Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 January 1891 — Page 5

THE i INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, TUESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1891.

HELPING OUT THE SOUTH

Spirit cftbe Copperheads Revived in the Sens ol Those Who Opposed the Union. , flouse Democrat! riinjr the Frocosed Appropriation for the World's Fair to Kill the Elections Bill Proceedings in the Senate. SONS OF COPFERIIEAD FATHERS. A Dltcoislon SagscttlTa of the Time "When Rebels of the North Were RumpanL The statesmen brought back with them about as fine a specimen of weather as Indianapolis erer experienced. They retarried, however, fully prepared for partisan action and lost no time in bringing it before the unsuspecting minority. Representatire Stone opened the House session yesterday afternoon with prayer, lucluding in his invocation the employes, which fact was noted by Clerk Xewkirk with much satisfaction, as it was the tirat time this winter in tho House that the employes have been prayed for. The roll-call showed eighty-five members present, and after the reading of the journal bad been, as usual, dispensed with, Mr. Beasley offered the following concurrent resolution and moved ita adoption: Whereas, A till has teen introduced into this General Assembly providing for the appropriation of $200,000 to make a display of the Industries and resources of thlsfctateat the world's fair, to te heM at Chicago in 1893; and. Wherea. The measure now pendinjr In the United States Senate, known as the force bill. Is a revolutionary measure which, If It parses the fcenate and becomes a law, will involve the people of the Southern States In a race war, will prostrate the Industrie of many of the States of the Union, will disrupt the amicable commercial and social relations existing between the Nortn and the South: and. Whereas, If said bill shall become a law and such conditions thereby brought about, thd world's fair will become a sectional Instead of a national affair, and will fail to adequately exhibit and display the magnitude and variety of our country's resource; will fall short of the purposes lor which It was contemplated, and will bring a stain and reproach upon our whole country; and, Whereas. It Is the sense of this General Assembly that no appropriation should be made by the State of Indiana to exhibit her resources at such fair or in any manner encourage the same unless It can be made in fact, a well as In name, a world's fair and can exhibit the magnitude and variety of our whole country's reources and advancement; therefore Resolved. By the House of Representatives, the Senate concurrinc, that no further consideration of said appropriation Mil be bsd until the Benateihas finally disposed of said fore bill that this Assembly may know what la to be the character of the exhibit of the world's fair. CALLING DEMOCRATS TO ACCOUNT. ' Mr. Claypool promptly moved that the resolution be tabled, but the motion was lost by a party vote CO to 23. The discussion was then opened by Mr. Hess, who said that when a resolution of this character was introduced in the Mississippi Legislature he was not at all surprised, but to urge its adoption in the Legislature of Indiana waa absurd. 'I can see the animus ,of it." continued the member from Wabash. "You Democrats have made up your minds that Indiana shall not be properly represented at the world's fair. I have heard, ever since the world's-fair bill was introduced here, that the plan was to defeat it in home way or other, and the force-bill ex- . cuae is but a cover to the desire to avoid making an appropriation. Your corrupt system of financiering has loaded a debt of .over $8,000,000 on the State, and you want to save further expenditure, except in the direct interests of the Democratic party." "Is it not a fact," Inquired Mr. Fowler, "that there was a nve-milliqn indebtedness when the Republicans lost control of the Stater Yes, Mr. Hess replied: "but there was an indebtedness of nine millions when they took hold, and during the time they were in control they cut it down to live millions, and would have wiped it out altogether had tbey been permitted to remain in power long enough." "How is it," asked Mr. Ader, "that the Republican Representatives in 1887 voted to eniploy thirty-two doorkeepers!" "We had to have that many." Mr. He as replied, "to keep Green Smith out. We are here to legislate for the people of Indiana. We have nothing to do with legislating for the people of the United States. Your Representatives . and Senators in Congress will vote against the force bill. They are attending to opposing that measure for their Democratic constituents. Any such action as contemplated by this resolution is out of place and outrageous. Your party has always sympathized with the South! It did so when the South rebelled, some years ago. You can always be found on the side of the South, and every measure proposed by that section is advocated by the Democi-atio party." "Doesn't the gentleman know," Mr. Zoercher asked, "that the war closed in IfeooP , "Yes," said Mr. Hess, "and we want to see it closed, and to realize that it was not fought in vain. That war gave the colored man a right to vote, and we want to see that right protected." HO FAIR ELECTIONS IN TTIE SOUTH. A statement by Mr. Hess that colored men had been murdered by the score by Southern Democrats who objected to their voting precipitated a discussion of the Richmond asylum murder, in the course of which the member from Wabash scored some points on the majority which were resented with numerous irrelevant questions. "The party that passed the Australian election Dili." concluded Mr. Hess, "is unwilling that the colored men of the South should have such protection as that law affords the voter. What a spectacle is this. The Democrats advocate fair elections for the North, hut are opposed to the South having them. They do not want any Australian system in the South. The Republicans, are for fair elections everywhere, and that is the sole object of the force bill. This resolution should not be adopted." x Mr. Peasiey next took the floor in advocacy of his resolution, saying that the force bill was worthy of Russia but not of the United States, l uen shaking bis finger warningly at the minority he solemnly asserted that the Indiana Democrats proposed to look after their own