Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 March 1888 — Page 2

THE IN Di AETAPO.LIS JOUUifAL, 3IA15CH 5, 18S8

Illinois Senate, t Springfield, but I went rieht oo to Chicago. The tnn had only about 350 people then, and its root prominent feature was a fort to protect the citizens from the Indians. Do Jon 15, 1S33, I began sale or pnblie lands. Except for one little strip of land along the rapids of the Illinois river, which sold at from $10 to $12 an acre because it was expected that tne water jiower could be developed, there was no competition whatever. All the rest of the land on which Chicago is now situated I eo'.d at $1.25 per acre. Nowadays the property in the center of the citv is worth $3,000 to 4,000 per front foot. My district was a very large on. and in forty days my receipts aggref ated $493,000, mor" than itas ever been sold at any land office in the United States, before or since, in a whole year. I remember thai I carried the money through a wilderness to Detroit, in constant fear of being attacked by the In fliens." Colonel Taylor's recollections of Andrew Jaekon are not sufficiently distinct to be of value. He saw him once or twice at the White House, And was in Washington at both his inaugurations. He is particularly enthusiastie over Jackson's Democracy, and believes that to the Victors belong the spoils. His acquaintance irith President Lincoln was much more intimate, and be carries an autograph letter from Lincoln, in which he takes great pride. Not snly does he valne the autograph, bat the letter Is a certificate that he originated greenbacks in this country. It reads as follows: My Dear Colonel Dick I have Ion? determined to make public the origin of the greenback, and tell the world that it is one of Uncle Dick Taylor's creation. Yorx hud always been friendly to tne, and when troublous times fell on tis, and my shoulders, though broad and willing, were weak, and myself surrounded by such circumstances and such, people that I knew not whom to trust, then I said in my extremity, T will send for Colonel Taylor; he will know what to do." I think it was in January, 1862, on or about the 16th, that I did so. Yon came, and I said to you, "What can we do?" Said yon, "Why, issue treasury notes bearing no interest, printed on the best backing paper. Issue enough to pay off the army expenses, and declare it local tender." Chase thought it a hazardous thing, but we finally accomplished it, and rave to the people of this Republic the greatest blessing they ever bad their own paoer o pay their own debts. It is due to you, the father et the present .greenback, that the people should know It, and I take great pleasure in making it known. How many times have Ilanghed at you telling me plainly that I was too lazy to be anything but lawyer. Yours truly, A. Lincoln. Another letter which Colonel Taylor carries with bins refers to the same subject, and aids in substantiating his claim as the originator of the greenback. It is written by General MeCiernand, at Salt Lake City, an d says: I shall never forget our frequent conferences at Cairo, in 1831, when I was in immediate command of the post. That was a gloomy period. The financial wedit of the Nation was strained to the utmost tension. The soldiers had not been paid for some time. In this exigency you suggested and advocated the issuing of treasury notes as a circulating medium, to be made a legal tender in payment of all debts, public and private. You not.only advocated that recourse as an expedient, but as a principle and system. In the same Interview yon informed me that you had unfolded the scheme to Qeneral Grant and that you would immediately proceed to Washington City to lay it before President Lincoln, which I am convinced by what followed you did. What further followed after the adoption of the scheme is historical. Yours very truly, John A. McCltenand. BELIEF FOB THE SEEDSMEN.

Mr. Bingham's Endeavor to Overcome the Canadian Convention Discrimination. Washington Special. , The postal convention between this country sad Canada, which went into effect yesterday, will seriously interfere with the business of American seedsmen unless Congressman Bingham succeeds in amending the postal laws, as he is endeavoring to do. Packages of seeds, ettttings, bulbs, roots, eions or grafts under onr present law are classed as merchandise and subject to a postal rate of sixteen cents a pound. The House committee on postoffices and post roads had under consideration some time ago a proposition to reduce the postage on packages of this sort, but came to an adverse decision. General Bingham, who has been very active in pressing the claims of the seedsmen for a better rate, yesterday asked the Post-master-general for an official interpretation of the postal convention with regards to seeds, etc. Mr. Dickinson, in response, recites the provision of the convention that "articles of whatever kind and nature which are admitted to the mails of either country shall be admitted at the same postage rates and under the same condition to the mails exchanged under the convention. " He sdds: "The rate ot postage applicable to packages of seeds, cuttings, bulbs, roots, cions or grafts, not exceeding four pounds in weight, in the domestic mails of Canada being 1 cent for each four ounces, these articles are likewise tranmisibble by mail from Canada to the United States at the same rate, but subject to duty as in case of importation by any other mode." Of course, American seed men paying 16 cents a pound cannot compete with tbeir Canadian rivals paying 4 cents. General Bingham has called the attention of the committee to this new feature of the question, and the matter will be reconsidered at the next meeting, and a bill will probably be reported making the postage on this sort of mail matter 8 cents a pound. With this reduction the duty which the Canadians have to pay is counted upon to prevent them from driving the American seedmen out of the market. Of coarse if the Mills bill should pass they would again have the postage charge two to one against them. The bill puts seeds on the frse list MINOR MATTERS. Bow the President's Wife Spends an Hour of Her Time Every Af ernooo. