Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 September 1889 — Page 2

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071.CSS; total. fcTTJUSO.iCS. Saving Of the fours, S.'iS.Vfl.Vsl; of the four-aud-a-halfs, . 6,423,412: total, l.ltt2jQ3. r General Notes. . Eseclal to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington. Sept. 22. E. C. Steele, of Spencer, registered at the Ebbitt to-day. - Wm. E. Curtis, the special agent of the Department of State, who has charge of the -arrangements for the . international American congTess, is receiving requests from numerous cities in Indiana to have a visit from the congress "when it goes to Indianapolis. Mr. Curtis says he has promised that if the congress can visit any city in the State outside of Indianapolis it will he Muncie, where the progress made by the development of natural gas is to he vieweL Congressman Samuel J.Kandall, with his family, is now, and has been nearly all summer, at Wallingford, Pa. Mr. Kaudall is suffering again from his old enemy, the gout, lie will, however, be on hand at the convening of the House. Quite a number of prominent Republicans and Democrats will go to Abingdon, Va., to-morrow, to witness the formal opening of the campaign waging in that State. Gen. Mahone is expected to lay down the issues defining his nosition on the State debt and

throw the gauntlet at bin Damocratic adversaries. Lurty, the Republican candidate for Attorney-general, is a cousin of Stonewall Jackson, lie will talk with General Mahone. Secretary Tracy will ask Congress to give $100 each instead of 00, ?s provided by law, to the enlisfed men of the navy who were wrecked on the Nipsic. Vandalia and Trenton at Samoa last March. Chief-justice Fuller. of the United States Supreme Court, whose district is in Virginia and the Carolina, wants to trade districts with Justice Harlan, whoso district embraces Illinois. It has been discovered that som e of the handsomest costumes worn in Washington society are made by the Sisters of Charity in charge of St. Rose's Industrial School in the northwestern part of the city. A plague is visiting the national capital in the form of caterpillars. They are denuding and killing trees, and making the sidewalks slippery by falling from overhanging branches. They even invado houses, and crawl over seats in street-cars, until especial attention is required to keep them out of the way. . . It is expected that Miss Wanamaker, daughter of the Postmaster-general, will be the reigning belle of society hero as soon as she returns from her visit to Mrs. Harrison at Deer Park. Her good sense and winning manners are her charms. With fair weather for two weeks, the contractors announce that they will complete Pennsylvania avenue, which is being recovered with asphalt, and have it in prime order for the Knights Templars' conclave. - That is to be the scene, of the grand parade. CLAY COUNTY STRIKE. The Terth Miners Prevailed Upon to Remain Out Until Next Thursday. Ppeelal to the Indianapolis Journal. Brazil, Ind.. Sept. 22. The No. 8 miners at Perth, wjio last Thursday voted without , a dissenting Yice to resume work to-morrow at the Yperators' oiler, were waited upon yesterday and to-day by delegations from the striking miners, as well as by members of the central relief or executive committee. Their action was earnestly protested against, and tbey were besought to stay, out till Thursday, when, it was said, all strikers would return at once. This would secure equal concessions to all alike, and would indicate union and harmony. Word has just been received that the No. 8 miners, yielding to the pressure, and in view of the promise made, voted publicly to postpone their return to work until Thursday. However, many of the miners said privately that this was but an easy way of getting rid of the delegation, and that they would return to work as originally agreed, in the morning. Thirty "blacklegs" are at work in the mine, independent of the sixty-live who voted to return. The mine will start in full force in the morning. Ixng Strike Declared Off. Lancaster, Pa., Sept. 22. The long strike at the Columbia rolling-mills was declared off at a meeting of the Amalgamated Association last evening. Most of the strikers' places have been tilled with non-union men and these will be retained. The strike .lasted nearly seven mouths. - TELEGRlPIIIC BREVITIES. ' " Policeman J. W. Gordon was shot and killed at Pensacola, Fla., last night by David Sheehan, an engineer. Ex-Secretary Endicott, Ada Rehan and Cyrus W. Field were among those who landed at New York, yesterday, from Europe. It is reported that two negroes were killed and three dangerously wounded in a drunken tight near llraxnwell, W. Va., Saturday night. Thomas Roe, the Chicago bicyclist, started from San Francisco yesterday, at noon, on bis journey by wheel to Chicago, where he expects to arrive in fifty days. Two women escaped from the insane asylum at Cleveland, on Saturday, bv means of a key made of a comb. Both women are prominently connected and well educated. , The new Roman Catholic Church of St. Cathorin of Genoa, at Ono-hundred-and fifty-third street and Tenth avenue, Jsew York, was dedicated yesterday with imr pressive ceremonies. . . nenry Carpenter, colored, committed a criminal assault on a white girl at Kansas .City. Saturday night. The girl will probably die, and, in that event, the colored man wm iiKeiy De lyncneu. 