Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 April 1889 — Page 2

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, MONDAY, APRIL 1, 1889.

Ing, oniy it brings more of the muscles into activity. The motion was repeated with tho left leg. Then both legs and arms were also kneaded. Alter this Mr. Blaine was asked to sit astride a kind of stationary bobby-horso and put his feet in the two leather straps. His body, entirely passive, was then worked around in a circle, first ono war and then another, to exercise the muscles of the waist. A few feet distant is an upright post, with little strips of wood crossing it at right angles. Grasping one of these and reclining his body forward at an angle of rbout 45 degrees, the Secretary of State alowed himself to be beaten all oyer the back. This strengthened his nervous system and promoted his digestion. Ono of the most peculiar machines in the room ii that known as the vibrator. This was used in giving Mr. Blaine his last exercise of the day. He then put on his coat and vest, and taking his overcoat and beaver from the rack again descended the elevator, feeling to much improved that he joked with the elevator boy." APPOINTMENTS TO OFFICE.

A SenatorExpIalns the Procedure in Beach ing Conclusion. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, March SI. A politician who complained that it was unfair to not permit the indorsers of an applicant to know till it was too late who would be appointed to a position, was told that ninetenths of the nominations sent to the Senate nowadays were not finally agreed upon more than an hour or two before they were made out by the executive secfetary. "The procedure for reaching conclusions as to appointments," says a Senator who has been very active in securing appointments during the past four weeks, "seems to be about this: The applications are all filed with the heads of the departments and by them preliminarily examined. After the Secretary makes up his mind who of the applicants for a place comes within the bounds of merit, he certifies them up to the President, and with the certification 6ends the papers filed. The President looks over the indorsements and then takes up the recommendations of the head of the department. It frequently happens that me rresident does not think; it wise to appoint the man selected by the Cabinet officer, in which event tho latter is called to the White House, and the merits of the case are cone over. It is. in line, the same procedure that is followed by the Civileervice Commission. But you can readily discover why the Cabinet officer cannot. from his office, say who will be appointed, or wnen. as soon as the I'resident agrees with the Cabinet officer that a man shall be aDOointed. his name is sent to tho Senate. and this is usually but an hour or two before the nomination is sent us. We may complain of it, but we have the same prin ciple in operation. We have a rule which requires that two executive sessions of the Senate must be held after a nomination is confirmed before it is announced nubliclv. This is done to give opportunity to move a reconsideration. The President's rule gives him all the opportunities possible to discover objections to an applicant before he Z 1 X.J a il 11 a! 11 is uomuiaiea,anawiinoui; aeiaying action. DESERTED HIS POST. A Naval Officer leaves Ills Ship and Comes to Washington Without Orders. Washington, March 31. The case of Lieutenant-commander George M. Book, of the navy, is exciting considerable talk in naval circles. A few months ago he was ordered to the command of the Pinta, then at Sitka, Alaska, where he duly arrived and relieved Lieutenant-commander John S. Newell. Nothing more was heard from him until his sudden appearance at the Navy Department last week. He was not ordered to report here, and his sudden appearance was, thereforo, somewhat surprising to the Navy Department officials. It is stated that he gives no explanation of his presence here at this time, save that he thought he would run over and see how things were getting along at the Navy Department. Captain Hopkins, com manding tne navai station at rensacoia, Fla., left his station during the yellow fever epidemic, and although his action in the matter was justified by circumstances which most men would have availed themselves of. the Navy Department took a dif ferent view of the matter. He abandoned his Dost without orders from the government. and, admitting that the case was one of the sheerest necessity, the stringent regulations of the service could not cover it. He was tried by court-martial ana dismissed the service. The case of Liutenantcommander Book is somewhat similar, and the outcome is anxiously looked for by na val officers and others interested in the service. GETTING AT HARRISON. IIow the President Receives His Visitors, and Ills Friendly Way of Treating Them. Washington Special to Philadelphia Telegraph. The man who wants to get a special interview with President Harrison in his private office must have staying qualities. It is not difficult to get an audience, but you must wait your turn, and there is no telling with "certainty when that turn will come. As far as Harrison himself is concerned, there is no red tape about getting at him within the proper hours, but he can see only so many in a given time, and each in the order of his coming. Senators, and Representatives, and Cabinet ministers may walk into his private office unannounced, but when theyget there they must each take his proper turn to have his say. All other callers must send in their cards. They are received after the hour for Congress has expired. Harrison's manner of receiving visitors in his private office is quite his own. His room is just oft' the large room where the Cabinet sittinesare held, communicating with it by a small door in one corner, and through it with the nfflrA of Private Secretary HalfortL Through the Cabinet-room all callers must pass to get to the President, unless they are bo distinguished as xo do admitted tnrougn the library. It is seldom that President Harrison receives one man alone in his office. Generally as many as twenty or Mrtv are standing around him waitincra chance at his ear while he is talking to one. There IS not uiutu tuauco iur general conversation and discussion of health or weather. They must get right flown to business, and be quick about it. Yet Hamson has a way of making a man feel as if he has been especially well treated, and had not been hurried at alL This display of tact is appreciated the more because it was unXZiK L.ike eome others, who don't deserve it, Harrison has got the reputation of being cold and unapproachable. His conduct belies this reputation. He has a wav of quickly getting out of a man what the man wauia i wmc. 10 v. um Annreciation. lie stands usuallv iust in front of his desk, which is between the two windows. He shakes hands witn me v? - A " 16 ,s,.a mm he knows well of, either personally hand for a moment, giving the impression of one in a mood to be receptive nf confidences, such as office-seekers nave to make. He is always ready, if the caller makes a move that way to retire to the recess of a window or elsewhere out of the iarshotof the others in the room. Other--V -till and listens courteouslr. lU has a way of taking hold of a man's nat-nleeve Wlino ;v uiw, uuu ??ri--Tv,- will rest the other hand on the speaker's shoulder in a way to give an impression 01 r-VT-r vry J xvhat is being Haid. Garfield had a way. i1?. -inir the matter of offices, of throwing one arm around the shoulder of the man Senator or member, as it might h with whom he was talking. Harrison Shan't so quite this far. but when he is frVlmr to impress a statesman with the fact Ihlt he is anxious to do the very m best he can but mQSt not oe expeciea 10 uo moi CrV.w him by the hand and places 01 J?i5k"rihoulder. There isnothingu dignified or effusive about this action. It SVinressive merely of sympathy and courteous earnestness. Comptroller of the Currency. fnaltothlnUnfPI1Jo"Lw. Waathngton-, aiarcn ci. it iooks very it Mr. ParnonB. of Cleveland. would not be appointed Comptroller of the His nomination has been exiCYCxyday, and senator Sherman hs