elections. "I want to serve notice on the Republicans," said he. "that the Democrats, by virtue of their twenty thousand majority in this State, propose to conduct their own elections. Thry are not afraid of the force bill, for the moment the hammer falls on the desk of the President of the Senate, and he announces the passage of the force bill, that moment will witness the death knell of the Republican party. That law willnever do for Indiana, though it may do for other States of the Union. It is our duty to set the seal of condemnation on this infamous bill, and we should be derelict if we did not do so. If this bill becomes a law the World's Colombian Exhibition will be a sectional affair, and a sad disappointment to the country and the world." Mr. Liudemuth waa surprised that such a resolution should be ottered in an Indiana Legislature. In the Mississippi Legislature, packed with Democrats elected by fraud, he said he would be snrpmed at nothing. The resolution, however, simply represented the character of the Democraticparty, North and South. "It is the same old party of suppression." continued the gentleman from Wayne, "just as it used to be the party of vilification. The Democrats suppress tho negro vote of the South, and have dono so ever since the negro was emancipated. They tried to supnress the majority in the lower honae of t'onroes, but, thanks to the prince of parliamentarians, they failed to do it. It does not make much difference where the Democratic party is located it is not affected by climate, conscience or the Christian religion. Indiana had the honor to furnish to the eountry a President of the United States, and one whose administration has reUected honor and credit upon the State. The great community that wes honored by that choice should be the last to indulge in such outrageous legislation as is now proposed. I cannot comprehend what relation there is between the force bill and the commercial relatious of Indiana, This resolution is simply the last resort of a desperate party to prevent the enactment of a just law. I hope Congress will pass a measure so sweeping as to ellect every district in the United States and enforce, it Irrespective of parry, irrespective of State." Mr. Zoerchcr wasbubly indignant at the prospect of the force bill passing, and thought the South should boycott the

North the moment the measure became a law. He talked about the causes which had led to the downfall of republics in years gone by. and declared that the unequal distribution of wealth was one cause aud measures similar to the force bill another. Mr. Guthrie said there was no such measure pending as tha force bilL There was nothing in the way of "force" about it. It was simply a bill to insure fair elections in all sections of the country. South as well as North. "This resolution," continued Mr. Guthrie, "is an outrage on the Eeople 'of Indiana. This Legislature as nothing to do with the Congress of the United States which has just as absolute a right to control the election of its own members as Indiana has to control the election of its own legislators. I hope that in the providence of on all-wise Creator I shall be spared to see free elections and a fair count in all sections of the country." Mr. Gent favored the resolution in a long speech which taxed the patience of the House to a considerable extent. Mr. Haggard followed with a strong argument againut the adoption. "As a citizen of Indiana," said he, "I am exceedingly sorry that a resolution of thin kind is beiug seriously considered by this House. As a Republican and politician, for I am a politician to a limited extent. I am glad the gentleman from Sullivan has offered the resolution. I know a great many business people who are deeply interested in the world's fair and whij, if they were on the floor, would denounce, in unmeasured terms, this resolution, the adoption of which will do more for the Republican party in this State than anything 1 know of. The member from Sullivan will regret his action six months from now. I do not state it as a fact, but I have a strong suspicion that a large majority of the Democratic members of this body have not read the force bill, which merely proposes to guarantee that any man. white or black, may, without intimidation, cast his vote in any manner he pleases, and that when it is cast it shall be counted. - The Democratic opposition is due to the fact that the passage of this bill will lose that party the control of several States which they retain merely by the exercise of intimidation and suppression. We are told that it is a strike at local self-government. Thank God it is such a strike. The part the Union army took in the years from 1SG1 to 1$'5 was a strike at local selfgovernment. The Democratic party to-day is the very same as that which advised against the strike against local self-government in 1861 and will never be any different I was not surprised that the Legislatures of Mississippi, Arkansas and Tennessee should adopt resolutions of this character, but I am surprised that Indiana should be found emulating their example." Mr. Haggard concluded with an able defense of the McKinley bill, which bad been dragged into the discussion by Democratio speakers who had preceded him. Mr. Higgins indulged in a tirade against the elections bill in which he evolved nothing new, but rehashed much that was very ancient. Mr. Rrown, of Morgan, made an able plea for fair elections. The resolution he believed to be introduced for the purpose of avoiding adding 200.000 to the State debt, already burdensome because of Democratic extravagance. He urged that Congress be allowed to take care of itself, and thought it was a sad spectacle to contemplate, thatof a State like Arkansas dictating to Indiana what position to take on this question. NO NEGRO CONTROL. Mr. McCullough made' tha strongest speech of any of the advocates of the resolution. He thought that no good would

