Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 July 1888 — Page 1

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Now buys choico of any Tailor-Mado Light-weight Suit in our house. These Suits are made of the finest Cheviot, Cassimere and Fancy Worsted, and arc equal to any Suit made to order costing double the money. If you would save $5 to $10 on a Suit, call and see what we are offering dur ing this sale. MOD ill E3Sec display in our window. TRAVELERS' INDEX. ITANRAKEE TINE JL. (13IO 2TOTJI1 liail- JLj way) UEiDU) KNOW (SOMETHING ABOUT THE NATIONAL GAME. Saturday afternoon the following conversation look place on a car aouth bound on Illinois street: Brisk, breezy-looking business man boards car at North street. "How wu the icoreV bo said to & clerical -appear-Ids fe'Jow-paaaenger. C. A. P. Score, air. What score? B. B. M. The base-ball score. Who wont Heard Denny made two home rons. Ain't be a La-la? C. A. P. I know nothing of bate-ball, air; It 'a a low, vulgar game, air; plated by rowdy loafers, air. After a minute's pause B. B. jL eomes again. I bet you $25jtheWashinjetons win tbe pennant.' C. A. P. (excitedly) I'm no d n fool: 1 will just talceinat. . If the brisk, breezy business many bad proposed to Tmt bis money tip on a proposition that tho Kankaiee Jine was not the best route to all points East, West, North and South he would have found takers in the person of every man, woman and child in Indiana. CINCINNATI AND RETURN, July 10. good until the 21 t to return, and including admission to Exposition, $3. Ktockwcll, Ind.. and return. Sunday. July 22. a special train will leave Indianapolis at 8 a. m. Returning, rearh Indianapolis at (1 p. in. Fare for round trip. $1. The Christian Chursh at Stockwell ia to be dedicated that day. Chicago and return $5.00 Chicago, one way 3.70 Marietta. C, and return, July 14 to 19 8.85 Cincinnati and return on sale every day, and includes admission to Centennial Exposition.. 4.90 Acton Camp-ground and return 50c, including adtnisaion. Tourist tickets to all health and pleasure resorts at Very low rates. The grand trip to New York and Boston via Old Poitt and ocean steamer should not be forgotten. TIME CARD. CIXCINTUTI PtVHtOV. 3:.via io-.v.am 3:V)pnt .10:43ain 11:0am S;07pm rerurt. Arrive . Depart , Arrive., lo-.OOpia :.pm ll:2fpm 6:13p:u CIXCI55ATI DIT11I0 SCSDAV TB1IMS. 3:Vam .ll;50ara CHICAGO DIVMIOX. 7:lMm 12:anon fi :20pm M 3:2iam luUVSam 3:3'pm Arrive , Pullman palaee cars, eleeant reclinincr-ehair cars, and parlor ears between Indianapolis, Chicago and Cincinnati. For tickets, sleeping-ear accommodations and all information call at Union Depot or the Model Ticket l)ce, corner Washington and Meridian Sts. J. H. ALRTIN. Dist. Pass. Agt, MORMON CHURCH FKOFEUTY. What Ua3 Been Tone by the United States to VinD.cate a Long Violated Law. Salt Lake City, July 1G. The law forbidding any church in a Territory to acquire more than ?50,G00 worth of property was passed years before acy title to real estate could be bad ia Utah, as government surveys of public lands had not been made than, and no land office was opened in tee Territory till long after. In spito ot this prohibition the Mormon Church went forward acquiring immense wealth, much of which was covered np in private hands. The EdmundsTucker bill became a law March 3. 1337, by ten days' limit of time, the President refusing to sicn it. It escheated to tbe school fund the property of tbe Mormon Church in excess ol the limit. Investigations have since shown that about that date in some cases a day or two before, ia others a day or Wo later-nany transfers of property were nominally made here from church bands to faithful brethren, and tbe cla; i Is persisted in by the receivers, as we'd as by toe church agents, that they were bona file sales. On this line rery much naked perjury has been developed. On Monday of this week receiver Dyer, in consequence of suits pending for tbe past year, accepted a compromise which gave him $ 137,163. 15 in cash, and at tbe same time he held on to se;zum ho had made, the most important of which was tbe ehureh farm of 1,100 acres four miles from this ctty, valued at $150,000.' The uext day he Tade demand for 30.000 bead of sheep, $73,000 worth of cattle. $100. 000 worth of coal lands, tdeeraph stock, gas stock, etc all of which was admitted by the church's attorney's, and surrender of property made or agreements to sunender by a date fixed were ejected, the most remote being Sept 12 next. These sarrendersar justly claimed by offlcers and the Gentile public to bean acknowledgment by the church agents that the alleged transfers about tho time of tho Edmonds-Tucker law were fraudulent, but so strongly hav the Mormon authorities been insisting tbat the transfers were genuine, notably in the case of the church farm, that the church authorities are compelled to enter a pro forma suit for recovery. The seizures and surrenders in detail were as follows: Aggregate amount of values settled by order of the Supreme Court Monday, Julr 0, 1157,d'i. 15; church farm, f 150.000; coal interests, 100, COO; thirty thousand sheep, fCO.000; notes for theater stock, tJ7,000; Descret Telegraph to"k. $22,000; personal property. $175,000; gaa stock, e75,000; tithing- yard, tfO.OOO; guard hence. SO. 000; historical office. $20,000; temple are, not valued; dividends OU CU SlOCI, Ji,CCQ. Total, $7$0,CC$.1J.

