Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 March 1889 — Page 3

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, MONDAY, MARCH 4, 1889.

A SENATOR UNDER ARREST

rtilllel)crgers Career Closes with a Sliamefal and Disgraceful Scene. He Appears in the Chamber in a State of Intoxication, Interrupts the Proceedings, and U linalljr Ecinoved by Force. THE DRUNKEN KIDDLEBERGER, lie Becomes .Noisy and .Offensive and Is Placed Under Arrest. Special to t!i9 Indianapolis Journal. Washington, March 3. Senator Hiddloberger fiuished Lis career in the Senate in a manner befitting his druuken and disgraceful conduct. Ho had to Lo arrested by the Sergeant-at-anns and taken off the floor of the Senate. Filled up with whisky, lie moved, about 9 o'clock to-night, to go into executive session, with the object in view of securing the confirmation of the renomination of Commissioner Webb. The motion was voted down. He immediately renewed if, and the presiding officer fin calls! declared the motion out of owler. .Kiddlcberger still insisting. Mr. Ingalls told him that he would not again recognize lliddleberger except on the motion of some other Senator and a majority vote. Not yet satisfied, Kiddlcberger kept talking, andlugalls told him if he did not keep quiet ho would have him arrested. This warning had the effect of taking Kiddlebcrgcr out of tho chamber, and when he returned, a few minutes later, ho stated that he had telegraphed the Governor of Virginia Lis resignation, as no other Senator had ever been treated as he had. Mr. Ingalls motioned the Sergeant-at-arms to arrest HiddleUrger, but when tho officer camp up to him, ho said: "Not that; I will nit down." The Serjeant-at-arms desisted, but Kiddlcberger did not staj- quiet. Hardly a minute afterward ho again became rioisy. anil Air. Ingalis again ordered the Seargcnt-at-arms to arrest Kiddlcberger, which -was done, with the aid of an assistant. Tiie two officers hustled the kicking benator into the cloak-room. TIIE COWLES TOBACCO SILL. Iti Defeat Traced to the Influence of tho Kentucky "Whisky King. Special to tho Indianapolis Journal. Washington, March 3. Speaker Carlisle "will have a good deal of difficulty in explaining to tho people of the South his refusal to recognize Mr. Randall, for the purrose of calling up tho Cowles free-tobacco bill. Everybody knows that three-fourths of the peoplo of the South are in favor of tho measure, and that a majority would go even further to abolish all of the internal taxes. Great pressure was brought to bear upon Mr. Carlisle to recognize tho freetobacco men, and give their measure a chance. Ho had almost made up his mind to yield at one time, but he was driven over tho line i leu must poieuuai muueuce wuicn can be brought to hear upon a Kentuckian. A delegation representing the Monarch Whis ky Company, of Kentucky, called upon the Sneaker at tho time when it was believed lie was about to yield to Mr. Randall for "the free-tobacco hill, and protested earn estly against any reduction whatever of tho internal taxes. It mav not bo unpopu lar with Air. Carlisle's school of politicians to cater to the whisky element, but it is refreshing to learn that its influence did more than anything elso to prevent a hear ing lor the Iree-tobacco bill in tlie House. A FORTUNE IN COTS. Dealers Will Reap a Harvest at the Inauguration. Philadelphia Record. . Tno coming Presidential inauguration has bo far proved a veritable bonanza to mattress and cot-makers, and to none moro than those engaged in that business in this city. m Tho rush is doubly welcomed, be cause at this season of tho year business is generally at its lowest ebb among tho wholesale furnishing houses. So far as can bo estimated, this city has furnished moro cots, mattresses, pillows, blankets, pillow-cases aud all tho rest of bed paraphernalia for the comfort of those attend ant upou the ceremonies of inauration than another cities put together. Up to yes terday this city, through one largo firm that lias two branches in Washington. specially placed thero to meet tho wants of the visiting clubs and peoplo, sent nearly 10,000 cots. 3,000 mattresses, 10.000 pillows. 7,000 pillow-cases, 5,000 sheets and 8,000 ; blankets lor weary visitors. These goods have mostly been ordered by tne hotels and boarding-houses in Washington, and also to some extent in Baltimore, where man v of 'the travelers will lodge to avoid tho great rush at the City of r i a. "v a 1 i juugniucent uisiances. uois navo oeen sold for $1.50 each, mattresses for 81.75. pillows for 40 cents, blankets for 60 cents and $1. and sheets at all ti cures, according to the quality of the material. The propor tion of these goods routed simply for the ceremonies is larger than over before This lias made all tho mattress and cot-makers radiantly happy, because it is said that there is more money to bo wade from the rental than from the sale of theso articles. Tho percentage rental for tho inauguration to those sold is nearly enual. Cots havo been rented to the various hotels and clubs for 1 each, or about twothirds of their celling price. All the other lurnishing goods are rented at the samo comparative rate. All freights and inci dental expenses, such as hauling to tho piaees wnero me ariicies aro to do used, are homo by the parties who rent them. After tho inati sural ceremonies the goods will bo reshipned, and in the cases of cots and