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MV V aU W C W VW V arV W mm. m '--' ' jected him and is looking for a new man. General Notes. Special to tho Indian iolls Journal. Washington, March SI. General Browne has recommended the appointment of fourth-class postmasters in his district as follows: Agnes Kingsley, at Bentley, Rush county; Goodlope Wright, at Good View, Randolph county; Aloys Gyer, at Arlington, Bush county; Joseph George, at Orange, Fayette county. Miss My la Charles, only daughter of Mrs. Emily Thornton Charles, is dangerously ill at her home here. She is a handsome and accomplished young lady, well and popu larly known throughout Indiana. To-day's Capital says: The marriage of Miss Hennie 'Gradwhal, of this city, and Mr. M. Epstein, of Frankfort, Ind., took place on Wednesday evening. The bride wore a handsome Drown ciotn traveling dress. After the ceremony a reception followed, and the bride and groom then left for their future home in the West." Mrs. Harrison has so far recovered from her illness as to be able to nit up. Mrs. Harrison and Mrs. McKee will, with the latter children, go to the seashore within a short time, ihey want to select some quiet place where they can have complete rest. Mrs. John W. Foster will entertain about thirty guests at a topic party on Wednes day evening next. The gathering is in honor of Airs. .Fosters guest, Miss Urr, or Evansville. Col. Michael Sheridan, assistant adiu-tant-eeneral. now on duty at the War DeSartment, will shortly be relieved and orered to Chicago. Ho has been quite busily engaged lor some time in settling up iuo estate of his brother, tho late General Sheridan, and now that the business is in good shape, he will leave at an early date to enter upon his new duties. I he friends of Ueneral Whipple, ot tne army, at present on duty at Governor's island. New York harbor, as adjutant-general of the Division of the Atlantic, will shortly present his name to President Harrison for the position of Adiutant-general of the army, to be vacated by tho retirement of General Drum next month. AUSTRALIA'S NEEDS. A Promising: Field for American Ingenuity, Energy and CapitalA Rich Gold Mine. CmcAGO, March SO. "We don't like to begin finding fault with America so soon," said one of a trio of dignified and influen tial appearing men in the parlors at the Palmer House yesterday, "but are all foreigners treated as we are? I am quite suro that if a narty of Americans should come to Australia on a mission similar to ours, the steamer would hardly touch the pier, but what we would be ready for them with open arms. Why is itt Are you too busy? We want to see America and know its peo ple, but we don't know how. It seems that some of them even look upon us with sus picion." lhe gentleman speaking was lion. Wrm. Clark, ex' Minister of Justice for the colony of Now South Wales, and his com panions were John Thomas Annear, mem ber of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland, and Mr. A. Forbes, secretary of the Queensland National Bank, the largest monetary institution in the country. They are all leading citizens of South Australia, and the result of their visit to America signifies a great deal to their own countryt for they are here to find, become acquainted with and take home the latest American ideas on many subjects. Tho first of which," says Mr. Annear, "is the American system of irrigation. Our own colony of Queensland has 668.000 square miles of the best land in the world, which has only one drawback. We have nlenty of rainfall, but it is not proportioned properly throughout the year, and we have not learned how to properly conserve the same. That is the tirst tiling we have in mind, and any American or American company, with the pluck. and capital, and ideas, who will come into Queensland and teach us American irrigating and waterstorago can comiiiaud the most liberal land grants. T.wentvtwo years aco we tried the experiment of artesian weils with the greatest success, and wo have now two, whicn from a depth of 1,600 feet, are affording volumes of water. The government is disposed to be very liberal toward foreigners, and two Americans, the Chaffey brothers of Lower California, are in a fair way to become fabulously rich. These brothers obtained large grants of waterless country on condition that they thoroughly irrigate it. They have done so by means of artesian wells and water storage as praciiceu in me wesiern ponion 01 mis country, and the grant has been divided into farm estates of five to ten acres, which are being bought very ranidly. The scheme has been such a success that they are negotia. ting with South Australia and Queensland for similar grants. o know what we need, and while I am, perhaps, divulging a Cabinet secret, I wart to say we are arranging to borrow $5,000,000 in England to carry on our irrigation. Hut there is a great held for American enterprise in all the colonies. Mr. Forbes, who is the financial man of tho party and interested in many of the enterprises of the country, gives this de scription of Mount Morgan gold mine: "It is simply almost beyond belief, and I should not be surprised to hear any adequate ac count of it discredited; but when I say that Mount Morgan is situated two miles from Kock Hamnton and is in the richest bit of irround in the world. I know I am tellinir tne truth, for I know every detail of the mine, its operation, and what it produces. Not only is it the richest, but it is the most novel mine in the world, for it can be more properly called a quarry than a mine. It consists of a large mountain and of solidly auriferous material, and. strange to say, the mountain is located among scores of others which have as yet given no indication of the presence of gold. To-day the output of the miiio averages over 1,000 ounces of pure gold, which is worth about four guineas, or $21 per ounce, so that the daily output is over $21,000. " The gentlemen arrived in the city yesterday, from San Franciscc, after a stop in the irrigating regions of Utah. They are charmed with American railroads, and Mr. Clarke, who is also a heavy railroad contractor, said that there was no comparison between American sleeping and vestibule car service and the English system. "You can be sure," ho says, "it won't be long bofore we have somo of your American cars. The railway management is also a revelation to us." They will be in the city until the middle of the week, visiting, among other things, tho village of Pullman, after which they will continue their trip Fast, making an extensive tour of the couutry. Tried to Kill Ills Family and Illtnielf. Chattanooga, Tenn., March 81. James C. Calhoun, a tinner prominent in business, religious and social circles at Dayton, Tenn.. attempted to kill his family and himself to-day. He procured a hatchet and a bottle of muriatic acid and zinc. Heattacked his wife by grabbing her by the throat and striking her three blows about the head and shoulders with the hatchet. He then struck his invalid daughter, cutting ott' her ear. He started for hislittlo boy, who escaped. Taking a knife he cut his throat and swallowed an ounce and a half of the muriatic acid and zinc. Calhoun and his wife will probably die. The dan ghter will recover. It is supposed that he had suddenly gone insane over financial matters. Must Be Some Other Gould. New York, March 31. At the meeting of the Central Labor Union a communication was read purporting to come from Jay Gould, through Washington Davis, a railroad contractor, stating that Mr. (lould was willing to band over to the unibn $11,000,000 in gold, with interest from 1SC9. If the Central Labor Union would bo willing to adopt a plan for co-operative industry proposed by Mr. Gould. The secretary will wait upon Mr. Davis to-morrow to see what the communication means. , Railroad Strategy. Findlay, O., March SI. After several unsuccessful attempts, the New York, Mahoning &. Western railroad to-day succeeded in crossing the Lake Erie &. Western line. Immediately after the Lake Erie fast train passed, going east, 100 men in hiding rushed to tho crowing and succeeded in getting the track laid before the Lnko Erie peoplo could get a switch engine back to the main track. Tho work was done in a drenching raia

