Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 April 1889 — Page 4

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THE DAILY JOURNAL TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 1869. WASHINGTON OFFICE 513 Fourteenth SU I. S. Hzatiu Correspondent. NEW YORK OrnCE-204 Temple Court, Comer Beekman and Nassau Street. terms or subscription. DAILY. One year, without Fonday f 12-00 One year, trUh Snnrtay 14 00 Fix months, without Sunday 8.00 nix months, with Sunday 7.00 Three month, without Sunday 300 Three monthst with 8 tin day 3.60 One month, without Sunday 1.00 One month, with fcunday 1.20 WEEKLT. Per jcar ...flOO Reduced Rates to Cubs. Enbacrlbe with any of our numerous .Agents, or end subscriptions to THE JOURNAL NEWSPAPER COMPANY, INDIANAPOLIS, I5D. THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL Can b found at the following places: LONDON American Exchange in Europe, 449 fctrand. PARIS American Exchange in Paris, 35 Boulerard des Capucine. mew YORK Oilsey House and Windsor Hotel. PHILADELPHIA A. pT Eemble, 3735 Lancaster avenue. CHICAG 0 Palmer House. V CINCINNATI J. P. Hawley A Co., 154 Vine street. VlotjisVILLE-C. T. Peering, northwest corner Third and Jefferson streets. 8T. LOUIS Union News Company. Union Depot and Southern lloteL WASniNQTON, D. C Rlffgs Houae and Efcbltt Hod sc. Telephone Calls. Business Office 238 1 Editorial Booms The Call to Prayer. A hundred years have passed since the government "which our forefathers founded was formally organized. At noon on the 30th day of April, 1789, in the city of New York, and In the presence of an assemblage of the heroic men whose patriotic devotion had led the colonies to victory and Independence, George Washington took the oath of office as chief magistrate of the newhorn Republic. This Impressive act was preceded at 9 o'clock In the morning. In all the churches of the city, by prayer for God's blessing on the government and Its first President The centennial of this illustrious event In our history has been declared a general holiday by act of Congress, to the end that the people of the whole country may Join in commemorative exercises appropriate to the day. In order that the Joy of the occasion may be associated with a deep thankfulness in the minds of the people for all our blessings in the past, and a devout supplication to God for their gracious continuance In the future, the representatives of the religious creeds, both Christian and Hebrew, have memorallzed the government to designate an hour for prayer and thanksgiving on that day. ' Now, therefore, I, Benj amln Harrison, President of the United States of America, in response to this pious and reasonable request, do recommend that on Tuesday, April 30, at the hour of 9 'clock In the morning, the people of the entire . country repair to their respective places of divine worship, to implore the favor of God that the blessings of liberty, prosperity and peace may abide with us as a people, anl that His hand may lead us in the paths of righteousness and good deeds. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States of America to be afflxed. Done in the city of Washington this 4th day of April, In the year of our Lord one thousand eight handred and eighty-nine, and of the independence of the United States the one hundred and thirteenth. , By the President: Benjamin ILvbrisok. James G. Blaine, Secretary of State. Washington II ad No Rival. When I first read in detail the life of Washington, I was profoundly Impressed with the moral elevation and greatness of hla character, and I

. found myself at a loss to name among the statesmen of any age or country, many, or possibly any, who could be his rival. In saying this I mean no disparagement to thd class of politlclans, the men of my own craft and clotu, whom. In my own land, and my own experience, I have found no lees worthy than other men of love and of admiration. I could name among them those who seem to me to come near even to him. But I will shut out the last half century from the comparison. I will then say that If, among all the pedestals supplied by history for publlo characters of extraordinary nobility and purity. I saw one higher than all the rest, and if I were required at a moment's notice to name the fittest occupant for It, I think my choice at any time during the last forty-five years would have lighted, as It would now light, upon Washington. -W. E. Gladstone. Irhowcro suddenly restored to lifo and set down in Now York the immortal G. W.f whoso day is being celebrated, wonld hardly recognize tho town. It has improved in some ways since lie left it. Now that Chicago has annexed all the suburbs within fifty miles, the only way for St. Louis to get even and bo ready for tho census-takers is to attach Kansas City to itself. Prompt action is neces sary. The Indiana fanners are showing themselves so violently opposed to highpriced twine that many dealers-in that articlo will hesitate to offer their wares lest they bo strung up with a twist of their own rope. When tho Hoosier agri culturist makes up his mind that pind is "sot,77 suro enough. Mayor Grant is a man who seems to havo considerable influenco in New York, even with "we centennial people." If tho business was to do over again "wo" would possibly be wiser and not run against so many social and official snags; but wisdom, unfortunately, comes too late, for the next celebration, that of 19S9, will be in other hands. New York has got into a muddlo about holidays. Last year the Legis lature made April SO a legal holiday, and provided that paper maturing on that day 6hou!d be payable on tho 29th. This year it passed a bill making April 29 and May 1 holidays, the intention being to have three consecutive legal