Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 August 1892 — Page 2

TEE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, SUNDAY. AUGUST 28, 1892.

Over a dozen ' steamers responded to this summons, and as it was clear that there was no saving the theater united efforts wero exerted to save the Broadway front. This was successful. When the Haines had been sufficiently subdued to permit entrance to the building, it was seen that the stage and everything from the proscenium arch to the rear wall on Seventh avenue had been swept away, excepting the bare brick walls. The roof above ton stage was burned, and the sky conld be seen abovetbroagh the smoke that still arose from the ruins. In the auditorium the five tiers that rose above the orchestra still remained, but all the trappings of the boxes, the npholstenngs of the chair?, the fresco on the walls and dome bad vanished. In the boxes and on the tiers above the iron frames of the chairs alone remained. The llames burned fiercely here, but tliey 'did not make their way through the roof, and that m till remained. Further than the entrance doors to the auditorium t lie llames had not succeeded in making their way. Mo traces of the llames were seen on the part of the building fronting on Broadway. On the other corner of the building facing .Broadway it rises to a height of seven stories, the six upper stories being occupied as apartments by bacbelors and otbers. This portion was not even injured by the water. There was a large water-tank above the stago, and the engineer turned the crank and let its hundreds of gallons of water crash down upon the flames, but the water produced no visible effect. The fire spread too vapidly and burned too fiercely to permit those within the building to make further ettorts to save it. Cornelius Maas, a boy. was injured while escaping from the building. A meeting of the stockholders will be held as soon as possible, though there may be a little delay, as the majority of them are out of town. Undoubtedly the work of Te fitting the opera-house will be begun as soon as the water can be got out of it. It will be necessary to practically refit the entire interior, as everything that still remains there is so damaged that it must be removed, and nothing but the bare walls will remain. Even these must be reE aired in places. Abbey, Schoelle & Grau ave leased the building for the coming season, this lease beginning in October. They bad planned to begin their opera season Nov. 21 next, and Secretary McLaren expressed the opinion that the opera-house might be ready on that day.' Tlie opera-house was en (cased for the great temperance jubilee, in September, and for the Columbus and Catholic Club banquets, in October, but. of course, the tire baa canceled those dates. I he last time the opera-house was publicly occupied was in July, when the Christian Endeavor conconvention was held there. On that occasion the orohestra -was floored over, as for balls and on this floor were placed chairs for the delegates. It still remains there and saved the handsomely upholstered orchestra chairs beneath fron. further damage than was entailed in the thorough drenching they received. . Alfred Operti, the scenio artist, who was using a part of the opera-house temporarily as his studio, arrived just as the tiro was discovered, and had the mortification of seeing works of art upon which he had spent considerable of his time and ' had traveled over the world to get sketches of, burned up. Most of the pictures on which he was engaged were for .use at the world's lair and Columbian celebration, which is to take place In this city during the coming October. These are all burned of ruined, together with scenery for new plays to be produced in a few days at the Casiuo and Daly's Theater and the Academy of Music. They are naid to be a complete loon, and in consequence will probably cause delays in the production oX th plays. The estimated loss is as follows: Scenery, stocks and fixtures, &0,0GO; opera-house building, 8150,000. THE LOSS WAS 0100,000, With Insurance fur Only 952,500 on the Burned Manci Nall-HllL. Special to tie Indianapolis Journal. Muncie, Ind., Aug. 27. The big fire at the' Darnell nail-mill detailed in this morning's Journal, is much more serious thau first reported. It was estimated that the total loss would not exceed SW.00O, but today Mr. J. F. Darnell places the damage at $100,000, with only (52,500 insurance, in the following companies: Phenlx of Brooklyn. $5,000: Pennsylvania, 52,500; Phoenix of London, $2.r00; National, St',50O, American of New York. $2,500; 2ueen, $2,500; fcpriuKtJeM. $2,500; Commercial. Union, $2,500; Imperial. $2,500; Traders'. $2,500; Ham-lrK-Brenien. $2,500; Jxndon and Lancashire, $ 2,r00; Gercaau - Amerioau, $2,500; Mairarn, $2,500; Merchants', $2,500; British American. J.5CK; Lancashire, $3,000; Western, i!,SOOj Manchester, $2,500; National, on stock, 91,250; tpringfleld, on stock, $1,250; total, $52,500. The origin of this fire is as much a mystery as ever, and cannot bo otherwise attributed tnan to the incendiary.' As the wire-nail is fast killing the old iron cut nails, it is probable that a wire-nail-mill will replace the one destroyed. The com,pauy will receivo all desired assistance from Muncie citizens.

