Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 11 February 1889 — Page 3

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1889.

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lETTEjrs FKOH THE .PEOrLE. Couo O nicer and Trust Fund. To tlio I'd' ir.r ! tlio lutausi:ol:s Journal: To the-avornge citizen it is -n matter of no liito sarprijjc that Marion county is not liable for xliQ misappropriation of trust fund 4 by John E. Sullivan, Vie late county elerfc. A receiver or administrator who is divected by tho court to pay the county lrk moneys which he holds is released rom all liability when he makes such payments and receives the clerk's receipt therefor, but his wards are the losers if the clerk is a defaulter, unless such default is covered by the clerk's bond. A suit may be instituted by parties for the possession of certain funds arising out of the settlement of a loss under a fire insurance or a life insurance policy. It has been usual tto have the money in dispute paid into the county clerk's office, there to be held until the suit was. finally determined. Not infrequently this is the caso because the parties have "hen unwilling to trust the companies to &old the money, and preferred having a settlement betore instituting suit. A suit of this sort occurred a short time since over the possession of $8,000, paid by certain lire insurance companies. , The party instituting the suit was ; one of our largest manufacturing ; companies, the defandants being-1 the owner of a large flouring-mill that had burned. It was agreed that the money should be paid by the companies to the clerk of the court, there to remain until tho suit was determined. Fortunately, the mousey was raid to the clerk of Tippecanoe county, ana not to John E. Sullivan: other"wiuotneoue gaining the suit would have een the loser for the entire amount, as Marion county could not have been in any euse liable. So far as I know the general impression has been that the county clerk's omce was a better place of security than our banks, it being generally believed that the county was security for the payment of the money paid into this office. Suppose John E. Sullivan had opened a bank in this city with a subscribed capital stock of .$25,000, and with three stockholders and William Wallace, receiver of tho trust of Fletcher & Sharpe, had deposited in his bank large "sums of money, what would have been thought of Mr. W allace's actionT Wonld he not have been greatly censured for doing so? What court would have ordered trust funds put into such a bankf Yet, under Mr. Sullivan, what else has the county clerk's office been! The only security and capital which this office has had has been Mr. Sullivan's bond of 825,000, and the courts have directed Mr. Wallace and Mr. Miliigan (not to mention numerous administrators) to pay into this office very large sums of money. Mr. Wallace, Mr. Miliigan and these administrators are required to give very large bonds, tho actual value of these bonds being carefully inquired into, and the object of these bonds being to protect any misappropriation or loss of these funds. Now we are met with the astonishing fact that one man is elected as the custodian of not part of these funds bet of all of them, as the court shall direct, who is required practically to give no bond or security. Certainly this is a very unequal way of managing such trusts and it is plain that there is something radically wrong in this way of 'doing business. This state of affairs is most astonishing and calls for immediate reform. It is stated that the bond of the present clerk, John R. Wilson, is to be given for $100,060. While I do not doubt for a moment Mr. Wilson's integrity and uprightness, I do say that this is as it should be. The question naturally arises, wby did not the commissioners require the like amount from John E. Sullivan? The county auditor is required to give bond for $2,000. All warrants on the treasury are drawn by the county auditor. As a ceneral rnle theso warrants must

hrst be authorized by the County Commissioners before they can be legally drawn, but there are some that may bo legally drawn without any action of the commissioners. The county treasurer is required by law to pay any warrant which the. auditor draws. The auditor can draw a warrant for all the school fund, or other funds, and if the treasurer has the money he must pay it. The warrant being illegal or unauthorized does not jnstify the treasurer in refusing to pay it. The county auditor, therefore, can draw all these funds, secure his bondsmen and appropriate the rest. Of course, he wonld be subject to indictment and prosecution; but I say he has it in his power to do this. ! The city clerk is required to give bond for 5,000. the Mayor of the city a bond of .$2,000. No warrant can be drawn for the payment of the city's money unless the warrant is signed by the city clerk and the Mayor. It will be readily seen that the city has 7.000 in bonds protecting it, while Marion connty has but $2,000. Our system of managing county business certainly needs looking into. In these large centers of population, where the trust funds, placed in the hands of the county officers, are large, they should be required to properly secure these trusts with sufficient and ample bonds, in the same manner as is required of receivers and administrators. IXDIAXAPOLIS, leb. 4. W. H. II. German In the Public Schools. To the- TMltor of the Iurtlanapolls Journal: I am glad to seo that we have in our Legislature at least one man who is so far from "being a time-serving politician as to 6tand up for simple justice by introducing a bill into the House to put a stop to the great injnsticeof taxing everybody to pay the expense of teaching a foreign language in our free schools, a thing for which nine-tenths of our children have no more uso than they bave