holidays. Tho Governor declined to sign tho bill. but has made Wednesday a special thanksgiving holiday by proclamation. and 60 tho matter rests. Practically there will be a lay-off from business for threo days. No railroad wrccksiuvolvingscrious loss of life havo occurred for many months, an exemption which causes the calamity on the Canadian road to bo es pecially horrifying. The usual talk of investigation and punishment of guilty officials will now bo indulged, and much indignation, directed at nobody in particular, will be expressed. Then tho mailer win uio uown ami oo iorgoucn, save by the survivors and friends of tho victims, until a repetition of tho disas ter recalls tho event. It is tho way of this forty-milrs-an-honr age. Br this time itiins perhaps dawned on Mr. Stuyvesant Fish, who is no sort of Improvement on Ward McAllister, that society magnates of high degree and people of revolutionary descent exist

outside of the self-limited New York circle, and may even bo found in New Jersey. New Yorkers indulge in a good

deal of snobbish talk about "the provinces," meaning every place outside tho metropolis, but the provincial narrow ness, petty jealousies and lack of capac ity to understand the magnifudo and character of tho occasion displayed by the managers of the New York celebration would bo hard to match in anyonehorse town, East or West. THE OREAT CELEBRATION. Eulogy of Washington lias become al most stale, yet it is something for a na tion to have for its most illustrious hero a man whom all the world unites in admiring. He was human and may have had some faults, but if so he had them completely under control, and tl;ey do not constitute 60 much as a speck on tho ever-increasing brightness of his fame. Of contemporary statesmen there has been no closer student or more appreciative admirer of the great characters of ancient and modern times than Mr. Gladstone a man whom Americans, as well as Englishmen, regard as ono of the finest types of Anglo-Saxon culture. Mr. Gladstone, in a recent letter, epoko of the statesmen of the American Revolution as "among tho greatest political instructors of the world," and of Washington as "their acknowledged and illustrious head, and to him and them I have long felt . that I owed no trivial part of my own education." In another letter, written a few years ago, after expressing his profound admiration for tho character of our first President, Mr. Gladstone said: "If, among all tho ped estals supplied by history for public characters of extraordinary nobility and purity, I saw one higher than all tho rest, and if I were required at a moment's notice to name the fittest occupant for it, I think my choice, at any time during tho last forty-five years, would havo lighted, and it would now light, on Washington." There are many men still living who were born before Washington died, and who have seen his posthumous fame grow to its present great dimensions. The celebration which opened in New York yesterday is as much a tribute to his personal character as to the growth of the Nation ho founded. It is hardly exaggeration to say that President Wash ington, and not President Harrison, was the overshadowing figure in yesterday's celebration. The living President represented tho Nation of to-day, but the spirit of the dead ono seemed to bd a real controlling presence in the proceedings. Even President Harrison's route to New. York, his reception at the foot of Wall street, and his subsequent move ments were made to conform, as nearly as possible, with those of tho first President. To-day, in front of tho subtreasury building, the site of old Federal Hall, he will stand on the spot where Washington took the oath of of fice, while the bronze figure of the "Father of His Country," resting on the identical stone on which he stood during that ceremony, will still represent the powerful presence of the past. All .this . supplies the material for a great and memorable celebration, and there is every reason to believe New York will prove equal to it. In spite of much personal bickering, the arrangements finally fell into competent hands, and have been made on a scale entirely fitted to the magnitude of tho occasion. Mr. Cleveland declines to be con sidered a political corpse. The editor of a small newspaper down in North Carolina boarded the train on which Mr. Cleveland and party wero returning from Florida and interviewed tho exPresidcnt. He reported tho latter as sayiDg, among other things: "Tell it through your columns that my public life is at an end. My future life will bo devoted entirely to tho practice of law in New York." The able editor says ho then informed Mr. Cleveland that ho was the choice of tho Southern Demo crats for 1892. Whereupon tho ex-Presi dent replied: "I love tho South and her people, yet I shall not accept the nomi nation." It was a fine stroke of genius on tho part of the editor to connect his name in this interesting manner with that of an ex-President and make his weekly paper the medium of informing tho American people of the great man's plans. But his triumph "was shortlived. Some person in Charleston sent Mr. Cleveland the editor's interview and asked him if it was true, whereupon, with all the ponderous gravity of his nature, he replied: Dear Sir I think it is very unfortunate to attempt to run clown the errors and misrepresentations of a newspaper interviow. I return the clipping you sent me pur porting to contain part of an interview Willi me uuriuK iuy icwcut mp m r lonua. You ask mo to eav whether or not it is correct. I shall content myself in this caso with savincr that the report of the interView couiaineu in wio cupping is very in- . . t i j i i : : i accurate anu misleading, i ours iruiy, U ROVER