Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 10 February 1888 — Page 4

THE DAILY JOURNAL. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 18S3.

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Business Office 233 Editorial Rooms. .....242 General Sherman evidently thought Columbia was like 'a bad cigar not worth lighting. . Wade Hampton will probably wish he had thought twice before he stirred up Genera Sherman. A TYPOGRAPHICAL error made the Journal of yesterday give Feb. 13 as Lincoln's birthday. He was born on the 12tb. A CAREFUL study of the speeches made by the newspaper managers gives the impression that it was not an advertising agents' show. "With 'the heir to the throne getting his breath ..through a tube, the German people are justified in regarding the succession as very uncertain. The Bev. Dr. Patton succeeds Dr. McCosh as president of Princeton College. The standard of Presbjterianism will not be lowered in Dr. Patton's hands. The city of Cincinnati is a creditor of the ruined Metropolitan National Bank to the amount of $100,000. The Council will now proceed to lock the stable door. Judge Harlan's wish to hear all the issues In the Coy-Bernhamer case indicates an agreeable probability that the entire matter will be disposed of "for good and all" next week.. Congressman Warner's demand for a reform in the system of spelling is a little unreasonable. He and his colleagues can hardly be expected to take a school course at this time of their lives. Most-of the Indiana Democrats now in Washington seem anxious to express their approval of the tally-sheet forgeries by appearing for the convicts in the Supreme Court. It is very touching. A Washington dispatch, which probably represents somebody's hopes, says: "Indiana men here, of both parties, think Coy and Bernhamer will go free on the ground of nonjurisdiction." Possibly; but we can tell better whea we hear from Justice Harlan. General Sherman hits the nail on the head every time, and he hits Wade Hampton that way, too. The latter must feel like a man who has fooled with a buzz-saw. As for the burning of Columbia, it is evident Sherman does not care a fig what the Southern people think about it, and he is right. The principal business of the First Assistant Postmaster-general is to remove and appoint country postmasters. Since this administration came In one incumbent of the office has died, and now another is said to be broken down. The labor of dispensing rations to an army of hungry Democrats is very exhausting. The role of Mark Tapley is always an agreeable one to contemplate if successfully played, though there is reason to suspect that it is a most trying one to the actor attempting it. The cheerfulness with .which Coy and Bernhamer are said to be bubbling over is an indication, however, that those interesting persona have made a careful study of the part ' The special-delivery system is said by the Postoffice Department to be a success, being much more liberally patronized than at first This increase of patronage is largely due to the discovery of the public that a spec ial delivery letter reaches its destination as promptly as the regular mail did under a former administration. Had the service remained in its old state of efficiency there would have been less need for a special delivery to expedite matters. Congressman IIolsian voices the Democratlo idea in Indiana when he says, after speaking patronizingly of Governor Gray as a "good man": "The Hoosiers are tired of the ice-presidency. They want J some of the publio patronage which they have not received in the past, because onj of their number had the honor of holding second place." It was a cruel blow that fell upon the hopeful Hoosier Democrat when he first learned that the "patronage" under the Vice-president's control consisted of one clerkship and a messenger's place. Since that sad and cold day he has ceased to take an interest in the second place on the ticket THE latest piece of congressional idiocy is the proposal, by Representative Warner, of Missouri, to amend, by process of law, the system of spelling now in vogue. It may be laid down as a general proposition that the individual who objects to the accepted orthography of the English language is himself unable to spell correctly. A reasonable certainty also exists in such cases that the dissatisfied pen on would find himself unable to cope with any system that could be adopt

ed. It is easy to understand why a Missouri Congressman may be unequal to the complications "of the language as they are at present; but it is hardly worth while to simplify it fc his sake, since he would probably forget the new combinations of the alphabet as readily as the old.