INDIAM AN DILLINOIS NEWS

The Daily Chronicle of Happenings of Various Kinds in the Two States. Death in a Poor-House of a Once Prominent Man Disturbance in a Gas Well Brakeroan Killed Charge Against a Pastor. INDIANA. The Checkered Career of a Once Prominent Man Ended In the Poor-IIouae. Special to tlie Indianapolis Journal. Crawtordsville, March 31. Last Tuesday a man died in the county poor-house of Lawrence county who has had a vtTy checkered career. His name is Lawson B. Hughes. In 1823 he came to Indiana and located in Fountain county. He was elected sheriff and collector of taxes of that county, and afterwards elected a member of the . House, of Representatives. In l&i5 he was appointed register of the land office at Mt Pleasant, Ia., by President Polk, and was a member of the Iowa constitutional convention when that State was admitted to the Union. In 1849 he went to California and soon was worth $50,000, which he afterwards lost in mining speculations. Then he returned to Iowa, where he remained until 18W. In the latter year he removed to Lawrence county, where he has ever since resided.. Ho was eighty-four years old at the time of his death. Friends took up a subscription and gave him a respectable burial. Strange NoUen In a Gas Well. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Hartford City, March 31. A remarkable noise issues from tho rolling-mill gas well. Gas is struck here at about 1,000 feet, yet at 650 feet a noise resembling the blowing of a steamboat comes from the bottom. A. H. Cranuiell, the contractor, and an experienced driller srys it is tho most remarkable experience he ever had in drilling gas wells. Work will be recommenceuat mulnight with great caution. The well and its remarkable and powerful subterranean noises is the point of interest to-day. Brakeman Ground to Pieces. Special to tlie Indianapolis Journal Lafayette, March 31. Almond Higgins, a brakeman on the Cincinnati, Indianapolis, St. Louis &. Chicago railway, was killed four miles west of here this morning. The train broke in two. He stepped off the front section and was ground to pieces by the rear section. He was twenty-three years old, and resided at Shelby ville, where his father, George W. Higsins, is a wellknown grocer. lhe remains were forwarded to his homo on tho night train. Sunday-School Institute. Spcial to the Indianapolis Journal. Wabash, March 31. A Sunday-school institute is being held in this city, conducted by Dr. J. E. Gilbert, general superintendent of the Indiana State Sunday-school Union. Tho meetings began last evening, and aro being largely attended. This evening Dr. Gilbert addressed a large audience at a union service held at tho Presbyterian Church. Close of a Successful Revival. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Wabash. March 31. The great revival held by the Methodists at Gilead has closed. Tho accessions have been numerous. On one day ninety-one persons received the rite of Daptism and a large number were immersed, is early the entire day was taken ai t r np wnn inis service. Minor Notes. The White Caps on trial at Leavenworth are all trying to prove alibis. The snrinir term of DePauw University will open with a larger attendance than usual. Alvin Moore's saw-mill at Flat Rock has been destroyed by lire. Loss, 2,000; no in surance. As a result of a revival at Westfield, nearly two hundred persons have joined thd church within a fow reeks past. Two Evansville children, William Scheller, aged sixteen, and Mary Hochin, aged hi teen have disappeared, and it is thought were married il Kentucky. Major Win. Nelson, of Evansville, a re tired recular army ofliccr, has been ap pointed by Judge bhakleford as clerk of tho United States Court for Indian Territory. Dr. James Ford, of Wabash county, has exhumed the remains of an Indian on his farm who was buried, over eighty years ago. Tho bones wers found in compact clay soil. Mollie Carmin. of Shelbyville. seven times married, has tiled suit for divorce against her sixth husband from whom she was divorced at the last term of court and remarried soon after. The annual meeting of the Shelby County largely attended. Many physicians from Indianapolis, Cincinnati, Louisville and Chicago will be present, and read and discuss papers. Wm. Wheeler, of Delaware, acred ninetvtwo years, had a stroke ot paralysis a few day 8 ago and is not expected to recover. He is very wealthy and was recently mar ried to a young lady, to whom he paid A tm tftSVA . A. A ? 1 - A . A. 5o,uw as an ame-nupuai coniraci. J. H. Burford, of Crawfordsville. has been tendered a position in tho office of Attorney-general at Washington, D. C.,but he has declined the honor. The salary is only $J,000 a year, which would not pay him to give up his law nractice where ho lives. At the timo of his death, Alfred Major, of Shelbyville, was erecting tho finest stone mansion in the State, fashioned after an old English castle. Work is now stopped. and it is probable the building will go un finished. Mr. Majors left an estate valued at J&o00,000, divided between his widow, four cnuuren anu a niece. The remains of a mastodon have been dis covered on the farm of Thomas Keyuard, near wincnesier. ine tusKseacn measure nine and one-half feet in length and twen ty-eight inches in circumference two feet from tho base, and each weighs over three hundred rounds. It is the intention to ex hume the entire skeleton and place it on exhibition in this city. The neonle in the vicinity of French Lick, Orange county, are excited over an outbreak of hydrophobia amone does und stock, and in order to prevent a spread of the malady, tne dogs are being killed by tneaozen. iwenty-nve were siam mono day. Horses, cows and hogs have been attacked, also a ram. lhe antics of this animal were very peculiar. It finally but ted out its brains. Citizens carry arms for fear or encountering a mad animal of somo kind. A municipal election will be held at Evansville, to-day, at which a Mayor, treasurer, surveyor, water-works truHtee, and six councilmen aro to be elected. Both parties aro making a lively contest. The Kepnblicans now control the citv, having all the general officers except clerk, all three water-works commissioners, two out of three school trustees, and eight out of twelve councilmen. Evansville, being under a special charter, is the only city . 1 A. i il A A in tne estate mat votes in April. ILLINOIS. Pastor Charged with Robbing One of Ills Flock of an Intended llrlde. Special to tlie Indianapolis Journal. Monti cello, March 31. The members of the New Light Church, at Laplace, Piatt county, are greatly incensed at their pas tor, Kev. George W. Draper, of Danville, and have demanded his resignation. Their charges are that Rev. Draper has cheated Charles Samson out of his intended bride. Knowing that Samson was encacred to many Miss Addie Daniels, and had bought her a wedding outht. Draper persuaded the lovety Addie to marry him, and now there is war in Zion. The brethren insist that Kev. Mr. Draper shall resign, and Samson will sue for damages. Brief Mention. Dr. Jonas Ickes, born in 1703, died at Aloninoutn a lew days ago. The wife of Alderman John Shea, of ft? 1 - I . i .- . i r.iiiiiRuain, coiiiuuiici' stiiciueon isaiurdaj. Cause, ill health. Two weeks aeo tho drainage commissioners of Areola received White Cap notices. warning them to cany out tho views of

