Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 February 1889 — Page 3

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1889.

PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS

Mr. Chandler Objects to Binding the layy to Accept Certain Ship Designs. The House Disagrees e Senate on the lireci-Tai BUI Messrs. Crisp and Rowell Discuss the Smalls-Elliott Case. Washington; Feb. 1L The credentials of Mr. Cote for his new senatorial term rrcre placed on file. Mr. Dawes presented a petition from the Indian school at Hampton Va.t against the continuance of the ration system to Indiana as an encouragement to idleness, and recommending their equivalent in farming implements and stock. He spoke of the suggestion as being wise and judicious, and said that it was doubly remarkable from the fact that the memorial was in the handwriting of one of the Btudents, was signed in their own handwriting by all but three of the 120, and was their own unprompted idea. It was a little singular that there should be any law in the way of an Indian changing his rations into agricultural or other implements, so that he might, by his own labor, support himself; but such was the fact. He asked to have the petition referred to the committee on appropriations, and hoped that that committee would make the necessary recommendation. The petition was so referred. Mr. Sherman said that he had been instructed by the committee on foreign relations to move an executive session. He made the motion, which was agreed to, and thereupon, at 12:25, the galleries were cleared, the doors closed and the Senate proceeded to executive business. Mr. Frye, having been called away by a death in his family, the Union Pacific funding bill was laid aside and the naval appropriation bill was taken up. The amendment reported by the committee on appropriations for the construction of two steel cruisers or gunboats of 800 to 1,200 tons displacement, to cost in the aggregate, exclusive of armament, not more than "00,000, or one steel cruiser of about 2,000 tons at a cost of not more than $700,000, and of one ram for harbor defense, was agreed to without discussion. This is in addition to the provisions of the bill as it came from the House under the heading, 'increase of the Navy." Mr. Chandler moved to strike out of the paragraph for the construction of one armored steel cruising monitor, the words 'of the type, and to be constructed according to plans and specifications to be furnished to the Navy Department by Hon. John R. Thomas, of Illinois, to be approved by the Secretary of the Navy." He characterized as an anomaly in legislation and almost as ludicrous.the provision that a vessel of such a size and cost ($500,000.), should be constructed after the type and upon plans and specifications to be furnished by a member of Congress. Such type, and plans, and specifications ought not to be legislated on the next Secretary of the Navy in that way. The present Secretary had had the disposal of $28,000,000 for the increase of the navy, unfettered by any conditions, lint this bill contained a provision that Mr. Thomas a lawyer, not a designer of ships should furnish the next Secretary of theXavy with ono ship, and that the Pneumatic Gun ComSany should furnish him with another. He ad been uniformly against that whole kind ot legislation, wherein even inventors and designers besieged the doors of committee-rooms and resorted to all sorts of log-rolling in order to get special enactments favorable to them, just as other men tried to get places in the Cabinet. Laughter. The whole thing was a broad farce. Mr. Cullom opposed the amendment and read several letters from high naval othcers indorsing and commending Mr. Thomas's plans and specifications. The intimation made by Mr. Chandler that Mr. Thomas was not himself the designer, but had got his ideas from naval officers and constructors, was, he said, an entirely gratuitous assertion on Mr. Chandler's part, Mr. Chandler said he had merely desired to call the attention of the Senate to the manifest impropriety of tying up thehands of -the Secretary of the Navy as proposed. Not only was it vicious to put Mr. Thomas into the bill, but if his plans and specifications were not approved by the Secretary of the Navy, the construction of the ship mnst stop. Mr. Cullom said that Mr. Thomas had been a member of the House of Representatives for a good many years, and a member of the naval committee. In that position" he had given close attention to the subject of ships of war. It had turned out that Mr. Thomas's information, study and investigation had resulted in his gathering up a plan for a cruiser, and that the Navy Department, arr appointing a board for the purpose, bad adopted and approved his plan. He did not know exactly what Mr. Chandler meant by his allusion to getting up petitions for Capinet appointments, but he did know that there was a time when petitions werv got up for appointments to offices and other positions, and that some- . times the persons getting them up failed in their efforts. Without disposing of the amendment the Senate adjourned. The Smalls-Elliott Election Case. Washington, Feb. 11. On motion of Mr. Caswell, of Wisconsin, the House insisted on its amendments to the direct-tax bill, and a conference was ordered. On motion of Mr. Morrill, of Kansas, the Senate bill was passed authorizing the construction of abridge across the Missouri river at Leavenworth, Kan. After an objection by Mr. Oates, of Alabama, to the request of Mr. Johnston, of Indiana, for the immediate consideration of & Senate bill for the relief of Warren Hall, and after a brief passage of words between Messrs. Hopkins, of Illinois, and Hooker, of Mississippi, over another war-claim bill, which was not taken up, the nouse was called upon to decide what business it would proceed to transact. Mr. Hemphill, of South Carolina, was on thelloor demanding recognition on behalf of the committee on the District of Columbia, and Mr. Mount, of Georgia, brought forth the postofiice appropriation bill for consideration. Mr. Crisp, of Georgia, antagonized both these gentlemen, and. as a question of the highest privilege, called up the Smalls--Llliott contested election case. Mr. Blount -thereupon raised the question of consideration. The House determined yeas, 131; nays, 80 to consider the election case. Twentyfour Democrats Messrs. By num. Chipman, Crisp, Cummings, Dargan, Glass, Holnian, Hooker, Johnston of North Carolina, Jindes, Lawler, MacDonald, McKinney, Moore, Moorse, O'Farrall, Outhwaite, Jjpinola, Tanlbee, Thompson of California. Tracey, Walker, Wise and Yoder voted with the Republicans in the affirmative. Mr. Crisp then took the floor for the presentation of the case, premising his remarks with tne statement that at 2 o'clock to-morrow he would ask the House to sustain the demand fcr the previous question. In considering the case, he said, tho comruittco had ordered it in the light of established law. In considering the evidence. the committee had applied the rule established in courts of justice. He would not ask the House to apply to the consideration of the case anv rule which would not be applied in a court of justice. He protested against that other so-called rulewnichwas sometimes invoked in the House in the trial of election cases that the House was bound by no rul of law or of evidence, but that because its decision was absolutely final and conclusive it had the right to arrive at that conclusion in a manner at variance to tho rules established by the courts. He then proceeded to review the evidence in the case, first calling the attention of the House to the alleged frauds iDi, 6 i'cotaligo precinct. There more ballots were found in tho box than there were names on the poll list. There was no evidence to show who put in the surplus ballots. At the suggestion of Bamptield, who was the son-in-law of the contestant, enough ballots were drawn from the box to make the number remaining tally with the number on tho poll list. 1 he drawing out of the exchanges seemed to have been done in accordance with the law, in thepresence of the federal nxpervisors of election and the son-in-law tf the contestant. In the Green Pond preriuct, no allegutioi s ottered were made nntil after the vote- h id been counted, and V'O votes given to Ehiott, and 35 to Smalls. Contestant then came forward with 130 Tritneises to iwear that they had voted for