DEM0CEATI0 CLAIM 3 If there are two claims that the Democratic party has asserted more strenuously than any others they are its pretended friendship for the workingman and for foreigners. These claims have been an essential feature of Democratic platforms and speeches until they have become as familiar as "old Sumptuary." There is such a thing as a man's repeating a lie until he actually believes it true, and possibly this is the case with the Democracy and these-time-honored claims. But asserting a lie does not make it true, no matter how often it is repeated. The alleged friendship of the Democratic party for the workingman and the foreigner is a sham and a fraud. It has no foundation, in principle or in practice. History shows that the Democratic party during a large part of its existence was the worst enemy of labor and of workingmen. As the advocate and defender of slavery duringa long term of years it contributed to the depression of wages and the degradation of labor, not only in the South, but in the North. Its whole energies were directed to the support of slavery and to resisting the spread of free labor, and it3 whole policy tended to making labor disgraceful. It succeeded in accomplishing this in the South, and, so far as its influence extended, in the North. Slave labor always. casts a stigma on free labor. That which we call the dignity of labor cannot co-exist with slavery. Neither can fair wages. Slavery degrades both labor and wages. Its influence in this regard is still felt very perceptibly in the South, and will continue to be as long as that section remains solidly Democratic. The long alliance between the Democratic party and slavery gives the lie to its professions of friendship for the laboring man. In another respect the course of the Democracy has' been conspicuously opposed to the interest of American workingmen. It lias always opposed the policy of protection to American industry, which has resulted in giving employment to millions of workingmen, and has favored the policy of free trade,' which would take the bread out of their mouths and give it to foreigners. In this respect, it must be admitted, the Democratic party has ever been the friend of foreigners. The present industrial and manufacturing system of the United States is mainly due to the protective- tariff policy, which , the Democracy ; have always opposed. If Democratic policy had . prevailed we should have no manufactories, or next to none, and hundreds of thousands of American laborers who are now earning good wages would be well, heaven only knows what they would be doing. If the workingmen of America would be benefited by the abolition of manufacturing then the Democratic party has been their friend. If they are better off by reason of the existence of our iron-mills and foundries, our woolen-mills, cotton-mills, glass factories and the almost endless variety of productive industries that constitute our manufacturing wealth, then the Democratic party has been their enemy, because it has persistently opposed the policy that has produced these industries. . .' . If the Democratic profession of friendship for workingmen is a false pretense, that of friendship for foreigners is equally so. It has never done anything for foreigners at home or abroad. Every important treaty for the protection of the rights of foreign-born American citizens abroad has been negotiated under Republican administrations. Nearly all the foreigners who come to this country come as workingmen, and in opposing the interests of free labor and the policy of protection to American industry, the Democratic party has certainly not been their friend. We take no stock in the demagogy that would pander to foreign-born citizens, or any other class, and do not recognize any merit in the Democratic claim of friendship for foreigners even if it were true. But it is not true. The Democratic majority in the House has recently given proof of the sincerity of the party's professions in this regard, in the contested election cases of Thoebe-Carlisle and Low-ry-White. In one the contestant was a work-, ingman, and after prematurely deciding the case against him the Democrats refused his application to reopen it and give him a chance to be heard. In the other, the member-elect was a foreigner, and a large majority of the Democrats voted to unseat him because, his naturalization papers having been burned, he could not produce record evidence of his citizenship. The two cases are a fair illustration of the sincerity of Democratic professions relative to workingmen and foreigners. ABOUT FfiOPfiE AND THINGS. Emma Abbott, the singer, is said to have a fortune of $300,000, which she has accumulated during the last ten years. Rochester Express: A Georgia man elaims to have found a diamond weighing thirteen pounds. Thi3 means more strife between tbe hotel clerks. Housekeepers in New Jersey have been sharply awakened to a sense of their responsibility in the removal of the ice and snow from their sidewalks by fines of $500 each. A New Englasd church fair had as its prime attraction two side-shows, in one of which two young women were seen sawing wood, and in the other two young men piecing patchwork. It is estimated that in order to be able to wear all his decorations and orders at one time Prince Bismarck would require a breast thirty feet in breadth. Their. weight amounts to a little over forty pounds. Professor Mary W. Whitney, who takes Professor Maria' MitchMl's place at Vassar College, is an alumna of Vassar. and not of Harvard, as has been stated. She has studied, however, at the Harvard observatory. Virginia Taylor Lewis, of Maryland, has informed Congress through Representative Rayner that she is tbe owner of the sword worn by Gen. George Washington when be resigned his coinnmsiou at Annapolis. Dec 23, 1783, and that she will sell the same to the government at a price to be fixed by Congress.. Caklyle decreed Frinee Bismarck's infallibility in European statesmanship as long ago as 18GG. "The only man," he wrote, "appointed by God to b His vicegerent here on earth in these days and knowing be was so appointed and bent with bis who e soul on doing, and able to oo God's work, is M. de Bismarck." Moritz Saphib, the witty Austrian journalist, was once standing in a crowded theater.