certain farmers and land-ownere, or their

lives and property would be endangered. On Saturday night a barn belonging to Wm. Skinner, one of the commissioners. was burned by an incendiary, causing a loss Of $2,000. The internal revenue collections of the Peoria district for March were $1,572,563.22; total tax-paid gallons, 1,737,037; total packages for export, 505. Sir. George Fox. of Paxton, 111., will re ceive $207,000 through the death of his sis ter, Mrs. li. F. Marsh, at Cincinnati a few days a tro. She died intestate, leaving a fortune of $800,000. John Rod cers. living near America. Pu laski countv. doubted nis wife's faithful ness, and wlien she entered a denial of the charges he shot her dead with a pistol, lie was captured after a long chase and is now in jail. On Saturday E. W. Wood, superintend ent of construction of the Wabash, Chester & Western road, fell on? a trestle at Steelville, a distance of about ten feet, and, striking upon his head, broke his neck. He was sixty years of age. OBITUARY. Hon. Jacob Sleeper, a Well-Known Boston Philanthropist. Boston', March 31. Hon. Jacob Sleeper, the well-known philanthiopist, died today, aged eighty-seven years. He was born in New Castle, Me., settled in Boston in 1S25, and amassed a large fortuno in the wholesale clothing trade and in real estate transactions. He served in the Leg islature, and held many public offices and positions of trust, including those of vicepresident of the American Bible Society and of Wesleyau Univeisity; oversoer of Harvard College, director of the National Bank of Commerce and of the North American Insurance Company, and trustee of many estates, lie was one of the founders of Boston University, and the Jacob Sleeper Hall, counected with that institution, was largely his gift, lie was also the chief founder of the Wesleyan Missionary Home at Newton, and over 100 churches throughout New England have been helped by him. By his aid the Wesleyan building on Browntield street was erected at a cost of sJ00,00O. l le also gave larcelv to the deserving noor through many Srivate charities. Ho leaves a son. Major . Henry Sleeper, and three daughters, one ui wuom is me wiie ui Xj. r. jjuiiun, a new York publisher, and another the wife of J. W. Harper, head of the house of Harper & Bros. His last illness was indirectly the result of an accident to his foot during his youth which made several surgical opetaxions necessary anu enieeoieu nis By si em. Other Deaths. New York, March 31. John A. Duff, the well-known theatrical manager, died at 7 o'clock this morning at his home. No. 83 West Tenth street. He was attacked with a stroke of paralysis in the box-office of the Standard Theater, of which he was manager, just before the opening of the matinee performance yesterday, falling from a chair, and, to all appearances, lifeless. An ambulance was summoned and he was taken to the Now York Hospital, and thence to his home. An examination by his family physician disclosed that he was suffering from apoplexy and paralysis of the left side. He was speechless. Mr. Duff was born in Ireland sixty-nine years ago, and came to this country at an early age. He leaves a wife, four sons and three daughters, all of whom were at his bedsido when he died. Los Angeles. Cal.. March 31. LieutCol. R. Alexander, until recently med ical director of tho Department of Arizona, died here last