Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 14 June 1889 — Page 4

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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, FRIDAY, JUNE 14, 1889

THE DAILY JOURNAL FRIDAY. JUNE 14, 1889. WASHINGTON OFFICE 513 Fourteenth St. P. 8. IIkato. Correspondent. NEW YORK OFFICE-204 Temple Court, Oornr Btekmsn d1 Numq Streets. Telephone Calls, fiqftlnes CflSce 233 Editorial Rooms....... .242 TEIUIS OF SUHSCIUPTION. DAILT. Oneyesr, withnnt Panflay f 12.00 One yer. with SuD.tar 14 00 Pix rwntliB, without Sunday COO fix months, with fiunrtay 700 Three moDtlia. withont Sunday 3 no Three montbsf with Hundar 3.50 One month, without Sunday 1.00 One month, wltn bundxy 1-20 WSEKLT. Per year $1.00 Reduced Rates to Cluby. Bntscribs with any ol our numerous amenta, cr end subscription to THE JOURNAL NEWSPAPER COMPANY, IxDiAxarous. iKrt. THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL Can be found at the following places: LONDON Aa!rtcaa Exchange in Europe, 449 , fitiand. PARIS American Exchange in Paris, 33 Boulevard dea Capacities. NEW YORK GUsey House and Windsor HoteL FII ILADELPIIIA A. p7 Kemble. 2725 Lancaster avenue. CHICAGO Palmer Ilouse. CINCINNATI J. P. na"wley & Co, 154 Vine street. LOUISVILLE C. T. During, northwest corner Third and Jefferson atreeta. ST. LOUIS "Union News Company, Union, Depot and Southern HoteL WASHINGTON, D. G Xllgfrs House and Ehbltt Honae. , Johnstown Relief Fund. The subjoined statement shows the amount received at this oflfce for relief of Johnstown sufferers, and the snra forwarded, and the amount now on hand: Received June 3 $470.25 Received Juno 4 459. 80 Jleceived Juno 5 27D.OO Jleceived Juno 0 47.50 Tteeeivcd Juno 7 100.00 received June 8 200.73 Kecelred June 10 239.81 Tteeeivcd June 11 i!56.73 Received June 12 104.50 Total $2,164.36 June 4 Remitted to Wm. McCreery, chairman relief fund, Pittsourg, Pa $800.00 June 5 Remitted as alve 300.00 June t Remitted as above. . . . 300.00 Juno 11-Kemittcd as above.. 575.001,973.00 Balance fur next remittance $189.36

If the Governor has any authority to act in tho premises, ho should cause thorough investigation to bo made of tho Harrison county lynching. It would he an excellent thing for the cause of justice and the reputation of the State. Leon Bailey, late assistant district attorney, stands before this community and State a dishonored official, a faithless prosecutor, tattooed from head to foot with a record of partisan infamy, of neglected duty and prostituted power. He should he indicted for conspiracy. It looks as if the position of umpire in the Democratic party for tho next few years would bo a very difficult one. "With free-traders and protectionists both screaming that they alone are tho party, and the other fellows are mutineers and political outcasts, the position of umpire will be more dangerous than that of a car coupler. The New Orleans Picayune says that a politician is a patriot when he thinks more of harmony than he does of himself, whereupon the New York Herald asks: "Do you grow that kind of a vegetable in Louisiana!" adding: "It is mighty scarce in this market." Never mind, dear Herald, the Democracy is going to "got together." It has to harmony or no harmony. Indianapolis is pre-eminent among American cities in one respect. We are not very strong on base-ball, wo have no navigable river handy, we have not yet discovered petroleum or natural gas in the city limits, and wo have not had a trunk murder or a Cronin conspiracy; but, thanks to tho Democratic members, this is the only city in the United States that can point to an ex-convict sitting in its Council. The liquor-sellers of New Jersey are clamoring for a called session of the Legislature to repeal tho law which repealed the local-option law. It turns out to bo a sword that cuts two ways, and it cuts more tho wrong way than the right way, as they count right and wrong. There is something said somewhere about somebody's falling into tho pit which he dug for another, and it is said in such a way as to imply, good enough for him. "The railway mail service cannot be made a partisan machine without destroying its public usefulness," says tho St. Louis Republic, and so says the Journal. Has it not been tried for four years! Let us assure our contemporary that, just as fa.t as the civil-servico law will allow, that department will be cleared of its partisan rubbish and made to servo tho public. It cannot be expected to undo in three months the mischief of four years. The refusal of Justice Miller, of the United States Supremo Court, to avail himself of the provisions of law and retiro on full pay, meets with general approval. "While at the age of seventy a man may not wisely take up a new line of business, he never was more capable of pursuing tho business which had engaged his attention all his life than at that age. This is especially true of ono whoso business it has been to expound law and constitutions. The secretary of the New York Stock Exchango acknowledges the receipt of a letter from "an old confederate" inclosing four $100 confederate bills, with a request to Fell and apply the proceeds to the Johnstown relief fund. Tho writer says: "I havo already contributed my mite, and thought the inclosed might perhaps help a little further." His idea probably was that they might bring something as a curiosity, ?.nd in this view his action was entirely praiseworthy. The Chicago Times says that Chiefjustice Fuller will receive the votes of the solid delegation from Illinois for tho presidency in 16W. AVhat if he does? lie cannot be elected with the New York Sun forever carping about his mustachios. Besides, Justice Fuller is a poet, and already the Sun is attributing this movuaent in his behalf to a Chicago

club "devoted more to philosophy, poetry, tho graces of civilization and the refinenieifts of life, than to politics." The Democratic party can never "get together' on such a candidate as that. The suggestion of the Louisville Courier-Journal is better the coming man is moro likely to be in a cornfield or canebrake than in a parlor just now.

