Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 September 1894 — Page 4

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1894.

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Id onk-r to rxelre attention, be accompanied by the tuune and addreas of the writer. THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL. Can te found at the following plarea: fc'.ARIS American Exchange in Paris. 86 BouleTftrd t Ciii uctr.ea. M:W OKX-Gilaey Houae and Windsor IIoteL . PHILADELPHIA A. Kemble. 3733 Lancaster aTenne. CHICAGO Palmer Rouse. Auditorium IIoteL C12CCIX J ATI J. R. Ha wley & Co., 154 Vine street. loriSVTLLE C T. Deerinj; northwest corner of Tlilrd md JtCeraou streets. ? BT. LOUIS Union News Company, Union Depot. TVASUIXGTOX, D. CRlg-gs ZIoum and Ebbltt liouae. . There la reason to believe that lion. W. C. P. Breckinridge la not In favor of women in politics. ' Does Secretary of State Myers still believe that Mr. Cleveland is "the best friend .'the eoldler has?" The defeat of Breckinridge need not necessarily be regarded as a vindication of Sladellne Pollard. Six of the best men in Marlon county chould be selected as candidates for the House. Character and capacity are the only claims that should count. The Ohio Democratic convention will not censure Senator Brice. Ohio Democrats Slave & genuine regard for a man whose arguments are crisp bank notes. Ncnr that General Disgust commands the Democratic forces the Republicans nust not make the mistake of calling General Apathy to the Republican command. , The latest intelligence from the School Uoard U that two oi the supporters of the Iticketts purchase have been led to face about by the proposition of the Board of Public Works. The New York Tribune sustains the strike of the garment makers in that city because compensation which they have received of late Is not sufficient .to sustain the American home. It was a hopeless experiment for the county Democracy to try to cave itself by adding a flavor of respectability to its legislative ticket. It might have known respectability wouldn't stick. The Journal regrets that It cannot enJighUn an Inquirer as to what the D. In ilr. Bynum's name stands for generally, but it may be permitted to remark t-'tt It stands for "Dennis" this year. A Democratic paper devotes a Sunday editorial to "the sin of lying." An essay on the penalty of lying would be more appropriate In such a paper in view of the disasters which have overtaken that party. Just now Democratic probabilities for the Democratic nomination for the presidency are not mentioned, except that some one Intimates that Chief Justice Fuller has been selected by the President as his successor. "Where ia the correspondent who, a year ' ego, was telegraphing the country the daily catch of fish by the President? Has Mr. Cleveland ceased to be a person of national Interest now that the "party perfidy" tariff bill is in force? A new dally paper, one of whose objects Is to teach Republican doctrine. Is to be etarted at Harvard and published by students. The projectors of the scheme should be prepared for discouragements. President Eliot 4s opposed to partisan politics of the Republican brand. A great many people have been opposed to having women mix In the "dirty pool of politics." There couldn't be a much dirtier pool than In the Ashland, Ky., district, but out of very self-respect the women had to nix In that. As a result there has been a wholesome cleaning out Moral! The man who lives there says there are no voters in that house," said a canvasser ta the Second ward to a Republican. "He is right," replied the Republican, "a man who votes any sort of a third or fourth, party ticket simply plays at voting", and is not a real voter." And he was right. It was not the constitutional amendment la Maine which requires that all new voters shall be able to read and write that caused .the Democratic collapse in that State, since the amendment does not apply to those who were -voters when It was adopted. If It had disfranchised thot-e who could not read It might have been different. The Pittsburg papers seem not to have lie ard It, but those who marched in the Grand Army proce3slon under the banner of Indlma heard calls of "Harrison" from scores oi' men in the thousands of spectators, particularly on that part of the route about the Allegheny City park. No man In the Nation enjoys a larger share of the respect i cf thinking people. Southern Governors angrily resent the efforts of British reformers to prevent the ' lynching of colored men. The better way, by far, is to turn their Tw'th upon the lynchers and thus put an end to the cutrage. The British government, however, cannot consistently lecture any people for permitting Injustice after a century-long rtcord of practicing It upon the weak. In aa Interview with Colonel Breckinridge on the day of the primaries he is quoted as saying: 1 have stood the strain remarkably well. If th5 campaign should last two taas&a looker I believe I would weigh Circa fc'ired sound and b ti eaty-flve

years younger." Perhaps the Colonel doesn't feel as young to-day as he did last week, but it seems rather a pit-, his adiposity considered, that the campaign didn't last long enough to fit him out for dime museum purposes. COOPER'S WITHHELD REMARKS.