mattresses they will bo ro-upholstered, while tho sheets, blankets, etc., will be repressed and soon mado ready for a season at the seashore or mountains. Most of the cots that have been sent to Washington are wire-framed, and the mat tresses aro mado of cotton and jute. All the blankets!, sheets, etc., havo also been made from cheap material. "We will make our money," said a wellknown mattress and cot-dealer of this city. yesterday, from the goods rented, not from those. sohL Tho competition between us and dealers in Washington and Baltimore has been very great, and consequently many articles navo been 60ld at nearly cost ngures." Changes In th Interstate-Commerce Law. Washington-, March 3 Tho President has approved tho bill amending the inter-state-commerco act, which was finally passed" substantially as it was prepared last session by the Senate com mitteo on interstate commerce. It contains several important provisions which aro expected to aid the commissioners very ma terially in carrying out tho purposes of tho original act and in enforcing its provisions. One change mado is tho requiring of threo days' public noticcof any proposed reduction in tho published ratesof a railroad. Special provision is maun to prevent and punish "uuderbiliing," under severe penalties. The nennltv section of the present act is strengthened, by adding tho penalty of imprisonment to the line now provided wuen tne onenso is an uui.iviiuui.scriminatiou in rates or cliarges. Tho provisions of the present act in regard to the publication nf rule nrn tn.nlft to annlv to ioint through rates. A change i made in tho court proviv!iTi Tt-hw-li i intended in fneilit.nte flip recovery of damages for overcharces by railroads, and tho powers oi mo commis sioners aro increased in eevcrai respects. The Killing: of Consul Stan wood. Washington, March C. The President to-day transmitted to the Houso supplemental correspondence in regard to tho killing of United Static Consular Agent Stanwood in M:n1nfriv-ni Tf nnrie.ira from the correspondence, which is very voluminous, that Mr. Stanwood, while acting as iawiua&ci in au aiuircaiiou in wuicu Captain Duvergo was a principal, was kicked and killed by Duverge, who claims iu uo uu uvmerican. II Will Now ray Ills Debts. Loci s vi li f, Ky., March 3. For six years U. U. ayi nas ueen a successful dentist lPTft. 9Ild has made, n. rnnaiilnrilJa fArtnn Last night it developed that hia name is not Wayt. but S. L. Butler, and he is a

nephew oi ongrifesman Butler, of Tennesece, and of the Rev. George Butler, chapldLa ei the United SUtet Senate. IXo left

his homo near Richmond. Va., a little moro than six years ago to avoid a heavy judgment for debt, and changed his name to

ovoid the annoyance of repeated ellorts to collect, intending to make the money and pay. 1 his he has done, and now assumes his true name. He is vouched for by Hon. Eustace Gibson, of West Virginia, and other well-known men. He left for Washington, last night, for a vacation. Losses by Fire. CRAWrnnrmVirrE. I ml.. March & Fire this morning destroved the two-story building that was once the jail. Hong Guay's laundry and tho contents of the rooms upstairs were destroyed, the occupants barely escaping. The lire also cot into the Abraham Building, upstairs, and the bakery of Truitt fc Scott was flooded with water. The loss will be about 2,500, with no insur ance on tho building burned. Wheeling. W. Va.. March 3. Tho Fifthward public school, at Bellaire, O., was burned this morning. The lire was caused by heavv pressure of natural gas during the night. Loss, $15,000; partially insured. Two Men Fatally Clubbed. New York. March a Two respectable looking men, whose names are supposed to be Jasper Post and Luke Katigu, of rsow York, were brought to New York Hospital last night fatally injured by clubbing on tho heads. A singular feature or it was that tney were picked up within a very 6hort distance of each other, and within an hour's time. Two burl3 men, who said they were policemen, but declined to give their names, called at the hospital and said Post was their prisoner. They were badly scared when tola that ho was likely to die. Steamship News. T.nvnnv ATnrr"h f? TiAcf'TrierT-!i.f!bn.m-faigno arrived at Havre to-day: the Wicand arrived at Flvniouth. Both are from New York. NEW YfiTK Mnrpli a Arrived? Anrnnift. from Liverpool; Rhaetia, from Hamburg; La Bourgogne, from Havre. Obituary. POUGIIKEEPSIE. N. Y.. March 3. Ahram Vanderbnrch. a well-known horseman, and formerly superintendent of the Hudson river driving park, died here to-day of pneumonia. Milwaukee. March 3. Fr-Concrressman Henry Magoon died, at 11 o'clock to-night, at Darlington, Wis. A DISGRACE TO TIIE COUNTRY. The Revengeful Methods of Indiana Demo crats Giving the State a Bad Reputation. Iowa StAto Register. Indiana mav be proud of havinir fur nished a President, but it must feel heartily asuameu oi us legislature, in an mo nis tory of Hoosierdom. it is doubtful if thero hasvcr been a Legislature so devoid of .dignity, character and self-respect as the present one. Tho Democrats control it, and seem determined to make themselves a common nuisance. Indiana Democrats havo disaraced the countrv before now many times. They have mado tho Nation a good deal of trouble and given their State uvery bad name. But the Democrats of this present Legislature seem to bo pos sessed ot ail the meanness and general