden, of Kentucky, Attorney-general All these were Whigs, as also, wre his other appointees to official stations, both at home and abroad, during his single month's administration of the government. Very soon after his installation in office, the President issued a call to the members of Congress (Twenty -seventh) to convene , at the Capitol, in extra session, on a day named. But, alas! when the summons was responded to by the assembling of Congress, the good Harrison had passed away, and the man whom tbe Whigs then regarded aa "honest John Tyler" was himself President of the United States. He enjoyed the confidence of the Whigs, and the people at large, in a high degree. Did be preserve and retain it, or destroy and forfeit itl Certain it ts, he was bound by every consideration of personal honor and public duty to co-operate with Congress in carrying into effect the great objects Which their common constituency the American people had or dained, in electing them. Congress embarked in the required legislation with promptitude and fidelity to the country, and, in due time, having matured and passed a bill to charter a bank of the United States, presented it to the President for his aetion thereon. He vetoed it. Then Congress, with all painstaking and forbearance, went about it and carried through another bill of like import, and with like result he vetoed it. also! At this late day it would be impossible to convey to tbe puolie mind anything like an adequate impression of the profound sense of disappointment, chagrin, and indignation produced in Congress and everywhere else, by these perfidious acts of bad faith, ingratitude, and above all, disregard of sacred obligations to the Nation, on the part of this man, whom Mr Green affecta to defend and eulogize. The Whig members of Congress, in both houses, issued "A Manifesto" to the country, vigorously denouncing his vicious administration, and signifying that be was no longer entitled to tbe confidence and respect of the people, who elevated him from obscurity to the highest distinction. The members of the Cabinet Harrison's first with the exception of the Secretary of State, Webster resigned their several departments in disgust, to which they gave emphatio public expression. The reason that Mr. Webster did not retire with his colleagues was that Great Britain bad commissioned Lord Aahburton as special envoy to this country, instructed and empowered to negotiate a treaty with our government for the settlement of the boundary line between the United States and Canada, or what was termed "The Northeastern Boundary Question." It bad been long a disturbing element between the two nationalities. The treaty being concluded, through the joint negotiations of Ashburton and Webster, the latter withdrew from further association with Tyler's demoralized administration. He said of it, on reaching Boston: "The administration has no adherents in Congress, nor anywhere else. It has troops of camp-followers, in pursuit of the spoils; but no real friends." That was Daniel Webster's judgment. From the first, Tyler made unprovoked war upon Henry Clay, striking down every friend of his who was so unfortunate as to have been appointed to office by his predecessor. For example (among many jther cases which might be cited), Robert E. : Horner, who bad been appointed postmaster at Princeton, N. J., while Granger was

Postmaster-general, was removed by his successor Wickliffe, a Kentucky Democrat on the ground that. "You are suspected of being at heart a Clay Whig." Clay himself, being the very soul, of u Brightness, was incensed beyond endurance by Tyler's malversation and tergiversation in his lofty place. In writing about him to Mr. Snowden, editor of the Alexandria Gazette PVa.), he concloded with these words: "At the expiration of his term he will go out amid the scoffs, and scorn, and jeera of the American people." In September, 1843, the writer hereof received a lettor from Mr. Clay, containing, with much else, the following pungent exclamation: "What can be more insufferable than for such a miserable, contemptible and faithless being as John Tyler to be playing the tyrant!" Henry Clay, who in his lifetime "wouldrather be right than to be President." died thirty-five years ago, and waa buried in Lexington, Ky., the home of his loved onea and of his heart.

