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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9, 1890. 1 . "

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TnE Cincinnati Enquirer exnltingly remarks that "if tho Democratic party behaves itself, it has a grand future before it." But that tremendous If! . There is only ono consolation in the figures of tho township elections, and that is that they will alYord an elegant basis for figuring Republican gains two years hence. But for Democratic opposition, the disability pension bill, with very liberal features, would have passed the House on Monday. They cannot delay its passage long. It is a noteworthy fact that the progressive failure of municipal government in this country has kept even pace with tho growth of Democratic majorities in large cities. The Kentucky Legislature votes a paltry $5,000 to the Louisville sufferers. If a Democratic Treasurer had not gutted the Treasury, the State might have done a little better. Democracy comes high, but wo must have it. As usual when Indianapolis Democrats win a victory, tho "better clement" remained at home. This samo element, it is worth while to remember, will lift up its voice in the loudest tale of woe when public interests begin to suffer by reason of its inaction. Indianapolis Republicans spent considerable time yesterday in telling each other how it happened. Several explanations were proffered, but the consensus of opinion was .that tho 'good citizen," who was too busy to vote or forgot to go to the polls, was the one who did it. . A vessel just arrived at New Orleans brought from Europe tho heavy machinery for a beet-sugar factory, together with fifty tons of beet seeds. Tho factory is to bo located at Grand Island, Neb., and the plant will cost over $500,000. An industry in which capitalists have so much faith certainly deserves adequate protection from tho government. The fact that the Democratic members of the House committee on elections, in the contest of Waddell against Wise, in tho Richmond (Va.) district, have concluded to report in favor of a new election indicates that Mr. Wise's supporters have been guilty of tho grossest ballotbox frauds ever perpetrated, as it is the first time that tho Democratic committeemen heyo not made a. determined fight for the Bitting Democrat from Southern districts. If it is personal abuso of Samuel N. Gold to recall the fact that he openly and defiantly approved Chairman Bernbamer's fraudulent rulings on tho returning board and shouted, "Give it to them," then it is personal abuso to the other participant in the tally-sheet frauds to recall their acts. The inference is that tho statute of limitations has operated to wipe out tho crimo and make them all excellent citizens and non-partisan reformers. Evidently this is tho Democratic view. The Louisville Courier-Journal notes the fact that tho Democracy made a strong fight for success in tho Indiana township elections, and with charming frankness adds: "Tho whole secret of the matter is that tho township trusteo wields a big political influence, and in Stato or national elections ho is a power for tho party ho represents. This influence is mainly among tho pauper voters, .to whom, through the winter months, he issues fuel and food, and rjaturally, in a great measure, controls their votes." That is tho way Trusteo Kitz interpreted the law. One of tho strangest things about tho development of American character is the fact that the men whoso financial in--terests are most affected by local government are the men who manifest tho least interest in local politics. Heavy lax-payers, to whom a change in the national government would not bo ono penny either way, will, every four years, contribnto liberally to campaign expenses, devote valuable time to political workandyell themselves hoarse at party - demonstrations, but in a municipal or township election, which will determine the size of their tax receipt and have direct bearing upon tho value ' of their property, they will not even take tho trouble to vote. TiiE New York Star, which, wo havo remarked, glories in tho distinction of ' supporting anything bearing the Democratic brand, declares that if a munidpal election should be held in New . York now the Republicans would carry

it. Why? Bccauso onco more tho eyes of the community have been opened to tho dead-level corruption of Tammany rule. In about three years, if notsooner, tho eyes of tho people of Indianapolis who have real interest in the city will bo opened to tho badness of Coy rule, and they will rise up in their indignation to smash it. But why not keep their eyes open all the time?