for three legs. Some have made tho plea for teaching German in the schools tnat it should be taught as an accomplishment, if for nothing else. .This plea may bo answered by saying that the people aro not paying taxes to teach accomplishments,' and if they were, why not teach dancing as an accomplishment! It is equally an accomplishment, and much more practiced by the people than speaking German, would cost less and be of just as much use to the majority of children when they grow up and engage In tho great battle of life. If the State oreitv treasury is so overburdened with cash that tho Su I li vans and Moo res can't get away with all of it, so that wo must needs throw it away on teaching a foreign language at the expense of tho tax-payers, why not, in justice to others, teach m addition to German French, Italian, and especially Spanish, the language of nations with which we have much more important commercial relations than we have with Germany? Can any one, or rather, can't every one seo why Gorman is singled out to tho exclusion of all other languages to bo made the pet of all political parties! Votes! votes! and nothing else; votes are the motor that moves this whole machinery. I would not fear to risk all I am worth that if one thousand nior French voters than there are German voters wcro to settle in this city to-day these very astute politicians would see at once that French and not German was the language of accomplishments par excellence, and therefore must be taught in the free schools to the exclusion of German. It is a self-evident fact that everv dollar that is spent in our frco schools for nuything outside of the useful branches of science is spent contrary to the intention of those who originated the school system, and consequently should bo stopped at once and forever. How do you suppose our French citizens relish the idea of paying taxes for teaching tho language of a people whom they hate worse than the devil hates holy waterl As to the fact, patent toevery thinking man, that a babel of languages weakens the ties of fraternity that should bind in Wnds indissoluble all the people of a nation. I need say nothing. Lay aside all other reasons, numerous and unanswerable as they are, and tho injustice of the thing is enough in itself to condemn the practice in the mimUof all honest men and demand its stoppage at once. Tax-payer.' Ixnururous, Feb. 0, f Democrats and Civil Service. To th Editor of tli Indianjoll JannutU Four years ago the Democrats wore loud in denouncing tho "snivel-service la w.V as they designated it. They not only held tho law in contempt, but have openly and willfully violated its provisions every day since the beginning of tho great "reform" administration of Mr. Cleveland. Now. after having removed all tho Kcpublicacs from the ervice and supplied thuir places with Democratic workers and their friend,

thev suddenly realize that the law is just, in fact, a most righteous law. and that they will now protit through their long violation of the law by demanding its 'strict observance. Mr. Cleveland, after waiting nearly four' years, in order that the Kepublicans might be thoroughly weeded out of the railwav mail service, issues a proclamation extending the operation of the law so as to embrace this branch of tho service, hoping thcrebv to continue in office the hundreds of .'hungry heelers' who have been obstructing the mails and. demoralizing tho whole postal svstem since the beginning of his reform administration. Democratic plans and schemes do not always pan out' just as expected: sometimes they are -nipped in the bud." They work better in tho South, because it is dangerous for a IJepublican to remonstrate; he might receive a load of buck-shot for claiming any right to any office. Mr. Cleveland's plan for retaining incompetent men in the service will most likely fail, as the service can never become efficient until it is supplied with competent men. Hundreds of old soldiers and faithful, honest clerks were removed without any cause whatever; men who from long experience and faithful study had become magters of their yo&itions. These men were removed and their places given to Democrats, regardless of the fact that the servico must sutler in.conse-. quence, but the efficiency of the service was nothing; Democratic workers had to bo rewarded at whatever cost. The injustico done to theso faithful men should be repaired by their prompt reinstatement, and at the same time the service will be improved in proportion to the number of old men reinstated. After violating the law four years, the Democrats hope to protit by its enforcement. The law will be observed, but the service will not remain composed wholly of Democrats, however much Mr. Cleveland may desire it. Business is business, and the incoming administration will conduct atl'airs in a thorough business manner, and there will be few, if any, acts of injustice committed. E. v. IL IsniANAroLis, Feb. C.

"o Destitution in Kansas. To the Editor of tho Indianapolis Journal; I notice in your issue of Jan. SO, 1889, a statement that information was last week received at Kansas City to the effect that many of the people of this (Seward) county are on the verge of starvation. There is no truth in the statement. While it is true we had a partial f ailuro of crops, it is not true that we had a total failure, and while it is true we have somo four or five families in this county that are poor, it is also true that our County Commissioners are taking good care of them, and that Seward county is abundantly able to do so. Tho statements made by Mrs. James H. Kichards (who lives 6ix miles east of this place) are incorrect. We have in Seward county quite a number of people who formerly lived in Indiana, and who have friends and relatives living there, that undoubtedly are visited daily or weekly by the Journal, and