Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 April 1888 — Page 1

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TWO LEADERS.

French Balbrisrsran Under-i wear $2 Suits sold at $1. Whv? ' ' ' , -I' Because tbey are just atriHe spotted. A pleated-"bosom Unlaundered Shirt WORTH 75 CENTS We are selling at - ; : 4r3 cents, A great bargain. ORIGINAL EAGLE 5 and 7 W. Washington St. DAILY WJEATUEK BCIXETIN. Indications.' Washington, D. G, April 8. For Indiana and Illinoia Threatening weather with rain; warmer, followed by colder, brisk, Southerly winds, becoming northwesterly on Tuesday. " For OhioWarmer, threatening weather, with raio; light to fresh easterly winds, increasing in force. For- Wisconsin end Michigan Warmer, threatening weather, with rain or snow; fresh to brisk southeasterly wiods, increasing in force, loilowel on Tuesday by northwesterly winds. Z ocal Weather Report.

Time. Da. Ther. R. H. Wind Weather Free. Ta. M... "SO.S7 39 66 N'est Fair. ...... 2 p. m... 30.27 GO 32 South Fair 9 p. M... 30.20 51 53 S'est Fair. ......

te37 mnm t"rmometer' 60; minimum thermojneFollowing is a comparative statement of the condition of tempt rat aro and precipitation on April 8, X8SS: Tern. 51 50 1 27 -G51 Precip. 0.12 O.OO 0.12 0.19 1.4S Normal.. ................. .......... Mean.................. ............. Deoarture from normal............. Total excessor deficiency since Apr. 1 Total excess or deficiency since Jan. 1Plus. ; General Observations. Washington, April 8, 9 p. m. Stations.

Bar. ITher Wind. J Pr. Weather 30 36 36 N'wsf. ..... Clea 30.3S 42 Nortn Clear. 30.48 42 South Clear. 30.28 62 East. . Clear. 29.86 70 S'east Cloudy. 30.20 66 Neast Clear. 30.18 66 S'east Cloudy. 30.10 72 East. Clear. 3O.20 72 Neast ..... Fair. 30.10 72 East. Clear. 29.98 72 South Fair. 30.02 70 South .38 Fair. 29.94 54 Bast. .58 Rain. 29.94 66 Kast ..... Cloudy. 29.94 70 South Clear. 29.88 70 South ..... Fair 29.90 72 South Clear. 30.02 66 East. Cloudy. 30.12 64 Neast Cloudy. 30. 24 COJEast. Clew. 30.26 50 S'wast Fair. 30.30 52 North Cloudy. 30.S8 42 North . Clekr. 3O.10 52,N'wst ..... Clear. . 30.40 30 West. Clear. 29.74 36 West. Fair. 30. 40 34 East. Clear. i29.74 32 Calm Clear. 30.14 28 Neast Clear. 30.20 42 S'east .02 Clear. 30.22 38 S'eat .01 Fair. 30.12 34 Neast ..... Clear. 30.08 34 East. Clear. 30.12 44 S'east Cloudy. 30.08 50 East. ..... Clear. 30.34 54 S'east Clear. 29.86 60 S'east Cloudy. 30.0O 56 S'east Cloudy. 0O.O8 66 Neast T Rain. 30.12 56 S'east Cloudy. 30.10 60 South T Rain. 29.96 50 S'east .16 Rain. 29.90 54 South .33 Rain. 29.92 62:S'east Fair. 29.76 54!North .12 Rain. 29.86 56 South .12 Clear. 29.88 38 S'east Clear. 29.80 50Calm. Cloudy. 29.76 56; S'east .... Cloudy. 29.74 44jN'wst Fair. 29.80 54N'wst T Rain. 29.78 46jCalm. .6 Clear. 29.76 56,S'east ..... Cloudy. 29.78 48 N'wst .4 Rain. 29.66 52!N'wst .44 Rain. 29.70 58 S'east .10 Cloudy. 29.66 C6S'east .4 Fair. 29.78 60 South .70 Cloudy. 29.74 68!Swest Clear. - 29.76 70. Neast Clear. 30.32 50 Calm Clear. 29.84 44 West. T Fair. - 29.84 48jXeast T Cloudy.

