Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 April 1888 — Page 3

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April Magazines. Tbe April numbers of the Century, beln an aster number, opens very appropriately with an account of a journey "From Dao to Beershe.ba," going by the route of Mt. Ilermoo. the supposed mount cf transfiguration, f Jericho, of J3ethany, tbe Mount of Cmves, and ending at .Tanaalafl a v. t n The article i well and profusely illustrated. In Bird Music" Simeon Peace Cary attempts the : novel task of giving the notes of the bluebird's and the robin song. Theodore Roosevelt's dicrintions of ranch life reach , a climax in this Bnmber in an account of "The Round-up.'' Henry James, io a critical essay od Robert Louis Stevenson, proves himself to be a great adtnirer of that author. A paee is givto op to a portrait of Stevenson. The singular, face ' has an attraction of its own, and explains in a way the remarkable character of some of his writing. Headers of Kennan's papers on Rassia, who bave wondered why people o oppressed did not flee to freer lands will find th mater explained in "The Rusiaa Penal Code given in this number. The American who can read these laws without a renew! of love for bis own free conntr7 and a profound pity for a people so grievously oppressed is bot poor creature. The installment of Lincoln's " history treats of the Baltimore not and other exciting events connected with the transportation of the first volunteers to Washington. An interesting contribution is Franklin Leonard Pope'a historical paper on "The American Inventors of the Tslesrrapb." One of the best studies of South,ern life among the many which- have appeared in this raarazine is James Lane Allen's story of "Two Kentucky Gentlemen of the Old School" As a picture of the old slaveholder and the old alsve who could not conform themselves to the new r&'m there were and are many of the I first and some of the latter it haa hardly been : excelled. Among the poetical contributions , which, as a whole, are rather abov the average merit, are some pretty verses by Le liseV. Boyd, "entitled, "The Realm of Reverie. " Thomas Wilson Page's dialect poem is not a particularly -bsppy effort, showing aa it does, very plainly, that it is an "effort." The North American Review calls the atten tion of the ways and means committee of the House of Representatives to its omission to secure such knowledge of tariff problems as may be gained by consultation with men who are connected with leading business interests and to supply the omission presen'ts the views of prominent representatives of the great industries of the country upon the President's freetrade policy. The conclusion in each easels that the proposed revision of the tariff is most unwise and would result In ereat injury to both capital and labor. Hon. John A. Kasson eontributes a sketch of the late Emperor William. ' .which ia a combination of biograpny and eulogy. Avery readable paper is that entitled "Why I A am a Moslem," written by a follower of Mo-? ' bammed. Some telling points are made by this ' ''heathen," and some very unpalatable truths told, but the article abould not therefore be passed by. Gen. W. T. Snerman is the "Possible' President" written up in this number. The brief story of his life is very well told. Capt. A. E. Wood, of the Fourth United States Cavalry, offers his testimony as an eye-witness of the burning of Columbia, S. C., the responsibility for which baa lately been a matter of disoute. and declares that it was fired by Wade Hampton's men and by his express order. Other papers in this cumber are "The Far-seal Fishery," by Frederick Schwatka; "Gilbert's Fables," by Thomas Commerford Martin; "A Perilous Balance," by Rossiter Johnson, and "A Defense of Pugilism," by Duffield Osborne. The Forum for April contains an article by Henry Watterson on "The Hysteria of Sectional Agitation," which is a quasi-dsfense of the political outrages that have been perpetrated on the blacks in the South during the years since i they bave had the nominal right of suffrage. vPark Benjamin writes interestingly about William Gilbert, physician to good Queen Bess, who was the father of the science of electricity, and who published the first work on the subject I in the year 1G00; Dr. Meredith Clymer touches ' np the Christian Science fanatics: and Alice W. Rollins presents a good paper on "The Tenement-house Problem." The other contents are variad and the whole number ia an excellent one. ' Prof. Eugene L. Richards opens the April vtwrMhaeiif tKa pAnnlais Qif itnAa f AtitKTlf vxritVi aa paper on "College Athletics and Physical Developement," Philip Snyder attack lawyst for the tenacity with which they cling to the use less forms of the law and suegeets many reasonable changes; William S. Kennedy tells how candy is made; Adele M. Fields writes about "Chinese Superstitions; and there is to be found the usual number of purely scientific articles which give this magazine its distinctive character. ' There is also in this number a portrait and sketch of David A. Wells, the great economist, and quite an extended notico of the late Prof. Asa Gray. Readers of the Overland Monthly have learned to expect good short stories In that magazine and are seldom disappointod. The authors as a rule are persons whose names are not familiar to readers of Eastern periodicals. A practical article in the April number is written by R. G. Sneath, on "Darying in California." An interesting contribution to the April Magazine of American Hitstory is that by Hon. J. L, M. Curry, minister to Spain, on "The Acquisition of Florida." Some "Unpublished Portraits of Washington" form a feature of the cumber. . Aa attractive series of articles are those now running in the English Illustrated Magazine entitled, "Glimpses of Old English Homes." The illustrations accompanying Coaching Days and Coaching Ways are especially effective and ttrusuo. A beautiful Illustrated article on Irish lace work is a feature of the April number of Oscar Wilde's Woman's World. All the contributors to the number are women, Ouida and George Fleming (Miss Fletcher) being of the number. Scribnsr's Book-Buyer for April contains, as a frontispiece, an excellent portrait of James Whitcomb Riley. It is accompanied by a wellwritten biographical sketch of the Hoosier poet, by D. Lu Paine. New Publications. A new edition of. Chambers's Encyclopedia will be an interesting event in the book world. It is announced, and the first volume is already issued by the G. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia, The first edition of the work was begun in 1859 and completed in 1863. It has. therefore, been before the world twenty years. As a book of reference and valuable compendium of universal information Chambers's Encyclopedia needs no eulogy. The work of revision for this new edition has been going on almost since the first one. was published, being continued from year to year, so as to bring the information down to the latest possible date. It has been eo thoroughly revised that it is practically a new work. In order to adapt it to use in the United States, speeial attention has beeu paid to Americaa subjects and many American authors have assisted in the editorial work. A considerable addition has also been made to the number of maps, while the list of illustrations has been greatly enlarged and improved. It is evident, therefore, that this new edition of Chambers will be a valuable addition to cyclopedic literature. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippfocott & Co. Indianapolis: The Bowen-Merrill Company. Cloth, $3.00 por volume. "The Government Year Book," is an English publication. Its further title is "A record of the forms and methods of government in Great Britain, ber colonies, and foreign countries, for 1B83." In other words it is a sort of band-book cf political and statistical information. There is also an introduction on the diffusion of popular government, and on the nature and extent of international jurisdictions, together with a review of important political events in 1S87. The work seems to have been carefully compiled from trustworthy authorities, its editor, Lewis Sargeant, being a capable worker in that liae. New York; White & Allen, Iadianapolia: Tbo Bowen-Merril Company. "The Case of Mohammed Benani" is & novel tf considerable originality and power. It is f nrtfcer entitled "A Story of To day. The scene 1 laid partly in Morocco and partly ia Russia, and the story deals with-Moors atid Christians, native Africans and Europeans. It is airnel at the abus-e practiced by foreign consulates in Africa. The author's name is not given. New ok: D. Appleton & Co. Indianapolis: The Howea-Merriil Company. Vol urns 13 of the "Story of the Nations"series is "The Story of the Goths," by Henry Bradley. It embraces the history cf the Goths

from the earliest times to the enl of their dominion in Spain, and is the first Enelish book expressly treating of this sn eject. It contains Bineh curious information concerning a period of history and a race of people that must ever be surrounded with considerable uncertainty. This volume is published in uoiform style with others of the same series. Ornamental cloth, $1.50. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sona Indianapolis: i The Bowen-Merrill Company. i "Don't, or Directions for Avoiding Improprieties in Conduct and Common Errors m Speech,' is a new edition of a little work intended as a jpii&e for young peop.e in etiquette, manners and speech. Along with some good and useful directions, it contains others thai; seem very unnecessary, and even ridiculous, when addressed to persons who are supposed to have even a faint conception of the proprieties of life and a eor- . rect use of language. Nevertheless, it is a book that can be studied with profit bp- those desirous

of aeaniring good manners. New lork: D. Ap pleton & Co. Indianapolis: The Bowen-Merrill Company. D. Appleton & Co.'a (New Ycrk) "Interna'tional Scientific Series," a remarkably valuable " list of works, is continued by the publication of "The Geological History of Plants," by Sir J. William Dawson. The object of the work is to" give, in a connected form, a a uuimary ol toe development of the vegetable kingdom tn geo logical time. In pursuance of this idea and plan the oVigin and development of vegetable life and plant forms are traced through the various stages of geologic growth. The work is of special interest to geologists acd botanists. Indianapolis: The Bowen-Merrill Company. Vol VI of Kinglake's remarkable work, "The .Invasion of the Crimea," covers the period from the opening of P-lissier's command to the dealh of Lord lis elan, and therefore completes the work. The six volumes make one of the most brilliant, minute and extraordinary histories ever written. With this one there is a complete alphabetical index to the entire work. New York: Harper & Brother. Ind anapolia: The Bowen-Msrrill Company. "The Dsemster" is the queer title of a novel by Hall Caine. A deemster is a petty judge iu the Isle of Man who decides local controversies without writ or process a sort of minor justice of the peace. The scene of the story is laid in the Isle of Man. The characters are quaint and stron gly drawn, and the narrative possesses considerable dramatic interest. jNew xors: .11. Appleton & Co. Indianapolis: The BowenMerrill Company. Oliver Goldsmith's charming story "The Vicar of Wakefield" never appeared in prettier dress than it has in the Knickerbocker Nuggets series Isaneil Yxr "J T Pntnam'a RnT'i "Ww Vn r r Nothing in the ttook line could be more dainty . TT V 1 . 