THE TOWS CHIP ELECTION. j The result of the township election is that of the city election over again, in a worse form. The same causes that contributed to the defeat of the Republicans before were moro active and potent in this election than in the last. Republican apathy, inertness and indifference, and lack of organization on the one hand, and Democratic activity, organization and energy on the other, caused the result in both cases, tho only difference being that all these causes operated more cflectually in tho township election than they did in tho city. In former yearsthe Republicans of this city had a far better organization ttian the Democrats, and were able to handle their forces much more eflectively. Now, the situation is reversed." The Republican organization, for years past, has not been as poor as it is now, and the Democratic organization never was as good. Under these conditions, whether tho vote be light or full, the party with tho best organization will poll tho largest proportion of tho possible vote. For overy Democrat who did not vote on Monday, there wcro a dozen Republicans. Hundreds forgot there was an election, while other hundreds, actuated by a variety of motives, more or less unworthy and unmanly, refused to vote. Tho friends of good government, of law and order, of honest administration and low taxes, of economy and reform, are never as united, active and aggressive as the opposition of all these. The former are actuated by principle, while the latter are impelled by self-interest. The forces that mako for free whisky and open saloons, for a repeal of all restrictions on tho liquor traffic, for the corrupt nso of money in elections, for tho administration of public office for personal and party ends, for a reckless - expenditure of public money, . and for the entire elimination of the moral idea from politics and public affairs are far more united, active and aggressive than the forces which oppose these things. One set i3 actuated by self-gratification and personal interest, and tho other by a mild sort of conscientious conviction. The enemies of good government move like an organized army, its friends like a band of stragglers. A small hornet, full of poison and making straight for an objective point, is a more formidable antagonist than the largest soap-bubble, crowded with prismatic colors and floating aimlessly in tho air. The Democratic party, not only in this city, but in all others, represents all tho elements of opposition to good government, law and order. However varied or incongruous these may be, that party represents them all. To a small minority of respectable citizens it adds a very large majority of the roughs, toughs, bummer element and irresponsible classes generally. These classes and their following form a large element in all cities, and as they have a common interestand common purpose they gravitate in masses to the party where they feel most at home and which holds out the best promise of bad government. Thus, the weakest point and the most dangerous feature of municipal government becomes tho greatest element of Democratic strength in all large cities. The remedy lies in the evil itself. No party organized on such a basis can hold power long. As the Evening News has very truthfully said, "When the Democrats havo control all history shows that it is their worst element and not thelrbest which rules." It is a law of its being that under Democratic rule things go from bad to worse, and when they become intolerable' the people will riso en masse and make a change. That has been tho experience of other cities, and it will bo tho experience of this city. It has been the experience of Center township twice before, and it will be the experience again. FOR REVENUE 0NLT.v But of course, if the Democrats are eo ing to gain anything by a side issue of this sort, 1 snail nave no objection to oiler. Such is the closing remark which Gen. John M. Palmer, of Illinois, made to a reporter of'tho Chicago Tribune who had sought his views on the question of compulsory attendance of children upon some school, and upon tho special provision of tho 1 Bennett law which requires tho learning of reading and writing in tho English language. Ho did not want tho question made a. general issue in Illinois or any other State, be cause ho was suro that if the Democrats should raise tho issue involved in the Bennett law in any State, and take a stand against it, overwhelming defeat would surely follow. Still, ho could seo advantages in having his party make it an issue in spots where there might be a largo element hostile to the public school system in any form, and where what may bo called language or tonguo prejudico could bo invoked in sup port of tho Democracy, and should have no objections. In either case, his opinions wero not based upon convictioni Ho was opposed to making tho compulsory school law a general issue, because it would be bad for tho Demo cratic party, and not bccauso ho had a particle of interest in tho principle or its effect upon the people. Whether tho law is salutary or detrimental whether the highest welfare of the country demands the instruction of all children or not docs not concern tho ex-Governor. It i3 simply a question of party policy whether the Democrats would lose or gain votes by assailing the public school system. Ho wisely con cluded that it would be a losing experiment on a broad field, and so ho opposed it; but if Democrats believed that war upon the school system could be made to the advantage of the party, in spots where tho system is most needed, he is more than willing that it should be done. And this is tho Demo crat par-excellence who has been decided on ns the Democratic candidate

for United States Senator the one Democrat in Illinois who looms up head and shoulders above every other. But when wo come to think of it, we are not surprised. An Abolitionist before the war, a radical Republican during the war and during the first years after the war; made Governor because he professed the Republicanism of John A. Logan in 18C3, and then a Democrat because he was not recognized according to his own estimate of his desert9 what else could be expected? Tho man who is in politics for revenue only is in to win by any means at hand. The man who leaves, a party to get office in another is of that sort, and is soon shameless in his methods.