New York city..... Philadelphia, l a... Washington City... Charleaton, S. C,... Kan Antonia, Tex.. I Jacksonville, Fla... j Atlanta, Ga. 'Pensacola, Fla..... Titusvihe, Fla ; .Montgomerv', Ala Vickaburg, Miss.. I INew Orleans. La... ? Fort Smith, Ark... ; Little liock. Ark.. -Galveston. Tex.;... Palestine, Tex...... Urowrmville, Tex.... Memphis, Teen. ... Nashville, Tena.... Louisville. Ky...... Indianapolis, Inl... Cincinnati, O....... Pittabarg. Pa. ...... , Boise, I. T -Osweco. N. Y...... Calgary, N. W. T... Toledo, O Minnedoa,N. W.T Prince Arthur's L'g Cnieago, UL ........ Mdwaukee, Wis.... Julnth, Minn..... tit. Paul, Minn.... La Crosse. Wis.... Davenport. Ia...... Des Moines, la..... Concordia, Kan..... Keokuk. Ia. ........ Cairo, 111 .... Springfield. 111...... ht. Louis, Mo...... Springfield, Mo..... Leavenworth, Kan. . Omaha, Neb........ Valentine, Neb..... Yankton, D. T..... Moorehead. Minn... Ft.McKinney. W.T j;stnarck, i. 1 ..... ' Fort Buford, D. T.. Fort Custer. M. T..i Cheyenne. Wy. T... North Platte, Neb.. Denver, Col........ VV. Las Animas, Col .Dodge City, Kau... iFort ElHott, Tex... Fort 8ill. 1. T...... Fort Davis, Tex.... El Paso, Tex Bait Lake City. U. T Santa Fe, N. M. 'Montrose, Col...... T Traces of precipitation. Note One-tenth of an inch of melted one inch of snow. Snow equals Bounty Land fur Veteran Soldiers. Nbw York, April 8, An ; organization of veteran soldiers and eailora which terms itself the Veteran Association of the Regular Army and Navy Of the United States, has recently been agitating the matter of securing bounty land and means for improving the same from the United State, government. The organization held a meeting to-day, delegates from the various Grand Army posts being present, and adopted a petition to Congress. In the petition it ia urged that thousands of veterans would like to take and cultivate bounty land, bat are unable to do so unless finanancially assisted by the government. The petitions urge that Congress pass an act granting all honorably discharged soldiers and sailors the assistance needed to enable the veterans and their families to reach, occupy and cultivate bounty land, and in the event of the passage of such a bill the government will be asked to locate the lands, lay out highways, build school-bouses and furnish each, settler with a small house, team, agricultural implements, seed, etc. In return, the settlers will repay the loan to the government within ten years, with interest at 3 per cent., and would pledge themselves to serve in the military of their several States. A letter to President Gleveland was also drawn up and adopted. It is of ei roller tenor, and urges the desirability of having the bounty lands occupied by native Americana instead of by foreign pauper immigrants. . ' - '- , JSlopetnant of Two Fiona People. Riadiko, Pa... April 6. The members of the Ancient Church of God, whose pastors were killed on the Pennsylvania railroad laet Sunday, had hardly recovered from the shock of that disaster when another shock, almost as great, was caused by the elopement yesterday of two of their prominent members. Milton Kissinger and lire. Rebecca Sc breeder. Kissinger deserted a wife and Mrs. echroeder 11 1 a husband and three children. Kissinger b' been especially lond in bis professions 'Viety in the church, and Mrs. Schroeder. wo- rss converted and baptized in the Schuylkill daring one of the blizzards last winter, was said to have been converted mainly through his pious exhortations. The children of Mrs. Schroeder, wftu are aged three, five and eleven years, were left entirely alone" io the house, their father being away in New York, and they had to be taken care of by neighbors. Suicide of Murderer I'ltttnao. New Yoke, April 8.--Fraoeia M, Pittmaa, the murderer of bis daughter Rachel, who was under sentence of life imortsnnment for the trims, and who has been suffering from the effeets of opium taken Saturday morning, died t 11 o'clock to dy. It is still unknown how be got the poison. The warden of the Tombs says he obtained it while being tried sn court. His daughters Belle and Sadie came to the hospital in the afternoon, bat were cot aftVcted on learning of the r father's death. Mrs. Pmroan denied having given her husband the poison, and says she would rather have shot him. Why wear o it with couthing at night, when Ayti'a Cherry Pectoral will reueve and cure!

WHEX INDICATIONS. MONDAY Thrpat ni ngr weather, TYith rain; warmer, followed by coUer winds.