Some one leaned on his back, thrusting his head over his shoulder. Sapbir drew , out hia handkerchief ana wiped the man's nose violently. Tbe latter started back. "Oh, I beg your pardon,'' said Saphir; "I thought it was mine." It is said that General Bragg, who has lately been appointed minister to Mexico, used rather frequently to go on sprees. But on one occasion, as he was setting out to make a night of it, hia little daughter put her arms around his neck and said, "Papa, please don't go' and he has scarcely taken a drop of liquor since. Worth, the French milliner, lives in the suburbs of Paris, in a palace that covers several acres, and is gorgeously furnished. Once a year it is thrown open to his employes, and the fete lasts a day and a night. On this day each of tbe women employed by Worth is permitted to select a dress from his stock, and it is made up according to her directions. Fbank R. Stockton, the novelist, said recently that he first , worked on the Philadelphia Post and found the work not very hard. 1 Then he went to New York as a writer of short editorials on a weekly e ailed Hearth and Home, and he found the work -there much harder. Then he tried Seribner'a Monthly, where the work became harder still, and he feared that he might be employed on an annual and break down. Benjamin Franklin, of the Second Minnesota Volunteers, is the only man on the government pension rolls who sacrificed both hands and feet in the late civil war, and as there is no provision of law applicable to such Bpecial eases a bill will be presented to ' Con gross ; increasing the pension he now receives to f$150. a month. He now receives the pay provided for a soldier or a sailor who has lost both hands or both feet. Mrs. Ralph Waldo Emerson and her daugh-" ter Ellen still live in the old homestead at Concord, where Miss Ellen is the "Lady Bountiful" of the distriet The other daughter, Edith, is married to Mr. Forbes, of Boston, who owns an island in Buzzard's bay, where he has a summer home that falls little short of' fairyland. Edward Emerson, it is said, intends to give up the study of medicine and devote himself entirely to art. u s : ' There is now living in Picketa eounty, Georgia,; aman who, during the rebellion, donned his wife's dress, kept his face closely i shaved and wore a big sunbonnet, in order to " avoid being eonscripted and sent to the fronVfTha officers in search of recruits frequently ; visited the house and asked his wife where per husband was, and at the very moment he could be seen working in the field in female garb- By the time he had worn out seven of his wife's dresses he became tired of masquerading enjjs ted, and became a good soldier. "- ' OJ The German Crown Prince, next to the Emperor, has the largest number of decorations in Germany, namely, seventy-four. Next,in order is the Court Marshal Count PueWTer, wlfb. fiftyone decorations; followed by Ptfnjce Bismarck -with forty-nine; Field Marshal Count Moltko with forty four; Chief of the Emperor's Military Cabinet General von Albedyll with forty-three; Adjutant-general Count Lehndorff with forty; Prince William with thirty-six; Prince Henry with twenty-seven; Count Herbert Bisirrarck with twenty-six: Prince Fried rich' Leopold with fourteen; ' and Count Wilhelm Bismarck -with thirteen decorations. -'sb nh J To show that in spite of the Wilson scandal tbe cross of tbe Legion of Honor has not yet ipst its attraction in France, it is related f that when President Carnot recently visited, the military hospital at Val de Grace, he asked the , attending physician for his decoration as a Knight'of the Legion of Honor, and pinned it .to the veil of the Sister of Charity in charge. -; He thereupon took from his pocket an officer's cross of the Legion of Honor, which he asked the surgeon to accept in lieu of the one taken from him, and, add the French papers, "Sister -Marie almost fainted from the shock of joyful Surprise, tne physician fairly beamed with i pleasure, while among the bystanders many- an 'eye glistened with tears." : ot: Speaking of the wife of Dr. Oliver We'adell Holmes, who died in Boston Monday,! the Boston Post says: "It was one of her special efforts to save to the man of genius his tin? to prevent him from being deprived of it by'the wellmeaning but inconsiderate people who when he became famous, claimed his attention by letter and in person upon every conceivable pretext. For many years it wat her habit to examine his voluminous correspondence for him and separate 1 from it that which, beinglet alone, would ems wir?; itself, or could as well he answered byvaodfhfr hand. The world undoubtedly owes r to "her zealous preservation of his time and serenity much of the treasure of prose and poetry with which the Doctor has made it glad". Mrs. Holmes was not what is known as Va literary woman," bnt mas highly accomplished, :or A tear or more ago the Sunday Call, of Newark, N. J., published a local story wjfiieb, while quite true, was improbable and marvelous to a degree. "What a plot for a novel," observed the writer of it, "Wilkie Collins would find' in' such , an incident" Recently a copy of the paper with , the article marked was sent to Mr.Colhns.andhe now replies as follows, under date of liondon, Jan. 19: "I am recovering from an attack of illness and most of my-Jetters ,.re written for me by another hand, " But I must personally thank you for the very" remarkable and interesting story which yon have so kindly sent me. The incident marked i3'B dramatic and (to me) so entirely new, that I : really1 hope to find an opportunity of makingJuse of itJ? In that case it is, I trust, needless for me to say that the yet unwritten story wilt-. find its-way across the Atlantic to express itsseuse of obli