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, March 4. Mrs. Cleveland, since the elose of the season', having fewer dejriands upon her time, has been able to indulge her fondness for walking, and may be seen almost every afternoon, at 3 o'clock, accompanied by Esy, her big dog, starting out for a brisk constitutional. The route chosen for these walks does not lie in the fashionable part of Washington, as it was decided at the outset that would be impracticable because of the wide-spread attention which would then be inevitable. But down in the old quarter of the city, , in the quaint, quiet neighborhoods west of Seventeenth on E, F and G streets, the President's yonng wife walks for an hour or so every afternoon through rain and sunshine, the great mastiff bounding ahead, recalled now and then bv means of a silver whistle forming the handle of the jaunty little whip carried by his mistress. Mrs. Lam out frequently accompanied Mrs. Cleveland upon these walks, which generally extend as far as the old naval observatory. Republicans Solidly United. Washington Special. If anything were needed to consolidate the Republicans on the question of revenue redaction this bill supplies the want Mr. Reed says that it is a fresh evidence that God is good to the Republicans. Mr. J. C Burrows, of Michigan, a member of the ways and means committee, says that the bill leaves nothing for the people of his State to do bat to raise white beans. In his judgment it is a worse measure than the Morrison bill of the last Congress. Free wool will cause the sheep to disappear from Northwestern pastures at a greatly accelerated rate. To eoact it would be to publish to the world that the United States retires from the business of wool-growing. The bill practically wipes out the lumber and wood schedules, in which large amounts of capital and thousands of men are ?m ployed. To pass this bill would be to cause a large reduction in the wages of many of these peopie and the idleness of the rest. Free salt will greatly enlarge the area of the country in which foreign salt can be sold, and reduce by tne same amount the market for the home product, and that, too. without making salt any cheaper. Ti e Copper Trust will prevent that industry from suffering. The California men say that there is hardly an article which tbeir constituents produce that does not receive a ''black eve." Representatives f the pottery manufacturers say that the biil means ruin to their principals, and the glassmakers sy that they can not live tinder any such reduction as it is proposed to make in the glsss schedule. These are only a few of the expressions thst one with his ears open might bear on every side at the Capitol to-day. Probably Mr. Mill and. his associates know what the effect of the changes in the rate of duty that they propose will be a great deal better than the men that are ongaged in the industries now protected, but it will take something more than argument to convince other people of it Indian tensions. Washington Special Pensions bava been granted the following Earned Indisnians: George W. Rich. Plymouth; Lewis Cass, Traders' Point; Wm. S. Gearhart Fort Wayne; David Bensinger, Carlisle; Benjamin S. Ayres, Thorntown; James B. Kendall.Shelbrvilie; Wm. I' Ksrr, Wilmington; Robert B. Van Allen, Newport; John E. Bonta. Muncle; Abner Akora, But-k Creek; Tsylor McCoy. Whitcomh; Jsraea Jl Bail. Frankfort; Wm. Thornton, Rector; Ruben T. Woods, Marion; Jos. Haldermaa. In

dianapolis; Seth S. Neaton, San Jacinto; John Noe, Petersburg; Charles Elfreich, Tell City, A bram Soebren. Petersburg; James C Sharp, Ellettsville; John Clendennen. Martinsville; Wiiliam Armbmster, Todd; Wm. C Brock, Williams; Marion Pumphrey, Rugby; (old war) Jos. Bennett, Shelbyville; Samuel Miller, Moors bury; Harrison II. McClellan, New Philadelphia; Frederick W. Verborg, Nerth Vernon; Jos, II. Wearly, Waive n; Jas. D. Lewis. Ewing; John S. Bss, Hord; Loudon Cronk, Elkhart: Wm. R. Charles, Ewing; Iram II. Ward, LaCl air; Aaron Kottermen, Chili; Jacob Conell. Blue Creek; Robert Campbell, Peru; Robert G. Ellis, Indianapolis; Wm..Doty. Fort Wayne; Wm. P. Brannin, Wabash; Cbas. XV. Willey, Adams; Robert Brees, Franklin; Thomas A. Wiison. Austin; George W. Martin, Brueeville; Valentine Summers, Loogootee; Wm. F. Knole, Normal; John S. Patrick, Seymour; James K- Bnrton, Terre Haute; minor of Geo. W. Hodge, Terre Haute; Maria G., widow of Hiram F. Berst, Warsaw; minor of Jacob Isominger, Thornton. losses of Notes by Destruction. Washington Special. In a letter transmitted to the House to-day the United States Treasurer says that the aggregate" losses on all the issues of government notes by destruction, up to Jan. 31, 1888, would seem to be not less than. $8,700,000, and tbat 16,400,000 of this sum may be regarded as having been destroyed and out of circulation prior to 31 ay 31, 1876. The percentage of destruction of notes, the Treasurer says, will nndoubtedly be greater in notea of small denominations than in those of large denominations. Of the $50.261,952 of small notes outstanding on June 30, 1871, when their issue bad ceased, 96 per cent were redeemed during the next sixteen years. Farther redemptions are expected te increase the total to an extent that will leave only 1 per cent of the issue permanently outstanding. Ot the series issued between 1874 and June 30, 1887, probably less than six-tenths of 1 per cent will remain unredeemed. Mr. Bayard Will Not Marry. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, March 4. Secretary Bayard has again been confronted with the necessity of denying tbat be intends getting married. Instead of a clerk in the Department of State, it is this time Mrs. Folsom, mother of Mrs. Cleveland, and mistress of Oak view, the President's country retreat When Mrs. Folsom, who is now in Paris, sailed for Europe, a few days ago, it was whispered that she was going over to get her trousseau. The gossips began to speak louder, and finally Secretary Bayard's name was mentioned. At the White House the rumor is denied, and Secretary Bayard also says there is no truth in it Mrs. Folsom is' considerably smaller and more compact than Mrs. Cleveland, but the two women loos as much alike as a mother and daughter could. She is probably fifty years old, " and has scarcely a trace of age or care about her.