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THE GREAT SALE! EVERT HAT 1 Throughout our Hat Department a clean sweep of everything at one-half price, MUST MAKE i:OOM for FALL GOODS. Now ia your chance! Nothing like it ever offered here. Come early. Get first pick. THEWHEN THE STALVCEOUWELL CASE. Latest Developments Point to the Fact that the Accused Men Are Probably Innocent. Bakgor, Me., July 1C The latest developments iu the Stain-Cromwell case are startling. Juat as it is closed, and an appeal is to go to a full bench for a new trial, tbe Winthrop Bank produces a package of literature which, had it been given out at the time of the trial, wonld have undoubtedly set the Den free. It seems to establish beyond doubt that young Stain, lying in a Maine jail, racked bis brain to concoct some scheme whereby he could sain a few dollars, even if he sent his father to the gallows or to prison for life. A few years ago, the Winthrop Bank, situated in Winthrop, in central Maine, lost by robbery in the night time over $80,000 in paper; which was afterward recovered on the payment in New York City of 910,000, although the bank people never knew just who robbed them. In February, 18S7. while youn? Stain was in the Norridgewock jail, he confessed to Mr. Mitchell, the officer who arrested Stain and Cromwell, that he, his father, Cromwell and ooe Gleason, a New York crook, did the job. Mitchell had him write out the confession, and this he took to tbe bank officers, asking at the time about the reward. Being promised this if tbe confession proved true, It was left for inspection. Tbe bank people found there were some glaring errors, and so wrote Mitchell, and young Stain corrected them, he being ail the while in jail. Later tbe bank folks wrote out thirty questions, which were answered by Stain. Tbe whole story wss then written out, inspected and rejected by the bank. All the letters of Mr. Mitchell, those of Stain and all his ancestors were Kept, however, and it is the production at this late hour of these that causes the latest sensation. Tbe story, as it appears in theie, and which relates wholly to Winthrop, is almost word for word like tbe so-called confession of the Dexter affair, save that the names of towns are changed to fit. The same departure was mado from Midfisld. Tbe same horse Flora, and the same beach wagon are mentioned; the steamer Star of the East was taken, and the arrival at Gardiner and tbe mention of the hotel and bowling alley and departure from that town are alike in both confessions. Tnen, simply substituting the names of other towns, he tells how he drove near the scene of operations, leaving the men to do tbe job. and how, later, ho took them np again and fled from the scene. In all the details the 6ame and similar language appears, and he puts, in the Winthrop account, whole sentences into the -mouth of Cromwell, which appear in the Dexter story as having been uttered by his father. Then, in the matter of instructions, which he claimed his father gave him, there is no material difference io the two accounts; in both, whore he said his father told 'aim not to rocogoize him. he uses the same' words The bank officials declare he must have just altered the story, after they rejected it, to fit the Dexter case, eatching tbe county sheriff, Mitchell, and a New York paper which was desirous of outdoing all detective bureaus. They had eood ground for rejection. Two weeks before Mitchell first appeared at the bank, a straneer called, introducing himself as a New York detective, and asking at the same time for full particulars of the bank's loss. This was given him and be departed; soon afterwards it wss learned that he was a brother-in-law of young Stain, and on being called to account, acknowledeed that Stain had written to him to gain this information, as well as dates, etc. lie forgot to learn of the weather on the night of the robbery, which was rainy, and young Charles, guessing at it, put it down as clear and beautiful. Lawyer Barker, counsel for Stain, bas all tbe papers here in his safe, and there can be no doubt but Stain is the author. With this writing are all tbe minutes and memoranda made by coux t o facials, who do not believe either ot the men held here are anything but the victims of the treacneroos prison bird who swears he saw and talked with Barron's ghost. It is hard to tell what tbe six jadges of the Supreme Court who are to sit 2n judgment will do, as this new evidence cannot' ite introduced, but if a vote was taken by tbe people Stain and Cromwell would go free. Stain and Cromwell still maintain their lnnocenee. The Marietta Centennial. Marietta, O., July 16. The second day of the centennial celebration opened with one hundred guns, and the early trains and boats brought in creat numbers. Tbe attendance today is estimated at ten thoasand straogeri. Tho street parade of military and civis organizations was tbe most brilliant event ever witnessed in this historic city. Tbe parade was led by Governor Foraker and staff and tbe commissioners of tbe States. The addresses at Centennial hall were the eloquent welcome of Governor Foraker. followed by Hon. B. Wilson Smith, of Lafayette, Ind.; Hon. Charles Keemelin, of Cincinnati; Judge Cassidy and Prof. J. D. Butler, of Wisconsin. They were all carefully prepared efforts. In the evening Mrs. Mary A. Livermore delivered an interesting address on "Woman's Place in the Early History of the Country.' An elaborate display of fireWorks took place on the Ohio to-oight. The weather is delightful. Among the notd arrivals to-day were Senator Evarts. of New York, who will deliver the oration to-morrow; Senator Sherman. Senatcr Daniel. Judge Harlan and othors from Washington City. General Ewing, from New York, will arrive to-morrow. Sena tor Evarts is the gnest of Governor Foraker. Companions for Moor and Mrs. 3Iorton. Cleveland, July 15. G. II. Jarvis, who claims to be ' a wealthy attorney, of Toronto, Canada, and his companion, Mrs. Madeline Campbell whose husband, Allan F. Campbell, lives ia