I.oas of S3 00,000 at Augusta, Om. Augusta, Ga., Aug. 27. A destructive fire broke out here at 2:30 o'clock: this morning. The Alexander Drug and Seed Company, Fleming & Bowler's furniture warehouse, D. Smyth's crockery store, Harry Hall's photograph gallery, J. R. Lamar's law office, Thomas & Barton, wholesale znusie and sewing machines; the residence of Leroy Miller and the Chronicle office were destroyed. August Doere'a clothinghouse was slightly damaged. The loss la roughly estimated at $300,000. The morning edition of the Chronicle was worked oil while the building was in flames. Every thing was wiped out in the shape of type and machinery. The files of the paper from ISOOtodate. and the books and subscription lit were saved. The insurance is about 8300,000, very generally distributed among companies represented here. Other Loiici. Pktofket, Mich., Aug. 27. A fire broke out this morning in the latho-room of the Northern Michigan Lumber Company's factory at Fanderage, near Oden, seven miles north of here. The entire plant was destroyed. The flames are now raging in .acres of hard-wood lumber piles. The loss will exceed $150,000; Insurance, small. Dublin, Aug. 27. The Sooth Dublin maricet caught tire to-day and wa. burned, together with Warren's Hotel, which was erowded with guests, many of whom narrowly escaped with their lives. Tbo damage done by the tire amounts to 120,000. Kansas City, Aug. 27. A tire broke out in the bottoms of this city to-night. Twelve houses were burned and a large livery atable. The houses were occupied as gambling places. Loss, about $20,090, 13 R KLIN, Aug. 27. Fourteen houses in Oranzin; a short distance from Cottbuz, in tne province of Brandenburg, Prussia, have been destroyed by a fire that broke out there to-day. mum Will Not Conte-t the Sraeed Will. Kansas City. Aug. 27. Chas. S. Cross, of the First National Bank of' Fmporia, Kan., Kato Smeed Cross, his wife, ana Mrs. Jeaunette Nicholas, of Omaha, 'passed through the city to-day with the body of the late Col. E. C. Smeed. of Omaha, chief engineer of the Union Pacific railroad. The tuuural will be held at Emporia to-morrow. The story that Mrs. Cross, Colonel Smecd's daughter, will contest his will, is denied, and there seems to be no ill feeling between the. Cross family and Mrs. K'cholas, who is said to have been Colonel ftmeed's affianced wife. Mr. S meed's will is said to have some informalities that will Lave to be correctea in court, but tl ere will be no contest. By its terms his property is to be divided equally between Mrs. Cross and Mrs. Nicholas. J?lvn Catholics Join the Haptf Jt 'Chnreh. Montreal, Aug. 27. A scene, possibly 'unprecedented in the history of the province of Quebec, took place . in Maskinonge Thursday, when ten men and one woman were baptized according to theritual of the Baptist Church, being converts from the Roman Catholic Church. Thi- is the outcome of the refusal of tb Catholic authorities to grant the request of a majority of the parishioners a )r ago for the erection of a church on their side of the river and the appointment vf a cure. The Mlrer-Tongued' Dougherty Dylnr. Philadelphia, Aug. 27. Daniel Dougherty, the celebrated lawyer and orator, is lying in a very critical condition at his home in this city. The attending physicians informed bis son, D. Webster Dougherty, to-day, that there was -hardly a possibility ol his recovery.