CLEVELAND. New York, April 23. To say that tho report of an interview is inaccurate and misleading is about equivalent to saying that tho interviewer lied. Whatever Mr. Cleveland 6aidto tho North Carolina editor in tho confidence of an informal interview, ho now wishes it to bo distinctly understood that ho docs not regard his political career as ended, and that if the Demo cratic party wants him to lead a forlorn hope in 1S93 ho is at their service. Barkis is willin'. A curious question, and one of somo importance, is raised in regard to the conference of delegates from the Anicrican republics of North and South America, which is to assemble in Washington in October next. Tho question is, in what language shall the discussions and proceedings of tho congress be carried on! The delegates, in addition to thoso of the United States, will be from Mex ico, and tho States of Central and South America. In all of these Spanish is tho language of educated persons. Shall tho discussions of tho congress bo car ried on in English or in Spanish? Tho delegates from tho United States will not understand a word of Spanish, and the others will understand very little English. In any European country the solution would bo easy, as French is al most universally understood. Tho pro ceedings of the International Postal Union, which meets onco in four years,

and is composed of representatives from t all civilized' countries, are conducted in French, and sometimes it has been difficult for this government to find a suitablo delegate, who to other qualifica

tions added a knowledge of French. In the case of the "Congress of American Nations," there would seem to be pro priety in conducting the proceedings in English. That is tho language of this country, beyond comparison the greatest of American nations. The suggestion for tho Congress and tho invitations to it come from the United States. It is to be held among an English-speaking peo ple. It is more probable that some of the South American delegates will un derstand English than that any of ours will understand Spanish. Finally, if tho congress wants good reports of its pro ceedings published in the daily press, they should be conducted in English. At the close of tho congress they could bo printed in Spanish for South American readers. , TriE new extradition law recently en acted by the Dominion Parliament is a decided improvement on the present treaty. The latter enumerates the extraditable crimes to which it applies, and which alono can bo made the basis of a demand for the surrender of a fugitive. Breach of trust and embezzlement are not among these, and the result is that a largo majority of tho thieves and scoundrels who run away to Canada cannot be brought back. Tho new law obviates this difficulty by simply requiring that the criminal shall be tried for the ofi'enso for which he is surrendered, and no other. This is no more than strict justice. It would not be good faith to secure tho surrender of a fugitive for a pretended crime, or on a false charge, and then try him on a real one. The British Foreign Office and the courts of England havo always insisted on this point, and in recent years tho decisions in our highest courts have yielded it. Tho new Canadian law pro poses to make it tho basis of future action on the subject. If ratified by tho United States, tho practical effect will be to make breach of trust and embezzlement extraditable crimes as much as forgery is now, tlio only condition being that in all cases tho criminal shall be tried for tho offense for which he is surrendered. This would be a great improvement on tho present treaty, which affords absolute protection and immuni ty to a largo class of American fugitives in Canada. This government should accept the Canadian proposition, and embody it in a new treaty with as little delay as possible. , r. Tiie Epoch, a weekly paper of literary pretensions and mugwumpian proclivi ties, says: Nothing more indelicate in the whole field of American politics can ho imagined than the Vice-president of tho United States remaining a partner in a banking and brokerage house in this city. The very moment that he took tho oath of office Mr. Morton should have resigned from the firm of Morton. Bliss & Co. This is so plain as to admit of no argument whatever. If "the whole field of American poli tics" never furnishes anything more indelicate than Mr. Morto n's retaining his business connection while Vice-presU., I i ll . 1 Ml J ' A , uenif ino country win nave no reason ton complain. There is nothing in the Con- " stitution or laws, or in the duties of .'his office that requires him to resign. Tho Secretary of tho Treasury, and certain officers of the Treasury Department, are prohibited from engaging in commerce, but there is no such provision regarding tho Vice-president, and nothing in tho nature of his office requiring it. A good many people have missed something all along in the preparations for centennial celebrations, and didn't know what it was till Jeff Davis bobbed n Tcon ?n o 4 Tin f a n rrctr' in rin Jefferson never loses an opportunity to como to the front when any ante-war ; matters aro under discussion, but why' should tho unrepentant old rebel con-1 cern himself in having all of Washing ton's relatives at the celebration of. his. imuiaarationi What interest can I ho consistently take in an anniversary that would never havo been celebrated had his traitorous schemes succeeded! ! The Sentinel says it could have sold its silenco to tho school-book ring for moro money than the profits of its busi ness amount to in fivo years, but that It did not sell. It was ex-Postmaster Jones who recently asserted that ho could only get friendly mention of himself and his oflicial icts in that