THE PRESIDENT'S CRITICS. Democratic papers say there is a great deal of dissatisfaction with President Harrison's administration, and are doing what they can to increase and exaggerate it. This is politics at least it is American politics. As a form of lying, it is a legitimate Democratic weapon. Wo expect that sort of thing in Democratic papers, and should be disappointed if it did not exist. But a few Kepublican papers and politicians are lending themselves to the dissemination of this idea, thus playing into the hands of the Democracy and helping to weaken and decry the administration they assisted in making. Tho number of such Republican papers and politicians is very small, but that there should be any, or even one, is discreditable to our politics and to the American character. It shows that the Kepublican party is accessible, .in some degree at least, to the same small, selfish, unpatriotic and contemptible motives that prevail among the Democracy. Kepublican dissatisfaction with . the administration has a transparent motive. It begins and ends in appointments to office. That is its alpha and omega. Show us a disaffected Kepublican or critic of President Harrison's administration, and we will show you a man who haa failed to get what ho expected for himself or some of his friends. There is no denial, and there can be none, that the President has fully met every demand of public duty or public policy; that he has stood and is standing firmly for the principles of the Kepublican party, or that he is executing the laws ami administering the government honestly, faithfully and justly. In all his public acts and utterances he has shown his ability to grasp tho duties of his office, and to maintain its dignity. His bitterest political enemy cannot point to any failure or shortcoming in this regard. The only respect in which he has failed to give complete satisfaction is in the distribution of offices. Even in this the criticism is purely personal and selfish in its origin. There is no pretense that the general welfare, the public interests or even the interests of the Kepublican party have not been carefully and conscientiously regarded. It is only that some person, or some person's friend, or some person's friend's friend's "claims,, have not been recognized. The Journal has no sympathy with this kind of criticism, and no respect for those who make it. General Harrison was elected President for other and higher reasons than to give every good Republican an office. He is doing, and, doubtless, will continue to do, the best he can in that regard, but he must not lose sight of tho weightier matters of the law. The masses of the Republican party and of those who elected President Harrison do not want office. They do want a clean, honest, firm, high-toned Kepublican administration of the government, such as President Harrison is giving, and as they believe he will continue to give. Further than that they are not concerned about who is appointed to office or who is disappointed. They are not finding fault with the administration. They are silent and satisfied. The critics are few but noisy. Tho shallows murmur, but the depths are dumb. FOUR YEARS' APPOINTMENTS. The New York Evening Post quotes approvingly several passages from a recent editorial in the Journal on the President's decision relative to the removal and appointment of four-year officials, and says: "The article reads like an article which had strayed by mistake from tho editorial columns of an independent newspaper into those of the great Republican organ of Indiana." We presume this should be taken as an intended compliment, for the Post itself being a so-called "independent" newspaper, knows no higher form of praise than to say that an article is wise enough or good enough to have appeared in ono of those supernaturally wise and good papers. The Journal is a thorough Republican organ, and proud of it; it is also an independent newspaper, and equally proud of that. It does not regard independence as inconsistent with strong political convictions, or even with partisanship. In tact, an honest partisan newspaper shows more independence by its discriminating criticism than tho average independent newspaper does by its indiscriminate abuse. The New York Evening Post is more unfair and unjust in its treatment of President Harrison than this paper ever was in its treatment of President Qleveland. Yet the Journal claims to bo a Republican organ of independent proclivities, while the Post claims to be an independent newspaper of well, of no proclivities. . Regarding the question of removal and appointment of four years' officials, the Journal will continue to assert what it believes to be the doctrine of good government and of true Republicanism, viz., thati as a rule, all officers appointed and commissioned for four 3'ears should be permitted to serve out their full terms unless there is good cause other than mere political difference for their removal. This should be tho rule with both parties and all administrations. The only exceptions should be in ofiices that affect tho policy of tho administration and in cases of personal unfitness, neglect of duty or political abuse of the office. Tho exceptions would-prove tho rule. The rule should be retention for tho full teim, the exception removal for cause. This would be fair to both parties, to all incumbents of office, and to all applicants. It would be a relief to the President, to the government and to tho people. It would bo a return to the constitutional idea of office-holding, and, in every way, a gain for good government. We hope to seo President Harrison tako his stand on

this rule of action and enforce it to such an extent that it shall become the recognized policy of both parties.