night. He was a son of George E. B. Alexander, was born in Ill inois, entered the army iom Kentucky, and reached his high rank by promotion for meritorious services during the war. Boston. March 31. Cyrus Woodman died of apoplexy, yesterday, at the age of sev-enty-hvo years. He was born at Buxton, Me., was a graduate of liowdoin and Harvard, and a noted lawyer. He was at ono time partner of Governor C. C. Washburn, and was a life-long friend of John A. Andrew. New Orleans. La.. March 31. Thomas :Kigby, one of the wealthiest men in this cit3 andfor many years president of tho Vicksburg & Meridian Kail road Company, died to-day, aged ninety years. Jacksonville, Fla., March 31. The wife of.Capt. W. M. Black, United States en gineer, died at bt. Augustine to-day, after a years illness. DAILY WEATHER BULLETIN. Indications. Washington, March 318 P. m. For Indiana and Illinois Light rain, fol lowed in Illinois by fair weather; slightly cooler; northerly winds. For Ohio Slightly cooler; variable winds. For Michigan and Wisconsin Fair, preceded by light rain on the lakes; slightly cooler, followed in Wisconsin by warmer; variable winds. Local Weather Report. Indianapolis, March 31.

Time, Bar. Titer. J:. 11. Wind. Weather. 2Vr. 7 a.m. 29.81 60 58 S'west Cloudy. 0.01 7 P.M. 29.79 48 89 Nwest Lt. rain. 0.85

Maximum thermometer, 69; minimum thermometer, 44. Following is a comparative statement of the condition of temperature and precipitation on March 31, 1889: Tern. Predp. Normal 47 0.13 Mean 56 Departure from normal 9 Excess or deficiency since March 1. 137 Excess or deficiency since Jan. 1... 127 Plus. 0.86 0.73 1.70 General Observations. Indianapolis, March 317 p. m.

fcj TherniomcCt J 2 S fc- 2. Weather. s 29.M! 38 .... 40 .1 6 Fojrgy. 29.82 32 .... 32 .72 Rain. 29.88 44 .... 48 .02 Cloudy. 29 76 60 .... 70 .01 Rain. 29.84 66 .... 66 .01 Cloudy. 30.08 66 .... 70 .... Cloudless. 30.04 66 .... 74 .... Cloudy. 30.12 68 .... 76 .... Cloudless. 30.04 64 70 .... Cloudless. 30.02 68 .... 78 .... Cloudy. 29.88 72 .... 76 .... Cloudy. 29.98 70 78 .... Pt. Cloudy. 29.8C 64 .... CC L58 Kaln. 29.U3 66 .... 72 .... Cloudy. 29.88 70 .... 74 T Cloudy. 29.98 64 .... 68 1.18 Rain. 29.98 66 .... 74 .lojRain. 29.80 66 .... 72 .C6 Rain. 29.80 48 .... 70 .84 Rain. 29.82 68 76 .04 Rain. 29.80 34 .... 62 .C9 Rain. 34 .... 42 .60Raln. 30.02 SO 34 .02,8now. 29.06 32 .... 38 T Snow. 29.92 36 34 38 .23 Rain. 29.86 5C 56 68 .n'Cloudy. 29.92 38 38 62 .68.Cioudy. 29.96 34 .... 36 T Cloudless. 30.00 32 .... 38 .... Pt. Cloudy. 29.96 42 46 .... Pt. Cloudy. i 29.88 46 .... 52 .... Cloudless. l 29.80 4 2 ... 42 .... Cloudy. 29.98 40 34 42 Cloudy. 29.96 42 ?4 46 .... Cloudy. 29.96 60 SO 66 .... Cloudless. 29.94 44 4 62 .34 Cloudy. 23.90 54 4C CO .... Cloudless. ' 29.W 64 W 70 .... Cloudless. 30.04 64 46 62 .... Cloudless. 23.ir 66 36 60 .... Cloudless. 29.9G 64 30 60 .... Cloudy. 29.92 64 36 66 .... Cloudr. 29.92 64 32 62 .... Cloudless. 29.84 64 .... 60 .... Cloudy. 29.74 54 .... 60 T Cloudy. 29.64 66 .... 58 .... Cloudy. '30.04 28 .... 36 .... Cloudless. 29.58 64 68 .... Cloudy. 29.70 68 .... 64 .... Cloudy. 29.92 66 .... 60 .... Cloudy. 30.10 66 40 68 .... Cloudy. 29.98 54 26 66 .... Cloudy. "29.90 52 24 54 .... Cloudy. 29.08 66 22 62 .... Pt. Cloudy. 30.00 58 30 62 .... Pt.CloudjT. 30.06 54 38 56 ... . Pt.Cloudy. 30.08j 60 30 52 T Clondless. 30.18 co 36 60 .... it. cloudy.

