Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 March 1893 — Page 4

4 THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, FRIDAY, MARCH 3, 1893.

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Till INDIANAPOLIS JOUKNAL. Car Te fonml at the following places: PARIS American Exchange in Paris, 20 Boulevard tie Capuclncs. . NEW 1'OKK Gllsey House and Windsor TIoteL PHILADELPHIA A. P. Kemble, 3735 Lancaster avenue. ' CHICAGO Palmer House. C1NCINNATI-J. R. HawleyA Co, 154 Vine street. LOUISVILLE C. T. Deering, northwest corner of Third and Jcffcr6cn streets. ET. LOUIS Union News Co, Union Depot WASHINGTON, D. O Itlgga House and Ebb'.tt. HotlHC Hon. Adlai E. Stevenson's day of posing is over. A Vice President is only a big man when a President is not around. If Senator McIIugh would take time to visit Russia ho might pick up sorao valuablo ideas in regard to censorship . of the press. Mr. ADr.u is not a particularly thinskinned statesman, but ho could not think of having the gerrymander ignominy go into history' linked to his name. . Of ten Democrats who voted to substitute a gerrymander for a Legislature, seen yesterday, nine secretly confessed that it is a measure which cannot bo dofended. - There is reason to believe that Sena tor McIIugh would liko to have all press criticisms of him and his bills brought under the definition of libelous matter. TnR number of Democrats is increasing daily who are impelled by a strong sense of duty to accept oflico under Mr. Cleveland in order to help him and serve the country. TnE office of Vice President of the United States and President of tho Senate was never more worthily filled than it has been by Mr. Morton. There is a good deal more in him than was generally believed when he was elected. i If Statistician Peello had put forth his reports showing tho increase of wages In Indiana since tho passage of the McKinley law last September he would have been as bitterly denounced"by tho Democrats a9 was Statistician Peck, of New York. It would be a grand thing for this country if every city in the land could be brought and kept under thoroughly nonpartisan government. Party politics in municipal government is as much out of place as party politics in railroad management would be. Hereafter those who speak accurately of tho law-making branch of the State government will give it the title "Gerrymander." The General Assembly is a thing of the past since an assemblage .in which 50,000 voters aro without representation cannot be general. It was a scandalous spectacle, that of Warden Patten, of the southern prison, actively lobbying against a bill which, if passed, would have brought a considerable revenue to the State and practical benefit to free labor. What interest has the warden in continuing the present convict labor system! Does he stand in with. tho lessees? The Stato printer seems to have been ploying into the hands of tho Democratic party, and of Attorney-general Smith in particular, in keeping back that officer's report. Tho atmosphere of the Attorney-general's office is strongly redolent of partisan jobbery. There is a good deal more "skullduggery" than law practiced there. If Grover Cleveland sits down on Vice President Stevenson as promptly an 1 as hard as he did on Vico President Hendr'cks, the Illinois statesman will probably realize that he is not going to have much to do with administering tho government or dispensing patronage. His iniluenco will probably end with the naming of the postmaster at Bloomington and his own private secretary. Governor Matthews and Attorneygeneral Smith have both complained bocause, as they allege, tho Supreme Court in tho gerrymander decision infringed on tho rights of tho Legislature. Yet both of these officials went into tho Democratic caucus and did their best to force it to re-enact the gerrymander of 1801, thereby coercing the Legislature and insulting the Supremo Court. They do not seem to care to number consistency among their jewols. It is not pleasant to learn that Secretary of the Treasury Foster is urging j Deputy Controller of the Currency Nixon to resign in order that ho may appoint his private secretary, Mr. Wynne, to tho position. Tho position of Deputy Controller should be filled by a banker experienced in financial affairs. Mr. Wynno is a newspaper correspondent, and has had no experience whatever of a kind to qualify him to act as Deputy Controller of tho Currency. It is to bo hoped that Mr. Nixon will not resign in order to make a place for the Secretary?s private secretary. It is probable that Mr. Lindemuth's bill to divide tho taxes upon mortgaged property, so that tho holder of tho property will pay only upon tho portion that he actually owns and the holder of the mortgage the part which his claim

covers will becomo law. It is based upon equity. Under tho present laws, the occupant of mortgaged property pays a tax upon the whole, and if the holder of tho mortgage is taxed for the amount of his claim as money, a portion of tho property is taxed twice. For instance, A has a farm appraised at $4,000, which he owns and for which he is taxed upon $4,000. 