Smalls. Asa specimen of this testimony given by these witnesses, he quoted tho evidence given by Matthew Kdwards. who, after swearing that he voted for Smalls. declared that he "did not have nary ticket." Ho then referred to the conviction of Smalls for accepting a bribe while State Senator, and contended that that conviction had injured hiin with tho colored people. Mr. Dalzell, of Pennsylvania, inquired what revelancy that had to the question of how many votes Smalls received at the election. Mr. Crisp replied that gentlemen on the Republican 6ido assumed that, because there was a colored majority in the district, the majority would vote for a colored man. He proposed to show that among the colored people of the district there were some good men who rebelled against being dictated to and required to vote for a man who had been convicted of a high crime. It was true Smalls had been pardoned by the Governor, but in tho minus of estimable men no pardon could wipe from him the stain fixed by the conviction. He quoted evidence to show that colored Republicans were opposed to Smalls on account of the manner in which he had been nominated and on account of his character. The minority of the committee made light of this testimony, and charged tho witnesses with perjury. He protested against the assumption that a man, even though an ignorant black man, was not worthy of belief, if he chose to believe that a convict was not a proper person to send to the halls of Congress. Ho denied the assumption that a man, because he was colored, was necessarily a Republican. He admitted that the politicians were, but declared that the great mass of negroes were not politicians. In South Carolina a good many wrongful and violent acts had been committed by tho Republicans. In the days when they had the ascendency, there had been among the office-holders some of the most unmitigated scoundrels that had ever been foisted upon a defenseless people. The result of their conduct had been that there began to be divisions in their ranks, and colored Democratic clubs had been organized. Further testimony was quoted by Mr. Crisp to show that the colored Democrats had been ostracized, intimidated and overawed by the colored Republicans, and that the contestant. Smalls, nad taken a leading part in this action. The day was past when the colored people would go up in a body like senseless machines to record a voto as they were told to do by people who lived away from them and had not their interest at heart. The day had come when they were satisfied with the people among whom they lived, the people who were their friends, the people to whom they always appealed in distress. As they became more intelligent they realized the impropriety of being represented t by Smalls, and realized that they were entitled to a better representative, and while he freely conceded to any constituency tho right to send a man here, he protested against tho House interfering to defeat such a man, if it chose to do so. Mr. Rowell, of Illinois, said that the gentleman from Georgia Mr. Crisp had spent much time in proving that Smalls had been guilty of bribery while a member of the State Legislature a proposition which had no more bearing on this case than tho question of whether the moon was inhabited. It had been brought in, like the bulldozing question, for the purpose of justifying a vote to keep a man out of a seat to which he had been elected. No lawyer understanding the first principle of evidence, would for a moment contend that the question of Smalls's guilt or innocence illustrated a single proposition bearing on the right of either claimant to a seat. He then turned his attention to the laws of South Carolina, declaring that they had been framed for the express purpose of disfranchising the Republican voters of that State. Under those laws there had been a systematic effort to deny to colored voters the right to register and to change their registration certificates. The gentleman from Gergia had spoken about tho intimidation of colored Democrats by Republicans of tho same race. The Governor of South Carolina had recently announced the paramount political question in South Carolina to b the maintenance of Anglo-Saxon control. The paramount question was not that the majority should rule, or that every legal voter should have his vote cast and counted, but to maintain and preservo Anglo-Saxon control. That was one patent fact in response to the talk of intimidation. Mr. Elliott held his seat on this floor not by reason of an election by the people, but by reason of an election held ov the returning board of South Carolina. 1 he majority of the committee had, gone further than the returning boards, and nad thrown out two precincts which had run the gauntlets of both the district nd State returning boards. Asa sample of what he termed the lawless spirit which prevailed in the district, he referred to an incident touching the ballot-box at the Fort Motte precinct. There the custody of the box was claimed by the officer taking testimony, but the officer was prevented from opening it by the threats ex contestee's attorney that Be would do so at his peril. He hoped, in God's name, that tho attorney had been acting in this matter without authority from Mr. Eliott, but he had looked through the testimony without having been able to find any disclaimer from Mr. Eliott. He ridiculed tho charge of intimidation upon which tho majority of tho committee relied to throw out the Brick Church returns. It had been said that Smalls had told some colored women that they ought not to live with their husbands if they voted tho Democratic ticket. He Mr. Rowell had heard advice given to young ladies not to receive the visits of young men who tasted the cup that intoxicated. And this was intimidation. Thero was not a particle of evidence to show that at the Brick Church precinct there was any intimidation or violence perpetrated. Pending further debate, the matter went oyer until to-morrow. The Speaker appointed Messrs. Caswell. Seney and Oates as conferees on tho direct-tax bill, and the House then adjourned. The McAUlsterrllle School. Harrisburg, Feb. 11. Superintendent Highbee, of the State Orphan Schools, has received an official report of tho condition of the boys at the McAllisterville Soldiers' Orphansr School. Dr. Hoops, the school physician, who submitted the report, describes the peculiarities of the disease with which tho pupils are affiicted, and adds that mental disturbance was the only symptom. There was no physical ailment. There are but two or three cases now at the school. No single class of boys has been subject to these attacks. There is no discrimination as to the age, temperament or condition of health. The physician says: "There are two cases which show symptoms of chorea or St. Vitus dance, yet these two have had no mental disturbance. No girls are aflected. The trouble is a nervous affection, resembling in some respects chorea. The cause cannot be arrived at, as the sanitary condition of the school is as good as it ever has been, and the studies of the whole school have been relaxed since the outbreak of the fever we had in the fall. From present indications I do not think tho trouble will be of long duration." Races at New Orleans. New Orleans, Feb. 11. The weather was fine to-dav, but tho track was heavy. First Race Half a mile. Starters: Little Era, Breakdown, No More, Lillie Daly, Jim D. No More won in 57 seconds; Jim D 6econd, Breakdown third. Second Race Four and a half furlongs. Starters: Lamont, Electricity, Little Bess, Mollie Hardy, Fiorino and Jimmy B. Mollie Hardy won in 1:05; Little Bess second, Lamont third. Third Race Five-eichts of a mile. Starters: Countess, Regardless, Syntax, Mary Foster and Gabe C. Mary Foster won in 1:14; Regardless second, Countess third. Fourth Race Six and a half furlongs. Starters: Henry Hardy, Probus, Ocean, Cams, Jennie McFarland and Pritchett. Pritchett won in 1:24; Henry. Hardy second, Ocean third. Notable Criminal Granted a New Trial. Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 11. The Supreme Court to-day granted a new trial to Tom Woolf oik, convicted of the murder of his father, 6tep-mother, and six brothers and sisters. The scene of the crime was near Macon, and Woolf oik was branded as the most notable criminal of modern times. The grounds upon which a new trial is granted are alleged errors of the court below in the admission of certain hearsay testimony. Justice Simmons, who delivered the decision, referred to the demonstration in the court-room at Macon, during the trial of the case, when the crowd cried "hang him," "hang him." The justice also censured the court below for not taking summary means for the punishment of those who raised the cries.