A POINTER! Wise Man -"It'a the early biri that catcbe3 the worm." Sluggard "Serresthe worm nghtfor being up so early." The point of the observation always lies in. the application of it. Here it is plain. Spring stles in every garment and in hats are represented in oar stock. It is complete. You can't do better anywhere, we are willing to afiirm. Go somewhere if yon think bo, and then cone to us. Our goods this year have a iinish unusual in any good3 short of merchant tailoring work, and the best of its kind at that. The manufacture of clothes is becoming more perfect constantly, and we have the best. You can get them at manufacturers' pricesat THE WHEN LABOR INTERESTS. The Locomotive Firemen's Organ Urges a Federation of Kail way E.jaployes. Special to the Indiana."0.! Journal. Terke Haute, April 8. The Lceo motive Firemen's Magazine, the official organ of the Brotherhood, is jnst out for April. It is edited by Grand Secretary Debs, who is, in fact, the founder of the order, which has its elegant headquarters here. The magazine has a big circulation and furnishes the order a handsome net revenue. The most significant article , this month is a long editorial under the head of "Federation the Lesson of the Strike." The argument is, that as railroad systems are increasing the miles under one management, and a strike may mean a blockade in one section of the country, in which view Governor Martin, of Kansas, is quoted as saying that Kansas can be paralyzed by a railroad quarrel, the article holds that the people, seeing that their interests are jeopardized , wiU insist upon knowing the canses that lead up to a strike. "But," says the magazine, "the great strike has taocht the strikers a lesson that the press cannot oe relied upon to furnish such information," and that the lesson of it all is this: If corporations and the press confederate to overwhelm workingmen when they demand redress for grievances, they, too, must federate to enforce their rights vrhicn corporations deny them. The article thn proceeds to argue in favor of a federation of switchmen, engineers, firemen and brakemen, to act on the principle that the interest of one is the interest of all." It is said that it ia "folly to expect success if one brotherhood is left to fight the battle single-banded." The article is significant chiefly from the fact that Eusect Debs, the editor and father of the order, has always fought this Knight of Labor idea of combination, as have the several grand masters, including Sargent, who have served with Debs. Asking- Removal of an Arbitrator. Special to the Xndianaoolis Joarnau - Buffalo, N. Y., April 8.- At a meeting of the Central Labor Union, to-night, a circular was read which contained statements to the effect that Hon. W. M. Purcell, of the Rochester Union and Advertiser,' bid not oS-Wed the services of the State Board of Arbitration, of which be is a member, during the printers' strike in Rochester; that he bad set type in his office; also, that during the strike of the shoemakers his paper misrepresented them. Action denonncing Mr. Purcell was requested, and the union adopted the following: . Whereas, Mr. Wm. Purcell, chairm mi and member of the State Board of Arbitration, willfully refused to arbitrate in the printers" strike at Rochester; also, took an offensive and hostile attitude in the shoe strike of that city, thereby showing himself one-sided, illiberal, partial and unfit to hold the position; therefore. Resolved, That the Central Labor Union of Buffalo condemns Mr. Purcell course of acton, and respectfully asks Governor Hill to remove him from office. Indorsing: the 'Q" Strikers. New Yobk, April 8. About 1,500 members of the Brotherhoods of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen met . to-day at Tammany Ball and listened ' t speeches by Grand Master ; Hanahan, of the firemen, and Jos. Porter, of the C, B. & Q.. as to what they saw while on a trio over the Burlington from Chicago to Denver. Mr. Porter said 157 engines had been disabled by incompetent scab engineers. The road was not doing even 30 per cent, of its nsual business. The papers in Chicago, from interested motives, kept still abont these things, and the papers along the road were afraid to speak. Resolutions were adopted pledging continued support to the .strikers and indorsing all their acts except acts of violence, declaring that though perhaps defeated they had vindicated their principles, and asserting that the order is stronger to-day than ever. Close of the Marietta Centennial. Marietta, O., April 8. A Sabbath rest came to Marietta's centennial feast. Notable visitors had generally departed, but the eminent divines and numerous friends of. early settlers remained, and the day was given up to religions services held in the various churches. Many train loads and steamboats of excursionists came, and the day has been delightful. Although tbe relic rooms had been closed, the dematd was so great and so reasonable that the spirit of our Puritan fathers yielded to the demand, and twelve or thirteen orderly visitors were admitted to the rooms. The chief public exercise was the discourse of Dr. Storrs. A choir of 1(K) voices made rousio under the direction of Professor SoronL Dr. Storrs, in a scholarly and leocthy discourse, analyzed the national forces that make up the America of 1888, differing so widely from that America of one hundred years ago. Of this Nation, he declared, shall come tbe beet thought and the best model of the world. Egypt and Greece were hemmed in, and though England had been five times enriched by the blood of nations, the best blood of the beit races that : ever dwelt upon the earth is com ing to America now to be absorbed and reorganized. He declared that when the time should eome for China to empty her goblet of one hundred millions upon us, we shall be ready to receive them and imprint our thought and activity npon them. His discourse was a scholarly discussion of the economic questions that affect nations, raising and answering the question of what shall be the end of human restlessness in the temporal necessity of the race. With this closed the historical commemoration of an event of 100 years ago, to the honor and credit of those w!ao planned and executed it. 1 - - A Drunken Man's Costly Freak. Chicago, April 8. A drunken teamster, named Dooley to-day took possession of a Chicago & Northwestern switch engine standing on the main track in the down-town yards. Polling the throttle wide open, he started west on his career as an engineer. At Halsted street the jolting threw bim off and the engine continued it way until Western avenue was reached, when it collided with another engine, the crew of which, seeing the dsnger, jumped and saved their lives. Both engiees were completely wrecked and a portion of the track was torn up, entailing a loss on the company of about $10,000. Five minutes after this a passenger train from the weat was due, filled with passengers. Dooley was picked op unhurt and put under arrest Mrs. Volkavltch. Elopes. Wilkesbabke, Pa., April t. A butcher named Joseph TradiskJ, who has been very prominent io Polish circles, eloped to-day wito Mrs. Volkavitch, the widow of the murderer ; who was banged here last Tuesday. They haa Leeo engaged since the conviction of Volkavitch ' last September, and agreed to et married 00 the night of the execution, but public opinion was so strong that they were af raid to dfy it. It was openly stated that the couple would be tarred and feathered if they did. They left for Pitts ton and will be married there to-morrow. The woman took with berthewstch andebain stolen by her late husband from the body of his victim, John BiosaL