1 ana attractive. x.aca volume oi me eenee is a gem. They are sold at the uniform price of .. "v s - mi. "w . vi a ii i fi asi. maianapous: x do .uoweu-iuerrui com pany. G. P. Putnam's Son's (New Yo?k) publish in their "Questions of the Day" series "Property in Land," by Henry Winn. It is an attempt to meet and refute in a serious manner the argu ments advanced in favor of the Henry George land theory. Incidentally the subject of taxa tion is discussed. Paper covers, 25 cents. In dianapolis: The Bowen-Merrill Company. .. "For the Right" is a novel translated from the German of Karl Emil Franzos. It is a novel of considerably more than ordinary power in plot, treatment and moral purpose. It Is accompanied by a very eulogistic preface, by George McDon ald, who bespeaks for it a carer jl and critical reading. New York: Harper & Bros. Indian apolis: The Bowen-Merrill Company. Volume CO of the International Scientific Series is "International Law," by Dr. Leoni Levi, of England. It presents the fundamental principles of international law as cow recog nized and practiced by civilized nations in. a compact and systematic arrangement. New York: D. Appleton & Co. Indianapolis: The Bowen-Merrill Company. Readers fond of the mysterious and uncanny will find their taste somewhat gratified in a novel entitled "An Unlaid Ghost," which is further characterized as "A Study in Metemp sychosis." It ia a thoughtful book, and well written. New York: D. Appleton & Co. Indianapolis: The Bo wen-Merrill Company.'" "Derrick Sterling, a Story of the Mines," is a story for young readers, by Kirk Monroe, author of the popular "Flamingo Feather," etc. It is published in Harpers Young Pecple series, uni form with the otber volumes. Illustrated. Cloth, $1. New York: Harper & Bros. Indi anapolis: The Bowen-Merrill Company. "The Religious Aspect of Evolution," a lect ure delivered by Dr. James McCosh, supports the theory of evolution from an orthodox stand point as being part of the divine plan of crea tion. It was delivered in the Bedell lectures on the evidences of Christianity and is published by G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York. - "Before the Dawn" is a novel by George Dulac. A sub-title further designates it as "A Story cf Paris and thA .Taennerie" The neeriA ia kid in France during feudal times, and the interest turns on a royal romance. .New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. Indianapolis: The BowenMerrill Company. Cloth, $1.50. Admirer's of Bret Harte's storie.j will be glad to welcome the pretty volume containing "A Phyl lis of the Sierras," and "A Drift from Redwood Camp," by him. It is published in the usual faultless style of Houghton, Miff in. & Co., Boston. Sold by the Bowen-Merrill Company, Indianapolis. "Alden's Home Atlas of the World," is the title of a c reditable collection of maps for the library or office. The priee is not -given, but it is reasonable to infer that the work is sold at tbeusual low figure which this publisher makes on all his books. New York: Jno. B. Aid en. George W. Cable's latest novel, "Bonaventure, a prose pastoral of Acadian Louisiana," is pub lished by Charles Scnbner's Sons, New York, in uniform style with the authors previous worxs. Cloth, SL25. Indianapolis: The Bowen-Merrill Company. D. Appleton &Co., New York, publish a new novel entitled "Oue Maid's Mischii-f," by G. Manville Feun. author of several popular novels. Paper covers, 30 cents. SUC DISLIKES JAY GOULD. Why Mrs. Hopkins Does Not Admire "The Wizard" IT hat She Intends to Do. New Tork Special. The Graphic prints a picture of Mrs. Amos Lawrence Hopkins this evening, and supplements it with the following: 1 "When some twelve years ago dashing Minnie Dunlap, of Chicago, married Amos Lawrence Hopkins, with all the pomp and circumstance which large wealth and excellent position on both sides exact, the macch seemed an eminently suitable one. Miss Dunlap was the elder daughter of George L. Dunlap, now one of the richest and most influential men of the West. Half-way along the road to wealth Mr. Dunlap married Miss Ellen Pond, of Boston, who bore him two daughters, and who dropped dead at the first mnsicai festival in Boston, shortly after the birth of the second. It was somewhat the fashion, in Chicago during Minnie Dnnlap's girlhood to say io extenuation of her dash and daring that, like poor Mary Brandon in "My Partner," she hadn't any mother. When she was about sixteen her f ther married Miss Blanche Rice, of Chicago, daughter of J. B. Rice, the actor, and a niece of : old William Warren and Joo Jefferson. "After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Hopkins went to Toledo to live, and Mrs. Hopkins there continued to be almost rnaudlinly in love with her husband. Shortly after Mr. Hopkins's association with Jay Gould the former came to New York and established his Western bride it 1 East Forty-seventh street, within sound of Jay Gould's office. There was fcot much in common between Gould and Mrs. Hopkins, and from the very first the 'Little Wizard' appears to have excited Mrs. . Hopkins's wrath. Her beauty,' which is extreme, woa her notice and admiration, and her husband'i family and connections threw them at once 'into the swim socially. It was at Mrs. Whitney's now famous tableaux for charity that Mrs Hopkins first created a furore. She posed as Catherine of Aragon, and her blue-black hair, ber flashing hazel eyes, rich, ivory-hued complexion, and bautifcl rel mouth made her personation the triumph of the day. Mrs. Whitney and she were inseparable, and things wen's swimmingly for Sirs. Hopkins until 'the little -jf t within the lute' anpeared, and which she declared was made by Jay Gould's puissant hand. To many did Mrs. llupkios declare, 'I'll get even with old Jay yet,' and the crowning offense was when be bought her houao for bis son Geor je. , "Mrs Hopfcius, who had the dost phenomenally exquisite and ar'istic taste, bad made her home to blossom, like the rose. Apropos of the

