Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 October 1888 — Page 3

TJEDi INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24 1883. - -

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A GIGANTIC DEFALCATION

Cleveland's Democratic Treasurer Absconds llis Shortage 13 $429,000.' Ho Uai B?en Absent More than Three Week?, and it in Thought Il is Now in Belgium With Abcui 100,000 in 111$ Possession. Cleveland Oct 2a Nearly every man, woman and ebild ia Cleveland has beard of City Treasurer Thomas Axworthy, and thousands of tbem are personally acquainted with him. lie is, perhaps, the most popular Democratic politician ia Northern Ohio. So highly is he regarded that be could bare been nominated for Congrees thi year if he had bat said the word. Ia business circles ho has cut a very big figure, and the statement is cftea .made that whatever he touches terns to gold- He has real estate, ships that sail the lakes, eos-l mines and iron ranges, and many other valuable investments. When at home ha Is a prominent figure on the streets, and at very torn is greeted by old and younr, rich and poor. Republicans and Democrats. . He bas not beta seen recently, and the oCce-holdere at tbe Cite Hall have not grasped hie hand for many a Ion; day. Therefore . bia abtec.ee has caused lone eoafosion acd nxueb inquiry. A law which provides that the funds of the city oust be deposited in a bans:, tno municipality to be credited with the interest on the same, waa to hare gone into effect on the loth Inst. Proposals were asked for, bat all the backs s&to two refused to make bids. The result wa that the Lids received were rejected and new oces will be solicited. However, Mr. Axworthy was not in the city when the proposals were opened, and his absence occasioned ' some comment On Saturday, Mayor's Clerk Briggs submitted to the city board of revision & partial report of his investigation into the business methods of the municipal officials. Still, Mr. Axworthy was out of town, and yesterday morning, bright and early, the cne inquiry on the streets vras: Where is tba eity treasarerr Occasionally ao indefinite answer was made, to the e fleet that' he was in New York. His business and oCeial associates declared that he was there and was stopping at the Windsor. A telegram of inquiry was sent to that hotel, and the answer returned that Mr. Axworthy had arrived there on Sept. 29, in the morning, and had departed ia the eveulng for Montreal, Canada. There all trace of him was lost. Meanwhile his bondmen be ran to investigate. They are United States Senator II. B. Payne and J. II. Wade, jr., and are pled eel for $300,000. They, together with leading eity officials and attorneys, vera in eonsult&tion all lat night and adjourne 1 early this morning, Each refuses to say a word, but all the details cf Mr. Axworthy's absence will, no doubt, soon be known. Senator Payne od J. n. Wade; jr., are Axworthy's bondsmen. Is became known early this morning tba AsWorthy had not only left tha city, but that he Was a defaulter. The announcement produced a profound sensation, and in tba confnsion which ensued it was impossible . to get "at the details. The fir..t excitement of the day was occasioned by the beginning ia the Common Pleas Court of actions 'in attachment against all of Axworthy's vessel property and real estate, and the servins of writs of garnishment upon a half dozen banks. These actions were begun by two of the bondsmen and th National Bank cf Commerce. The city's funds had been deposited in banks by Axworthy, and the actions against these banks ware begun with the object of tying up the rnrcey he had lef j: iu his flight. At the City Hall con(uica reigned. .The MaTor and auditor were loth out of the city. The snail reserve in the treasury was soon exhausted, and at soon ravment oq two warrants was refused. There was no more money, and it was impossible to draw on the foods io bans: which had been tied up by order of the court. The cnanca committee of tha Common Connell was tastily summoned and ao investigation begun. Late this afternoon it was announced that of the fSTC.887.64 turned over to the treasurer, and by hira deposited in thw bank, only 1447,450.05 remained on deposit. The shortace, therefore, amounts to $420,437.59. Of this aum Treasurer Axworthy is believed to have taken at least $200,000 in cash with him. The police pension fund and the firemen's relief fond, wbieh were unsecured by bond, are cone, aud over 1192.000 of the Board of Education fund goes into the shortage. This last item is reeared by m separate bond of 1150,000, itb Selah Chamberlain aod