Graydon and Zalinski. Special to the Indianapolis Journal Washington, March 4. Army and naval eireles are likely to be enlivened with a courtmartial growing out of the criticisms of one officer about the invention of another. Captain Zalinski, of pneumatic torpedo gun notoriety, and Lieut J. W. Graydon, late of the navy, of dynamite shell fame, are the officers involved. Captain Zalinski. in a lecture recently delivered, asserted, or was reported to have asserted, that Graydon's dynamite shells frequently exploded prematurely, and that three gnus had been burst while experimenting with them, all of which Graydon, in a communication to the Secretary of War, pronounces false and damaging to his business interests. He therefore asks for a court-martial to try Zalinski for conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman. Complimenting an Indiana Man. Special to the Indiananolis Journal Washington, March 4. To-day's Washington Herald has the following about a citizen of Connersville: "Judge W. C Forrey, special agent of the General Land Office, who has been on duty in Iowa for nearly two years past has rendered his reports to the Department of the Interior, and is now ordered to duty at Athens, Tenn., wbere he will remain for some length of time in charge ot important public business. The fact that be is intrusted with this varied kind of duties, sent from one section of the country to another, is an assurance that his services to the government are deservedly appreciated by the powers that be. In short, he is recognized as one of the best special agents of the land office." WEATHER BfJIiLETIN. Indications. Washington, D. C, March 4, 10 p. m. For Indiana Lieht to fresh northerly winds; slightly colder, fair weather. Local Weather liepnrr. Indianapolis, March 4, 1388. Time. Bar. Ther. R. H.WindVeatheriPrec. 7 A. 2 p. 7 p. M". .. M - M... 30.32 30.19 30.13 2229 26 SOJjEatt. Cloudy. Cloudy. Cloudy. 57 East. 65 Neast Maximum thermometer, 30; minimum thermometer, 21. . Following is a comparative statement of the condition of temperature and precipitation on March 4, 18SS8: Tern. PieeiD. Normal 34 0.12 Mean 26 O.CO Departure from normal 8 0.12 Total excess or deficiency since Mar. 1 OO 0.35 Total excess or deficiency since Jan. 1252 2.46 General Observations. . Washington, March 4, 9 p. m. Stations. Bar. ITherjWind.1 Pr. I Weather New York city Philadelphia, Pa.... Washington Citv... Charleston, S. C... San Antonia, Tex.. Jacksonville, Fla... Atlanta, Ga. ....... Pensaeola, Fla. Titusvilla. Fla. Montgomery, Ala... Vicksburg, Mbs. New Orleans. .La... Shreveport, La..... Fort Smith, Ark Little Rock, Ark... Galveston, Tex..... Palestine, Tex Brownsville, Tex... Memphis, Tenn.....: Nashville, Tenn....i Lonisville. Ky......l 30.06 18 N'wst! j Clear. . ....j Clear. . . . . Clear. TjCloudy. (Clear. (Cloudy. .Olkain. .34'Ctoudy. ....(Fair. Tj Cloudy. .72 Foggy. .14: Rain. .30Rain. iCloady. .04 Rain. ..... Cloudy. .... Cloudy. .02 Clondy. .08 1 Rain. .16 (Cloudy. .14 Snow. .... Cloudy. .... Cloudy. . Clear." .... Fair. .... Clear. .... Cloudy. Clear. 30.14 30.16 30.04 30.06 30.00 24iN'wsti 32 'North 50 East. 48!Neast GO N east 30.00 44 East 29.90 66 South 30.00 68, Calm 29.88 29.88 64 8'east. 54 North 29.8H 30.02 68ISouth 46 i N'wst 30.10 36 N'wst. 30.00 40 North North 29.96 30.O8 52 42 N'wst! 30.00 60 North N'wst 29.J6 38 29.90 42 30 East. 30.0-4 30.12 Neas! Indianapolis, Ind... 26 Neast Cincinnati, O '30.12 Pittsburg, Pa 30.16 24'North 42;Calm. 14N'wst 16jNeast 0 North 6N'wst 20 Neast 18 Neast 2 Neast 14 Neast j 12iXeast lft! Ve.t Boise, I. T 29.78 Oswego, N. Y 30.22 Toledo, 0 30.30 Escanaba, Mich 30.46 Prince Arthur's lag, 30.54 Chicago, 111 130.26 (Clear. Cloudy. .01 Milwaukee. Wis.... 30 3 Ti Cloudy. ....Clear. ....(Cloudy. jFair. ....I Cloudy. ..02;Snow. OSiClear. ....(Cloudy. .04! Rain. . . .. 'Cloudy. .04! Snow. .04 (Cloudy. TjSnow. .04 Snow. .04 (Snow. .04 Snow. ....(Clear. ....(Clear. ....(Clear. ! Clear. ....(Clear. ....! Clear. .02 Snow. T Clear. T.Clear. Duluth, Minn 30.54 St. Paul. Minn 130.44 T.n Win KiO.d 1 Davenport, Ia..... .30.14 Des Moines. la 3O.30 Concordia, Kan..... 30.26 10 North 12lNorth Keokuk, la . 30. 12 22 Neast Cairo, 111 130.00 32! North Springfield. Ill 130.14 24! Neast 28 j Neast 30, Neast 24 North St Louis. Mo.-. 30.06 SSpringheid, Mo I30.04 Leavenworth, Kan. 130. 18 Omaha, Neb 130.34 16! North 6 North lONeast 4 North Valentine, Keb.....l30.46 Yankton, D. T ..J30.42 Moornead. Minn... 30.48 Bismarck, D. T I30.6O Fort Buford, D. T. . 130.50 OEast. 4! East. 6 Calm. 4 East. 4 Calm. 8 S'east 2 North lO Neast 4 Neast 10; Neast 18 North 32 North 50 Swest 54 N'wst Til. Neast 32 Calm. 30, N'wst Ft. Assinaboine.M.Ti 30.54 Fort Cnster, M. T.. 130.50 Qu'Apetle, N. W. T. 3(1.58 Cheyenne. Wy.T...j0.24 North Platte, Neb.. 30.44 Decver, Col !30.14 W. Las Amman, CoL 30.30 Dodge City. Kan... 30.36 Fort Ktliott, Tex... 30.1 Fort Sill. I. T 30 ( 8 (Clear, j Clear. Clear. Cloudy. .01 Fort Davis. Tex.... 30.0i Clear. .-(Clear. ...'.Clear. Clear. ...iFair. El Paso. Tex 29.96 Salt Lake City. U"T. 29.96 Santa Fe, X. M 29.06 Montrose, Col 29.98 T Traces of precipitation. Note One-tenth of an inch of melted snow equals one inch of snow. Business Embarrassments. Lafayette, Ind., March 4 Frank T. Karty. coal-dealer, has made an assignment. Liabilities between $3,000 and $6,000; assets probably 14.000. vANSVTi.t.B, Ind., March 3 The Indiana vsneer-mills have made an assignment to N. M. Goodlett for benefit of creditors. The immediate cause of the trouble is disagreement of partners. Tbey are said to be owing about $2o,000. with nominal assets about the same. The bulk of the indebtedness is to borne creditors. lr. port from a Baltimore Druggist I have sold all of the best eoueh remedies for the last fifteen yeara and have found none to approximate the exceedingly large sale of Dr. Buii'a Cough Syrup. XV. L. Keli.kk. Cor. Penn. avo and Diddle st.