Canada, near Niagara tails, were arraigned in the police court this morning on a charge of living together as man and wife in a fashionable quarter of Franklin avenue. The evidence against them was secured by Iawver IL L. Icgels, of Niagara falls, and detective Lawrence, of this city. The woman was married to A. F. Campbell, at Buffalo, last April, and their honeymoon was hardly ended before she decided to cast ber lines with Jarvis. They came here early in June. Jarvis says that he settled 000 on his wife and two children, in Toronto, and came to tbe Untied States so tbat he could secure a divorce and marry Mrs. Campbell. His father, he says, was a Canadian official. Mrs. Campbell declares tbat her father was an officer in the English army. She is nineteen, and Jarvis is thirty years old. They are held in $300 bail eaCh for trial on Wednesday. Mayor Hewitt Ak AM for an Unfortunate. New York. July 1G. Mayor Hewitt has issued a letter to the citizens of New York suggesting subscription to reimburse foreman Hartt, of Gardiner & Este's shoe factory, for hii Urge expenses in litigating tho ease asaiost tbe Rnig-hta of Labor, who caused his dtseharge. The Mayor says that Hartt and his large family have been reduced to poverty to vindicating a Tirineinle in which every citizen ts interested, i'he law has been decided against the men who eonsplred against him. but he baa been kept out ef work eighteen months. The Mayor heads the lut with a luticrlf Uoa of IICCL

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Extraordinary Attitude of Tories on tho Question of .the Parncll Inquiry. . The j Will Consent to Appointment of & Commission, but Decline to Hare the Merits of thd Case Discussed in tho House. Afterward They Decide to Hear Debate on the Bill's Second Reading. . Debate in the French Chamber on the Proposition to Vote Money for Strengthening Coast Defenses Other News bj Cable. GAG LAW IN THE nOTJSE.' The Tories Offer Parnell a Commission of Inquiry, bat AVI 11 Not Ilesr Debate. London, July 1C In the House of Commons, this evening, Mr. Summers, Liberal, asked whether the government bad any communication with counsel for the Times in the esse of O'Donnell against that paper. Mr. Smith, the government leader, replied that if the question was intended to surest that tbe government had received from the Attorney-general any commnnication whatever respecting matters which had come to his (the Attorney general's) knowledge as counsel, he must distinctly say tbat there was not the slightest foundation for any such assertion. Attorney-general Webster followed Mr. Smith with the assertion that he bad neither received any commnnication from the government, nor the government any information, either directly or indirectly, in reference to the matter referred to. Mr. Sexton asked whether the Attorney-General was not consulted in preparing the motion framing the bill in regard to the proposed commission of inquiry into the Timea's charges. Mr. Smith answered: "The bill is drawn, and there has been no necessity to consnlt the Attorney-general" Conservative cheers. Mr. Parnell expressed dissatisfaction with Mr. Smith's explanation, und for the purpose of obtaining a full debate on the subject, he moved , an adjournment The Sneaker said it would be a violation of the rules to proceed with the debate when a motion relating to the same questioa was already recorded. Mr. Parnell responded: "My motion refers to the position on the paper of the hill, not to the merits of the bill. I simply desire tbat the Honse, as the representativo of the English and Iriah nations, should discuss the measure." The Speaker Order; obey my ruling. Mr. Parnell What, against my motion to adjourn? The Speaker It is quite out of order. Mr. Gladstone here asked if a vote on the motion for leave to introduce a bill for the appointment of a commission of inquiry would be taken to-night. Mr. Smith said he had hoped it would, but if it was opposed it could not be taken. "It is for Mr. Parnell to say," he said, whether he accepts the proposals of tbe government. We do not desire to debate the bill. If the proposals are received, copies of the bill will be immediately circulated among the members. I will then fix a time for the second reading, but I most frankly say tbat I will not make any arlangements for debating a bill of this kind. I certainly will not occupy the time of the house at any length in riiscussine this measure." Mr. Parnell Does tbe lit. Hon. Gentleman (referring to Mr. Smith), mean to say that we are not to be allowed to debate the bill, but must accept, litce sheep, the judgment of a jury of butchers? Irish cheers. Mr. Smith If there is opposition to the bill, it will probably hinder a vote being taken tonight; a vote eannot be taken after 12 o'clock. The Parnellite members here left the lions e to consult on the course to pursue. Mr. Parnell was interviewed in the lobby and stated that the position assumed by the government was intolerable and unheard of. They had offered him, as an alleged criminal, a tribunal of their own choosing and constituted in accordance with tbeir own views, but had sought to debar him from debating their position, merely asking him to accept or reject their oiler. Whoever heard of a man accused of crimes being called upon to approve of the eourt proposed to try him? Mr. Parnell said he most examine every possible bearing of tbe bill before he would permit it to proceed in the Ilouse. "I intended, in my remarks in the House,1' said Mr. Parnell, "to cast no reflections on English jndees. I merely wished to emphasize my objection to having a jury selected and the nature of the reference determined by tbe government and the Times, who naturally bear toward ns in this matter tbe relation of butcher to a sheep." After midnight Mr. Smith formally moved that the House permit the introduction of the bill. Mr. Parnell rose to oppose the motion. He expressed surpriie that itr. Smith should make such a motion without deigning to explain the provisions of the bill. A more monstrous proposition had never been made by a minister occupying such a position. Cheers from the opposition benches. After informing Mr. Balfour that he might suppress his ill-timed levity until he bad heard tbe end of the story, Mr. Pat nell proceeded: "If tbe letters are genuine, I am not an 'honorable,1 but a dishonorable member, and it is the duty of the leader of Parliament and the Nation to insist upon a thorough inquiry, instead of saying that it is for me to say whether to accept the bill or not. Cheers. He wants me to accept the bill without knowing the names of the jury or judges lelected by himself. Why should I trust him? I know that hi party and bis attorneys have made themselves accomplices in these foul libels Cries of 'Oh. 