THE POLLY OF ME, SPBUJGES. . '. It is not possible that there i3 an intelligent man in the country who does not know that nearly two-thirds of the Democrats in Con gross 'aro hostile to' every measure designed to add to the pension rolls a new class of pensioners. In tho House there aro 103 members representing Southern and Bourbon constituencies, who will voto to defeat a dependent, a disability, or a service pension bill. In view of this fact, it is worse than absurd for Mr. Springer to make a spectacle of himself in' the role of championing the Democratic devotion to "tho veterans who are asking pension legislation, because, if left to his own party in Congress, any measure now be ing agitated would be voted down by two to one; andJudgingMr. Springer by his record, we are warranted in declaring that ho is not in earnest for any real pension legislation. We do not do this because of his hostility to tho prosecu tion of the war from 1861 to 186.), but because of his votes. In February, 1887, Mr. Cleveland vetoed the dependent pension bill. It was a dependent bill, as only those veterans who should declare themselves the objects of charity could avail themselves of its benefits. After tho , veto of Mr. Cleveland,' the pension committee unanimously agreed to a statement in which all of the then President's objections to the bilLweve answered, and recommended that it' be passed over the veto. Now, where was the agile Springer found when the roll was called upon passing the bill over the ' veto! Did he vote to sustain a measuro which was designed to take 15,000 Union veterans out of the poorhouses! Not he; he . voted to sustain the Cleveland veto, and by so voting indorsed all of the abusive expressions in that veto message. But, on Monday, . wholly unmindful of the fact'tliat1he had indorsed the veto of a dependent bill, and of Mr. Cleveland's declaration that iu procuring pensions there 'already exists a widespread disregard of truth and good faith," and that the bill under consideration would "put .a premium on dishonesty and mendacity," ho sprang to the front as champion of the veterans. Threo short years ago he indorsed Mr. Cleveland's opinion that the country would not stand a dependent pension law which would cost $12,000,000 a year, but now ho is anxious to vote for a lfill which will cost $140,000,000 a year. Mr. Springer has a right to be "Incon sistent, and doubtless he lu.s a right to utter falsehoods, but when ho declares that the Republicans havo promised to vote a service-pension, we simply pro-, pose to show how utterly . false that statement is, by quoting the only pledge mc.de by tho Republican party, wiich may be found in the ..Chicago platform of 1888, and reads as follows; The legislation of Con cross should be so enlarged aiid extended as to provide against the possibility that any man who honorably wore the federal uniform shall become an inmate of an alms-house or dependent upon private charity. i The Republican Senate, by its bill, has so far exceeded this pledge as to pass a bill to pension all veterans Buffering from disability, and every Republican in the House, on Monday, except one, voted to further extend the benefits of the pension system to all veterans of sixty-two years of age. And yet this man, who denied a pension to needy and suffering veterans in 1887, now complains that this measure is not sufficiently liberal! Some one onco referred '.to" Mr. Springer as the Democratic jumpingjack of the Ilouse. He seems to bo atJ it .1 3?-. -. tempting to win inat aisuncuon. "APPLAUSE ON THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE." Tho Congressional Record is not so interesting reading for tho general read er as other well-conducted daily papers,, for the simple reason that the estimable gentlemen who fill the pages of that voluminous journal do not seem to have tho journalistic knack of preparing interest ing reading in tho Congressional Record, but much useful information may be gleaned from its pages regarding parties and party tendencies. Last Friday was set apart for the consideration of private pension bills. In making up the pension committee, Speaker Reed endeavored to havo both parties represented, 'making sure that the majority should be in favor of a measure which would keep tho pledgo of tho Republican party at Chicago. Of course, it was important that tho prevailing sentiment of the Cleveland Democracy and of tho majority of . tho Houso should bo represented on the minority of that committee, and Hon. W. J. Stone, of Missouri, was selected. Thcro can bo no question about his Democracy, since ho was born in Kentucky and educated in Missouri. When the private pension bills came up, Mr. Stone was determined to oppose them, and so it was agreed that both sides should have an hour each to talk. Mr. Stone got tho floor to speak for the Democratic side and ho took tfic entiro hour, filling nearly Bix pages of the Record with Cleveland pension doctrine and sophomoric eloquence. It is not our purpose to call attention to Mr. Stone's misrepresentations, as life is too Short and has too pressing duties to bo spent in trying to instruct a Democratic Congressman, and a Missouri Democratic Congress man at that. There are, however, a few choice phrases which wo would quote, with the hope that they may find lodgment in the minds of some excellent veterans who are disposed to find tault with tho Republicans regarding pension legislation. Speaking of the Grand