The Hon. George William Cooper, who will not represent the Fifth- district In the Fifty-fourth Congress, is an exceedingly adroit politician. He Is one of those statesmen who affect learning by besprinkling his speeches with quotations from Shakspeare, usually more Inapt than to the point. There is not a small trick that he is not up to and does not practice. Last December, when the deficiency appropriation bill, with a large Item for the payment of special pension examiners, was before the House, there was an extended discussion on the administration of the pension bureau. Mr. Cooper participated in this discussion, Dec. IS, and his remarks should have been printed in the Record of the next day. Instead of that the following appears:. (Mr. Cooper, of Indiana, addressed the committee. Ills remarks will appear here after.) The Journal has looked in vain fpr the "hereafter" remarks, but It has been unable to find them. A colleague of Mr. Cooper's was Inquired of, and, after searching the Congressional Record, he writes: I have examined the Record and have been unable to find Mr. Cooper's remarks of Dec. IS printed therein. They seem to have been withheld. His remarks the next day are in the Record of Dec. 20, in which he sustained the Commissioner of Pensions in suspending pensions. Those who recall the remarks which Mr. Cooper "withheld," and which seem not to have been published, say that he Indorsed the jension policy of the Cleveland administration and sustained the appropriation to be used to harass pensioners. Why did he do this? To win the good will of the President, and thus, at that time, when he had a long list of applicants for postmasters whom he was anxious to have appointed," make himself solid with the "Anointed One," who declared, three weeks before, that "thousands of neighborhoods have their fraudulent pensioners." There is every reason why he should keep from the hundreds of ex-soldiers who have voted for him, his approval of the Hoke Smith policy and of a large appropriation of money to pay secret agents to harass pensioners. Perhaps Mr. Cooper can find that speech; if he can and will send It as delivered and printed In the Record, or give the page of the Record on which 1 appears, the Journal will call attention to It. But why did he withhold remarks delivered In committee of the whole? Such remarks are not a speech, and It Is very rare that Representatives withhold for revision remarks thus Informally made. He withheld them to take out the portions which would anger Ibe veterans and lose him votes. If he did not - revise and print, as seems probable, he did not wish to put himself on record as not sustaining the administration. Mr. Cooper made further remarks on the next day. In which he defended "the ex cellent Commissioner of Pensions now in office" the Commissioner who has made a new rating for pensions which reduces pensions hereafter granted one-sixth from the old rate. The truth is that, in this pen sion matter, George William Cooper has at tempted t-i run with the pensioners and nunc the pensioner with the Cleveland hounds. TUB ARMOR PLATE FltAl'DS. To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal: 1- What was the extent nf th .nrrnnr Plate frauds? 2. What was the amount of money wnicn tne experts of the Navy De triment nxea as rxmapes to the government? 3. What part of the mnniv wa re mitted to the Carnegie company by the President? 4. What reasons were assigned ior tne resident a action? R. E. P. 1. The Carnegie company had contracts to furn'sh the armor plates for the cruis ers which the government Is building. The production of these plates required much skill, and failure in any respect would be a heavy loss on even a few plates to the contractors. The Homestead troubles had the' effect to put Into the mills where the plates were made workmen who were hostile to the company. When they saw that imperfect plates were being put off upon the government some of them made a record thereof and at a certain time offered to sell their information to the Secretary of the Navy. After a time an agreement was reached and an Investigation was made by experts, which verified the state ments of the workmen. No evidence was presented to show that Mr. Frick. the manager, had knowledge of the frauds, but his foremen did and concealed them. 2. Ex perts representing the navy examined the plates and reported that the government had been defrauded out of $400,000 by the fraudulent work, and that sum was 3e manded by the Secretary of the Navy. 3. The President took the papers, and, without consulting the Secretary, cut down the money damage to $133,000. 