cussedness that havo belonged to Indiana Democrats for forty years. They are prob ably stirred to be particularly mean to ehow their disgust that their State should go Jtepublican and a Republican citizen of their State should become President of the United States. So like little boys, whose pet plans havo been defeated, thev take great satisfaction in screaming in tho corner or kicking tho varnish off tho furniiture. There has been more petty spite work by tho Uemocrats m the Indiana Legislature this session than would bo 'seen in some States in fifty years. In order to embarrass a Republican Governor and be mean, the Legislature, having tho power, has taken out ot his hands the appointment of a number of State officers, which heretofore havo been chosen by the Governor. All such little tricks of unfairness and meanness they have employed to take revenge upon tho Republican party for having beaten them. The revolutionary treatment of Lieutenant-governor Robert-, son at the beginning of the session, tho almost daily excliano of disgraceful epithets and squabbles in tho House, tho high-handed and arbitrary course of tho majority, and its partisan and unfair action on all matters, havo given the Indiana Legislature a reputation for hoodlumism that will stay with it a long time. Not only Indiana, but the whole country as well is disgraced by that Democratic crowd. Would Rather Die than Listen to Blackburn. Washington Special to New York Telegram. A story was revived and floated about the Capitol corridors yesterday. Thero was an execution to tako place at Owensbnrg, Ky., and, as is the custom in tho Southern States, the scaffold was located in tho open where the country folk from within a radius of thirty miles could witness the taking off. Tho hour fixed was 2 o'clock. Tho sheriff and prisoner arrived at 1 o'clock. The prayers were offered, and then the sheriff notified the culprit that a half -hour of time remained. If ho wished to make any remarks he had thirty minutes to himself. "I don't want to say anything," responded the condemned. Joe Blackburn was running for Congress for a second term, and was stumping tho district. He saw a chance to talk to a bigger crowd than his own unaided oratory would attract. Ho mounted the scaft'old and commenced as follows: 'Gentlemen and Ladies If tho gentleman on my right' pointing to the prisoner "will yield to mo a portion of his time" parliamentary phraso 'l will" The man to bo executed interrupted. "Who may you bef" he asked. "I'm Joe Blackburn, your Congressman." The p rirainal groaned aloud beneath his black cap. "Sheriff," ho cried, "if Fvo got to bear Joo Blackburn talk for half an hour I don't want to wait- Let that trap fall right away. A Remarkable Llttlo Dakota Girl St. raul Pioneer Press. Nearly every paper I havo read lately has an article about tho brave littlo girl ' Lake county, Dakota, who ploughed forty acres of ground. It was a grand thing for a irirl only twelve years of ace to do. but I thinK tho following will discount it: C M. Hutchinson had charge of my farm in Deuel county, Dakota, in 1867, and his daughter Maud, only seven years old at the time, drove a team and did her share of tho work in stacking over 500 acres of hay and grain. We ran from threo to five teams every day, and she would drive a load to tho stack, change teams, drivo back to tho field and change teams, driving a different team every time. Some of tho teams were not very gentlo, but she managed them as well as any of the men. At one time while hauling hay the load slipped off, throwing ing her under it. She crawled out, overtook the team, caught the lines that were dragging on the ground, turned the team around, drove back to tho hay on the ground, unhitched the team, took one of the horses and rode back to tho field, got help to come and load tho hay, and drove to the barn as tlionch nothing had hap pened. If you cau find a girl of seven years old that has displayed more sand and good horse sense than she did on this occasion I will throw up tho sponge. Presidential Courtesies. Boston Tlerald. Tho civilities extended by tho President to tho President-elect in Vashington aro a credit aliko to tho dispenser and to tho distinguished recipient of them. They servo to nrusn away tho foolish notion that still obtains in some quarters that there is a yawning chasm between tho administra tion that is about to iro out and that which is to take its place. The people ought to aiiurucu it view or xms ungut siuo or politics more frequently. It teaches them that good manners are above mere partisan ship. Needs Reorganization. Cincinnati Commercial Gazette. Tho railway mail service needs reorganization, and needs it badly. The work cannot begin too soon. I5ut tho most efficient men, whatever their political relations. should not be the first to go. It was the dismissal of competent men by the Cleveland administration, to make room for "Democratic workers," which caused tho great demoralization in tho service Declared Himself When It Was Too Late. Chicago Times (Dem.) In an interview which he has just accorded a Southern cuitor rresidcnt Cleve land says, "I am a Democrat" It is a little lato in the day to insist upon a thing about which there were some expressions of doubt in some quarters a low months ugo.

NEWS IN SUNDAY'S JOURNAL. Resume of the Principal Home and Foreign Events Recorded in the Issue of March 3.