0 i Kansas City is making great nreparations to entertain tho delegates to the American Bankers' Association, which meets in that city, Sept. 25 and 2G. The delegates will number about 1,500. The new synagogue of the Jewish Hun garian congregation at No. 70 Willet street, New York, and the new s vnaerocrue recent ly built on East One-hnndred-and-twelfth street, by the Congregation Moses Montehore were dedicated yesterday. John Allen and E. H. Piatt, who left Xsew lork May 14 for a trip across the continent on horseback, arrived in San Fran cisco Saturday evening, having made the trip in one hundred and thirty days. Tho actual riding time being 117 days. The body of the murdered man found at Calumet was positively identihed vesterday as that of Samuel 11 Reininger, of Mansfield, O. W. E. Purdey, who was his traveling companion, is under arrest, I 1 A 1 il. . cnargeu wiiu me crime. Secretary Rusk and nartv arrived in Kan. sas City last night, having completed their inspection of the sorghum indnstrv in Kan sas, lne becretaryaud party will inspect the stock-yards and packing-bouses to-dav.' and leave in the evening for Washington, Obituary. , Vpav "Rnrvswirir. N- .T. fienf. Pf Grey Cook, L.L. I)., Ph. D.. State Geologist nf .Impv. died at ,hi rpiilpnA mi 'intcfirsColleirecamDnsLthis afternoon, from heart failure. He was taken sick -ester3 aay in tne couego inuoraiory, nut up to nnnn to-dav his death was nnemertpd. Prof. Cook was born at Hanover, N. J., in St. Louis. Sept. 22. Judge Edward Lrfjwis. late presiding justice of tb St. Louis Court of Appeals, died suddenly at his residence, last night, from the bursting of a blood-vessel in his head. Judge Lewis was bora in Washington, IJ. C teb. 22. 1820. and was a blood relative of George Washington. aew 1 ork. sept, i ieo. i. fcteuman. a dry goods merchant, of Cincinnati, died at the home of his son. Dr. T. L. Stedman, to- - day, ofjieart disease. Sllrer Coinage Act to lie Tested. Denver. Col.. Sept 22. Tho Colorado Mining Exchange yesterday adopted a resoa ; a. I a ! a a ? lution to investigate iuo constitutionality of the act restricting the coinage of silver. ami appointed a committee of three with authority to employ the necessary legal counsel. The committee ' propose to visit the mint at Philadelphia with 100 ounces of silver and demand it to he. coined into dollars; tnis being refused. they will bring suit against the Director of the Mint for damages, thus bringing tht subject to the attention of the United States Supreme Court. Ater's Airue Cure U warranted J to cure all com of malaria, tkid by arugguua. l'rice, ?i.

INDIANA AND ILLINOISNEWS

Voluntary Surrender of a Murderer Who Had Successfully Dodged Detectives, Indications of a Rirribte Crime Having Been Committed Near Greencastle Possible Clew to the Mystery. INDIANA. A Murderer, Weary of Dodging the Detectives, Surrenders Himself. &xcial to tli Indiana poll Journal. Makion, ept. 22. Amos Hardraan, an Englishman, about. forty years old, came into town to-day, and, going to Judge St. John, said that he was a fugitive from justice, having shot and probably killed Kobert Shaw at New Lisbon, O., last June, llardman states that at tho time of tho commission of the deed he was night watchman in the pottery-works at New Lisbon, and that Shaw committed some depredation, and he shot him and fled. He wandered over a half dozen States and through Canada, dodging the detectives, having several narrow escapes, and, being constantly in fear, life had became a burden, and he decided to give himself up and take his medicine. He was given into the custody of Sheriff M. C. Feely, and is now in jail. The New Lisbon authorities have been telegraphed, but as yet no reply has been received. Pciaible Clew to a Terrible Crime. Special to tho ImliauapoUa Journal. Greexcastle, Sept. 22. It is thought that a clew has been discovered to a sup posed murder and cremation enacted in Jefferson township, six miles southeast of this city, three weeks or more ago. Tho bones of a man were found in tho ashes of a brush-heap that had been burned. together with four knifeblades, a tin box, such as druggists use for ointment, susponder buckles, but tons and other articles that escaped de struction by fire. The officers of this city. in their investigations of the case, have learned that two men Alfred liowen and James Kif ten were arrested at Brazil on the 27th of August, just one week be fore the discovery of tho crime, on tne cnarce or carrying con cealed weapons. On searching 13owcn a revolver and S3 were found in his posses sion, and 41 was found on the person of Kitten. Iho oQicer making the arrest also remembers hnding two neu'knives and a box of ointment in Kitten's possession, the box found in the ruins being identified as similar to the one containing the medicine. 11 . 1 t w Dowen was uorn anu raiseu in jeuerson township, within half a mile of the illfated spot. He left there several months ago for Illinois. Kitten was employed in Jasper county, that State, whtire ho was accused of the commission of a rape, othing can be learned of the present where abouts of tne two men, though diligent efforts have been made to discover them. Comedy Company Stranded. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Columbus, Sept. 22. The Trelegan Comedy Company, the manager of which was robbed here a few nights ago of $150 in money by two members of his company, is still stranded in this city, and, may soon disband. Johnny Cline, one of the men who committed the robberyt-is in jail nere. and has been bonnd over to await tne action of the grand jury, whicn convenes to-morrow. Charley McElroy, the other member of the company implicated in tho crime, is still at large, and is thought to be in Cincinnati or Louisville. Cline has always borne a good reputation and is only t wentv-one Years of ace. His downfall has created a sensation in Pittsburg, Pa., where ho has made his home for several years. Fenclleton'g Nerve and Enterprise. Muncie Times. W The citizens of Pendleton have about as much nerve and enterprise as can bo found in any town of tho size in the country. Their last strike- is certainly a very good one, as we learn from the Anderson papers that the contracts have been siarned for locating a big plate-glass