invaluable , Moorish draperies of the drawingroom, it is said that when Mr. and Mrs. George J. Gould made their tour of inspection. Mrs. Gould was horrified at 'the old faded curtains.' I shall have them down at once. George.1 she is reported as saying with unconcealed disgust, 'and put up handsome lace ones.' Much adverse comment has been visited on Mrs. Hopkins, because of the supposed retention in her service ef the maid whom she at first accused in connection with her husband. So palpably absurd, was the charge that she speedily and voluntarily denied the , allegation and it must be told in justice to her that she also, as Mrs. Partington would say. discharged the 'alligator.' Mrs. Hopkins declared shortly before her departure that within three months after obtaining her divorce she would return to New York and force society to receive ber. I will hold society in the hollow of mv hand, thus,' she declared, extending a pretty pink palm. One of Mrs. Hopkins's theories is that things must be wrested, not won, and just how she means to conquer society will be an interesting study. She has two powerful levers to move it uncounted dollars, and what the police justices elegantly term 'infloence' and a political pull," . - -. . V PLATE GLASS. An Indiana Mauofscmrer Whe Is Opposed to a lied action of the Tariff. 2. T. DePauw, in North American Bev ew. ' Our industry, the manufacture of plate glass, is a peculiar one. The capital required is large, the process of manufacture extremely hazardous and the skill demanded is very great. Every attempt to manufacture . plate glass in America was a failure, resulting in financial disaster and ruin to the undertakers, until we took hold of it at this place. In fact every dollar (aggregating millions) invested in it before 1879 was lost. My father was a retired banker, worth several millions. -Persuaded by friends, be invested $200,000 in this business. The companv borrowed freely from his banks, until in 1872, finding $500,000 of his money involved, he left his retirement and toon personal charge or the works, putting in nearly a million dollars more. In 1879, when the business first reached a paving basis, his actual losses were $619,790 40. Since then we have not made up this loss, without counting interest. If the money put into this business had been invested in government bonds, and the interest re-invested, his estate would have been half a million dollars larger, and his life probably prolonged for years for he died from overwork. ' It is therefore patent that the profits cannot meet the reduction. If it comes, we must either stop our works or our labor must stand it. Seventy-five per cent, of the cost of production is labor. Our skilled workmen averaee $17.04 per week, against $7.05 in England, $6.31 in France and $6.60 in Belgium. The only labor we have ever imported was skilled men, whose knowledge was necessary to start the new industry. In Europe, father, mother and children were barely able by their united earnings to keep body and' soul together. Our men earn enough to support their families and educate their children. Before we made plate glass, the foreigner, having a monopoly, charged exorbitant prices. The records of the Treasury Department show

that the averaee cost of large unsilvered plate glass imported in 187a (our first year of active competition) wss 97.9 cents ner square foot, while in 1887 the average was 32.7 cents, a reduction of 66 2-3 per cent-, Silvered plate glass averaged in 1875 $1.26 per square foot, in 1887 it averaged $1,097 per square foot, a reduction of 12.93 per cent. Why is the reduction in one five times larger than the other? Solely because un silvered plate is made in America, while sil vered plate is not, and higher prices are exacted and will be forever, unless the present tariff is maintained until factories can be established. A plate of glass costing $105 when our works were established sells to-day for $31.50. and. bear in mind that no part of this great reduction is doe either to improved methods or lm- ; proved machinery, but solely to sharp compe tition of American manufacturers. Americans can do what any people can: but thoy cannot in fifteen years reach the same condition that France attained under an absolutely prohibitory tariff in two- hundred years and England reached under a tariff eight to twelve times aa large as ours in one hundred and sixty years. I bave faith to believe that, when we are old enough to have full crews of Americans, their ."genius" will make improvements and discov eries that will revolutionize our business and enable us to compete on equal grounds with foreign makers and still bay living wages, but that day has not yet come. , TIIE LATE Mlt BREWSTEK. - His Extravaeant Dress and Equipage Some thing as to Ills Wife. Carpenter's Washington Letter in New York World. Ex-Attorney-general Benjamin H. Brewster's death recalls one of the most striking figures of resident Art bur's Cabinet. Though a ereat man he was a very homely one. and was thrown into the greater contrast by his extravagant dress and his gorgeous surroundings. He wss the most luxury-loving Cabinet officer the United States has known for decades, and the Attorney-general's office during-his term was rurnisbed like the parlor of a millionaire. A rich Turkish rug covered the floor, rare curios and objects of art shone out from the ebelf of the carved mantel and a small