T. P. Handy as sureties, It is behaved that Axworthy's vessel property and real estate will inventory nearly half a millicn, and the bondsmen are secured. Tho city will probably los nothing, as the bonds are good. No trace of the missing man has bren secured. It is asserted that he ism Liverpool, England on his way to Belgium, and that be is well proTided with ready money. It is rumored, but the rumor has not been confirmed, that Axworthy lost heavily in the recent, wheat squeeze, and tat he was in the Gogebic Iron crash for a large sum. The Common Council net to-night to take action in the premises. It was decided to declare the office of treasurer vacant, and that will be done as soon as the proper resolution can be passed, when a temporary treasurer will be appointed to fill out Axworthy's term. A S20.000 Steal. Philadelphia, Oct 23 A speeial from Norristown says: - The protracted and unexplained absence of Robert Kambo, ex-register of wills of thiseonnty, seems to substantiate the rumors that be is short in his account. The State authorities at Harrisbarg place the amount of the defalcation at $20,000. DESTITUTION IN DAKOTA. Pitlahle Condition of a Settlement of Palish Jews Immediate Aid Needed. Minneapolis, Minn., Oct. 23. J. Ilarpmsn, who has jnst returned from a visit to Ramsey county, Dakota, says of the Polish Jew e offerers there: "The settlement is located about eighteen miles frora, Devil's lake, and comprises seventy families, numbering 233 souls. They came here two years aeo last spriog. from Chicago, St. Paul and other places, with some household truck, and from $1,803 to $2,500 ia money, fsrmicg implements, stock:, etc They proeureu land, built their modest houses, and went to ork with a will to ele.ir the land and become independent farmers. Those without any money mortgaged the land and borrows! enough to pay the government price, atom 230, and expected to live oa tho .balance of their loans until the first crop could be harvested. They raised a fair crop tbe first year and tbe prospect wss so bright they mortgaged their lands and ether property to purchase stock aod farm machinery. The second year they planted a much larger acreage. The notes and mortgagee signed by them In roacy insuncea bore interest at tho rate of 2 pr cent, a month on chattels and 12 per cent, per annum oo real estate. beside 5 rer ceaL per annum oa loan, which they were sbhged to pay. - loan sharks lent them money snd charged exorbitant interest. About the aiddla of August all their expectations were, mined in one night. A eerre frosi came and ruined their entire crop of wheat, leaving them only about as many potatoes as tbey used for planting and barely enough ?ats to winter their stock. The troublo ant suffering lagan at once. The merehanta wbo bad heretofore been anxious to supply all their wants refused to credit them further, seeing that they could not expect Payment for what had been furnished alreadv. Nearly every treditor became alarmed and foreclosed. The lltnaticu became so bad that the sheriff refused io inflict further suffering on the people by takttg their property. Ha found the people without fuel or bread, they nsiog tbe dronpings of tattle for f utl to cook such few articles as they tou'd get, and putting their bread, if they bad aov, to bake in this fire. Their children were naked, without shoes or stoc iors, the men aod wenea in rsgt, and without foot-wear. We foond everything as the sheriff Lad stated. To the tsarful appeals of tkeso people, we laid that we should cot let them etarco ear freeze, and the took fresh hope, showering blsiiicgs n us. For tbe present their most prssstcf needs are fuel and bresd. aod these articles zatut be had at occe, for every day la a

day of suffering and privation. Wa visited about twenty houses and found all, with but two exceptions, without a e ticket wood or other material for fir, except cattle droppings. On Saturday the ice was three-fourths of an inch thick, and w found numerous littie children with hire feet and legs. The minister's wife we found living in a nut, the floor consisting of the ban ground no fire, nor anything to make one with, one little girl blue wltn cold and tbe ether in her crib, huddled up, trying to keep warm. Their fcrnitare waa ia keeping with the rest, and their entire supply ot food consisted cf a dry crust of bread, kindly sent by a neichbor from their scanty eupply. Another wonan we found, the same morning, with fwo little girls with bare limbs acd tfeet, trying to keen warm on the sonny side of the bouse. Some creditor had Uken her cow and left her to starve with her little ones."