come of the world's fair so long as the McKinley bill remained in effect The people of the South, he thought, could not be blamed for not desiring negro domination, and that's what the force bill would compel them to submit to. It was the old race question, and the whites, whether North or South, would never put up with negro control. That had been determined in this locality as well as elsewhere. Mr. McCullough deemed it eminently right and proper that the people should wait to see what was done with the "infamous force bill'7 before appropriating any money for the world's fair. Mr. Hryant spoke against the resolution and Mr. Robbins supported ir. Mr. Rrown, of Steuben, regretted that it had been introduced, and said be had hoped the world's fair would do much toward promoting Indiana's growth and developing her resources. He could not see why the approEriation should be coupled with the force ill, which could be just as well argued separately. The scheme of holding off the appropriation as a species of threat, he regarded as anything but a wise one. He characterized the elections bill as a wis salutary measure which infringes upon the rights of no .one. "The argument raised against it." continued Mr. Brown, "is the same old State's right doctrine urged by the South in 1861, and which plunged the country in a civil war. In a nutshell, the cry of the Democrats is 'The government has no right to make or enforce lawsf I fail to see what relation the force bill has to the world's fair." Here Mr. Moon woke up and, jumping to his feet declared he would answer that question, which he struggled to do in a peculiar fashion by borrowing one of Mr. McCullongh's phrases about the tariff. Mr. Rrown told him that it was the elections bill, not the McKinley bill, that had been coupled with the appropriation in question, whereupon the member from Miami subsided and resumed his nap. Mr. Rrown concluded his attack on the resolution by declaring that it was the merest pretense to assert that there was or could bo any connection between the world's fair appropriation and tho bill in question. Mr. Johnson of Carroll wound up the discussion with a spread-eagle speech, in which he denounced the world's fair as a Republican scheme to re-elect President Harrison. Much of his talk was self-praise at his success a an ofboe-holder. Mr. Faulkner eyed the big clock over the Speaker's desk a moment and observing that it was about supper-time, demanded the previous question. This was sustained, and the resolution was then adopted by a strict party vote 63 to 22. The House then adjourned until this morning. THE STATE SENATORS. Advancing Measures aud In definitely Post ponlng Others. There were but thirty-throo Senators in their places yesterday morning when the fall of the Lieutenant-governor's gavel called them to order, and the Lord's Prayer, as uttered by Senator Howard, fell npon the ears of less than a quorum. Each incoming train, however, gave back a Senator or two, and a few minutes after devotional exercises there was a sufficient number to do business. The roll of committees was called for reports on bills, and Senator Shanks, from that on roads, recommended for passage a measure for the construction and repair of free gravel and macadamized roads. Senator Sweeney's bill requiring railroad companies to provide suitable waitingrooms in towns with a population of tivo hundred and more received a favorable re port from the committee on railroads. Senator Shockney, who was made a special committee to amend and report upon a bill which permits an officer of a bank to exercise notary functions in any case in which the bank is not interested, reported recommending that the. bill referred to pass. Senator Hubbell reported an amendment to bis bill governing foreign building and loan associations doing business in Indiana. The etleet of the amendment is to make the securities, bonds, mortgages, etc., of such companies non-negotiable. The amendment was ordered printed. Tho bill fixing the length aud number of terms of court in the Tenth judicial circuit, composed of Lawrence and Crawford counties, was advanced a notch, being read a second time and ordered engrossed. MEASURES OF VARIOUS KINDS. Senator Holcomb's bill, by which counties and townships are to be shorn of the right to vote aid to railroads and machineshops, encountered some opposition. Senator Shockney believed people should have authority to vote aid if they wanted to. Without this aid a majority of the railroads in Indiana would never have been built. RtMl roads were civilizers; moreover they were good investments, and in a short time paid back in the way of taxes more than had ever given to assist in their construction. Senators Hohson and Ryrd questioned the right of one set of voters to compel anothther set of voters to contribute to an enterprise if they did not want to.and argued that here was an invasion of therightsof the citizen. The bill was recommitted to the committee on elections. Senator Kopelke'a bill looking to the improvement of the streets of incorporated

towns was ordered engrossed. It confers npon the members of town boards th same authority in the matter of roads as that possessed by township trustees; also, that the road-tax of $2. to which every voter between the ages of twenty -one and fortyfive is subject shall be paid as any other tax, if it is not worked out. The bill providing that county commissioners may permit stock to run at large was ordered engrossed. ' Senator Howard's bill, modifying and making more specirio the provisions of the Rarrett law, was ordered engrossed. The same action was taken relative to Senator Hudson's bill for the protection of female employes of factories, mercantile establishments, etc.: Senator Kennedy's bill for the relief of Stewart Porter, and Senator Kopelke'a bill providing for the re'cording of orders of court Senator Magee's bill, authorizing county commissioners to buy toll-roads and make them free, which encountered rough waters the other day, fell npon the breakers yesterday and was totally lost. The committee that passed upon the bill recommended its indefinite postponement, but . the Senator from Cass made a fight for it and got it printed. The people of Cass county yoted a year or two ago on the matter of the purchase of all the gravel roads in that county and the proposition was defeated. The purpose of the measure defeated yesterday was to enable the people of Cass county to have free roads whether they wanted to or not Senator Magee appeared to have his views of the case very much to himself. He was out-talked and out-voted, and the people of Cass will have the blessed privilege of paying toll until they find there is a better way. Senator Harlan's bill, locking to the suppression of the flambeau was struck by & gale of severe opposition but