Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 March 1890 — Page 1

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Cleielaid, Cincinnati, Chicago & St losis. BIG 4 WJC HAVE BEEN OUT cf the Leagne 66venty-two hours, and it's been known that long. Up to date not one of the excited, over wrought cranks Lav died. 2fot that we hare heard ot The have uttered curses on everybody J no. T. Brush for not staying in the League in the face of a loss of many thousands ot dollars, or a lawsuit, with a better prospect still of loss of time and money, than if he had played the ten-clab schedule adopted at Cleveland. These cranks remind ns of Artemus War J's advice to President Lincoln: Let the war be prosecuted. If It took the lives of all of his (Ward's) first wires relations. The kranks seem to hare expected Mr. Brush to keep base-ball here at any costto Mr. Bmsn. They were willing to do the talking and furnish aU the suggestions, if Mr. Brush would kirmlh aronnd and pay salarif-s and expenses. Where were thee people when, after Glasscock was made manager, and the club returned home after winnluK 4ven oreihi atraiirht parties were playing the beat ball in the ieaue, krjockinjc the leaders on the head, shooting thew. cae Dy one, ont of -first place, and playing to 600 or people; hardly eno'icb to pay the visitln elubl Where were these people tb-ni Echo answers: Where; The Big 4 is right where it was then, selling tickets for the beat routes at loweat price. Oiiati , Hamilton, k Dajtrall "-The Pullman YestiMe Lino" - BETWEEN" INDIANAPOLIS and CINCINNATI This road, alvajs foremost to irovlUo for tbe aafuty, nvenituce and comfort of the traveling paMic. have in their Pullman Vestibule Trains a ervic e. which is acknowledged to be the "linest on earth," and it needs but a trial to convince you of the lact. The lirat-cU ceachee. smoking, parlor ana sleeping-rar are the most luxurious ever constructed by the iullraan Company. The dining cars, with a menu that would make the leading hotel envious, must be een to be appreciated, iltsides. this close connections are road in Ciiiciucatl, Dayton and Toledo witli the leading ltnea for points South, East nd JN'nrth. Be sure you ask fcr ticket via the C. U.6D. Fcr any farther information call at our city ticket fJce, corner Illinois street and Kentucky avenue. 1 rains arrive and depart from Union Station as follows: FOB CINCINNATI XZIV DATTOX. Depart MrCS am 110:33 an 2:43pta 4KK)pm Arrive .l:luara tU:30an ll:U5ani t7:30pm 10:55 pm roa tolxdo, ntTBorr XKD the xoeth. Depart 4 00 am fl0:35am M.OOpm Artivr M:10am t&.aOam t7:30pm Daily, t Daily except Hunday. 1L J. RHEIN, General Agent. COLORiDO CASUALTIES AND MURDERS. Epidemic of Fatal Happenings Thronxhout tha Centennial State Ten Tiolent Deaths. Dr.NVER.ro' March 23. An epidemic of fatal accid-'i.) And shootingatfrays appears to have vii't i Colorado, and more deaths have resold from these causes during the past thirty-! hours than for many years before. At Aspen, on Sunday. Charles Swanaon "Vfas dashed to pieces by beine thrown from a runaway car down an incline in the Governor mine. Charles Hart, working in the Golconda mine, on Aspen mountain, on thn same afternoon, was struck in the small of the back by a picco of ore, causing injuries from which he died. Both leave families. At Trinidad, yesterday. John McDermott, working m the Forbes coal-mine, was killed by the falling of a roof. At Idaho Springs young Nels Olsen was kicked in tho head by a horse and his skull fractured, and he will probabl3 die. At Crested Hutte, John Tlend and John Pogna quarreled in a saloon, and the latter was shot dead. At Colorado Springs, on ftuuday afternoon, four boys were walking through tbe Garden of the Gods. Two of them got into a difficulty; ouo of them, named Kyan. struck his companion, named lord, on the head with a club. The blowfractured his skull; he cannot recover. At Glenwood Springs. Mather Kellogg. a prominent ranchman on Kill creek, was Killed by a hired man named Davis. They were both intoxicated. At Durango, J. p. Archden, a prominent citizen, while ill of typhoid fever, arose from his bed and fell, striking his head on a window-sill, causing injuries from which he did in twenty miunteA. At Greely, Georgo C. Freeman blew out his brains unrequited love. His parents live in Milwaukee In this city C .sper Pepperrnyer, of Unrlington. ' la. was killed while attempting to stop a runaway team. Chinese Highbinder Convicted. Sn Francisco, March 25. Lee Chnck. a Chinaman, who was recently convicted of murder in the second degreo for killing & fellow-countryman four years ago, was sentenced to-day to tif ty years' imprison ruent at San Ousntin. It was one of tho most noted Chinese criminal cases ever brought to the attention of the courts here and a large amount of money has been pent iu the prisoner's defense by the ihighbildes,, society, to which ho belonged. Negro Taken from Jail and Shot. Pensacola. Fla.. March 25. This morning, at an early hour, Simon Simpson, colored, was taken from the Jackbon county jail at Marianna, by a mob of masked men and shot to death. Jsirnpnon was a bad character, and but recently escaped from the pcuitientiary, whero be was serving a a life M-ntence. About a week ago ho murdered c.n iuollen&ive farmer living near Mr'.aDna. The nob was composed of both rjLifte rod colored people.