13 occupies the adjoining farm, worth just tho samo and appraised the eame, but it is mortgaged for $2,0C0; nevertheless it is now taxed y to B for 84,000, so that he. pays taxes on $2,000 which is not only not his property, but for which he pays rent in tho shape of interest a palpable injustice. If the bolder of tho mortgage is taxed for his investment in the farm, amounting to $2,000, one farm is practically taxed for $4,000 and the other for $6,000. Tho two men, B nnd the holder of the mortgage, have only $4,000 worth of property in that farm. No matter how they manipulate it, it can be worth no more than $4,000, and for that reason tho tax should be divided between the two real owners in proportion to their interest. AN OUTBADE 0U FBEE LABOR, The action of tho House in defeating the prison-labor bill was, in tho opinion of the Journal, entirely indefensible on grounds of justice, humtinity or policy. Tho bill, the credit of introducing which is due to Senator Magee, was avowedly in the interest of free labor. It proposed to try and lessen the evils of convict labor and its injurious effect on free labor by providing that 95 cents a day should be' tho minimum price at which convict labor should be let to any lessee. It is conceded on all hands that convict labor is injurious to frco labor in that it tends to reduce, and actually does reduce, the wages of free labor in those lines of production in which it is employed. It stands to reason that it must do so. A member of tho committee that has been investigating the sweat-shops of Chicago expressed the opinion that the infamous system was largely due to the sale in Chicago of large amounts of clothing made by tho convicts at Sing Sing, N. Y., such clothing being put on tho market in Chicago at prices that local manufacturers could not compete with except by screwing their employes down to starvation wages. It needs no argument to prove that manufacturers who hire laborers from the Stato at less than one-half tho ordinary rate of wages can put their products on tho market at lower prices than those who employ frco labor. The Magee bill was experimental, but it was in the right direction. - Its result could not bo predicted with certainty, but it was an honest attempt to do 'something for freo labor. It might not havo accomplished all that was expected of it, but if it accomplished anything its passage would havo been vindicated. Nay more; even if it did not accomplish any good whatever it was worth while to make tho effort and try tho experiment. The hardships of tho working classes aro so real and their demands so imperative that everything in reason should be done to better their condition, and the State of Indiana could well havo afforded, in their interest, to try the experiment of raising the price of its convict labor. There is every reason to believe, also, that the measure would havo resulted in a considerable increase of revenue to the State. If tho State must engage in the vicious and demoralizing practice of leasing convict labor it should at least got tho highest price possible for it and make it as little injurious as possible to free labor. Yet this just and righteous measure, after passing the Senate, was defeated in the House by a vote of 36 yeas to 44 nays, all the latter being Democrats ex cept two. There are only two possible explanations of this vote: it was either to spite freo labor or to favor the lessees of convict labor. Those who voted against the bill really voted to pull down tho wages of free labor nnd to put money in the pockets of the convict labor lessees. Tho defeat of tho bill was an outrage on free labor that no amount of honeyed words or fair promises in campaign times can atone for. IHTEB-PABTY C0UBTE3IE3. Thero is not a thorough-going Republican in the land who is not pleased because President Harrison, has extended unusual courtesies to Mr. Cleveland, his successor. Such courtesies are what tho late President Garfield called "tho flowers on tho garden wall of politics." They tend to soften the asperities which grow up in campaigns between parties and to remind us all that, while we are partisans, we are citizens of tho Republic, with a common interest and a common desire for its prosperity.' Very gracious, indeed, is the attention which the model of Vice Presidents, Mr. Morton, ha3 extended to his successor. The example should not be lost upon tho country. Becauso honorable men differ regarding public policies, they should not be personal enemies or forget those amenities which, next to the home, give society security and make lifo in neighborhoods worth living. While an era in which there would bo but one party is anything but desirable, an era of good will, causing all people of laudable motives to bo on terms of good feeling and to entertain mutual respect is most desirable, and should be cultivated. The element which embitters parties is conscienceless leadership and unscrupulous tactics. Tho Journal is gratified that it is able to express its conviction that Mr. Cleveland's rugged integrity abhors the methods by which the Hill gang stole tho Senate of New York in 1801, and that ho would denounceunconstitutional gerrymanders, McIIugh municipal extensions and iiko measures which havo characterized the rulo of tho present Democratic regime in Indiana. There is every reason to believe that if Mr. Cleveland were a citizen of Indiana, instead of Now York, ho would be as unpopular with tho Green Smith gang as ho has been and is with tho Hill-Murphy machine. Therefore, if tho country must havo a Democratic President Republicans aro profoundly grateful that he is Grover Cleveland rather than David Bennett Hill. While tho Journal believes that Mr. Cleveland's theories,