BRIDGET SULLIVAN'S STORY * * *

Testimony of the Most Important Witness in the Borden Murder Case. * * * What the Servant Observed on the Day of the Tragedy — Miss Lizzie's Conduct — The Kind of Food Eaten by the Family. * * * FALL RIVER, Mass., Aug. 27, — The testimony in the Borden murder trial was continued to-day before an increasing crowd. The only new fact developed beyond the time of Bridget Sullivan's going and coming was that Lizzie Borden was in the upper part of the house near her mother's room when Mr. Borden returned home and entered. It has been proved beyond question that the Borden home life was not all that would be expected in a family whose debts were paid, and whose wealth was more than half a million. Warmed-over mutton frequently served, fruit now and then, a daughter who did not dine with her father and mother, and who did not ask as to her mother's health after a dangerous sickness, girls who for the most part lived in their rooms, and said nothing of their going and coming — all these things are being discussed and being commented on us giving strength to the prosecutor's side of the case. Bridget Sullivan's examination was continued to-day. She said in part: Somebody was sick at the house on Tuesday night, Mrs. Borden said she and Mr. Borden were sick all night. They had been, vomiting and looked sick. When Lizzie came down she said she had been sick, but she did not look unwell. Got wood and coal from the cellar. There was a woodbox in the kitchen. Miss Lizzie had been moving about eight or nine minutes when she went up stairs to her room. When witness came down stairs Miss Lizzie said she heard her father groaning while she was in the back yard. When she came in she saw the screen-door was wide open. She recognized a laugh in the upper hallway as that of Miss Lizzie Borden. Since the tragedy occurred she never saw Lizzie Borden crying. This ended Mr. Knowlton's questioning. The witness grew a little paler when she faced Mr. Adams to undergo her final crossexamination. She said she had told her story on the Tuesday after the murder to two or three persons at the inquest. After the hearing yesterday the witness went to the marshal's office to wait for a carriage. While there Mr. Knowlton read a few words from a paper. She could not remember what the words were. Went home to supper. Was not shown any paper before the examination this morning. Mr. Knowlton had the paper, but said nothing. She went out Wednesday night, had a key for the rear door, and returned alone about 10 o'clock. Never had any man from Fall River visiting her at the Borden house. Two or three months ago an out-of-town man called upon her. The lamp was lit when she returned Wednesday; there was no gas in the house. Miss Lizzie said she was sick, but did not appear to have been sick. Witness then described what the family had to eat on Wednesday. Emma and Lizzie went away the Thursday before the murder, and Lizzie came back the following Tuesday. She did not think Lizzie left the house on the Saturday after the murder. WHAT THE FAMILY ATE. The day before they were sick the family had fried fish for dinner, and it was warmed over for supper. On Wednesday for breakfast they warmed over the mutton soup the family had the day before. It was the next day they complained of being sick. “On Thursday,” continued Bridget, “Mrs. Borden came down and asked me what the family had for break-, fast. I told her, and then she said that Mr. Morse was in the house, but she guessed I had better warm over the mutton soup, and I did so, and made some Johnny cakes. If we had fruit for breakfast that morning I don’t remember. Mr. Borden brought in a basket full of ripe pears and put them on the table. They were not put on the table in the dining-room. He was in the habit of bringing in pears and putting them on the table, and then throwing them under the barn. The only rooms which I had been in that morning before breakfast were the kitchen and dining-room. After breakfast Mrs. Borden said to me, ‘Maggie, what have you got to do to-day!’ It was her custom to ask me that, and then she told me to wash the windows inside and outside. That morning, I am sure, Lizzie had coffee and cakes for breakfast. I saw her, but I don’t know whether or not Lizzie saw Mr. Morse. She sat in a big arm-chair near the window and ate her breakfast. There are some books and papers in the kitchen, and I have seen Lizzie come in and read them, but I am sure that she did not read any that morning. I drank some of the milk. Don’t know whether the others did or not. The night before I ate some of the mutton soup and the next morning I felt a little sick and went out in the buck yard to vomit. It was at that time that Lizzie was eating her breakfast. I don’t know whether Mr. Morse passed out while Lizzie was eating or not. I did not see Mr. Borden go out. Mrs. Borden was dusting in the sittingroom when she told me “to wash the windows. I went to the barn to get the pail. When I came back I saw Miss Lizzie Borden at the screen door., She spoke to me about locking the door. I told her she did not need to hook the door as I would be in the yard. Miss Lizzie did not say whether she would fasten the door or not.” Witness went several times to the barn to get water for the windows. All of the windows outside were washed before witness went inside. The dipper she used was in the sink in the kitchen. When she went inside to wash the windows all of the windows of the outside were shut. Witness did not see Mr. Borden leave the house. She went into the kitchen for the dipper after she had used the brush on all the windows, and did not see Lizzie at that time. She had finished washing the windows nearest the hall when she heard some one at the front door. She could not say that the door-bell rang. When Mrs. Borden was in the house she answered the bell. When Mr. Borden was in he always answered it. WHY LIZZIE LAUGHED. When witness went to wash the windows on the inside she could not say that Miss Lizzie was ironing downstairs. She began to iron when witness was at work washing the windows inside the dining-room. All the locks of the front door were fastened when she went to open it. The exclamation she made in trying to open the door was "Oh, pshaw," and it was this exclamation that caused Lizzie to laugh in the upper hallway. Mr. Borden passed through the hall into the sitting-room and thence through into the dining-room, where he sat down. Witness continued washing the inside of the sitting-room windows and saw Lizzie come from the front hall and pass her father. Mr. Borden had a white parcel in his hand when he entered the house. Miss Lizzie said very slowly to her father that her mother had gone out in response to a note received early in the morning. Mr. Borden’s safe was kept in the room leading from his bed-room. Witness knew that the house had been entered, and money and watches taken. Miss Emma was in the house at the time. The robbery occurred in broad daylight. The barn had also been entered and robbed. Miss Lizzie was ironing handkerchiefs. She saw them on the table. Miss Lizzie asked her if she was going out, and if so, to be sure to fasten the door, as her mother had been called to see a sick friend. Defense took unusual notice of this statement. It was 10:55 when witness went up stairs. She said she could not have been in her room more than thirty minutes when the City Hall bell rung 11 o'clock. She was there almost ten or fifteen minutes when Lizzie shouted to her. Lizzie was standing near the screen-door leading into the yard when witness went downstairs, and was not wringing her hands nor giving any other signs of great grief. Witness then detailed her trips to Dr. Bowen’s, Mrs. Churchill’s and Miss Russell’s houses. She remembered the piece of board in the yard. She never saw Emma

or Lizzie go to the barn at any time, but they might have gone twenty times and she not noticed it. Witness went downstairs shortly after the tragedy. The axes were found in a starch-box back of the furnace. She could not tell what kind of a dress Lizzie had on. Saw no blood, except that already spoken of. Bridget did not empty any pails of slops from the rooms up stairs. She saw Dr. Dolan and Dr. Coughlin washing their hands in the kitchen sink. The court here adjourned until 10:45 A. M. Monday. Counsel for defense was stirred up last night over a recent publication to the effect that Matron Regan had heard a quarrel between the Borden sisters. Attorney Jennings, at the earnest solicitation of the reporter who wrote the article, seconded by a number of prominent citizens, drew up a form of affidavit denying that she made the statements attributed to her, to be submitted to Mrs. Regan for her signature. She refused to sign it unless the marshal said so, and the marshal positively refused to allow the matron to do anything of the kind unless she was placed on the witnessstand. * * * * MRS. HARRISON BENEFITED. * * * Her Health Has Improved During Her Stay in the Adirondack Mountains. Special to tbe Indianapolis Journal. Washington, Aug. 27. — Letters about Mrs. Harrison this week from members of the Loon lake household were very encouraging in tone, and hopeful that the

