Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 May 1889 — Page 4

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THE .INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, SATURDAY, MAY 4, 1889.

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Business Office 238 Editorial Rooms 242 Now is the time to boom the movement for free pas for factories. If the present movement fails, it will bo a great many cold days before Indianapolis will have free gas for factories. TnERE never has been a time when outside capitalists were looking toward Indianapolis with more interest and expectation than at present. They are awaiting the solution of the freo-gas-for-factorics movement. Now that the facts are coming out it Is time for discreet silence to take the place of the Democratic boast that Gen. Harrison did not carry his own county. He did not, but it took the votes of the idiotic and insane inmates of the County Poor-house to beat him. All these, to n idiot, voted for Cleveland. Queer, wasn't it, that with all their ardent zeal to punish election crooks, District Attorney Claypool and his nimble deputy happened to overlook the case of Hiram Miller and others, who voted the Marion county paupers and idiots? An explanation from these eminent reformers might be interesting. The repoitof the Massachusetts Tariff Reform League shows that it sent out 750,000 documents last year, most of the distribution being in that State. And after all, Massachusetts went for Harrieon and protection, by a largo majority. Just keep on distributing your f reo-trade documents, brethren; they seem to help along. The Charleston News and Courier declines to recognize the action of the late Confederacy as a rebellion, but applies that term to the revolution. The plan won't work. It is a sign of grace that this rampant organ of the Southern Democracy evinces shame at a reference to the attempt of that party to break up the Union, but "rebellion" that attempt will have to be. History and truth will nave it so. The Cincinnati Commercial Gazette of yesterday contains details of a systematic scheme of black-mail and robbery in that internal revenue district. The rascality, which, the victims say, has been going on during the entire Cleveland administration, consisted of the blackmailing of distillers and rectifiers by paugers. The indications are that the whisky men of Cincinnati have been fleeced to the extent of $50,000 during .he last four years. Between Mr. Harrison and Mr. Blaine the mugwump and Democratic! organs arc having a very unhappy time. They had it all arranged that Mr. Blaine was to run the administration, and their plan of campaign was carefully laid out on that lino. When it was suddenly discovered that Mr. Harrison was running his own administration they were greatly disconcerted, and for a time flopped about in a distressingly spasmodic way. Now, they have resolved that because President Harrison does not choose to play second fiddlo to his Secretary of State, therefore, he has the "big head," and the big head is a crime. It was very inconsiderate of the man who was elected to go on being President without regard to the arrangements of the opposition. General Harrison always had a way of surprising the enemy. The Boston Herald gets things pretty badly mixed in the following paragraph: The Indiana Supreme Court, composed of a majority of Democrats, has declared several of the extraordinary acts recently passed by the Democratic Legislature of that Stat unconstitutional. As this court usually mixes its law and its politics in about equal proportions, the acts must have been rather tlagrant pieces of legislation to have secured tho condemnation of the Indiana judges. In case the Herald should ever want to refer to this subject again, wo will say our Supreme Court is composed of four Republican judges and one Democratic. Perhaps the Herald was thinking of what the court would havo been if the commission bill creating a Democratic annex of five judges had stood. In the recent decisions, where the court divided, the four Republican judges gave the law and the Democratic judge the politics, so the mixture was hardly in equal proportions. The New York Evening Post, which is always on the outlook for something that can bo used to injure Mr. Blaine, quotes exultingly from Spanish and Cuban papers to show that his appointment as Secretary of State was regarded with disfavor in those countries. We do not suppose that in forming his Cabinet the President troubled himself about pleasing cither Spain or Cuba. The comments of tho foreign papers quoted by the Post only prove that we have become powerful and influential enough to make our changes of Cabinets and ministers a matter of some consequence to foreign nations. Tho objec