if made tho policy of the country, will turn back the present prosperity, it cherishes tho belief that he will not countenance that element in his party wiich has brought reproach upon it in Indiana and other States by unconstitutional methods. Because Republicans believo in Mr. Cleveland's integrity and his independence, and that he will rebuke unscrupulous demagogues, they are pleased to have the Republican President extend to him every expression of good will. . rOUE-YEAB TEH USE OF OFFICE. . It is announced on the authority of persons who stand near Mr. Cleveland that in no case will a Republican officeholder bo removed before the expiration of his term on purely political grounds. That is, there will bo no removals except for cause, such as incompetence or wrong-doing in office, and in tho absence of these Republican incumbents will bo permitted to serve out their terms. Ono of the greatest causes of dissatisfaction with President Harrison during the first two or three years of his term was that he did not make a clean sweep of Democratic officeholders, but left many of those who had been appointed by Mr. Cleveland in the second and third years of his administration to servo out their four years. When their terms expired ho appointed Republicans. The Journal repeatedly called attention to the fact that if this principle were once established it would work fairly for both parties, and that Republicans appointed to office in the seconder third year of Harrison's administration would, if his successor should be a Democrat, get tho benefit of a full term by holding over till tho second or third year of the next administration. But tho critics of tho President would not see it in this light. They insisted that the only safe policy was a clean sweep, and that no Democratic President would leave Republicans in office till the second or third year of his administration. Now it is announced that Mr. Cleveland will not remove from office Republicans who were appointed for four years except for cause. He will not remove them for political reasons only. President Harrison's action in this regard was praised by Democrats and censured by Republicans, whilo Mr. Cleveland's action, provided he docs as it is said he will, will be praised by Republicans and censured by Democrats. But it is a good rule, a fair rule, and in tho end will work j ustice to both sides. It should becomo the fixed rule of American politics. Princess Kaiulani's address to tho American reoplo is pretty, and touching, and womanly, and indicative of a very sweet and amiable character, but it is entirely illogical. She begs the American people not to seize "my little vineyard," and appeals to them to let her resume possession of her kingdom. This is touching, but it is beside tho case. It is beautiful, but it is not business. Princess Kaiulani has no kingdom and no "little vineyard." She is simply heir apparent to the Hawaiian throne, with no rights whatever while her aunt, the Queen, is alive. If anybody is to bo restored to )ower it is the Queen. In tho languago of tho day,. Princess Kaiulani is not "in it." Her visit to the United States is purely sentimental, and her address to the American people, while very well conceived and expressed, is really impertinent. It is highly probable that the young Princess is being coached by English advisers. . ! . It seems to bo definitely settled that ex-Gov. Isaac P. Gray will be appointed minister to Mexico. From a political standpoint it has seemed to be an assured fact that ho would bo recognized in some way, and the Mexican mission is quite a handsome recognition. It ranks as a first-class mission, the salary, $17,500, being the. same as that of the minister to Great Britain, France, Germany and Russia. For a very wealthy man who wished to 6eo foreign countries nnd who was ablo to entertain lavishly ono of tho European missions might be preferred, but in all other respects Mexico is more desirable It is comparatively near by rail, a pleasant place of residence, and the social requirements are much less exacting than those of European capitals. Governor Gray is not a diplomat, but ho is a practical business man, and can probably look out for Uncle Sam's interests in Mexico as well as anybody who would bo sent. YrESTERDAY the bill to force police commissioners upon all cities having 10,000 population and over which havo not special charters was passed and went to tho Governor. It means a tax of $1,800 a year for commissioners and considerable more for subordinates. It applies to Terro Haute, South Bend, Now Albany, Richmond, Lafayette, Logansport, Elkhart, Mnncie, Michigan City, Anderson and Jeffersonville, according to tho census of 1890, and now probably embraces Marion and Kokomo. That is, twelve cities will have Democratic police commissioners forced upon them and a Democratic police force, dospite the fact that ono commissioner must nominally be a Republican. Thus tho law gives the Matthews-Smith faction of tho Democracy an organized force with which to fight tho ShanklinMorss faction. It is, however, a minor outrage compared with others. The Detroit Free Press is responsible for this interesting paragraph: Oliver P. Morton wanted another Iloosier given a place in the Cabinet when President Grant called Gresham to his oftici.il family. Hat Grant, like Cleveland, knew whom he wanted. The Frco Press is evidently under tho impression that Gresham was a member of Grant's Cabinet. If the Judge had been a Democrat more than threo months it might havo moro accurate information concerning him. vaHBMaaHwaMHavaMvHMaWBWM The Chicago Times, owned nnd edited by Mr. Carter Harrison, Democratic candidato for Mayor, says that if the Republicans expect to beat him "the party must bring out its best candidate, ono of good character and acceptable to tho Very best elements of the party." Herein is tho striking difference between

the Democratic and Republican parties. Carter Harrison was nominated because ho was acceptable to the very worst elements of the Democratic party, and bases his hopes of election on that ground; yot his own paper declares that the only hope of Republican success lies in their briugingouta candidato acceptable to the very best elements of the party. Carter is no fool.