gation to you as it best may." sriolJ t.'.C ' 'UJi COMMENT AND OPINIO:; The Utah Legislature contains- thirty-one Mormons to five gentiles. This" fact constitutes the best reason why Utah should ot be ad mitted to the Union yet awhile. Philadelphia Prees. G-iU : ' I ' The unanimous defense of the tally-sheet forgers by the Democratic press of Ohio and Indiana ie about as good campaign material M the Republicans of those States ought to ask for. Minneapolis Tribune. ",""., - A bill has been laid before Congress providing for a commission of learned-men to iifquie, , at a cost of $25 a day, if there cannot be ttn improvement on the. present style of spelling.;: Now, which scholar in politics is back of this joblv.Pittsburg Chronicle. jj , There is much to be pondered on irt1 the suggestion, "deeds, not wordsv? Mr. Cleveland's 's friends may talk by the yardxf his popularity in New York, but he carried tne State by 1,040 ' votes in 1884 and Mr. Hill carried Clil by 11.000 votes in 1885. Kansas City Journal-"; The farmers of Dubois co'oh'tyy Indiana, are getting humpbacked from carrying their pockets fall of rocks which are, ..supposed to he loaded with silver. The State Geologist ought to run down from Indianapolis (vnd put these, poor souls out of their miseryT-jouisville ComIf American criticism of i Prince Bismarck's speech be tinged with cynicism, it will be because a feeling of profound djetrpst is excited in this free, industrial Repnbiio by the spirit of militarism now rampant in Europe. A peace which tsn millions of soldiers are; kept under arms to defend seems as unreal a one of mad Ophelia's dreams. New York Tribune. r All the shiftiness and Udl the pretense of misinterpretation will not avail the Democratic .party. It has been placed squarely upon tbe free-trade platform, and every man who votes, next fall, for or against protection ;will vote for the Republican candidate and against Grover Cleveland or any other Democrat who may be npminated. New York Mail and Express. The organ-grinders are all out of tune with the Hon. Bourke Cockran's speech in favor of justice in an election case. If there is anything that excites the Democratic organ-grinder to uncontrollable rage it is an appeal for fairness in elections. ; But there are Democrats who don't depend upon tbe organ for music, and Mr. Cockran appears tobeoneof them. National Republican. . ; Drunkenness should be punished by such reasonable penalties as can be submitted to, and. together with other offenses against morals, it should be assailed by those mighty forces that can address the sentiments, the reason, the con- J science ana the judgment cf mankind. In this way we think the cause of temperance will be advanced mueh higher than oy a resort it the legislation that excites antagonism and the sense ot injustice, and thus increases the ills it is designed to cure. New York Star. Mr. Crisp and his associates were well selected for the work expeted of thm by the " Democratic majority in Congress. Their nerve is quite equal to afly emergency. With a snfficient number of contests they could be relied upon to deplete the House of its Republican representation to a man. Their wanton disregard of precedents and of justice in respect to the Carlisle-Tbotbe case was flagrant enough, but their cool insinuation that Captain White was a perjurer, a subject for the grand jury and the criminal law, eclipses .the whole record of Democratic outrage on congressional constituencies. Fortunately there were enough Democrats sufficiently independent to follow Coekran raiuer loan i-nsp, tui au udifhip iu cuuopitavy 1 sgairjst Mr. White. New York Tribune.. I

MATTERS AT THE CAPITAL

Conjectures as to the Cause of the Failure to Act on the British Treaty. Continuation of the Hearing: and Argument on the Bill Concerning tbe Adulteration of Lard General Washington News. THE: BRITISH 1REATI. Surmises as to the Causa of the Senate's Failure to Take Action. Special to the Indiananolis Journal. Washington, Feb. 9. -The aetion of the Senate yesterday evening, in postponing further consideration of the British extradition treaty, is regarded as equivalent to a final rejection, as it will require a two-thirds vote to ratify the treaty. The motion to postpone was carried by a vote of 23 to' 21. As it did not seem likely, when the Senate went into secret session yesterday, that an ellort would be. made to dispose of the treaty, a number of Senators left the capital and were not present when the vote, was taken, and there is some talk of a meeting to reconsider. Senator Riddleberger was fairly overwhelmed with congratulations to-day at the overthrow of the treaty. The Star, this evening, speaking of the matter, -intimates that dynamite was at the bottom of the treaty. The'apparenily sudden . action in postponing the British extradition treaty has created considerable7 surprise and speculation. The tact that this action was taken4 during the absence of Senator Shermnn, chairman of. the foreign relations committee, was looked upon as unusual. It appears from tbe best information to be had thafc'there was something of a political nature in the movement. The foreign relations committee had amended the treaty by th insertion of a paragraph eovering dynamite offenses. A knowledge of this reached the public, in spite of the'" injunction of secrecy, and aroused prompt? and earnest opposition. It was asserted that ender the dynamite feature Englaud would demand the return of Irish patriots taking refuge in this country; that that provision would be construed with- elasticity enough by British officials for that purpose. In connection with tais.publio discussion appeared what purported to be a disclaimer from the StatejDepartment of responsibility for the dynamite provision. In view of tim feeling aroused among Irish-Americans by the dynamite feature, it is understood that the, Republican majority of the Senate did not care'to have that point at issue pending a presidential campaign, hence tbe treaty was laid over .witil after the next election, but upon a party.. vo.te. It looks as if neither Republicans nor Democrats wauted to take' any share, at present;' of that responsibility. V!?:ti TOE LABD INQUIRY. Arguments For and. Against the Bill Propos"o" ing theJjeTying of a Tax. Washington, Feb. 9. The hearing before the SenateTeommittee on agriculture on the bill to