it weathered the storm and pulled through. In it Senator Magee saw a scheme to deprive the farmer from enjoying his own, gas, and Senator Burke detected a cunning plot in the interest of the monopolist who is acquiring control of the gas field. Senators Boyd, Harlan and Grose assured the opponents of the bill that the people of the gas belt were in favor of the bill almost to a unit and a motion for its indefinite postponement was lost by a large majority. Senator E wing's bill making it arson, with a penalty of from two to fourteen years' imprisonment attached, to burn a building or other property for the purpose of collecting the insurance, was ordered engrossed. The same action was taken relative to Senator Holland's bill to repeal the act making the estates of insane persons liable for their maintenance in an insane asylum. Senator Burke introduced a resolution requiring the Secretary of the Senate to keep a record of the numbers of the bills placed on the desks of Senators and the time of their distribution. Adopted. Senator Holland presented a memorial from the teachers of Brookville, Franklin connty, asking the Legislature not to curtail the authority of county superintendents, nor to change the law governing them unless it changed their term of office from two years to four. INTRODUCTION OF BILLS. The following bills were introduced: By Mr. Boyd: Amending the gravel-road law. Committee on roads. By Mr. Chandler Amending the act relative to gravel and macadamized roads. Committee on roads. Also: Amending an act relating to guardians and wards. Committee on judiciary. By Mr. Ewiug: Amending an act relative to the distribution of decedents estates. Committee on judiciary. By Mr. Oilman: Prohibiting other than relatives or those having ofllcial authority from vis

iting certain wards in the insane asylums; also, making It discretionary with the superintendents of such asylums whether visitors shall be admitted to any of the wards. Committee on benevolent Institutions. By Mr. Howard: Providing for surveys for and improvements of drains. Committee on drainage. By Mr. Hudson: Amending an act governing the construction of street railways. Committee on corporations. By Mr. Shockney: Providing for the distribution of an excess of funds assessed and collected for the construction of free gravel roads. Committee on roads. Also: To provide for the transfer of Insane convicts from the State prisons orreformatory institutions to the insane asylums. Committee on benevolent Institutions. By Mr. Smith: Protecting doinefdio animals, and to provide for the registration of dogs. Committee on agriculture. ' By Mr. Boyd: Making the gravel roads within the corporation limits of cities bordered by lands used for agricultural purposes a part of tho free gravel-road system of the county. Committee on roads. By 31 r. Ewing: Legalizing conveyances made by trustees of estates to creditors. Committee on Judiciary. Adjourned. CCLLINGS FROM THE COURTS. A Company Sued for the Violent Action of One of Its Officers. George E. Hertzberger has brought suit in the Superior Court against theACitirens1 Street-railroad Company for 2,000 damages. In the complaint is recited tho story of assault to which reference has been made, on the plaintiff by Frank Littlejohn, special officer for the defendant Hertzberger resented an epithet and was choked and beaten on the car by Littlejohn, who was tried before Justice of the Peace Alxord and fined $5 for the offense. Wants Houser as Plaintiff; - In the case of Phil M. Gapen vs. the Meridian National Bank, set for yesterday in Jndge Harper's court. Assistant Attorneygeneral Bailey appeared for the State, and asked that Zachariah Houser, a trustee of the Central Hospital for the Insane, be substituted as plaintiff. He urged that Gap en's term as trustee of the institution had ex Ei red. The couusel for the defense, A. C. arris, asked for time to prepare an answer, and the case was continued. It is in this suit that the State is seeking to recover money loaned to John E. Sullivan on Gapen's check as treasurer of the trustees of the hospital named. ISotes from the Dockets. Francis M. Griffith, James A. Works and Carrol S. Tandy were admitted to practice n the federal court yesterday. William B. Aiken was yesterday admitted to the practice of law in the Criminal Court on motion of John R. Wilson. Edward Williams was fined $100 and sent to jail for four months by Judge Woods yesterday for breaking into the postotfice at Mooresville. J. I). Briudley, marshal of Vevay. was ipnton trial in the United States District Court yesterday. It is is alleged be tried to buy up a Democratic vote. James Grimm qualified, yesterday, as guaraian of the minor heirs of Job n Stumpf, and gave bond in the sum of $5,000. James H. Gallagher wasappointed guardian of James T., Peter. George and William Gallagher, and qualified by filing' a bond for $800. The Court Record. SUPERIOR COURT. Room 1 Hon. Napoleon B. Taylor, Judge. New Albany National Bank vs. Andrew J. Day et al. Finding for defendant Robert Law vs. Frederick Miller et ah Finding for plaintiff" for $594.44. Wm. E. Bush vs. Wm. H. Deford; on account. Judgment for plaintiff for 65.35. Worthington W. Day vs. Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St Louis Railway Company; damages. Trial by struck jury. Room a Hon. James XV. Harper. Judge. Mercy Murry et al. vs. James D. Richardson et al.; note. Dismissed. Philip M. Gapen, Trustee, vs. Meridian National Bank; recovery of money. Continued. yw Suits Filed. Alfred n. Traut vs. Addie Smith; account. Demand, 250. George Hertzberger vs. Citizens' Streetrailroad Company; damages. Demand, $2,000. Thomas E. Hibben vs. Max R. and Benjamin it Hyman; note. Demand, $000. CRIMINAL COURT. Hon. Millard F. Cox. Judge. State vs. Charles Schwartzen; selling liquor on Sunday. Plea of guilty. Fine of $10 and costs in each of two cases. State vs. Louis Marks; grand larceny. Trial by court CIRCUIT COUHT. Hon. Edxar A. Brown. Judge. Catherine Lehr vs. Estate of Ferdinand A. Lehr. Claim allowed for $437.92. Lemerie Tinsley vs. William W. Tinsley; divorce. Decree and custody of child given to plaintiff. Charles Schiflerdecker vs. Estate of Chas. Rassman. Claim allowed for $44. John B. Many vs. Lucinda Many; divorce. Decree granted plaintiff. . George ieibert vs. Deloss Root; concerning street improvements. Ou trial by jury.