Hon. Kiciiard Olnky, Cleveland'! Attorney.general, is one of those haughty, exclusive Bostonians whodoesnot care to be known to the common herd, and therefore he never had bis photograph taken. When he was dragged into prominence by Mr. Cleveland the papers went to him for portraits, and. of course, met with cold refusal. For a da3' or two he went about dodging kodaks and lirru in the determination to permit no likeness of himself to illuminate the daily press. But ho little knew what he was bringing upon himself. It was not till each of the Boston papers had published a so-called portrait of himself and enterprising outside papers were coining in with pictures "drawn from life." and boldly labeled "Olney," that the new Attorney-general saw resistance was of no ue. No two of the alleged portraits looked alike, but each and allrepresented a person with apparently no mind. This would not do. Olney has mind, and the impression that he lacked it must not spread. Early in the week ho went down and had his picture took" in the highest style of the art, and now all the papers that care for that sort of thing have it The only authoutio photograph does not show him as a professional beauty, but it is an improvement on the handmade article which preceded it. It wa9 not tho Texas Christian Advocate, but tht) Richmond (Ya.) Advocate that disgraced itself by approving of the burning alive of the crazy negro at Pans. Tex. Infamy where infamy is due. The Journal expresses its apologies to tho Texas paper for having mistakenly alluded to it as an upholder of that savage deed. The St. Louie Advocate says of its Richmond contemporary that it ought to drop the word Christian from its title and style itself 'i he Lyncher's Advocate: An Organ of Savagery and Mob Violence." To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal: Please state what and where the international date line is, and when and for what purposo established. 1". f. K. A conference of scientists met at Washington, D. C, in to consider tho question of establishing an international date line that is, a uniform meridian from which all the nations of the world might reckon longitude. The prune meridian line now in use by Great Britain and all her colonies, by the United States and all the outh American countries, is that of Greenwich, England. France uses the meridian of Paris, Spain rockons from San Fernando, Denmark from Copenhagen, while Germany and all the countries of eastern Europe follow the ancient geographers in fixing the meridian at Terro, the most westerly of the Canary islands. Any one of the standards of longitude- is as good as any other if all nations would agree to use it, but the choice of Greenwich would involve fower changes than any other. The general preference in the conference was for Greeuwioh. but tho French members obstinately objected, and the 'conference disbanded without agreeing upon an international lino. So far as. wo are aware no later action has been taken in the matter. Not So Broad, After All. Boston Journal. It is funny to watch the grimaces of souio of tho straight-laced Democratic organs over the selecUon of Judge Greshaui. The more they think It over the deeper U their Inward distress. Springfield Republican. But it is f nnnier still to reflect that Gresham's appointment was instantly hailed by the mugwump organs as proof ot tho growing "breadth" and "liberality" of the Democratio party. The way these llamboyant assertions hava been upset by subsequent events ia one of the most hilarious episodes of recent politics. Of Course. New York Mornlog Advertiser. Mr. Cleveland, we are told, will advise making has to slowly in the matter of the annexation of the Sandwich Islands. Of course. Great care should be taken Jest the interests of American citizens and merchants out there be advanced in some way. That would be a criminal act. Perhaps in time a Democratic syndicate of business men may be organized to socure benefits, and then annexation may become popular in reform circles. Another Affair Entirely. New York Commercial Advertiser. Several mugwumpjournals continue to be sorely grieved because of the appointment of Private Secretary Hal ford as a paymaster in the army 'over the heads of old soldiers." It is worth while to note that these same mugwump journals are highly elated over the appointment of Mr. Herbert, an ex-eonfedrato soldier, as Secretary of the Navy, over tho heads of old Union soldiers and sailors. Poor Isaac Boston J ournaL As he surveys the makeup of the new Cabinet Isaao Pusey Gray, of Indiana, who stood out of Mr. Cleveland's wa7 at Chicago on the promise of tho vice