.stay in the mountains had been the very best prescription for her. She is not. however, expected to return to the White House until very late in the autumn, and, in fact, not then it it is thought that any other place would be more beneficial, or where she could be more comfortable. The improvements in the White House, it is confidently expected, will be complete, or at least sufficiently so to have tbe house open during the G. A. K. encampment . Loon Lake, N. Y., Aug. 27. It has rained more or less for the last forty-eight hours, and the Harrisons have kept indoors and rather quiet. The President enjoved his trip to Malone and was ffreatly fatigued by it To-day be did not take his customary ride, but late this af ternoonbe went out for a walk, accompanied by Mrs. McKee.Mrs. Parker, Mrs. Dimmick and baby McKee.' Tbe mail for the President was exceedingly light, and he did not perform much official work. Quarters for Veterans, s ' Special to tbe Indianapolis JoarnaL , Washington, Aug. 27. Quarters have been assigned to Austin Post, No. 8, South Bend, for seventy-five men, at the Twining school building during the G. A. It encampment; to Colonel Meredith' Post 'No. 55. Richmond, 150 men, at the . Wormley sohool building. Chairman Edson, of the executive committee of the coming Grand Army encampment, has designated the Washington monument grounds as "Camp Alger," and Garfield Park as "Camp Farragut" CENKKAL WEATHER BULLETIN. Forrraat for Sunday. Washington, Aug. 27, 8 p. m. For IllinoisFair, except showers io the extreme southern and norther portions; cooler by Sunday night; southeast, changing' to southwest, winds. - For Indiana Increasing cloudiness and showers; warmer Sunday; west winds. - For Ohio Fair, except showers at lake stations and in the southwestern, portion; warmer; south winds. 1 Weather Conditions The storm. central . Friday night off' the North Carolina coast has moved northeast, and is central tonight oft' the New England coast A storm of marked strength has developed over South Dakota. An area of high harometrio pressure has moved eastward from the North Pacific corst, and is central oyer northeastern Montana. A decided fall iu temperntnre has occurred over the middle and northern Kncky mountains and plateau regions: elsewhere tho temperature changes have been slight. . ... Local Weather IteporC Ixni ANAroua, Aug.27f. j

Time. Bar. Ther. It. II. Wind. WeatherAriU'.' i 7 A.M. 30.12 f3 G9 North. PtCi'dy 0.00 7 r. M. 30.04 74 58 N'east. Cloudy. O.OO

perature, CO. Tho follow ins is a comparative statement of the temperature and precipita tion CIAUg. mil Tern. . i Pre. 70 , 0.10 CO ' 0.00 1 o.io G2 1.76 -43' -1.17 Normal. Mean.......; Departure from normal Excess or deficiency since Aug. 1 Excess or deficiency since Jan. 1. C. F. ft Wappeniians, Forecast Officer. Col. Brlngfinr.t Wm There. Special to the Jnliaiiapols Journal ui r Jfii Dklphi. Ind., Aug. 27. The Forty-ftxth' Recipient, Indiana Volunters, held its aunual reunion here to-day and yesterday, in conjunction with the Sixteenth Indiana Uattory. Both organizations were largely represented. The welcome address was delivered by C. 13. Land is, and responded to by many of tbe visiting comrades. Tho' enmp-tire las night was a regular lovefeat Col. Thomas H. Hringhnrst, who is idolized by the boys of the Forty-sixth, was present, ulthough in a very feeble condition. He was too weak to deliver an address, bnt hnd a few words put - in manuscript and rend to the veterans who accompanied him threngh the dark and bloody campaigns. Col. John 11. Goold aave the regiment a reception this morning, at which the place of trie next meeting was fixed at Ke wanna, the 27th and'i'Sth of August Dr. Washburn, of Kewanna, was elected prnnident for the next year. This city extended a cordial welcome to the veterans. Old Settler. Get Toether. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Farmland. Ind., Aug. 27. The seventh annual meeting of the old settlers of Randolph and Delaware counties was held at Oak Grove, six miles north of this c:ty, today. The crowd was estimated.at about one thousand. Speeches were made by Ezra N. Cranor, ex-Senator Stone and other. Asalia Thornbnrg, of Delaware county, one hundred years old, received the prize for being the oldest person present Peter Lasley, of Randolph county, who has lived in the county for seventythree years, received tbe prize for being the oldest oontinned resident of either county. Mrs. Eliza llrickley, of RandolDh county, was awarded the prize for being tho oldest woman present" An 'ld-tiine lob cabin was there on exhibition; with many other old relics of note. Umbrellas Can't He Ued for Screens. Jackson. Miss., Aug. 28. Quito a Herniation has been produced in this State by Judge Williamson, of the Fourth judicial district who ba cbamed the grand jury in Leflore couuty that it was an indictable or!nse for a man to cren himself by holding an open umbrella across his shoulder while taking a drink in a saloan. The annotated code abolished bar screens, since which time the umbrella has been used as a substitute. A rerpUtent Suitor' Deadly Ilvene. Chicago, Aug. 27. Frank A. Kretschman. a printer. ha for the last two years been anxious to marry Mrs. Ida liaucelie. She has refused him on an average of once every month aince he has kown him. Kretschman had his usual luck again last night and in revenge he shot the .woman with a revolver. One bnllot j struck her in the back, inflicting a wound which may prove fatal. Kretschman was locked up. Three Temperance Women Arrested. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Windfall, Ind., Aug. 27. Mr. B. F. Vice, Mrs. Frank Fouch and Mrs. A. L. Houston were arrested to-day and taken before Justice Alley on a charge of breaking windows in Daniel Shelley's saloon.. The bond is $m Movement of Sietmera. New York. Ang. 27. Arrived: La Tonrain from Havre; Gellert. from Ilambary; 1'ow hatt an, from Liverpool; Russia, from Hamburg. Lizaim), Aug. 27. Passed: La Champagne, from New York, lor Havre. Only 63.73 to Chicago Via the popular Monon route, tho diningcar iiuow