impose a tax on lard containing anything except pure hog fat was resumed this morning. Judge Wilson, attorney Tor John P. Squire & Co., of Boston, read petitions signed by a large number of manufacturers and dealers in pure lard, urging-the passage of the bill; also several letters, together with a statement signed by the chairman, of the Liverpool Produce Exchange, representing that there was a want of confidence in tne? purity of American lard, and that consequently they often refrained from buying it; also, letters from two cracker manufacturers of StT Louis and Omaha, stating' that crackers, in which was used lard composed in part of cottonseed oil would become rancid in a few days; also, a clipping from the New York Journal of Commerce, in which it is stated that the exports of lard from the port of New York had fallen off 56,000,000 pounds in the year 18S7, as compared with tbe year 1S86. Mr. Cromwell, attorney for the "refined" lard ..manufacturers, said be had a petition from over "5,000 persons, stating that "refined" lard was not ;&n injurious article. He said it was not claimed tnat cotton-seed oil eould be used for every purpose, and he would admit it was not fit for crackers. In behalf of the refined-lard industry and the cotton-seed oil people, representing in all $30,000,000 of invested capital, he desired to . protest against the passage of the bill, which .-was designed to place "refined" lard in a degrading position commercially. Mr. Kimball, who nras the chief witness for the proponents of the tnll, had, he said, made the following vital admissions: First, that refined lard, as made by 4ho well-known manufacturers, is not deleterious to health; second, that they could not jua- : tify a license tax, and would be satisfied with the placing of the word "compound" or "refined lard" on tbe packages; and third, that they would jnot contend that cotton-seed oil is injurious to health. isillr. Cromwell then devoted himself to the defense of the word "refined" as used by his nelients, contending that it was used by no other branch of the lara industry, and that a name had been built up for "refined" lard among dealers and consumers by twenty-five years of hard work. It was a slander to call such lard "adulterated lard." To adulterate means to debase, and the lard in which cotton-seed oil was mixed Was a superior article. The whole complaint .was instigated by a man who was not as enter"pcising as his rivals and wanted Congress to aid him in keening bis trade from them. As to the failing off in the export trade via New York, he said the explanation was that Baltimore and 'Montreal captured the trade New York lost Mr. Cromweil said that the cotton-seed oil industry was of the greatest Dossible advantage to the "Southern country. He was against all such prooposed legislation; a legislative stamp would be a i blemish. In answer to questions from members aof the committee, Mr. Cromwell said thatt hey oeould be forced to bow to any general legisla tion, but that it would be a pernicious and un warranted course on the part of Congress. 5 Judge Clapp, of Memphis, sdoko in behalf of the cotton-seed interests. This industry was yet in its. infancy, and no action should be taken that would tend to suppress it. Dr. Ames addressed the committee against the proposed bill. He represented the cattle interests, and said that if the bill became a law 5 it would mean a loss of 50 cents on each head of f attle. 'f Mr. Richard Arnold also spoke against the f'bilL His comnany bad invested a million and a tiqaarter dollars in cotton-seed mills m tbe South. Tbe bill would cut off his company's market, ot A statement was read, signed by Armour & Co., of Chicago, protesting against the bill. ' Mr. Caruth, of Arkansas, argued against the passage of tbe bill, and especially against the 'tAx. The people of this country were getting "Very tired of internal taxation. If this went on, sugar men would want protection against tucofle, and so with every other industry. The bill would work great injustice to tbe cotton seed industry of the South. He concluded: "The etton-seed-oil business is onr chief industry. We have not got much, and for God's sake don't take away that little." Mi'. J. A. Sperry, of New Haven, said that he had no objections to lard of which cotton-seed-til was an ingredient, but that it was a fraud to sell it as lard made from hogs. At present the retailer bought the compound lard cheaper than he could buy the real fard and - made an extra profit by eelling it as hog lard. Let the hoe, the steer and the cotton-seed-oil stand on their own merits. t The further hearing was postponed for several weeks. - - ' - MR. K1DDLEBKRGER. Personal Appearance and Peculiarities of the Noisy Man from Virginia. Carpenter's Letter in Sew York World. Harrison H. Riddleberger is one of the rarest features in the Senatorial animal show. Tall, straight and not bad-looking, he has a long, thin face, which grows florid during certain periods whea his blood flows the fastest. He has a high . full forehead, and has brown hair, which is thining rapidly at the erown, is combed well back and is generally kept well dressed. Be has a long, scraggy, brown beard and his eyes are bluish-gray. These eyes look straight at his brother Senators when he attacks them, and Riddleberger's enemies say that he chooses his methods of bulldozing and fantastiu speaking in the Senate in order to attract attention to himself. He certainly does attract attention, and be is one of the sights from tne Senatorial galleries. He wears dark clothes, and his frock coat, usually buttoned save at the top, tbere bulges out. giving him the appearance of having' a sixty-inch cbt. He has irood lunc-power, and he lives welL He seems t have no personal friends in the Senate,' and eomplamed not long ago that he had been insulted by bis fellowSenators, and that he was cut in tbe street by them. He refused, it i said, invitations to state dinners at the White House, and once de