tions to Mr. Blaino are all based on his intense and aggressive Americanism, a fact that is not likely to make him unpopular among any class of his countrymen except tho mugwumps. However, we have not seen anything yet in this administration to make us fear that Mr. Blaine is likely to commit it to a hostile policy towards Spain or any other country. "We feel quite confident that the apprehensions of the Spanish and mugwump papers are unfounded. THE PEEE-0A8 HOViaiiarT. Friends of the free-gas movement should not be deceived by the statement that there are many natural-gas projects afoot in addition to the one now prominent. This is tho old policy of "divide and conquer." The public mind is now fairly concentrated on one project, the value and feasibility of which are universally conceded. If tho public can be made to believe that there are several other projects equally feasible and worthy of support, this one will be weakened and probably killed. The attack upon it is fortified by an array of arguments pretending to come from "an owner of land near the Belt railroad, who has refused to subscribe to the free-gas movement." This convenient man of straw proceeds to, direct his arguments against the present movement in terms which, read between the lines, disclose an interested purpose. Ho is a myth, and not a reality. He is a stalking horso for secret and interested opposition to the free-gas movement. The present movement is the most important project for Indianapolis that has ever been broached. Its importance cannot be overestimated. If it succeeds this will soon become tho greatest manufacturing point in tho West. If it fails the future progress of tho city will be very slow. As yet it has realized no great benefit from ' tho introduction of natural gas. Not a singlo new factory has come here or will come under present conditions. The free-gas towns of Indiana are getting them by dozens. The success of this movement would place Indianapolis at once in the lead and without a rival as a manufacturing point. The insinuation put in tho mouth of the man of straw that it is "a scheme which begins nowhere and ends nowhere," is false. It has been indorsed by many of tho most enterprising men of the city, duly organized, and its incorporation papers filed in tho office of the Secretary of State. Its feasibility has been thoroughly discussed, and tho questions relating to its future operation and management carefully guarded. All it needs is support. Tho movement docs not antagonize any of the existing companies, and ought not to be antagonized by them. It ought to have the cordial and earnest support of every citizen of Indianapolis. Opposition can only come from interested motives, and, that being the case, should unite the entire community in its support. The suggestion that free gas for factories can be obtained through any arrangement with either of tho existing companies is intentionally deceptive and misleading. If the present movement fails there will be no free gas for factories in Indianapolis. And this attack from an interested quarter will kill it unless the people rally to its support. ILLOGICAL COMPARISONS. Tho Charleston News and Courier uses the centennial as a text for a contrast between Washington and Harrison, drawing conclusions injurious, of course, to the latter. The amount of it all is that Washington was elected President unanimously while Harrison was elected by a party, and that while "Washington's service was the service of a patriot, Harrison took tho oath of office as the representative of a political combination." Such comparisons are unprofitable as well as illogical, and any unfavorable conclusions that may be drawn affect the national character and the whole people rather than any individual or party. The most and the worst that can be said is that times have changed and we with them. The American of to-day is not the American of one hundred years ago, nor aro tho American people, either. Both have changed very greatly, in most respects for the better; in some, perhaps, for the worse. Tho men of 1789 were not all heroes or patriots nor models of virtue and honesty. Those of 1889 are not all cowards and rascals. Tho national character has changed with time and circumstances, but we suspect, if the conditions could bo changed, the men of to-day would cope with the problems and difficulties of a hundred years ago more successfully than the men of that time would with those of to-day. President Harrison represents the American idea of to-day as fairly, as fully and capably as Washington did that of a hundred years ago. He is the constitutional President of thirty-eight States and sixty millions of people by as clear a title as Washington was of thirteen States and four millions of people. He has taken tho same oath of office, and it is an insult to tho American people, as well as to him, to insinuate that he will not observe it as faithfully. Tho standard of ofiicial responsibility is as high now as it was then, and unless the principles of tho Christian religion and the foundations of Christian character have deteriorated, President Harrison is as conscientious an executivo as President Washington was. Tho News and Courier continues its unprofitable contrast by comparing President Harrison's Cabinet with that of Washington, and says "there were giants in Georgo Washington's day behold bow the race of pigmies has grown in ono hundred years!" Fudge. There are nioro giants now, ten to one, than there were then giants in war and in peace, giants in law and in finance, giants in commerce and aflairs. The News and Courier implies that Washington had none but giants around him. Wo will wager dollars to cent that it cannot, without consulting tho record, nanio oil-hand one-half of the men who served in Washington's Cabinet. Somo of them loom up in history; tho rest are forgotten. Washington had threo Secretaries of State, two Secretaries of tho Treasury, thrco Secretaries of War,