works. The Pendleton people had to lease for the concern 5,000 acres of land at 50 cents an acre; but it is witn tne understanding mat no gas is to be moed from Fallcreefc township. The lease expires in twenty years, but the com pany may give it up at any time, seventylive acres were given to the company. The contract reauires the works to be larger than the plate-glass works at Kokoino, probably tne largest manuiacturing estab lishment in the gas belt. Minor Notes. Perwlietmi !t rnTiMiileriiK?' it nronosition to m. g- A A - 1 A. 41 ' locate a giass-jar iuciury mere. A meeting has been called at Seymour, Oct. 10, to forma non-partisan press asso ciation ior soumeri) inuiana. An old gentleman named Frederick Higgins made an unsuccessful effort at Ander son to poison himself with arsenic. The Eleventh Indiana Cavalry will hold its annual reunion at Pendleton on Mon day aud Tuesday of this week. The citi zens will give them a royal welcome. The order of Red Men from Uluffton, Montpelier ana Muncie picnicked at Man' love's Park, one mile and a half southeast ox Cambridge City, yesterday. At Seymour Miss Clara Buck, who had been despondent over an unfortunate love a flair, attempted suicide by taking mor phine. Prompt medical aid saved her lite. Frederick Koch, a young man apparently about twenty years of age, was killed at Pinceton on the railroad, lie attempted to board a through freight which was going at a rapid rate. A pleasant social event occurred at An derson last evening, at the residence of Mr. John W. Lovett, on the occasion of Mr, Lo vetf s forty-secoud birthday anniversary. A company of tweut-five of his gentlemen lrieuus completely surpriseu. nun. The people of Vernon are verv much elated over the discovery of natural gas there in quantities enough to supply the demand of home consumers. The well jnst completed proves to bo considerable of a gusher, showing a pressure of fifteen pounds to the square inch. Dr. A. W. Fravel. a veterinarv surtreon. has disappeared from Tinton. leavintr nu merous frieuds out of pocket about fcoOO on loans, llo is supposed to be in Indianapo lis. Fra vel went to Ti nton about two years ago irom hhelby vine, at which place he has quite a number or creditors. ILLINOIS. Heirs of an Ohio Man Laying Claim to Fifteen Hundred Acres of Valuable Land. Eixclal to the JndianapoUs Journal. Hloomixgtox, Sept. 21. A very impor tant lawsuit is in progress in tho United States Court, at Peoria, to recover posses sion of 1,500 acres of laud in the townships of Palestine, Greene and Panola, Woodford county, this State. The suit is brought by the heirs of Koraeo Lewis, of Ohio. Lewis, vwho lived in Oxford, O., bought tho land irom the government in 1SJS and held it until his death, which occurred in 1S43. He willed the land to his wife and to the heirs of her body. The widow lived in Ohio until her death, in July, 1888, but neverhad any children. The lands were sold for taxes in 1S45, and bought by a Mr. Root, of Ohio", but in 1?48 Mrs. Lewis purchased the taxsale certificate from Root, and a tax deed was, by the sheriff, issued to her, conveying all the lands back to her. This step is now thought to have been taken to acquire the fee instead of the life interest she originally had in the lands. She then sold the land to various persons, who bought it in good faith, not knowing that she had 011I3' a life interest in it, there being no copy of her husband's will on file in Woodford county. The present owners number fifteen, and they have been in peaceable possession for thirty years or longer. The laud is worth at least S'JO.OOO, and probably a good deal more. Gang of Coniakera llroken Up. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Tolono, Sept. 22. A gang of counterfeiters has been broken up at Sidney. Otho White, city marshal of Sidney, who is accused by his son of being the leader of

the gang, has escaped, but Penny and Kissinger aro in jail at Urbana, and Randall, a negro, is locked up at Springiield. Constable Uane, ol Homer, was fined 0S by Justice Clark for arresting and attempting

to remove without a warrant v lute s invalid son, who had made a partial con fession of his father's guilt. IXrlef Mention. Solomon P. Ttrown. seventy years old. was thrown from a wagon at W aukegan, sustaining fatal injuries. Deoutv Warden McDougall, of Joliet penitentiary, resigned his position, and was succeded by uapt. ueorge ji. iucum. Filward Mevers. eighteen vears of age. who lived near Millersville, accidentally shot and killed himself whiio nuntmg. Thn Pnnl (lermnn Insurance Company. nf fit Piiil Minn tchntA rJlTlit.il Stock 13 $a),000, is licensed to do business in Illi nois. . tv wheat crop will make an average of twenty bushels per acre. Oats are rather light, torn will make fifty bushels per acre. Tho mireliftsft of nil tho window-glass fac tories of Illinois has been consummated by the United States Glass Company, of New York. This purchase includes the Kock Island Glass Company's works, the Ottawa Glass Company's works and the plant of the Streator Glass Company. At a meeting held at Urbana for the pur pose of organizing a Stato tanners Alliance, H. Reynolds, of Gifford. was elected president, and S. A. Kirkpatrick, of Mayville, secretary. After elaborate discus sion, it was decided to postpone iunner action for tho nreaent., delegates to recon vene not later than December to complete organization. The alliance is the strongest fanners7 organization in Illinois, l-ocai alliances in that part of the State are vigorous and increasing in numbers. Two rrlze-Fights. Kansas City. Sent. 22. Atieht with skin gloves, Marquis of Queensbury rules, occurred this morning, between Martin Durkin. of Kansas Citv. and Frank Neal. of St. Louis. The battle-ground was on the island in tho Missouri river, which is under the jurisdiction of the United States. The