clined to go to a dinner-party at Senator Palmer's, because he had no dre?.toat and was too poor to buy one. Riddleberger is. however, convival in bis tastes. He iikea good fellowship, and he seems to breathe an atmosphere so highly charged with ozone that his animal spirits continually come to the front. The iron in his blood at times gives him an undie amount of courage, and bis actions, were h not a United States Senator, would almost warrant the supposition that he was "keeping his spirits up by putting spirits down!" I am assured, however, that Mr. Riddleberger never drinks, but one of bis friends, who was recently Governor of Virginia, and who, unlike Riddleberger. is actually inclined to drinking, heard tbe report the other day that Senator Riddleberger. was imbibing too freely. He left Petersburg and straightway came to Washington, went directly to the Metropolitan Hotel and announced that he was going to reform his friend Harry. Senator Riddleberger, however, happened to be ill at the time, and the Virginia ex-Governor, seeing some of his friends in the hotel lobbies, asked them in to take a drink. With tbe glasses in their hands they pledged success to the mission of the ex-Goverror, and at about the fifth drink the ex-Governor was in such a condition as to evidence a decided need of reformation himself. He then called upon Senator Riddleberger, but was told by.'the servant that he could not be admitted, as the Senator was sleeping. He left the hotel and continued the spree and the result was that he became intoxicated to such a degree that he had to be reshipped to hia own home without seeing the Senator, the actions of .whose mercurial temperament he bad so unjustly attributed to other than those of nature. Nevertheless Senator Sherman should be careful as to how he trifles with the buzz-saw. Sherman came near having a duel once, bat Riddleberger hai actually stood fire twice. Some years ago George D. Wise, now one of the Virginia Representatives in the Honse, playfully called Riddleberger a blanked liar in the columns of a Richmond newsDaper, and Riddleberger straightway sent a challenge. To show the bloodthirstmess of the man when angered, he Bent a challenge to editor Beirne that same day, and he arranged to fight the two duels on the same afternoon. Vise chose pistols for weapons, and the meeting was at 4 o'clock p. M. in a clump of woods a few miles from Richmond, and so near the residence of the judge of tbe county that he could hear tbe shots. At tbe first fire Wise's pistol did not go off, and Riddleberger's ball flew wide of the mark. Wise then handed his pistol to his second and told him tbere was something the matter with it. Tbe ball was drawn, the pistols were reloaded and ."the combatants took a second fire. At this time Wise's ball cut Riddleberger's coat-tail but Riddlebe! ger's shot again wasted itself on the air. Riddleberger reached down his hand and looked at tbe place where the ball had gone through the $40 coat. He then raised his hand and scratched his head. He was evidently annoyed. He thought a moment, still scratching, and then, to the Wise's surprise, be seized the pistol by the barrel and threw it as far as he could into the bashes. He then threw out both arms, and, walking half way towards Wise, held out his hand and intimated that he thought they had better 'settle the matter in other ways. Wise replied he had nothing to complain of, and, if Riddleberger was satisfied, he was, and so the duel ended. Tbe other engagement, Riddleberger's say, did not take place, and Senator Riddleberger should be applauded rather than condemned for refusing to stand up and be fired at by men who were probably better shots . than himself, and whom he considered his enemies. MINOR MATTERS. List of Indianians Whose Applications for Pension a Have Been Granted. Washington Special. a . Pensions have been granted the followingnamed Indianians: Fielden Sexton, Bloomington; Abraham Kiphart, JBpencer; Benjamin Murray, Terre Haute; Samuel Tibbetts, Scottsburg; Romela Benner; Mount Vernon; David Kahler, Star City; Lyman Rockwood, Terre Haute; John Adams, Carbon; Harvey Knoll, North Vernon; Allison Ray, Jeffersonville; George Bocktiog, Huntington; Benjamin Sutton, New Harmony; PiersyKitchell. Fountain town; Daniel Aishe, Odon; Milford Loggins, Bloomington; lsaae Foland, Florida; PattersoS McKinney, - Xenia; Lawrence McGinnis, Washington; Marion Parrish, Monticello; James Light, Clay City; Wm. Taylor, Royerton; Frederick Willman, North Vernon; Leander Leonard, Owensburg; John Molebasb. Bourbon; Anderson Barrett, Oatsville; Ira Poston, Carrol ton; John Lowe, Kokpmo; Hamilton Miles, Wabash; George Ashley, Portland; Miles Culp, Flint; Thomas Floyd, Nashville; Wm. Bly, Mooresville; Lorenzo Mabew, Richmond; J. Loague, Crown Point; D. Stidd, Jsashjille; Wallac Ellis, Peru; J. Ebel,, Aurora; Wm. Brown", Stinesville; Edmund Moor, Lett's Corner; Wm. Raikee, Walton; Timothy Henthorm, Forest Hill; James Simpson. Lynnville; George Coekran, Alfordsville; Thomas Fisher, Yankeetown; Israel Stoueh, Worthington; James Popham, Sandford; Eathen Taylorj Cadiz; William Johnson, Lebanon; Aaron Reitzer, Pecksburg; John Masterton, Santa Claus: Barney Coegrove, Cambridge City; Wm. McReynold, Wadesville; Thomas Strother, English: Henry Wilson, ' Kirkpatrick; Elijah Brother, Clay City; David Early, Logansport; Napoleon Osborn, Lebanon; William Newby, Spiceland; Daniel Sanders, Bridgeport; Milton Peden, Knightstown; Joseph Miler, Clinton; James Gloyd, Eirod; Joseph Albright, Springdale; Lynn MoWharter, Metamora; William Jones, West Point; Abraham Reimer, Holton; David Lewis, Xenia; John Antrem, Knightstown; James Williams, Marion; John Menedy, Cloverdale; Gabriel French, Terre Haute, John Goodwin, Miami; Thomas Ingraham, Tipton; Madesia Stephenson, Fredonia; John Pierce. Logansport; William Humbles, Fortville; Joseph Danner, Mitchell; Marcellus Alexander. Bluffton; Elizah Hale, Oatsville, Joseph Weaver, Lawrenceburg; Eld ridge Anderson, Hope; Daniel Blougher, Pleasant Plain; James Wyman, Aurora; William Vaughn, Madison; Franklin Poole, Mount Vernon; David Watson, Volga; John Gallagher, Logansport. . ' Use for the Surplus. Washington, Feb. 9. At to-day's meeting of the ways and means committee, Chairman Mills called up for actios the