Station New York city. I'hil'delphla.Pa nttsbnrg, ra.. Wash'ton.D.C. Charleston, S.C. Atlanta, Oa Jack8'uv'le,Fla l'ensacola, Fla. M'ntc'm'rv. Ala Vicksburg, Miss N.Orleans. La Little Rock.Ark Galve8ton,Tex, B'nAntonio.Tex Memphis, Tenn ashYllle,TenL Louisville, Ky.. Indian'p'lis,In( Cincinnati, O... Cleveland, O... Toledo, O Cnicago.lll Cairo, ill Springfield, 111 Milwaukee, Wi Duluth. Minn. t. Paul, Minn.. Iavenport, Ia. Dubuque, la.. Des Moines. Ia. 8U Louis, Mo. ssxa?j ia vy f . Omaha, iseb.. N. Platte, Neb. Valentine, Neb. Yankton, D. T. Ft. Sully. I. T. Bismarck. D.T. FLBuford.D.T. Helena. M.T... Boise City, I. T. Denver, Col.... Pueblo, Col.... Santa Fe. X. M T Trace of precipitation. Suicide with Laudanum. St. Louis, March 31. Asa Kellogcr, commercial agent for the "Sunset Route"." with headquarters at Cincinnati, vran found dead in his room at the Southern Hotel today. A bottlo markedlaudanuin explained the cause of death In the room was found a note, unsi trued, in whirh tli writer aiil "The world is a losing game, and I've had . L ..f 14 a AT 1 . m ... ta enoiiuoi ii. a iwu i as wen on ueau as alive." Kellocrir was Inst mn nliv nf o'clock this morn in p. when he went to his room, lucumau xxicnus nave ueea teio gTOJiiied.

TELEGRAPniC BREVITIES. John Cockerell, of Parkershurff, W. Va., a machinist, cut his throat with a razpr Saturday afternoon, and then jumped in the river, with suicidal iutent He was h'shed out and may recover. Moritz Kleister, alias Kerstein, a New York city tailor, was arrested at Montreal, on Saturday, by detective Campan, on a charge of arson. It is charged that two Sears ago Le burned his house in New York, o was bailed. George Kennan, the well-known traveler, whose articles in the Century on the Siberian exile system have given him worldwide fame, is about to deliver a series of lectures on Siberia, beginning at Rochester, N. Y., Monday night, and extending the tour to the leading cities of the country. D. R. Neilson, aged nineteen, engaged as book-keeper for a Memphis, Tenn., commission tirm. committed suicide yesterday by shooting himself with a shotgnn. His father, C. P. Neilson. resides at Woodville, Miss., and is the attorney for the Louisville, New Orleans &, Texas railroad. Excessive cigarette smoking is given as the cause which prompted the act. At Burk8ville, Ky on Thursday, Matt Baker was shot and mortally wounded by his uncle, Dr. Sandige, and his cousin, Sandige'sso i. The town is under local prohibition law. Sandicre kepnn a drae store.