Army of the Republic, this representative Democrat said: Cautiously and gradually the poison of selfish desire has been breathed upon this benevolent organization until it has been permeated with it. They have been led step by step to make this demand And that for pensions, growing bolder and more aggressive from j'ear uuto year, until the Grand Army has degenerated into a great military-political organization, whoso chief object now seems to be to extort pensions from the government. How much that sounds like Mr. Grover Cleveland and the St. Louis Republic! Mr. Stone proceeded to say that these veterans "put up tho presidency at auction, but ono grand man proudly declined to bid for it." As he had reference to Mr. Cleveland, there was Democratic applause. And then this Missouri Democrat, who was twelve years old when the war began, goes out of his way to impugn the motives of men who went into the army just as Mr. Voorhees did at that time. In Mr. Stone's peroration ho spoke from a Democratic heart to the Democratic majority in tho Ilouse. Here is a sample: I call upon you to remember and havo. some regard for the tax-payers of the' country who bear those enormous burdens. 1 wish you to remember that the great industrial classes are under thick shadows which bode nothing but evil to them. Applause. And then, in conclusion, ho turns to Union veterans and thus lectures: A good soldier mast be a good citizen. A brave man canuot be mercenary. It is hard to believe that those whose fearless hands boro the flag on perilous fields can degenerate into rn unreasoning rabble of pension-mongers. I appeal to them to seo to it that the splendor of their achievements shall not be dimmed by the ignoble vice of sordid selfishness. And, with two lines of poetry, this Democrat closed his speech; and, as he sat down, the Democratic side of the Houso thundered approving applause, or, as the strictly literal House reporter gives it, "prolonged applause on the Democratic side." That is, the great body of the Democrats in the House approved the sentiment and spirit of a speech set to the 'key of no more pensions, dd full of belittling and insulting remarks relative to the men who were fighting for their country when he was

a small school-boy. By the courtesy of Chairman Morrill, one or two Northern Democrats were permitted to reply to Mr. Stone, but it is noticeable that no "prolonged applause on the Democratic side" greeted them. Mr. Laxgsdale, chairman of the Soldiers' Monument Commission, denies that the commission has made, or contemplates making, any change in the original plan of the monument. His prompt and explicit statement on the subject is entirely satisfactory, and should put an end to criticism on this point. From more detailed information the Journal is satisfied that the commission is taking no improper liberties with the original plan, and will faithfully apply the means at its disposal to building the monument as planned by Mr. Schmitz, aud no other or different one. We may add that the impression prevalent in some quarters that the work is lagging is entirely erroneous. During the past winter, while stone could not be laid, a great amount has been dressed, and when the work of laying is resumed the shaft will rise very rapidly. -Before the end of tho season the public will be able to form an idea of the majestic proportions of the monument when completed, although tho bronze groups and reliefs will not be added for some time. There is every reason to believe that the monument will bo tho greatest work of its kind in this country, if not in the world. Critical foreigners who have examined the plans and model have expressed their unqualified admiration, and some have said tho monument will surpass any.in Europe. It is a pleasant thing for a man to live to read his own obituary, especially when it is flatteringly kind, but far more pleasant to enjoy such an experience as that of Speaker Reed. A few weeks ago the Democratic members of Con gress were denouncing him as a czar, a tyrant, a usurper, and shaking their fists as if they would like to tear him in pieces. At tho same time the Democratic press of tho country was doing what it could