President Cleveland vetoed tho direct-tax bill. Monongahela river coal operators threaten to shut down again. Wm. Isaacs was fatally injured whilo coupling cars near Somerset, Ky. Two men were sentenced at Philadelphia, yesterday, to be hanged for murder. The farmers of Iowa nro organizing to resist tho demands of tho binding-twino trust. Tho family of Ben Hvnes, nine persons in all. while crossing a Tenneeo swamp, were drowned. Nick Dugan was fatally injured at Lima, O., whilo trying to break a Texas pony hitched to a cart. Jeremiah Whalen jumped from tho third story of a hotel at Upper Sandusky, U.,and was fatally injured. One hundred and twenty-nino veterans of tho revolutionary war are buried in Hamilton county, Ohio. Cornelius Bockins, whilo intoxicated, fell over tho banister of a stairway in a hotel at Canton, O., and was killed. Old miners say that tho gold discoveries near Eusenada, Cal., are probably the richest ever found, on the Pacific coast. In the matter of the government's action toward tho Patriotic League, tho French Chamber supported it by a vote of 318 to m0, ' An alleged ghost, who had been frightening peoplo in tho vicinity of Silver Lake, la., was shot by a farmer. It proved to be a man. W. B. Hussey was found guilty at Huntsville, Ala., of killing his brother-in-law, and sentenced to twenty-five ycar imprisonment. A dangerous counterfeit of a silver dollar has mado its appearance in Birmingham, Ala. More than one hundred of them havo been detected. A reward oi 2.000 has been offered for tho capture of tho murderers of a farmer named Umberger. who was murdered and robbed. near Ligonier, Pa. ; Affairs in Afghanistan are becoming comf: England. The Russians aro massing their forces on tho frontier. A collision occurred on the B. & O. rail-' road, near Wheeling, W. Va., involving a loss to the company of $50,000. Nobody was eenonsiy in j urea, inerp were uui xour. passengers. Picrcrott left a letter for Labouchere inwhich ho declared that the first batch of letters he oflered to tho Times were not' forgeries, but that the others were. Ho ex presses regret at what he had done. The Popo celebrated his seventv-ninth birthday yesterday. Addressing the car dinals, ho complained of his position as the result of the Italian government's course. ITa is in crnrwl lioilth llrioni -it. I)m TAfinnst. of tho King, will form a now Cabinet. ; From the Second Edition of the Sunday Journal. Ideas of a Gifted Woman. Mrs. Mary A. Livermoro delivered two lectures in this city Saturday. In tho' aiiernoon sue auuresseu lue cnuuren i Plymouth Church on "Stories of the Great' Struggle." which was m tho shape of an historical sketch of the civil war, recited in a most charming and entertaining manner. Preceding and following her lecture tlie children sang in chorus several martial hymns, which were aptly appropriate to the occasion. Last night the church, both the lower floor and the galleries, was again filled with listeners, it being tho last in tho regular lecture course. Mrs. LivermoTO was introduced by Horace McKay, who announced that tho intention of having her preach in this city to-day could not bo mot, as she would be compelled to fill an engagement in Cincinnati this afternoon. Airs. Livermoro had for her subject "A Dream of To-morrow," the dream for the futuro being a prophetic view into America's career, prefaced by a brief resume of the past and present conditions of the human race. a It has been, she claimed, one of sradual improvement. Humanity has been, like some great ship, launched by the: one great uantain. who nas so trained, one generation that it can not look into-til t future of the next. There is no statesman, however shrewd, that can predict tho condition of his country fifty years henceEach generation has prepared tho way for tho next, leaving something of practical valuo for its use, and the sum total of theso gifts, involuntarily given, mako up the wealth of this world. Plato entertained this idea in his "Republic," Sir Thomas Moore in his "Eutopia," and Jesus and His apostles in their talk of the new heaven aud tho new earth. There is no study so fascinating as tho history of civilization, and historians say that the agencies that have built it up are war, famine, pestilence, the chancinc of water courses, and tho advent of some great expounder, as Moses and Jesus. But God's greatest agency by which He trains the nations is national hindrance, lie has chis eled and polished the peoples of the world. by means of struggles and opposition, until lie will place before our astonished eaza the perfect civilization that is to stand out like a marble statue in the future. Tho men of this generation are richer than their, forefathers, not only because they have inherited their knowledge, but because they havo better brains, and better tools in every way with which to work. Tho German scientists tell us that there is no mistaking the superiority of the human mind to-day over that of a century ago, and that we aro all endowed with a sixth sense. This, they explain, is that which enables us to grasp the marvels of hypnotism, somnambulism, and clairvoyance. The labor-saving machinery so extensively used in this day and ago seems almost incredible, but a hundred years hence it will all seem crude to that which will then be in use. That accomplished, the work of man will be to build up tho architecture of his soul, which, however, must not have been neglected in the meantime. International affinity pla3's no small part in tho upbuilding of tho nations of tho globe. There is no such thing as a foreign nation to us, for we are all so united in tho higher walks of life that what ono does interests all. German3 and France could not encage in a war, nor the Bank of England fail but what tho whole world would feel