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THE SPRING LAMBS. Theolher 3y a seedy gentlomtn dropped into a clieap-cloihlmc establishment. II nosed around awhile, and finally laid banda on a coat and vest of a load color and coarse tes tare. "How ranch!" Lt said laconically. Dree dollars." Thrco dollars! Tfcst's too much." "Dot ras aheap, mein frennd. Dot was a goot coat nndTest 'Are they TroolT" The proprietor held up his hands. "Are they wooir he replied. "So helup me pracions, mein freand, dey ras all ttooI except the but tonholes'.' FRISKY. Bo much wool as that in a coat mnst make the wearer feel as frisky as th- spring lambs. MEN AND YOUTHS Can get a dark gray Melton Spring Overcoat for $6: same price black and brown Mixed Worsted. Give them to yon up to $20, and more if yoa want THE- WHEN Always ahead of competition. & CO t and ere Atomizers. vi and everything in Surgical neuia ana Appliances. I. AlUldTtONtt A finrrlral Instrmnant House, fiouth Illinois at DEMOCRATIC CORRUPTION. Sheriff's Office at New York Characterized a J a Disgrace and a Shame to Civilization. New York, March 25. The grand jury came into the Court of General Sessions today, and handed a long presentment to Judge Fitzgerald, in which tho shorili's ofllce is characterized as a disgrace to the city and a shame to civilization. The foreman of the grand jury, when he handed the presentment to Judge Fitzgerald, said that the grand jury inquiry had failed to reveal a single redeeming element in the management of the ollice. Jt was a black record of violated law, tardy justice, forced settlements, corruption and bribery. The sheritrs office was a disgrace to the city and a shame on civilization, and it was now no longer a question ot what ought to be done to remedy the existing evils, but what must be dono.at once and without delay. Tho foreman asked that copies of tho presentment be sent to the Governor and the State Legislature. In its presentment the jury says: "The present method of sheriff's sales is highly censurable. The division of commissions, while not technically a violation of law, is in perversion of tho proper administration of the sheritTs trust During the three years ending Jan. 1, 18S9, one rirm ot auctioneers had conducted sheriff's sales from which there was realized the sum of 51,357,505. Of this sum 43.17 was equally divided between tho sheriff and auctioneer as commissions. The sheritt had, also, under no right of law, charged lrrge sums as extra compensation for services in executing processes. In tbe year 1& the sheriff's Erohts were f nlly $50,000. How much mere e received for extra compensation cannot bo learned. His accounts have been eo loosely kept that no satisfactory information can bo obtained from them. For over twenty years the affairs of the sheriff7 office have been administered with an entire disregard of the obligations imposed by law on the sheriff. Of its general management there is nothing to commend and much to denounce. Under the system in vogue the demit v sheriff, to realize substantial pecuniary advantage from his official position, is almost compelled to commit criminal acts certainly to lay aside all idea of honesty and integrity. Tho sheritTs office is now,aud has for a long time back been, tainted and corrupt. For twenty years past there has been an utter subversion of the public interest to personal gain, and the employment of men of ignorance and cupidity." TO REGULATE ELECTRIC LIGHTS. A Toun2 Mancie Inventor Has Struck a Method of Handling Them as Easily as Clas. Special to the Indianapolis JonrnaL Muncie, Ind., March 25. Mr. J. S. Stephens, a young man of this city, has. after over two years hard study, invented a regulator to be used instead of the switch board now in use on the Edison incandes cent electric light that is perfect in its workings, and does just what hundreds of electricians, with the inventor of the light. have worked on. Tho little apparatus is so arranged that it can be placed in a single carbon, or burner, or on a switch-board where it will control any number of lights, as does the one at tho central station. The regulator is marked by a thumbscrew, as is the one on a coal-oil lamp, and the light or lights attached to it can be adjusted to any given point. It is especially good to use in a sleeping-room where it can be attached, and with the other lights burning full it can be adjusted asdesirable. Also a new light on a high pressure line can be saved from the necessary damage now