THE SQUIRES FUNERAL. Dr. Lorimer Talks cf the Outburst cf Applause and the Causes Leading Thereto. Chicago, Oct 23. The demonstration at the funeral of Mr. C. H. Squires, yesterday, when the Rev. George C Lorimer referred to the fact that tho civil so rvice law had cot availed to praveat, in life, the reduction of the dead man's rank in the postal service, vras a matter widely commented on here to-day. In response to a written request for a personal statement on the subject, Dr. Lorimer wrote the following: 4 'You ask me about the fuocral services and the criticism on what I said. I have really very little to say. There was nothing intended of political character, for I have always supposed that the design ot civil-service reform was to rescue the 'civil service' of the country from the politicians. Therefore, in pointing out what I regard a3 a defect that a deputy postmaster, ithout cauie, should be lowered a step in the service instead of. at least, maintaining his position a thing likely to occur under any administration, I had no idea of entering into politics. lam just a little suspicious that the criticisms you refer to indicate that the persons indulging them feel a trifle guilty of departuro from ih spirit of 'reform' we should all be anxious to promote. As to politics iu tbe pulpit! Well, I do not believe in preaching politics, but a pulpit mu.it be dead that does not occasionally touch on all sorts of questions, and in doit.g so it will naturally offend some individuals and classes. My observation ha convinced me of this: that thosa who usually object to politics in the pulpit really object to reflections prejudicial to their politics, cot to the exposure of what they regard as the worthless politics of others. It depends very much on who's hit, you know. All that I have ever eaid on politics, pure and simple, in any year of my ministry, would not 11 over a column in your joornal. Indeed, there is not much to be said about tbem. Especially must this seem trne when a slight allusion to civil service is construed into on attack an & political party. "Applause in chnrchl Yes, it is always better omitted. But no one was more surprised than myself at the outbreak at the funeral Every one present knows that I promptly suppressed aud retmked the expressions of appro rah I am not responsible for the sympathy cf the people which carried them beyond the bounds of strict propriety. Such things will happen in the taca of all conventionalities. I never encourage app'ane in church, but at times it cannot be restrained. Occasions occur in the ministry of the most decorous when tbe people defy restraint and will break ont tamultuoujly. Of course, it ougbt to be Jiscoaraged. But a nice question occurs b-re: Is it more wicked or even more irreverent to applaud in churcn than to sleep? and is sleepiness induced by soporific oratory a more desirable effect to be produced than enthusiasm!" ANOTHER THIRD PARTY LIAR. An Employ of Andrew Carnegie's Steel-Works Tells IIotv His Workmen Are Treated. A malicious third-party liar and Hbeler, a fit companion to the "Rev." Boole, recently mada au attack upon Mr. Andrew Carn?gto, stating that from personal observation the speaker knew of Lie ill treatment ot bis , employe. Cpt. A. M. Burns, cf South Bend, where the statement wan made, wrote a letter to hie sister, wha lives at Braddock, Pa., where Csrneeie's largest worka aro situated. Tbe lady turned the lotter ovt? to one of Carr.ecis's employer, who has written tho following letter: Beaddock, Pa., Oct. 1G, 186$. Dear Sir My attention was called to a letter received by Capu W. li. Jones from you, with some statements made by w How anyone in a publio meeting could "make such statements, that are so unqualifiedly untrue, is past my comprehension. Now the faets are jest tbe opposite. I have worked at Carnegie'a steel-works ince they were started, in 1ST5, and we have had only one strike, acd that strike occurred aftr the men refused arbitration. Now 1 da cot think yoa can point to another establishment iu the eountry who employ so many mn cf eo many different nationalities that ha got along so well. To show what kind of a frandB Mr. Carnegie is, I will try and show some ot the frauds he has practiced on his men: . 1. Mr. Carnegie will loan any of his men money to put up a house, give him all the time he wishes to pay for it, aud I can say without fenr of contradiction that there is a greater perceutaze of workiccmen owning tbeir own homes iu Braddock tbiu aoy other manufacturing town in the coantry; and something else. When we did have the only strike, those of ns who had to meet payments were not called on, and not until we had received two good pays were we required to meet our payments. 11 If any man Is injured at tho works, his doctor bilis are paid, and he receives his pay until be is able to roaucio work. If be cannot work ha is pensioned. 