to increase and emphasize the denunciations. Mr. Reed has lived too see a great change come over the Democratic grass -burners. Tho last echo of tho denunciations has ceased, and their impressivo silence is an elo quent tribute to the completeness of his victory and the excellence of its results. Those who, a little while ago, professed to regard him as a monster of injustice and tyranny now tacitly accept the gen eral verdict that he has carried through the greatest legislative reform of recent times and is preeminently the right man for tho place. No man ever had so com plete a vindication in so short a time. The dispatch with which the business of tho Tension Office Is being conducted under General Raum goes to confirm a theory held by a good many people that all any department of tho government wauts to lift it out of the tangle of red tape and its exasperating system of circumlocution is a practical business man . at its head. The affairs of most of these 'departments are managed in a way simply maddening to one accustomed to the direct business methods of private life, but it is seldom that a man with tho ability and courage to overturn the timehonored ways of procedure is given the opportunity. Too often the officials are taken from professional life, and, with out experience or a business education to guide them, aro unable to substitute improved modern methods for the anti quated system now in vogue. Civil-' service examination for heads of depart ments might serve to secure the neces sary executive ability with moro cer tainty than is now the case. The school-book ring got a hard reminder yesterday that 1 be people are in earnest. If it wants to test the question further, let it inject the issue into a general campaign. Evening News. Fudge! . The school-book law had no more to do with the township elections than tho Niceno creed or tho Book of Mormon. When it does become an issue in State politics, as it will when people discover that it creates a grinding monopoly and forces inferior books on them at a greater cost in tribute and taxes than they ever paid for good ones of their own choice, they will de-

mand its repeal and tho enactment of a free text-book law. The present schoolbook law places Indiana at tho tail end of the procession of States in respect of school systems. There is not a prominent educator in the United States who approves the system, nor ono in Indiana, except those who havo been won over by social or political influence. The law is utterly, totally and hopelessly bad in principle and practice. Nevertheless, it is the law, and should bo faithfully enforced. Tho more faithfully enforced it is the sooner it will be repealed. '

No one who witnessed the calisthcnio exi hibition at the annual festival of the Social Turnverein, on Monday night, could doubt that the regular practice of such ex ercises must tend to produce a sound phys ical development, or, at least, to correct the bodily defects which, scarcely noticeable in children, become tho weaknesses. or even deformities, of adults. To secure good health and a reasonable development of strength and muscle, it is not necessary that a child should become an athlete or be trained to perform any of the difficult, . and even dangerous, feats which aro asso ciated in so many minds with the thought of gymnastics. Tho lighter exercises with dumb-bells, Indian clubs, wands, etc.,' are sufficient to bring about a result which is the main object of instructors, namely: a graceful aud erect carriage and a symmetrical development of chest and limbs that will remove the re proach of "pallid" and "puny," 60 often brought against American youth. The principle that a sound mind is to be found only in a sound bedy is one that is coming to be generally understood, but the practical application of this principle is not as widely extended as could be wished. In the public schools especially is physical development neglected. The intellectual growth of every pupil is stimulated in every possible way, and often at the expense of the body, and the poor, over-taxed brain suffers accordingly. It is a very elaborate school system that we have now. and, to add to it in any way may seem to be putting another burden on juvenile humanity; but in this case it would be an addition that would lighten other burdens. The timespent in physical exercise would be moro than gained in the renewed vigor and interest with which theyoungstudents would return to their books. Light gymnastics are a highly valued part of the instruction in most private schools,, and public-school children should be under no disadvantage in this respect. Would it not be possible to put an end to the bitter factional war in tho United Brethren Church by giving up what has come to be a misfit name! ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS. Mns. SouTirwoRTii's income from her novels is $10,000 a year. Her favorite work is "Ishmaol," and "The Hidden Hand" her most successful. The novel of a sensational young lady in London is advertised, "Mad! Mad! Mad!" by the author of "Smitten and Slain." It is announced that she is also to bring out a story called "The Murder of the A. B. C." A mountaineer preacher down in Crook county, Oregon, astonished a part of his audience by exclaiming: "My friends, all the world shouted for joy when the good news of Christ's birth flashed over the wires." TnE female students have finally conquered in their "alma mater" of Basle, which, alone among Swiss universities, has hitherto kopt its doors shut against their admission, A formal degree allows them to matriculate regularly, but only by way of experiment. In overhauling the Czar's civil list, with a view to economy, recently, one of tho items discovered was tho payment of $750 per year for "lip salve," which has been made to ono family ever since the time of tho Empress Catharine, who is supposed once to have had chapped li ps. Mrs. HuMruRY Ward has given up her intention of coming' to this country this spring. She is so much interested in the formation of an institution iu London, founded on "Robert ElsmeroV plan, that she will devote the entire summer to its development. She is steadily at work on a now novel. Mr. Cuauncey M. Deitw disposes of tho contents of his daily mail with the aid of hisprivate secretary and two stenographers, one of whom is a negro. This man is said to be unusually competent, and to be treated with great respect, not only by Mr. Depew, but by everybody with whom he comes in contact. , Just fifty years ago. or in 1840, William F. Andrews, a master mason of Providence, R. I., stamped his initials on a copper cent and put it in circulation. Last Monday, in taking some change, he found his coin. After fifty years of wandering it had returned, and he would not take hundreds of dollars for it. The late Mr. George H. Boker, the Philadelphia poet, was pronounced in his youth by N. P. Willis, who spoke with authority, to be the handsomest man in America.' His intimate friend, Mr. Charles Godfrey Leland, says that the busts of Byron were remarkably like Boker, though Boker was the liner looking, and in figure much more imposing. Mrs. Morton, wife of the Vice-president, is not only a beautiful .woman, but a kindly aud gracious one. She has, moreover, a sweet and well-trained voice, and a capacity to touch the right conversational note under difficult circumstances. Notwithstanding her wealth and her sumptuous way of entertaining, her live young daughters are brought up iu tho most rigid simplicity of dress and habit. Alpiionse Daudet, whom Henry James and other critics consider the greatest living author, is still a young man. He has not yet rejached his fiftieth year. He went to Paris in 1657 without money or friends. His success is of his own making. Personally he is a very delightful man. a genial conversationalist and a delightful host. His family consists of a clover wife, two sons and a daughter. His eldest son is twenty-one years of age. Daudetdedicated his "Sappho" to his two sons, to be read when they reached their majority. I hear from Vienna, says Labouchero, in London Truth, that a sprightly she diplomatist at that capital created quite a sen-' sation recently, at a party, by asking the Papal Nuncio to allow her to inspect the diamond cross which he wore round his neck. This was rather startling, but the polite prelate took off tho jewel and handed it to the Protestant lady, who proceeded to place it round her own neck, and she did not return it until she had admired herself in a mirror. Tho Nuncio and the other Catholics were horrified by her levity, which they regarded us rank sacrilege. Prior Glynn, of the Irish Augustinians, well known in Ireland and America In connection with the Church of St. Patrick, which he is striving to bnild in Rome as the Irish National Church, presented to the Pope a piece of shamrock sot in silver. He went to the Vatican with Monsignor Perlsco. who was to present the snamrock to tho Holy Pather in Prior Glynn's name, tho latter remaining in the ante-chamber. When told of the fact the Pope requested that Prior (Jlynu himself should bo presented to him that he might receive it from tho hands of an Irishman, at the same time telling him that he would wear it in honor of St. Patrick over his heart, where he always kept Ireland. ' 'OSTLER JOE?S SECOND WIFE. Full tlTO years Joe mourned hi Annie, and his lilt was dark and drear; ... Then hU heart acain grt-w iightjoine, and his voice was tilled tvith ritwr; Ho bad found anotbt r Anule. and the two had grown quite spooney: Bans are published for hi nuptials now with little Anulo llooncyr . . ' -PhilaOtli'hla Trefi.