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ON QUESTION OF PRIVILEGE

Alderman Smith's Opinion of the Young Author of the Board of Control Bill. lie Charges Him with Traducing Honest Men, and Does Not Rate Him in the List of the City's Hear Tax-Payers. Very little business of importance transpired at the session of the Board of Aldermen last night, and the meeting was almost spiritless, except during the discussions on the hotel ordinance and the speech of Alderman Smith. The bond of the new city engineer, placed at 61.500, was approved, as were his appointments of assistants, rodmen and transitmen. The Council's resolution expressing regret at the retirement of City Engineer Shearer was unanimously adopted. Tho "Sun Vapor Light" ordinance, providing for the erection of 000 more of those lamps, was referred to tho committee on public light. Tho vehicle ordinance, prohibiting the standing of teams on the Washington asphaltum pavement, was referred to the committee on streets and alleys. The ordinance to permit the proprietors of cheap restaurants and hotels on tho east side of Illinois street to post criers at tho north side of the depot, not nearer than ten feet, to accost passers-by with accounts of the merits of their hospitalities aroused a great deal of discussion and some strong f eeUng between the south and northsiders. The matter was finally referred to the next meeting. Mr. Esmond, a hotel proprietor, addressed the meeting, saying that it was impossible, sinco tho building of the depot, for any of the hotels 6onth of it on Illinois street to secure new customers, and their old trade had fallen off fully 50 per cent. It was only by the aidof criers that tho old trad could be hold. Several aldermen expressed the belief that such an ordinance would prove one of the greatest nuisances the city had ever suffered. The motion adopted by tho Council to instruct the city engineer to remove at once, the 'obstructions" on South IUinois street was referred to the committee on streets and alleys. The old lnatter of tho disused Seventh-street track, laid by tho Citizens' Street-railway Company, was resurrected, but after the usual amount of wrangling nothing was done. The track laid on Market street between Illinois and Tennessee streets, and on Tennessee street from Market to Ohio, hastily placed thero at the time of the fight against the Dudley companv, and never used, was ordered removed "within ten days by the street commissioner. Alderman Smith arose to a question of privilege, and in beginning his speech 6aid that there were statements made by James B. Curtis in the House of Representatives, Friday last, when tho bill for a board of control for this city was under control, that were ntterlv false and malicious from beginning to eud. Curtis made the charge that not only the twenty-five councilmen and ten aldermen were corrupt and dishonest, but also that his Honor, the Mayor, is just as bad in other words, that the Mayor is also dishonest aud corrupt. "God help this city, gentlemen," Mr. Smith continued, "if there is not at least one honest Democrat or Republican in this number. Mr. Curtis has made statements that he cannot prove. He makes the statement that the city government has been controUed by ward politicians and a ring for the past fifteen years. In 1874 and 1875, while this city was under the rule and control of the Democraticparty, it is a fact that the city indebtedness was increased the sum of $016,500, at an average of 7 3-10 per cent, interest At that time the tax duplicate showed taxable property in the amount of 08,583,700, tax levy $1.13 per tlOO, bringing in a net income of 3773,905.81, esides the miscellaneous receipts in tho city clerk's office, which increased the city's income to about $850,475. These figures. Mr. Chairman, are facts which, the records

show, and which , neither RepubUcans. oiruther hearing.