presidency and then stood out of Adlai Stevenson's way in the iutorests of harmony, is more and more convinced that thero is no such thing as gratitude in politics. A Publio bervloe. New York Evening Tost. The recent proclamations of President Harrison announcing important additions to the forest reserves on the Pacitio slope complete a series of notable publio services in this direction, for which both the President and Secretary Noblo deserve theheartlest commendation. The Solemn Thurber. New York Advertiser. Thurber, the new private secretary, eems to be impressed with tho awful responsibility which has been thrust npon him. He appears to be almost as solemn as Joss himself. Uncertain. New York Morninjr Advertiser. We have had this kind of weather ever since the election last fall. It is genuine Cleveland weather it never knows one day what it means to do the next. He Must Have Hired It Written. New York Tribune, Conitant render: You ak tor the first name of the Gray who wrote the mournful Klegy. They say out in Indianapolis that his 11 rat name was Isaao Pusey. The Pact of the Matter. Boston Herald (Dem.) Mr. Carlisle has a great deal to learn, and, perhaps, even moro to forget, before he can stand on a level with John Sherman as a guide npon questions of finance. Comfort for Jenks. New York Advertiser. The only consolation that. Jenks, of Pennsylvania, gets out of it is that his friends all tell bint that he can afford to wait. He'll have to wait. Holds His Own: New York Commercial Advertiser. Carlisle is the only man in Cleveland's Cabinet who is cot college bred, but he seems to be up to the average in intelligence. Will Ho fcav "Go?" Washington Post. It is presumed that Mr. Jenks will consult his pastor concerning the propriety of attending tho Inauguration. . ..

NO TRACE OF CORRUPTION

Report of the Eonsn Committee That Investigated Panama Canal Affaire. i No Evidence tla Monry Was Improperly Used in Americalion. U. W. Thomison'g Connection with the Company. BE PORT ON PANAMA INQUIRY. The Committee found Norhlng to Indicate that Congressmen Were Drlbed. Washington. March 2. The Houso Panama investigating committee, in its report to-day linds that at far as the treaty of IS 10, with New Grenada, is concerned, and so far as the concessions granted to and contracts made with the present Panama Kailroad Company corporation are concerned, there aro no clear , grounds for the assertion thatany exclusive right to cross the isthmus was ever in terms granted, or by implication secured, either to an American corporation, or to a citizen of the United Status, to the exclusion of citizens of any other country. There seems no ground, so far as the evidence before tho committee goes, for the claim that the government of New Grenada or the United States of Colombia has ever guaranteed that the United States shall control the transit, or place any limitation on the legal rights of shareholders in the railway company or restriction in the nationality of its owners of stock. The committee has done its utmost in the limited time before it to investigate the chargo that money was expended to prevent opposition to the plans of the canal company. It has been unable thus far to trace, directly or indirectly, the expenditures of any monoy whatever in a corrupt way to influence the legislative or executive action of the United States government. It . may bo that no investigation, however prolonged, after this lapse of time, could be efficient in making such discovery, even if 6uch corrupt use of money was made, but this is a subject of which your committee does not desire authoritatively to express its opinion, that further investigation would be entirely fruitless. The report comments upon the visit of De Lesseps to the United States in lb79 and the remarkablo change of sentiment that resulted. The American committee was appointed to convey tho impression that American capital aud sympathy were back of the enterprise. The committee further says that Hon. R. W. Thompson became secretary of the American committee and resigned his place in the Cabinet. Mr. Thompson stated that ho notilied the President, and that the Presideut acquiesced in his resignation under these circumstances, causing no severance of the personal friendly relations between them. Testimony was taken by the committee showing that this action on the part of Secretary Thompson was a great disappointment aud surprise to President Have?, and he so expressed himself to others. The committee lind that Mr. Tbomp3on for the next three or four years was exceedingly vig'ilant in watching legislation and most active and able in