the shock. Mrs. Livermoro paid a high tnbuto to tho inventions of the age, to the telegraph, the cablegraph, tho telephone and the mechanical improvements. "I was at my home," sho said, "when your grand and noblo President from Indiana was elected to his high office, and within six hours from tho time tho polls were closed, I heard men shouting themselves hoarse in the streets, crying out 'Harrison is elected! Harrison is elected,' and their unbounded joy was based upon tho actual truth that had flashed across tho wires. It had penetrated every city and town of this great continent, and had even been sent across tho waters before tho average man was asleep. How different in tho days when William Henry Harrison was a candidate for that same office. I was in southern Virginia at tho time, and well do I remember that it was six weeks after the election had occurred that there were sufficient returns in to warrant even a safe guess as to who was the successful candidate. And this great change is marked in every line. We havo watched the career of tho London Times almost as rapidly as it has been published, and we havo seen its sudden downfall no less quickly. Wo watched the Emperor of Germany through his wearisome journey to death, and every morning we were informed, in our cable dispatches, of how he had spent the night almost as soon as was his own wife." Leaving the subject of inventions and discoveries tho speaker next touched upon the advantages in our possession to-day. Nature has given us but three things of our own, earth on which to 6tand, air to fill our lungs and light for our eyes. Indeed, it was claimed, that wo are gradually being robbed of the first, for wo aro "being compelled to pay a high tax for standing room, and there may be a time, the lecturer thought, when men will combine and attempt to form a trust on tho last two. Man has always craved for power, and to-day he is rushing on in his headlong search for what the Creator has intended for him. Ho has educated hands and an educated brain; he has gathered tho great forces of fire, heat, electricity and water under his control, and most important of all ho has learned that all theso forces are but different manifestations of one force the eternal power of God. Tho great mistake of men to-day is to overwork the bod v in their attempt to havo tho mind rauk high. "I am dying, worn out," wcro tho last words of 0. 1. Morton, i Indiana's great war Governor, but they

were uttered at tho age of fifty-fonr, when

the physical man should have been at its prime. Evcrv iniurv to the mind is ru in jury to the body, but Americans seem to iau io comprehend, it. ;ucn are uwarnng their brains by ruining their bodies by tobacco and wliiskyj women by tight la'ciug and slavery to fashion. -uy dream of to-morrow," said tho lect urer, m conclusion, "predicts better bodies for the race. We are dying ofT so early that we aro inclined to disbelieve in old age. Look at Gladstone, who, at the age of sov-enty-uine, has put moro honesty and conscience in government than has any other ruler of tho ago. Cheers.1 My dream demands the addition of industrial education to our schools and private academies. Eight-tenths of our boys and girls are com- . 11 . 1 . . ? 1- ' A ' t peueu to get tneir own living outside oi the professions, and whilo they sliould all be educated together up to a certain point. there is a place where their training should separate. My dream comprehends a complete solution of tho temperance question, which can only be broucut about bv the total annihilation of tho liquor traffic. ICheers.l This can only come through an amendment to the national Constitution, and this in time can only be secured bv the votes of three-fifths of tho States, which requires that they themselves insert such an amendment in their constitution. We havo tp-dav four States as grand examples of this policy, and in three others, Pennsylvania, New Hampshire and Massa chusetts, tho question is pending. Y e will carry it in Massachusetts, because it is a Republican State, and this temperance movement is purely and originally a Repub lican one. My dream insists upon a solution of the labor question, which cannot couie until you have settled tho temperance question. Corporations must abate their greed for money, and prohts must bo 6hared, but yon may give 3ourworkiiigman all the money he wants, and still give him whiskv. and vou have not reached the solu tion of the question at all. My dream comprencnus also tno nationalization or laoor and tbe encouragement of the great humanitarian movements now on foot. I am not aiming to predict any millenium, .but as I staudliero to-night, not far from tho timo when I shall make my exit from public life. I feel sure that there is a grander timo coming for tho people that aro to live after us. -i leelthat we aro nearing the time when "In tho long days of God, In tho lone paths untrod, The world shall be led, 1 And Its heart bo comforted." x Tottery liurned. .: Tlrn rnvr'fl TnHerv. in Wesf. TTfl5finnnnl?a. was destroyed by fire Saturday night, causing a"- loss of 0,000 or $25,000, on which tnere was an insurance oi fciu.uuu. 1 Tlie Gould Assignment. New York, March 2. Mr. nenry A. Gould',1 the head of the firm of Henry A. Gould fc Co.. of Boston, which assigned yesterday, is hero. The following statement of facts is made by Mr. Gould: "Our house has been in business since tho sixties. We weto burned out by the fire in Boston inlSTd: The firm, however, continued to prosper until about 1SS0, when the firm of iVogcl'& Co., in China, failed and caused us very .largo losses on short shipments ami over-drafts. Our houso met the over-drafts upon our foreign bankers. Meanwhile, wo had increased our business bv opening branch houses in New York and Philadelphia, and