Democratic paper by paying for it a statement of which we have seen no denial or retraction. Evi dently the 6chool-book ring knew where to go with its corrupt offers, and evi dently, also, it missed its purpose by making such a low bid. Mr. Ward McAllister's departure from New York with tho expressed intention of not returning until after the centennial ceremonies wero over, looks a little liko an exhibition of malice. This offended society leader is at least open to tho suspicion of wishing to hin der tho proceedings by his absence. It is believed," however, that the celebra tion will go on all the same. Georgk Washington was a great man. hut when he was young, at least, he shared the weaknesses of mankind. One of these was great susceptibility to the attractions of womankind. History and the records show him to havo been in love many times beforo ho found Martha; tho other, a necessary accompaniment of tho first, perhaps, a disposition to write verses. Not many of these poetical efforts have come down to us. but two or three being preserved among tho family treasures. These few attempts aro 6uflicieut to show that Georgo would never havo made a name as a poet, and that he was wiso in finally choosing a rolo that made him the father of his country. All these verses nro of an amatory and also a melancholy character. The following was evidently written immediately after hissuit had been rejected by some short-sighted Virginia girl: "Oh Ye Gods why should my Toor Resistless Heart Ptand to nprrove thy Mtcht and Tower At Last surrender to Cupids feathered Dart And now lays Uleeiling every Hour For her that's Fltylens of my grief and Woes And will not on me pity take I'lo sleep amongst my most inveterate Foes And witli gladness never wish to wake In deluded sleepines let my Eyelids close That in an enraptured Dream I may In n soft lulling sleep and gentle repose Foveas tho.o Joys denied by Day." It brings tho stately first President nearer to humanity, and deprives him of some of tho transcendental qualities attached to

him by time and tradition, to know that he

could bemoan himself in this very senti mental, if stilted style, like any common swain. No one reading these lines will wish, however, that the immortal George had given more time to literary labor. Reader, Scottsburg, Ind.: For the in formation you ask address John T. Doyle, Secretary Civil-service Commission, W ashington, D. C. ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS. A well-known publisher has offered Ward McAllister a handsome sum to write a volume of his social reminiscences. . Frederick Villiers, the London Graphio art ist, has come to this country to obtain pictures of tho centennial for his paper. It cost the English government $170,183 to keep the royal palaces In order last year and $445,003 for royal parks and gardens. "J. Edwd. Vaux" sends to the English Church Times a letter deploring the special service In Westminster Abbey in honor of John Bright,' because "John Bright was not a Christian.' Having furnished satisfactory explanations to the Emperor of Austria on the subject of his marriage. Prince Alexander, of Battenberg, in the course or a rew months will receive a high command in the Austrian army. . The Pope is a very fine chess-player, and one priest in Home has the especial honor of being his adversary over the board. This priest. Father Glella, has played chess with Leo Pecci for thirty-two years past, Sometimes there is a sort of tin, but the Pope good-humoredly gives in, and the game goes on. TnE latest shape In the shopping-bag Is almost the exact shape of the bags made for letter-carriers and expressmen. They aro made in three sizes, either of cloth to match the suit, or cordnroy, which comes in all the new shades of green and brown, and the strap and handles are of tine leather. These are extremelr commodious, hav ing a large opening for the reception of bundles. let, owing to their peculiar shane. thev never get -bulsry." WniLE the Queen Regent of Spain was enter taining Queen Victoria at San Sebastian, by an odd coincidence the Duchess of Madrid was extending a similar courtesy to Princess Louise, of uavaria, at viarejrgio. The Duchess is the wire of Don Carlos, and, in Legitimist eye6. rightful Queen of Spain, and tho Princess is a direct descendant of Charles I, and would probably be uueen oi jLngianu to-day were it not tor the act of settlement. All the ornaments in Mrs. William B. Astor's reception-room are of Dresden china. On the walls hang brackets, baskets, and pockets of the flowery porcelain, and on the mantel-piece and fairly crowding the top of the piano are shepherd and shepherdesses, troubadours, milk maids, ana courtiers. Artificial flowers are another noticeable feature of this room, and peep from every conceivable flower-stand. Poor old Dhuleep Singh Is evidently hard up. He has- written to the Queen, asking her to give him the famous Koh-i-noor diamond or its market value in .ready cash. Ife' wants the money to use in India against the peace and integrity of tho empire, a circumstance which, coupled with the fact that the gem doesn't belong to him any more than to a score of other Sikhs, makes his request seem uncommonlv cool. The son of the Puhjaub lion is in a pretty bad way. At an auction sale of postage-stamps held the other day the chief attraction was Lot 94, a good specimen of the British Guiana four-cent blue stamp of 1856 (used), which excited ranch competition, and was knocked down to a London dealer for 37. The auctioneer announced that he had been commissioned to put up another copy of the same stamp, but much finer and un used. After keen competition this was knocked down to a bid of 50, the highest price ever paid ior a stamp. ArrusiA in