The shocking railroad accident in Ireland shows America is not the only country where 6uch accidents occur, though when they do occur here foreigners are swift to attribute them to American carelessness and mismanagement. There is, however, one conspicuous difference. The dispatches say that on the very day of the accident tho engineer, fireman and guard of the train and the traffic manager's clerk were summoned before a magistrate, and were remanded on the charge of being responsible for the acci-' dent. This was prompt work. In ths country there would have been several days of excited newspaper talk, with charges and denials of responsibility; then a coroner's investigation, and probably a whitewashing verdict that nobody was to blame. In the end the company would privately compromise with some of the sufferers by paying a few hundred dollars damages, nobody would be punished, and the event would soon be forgotten.- That is tho American way. The Baltimore American says that our army costs more to itssizo than any army in the world. There is nothing of discredit in that. Our army, when on a peace footing, is relatively the smallest army in the world, just as it should be, so that our expenses in maintaining the skeleton machinery, as it were, ready for clothing with muscle in time of need, must be relatively greater than if we maintained a million of private soldiers at the rate of private soldiers. Neither is it strange, however much it is to be regretted, that, in times of peace, desertions from the army aro frequent. The life of a soldier is an un-American life. Not to mention its utter lack of stimulant and motive, the harshness and sometimes the cruelties of officers make the camp little preferable to prison. Whether military discipline can bo maintained by any system that is not harsh and cruel is not known, for it has never been tried. Malfeasance and corruption in office is treason to ! tho State and the highest crime against tho people. It must be pursued without ceasing and punished without mercy. No community and no party can afford to ignore or condone it. Tho public officer who betrays a public trust should bo made to suffer the penalty of the law regardless of .all personal, political or social considerations. And the importance of the office or the extent of the corruption is not to bo considered. The principle of absolute official integrity and responsibility must be enforced in all cases. If the Sheriff of Harrison county made any effort to prevent the Corydon lynching or protect tho prisoners in his custody the fact is not mentioned. So far as appears, tho respectable mob had everything its own way, and the officers of the law offered no resistance. Thero ' was ample time and notice for them to have done so, and they might have distinguished themselves by doing, their duty; but they did nothing of the kind. Their conduct adds to the disgrace; of the proceeding. The New York World has this to say of Calvin S. Price's election as chairman of the national Democratic committee: -The choice of Calvin S. Brice to fill the place left vacant by the death of Chairman Uaraum will signify little more than a bourbonteh indifference on the part of its members to a handicap which hindered the party In its race of List year. Mr. Brlce was not placed in practical control of the campaign last year by President Cleveland because of any ability ho had shown as an organizer of part ies or a manager of political forces. Mr. Brice was unknown and without experience In this field a baby in poUtics, compared with Matthew Quay. He waa selected as President Cleveland's personal representative, because he was a successful organizer of capital and a shrewd manipulator of money. With a millionaire corporation representative at the head of their own executive committee, the Democrats were stopped from raisin an Issue upon which they nught have won. m spite of President Cleveland's unpopularity In his own fctate. To elevate Calvin S. Brice as Its figurehead for three years will be a piece of fatuous complaisance on the part of the Democratic national committee which does small credit to Its discernment or its backbone. The suggestion for a new government building in this city on a new and better site is a good one. By the year KKX) or 1925, which is hut a span's length ahead, the necessities of the city and the government will require a very different sort of building from the present one, even with its contemplated extension. There should be a fine structure built for tho future, on an eligible site further north. But the suggestion will come to nothing unless followed up promptly and practically. Mere newspaper approval will do no good. There should be a committee sent to Washington to confer with the proper authonties there relative to the subject, and to secure official recognition and presentation of the matter to tho next Congress. It seems to be a case for action by the Board of Trade. Senator Pugh, tho only Democratic member of tho junketing committee that is doing Washington Territory; professedly to inquiro into the relations between this country aud Canada, is prepared to report in part. The Chicago Herald's correspoudeuce from Tacoina says that while at Tacoma he called for a mint julep, suggesting that the mixer ned not he "nice" as to the quantity of the main ingredients. and tho barkeeper was not; but when he plucked the mint from a bed of mint growing by the window, the Senator exclaimed; The resources of this country are wonderful, indeed. Yon ask for a mint julep, aud it is made before your eyes, with mint that grows right