When he refused to sell Baker whisky. Baker followed him to his house and became very abusive. After ordering Baker away several times. Dr. Sandiere tired upon him, and his son followed with further shots. At last renort8 it was considered impossible for Baker to recover. Gu8 Peterson, a bor about sixteen years of ace, was probably fatally shot yesterday, at Minneappolis, by Wilpe Woods, aged fifteen. Woods and a playmate found an old musket in a pile of rubbish, and "did not know it was loaded." Woods had some caps and tbev set about to frighten Peterson. As Peterson entered the out house where the boys were playing. Woods snapped the cap, the gun was loaded with buckshot, and the right ear and right cheek of Peterson were almost entirely shot away. Losses hy Fire. Philadelphia, March 31. Early this morning, hre broke out in the clothinghouse of Bloommcdale & Co.. No. 332 Mar ket street. The names snread to S. Miller & Co.'s shirt manufactory. No. S34 Market street, ana. also, slightly damagea tne oox factory of Bates & Co., No. 3 North Fourth street. Total loss, $12,000, fully covered by insurance. John Garetty, a fireman, fell from the roof of Bates & Co.'s building, and was probably fatally injured. New York. March 31. The building 611 and 613 West Thirty-sixth street, occupied by a number of manufacturers, was burned arly this morning. The losses are: Mrs. F. Radel, building and piano stock, $30,000; D. Mcintosh, cabinet trimmings, $6,000; Hagan & Rajfer, piano keys, $15,000; Roth & Engc in a rdt, piano actions, $10,000. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Mattoon. 111., March 31. A fire, which is believed to have been the work of an incendiary, was discovered about 4 olock this morning in Mrs. Kingman's barn. The building and contents, with two horses, carriage and other articles to tho valuo of $1,500 were consumed. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Delphi, Ind.. March 31. The large flour-ing-mill owned by Studebaker & Lienrentz, situated in the eastern part of this county, burned j-esterday morning. Loss, $0,000, with small insurance. Opposition to Competition New York, March 31. The New York Nationalist Club was organized to-night. Jonathan Sturgis was elected chairman and W. C. Semple secretary. A declaration of principles similar to those of the parent society in Boston was unanimously adopted. They begin thus: The principle of the brotherhood of humanity Is one of the several truth swhich govern the wor.d's progress on lines which distinguish human nature from brute nature. The prirciple of competition is simply the application of the brutal law, the survival of the strongest and most cunning. Therefore, so long as competition continues to be the ruling factor In our industrial system, the highest development of the individual cannot be reached, the loftiest acts of humanity cannot be realized. The object of the club will be the nationalization of industry, and thereby the promotion of the brotherhood of humanity. Robert Collyer on John Bright. New York, March 31. Rev. Robert Coll yer to-day delivered a eulogy on John Bright. His life, he said, was devoted wholly to the elevation of mankind. Ho fought in the early years to improve the condition of the loom-weavers, and afterward against the demon drink. Then, with old John Cobden. and after years of fiehting, he obtained a repeal of the obnoxious corn laws. His was a noble, and faithful. and gentle heart an Englishman to tho center. He could not be an insular English man, who cares only lor England, and be lieves only in that for which he cares. It was a great and generous heart, and wide, which is now laid low in the dust. Lottery Ticket-Holders Swindled. Helena, M. T., March 31. The drawing in the Aborn House lottery, which had been advertised all over the country to take place yesterday, did not come off, owing to the sudden departure from Helena of Dr. E. S. Aborn. manager of the scheme, on Thursday last, which was not discovered until yesterday, when tho ticket-holders here attached the office furniture. Every State in tho Union is representea uy ticKet-noiaers, uanaaa, also, having invested several thousand dollars. The deed to the property is still in a bank here, but it is not thought this will be any neip to tne tiCKet-noiaers. Steamship News. London, March 31. The steamer La f!liiTnTtrne. from New York, arrived at Havre to-day. The steamer Servia, from Jsew York tor Liverpool, arrived at tueensxown xo-uay. Knv Ynrnr. March 31. Arriveil? A In air Aurania, from Liverpool; La Bourgogne, lruui xiuvi A WHITE SLAVE. Singular Experience and Misfortunes of a Man Who Married a Is egress. nrti.Atn.rr t Al Snfvial. Fifty miles from this city, in Lowndes county, there lives a white man whose life history reads like a chapter of genuine romance. His name is George Johnson, and he was a slave before the war. From force of circumstances he associated with Tiotrrnoa nnrl mfirrifd ftHftffro wnmnti 11 a was brought to this State by slave traders in his early childhood and sold to an old gentleman named Johnson, who lived on a splendid prairie plantation in Lowndes county and owned several hundred slaves. Johnson rcmbembers little or nothing 1 l.ir, .,l,r In'stnrv linfnrn )n fll the hands of the slave tr.idcrs. He was picked up in Virginia or tho Carolinas, brought to Alabama and sold. If a KAtnmA L "f aVOfl t A With 111 A tTl O Q 4kT nrhn A1C IlTV V-UUiV mw.v - - - m IV was very kind to him. and gave him unusual privileges and advantages. After the war lie mamea a iuu-uiouuru. negro woman, and thev have lived happily together and raised a family of children. Of course. 1 Ymarkn Via a nflVPf lPfH T(o.c trn 1 9 t ground of social equality, because of his unlortunate me anu associations, nut lie is tinivuranltv TRTfrted AS an IlTiriffht mnn till J . f . , I O V AUtlA and a useful citizen. He is sober and industrious, and a man of good average intelligence. He owns a farm now, and has a i r anil tfm fnrtnhln hnmp. Ilia -wrUi. AiVUb U. .1 skin and honest, intelligent face attract much attention among those who are not familiar with his life history. He has adapted himself to the surroundings, and seems penecuy uayyj uu wmcmea. Why He Wanted the Needle. . It passes understanding why mind-reader Bishop should strain his intellect into catalepsy ana cat; ms 10 pu a neeaie which nmnnna hflfl hilldpn in Minnpftnnlia t.t V. nu XA-i v. - v mm- 4114 he can buy a whole paper of needles for a dime. But since Mrs. Bishop has just got a aivorce, iucio i oiiuS m mat asn wanted that needle to consummate a marriage between a suspender button and his p3 ucg paruuii, nunciD.j Easy to Tell the Owner of the Dog. Democrat organs republish with approval and ghoulish glee editorials from thirdnarftr nr(iin nttacking Iteniihlin and measures. ou can tell by tho collar on the aog who owns mo uug. l Kely Mllng Link. Keelv. whoso motor fttill refuses to mote, states that he has found the missing link. All 19 yiUUWUiJ W UVII HiNVwwUilfUw