a most extraordinary form is at present under treatment by Dr. Charcot. A Frenchman, aged sixty, learned English through living seventeen years in North America, and then Spanish after his marriage with a Spanish woman. lie lost his command of these lan guages in the inverse order. First he was un able to speak Spanish, thn EngUsh went from him, and lastly his uative tongue, French. The affliction was ascribed to the softening of the third left lobe of the brain, and by a methodical practice in conversation he regained his normal ability, recovering the languages in the order of French, EngUsh and Spanish. DuniNO Mr. Whlttler'8 recent birthday celebra tion ho was visited among others by Mrs. Julia Houston West, America's most celebrated oratorio singer. : After dinner Mrs. West was asked to sing, and seating herself at the piano began thebeautJfol ballad of "Robin Adair." sincinirit ltd she can with aU the longing and heartbreak of tne worus ana music in ner voice, ene naa hardlv becrun before Mr. Wh'ttier'a net doir ram a Into the room and, seating himself by his side. .vawnea ner as if fascinated, and listened with . delight unusual in an animal. When she finished be came and put his paw very gravely into her hand and licked her cheek. Travel In Switzerland Is fast losing its old prcturesqueness by the wholesale introduction of raUways, and the Engadlne district is the latest threatened. Now that a narrow-gauge line Is to be run between Coire and Davos-Platz, it is proposed to continue the railway by the Bcaletta Fass to Samaden, and thus connect with the to Han network via the Maloja pass. No special difiiculties are anticipated, savo a four-mile tunnel under the Scaletta pass, and the builders of the line Jnfjid to carefully protect the road against av&Jtaches, so that trains may run in winter." This route will put an end to all dillEence traveling overthe feplugen and nelghborlg passes. CnAtrxcET M. DErEW has recently purchased and moved Into the house formerly occupied by Dr. W. n. Hammond. It is very large, and much better suited to his purposes than was his former home. All one side of the first 6tory is devoted to Mr. Depew and his visitors, who often numDer twenty-fiye before breakfast. They used to spUl over from the drawing-room into the dining-room, no that his morning meal was very inucn interrupted, xsow ne nas turro rooms of his own to stow them away in. Mr. Depew's private room or study was Dr. Ilammond's office, and it still retains its Egyptian furnishings, but the big cathedral chair or throne." as some of the doctor's patients called it, has gone. "I'm going to hang my stocking up,' Said Ida, "hear me vow." Td like to see," Tom slyly said, "What you've got in It now." "The tariff's high," the maid replied; "Only the parson can Make free wool of my stocking, sir, For any living man. Hosiery and Knit Goods Journal. COMMENT ASP OPINION. We lose nothing but money when a thief es capes across the bonier with his booty. Tho country that otters him an asylum loses that which makes It poor indeed. Boston Advertiser. Give the administration a fair chance and an opportunity to get down to work, and we shall And that its policy win give tne Kepuoiican party anotner long leaso oi power ana the country another period of uaparalleled prosperity. New York Press. After all, in this country all power resides 1n the people, fiometimes they are slow to exer cise it, out wnen tneir wratu is excited ana they move together nothing can stand In their way. The trusts will not bo with us long. Sooner or later they will have.to go. Atlanta Constitution. Thk instant that tho cause of the Southern negro shall have been abandoned by both great parties there will be born another greater party toavencothe Constitution which gives to him tho rifcht to vote. Abandon the Southern negro to his fate, and there will be thunder and llghtnlng all around tho horizon of this itepubllc. Chicago News. Had our government contributed to the building up of a merchant marine but a mere fraction of the many millions it has appropriated to promote the construction of overland railways, tho American flag would be floating on every sea and American commerce be many times mote a factor in the world's exchanges than it now is. Washington lot. Lkt the colored brethren be satisfied with things as they are. The condition of the race has Incalculably improved within twenty years, and nothing H needed for further promts but industry and economy. Uneasy wanderings, with the disturbance of the balance of affairs in other sections, will not mend tho caso a particle. 1'hiladclphla Telegraph. The Idea that mob law, or the resort to force, can be used to fettle industrial questions, has al ready intlictod great calamities on this community. It is destructive of the law and order which affords labor its greatest security. It is necessary that the laws must be obej ed. The men have their legal rights; but they must respect the legal, rights of others, even at thecoRtof hardships to themselves. llttsburg Dispatch. Woman suffrage continues to bevervunfash iouable in this Republic, and it never will become a question or practical pontics while It so remains. When Mins Dodge, Mrs. Lowell. Mrs. Agnew and Miss Rosalie Rutler gather in con vention to demand the privilege of voting, they will get what toey want in snort order, and be cause they are representative women. The present woman sunragi&ts are eccentricities only. New York Sun. , An Indiana Rlesslng. Detroit Tribttne. It will tako the Rnpreme Court of Indiana some time to knock out all tbe unconstitutional laws passed by the last Hoosier Legislature but it will do it just the same. The present bupretne Uourt of Indiana is Indi ana's greatest present bless .ng.