'BUS LIFE IN DEAR LUN'NOiN

What a Howl There Would. lie if Such Wages Were Paid in This Country. Tram-Car lien Who Work Like Glares 100 Hours a Week for the Beggarly Pittancj of 4 Cents Per llonr, UiB Certaia Pc-Uctioas. Special Correspondence of the Sunrtar Journal. London. Aug. 17. We have seen it affirmed somewhere that the shortest street in the world is Mansion House street, in this biggest city in the world. It isjust as long as the front of the Mansion House, and the Postofhee Directory for 1891 locates in it, in addition to tbe mayoral establishment, a single business office, that of the Equitable Assurance Sooiety. By a curious coincidence this shortest street is also, for London at at any rate, the busiest street About it are massed the great moneyed institutions of this realm, and it is the heart through which courses in mighty tides of traffio the lifeblood t from snch arteries of this vast metropolis as Cneapside, Princes street, Threadneedlo street, Cornhill, Lombard street, King William street, Queen Victoria street and Walbrook. What most impresses you in this shortest and busiest of London's thoroughfares is neither the towering dignity of the Royal Exchange, where the fortunes of empire have so often trembled in the balance, 'nor the modest, retiring grandeur of the Hank of England, in which centers to so large an extent the wealth of all the continents. Both of these are in full view, and it is impossible as you look at them not to think of the worldwide induence they wield. But such reflections as these are only transitory, whereas that which engrosses and, absorbs you is' the - ever-changing and never diminishing panorama of life' and activity passing before -your gaze. Especially will you be struck with 'the mammoth proportions of tbo vehicular traffic converging at this center, and if business or pleasure should require you to cross this surging little, thoroughfare you will think yourself fortunate -to not be "struck"" literally. No one can be surprised, after a little experience in front of the Mansion House, when he is told that the number of people run down by vehicles in the city of London averages.about five thousand a year. Yon only wonder that more do not L meet this fate, and think with fearful ap prehension how liable yon are to be so overtaken yourself. TIIK CABS AND OMNIBUSES, In this ever-shifting and never-ending scene of vehicular activity the leading part is played by cabs and omnibuses, and we propose in tbii letter to throw a.little light npon the lives of those who operate these conveyances, especially the 'busmen, and not overlooking a class whioh work under harder conditions and for less pay than either of those mentioned, viz., the Loudon tram men. There are cabs running in this metropolis to the number of about eleven thousand, and as owners have to contribute to the national exchequer a license fee of two pounds a year tor each conveyance, and drivers five shillings a year, it will be seen that from a governmental point of viewjthey are rather a paying investment. The British government, by tbe way, is not at all backward in exacting tribute from those who would keep the wolf from the door by serving the publio or dabbling a little in the smaller branches of trade. It is in fact so far reaching in its tax system as to almost justify tho fear of tbe aggrieved Britisher who said that, as things were going, it wouldn't be long before a license would be necessary for the legal selling of a cast-off suit of clothes. But tbe London cabman is quite as exacting in tribute as the British sovrrnment. Probably it is from this jsuoreethat he .takes his cue and finds a I quieting piaster for his conscience. The visitina American who bas not been overcharged would be. almost as much of a cariosity as Darwin's Missing Link, and both he and the rare cabby in whom he contided would make drawing cards for the world's fair. Perhaps, though, tht London species is no worse than his tribe elsewhere. That no is not dishonest in the low, vulgar sense is palpable enough from the fact that he returned to headquarters last year no less than 27,230 articles which those who trusted to his tender mercies bad unwittingly left behind them when they left his care. And when one thiuks of bis long hours, his exposure to all weathers (the article hero generally being bad), and what a hard time h bas, even counting in tips and overcharges, to make both ends meet, it would seem in better taste to pity than to censure him. In this age of organization it is pleasing to know that cubby has bandea himself together into what is known as the Cabdrivers' lieneVolent Association. This society has a fund amounting to nearly sixty thousand dollars. Te this the cabmen of London contributed last year about eighteen hundred dollars. In return for what they pay they are helped in sickness, are betriended when some bluo-coatcd minion of tho law hauls them before the mag--ifttrate, and are guaranteed a pehsiou of glOOayear in old age. N A HIGH-SOUNDING TJTL1!. In tbe whole vehicular traflio of London something like 75,000 men are engaged. This word "vehicular" is used not because we like it, but because it bas become a trade word which we see constantly on the prospectuses and hand-bills of what is called the National Vehicular Traill coworkers' Union of Great Britain and Ireland. This is a nigh-sounding title for what is as yet. being only in its infancy, a somewhat feeble organization. The president is a well-known labor agitator, Mr. Fred Ham-' mill, and the genoral secretary is Harry Mowurick, of whose ability It is enough to say that he was formerly one of the Biuarteat of London's bus conductors. To Bbuw how desperate are England's toilers in their struggle against low 4 wages nnd oppressive hours, it is worth noting that this society originated ayvar ajro last June in connection with the general strike of busmen for shorter time, and that the money needed to open an office was raised by Mr. Mowbrick through tbe pledging of his timepiece. To-day the organization which started under these desperate auspices has a well furnished suite of offices in Fleet street, and is evidently moving forward to great usefulness. From the courteous gentlemen above named some astonishing facts were dieted. Bus life in London, we were told, had undergone latterly a complete change. We had suspected this frem our own observations. Kevisiting the metropolis, after an absence of two years, the bus service bad seemed quieter than it used to be. It has toned down, so to speak, iii to tamo sort of respectability. Formerly busmen were tho life of the thoroughfares. Their eagerness to have; you patronize them was tbe most flattering thing you met, and their jovial chaff' among themselves was as good as a show." And, withal, they decked out generally in spanking attire, the coachman especially, for he always wore a plug bat of the hitcst style, and an dvercoat which was the envy of many a passenger. But now it is different. The stunning garb is less conspicuous. Occasionally you see a nobby looking gentleman on the box, but it is not tbe rule. Conductors, too. are' Jess entbuhiastic than they were in appeallug for your patronage. They still go through some of the motions, but the old spirit is not there. As to chaff, it has been blown to the four winds, so far as the general run of busmen are concerned. You do bear a joke occasionally, as for instance, when one driver bantered another, who wan going slow, and would not allow him to pass, by. calling out: "Say, governor, where are yer going to pick "up tbe cothul'' This was truly a grave attempt at wit. and it aptly illustrates the gravity and general sombreness witb which this class of men, who were formerly brimming over with bouynncy. are now pursuing their daily vocation. All this we had obnerved with our own sense, and by the otlicers of tho Trallic-workers' Union we were now enlightened as to the cause of this great change. CUT OFF THE PERQUISITES. It is all due to the harder conditions under which these men work, and to the diminished pay falling to their lot Former