3. We have a blue-ribbon club (of wh'ch I am a member). When we started it, Mr. Carnegie recognizing the fact that it was a great bcuefit to his men, at ence made a subscription of $75 per month toward paying expenses, which he has kept up, and is still paying; and also paid it during the strike. 4. In lb'S4 the men in Braddock organized a co-operatire store. 31r. Carneg;e heard of it. He sent for the committee. 1 was present. Mr. C told us be was very glad to hear of the move, and there made this propopition: "I will pay your rent until I build yon store-rooms. " This he has lone. He raid our rent until April, 18SS, $125 per month, when we moved into our new store-room, the first floor of a $100,000 library building that Sir. Caraegio built for his men. 5. Now as to wages. We are paid in our works as much as any steel-works in the West 20 to Tk) per cent, more than steel-rail mills in the East. Carnegie's iron works in Pittsburg have bad no strike since the amalgamation was organized. If you have acy iron-works in South Bend, thev can .tell you that Carnegie's Union ironnii!l3 are, and have been, the first to sign the scale. ,Aj for bis mea being for protection, why, the Democrats don't preach free trade here. We are all protectionist, and if jou wish, I iill send you the vote of our placo for Harrison. If you do half es well ia Indiana, 10,000 will not be anywhere near his majority. I am, very troly vr.urs, W. R. Edwauds, P. O. Cox m, Braddock, Ta. iwdell Pleads Ciullty. New York, Oct. 23. James E. Bedell, the real estate clerk of the law firm of Sbipmao, Barlow. Larocqoe & JlcFarland. who robbed Lis employer clients of about $204,000 on fraudulent deeds, was arraigned in tbe Court of (General Sessions to-day before Jodge Cowing. There are fourteen indictments against him and he pleaded guilty to forgery in the first de ree. He waa remanded for sentence. Bedell will be used as a witness on the trial of Emerson and Goss, the policy-dealers, witn whom he alleged he sneot over $120,000 of the proceeds of his thefts. o Wife Murdered In n Clinrch. Fclton. Mo., Oct, 21 A sensational wifo murder occurred her last night. Jackson Eraluerson entered the Pilgrims' Rest Church, and, without a word of warning, drew a revolver and fired at bis wif Nina, tn1siog her. A second shot entered the back of her bead", coming out over the right eye, and the woman fell over, dead. The congregation stampeded, and the preacher juinp'.d cut of a second-story window. Emmerson i in jail, acd there are stroog threats of lynching him. The parties were colored. Mother aud Daughter Uurned to Death. Lxxixotox, Mo. Oet. 22. A fite broke out In a frame shanty on Sixteenth street early this morning. The Came spread rapidly, soon getting beyond control The cecnpavnts, Mrs. Julia Tberkles, acd thirty-six. aud her dauchter, aged fcurteen veats. triad to lave tbftir personal effeets. While they were in tbe house the roof fell in and both were, burned to deth. When found, the mother's body waa minus the limbs, and the gltla body was headless. AVER'S Hair Vigor invigorates the s aa!n: cores S daadxnS and itchier an elegant dressing.

TIIE PARNELL "COMMISSION.

Tlie Ioqufry Resumed nud tbe Presentation of the TlmeeV Cae Completed. LosDO!f, Oct. 23. The Parnell commission resumed Its investigation to-day. Mr. Joseph Biggsr, who is one of the Irish members of Parliamsnl mentioned in the Times's charges, made a personal request to be saopiied with copies of those speeches read from by Attorneygeoeral Webster yesterday tshich referred to him. The Attorney-general promised to supply them, and then continued the presentation of the Times's case. He referred to the Kilinainham jail anti-rent manifesto, which was cad with the names cf Messrs. Parnell, Datitt, Brennnn, Dillon, Sexton and Egan. He pointed ont that Mr. Davitt was then confined in Portland prison, aod could not have signed the paper. Whether Mr. Dillon was responsible for his signature would be shown. It was a matter of importance, as the manifesto disclosed tbe fact that the policy of tho L?aeue involved the punishment of tenants for paying rents. The supporters of Mr. Parnell had recently been trying to exhibit him as a man who stood aloof from the anti-rent and plan-of-eampaign agitators. The fact was, however, that as far back as 1330 Mr. Parnell had led the anti rent movement. In a speech made in Coanty Kerry, in 1SS0, he told his hearers that cut of 60O,COO tenant farmers, 400,000 were unable to pay their rent, and be added that the Land League had plenty of money to defend those who refused to pay. Mr. Bi:ear also, at tbe same period, denounced taker of evicted farms and advocated tho League's defending men. who were to be tried for ehooting these takers, or for other agrarian crimes. It