A DULL DAY IN WASHINGTON

A Spring Influx of Newly-Married Conples Make a Raid on the White House. The Office-Seekers Aranse Themselves in Various Ways in the Absence of the Heads of Departments 31 r. Owen's Wants. Special to the Indianapolis Journal Washington, April 29.- "May wo come in, sir?'' was tho question a blushing bride put to a door-keeper at the White House early this morning. "Yes," was tho reply, "but the President is not here." "We only want to look around at the house," the newly-married young lady continued, and tho happy couple entered. A few minutes elapsed and another brido and groom entered the great East parlor. At 11 o'clock forty-five persons were in the room, and thirty-six wero brides and grooms. The spring installment of these people is just arriving in Washington, and they aro seen everywhere. Over two hundred persons called at tho White House during the day, but none sought - office. It was almost as quiet as a Sunday throughout the city. A largo bovy , of office-seekers amused themselves during the forenoon making a technical examination of a new steam bicycle, in tho corridors of tho Ebbitt, having nothing better to do. The only indications of political life were seen at the Postoltice Department and the Pension Bureau, where acting Postmaster-general Clarkson and Commissioner Tanner appointed fourth-class postmasters and new pension boards aalibitum, and with celerity. There was also some life in the office of General Superintendent Bell, of the railway mail service, who is making changes in postal clerkships as rapidly as possible, with a view of meeting the civil-service laws on Wednesday. Ho has made wholesale reinstatements of old clerks, removed under Cleveland, put in men to supplant incompetent Democrats, and said this afternoon that there would be changes in three-fourths of the places by the day after to-morrow. The absence of the President and his Cabinet in New York induced many Senators and Representatives to join the office-seekers in a little sojourn out of the city, and the streets presented a deserted appearance. Tiie races at Ivy City, in tho suburbs of Washington, drew several thousand visitors. It was noticed that thoso who go to the White House daily with a nervous tread, and who expect a call to tho service of Uncle Sam, were not the investors in mutuals, or thoso who accepted odds from bookmakers. They aro clinging on to their proceeds from hard labor like grim death. To-morrow there will be more life in tho streets of the national capital and less in tho departments. Being a national holiday the departments will bo closed. A few people will respond to tho President's suggestion, and gather in the churches for thanksgiving and grateful worship. Many more will go to tho races, provided it does not rain. It has been raining by perpetual downpour or feverish snatches since last Wednesday night. To-night it looks threatening. In Washington the people close the departments and business houses upon tho slightest provocation, but they give up their pleasure only under protest. Tho only man who cried his political wares on the streets to-day was Edward Ritchie, a lawyer of Cincinnati. Ho is hero with his war-paint on and a scalping-knifo drawn for ex-Mayor Amor Smith, who wants to be collector of customs at Cincinnati. Ho charged Smith with catering to .tne saloon element and decimating the Re publican ranks thereby, and with being generally undeserving of political preferment. He created quite a sensation in some quarters by his bold declarations, and, being the only man in town who talked politicr got an audience wherever ho went Men who havo had heavy demands from office-seekers of late are enjoying their brief respite now. Congressman Owen After Scalps. Special to the IndianapoUs Journal. Washington April 29. When RepreJ sentative Owen, of Logansport, arrived' here on Saturday morning he camped in thecorridors of the postoffice department, and put a watch upon the office of the general superintendent of tho railway mail service. In his pockets he carried various papers in tended to procure Democratio scalps and put into position several Republicans. He has remained steadily on duty, with the exception of the twenty-four hours covering Sunday, and at 11 o'clock to-night. when tho othco closed under tho order of Postmaster-general Wannamaker, but of respect of to-morrow, which is a national holiday in celebration of Washington's in auguration, when betook the tram for New York. He goes to Gotham as Indiana's Congressional representative, armointed bv Speaker Carlisle. Mr. Owen i hopeful of. securing a number of postal clerkships, but there is so much contusion in the office of General Superintendent Bell that it will require two or three days' work before tho results can bo seen. Mr. Owen will return here after the inauguration ceremonies in New York, and continue to labor for his omce-seeking constituents. Indiana Postmasters Appointed, Special to tho InUanaiolta Journal. Washington, April 29. The following Indiana postmasters were appointed to-day: E. Kelny, Clarksville, namllton county, vico M. is. v. Forren. resigned: Joan A. nail, Cicero, Hamilton county, vice Albert Slack, removed:Jos. M. Gray, Ualevllle, Delaware county, vlco (Jeorge o. Diunau. removed: In eison rummelv. Deer Creek. Carroll county, vice 1. F. Nice, re signed; Ferry F. Brunson, Eagletown, Hamilton county, vlco A. F. Martin resigned: Thomas II. Davitson, Fair Oaks, Jasper county, vice Thomas J. Maliall, removed: isaao Jones, iiortonsviUe. Hamilton county, vico C. 8. Fiugler, removed; Geo. W. Hay, New Britton, Hamilton county, vice F. M. Whelebel, resigned; Via. L. Scott, Bherldan. Hamilton county, vice