EVENTS IN THE OLD WOBLD

Crown Prince Passes a Good Night and Day, theMncns Showing Less Blood. The Emperor Confined to His Bed with Ilfs Old Complaint Stories About Royalty That Bronght Their Teller a Thrashing. FREDERICK WILLIAM. He Passes a Good Day and Might, and Is In Comfortable Condition. Lojtdok, March 4. The Crown Prince's strength has increased since the sleeping draught was discontinued, and the mucus from his throat is now but very slightly tinged with blood. A more hopeful feeling prevails. Prof. TPaldemeyer's opinion will be sent to Berlin and will be given to the Crown Princess, but will not be published. Dr. Mackenzie conferred two hours with Prof. Waldemeyer to-day. It is stated tbat the Crown Princess has sent a telepram to Queen Victoria saying: "God be thanked. There is again, room for hope." At 10 o'clocs to-night the general condition of the German Crown Prince was unchanged. The patient passed a good night and a good day. He expectorated much less frequently, and the throat felt more comfortable. A cold wind was blowing to-day, bnt the patient passed a short time on the balcony, protected by screens. Prince William has postponed his departure. He Epends much time with bis father. Professor W aidemeyer has not yet visited the Crown Prince. He is busy making a miscropic examination of the matter discharged from the Prince's throat. It is noticed, that the doctors are now attending to the patient more closely than ever. Dr. Bergmann signed the Sunday morning bulletin. ' . Tlie Emperor Confined to Ills Bed. Beklint, March 4. Emperor William was confined to his bed to-day with his old complaint. His physicians state that they will be better able to-morrow to decide whether the attack is dangerous. UGLY STORIES ABOUT ROYALTY, For the Telling or Which an Austrian St atesman Was Soundly Thrashed. Special to the Indiananolis Journal. Loxdox, March 3. While the Austrian Reichsrath was recently discussing a bill restricting the freedom of students, Deputy Pernestoffer delivered a speech - in defense of the students, citing cases of depravity in high life. Among other things, he asserted that the Archduke Budolpb, Crown Prince of Austria, had, after a night's carouse with a brother officer, asked the latter if he would not like to see the Archduchess Stephanie in her own room. The officer answered affirmatively, and the two ascended the stairway leading to the Crown Prince's chamber. The adjutant on guard in the corridor intercepted thm, and, declaring tbat he would defend the Princess with his life, succeeded in preventine the outrage. The story corning to the ears of the Emperor, he compelled the Crown Prince to ask the adjutant's pardon and persuaded the Princess to forgive her husband. Herr Pernestoffer further stated that the Crown Prince, while in an intoxicated condition, a few years ago. met a funeral procession upon a country road, whereupon he ordered them to stop that he might lean his horse over the coffin, which he did several times before tiring of his brutal sport. Last Saturday, while Herr Pernestoffer was sitting in his parlor, two men entered and beat him with heavy sticks till he was insensible. Tbey are supposed to be army officers who assumed civilian's attire for the occasion. GENEltAX. FOREIGN SEWS. Fight Between th Suaklm Garrison and a Party of Arabs. London, March 4. Adfices from Suakim give an account of an engagement between tbii gaf rison at that p'ace and an attacking party of Arabs, which has just terminated disastrously to the latter,. The Arabs attacked the town in force. and fought long and desperately, but after losing several hundred of their number in killed and wounded. withdrew. Colonel Tapp, of the British army, and five Egyptian soldiers under bis command, were killed, and fourteen others wounded. The garrison was assisted in repulsing the Arabs by the British warships Dolphin and Albacore. Collo Campbell's Bankruptcy, finecial to the Indiananolis Journal. London, March 4. Lord Colin Campbell's attempt, which terminated in the courts yesterday, to obtain his discharge in bankruptcy, as the result of his inability to pay his debts, failed miserably. The judges decided that the law required that legitimate bankruptcy must result solely from misfortune over which the applicant for discharge had no control, whereas Lord Colin's failure was caused by the divorce proceedings he bad instituted against his wife, over which he had full control. It was not a misfortune within the meaning of the law that he had expended his money in counsel fees and other legal expenses in his endeavor to obtain from his wife a divorce to which the jury had decided he was not entitled. A Hint to Switzerland. Berlin. March 4. The North German Gazette reprints an attack japon Ge rmany in the form of a poem entitled "Vive la France," which was circulated in a pamphlet at Basle during the carnival, and reminds Switzerland tht her neutrality imposes upon her the obligation of avoiding provocation to foreign powers. . The Gazette adds: "Some of the inhabitants of Switzerland appear to be unconscious of this obligation. We trust tbat the Swiss government will thwart the plans of those who desire to disturb the relations existing between Switzerland and Germany." Cable .Notes. Emperor Francis Joseph has nominated the Prinze of Wales to the colonelcy of the Twelfth Itegiment. Altogether, more than 200 corpses have been recovered from the avalanches which have recently occurred in the Italian Alps. The hamlet of Trasquera, at the foot of the Simplon mountain, and another hamlet, in the Bini vlley. have been destroyed by avalanches. At the latter place five persons were killed. M. Boulan, director of the Assurance Financier e, at Paris, committed suicide yesterday by throwing himself