purse was gate receipts, about $200. Neal was the best of tho two. and brutally punished his onnonent. Dnrkin's seconds claimed tho fight on a fonl, but it was not allowed. I he referee declared it a draw. PnoviDENCE. R. I.. Sept. 22. JameS McCann. of New Redford. and James Powell. of Woonsocket, fought a fourteen-round prize-fight at Ironstone, Mass., this morning. The greatest confusion prevailed during the light. In the last round Powell was fougat down and was unable to rise. Steamship Arrivals. Lizard. Sept. 2,1 Passed: La Champagne, from New York, for Havre. Plymouth. Sept 22. Arrived: Gellcrt, from New ork, for Hamburg. Queenstowx. Sept. 22. Arrived: Etruria, irom new iorK, ior iiverpooi. y i - . i New York. Sept. 22. Arrived: Alaska, from Liverpool; La Gascogne, from Havre. . An Aged Engineer's Death. Hartford. Conn.. Sept. 22. John II. Moree. the engineer who. on Friday night. jumped on a knife he had pointed upper most in his own pocket, died at d o'clock this morning from loss of blood. lie was sixty-three years of age, and leays a widow aud three children. He had beeri an engineer on the New York. New Haven & Hartford railroad since lS5o. pied in an Opium "Joint. Butte. M. T.. Sept. 22. M. Matthews, a wealthy railroad contractor 01 tot. Paul. prominent all over the Northwest, died in Al Luna's opium ioint after smokinc ten pipes yesterday, lne Chinaman is under arrest. Shot Himself with a Flobert Rifle. Lexington. Ky.. Sept. 22. At C o'clock last evening Charley Hell, the ionrteen-vear-old son of the wholesale frnit-dealer. C. S. Hell. jr.. accidentally shot himself in the abdomen with a Flobert ritie, inllicting a fatal wound. Chinookers. Pittsburg Chronicle. The Washington constitutional conven tion objects to the present designation of the people of the Territory as Cialn-eators aud Hunch grassers, the Cascade' being the dividing line between the two. Ahen the commonwealth shall have been admitted into the Union theso un rest hetic terms aro to bo done away with. and her neonlo are to be known thereafter as "Chinookers." Ihe word "Chinook" . . . . - . . - means "warm breath." but the new nicknamo is not intended to signify that tho Washingtonians possess warmer breaths than their neighbors or that their breaths are heated to extraordinary temperature by alcoholic means. The name merely means that they live in tho country of the "chinook,". which is a balmy wnd from the Pacific, tempering tho heat of summer and mitigating tne cold of winter. The chinook deprives the inhab itants of tho lerntory named after the im mortal George of tho privilege of sun stroke, and of the felicity of freezing to death. Happy Chinookers! 'Welcome to tho Union ot States! Had Ileen to the Theater. The Epoch. An acouintance of mine who has traveled. V 1 5 A. a a. 1 aneau 01 many 01 iao most important ineatrical shows, tells me a story of the far West. "Several years ago," said he, I was in a small town in Wyoming, and, while smok ing a cigar before turning in for the night. I thought I would sound the hotel proprietor on theatricals. He was a typical Westerner slouch hat, beard, top-boots and all that sort ot thing. " 'Do you often go to the theater?' I asked. "'Well no,' he slowly replied. 'Fact is I've only been to the theater once in my life. It was down in Uheyenne last winter. I went to see let mo see oh, Modiesky. She played the part of a fellow by the name 01 Kosylind in a piece called "How D'vo Like It!" Personally I didn't like it. but I have to admit that she was mighty clever.7" Mr. Lincoln's Private Papers. Washington Post. All the private papers of Abraham Lin coln and all documents referring to his private business atlairs are m tho custody OI tne r list national duiik 01 JHOoiuinsioii, 111. Ihe late David Davis, formerly a Jus tice of the Supremo Court of tho United States, and later a Senator, and acting Vice-president, was Mr. Lincoln's executor. and to him all the great President's private papers were givep. Judge Davis took them all to ins nome in iiioomingion. and depos ited them in the First National liauk's vanlts. he being a heavy stockholder 111 tho bank. Though the work of the executor was long since complete, and Judge Davis has gone to his long rest, the papers are still there. Glory Considered Ample Compensation. ' Baltimore American. Congressmen say that their salary of s.),W)0 a year is entirely too sinau. it may be, but there is small likelihood that it will be increased. If we mistake not, it is the largest pay received by the legislators of any country. France pays her Senators about o,000 a year, and her Delegates about l,NX). Great Uritain pays members of Parliament nothing, and Article SJ of the German Constitution, says; "The members of the Keichstag cannot, as such, receive any salary or compensation." m Democrats in a Mate of Mind. Kansas City Journal. Tho Democrats continue to bo greatly exercised over the defeat which they nay Governor Foraker is certain to meet with. If We mistake not, they were in the samo frame of mind with reference to President Harrison just before his election. It is painful to witness their gloomy forebodtwra rfnorn in cr Governor For:iker. It i. 1 interesting to note, however, that the KepUUHCaUS Ul UUiu uu nut "uaiu iuf 1 tcais. Dangerous to Tackle. Boston Transcript. Trusts aro dangerous things for politicians to tackle. The Ohio Democrats came out strong in their platform against trusts, and now it is discovered that Campbell, their candidate for Governor, was tho attorney of the big English brewing trust that has bought control of the Washington brewery. They are in that state described by the elder Weller, and imputed to Italian discovery. ,4as regularly tluminoxed." Do you suffer from wrofula, ifalt rheum or other humors t Take Hood' Paraaparilla. the great blood purifier. One hundred doses one dollar. .