later in Para, Brazil and London. Our houso at Para ought to havo been a' source of profit, but rivalry between two large New York concerns, carried to a bitter degree, coupled with improper action in purchasing goods without orders, and tho wrongful appropriation of money by some ;pf our former agents, led to very heavy, loses. As our general business had been good, wo covered up these losses to givo tho parties a phancc to redeem their characters and mako up the loss. In 1883 we met with a very severe loss in the failure of tho National Rubber Company of Bristol. This loss was between fcGO.uoq and $70,000. This was followed by tho failure of tho L. B. Smith Rubber Company, which involved us in a still further : oss of $40,000 to 50,000. About the same ime, by tho failure of Brown & Co.. of Providence, we lost $10,000 to $15,000, and $6,000 to 3,000 by the failure of tho Universal Rubber Company. At the timo of theso troubles we went to our friends, who are now our largest creditors, and told them as much about our situation as we thought "W? prudent yithout disheartening them, .td they gaveis to understand that they would back us in our attempts to get our merchandise into friendly hands and place our loans at low rates of interest until the goods were sold and our credit had been reestablished. We differed with our friends as to the advisability of making this assignment, feeling that the valuo of tho stock would be largely depreciated and our tcredit ruined thereby, and we suggested tho 'following plan: That our debt to Mr. Whiti'ney bo canceled, thus stopping principal and interest; that our debt to Air. Earn sworth bo funded without interest, and instead of paying $50,000 to $75,000 in interest, that thero oe paid to him about tho principal of his debt, meanwhile reducing it by the sale of goods; and we aro confident that within three years we could have paid every dollar of our debt and meanwhile so strengthened our credit as to havo got along .without outside assistance. Tho statement that we owe about a million dollars is correct, but there is a largo amount of assets. Wo owe Brown Brothers Co. and the London and Brazilian Bank both being amply secured, either by guarantee or by merchandise. Wo also owe Messrs-. James Moore & Co. and the Massachusetts Loan and Trust Company, who " aro also amply secured by guarantees or by Srou'ds .at low values and amnio margins. 1 .We- also owe a number of banks in Boston j aud eastern jn ew England, ail or wmcn navo cither guarantees or merchandise. We owo very little to the regular trade a few thou sand dollars, perhaps. Our assignment Lwas .broadly drawn, so as to protect the iV.ery.iew or our general creuitors." oir I'' tV rrench Patriotic League. : . Paris, March 2. Tho government has" instructed the prefects of the various departments ;to prevent, forcibly if necessary, meeting ox committees of the Patriotic League. .Th Chamber of Deputies, to-day, at the request of M. Tirard, the Prime Minister, allowed M. La guerre to interpellate tho government in regard to the prosecution of the Patriotic League. The Chamber decided to commence the debate on tho interpellation immediately. M. Laguerre asked the government to exElaiu its prosecution of tho Patriotic icaguc, and why he had not been included with those who were prosecuted. . M. Tirard justified tho measure. The f;overnment, he said, would not falter beoro tho intrigues and threats of tho enemies of tho republic. M. Tirard's remarks were greeted with applause 31. Thovenot, Minister of Justice, contended that tho arrest of tho leaders of tho league was legal. He stigmatized the league as a hypocritical association whoso object it wa to raise ono man to power. When justice required tho prosecution of M. Laguerr ?, ho would bo prosecuted. 31. Lagneire, amid an uproar, moved an order of the day condemning tho prosecution of the league. The motion was rejected, aud tho Chamber, by a vote of 348 to 220, approved an order expressing confl uence in tne energy oi tne government. .Vienna, 3Iarch 2. Tho newspapers of this city unanimously express approval of the suppression of tho Patriotic Leagno by tho Irench government. They consider that tho struggle between tho republic and Boulangism has entered upon a decesivo phase. The papers declare that the Tirard Cabinet deserves tho gratitude of Europo for guarding peace against disturbance by tho leagues. Escape of Murderer Grubb. Special to tlie IndlanapoliA Journal. Vincknnes, lnd., 31 arch 2. As soon as it became known that Svlvester Grubb, who murdered 3liss Gertie Downey, Sept. 12, had escaped to-night, from the lail, thero was great excitement and a crowd rushed to tho jail, lie had been furnished with a bit and brace by some ineaus, and taking advantage of the liberty he possessed of having access to the upper corridors, ho bored out a block in the ceiling and then through tho iron roof. By means of blankets tied together he easily reached the ground and got away. This occurred about U o'clock to-night. On the discovery of his escape an hour later, search was at once instituted for him, but to no purpose. Astrange colored man named John Scott, incarcerated for petit larceny , also escaped. Grubbs was under sentence of death, to be executed April 19, for shooting in cold blood1, in the presence of thousands, his sweetheart, on the Princeton fair gronnds. His trial began, in this r,it3 Oct. 12, and a week later the jury returned, a verdict of death. German Attitude in the Samoan. Matter. Copyright, ls9, by tho v York Associated Pre. Uculix, Murch 2. The recall from Samoa of Herr Knappe, the German consul, lim been