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WHS Absolutely Pure. Btrenfftn and wnri(imr .. r i v. n the ordinary and cannot b- soM in competition wltn the mulUfade of low.tAtL ihnrt,ir.iht .inm r phohaters sold 0 ln HOYAI BAKQ POWDER CO.. 108 Wall tt N. Y. rilASES OF PKOUIBITIOX. Kate Field Relates Some Amunlng Experi ences of Her Own In Iowa und Kansas Washington Letter ln Cleveland Leader. f.ast evening l listened to a lecture by Miss Kate I leld. who has long been known as one of the brightest and best of her ser as a public talker. Hersubject was not tho prohibition of intemperance, but tho "Intemperance of Prohibition.' She was as sparkling and entertaining as ever, but tho sentiments she expressed will bring down uPon.V,e.rfcmininebead the denunciations i "H1"0118,01 excellent people. She declared herself to be unalterably opposed to prohibition, not only because she believed it to be impracticable, but because she considered it wrong in principle oppressive and tyrannical. She talked for more than one hour and a balf, arguing that tho moderate use of wines and even stronger liquors was xo very many persons necessary and healthful, and that it was authorized by precept and example in holy writ. Sho claimed, and cited manv nrlmittei fnr.ta liv wav of illustration, that prohibitory laws had, without exception, utterlv failed to effect the designed object. She narrated some amusing experiences of her own in Iowa and Kansas, in which uitabo ouu nan. oycut cuusjueraoie urae ami effort in trying to investigate for he -self and hnd out just how the laws worked and what was their result She said that in Iowa all the drug 6tores were tippling places, where liquor could always be procured, the buyer simply signing a certificate as to age, etc.. and to the fact that the liquor was needed "for medicinal purposes only." At one place Miss Field, feeling tho need of a gentle stimulant to enable her to speak in the evening, went to a drug store and. after signing a fictitious name to one of these certificates, was charged seventyfive cents for half a nint of "nure Califor nia brandy," the salesman assuring her .A AV A. . A a . mai li.Tvas oi tne very best and purest quamy. "l returned to my hotel," said Miss Field, and took a dose of one tablesnoonfuL It made me feel as though I had swallowed a tore nn grit procession, it was tho vilest stuff I ever tasted. I broucht tho rest with mo to Washington and had it analyzed by a sKiiiiui cnemist. it aid not contain ono single drop of pure brandy. Its essential principle was fusil oil, and it was a wretched compound of villainous drugs that was cnongn to mil any human being." She said that the nassaeo of laws to nrovent the poisoning and adulteration of liquors would do far more good to mankind than all the prohibitory legislation that was upon the statute books of the country. To illustrate one of tbe thousand wa3rs in which the law is evaded. Miss Field exhibited a 'prohibition broom" which she bought in Kansas. It looked just like an ordinary "whisk broom, and yon would not suppose it was anything else till you examined it or had its peculiarities pointed out. The speaker first unscrewed a cap on the end of tbe handle. The latter proved to be the neck of a half pint flask which was deftly concealed in the body of the broom. Miss r leld proclaimed herself to be a strong advocate of temperance that is the temperate use of liquors by such asdesiro or need them. Her lecture-which she has iust prepared, and is new is too much of an apology for the sale and use of liquor to please a largo body of people who will disagree with her, and if she delivers it generally throughout the country she may expect to bo scored without mercy. LIKE A ROMANCE OF '49. How They Say They Find Gold la South Africa A Kujrget on Each Horn of a I er. Something like the excitement over al leged discoveries of gold in Lower California is attending similar news from tho Transvaal, in South Africa. The diggings there are reported to be enormously rich, and a swarm of prospectors is flocking to , the field. As revealing a hitherto unsuspected vein of imagination and lightsomo humor on the part of tho Boers the current story of the 'discovery of the gold field is interesting. It was hrst published in tho Transvaal Advertiser. A well-known resident of tho republic, it is said, while out hunting one morning, saw a koodoo bull, which he tried to stalk. After he had slightly wounded the animal, and while he was riding after it down a stony declivity, his horse stumbled, he was thrown and his nne was oroicen. At mis the koodoo turned and attacked the man. knocking him down and attempting to kneel on him. By holding the animal' fore lees the man kept the buck upright but the animal's horns had evidently entered the bank for somo distance and its head was held down close upon the man's breast. The animal seemed as anxious as the man to get the horns loose, but was evidently helpless, the horns being held fast in tho ground. Held tnus, unauie io move, man and beast remained ir. tho broiling sun all that day. At nightfall jackals aim wolves came prowling about, and even brushed airainst the man and sprang upon the buck. But the yells of the man ana tno kick of the buck kept them at bay until dawn, -wiipn thw Rinnk awav. Soon after davlicht a rifle shot was heard, and a bullet slightly wounded the man in tho forehead. By waving his handkerchief and shouting he prevented further firing, and the hunter, who had at first seen only the buck, caino up and learned the real situation. Wishing totaketheanimalalive.be hurried off to the nearest farm and uroueni uac men with rones and shovels, who bound the buck and extricated tho man. But when the horns w'ere at last ireea mere was found upon each a mass of metal, which, being removed, proved to be nuggetn of cold, weienmg respectively o uu i oi-j pounds. This led to the discovery ot a rich gold neiu. Any one doubting tho entire accuracy of this story can make further inquiries at tho ofhee of the Transvaal Advertiser. Products of SawdustBoston Adertis?r. . ,.A ... nnnrliot rinnnt be utilized by scienrn for human needs, even so common a thing as the sawdust ot our miu. mat usuauy is int nw.iv nn the water as H veriest waste, having been put under con tribution by the modern mam a noiaoio by a Canadian lumber manufacturer from the sawdust of one of his . mills, about 12,000 tons of tho material m-m uuuuauy thus converted. Of the paper produced, that made entirely from the dust from the saw forms excellent sheeting and is used for building on leaving tho mill, being tarred and dried. But a still better quality of paper is made by combining one-quarter of waste paper with three-fourths sawdust The null in equipped with grinders and all requisite machinery, principally American, is run night and dav to supply the demand, ami a considerable industry is being built up. In Maine quantities of sawdust are being baled and pressed for fuel, while still other articles that the science of tho tinu-B is extracting from dry sawdust are wood alcohol, the pyroligueous acids, tho bases for the aniline dves, and. numerous new compounds used in medicine. If sawdust were, utilized UH it might bo in these direetjou. it would become a very valuable article 0 commerce ami the iiuclens of great imiUv triea, instead of beinK uTvw. in must coiawuuities, a drug on the m irKet: but time i$ coining when it will bo utilized to tho loli.

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