'Oh,' and cheers. How can I trust him to do me justice? I cannot to-night say whether I accept or reject. It appears to me that the government desires to put tbe cart before the horse to keep the question of the authenticity of the forged letters in the background. But I shall give no chanee to the honorable member to back out of it. and if I find, on examining tbe details of the bill in committee, that they fail to insure the fair inquiry which I demand, I shall claim my right." Mr. Parnell was here interrupted by loud laughter from the Conservatives, leading the speaker to cry loudly, 'Order," "Order," while a Parnellite was heard to shout, 'Sure, they are only a pack of cads." Amid the excitement some of the members arose for the purpose of naming the offending member, but the Speaker ignored the matter. Mr. Parnell contlnned, saying: 1 shall claim my right to enforce the judgment of the House on those details. But for the present I decline to bargain with Mr. Smith." Cneers. Mr. Smith, replying, said that he had given, in the terms of the motion, the fullest description of the measure, and that on tbe second reaiing the Parnellites would have an adequate chance o! discussing the measure, as also in committee, when the names of the judges would be given. Iteplyine to Mr. Sexton, Mr. Smith promised that the bill woald be printed on Wednesday, and that the second reading would bo moved on tbe following Monday. He expressed the hope that the debate would not be prolonged. Thereupon the bill was read tbe first time. BRAZIL'S IIOPKFCL STATE. Kesults Thus Far Seen or the Slavery Abolition Act. Rio de Janeiro News. All the disinterested repbrts thus far received from the interior represent plantation affairs to be in a very satisfactory and hopeful condition. There are still a few who pretend to believe that the abolition of slavery is ruining the planters, and that a great part of the present coffee crop will not be picked because of a scarcity of laborers, but much of this opinion is due to private and political reasont. Tbe opponents of the government in this matter of abolition are determined to make this act appear as arbitrary and hurtful as possible in order to discredit tbe ministers and to force rotfUideration of iiitir claims 'for indemnification. Thtj hive cade the most of the very few

eases where tho freedmea have left their old masters because of the cruel treatment heretofore received, and they are also playing every variation on the assertion that the debt-ridden planter will not be able to meet his obligations. They omit to mention, however, the.actual fact that the freedmen are generally remaining on or returning to the plantations on which they have been reared, and that they are working cheerfully and steadily for very moderate wages. And they omit to mention also that white laborers are turning up most unexpectedly in large numbers, and that the present coffee crop is being picked just as well and just as expeditiously as in the palmiest dajs of slavery. A few dsys since & gentleman of our acquaintance was visiting the coffee districts of Southern Minas, when he was surprised at running across a party of 400 miners from Diarnantina who bad eome down to seek work on the coffee plantations. Upon inquiry he learned that as soon aa abolition was announced the poor whites of the campo and mining regions began to seek the cultivated districts in search of employment, and that they had been engaged aa rapidly as they at rived. In the days of slavery there were no opportunities for these people, elmoly because wages were not paid for labor, and they remained" always miserably poor and idle; but now that slavery has been abolished and wages must be paid for every man's labor, they are among the first to Beek employment And this certainly is not the least among the many beneficial results arising from the overthrow of this most unjust and hurtful institution. How far this movement extends among the poor white population of the country we do not know, but it is already large enough to show that by no possible means can there be a scarcity of labor where planters are willing to pay even the most moderate wages. And to secure this alternative a better time for the promulgation of the law of abolition conld nor nave been found, for it comes at a time when the planters are oblige! to meet their freedmea half way and to offer fair wages and good treatment at oace. Had the law gone into effect only after the coffee had been picked, as many think should have been the case, then the planters would have been masters of the situation, and trouble would have followed. The necessities of tbe moment, however, have forced both sides into an arrangement, which affords a good startine point for the future, and precludes in great measure all future trouble in the adjustment of the relations between planters and laborers. Another hopeful indication of which we have been informed is the tendency of many young men to take hold of the plantations who bnva heretofore held aloof because of their antipathies to the system followed. The old planters who find themselves unable to fall into line with the new conditions are now willing to lease their plantations on favorable terms, and younger tnen with little capital are finding opportunities for their enterprise which never c:su!d have existed nnder the old regime. All things considered, the outlook is very hopeful, not only for the present crop, but for the future. Brazil has taken no backward step in this matter, and she certainly is not to be a loser for taking a forward step. Conformity with the laws of progress does not entail ruin and suffering, as some would have us believe, bnt must unerringly lefil to prosperity and happiness. In the matter of the present crop it is our private opinion publicly expressed that every berry will be picked, except in the few, very few, caees where infuriated brutes have driven away their old slaves, and are now unwilling to pay wages for the laborers needed to do the work.