experienced by having one of tho little regulators in the carbon. Thejoungman is delighted at his success and at the llattering offers already received from leading electricians of the country. Ono linn in Chicago telegraphed for an option on the invention on hearing of it Railroad Men Received by Mexico President. City of Mexico, March 25. President Diaz gave a reception to the visiting general ?A8senger and ticket ngents this nltemocn. Iiuister IJyan introduced tho party, and referred to the amount of capital invested in railroad property in the United States, together with the volume of business done in the year lbST. Ho then presented James Charlton, of the Chicago & Alton road, as tho representative of xho party. Mr. Charlton briefly alluded to the hospitalities which the railroad men had met with since their arrival in the republic, and expressed the wish that Mexico would forever be free from foreign interference. President Diaz responded in a fueling and appreciative vein. To-night a brilliant reception was held at the residence of Minister Kyan. The special train will leave for Chicago tomorrow morning. 9 m Senator Evart' latest Sarlnjr Nnw York, March 25. While Senator Evartsand the joiut committee from Washington were inspecting Liberty island yesterday, ho pointed to tn ;re:u statue and exclaimed: 'They say that it is only sentimfnt that objects to the ue of a p.nrt of Liberty island a3 an immigrant depot. Well, it doe seem to me that this great country on scut to afford thirteen acres of ceutixnent."

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QUAFFED EMBALMING FLUID

Lamentable Mistake That Was Fatal to an Eminent Scientist and Soldier. Professor Richard Owen Killed and A. H. Fretagoet, a Prominent Merchant, of Xew Harmony, Now Ljin? at Death's Door. Drank a Friendly but Deadly Glass from a Jug of Supposed Mineral Waters The Last Survivor of a Famous Family World-Wide Reputation in the) Field of Science Distinguished Military Eecord. A FATAL MISTAKE. Drank Embalming Fluid, Under the Impres sion that It Was Mineral Water. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. E vans ville, Ind., March 5. Prof. Richard Owen, of 2ew Harmony, Posey county, one of the pioneers of southern Indiana, and "widely known hoth in this country and abroad, was the victim, last night, of his own error, his death occurring some time after midnight' The report goes that Professor Owen attended tho funeral of a friend yesterday afternoon, and on returning remarked to different inemhors of his family that be -was not feeling at all well. lie retired a little earlier than usual, and a short timo afterwards got up, Baying that he would take a dose of medicine to relievo a pain in his head. He went to the medicine chest, and by mistake got hold of a bottle containing poison, supposed to be an embalming llaid, and in the half-lighted room took a dose of the fatal drug. Only a short time had elapsed until the respirations of the old gentleman showed conclusively that all was not right, and an attempt to arouso him proved unsuccessful. A physician was dispatched for, but when he arrived Mr. Owen was so far gone that to savo him was impossible. Ho' died shortly afterward, without having recovered consciousness. The doctor stated at the time that his death gave symptoms of arsenical poison, and an investigation proved that such was the case. Later accounts from Now Hannonylmake the affair still moro serious. It seems that Mr. A. H. Fretagoet, a prominent merchant, received a jug of mineral water from Kvansville and at the same time a jag of embalming fluid for the local undertaker. The embalming fluid arrived first, and Fretagoet, thinking it was the mineral water, invited Professor Owen to join him in a glass. Both drank the poison, but thought that its queer taste was due to the mineral properties. Fretagoet felt the effects before long, and prompt medica! assistance was summoned. Owen, being an old man, could not resist the evil effects and soon died. A private dispatch to-night says that Fretagoet is not expected to live through the night. Tho affair has thrown New Ilarmony into mourning, as bothjnen were popular and influential. Tho funeral will take x place Thursday afternoon, at New Harmony. PROFESSOR OWEN'S -LIFE. A Famous Family Distinguished Career as a Soldier and Scientist. Dr. Richard Owen was the youngest and. last surviving son of the famous social reformer, Robert Owen, who established the community of New Harmony, in 