Wm. A. Davis. removed; Isaac U. Morris, Toga, fehelby county, vice Thomas Miller, removed: Mrs. Mav Pmitfi. Westlleld. Hamilton county, vico Wm. II. Conklln, resigned. A Conscience-Stricken Chaplain. Washington, April 29. W. A. Cuddy, who was chaplain of tho Legislative Assembly of Arizona, which has just adjourned, has sent to the Treasury Department for deposit In the con science fund, the sum of $22.50, being a part of the salary paid him as chaplain. His inotivo'for this action is explained by him as follows: "I cannot see that it Is right for the rulers to take the people's money and pay it out to some hypo crite to stand up nerorea legislative body end pray for pay. He also states that he onee acted us c!erk of the Legislature, and received for his services 040. but while performing this duty he was also employed in whisky selling. He thinks that ho should return the jfuio, and would do so. be says, but for the fact that he has not got It. Mr. cuddy resides at rnccnix, a. t. , a Treasury Appointments. Washington, April 29. Acting Secretary Tichenor to-day appointed C J. Mulkey, of Oregon, to be a special agent of theTreasury Department, for duty at San Francisco. Mr. Mulkey is at present an inspector or customs. Tho acting Hecretary also apiointed D. A. Murphy to bo superintendent oi the public building at Jeflerson. Tex. J. C Holmes, of West Virginia, general super intendent oi repairs or puunc ouiiaings under the Treasury Department, has been removed. General Notes. Special to tho Indianapolis JournH Washington, April 29. The Commissioner of Pensions to-day appointed tho following mem bers of pension boards for Indiana: Greencastle, Drs. J. L. Preston and L. M. Hanna; Portland, Dr. C. 8. Arthur. Senator and Mrs. Sherman and Miss Mary Sherman have left the city for New York, from which port they sail for Europe on May 1 They wilt . Antl In CintomKA. mil iiutiiu van j in unuciuwii To-day's bond one rings aggregated $13,100, as follows: Kegisteredfour-and-oue-halfs, $12,500, at $1.0ft; registered fours, $500, at $1.29; $100, at $1.29; $SOO four-and-one-half per cents, registered, at $1.08. All the offers were accented. It is estimated at the Treasury Department that there has been a decree so of $11,500,000 In tho puunc ueui since Apm l. Heirs Atk a Share In 04,000,000. Chicago, April 29. A dozen heirs-at-law of the recently deceased aged millionaire, Charles J. Hull, riled a bill In the Circuit Court to-day which is virtually a contest or tne rich man s wllL Mr. Hull benueathed all of his estate. nearly $4,000,000, to his housekeeper, cousin and friend. Miss Helen Culver. This action caused groat dissatisfaction among the heirs atlaw, every one of whom was Ignored. In their

bill of contest they acknowledge that MIm Cnlver. who Is well advanced In age, l deferring of large compensation for brr aitanco as busl ness manager and personal attendant of the wealthy old gentleman. It is cblnied, however, that the lic-ir should be recognized all around. The complainants state that Miss Culver has offered to pay them a considerable sum, but he Insists that they bind themselves to receive it as n settlement in full. ThU being so, they ask the court to adjudicate the whole matter.

LABOR TROUBLES. Over One Thousand Street-Car Kmployet Quit Work on Refusal Higher Wages. St. Paul, April 29. Tho street-car company has now another strike on hand. Tho men at work on the cable line on East Seventh street, 1,1S0 in number, left their work at 1 o'clock to-dajv For some time past tho men have been dissatisfied with the wages they received, $1.25 per day, and have been. organizing secretly so as to obtain an increase of 25 cents per day, if possible. Yes terday a secret ineoticg was held, and a committee appointed to confer with tho company, and this noon the committee fulfilled its duty. Tho men's demands wero refused, and ten minutes later word went along tho line, starting at Cedar and Soventh streets, to Seventh and Duluth streets, that the men had to como oiQ As the committee, and the men who had left the work. marched along tho structure, they notified and took along tbe other men. All seemed to be prepared and ready to follow until the committee arrived at Broadway, where two men wero at work who refused to obey the ordor of tho strikers. Immediately stones and dirt comuienced to lly about at such a hmc that thev thought it the best policy to quit also. They wer received with cheer by tho strikers and laKcn r.iong lurther r.-ast. At 3 o'clock only tne gas testers, who are cot in the employ of the comnanv. were ' seen at work in the trenches, nndtheAtrik on the line was general. Alter tho men went out the groater number of them assembled on the hi nil', and appearances being considered threatening, the mounted police squad were sent to tho scene under Lieutenant Budy. at 2:45. AloncSeventh. from Broadway to tho railway bridge, men were ecauerea in groups discussing tho situation. From what could be trathereil they appeared to be in a quiet.but determined mood. There was a complete absence of biood-and-tiro vituperation and of vapin and dark threats. "We want living waces," was the unanimous sentiment of alL There was no sign of trouble, nor did a general conversation wnn several of tho men 6how that any was contemplated. Both sides claim to bo suro oi success. The Indiana Mining Scale. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Brazil, Ind., April 29. The rrcsent yearly scale for mining coal expires by limitation tomorrow, and considerable interest is manifested here over the result. The dull times In the mines is largely due to the fact that Ohio and Pennsyl vania operators, through, the National Federation, ran up the price of mining Indiana coals, and at the same time secured a low rate for them selves because of natural gas. This was In 19S7. when the present tcale waa adopted. By means of this low rate they succeeded, in an unaernanaea way, in capturing our principal market. The miners coiud uos work below scale rates. and those rates shut off tho market. After to-morrow a new scale will be ftxed; at least the old will be abolished. Tho operators have proposed Ixtv cents for bitundnous and seventy ccntsf or block. witu nve cents advance on Nov. 1. The miners have been 6low about accepting, but it is understood that at least roux buiidi el miners employed at the Sickle-plate and Chicago mines have ac cepted tne terms. Keports to-day indicate a general disposition among the rest of the minors to do the same. The reduction Is large, but not as large as at first proposed. It Is believed to bo necessary to regain the market. Tho light is thus between operators and operators for a market, In which the miners seem to appreciate tho necessity oi co-operation. There is but little. If any. disposition manifested in favor of a strike. This weapon has long since been aoanaoneu here lor arbitration. The Strike at Duquesne. PrrrsuUBQ, Fa., April 29. The sheriff and his deputies are still on guard at the Allegheny Bessemer Steel-works, at Duquesne, There was no outbreak to-day. The sheriff notified tho strikers, this morning, that they must not con gregate near the works or Intimidate any ono who wished to enter the works. They obeyed. During the afternoon seventy-five Italians arrived, and were escorted Into tho company's works without any interference. The company will 1111 all the places of the strikers in a few days, and resume operations In full. ; Discharged White "Workmen. Chattanooga, Tenn., April 29. The Lookout EoUlng-mlll Company of this city, on Saturday night, discharged all of their white workmen. and to-day they employed 150 negroes, who urn to bo substituted in the mill. The change is on account of excessive demands of the Amalga mated Iron-workers. i Pennsylvania Mining Scale. PiTTsnCKO, Pa., April 29. The railroad coal operators of western Pennsylvania held a meeting here to-day and decided to pay 71 n cents per ton for six months, from May 1, and 702 cents during the remainder of the year. This Is satisfactory to the miners. A DLOW AT DKINKING-SHOPS. The Boston Police Commissioners Will Close About 1,500 Saloons. Boston Special. Under tho ax of tho nolico commissioners of Doston the hopes of nearly fifteen hun dred nnuor-dealcrs havo fallen. A new statute limits the power of Massachusetts municipalities to grant ono liquor licenso for every live hundred inhabitants. Under thin apportionment lioston can only havo 780 licensed purveyors of malt and spirituous L'quors, and tho 7S0 includes manufacturers, wholesalers, hotels and grocers, as well as saloon-keepers. In secret session the police commissioners have long been considering what applications should bo ? ranted, and now their will ismado known, he announcement has fallen like a thunderbolt among tho fraternity. Among tho rejected aro some of the most prominent dealers in the city, including politicians, sporting men and men of wealth and social standing. Thot I almouth House, Boston Hotel and Pha-nix must refuse beverages of more than 8 per cent, of nlchohol to their guests. James Kcenan, Michael Glcason and Ned McAvoy, prominent sporting men; Tom Butler and (icorgo Ilosmer, oarsmen; Col. Lawrence J. Logan, formerly of tho Governor's Council, and Michael Dohertv, well knowu in politics, are all rejected. Councilman Hilly Mahoucy's is tho only sportinir house iu town which can keep open bar after 11 r. M. next Tuesday. Tho "Dell in Hand." a noted refreshment saloon, whoso ancient sign has been a familiar landmark sinco the last century, must alo close its door. About thirty-hvo hundred bartenders aro thrown out of employment, involving a daily loss aggregating 7.000, while the disappointed proprietors will stiller a loss of at least $5,0u0,uii0 in fixtures and income Another result will bo tho establishment of probably twice as many kitchen barrooms" as there aro saloons which will bo compelled to close their doors. Tho refusals are in very many cases altogether unexpected and undeserved, savo for too imperative nature- of tho statute. A despairing effort will be made before the Legislature now in bession to secure relief by excluding hotels, wholesalers and manufacturers from the operation of the law, oi perhaps by reducing tho number of inhabitants requited for each license. Tho chances of success at this session nro. however, very meager. Tho ftory in Boston U only arepitition on a largei scalo of iho story of disappointed liquor-dealers in other places in the fcitatc. In some cawi the number of licenses has been reduced from seventv-tivo to thirty, ir. others from thirty to half a dozen. In all licenso towns and cities there is a heavy induction, and proportionate dismay among men who know no other means of livelihood. Many will conduct saloons under a pretense of selling "3 tut cent." beverages, whllo stronger drinks will be furnished to trustworthy customers. The events of next Wednesday aro looked forward to with great interest "What the Lone Fisherman Said. Savannah Newi. A 'lone fisherman" was encountered on the banks of the Oooneo one day last week, nnd asked: "How is it with youT" Hereplied, using a pointful, popular phrase: "All quiet along tho line." The Only Solution of the Question. Baltimore American. A now question which is being ranch discussed is this: "Will tho Educated Woman ManyP Well, suppose you ask her. If sho uyano, education will bo very much of a failure