WnEN VICTORIA. WAS CROWNED. Recollections of a Noteworthy Event In the History of England, London Times. Fifty years ago, on the 23th of June, 1833, the crown of these realms was placed upon the head of Queen Victoria. On the morning of that memorable day the sky was overcast for a time, and between 7 and S rain fell. The procession, which a vast multitude had gathered to see, would have been shorn of halt its splendor and attraction if the weather were unfavorable. Happily the sky cleared, and the inn shone forth brighly before the procession left Bucktecnam Palace at 10 o'clock. The beauty ri -ihe day was one - of the charms of n epectaeie wmcn naa not oeen equaiea since the entry into London of the allied sovereigns in 1814. An incident occurred before the end of the ceremony in Westminster Abbey which, in the days of antiquity, would have been hailed as a good omen, and which, in fact, has proved emblematic of the brilliancy of a reign that is not only one of the longest but is one of the moit memorable in our history. After the royal robe bad been thrown over her Majesty's shoulders, after the orb had been placed in 'her hand and the ring upon ber finger, after the Holy Bible had been presented to her and the Archbishop of Canterbury had pronounced a solemn blessing, then, to U3e the words of our reporter, "A gleam of sunshine, which now broke through the south great rose window, lighted right on her Majesty's crown, which sparkled like a galaxy, and lent a still more dazzling brilliancy to the scene." There are men still living who were present not only at the coronation of the Queen, but at that of her two predecessors on the throne. Tet the vast majority of the people have no acquaintance with such a ceremony now, except at second hand, and it is our fervent hope that many years may elapse before another coronation takes place in Westmiccter Abbey. When the Queen was crowned, there were some old men whose memories might stretch baefc to the time when George III ascendod the throne, yet there were many more to whom such an event as a coronation was not extraordinary, and who had been , present at that of George IV, seventeen years, and at that of William IV, seven years before. With the exception of tho coronation of George HI, no event of the kind was more noteworthy than that of her Majesty, since the succession to the crown of these realms was settled by act of Parliament in the House of Brunswick. GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS. Debate on the Proposition for Strengthening France's Port Defenses. Paris, July 16. The Chamber of Deputies to-day discussed the credit of $13,400,000 asked by tbe government for the strengthening of port defenses. M. Wickersheimer opposed tho granting of the sum assigned to the extension of the moles at Cherbourg, contending Jhat the only eflicacious means of insuring the country's safety was to increase the channel sauadron. Admiral Krantz, the Minister of Marine, replied tbat it was necessary to extend the moles at Cherbourg in order to prevent an enemy's torpedo boats entering the port. This at present could be easily done. If Franee were at war with a great maritime power the enemy could blockade Cherbourg and force an entry by means of torpedo boats in the roadstead. The extension of the works there ought to be immediately begun if the country desired to be placed in a position to wage an effective naval warfare. Those who refused to grant the credit asked would have to bear tbe responsibility M. De Lanessan said the bill had been so long delayed already that there was no necessity for voting urgency for its consideration now. To delay discussion of the measure would enable the mempers to make a more minute study of the project. Admiral Krantz paid that if the project bad remained on paper since 1SS2 it was because the attention of the naval department had been directed toward the East. The French navy did not fear a call to fight at any time; but it was urgently necessary that tho ports on which the navy would have to depend for supplies be placed in a state of security. The motion to vote urgency for the consideration of the bill was rejected 341 to 143. Gen. Daulangfr. Paris, July, 1C Gen. Boulanger'e condition to-night is reported as unchanged. The doctors have forbidden him to speak. He wrote on a piece of paper to-day: "I am like the late Emperer." M. Flouquet sends twice daily to inquire as to his progress. Toe doctors do not speak with great confidence as yet. Foreign Notes. Queen Natalie has purchased the Villa Palmiero. at Florence, for $120,000. Herr Schmidt, the editor of. the Cologne Gazette, has been sentenced to a month's detention in a fortress for writing articles calumniating Prince Henry of Reuse. The decoration of the commander of the Legion of Honor is to be conferred topon M. Alexandre Da mas. tbe dramatist, and tbe decoration cf a knight of the same order upon M. -Emile Zola, the novelist. CoL Sir Franeis De Wioton. president of tbe Erain Bey relief committee, in an interview with tbe King of the Belgians, expressed the belief that the white pasha reported to have ar rived at Bahr el-Ghazel is Henry M. Stanley. Bishop Freppel introduced a bill in the French Chamber of Demi tips vesterdav. ahAliihin9.4nl. lug, ana demanded urgency for the zneaitxe.