three Postmasters-general and three Attorneys-general. How many of theso "giants" can the News and (Courier name without referring to tho record? Not one-half, we will wager, nor can any other editor or college professor in tho United States. We are cited to Jefferson as a great Secretary of State. But Washington's second Secretary of State was Edmund Randolph, of Virginia, who resigned his position under a cloud because of an intrigue with the French minister. Alexander Hamilton was a great Secretary of the Treasury, but his successor, Oliver Wolcott, jr.madeno mark in that position. General KTnoxi' Washington's first Secretary of War, was a brave patriot and capable man, but who remembers James McIIenry, of Maryland, who became Secretary of War in 1796T And how much of a giant was Joseph Habersham, of Georgia, Postmaster-general, or William Bradford, of Pennsylvania, Attorney-general! These were all good men in their day and generation, but they were no more.on the giant order than their official successors of to-day, and probably had not half the business training or capacity for affairs. ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

The death has Just been announced in England of Thomas Palmer, the last survivor of the British troops that fought at Corunna. The late William H. Barnum is said to havo been a model husband and father. Ills jrife knew all his political secrets, and what is better, perhaps, never divulged a single one. Twentt Baltimore girls, who have plenty of money, and are good German and French scholars, propose to travel through Europe this summer, and to write a bookof their adventures. There wUl be twenty chapters, one by each irL The employes of the British Foreign Office presented Sir Julian Pauncefote with a magnificent silver ink-stand, as a token of their regard, prior to his departure for Washington. The casket bears a highly complimentary inscription. Lobd Loss dale will meet his wife, whom he has not seen for several years, at Winnipeg, B. C, Lady Lonsdale having oomo direct from London to efieot a reconciliation.1 It is understood that the Violet Cameron infatuation is entirely over. Mrs. RxxicrN. of Harrison City, Pa., is the recipient of a clothes-piu from Mrs. President Harrison's clothes-line, which she has elaborately decked with red, white and blue ribbon. 81ie is in favor of the Harrison presidential line stretching out to the crack of doom. - M. Victor Adolphe Malte-Bbxn, son of the eminent geographer, died recently at Marcoussis, near Pari?, at the age of seventy-two years. For the last forty years he had demoted himself to the study of geography, and he edited his father's works, besides writing some himself. A fresco four feet square, in a wonderful state of freshness, has been uncovered in Canterbury Cathedral, on removing a wall supposed to have been erected in 1174, to strengthen the wall of the choir. It shows St. Paul shaking oh!, into tho hro the serpent which bit him on tho hand. Mr. Gladstone's ancestors, it appears, were pirates. In 16G5 a company of adventurers sent out the George, of Glasgow, fully equipped as a privateer, to "prey on the Dutch mercantile marine, and "Ualbert Gladstone, merchant in Edin-. burgh, was one of the co-ad venturers, ' From this gentleman-buccaneer the English Liberal statesman is descended. The Shah of Persia is expected to arrive tn. Paris towards the middle of June. HewuM be the guest of France, and is to lodge in a large and handsome house, surrounded by gardens, which has been standing empty for tome years In the Kue Copernic, In the district between the Arc de Triomphe and the Bois de Boulogne. The house belongs to the Bank of France. The original copper plates from which Audubon's book on the birds of America was printed were recently sold to a brass company at Ansonia. Conn., and all but two melted down. By the merest accident the Identity of the plates was discovered lu time to save these two, and the proprietor of the works has had them pol-; lhcd and inserted as panels In a manttf lpL"0e, in his library. It is whispered through China, and on apparently excellent court authority, that the youthful Emperor at Pekin is very dissatisfied with the chief bride chosen for him and has openly expressed his displeasure to tho ex-Empress Regent, who did the selecting of imperial consorts. The indifference shown to her by her husband is said to cause the deepest pain to the girl-Empress, and ghe is believed to be partly deranged with grief. Lndefexdext: To many persons many kinds of noses,noses lovely and noses unlovely. The great Napoleon's nose was big. Gladstone's nose is big, but it ends in a sharp point. Bismarck has a bignose that is, however, almost flat on the end. General Grant's nose was not too large, but it was large enough to be prominent. Blaine's nose is very prominent, and all his children, including his daughters, are easily distinguishable by the same large protuberanoe. An American-bora member of the . British nouse of Commons, Mr. Channlng, a grandnephewof the great Unitarian divine and antislavery advocate, has placed himself on the" Radical aide of the British land-taxation question. In committee on the local government bill and on the hustings he has advocated the division of all municipal and county rates between the land-ow jer and occupier. (At present the occupier pays all.) His views have attracted considerable attention in his district. Joe Howard says: "A clever rogue recently fooled me weU. selling me a pile of matter he. had copied from McCabe's admirable hook, 'Sunshine and Shadow in New York.' The trick reminds me of