DEFYING THE COERCION ACT

Irishmen Demonstrate Their Loyalty to the League in a Striking Manner. Yesterday's Proclaimed Meetings Yery Largely Attended and the Proceedings Frequently Interrupted by the Police. Several Collisions Occnr and anmher of Tersons Are Badly Injured. Conflicting Statements as to the Easis 011 Which the Quarrel with Bismirck IIa3 Been Adjusted OiherXews by Cable, DEFYING COERCION. Rioting In Ireland Growing Out of the Holding of Proclaimed Meetings, fecial to the Indlanasolis Journal. London, April 8.-The Parnellites have won a victory in Ireland. It was not a very brilliant victory, but it was a significant one, for, besides proving the untruth of Mr. Balfour's boast that the National League was a dead-letter in the suppressed districts of Ireland, where govern-. ment oppression has been strongest, it has shown tu the brave, unconquerable leaders of the Irish party that the heart of their country is yet strong and that it beats with a firm pulsation, still trusting to their guidance. Tbe meetings of the League that were held to-day at several daces were in the districts where Mr. Balfour told the government that he has successfully suppressed the League, and that it would not be possible for the Nationalists to again address the people there in the name of tbe League. That this was a mere boast the meetings of to-day clearly demonstrated. They were not only well attended, but Messrs. O'Brien, Davitt, John O'Connor and others spoke to the assembled crowds. Tbe extraordinary, preparations which the police had made prevented, of course, any lengthy proceedings or anything like speeches, but tbe mere fact that the League had the power to draw latge erowd3 together in spite of the consequences that might result was in itself a victory. The police, acting under orders recently given, made the most determined efforts to break up the cneetings, and made savage charges upon the people. Bloodshed was only averted by the noble conduct of the priests, who stood between the people and the constables and advised the former to dis-' perse quietly. The leaders, much to their own and everybody else's surprise, were not arrested. Wm, O'Brien openly defied the police, and dared them to arrest him, as did also the other speakers, Bat the government to-day appeared determined to .avoid making any more Irish martyrs, as martyrdom has been exceedingly popular in Ireland of late, and has done the government no good in the eyes of the English electors. Collisions with the Police. To the "western Associated Press. . KiLRCSH, April 8. On Satnrday sight some policemen, who were trying to prevent the erection of a platform for ; the meeting announced to be held to-day, were pelted with stones by a mob and were, compelled to charge th crowd." Many civilians were badly injured Mr. Tanner, member of Parliament, held a meeting outside Macroom at 5 o'clock this morning. He there burned a copy of the government proclamation. At 2 p. si., the advertised hour, he attempted to hold another, meeting, when the police removsd him from the ground. There was only Blight excitement. About 6,000 persons belonging to ; the various league branches of Kilrush assembled at 2:30 p. m. There was a large contingent on horseback. The police, led by Magistrates Welch and Irwin, charged the crowd, injuring many. A number of triumphal arches were torn down. Father Glynn, of Kilmihill, was attacked by two policemen with rifles. A farmer felled one ' policeman to the ground with a blackthorn stick, A riot being imminent, tbe Berkshire regiment, with fixed bayonets, led by Captain Lynch, charged the crowd and many persons were badly wounded. Order was somewhat restored on the crowd being appealed to by priests and Messrs. Redmond and Crilly, members of Parliament Mr. Redmond then attempted to organize the meeting, which had been heretofore announced, but was prevented by Magistrate Irwin. Mr. Redmond protested that the government's action in proclaiming the meeting was illegal, and, together with the priests, advised the multitude to disperse. Ten persons wereserioosly wounded with batons and bayonets, and two mountod policemenwere injured with stones. ; Ennis, April 8. Messrs. Davitt, 4 O'Connor, the Rev. Mr. Corry and other League leaders, left Carmody's Hotel, in Ennis, at 2 o'clock in the afternoon and drove ten miles into the country, followed by eighty hussars under Colonel Turner. By a preconcerted arrangement, Mr. Condon, M. P., remained in town to hold the proposed meeting in an unoccupied store. This programme leaked out and a cordon of soldiers was placed around tie building. The doors of the building had been barricaded, but soon gave way to sledge-hammers in the hands of the police. This aroused desperate resistance on the part of the Deople present, and many were injured, including a reporter of the Irish Times. Fifty persons were arrested, among, them Mr. Dunleavy, editor of the Clare Independent. Mr. ' Halpin, a poor-law guardian, was also present. Rain is falling in torrents. Cavalry and infantry are patrolling the town. , i Locghrea, April 8. Mr. O'Brien held his meeting, and w bile the police were- dispersing the peeople, Mr. O'Brien spoke ten minutes. He called the police cowards for not arresting him instead of ill-treating the people. Mr. O'Brien left the Bishop's residence at 2 p. M. , followed by a crowd nnmbaring 4.000 persons, and took his way toward a field outside the town, where a platform had been erected. He was met by an imposing force of police and military, which barred the way. Mr. O'Brien then called to the people to halt, and addressed the magistrate to tbe following effect: "I wish to hold a meeting to tell the people the truth about English rule tn Ireland, but no meeting will be held if it has been resolved to disperse the people forcibly." The magistrate replied that he could not allow the meeting to be held. Mr. O'Brien then insisted upon his right to hold the meeting, saying that he took all responsibility upon himself, and asked the magistrate that if force be used, to use it upon him, not upon the people. A long colloquy between the two then ensued, Mr. O'Brien insisting that his arrest would end tbe meeting, and that il any other action was Jaken the responsibility would rest on the police. The crowd then advanced toward the platform and the police immediately attacked them, knocking downtnose who resisted. Only Mr. O'Brien and two clergymen were left. On the reporters stand stones now began to fly and the police brought their batons into reqnisition. At this critical moment Father Meager, in a few well-chosen words, begged the crowd to desist from violence, but his efforts were only partially successful. Tbe police then pressed opon the people and cleared the field, several civilians receiving scalp-wounds in the operation. At 4:30 o'clock Mr. O'Brien addressed a meeting at Temperance Hall. A few clergymen, and about twenty of the leading Nationalists were present Police arrived ou the ground after the meeting bad closed. Kaxtubk, April 8. Several hundred men, with National League cards displayed in their caps, paraded here to-day. In aceordanee with the announcement of a League meeting, Messrs. Ilealy and Flynn, after considerable trouble in evading tbe police, attempted to addres a crowd of people that had assembled in the town. Thev failed, as the crowd was immediately dispersed by the police. In tbe meantime, however, a successful meeting had been held two mile3 outside the town. The proposed League meeting at Ramsgrange was postponed for a wealc on account of the presence of a formidable police force. Three thousand persons assembled at Miltown

Mai bay, hut dispersed quietly on the alvice of tbeir leaders when the police threatened to charge. - - Messrs. Tanner an 1 O'Shea addressed meetings at Macroom later in the day, evading the police. ; . ' , BERLIN'S LKADINQ TOPIC.