TIIE AFRICAN METHODISTS

Conservative Expression on Negro Out rages by the Indiana Conference. Two Remedial Plans Suggested, One of Which Is an Exodus Appointments by the German Evangelical Conference. EDeclal to the Iiitllanapobs Journal. Marion, Ind.f Sept. 2i The fourth day's session of the Indiana Annual Conference of the African Methodist Episcopal Church convened yesterday morning, and after devotional exercises by Rev. P. M. Lewis. of Crawfordsville, was called to order by Bishop Brown. The following tinancial and statistical reports were rendered: Crawfordsville Church, P. M. Laws, pastor, 73 members, $'30 dollar money: salary, $-"2&4; total collections, 1,172.C0; 1 Sunday-school, 6 teachers, 83 pupils and 54 volumes in the library; Marion Church and Hill's Chapel, Johnson Burton pastor, 145 members, 6 local preachers, 1 exhorter, 23 converts, 2 churches, 1 parsonage, 8 stewards, C stewardesses, 0 trustees, 3 class-leaders, 2 Sundayschools, C8 pupils, 8 teachers, 2 superintendents, 60 volumes in the library, $15 dollar money; salary. 531.32; total amount collected during the year, $&"j0.14. The dollarmoney committee reported that it had re ceived from the pastors of the entire conference district $SU.G3, which is, or ought to be. 81 from each member. 40 per cent, of which remains with the couteYence for missionary purposes, superannuated ministers anu ior widows ana orphans ot deceased ministers; and fiO per cent, is for the support of counectional interests. Kev. S. T. Mitchell, president of Wilberforce University, the favored connectional institution of the church, upon being intro duced to the conference, complimented its appearance, and commended the sympathy and co-operation that it has ever extended to Wilberforce University. He spoke of its progress, tho increased number of its faculty, the largest in its history; that tho session of 18S9 is onenintr more ausniciouslv than at any other period in its experience; mai 11s invested enuowmem iunu is larger than it has ever been; that the reports of the first educational district, comprising ail ot the Northern conferences, are exceed ingly favorable, and bid fair to surpass any previous record. He urged upon the brethren to support the institution by send ing to it students. He appealed to the con ference to donate to the university 10 per cent, of its retained dollar money. The committee on pastoral letter reported that a communication be sent to the several congregations commending the excellent efforts of the past year in caring for the financial interests of the church; urging laudable etlorts in conformity with tho spirit of the age in raising finances, avoiding those means' that tend to bring the church into disrepute; that tho spirit of missions be encouraged; that the object of the church should be soul-savin g; that cultivated singing should bo fostered; that Easter offerings, children's flay and endowment day collections should oe faithfully observed; that - a deeper spirituality be cultivated among the people, and that the reports of the. past year, while they are progressive, should be better. The committee on the first year's studies, after a successful examination, recommended that Louis Pettif ord, of Madison; J. W. White, of Lost Creek, and, A. L. Murry be passed to the second year, which was adopted. The committee on the second year's studies examined R. S. Glover, of Lost Creek, who failed to pass, and he was continued another term in the second year. G. II. White, of Indianapolis, having passed a highly creditable examination in the third years studies, was passed to the fourth year. The committee on the state of the country, in speaking of the condition of the people of African descent, which was unanimously adopted, without any remarks, said: The civil government, In practice, is not what the letter of the law declares it to be, and what the spirit of the law intends ' it to be. The legislative department of the federal government has enacted wise and Just laws as the supreme rule of ihe people, but it seems that these laws have not the sanction and support of the people so as to enable the executive department to practically enforce them. In many of the States these laws are partially or totally disregarded, and great numbers of a certain class of citizens are made to suffer dreadful and horrible experiences, even premature and unnatural deaths. In a majority of cases the colored people are the greatest sufferers. This injustice to us is In most instances practiced, or tolerated, by the Judiciary and executive departments of the municipal, county and State governments. We, your committee, view with sorrow the fact that the colored people, at tlds time and m common with all times since out emancipation, in the Southern States, with respect to their civil rights, are so shamefully outraged that we are denied all of our civil and political rights to the extent that we dare not attempt, at the peril of our lives, to exercise the rights of free speech and press, which concern each citizen, township, county, State and the United States. The cruel manner and frightful extent to which the colored people in most of the Southern States are charged with committing crimes, and hunted down and, without even a pretense of a trial, murdered by a certain class of white citizens, are lasting disgraces to the States and Nation. And since these destructions aro practiced upon us without even a protest from that class of citizens whose duty it Is to secure to and protect tbe negro In the full and peaceful enioyment of his ritrhts. it Is becoming evident to ail fair-minded people that there is, to a certain extent, at least, a conspiracy in the South to make null and void the citizenship of the colored man, even if they have to murder him to accom piteh this end. We, your committee, recognize the. fact that many of the colored race are justly criminated. but, being citizens of a country whose governmental provisions have been sufficient to deal Justly with all classes of lta criminals, and with oil matters demanding attention from it, we