another equally successful. I paid a young writer $150 for a serial, and used it One day my office boy said: 'Why don't you pub-" llsn this story the same week the Fireside Companion doesi Investigation shewed that the scallawag copied eaoh week's installment from a popular periodical. We are not all dead yet." General Pennypacker, United States army, nowUving in Philadelphia, owns a hat once worn by Emperor Frederick III, of Germany, who died not long aco of cancer, "One day several years ago, when General Pennypacker was attending the review of the German army, the then Crown Prince said to him: "Let mo wear your hat awhile and you wear mine." Suiting the action to tbe words he quickly exchanged hats. Later each hat was returned to its rightful owner, and the chapeau which the Crown Prince had worn returned to America with tho "hero of Fort Fisher." During the twenty years Mr. and Mrs. George W. Chllds have occupied their residence in Philadelphia they havo entertained in it some of the most notable men of the country and most of the distinguished strangers who havo found their way here. An Emperor and Empress, lords and ladies, princes and poets have slept within its walls and partaken of Us generous andunafiected hospitality. Nearly every one has left some memorial, and there are portraits of the Emperor and Empress of Brazil, Longfellow, who, with his wife and daughter, spent three weeks with Mr. Childs, Dean Stanley, Dr. Holmes. Ixjrtl Houghton, Generals Grant, Sherman and Sheridan.' Ralph Waldo Emerson, Charles Kingsley, Matthew Arnold. Canon Farrar and other notables, many of them with some accompanying sentiment of friendship and regard. Aix Hail! The American hog Seen at centennial bulls. First in the banqueting hall a, First with his nose in the grog. Deep in the viands his snout, Ciettmj? there -with both feet. Decency can't get a seat, Till the police rout him out. Philadelphia Intpiirer. C0M3IEXT AND OPINION. A rnoMiscrors ball is a place where prohibition ought to be enforced. In that kind of a place wo are decidedly in favor of it, because there prohibition would prohibit. Cincinnati Commercial Gazette. If a struggle Is to occur for the preservation of our institutions during their second century of trial, it will be along the lines of autaprouUm to American freedom inculcated in the parochial school and supjiorted by all the power of the Roman Catholic Chureh. Cleveland Leader. Foreign additions would snrely be a discordant element m our coiii position, and cause dissensions h ading to ur ultimate iis-olutl n. For t hi reason we t-bould oppose the purrhaso of Cuba or any other Vc.ft India island, the annexation of Mexico or Canada, or theetahlihnumt of colonies in any quarter of the globe. Louisville Courier-Journal. Our whole system of city government Is very defective. Frankenstcius, in the, shape of corporations, are given life and motion by franchises, and then they not only Ket beyond the control of their creators, but become, a terror to It. In many ways we arc too free In this country, and it would be better if wo should exchange something of our. popular system for autocratio methods. Oinalia Republican.' The years since the war have shown that the colored jieople of the louth are tractable and well-intentioned, as a class; they are capable of becoxnhi, and many of them already have

become, useful and trut j citizens; and ve cannot favor any movement which propose, regardless of intelligence, or industry, or character, and on the issue aolely of color, to treat tbe colored people of tho South as political outcasts. .Boston Journal. The masses of to-day are as pure, as selfsacrificing and as willing to lay down their lives for freedom as were the men of a hundred years ajro, and Rlehop Potter's dismal pessimism to the contrary notwithstanding while the ballot Is within the reach of all her citizens, only those can gain the lasting favor of the great Republic who. like the immortal Washington, measure up to the standard of the people's patriotism. Brooklyn Standard-Union. Public thought Is Indefinable In Its growth. It develops none can say just now or when. It appears, like perspiration upon the, body, generally, uniformly and simultaneously in all parts, if the body-politic is healthy in tone. The press responds to it as do the organs of speech to the command of the will. It fashions it only so far as, like the ear or the eye. it conveys to the lntelUgence the facts that determine the Judgment. Sacramento Record-Union. Tins Nation has reached a dizzy height; It Is the biggest thing out, and can a fiord to be forgiving and charitable. It should not forget that if it had not been for the assistance- of tbe French, and especially the opposition led in England by Pitt, this country would probably now occupy tbe same ooloniaf position ailed by our northern neighbor. Do not let tis be too arrogant, too unforgiving to our old enemy and our maternal ancestor. Chicago Herald. There is neither honor nor profit in denying at any time or for any purpose that the world is constantly becoming, through human endeavor, a litter habitation for human beings. And least of all does depreciation become those who within a quarter of a century have seen their country emerge from the hurricane of civil war not shattered and demoralized, but saved and glorified by the laith, tho valor, tbe fortitude, the devotion and the self-sacritlce of its sons and daughters. New York Tribune.