Than to his, higher honors were never paid to mortal man's sepulture. His fame has never required extrinsic aids to insure its perpetua tion and expansion. Its own vitality, derived from the genius Of his life-work, has supplied it with perennial growth, and will continue to do so down "to the latest syllable of recorded time." Nevertheless, statues and busts of Mr. Clay abounded while he lived, notably the statue at Richmond, executed in Italy by the great sculptor. Joel T. Hart, for the ladies of Virginia. Since his death a stately monument of fine finish and classic beauty has been erected over his sacred resting-place by the generous and gallant citizens of his own beloved Ken tucky. . . "Here s to you, Harry Clay, .. Here's to you, my noble sonl!" John Tyler, who in his lifetime would rather be President than to be right, died twenty-five yeare ago. and was buried in Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Va. No stone nor tablet marks the spot where lies the body of the dead President. How vain and futile for any writer, or all the writers together, to attempt to recreate and rehabilitate a character, which has been destroyed by its own possessor, especially when, as in this case, the individual has gone beyond tbe reach of human help! Omnipotence alone may perform such a miracle! LETTERS FROM TH E PEOPLE. At the Toboggan Slide. To the Editor of the Indlananolis Journal: They say that one of onr leading business men, having been presented with a compliment ary ticket to tbe toboggan slide, and being curions to see how the thing' worked, found himself one evening last week on the ground proper. He was at first bewildered and amazed at seeing them shoot along at the rate of a hun dred milea an hour. Several times his courage failed him, but seeing the ladies in great glee start over and over again, he summoned up his resolution and made tbe fearful start and shot like a ray of light down towards terra firm a. A scream broke the silence of the night, which changed into a hearty ' laugh, however, before he reached the straw pile at the far off end of the slide- ;.. . . ' And no one enjoyed the fun the rest of the evening more than our upright and downneht resDectable, hearty and good-natured John, who now says that getting down in the world is not such a bad thing after all, and went home hum ming: . , That if you're yoang, or if you're old, Or if you're warm, or if you'r cold. You'll never know,, as I've been told, When you do go tobogganing. What Jtlust Be Done. To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal. According to the published reports in the newspapers there have been $135,000 paid into the Consumers' Gas Trust $95,000 on the first installment and $40,000 on the second. By these figures it appears that there is a default of 5 per cent, on the first installment and of 20 per cent, on the second. At this rate it is not hard to calculate what will happen in the near future. It is very plain that if the directors of the Trust are : moved by the most ordinary dictates of business sense, they will at once give to the public, for whom they are supposed to be acting, a clear and -detailed statement of the uses to which the money already paid in has been put. and also state officially what is being done, and what is to be done, so as to demonstrate that gas is to be bronght into the city within some reasonable time. It is evident tbat longer silence and longer apparent delay will seriously jeopardize the suceess of the Trust, and that is a calamity tbat ought to be averted. I am a subscriber to the Trust, and have paid my money under the promise tbat gas was to be brought into the city. It has been more than two months since tbe Trust was completed and started to work, and ud to this time the only things tbe pnblio and the subscri bers know are, that $135,000 have been paid in that there are nine wells flowing and more under contract, and "tbat preparations are being made to arrange to contract for pipe." Not a foot of pipe has been bought, not a survey made. Gas by the Trust is yet twenty miles away. This is not business, and the delay is a growing and very serious detriment to the prosperity of the city. Indianapolis wants natural-gas and wants it right off. There have been enough promises. If the Gas Trust assessments are to be "boomed' they must be boomed by Jie official announce ment of what has been .done and is being done with the money already paid in, and what is to be done toward getting gas into the city by wnat more is asked tor. r There has been wind enough, and newspaper clan-trap enough; let us have some solid facts and business. A Subscriber. The "Necessity" of the Consumer' Gas Company'i Calls. To the Editor of tbe Indianapolis Journal: Some people habitually grumble over the ne cessity of paying out money, no matter how just the requirement; hence the mere fact that calls of the Consumers' Gas Company for instalments evoke growls is not surprising. Why these growls having no basis in fact and being simply the indulgence of individual grumpy pi opensi ties should be inflicted on the public, it is difficult to say. The call last made by the company istjnly tbe second one, and already several communications have appeared in your columns inquiring as to its "neeessity." As there are seven more calls to come it is appalling to think what tbe public may have to suffer if the tide is not checked. r The questioning comes substantially in this form I want to know the necessity of paying a second assessment when tbe company. has not expended the money derived from the first, or there is no information to tbat effect. The stock of the Trust company was fixed at $25 per share. In soliciting subscriptions the company might have proposed payment of en tice amount in one sum, either at onoa, or when needed: or part cash and balance in one sum, or divided as needed. It did'nt adopt either of these methods, however. With tlie dBl?e to make the subscription popular one, and to reach that langaportiotvof tbe-commnntty to whom itls more convenient to pay in small sums, it offered the stock on these fisrens of subsoriptioa; turnnty per cent, to be paid on first call, and thereafter, monthly, ten per cent, until tbe full amount was paid. I he terms are so perfeotly plain that misconceDtion seems impossible. It is like explaining that two and two make four to say that the "ne cessity" for tbe call lies