by the circulation of sucn inaccuracies we are placed in an unfavorable light before your readers and made the causo of much uneasiness to those having friends here. Fkank White. Sfringfield, Seward County, Kan., Feb. 1. KING JAMES II. His Corpse Was Publicly Exhibited, and Afterward Thrown in a Sewer. Nineteenth Century. Miss Strickland, when making researches at Paris and St. Germain for her life of Mary of Modena, was told by the abbess (superior) of the Austin nunnery that the republicans broke open James II's coffin; that they found the limbs supple; that she believed they had some superstitious reverence for it, which, however, did not prevent their making a show of it, and receiving a sou or a franc from the spectators, and that, for some reason, the corpse escaped destruction. Piecing together this and other information (see Miss Jane Strickland's recent life of her sister), tho biographer of English Queens stated, on the authority of the traditionsof ParisandSt. Germain," that the Jacobin crowd of or 17M were seized with superstitious awe, that the municipality took possession of the hcarso and body, t H at people crowding to see it from all parts of Pans, from a son to a franc was charged for admission, that miracles were whispered of, that Robespierre ordered the body to be buried, that this was not done, but that it was carefully and reverently preserved, that on the allies coming to Paris in 1814 the body was still above ground, that George IV ordered it to be carried in funeral procession to St. Germain,, and that it was interred in the church. Agnes Strickland, on afterward seeing Fitzsimmon's account, cited it as a corroboration; but it is really just tho reverse, for he concludes by saying, "Where the body was thrown I never heard. George VI tried all in his power to get tidings of the body, but could not." Where could the body have lain from 17W to 1814, or rather till 1824, for there was no ceremony, whatever, in the former years, when, indeed, St. Germain's Church was in a ruinous state! Mrs. Fairbairn, the superior of the Austin Convent, could speak only from hearsay, as she did not enter the institution until 1819, and she had not improbably been misled by Longueville Jones, whoso visit for collecting enitaphs.is still remembered. Miss Strickland was strangely off her guard when she accepted hearsay, which it is so easy to test. She had only to consult the newspapers of 1824, or to read the 8t. Germain inscription, to see that there was no procession of tho body from Paris. Indeed, one can trace the slender foundation for almost every detail of her storv. The exposure of the body for nearly a whole day grew into a prolonged exhibition; the money given by prisoners at the monastery for a sight of it grew into f payments made by a concourse of people rom all parts of Paris; the miracles immediately following on James's death grew into miracle working in 17W, when belief in the supernatural was at the lowest ebb. There is every reason to suppose that the body was flung into some neighboring pit or sewer. Assuredly all traces of it had disappeared when the terror ended. Prospective Value of Dakota Tin Mines. P. F. McClure, in February Harper. The United States imports annually tinplates exceeding $17,000,000 in value a contribution to English trade which has existed irom the foundation of the government, and promised, before the discovery of tin in Dakota was made, to grow with added years. So far as discovered the tinstone is routined within two separate districtsthe northern section, west of Deadwood, Lawrence county, and tho southern, or Harney's Peak section, between Kapid City, Pennington county, and Custer, in the county of the same name. The tinstone is found in granitic veins, sometimes hundreds of feet in width, and yields from 2 to 4 per cent, By comparison with foreign tin mines it will do seen that this percentage is unusually heavy. The mines of Saxony return a yield of from 1-3 to 1 per cent., while in Cornwall the averago is less than 2 per cent. English capital is largely interested in the ownership and development of tho Harney's Peak deposits, and American tin will soon be quoted in the markets of the world. Prof. Frank EL Carpenter, dean of the Dakota School of Mines, Kapid City, has demonstrated by recent tests that tin can bo separated from the encompassing rock by the very simple process of "jigging," tne machinery to accomplish which costmg but a comparatively small sum. As a result we may look for the development of tin mines and tho erection of separating plants where, before, tho large amount of capital required to establish the plant was an insurmountable barrier. Fenator-Eleet Washburn and Samoa, Xew York Graphic. Senator-elect W. D. Washbnrn, who is now in New York, has been talking about the Samoan matter, saying among other things: As far as I have heard, I feel that 1 can say that Bismarck has been caarying on in a very high-handed manner. The whole group of Samoan Islands is not worth the price of one American's life, and J think Germany is the last country of foreign jpower that we could, without losing dignity, stoop to euter into war with. You pee, a great proportion of our population is German or of that descent, and, considering this and our poor navy, almost useless army and vast extent of seacoast, it wonld be almost chimerical to declare war. We can arbitrate the matter and teach il'smarck a lesson or two, I think. When i comes to a direct violation of our.Monrot, doctrine, then I am in favor, of war, but only as the last resort." i Not Enough. Puck. The late Oliver Ditson left $15,000 for the founding of a home for poor singers. But the sum it appallingly Inadequate. Fifteen millions wouldn't houeo hall of the in.

NEWS IS SUNDArS JOURNAL. Kesume of the principal Home and Foreign Events Kecorded in the Issue of Feb. 10.