4. No reasons have been assigned for the Presi dent's action and no explanation has been made. Even when the matter was being Investigated by the House committee no attempt was made by the President's friends to explain his action in the face of the frauds which were proved. It Is not the habit of "divine right" rulers and en tirely "consecrated" personages to explain. It Is. however, a curious coincidence that Just before two-thirds of the forfeit fixed by the naval experts was remitted by the President, Andrew Carnegie wrote a letter Indorsing the Wilson bill which was the source of great consolation to its friends and advocates It may be doubted if the letter was worth $-t'J,000 to the treasury of the United States. ruospHCTivi: litkhauv crisis. That preposterous pen-on. Hamlin Gar land, who has attempted to combine Popu list polite3 with literature, recently published a volume of essays, in one of which he denounces the evil Influence of the East upon a possible national literature and speaks of the representative Easterner as "an aristocrat who rrides himself on never having been west of Buffalo," and who has "no sympathy with iople of middle condition." He urges Western writers to throw off their slavish allegiance to the narrow traditions of the E?.st and to be themselves. All this and more of the same sort, which sensible peo-

pl West and East laugh at and then forget all abouL But If Garland is ridiculous the 'occasional person who takes him

seriously is more amusing. Here, for Instance, is that literary paper the Critic discoursing soberly about Garland's essays and allowing itself to get all worked up over them. It does not like the rude and defiant way In which the essayist talks about the" East, and, though willing to concede a good deal to wild "Western ex uberance, says there is a limit to patience. "Many men are living an4 not yet old," it declares warnlngly, "who remember the arrocance which was once considered as almost 'the birthright of a Southerner, and to what It led; nd if again, from other causes and for other ends, one section of our country shall be set against the other the North and the South will stand as bravely side by .xide a3 they once stood face to face." This Is very funny. If Garland doesn't stop being rude there Is no telling what will happen. At least the East will not submit quietly. Its literary men and women, aided by the dialect writers of the South, will move on the literary fellers" out West, and where will they all be "at" when the fracas is over? The Critic, of course, thinks the arrogant We'st as represented by Garland will be subdued to becoming meekness, but will It? Will Garland, flanked by the Populist party and the Western Association of Writers, not be able to hold his own? When section is arrayed against section on account of inability to agree as to which possessed the greater genius, Emerson or Garland, or upon another equally important literary issue then will be time for the plain people, who are a little tired of the literary gang and its cheap produc tions, anyway, to sit on the boundary fences and remark, "Sick 'em." In the meantime, so far as can be observed from this Western point of view, there is no immediate danger of war, and the Critic can calm itself down until the crisis ar rives. STIMULATING STATISTICS. In four of the States which have voted this year In which Populism has not cut a figure, namely, Pennsylvania, ltnoae Island, Vermont and Maine, the aggregate Republican vote was 623.7S5, against 64S.5S1 In the presidential election of 1S92, while the aggregate Democratic vote this year was 345.C28, against 548,002 in 1892. That Is,the Republican loss in these States In the off elections of 1K34 was 22.S19, while the Democratic loss was 201,374. The falling off of the Republican vote from the presi dential year was a little over 3 per cent.. while the shrinkage of the Democratic vote has been over 36 per cent. These are interesting figures, but they are signifi cant when applied to other States which are to vote. Let U3 apply these shrinkages to the vote' of IndIana"for President in 1S02. The Republican vote was 2CG.335; deduct 3 per cent., and It is 248,633. The Democratic vote was 262,817, which, after deduct ing 35 per cent., is 168,202. The Republicans do not expect that this ratio will con tinue in Indiana. While It is probable that the Republican vote will not be more than 3 per cent, less than that of General Har rison, It Is not probable that the Sentinel Is so generally read that its assaults upon the "defiled" tariff bill will so disgust 36 per cent, of the Indiana Democrats that they will take to the wood3 on election day. Unless the Sentinel is without influence vith Its party, Its four months war upon the Democratic and trust tariff law. Its denunciation of the last . Democratic Legislature, coupled with the disaster which a year and a half of Democratic rule has brought, should cause 15 or 20 per cent, of those who voted for Cleve land to be counted on to refuse to sanction "party perfidy and party dishonor," and, what is vastly more important to the people, party misrule. ; It is within the power of opponents of Democratic incapacity in Indiana to take this State out of the list which is counted with the solid South to enable that section to dictate the national policy. It can be done with an emphasis which will make Democracy a minority party in Indiana if every man who