ly, if the business averaged good returc, the ownera were satisfied, and. under that arrangement, those in charge felt that a sort of tacit permission was given them to piece out their meaner stipend in otherways. - Tbe onlv complaint then was of long hours, aud and it was on this point that tbey struck. -All riitht," said the companies "shorter hours and a stricter system." Instead cf sixteen, they were to work twelve hours ' a day. The old scale of waces would bo maintained, but all pnrquisites would be barred. And so it is to-day. Tbe London General Omnibus Company has a standing oflerof $5,000 for any invention which will prove an effectual check upon its men, aud . is spending 300 a week upon a system of espionage, which is probably quite right, for tbe workmen ought to deal honestly with their employers, and those who pay wages are justified in all.necrssary precautions against tho hetp-yourself tendency. But where the shoe piuches is in the fact the wages paid being so utterly trilling and insufficient. Conductors of omnibuses get about SI. 10 a day, and drivers about 1.;X). This is the raie at which they begin. 'After a year of service there is promise of a slight increase, and still another slight increase is provided forat the end of two years. But what the officers of the Tratlic-workers' Union say in regard to this is that more frequently than otherwise tbe companies manage in some way to get rid of their men before tho stipulated time ban elapsed, thus keeping the wages at the minimum, for the greater -number of their hands, year in and year out. THIS IS BEGGARLY PAY. , Altogether . the streets of London are traversed' to-day by something like 2,309 omnibuses and 1,100 tramway cars. The tram servioe differs from the omnibus service in being more comfortable tothepasscnger, and in tbe fact that it costs more. The average tram rate is about a penny a mile for moderate distances, though there are trios you can take of from three to five mil eg at a rate below that. On buses you go quicker, asa rule, and the rate on many, routes is not more than a ha'penny (1 cent)" a mile. From the stand-point of the Work-" men, tram .life is a grade below bus life. It requires less skill, and the . companies do not fail to ' take advantage of this fact. Bus wages are low enough, but the busman, to whichever .class he may belong, is better off than the; tram operator by about $1.50 or $1.75 a a week. Drivers on tram cars begin at:a little over a dollar a day, and conductors'at a iShillinir less a day. The same promise ot increase, based upon continued service is be;d out to these as to tbe busman, and, unfortunately, if what we hear and 'eee doe not mislead us, it proves just as often in the one case as in the other to be only" a delusion and snare, . i.j.viai On trams the hours of work are frotri : thirteen to fifteen and a half daily.' On buses the agreement at the close of the strike was for a twelve hours' day, bnt iti is openly alleged that for months past most 1 of the companies have been honoring this' engagement in the breach rather than in the observance. Tbe action of the biggest of these, the London General Omnibus Company, is severely censured, both by the .Tratiice-workers' Union and by the press.