bills introduced by himself and Mr. Breckinridge, of Kentucky, relative to the investment of the funds in the treasury in United States bonds, and, after some discussion, the committee decided to reDoit favorably Mr. Mills's bill, which reads as follows: Be it enacted, etc., that the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to apply the surplns money now in the Treasury, and not otherwise appropriated, or so much thereof as he may consider proper, to the purchase or redemption of United States bouJs. Mr. Breckinridge's bill,' which was laid over by this action, was of a wider scope, and not only authorizes a like investment of the surplus, but also the investment ot the funds now held for redemption ef legal-tender notes and as security for national bank circulation. . The Reading Strike Committee. Washington, Feb. 9. The House special committee appointed to investigathe the existing labor troubles in Pennsylvania, to-day instructed tbe Sergeant-at-arms to notify by telegraph two of the prominent railroad strikers and two of the striking miners, to appear before the committee here, next Saturday. President Corbin, of the Reading railroad, and some twelve others, representing the railroad interests, will be summoned to appear, probably on Monday. Early next week the committee will go to Philadelphia and Reading to continue the investigation. The Logan Memorial Tablet. " Washington, Feb. 9. Memorial services to dedicate a tablet to the late Senator John A. Logan were held to-night at the Matropalitan Methodist Episcopal Church. 3Irs. Logan, her son John A. Logan, his wife, and Major and Mrs. Tucker were present Addresses were delivered by Justice Miller, Senators Ingalls and Voornees, and Representatives Long, Henderson, Springer, Reed, and Rev. J. P. Newman. Presidential Nominations.' Washington, Feb. 9. The President to-day sent the following nominations to the Senate: Benjamin F. Wade, of Ohio, to be marshal of the United States for the Northern district of Ohio. J. Marion Brooks, of California, to be attorney of the United States for the Southern district of California. General Notes. Special to the Indianapolis J our disc Washington. Feb. 9. G. J. Grammer, of Evansville, and J. Thomas, of Indianapolis, are at the Ebbitt Harvey M. Friend, of Ohio, a law clerk at $2,000 a year in the office of the Assistant Attorney-general, has resigned. v Representative White's constituents continue to pour in upon him congratulations over his defeat of Lowry, and propose to give bira a demonstration soon in the way of a banquet Lowry and the Iudiana Democratt. Jfew York Mail and Express. The Democrats of the Stata f Indiana indorsed birn. Tney insisted that the State should be "redeemed by epeaung White out of the seat to which be had been elected. There was apparently only one Democrat hi the State,

Mr. Bynufu, of Indianapolis, honest enough to protest against the intended outrage. Lowry found the majority of Ue elections committee as complacent a trie Indiana Democrats, but there were enough of the party to defeat the scheme. The country is not prepared to accept Indiana Democratic tactics. FAIR FIAT FOR THE DEAD. .'A Attack on tie Late W. C DePauw Disproved by Fact and Figures. New York Press. DePauw, after fattening beyood all reasonable dl mansions on tariff plunder, attempted to make hia peace with society by donating a miiljoc dollars to Asbury "University in Indiana, oa condition that it take his name. And so tbe good bishop s honored name was thrown overboard, and, the bis endowment conferred by the glass consumers of the L cited bUtes stands, by mistake, to the credit of DePauw. - Mr. DePauw, being a philanthropist, is merely pleading for the "protection of American labor." These fat and oily barons are always exuding svmpathy with the workingmen. it just rolls out ot their pores. And yet this same DePauw (or . his father, we believe), grew tired of tupportmg American laborers a few years ago, and got an . agent in .Bohemia to send over a cargo of so-called .nurer mechanics with whom he contracted at W cents a dayl That's the way tariff protec:s American labor. Of course. Mr. DePauw wants the stealing to go on; but let him apply to Congress ia behalf or the DePauw back account, and not in tbe name of the American publio which he has fleered, or the American laborer he has debased. The Telegram. The Press can hardly believa that the Telegram desires to perpetrate a cruel injustice upon the memory of one of the moat publicspirited men the country ever produced. Mr. DePauw is dead. During fcia life he spent a

large portion of his lortone wmcn was m made in the manufacture of glass) in charitable and benevolent deeds, and at his death he left a million or more for charitable tnd educational purposes. Mr. De Pauw started the manufacture or glass in this country because be felt ws ought to oe able to develop this important industry here, lie never made anything out of the businenJ. Up to Jan. 1, 1879, he had over $1,300,000 invested. That year be took arf invoice, and learned that the total losses in the business bad been $600,000. From that year to 1SS2 he made a small profit, but it never reached 8 per cent, per year. From 1882 to the present time th profits of the factory carried on by his eon, Mr. N. T. De Pauw, have never reached more than 10 per cent " The Press knows these to be absolute facts, and, if necessary, can produce sworn statements as to their accuracy. It moreover invites the Telegram to contradict the following statements: First That all money put into plate-glass works in America prior to 1879 had been a total loss. . Second That some of the shrewdest, most energetic and successful business man. in' Boston, New York, Philadelphia. Detro.t Chicago, St. Louis, Louisville had in the ageregate invested millions in plate-glass enterprises and lost the whole of it Third That no plate-glass had been made in America without loss to the maker prior to 1879. ' ' ' Fourth That after a long struggle, and the sinking of $600,000, the DePauws have succeeded in making glass at a small profit Fifth That Americans are now paying less than half what they