IIILGEirS BIG DEFALCATION

Philadelphia Jlanager of Sistare & Son's, New York, Short Nearly $600,000. Memtcrs of the Firm Forced to3lake Individual Assignments Failure of a Kansas Eank Various Rascalities. New York, April 8. The assignment of W. II. B. Sistare and Harold Coleman, of the firm f G. K. Sistaro & Sons, bankers 11 l! X J t .1 A anu uroKors, ni o. x uoau oireet, to Henry J. Dawson, jr., was filed to-day. George Beed, of Detroit, Mich., and M. Feldmier, of Now York, are tho only preferred creditors. Tho preferences to the former aro $10,000, and to the latter $o,000, both being for money due on stock transactions. Mr. Henry S. Bennett, counsel for the assignees, says that no ono can tell the amount ot tho defalcation. He states that tho dt.icit caused by Hilgormay amount to $CO0C00. Ho added that additional evi3nces of nilger's wrong doing were constat ,ly being discovered. "The books." ho aid, "havo been falsified. andvir. this case it would be impossible to tell What the shortage is until they have been thoroughly examined. We find, too, that ho niado drafts on the New York house under the false pretense that they represented business conducted by him for the firm s Philadelphia customers. With such matters to be straightened out it is impossible to say how the firm 6tands, though every possible eflort is being made to reach tho result at the earliest moment." The defalcation and consequent failure of the linn is still the sensation of Wail street. Tho amount of tho embezzlement has not yet been mado public, but it is the prevailing opinion that it will reach a larger figure than hos been anticipated. A great deal of regret is heard on all 6idos over the suspension of the compauv. Tho local members of the firm have all been very popular. The crash, it appears, has been expected, and the company had closed all their contracts in the Stock Exchange. The result was that the failure caused little or no trouble to the stock market. Counsel for the dead Mr. Hilger, of Sistare &. Sons, says the dead man's name is being mado a scapegoat. Counsel for the foiled firm say that is not the case. Tho general opinion is that Hilger had converted securities belonging to tho firm, but it was also the opinion that his misdeeds, if put in figures, would not reduce the $000,000. Failure of a Kansas. Bank. Manhattan, Kan., April 8. E. B. Purcell, proprietor of tho Manhattan Bank, made an assignment this morning. The doors of the bank were closed and tho following notico was posted up: "Closed. John W. Webb, temporary assignee Mr. Webb is cashier of the bank. He says the liabilities of the bank are 561,000. A statement of tho assets cannot be given for several days, but they are said to bo equal, nominally, to the liabilities. Tho assignment was precipitated by the action of the British Laud and Mortgage Company, of this citv, which, yesterday, ad ver-. tised a public sale of collateral given by Mr. Purcell to secure his obligations to'tho company for 200,000. due April 1. 'and which had not been paid. . The stringency of the money market and the difiiculty in making collections are given as the causes of the assignment. Other corporations in which Mr. Purcell is interested aro not affected by the bank's failure. The Manhattan Bank was one of tho oldest in the State and Mr. Purcell was accredited with being among tho wealthiest men and most sound, financially, in Kansas. The failure has caused n nervous feeling among the other financial . institutions of tho city and connty. but thero has been no run on any of the other banks. A deed was filed with the register of deeds yesterday by which E. B. Purcell and E. H. Purcell aud wives transfer to tho M 4. 