THE PRESIDENTS SPEECHES. Harrison Knows How to Say the Right Thing at the Right Time. New York Tribune. Twice on Tuesday President Harrison demonstrated his peculiar capacity for saying just tho right thing at the right time. In more than a hundred felicitous speeches during the campaign, and amid the unusual embarassinents which surround a candidate, he convinced his most strenuous adversaries that he possessed this rare gift in a superlative degree; and this week, under circumstances still more difficult, he has proved the fact anew. - At the subtreasury the audience had already been exalted by tho copious and commanding eloquence of Mr. Depew, and the slightest slip might have produced an unfortunate impression. It was not expected that the President would deliver an oration, but it was essential that ho should speak, and that what he said should be perfect of its kind. His manner was full of dignity and 6elf-possession, but not fastidious or overreserved, and in a few harmonious sentences, uttered with simplicity, hut with genuine warmth of feeling, no kept his hearers upon tho same high piano on which he found them. Again in the evening, at the banquet, he was surrounded by famous public speakers. who one after another preceded him with carefully prepared orations. Last of all, he rose amid tumultuous cheers, hut he was not for a moment disconcerted by the enthusiasm of the company, nor by his knowledge of the eaecr expectation with which his turn had been awaited. Without notes and without evidence of elaborate elfort, but with manifest appreciation of his opportunity, he proceeded to make the best speech of the evening. That was the informal verdict of all who were present, and for once the newspapers of the next morning were in -unanimous agreement. Grace, fluency, tact, the gift of phraseology and the art of enunciation; all belong to the President as a speaker. They are not the imperative qualifications of sd executive, but such qualities in a chief magistrate are a credit to tho country, and they are, moreover, suggestive of other traits and capacities of still greater value and importance. CONSTRUING PENSION LAWS. Dussey's Liberality Causes a Marked Increase in Number of AppUcatlons. Washington Special. General Bussoy's liberality in interpreting the meaning of "lino of duty" in his recent pension decisions is stirring up all of the old soldiers who have so far been unable to get a pension. There are to-day nearly 1,200 appeal cases awaiting General Bussey's decision, and more are coming in at the rate of about of three hundred a week. Every one of the cases has been Eassed on several times, and many of them ave been before the Pension Department with every change of administration. A case that was examined this morning had been rejected seven times. It was that of a soldier, who, according to his own statement, tormented a comrade until the latter became so angry that he knocked him down and kicked him in the side, breaking his ribs. It was again rejected, General Bussey deciding that the appplicant having provoked a quarrel violated the army regulations and consequently could not be considered as having been disabled while in the line of duty. "That is a case of contributory negligence," he said, in explaining his decision. "If it had been proved that the person disabled was not to blame for the assault I should have decided otherwise, for I believe that, no matter how the disability was brought about, whether upon the field of battle, in tho line of march or in camp, an honorably discharged soldier is entitled to a pension if he can prove that he was not violating any regulation of the army at the time he was disabled. Here is a sample case: A soldier wm cutting a tent-pole. Tho ax slipped off from the handle and chopped oft his hand, or wounded him so badly that the hand had to be amputated. That was clearly in the discharge of his duty, and he is entitled to a pension. Another case: On the line of march a soldier stepped on a rusty naiL Gangrene set in. and to save his life part of his leg was cut oil. He is just as much entitled to a pension as if his leg had been removed by a cannon-ball on tbe field of battle." Concerning his determination not to sign any more 2 pension certificates, Commissioner Tanner said to-day that every &-a-monthman who is now on the rolls will be promoted to the 24 grade, if he submits to another examination and substantiates his claim. "I havo a strong suspicion," said the commissioner, "that there aro a good many on the $2 list who ought not to be there. . According to reliable information that has been laid before me Commissioner Bently put several thousand of them on the rolls without ever examining their papers. This was near the close of his administration. He had albig batch of applications on hand that had not been examined, and in order to make a good showing he gave all of them a pension of $1 a month. Dudley came in and raised them to $2, and now I propose raising them to 4. This government cannot afford to inEtilt the men who fought for its preservation by offering them such a beggarly pittance as $2 a month in payment for their wounds." - The Chicago Male. Milwaukee SentlneL Man in a panic is about as bad as a horse. It is not creditable to the males of the human race that women and children were trampled to death in the frantic efforts of the Chicago males to get out of the way of danger during the celebration; that women and children! were overrun and injured in the frantic efforts of other Chicago males to get the first chance at street-car seats. Let us hope and try to believe that the Chicago male is less manly and chivalric than any male in any other part of this country. It is intinitelv disgusting to read the details of the Chicago performances. A panic, and a wild dash ot strong men to get out of danger, no matter how mauy women and children are left crushed on the field. And then a mere selfish determination to get a feat in the cars, no matter how many women and children aro crushed and left behind. If a man has a suspicion lurking about his mind that he is no better than the Chicago male, he should muster up courage enough to blow his head off. Soldiers in Spectacles. New York Evening PostOne could not watch the great procession of military without being struck by the extent to which near-sightedness is coming to prevail among our people. Whero physical excellence is so essential as among men who may at any moment be called upon for active service in thetield, it is natural to expect good eyesight, and the lack of it at once challenges attention. Yet among tho militia yesterday was a considerable percentage of both officers and , men, chietly among the younger ones, who wore glasses. In ono instance four orlicers rodo liy in a single line, two of whom wore glasses, while immediately behind were two others, of whom one wore glasses. The weakness was most noticeable among those bodies of troops which came from cities, and was almostentirely absent in the representation of farmers from the villages of the Green Mountain State.