Is at heart a Republican will do his utmost for the cause from now to the closing of the polls. This interesting item is from a San Fran cisco paper: "Miss Annie J. Dolan, a teacher in the Monroe primary school, near the Five-mile House, started out on Monday to celebrate California's own- holiday, got gloriously drunk and spent the night In the city prison after being arrested by the police for drunkenness." Indiana teachers con sider themselves progressive and up to date. but. according to thla showing, they are several paces behind California and not likely to catch up. Mrs. Grubbs, the defaulting treasurer of the Ladles of the G. A. R., makes the plea that her husband wanted money, and she was tempted on his account. There it goes again. Another extravagant husband caus ing his wife to go wrong. Is there no way of teaching these men to practice economy and , to cease telr unreasonable demands for pin money? H-l-n G-s-r declares that her fight with Congressman Morse Is not over. Certainly not, at least not while there is any more free advertising to be got out of the affair. nilECKIMtlUGE'S DEFEAT. The Breckinridge district should now be turned over to some expert fumlgator. Washington Post. Colonel Breckinridge is now at liberty to join Madeline In her . theatrical starring tour, providing she will take him and she can secuie a theater, which is extremely doubtful. Chicago Times. Kentucky has done something for Col. Breckinridge that he ought 'to have done for himself. A compulsory retirement is much more humiliating than a voluntary one. Kansas City Journal. One of the most brilliant .American orators goes out of public life for the grosj private faults that made his continuance as the representative of an honorable and ehivalric people Impossible. Detroit Free Press. Iet us hope the whole meas of Breckinridgeism is at an enrt. But it will not bo until the other one finds in a practical way that malodorous notoriety is not a fit and proper Ftepplng-stone to honorable fame. Cincinnati Tribune. While there cannot be much honest sympathy wlrh the kind of campaign or ganized against him. the audacity of his own campaign made it an affront to the American people. He is entirely the author of his own downfall. Philadelphia Times. The opposition to Colonel Breckinridge was not the offspring of hatred or malice, hut of conscientious conviction. It Is pre posterous to say that the good men who worked and the good women who prayed

were inspired by unworthy motives. The j

i.iaue ieiween rnoraiiiy aim uuuiura.my wtu distinctly made. It engulfed all other issues. Louisville Courfer-Journal. Decency required that his defeat should have been more emphatic, but, under the circumstances, reputable people everywhere will find abundant cause for gratification In the knowledge that he has been bo-aten even by a lender-margin. Chicago Herald. Breckinridge has ended. bis career, let tis hope, for. all '.time, and we trust the coun try wlH never have another such exhibi tion. He should now be dropped from all puMIc notice and left to that solitude which is necessary for true repentance. Chicago Inter Ocean. That he came so near receiving the nom ination does not speak very well for the moral sentiment of the Ashland district. He should have been defeated overwhelminglyj The result shows that he was not far out In his calculation that he would be successful. Chicago Tribune. There is truly, aside from all embittered passion, something most pitiable and pite ous Jn his fall; but in 'the false position. which he sought to usurp in the sympathy of his fellow-citizens he openly challenged the manhood and womanhool of the Ulue Grass State to a trial. Philadelphia Rec ord. The whole canvass has done harm In bringing into question conventionalities which have become almost sacred and have certainly become inseparably associated with the strength of religion. If he had triumphed, the sanctity of orderly life in man and woman would have been marred. St. Louis Republic. The Ashland verdict will meet with the practically unanimous approval of the American people. By his conduct Colonel Breckinridge forfeited all claims to con sideration and respect, and morality demands that an example be made of such offenders wherever they may assert them selves. Pittsburg Dispatch. His fate Is an impressive lesson and Is not unattended by regret. One cannot avoid profound pity that a man with so many winning talents, who has developed euCh magnificent flirhting qualities, should fall into dishonor. The moral of his career Is written In burnished letters to be read of all men. St. Louis Post-Dispatch. At this distance it 'is difficult to under stand or reallza why there should be a "close" vote on the question of returning a creature like Breckinridge to Congress or retiring him to a cave' of eternal gloom if intelligent, decent people had the power to decide it, and the voters or the Ash land di&tncjt will find no wreaths of bays awaiting them in public opinion if Breck inridge does succeed, by trickery