14 A tbt .ULi V411 IIIU VUlUJiaiiV BIJs 1 U I. !" . i real estate valued at SoO.'OOO. Suit was bogun in the District Court to-day by E. B. Purcell, who sues tho British Land and Mortgage Company for $100,000 damages, alleged to result from the public oiler to sell the Purcell securities. He also procured an order from tho court restraining the mortgage company from disposing of 5,200 shares of the Mercantile Company held by it as collateral. Systematically Robbed Ills Employers. Chicago, April 8. Clarence P. Wikoff, a trusted employe of the wholesale drug firm of Fuller & Fuller, has been arrested, -1 3 til. t t i . . cuargeu. wiiu naving systematically robbed tho firm of over 1,000 worth of druggists' sundries during the past three months. Ho has disposed of his stealings to retailers. Wikotf, in order to dispose of the property stolen, lived a dual life. Outside of the store he passed as Cuauncey J. Thomas, going into business . under that name as a manufacturers agent. He had a lot of stationery printed upon which his business address was given as No. 709 West Madison street, which place was his sleeping-room. His stationery consisted of , bill-heads, statements, blank orders for country customers, and printed blanks for price quotations. Knowing many of the Fuller fc Fuller Company's country customerst Wikoll mailed them quotations cn the articles at a cent below tho lowest rate quoted by his employers. If Wikolfhad confined his trado to country orders, he would probably havo operated in safety for an indefinite time. But he became ambitious, commenced to work up a local trade, and was soon detected. Wikolt" is twenty-four years old, and is well connected in this city, his father being one of tho Fuller & Fuller Company's best customers. Ilroker Fraley's Failure. St. Louis, April 8. Nothing new has developed in the failure of Moses Fraley, tho grain-dealer. Mr. Fraley states to-niaht that he is still unable to malte a statement of his afi'airs, as he does not know how ho stands. Ho says he feels confident his offer of settlement at 70 ceuts. made by him this morning, would have been accepted if ho had had the cash at hand. But he did not have the money, and will not know how he will come out for another day at least Another Democrat Gone Wrong. Doylestown, Pa., April 8. Jas. Monroe Shellenberger, one of tho best-known men in Bucks county, has disappeared. He is about &XX000 short in bis accounts with I various estates, of which bo bad charge. HewaslaHt heaTd of at Atlantic City ou Sunday. Mr. Shellenberger was a member of tho Board of Stato Charities and chairman of the co;nty Democratic standing committee. Other Iluslness Troubles. Special to the Indianapolis JonrnaL Muncie, April S. Yesterday, Mr. R. G. Charman made a voluntary assignment of his stock of groceries to Ozro N. Cranor, attorney, to be disposed of in a legal manner in th nt v.mtntre of his creditors. Tho store is one of the oldest in the city. Tho cause of the failure is attributed to an extensive book account kept with customers. The libabilitiesaro placed at 3.500. with assets to the amount of about 1,500. Aur.iTUN, N. Y., April 8. The failure of F. R. Townsend, woolen merchant, of Now York, who was the heaviest 'stockholder in the Cayuga woolen-mills, in this city, has embarrassed the latter company, and upon its application John Dunn, jr., of Syracuse, .has been appointed receiver to administer the a Hairs of the company. 'Monticei.lo, 111., April 8. The failure of Sackrieter & Ormsby, clothing dealers in this city, occurred to-day. Tho liabilities are placed at $1S.OOO, with assets several thousand dollars short of that amount.; Many Old Conductors Discharged. PiTTMirRfi, April 8. A quiet, but systematic discharge of the old conductors of the Pennsylvania Company lias been roing on for some time, and to-day th remaining threo of a round dozen were decapitated. In every case it invariably happened that it is the oldest conductor who sutlers, and the term of service of those lately discharged averages tiftee n years. The sam quiet weeding out is fro ing on between Crestline and ChicriV'o. ana Pitts, burg and Cincinnati, though the.ofUcJala absolutely refuse to give any reason for tho action.