A ST. LOUIS SENSATION. A Woman Attired for the Grave and About to Be Buried liegains Consciousness. St. Louis, May 3. An afternoon paper prints a sensational story of a remarkable case of catalepsy reported from South St. Louis, names being suppressed for the alleged reason that the victim is so weak that tho excitement certain to be aroused by a knowledge of her identity and consequent calls by curious neighbors would be fatal. The story is to the effect that a young married woman, twenty-five years of age, was in her coffin and about to be taken out for burial, when her hnsband saw her arm move, ordered her taken out of the coffin at once, called in two physicians, who, after an examination, pronounced life not extinct, and began a process of resuscitation. Their efforts were successful, and tho woman was in a short time brought back to consciousness. This story was obtained from her sister, a young married woman, who lives at No. 271 South Fourth street. The sister related the following facts in connection with the strange case: "Last Monday my sister, who had been sick for but a few da3's, died as far as we could see, and the attending physician pronounced her dead and her husband proceeded t6 make arrangements for the funeral. A coffin was secured, and when the supposed corpse was dressed it was laid in the coffin. Tho intention was to have the funeral on Tuesday afternoon. Friends of the family visited the housej and mourned over tho body from which the spirit had, it was believed, departed. On Tuesday afternoon, a short time before the closing of tho coffin was to have taken place, my brother-in-law was standing beside the bicr looking on tho face of his wife, when his little boy came into the room and said; I want to look at mamma.1 Just then the arm of my sister moved. My husband saw it and was naturally very much startled. He informed those in the room in an excited manner of what he had seen, and my sister was at once taken from tho comn and placed on a bed and two physicians summoned. They placed a glass in front of my sisters face and all could at once perceive the signs of breath upon it. They then began to work with her, and after a snort while more positive signs of life began to appear. She kept getting better all the time until finally she became conscious. The most terrible feature about it all is that she knew perfectly everything that was going on around her. When she was being dressed for burial she realized what was being done and tried her best to show signs of life but could not do so. When she was placed in the coffin an awful feeling of what was to be her doom came over ner, she says, and she tried to stir, and thought that she succeeded, but, of course, she did not. When she came to, and . related to us an account of the mental torture she had experienced during tho time her trance

lasted, she said: "Where were you all when I screamed?" We told her that she. had not screamed, or we surely would have heard her. " WeUy she said, 'I tried to scream often, and even thought that once I had succeeded in emitting a shriek. "When she was lying in the coffin, she tried to move, but failed until her little child came running into the room and asked to look at her. Then her arm cramped, and her husband, who was standing by the ooffin, fortunately happened to see it. Had he not, sho certainly would have been buried alive." ' The story was further corroborated by A. Hartwig, of 827 South Fourth street, who said he 6a w the girl who told the storv, dressed in black and crying, going by his store on Monday, and when his wife asked her what the matter was she said her sister was dead and she was going to the funeral She af tewards told them the story of her sister being brought back to life. All efforts to ascertain the name of the woman who came so near being buried alive, or the name of tho physicians in attendance, have thus far failed. PESSIMIST POTTER. He Declares the Political Atmosphere Is Bad, " and Severely Criticises the President. New York, May 8. Bishop Potter has been much criticised for his use of the phrase that "Jeffersonian simplicity means Jacksonian vulgarity," in his centennial sermon. In an interview yesterday he explained the remark as follows: "Vulgarity, as I used it, did not refer to manners, but to the political atmosphere Vulgar means 'common.1 The manners of the people may be very high, but the moral tone very low. Look at some countries in Europe," and tho Bishop named them. "Now you catch the idea. I am no mugwump. I've been a Republican all my life: but I hate taffy and platitudes. Besides thore were plenty who were sure to pay sounding compliments to Mr. Harrison and the Nation that honors him. I wasn't needed for that. Apply what I said regarding my estimate of the presidential omce to the present situation. How much time has Harrison given to statesmanship? Not an hour; not an instant,' so far as anybody knows. He was put where he is to maintain the Nation's dignity, to protect the rights of the poor and the rich, to rule, not to engage in barter and trade. But alas! What a spectacle we have. We behold the President of the United States of America intent only on getting Congressmen out of the House at night so that he can go to bedl What's the use of beating about the bush in this matter? It makes me very tired." 