p To get men to work sixteen hours a day in stead of twelve, it is offering them a pittance of 25 cents for the extra four hours, and shame ful as such an offer is from 'any point of view, who can wonder if men who . who are not getting enough to live on. should be tempted by even so poor a bait to make slaves of themselves. The attitudeof another big concern, the London Koad-enr Company, affords a delightful contrast to this state of things. Tbie company, which carried in the last six months . about twenty-three millions of passengers, is said to be sticking to its contract, and its manager has just declared that it will continue to do so even though it has to fight against the present tendency toward cheap fares. Another grievance of the union against the company first-named is that it is "nursing'' and "racing" two omnibuses which the men themselves are running on the co-operative plan: .whioh means that this big company is little enough to try to drive from the streets by the most contemptible means a small enterprise which has no capital to back it, bnt which surely has as good a right to cater for public patronage as have the men, who have made fortunes in this business " TlCKET-OF-LXVE LICENSE. '5 What adds no little to the hardships of bus and tram men is that , tho government steps in and requires every aspirant for a humble position of this kind to pay rive shillings annually for a license. Until he has possessed himself of this ticket-of-leave from Scotland Yard there ia no chance for a man to get employment either as driver or conductor. Nor are these things easy to get. Yon must first ask for a requisition paper. To got this you must not be under twenty-one, and must not bo less that five feet four inches in height. Yon will also be asked if you havo been vaccinated, if . yon have ever been coiivicted. if you have ever had the honor or otherwise of being in her Majesty's service, and I don't know wbat beside. Then your application roust be signed by two householders who have known. vou three years, and also by your last employer. Finally, a dollar and a quarter, and you walk off with tho covered document. Not, however, to' a sure thing in the shapo of a job. How could this be wbon there is no limit to the number of licenses issued, and when, at the present time, according to an estimate we have seen, more than twice as many men have paid their license fee as are needed to do the workf Of this unlimited issue of licenses the bus aud tram men very justly complain. .The situation it creates is that of a great army of qualified applicants trying to push out those who are in; a ait-,, nation which, of course, helps the companies to keep wages down. Besides all this, theso poorly-paid workers are subject, upon tbe least pretext, to various fines aud deductions. In the omnibus service, for instance, there is an accident fund. To this the drivers contribute a shilling a week, and the conductors six, pence. 'Capital." tbe reader will think, "for without such a fund as this uhat would the poor fellows do when they 'net hurt." But this is too previous. The fund is not for that purpose; it is to hejp the companies out on damages resulting from collisions, the arrangement being that two-; thirds of the loss shall be mads up from this accident fund, and that the driver himself, who has already paid his shilling a week, shall nay the other third. All this is in London where, of all the towns in England, rents are the dearest and the cost of living is at the highestnotch. It must not be thought, however, that on this account provincial tnim-worfc-era can crow. over their brethren in tbe metropolis. From what Mr. Hammill and Mr. Mowbrick assured us, the contrary Is the fact. In Cardiff, where the first of these gmtlemen had just been on a visit, men were working from seventy to eightyhours in six days at the rate of a little less than five cents an hour, and in Bradford he had fonnr) trammel working from eighty to one hundred hours in seven, days for 4 cents an hour. He also found in Bradford, be said, that the corporation had been hiring a horse, cart and man at the rate of five and niuepeuce a day, which is lsa than $1.0. We were truly Udto hear Mr. liammillsay that there were symptoms of improvement in these matters, and our fervent hope is that what has been said in this letter may in some way help forward this tardy movemont. ii. T. m) m m Millionaire Sibley aud Tarty Safe. bAGlNAv, Mich., Aug. 27. Hiram W. Siblev, of Rochester. N. Y., who was reported Crowned in Ueorgiau bay yesterday, with a party on board the steam yacht Wapiti, sent a telegram from Montreal, to-dav stating that the story is a canard and that all ot tho party are safe. The yacht is anchored in Collingwood, Ont., where the party bad left it to teke a trip to Montreal The story of its wrecking and the drowningof all on board was started by tbe halfbreed cook, who was discharged at Mackinaw. A Ilsri Failure, Jackson, Mich.. Aug. 27. Ten new suits by replevin were begun to-day by creditors against W. F. Cowbam, who failed recently, making twenty-one in all. The Nation.at Cordage Company can find only S'JOO worth ot twine, although Cowbam bad received $44,700 wprth. The failure takes on a worse look with every hour.. An llliuoU "Sucker." Ti'scoi.a. 111.; Auir. 27,The story cf the wealthy farmerjbeingswindled by thethrne-card-monte men, who wanted to buy hie farm, was repeated yesterday when farmer Kphraim Dressback allowt d two strangers to walk away with $5.000 of his hard-earned money, while he held a box containing a block of wood.