1824, upon his own theory of communism, and made a failure of it in threo years. Richard had two distinguished brothers, Robert Dale Owen, who earned fame as an author and statesman, and was very prominent in the emancipation movement, and David Dale Owen, whoso geological writings are standard works. V Richard was born in Lanarkshire, Scotland, Jan. 6, 1S10, and received his early education in Lanark grammar-school, studying subsequently at Hofwyl and in the Anderson Institute at Glasgow. In 1S2S he came to New Harmony and began to teach, but soon engaged in business at Cincinnati. Later he returned to New Harmony, where he managed a stock farm until the breaking outof the Mexican war, in 1847, when he obtained a captain's commission in the Sixteenth United States Infantry and served until the close of the war. At the close of the war, in 1849, he returned and aided his brother, David Dale Owen, in preparing for the survey of M nesota. During the summer of 1819 he explored the north shore of Lake Superior. In the autumn he accepted the chair of natural science in the Western Military Institute of Kentucky, and remained with it as the University of Nashville until 1858. He was then appointed Assistant State Geologist of Indiana and made a survey of tho State. When the civil war began he was apf ointed lieutenant-colonel of the Fifteenth ndiaua, and was made colonel of the Sixtieth Indiana in 1861, having command of Camp Morton. He was taken prisoner at Mnuifordville, Ky., by Bragg's forces, but was soon exchanged, after which ho served under Gen. Sherman. Ho was present at the capture of Arkansas Post, Vickshurg and Jackson, aud was with General Banks in tho Red river expedition. At the close of the war he became professor of natural sciences in the University of Indiana, remaining there until he sullercd a sunstroke and retired from collegiate work, in 1879. He has been verv active since his retirement, notwithstanding the fact that he was confined to bis homo by physical ailment, devoting much attention to meteorology and publishing many valuable papers upon that subject and seismology. He has contributed largely to the world's fund of geological knowledge, especially as relating to Indiana, Minnesota, New Mexico, Arizona and North Carolina, ne held the degrees of M. D conferred by Nashville, in 185$, and LL. D.. conferred by Wabash in 1S71, and was a member of numerous scientific organizations. In 1SS7 he wrote to a friend: As regards my health, I am very grateful to tho Creator for permitting me, at tho ace of seventy-six, to have enough pby&ical and mental power for the study of His wonderful workf. I have, however, to be exceedinly careful, especiallyas regards diet, or I at once pay tho penaltr. I walk daily about two hours, one iu the morninjr and the other In the afternoon. All forenoon I devote to researches in dynamical geolocy; and in the afternoons I give French lessons to my grandchildren and grandneiccs. I am at present engaged ou two paiers one to demonstrate nioio fully than heretofore that the angular diUerence between the axis of the equator and the axis of the ecliptic, viz., 232 decrees, or thereby. Is the unit of measurement for all important continental and oceanic areas as well as the measurement from maguetic foel to prominent seismic recions the other paper is to show tho intimate relations hetween the geography and the ecology of our globe. Dr. Owen had been an active and loyal Odd-fellow ever 6ince he first joined tho New Harmony Lodge, in 1S53, and ho attained great eminence in tho order. In 1S73 ho was grand master of Indiana and in 1S75 was the representative of the Indiana Grand Lodge in the Sovereign Grand Lodge. At that time the auxiliary order, the D. of R had retrograded and was in such a bad way that a committee, of which Dr. Owen was chairman, was appointed to investigate and report upon the advisability of dropping it. He reported a plan for reviving and reorganizing the order, which was adopted, and tohis iccom-

roendations is largely due the flourishing condition of the D. of K. at present. Dr. Owen married, iu 1837, the fifth daughter of Prof. Josef Neef, aud throe children a daughter and two sons were born to them. The daughter is dead, but the two sons are married and reside m New Harmony.. His -wife survives him. Personally Dr. Owen was a mild-mannered, courteous gentleman of the old school. Aside from his extensive scientific attainments, he was a man of wide culture and erudition.