declare that it In but rijrht and Just that the negro criminals be dealt with according to our laws. The colored man needs sympathy and help, especially from that clabs of citizens to whom he has given so much hard and faithful toll and millions of treasure. There fore we, your committee, recommend the grievances of our people in the South to tho intelli gence, sympathy and help of the good people of the world, and, especially, to the white people of every political persuasion in the South and the United States; and we pray you who are in othces, and all concerned, to assist us in securing the full enjoyment of our citizenship, which the immortal Jefferson declared to be tho inalienable right, the divine inheritance, of all men. We. your committee, would recommend to our peo ple, as means or removing toese eviia rrom us, that we adopt the following plan of operation: First, that throughoutthecountry, and especially in the South, we meet in public conventions, act calmly and dispassionately, et forth wisely aud fullv our rishta as citizens in nreambles and res olutions, showing wherein and in what manner Ave are mistreated and oppressed; then, In the form of petitions and resolutions to the proper authorities in townships, counties ana states, ak their protection and help from these evils. This course should be pmued. we believe, al ways beginning with the courts, and continuing, if uecessary, until we reach the highest tribunal, our Supreme court, at ashmgton. . second, we recommend that our people, so far as it is prac ticable, emigrate to different States and Terri tories throughout our country; help open up new lands, get homes and settle down for life. In conclusion, we, your committee, recommend to our people more perseverance in all good worfcts to become better citizens and better Christians; especially do we recommend more faith in. aud fervent prayers to. Ciod. that he may make us worthy, and deliver us from our persecutors. The wife of Bishop Brown, of Washington. D. C. was introduced to the confererence, and was most courteously received by the ministers. Hon. M. MclJonald, Mayor of the city of New Albany; Messrs. l;. Y. Del'auw, rs. 1. IJci'auw. A. Uowiiug, W. i?. Culbertson and Kev. Mr. iSeveringhouse. pastor of the German Society of tho Methodist Church, of the same city, were given a vote of thanks for material aid and advice m behalt ot African Methodism 111 New Albany. The conference voted to hold the next annual session at New Albanv. The committee on Sunday-schools made a A J .1 ft - . report 01 tueir progress, urging tne ministry to increased ofiorts. and exhorting the brethren to introduce African Methodist Sunday-school literature in all the Sunday schools. The committee on education made a good report as to what the church is doing to advance the cause of education through its institutions of learning. The committee on temperance made a strong re port 111 condemnation 01 the liouor traluc. and concluded with resolutions, ' which were adopted, favoring prohibition. Kev. Cvrus Hill, of Jackson. Mich., a member of the A. M. K. Conference in that State, preached last night a gospel sermon in a very animaicu manner. The visiting clergymen preached as fol lows to-day: Opera-house 10:tf) A. M Bishop John M. Prown, D.; 3 o'clock p. m.. Kev. H. H. llson; 7;S0 I. M.. Kev. James Simpson. Methodist Kpiscopal Church 10:30 a. M.,

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Wilson. ' Friends' ClmrM. If. Smothers. James A. Davis; 7U0 r. m., Kev. C. W. Kob10. Uradford'a f!hnrn1 x..4i. xr.-:.. ivvi M.. Kev. John W. Stanton. ouri-nouselkSO a. m.. Rev. F. M. Lewis; . v. m Kev. W. 11. Drown; 7 r. M.f Kev. L. Katliil. Ai1Ulu.8erv,ces "were largely attended, and the discourses showed a depth of reasoning, and a power of oratory which were - '"iiiioni oiuiiiipc, i;.vi limb much favorable comment. German Kvangelleal Appointments. Euecil to the Iiiuiauaitoii Journal. Marshall, III., gept. 22. The appoint ments of the South Indiana Conference of the German Evangelical Church were an nounced to-day. They are as follows: Kvansville; district, itev. S. Schlewcher, presiding elder-Louisville, Ky., station, O. M. Hallwach; Louisville mission. C. Stochnowe; nuntingsburg. Ind., W. Kcenig; Lockport, Ind., Gerard Koch: Owensboro, ivy., j. Jiunuori; llvansville, Ind., F. Schwertzer: lavlor imi v t VitSo. Mount tarmel. 111., T. Theis; Carmi, 111., Inn.- ilintriA 1 ir Kroecklcv: Lancaster. Ill i - ir Sniir.if-r. Vandaha, III.. M. F. Pinkbiner; Stewardeon, 111., L. Brock; Brazil. Ind., F. Mott?,e,18:J,0,nf?bor, 1H- U Slier; Gravville. 1IL. L. lioblanuer? MnrnhvoTinm nnA finn. doval, HI., to be supplied; Terre Haute, Ind., J. C. loung. Kevs. 3iunaon and Schnitz were admitted to eldership by this conference. AN UNHAPPY MONARCH. The Sultan Lives in Constant Fear of Anas!-' , nation One of His Palaces. F. O. Carpenter's Constantinople Letter. 1 have seen tho Sultan several times dur ing my stay in Constantinople. I saw him twice at the mosque, and I saw him when ho made his annual procession across tho Golden Horn to Stamboul tn fcis Jh mantle of Mahomet, which is preserved in me oiu. oeraguo. i nave met some Of the most noted of his officials, and have had numerous conversations with men who have been connected With his palace for years. The Sultan likes to wall nis doings with secrecy, and only the barest details of his private life are known to the general public Within the gates of his great palaces only his intimate friends and his most trusted servants come, and I am told that he has snch a fear of assassination that he has men continually on guard, both about his person, at his doors and about his watch-towers. The palaces of . Yildiz are all built on hills. consist of ravines, through which How bubbling brooks, of forests and lakes, of parks and of gardens. They rise almost straight up from the beginning of the Bosphoras and the thirty or forty palaces which his Majesty owns here all command views of tho 8urrounding country. -Notwithstanding this elevated position the Sultan still fears plottmgs and assas