Democrats can aeny." The Alderman then reviewed the record for the past three years, during which the tax duplicate was from $48,749,000 to $50,500,000. while the tax levy was only 00 cents per $100, making an income of $510,000 or, in plain words, a decrease of 45 per cent. "Mr. Curtis is very ready," said Alderman Smith, "to cry corruption, and dishonesty, and fraud, aud undertakes to belittle the Mayor, Common Council and Board of Aldermen. He states that ho is a tax-payer and claims that he represents the tax-payers of this city. Ho is indeed a fine specimen of a tax-payer. Here is his assessment list, let me read it to you: 'James B. Curtis, No. 204 North HUnois street, IndianapUs. in which he swore, on the 16th of April, 18S8. that the sole property he possessed valued at $25.' Why, Mr. Chairman, is there a man in this body, or out of it, who believes that ho did not swear to a lie when ho made this affidavit? "Let us look at the first clause in his 6peech where he makes a grand kick because the contract for lighting the city was not given to the Fort Wayne Jenny Light Company. Mr. Curtis, by his speech, is certainly an open and avowed advocate of the Fort Wayne Jenny company, and that, too, when it is proven that that company tried to use corrupt methods to secure the lighting contract. Talk tome about honcst3r! Is this a specimen of it or notl His statement, Mr. Chairman, in regard to this lighting contract is wholly anu absolutely false. There is not a member of this body but knows that the present contract for lighting our streets will save this city thousands of doUars for the years 1888-9, and give an opportunity to make a practical test of lighting by electricity at a lower price than can be had by any other city in the United States. Take the charge of Mr. Curtis that tho streets are muddy and in bad condition. Is there a man here who thought that they would be otherwise when you take into consideration that tho three natural-gas companies have laid in the neighborhood of 150 miles of mains? Can it be possible that our Representatives can find nothing better to do than to introduce measures that will deprivo our citizens of self-government? T am not here to discuss the merits of tho Curtis bill. But as a member of this city government I stand here to refute the charges made by him. lain here to denouueo those charges as malicious Ues in every particular. Is it a privilege one man has to heap abuse upon and insult a great number! That is exactly tho style of James B. Curtis. I am here to say that those charges should bo hurled back in the teeth of the man who made them. I say that it is a fact that tho city government of to-day compares favorably with any body heretofore elected by the people of this city in past years. It is a fact that tho present city government has been called upon to settle more important questions and a greater number of them than any other city in the past ten years. I ask you if they have not met these questions fairly, squarely, ably, honorably and honestlyf I dare anyone to assert otherwise. I ask you. fellow-members of this body, if it is not a fact that the Mayor of this city and that our president of this board were re-elected by a largely increased majority? Their constituents certainly had conhdence in their ability, honesty and integrity, or they would not have been returned. I ask you, Mr. Chairman, if the same is not true of tho other members of this board. Some of them differ from me politically, but I have found them all, both Democrats and Republicans, trying honestly and conscientiously to do their duty and doing it for the best interest of the people they represent Is it not a fact that governments in other cities are calling on us for copies of our ordinances, and visiting us in order to obtain our method of treating important questions, and of adopting our system of control! "I dare James B.Curtis to produce any proof in support of his assertions. I dare him to make the charge against anv one member of the city government. Look at the trickery resorted to to inlluenco votes for this measure. Is it not a fact that he and his particular friend. Tomtit Bailey, had our present street commissioner indicted by a Democratic jury for swearing in a voto at our last election, that they themselves know to be honest aud legal? Mr. Curtis speaks of rings and ward politicians. How long sinco ho himself was ono of them? I would rather be a ward politician than belong to a bulldozing majority, who, when afraid some honest man of their same political faith would not vote with them for this corrupt measure, must apply the party lash, whip all into line, and then move the previous question. "Mr. Curtis claims to stand asja martyr aud wiU let his head faU for the benefit of