Other Deaths. New York, March 25. The Very Kev. Father Arthur J.Donnelly died very suddenly shortly before 1 o'clock this morning at his home. No. 3S3 Ninth avenue. Father Donnelly had been in feeble health for sometime, bnt his demise was not anticipated. The dead priest w&s one of tho most learned and best beloved of his diocese. He was a vicar-general and held the spiritual title of Monsignor. He -was second in rank only to M on sip nor Preston and was pastor of Bt Michael's Church in West Thirty-second streoL , Louisvillk, March 25. Judgt W. .L. Jackson, of the Circuit Court, died here this moning of Urlght's disease. He was a native of Virginia. He came here in lSfiti, and had been circuit judge since 16TS. He leaves three children, Hon. W. L. Jackson and Alexander H. Jackson, of Louisville, and Mrs. 1. J. Holden, of Chicago. Chicago, March 25. Marshall W. Carter, a wealthy contractor and old resident of Chicago, dropped dead to-night. Heart disease was tho cause. GRANGER RAILROAD CASES. Minnesota Commissioner's Vie ws on Supreme . Court Decision Result of the Rulings. St. Paul, Minn., March 25. The decision of the United States Supremo Court, yesterday, In tho "granger railroad cases," involves the constitutionality of the State exercising a rate-making power. It is every where regarded as a most important decision. Railroad Commissioner Becker had this comment to mako on the decision, when asked about the matter: "While I am not fully informed as to the points on 'which the judges ruled, I am of the opinion that the point in this matter has never been properly presented before any tribunal. This commission has never gone extensively into the making of railroad rates, believingthat this was not its business, nor the purpose for which it was created. If the point is on the constitutionality of .the entire principle of making and determining just and reasonable rates, the decision will be far-reaching in its results, and will act with particular cmnhasis on the State of L Iowa. On the other hand, if the point is made ou the taking of property without duo process of law, it must be remembered that it is difficult to determine what are just and reasonable rates. "Judge Brewer, in his now celebrated decision, held that railroad companies were entitled, first, to a rato which would pay operating expenses; second, a rate which would pay interest on its bonds, and, third, a rate which would pay a fair dividend. Now let us see how this may be made to operate. A railroad, by paying immense salaries to its officers, may mako its operating expenses whatever it pleases: it issues as many bonds as it can get floated, and accordingly can absorb an enormous amount of capital in interest, and third, it can pay a dividend on fictitious or watered 6tock to take up the rest of the money, so . that by combination of these plans it may keep its rates always at a maximum and yet be within the law. . The principle involved here, it seems to me. has never been properly presented. It is, brieily, that my property and 3our prop tT" are as much entitled to theme jmrilegeH as that ot a railroad company. There m no living man who is protected in the charging of a rate that will allow him tho 8 a tn o privileges as if his capital was that of a railroad company. Here is a point that may come up before the courts, for this matter will never rest until every possible phase of it has been touched.,, "With regard to these cases, what will the commission probably dof" "1 can hardly say. The Supreme Court of the United States is the court of last resort, as you know, and we can go out iu the shed and swear at the' cook and kick the cat. That's all. That's about all there is to it. It seems as if tho law might be amended so that thero may be a provision for judicial determination as to whether the rates iixed are reasonable or not." WAGE SYSTEM ATTACKED. Indication that Dr. Limsn Abbott Has Imblbed Some of Bellamy's Views. Chicago, March 25. Dr. Lyman Abbott, the successor of Henry Ward Beecher in Plymouth Church, Brooklyn, made a notable address to a good-sized andience at Central Musio Hall to-night. Dr. Abbott squarely attacked the existing wage system. The audience wildly applauded, time and again. "It is a system full of inherent evils," said he, "a system that denies tho laborer cither a chanco of profits or a chance of work. I don't know how you live in Chicago, but in New York there are many who aro denied . even those three God-free gifts pure air, clear sunshino, fresh water and as for the ownership of the land, why, that is a dream to them unthought of. The wage system is a system that diffuses poverty, makes a coffin of the cradle aud a bier of the bed. It is time for ns to learn no louger to mako wealth, but how to distribute it We have developed in onr midst a plutocraty, and tho worst possible government on earth. Let it not go down to our shame that we do not know orlcare to know that such facts exist and jiced reforming." The Doctor closed with an eloquent appeal for the universal brotherhood of man for an industrial government, wealth for tbe people, of the people, by the people. Immigrant Laborer's Deceived.' Pittsburg, Pa., March 25. A party of foreigners, who landed here to-day, were found, upon investigation, to be a portion of the six hundred German and