into the Seine. A deficit of 2,500,000 francs has been found in his accounts. Premier Crispi has resolved to instruct Count Menabrea. Italian embassador to France, to demand the punishment of the French soldiers whorecently intercepted a number of Italian railway officials at Maaane ana compelled them to kneel to them. Mr. Bell, the owner of the Thistle, has sold that boat to Mr. Coats, the owner ofthe'Marjorie. who intends to enter her in a series of races in England. Mr. Fife, of Fairlie-on-the-Clyde, is building a racing cutter to compete with the American yachts. She is to measure forty feet at the water line and eleven feet beam. Losses by Fire. Fresno. Cal., March 4. The Marguerita winery and distillery, five miles south of this city, owned by Itodgers & Mallock." San Fran cisco, was destroyed by fire shortly after midnight last night. Over 200,000 gallons of wine. valued at $ 150.000, and machinery and buildings valued at $50,000 were also consumed. The Droperty was partly insured. Pottsvjlle, Pa., March 4. The breaker of Glendower colliery f the .Reading Coal Zand Iron Company, near Jlioersville, was destroyed ty fire this evening. The loss will aggregate bet ween $60,000 and $;o.000. Between 400 and 500 hands will be made idle for several months. Cincinnati, March 4 This morninar fire, at Middletown. O.. destroyed the Middletowa Buggy Company's building, occupied by Wm. Reede & Co., grocers; Middletown Paper Company's wareroums, and the Middletown Buf gy Company, with a stock of sixty-five buggies. Total loss, $30,000; insurance, $ 11.000. Ksrrow Escape of mt Innocent Man. Chicago, March 4. An innocent man bsrel v escaped lynching this morning at the hands of an excited mob ia the Bohemian district north west of the city limits. enzel Can. a saloon-keeper, was found by his twelve-year-old eon, dying behind the bar. The saloon keeper had been shot and terribly pounded. "Father! Father!" cried tbe boy bending over him. "wno has hurt you! Who shot yon!" Cap opened his eyes and said feebly, "Slater," "Slater." "Get Slater." Tbe policeman on that beat is named

Slater. The boy ran out. screamin? that his father hsd bewn murdered by Slater. Several

hundred Bohemian men. women ana children quickly gathered, and, providing themselves with clubs, stones -and a long rope, started for Sisters house. Ther had been preceded by a police lieutenant, who was at that moment coming toward tne moo, in a oucey. with Slater under arrest. An exciting chase between the mob and the officer began, and lasted half a mile, sections of the Bohemians cutting across lots and harlioe volley after volley of stones and sticks nt the policeman. Slater and the tieutenant at last reached the station-bouse in safety, and subsequent developments showed tbat Slater was home in bed when the saloonKeeper was attaeKea. tne murderer bems a tough named James Potter, who was eaught by Cap robbing the saloon till. Cans dying excla mation was a request to send for the policeman Slater, not, as the boy supposed, to arrest him as a maraerer. OBITUARr. Amos Br on son Alcott, Founder ot the Con cord School of Philosophy. Boston, March 4. Amos Bronson Alcott, founder of the famous Concord School of Transcendental Philosophy, and author of philosopnicat ana critical works, died in this city to- . . A. it.. - - -.LA. t . ujjt, tu aga vi eigu iy-ejjcm years. Amos Bronson Alcott was born at Walcott, Conn., Nov. 29. 17C9. While still a boy he sailed for Norfolk, Va.. with a trunk of merchandise. which he peddled among the planters, who re ceived him hospitably and loaned him books. Returning to Connecticut, he taught infant schools with such eminent success, skill and sympathy as to attract attention. In 1828 he removed to Boston and opened an infant school in Masonic Temple, which was in its methods in advance of public opinion, and was denounced by the papers, although defended warmly by Mr. Emerson. Mr. Alcott gave up the school, moved to Concord, and interested himself in natural theology, and in educational, dietetic. civil and social reforms. On tbe invitation of Mr. James P. Greaves, the friend and fellowlaborer of Festalozzi, of London, in 1842, Mr. Alcott went to England and solicited aid to carry out certain fantastical schemes for the establishment of a community in America which should keep not only the ten commandments, but the eleventh also. On his return to Amer ica he brought with him two English enthusi asts and converts to his ideas. They bought a farm called "Fruit Lands" at Harvard. Mass., and with Mr. Alcott's family and two or three others all went to Fruit Lands to found a new community. They used no animal foods, no woolen goods, as such belonged to the sheen; no cotton, as it was tbe product of slave labor; no leather, etc. Money was vetoed; barter was to be restored. The society failed, the English men went borne, and the tarm was sold. Mr. Alcott removed to Boston, gave up his radical ideas of reform, and soon after, at the solicitations of his life-long friend. Mr. Emerson, returned to Concord, and has since led the life of a peripatetic philosopher, conversing in cities and villages, wherever invited, on divinity, human nature, ethics, dietetics, and a wide range of practical questions. These casual meetings assumed a formal character, and led to extended winter journeys in tbe West, where he had many circles of friends. Mr. Alcott attached great importance to diet and control of the body, and still more to race and complexion, liis writings are para graphical, or, at tbe most, are snort essays. Mr. Alcott had four daughters, of whom Louisa May is a well-known authoress. The most popular of her works is "Little Women" (1S67). This was followed by "An Old-fashioned Girl," in I860, and "Little Men," in 1871. Mr. Alcott