beside the bar!'' TnE Sentinel has been telling some very ugly stories about one Ambrose Hamlin, employed as a clerk in tho postothce. If the stories are true he is a bad young man and should be removed. He was appointed by Postmaster Aquilla Jones. Postmaster Wallace would do well to scrutinize very carefully all appointments made during the late administration. To the Editor of the Inliaoaiolis Journal: la there a law on the statute books of this State prohibiting the killing of rabbits at any time! c. Darlington, Ind. No. ABOUT PEOPLE AND TIIINT.S. It has been decided that the minimum for the British Foot Guards shall be lowered to live feet scveu inches in the case of men uudcr twenty years of age. The story that Gounod is coming to this country has been revived in all the New York journals. Kvidentlv tho "Gounod boom" is a reality. No other living composer would have such a tremendous ovation in this country. Richard Henry Stoddard, the poet, is extremely democratic in his tastes and habits. A friend recently found him between

noon and 1 p. M. sitting in an" elevator eating a dish of Irish stew with tho elevator man. Stoddard took the attendant to his home one day and introduced him as "the man with whom I sometimes dine." A good example of fast life in England has been lately given by tho case of Lieutenant Powell, of the Hussars, whose affairs have been before tho Insolvency Court. Since 18ST he ha- spent $535,000, and is many thousands in debt. On several occasions he has lost as high as $75,000 in an evening playing baccarat, at the Field Club, which was recentlyraided. A young and pretty woman. Dr. Guiseppina Cattani, has been appointed lecturer on pathology at the uni versity of Bologna, Italy, the oldest university in the world. Her lectures are pronounced most learned, and large audiences of students and others listen to her whenever she speaks. Her beauty and profundity have, in fact, combined to creato a sensatiou. It appears that tho heroic self-sacrifice of Father Daiuieu is not absolutely unique. In 181S a Moravian missionary and his Enflhsh wife undertook the charge of a leper mspital for the South African Hottentots. In li67 a similar work was commenced at Jerusalem, aud four Moravian missionaries are now devoted to this service. Both theso leper hospitals are still in operation. As for the quest.'on of priority in opening theological study to women (lately taken efToct in Hartford), Lucy Stono reminds -us that Oberlin College, in Ohio, as early as 18T)0, graduated two women Miss Antoinette Brown and Miss Lettice Smith, from its theological school. Miss Brown soon settled over a parish in South Butler, N. Y. Oberlin was founded in 18o2. and began with admitting women to all departments. King Humbert is something of a wit. His hair gTew white almost of a sudden, three years ago. He is a great smoker and fruiteater; hardly touches meat, and drinks nothing but a little weak claret and water. Coffee and tea aro forbidden beverages to him, as they excite bis nerves. When out shooting or maneuvering with troops he seems to live, mostly on bread, apples and oranges. His favorite amusement is billiards, but he likes chess and whist, and plays a very good rubber. Theodore Roosevelt recently astonished the scientists in the Cosmos Club, of Washington, by putting together correctly the skeletons of animals long since extinct, aud describing their appearauce, habits and natures. The host of the evening, a man of mature years, who has spent a large portion of his lifetime in a study of these animals, was completely surprised at m Mr. Koosovelt's knowledge of them, and said to his guests that the possession of such expert knowledge in such a young man was remarkable. Door-keeper Loefler. of tho White House, has a wonderful memory. He was with Stanton at tho time of Lincoln's assassination, and during the trials of 1869 was ordered to tho White House for the duties he is still performing. His recollection of faces is remarkable. "You called on Mr. Garfield," or "I remember you during the Hayes regime," he will sometimes say to a man whom he has never seen but once, and that years ago. He can tell a "crank" on sights and he saves the President a great deal of annoyance by his acuteness. Mrs. Sam Foom, a Chinese lady who has lately gone back to China with her husband, has a singular story. She was a little slave girl, and was rescued years ago by Dr. Gibson. She gave a lecture some time since, in one of tho Methodist churches of San Francisco, ou the history of her life. Her husband, a Christian Chinaman, started in business ten years ago, and made a vow that when ho was worth $3,000 ho would go back to China to preach the gospel to nis countrymen. The couple have gone back, accordingly, as self-supporting missionaries. The Comte de Paris has written a little , letter to the New York Independent which is not likely to contribute to his popularity in France, especially among those people who believe that he is conspiring with all his might. The letter deals mainly with the character of Washington, for whom the Comte has, as is well known, the most exalted admiration, both as a patriot and a general; but it also attacks liberalism and republicanism in France in the most open manuer. It is safe to say that if the noblo Comte and his party were in power they would expel the leading Republicans from France for much less than the overt and covert acts which procured for him his expulsion. The most liberal of monarchies has always proven illiberal when there has been even the slightest question about changing the form of government.