Another attack on Suakiia is projected by the rebels. An old man named Michael Florey was killed by cars at Columbus, O. White Cap notices are being received by prominent men in Korwalk, Conn. An old bachelor named Harvmeyer died of starvation near New Bremen, O. General Harrison will not bo able to visit Cincinnati cn route to his inauguration. Civil-service CommissionerEdgcrton was summarily dismissed by President Cleveland. The remains of a murdered man, partly eaten by hogs, were found in the woods near Acworth, Ga. Tho French Chamber will consider the ecrutind' arrondissement to-day, and revision a week after. Thirteen counterfeiters havo been captured in Butler county, Pennsylvania, within the past ten days. Miss Esther Abrams has sued Lester Straus, of Cleveland, for breach of promise. She wants $5,000 damages. t Ernest B. Tingle was sentenced at Lexington, Ky to ten years'.imprisoninent in the penitentiary for murder. Chauncey M. Depew says that, so far as he knows, the Big Four road has not been absorbed by the Vanderbilts. Bice and Watson, bunko men, have been sentenced to two years each in the Michigan penitentiary for a bunko gamo at Detroit. It is stated that Gladstone will not go to Rome, because tho Italian government opposes it, fearful of the result of an interview between him and the Pope. The Democratic county convention of Butler county, Ohio, held at Hamilton on the 9th inst., indorsed Hon. James E. Campbell as a candidate for Governor. The Governor of Missouri has granted a respite of sixty days to William Walker and John Matthews, the Bald Knobbers, under sentence to hang on the 15th mst. A girl giving her name as Cora Wilson, and claiming to be the daughter of a Presbyterian minister in Ohio, was arrested at Hutchinson, Kan., for passing counterfeit money. Smith, government leader in tho Commons, has issued a circular calling upon Conservatives to bo present at the opening of Parliament, on the 21st, as business of gravo importance will come up. Edward C. Breck, for the past five years assistant cashier of the Commercial Bank, at St. Louis, committed suicide by shooting himself in the head with a 8S-caliber pistoL No cause is assigned for tho act. In the trial of Pat Malloyt for perjury before the Parnell Commission, convict Delaney testilied that several noted Irish leaders were members of the Inviucibles, counseled murders and furnished means, When Kichard H. Greenwood, retiring Democratic treasurer of Daviess county, Indiana, turned the public funds over to his successor he was found to be short $14,000. Experts wero appointed to examine the books at a cost of $3,000. Now the Democratic Commissioners have compromised with the bondsmen for $7,000, leaving the total loss to the county $10,000. In the Senate the credentials of Mr. Ransom, of North Carolina, were presented and tiled. The bill to establish a United States Court in Indian Territory was considered. Tho fortifications bill was passed. . Tho Union Pacific funding bill was discussed. Conferees were appointed on the direct tax . bill. In tho House a number of unimportant bills were passed. The postollico appropriation bill was taken up. Front the Second Edition of the Sunday Journal. Romantic Legend Recalled. uhkyenne, vy. ., t eo. a. The cii.vovery of the dead bodies of eight Mexican prospectors at the mouth of the abandoned San Salvadormine, in the northern part of Wyoming, has brought to light rt romantic story, rivaling all the tales about seekers for Captain Kidd's buried treasures. Miguel Martinez, at the head of a "patsy of of his countrymen, was here last fail ' for two days. They contided to a Mexican gambler here that they were in search of an abandoned gold mine which they believed to be rich in the metal, and were going 'to develop. Martinez carried a chart, traced on parchment, which they said was 200 years old, and was made by an ancestor of his in the seventeenth century. The chart had been lost for years, but recently turned ur, and at enco tho party was organized. The story that had run throuirh the family for generations was that Martinez, the elder, was at the head of a band of Spanish gold-hunters who were working a ncii mine somewhere in this part of tne country. The miners quarreled, and finally fought, and their division resulted in tho abandonment of the nine, though it was very rich. Martinez was wounded and died on the way home. With his blood he traced tho chart which was to be a rich legacy to his children. A faithful friend delivered the document, which soon afterward was lost and only recently turned up. Martinez, the descendant, was told of two mines up north that mineralogists have declared were worked by tho Spanish, hundreds of years ago. llis party was not heard of again till to-dav. when a hunter named Kelly reported "that his party had discovered their bodies. All of the Mexicans had been shot, and were somewhat carved up by knives, showing that the struggle was a hand-to-hand one. There were evidences that tho victorious party had lost threo or four men and that they had made a hasty departure, carrying their dead and wounded with them. What surprised the hunters most was to find the mine had recently been worked. It is not known that a pick-ax had touched it since two men starved to death there, in 1877. Many believe hero that tho Mexicans located the ancient mine, and were killed while urging their claim. There is reason to think, how ever, that the San Salvador was not the mine described on their chart, and that the murderers have taken the map and f;oneoffto locate the ancient mine. The act that the Mexicans' horses and tools were taken, and that their iewelryand some money were not removed from their bodies seems to prove this. Keller says that there was every indication that the San Salvador mine was paying, and believes that the mine souglit for by the Mexicans is not far from tho other, and is known to the party who wero at work. No one here knows who the murderous prospectors were, and as the region in wnich the events occured is almost inaccessible, it is not likely that any one will start to work the old mine and bury the Mexicans before spring. How Tilden Was Betrayed. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Jersey City, N. J., Feb. 9. The first annual dinner of the Tilden Club was given here to-day. The principal speaker was William O. McDowell, of Newark, who re spondedto the toast 'Samuel J.TildenHis fidelity to the Democratic party; may the memory of his life and his acts be perpetual." The speaker graphically described the scene at the Gramercv Park residence where Mr. Tilden was notified of his nomination to the presidency. With reference to the electoral commission Mr. McDowell 6a id: Every Democrat has asked himself, "Was Samuel J. Tilden responsible for the electoral commission!" I think I can answer that question in his name to the complete satisfaction of every questioner. When the electoral commission Mil was propound in Con press, Atram 8. Hewitt, then a member from Kevr York city and the chairman of the national Democratic committee, came from Washington to consult with the Pre-ident-eieet about it. Mr. Ilewitt presented and reaa me proposed law to uovernor Tilden. Air. Hewitt reai uninterruptedly until he came to that part o tho original bill where the selection of the flfteenth commissioner w as to be submit ted to chance; the names of three Supreme Court juagea Deing placed m a receptacle, the one drawn out to be that of tho odd ludce. Mr. Tilden ttonned him there and said, in substance, that when the presidency of the United states was to be raffled for, or sub mitted to cnance, it was time for decent men to have nothing to do with it. He continued by askinjr. "What was the uce of this law!' and stated that tlm moment he found the vote in the Electoral College would beclosohe had, with able assistants, Konu minntely over the minutes of every Joint meeting of Confess for counting of the electoral vote; over every discussion and lawDeanng upon tns question that could come before tho Joint meet in ir to count the TlldenIlayes electoral vote, and from befrinnimr to end precedent wa entirely m their favor. tiat no nan prepared and sent a .rief to every member of the Joint netintf, asVlnp, with precedents in our favor. vriiat cas the use or advantacc of throwing avray this for ome new fancied ldeaf At this Mr. Ilewitt turned sharply on him and laid: "I did not come eye to hk your advice, but as your friend to tel . you what our party repre sentatires In Congress are determined to do. The respon.