or bull dozing. In winning a congressional nomination. Chicago Record. BUBBLES IN TUB AIR. 1 Somewhat Slangy "What motto "have you. adopted for your new altruistic society?" " There are others.' " One Record Frenerved. This year the records have been knocked A-flyin and a-whizzin'; But Uncle Willie Breck alas Can't get away with his'n. The Thorn of the Rose. Hungry Higglns Wot are you studyln about so? Weary Watkins I was jist thinkin what a pity it is when a feller gits dead, stiff Irunk, he don't know nothing about how drunk he is. . Overplayed It. "If you please, mum," began Mr. Dis mal Dawson, "I wish you would gimme something to eat. That tthere woman next door gimme a handout, but, on the dead, the stuff wasn't fit ' "See here," was the answer he got, "that woman next door is nr. mother, and If you aren't out of here in less than two minutes, I'll set the dog on you. Now, you Sit" Mr. Dawson got. A TWO-STORY CITY HALL. West Indianapolis Officials Adopt Plaus for a New Building-. At the meetingof the West Indianapolis Council last light Mayor Tolln appointed the following committees for the new term of four years: Accounts and claims. Wantland, Brown and Wheeler; fees and salaries, Gish, Wheeler and Dickson; Judiciary, Brown, Wantland and Dickson; printing, Gish, Wheeler and Dickson; public health. Dickson, McCain and Wantland; morals, Brown, Wantland and McCain: public property, Wantland, McCain and Wheeler; safety and comfort, Gish, Wantland and Dick son: railroads. Wantland, Wheeler and Mc Cain; rules. Brown. Gish and McCain; sewers, streets and alleys. Wheeler, Wantland and McCain; ordinances, Dickson, Wheeler and Wantland. Several bills were allowed, among them being that of the Indianapolis Water Com pany for the last quarter, amounting to $734.24. Several weeks ago ex-Marshal Maholm filed a suit to compel the city to pay him 5265, which he claims Is due him for services, but which the present Council refused to pay him. Last night the summons for the city officials to1 answer the com plaint was read. Marshal Perry reappoint ed Gideon Flake as a deputy marshal for the new term of four years. The nomination was confirmed and Flake's bond of $1,500 accepted. A plan for the new City Hall was con sidered and accepted. The proposed build ing is thirty-six ieet wide anl Stfw, feet long. It Is a two-story brick wiui stone finish ings. The lower floor is to be set aside for the fire department and Jan purposes, while Jthe second floor is to be occupied by the city omces. Tire estimated cost is kj.OC0, and'bkls will be considered Thursday, Oct. 4. RECEPTION j FOR GOV. M'KINLGY. Committee Having It In Cbnrge Iloldn tx Meeting. The committee for the reception of Gov, McKinley met last night in the Republican State central committee rooms with a large attendance. Gen. Fred Knefler was chosen chairman of the meeting and L. W. Drew secretary. The matters of music. lin- of march, number of clubs to be called out and the attendance from each received some preliminary discussion, but no definite con elusion waa reached. Another meeting will be held Wednesday night,- when plans will more nearly perfected. It is proposed to have two bands and a-tlrum corps in line. Governor McKthley; will arrive next Mon day night pver the Pennsylvania line and will be escorted to the Denlson House, from the balcony of which a five minutes' speech will o mode. ' Hon. Wm Bv Owen Recovering. Oliver P. Ensley has been placed In charge of the assignment of speakers In the Republican State committee room. The force of clerk! his been increased because of the great press of work refating to the campaign. The committee has received word from Hon. W. D. Owen, who Is In a Michigan sanitarium, that he is recovering rapidly and hopes to be able to resume his appointments next week. Thomas J. Hudson is in charge of the appointment of speakers In the Democratic State central committee. B. A. Eaton has charge of the literature department of the committee. He was formerly managing editor of the Sentinel. . i Hon. W. 1 Kennedy, nf Iovrn. Hon. W. F. Kennedy, of Oskaloosa, la., was a caller upon Chairman Gowdy yesterday morning. lie speaks to-night at Petersburg and' will devote all the week to Indiana points. Other speeches will be made by him during the week of Oct. 10. He is one of the most successful campaigners. Fourteenth AVnrd Lincoln LenKiie. An enthusiastic .meeting of the Fourteenth Ward Lincoln League Club was held at the South-side foundry. Addresses were made by Messrs. Carter, McMasters, Snow, Eubank. Black. Spooner. Van Buren, McGregor Dailey. Miller and Rooker. Mnrlott CltiVs' Reception. The hospitable Marion Club will open Its doors to-morrow night to all the political clubs of the city. The hours are from 7:3') to 10:30. The yard will be lighted up by an arc electric light and the time spent in a social way. The Congressional Candidates. Charles L. Henry and William D. Bynum are both speaking n Madison county this week, but the latter has an appointment for West Newton for Friday night.