may be regarded as an erratic genius, a philosopher of the Pythagorean type, and, while not a great writer, a great talker, reformer and philanthropist, and. on the whole, one of tbe most unique productions of so called .New England transcendentalism. Mr. Alcott traveled several seasons through the West, holding parlor conferences in ' the circles that appreciated him. His last visit was in January, 1881, when ha made a stay of three weeks in Indianapolis, making his headquarters at Air. Uscar U. MCUuilocns, out being tne guest of several families, with whom he had al ways been welcome. His first public appear ance here was in the lecture-room of Plym outh Church, where he gave his ad dress on "Concord Authors. ile gave that evening the home life of Mr. Emerson, and the "Genesis of the Emersonian Essay." He vSaid little of Hawthorne, whom he evidently oid not understand or appreciate. His best things were about imerson and Thoreau. On Saturday, Jan. 29, Mr. Alcott addressed the public school teachers, on Snnday he preached to a large audience at riymouta tJimrcn, on "Immortality." and on Sunday evening he addressed the Plato Club, of this city. To the 600 high-school children be spoke for an hour, telling the story or tbe education of bis tour daughters, Louisa. Anna, Amy and Elizabeth; telling how they became writers, linguists, painters or housekeepers, as their tendencies were. He spoke of himself as the father of the "Little Women' Mr. Alcott held conversations at Mr. wall's. Mr. Lewis Jones's, and before the Woman's Club. Indeed, he held meetings or made addresses morning, noon and night; sat up late; rose early, talking nearly eighteen hours daily, and enioving excellent health, fully proving, in his good health and robust frame, at eighty-four years or age. the sanity or his dietectic views. Mr. Alcott kept a daily journal of his visit here. He called Indianapolis the "Athens of the West," and contended that of all West ern cities he enjoyed Indianapolis most and here met the heartiest reception. To Mr. and Mrs. McCulloch, who passsd the day at Concord with Mr. Alcott Sept. 7 follow ing, be said that he purposed visiting Indianapolis again the coming winter. Although his visit to Indianapolis was not a financial one, but made to see bis friends of the Summer School and others who wished to know him, ample moneys were tendered him, which he accepted, making over a thousand dollars during the trip, with which he built himself a new library in his Concord home. His visit to Indianapolis will not be forgotten. In his "Fable for Critics," Mr. Lowell draws Mr. Alcott's literary portrait as follows: Yonder, calm as a cloud, Alcott stalks in a dream, And fancier himself in the groves, Academe, With the Parthenon nigh and the olive tree o'er him, And never a fact to perplex him or bore him. Withasuug room at Plato's, when night comes, to walk to. And people from' morning to midnight to talk to, And from midnight till morning, nor snore in their listening. Po he muses, his face with the joy of it glistening. For his highest conceit of a happiest state is Where they lived upou acorns, and hear him talk gratis; And. indeed, I believe, no man ever talked better; Each sentence hangs perfectly poised to a letter; He seems piling words, but there's royal dust hid In the heart of each sky-niercing pyramid. While he talks he is great, but goes out like a taper. If you shot him ur closely with pen, ink and paper; Yet his fingers itch for 'em from morning till nijrht. And he thinks he does wrong if he don't always write; In this, as in all things, a lamb among men. He goes to sure death when he goes to his pen. Dr. David Bell. Lexington. March 3. Dr. David Bell, the oldest practicing physician in central Kentucky, died at his.residence, on South Spring street, today, at 12 o'clock, after. a lingering illness. Dr. Bell was in his seventy-eighth year. He was born in this county, within three miles of this city, of Virginian parents. He received his education here, graduating, in 1832, from the Medical College of Transylvania University. He rad medicine under the late Dr. B. W. Dudley, the eminent surgeon, and began the practice of his profession in 1832, in Hannibal, Mo. He soon returned to Kentucky, and located at Lancaster. Ou June 5, 1834, be married Miss Charlotte C Robertson, daughter of the late Chief-justice George W. Robertson. In the year following he moved to Lexington, where he has since resided and successfully practiced bis profession. He obtained an enviable reputation by his successful treatment of cholera patients, in this city, in 1849. As a surgeon, too, he was well known, having, as early as 1834. performed successfully the difficult and dangerous operation of Csesarianism. He also wrote many valuable papers for the leading medical journals of the day during his esrly life, those on the treatment of cholera attracting widespread attention. Nicholas Marsteller. Lafayette, Ind.. March 4 Nicholas Mars teller, a resident of this county since 1829, died Saturday evening after a brief illness. His parents removed to this place from Ohio. At tbat time Lafayette was a trading point on the Wabash, there being scarce a score of families bereIiev. William S. Carr. Hartfoed, Conn., March 4 The Rev. Dr. Wiiliam S. Carr," professor of systematic theology tn the Hartford Theological Seminary, died here to-day, aged sixty. Rumored Lynching of Father and Son. Detroit, March 4.- It is rumored here tonipht that Homer Hart and Oliver Hart, father and son, of Monnt Pleasant, who were arrested Friday on a charge of assaulting the five-year-old daughter of Oliver, had been lynched. There is no telephone connection with the place, and the telegraph office being closed, particulars are sot likely to be had to-night.