the people. I claim that he stands as a willful, cowardly and malicious liar who misrepresents the people, and who violates his oath of office." At tho conclusion of his address Mr. Smith read the following letter to tho people as showing the feeling of all honest Democrats toward the present rule: To the Public: There has recently been considerable criticism concerning the failure on behalf of the Council find Board of Aldermen of the city to make certain needed Improvements. I have handled the city's money for nearly two years past and have had occasion to watch the acts of the municipal authorities very closely. The city, under the present 90-cent limit law and greatly reduced valuation of taxable property, gets bat 60 per cent, as muchrevenue'as It didln 1877, when that law passed. I pay out of tho $500,000 annual Income of the city over $100,000 for Interest on the bonded debt, made many years ago, and for which the present city government is not responsible. I know tho present Income Is totally inadequate to carry on the affairs of the city as the people are demanding. I am 6ure the present .Mayor, and councilmen, and aldermen are doing U they can with t bo money at their command. I have watched with Interest tho conduct of the Mayor and members of the finance committee hi their efforts to pave the city's credit, and at the same time make the taxes do the most for the people who pay them. I have never had reason to suspect, even, that a dollar of the city's money was wrongly used, or that any member of the city government was corrupt, or that any sum of the public money has ever been misappropriated by tho Council. Sample Loftxs, County and City Treasurer. The board adjourned after Alderman Smith had completed the reading of the Loftin statement. CULLINGS FROM THE COURTS. Fleas of Not Guilty Entered by Several Persons. Joseph Brickell, of Greensburg, who has been confined for a week or more in the county jail, charged, with violation of the election -law. was released yesterday on bail. Tho following persons, also charged with similar violations, have entered pleas of not guilty: Albert Woods, James Woods, of Keiupton; Albert Marsh, John E. Markle, James M. Fletcher, of Winchester; Charles Felder, of Muncie; Geo. W. Zimmerman, Louis A. Lucas, Elijah B.Osborne, Lincoln Brown, of VeedersDurg; John W. Cronk, of West Lebanon. Hatchets, Knives and Stove-Lids. In a complaint filed in the Superior Court yesterday, Augustus Boj'd states that Anna Boyd, his wife, has at various times attaked him with a hatchet, a knife and a stove-lid besides assailing him with opprobrious epithets and entertaining some very dubious company. He wants to bo qnit of her, and asks for a divorce and such other relief as may be necessary. A Policeman's Troubles. Robert Meyerpeter, of the Merchant poUce, is defendant in a suit for support, brought by Mary E. Meyerpeter, in the SuJerior Court, yesterday. She avers that iobert earns 15 per week, and she wants one-third of that amount for her sustenance. Moore's Advertising Bills. The latest suit filed against Joseph A. Moore is to recover $188 due the Breeders' BuUetin for advertising themeritsof fancy Uve stock on the Tanglewood farm, formerly owned by the defendant Notes from the Courts. A sufficient number of members of tho United States grand jury failing to arrivo yesterday, that body will not be called together until to-day. In tho Circuit Court, yesterday, James Gentle was appointed administrator of the estate of John L. Gentle, deceased. Bond, 2,000. The Court ltecord. SUPERIOR COURT. Room 1 lion. Napoleon B. Taylor, Judge. Geo. B. Yandes vs. Rachel Wallace; on noto. 'Trial by court. . ... ' Room 2 Hon. D. V. Howe, Judge. . A.' C. Burkhardt et al. vs. Sample Loftin, county treasurer; application lor injunc