MIZNER DEFENDS HIMSELF

Says He Was Unjustly Recalled from Guatemala by Secretary Blaine. Review of the Barrundia Case from the Ex-Min ister's Stand-Point, Who Thinks His Course Was in Line with International Law. Sak Francisco, Jan. CO. After due deliberation, Lansing B. Mizner, ex-minister to Guatemala, who was recalled by Secretary Blaine because of his attitude in the Barrundia case, has concluded to make public his official reply to Mr. Blaine's letter of recall before its delivery to the State Department at Washington. In giving his reason for this proceeding Mr. Mizner said: "I consider I am thoroughly justified in making this document public now in view of the precedent established by Mr. Blaine himself. The text A the Secretary's letter to me was given t. the public through the newspapers three weeks before it could possibly have reached me and two weeks before Congress met Only on these J rounds do I consider publication of my etter at this time justifiable. I believe it contains a complete review of my action in the matter and will set me right before the public." Mr. Miner's official communication is dated at the legation of the United States in Central America, Guatemala, Dec. 81, 1890, and is as follows: ' I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your delayed dispatch 'JOG, of the 18th of last month, aud to report that I have this day turned over the legation to Mr. Kimberly, charge d'affaires, I am also in receipt of a copy of the President's annual message, delivered to the present session of Congress, in which my official services In the recent establishment of peace between these republics is approved. 1 am at a loss to know how my conduct of a mere Incident of war, the attempted arrest of a single person, should meet with the President's disapproval, when it U remembered that the Incident occurred ou the 27th of August, the very day when the first condition of the basis) of peace-the retiring of the armies from the frontiers in fortyeight hours was about to be carried out, under nur direction as dean of the diplomatic corps, necessitating my constant presence at the legation to compose any difficulties that might arise, and, as a matter ol fact, keverai complaints were presented to me In writing by these governments, charging bad faith, which were arranged to the satistactlon of all. On the 'J 5th or August two hostile armies, estimated at 10,000 on each side, after several severe battles, confronted each otber on the frontier, awaiting the etlorts of the diplomatic corps to eflect tbe basis of peace, which, as stated by the President was consummated through the active etlorts of the representative of the United states minister (Mr. Mlznerjon the neit day, so that on the i'Tth of August the all-absorbing question was peace to over two million people. The arrest ot a citizen of Gautemaia on one of our merchant t-hips, either in time or war or in peace, was an Inconsiderable matter compared with the vast interests involved, as no one could possibly foresee that the Eerson to be arrested would resist, nor could It e supposed that the person was armed and would ilrst lire upon his benefactor, the captain of the ship, or that any fatality whatever would occur. i A resolution of the lower house of Congress having been passed In October, calling for the papers in the case, it is to be regretted tbat action was taken on the matter before a committee had an opportunity to report, as I am absolutely certain tbat a full investigation of the case belore that committee, including my presence before it. If necessary, would have explained everything to its eutire satisfaction. It will be a consolation to me, compensating for the President's disapproval of tbe attempted arrest of a single person on one of our merchant vessels in the local waters, whether in war or In peace, that I was largely instrumental in retiring two .hostile armies to their quiet homes, thus saving thousands of hmnnn lives, averting untold disaster, and restoring harmony and good will to neighboring states. ALLKGED PARALLEL CASE. Mr. Mizner cites Secretary Bayard's action in the Gomez affair, and says he Mizner was ruled by that in the Barrundia affajr. Barrundia was a citizen aud political offender against the laws of Guatemala, besides being indicted for common crimes, and then says: lie came voluntarily to the Jurisdiction of Guatemala on the merchant steamship Acapulco. the authorities somiht to aires i blra, tbe captain of tbe ship akM me to Instruct him, and I advised him as follows: "If your ship is within one league of the territory, of Guatemala and you have on board Gen. J. M. Barrundia, It becomes your duty, under the law of the nations, to deliver him to the authorities of Guatemala upon their demand.'