C03IMEXT AND OPINION. When history is written in the cool and impartial atmosphere of tho future the wealth of the nineteenth century will be credited with beneficent accomplishments superior to those of any previous era. Sacramento Kecord-Union. Nothing indicates better the changed conditions of business and industry in tho Southern States than the invasion of the Yankee savings bank. It implies the development of economy and thrift in the people, and it will also tend to cultivate those qualities in soil that has hitherto been barren. Albany Journal. There is something astounding and farcical in laws which permit the landing of helpless paupers, who go almost direct from the steamer dock to our institutions of charity, and yet render liable to a tine of 1.000 a church which engages a pastor abroad, or a college which invites foreign professors to till its chairs of instruction. Boston Journal. Tiik suppression of polygamy, no matter what may be the sympathies of a portion of the Democratic party, is the settletl olicy of the government and people of the rutted States, and it is this that the ad ministration desires to enforce, and not any personal policy, as the Democratic and mugwump press would have the public believe. Baltimore American. A college education was once regarded as so much working capital or stock in trade for a business or professional career. Now it is looked upon as a part of the general equipment or preparation which a maji ought to nave m order to enable him to find out what he is fitted for. and what he ought not, a9 well as what he ought, to attempt to accomplish. New York Tribn ne. Is the United States unlike nil other countries on earth! Are we absolutely invulnerable to attacks from foreign ioesf The -wretched condition of tho coast towns would indicate that somo people assuming to be statesmen think so, else property anil life would -not le left year after year at the morcy of any fifth-rate power choosing to levy tribute upon us. New York Press. The way to strengthen any desire the President may have- to promote the cause of civil-service reform is not to attack him personally and attempt to discredit him in the popular mind: that does not serve the cause of reform, so far as we can judge, bnt it does something quite different by inculcating a belief in the party masses that civil-service reform is, alter all, a chimera. Boston Transcript. Whv endow universities and colleges for the diffusion of knowledge, and then exclude their teachers when invited from foreign lands? It is probable that Attorney-general Miller will not interfere with the decision of Solicitor Hepburn. In such case Congress should not delay in amending a law which, under tho ofticial construction given to it. would disgrace the legislation of the Chinese. Philadelphia Record. IE it is to be considered good forpa to tolerate societies and brotherhoods that murder their obnoxious members and thereby throw tho community iu which tho crime is committed into a fever of excitement and iucur great public expense, then the.se societies and brotherhoods should flourish. But if men are to be free to walk abroad at night, and safe in doing so, these bands should perish. They should be stamped out. Chicago Mail. Christianity is an epoch of transition. Presently it will gather up again the essentials of its creeus. The superstitions are gone, never to ret nrn. ' The barbarities of belief are dead. Dead, is the theory that faith is all in all Coming, in epiteof indifference within and jeers without, is the regeneration of the theory of Jesus Christ, that religion is not the thought, bnt the deed following tho thought. Coming is the dawn of the great -truth that religion without action is as useless as the ambition of the: impotent. Omaha Republican, : .