was impossible to exaecerate the wickednete of the advice givn by Boynton, Timothy Harrington and Father O'Leary at tho Barrrclough meeting in February, 18S1. They had nrged their hearers to the worst forms of criminal violence, for tbe purpose of intimidating the opponents of the Leagne. At that time Mr. Parnell and his colleagues did not conceal thir sympathy with the League's emissaries in crime, nor did they take any pains to disavow the outrages which had been committed. As a proof of tbe Parnellite party's connection with the ,4no-rent" movement, the Attorney-general quoted from a telegram dated about the time the anti-rent manifesto was issued. It was from Patrick Ford to Patrick Ecan, and read: Communicate with Parnell and consult your colleagues. Then isae manifesto." The reply of Egan was: 'Your suggestion approved. Prompt measures are ia progress to procure general rent strike." If access had been obtained to the books and papers of the Land Lsague, continued the At-torney-geoera), detailed evidence would have been procured to show the relation of the Parnellites to the criminal actions of ' mem-' bars of the League. The books had vanished since we have brought the Leagues officers to Westminster. The Times had secured two batches of documents which show the system of communication between the head office and the branches ot the League, how men were supported who refused to work, for boycotting persons, and bow others were paid for committing outrages. Continuing the review of the history of the Leagne, the Attorney-general quoted from the letters alleged to have been written by Mr. Parnell, which appeared in tbe Times, lie said ho would not now mention names, but before tho case was over all the circumstances under which the Times became possessed of the letters would be explained. The names of the persons from whom they were obtained and the suras paid for them would also be made known. He might say, io the-meantime, that not a penny was paid or promised for the documents until they bad been in tbe poaseesion of tho Times for several months, aud until they had been examined by perfectly independent person and the handwriting tested by comparison with undoubtedly genuine specimens of Mr. Parncll'a penmanship. The eourt here adjoarned until to-morrow. Xo Cause for Alarm. Berlin. Oct. 20. The Post says there is no reason for alarm over the reported preparations for the trantfer of Russian troops towards the Austrian and German frontiers. It asserts that the Russian government decided nnon theso movements lest spring. It also says the probability of Russian warlike action toward the west is entirely out of the question, in isw of the present general European situation. Russian relations with Germany cavo continued to le of a satisfactory nature .sinco the Emperor's recent visit to St. Petersburg, e i The Wur tern berg Court Scaudals. Berlin-, Oct. 23. Tbe Neuesto Naehrichten of Munich, publishes a sscsatioaal article ia relation to Wurtemberg court scandals. It denounces the favoritism, shown by the King of Wurtemberg to three Americans, who, it says, by means of spiritualism, have gained an enormous irfiuence over the invalid monarch, wnich they are using for black-mailing purposes. It says that one of them, who was formerly r secretary in tha American legation at St jttgart, bas recently been ennobled. . m Foreign Notes. The official report of the railway disaster near Potenza limits tho nu tutor of persons killed to nineteen, and tho number cf injured to fifty-fire. The Vienna New Free Press says that the idea of a marriage between Prince Alexander of Battenburg and Priuces Victoria, sister of tho German Emperor, has bean abandoned. The Pope, in donating C0.C00 tn tbe anti slavery movement, bas written to Cardinal Lavigerie in terms of praite acd encouragement of the ecbenie, in which he was commissioned by the Pope to invite tae co-operation of Europe. SmZ WHO SNUB U ED TUE PRINCE. The Charming Personality and Popularity of Airs. Peabody tVetmore, of Providence. Troridence Special to New York World. The notoriety into which the respected came of Mrs. Wetmore has been brought during the last few days, in connection with her conduct towards his Koyal Highness, the Prince of Wales, as published tn the World, has caused Croat interest among her friends here. As tbe wife of tbe Governor of Rhode Island, Mrs. Wetmore pare a number of receptions here during the two terms of her husband, George Peabody Wetmore Her receptions were noted for elegance, and atl who came in contact with Mrs. Wetmore wont away charmed with her lovable dispo&ltioo. No queen at her drawing-room or levee could eclipse Mrs. Wetmore in .dignity, combined with affability, nor ia the allegiance of her courtiers. She won the respect and admiration of all who made her acquaintance, and ha she