sibllity In this matter Is theirs, and they have decided to pass tho bill Mr. Tilden answered: It U true that the responsibility Is theirs, and it Is one that they ought lo hesitate to take. It is surpriftinfif that they should wish to take this responsibility without consulting me; but tho rosponsibUity ia truly theirs." Never was a party or a man in the history of this country placed in a more trying osition than that of the Democratic party and their candidate from the time they discovered that they had been deceived or betrayed by one of their own number; and had the party or Samuel J. Tilden been less patriotic than they were, the country would have been piunred into tho horrors of a civil war more terrible than that of 1SG1. But 6acriflcinjr every personal ambition, and realizing: that, so far as the party was concerned, tho great wronK would be righted- by the people, he poured oil on tho troubled waters. IJut well do I remember tho look upon his face when he afterwards said to me: 'I would have been President of the United States but for Abram S. Hewitt; he deceived mc." You. tho members of theTilden Club, owe it to yourselves, to your party, to the memory of fcfamuel J. Tilden, your rreat leader, to Bee to it that the man who deceived him and betrayed you, shall go down to the rlace in history that he so richly has earned, as the more than Judas Iseariot of his generation, for he, not satisUed with his work in 1 870, duplicated it in 1 888. Failure of an Iron Company. CniCACio. Feb. 9. An Inter Ocean special

from Columbus, O.. says: The Ohio and Western Coal and Iron Company has failed. Glidden Jt Curtis, the Boston banking linn which collapsed a few days ago, Mvas backing the compan3 and tho embarrassment of tho bankers through the Pacilic Gnano Company's misfortunes is supposed to have brought about the crash in the alTairs of tho Ohio conipany. Attachments were served to-day against all the company's Columbus property by the Hocking Valley railroad, whoso claim is for 21,500, Other suits havo been filed by parties residing in Cleveland and elsewhere. The company has done a heavy business in the manufacture of iron, and its furnaces in the Hocking valley aro among tho largest and best in the West. It is claimed that the assets are large, but that for some reason tho company has been unable to collect on accounts long since due, and that the Boston failure may have only hastened an inevitable crisis. The company was capitalized for $3,000,000 in bonds and $5,000,000 in stocks. Of tho latter, it is understood Glidden & Curtis controlled seven-eighths. The iirm is said to have advanced the company $750,000. Talks About Cabinet Matters. CniCAGO, Feb. 9.John B. El am, formerly a law partner of President-elect Harrison, In the lirm of Harrison, Miller k Elani, from which General Harrison Jias recently retired, was in thecitv to-dav. "He came on legal business, before Judgo i3refcani, and returned to Iudiannpolis to-night.- Mr.. Elam is popularly supposed to bo a very close friend of General ' Harrison's, and as wellinformed upon his Cabinet and other intentions as any oneoutside of Gen. Harrison's household. He was asked: "Do you know when Gen. Harrison will announce his Cabinet!"I cannot sav positively." he replied: "but he .will not do as General Garfield did, change and rearrange up-to tno meat berore tne inauguration. 1 think it will not be later than March 1." Mr. Elam was asked to throw some light on the Cabinet muddle. He said: - "I will not deny that I know a great deal about the Cabinet, but as it is three weeks yet until the Inauguration, it would hardly be safe to start speculation afresh. There may be several changes meanwhile." "Does that mean that It Is already determined upon!' "No, hardly that," was the reply; "but I think General Harrison could name all the principal members. Of one thins: you can bo sure," said Mr. Elam, "when it is time for General Harrison to name bis Cabinet he will be ready to do so. He not only wants to get a good Cabinet, but if it is necessary he will sacrifice his personal views in so doing. You can easily see from the men who have been talked of that those he has been considering are of tho greatest prominence. He is not jroinff off into any exploring expeditious after new timber, no will take old and tried men, I think. Garfield had experience with his discoveries, and I think General Harrison has profited thereby." Mr. Elam said General Harrison had had a preat deal of trouble from two sources. Most of the prominent visitors come with "negative" suggestions. They do not want any particular person in the Cabinet, but they are trying to keep some one out. Vhen asked to prepare a slate of their own, they generally fill out about four places," said Mr. Elam, "and then they are stuck. The others are thoe who come 500 miles, perhaps, to see about some petty postoffice. Tho General can't turn them out of his house, and the consequence is he has absolutely no time to himself, even tho mornings, which ho has set aside for his correspondence, not being -spared." rue representative or tne unitea .tress asicea Mr. Elam if he thoupht it probable that his partner, Mr. Miller, would be asked by General Harrison to accept a Cabinet portfolio, as has been suggested several times. "lam quite sure Mr. Miller expects nothing of the kind, although he is a very intimate friend and adviser of General Harrison. Indiana may possibly be given a Cabinet position." "Will it be General Wallace!" "Well, if I were guessing I would not name him," concluded the gentleman, with a smile. Bt. Loui, Feb. 9. The Kansas delegation which went to Indianapolis to ursro the name of Senator Plumb for