statue of the young King Charles stood on a pedestal at his elbow. His desk had a beautiful ink-stand and over it was spread a richly embroidered cloth. Such callers as praised the art and saatheticism of the surroundings were received with great favor, and General Brewster's heart seemed to open to those who joined with him in the admiration of the beautiful. The fall into the fire of his youth bad made his face one mass of red scars and deformities. It was probably to draw attention from this that he dressed so strangely and almost gaudily. His frame was of medium height and rather portly. He stood very straight, and his chest, out of whioti showed the cleanest of ruffled shirts, ended at the neck in a collar as big a3 tnat or tienry uiay e. wnicn clasped his red face, making it look like that of John the Bap tist on a cnarger. JUis suit was as a rule of brown broadcloth, with an extravagant vest of flowered velvet or of buff linen. At bis sleeves shone out tbe whitest of ruffled linen, and the skirts of bis double-breasted frock ooat were long and full. He wore the shiniest of shoes and usually had light gaiters over them. His hat has become national in its reputation. . It was large, full and of a cream color, with a long, silky nap and full at the crown. As Attorney-general bis turnout was as gorgeous as nimseir, and bis yeiiow-podied carriage bore the Brewster coat-of-arms. . He was proud of his family and of bis lineage, and he was especially provsa or nis wire. Mrs. Brewster was a very fine-lookine woman. and. it ia said, she was a widow working in one of the departments at Washington when Mr. Brewster passed through and saw her. He in quired who she was and, so the story goes, was toia tnat sne was the daughter of Robert J. Walker, ex-Secretary of the Treasnrv. He sought an introduction and thereupon began the courtship which resulted in the marriage. Brewster was a widower at the time, and it Is a curious fact that both he and the second Mrs. Brewster had foreigners for their first matri monial partners. Mr. Brewster s foreign wife died and Mrs. Brewster's foreign husband died, and so the two came together, and the match was a happy one. Value of Cottonwood. Garden and Forest. Nothing indicates so clearly the ranidlv in creasing scarcity of the more valuable woods produced by our forests as the gradual substitu tion for tbem in the markets of tbe country of woods, which up to a short time aso were con sidered useless. The wood of the Cottonwood (Popnlus monilifera) a few years ago had no commercial value whatever in the United States, and was naed for fuel only on the plains, where nothing bet ter tooiu u ootainea. improved and stronger machinery, nowever, nas made it possible to saw this wood into lumber in spite of its tough, difficult, grain. and there is now a large demand or cottonwond lumber throughout the West as a substitute for white pine and yellow poplar (Liriodendronl for light packing-eases of all kinds, immense qjiantitiA. n . a . . O i T - , uiin viiuk uiiuumbiurtu at ou iiOulf ana Oilier places. The wood is found to possess tha merits of cheapness and of greater Hffht.nA than white pine, and it is absolutely free from all odor or taste, valuable qualities in a case where articles of food are to be packed. It is also used for lining refrigerator-cars, and to some extent in the manufacture of cheap furniture. The cottonwoods, of which there are several species in the Wst and Southwest, all nrodnce wood very similar in quality, and are among the largest, most common and widely distributed trees along an tne rivers west of the Alleebenv mountains. They grow with great rapidity. propagate tiiemseives ireely by their light seeds, and are more easily raised from cuttines than almost any other trees. Tbe cottonwood thrives also in the dry climate of - the Western plains and prairies better than almost any other tree. There Is every prospecttherefore, that our supplies of cottonwood lumber will not soon be come exhausted. "There was a sound of revelry by night." and ehe had a card but couldn't go, all on account of neuralgia. . Her favorite dude, however, had a level head, and, instead of a , bouquet, bought Salvation ViL They went, and were nappy once more.

YESTERDATS SECOND EDITION The following items of news appeared in our Second Edition of Sunday. Crow for liiinarck. rcopj-right, 1S8S, by the New Tork Associated Press. Berlin, April .7. Prinee Alexander of Battenburg will come to Chariot ten bergr next Thursday, and his betrothal to Princess Victoria will take place early in June: Prince Bismarck has withdrawn his resignation, solely from tbe consideration that the oomination of Empress Victoria would lead to a speedy breas-up of German unity. Nothing since the accession of Emoeror Frederick has occurred that has so strongly animated tbe Prussian Conservatives , against the Empress as the marriage question. It now becomes known that tbe Empress will impel her helpless husband to thwart Prince Bismarck, without regard to the respect due to the late Emperor or to the national safety. The policy of the Conservatives at this time represents the genuine feelings of the whole German people. All of the Radical newspapers, such as the Vossiscbe Zeitung, which treats the Battenberg Question with disdain 83 of no consequence to the German policy, ignore the fact tnat Battenberg is only one chord in the general discord struck by tbe party of the Empress. The reticence of the Benin press in referring to court intrigues ; has been greater than was required by deference to the Emtteror and leading officers of state. Matters have been concealed or only furtively alluded to whirh ought to be discussed with tbe fullest publicity. The Battenberg marriage becomes almost a minor incident