4 Then you had no thought of assailing the personal character of Andrew Jackson?'' "Not in the slightest," replied Bishop Potter, "but I cannot forget that under the Jackson regime the hateful diction was pronounced, To tho victors belong tho spoils.' " "What is your definition of plutocracy?'' "When I speak of this as the era of the flutocrats, nobody can misunderstand me; don't intend that they shalL Everybody has reoognized the rise of tho money power; its growth not merely stifles the independence of the people, but the blind believers inmoney'B omnipotent power assert that its liberal use condones every offense. Tho pulpit does not speak out as it should. These plutocrats are the enemies of religion, as they are of the state; and, not to mince matters. I will say that while I had the politicians in mind Erominently-. there are others. 1 tell you I ave heara the corrupt use of money in elections and the sale of the sacred right of the ballot openly defended by ministers of the gospel. I may find it necessary to put such men of the sacred office in the public pillory. The social tendencies in the great cities outside of politics are most inspiring, most elevating. But the spoils system and Jts related vice, the purchase of votes, are things to be afraid of, to be jumped upon and strangled." Victims of the Hamilton Wreck. Hamilton, Ont., May 3. There still re main for identification the bodies of a man and woman, well preserved, with twelve more in a poor state of preservation, but all will soon bo beyond identification. To-day Mr. Jewell, of Toronto, tried to identify among the bodies that of his on, Thomas Jewell, who was on his way from San Francisco to Toronto. Mr. Sterns arrived this morning and identified the remains of E. Kandell, of Peekskill, N. Y., by the necktie and underclothing worn by deceased. Mr. De Forest, of New York, was unable to identify the remains of L. . Oviatt. The latter was secretary for Judge Rushraore, of New York, and De Forest was his room mate in New York. Five of the wounded have been able to leavo the hospital, and the remaining seven are doing well and will ail recover. Sarah Althea Hill In Court Again. San Franxisco, May 3. Argument was begun before the Supreme Court of California to-day on an appeal of Fred K. Aharon from the orders of the lower court, denying the motion for a new trial of tho celebrated Sharon divorce case. Frederick Aharon, the executor of the estate, was) made the respondent in tho case on tho death of ex-Senator Wm. Aharon in lbS3. On Feb. 21, last, Sharon's counsel moved that the alleged contract of marriage on which Sarah Althea Hill, now wife of Judge David 8. Terry, based her claims to part of the Sharou estate be produced in court and canceled agreeably to a decree of the United States Circuit Court, dated Sept. 29, 1&S5. The Supreme Court to-day granted tho motion, but a aenaatiou

1 roiisunuMl in tho lire which drMruyrd his librarv at Fresno, on the night of Aug. 11, Ho afterward made affidavit to this effect. The argument in the case, however, will continue to-day and to-morrow. Thrt Eoint. sought to W made by the Sharon eirs is that th 17nit-l xt.it. nrt i.ni jurisdiction in the matter in that its decis-luum-uaiius luc contract a lorgery ana perpetually enjoining Sarah Aletha from asserting community rights was linaL Acquitted of Complicity In 31urder. Magnolia, Miss., Mayf?. Tho jury in tho case of the State of Mississippi vs. Dr. J. J. Goss, charged with complicity in the murder of Felix H. Varnado, in Osyka, in November last, after twelve hours' deliberation, have returned a verdict of acquittah Sheridan (colored), who did the (shooting, was convicted a short time ago of the raurJIe alleScd that Uos hired him to Kill Varnado, and that after Varnado'a death, he desired to kill him in order to get him out of tho way. Canadians Not Pleased. Ottawa, May 0. Considerable interest is being manifested in political circles over the announcement of the sweepiug investigations to be made by the United States committee on trade relations with Canada. Surprise is expressed that the committeo is empowered to take up the Behring sea question, which, for three years past, ha been the subject of international correspondence. British Columbiana aro urging the Canadian government to ask tho imperial authorities to send a cruiser to Behring sea. Steamship Arrlva'i. London. May 8.-The Bothnia, from New York, for Liverpool, passed Browhead at noon to-day; the City of Chicago, from wi?,r for Liverpool, passed Browhcad at 2:30 this afternoon. Sighted: Slavouia. from New lork, for Stettin. wNkw York May S.-Arrived: City of Berlin, from Liverpool. LiVT.RrooL, May S.