the Treasury portfolio, passed tliroueh Bt. Louis to-day en routo home. Col. J. K. Hailowell, assistant Attorney-general of the fitate, and a member of the delegation, said to an Associated rress reporter: "When we arrived at Indianapolis we sent word to General Harrison asking him to appoint a time for an interview. In his response he said that he would receive us informally, and he did. We met the General in his parlor. There was no other person present, except Uenjamin Harrison McKee, the General's grandson. The General carried the little fellow on his shoulder during a part of the interview, making it pleas antly informal. Of course, it would not be proper to discuss the interview under the circumstances, but there is one thing he said which I Judge is not private, because I heard it from several sources, and that is that it is his opinion that there is now greater need of a strict enforcement of the civll-servlce regulations than ever has been since their enactment. Before going to Indianapolis, I thought our Journey would probably amount to nothing more than a deserving compliment to a good man, but I am now of the opinion that Kansas will be represented in tho Cabinet." Detroit, Mich., Feb. 9. Last week Senatorelect McMillan received from President-elect Harrison an invitation to visit him this week. The visit was made yesterday. Mr. McMillan returned homo early this morning, and soon after was closeted with General Alsrer. Tho latter was seen soon after the conference ended. "I am not at liberty," he said, "to say anything about Mr. McMillan's conversation with General Harrison, fco far as I know, I am at peace with all the world. There has been some talk of differences between Senator Palmer and myself, and between Senator Sherman and me. There is nothing in these stories, so far as I know." "It has been intimated that if you do not go into the Cabinet you will go abroad as a minister at one of the large capitals." "I shall not go abroad." There is every indication that the talk between General Harrison and Mr. McMillan has resulted in the offer of the position of Secretary of War to General Alger, and that before to-morrow morniug General Alger will decide to accept tho offer. A Talk with Beach's Mother and Sister. London, Feb. 9. In spite of the general dis cussion of the revelations or "Parnelllsm" in ado by Beach, otherwise Le Caron, the testimony of the man before the special commission has not had the slightest effect upon the masses. A cor respondent went to Colchester yesterday to visit the residence of the mother of Beach, otherwise Le Caron. She occupies a lovely cottage on the Mersey road. Beach's father retired from active work years ago, and was, at the time of his retirement, assessed of considerable means. When he retired from businesa he bocame a rate-collector, and followed that vocation until he died, last November. He was a stanch Liberal, and a member of the Congregational Church. His widow and daughter live in unpretentious style. The only pictures in their parlor are portraits of General Grant and "Le Caron." the informing witness before the ParneU commis sion. Miss Beach, upon receiving the assurance that the visit of the correspondent was not of a hostile nature, conversed freely and frankly about her brother She said that he was aware of the Intention of the Irish party to kill him, but declared: tnat be did not xear tneni. fne ap peared to be greatly grieved at tne insults neaped upon her fatWrs memory since her brother's connection with the government had become known, but asserted of hex own knowledge that her father had not received one penny for his services. Her brother, she said, came to England Just previous to her father's death with no Intention of giving testimony before tho commission, or in any other way betraying confidences. At this point her mother canie into the room. She was nervous and excited, and com plained bitterly of the unkiodness and abuse of political partisans, cne naa seven noys, sno fcaid. but the oblect of the present vituperation of the Farnellitcs Beachwas the most tender-hearted of all of them. It was cruel, she declared, to call him a traitor, as he had not only saved property, but thousands of the lives of his countrymen. Aftej detailing her brother's career. Miss Beach concluded by saying: "W'e do not know bow all this is going to end, but life is not worth much anvhow." Her brother, she said, had seven children, but she did not dare to reveal their whereabouts lest they should fall victims to the vmdictiveness of his enemies. The mother, a venerable. wh.t-hKired woman, here left the room to conceal her emotion, and the daughter bowed the correspondent out. - 'otorions Criminal Under Arrest. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. FH4XKLr, Ind., Feb. 9. To-night, at 10:30, Msrfbftl Iw Adams and his deputy, J. V. 