The Truce Between Bismarck and the Mediiieaoune Match-Makers. Berlin, April 8. it is confirmed in ministerial circles that the crisis terminated on Friday. The Cologne Gazette states that the matter was settled as Prince Bismarck desired. The semiofficial organs are either silent on the subject or simply state that the crisis continues, the marriage project not being abandoned. In Liberal circles Prince Von Hohenlohe is spoken of as the successor of Prince Bismarck. Emperor Frederick is unchanged in , regard to the marriage of his daughter to Alexander, but the matter has been postponed, and at present a truce is maintained between tbe royal party and Prince Bismarck. Meanwhile negotiations on the subject are passing between Emperor Frederick and the Czar. It is reported that Emperor Frederick proposes to address to Prince Bismark a rescript marking the main features of the German foreign policy, and especially advising a rapprochement with Russia on the Bulgarian question. The Emperor attended services in the castle chapel to-day. lie looked well, and coughed bat little, fie walked in tbe park in the morning, and drove with the Empress in the afternoon in the direction of Spandau. Later he received M. Herbette, the French embassador. At the special request of the Emperor Dr. Mackenzie will delay his departure for his proposed visit to London until the Queen arrives. A story is circulated here to the effect that at the first conference of Prince Bismarck with the new Emperor the Empress was present at which Prince Bismarck seemed surprised, although he said nothing about the matter. But at his second conference with tbe Emperor, at which the Empress was alsopresent. he hesitated about commencing bis report. The Emperor asked what was the cause of his hesitation, whereupon he replied that he was not accus tomed to confer with the monarch in the presence of of a third party, and felt that his attention was diverted thereby. The Empress instantly left the room, and, it is said, has never since appeared at the conferences of the Chancellor with the Emperor. j -: m j GENERAL FOREIGN, NEWS. An Agreement Looking to the Settlement of I the United States-Morocco Dispute. JjOndon, April 9.- A dispatch to the Standard rnm Tangier, dated Sunday, says: "A treaty ws signed to day whereby the Sultan agreed to leave the dispute between the United States and Morocco to the decision of a Moorish representative and tbe American consul. If they fail to agree a European referee will be nominated, whose decision shall be final," : Foreign Notes. A severe tornado has done great damage in the native quarter of Dacca, India. Nineteen pifrsons are reported killed. The European quarter escaped. t is officially announced that all foreign Jews in Odessa, Russia, numbering 10,000 families, cliiefly natives of Austria and Roumania, will b expelled shortly. INDIANA AND ILLINOIS. Deprived of Educational Facilities by the Burning of a School Building'. Cseclal to the Indianapolis Journal. Plainfield, Ind.,April8. Late last night fire destroyed the public school building at this place. Tbe fire originated in the attic, and was the work of an incendiary. The school closed on Thursday for a short vacation, and it is not yet ktton where the spring term will be held. The building had but recently been refitted yriia. -te " Kats, -and . theee. together with the organ ai?d a fine library belonging to the school, were destroyed. Tho loss is about $5,500; insured for $2,500, $1,250 of which is in the Home of New York, and $1,250 in the Franklin. The work of erecting a new bailding will begin at once. ' - - Consecration of Bishops Byan and Janssen Ottawa, I1L, April 7. The apostolic letters appointing Bishop elect James Ryan, of this city, to the See of Alton and Bishop elect J. Janssen, of Alton, to the See of Belleville, were transmitted to Rishop-elect Ryan through Archbishop Feehan of Cuicago yes terday. The consecration of Bishop-elect Janssen will take place at Belleville on the 25th of '.his month, Archbishop Feehan, assisted by Rt Rev. J. L. Spaulding, Bishop of Peoria, officiating. The sermon will be rreached by Bisbon Spaulding. The consecration of Bishop-eleet Ryan will take place at Alton on the feast of Saints Phillip and James, May 1, Rt. Rev. John L. Spaulding, assisted by Rt Rev. Wm. George McCloskey, Bishop of Louisville. Ky., and Rt. Rev. J. Janssen, Bishop of Belleville. The sermon will be preached by Archbishop Feehan ' of Chicago. A large attendance of the clergy from the Peoria, Alton and Lonisville dioceses ia expected to be present, and the ceremonies will be grand and imposing. : , . Charged with Forgery. Special to the Indiananolis Journai. Champaign, I1L, April 8. Frank Crane, recently from Indiana, residing at Wbiteheath, in the employ of Hon. F. M. Peel, a member of the last Illinois Legislature, has been placed in jail here, charged with forging a note for $100 on Mr. Peel. He haa passed in this State , under the name of F. A. S Ashbqrton. Some exciting developments are expected in the examination of the case. ; . Car Thieves Captared. Special to tbe Indianapolis Journal. Ohampaigx, I1L, April 8. Five cars of the Illinois Central road were burglarized here last night by a gang of five negroes, strangers here. The booty taken consisted of shoes and tobacco, but the amount taken cannot be learned, as the cars were sent forward to Centralis. The negroes were arrested to-day and placed in jail here. - Illinois Items. At tho annual election for members of the Mattoon school board, Saturday, Dr. C.B. Frye was cbosen as president, and A. M. Mozier and J. W. Craig directors. Reports from Piatt county indicate that 25 per cent, of the early sown wheat and 75 per cent, of the late sown wheat has been killed by frost Much of the ground has been plowed under. The coal mine of Dr. W. J. Moore, fifteen miles north of Fairmount, is on fire and considerable damage has been done. The fire caught in the escapement shaft and communicated to the mine, which will have to be flooded with water to put the fire out A Father's Appeal for His Son. St. Louis, April 7. Samuel W. Brooks, father of HuehM. Brooks, alias W. H. L. Maxwell, has written a long and touching appeal to the American people to help him save his boy from the gallows. The elder Brooks gives as reasons for asking public assistance in this way: The injustice of his eon's trial and the hardships of the Missouri State laws, which operate entirely in favor of the lower courts to the exclusion of the defendant's chances; the incompetence of two juror; the errors in the criminal judge's instructions; the failure of the court to admit proof of the accused's good character; the suppression of evidence, and particularly the frequently denounced Dinefeider plot, by which an alieeed confession was obtained from Brooks through a detective incarcerated in the St Louis jaiL These reasons are all urged in measured and respectful, but strong language The tone ' of the appeal ia well tempered, and its terms are calculated to touch the hearts and win the sympathy of the public. Brooks, sr., asks sympathetic citizens to send letters to Governor Morebouse asking him to interpose his mercy between the boy and the gallows. The United States Supreme Court- last Monday refused Brooks a rehearing, and, when the mandate comes down at the end of the May term, he will probably be resentenced to death. Hermann Will Show Mow It Ia Done. New Yobk, April 8. Hermann, the magician, says that next Sunday night he will show how Mine. Diss Debar produces the paintings which Lawyer Marsh believes come from spirit land, and if his pictures are not better than the Madame' s he will retire from the business. Mr, Marsh did not lecture to-right for the "Temple of Truth" fund, as had been announced, .and Mine. Dios Debar said that the meetings "were discontinued until farther notice.