paid for plate-glass prior to the time plate-glass was made in the United States at the works of Mr. DoPauw. Sixth That Mr. DePauw never employed a man at such a rate as CO cents per day in his works, and that the only importation of foreign labor he ever made was that of skilled men whose knowledge was necessary to start the new industry in this country. ' The Press feels this coarse, this cruel, this unwarranted attack upon the character of a man now dead whose noble deeds are known throughout this country. It challenges tbe Telegram to print these fact and deny one of .them. It appeals to every fair-minded free-trader, and asks them what they can expect to gain for a cause, no matter how good, by such an attack as tbe one quoted above. And it will not ask in vain. Fair play, at least for the dead, even if he was an American manufacturer and a Democrat as Mr. DePauw was, ought not to be asked in vain. ' INDIANA TOWNSHIP WARRANTS. London, Ontario, Made the Seat of Contest for a Dirlion of the Spells. London (Ont.) Special to Chicago Times. Pollard vs. . Hewitt is the title of an action commenced in the court here a few days ago. The complaint in the cause and the various documents filed therewith bring to light certain facts which had almost been forgotten. The complainant is Frank Pollard, who was at one time the junior member of tbe firm of Poilsrd fc Sons, of Indianapolis, In d., dealers in ixhool supplies, etc. These are the gentlemen who perpetrated the gigantio swiodlen connection with the township trustees in - Iudiana some three years ago. Young Pollard is leading , a rapid life here, while bis father is rusticatinc in South America. The comnlaint in the cause alleges that tbe plaintiff placed some $20,000 in the hands of the defendant for 'a specific use. and that not more than $10,000 were required for the purpose for which the money hod bor n furnished. Suit is brought to recover the' balance of the money which, it is alleged, defendant wrongfully retained. The defendant alleges by way'o.f answer, that the $20,000 was given him to make good that amount of township warrants, which had been pronounced forgeries, and which Pollard had hypothecated to a Cincinnati bank. Defendant admits that he settled the matter for considerable less than the face value of the township warrants, but elaims that it was expressly agreed that he was to settle for as small an amount as possible, and retain the balance as pay for his services. The opening up cf the case has renewed a discussion of the extradition treaty, and it is ?.dmitted on all hands that unless Uncle Sam s - officials show a disposition to deal more honorably with Canadian detectives in the future than they have done in the past, in reference to the capture of escaped criminals, any extradition treaty, no matter how broad, would remain practically inoperative. Canadian detectives do not prooose, they say, to work ' for glory any longer. Large rewards have been offered to the public for the capture of all classes of criminals, and it is openly asserted here that in nine cases out of - ten tbe men who captured the fugitives have gone unrewarded. . In confirmation of this it is cited that a few years ago a banker from Missouri escaped to Canada with a large amount of money. A large reward was offered for his arrest and the recovery of the funds. Canadian detectives succeeded in inducing the fugitive banker to disgorge about $100,000 worth of United States bonds and other securities. The detective who did this work did not got a cent for his pains. About a year ago Dr. Weir was wanted in Michigan on a eharge of murder. A reward was offered for his capture. He was arrested in London by a Canadian detective, and after a vigorous fight was extradited. Not a dollar of that reward has been paid. Last winter a reward was offered for the arrest of a government offender wanted at Logansport, Ind. The advertisement was signed by M. J. Gallagher, deputy United States marshal. A detective of this city located the man at Brantford, caused his arrest and detention, ana telegraphed Gallagher, who at once eame on and took charge of the prisoner. Tbe London detective did not get a dollar for all his trouble. Tbe Canadian detectives are weary of this sort of thing, and have organized for a vigorous enforcement of their rights. , No Second-Class Statesmen in Ohio. Washington Gossip in Pittsbnrg Commercial Gazette. General Grosvenor, who stands pretty elose to John Sherman in his candidacy for the presidency, said to-day that he felt sure that no injury would be done to Mr. Sherman by tbe talk about Governor Foraker as a candidate. "No man in Ohio," said he, "is more anxious for Mr. Sherman's success than the Governor. The friends of one are the friends of both. Governor Foraker has been requested to take the position of delegate at large upon the Sherman ticket, and he has cordially accepted. Tbere never was a time when his position was even in doubt." "If the first place on tbe ticket was given to the East, would Ohio's choice for Vice president be given to Foraker or Foster?" was asked. ' "Neither," was the reply. "Governor Foraker does not want second place. Ohio does not need the place, and Foraker would not take it Ohio does not raise men for second places anywhere.' A Conundrum. New York Commercial Advertiser. The object of bank examinations is to find out the actual facts in those eases in which wrong doing or indiscreet bank officers are disposed to conceal or misrepresent them. If examinations habitually fail of this purpose, of what use are they! : - , . ' The Way It Works. Q Nebraska State Journal. , i It is said that tbe special delivery stamp is now a success. The fact is rather singular, for a letter with a stamp of that kind on it never reaches the person to whom U is addressed any quicker than if it were only adorud with a plug 2-cent chromo. Ills Own Fault. T'hitadelyhU Frew. - r . . The nomination of James Russell Lowell for Vice-president on the . Democratic ticket is aerionsly urged in some quarters, . and Mr. LowbH deserves no sympathy on account of it. He has brought it upon himself by hia own con duct