dona as many English do, gone canvassing votes for her husband when he was renominated for a third term, it would have gone hard with the Democratic c&cdidato who sacce?ded Mr. Wetmore. There ia r.o one here personally acquainted with Mrs. Wetmore but believes tbat tbe reply to the Prince of Wales, as published in tiia World, would be in jnst that atrain. She is a lady who would bo nioat likely to decline the invitation to lunch with a monarch and 6b are the meal of a humble friend. And yet Mrs. Wetmore Is a proud lady, proud io a way that American women may be proud without detraction from amiability. Sue is related to Gen. Sir Thomas Steele, and is the decendnt of one of the proudest families of England. Mr. Wetmore, named after the great philanthropist, was less approachable in society than his wife. At first acquaintance his manner is cold, formal and distant, and soma have gore away with the impression that his Excellency was somewhat of a cad. Sueh an impression did great injustice to Mr. Wetmore, who, when the reserve was broken through, would thaw out into one of the moat congenial of men, broad and liberal in bis views, and with a knowledge of the world and those who are at present living iu it which was delightful to listen to. With Mrs. Wetmore there waa no reserve to overcome. She was eraeious without being effusive, and would make a guest feel at borne in a few words. Back had no claims for presodence with her. Peers and foreign ambassadors by tbe score attended her receptions at Newport, but at the call of the humblest of her fellowcitizen ahe would go, though the person entertained were a Crcsar. A lady of Mrs. Wet in ore' stamp was cot the kiad to sup orlunch with a person of such questionable reoutation as the future King of Eoghnd and Emperor of India, unless in the p.-senre of the Princess of Wales, with whom Mrs. Wetmore is slightly acquainted. When that ducal leper, ll;s Grace of Marlborough, was bere, h failed to obtain recognition of his rank from Mrs. Watmora, although be was petted and feted by many other persons of distinction. An illustration of Mrs. Wetmore'a sweet disposition was furnished at the last official reception given bere by her husband aod herself to the General Assembly. It was a brilliant assemblage, among which the Governor's personal staff end ail the military hosds of departments moved in full uniform. While standing by 3Ir. Wetmore'a side, receiving their gueste, Mrs. Wetmore spied a little fellow shrinking out of tha gorgeousuess and away from some liveried menials whom he took to be fieU-uiarsh.ils at least The lad was Willie Rnssli, a newspaper mtsstuger boy, who had ran the gauntlet of police outside, and bad, wltn genuine newspaper enterprise, inyaded tha drawing-room la search

of Jenkins for eopy. Ha had one aye on a plushcovered flunkey and another on the table loaded, with the choicest delicacies of the season, and which brigadier-generals were attacking without mercy. The little eilow bad not had time to eat tbe little lunch of bis owo at the ofS?e, aod therefore the odor of the delicious viands bad a penetrating effect npon hira. Suddenly Ad jutantgeueral Dyer swooped down on bim and bade him follow. The boy gave himself ud fcr lost, and the tears had betrun to start in bis eyes, when he looked up and beheld tbe face of the loveliest lady he had ever seen bsndiogover him and saw her jeweled hand extended for him to shake. Then be knew that tbe grand oScer with the gold-slashed cost and the bright sword was not leading bim out to be shot, but to be introduced to his Governor and the Governor's ife. Mrs. Wetmore bad seen hira and had requested the Adjutant-general to bring the little fellow ia that he might be refreshed as well as tbe rest After taking bis not particularly clean paw and shaking it w.irmly, she introduced the youogstr to his Excellency and marched him over to the tables, from which she laughingly swept asiio some Secretaries of State to make room for him. She selected such of the delicacies as she thought Willie might eat and like, and did not leave him until be bad lunched like a king,Tnc DEMOCRATIC LIARS. Partial IJst of the Slanders Put Io Circulation, by Shreriu and Dls Organ. William E. Curtis' Indianapolis Letter in Chicago ifews. Tbo slanders that have been published by the Democratic committee against General Harrison may have injured bim elsewhere, but they have helped him here by awakening indignation amcng his neighbors, who, irrespective of party, hold him ia the highest esteem. Chairman Brice told me he accepted the management of the national committee with tbe understanding that there should be no personal al'acks npon tbe opposing candidate, whom he had known for years and respected as a man of ability. Integrity and honor. But Mr. 