In the course of his remarks in 'introducing the bill, Bishop Freppel referred particularly to the recent encounter between M. Flouquet and General Boulanger. The demand for urgency was rejected by tbe chamber. It is officially announced at Strasburg that after Jan. 1, all private documents, written in the French language, bearing no date or dates subsequent to July 1, 1S72, must be accompanied by an authorized German translation at tho cost of the parties concerned. WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH BLAIR? ,

Ho Seems To Be All Riffht and TTillinff to Fight if It Is Necessary. fpertal to tbe Indlanatol!s Journal. Washington, July ia Senator Blair ia receiving many letters of congratulation and commendation upon the bold stand he took in the Senate, last week, and the vigor with which he replied to Senator Butler, of South Carolina, who bad gone out of bis way to attack him. Although Senator Blair is eccentric, and often, by tho propositions he has introduced, caused his colleagues much concern, he is one of the few men in the Senate who have convictions on all subjects, and is never afraid to let them be known. He has plenty of pluck and nerve also. Although he does not advertise the fact with a blast ot trumpets, he did good service as a soldier during the war, entering as a private and coming out as a lieutenant-coloneL Senator Blair is a man of strong religious convictions and an active member of the Congregational Church. I asked him to-day if it was true that he had said he would aCcept a challenge to fight a duel if he received one from Senator Butler. "I do not recollect ever hating said to in terms," he replied, "but under certain circumstances I think I would accept a challenge to fight a duel. I do not believe in dueling, nor do I take any stock in the theory that an injury to a man's honor must be healed with tbe blood of his enemy; and yet, realizing that dcelicg is contrary to the laws of man and' tho laws of God, I think, as I have said, tbat nnder certain circumstances I would fight any man who challenged me." 'Under what circumstances I asked. "Well, I havo always been of the opinion that the war of ths rebellion might have been avoided had the men of the North not permitted themselves to be bullied by the men of the South for thirty years. If there had been a few bloody dcels between Northern and Southern men prior to 1SG0 thousands of lives and millons of ' money might have been saved, simply because it would have prevented seven millions of peopie rnshing headlong upon the bayonets of twenty millions. The people, particularly the young men of the South, were taught tbat one Southerner could whip nve Yankees. They be lieved it. We gave them reason to believe it. We permitted ourselves to bo bullied, abused, threatened, and even assaulted without rasistsrnce, and the natural impression was that we were cowards. Now. it will not do to allow that impression to prevail again, and, while I would never fight a duel to vindicate my honor, I believe that I would do so to establish a precedent and convince the people of the South that they conld not attaok a Northern man with impunity." THE SCHOOL TEACHERS. WHnSSsV1" The Meeting of the' National Association at San Francisco Largely Attended. San Francisco, July 16. Every train that reached this city to-day brought fresh accessions to tbe teachers who are assembled here from all parts of the United States. Secretary Canfleld, of the National Association, estimates that so far there are fully 2,200 persons from Eastern points in the city. The galleries of the Mechan ics' Pavilion, where the convention of the association will he held, are reserved entirely for exhibits of public schools from all parts of the country. Besides the delegation recep tions, the only matters on the programme tomorrow are the business of the national council, in the morning, and a grand welcoming con cert, which will take place at the pavilion in the evening. On Wednesday, at 9 a. m., will begin the business of the convention at the Grand Opera-house. The National Educational Council met this morning, and delegate Richards began reading a report of the committee on elementary education, the subject being, "Wasted in Education." A paper which was written by Chairman E. E. White, of Ohio, took up the common system of training children in primary departments of schools, and Pointing out wherein it was devoted to '"cramming" of pupils with useless and impracticable knowledge. It condemns tbe policy as one cot only of no benefit, but calculated to blunt rather than sharpen the faculties of children. The writer asserted that pupils ought to be thrown more on their own resources in acquiring knowledge and more attention paid to the development of right habits, good sound judgment, and its proper application. General discussion of the subject followed, which was participated in by all the delegates. A paper on the business side of schools system, by Prof. Burke Hinsdale of tbe University of Michigan, was read this afternoon. Disruption of the Iron Association. Pittshurg, July 16. The report of dissatisfaction among tbe members of the Iron Manufacturers' Association, caused by certain members signing the amalgamated scale, was confirmed this morning by President Keating, who authorized the statement that he intended to hand in hii resignation at the first meeting of the association, and also tbat Zug & Co. will withdraw