tion,, nestraining oruer granieu until Sarah E. Darnell vs. Abraham Darnell: complaint for divorce.' Restraining order granted until further hearing. Viola H. Chastcen vs. Charles Chasteen; complaint for divorce; Restraining order granted until further hearing. Hiram A. S. Park vs. Charles Sinstock et. al. Judgment on verdict for $20. Northwestern Lake Ice Company vs. C, Lr St. L. & C. It R. Co.; damages. On trial by jury. Room 3 Hon. Lewis C. Walker, Judge. Arthur A. McKain vs. Letty A. Carson; account. Dismissed and costs paid. William S. Heiin vs. John I. Keeler et al.; i bond. Dismissed at plaintiff's cost. on Mathew G. Lockwood vs. United States Express Company; damages. Dismissed at plaintiff 'b costs. Mattie Shandorf vs. John Shandorf; for allowance. Dismissed at defendant's costs. Merchants' National Bank vs. Lenoir T. F. Zaiser et aL; note. On trial by tho court Xew Suits FiUd. Dennis H. Junkins vs. Joseph A. Moore; complaint attachment, 138. Mary E. Meyerpeter vs. Robert Meyerpeter; divorce. Frank Reynolds vs. George T. WeUer et al.; foreclosure of mortgage. CIRCUIT COURT. Hon. John V. Hartley, Judge. August F. W. Rentsch vs. Edward H. J. Rentsch; petition to remove as guardian. Dismissed by plaintiff. Martha Parman, guardian, vs. Peter Ivory's estate. Dismissed by plaintiff. ' Hanna J. Blake vs. John W. Blake; petition for appointment of guardian. Dismissed by plaint iff. In the matter of Geo. W. Budd's report as guardian of Mina Wirth, argument heard and decision reserved until further report of guardian to-day. Xew Suits Filed. Augustus Boyd vs. Amos Boyd; divorce. State ex rel. George W. Budd, guardian of Mina Werth, vs. John E. Sullivan, Wm. K. Sproule. James Renihan, James B. Conaty and Daniel Burton; suit on bond of county clerk. s County Treasurer Loflin's Report. County Treasurer Loftin's report made to the Board of County Commissioners, yesterday, shows the condition of the office up to and including tho 7th inst The total receipts due from all sources aggregate $102,451.97, and, deducting 20,403.37 as county funds overdrawn, the total amount due city and county is shown to be 82,018.00. A Train Derailed. Train No. 3 on the I., D. & W. railroad which left the Union Station at 11 o'clock last night was derailed by a broken flange at West street The passengers were considerably shaken np, but no serious injury was done. Meeting of Pollcy-TIoIders. A meeting of the policy-holders of the Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company will be held at Judge Walker's courtroom, No. 3, at 1 o'clock this afternoon. A Too Exacting Girl. Pittsburg Dispatch. There is a student in Yale College who doesn't admire a certain young lady as much as he did a week or so ago. With her he essayed to pass a certain aftereoon at Lake Whitney a few days ago. Both skated around and had lots of fun for a few hours, but there came an end to the pleasures, for suddenly as the twain were executing a fancy movement, the treacherous ice gave way and the collegian and his girl were in the water. It was quite deep, and the student sank. Ho soon came up, however, and found the girl struggling at the top of the water, as her skirts bad kept her afloat There was quite a large space of open water, but the student bravely rescued the maiden by pushing her toward the edge of the ice, where others placed her on her feet. He was about to crawl out in her wake when this New Haven girl, with remarkable presence of mind, remarked: "Oh! will you please go back and get my mutiT' The student remained in the chilly waters long enough to secure the article and then joined the girl, but it is safe to say he'll not risk any more adventures with such an eiacting girl this winter, at least. Browx's Expectorant has been in use in Indianapolis over thirty years. It cure couflha and colds.

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DAILY WEATHER MUIXETEf. Indications. Washington, Feb. 1L For Indiana and Illinois Fair, clearing in central portion of Indiana; slightly colder, followed by rising temperature; westerly winds. For Michigan Fair, except light local snows on the lakes; colder; westerly winds. For Wisconsin, Minnesota and IowaFair; warmer; westerly winds. Iocal Weather Keport. V. iNDiAXArous, Feb. 11.

Time, liar. Thtr. R.U. Wind. Weathtr. Pre. 7 a.m. 20.82 25 76 Wert PL Cloudy. O.OG 7r.M. 30.07 23 60 jNwest Lt. Snow. 0.03

Maximum thermometer, 28; minimum thermometer, 23. Following Is a comparative statement of the condition of temperature and precipitation on Feb. 11, 1889: Tan, Prerip. Normal 36 0.12 Mean 24 O.Ol) Departure from normal -r-12 0.03 Excess or deficiency since Feb. 1... 61 1.13 Excess or deficiency 6lnce Jan. 1... 62 1.52 Plus. - General Observations. Ijtoianapolis, Feb. 117 P. M.