NEARER THE .CITIES

Important Changes in the Loca tion of Regnlar Soldiers, Orders Issued for the Concentration of the Army and Abandonment of Several Western Posts. EASTERN FORCE INCREASED Only 255 Companies to Remain West of the Mississippi River. Number of Silver Dollars Coined Under the Unrepealed Portion of the Sherman Law Consols' Reports. WASHINGTON, Sept. 17. The order, anxiously awaited in army circles, providing for extensive changes in the location of the United States army, was Issued to-day and is as follows: CAVALRY. First Regiment Troop A, from the Fort Mier, Va Department of the Ea3t, to the Department oi the Colorado. Second Regiment The junior major and three troops from Colorado to Fort Riley, Kan., and Troop F from Fort Worth to Fort Riley. The lieutenant colonel and Troops B and I from Fort Bow.e, Arizona, to Fort Logan, Col. Tnfrd Regiment The senior major and Troops C, E, F and G, now temporarily at Fort Sheridan, 111., to Fort Etnan Allen; Vt., the movement to take place Oct. L Headquarters and two troops, one of them Troop D, from Oklahoma Territory by Oct. 1, and junior major to Jefferson Barracks, Mo. Sixth Regiment From the Department of the Platte to the Departments of the Missouri and East. Headquarters, junior major and Troops A, E, G anu H, now temporarily at Fort Sheridan, 111., to Fort Mier; the lieutenant colonel from Jeiferson barracks and three remaining troops to Fort Leavenworth; the movements to commence Oct. 1. Indian Troop L will remain at Fort Niobrara. Seventh Regiment Senior major and Troop F from Fort Mier to Fort Stanton, N. M.; the lieutenant colonel to Fort Riley. Eighth Regiment Troop H from. Fort Mier, and Troop D from Fort Leavenworth to the Department of Dakota. Ninth Regiment Troop K from Fort Mier to the Department of the Platte. Tenth Regiment Troop I from Fort Leavenworth to the Department of Dakota. Tne troops of the Seventh, Eighth and Ninth regiments, as in the foregoing, will move upon the arrival of the incoming garrison for Fort Mier. ARTILLERY. Third Regiment The Junior major and two batteries to Jackson barracks, La. INFANTRY. First Regiment One company from San Francisco harbor to San Diego barracks to relieve Company C, Tent lnfantrj't without unnecessary delay. Fifth Regiment To be concentrated at Fort Mcpherson. Ga., companies (A) at Forts Leavenworth, Kan., and (F) San Houston, Texas, going to Fort Mcfnerson. Sixth Refeiment Companies A from Fort Wood, N. Y., and E from Newport barracks to Fort Thomas, Ky. Seventh Regiment Companies H, now at Fort Leavenworth, and G, at Camp Pilot Butte, to Fort Logan. Eignth Regiment Headquarters and three companies from Fort McKinney to Fort D. A. Russell. Tenth Regiment To the Department of the Missouri: Headquarters and four companies to Fort Reno, four conpanles to Fort Sill, the distribution to include the two companies now at Fort Leavenworth. Twelfth Regiment Headquarters and Companies E and H from Fort Leavenworth, and Companies B, C and D from Fort Sully to Fort Niobarra. Fourteenth Regiment Company H from Ft. Leavenworth to Van Couver barracks Seventeenth Regiment From Fort D. A. Russell to the Deiartment of the East; headquarters and Companies A, C, D, E and G by Oct. 1 to Columbus barracks, O.; the lieutenant colonel, major and remaining three companies to the same station. .Nineteenth Itegimtnt Company C from Fort Mackinac do Fort Bradick, Mich. Twentieth Regiment From the Department of Dakota to Fort Lea ven worth; Indian Company I will remain at Fort Assinaboine ,In connection with the foregoing the following posts will be abandoned under usual orders to be promulgated hereafter: Fort Marcy, N. M.; Fort Bowie, Ariz.; Fort McKinney. Wyo.; Fort Sully, S. D.; Fort Supply, Okla. Ty.; Fort Mackinac. Mich.; Fort Ontario. N. Y.; Newport tariacks, Ky.; Mount Vernon barracks, Ala. Accompanying the hew order the War Department made public the following statement: "The order for the discontinuance of ithree recruiting posts Davis Island, Columbus barracks and Jefferson barracksIs ' contained In the announcement that troops to occupy these stations would soon be designated. The orders now issued by the War Department, and which have for some time been under consideration by, Secretary. Lament and General Schofield, provide garrisons for the old recruiting depots and, also contemplate a considerable concentration of the troops. Several of the smaller stations east of the Mississippi as well as a few in the Western country are given up as no longer necessary. The regiments that are to be brought East, in whole cr in part, are the Third and Sixth Cavalry, the Thirteenth and Seventeenth Infantry, and the whole Twentieth Infantry takes