sinations, lie trusts few people implicitly, an8 he seldom goes to bed at night. He sits up until 1 o'clock, amusing himself as best he cau, and then throws himself into a cushioned chair and dozes ontilldayureas, w uen no retires to nis oea to Bleep. He has those about him in whom he thinks he can confide, but the fate of his prede cessors warns him to beware. During the thirteen years of his reign he has had several revolutions, and he was frightened almost to death when the Czar of Knssia was assassinated. He has a number of other palaces outside of this one in which he lives, but he' seldom occupies them for more than a few hours at a time. One of his largest palaces is that of Dolma Bagtche. which seems to rest on the waters of the Bosphorus, and which is a great airy structure of stone and stucco, painted so that it looks like marble. It is surrounded by beautiful gardens and parks, and is gorgeously furnished with rich carpets, crystal chandeliers and with all the neautiful things that money can purchase. I his palace was that in which Sultan Abdul Azziz lived, and the upper part of it was devoted to his harem. 'Y hen it is remembered that this man spent nearly three million dollars a year on this part ot his household alone, some idea of the grandeur of the furniture can be conceived. In one year Abdul Azziz spent 000,000 for pictures. and thero was nothing too costly for his palace. I went through this palace by means of a special permit of the Sultan, and 1 saw great crystal posts as big aronml as the body of a man, and more than six feet tall, on tho top of which were immense candelabra, tho prismatic crystals of which sparkled like the diamonds of Sindbad, the sailor, under the rays of the light. l passed through room alter room nnished in gold and walled with satin. I entered the most luxurious of bath-rooms, and spent some time in the grand audience hall where the Sultan holds his receptions, at Bairam, or the Mohammedan Easter. I walked upon the court, in front of tho palace, along the beautiful waters of the Bosphorous, and looked at tho yacht of the Sultan, which, with steam up, stands unused in front of the palace: and as I did so I remembered the story which one of the Miltan s oihcials told me as to why his Majesty never occupied this irrand build ing over night. It is, said the oflicial. be cause of a warning which the last Sultan gave him. This Sultan woke up one morn ing to una the gunboats, which he had built to guard himself, turned against him, and ho advised Abdul Hamid never to oc cupy a palace which could be so easily siorinca as mis one. . What Good lloads Would Cost. Philadelphia Tress. 4 Road-making is worse done in the United fetates than any other work paid by taxes, except teaching geogranhv and crammar. ami our roaus are, without exception, the worst to bo found in any country not semibarbarous. The roads of Pennsylvania are. for instance, iutinitelv below those of backwoods countries like Spain or Itaiv.or iu ci iy-Biiii-&.eu ihuus iiKe inuia. wuere . the great mass or people have but one shirt. and do not aiwa3s wear that. Yet there is about roads in the Texas naners. lie shows that even in Texas, where labor is high aud population sparse, a good road eighteen feet wide in the track, with four feet margin on each side, can be laid down for an average of $2,100 per mile complete, and kept in repair for $100 a nine. Ail mat is needed is a irood line in the tirst place, skilled supervision in laying out the drainage, and broken stone, tine enough to go through an inch an a half ring, nine inches in thtf center and fonr and a half inches on tho side, with the free use of steam-rollers. Main county roads of A ft A II a inis son wouiu Bave ineir cost every ten years and their interest c verv six months. Ihe money and labor now wasted on poor roads would build them; but we despair of ever seeing it done. Even our city roads are not laid with stone going through an inch and a half ring, and it takessome man like Mr. Uhawn. to see that even four-inch 6tone is laid on them. Aptly Illustrated. Albany Times. In one of his Kound Lake sermons. Sam Jones told a story of a woman who went to a priest and confessed her sin in spreading small scandals about her neighbors. The good priest heard her with regret, and imposed as a penance that she should sow the small garden patch behind her house with thistle seeds., This she faithfully did, and called again on the priest for a remission of her sin. "Nay." said the trood nriest. "iirst you must go and collect again all that thistle seed, so that it shall not sprout above the ground.' "But, yuur reverence," gaid the woman, "that is impossible. I can never gather together air a in the seed that I have sown." So it is," answered the priest, "with scandals. You can never recall the scandal seeds which you have strewn. Hut go your way. and remember this lesson to the. day of vour death." Thi is worth remembering by editors, as well as by their readers. The speading of a cal umny is a mu. inai cannot oe atoned for. Ilotton IUnvs aud Worships. Boston Advertiser. The outside papers, like the Hartford Courant, that express it heir surprise that such a cene could be enacted in lioston as was witnessed on Washington street, day before yesterday, when Clark's Hotel anil tho Adams lloune was lor some in the possession'of a single drunken man. evidentlv do not appreciate the fact that in the police circles of Uostou. at least, thin city's champion pugilist is regarded with an aw and veneration which hardly any other xesi

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no mystery about good roads, and they are not expensive. A civil engineer, Mr. J. F. Pope, has just been puttintrsome hard facts