in the court intrigues. Among other successful schemes, the Emperor has been induced to send to Count Von Moltke a series of statements on the condition of the army, followed by a request that the General preside at the meetings of the commission on reforms in the army. Count Von Moltke has replied that it would be imDossible for him to preside over the commission without knowing how it was constituted and what reforms were desired. Consequently the commission has been dropped. Another move of the party of the Empress is to overhaul the diplomatic appointments. If Bismarck had consented. the Prince of Reuss, Minister at Vienna, would have been displaced; Count Von Munster would have been withdrawn from Paris, and Baron Hatzfeldt from London, because each is knit into the Bismarck policy. The position now is a mere truce. To-night's National Zeitung says that the betrothal is .postponed, but that circumstances may arise under which Prince Bismarck will no longer oppose the union. An official note, sent, as sometimes now happens, through Vienna, says that, in consequence of a memorandum laid before the Emperor by Prince Bismarck, setting forth the difficulties which, from a political point of view, stand in the way of a a matrimonial alliance' between Prince Alexander of Battenberg and Princess Victoria, it Pas been arranged that the affair shall be postponed until the political objections now raised shall cease to operate. Tbe establishment of settled order in Bulgaria and tbe removal of all possibility of Alexander raising the rallying cry will deprive the " marriage of all political importance. The visit of the Queen of England to Charlottenburg, therefore, will take place as

arranged, but the betrothal will not publicly be brougnt forward on the occasion. This is an of ficial statement, and simply means that Prince Bismarck's advice has been overruled. The Queen of England comes here with ber Battenberg proteges to carry out her family proj ects without regard for the sentiments of the German nobility or the German people, and equally regardless that her daughter, the Empress, thwarts the policy of the Minister who made her Empress, and without whom imperial Germany might cease to be. Nothing in Prince Bismarck's life is so honorable, so full of self-command and loyalty to Germany, as his temporary submission to the impress s regime, lie has the enthusiastic support of Count Von Moltke and other leaders of the army, and the leaders of the Conservative and National Liberal parties, and even the be grudged approval of the Progressist chiefs. The Chancellor does not, therefore, rely on the military partv. He has the support of the whole country and of the roval heads of the German federation, and ia absolute master of the situation. A Division of Public Opinion. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. London, April 7. Public opinion in Germany anent tne proposed marriage or frince Alexander to Princess Victoria is about equally divided between support of the position taken thereon by Prince Bismarck and adherenco to the idea of gratifying the desire of a love-sick young woman to marry a dashing young man at whatever cost" to '"others. The independent press. however, is generally against the Chancellor. The Vossiscbe Zeitung seriously asks whether it was necessary to drag into the public forum of Europe matters which involve the deepest feelings of the royal family, and further pursues the subject by criticising the action of the Chancellor by ringing the alarm bell and invoking a crisis,- and concludes with the pertinent interrogation: "Can any human being seriously believe that the welfare of Germany will be endangered by the marriage projected?" The Berliner Tageblatt declares itself surprised that Prince Bismarck should deem it his duty to veto a matter of so private a nature, and other Berlin papers express sentiments of similar import. The Vienna Press, on the other hand, concede that Prince Bismarck is in tbe right and violently oppose any step that will, in either its immediate or ultimate effects, injure Germany, unanimously trusting that once Bismarck has been humored politically the young couple may by quietly married, but insisting the Chancellor's conciliation shall precede everything else. The Cologne Gazette, the orignal source of the whole difference between a powerful servant and a weak master, asserts that so long as the Bulgarian question remains unsolved Prince Alexander will bear upon his brow the mark of the Bulgarian crown. It therefore follows, the journal adds, that a union with the daughter of tbe German Emperor is impossible. In England it is belief ed that Prince Bismarck's victory in this contest will only result in fresh discord in the imperial family, and regret that the Queen is mixed up in the matter is generally expressed. No one believes that she will accept tbe situation if the present difference between the Emperor and the Chancellor is settled adversely to her wishes. She is thoroughly infatuated with the Battenbergs and resolved to go to any lengths to accomplish her ends. Crown Prinee William almost openly sides with Prince Bismarck, and in his espousal of the Chancellor's cause lies almost the only hope of averting ths calamity to Germany by the idiotic meddling of the Ensli'h Queen, the vindictiveness of the Empress and the lnfatua tioh of the Princess Victoria. Salt Against Jonas G. Howard. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Jeffersonviixe, Ind., April 7. Another Interesting ehapter has been added to the Congressman Howard serial which is running in tbe Circuit Court, of this county. Some days ago Congressman Jonas G. Howard," of the Third Indiana district, against whom a suit for $100,000 had been filed by Dr. S. C. Taggart. administrator of the estate of Dr. Athanasius Wathen, deceased, and Judge John F. Read, hi3 law partner, and Also on bis bond as guardian of the late Dr. Wathen, transferred most all of their property, valued at near $100,000, to relatives and other parties, presumably for the purpose of cheating the Wathen estate. This evening Dr. Taggart -filed an attachment suit against Mrs. Sarah A. ' Ransom M. Z. Stannard, Hannah . Zulsuf, Eliza A. Read, Charles -Akers, John Adams, city of Jfc'ersonville, Citizens' National Bank, Wm., T. Ingram and other, to whom Congressman Howard and Judge Read transferred their property and who, the plaintiff in this action believes, have property, moneys and credits in their.possession belonging to said Howard and Read, Savacely ISeattm In a Fight. pec!M to th Indianapolis Journal. Shelbyvtlle, April 7. Last night R. D. Flaitz and Joseph Brink met on South Harrison street and began to quarrel over an old meat bill which Brink owed tbe estate of Francis Flaitz, deceased. Sharp words led to blows. of which several were given on each side. Brink is much the larger of tbe two. and in addition had a large rock which he used on Flaitz'a head in a vicious manner. Flaitz was carried home in a serious condition. The wounds on the head are particularly danageroos. Brink was arrested on a ehargs of assault with intent to kill and placed undei bond ot $1,000. to await tho result of tbe iojuriea iteturn of m Recreant Lover, fpeclal to the Indianapolis Joorasiu UNIONTOWX. Pa.. Aoril 7. George Little, who. several months aeo. mvsteriouslv disappeared from town on the eve of bis marriatre to Miss Minnie Coughanon. and whose nrolouged silence caused in tense excitement, returned this evening. He has been in Arizona, and is dressed ia the gat b of a cowboy. He went immediately to the home of his friend Bandy, and refuses to see any one or make muy explanation whatever. That he fears personal violence is quite evident. Ever since Miss Coughaaon learned that no harm had befailen her lover she hat- manifested utter indifference in regard to him, and has vowed that she will not recognize him airaiu. It is thought, however, that ia time she will relent. Enginaer and Fireman ICilled. Bellows Favub. Vt.. April 7. The tra'n leaving Bellows Falls over the Rutland railroad, at 11 o'clock last niirht, was wreck ad one mile above Rockingham .Station by a washout. Enarineer Moses Pratt ud fireman John Pratt were ki led. Tbe bargage and express cars, with content?, were burned. Many

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President Ewing called the assemblage to order, and after welcoming the euests and members, said the occasion was one that the Buckeyes had reason to rejoice in, especially as it was the centennial of the first settlement in their State. He then briefly reviewed the history of the founding and settlement of Marietta and of the progress of the State from that time up to the present day. Gen. W. T. Sherman next spoke. He said that while there were many good men born in Ohio, there were many equally as good born in otner States, and admonished all to perform their duties well. Ex-Secretary Windom said that Ohio was proud of both her men and women, and reviewed the list of brilliant men the State had famished both for military and civil life. Whitelaw Keid indulged in some pleasantries upon his associates in the same office. Chauncey M. Depew followed in a humorous speech. He closed by eulogizing tbe soldiers and stateomen produced by Ohio. Ex-Governor Hoadly, Gen. Wager Swayne, Charles A. Dana and Calvin S. Bryce, delivered addresses. Letters of regret were received from Senator Sherman, Governor Foraker, Lieutenant-general Phil Sheridan, John F. Follett, O. H. Grosvenor, W. S. Allison, E. S. Williams, li- M. Bishop and others. The Striking Brewers. Chicago, April 7. The strike of the brewers at Ernst Bros.' brewery was in the nature of a preliminary skirmish between the bosses and the journeymen in the battle for the recognition of the union. It ended disastrously for the union. Ernst Bros, to-day have a full force of men at work. They are not experienced brewers, bus the bosses say that none but the foremen Deed be skilled brewers and that anybody can do the washing of barrels and other work nece?saryin brewing under their directions. The direetors of the Chicago and Milwaukee Brewers' Association held a meetinsr yesterday afternoon and were waited upon by the strike committee of the Brewers' and Maltsters' Union. The conference led to nothing decisive. If the men want to strike the brewers will shut down until they get enough men to do their work. In such a case they expect to have no difficulty in filling the piaoes of such union men as leave their pieces with non-union men; bat they do not think that the union has its members well in hand. On the contrary, they expect that the men wili do as they did in Milwaukee, where they remained at work and left the union to take care of itself. On the other hand; the union claims to control all the skilled brewers in the city, and says it will resist the bosses successfully. Admission of Territories. Washington. April 7. In pursuance of the eall by Representative Cox, chairman of the caucus committee, the Democratic Representatives met at 8 o'clock this evening at the Capitol and remained in secret session for two hours and a half. As announced in the eall, the principal subject of discussion was tbe admission of Territories into the Union. After debate the following resolution was adopted: . "Resolved, that it is the sense of this caucus that an enabling act for the Territories of Dakota, Montana, Washington and New Mexico' should be passed at this session, providing for constitutional conventions in each Territory