in tbe fact that they are made in accordance with the terms on which the stock was placed; tbe "necessity" for payment is that this is what the subscriber contracted to da Whether the company has expeended all, or part, or none of tbe money received whether it expends a dollar before the . entire subscrip ts paid up. or expends more than it receives and has to borrow "has nothing to do with the case" of subscribers paying their installments when due. If a stockholder wants information as to the expenditure, that is a different matter. It wonld seem a fair suggestion that instead of wildly in voking a public, who either don't care or are satisfied, and. in either case, don't know, except to such extent as may be learned from the news papers, the proper plan would be to personally inquire of the officers of the company. Now, I aa, a question. If the "think tank," as Mr. Nye terms it, is of any service, if publie schools accomplish anything nsef oi. why should men intelligent enough to subscribe to stock and judging by the style of their communications to know what they were doing, ask such questions? Tbe difficulty of answering this al most forces the belief that instead of seeking in formation, these correspondents are trying in an underhand and, because underhand, con temptible way to injure the company. Such efforts fail. Another Stockholder. A Moral Question. Hew Fork Son. Does it pay to be good, when a minister gets $2 for marrying a couple and a lawyer gets $200 for enmarrymg them! Frenchmen- can properly be called ''Knights of the table." They are good judges in all its refinements and delicacies. In order to stimulate the appetite and keep tbe digestive organs in good order they give pre eminence to Angost.ura Bitters, When you try them be euro it is the genuine article, manufactured by Dr. J. G. B. 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Tubing, Casing ami Pipe, Cordage, Rig Galvanized and Cast-Iron Fittings. Complete GEORGE TELEPHONE 364. Ask Yo:r Gross? for it. THE SWEETEST AND CHAMBERLAIN IN LOVE. The Fisheries Treaty Delayed Because of a Beautiful Cabinet Girl. Washington Letter in ClUcgo News. Tbe gossips say the reason the negotiations at the fisheries conference are so much delayed is that Mr. Joseph Chamberlain eannot tear himself away from the attractions of the daughter of a member of Mr. Cleveland's Cabinet. It is now nearly three months eince 'the English commissioner came bere with his secretaries and his private secretaries, his stenographer and bis statisticians, his valeta and bis detectives, although it was originally supposed that the work would be over within as many weeks at most. The negotiations are not conducted upon the American plan, but iu a manner that suggests plenty of leisure. Tbe intervals between the meetings are so prolonged that the commissioners are apt to forget what occurred at the last before they gather for the next. About twice a week the party meet in the beautiful diplomatic reception-room at the Department of Stat and discuss tbe questions at issue for a couple of hours. Then they adjourn and engage m social pleasures, which all seem to enjoy. Mr. Chamberlain has been ths social lion of the winter. He has even thrown a shadow over the professional beauties who came bere expecting to make as great a conquest iu Washington this season as they did in London during the last. One of the beauties is tired of the rivalry and sails for Europe early in February. Every night there is a dinner party, or a theater party, or a ball ia honor of Mr. Chamberlain and his colleagues, and their afternoons are spent in making calls and drinking teas with the pretty American belies, who ace q-'itn as attractive to the Englishmen on their native L.eath aa when they appoar cn the othet side of the great water. Bat tbe daughter f tbe f3ecretary of War Is the on who is credited with having captured the heart of Her Majesty's commissioner, and his attentions to her ara very marked. Some say tliat ha has already offered her a distinguished position at the court of St. James. Others claim that tbe proposal has not been made, but will be unless all signs fail, which is probably nearer the trcth. Miss Endicott is not a handsome girl, but is a fine-looking blonde, with charming manners and many accomplishments. The family is haughty and -exclusive, and although she has bad many admirers among the young men about town, none has been brave enough to attempt the devotion that Mr. Chamberlain has paid. Sbeia twenty-oce or twenty-two years old, waa educated at Wellesley, has been abroad a good deal, and has enough of tbe English accent to make her conversation pleasing to the ear of the somrnissioner, although she is a genuine Yankee. , Mr. Chamberlain is said to be forty -eight years, old. but does not look to be more than thirty. He is a double widower, having been twice mar ried. His second wife died nearly five years ago. He is ratber slight of stature, with a boy ish, unshaven face, most agreeable in manners, a fine conversationalist, a good dancer, sua in for a frolic at any time without ever losing his dignity. At the dinner table he appears at his best, and usually entertains bis gentleman friends at tbe Arlington with a handsome spread at least once a week. At bis last dinner there was a vacant seat. The company was detained in the receptionroom for fifteen minutes or so, awaiting the ar rival of a taray guest, when a note cane from the Secretary of War regretting that a sodden indisposition would make it impossible for him to enjoy the dinner for which his acceptance bad several days before been sent. There was a shade of annoyance upon tbe face of Mr. Cham berlain, but it passed away and be led bis guests to the table with bis nsual good bumor. It waa said at the time wiat such an incident would not have been pardoned so readily had not the fath er of tbe ankeecirl been involved. But the Endieotts ara beyond and above being affected by tide and ti ma Tbey are a auperier family, and it was only the week before tbat tbey kept tbe President and Mrs. Cleveland and the rest of tbe Cabinet waiting dinner half an hour or more at the residence of Secretary Fairchild. This would have been considered rudeness in other people, but whatever the Endieotts do is right. By using hot, moderately strong soda-water to clean them, the bristles of hair-brnthes will re main white and stiff lor a long time.