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promptly followed by th dispatch of Herr bteubel, formerly oontul-p eneral at Copenhajrrn, to replace aim. HerrSteubel, after an interflow with Bismarck, left for Hamburg, under instructions to reach Samoa by the quickest route. 6 teubel's mission is a special one. His position in the consular eervice entitles him to abetter poet than Samoa, but if his presence there U followed by harmoMzed relations with America he will obtain hlfher rank. It is expected, in official circles, that compute concord will bo established as soon as President Harrison's Cabinet pets in thorough touch with tha incidents oausinp the dispute. TheBorsen Courier, adversely criticising the increase in the German squadron in Eaiuoan waters, aeserta that the order for tho dispatch of tho war ships was not Riven through Bismarck, but to the admirallty by superior authority. The cologne Gazette lays the blame for the misunderstanding on Secretary Bayard. It soya It Is hopeful that his successor will accept tho friendly approaches of Germany in tho cordial spirit in which they are tendered. The whole line of the Feml-omclal press, when any reference Is made to the affair, is marked by an advanced regard for American feeling. Curbing Court Preacher Stcecker. Copyright, 1889, by the New York Associated Press. Berlin, March 2. Dr. Von Stcecker remains Ilofprodiger, under a pledge, it Is fald, to abandon nis Judenhetzc Ills speech, dnrintf Thursday's debate In the Landtag on Dr. Wlndthorst's motion regarding religious teaching in primary schools, was applauded by the members of all tho frovernxnent groups. His main contention was that surveillance over the schools was al ready largely vested with the clergy, who co-operate in supervision without Infringing upon tbo control of the 6tate. lie ridiculed the idea that a layman could not be intrusted, with religious teachings, and denounced Dr. Wlndthorst's proposals as a negation of tho principles of healthy education and hostile to religious peace. The speech is assisting in his restoration to favor. In some quarters the Center party was disappointed over the reception of the proposals, which it was hoped would secure Progressist support, on the ground that they tender to a separation of the church and state. II err VIrchow practically spoke to this effect, declaring that religious teaching ought to be the exclusive function of tho clergy, but he rejected the clerical scheme as placing the schools under tho exclusive influence of the church. - Chairmanship of the Interstate Association. New York, March 2. Tho committee appointed by the new Interstate Association, known as the Presidents Association, to tender the posltieu of chairman of the association to CoL A. F. Walker, were in conference during the whole of this afternoon at the Windsor Hotel. Besides Colonel Walker, three members of the committee werepresent President Hughltt, of tho Chicago fc Northwestern railroad; Gen. John McNulta, of Bloomington. 111., receiver of the Wabash railroad, and Mr. C Mullin, vice-president of the Chicago & Alton railroad. The fourth member of the committee, Mr. Koswell Miller, President of tho Chicago, Milwaukee & fct. Paul railroad, was prevented being present by Important business. At 6:30 it was announced that after the subject was discussed In all Its bearings with Colonel Walker, that gentleman said he would take a week or ten days to consider the offer, and would let the committee know his decision at the end of that time. Tho new association includes twenty railroads west, northwest and southwest of Chicago. Atchlnoff Incurs tlie Czar's Wrathu Copyright, 1889, by the New York Associated Press. Berlin, March 2. AtchinofTg filibustering fiasco has helped to quicken tho government's perception of the danger involved in such expeditions. The Peters expedition has therefore been forbidden. The expedition may start, but not from any point in the Germany territory. Advices from bt Petersburg report that tho Czar is incensedagalnst Atchinoif, and has ordering his trial Immediately upou his arrival at Odessa. The Russian corvette Zabaraka awaita Atchinoff at Suez. Tho Czar's anger extends to General Ignatieff, through whom tho Slavonlo society supplied funds to Atchlnoff. General Ignatieff a?ked an interview with the Czar, in order to explain the objects of the expedition, but tho Czar refused to receive him, and he was advised that he might have to answer charges involving a trial. General Balanoff, Governor of Novgorod, another noted Slav, is also Involved, and Is threatened with suspension from office. Collision on the Baltimore St Ohio. PrnrsRCRO, March 2. A collision on the B. A O., last night.at Moundville, near Wheeling, was ono of the most disastrous wrecks that has occurred In months. The loss to the company will reach $50,000, and may exceed that 6um. Passenger train No. 4, east-bound from Wheeling, fortunately carried but four passengers, ele the los of life must have been heavy. " The three coaches were splintered and telescoped, but the occupants escaped serious injury. Tho freight with which the passenger train collided suffered moro severely. Twelve cars wcro totally wrecked. The engineers and firemen saved their lives by Jumping. Both engines aro almost a total loss. Pope Ieos Hirthday. Bome, March 2. To-day was the seventy-ninth anniversary of the birth of the Pope, lie received a number of cardinals who tendered their conirratulations. The Pope, replying to tho cardinals, said it was impossible for him, in the present position of the papacy, to perform his duties as the head of the church in au independent manner. Ho complained of the delay in the granting the royal exequaturs to tho Italian bishops, and said his appointments were subject to scrutiny. lie referred to the oppressions of the new penal code and the suppression of tho funds of tho fraternities. His Holiness waa In fplendid health, and spoke vigorously. Bank