from it Mr. Keating has not yet called a meeting, though h expressed the ODinioQ that oue would be called this week. It is then expected that not only Zug & Co., but other firms will withdraw, wbil others will not be representod, with the result that the association is likely to cease to exist. The Amalgamated Association members are generally of tbe opinion that the disruption of the manufacturers' association would be a bad move both for employer and employe. The officials are anxious that an effort be made to have it continued, and offer to co-operate, so that both manufacturers and, the workers can hold conferences in the f utdre, the same as in tho past One signature, that of P. T. Kimberly & Co., of Sharon, Pa., was added to the scale to-day. The works started up in all departments at once. The Canonsburg Iron and Steel Company, of Canonsbnrg. Pa., the Cnartiers Iron and Steel Company, of Mansfield, Pa., tbe Newcastle sheet-mill, of Newcastle, Pa., and Cbes, Cook & Co., of Pittsburg, signed the Amalgamated Association scale to-day. The Columbia Iron and Steel Company, of Uniontown. Pa., has decided to startup with non-union men. A Lively Femala Politician. Charleston, S. C July 16. Mrs. Eliza Garwer, the first woman candidate in South Carolina, hss just published a five-column argument in the Union Times to show that she is eligible to the office of school commissioner, and to announce her determination to use every means to secure her election. When she first announced herself as a candidate it was looked upon as a joke, but now it is beginning to assume a serious aspect. Mrs. Garwer has money and belongs to one of the best families of Union county. Her family have usd every means to keep her from running for the office, but her head is set and it seemr that nothing can turn her. She is spending her money freely and is riding over the country making personal appeals to the voters. She has organized her campaign like a master politician, and has at every precinct meu who are paid to canvass for her and on election day to keen a list of the names of all who vote for her. She does not propose to be counted oct, but says tbat she will spend her last eent to secure the office if she receives a majority of the Totes at the election. She will undoubtedly get a large vote, but many vote for her as a joke. Late Steamer Agrcucd. Saul Beach, Mich., July 16. The steamer Thomas Davidson, of Milwaukee, with 2.100 tons of iron ore. went on a reef just north of this harbor last night She lies crossways of a hog-baeked reef, and is hard on amidships, but free at both ends. A tug has been ordered, and shovelers are at work lirhtenlog the cargo. The steamer is valued at 9120,000, and is insured for too. oca .

THE PBESIDENT'S OLD HOME

Political Feeling in the City and County Where Cleveland Formerly Resided. Buffalo Democrat Show; Xo Enthusiasm ia Behalf of Their Ex-Major, and the County Will Give a LarseEepullican Majority. Grave Dissensions Among the Democrats of tho Eighth Indiana District. Mr. Elaine Will Take the Stamp in ITiine ia Behalf of Harrison and Morton He Will Sail from Eoghnl on August 1. POLITICS AT BUFFALO. No Enthusiasm for Cleveland Erie Count? Will Give a Large Republican Majority, fpecial to tbe IndiauaooIIs Jourasi. Buffalo, N. T., July 1& This city, vrhich is the county seat of Erie county, ought to he the headquarters ct the Cleveland sentiment of the country. In the home of the President, il he has a home, ooe usually finds more enthusiasm w hen bis name is mentioned than in any other part ot the United States. Local pride Generally outweighs personal disappointment and the politicians, without regard to the distribution of patronage, usually have the utmost confidence in their townsman who happens U be filling the ehair of tbe chief magistrate ol this Nation. Your correspondent has made dil ligent effort to find some strong: supporters of Grorer Cleveland in the city which bonored him by making him its Maj or, by presenting' him to the voters of the Empire State for tb governorship, and to the country for the preii dency, jet Cleveland enthusiasts in Buffalo arc ezeeedicgly rare parties outside his officer bolders. It is an undisputed fact tbat G rover Cleveland is far weaker in his home city to-day (always providing Buffalo is his home city) than perbaps in any other town of its size on the American continent In 1SS0 Garfield carried the county by a majority of about 3,400. In IES2, when the halfbreed stalwart fight was at its bitterest point; when Judge Folger bad been nominated for the governorship of the State by the Republicans by what were considered unfair tactics on tho part of the so-called stalwart wine of the Republican party; when the feeling of the Garfield wine of the party was at its flood tide of opposition to the Arthur wine, so-called, Erie county gave G rover Cleveland a majority of about 7.000 over Judge Folger for the governorship. At that time Cleveland had the support of the Buffalo Express, then the leadiog half-breed taper of western New York, and of the Buffalo Evening News, a penny paper with the largest circulation of auy afternoon daily in the State outside of New York eity. The Buffalo Evening Newa was the first to advocate the nomination of Grover Cleveland for the presidency by the Democrats of the country. The Evening Newa gave the Cleveland-Hendricks ticket Its most cordial support, and the result was that, instead