A SUEPBISE FOE MUGWUMPS

The Secretary of War Proves To Be a Spoilsman of the Dickinson Variety. Interesting Contest for Control of Appointments at Jeff-rsonville Military Depot Colonel TJodzes Sends an ritimatiim. Democratic Postal Officials Tamper with Mail Sent by Republican Senators. Hoy Prominent Mn Are Defrauded by Persistent Female Beggars Corrections in Records of Certain Indiana Soldiers. JEFFERSONVILLE MI LIT A RT DEPOT. Colonel Dodges Declines to Meet All the Wishes of Congressman Howard. Special to the Indiananolis Journal. Washington, April 8. It has been learned here recently, much to the surprise of the mugwumps generally, that Secretary Endicott has winked at open violations of the civil-servicw law, and that he has been the tool of a few men who have controlled a great amount of patronage to their own political advantage. It seems that there are employed at Jefferson ville, Ind., in the quartermaster's supply-shops, nearly twelve hundred persons, all told, who are outside the pale of the civil-service law. General Saxton, who was the commanding officer there for some time, was removed a short time ago because, it was supposed, he was not sufficiently pliable, in a political sense, to suit the conveniences of Congressman Howard, who seem s to consider this shop his own political property. Lieutenant Colonel Hodges was ordered there to take charge of the depot, and it was supposed that he would more readily acquiesce in the wishes of the Congressman when that gentleman suggested the appointment of his political retainers or their friends. But the changes were not made rapidly enough to suit Congressman : Howard, and he at last succeeded in securing an order from General Hollaburg, Quartermaster-general, directing Hodges to transfer the appointments at the depot to the control of Major Raymond. Colonel Hodges objected to this movement, and wrote to the authorities here that he wouid do no such thing; that inasmuch as Major Raymond was his subordinate, and he (Hodges) wa3 held responsible for the disbursement of thousands of dollars of government funds, and for the care of millions of dollars' worth of government property, he must emphatically decline to transfer to a subordinate officer the responsible duties of filling such vacancies as may occur from time to time. He therefore wrote that he must either be relieved or this order must be revoked. This letter has not yet been acted upon. Howard and bis confreres are doing all in their powr to retain control of tbe appointments at Jeffersonville, and Secretary Endicott seems perfectly willing that this state of affairs should exist The outcome will be awaited with some interest, as it may materially affect not only the construction of the civil service law by the administration, but tbe political chances of the Congressman from the Third district of Indiana. TAMPERING WITH TUI3 MAILS. An Annoying: Experience to Which Republican Senatora Dave Been Subjected. Washington Special. ' 1 Sjveral Republican Senators have been greatly annoyed lately by the discovery that much of the mail matter whieh tbey have sent under their frank to constituents has been tampered with, and much of it has never been delivered. From private investigations which they have made they have arrived at the conclusion that the s"-cal!ed campaign documents, consisting of r reM l.s, reports and other frankable congressional publications are subjected to the espionage of the postal authorities. Iu several instances very important matter addressed to the officers of local clubs has failed altogether to reach its destination. One Senator mailed such a package on March 14, but so far as beard from it has not yet been received. This same Senator has also bad speech s returned to him frequently marked "insufficient address," when in the very nature of things there could have been no reason why they should not have been forwarded. For instance, all the speeches which he has sent out were tied up in packages of ten, fastened with strong cord io such a manner that it would be impossible for them to fall out. Tbe two outside speeches of tbe package were plainly addressed, and the eight inside ones simply franked, yet two or three speeches ont of each packaee were returned marked "insufficient address." The query is. what became of the remainder of tbe speeches, which were marked exactly as were the ones returned? This Senator consnlted with some of his colleagues on the subject, and it was then learned that each bad been repeatedly subjected to the same annoyance, and in each case the documents that failed to be forwarded were tbose of a political nature and important to Republicans as campaign literature, The Senators talked;' he matter over among themselves, and came to the conclusion that for political purposes the postal officials or other parties interested are carefully sifting the public documents mailed by Republican Congressmen. If they are right, they want to know on whose authority the work is being done. TBE CHIEF-JUSTICESHIP. Probability that Judge John Schoifield May be Nominated by the President. Special to Cincinnati Enquirer. Illinois men who appear to be well fortified with inside information express great confidence that Juage John Schoifield, One of the justices of the Supreme Court of Illinois, will be nominated by the President for Chief-justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. There is undoubtedly great influence in his favor, and there is no question that the President has had him under consideration for this and other places for a good while. Tbe best information is that Judge Schoifield was on the list for the vacany caused by the death of Justice Woods, and it is said that the only thing that prevented his appointment then was the pressure for a distinctive Southern man. resulting io the appointment 2 of Lamar. Afterward the President tendered Schoifield . a district judgeship, maae vacant by tbe death of Judge Treat, but as he had a better place already he declined. Upon the death of Waite Illinois men pressed Schoifield for the chief-1us-ticeship. Upon learning this he wrote to the President saying that be was not a candidate for the position, and he did not want the partiality of his Illinois friends to be an embarrassment to the executive. He was, be said, a candidate for re-election to the place he now haa The very latest news is that the President has written a letter to Judge Schoifield asking him to withdraw his letter declaring himself not to be a candidate. Of course, such a letter must be looked npon as equivalent to an offer to nominate him. This letter is said to be on the way to Illinois now. Wra. R. Morrison and others influential with the President are warmly at work for Schoifield, and there is really a strong probability that he will be appointed. The judges of the Supreme Court of Illinois are elected by districts. Schoifield bas been eleeted twice, though at first he had to overcome a Republican majority. His home is at Marshall, Clark countv, Illinois, about sixteen miles from Terra Haute, Ind. He was formerly counsel of the Vandalia railroad, and has the reputation of being one of the very best lawyers in his Stte. He is a Democrat, and has eleven children, nearly ail bo vs. and all growing up in the Democratic faith. He is about fifty-four years old. Chicago, April 8. Touching the renort that President Cleveland had tendered tbe chief-justiceship to Justice Saholld, a special from Mamball. 111., tho home of the latter, to the Chieaga Times, says that the Illinois jurist emphatically denies that he has been tendered tbe