'Sin Sbeerin, the secretary of the committee of which Mr. Brica is chairman, is conducting the campaign io thin quarter; and keps several men busy preparing for shipment circulars and other documents containing the most infamous sUnders, and Mr. Sbeerin knows them to be slanders, too. The Republicans have been comparatively decent in their campaign literature. Not a word affecting the private character or personal integrity of the President has been uttered, and only now and then has a slip like that bogns London Times extract or the bogus circular appealing to Democrats to avenge the martyrdom of Coy. Bernhamer, and tha other penitentiary birds been made. But these are entirely overshadowed by any one of the Democratic falsehoods. The committee is still encaged in sending out the a day" lie by the ton to all parts of the country. Fifteen thousand more copies of the circular were delivered to the Democratic headquarters from tba printing office yesterday. The charge that Harrison got $1,000 a day for twenty one days doting the railroad strike from the railway companies is still considered good campaign material, and tha statement of that drunken fellow over in Dloomiogton about his aspersions upon the Irish is yet being sent out in great bundles to county and town committees for geoeral circulation, notwithstanding tbo fact that no man of ordinary intelligence eonnected with the Democratic headquarters believes them to be true. - The Democrats ought to be beaten in this State as a punishment for introducing such dishonorable aod contemptible methods. From a single copy of the Democratic organ, tbe Sentinel, of which many thousands are daily mailed to all parts cf tho Slats by the committed, I learn: L That General Harrison was a Know-noth-: ing, snd the testimony of his brother is offered as proof notwithstanding that tbe charge has bean refuted again and again, aod General Harrison's brother has denied repeatedly that he ever said, suggested, or thoucht of such a thing. 2. That General Harrison could cot ba nominated atChicazo on til he ha4 made pledges that if elected President he "would yield ready obedience to the behests of the railroad monopolists," and that he docs nothing aod says nothing until he has consulted with tho attorneys cf the railroads. " II That General Harrison has already received "more than $100,(X0 personally and it to get a further supply of money" to corrupt the voters of Marion county. 4. That Chairman Huston, of tha Republican committee bas, under the direction of General Harrison, refesed to enter into aoy arrangement whereby there may Le a fedr election in Indiana, 5. That E. P. Gould, "dollar-a-day" charge is indorsed and corroborated by all the workingmcn of Indianapolis, and that thont.ndi of citizens stand ready to testify that Harrison advocated the ehooting of tbe strikers in But the latest fnlseboud is the most pictnresquo. Cornelius Vandorbilr. Cbauucey Depew, and othsr officers acd directors of tha New York Central and Lake Shore railroads, who bare been making a tour of inspection in the West, came bere on a special trainfrom Chicago at 7 o'clock Thursday evening, took carriages upon their arrival, drove to General Harrison's house, shook hands with him, were introduced to bis wife and daughter, stood a few minutes in his purler, returned to tbe Bates House, got theirsupper, went to the theater in a body, xetnrned to tLeir car beu it vas over, and left on tho enrly morning train. Not one of these gentlemen bad a word in private with General Harrison, and not one sat down in his presence. Vet here is what the Sentinel says about tbo visit, and its story is being circulated extensively throughout Indiana with tbe sanction of tbe State committee: The desperate condition of the Harrison cntnpeiga in this city, as ieTkped durlcg the l.i?t fortnight, caused an appeal to be ma le recently to Dcpew and his fellov-iaoEopolists to come to the rescue -vita funds to ha u?ed in the purchase of votes on election day. DTew, it i understood, on bhalf of tbe railroad monopolies of tbe East demanded certain pledges from Harrison in consideration f fcrnishiLg the financial aid desired. Tbe visit cf last evenirg was for tbo purpor-e of receiving these pledges, snd, as the busrneis was quickly dispatched, it is sunposcd that Ilarriion made the required promises with great reidines. Tbe Kepublican managers w?re ia hitfh feather last evening. A wcll-inown Kepnblican stated that the conference between Harrison aud the magnates was "entirely satlsfactoryj" tbat everything was easily arranged and that there would be no lack of money at HejmMican headquarter from ww until election dav. It is believed mat tbe amount famished to the