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for Georpe Wells, who he supposed had a larsre sum of money on his person. Schoficld made his appearance in Edinburcr some time since and represented himself to Marshal Boch as a United States detective. lie is also accused of robbing the mails in Brown county, where he was arrested this afternoon. Pennsylvania Farming Doesn't ray. - Reading, Ta.. Feb. 9. The sheriff of Berks county, to-day, old ten fine farms in his county, apjrreKating 1,000 acres. During the present winter season the (sheriff has gold some twenty other larse farms, beside the farm stock of twenty other farmers, all of whom had failed. This condition of things ia taken as an indication that farming no longer pays as formerly, as a similar state of affairs exists in other counties in this section of the Htate. - Lesseps's Name "Wont Draw Money. WA?nixGToy, Feb. 9. M. De Leaseps kept the lists of the New Panama Canal Company open beyond Feb. 2, tho appointed time for their closing, in the hope that tho dissolution of the old company and the wiping out of tho capital of that organization would induce investments in the latter concern, but the name of De Lesseps has lost its charm, and tho later attempt to boom tho enterprise has proved a f ailuro. Awards of Poultry Premiums. Tho poultry and bench show closed last night, tho award of premiums being completed, as follows: Dark Brahmas E. M. McCatlin, Franklin, firs ion cockerel; tirst, second, third and fourth on pullet; first on breeding pen. White Cochln-W. A. Scott, Whlteland, 2rst on cock; second on cockerel; llrst on hen; fourth on gullet; second on breeding pen. George F. Bean, incinnati, O., first on cockerel; first, second and third on pullet; first on breeding pen. Black Cochin B. F. Ilill, city, first on cock: second on hen; third and fourth on pullet; second on breeding pen. Edward Woo-lard, Itushville, second and third on cock; first, third and fourth on hen; second on pullet; third and fourth on breeding ren. C. n. Rhodes, North Toxcka, Kan., first and second on cockerel; third on pullet; first on breeding pen. Plymouth Rock John Sellers, Mooresville, second on cock. Daniel Christian, lioanoke, second on cock; first, second and third on cockerel; first, second and fourth on hem first, third and fourth on pullet; first and necond on breedinic pen. Frank 11. Bladwln, Marion, fourth on cockerel; second on pullet; third on breeding pen. W. H. Flncg, Ben Davis, third on hen; fourth on breeding pen. VVnite Plymouth Rocks A. J. Forsyth, Nineveh, first and second on cockerel; second, third and foarth on pullet; first on breeding ien. . Anna Hinchman, Itushville, first and second on hen; first on pullet. Red Caps B. F. Dace, Salem, first on cock; first and second on cockerel; first, second, third and fourth on hen; first, second, third and fourth on pullet; first and second on breeding pen. fcjil ver-laced Wy andottes F. F. Pa ce, Salem, first on cock; first and third on pullet; second on breeding pen. Alonzo Tyner, Greenfield, first and second on hen; third and fourth on cockerel; second and fourth on pullet; first and fourth on breeding pen. R. M. Foster, Tipton, third and fourth on hen. Ben 8. Mvers, Crawfordsville, first on cockerel. Eza. F. shock, Huntington, second on cockerel; third on breeding pen. Black Breasted Red Games R. T. Wells, Montmorencl, first, second, third and fourth on cock; first and second on cockerels; first, second, third and fourth on hen; llrst, second, third and fourth on pullets; first and second on breeding pen. B.W. Crockett, Delphi, third on cockereL Pit Games W. R. eheppard fe Bro., city, second on cockerel; first on pullet. A. E. Dorscy, city, first on cockerel; second and third on pullet. Gee.se A. E. Dorsey, city, first, second and third on Toulouse. George Linton, Yountsvillc, first on old Enibden, and also first on young Pekin ducks. Lungshan Woodward & Bewell, Evanjton, Dl., first and second on cock; first on hen; first and second on pullet; first on breeding pen. B. F. Pace, Salem, third on cock; fourth on pullet; fourth on breeding pen. Ben 8. Myers, Crawfordsville, fourth on cock; second on hen; third on cockerel. II. A. Prodshan, Lebanon, third and fourth on hen; third on breeding pen. Alonzo Tyner. Greenfield, fourth on cockerel; third on pullet; second on breeding pen. IToudan Andrew Cook, Waukepan, 111., first on cock; first and third on hen; third on cockerel; second on breeding pen. W. A. Scott, Whlteland, second on cock; second and fourth on hen; first and second on cockerel; first, second, third and fourth on pullet; first and third on breeding pen. White Wyandotte Ben Myers, Crawfordsville, first on cock; first on cockerel; first, second, third and fourth on pullet. Brown Red Game TL Twells, Montmorenci, first on cockerel; first on pullet. American Dominique Ilenry Sapper, Noblesville, tint and second on pullet; fourth on cockerel. Black Java E. B. Murphy, CarmeL first on cockerel; first and second on hen. , Black Game Bantam F. R. Sheppard & Bro., city, first on pullet. lellow Duck-wing Bantam-K. Twells, first on cock; first and second on cockerel; first on ben; first on pullet, second on pullet, first ou breeding hen. Silver Duck-wing Bantam F. R. Sheppard Bro., first on cork; first ou hen. R. Twelli. llrst on cockerel. A. E. Dorsey, second and third on cockerel; third on hen; first and second on pullet. Black-breasted and Red Game BantamsR. Twells, first and second on cock. R. W. Crockett, third on cock. A. E. Dorsey, fourth on cock; sfM ond on cockerel; fourth on pullet. ICTwclU, first and second on hen; first and second on pullet, li. W. Crockett, second on pullet. Red Pile Bantams R. Twells, first on cockerel; first and second on pullet. F. R. Sheppard k Bro., first on hen. A. E. Dorsey, second on cockerel; third and fourth on pullet. s Japanese Bantams A E. Dorsey, first on cock; first on hen. Pekin Bantams A. E. Dorsey, first on pullet. Roso-combed Black Bantams Charles A. Nelson, New Parts, O., first on hen; first and second on pullet. F. R. 6heppard & Bro., third on pullet. Dorsey also took the prize- for rabbits and other pets. The money realized bv tho exhibition was $1,500. ' Talk with a Man Who Was Hanjed. Joseph Krickland, in America.1 AVhen the rope first. squeezes a man's neck it hurts the skin otnewhat. My throat and neck were sore and swelled for a week after I was robbed. But soon as the pressure is on he knows no more about it. I