! If there Is any difference between the two eases it Is in favor of Guatemala to have made the arrest on grounds ot his being both a political and a common crimes offender, and sustains we in giviog advice when It was earnestly sought by the matcr of the Acapulco, while in the Gomez case the captain of the Honduras was sil nt Details in both the Gomez and Barrundia cases were to have been left to the respective captains and tbe local consuls, and it would be Impossible for a minister, hundreds of miles away, to give his personal attention to such arrests. In the President's first annual message to Congress it was said that diplomacy should be "frank and tree from intrigue," thereby Implying It had not been so in the past If, as must be conceded, Guatemala had the undoubted richt to arrest Barrundia, would it bavo been "frank" to have thrown many obstacles In the way of tho exercise of that right! On the contrary, would it not have been "intrigue" to have abetted the captain of the Acapulco in evading elementary international law, as we exercise the right to arrest all kinds of offenders on foreign merchant j'bips when in our ports! On July 4 last Captain Pitts permitted the authorities of Salvador to arrest Senor Dclgado. the Minister of Foreign Relations of. that republic, and take him. acainst his will, from the steamer Acapulco, as per his attldavit sent you. It would seem that the same prlviliges should have been extended to Guatemala. : The entire diplomatic corps in Central America, excepting the representative from Mexico, have. In writing, indorsed my course in the Barrundia case. Believing that, under the circumstances, I acted in strict accordance with the laws of nations, and being absolutely certain of the rectitude of my own lntoutions, I submit my action and unprecedented treatment to the consideration of my countrymen. Trusting that this communication may have the same publicity aud place in the permanent diplomatic records of the Nation as that accorded to your dispatch, I have the honor to be your obedient servant. Lansimj B. Mizmb. Victory for the Antl-Esherltes. Chicago, Jan. 20. Judge Pleasants, of the Illinois Appellate Court, has rendered an important decision in the Evangelical Church ditlerences. On the hearing of a motion to dissolve an injunction which bad been obtained previously against the adherents of Bishop Ksher, Judge Pleasants held that tbe trial at Heading, Pa., March 19, 1S00, at which Bishop Esher was convicted of immoral and unchristian conduct, was legal, complied with tbe church discipline m every respect, and that by said ltz0t I.' -.1. . - 0 . . inai Dituop ,uer was suspended ironi nis ofh' ce as bishop. . He held that the Illinois Annual Conference, which refused to recognize Esher as bishop and excluded him from their session, acted legally, and their appointees were the only ones legally assigned to pastorates. The opinion is a most elaborate document, and exhaustively discusses the whole controversy. The high rank of Judge Pleasants as a jurist and the strength of the opinion itself makes this a most decisive victory for the anti-Esherites. Doings of the French In Tahiti. San Francisco, Jan. 26. The bark City of Papeiti arrived on Saturday from the Tahiti islands. She brings news that the French government is but slowly gaining possession of the islands. The Island of Kaieta, seventy miles from Tahiti, was tbe scene of the principal trouble. About five thousand people inhabit this island, and tbe French have bribed one of the chiefs with about two thousand followers to consent to French rule. Fully three thousand natives are camped in the mountains, and are waging war on 'the bribed chief. . The French have two men-of-war there, but they do not interfere. Many of the chiefs hope that the natives will take possession of the island, and are accordingly resisting the French. The natives are supplied with arms and ammunition by schooners supposed to be American. Gun Wa Fined 8500. Milwaukee, Jan. 2x The celebrated Gun Wa case practically came to an end in the United States court this morning when Judge Perkins fined each of the three principal defendants J. A. Wilt. C. A. Jaenson and Jim Lee, alias Gun Wa .$300 and nollied the cases against the others, except that of L. M. Smith, of Denver, against whom four indictments still stand. The defendauts pleaded guilty to the charge of sending obscene matter through the mail under agreement that all other counts would be dropped. Did Not Claim to lie Christ Pittsburg, Jan. 2a George Knauff. tha aged German exangeliat, who it was al

leged had hypnotized William Faulk, the wife-murderer, in getting him to commit the deed, was found by the police autborities, at the county home this morning and brought to the city. He is seventy years of age. At the inquest on the body of Mrs. Faulk to-dar Knauff denied that be had told Faulk tbat he was Christ or that he had advised him to kill Mrs. Faulk. On the contrary he had frequently reproved Faulk for his ill treatment of his wife. Faulk is a raving maniac and close watch is kept over him to prevent his doing himself bodily harm, lie claims that he waa sent on earth to kill the devil. .