Indiana campaign fund by the New Yorlt gentleman was cot less thin $1C0,00C, and it is whispered that, among oiher things demanded by the n annates, was the control of the interstate-commerce commission in the event of Harrison's election. Roger Mills's District In Danger. Crenham (Tex.) Special to New York Tribune. Tbe fight In the Mills district for CoDgress poc3 merrily on, although the merriment of the campaign appears all to be on the side of 2Iills's opponents. They have just cause to bo in good spirits; but the supporters of Mr. Mills feel tbat defeat ia sore, and they cannot conceal the fact that they believe theirs to be a forlorn hope. Since the'.vary renins cf tha campaign Colonel Jones has steadily gained strength. Tbe dislike of Colonel Mills has been brought 'about by several causes, chiof among them tba inconsistencies in big discussions in regard to the tariff issue. When A. G. Penderpast, of Waco, chairman of the Democratic executive committee of the Tweuty-ninth judicial district, came out in a powerful letter, in which he showed Mr. Mills up in his true light, and proved by uudoubted facts that the latter, during his entire public life, has been at one time or another on both sides of every political issue engacing the attention of the people of the country, it is needless to say that tha Mills following felt depressed. But thev bad a yet more bitter pill tu swallow. W. H. Baasett, of "Washington county, a life-long Democrat and a prominent lawyer, in an interview recently declared his unqualified epposition to Mr. Mills, and this too in io mild terms. Col. Jones's majority in this district will be at least U.000. A Tarlfl for Southern Protection. Buffalo Express. Democrats say tha Millt. bill is a protection raeasuro. Republicans claim it is a tree-trade bill. It is both. Hera are its main provisions: Northern lumber no duty Northern wool..... ......................no duty Northern salt no duty Northern vegetables......... ...no daty Northern brick ..no duty Northern tin-plite no duty Northern lime no duty Louisiana sugir TS ptr cent, duty Southern rice IO'Jq jcr cent." duty Free trade for the North, and protoction for the South d'ye soel A Short-Lived Campaign JAo. Et- Taul Pioneer Pres That dollar-a-day story about General Harrison is one of the peculiar lies that did not grow upon what it fed on. In fact, thare was absolutely nothing upon which to feed, and consequently it famished, collspsod, dried up aod blew away, h never waa a vary robust canard, anyway. Their Tickets AU Read Ona Way. Iowa State RegUter. There are delegations ot old soldiers calling npon a candidate for President every dar. It is needless to say that their tickets all read "to Indianapolis." There Is No Iteesou for Liking Him. Boston Journal, Irishmen do not like Grorer Clevaland. and he knows it, and knows that there is no reason vrhy they should.

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Bcrleson is out in an interview in which he severs all relations with the Democratic party on account, be says, of its complicity ia the liquor traffic He declares bis iutention to vote for E. A. Jones against Colonel Mills, and says that wltn the lights before him he will vote for Fisk and Brooke and the entire Prohibition ticket. "If detils wre as thick as drunken men were when Colonel Milia was nominated," asys tha Doctor, "tbey couldn't aeara me if Dr. Burleson has been a Deraccrat for a long 'time, and cast his first vote for Polk and Dallas, and bis denunciation of tbe Democracy creates Quite a sensation here. He scores Colonel Mills mercilessly, and anye be. does net ere bow any Christian man can vota for him. His eppotitien to him is based, he declared, cn Mills's anti-Prohibition record, and his denunciation cf preachers and Christianity. Dr. Burleson's prominence as president of Bailor Univers ty and his large influence as a leading Baptist causes the Prohibitionists bere to rejoice at his declaration in favor of their party. A Democratic 1'enslon Peddler. XUcoxnfltld haws. 1 W. P. Gallemore ia circulating a paper among the old soldiers snHeltinj indorsements of CoL Mats on. He appro&cbad Uncle Joe Scott, so Mr. Scott informs us. assuring him that all who would indorse Ma'son, Mvers aod others would receive a pension within thirty days after Mr. Cleveland's re-election. Mr. Seott is an honorable and truthful gentleman whose word will rfo as far as any man's. Ha will make oath to as statement In substance with the above. FlatFooted, but Correct. rich Bulletin. Nort Tba postal service of tha eountry to-day is in a worse state tnan it baa been for a quarter ot a centory, simply because this administration has shown tha least deceney and tha most hoggishoesa of any admtulstratsou during that time in using tha postofiee as a political machine. His Speech Does Not Slop Over. Lf s Anre:e Trlbnr.e. General Harrison's bueket of speech goss to tha wU ertry day; bat it has never yai slopped over.

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