Closes Its Boors. Des Moikes, la., March 2. Tho paper of the Merchants National Bank, of this city, vim thrown out of the clearing-house yesterday, and such a rush of depositors resulted that all its available funds were used up, and it waa compelled to clusc its doors to-day. The causo for the refusal at tho clearing-house waa the announcement by Bank-examiner Sloan that the Merchants' was $1 5,000 behind its deposits. President and Cashier Ransom, of the Merchants', says that tbe cause of the bank's shortage is found in the fact that it has been paying out funds right along whilo It was making no collections. Prizes for Proficiency In Drill. Oalvestox, Tex., March 2. The committee to fix tho prizes for the national drill and encampment to be given here during the centennial exhibition, from Jime-t to June 15, has set aMdo $15,000 In prizes. The prizes for tho interstate infantry drill, open to all volunteer companies In tho United Btates, aggregate $4,500; the first

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It assert that wages are lnsuflicient to pa v for daily bread, and that a majority of the workmen would be con,tent with 5 marks 10 pfennigs per day of nino hours. Tbe police do not permit mass-meetings of workmen, but every night small meetings are Jield throughout Berlin, at which viewc on tho labor question are excitedly exchanged. The North German Gazette savs the government will not Interfere in the struggle between labor and capital so long as the Pocialista do not attempt to assume the direction of the labor movement NEGROES NOT GOOD RISKS. Why Idfe-In sura nee Companies Io Not Want to Issue Tollcies to Them. Philadelphia Record. But few negroes carry policies of iusuranco upon their lives. The reasons are various and interesting. It has been amply proved that tlie American negro is not so long-lived as the average white man. In the first place, not one in a hundred lias absolutely pure blood. There is apt to bo some foreign infusion that may bo generations old. Then mulattoea aro particularly liable to consumption or lung trouble. Tho admixture of African and Caucasian blood produces an inferior race, and only tho ulack-skinned negroes are equally nardy with white men. Besides, the negro has not yet become thoroughly acclimated Jo the North. When to these facts are added tho negro's general 6hiftlessness, there seems ample cause for a discrimination in the Anglo-Saxon's favor. The industrial insurance companies do not attempt to conduct a detailod examination of applicants. The regular-line companies, however, lay great stress upon this rare nt a' ana crauur; ous matters of family history, of which the average negro is totally ignorant," said au agent. if he is unable to state, for instance, whether thero has been consumption in the family, or what was tho disease that terminated his father's life, of course, wo cannot accept him. Kather than assume so dangerous a risk we reject him entirely." A negro owes to his hue decided disadvantage when he comes to insure his life. He pays down his weekly installment just like his Caucasian brother, but wlieu ho is dead and gone and his heirs step up to reap the benefit of his foresight, they reccivo only two-thirds of tho amount that would accrue to a white man's relatives. In other words, there is a larger percentage charged on colored risks than on white ones, and a negro who wants a 81,000 policy must pay for it a third more than if he were a white man. On the same principle, a negro child, between two and twelve years of age will only bo taken at 5 cents a week, whilo a white child is taken at 10. This is one of the laws of industrial insurance that strikes a novico as a curiosity. In the regular life insurance companies no such rate exists, as there is no need for it. Tho number of colored people who take out a pojicv in ono of these companies is infinitcsimally small. Tho few who are provident and wealthy enough to patronizo them are of tho better class, and aro generally good risks. Otherwise they are not taken at alL Iho medical examiner of a prominent insurance company said, yesterday, that in his six years' service in that capacity he had not examined more than half a dozen colored applicants, and of these three had been rejected. Other companies show a similar paucity of negro policy-holders. The discrimination in favor of .laphct's rrogeny and against tho descendants of lam is due to no sentiment or race prejudice. It is pureb' a matter of business. Something less than ten years ago a Massachusetts insurance company discovered that tho mortality among its colored policy, holders was about twice as gTeat as uinoujj the whites. Moreover, tho shiftless, improvident character of the people rendered la psot numerous, and tho company found that tho insurance of blacks on equal terms with vVhitts entailed heavy losses. - A Bare Sggeitlon. Chicago Times. Stuyvesant Fish, president of the Illinois Central railroad and chairman of the entertainment committee of tho great centennial ball to bo held at the Metropolitan Opera-house, New York, announces that ladies who wish to dance in the opening quadrille, must wear lace aud diamonds only. We hope tho opera-house will bo properly heated, that the ladies will keep out of draughts, and wrap up well both oa their way to and from the scene of festiv ity. 4H' - How About Ex-Governor Gray? Chicago Times. If Washington Territory were Democratic as formerly, when it sent young Voorheca as Delegate to Congress, the Tull Sycamore of the Wabash might have his sou among his associates in the Senate. But the Democracy lias fallen upon evil days. That tired fooling and loss of appetMi aro entirely overcome by Hood's Sarsapa rilia, tne peculiar zncoicine. -j

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