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Details of the Encounter at Eajle Pass Be tween Mexican Officers and Texas Soldiers. Eagle Pass, Tex., March 4. Yesterday morning, Captain Munos, commander cf the soldiers stationed in Piedras, Niegras, came to this side and asked permission of the customs inspector to let four of his men come over on horseback and look at some horses they wanted to buy. They received permission to eross, provided they returned within a short time. A lieutenant and three soldiers then cams over in the ferry-boat, and after talk ing for some time with Captain Munos, they started toward Frank Fox's brick-yard, where a Mexican who had deserted a few days ago was at work. The Mexican saw them coming, and concealed himself under one of the kilns. He was discovered by the Mexican soldiers, who, at the command of the lieutenant, dragged him out, beating him over the hea with the butts of their revolvers. While his men were thus engaged, the lieutenant uncoiled a lasso from his saddle, roped the fugitive and dragged him some distance, the soldiers belaboring him un mercifully with their six-shooters and endeavor ing to get him to cross back to Mexico with them. About this time Dnputy Sheriff White eame up and commanded, them to quit or be would arrest them. They, in reply, drew their pistols on him. telling him to get out of the way or they would kill him, too. White being unarmed, ran down to Sheriff Cooke for assistance; in the meantime the Mexicans, leaving the deserter apparently dead, his body being covered with wounds inflicted with knives and pistols. mounted their, horses ahd started for the river. When they cot near the shore they encount ered Wrhite again, followed by Ed. and Will Van Riper and Sheriff Cooke. A furious fusillade took place. White was shot through the right hand and fell from his horse, and he horse ridden by one of the Mexican soldiers fell dead from a bullet from White's Winchester. The Mexicans made every, effort to reach the other side of the river before the Van Ripers and Cooke could catch them. .and the lieutenant, who was riding ahead, succeeded in reaching the Mexican bank and immeciately turned around and commenced firing with bis pistol into the crowd which had by this time assembled on the American bank. The dismounted soldier plunged into the river afoot, and was shot through the head and killed by Ed Van Riper when about half way across. Of the other two, one, a corporal, was wounded by a rifle shot in the side, and died soon after reaching the Mexican shore. The lieutenant had a flesh wound in the face. The people of Piedras Niegras and Eagle Pass are indignant at this outrage upon international friend ship, and demand of .the govern ment protection and retaliation. The eivil authorities claim to be entirely innocent of the matter, and most probably knew nothing of it. It was a scheme gotten up entirely by Capt. xuunosand bis lieutenant. 'I he Mexican whom these soldiers tried to kidnap is seriously in jured, but will probably recover. United States Consul Allen has telegraphed an account of the affair to the Secretary of State at Washington. GENERAL LABOR SEWS. Chicago Painters Decide to Strike and the Carpenters Threaten to Stop Building. Chicago, March 4. At a meeting, this after noon, of 1,200 painters belong to the Knights of Labor, it was decided to strike on March 15 if the recent demand for a minimum rate of 37i cents an hour for an eight-hour day was not complied with. For the past year the minimum wage was 27J cents an hour. The carpenters are threatening to tie no all building operations ia the city if their demands are not conceded bv the contractors. At a meet ing of the Trade and Labor Assembly, ;o-day. Secretary Brennock, of the Carpenters' Associa tion, stated that the contractors offered thirty cents an boor, when thirty-five bad been asked, and had refused to negotiate at all when the proposition was broached that nmon men should not be compelled to work with -nonunion men. The chairman of .the assembly. Robert Swallow, a carpenter, took the floor. He sail: "The carpenters can and will tie up all building in Chicago this spring. We will see tbat the entire work on buildings is shopped if our demands are not granted. We don't ask financial support, at least not now. But we'll fight this out if we ruin ourselves financially, and have to become tramps." Great applause The position of the carpenters was indorsed by the' assembly and its unanimous support pledged. Spinners Decide to Strike. New Bedford, Mass., March 4. The spin ners in all tbe Wamsutta mills have decided to strike to-morrow, and stay out until some spinners in mills Nos. I and 2, who were discharged for refusing to work over-time, are reinstated, and until a definite understanding as to working over-time is established. TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. Eddie Loew, a sixteen-year-old boy, was play ing with a target-gun at his home in Chicago, yesterday, when it was unexpectedly discharged. he ball struct his fourteen-year old brother. Albert, in tbe head, killing him instantly.' Tbe first steel brick made out of Birmingham. Ala. iron by the Henderson process was yester day sent to the Montgomery Daily Dispatch by Dr. a. M. t;aiaweii, president ot the Klyton Lead Company. It is highly polished,' and pronounced an excellent quality of steel by experts. Dudley Arnoux, a clerk, who disappeared from his mother's residence in Brooklyn, N. Y., Feb. 16, was found yesterday lyim; dead, and his body frozen, beside a road near Yonkers. There were pistol shot wounds in his bead. His fam ily say be bad no business or personal troubles and was not likely to kill himself, but tbe police have no doubt it is a case of suicide. ,. Superintendent Peter Caldwell, of the Louis ville House or Refuge, was assaulted and badly beaten, yesterday, by five former inmates of tre institution, John, James and W'll Clarke. Bill Round and James Smith. They served ten years each, having been sent ud when mere children. They are now in the employ of tbe Louisville & Nashville Railroad, and returned to the institution while drunk to "do up" Cald well. They commenced beating him when be opened the door, but ran at tbe approach of guard John Keliy. Steamship News. Londox, March 4. The steamer Celtic, from New York for Liverpool, arrived at Furneston to-day. The steamer La Bourgogne. from New York, arrived at Havre. New York. March 4. Arrived: Aurania, from Liverpool; Sorrento, from Hamburg; Rich mond Hill, from London; La Normandie, from Havre. Queen-stows-. March 4 The steamer Wyom ing, from New York for Liverpool, arrived today. Accident to a Party of Merry-Makers. New York, March 4. Last night a party of thirty young men and women started in an omnibus for King's Bridge, where they intended to have a supper and a dance at a hotel. Wr.en near King's Bridge the omnibus rolled down an embankment twenty feet high. All of tbe party received bruises, but none of them were killed. Minnie O'Neil and Annie May were taken to the Ninety-ninth-etreet Hospital suffering from contusions of tbe back. The others were able to go home. The Oenuan Mission. New York, March 4. It was reported nn town last night that the post of United States minister to Germany has been offered to exMayor Cooper, by President Cleveland, and tbat Mr. Cooper is now considering whetner or not ne win accept it. A Lciton on tbe Tariff. Oshkosb Northwestern. 