Hungarian miners whom a New York employment agent had hired to go to work at Pnnxsutawney. When they arrived there they found a big strike in progress, and thatthe company's store absorbed all their wages. Some three hundred of them quit last week, and scattered all oyer tho country. They denounced tho New York employment agent, who had misrepresented affairs to them in every way, and all -were on their way back fo Germany. Alleged Ilttbcns Found In a Saloon. New York, March 25. Another genuine painting by Rubens has been found, it is alleged This time it is in a saloon, in the possession of F. Fonss, amiddJe-aged Ielgiau. a oufferer from asthlna and addicted to snntF. The picture represents two figures, one bein a Capuchin friar dressed in the sack-cloth garb of that order. In his left hand is u chalice, and in his right a narrownocked htoue pitcher; his face is upturned to heaven, as if in prayer, and is illumined by a mysterious light. The second iignre is that of a handsome, bearded man. I whose face is entirely in the shade. This, Mr. Fouss sftys, is uubens himself, and the subject is "Tho Last Sacrament." In tho lower ritrht-hand corner are the words. Pinxit, 10"Jl, Rubens," followed by some almost undecipherable letters, which seem to be "Antw" perhaps meaning Antwerp. The owner of this picture says that he bought it among a lot of others, twenty years ago, in Hrnssela. Ho refuses to sell it for less than $25,000. Roosevelt on True Americanism. ' Put r r.n M arc h 4V -ThenlrrA T?onATAlf of New York, and John M. Thurston, of Nebraska, were the chief -speakers, to night, at the annual banquet of tbe Mar ouette jiui. mree tin mi red guests were present. Mr. Koosevelt's speech was a plea for intense, thorough Americanism as the iirst condition ot national sue cess and grandeur. In conclusion he said: "Americanism is a question of spirit. couviction and purpose, not or creed or birthplace. The politician who bids for

the Irish or German vote is despicable, for all citizens of this commonwealth should vote solely as Americans; bnt he it not a whit less despicable than if he votes against a good American merely because that American happens to have been born in Ireland or Germany. Know-nothingism. in any form is utterly un-American. It is a base outrage to oppose a man becanse of his religion or of where he wasborn,andall good citizens will hold any such ellbrVm abhorrence." . . " SULLIYAX WANTS TO FIGHT.

Anxious to Meet Jackson for $20,000 but Will Indulge in No More King Contests. Boston, March 25.--'Now that I have settled that Mississippi trouble I, want to attend to Jackson's claims to tbe championship," said John L. Sullivan to-day. "I am anxious to have one more battle before I retire from the ring, and of course Jackson is the only man to be thought of just now. If the California Athletic Clab or any other club will put up a purse of $20,000 for a fight between Jackson and myself I will meet him in a battle for the championship. I don't care" what gloves aro used so long as they come witbin the restrictions of the law. I will not, under any circumstances, fight a ring battle again. Hereafter all matches mnst conform to the law. Pvo had enough of this illegal business. It was not worth the trouble I've had. Pve spent nearly all I won in that fight trying to get clear of tho law. Well, I won't do it again, that's certain. I've heard lots of criticism about naming such a high figure for tho purse. Those folks don't know anything about it. It costs me a great deal to train for a fight, and before I set ready to enter the ring I've spent more than ordinary purses amount to. That would leave me without any compensation for fighting. I consider my time worth something, and I intend to have my figure. For those reasons I shall demand at least 120.000, and shall stick to it If it is not worth that sum to the California Athletic Club, it surely is not worth any less to me." "How much time do you want for training!" asked the reporter. I have not thought of that yet. I'm in fairly good condition now. I've been taking good care of myself latel-, and 1 would not require such a long timo to harden my muscles. Three months or so' would be ample time. If the match is arranged I shall train as never before, fori am satisfied that Jackson will bo no mean opponent, and I must be in first-class shape to vln. I am now willing to negotiate with f he California Athletic Club. 1 could not do anything about the match while my sentence was lianging over me. I think that is now settled, and if the club officers want ne to light Jackson in their rooms I should like to hear from them." THE gLOOP SUBSIDING. All Danger Thought to B Past at CincinnatiUpper Rivers Falling Fast. Cincinnati, March 25. At 5 this afternoon the river stopped rising, and was fiftynine feet and one inch. So it continued nntil 7 o'clock, and from that time till 11 tonight it rose one inch, and at the present writing stands at fifty-nine feet two inches. The sky hero is clear, the stars aro shining brightly, and the weather is rather warm. Thero are no indications of rain. The Hood is causing inconvenience to moro occupants of tenements on the Kentucky side than on tho Ohio side of the river. In Newport many persons, driven from their dwellings, are taking shelter in the public buildings. This condition of affairs, if the weather holds good, will soon rapidly change for the the better. 