TOSTOFFICE INVESTIGATION

Civil-Service Commissioners to Visit Indianapolis and Other Cities. Conduct and Needs of the Service to Be Inquired Into, with the View of Greater Efficiency Two Tension Rulings. NEEDS OF POSTOFFICES. Clvll-Serrlce ConimislonersWill Slake Inquiry at Indianapolis and Other Places. Special to the ImUanapolis JournaL Washington, Juno 13. The Civil-service Commission will start for Indianapolis next Snnday. The commissioners are extremely reticent about giving any information as to the purpose of their trip, and will only say" that the tour is one of "inspection," not examination. Mr. Lyman, the chairman of the commission, was asked this morning by your correspondent if any charges had been preferred, or any information received which led the commission to make the journey. "No," he replied, "the commission has not received any charges against the present postmaster at Indianapolis. You know what the condition of affairs was in that office during the term of the last postmaster. To inspect the office and see that all evils have been weeded' out and that the service is in order is the principal reason we co to Indianapolis. We have been requested to authorize a special examination, which we have refused to do so far. A desire to become better informed on the necessity of the office has partly warranted the proposed action of the commission. The regular civil-service examination at Indianapolis does not occur until August, and the postmaster is anxious to have a special examination authorized that he may obtaiu a new list of eligibies to increase the force of the lettercarriers' department; and before taking action we propose to look into the condition of the ottice." "Why has the commission selected Indianapolis, Chicago and Milwaukee as the cities to be visited? Why not go to St. Louis also?" "We have decided to make a complete inspection of the entire country. Before we complete tho work we have laid out we will visit nearly, if not all the principal postotlices in the United States. We are determined to learn the true condition of attain in many of the largo offices, to till the local examining boards wherever vacancies exist, and become acquainted not only with the examiners, but with postmasters and other officers under them." "From the information the commission has at hand, does it expect to find an unfavorable condition of affairs at the cities to be visited!" "I cannot answer that question." "What is the plan of inspection as laid OUtf" 44 We will go directly to Indianapolis from here, and remain in that city as long as there is any necessity for our presence. How long that will be we cannot say until after a careful inspection of the postoffico has been made. When we have completed our work at Indianapolis we will proceed to Chicago, where we will inspect tne postoffice there. The commission may go to Milwaukee after it has finished at Chicago, but much will depend on circumstances that may come up after we leave Washington to determine whether we will continue the trip to Milwaukee." MINOR MENTION. One Man Granted a Pension for Rheumatism and Another Refused for Catarrh. Washington, Jnne 13. Assistant Secretary Bussey to-day directed that Albert A. Barnes be granted a pension for rheumatism. The case was rejected by the Pension Office for lack of evidence; bnt Mr. Bussey considered the evidence sufficient to warrant a pension tor Barnes. In the case of John P. Carlin, who claims a pension for catarrh, as the result of a broken nose by being thrown from the cars while on individual furlough. Assistant Bussey holds that the soldier was not in line of duty, and he affirms the action of the Pension Oflice in rejecting Carlin's application for pension. Mr. Harrison Leaves for Cape May. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, June 13. The President will keep bachelor's hall at the White House until he leaves for his summer vacation, as the remaining members of his household left for the seashore this morning. Mrs. Harrison, accompanied by the President, Dr. Scott and Mrs. Scott Lord, left the executive mansion about 9 o'clock, the party being driven to the Baltimore fc Potomac depot. In another carriage were the White House babies and their nurses, and a special car wasplaced at the disposal of the entire party. The President returned to the White Houso alone. Upon arriving at Cape May, Mrs. Harrison and tho remainder of the family will go to Postmastergeneral Wanamaker's cottage, on Pennsylvania avenue, and this, at least, will have a home-like sound. When business will permit the President proposes to join the family at the seaside, and he will probably go to Cape May on Sunday. Mrs. Harrison arrived at Cape May in the evening, pretty well tired out. Indiana Pensions. Pensions have been granted to the following-named Indianians: Original Invalid John II. Hubbard, Emanuel Gahiue, John L. Palmer, John Sweitzer, Wm. L. Euerly, Amos W. Earnest, Joab Reynolds. Joseph Ax, Lewis J. Parsons, George Miller, Wm. T. Stott, John Ulnia. Calvin Herrell, Wm. Dollhoover, John I, mazer, Theodore J. Davis, Elisha B. Odell, 'Squire M. Adair, Levi Rogers, Fimeon McDowell, Jacob Itosnaglc, Abner C. llorsey, John P. lilazer. Restoration James A. Henderson. Restoration and Increase John G. Harrison. Increase Robert 11. Smith, Wm. M. Strait, Thomas Pefley, Washington McCabe, Daniel F. Ott, Israel W. Hemhicl$on, David Murphy, Wm. G. CJibaon, Itobert Ccstrrove, Altsalom Brown, Henry Eller, John B. WJMauif?, Wm. Fulton, G. M. Smith, George Albritrht Reissue Edward G. Hughes. Oriicinal Widows, etc. Emma C. widow of Samuel E. Smith; Susan E., widow of David Gordon; Elizabeth, widow of Joe Joyes; Maryt widow of John Kellv; Julia Ann, widow of Jobn Yineman; Amanda M. Kantner, former widow of Wm. N. Strader, Elizabeth A. Raker, former widow of James B. Pmith: Matilda, widow of Finley II. Rhodes; Barbara E., widow of Wm. C. Stubbs. Fourtt-Clas Fostofflces for Indianians. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. - Washington, June 13. The following fourth-fourth class postmasters for Indiana were appointed to-day; Craigville, Wells county, JSthan John, vice J. M. Pyle, resigned; Keystone, Wells county, F. P. Kisley, vice W. II. Teniplcton, removed; Lafontaine. Wabash county. Thomas P. McNeill, vice J. 8. Hale, resigned; Majeuica, Huntington county, Harry 8m!th, vice J. V. Morgan, resigned; Monument City, Huntington county. James R. Vernon, vice John Ammeman, resigned; Murray, Wells county, I F. Shriver. vice N. J. Sutton, removed; South Whitley, Whitley county, G. W. Reaser, vice T. J. Lafollette, removed; Stevens, Fountain county, G. .W. Foxworthy, vice 8. S. Furr, resigned; euniner, IUpley county, Henry Schuck, vice V. W. Bingy, removed; Tangier, Parke county. W. N. Parent, vice C M. Chesrein, removed; Zanciville, w ells county, D. Ii. Waid, vice J. B. Micael, removed: South Boston. Washington county, W. C. McCleilen, vice J. D. Hayne, resigned. War-Ships to Be Painted White. Washington, June 13. The Secretary of the Navy has issued a general order that all metal-covered ships of the navy shall bo painted white. Heretofore they havo been painted black. By this innovation the United States will simply follow the example of other powers. It has been demonstrated that white vessels are several degrees cooler than those painted in darker colors. The Boston, the lorktown and the Dispatch have already been given white coats. Appointments by the President. Washington, June 13. The President at a late hour this afternoon made the following appointments: Donald McLean, of New York, to be general appraiser of merchandise for tho port of New York. To be collectors of internal revenue: Thomas F. Penman, for the Twelfth district ol f cuulYaniu; Henry Fink, fur tho

First district of Wisconsin: Earl M. Rogers, for th; Second district of Wisconsin; John 1 eland, for the Second district of Kentuckv; Albert Scott, for the Filth district! of Kentucky; John J. Landram. for the .Sixth district of Kentucky; A. II. Burnam. for the Eighth district of Kentucky. Mark D. Flower, of Minnesota, to be tm Jervising inspector of strain vessels for thd" ifth district. St. Paul, Minn. General Notes. . Washington, June ia The President has appointed George W. McKenzie postmaster at Kokorao, Ind. The State Department is alleged to havo received a cipher cablegram stating that Captain Du Verge, a former Baltimorean, " shot aud killed Consul Stanwood at kle, on tho island of Madagascar, is i i prisoner ou board tbe United State h -qf-war Swatara, and together with all thejvitnesses of the a 11 air, is being taken toiamatave, Madagascar, for trial before Consul John Campbell. Bond onerings and acceptances at tho ireasury, to-day, aggregated $74,500. as foN 1 2,500 registered fours, at $1.29. and; o.ooo registered four-and-a-halfs, afl THE CLAY COUNTY COAL STRIKE. Some Neglected Facts That Have an Im portant Bearing on the Dispute. Terre Hacte Express. The Express has every reason to believe that the block-coal mining industry in In-! diana is dull; that most of the mines wero moro or less idle previous to this strike, and that many miners now out of work cannot long remain idle without entailing suffering ou those who depend upon them., That the consumption of block coal hail been greatly decreased none but willful marplots will dispute. Yet the Express, without regard to the merit of the question of demand and supply in this instance, or to the justice of tho claims, either of tho miners or operators, would call attention to a few neglected facts bearing on the dis pute. . In the first place, this is a strike against the reduction of wages. The miuers iw strikes heretofore have been prepared by organization, and by accumulation o$ funds for the support of strikers to cuter! on these contests with reliance on their own resources. At present their labor or-' ganizationsare en gaged in internecine warfare, and the result is that they go on a, strike depending on public support ami. sympathy most potent aids iu anv contest between labor and capital. This condition being understood, and tho fact recognized that there is no starvation, no suffering, as yet for, if there were, the au-, thorities of Brazil and Clay countr authorU' ties, by formal action, would have made itr known we get at the true situation which is that the operators refuse to pay but a certain prico for mining, that tneyj will not listen to the best of all propositions in labor disputes, that of arbitration, and that the miners want to make a strong and long fight for what they believe is their just due. The cry of starvation is a political suggestion, we believe, and believe that it isn such more because tho men who are shouM ing it the loudest are professional noliti-, cians who are not in sight of the alleged; sutiering. The Express hopes that when there is .V true wail of want in Clay county it will bo heeded in such a inanneras can only be donor' by the American people, and we don't careA whether it is the fault of the miner himself? if he be in want, but we do insist that thia. ghoulish effort in trinl-A nnli ranitall