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n SCO FCR CJTALC&I AND PRICES. Onr stock cover the wLole range ol UAS, brtAit MOST NUTRITIOUS. Ja. GUINEA BOX just went to sleep, and that was the end cf it until I began to come to. Thev strung mo up three times, bnt I just said 1 had no dust. The last time, I judpe, I was a long time coming to; I pness they thought I was dead. When I woke up, kind o dazed like, I was sitting in tho chair, and they -were hunting around the place Then they threw the rope over tho beam apain. and I pointed to a stone in the hearth; they dug there and pot a tomato can full of dust about $0,000. It was getting daylight then, and they went off. I sat quiet and stupid till the neighbors came and put rue to bed. - WHERE IS "TILE WEST?" A Question In Ethical Geography to Which No Answer Is Given. February AtlanUc. If there is. as legend says there is, ench a thing, seen through Western cyea, as an "effete East," w hat are its precise territorial limits! In other words, where does such an East really end and the West begin! Or, to state it 6till diilerently, at what point on the map may one, if so disposed, put one's finger confidently down aud say. vilcro is the snot where the effeteness of the arrogant Last abruptly ends, and in its stead is the unexpended fecundity of a liberal, untraminelcd West!" While the matter is not one that will, apparentlj. in tho immediate future give rise to serious international complication, it is, nevertheless, of no little domestic moment, and may, at some distant day, even call for State interference and adjudication at the hands of a boundary commission, to be chosen from tho impartial outlying districts in the extreme North and South. In reality, the problem of geographical separation would be one extremely ditlicult to solve to the complete satisfaction of all concerned. It is, for instance, not merely a broad question between Maine and Oregon, between Eastport and Portland, or even, possibly, between New York and San Francisco. On general grounds, it might be admitted that somewhere in the intervening ppace the line would certainly fall. On a somewhat closer examination, however, it will b found that facts other and more minute than mere latitudo and longitude must be seriously taken into consideration. It may even be not unfairly assumed that the fundamental idea of east and west itself isonly relative, and cannot be thus recklessly applied. Schenectady, where Daisy Miller lived, is west of Jersey City, and we all know that Oshkosn lies far to the westward of Kalamazoo. If. in the inquiry thus sot on foot, the reasons for tho necessary distinctions were still more closely inquired into, it might even be 6hown that they who havo thoughtlessly used the epithet in question themselves may fall under its ban. When the division is - finally made, it must be wholly irrespective of any mere sectional prejudice, to which it should rise superior. The West, it may bo supposed, will accept the judgment joyfully; while the East, from the very nature of the case, will be sure, wherever the line is drawn, to regard it with its accustomped equauimity. Only thoso who, in a possible redistribution, may now for the first time bo included under the term "East" will become even a little more intolerant than they who have longer borne tho name. For purely prictical rea pons, apart from mere sentiment, the distinction here suggested ought soon to be made. It was on tho island of Grand Manan, down in tho bay of Fnndy, last summer, that a comment was made upon the scarcitv in the community of young peoplo of both sexes. 'How is it," we asked. that we sec so few young men and women here?' ' "Well," the captain replied, "a great manr have married and gone West." "West!" we said. "To what part of the West!" "Well," said the captain, "mostly to Doston." Why the Tartars Laughed, Boston Transcript. The artist who accompanied Mr. George Kennanou his trip through Siberia has been in these parts lately. He tells many interesting stories of his experiences, ami among them one which has affected a lodgment in tho listener's slippery memory. The artist was engaged, one blistering day, somewhere on tho outskirts of Tartary. in making a sketch of a group of picturesque Tartars. Still other Tartars amiably gathered around him as he was at work, inspecting his umbrella, gazing curiously at his sketch and walking about. A the Tartars wero armed to the teeth, the art it thought it best to be amiable, and smiled a broad and propiatory smile upon the part v. Whereupon the entire party ami led broadly in return, aud showeu great interest in him. He smiled again, more broadly utilL Whereupon the Tartars came around in front of him, and be-au to go through, the most extraordinary antics, laughing still. The artist gathered somehow that hewas expected to laugh too, and proceeded to gratify their evident wisb. The more he laughed the more they laughed. and several big Tartars came around in front of him and lay down on the ground, rolling aud umbling. Tho artist laughed uutil bif aws almost cracked. The thing finally jecame a little alarming, and calling hi'i actotumand interpreter, the artist bade iim find out of the head man of the Tartar party what theto extraordinary antic4 wer all about. "His Excellency." said the Tartar in explanation, "smiled upon us. and showed u Houething which w never saw before teeth mado parti v of cold. And as the men of my tribe saw that his colden teeth were only to lie seen when he laughed, they took all possible way to make him laugh; and when they rolled ou the ground before him. it was only tho better to 6ce into his uioutq and behold tho golden tcetti."

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