IN GOOD POLITICAL SHAPE

Republicans of Tipprcanoo Nominate Another Strong Ticket for Victory. Indications from Orer the State Favrrallefor a Succ-ss:ul Camjaitrn Little. Bourbon Enthnft asm at fern or Walash: Special to the Indlanepo'.it JoarnL Lafayette, Ind., An jr. 27,The Republicans of old TiDpecano held their convention to-day. It was one of the most en thusiastio gatherings they have had here for years. A very strong county ticket was placed in the ' field. It stands: Representatives, A. C McCorkle and William 8. Haggard, (tbe latter being in the last House;) treasurer, Henry A. Miller; sheriff, William A. Gaddis, present incumbent; prosecutor, VYm. R. Wood; coroner. E. C. Davidson; surveyor. John Fewell; commissioners, John Bonldesand John M. Cason. A remarkable fact was that erery precinct in the county was fully represented. The Republicans of old Tippecanoe are in splendid political condition. DrinocrntA Didn't Fui Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Wabash, Ind., An. 27. The Democrats of Wabash county held their convention to-day in this city. The People's party made nominations several months ago,' and the Democrats have ever since been wrangling over the proposition to fuse. This morning, at a caucus, the opposition to fusion was so 6trongly manifested that it was decided to put a ticket in the field, and this wis done this afternoon. Following' is the ticket: Representative, Dr. Shellhamer; treasurer, James Jackson; sheriff, Benjamin Kirbv: recorder, Daniel. Smith; commissioners, Richard Adams and Jesse Jones; assessor. Silas Heeler; prosecutor, Edward Eikenberv: coroner. James Wilson. Claude Mathews, candidate for ; Governor, made a short, rambling calam ity speech, attacking the tarin. aud making a lame defense of the tax law. The attendance at the convention was very small, and there was no enthusiasm. Republican Clab at Glen wood. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RusnviLLK, Ind., Aug. 27; -A Republican club was organized to-night at Glenwood by county organizer U. D. Cole. Rousing speeches were made by Hon. A. M. 'Kennedy, Captain Cole and others. A . large and enthusiastic crowd was in attendance. The Acme Republican Quartet, composed of Messrs. C. A. Guild, II.. Cole, H. II. Allen and llert Kennedy furuisbed the music A number attended from here. Tbe campaign will be opened in this city Saturday night next, Sept. 2, when speeches will be made by the distinguished orators Col. K. II. Wolfe and Judge W. A. Cullen. Doth are men of State reputation, and will ba greeted by a big crowd. : f v Shonkweller Heroine a Republican. , 6peoial to the Indl&napolit JoarnaL . ; MOXTJCEI.LO, HI., Aug. 27. The Republicans of Fiatt county opened tbe campaign to-night with a graad rally and mass-meeting, at the Republican wigwam, at Del-' land. Hon. H. M. Dunlap and Hon. Frank Sbonkweiler spoke. Mr. IShoqkweiler was the Democratio candidate against Senator Mil, Mathews in this district four. years ago, but he bas left the partv on no-. ; count of its free-trade piank and other teachings. He is a prominent young lawyer and an able speaker. Mr. Dunlap is the present candidate for benator for the Thirtieth territorial district. Laid the Democrat on the Shelf. Special to the Isdianapolla Journal. Delphi, Ind., Aug. 27. The Democracy ot'White county is mixed up in a jolly row: n rl n 1 1 i n rr and irrAtnhinff nnA nAlhr like so many Kilkenny cats. It all comes from the court-house racket. The White ' County Democrat, edited by John A. Rothrock, has taken a stand azainst the courtbouse improvement, and has been severe on Joseph Reynolds and ail the couuty otlicers. Asa result theyhave decided to make tbe Monon News the county organ, and it will hereafter print all legal docu-v ments and revel in the publication of ditoh, notices. . Graver Cleveland's Dallv Letter. Special ta the Indianapolis Journal. ' Denver, Col., Aug. 27. Mr. George Meyer, editor of the Herald, of this city, a Ger-; man newspaper, to-day received the follow- Z ing letter from Grover Cleveland: ! J My Dear Bir I de?lre to thank you for yonr t letter of Au?. 15 and for the assurances whioh IS'; contains that the true Democrat of Colorado. In spite of adverse circumstances, are determined to do their full duty In tho pending cam palcu. . It is a very pood 6ign of tne times to learn that . the German-Americans are to largely lncllnea to support the party which is pledged to better the condition of the people and toUlrhten the burucub ui iucit uauj uie. try irui) juurs, GKOVEllCl.EVEI.AXn, ', arcKfnley Club at lleviilo. Bpecjaltotbe Indianapolis JouruaL i Mu.N'ClE, Ind., Aug. 27. A McKinley Club was organized at tbe village of Daleville last evening, with twenty-eight members. The oflicers elected were James Pierce president. John Richmond vicepresident, C. A. Vanmetre secretary, Charles Hays treasurer. JoaeDh Barnard. S. II. Shoemaker and Jasper Gant executive committee. Horn. George V. Cromer, of this city, organized the club and reports that much enthusiasm was manifested. 1 Miami Hr beetles Don't Pay. Special to the Indianapolis Jonrual Pkhu, Ind.. Aug. 27. The fourth annual presidential barbecue of the Democracy of northern Indiana will be held in this city Oct. 19. Miami county barbecaues have never been hitfhlv productive of eood re sults and tho better part of tho party dcrv them. The one of four years ago is a living example of the fat. and it is not to' be doubted hot that the one of this year will be similar in res jits. Importing Polish .Speakers. Special to the IndlanapoL a Journal. Vincenne?, Indj. Aug. 27,The regular annual camp-meeting of tbe Prohibitionists is in session lere, and is to last one week. Rev. Sam W. Small, of Georgia, spoke to-day. and will speak again Sunday. John Sobieski, the Polish orator, candidate for Governor of Missouri on the Prohibition ticket, will deliver an addre&s Monday. Started th Cmptin Fires. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Kkomo. Ind., Aug. 27. Hon. B. Cheadle addressed a large Republican meoting in the court-house this evening and started the fires of patn otism all along the line by bis ringing speech. Hou. C. W. Fairbanks, of Indianapolis, will midrens the Howard county Republicans, Saturday. irept, 10, ; Vnnrtuyn. Moore Weddiuc ' ' epedal to tbe IndUanpIit JouruaL Mitchell, Ind.. Aug. 27. This morning, at tbe residence of tbe bride's parents. Miss Minnie Moore, of this place, and Mr. Cornie Vanduyn, a well-known business man of Milwaukee, Wis., were married.. The Rev. H. J. Vanduyn officiated. BICYCLE RACES AUSPICES . ZIG-ZAG CYCLING CLUB, M:V STATE PAIR GROUNDS, September 5 ancl G. Admission, 25c. Grand StancV 25c. The races will be fast and the srort good. -