his etiorts and influence to postpone consideration of any legislation tending to work injury to tho cause of the Panama Canal Company. So far as tho testimony goes, it shows that Mr. Thompson did the work of the American committee. He supervised purchases for tho construction of the canal, watched legislation, etc. The object of the contract between the Pacilio Mail Couip&uy and the Panama Railroad Company was to maintain rates above tho level to which they would fall if freo competition between several routes had continued, it seems to be certain that a very large, if not au absolutely controlling interest in the stock and direotory of the Pacific Mail Company is owned by individuals and estates verr largely interestedm the stock and directory of the transcontinental roads, and it is proven that the samo individuals composed a majority of tho directors present at thecneeting of the Panama Railroad Company's directory at wnich the contract between the Pacitio Mail and the railroad company officials in 1V7S was ratified ami executed. That tbie system has for fifteen years been diminishing commerce between New York andean Francisoo across the isthmus is not denied. It ceems to the committer) that this state of things cannot be beneficial to the general interstate trade or commerce of the country, nor can it see that it is of any particular benefit to oar trade with foreign countries. The committee recommended that whenever, under the provisions of the mail subsidy act, the Postmaster-general shall enter into contract with any line of vessels a clause shall be inserted in the contract to the etteot that if the steamship line shall enter into any combination or arrangement with competing lines of traffic, the result of which is to diminish tratbo or raise or maintain rates of freight on American commerce, foreign or domestic, over what free competition would effect, the contraot may be terminated forthwith by the Postmas-master-general. The committee regrets, so far as the ownership of ueariy all the stock goes, that the control of any American oorS oration, as the Panama railroad is, should e held in foreign bands, particularly in the hands of the liquidator or receiver of another corporation, also foreign, appointed by foreign authority and subject to foreign judicial supervision. The committee, in concluding, cannot refrain from calling attention to what seems to bo an obvious deduction from the facts shown that it is to the interest of the United States that the American people should, absolutely control some outlet across the isthmus at some point which shall be used for the benefit of American trade in general as an open and continuous competitor, affording no opportunity for entangling subsidies from great competing lines or chance of falling into the grasp of any monopoly through stock manipulation. TO CUItE WHISKY TRUST EVILS. Two Minority Report on the Ilecent Investigation Mr. Kay's lteconmieudatlons. Washington, March 2. Two minority reports have been lilcd on the Whisky Trust investigation, Messrs. Buchanan, of New Jersey, and Broderick, of Kansas, making one, and Mr. Ray, of New York, the other. The former state that there is not a line of testimony to show that the domestic facilities are not ample for the production of all the unadulterated product, and it is a matter of common Knowledge that imported goods are often grossly adulterated. Owing to the lateness of the session it is impossible to formulate and present counterviews, and m view of the utter impossibility of enacting any legislation to cure the evils found existing such formulation would seem to be without practical use. Mr. Ray fully concurs with this report.ana adds that in bis judgment themannfacture and sale of imitation and adulterated liquors of all kinds, especially those containing poiuonous compounds and drugs deleterious to health, can by law be made a criminal offense, punishable by such penalties as to put an end to the practice. Huch a high tax can bo imposed ou all adulterated and imitation products as will make their salo impracticable. He cannot consent to any proposition which will increase the importation of alcoholio liquors, cheapen the price of such articles aud largely decreasH our revenues, and make increased taxation in other directions absolutely neoessary. The more widely the doors are opened to importations of liquors the more active will become the manufacture of adulterated goods, tho object of dealers being to undersell the importers of the pure article, lie would, if practicable, abolish all tax on alcohol used tor medical purposes and in tho arts and sciences. Thurber, the Prlvato Secretary. Wafhinatou Post Unusual interest attaches itself to him. He has imblicly announced that ho comes to Washington under circumstances very closely resembling consecration. He is not a plain, ordinary private secretary, but a disciple who values neither fortuno nor renown in comparison with bis leader's approbation. Thero is something solemn, romantic, exceptional in the charnctei be presents to us. Ho has invested a humdrum position with poetic attributes, lie has brought into this practical, tin do