and the submission of thoso constitutions for ratification or rejection at the November elections in 1888, substantially as provided for in the bill reported by the committee oa Territories at this caucus." Condition of Emperor Frederick. Copyright 1868, by the Sew York Associated rress.l BiSUK, April 7. The Emperor's condition gives rise to serious alarm. Yesterday, both his cough and spitting were augmented and he suffered from nervous txcitemect. To-day he rested for several hours, and. atter partsking of a luncheon of oystors, drove out for the first time in seven days, in a closed carriacre. To-day's bulletin says that for the last few nights he has beeu unable to sleep well on account of headaches, and that the malady from which be is suffering now appears to be movins? from the back of the larynx more to the front, which is regarded by physicians as a favorable symptom, because the dange of the disease attacking the resophagus will be thus averted. f - Vercllet Asslntt it Railway Company. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Ft. Waisi, April 7. In the ease of Wellborn, administrator of the estate of Andrew Boiander. deceased, against the Baltimore & Ohio railroad, the jurv to-uav returned a verdict for tbe pla-ntiff for $5,"000. The demand was for 10,000. Boiander was a milkman at Garrett City, and was killed there by a car backed on to him by a switch engine. In a previous trial the jury disagreed. Republicans Sweep Everything. Providence, R. L, April 7. In the special legislative elections to-day tbe Republicans made a clean sweep, electing a Senator and four Representatives in Newport, a Senator and one Representative each in Cranston and West Greenwich. Destruction by Flood. Birliv, April 7. Ths Empress will go to Posen on Monday to inquire into the condition of the sufferers by the flood. Dreadfal accounts have been received from Posen. Two hundred and fifty villages

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There are all sorta ".of rumors in rezard to the amount of shortage, which is reported to be from $5,000 to $20,000. Bargamin is in Canada. He left here last Saturday. movements of the Blaine. AtrorsTA, Me., April 7. -Letters received here to. day from Mr. Blaine state that the Blaine family are now enjoying themselves in Florenee; that they will start for Paris in sbont two weeks, and that, after spending a short time there, they will make a trip through Norway and Sweden. They will arrive ia this country the last of June. Defaulter Arrested. TORONTO, April 7. James Sullivan, agent of the Chicago, St. Louis & Pittsburg railway t oh. Til., was arrested here to-dav. It is said that his dafaloation amounts to $10,000. Beat Estate Transfers. Instruments filed for record in the recorder's office of Marion county, Indiana, for the twenty-four hours ending at 5 P. M., April 7, 1883, as furnished by Elliott & Butler, abstracters of titles, Room 23, JEtca Building: ' John Armstrong to John P. Le Page, lots 4, 5, 6 and 7, in block UO, in -Armstrong s addition to North Indianapolis $1,200.00 John R. Cowie to Cora M. Day, lot 152, in King's Buodi vision of May, Waason & Co. 's Highland Park addition 160.00 Frank MeWhinney to Hermina Sperr, part of lot 22. in outlot 43 30.09 Maria T). Leach to Herman Helming, lot 40, in Vajen's subdivision of outlot 103 1.000.0C Nicholas McCarty to Royal B. Hickman, lot 343, in McCarty's eighth West-side addition to Indianapolis 275.00 Mary A. Hilkeubach et al. to James D. Webb, part east half northwest quarter r-ection 21, township 15 north, range 2 east ' 15.00 Simon Allgeier to Catherine Reger, lot 78. in Bates's subdivision of the middle part of outlot 90 1,075.00 Abby C. Judson to Margaret R. Dark, lot 10, in Martindale's addition.. 11,000.00 Joseph M. McLaiu to Ida M. Traub, part of lots 11 and 10, in block 1, in Blake A Ray's subdivision of outlots 12 and 18. west of White river 450.00 Henry Katterheinrich to Wm.Kattcrhelnrich, lot 81, in Kappes and Frank's addition 1,000.00 'Wm. Katterheinrich to Frederick W. Katterheinrich, lot 81, in Kappes and ' Frank's addition 1,000.00 Stephen P. Riley to Lewis Hansufos, part northwest quarter section 33, township 17 north, range 5 east 025.00 F. M. Churchman to Herman Helming, lot 39, in Vajen's subdivision of outlot 108 1,000.00 Isaac H. Herrington to Fiank W. Wood, lot 144. in Bruce Place addition 3,300.00 Emil Renard to Reinhart Jlilii, lot 39, in Dunlap & Tutewiler's subdivision of B. F. Morris's addition.. 350.00 Wm. B. Bradley to John Uradley, south half southwest quarter section 33, township 17. range 3 east, containing 50 26-1 OO acres . 4,000.00 Margaret R. Dark to Abby V. Judson, lot 3. in Edwards's subdivision of block 10, Johnson' heirs' a-i dition. 5,500.00 Robert Martindale to Wm. E. Burris, lots 31 and 32, in square 1, of K. B. Martindale's Lincoln Park addition... 1,600.00 Martha D. Canutt to John T. EJginirton, lot 15, in Hamlin's subdivision of block 16. Johnson's heirs' addition. ......... 850.00 CLaa. C. Meier to Joshua H. Vandeman, part west half southeast quarter section 23, township 15 north, reuse 4 east.... 372.00 Ernest A. Wenrman to Geo, H. Gis'er, part of lot 7. in equate 2, in Martindale's south addition. 2,900.00 Emma J. Childs to A. Addie Swick, part of lot 15, in Wilcox's addition, west of White river.... 1,000.00 Geo. A. Trask, guardian, to Louis G. B. Schreiber, part east half northwest r quarter, section 22, township 15 'north, ranee 5 east. 333.33 John M. Gaston to Mercy M. Yocum, lot 21. la square 3, of S. A. Fletcher, jr.'s northeast addition 700.00 Conveyances, 23; consideration. ....... $33, OJ5.42 Dr. Kisner s Brookside avenue subdivision, platted into 20 lots. Don't Give Up tie 8hip. 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