1 he rivers above are ail falling rapidly to-night. Little Kanawha Valley In Bad Shape. Parkersburg. W. Va., March 25. While the newsfrom the interior of the State in dicates that tho floods are subsiding and that the worst is past, the Little Kanawha valley is undergoing a terrible experience with the water. Along the lines of all the streams the farms aro flooded and farmhouses aud barns surrounded with from five to ten feet of water. The people sought the high ground, and wero compelled to 6ee their property destroyed. Closing the Levee Breaks. New Orleans, March 25. The Harlem crevasse, below the city, has been closed. and the work of closing the other breaks below the city is progressing satisfactorily. A nce-llume three miles above Kenner caused a break in the levee last night, but it was closed by tho Mississippi Valley railroad before much damage was done. There is very little change in the situation at Nita. Ihe work on the upper end ot the crevass remains perfectly secure. Damage at Eransrllle. Evansville, InL,v March 25. A great deal of damage is already reported, many buildings having been carried from' their foundations. On Green river the situation is becoming distressing, as many families along the river are suffering for the necessaries of life. Encroachments of the River at Madison. Special to tne IndlanapoUs JonrnaL x Madison. Ind., March 25. The Ohio at this point is ono inch above its highest mark this season, and still rising half an inch an hour. Hotels, mills, ship-yards and factories on the river front have suspended business, and hundreds of operatives are idle. . THEIR BOATS CAPSIZED. Five Negroes Drowned at One Place and Three More at Another. Arkansas City, Ark.. March 25. This morning a skiff containing seven negroes, John Itickett, Louis Williams and Harriett Lee and her four children, ranging from 6ix to sixteen years of age, capsized, and the occupants were ail drowned, except liicketts and the six-year-old child, who saved themselves by clinging to the overturned boat. The two men made heroic ellbrts to save tho woman and her children. GnEENViLLE,VMiss.,'March 23. Yesterday, while some colored people were taking a ride on an ill-constructed battean, the craft turned over and two men and one woman were drowned. Serious Accident to lion. J. S. Sillier. Wheeling, W. Va., March 23. A special to the Intelligencer says that while Hon. J. S. Miller, late United States Commissionc of Internal Revenue, Mr. James A. Bing, a Logan county attorney, and Rev. Medley a Methodist preacher, were coming down Twelve-pole creek, in Logan county, they attempted to ride the falls and the boat was capsized. Mr. Miller was taken from the water in an exhausted dondition, and is now spitting blood and thought to be fatally injured. Mr. Bing was drowned. The party had been prospecting in tho mountains for mineral lands. Probable Dead-Lock i the Steele Case. Chicago, March 25. The conrt-raaitial in the Steele case hadnot reached a decision at midnight, and the fact that the court has had the case under advisement for thirty-six hours without reaching a verdict arouses a suspicion that thero will be a dead-lock. At midnight it was stated that the court stood eight iu favor of reprimanding the lieutenant to five for his suspension for six months. Tho verdict of the court must be unanimous. Movements of Steamers. Nkvv Youk, March 25.- Arrived: City of Berlin, from Liverpool; La Champagne, from Havre; Ems, from Bremen. . Bhkmeiwavrn, March 5. Arrived: Eider, from New York. Movimc. March 25. Arrived: Furuessia, from New York for Glasgow.

PARRETT WILL KEEP HIS SEAT

House Committee Decides Against Mr. Poseyf of the First Indiana District, Tirinally Establishing a Precedent that Students Can Tote Where Thej Attend Collejre The Susar Schedule Trouble. Morrill Service-Pension Bill Favorably Eeported for Action by tlio Hoasc. Incidents at the Funeral of General Crook P.ritish Extradition Treatj OSciallj Proclaimed Xewspapsr Postage. CONTESTED ELECTION CASES. Judge rarrett, of the First Indiana District, to D Allowed to lletaln II U beat. Special to tbo Indianapolis Journal. Washington, March 25. The election committee of the present House has shown more judicial impartiality than has been usual in Congress. It has reported on seven cases. In four of them the reports have been in favor of tho llepublican contestants, and in three in favor of tho Democrats. Of tho ten remaining it is probable that at least one-half ti11 be decided in favor of the Democrats. In tho case of Posey against Parrett from the Evansville, Ind., district, tho report is in favor of the Democratic contestant. This case was particularly interesting becauee it involved the risht of Jesuit theological students to vote iu the district in which they are studying,' and the committee recognized such a right, which is a precedent of importance. Tho other case reported to-day was that of Uowen vs. Buchanan, Ninth Virginia district, and, as in the other Indiana case, the committee recommended that tbe sitting member bo Allowed to retain his seat.