Steele day the rich nnd passionate color of the middle ages: Ho casts away his London and New Vork trousers so that ho may put on armor, and ho wears a halo instead of a Dunlsp. Here is no smog and catty politician, bat a fendal squire no busy scrivener, but a reverent eooivte. Ha astonishes and interests us. He takes ns baok to the golden days of song and story, of chivalry and romance, of myth and miracle. tm INDICTED'FOR MURDER. General Superintendent Law and Other Eni plojes of the P., Ft. W. C. Read. Chicago, March 2. The grand Jury haf returned an indictment for mure'e; against Charles D. Law, general superintendent oi the Pittsburg. Fort Wayne & Chic igoroad, Tne indictment is the result of -bo accb dent at the Forty-seventh-btre Jt crossing of the Fort Wayne rod, in which four per sons were killed outright and fourteen seriously injured. Peter SchwarL. a flaj. man; Albrecht, the gateman, ani Henrj W. Rouscup, the engineer of the train which ran down tho street car, wtre jointly indicted with Mr. Law upon the same charge. It is claimed that Schwartz and AlbrechJ were not attending to their business, they having gone into a switch shanty to warm themselves. Honscoo is accused of running at too rapid a rate inside the city and witi not keeping proper lookout. The indict rnent against Mr. Law is based upon the fact that ho had general supervision oi the running of the trains and that, it w his business to see that hi subordinate! did not violate the laws. There has been three street cars crushed by locomotives at the Fortv-6eventb-street crossing within the last eighteen months, and the attempt to punish a high otticial of the road it more an attempt to hold somebody abovo the .rank of switchman or gateinan responsible for the killings than a belief that Law is individually responsible. There is some doubt whether Mr. Law o.iq bo brought from Fort Wayne, where he re sides, to answer the indictment, but every effort will be made to bring him to triaL

' BROUGHT LOW PRICES. The One Famous Trotters Guy and Clings ston Sold for 91,300 nnd 8100 Ilespectlvely, Clfvklakd, O., March a The Tatter eall-Fasig horse sale closed to-day. Forty two horses 6old for more than S100 each, th( total receipts for the day being 315,410. Th4 stables of the late W. J. Gordon were disposed of. Two onco famous trotters werf included in the lot, Gny went for $1,600, to J. D. Campau, of Detroit, and Clingston was knooked down for $100. to Miss Daisy Gordon, granddaughter of the late owner, nobody bidding acainnt her. The follow ing horses sold for 00 and over: Conclave, b. h.. by King Rene, to W. I Short, of New Castle, Pa.. SI.GOj; Guv, blk. g., bv Ken. tncky Prince, to D. J. Campau, Detroit $1,500; Major Wilkes, b. b., by Young Jimi to W. F. Dutton. Cleveland, $l,SO& Horse Sale at Paris, 111. Special to tho Inflianiolla Journal. Paris, HI., March 2. Tho closing out sale oj trotting 6tock at Shecpahead Park to-day reaV Ized j?3,350 for tho owner, A. N. Sbepjtarv There were 35 bead fold, wfcijh averaged ?2iO, The highest prioe raid was S50 for lielie Uur ton, foaled 18J0, pacer, by Edjcar Wilkes, bought by liuttty, of Champaign. 111. Dr. Herr, 450, sire of Joo Davis, 2:17:U, sold for 700, and will remain here. This Mallion is twenty-8een years old. Horsemen say the stock brought good " prices. hero was a lare attendance from abrofni. Coiro E. Bain, of Lexington, superin f tended tho sales. Dili YOU EVE It! ; Unaccountable Thing thut Thts 3Ian Has so Long Dren Obscure, Washington Tost. Adlai E. Stevenson is a man of nobis looks and splendid presence. Nature endowed him with no sparing hand in the matter of physical attributes. Ho would attract attention any where with his commanding tigure and graceful carriage. Tali and woll proportioned, with tho head of a Roman Senator and a face indicative of the highest intellectual cast, there is about him in full degree that raystio quality which men call personal magnetism. His face is ono that attracts, on of tho kind that is never forgotten. A pair of very fine eyes, neither litzht nor dark, are always bent straight on -the individual