office, either directly or otherwise. He reiterates his former statements that he is not a candiaate, because be does not want the office.

BEGGARS AT THE CAPITOL.Seaator Palmer Beaten Ont of &50 by an liupurtnnnte Woman. Special to the Indiananolis Journal. Washington, April & Senator Palmer is one of the most tender-hearted men in Washington, and is naturally the victim of a good many of the schemers who flock about theCapitoL He was lately caught for $50 by one of the professional beggara who infest Washington, and this is how it was done: A woman who is connected with an obscure newspaper has been in the habit of bleeding all those who were susceptible to her tales of distress and need. She recently approached Senator Palmer and asked for the loan of $100. Palmer said he -would do something for her, and called upon a friend for some information as to her character. This friend advised him not to let her have a dollar, but the Senator said be had made a promise to do something. t "WelL" said the friend, "give her $10, and let her go at that" But the Senator insisted that his friend should see the woman, himself, and finally induced bim to go to the committee-room, where she was waiting with her child. She was told that the Senator had left the matter entirely in the hands of this third party, and was adrised to go and earn an honest living and to abandon her ways. r ' "Do you sav this because of the money I owe you?" said the woman. : "Because If you do, you can take it out of the hundred dollars that Senator Palmer is going to let me have.! .,. -t r ."No," said the gentleman, "I have no personal feeling in the matter, but you have blackmailed so many people round here it is time you stopped, and I do not wish to tell you of all of your short-comings before Senator Palmer. The woman and child cried in concert, and she told a pitiful story of distress and of . threatened eviction from her house, and that she had nothing to eat at home, and that her husband was sick. This was too much for the Senator. "How much is it absolutely necessary that you should have!1 he inquired, and he was almost crying himself as he said it ' "' "I can not get along with a cent less than $50." said the woman. . "Well, here it is." said the Senator, as he handed out $50. "Now go away and pay your rent". . '- ----- .-v - "You are a blanked fool,"' said the friend, "and I have no sympathy for you." , v, "I know it," said the Senator, "but I cannot help it," and then they parted. , , -, 4 . MINOR MATTERS. Corrections in the Military Records of Ce tain Iodiana hoteliers. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ' Washington, April 8. Among the latest orders issued at the War Department are the following, affecting the records of Indiana soldiers: 1 rection of the Secretary ot War, under the approved June 3, 1S84, and the act amei ory thereof, approved. Feb, 3, 1887, and to . omplete the record, Lewis K. Harris is mustered into service as first lieutenant, Company F, Thirty-sixth Indiana Intantry Volunt teers, to date March 1, 1862; his discharge as Second Lieutenant Louis R. Harris same company and regiment to take effect June 9, lii62, by Paragraph 1, special orders. No. 73, series of 1862, Army ot the Ohio, is amended to read First Lieutenant Lewis K. Harru, and ne ia mustered tor pay in eaid grade during, the period embraced between tbe aforesaid dates. Also, under the same acts and for the same purpose, the discharge of First Sergeant Charles F. Tucker, Company I. Twenty-ninth Indiana Infantry Volunteers, 5 Jan. 16, 1865, is amended to take effect Nov. 24, 1864; hie muster into service as first lieutenant, Company A, same regiment, Jan. 17, 1865, is amended to date Nov. 24, 1864, and to read Company C, and he is mustered for pay in said grade during the period embraced between the aforesaid dates. William F. Dixon is mustered into service as first lieutenant, . Company A, Tenth Indiana Cavalry Volunteers, o date May 1, 1865; his discharge as second lieutenant, same regiment, to take effect May 15, 1865, by Paragraph 50, special orders. No. 329, series of 1865, War Department, Adjutant-general's office, is amended to read first lieutenant, and he is mustered for pay in said grade during the period embracoi between the aforesaid dates. The discharge