t$ ThtrmomeVr $ Station. s bj fe; A WtaQier. Km E1 ? ? P ? New York city. 29.76 30 28 36 .08 Snow. Buffalo, N.Y... 29.72 54 16 34 .02 Snow. Phirdelphla.Pa 29.78 32 26 38 .08 Snow, rittsburg, Pa.. 29.80 30 so 40 .02 Cloudy. Wash'ton, D. C. 29.80 32 28 34 .06 Pt. Cloudy. .Charlest'n,S.C. 29.94 46 36 64 .... Pt. Cloudy. Atlanta, Ga 30.02 42 82 48 .... Cloudless. Jacks'nv'le.Fla 30.04 60 44 68 .... Cloudless. Pensacola, Fla. 30.10 60 44 6S .... PL Cloudy. Montjr'm'ry.Al. 30.06 48 38 62 .... Pt. Cloudy. Vlck8burg.Mlss 30.14 64 38 66 .... PUClouaj. N. Orleans, La. 30.16 62 42 64 .... Cloudless. Little Rock, Ark 30.12 48 30 64 .... Cloudless. Galreeton.Tex. 30.16 64 48 68 .... Cloudy. S'n AntonioTex 30.12 60 46 68 .... Cloudy. Memphis, Tenn 30.14 44 34 48 .... Cloudless. Nashville.Tenn 30.12 32 32 42 .... Cloudy. Louisville, Ky.. 30.08 28 28 34 .01 Cloudless. Indlanplia,Ind 30.06 24 24 28 .02 Snow. Cincinnati, O.. 30.04 26 26 34 T Snow. Cleveland, O... 29.84 26 26 32 .10 Snow. Toledo, 0 29.92 20 20 32 T Cloudless. Marq'ette, Mich 29.94 6 6 12 .06 Snow. S.StMariMich 29.84 6 6 18 .01 Cloudy. Chicago, 111 30.00 18 18 22 T Cloudless. Cairo, 111 30.14 34 82 42 .... Cloudless. Bpringneld. 111. 30.16 24 18 28 .... Cloudless. Milwaukee, Wis 29.98 14 14 20 T Cloudless. Duluth,Minn.. 30.04 10 .... 16 .... Cloudy. fit. Paul, Minn.. 30.10 10 4 16 .... Cloudless. - Mooreh'd, Minn 30.18 816 10 .... Cloudless. 8t.Vinc'nt,Mi,n 30.18 020 10 .... Cloudless. Davenport, la.. 30.12 16 16 22 .... Cloud ess. Dubuque, la... 30.08 16 16 22 .... Cloudless. Des Moines, la. 30.18 22 10 26 .... Cloudless. St. Louis, Mo... 30.18 28 26 34 .... Cloudless. Kan s's City, Mo 30.26 30 22 32 .... Cloudless. Ft. em, Ind.Ter 30.10 62 28 64 .... Cloudy. Dodge City. K's 28 Omaha, Neb.... 30.26 24 12 28 .... Pt. Cloudy. N. Platte, Neb.. 30.22 36 28 42 .04 Pt. Cloudy. Valentine, Neb. 30.26 32 18 40 T Cloudless. Yankton, D. T. 30.24 20 6 28 .... Cloudless. Ft. Sully, D.T.. 30.26 26 10 28 T Pt. Cloudy. Bismarck. D.T. 30.24 26 0 28 T Cloudy. Ft.Buford,D.T. 30.20 28 16 36 T Cloudless. P.Arth'r's.L'd'g 30.06 0 8 12 .... Cloudless. Ou'Apelle.N.W. 30.20 20 2 26 .... Cloudless. FtAsnab'ne.M 30.22 42 SO 48 .... Cloudless. Helena. M.T... 30.34 36 32 42 AO Pt. Cloudy. Boise City, I.T. 30.32 42 22 60 Pt. Cloudy. Chevenne,W.T. 30.38 22 22 82 .08 Cloudless. Ft.McK'n'y.WT 30.35 28 28 44 .... Cloudless. Ft Washakie, W 30.42 22 6 34 .24 Snow. Denver, Col.... 30.28 84 82 44 T Cloudy. Pueblo, Col.... 30.34 40 18 46 .01 Cloudless. Santa Fe, N.M. 30.16 38 22 44 .... Pt. Cloudy. Salt Lake City. 30.54 34 24 38 .... Cloudless.

T. Trace of precipitation. Note One Inch of melted snow equals ten Inches of enow. Steam Outdone in Dakota. P. F. McClore, In February Harper. Tho artesian wells of Dakota are probabljr the most remarkable for pressure, and tho immense quantity of water supplied, of any ever opened. More than a hundred of such wells, from 500 to 1,600 feet deep, are to-day in successful operation, distributed throughout twenty-nine counties, from Yankton, in tho extreme south, to Pembina, in the extreme north, civing forth a constant, never-varying stream, which is in no wise affected by the increased number of wells, and showing a gauge pressure in eome instances as high as 100, 170, 175, and 187 pounds to the square inch. The tremendous power is utilized, in the more important towns, for water supply, fire protection, and the driving of machinery, at a wonderful saving on the original cost of plant and maintenance, when compared with steam. In the city of Yankton a forty-horse power turbine-wheei-ojerating a tow-mill by day and an electric, hsht plant by night, is driven by the force of water flowing from an artcsian-weli, the cost of obtaining which was no greater than would have been the cost of a steam engine developing the same power, not counting the continual outlay necessary (bad steam been employed) for fuel, repairs, and the salaries of engineer and fireman. What has been accomplished through the aid of natural gas and cheap fuel in building np manufactories elsewhere, mav some day be rivaled on the prairies of Dakota by applying the inexhaustible power stored in nature's reservoirs beneath the surface.