- Probablv before the end of the week decisions will be leached in the Alabama case of McDuflio vs. Turpm and the Virginia case of Waddell vs. Wise. In the West Virginia cas of McGinnis vs. Alderson, it was believed that the contest bad been abandoned, but McGinnis, who was given until Jan. 10 to hie supplementary briefs, has just put in his papers and they have been received by the committee, so that the case will come up for further argument April 4. THE SUGAIt TARIFF. Western ConT men Unite In Demandlrc Reduction, hat tbe Refiners Don't Want It, ' Special to the Indianapolis JonrnaL Washington, March 3. This morning there was a meeting of the Republican delegation from the Western States, at which the subject of the sugar schedule, proposed by the ways and means committee of the House, was discussed. The universal sentiment among the gentlemen was that the West, as represented by them, favors not only a redaction of tho sugar tariff, bnl a change from the ad valorem to tha specific plan of assessing duty. The result of it was that the States' delegations selected representatives to appear before the ways ,and means committee and ad vocate' a fcpecihe - duty of half a cent a pound or less upon all sugars blow. and including. No. 1G Dutch standard, and not moro than three-quarters of a cent a pound upon all sugars above No. 10. Later tho ten gentlemen, namely, Mr. Cannon ot Illinois, Cbeadle of Indiana, Henderson of Iowa, Lind of Minnesota, Cogswell of Wisconsin, Allen of Michigan, llansbrouch of North Dakota, Pickler of South Dakota, Carter of Montana and Wilson of Washington, appeared before the committee and presented their case. The almost unanimous sentiment of the Western States upon this subject was somewhat of a revelation to the members of the ways and means committee, and it is probably that tho result will be a further modification of the tar ill' schedule, so far as it relates to sugar. The committee bad visits from other delegations to-day. The reiiners were here in force. There were a number from New York and Boston and Messrs. Knight and Frazier were here from Philadelphia. They made a strenuous protest against the action of the committee in cutting so heavily into tho existing rates and maintained that a ' per cent, cut was all that the retming industry could stand. On the other hand about a dozen members from the West insisted that the duties must be still further redt.ced. Later on representatives of the wool-dealers were heard at length respecting the duty on carpet wools. legislation rort veterans. Report on the Dill GUinff Service Petitions v to Aed Soldiers and Their Widows, Special to the Indianapolis JournaL Washington, March 25. The committee on pensions of tho House has agreed to report favorably what is known as the Morrill service-pension bill. - This is one of the most liberal measures in the line of pensions that has ever been brought before the Houso of Representatives, and provides that every soldier of sixty-two years or over, who took part in thowarof the rebellion, shall have $S per month from the date of application during his life. The second section provides that all persons who served ninety days and are now disabled shall receive $3 a month, regardless of whether their disability was incurred in the service or not. The third section places on tho pension rolls vridowa of all soldiers, at the rate of a monts, who are over sixty-two years of age. The fourth section provides that every soldier's widow who is without other means of support than daily labor shall have a pension of $3 a month. It is believed that in case this bill should pass it would add $40,000,000 a year to the pension appropriations. The House committee on invalid pensions has also authorized a favorable report on a bill to increase pensions in certain cases. It provides that any soldier or tailor who has been wounded in service and received more than one wound, where one of such wounds amounts to a total disability, and tho other wound create a disability, then such person shall receive a pension, to bf rated without regard to rank for each wmind so received. It is provided, howt ever, that the amount of pension any pertf4i8 Rh 11 receive shall not exceea cJ per mdnth. iWietarv Proctor to-day scut to the Hesse, of Representatives a communication, in response to a resolution asking him if, in his opinion, any reduo tion in public expenditures would result from the transfer of the Pension Bureau from the Interior Department to the War Department. The Secretary, in his letter, expresses the opinion that a decided reduction of expenses would follow, the amount of which could not well be estimated. Under the present system, says the Secretary, the claims of soldiers for pensions are not adjudicated in the department under which they served, and in which their histories, which constitute a most important part in granting pensions, are prepared. By transferring this bureau to the War Department there would also be brought together closely the experts who decide the claims, and thus by amalgamating the whole system under ono control, the expenses of the Pension Bureau would be greatly decreased. OCX. CROOK'S CAPTORS. Two Confederates Who Took Him to TJbhy Prison Pay Tribute to the Dead Commander. Special to tfts Indinpol! Journal. Washington, March 25. "I have heard a great deal of talk about the blue and the gray business," said Captain Bourke, of the Third Cavalry, who was for fifteen yeara L7