SUICIDE BT STARVATION. Peculiar Method Adopted by George Harris, of Newborn, 111., to End His Life. Altox, 111., Jan. 26. In the little town of Newbern, twelve miles from here, George Harris lies on a sick: bed, from which he will probably never rise. Last night closed the twenty-ninth day of his fast While the determined man is still alive, he is lingering in a condition of the most ghastly weakness, stupor and emaciation. The entire community is wrought up over the case, and Harris's friends and relatives are trying every effort to save him from the awful form of self-destruction he has so desperately chosen. From his appearance, however, Harris has passed beyond the hope of rescue, and it is almost certain that he must soon die from the effects of combined starvation and the incurable disease under, which he is now sinking. When death does come it will mark the close of probably the most grim and stubborn march to the grave ever made voluntarily by a man tired of living, and George Harris s fast will break the record as an instance of a deliberate and pre-arranged suicide by a new and peculiar route. Harris has been a hopeless invalid for some time, and on Dee. 2S he announced his determination to starve himself to death, and has not tasted a' mouthful of food since. He first refused water, also, but was told that thirst would make death horrible in the extreme, and he has consented to drink a little water daily. Since tbat day not a morsel of food has passed his lips. He lies in a sort of strange stupor nearly all the time a condition of trance weakness tbat keeps him oblivions of his surroundings. Occasionally, however, the pangs of hunger grow so keen that his suilerings rouse him f rom his lethargy. Then begins a struggle between his will power and his craving for food, which is the most horrible feature of his effort at self-destruction. The iron will of the man invariably wins, and his condition is rapidly becoming such that the desire for food will be lost in the fatal lassitude that will precede his last hours. He is sinking rapidly aud it will be impossible for him to linger much longer. Suicide of a Wall-Street BroTcer. New York. Jan. 26. During a fit ot temporary insanity B. B. Hopkins, a prominent Wall-street broker, last night cut his throat in a horrible manner. He is still alive, but will probably die. When lips receive a rosy flush. And teeth become a dazzling white, Beneath the etlorts of the brush. When Sozodont is nsed aright The mouth becomes sweet pure and warm. And tbe fresh breath an odorous charm. Overcoats at half-price at Occidental Oneprice Clothing House. One thousand knee pants, at 25 cents, at Occidental One-prioe Clothing House. The Baby's Health often gives fond parents very great anxiety aud care. S. S. S.f is tho popular remedy for children. It is safe, palatable and does the work. David Zartman, of Independence, O., says: "8. S. S. CURED MY BABY OF THE WORST CASE OF CATARRH I EVER SAW A CHILD WITH. THE NASAL DISCHARGE WAS VERY LARGE AND OFFENSIVE. S. S. 8. MADE A PERMANENT CURE." Books on Blood and Skin diseases free. The Swift Specific Co., Atlanta, Ga. DIED. MAttTIN Mrs. Lydia Martin, wife of T. S. Martin. 3:15 p. m. Funeral from st. Joseph's Church. Wednesday morning, 9 a.m. Remains will be taken to Logans port, Ind. SOCIETY N OT1CKS. MASONICORIENTAL LODGE, NO. 500. F. A A. M. Special meeting in Masonic Temple this (Tutsilay) evening, at 7: 30 o'clock, for work In the third dere. W. M. OERA ItD. W. M. Howard KIMBALL, Secretary. VTTENTION, SIB KNIGHTS! RAPER COM. inandery. No. 1, K. T. Special cnnolave this (Tuesday) evening, in Masonio Temple, at 7:30 o'clock, for work la R. C. order. WM. J. MCKEE. Em. Com. Jacob W. Smith. Recorder. ORDER OF CHOSEN FRIEND-COUNCILS of Indianapolis, Ilrigbtwood and North Indianspoils wUl give a public installation of officers. foL lowed ly a literary aud musical entertainment, at Tomlinson Hall, Wednesday eveviUK, January 23, Admission free. Everybody Invited. WANTED MISCELLANEOUS. Tf ANTED FLAILED RYE STRAW. HIGH. est price paid. HOLLIDAY & WYON, Geolgia and Pennsylvania sts., Indianapolis, Ind. SITUATION WANTED A8 STENOGRAPHER acd telegrapher. Experienced in railroading. Can furnish typr-writer, with Lest of references. Address. C. care Journal. WANTED AT THE NEW YORK STORE, A young man to take charts of the lunch room. Must have pood references and understand the business thoroughly. Apply to the Manager. LADY AGENTS TH li EE DOLLAR 9 CAPITAL will build up a business pay in e $25 weekly selling our novelties In ladies and children's wear. Our child's combined waist and hose supporter is the outeat Utile garment ever invented and sells at sight. Address with stamp. MBS. Q. CAMPBELL 484 W. Randolph sL, Chicago. FINANCIAL. LOANS -HONEY ON MORTGAGES, a W SAYLKU4. 75 Kut Market street. t FI5AXT 01 AL SI ONE Y OS MORTGAGE, 7AB228 and olty property, a E. COFFIN A CO. "VfOTICE BTJBBEB COATS AUD CLOTHES wringers repaired. 47 MASS. AVE. f ONEY TO LOAN-6 PER CENT. HORACE llL MCKAY. Boom II. Talbott A New's Block. SIX PERCENT. ON CITY PROPERTY TN tHdlana. ISAAC 1L KI ERST ED, IS MartladaU MONET TO LOAN Olf FARMS AT THE LOW. est market rate; privileges for payment beiora due. We also buy municipal ootids. THOS. C DAY A OO4 72 East Market street. Indianapolis. BEST INVESTMENTS IN INDIANA SIXTY cents monthly matures $100; Debentures pay ten per cent., secured by first mortgages, to doable our Investment. pyabl seint-i.niialy. Tas 8 per cent. C. W. PHILLIPS, Real lent Manager. 