MOST NUTRITIOUS. Friends, Washerwomen, Housekeepers, Lend me your ears, and hear me for my cause. The Soap I come to speak about is the Great Santa Claus. 'Tis good for every purpose, For which a soap is needed And joy will bring to everyone Who has wise counsel heeded And spent a nickel, just to prove What wonders it will do, To lighten labor, save expense -And make things bright and new Extract from Pre. Scap'em's Itctur crp Tk Moral Infitunc eSoaf" Halford Table FOR MEATS, FISH, SOUPS, GRAVIES, do. auGD A Planters Experience. "Xr plantation is In a malarial district, where fever and ague prevailed. I employ 150 bands I frequently half of them were sick I waa nearly dis couraged when I began the use or The yes nit was marvellous Fir men became strong? and hearty, and I nave bad no f urthur trouble. With these pills, I wonld not fear to live in an y awamp." E- UlVAl Bayou Sara, I Sold Everywhere. Office, 44: Murray SL, New Yorlr RAILWAY TIME-TABLES. PENNSYLVANIA LINES-TIIE DIRECT AND Populab Passenger Routes. Trams leave and arrive at Indianapolis as follows: PAXHANDLE ROUTE EAST. Leave f or J ttbic- A N. Y.. 4 :30&m.3 :OOpm 6:1 0pm " " Rlcnmond & Colambus...9 :OOam 4.00pm Ar.fromN. Y.feIiUsbsr..ll:40am-6:50pm 10:20pia " 44 Columbns, Richmond, etc 9:40am SrfiOym Sleepers to PUtsborg and New York without diaxifo. CHICAOO DITISIOX. Leave for Chlcajro and Nortbwet...l 1:20am 11:20pm Arrive from Chicago and NortweeL. 3:50am. 3 50pm JILALB. R.60CTIL Leave for Louisv'le&theSo'th. 4:05am 8.30am 4.00pm 5;10pra At. from LonlsVletheSo,th.l0:45am 11:10am G:40pxa ll:O0pm I. 4 T. E, E. 60 LIU WIST. Cairo ErprfR. Leave 7:10am Vlncenne Accommodation, Iave - - . 4-O0pm Vlncennes Accommodation, Arrive - 10:5Oam Cairo Express. Arrive C.OOpra Y AND ALIA LINE SIIORTEST ROUTE TO ST. Ijuis a.vd thz West. Trains arrive and leave Indianapolis as follow: Leavefor St. L... 7:30am 11:55am 11:00pm 7:00pm Greenca8tle and Terra Haute Acoom 4:00pm. Ar. from St. L. 3:45am 4:15am 2:40pm f:0r Terre Haute and Grwncatl Acoom l.oOan? Sleeplnr, Parlor and Keclining-chalr Cars are run on thronfeh trains. For rat and Information applj to ticket agents of the company or li. R. DERI a. A sistant General Passenger Agent. mGZLT The Short Line J f :VT T1ATTT TS 1 PT1 P TrTT?OT Bloomlngton and Peoria, with through cars to principal Missouri river points, in several hours less time than any other line. Also, through leping and Reeling-chair Cars, via Danville to Chicago, making as quick time at lower rates, than any othnr line. The authorized differential route East, with quick time, and through tickets to principal Eastern cities, at considerably less than regular rates. Trains at Indianapolis Union Depot: Leave, going Bst 4:10am llrOOam S.OOpnt Leave, going West 7:30am 3:3pm llKX)pri Arrive, from East 7.ooara 3:lftpra 10:3p! Arrivo, from Vest....3:50am 10:40am 'dOpm Dally. All trains have th finest of RolTet, Sleeping and Reclining-chair Cars. Kor tickets and full Information apply at 42 and 44 Jackson Place, opposite main entrance Union Station, the Union b la lion. Indianapolis, or to any aent on the line. nrLook in local column for special notice ct ex cursions, reduced rates, etc. The only line with solid trains tn P ULLMAN VESTIBULE SLEEPERS without change to Washington and Baltimore. Leave Indianapolis at 3:50 p. m. (daily except Sonda j) via C, 11. & D. and B. & O. lUilwa js. Also, tne main line xor oiisroiisr2srA.Ti Dayton, Tolwlo, Detroit, the East and South. Trains leave Indianapolis: 3:55 ft. m. (dMly), 10:50 a. m., 3:50 p. til, 65 p. m, Trams arrive at Indianapolis: . 8:30 a.m.. 11:40 a.m., 4:55 p.m.. 10:5dp. m. (dally.) Ticket Office Illinois street and Kentucky ave. b

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