-Arrived: Ness-mora, from Baltimore. Bremen, May a-Arrivcd: Wcser, frora Baltimore Dinner to Mm. Harrison. New Yokk, May 8. Mrs. Harrison was this evening, given a dinner by Mrs. J. dl Van Nostraud at the residence of the latter in Brooklyn. Tho hostess is a personal friend of the wife of the l'resideut. Tin diniug-hall was beautifully decorated lo the occasion, and covers were laid for twenty-two guests. Among those present were Mrs. General Tracy, Miss Tracv. Mrs. Russell Harrison. Mrs. McKre, Commodores Kamsey and wife, Ifev. Dr. Leonard, ot Washington, and He v. Charles Hall. The Chess Tournament. New York, May 3. The day's chess plav resulted as follows: Tichigorin won froih Gossip, Gunsherg won from Showalter; Blackburn tied with 1). I J. Uaird; Lipsehutz tied with Taubenhaus;. Mason tied with J. W. Baird; Judd's game with Delmar was adjourned; Martinez lost with Burn!; Pollock won from Hanham; Burrillo won from McLeod; Bird tied with Weiss. Colonel Shepard Play Host. New York, May 3. Colonel Elliott F Shepard gavo a dinner to-night to a number of his friends, including ex-Prsidentt Hayes, ex-Governors Bucknr.r and Gordon, Senator Evarts, John C. Calhoun, C. M. Depew, Kn.ell Harrison, ex-Judge Noah, Davis, General Butterlield aud others. There were no formal toasts, but several speeches were made. . m Horrible Xxulatina Tragedy. Edgerly, La., May 3. A terrible tragedy occurred at Blair, La., yesterday afternoon, A merchant named Melwick shot his wila and two children, set lire to his residencq and burned the bodies of his victims witU it, and then shot himself. Business Embarrassments. Marldorough, Mass., May 3. C. & L. T. Frey, shoemakers, have made an assignment. Liabilities, $."X).O0a Two hundred hands aro thrown out of employment. An Annual Revenue of 8783,000. Hartford Courant. High license went into effect at Boston Saturday. Hereafter it costs $1,000 a year to bcII liquor over the bar in that town, and the total number of saloons is limited U 785. Last Friday there were at least 2.500 in active operation. It is estimated that the loss on fixtures, etc., of tho 1,700 saloon keepers whose occupation is gone will reach $2,400,000, and that over 2.000 bartenders are thrown out of employment. All the big hotels have secured licenses, but a good many of the small ones got left. So. it is said, did the sporting" resorts and tho basement saloons through tho city, witbV out a single exception. Water vs. Whisky. New York Independent. Some ot the newspapers are horrified atj the reports that water sells at. 10 c ents : glass at Oklahoma; but they do not feeria to think that 25 cents is at all too much to nay for a glass of whisky. It is singular, how some people undervalue blessings and appreciate scourges. Pure water, which harms nobody, they are unwilling to par for, even in emergencies; whisky, which does nothing but harm, they will pay any Frice for and never think of complaining, t is too bad that good water is so scarce ii the "beautiful land;" but it ought to brir& more than bad whirky. Kentucky Ilehind the Times. New York Herald, Out in Kentucky it may be necessary to make th-) ibrow nititudinous and expansivo by "roacaing," but in New York we produco a very much mure effective result by going bald-headed. Jo that case, you see. dear contemporary, a man's forehead extends away back t hi? shirt-collar. Kentucky is benlnd tho timei in these little matters. An Uijrecwjmlzed Ilero. Baltimore American. While the aallant Captain Murrell is being deservedly iionored. would it not be just to give sorio recognition to the captain of the DanmarJ:. tho commanded the sinking ship laden v iti. pxssengers, and who surely must havo nided in the rescue of his pas seugers? The Next Best Tldug. Boston UffV J. Mr. Softlelgh (approaching tho point) The sentiments I hold toward you, my dca Miss Kcece, art; so tender that I cannot ex press them! Miss Kecno (archly) Then you might! send thcui by nail. "'v i.y in Your Pig-Iron. Rocheste Pos.t KAj tss. Pig-ircn m n?,v celling for Sit a ton. tho. lowest pri- fv. s,cral years. Familiesshould take avnti?e of this great drop in rates, and lay in a supply sufficient to their need. - m x The Kesulta of Early Licking. Chicago JTews. A boy who has bocn beaten often enough in the public schools when quite young i4 likely to b'j beaten in business, in politics, in love, in lawsuits, and in piety after ha grows older. o Oakdoosa's Surplus. St. Tsui Gloie. That Kansas town, Olaloosa,that revels in female rule, said to have a surplus in the treasury for the first t . me in its history Tho Mayor is probably wearing last season's hat. s Ityrtm's Mistake. Texas Slfungs. Byron said a pretty woman never looked so badly as when sho was eating. Probably1 ho never saw her hold up her skirts and walk across a muddy street on her heeftu It Has Stood the Test. Boston Journal. During tho last nineteen years 3!0araend. ments to tho Constitution of tho United State have been proposed in Congress, but? only three havo been adopted. 31 ust He Leaders of Men. Minneapolis Tribune. It is observed that all Kansas women wh havo been elected to office wear tho prefix! "Mrs." This seoms to show that feuiald politicians must be leaders of nisu. "Ward McAllister Indorsed. Aug nut (Cia.) Chronicle. McAllister is a Southern man and a goof Democrat.

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