of amajoritj of 3,500 for the Republican ticket, Blaine carried the county by only 1,490. Now, in 1688, the Express, wbicn was not an original Blaine paper in 1854, and which twallswed the ticket with a very wry face. Is advocating the election of Harrison and Morton with all the vieor that it can put into its columns. The Evening News is also working to the same end, and its 50,000 readers are treated to Harrison and Morton campaign literature every evening. The News is a stanch supporter of the Republican doctrine of protection and a yigevous opponent of the second-term idea. The loss of its support is in itself a 6erious blow to the Cleveland Democracy, and is likely to result in the old-time Republican majority in Erie county. Beyond all this, some of the leading Democrats of the county have come out squarely against Grover Cleveland. All the old-time Harrison men of 1810, those who shouted for Tippecanoe and hard cider, have organized themselves into a Harrison and Mortem club, with Lewis P. Allen, uncle and benefactor of Grover Cleveland, at their head. Jonathan ScovUle, who represented the Buffalo district in Congress as a Dsmocratfor a term and a half, and who has also filled the cnr.ir in the Mayors office, is an extensive manufacturer in Buffalo. Mr. ScovUle is understood to have declared his determination to vote for the Harrison ticket He subscribed $10,000 to the Cleveland campaign fund in 1834. Frank H. Goodyear, a leading lumber manufacturer, whose headquarters are in Buffalo, and whose business is eonducted on the Pennsylvania line, said to your correspondent that he could not indorse Grover Cleveland's message and its free-trade tendencies. Mr. Newman, another leading: lumber manufacturer, who was a warm adherent of Grover Cleveland in 18S4. said tbat he should not vote for Cleveland in 1833, and he did not believe that Jtbe one hundred and fifty men in his employ would be likely to vote for the suicidal poliey laid down by President Cleveland's message, and in part carried out by tho Mills bill. C J. Hamlin, one of the wealthiest citizens of Buffalo, the owner of one of the finest stock farms in tbe world, and the employer of several thousand men, who voted for Cleveland in 1884. has declared bis intention to support the Republican ticket and the Republican platform this year. Buffalo is a manufacturing city, and its manufacturers see now that tbeir former townsman is thorooghly imbued with the British doctrine of free trade, and they realize tbat to extend bis power means the injury of tocir business and the discbarge of their employes. Naturally, thev are not disposed to this end. Men who have been consistent Democrats for years simply because there was, in their opinion, some sort of an obscure line between tbe two parties, but whieb line did not divide them on the question of tariff, aro now frightened at tbe outlook, and there seems to be a stampede among them away from tbe Democratic party. I have heard more talk among the laboring men, too, on tbe subject of tbe tariff, in Buffalo, lately, than I ever beard before. Buffalo has an intelligent class of mechanics and working people generally, among whom are numbered bO.OOO or 90,000 foreien born citizens, many of whom know what free trade and low wages means to a man who is dependent upon the sweat of his brow for the bread to support his family. Tbese men, in many instances, own the bouses in which they live, and are an industrious, well-disposed, thinking class of American citizens. Efforts are being made by the Democrat to stir up the German-Americans here against the Republican tieket because of tbe hieh-licens bill passed by the Republican Legislature. Bat these efforts have not been very fruitful, because tbe German-Americans, as a rule, realize that the saloon-keepers make tte profits, and that they alone would be affected by tbe bigh-lictnse law. One thing is patent to any casual visitor to Buffalo wbo takes any interest in politics whatever, and that is tbe absolute apathy of the working politicans in the Democratic party. Four years ago the enthusiasm started for Cleveland on the dav of his nomination, and it was continued np to the day of bis election. When he was inaugurated, crowds of Buffalo Democrats went to Washington to see the eeremony. Naturally, many of them hoped for political reward, but of those who journeyed t the eapital in uniform, not a sinple one was ap pointed to an office by the President He hat utterly ignored tbe rank and file of his psrty in Buffalo, and tbe few pinms which he has distributed in that cityhsve fallen into tbe outspread hands of personal friends and men who hava not been identified with tbe working element in his party. For this reason, he will naturally find deep-seated opposition to his re-election among the the men who formerly supported him. This opposition will, perhsps, not extend so far as to induce tbe workers to vote for Harrison, but it will go far enoath to prevent them from giving any enthusiastic support to the Democratic ticket. Besides all this, there is a marked development of the protective sentiment in the rtckf of the acrienltcral population roundabout Buffalo. The Mills bill, which bas the indorsement of the President, and is the basis of the Demo eratio platform, proposes to admit to tbe markets of the United States from Canada poultry, freth meat, game, and various other products of the farm and the dairj fete cl all duty. Juaf