83 East Market street. ASTROLOGER-MRS. DR. ELLIS CAN BE consulted at 6D3 Indiana are., on all affairs of Hie, tells where to go and what to do for best success ln business, love, happiness, marriage, friends, true or false, absent friends or relatives, property lost or stolen; if sick or in trouble consult the doctor at once. FOB SALE. R SALE FIVE-YEAR-OLD BAT HORSE Wilks," gentle, sound. Address, Lock box 140. 1 SSIGNEE'S SALENOTICE 18 HEREBY J gireo that I will, as assignee ot the estate of Fredrick W. Helt. In assignment for benefit of bona fids creditors, offer for sale, at public auction to the highest bidder, on Wednesday, the 5th day of Man h. Ittul. the goods in my hands as such assignee, con. sistlng of a stock ot groceries, fixtures in store and one lot of accounts. The sale will begin at 10 o'clock on day above named, at No. TM College avenue, Indianapolis. Ind. CLAUDIUS C. JONES. , Assignee of Fredrick W. Helt. . AMU8E3IENTS. Y. M. C. A. HALL, WEDNESDAT EVE., JAN. 23. Swedish Quartet Concert Co. Admission 50 cents. 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ENGLISH'S OPERA -HOUSE TOOHGHT. Wednesday Matinee and Evening, THE IL'KMIEST SHOW OF ALL. "TWO OLD CIIONIES." FRANK M. WILLS and a jrreat company of Comedians and Singers. New Music, New Fun, New Specialties. PRICES Orchestra and orchestra Hrrl ?rt? dress circle. 5Qc; family circle, U5c; yailerr, 15o. GRAND OPERA HOUSE Three Nights and Matinee, beginning Thursday, Jan. 29. Mr. Gns Thomas's Beauufol Comedy-Draiua 'THE BURGLAR' Presented by a company ot unusual merit, Including Mr. A. S. Lipman. PSICKS Orchestra, $1; orchestra circle. 75c; dress circle, 60o; gallery. 25c Seats now on Ale. ENGLISH'S OPERA - HOUSE One sight only, Thursday, Jon. 29, the famous EENTZ - SANTLEY Burlesque and Novelty Co. In a great specialty bill, and the glittering spectacular extravaganza, A SENSATION IN PARADISE." ENGLISH'S - - EXTRA Two performances only, Saturday Matinee and Evening. Jan. SI, tbe CONREID OPERA CO. 8ltura,iiatin.eTnE GIPSY BARON saturd17 sight THE KING'S FOOL Prices Night: Orchestra circle, $1.25: orchestra, tl; dress circle. 75o; family circle, 50c; gallery, 25a Matinee: orchestra and orchestra circle, 75c; dress clrcla, 50c; gallery. 25. "BABBAEA." For the Benefit of the Building Fund ot CENTRAL CHRISTIAN CHURCH The delightful Operetta of "B ARB A K .A. " ' Will be given on the evening of FRIDAY, JAN. 30, at the PEO PYLE IT jV . The east Includes Misses Elizabeth Dye. Josephine GUI. and Messrs. Evans Woolen and WalUr Willlams. Moical featnrea will be cintrlbnted by Miss HtowelL Miss Walker, MUa McKemle and Mr. Harmon. Tickets on sale at Wnlschners. Paul Krauss'a. Eastman, behleicher A Lee's, Browning's Drug, store. Heron's, Chas. Mayer A Co.'s aud L. 8. Ay res. J Schliewcn Wet Concert PLYMOUTH CHURCH, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 8 p.m. Soloists: MISS, THEODORA PFAFFLIN, the wonderful young so trauo, "whose singing has created a furore lh Chicago, and the popular violoncellist, MIL ARM IN RKCKER. Tickets for sale at the musio stores. Biugle admission, 75 cents. No reserve. KRAKAUER BROS. KRAKAUER PIANOS, The celebrated Krakauer Pianos are fast winirinfr their way into the hearts and homes of the hundreds of our musio loving people. You are invited to call and see these exquisite Piano Cases in Ebony, Mahogany, Walnut and Oak. Those in want of a high grade Piano at the least possible cost and on easy monthly payments will find our price satisfactory. PEARS0yS3ipSIC - IIOUSE, 84 and 86 North Pennsylvania St Hazelton Bros. Pianos. Railcard Organs. MAIL IETTINGS NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS. POSTOFFICE DEPARTMENT, WAJHrscTOV, D, a, Jan. 15, 1891. PROPOSALS will be received at the Contract Office of this Department until 4 p. m. of March 24, 1891, for carrying the mails of the United States upon the routes, and according to the schedule of arrival and departure specified by the Department, in the State of Indiana, from Jnly 1, 1891. to June 30, 1893. List of routes, with sohedules of arrivals and departures, instructions to bidders with forms, for contracts and bonds, and all other necessary information, will be furnished upon application to the Second Assistant Postmacter-GeneraL JOHN WANAMAKER, Postmaster-General.

THE BACONIAN PHILOSOPHY. (Two Shades of Opinion.) "Nebber fcill a bog; In de dart oh de moon, For he sizzle all away in de pan: But you kill a hog In de new moon's glow, An you show yo'self a sensible man." Undo Joshua John sin f. "If yon has a hog. nehber ruin' do moon, Wbedder It am roun or flat De bes' time ob all fo to kill a hog. Is when de hog ana fat." Prof. Julius Caesar Jone, KINGAN'S BREAKFAST BACOX. a choice relish for tho morning meal. KINGAN'S ENGLISH CURED SIIOULDEKS-alniost equal to haa, bub much less in price. KINGAN'S HAMS for boilinpr, frying and broiling. KINGAN'S LARD is tho puro fat of tho hogr-nereiS adulterated with cotton-seed oil cr anything cUe,1 Ask your grocer or butcher for

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