that Mr. Stevenson is addressing. There is a mirthful glint in them, too, that shows how largely the element of humor enters into his composition. Aa a matter of fact, be is one, of the cleverest of storytellers in the United States. llat the best thing about him is his man ner. Certainly bo is a peerless Democrat, It is impossible not to feel easy in bis company. Patronage and familiarity ara neither to be observed, but a etraigbt-for-ward, genial style of Intercourse that it simply captivating. He is a strantcer to arrogance, and yet commands universal respect. This is the characteristic of a born leader, and that, in the opinion of his friends, is a true description of Adlai Stevenson. Money Flowing from New York. New Yokk, March 2. The vice president oi ono of the lanre banks of this city said to-dayi The movement of money from this city east, west, and south is almost unprecedented, if no qulto so. It started about two tweeks ago, and since then the shipments have averared about $1,000,000 daily. The demand comes, to a creat extent, from county bancs, which are withdraw lng their balances, and at tho same time Uostoa and Philadelphia institutions are borrowing larice amounts here. The banks in the mouth ot February lost $14,000,000 in canh. and most of them are now runuing close to the '23 per cent, limit in their roerves. This is apparent from tho bank statement made on Saturday, which showed that of tho Sl,000,000 surplus reserve, $7,700,000 was held by two banks the City and tho Hanover half of which is in coin. Topics Discussed by Electric-Light 3Ien. St. Loui., Mo., March 2. The National. Klectrio-litfht Association proceedings bezan t'iis morning with the reading of a paper by V II. Browne, of New York, on "Underground Conduits and Conductors and tho Experience of Electrlc-llKhtlnif Companies In New York City." Tho paper was mostly statistical. After soma dlticusmon on tho merits and dement?, etc.. of conduits, expense, etc.. Air. Calvert Town ley read a paper ou "The Incandescent La:uj rrota a Commercial Standpoint." Harry c. Myers read a paper on tho nirrlts of the rulcanizinfc process for preserving and strengthening poles, cross-arms, ties, etc., after which the association heard Judge E. A. Armstrong, of Camden. N. J., on "Morals of Coiporatlons," and then went into executlro session to hear reports and elect oiMcers. mm " St. Clair County Judges Must Stay in Prison. Kanjas Citv, March 3. Judge Phillips, of the; United States Circuit Court, in chambers this morning, rendered his decision in tho noted casa of the t. Clair judgus. who applied for rcleaaa rroru imprisonment on a writ of babeas corpus. The Judiie refused to grant their release on that ground, in ths course of his decision Judges Phllilpa took occasion to object moat strenuously to the messago recently issued by Govcn.or Ktone, recommending that such caes bp placed within the jurisdiction or the State court instead of tho federal court. The case is similar to the Cas county case. Thejudges were imprisoned for contempt of court for refusing to lsue a special tax levy to pay bonds for the purpose of building a railroad that was never constructed. llattle Iletween Police miicI OyMer Pirates. CitiFiF.Lb Md., March 2. A battle took placa lust night between the dredgers and thn Virginia police schooner. Alout 'J o'clock Crisfleld was startled by hearing the heavy tooiu of cannon and reports of ril'es. The dredgers were doing effective work lu Tangier sound, on Woman's marsh, when Captain Iteed came up and oiened lire with his cannon. The dredgers replied with rifles, and so rapidly were the. rifles 11 red that tne Hashes looked like firellles in a marsh. It is rciorted that tho polico schooner was obliged to withdraw. Detroit's C.I ft to the CruUrr Detroit Rai.timori:. March 2. The silver service, the gift of the citizens of Detroit, was formally prevented to the cruder Detroit yrsterday. Mayor Pingre niado tho precuttilit and Cotumaudor lirowusou made the reply. Alter the presentation tho cruiser went down tho bay as far as Flag s island. No attempt was made to speed the now war ship. The !troit will make another trip in about a week. The distinguished visitors from Detroit returned home tbls morning. May lie Sold as m Vagrant. Mexico, Mo.. March 2. Pebcrt Davis, a rau1 er. who was sent to the poor farm a few weeks a:o. to-d:iy tried to kill superintendent Mnuday with an ax because the supeiintemteut refused to furnish delicacies for him and his family to eat. The pro-ecutlng attorney has tiled intormatlou ngulnst Davis, declaring him a vagrant, and an attempt will be mado to evil him at public sal.