ouioi a iaDor dispute uy exaggerating ther unusually distressing- incidents into a caV lamitv is not to be tolerated nmon cr raI f.T

tv specting men Changing Its Tune. Sentinel's Last Letter from Brazil. Yesterday afternoon and evening the subject was talked about on all sides, and tho Governor was subjected to severo denunciation in view of what it was thought ho would do. Ono prominent citizen, who last summer left the Democratic ranks and joined those of the Republicans, declared that if Gov. Hovey "took sides" in this matter by issuing 6uch a proclamation, it would' be an outrageous usurpation of official authority, and would inaugurate a policy which, if carried out, would lead to anarchy. Tt would." said he. "be the incentive to incendiarism and destruction of property, for the strikers, sanctioned by such high authority, would tolerate nothing that interfered with their plans. It would, moreover, set the most dangerous precedent ever established by a Governor, and whenever a ctnke occurred in this State in the future the strikers would go to the Governor of the State, whosoever he might be, and demand such a proclamation as the one talked about now. The extent, too, to which such an act would encourage strikes in general cannot be estimated." The sentiments of this gentleman were a little more vehemently expressed than those of the storekeepers. The latter do not particularly sympathize with the operators, but they think the onlv way the strike will be adjusted is by tho miners surrendering, and consequently every movement to help tho strikers is a disadvantage to them. One of them, who is a perfectly fair-minded man, told mo that if "outside newspapers' had not interfered in this matter the miners would have been back at work by this time. He said this without any feeling, and in a way that showed he was merely looking at the business side of the question. The fact cannot be questioned that , tho merchants and citizens generally of Brazil are of the opinion that the miners, will havo to go back to work at tho operators' offer. They Are a Pair. Terre Haute Express. In the Senate last winter Mr. Voorheea voted agaiust reducing tho import duty on coal. In the last campaign Governor Isaao P. Gray was heralded as an advocate of free coal. Both of these distinguished Democrats have, in an ostentatious way, contributed to the relief fund of the striking miners. What is the political logic of theso facts! We would say nothing, yet co doubt Senator Voorhers will now insist that the protective tariflfduty causes all the present difficulty in tho Indiana coal held, when every sensible person knows that the use of oil and natural-gas fuel has deprived the coal industry of a great part of its market. How the Tariff Helps the South. Augusta Chronicle. The so-called "robber tariff" yielded to the government in 1S$$ over 213,000,000, of which (50.000.000 were for the protection of farm products grown exclusively in tho Soutn, embracing tobacco, sugar, molas.vs, nee. lemons and oranges. The sugar duty is said to be for revenue mainly and for protection incidentally. But reduce it and the larcrest interest of Louisiana is blotted out of existent e. When wo adopt a low tariff, or a tariff for revenue only, the 6ugar and rice interests of the South are dead. Both Are Tender. Philadelphia Record. The commencements are about to "commence." Fledging birds quit the nests the first week in June, and'vcallow collegians the Hccond week: and it is indifferent to the ordinary cat which it catches bird or boy, for both are tender. Humanity Not So Bad After AIL Philadelphia Record. It is a pleasure to know that the attrocious robberies, and attrocions lyuchinps following thero upon, in the Coneraaugh valley did not happen. Humanity is not so foul as the minds of tho inventors of sensational incident. Water Had Something to Do with It, Cincinnati Enquirer. Austin S. Hatch is trying to persuade th world that three thousand lives were lost at Johnstown because of too much liquor. It is not impossibla that too much water had 6omothiug to do with it. m m - No Saloons in Louisville! Louisville Courler-JourniL 9 The vilo slanderers of the State of Kentucky should know that in tho metropolis of Kentucky, at leasi there is not one saloon or bar-room. e havo collce-housct here. Allen Timrm&n'ft Political Destiny. Nw York Tribune. It is pretty clear that young Allen Tburman. politically speaking, was born to blush udmtii and wave a bmall red ban duuna un iho desext air.