of First Sergeant James- II. Chafhn, Company A, Tenth Ind. ana Cavalry Volunteers, June 7, 1S65, is amended to take effect April 30, 1665, and to read sergeant; bis muster into service as second lieutenant, same company and regiment, June 8, 18C5, is amended to read May 1, 1&C5; bis discharge as second lieutenant, same company and regiment. Aug. 31, 1865, is amended to take effect May 31, 1805; be is mustered into. service ns first lieutenant, same company and' regiment, to date June 1, 1865; mustered out and honorably discharged as first lieutenant, Aug. 31, 1S65; and he is mustered for pay in said grades during the periods embraced between the aforesaid dates. Tbe Dead-Lock on the Tax BilL Washington, April 8.There has been no change in respect to tht direct-tax bill. No conferences looking to a settlement have taken place between the opposing parties. Tbe leaders of both sides have, ot course, consulted their followers in order to ascertain whether there have been any accessions to tbeir ranks or not but beyond this nothing has been done. It is probable that a statement win ne maae to tne House to-morrow in answer to Representative Taylor's proposition, made just before the recess was taken yesterday. This statement will give tne grounds on which the minority justify tbeir course, and will refuse concurrence in air, iavlor's suggestion. The minority claim that they are as strong now as when tbe filibustering began Everything points to a dead-lock that will be historical in tbe future annals ot ucngress. Representative Mllla's Health. Washington, April 8. Congressman Mills, yielding to the advice of his physicians and tb wishes of his friends, left Washington last nigh! for Fortress Monroe and Old Point Comfort, when be will sojourn for awhile to rest and recuperate. His physicians expect him to return to Washington a well man within a week or ten days.-.' ; ' . ? - 4 " mmi - General Notes. Cpfccial to the lndianaoolis Journal. ' Washington, April 8. Win. O. De Vay, ol Indianapolie, arrived to day. . , James Whitcomb Riley is being well advertised for a reading at the Universalist Caurcn here on Tuesday erening, Mrs. J. G. Cannon and Miss Mabel Cannon left this evening for Danville, III. Miss Cannon, who has gone to New York via Old Point, wiU return to the city shortly, and will remain with her father, Representative Cannon, at Wizard's, several weeks, before joining her mother and sister at their home in Illinois. ' To-day's Washington Herald (Democratic), hai these paragraphs: "Ex-Representative V. R. Myers, of Indiana, bas written a letter to an old friend in this city, saying that the appointment of ex-Senator McDonald to tbe office of Chief justice would hel all dissensions in Indiana." "Col. C- C. Matson, chairman of the House pensions committee, is strongly backed as a candidate for Governor of Indiana; so is Captain W. R. Myers, formerly Representative from that State. The latter's friends sy that be is Governor Gray's candidate. Ex -Congressman ; Gobi is also said to be a candidate." There appears to be Lttie doubt in Washington that Hon. Wm. L. Scott is slated for chairman of the Democratic national committee. It is rumored that Minister Phelps, who is on his way back from England, will not return to his station at London. To-day's Herald days there is a determined movement on foot to oust Statistician Dodge, of the Agricultural Department, because, in 1S84. it ia alleged that he circulated a pamphlet io which be undertook to rhow that the agriculturists of the country were directly benefited by a protective tariff. ' . - .- ..: 9 A Defaulter Confesses. Kansas City, April 8. Wm. Morgans tein, who threw away 8.000, yesterday, and then attempted suicide by jums-ing into the Kaw river, from which be was pickel-uo alive, confessed to the police, to-day, that he was a defaulter to the extent of 26.000 tbs!rs. to the house of Bernartf, Rosenthal & Co . Vienna. A cablegram was sent to the Vienna police, and Morgaostein will be detained pending a reply. The Crop Outlook in Kansas. Kansas Citv, April 8.- It has been raining here since 2 o'clock p. M.. and telegrams to the Associated Press from all parts a'i Kansas report heavy and continuous rains 00 Saturday and Sunday. Tbe outlook for all grain in t hat Stato is said to be magnificent