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dMz?lhim this Fhr, MOST NUTRITIOUS. FOR FTfcfC? A F2? PECK'S PATENT IMPROVED CUSHIONED EAR DRUMS rPBcn.Y usroma thb Hi kino ud perform tha work of th natural drum. Invisible, comfortable and always in position. All conversation and even whispers heard distinctly. Send for II lustra tea book with testimonials, FREE. Address or call oa F. H1SCO.X 853 Broadway, New York. Mention this naoer. RAILWAY TME-TABLES. PENNSYLVANIA LINES THE DIRECT AND POrtTIiAB PASSENOKB ROUTES. Xrainsleara and arrive at Indianapolis a follows: fax aA.voLs rn.ourm-KA.it. . Leavefor Pittsburg, New Yori, etc 4:lHn v 4:.vtpra " ' Rionmoa i and Oola nons..ll:()iana :03vr Arrlvefrom N. If., Pitt9b?aal fcUt U:lUrn 10:2.1pm ' Ool mbns, ttichmond. eta tfMfiana 3.5)pna Sleepers to Pittsbur? aai New York without chauz. oatCA.o') Division. Iieavefor Chicago and North west. .....11:15am ll:O0pnt Arrivefrom Chicago aud North wast. 4:00jui 3:3up.a j.. m. a i. a. Leave for Iiouisville and the South. . 4:15am Arrive from Louisville . ana the south iu:am B. -SOUTH. 8:15am 4:00pm 11:'0am 6:45pm 5:50par I0;45pa i. v. a. Leave for Vlncenncs... Arrive from Vinceunes.. .SOUTHWEST. 7:10am 4:1.1pm 4:50pm YAND VLIA LIVE SHOKTEST ROUTS TO St. Tjopis and thb West. Trainsarriveani leire In liripolU n folio": Leavefor.St. Vonii.-. .... ..7:3iam lLMarn ll'ipm iireeaoaatleid Earre Haute Acorn - - , 4: p a Arrivefrorait. Is . .3:4im 4:l5rn 3:j5pm 4:tp a xerretiaatesai jrresaoaitle Accoro .....M....n.lu-.am, Sleeping, rrlor an 1 raoliaiQf-ol tir crs ara run oa througb.tr For r tes aai information ??lr t ticket asreat of ths co npaisr or d. it. Dtzim, AssiatantUenural Pasiengor Aai.it. The Short Line EAST and WEST. The only line with solid trains U Bloomington and Peoria, with throueh cars to princt ; pal Missouri river points, in several hour less timr tian any other line. Also, throngh Sleeping and R elining-chair Cars via Danville to Chicago, makin? at quick time, at lower rates, than any other line. Thf authorized differential route East, with quick tim and throueh tickets to principal Eastern cities, a' considerably less than regular rates. Trains at Indianapolis Union Depot Leave, poing Kast..4:10 am 11:00 am 9 00 pa Leave, going West..7:30 am 12:OOn'n -11:00 pn Arrive, from Kast..7:00 am 11:40 am "10 30 r.n Arrive, from Wesa-3:50 am lO.iO am 8:40 pn Daily. All trains have the finest of Baffet Sleep era and Reclining-chair Cars. For tickets and frill in formation apply at 138 South Illinois st.. the Uaioi Depot, Indianapolis, or to any ajrent on the line. irgLook in local column for special notices of excursions, reduced rates, etc THE RAPID ROUTE roa CINCINNATI Dayton, Toledo, Detroit, tha East l whj: ..i".' j?.; and Sooth. . Only line with nisrht train ior Detroit, l.wu-mue book), i(.u. Trains Leave Indianapolis: 3:55 a. m. (daily), 10:M) a. tn.. 3:50 p. m., 6:15 r m. Trains Arrive at Indianapolis: 8:30 a.m., 11:45 a.m., 4:57 p.m., 10:53 p.m. (daily.) Information bureau and ticket office, corner Illinois street and Kentucky avenue. W. 11. FISHER, Gen'l Air't C, H. & I. R. R.. Indianapolis. C. H. ROCKWELL, O. P. andT. A.. Cincinnati. Rates to New York, Boston Buffalo, and other Eastern cities, $1.50 below other lines. (0ytouisiut.cwAiMrrcaiCA83 Rt.Tw w The Short Line to Chicago and the Northwest Trains depart and arrive as follows: Depart No. 12, a &M. C. fast mail. d. ex. Sun.. 11:50 a. m. No. lO, Chicago night express, dailv. lltlOp. m. 5:00 p. in. 3:35 a. m. 3:45 p. to. 0:55 m. No. 18. Monon Ac, daily ex. Suuday .. ArriveNo. 9, Cincinnati night express, daiiy. 11, lad. fast mail, daily ex. Sunday lad. Aa., daily exoept Sunday.. :t offieas: ii South Illinois street, 146 South 1 Estreat, Union Depot, Massachusetts avenue. B. O. McUUttUiUK, U. I. A. . Z D. BXLDWVf, 1. P. A.

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