Absolutely Puro. Thla powder never varies, a marvel of purity, strength n1 wbolejwmeneaa. Mor economical thaa the onUnsxy klnl. and cannot Ue sold in competition with the multlta.ie ot low-tt, abort. eiht alnm vt Lhospat powdora. Sold only tn cans. HOYAL AKINO POWDER CO 100 Wail Btreet. N. Y. Children Cry for Pitcher's Castoria. Attn, nf linston rlnim firm) .Um. onstrations have become so common with us that a deviation irom the rule would be more remarkable than otherwise. SIXTT-DOIXAU POSTAGE STAMPS. They Are Used on Second-Class Matter and the Public Never Seea Them. Boston Herald. "How is tho postago on second-claM mat ter paid!" is a question ofttn asked at tho Boston postothco. The rate of postage is one cent a pound: but, as observation teaches that second-class matter is not stamped, the query is naturally raised as to how the postage on this class of mattet is treated. The public never sees stamps used for the payment of second-class postage, except as a curiosity in tho collection of a philatelist. Unlike all other kinds of postage stamps, they never reach the public through tho postodice. They are not so rare, however, among collcctois as to bring very high premiums. The smaller denomination are in good demand, and are 6old for sums considerably in advance of their face value, but the higher denominations cannot be disposed of at par. It is customary for a publisher whosn journal or periodical is entered as secondclass matter to keep on deposit at the postofiice a sum sutlicient to cover tho immediate expense of mailing. If he mails l.ooo pounds of matter he is given a receipt for that amount, and on a stub fiom which the receipt is torn is placed 10 in postage stamps, ino lorni oi sino and receipt book used is uniform throughout the countrv, and at the end of each quarter all the stubs are forwarded to Washington. The canceled 6tainps on the stubs represent the revenue received on second-class matter for tho particular; ouarter which thev cover. It is not required that a publisher shall keep a de posit at ino posioLucc, on experience teaches that it is the wisest plan to follow. Newspaper-and periodical postage stamps are tne most numerous ana run tne highest in denomination of any species of postage stamps issued by the government. The lowest denomination, is one cent and the highest. The full list is as follows: 1. 2.4.C. 8. 10. . 13, 24, SO. 48, 00. 72. 84 and OG in cents; in dollars, $U, $3, $G, $12. $24. $30. $4$ and $00. Of this class of 6taraps there was used at tho lioston postothce for the last liscal year $101,401.7:1 representing 10.140.173 pounds of second-class matter mailed. ihe prevailing colors of these stamps aro shades of red and gTeen the Postoflice Department seems very partial to green varying according to denomination, and each bearing in its center the figure of a beautiful and scantily-attired female, ' A Word on the Other Si4. Albany Journal. Ono result of the recent absurd newspa per crusade against "plutocrats ' is the ar rest in IS ew 1 ork of a lunatic who deemed it his duty to kill every rich mau he met. Ve beg to call the attention of the NewYork World and others becoming hysterical over the subject of wealth, that the rich are as much entitled as the poor, to life, liberty and tho pursuit of happiness. Fully Covered by Insurance. Brooklyn Eagle. Among other establishments swept awav by the recent gale was a 6hell store at Uigantic City worth 275.000. This estimate of the value of the stock is made upon the oasis oi xne prices cnargeu ior ciam-sueiis, with paint daubed on them last summer. We are informed, however, that the stock was fully insured for $'i.50. The Supreme Test of Greatness. Boston Herald. Philadelphia proudlv boasts that she leads all the other cities in the countrv in that she has the largest extent of territo-; that she is theJiealthiest city; that she has more homes, the largest narks, the greatest charities, more miles of streets, etc. Ah, but what about her base-ball club! Life Is Short. Chicago Journal. The attorneva for the f?ronin unsnpct should remember that th fnnr nrrntid jurors are men of middle age. and that when they are sixty years old they will.be excuoeu. iium jury uuiy. itemcmoenng inis. it Denooves them to bestir themselves and secure the other eight before it is too late. Time tiies. lie's Simply Advertising Himself. SL Louis O lobe-Democrat. Clans Snreckles denies ihn rf-nnrt. Ihnt htk has virtually entered into a league with firm purpose to down the "combine." Claus may bo speaking the truth in this instance, but there is a strong probability that he is not. Wherein Gotham Excels. New York Telegram. Wo can always beat tho world in the assortment of our public and private rascals, robbers of high and low degree; accomplished "gentlemen" who steal railroads and hold up coaches and co into all tho devilish originalities of theft on grand and petit scales. Nothing Slow About That. Minneapolis Tribune. Mrs. Martin, of Oscoda, Mich., attended Mr. Martin's funeral, tho other dav, accompanied by her second husband. "And tdio had not been divorced from Mr. Martin, deceased, either. Who will dare to say hereafter that Michigan is a slow, poky old .State? To Join Sim Coy. Minneapehs Trlimn. Mr. Sullivan has opened his campaign. He struck the key-note (and several unoffending citizens) Wednesday. Mr. Sullivan's election methods are a trifle too hilarious for 15ostcu, and the Tribune advises him to move to Indianapolis. He'll Get It In the Next World.. Iowa State RepriHtrr. An employe of the Agricultural Depaftent at Washington named Collee has been ment making charges against his cers. which they promptly denouuie as false. Mr. Collee evidently needs roasting. When Cireek Met Grrk. Mlltrankee Sentinel. It is not only unprofessional in the burglars who tried to rob a snmmer-resort landlord in New Jersey, but it was stupid, also. The experienced landlord got away with their overcoats and all their tools. m , m . imttlne It Very Mildly. AtnrruU (Ga.) Chronicle. The meeting in Atlanta which indorsed thoKast Point whipping and condemned tho course of the Atlanta Constitution has mistaken the real nature of that unfortunate occurrence. Free-Trade Iionerity. Limflon TreM Iipatclu One hundred thousand spindles and many thousand looms are stopped in North and East Lancashire, and notices have been given of more extensive stoppages uo week.

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