31 r. H. C Swan, the inventor of several val uable improvements in carriage springs, has oeen loosing up tne cost or manufacturing the springs in this country and in Canada, and be discovered one or two facis which have a bearing on the present tariff discussion. Canada is blessed with free trade and receives its manufactured goods from England. Consequently there are no blast furnaces or rolling-mills there. and Bessemer steel costs 4i cents per pound, while in the United States it is worth only 3f cents. Another kind of steel which Mr. Swan needed for springs costs 6 cents in Canada, while the same steel can be bought here for 5 cents. The Ml flit nave Ueen In fiew Jersey. Philadelphia Frees. It is probable tbat if the third-party Pro hibitionists in New Jersey had not made a separate campaign at he last gubernatorial election in tnat State a Republican would have beeu elected Governor, who would have signed the bieh license and local option bill. The Democratic Governor elected by the Prohibition division vetoed it, and it is saved only by the Republicans. Under this erasure, if tbe people

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The statement was made in tne course or con versation about tbe early history of tne woman suffrage movement, with which Mrs. Blooine was as prominently identified as has been any one who ever opened bis or her mouth in pro test against the wrongs impose I by tyrant mas upon the gentler sex. Altnouen years since tne name of Mrs. Bloomer has been prominently be fore the public as that of a woman rights agl tator, she is still thoroughly imbued wits the enthusiasm of the cause, and abreast or the times in her ideas o the relations of womankind to the worse ha f of humanity. For thirtv-three years eha has been a resident of Council Bluffs. There, in the iiuiise she and her husband occupied wher they first came to the wild and woolly West, sua am Mr. Bloomer still live. The place beerus to have "rime" written unon it. on its wa.i-i ana over i's funishing. The Iil y herself is ths same Mrs. liloomer whose vote? used to ring out strone and clear in chamDioning the cause of t -e universal sisterhood, but has left Li marks upon her. Her hair is silver and her t" is slow. But her eyes have lot only a little i their fire, and when engairad in reviewiug t .t triumphs of a glorious ago, she convetsea with a vigor and intrpst foreign to the manner oi one who leeis mo weiK"t oi years. '1 did not io. nt what is known as the 'Bloomir' costume, ' sht repeated, "nor was I the first to wear it I did not even name it. Mrs Elizabeth MiLer. a daughter of Gerrit Smith, tsa! the first lady who wore ;fe St. eame dressed in one of tnose cos n e from Pe erbo-o. N. Y., to Seneca Fall?, vu-i I was living, and where Mrs. Elizabeth Cadv Stanton IiTjI. Where Mrs. Miller got thw idea I do not know, but Bhe is entitled to what cre.lv1; there is for putting the dress into circulation, as it wtrs. and it should be named for her, if for anybody. It's hardly fair to Mrs. Miller to take the credit from her. A few days after Mrs.,. Miller's appearance in a short skirt and trousers.. Mrs. Stanton had a similar costume msde, and she wore it. Then I adopted the sty)e. Mrs. Stanton did not wear hers a great while nos sibly not more than two years; but I wore mint as long as the public talked about it and me. I did not name the dress. The press did th.it. 1 wore the costume for six years for two years Council Bluffs and, if I had not retired to pri vate life, might be wearirw it yet.' It is a very comfortable and sensible ui-ess. A MUSICAL FRODIGT. A Congressman's Four-Year-Old Daughter 1VH Rivals Josef Ilofmann. Washington Letter. There fs a little girl here who has in her the making of a greater musical marvel than Josef Hofmann. She is only four years old, and plays on the violin and piano witn skill. She is the daughtet of Repesentative Dunn, of Arkansas. She is a wonderfully bright little thing, and a perfect enthusiast over music. Thero is nothing childish in her enthusiasm. She talks like a learned professor of harmony, and is extremely critical in her judgment of the performances of otheta. Sometimes ber mother will play on the piano while she accompanies with the violin. The child will never strike a false note or get out of time. But if the mother makes the least mistake tbe little child becomes quite impatient. She detects an error in a moment, and it seems to jar all through her nerves. She will stamp her little foot and show other signs of displeasure in a nervous, not an irritable manner. She is a very aweet-disoositioned child. All her playing is by note. She informed me that she played by ear only once, and never did it again because ber teaehor told her not to. ' She loves to talic in a womanly way about mu sic, and will tell all about bow she first found out that she liked it and coold learn to pi ay. She played her first little piece, ehe says, after t-- lsons. M". Dunn is quite proud of her genius, but l.- uiistantly trying to curb it because of a fear tdat it may prove hurtful to her constitution, lie told me the other day that when Annie ' hat is her name) was two or three years old 8 a showed a great aptness for memorizing poetry that was read to ber, and that she would repeat a dialogue of two parts, suiting her voice to each part very cleverly. Six or eight months ago she went to visit a little friend several years older than herself, who was just beginning to take lessons on the piano. In talking over this, little Annie Dunn showed such an understanding of the subject that it attracted tbe attention of the old folks. It was found that, in the short time the children were amusing themselves with tha discussion she had acquired about all the knowledge the teacher bad imparted to her friend. Annie was given a term of muio "just to see." . She took up the pUno and violin, and can now play both, not like a German professor, but as well as many grownup people who are not ashamed to play for company. She reads music well, and comprehends it in a way tbat is a wonder. She loves to discuss the subject, and it is difficult, her father says, to keep ber from devoting most of her time to music. When it was found what, rapid strides she made, she was taken from the Professor least harm might result She is a rogv-cheeked little girl, small even for the age of four, with a chubby child race and very bright eyes and a clear voioe and ready powers of conversation. She told me that she was going to begin playing on the . organ soon. HI Name Is Harrison. Philadelphia K: d. It is a vast pity that there are two prominent Republicans in Indiana whose friends desire to li;t tbena into tbeVhte House; for one of them has peculiar qualifications for high and respun sible public service. 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