station at Fort Leavenworth. The Tenth Infantry that has heretofore been scattered between five posts, from the Pacific coast to the Missi3lppl valley, will now come together at Forts Sill end Reno, while the whole Fifth Regiment, formerly occupying five stations, 'will be assembled at Fort Mcpherson, Ga. "As soon as some changes are made in the quarters at Jefferson barracks and Columbus barracks, the two troops of cavalry now ordered to the former will be joined by four other troops, and the remainder of the Seventeenth Infantry will be sent to Columbus barracks, making the latter a regimental post. Davis island will be occupied by the artlliery.'aa the modern fortification that has been constructed there to command "the sound entrance to New York harbor is now receiving its armament and requires an artillery garris-on. Fort Columbus, on Governor's Island, will hereafter be an Infantry po3t to be ultimately Increased to a full regiment. "The total number of companies now , serving east of -the Mississippi is one hundred. In future it will be 119, occupying thirty-one posts. The gain ,c the eastern iosts comes from the West, tut the numiber of posts remaining west of Che Mississippi is forty-nine, and -the? ere garrisoned by. 243 companies, without counting the Indian companies, of which there are even. It will, therefore, be seen that not more than two-"thlrds of the regular army still remains in the Wet. Congress has ordered the building of two new posts, one in Montana and one 1n Arkansas. When these are completed other points will be given up and the troops still further con cent rated. General Howard's command will be Increased to nineteen companies. The department of the Platje lo.ses seven, Colorado four and Dakota eight. (ienernl Miles May fin Vlnnt. CHICAGO, Sept. 17. It was definitely announced to-day that Gen. Nelson A. Miles will be transferred to Governor's Island upon the retirement of General Howard, which occurs Nov. 8. It Is thought that General Ruger, of San Francisco, will succeed General Miles as major general in command of the Missouri. CO I SAG 12 OI S1LVKR. "What Has Ueen Done I'ndcr the Slierm a it Law. WASHINGTON. Sept. 17. Secretary CarHsle to-day made a statement concerning the coinige of filver dollars under this administration, the coinage being under the unrepealed portion of the Sherman act. It shows that since the administration came Into power 1.597.223 standard silver dollars have been coined, of which $T20,073 have been seigniorage. The Secretary says: "While the law provides that redeemed treasury notes may be reissued, It also Imposes an express limitation upon the power to reissue by declaring that 'no greater or less . amount of such notes shall be outstanding at any time than the cost of the silver bullion and the standard silver dollars coined therefrom then held in the treasury purchased by such notes.' When

such notes are redeemed In gold there Is . no obstacle in the way of their reissue, because such redemption does not affect the stock of silver held In the treasury under , the act of July 14. 1SIX). but wsn they are ;

redeemed with silver coined trom the bullion purchased under that act they must be retired and canceled, for. otherwise, there would be. after the redemption and reissue, a greater amount of notes outstanding than the cost of the silver originally purchased and then held In the treasury, and this Is expressly prohibited by the statute. The purpose of Congress was to rrevent the duplication of the currenc)-, which would be the case If the notes and the silver purchased with the notes could be outstanding at the same time. 'TTeasury note tC-lved in the ordinary course of buslnea?.-or redeemed In gold or exchanged for silver dollars not coined from bullion, purchased under the act of July 14. 1&J0, are r.t retired and canceled. All such notes are re':sued. Prior to the 1st day of July. 1851, silver dollars to the amount of tJG.31S.2f4 were coined from the bullion purchased unde;r that act. The socalled gain or seigniorage arising from this coinage was $6.S67,S(XJ. which was paid Into the treasury as a miscellaneous m receipt, leaving $29.4,461 to be held as a fund to provide for the redemption of the treasury notes, as provided oy law. At the begin ning of the present administration this sum of $29,4SO,4ol was still in the treasury, and standard silver dollars to the amount of Jl.o97.223 have been coined since that time. Of this laet sum, however. $520,073 was seigniorage, leaving $1,077,144 to be held In the treasury. It appears, therefore, that the whole coinace under the act has been J37,905.4S7. and that the amount to be held in the treasury for redemption purposes was $30,557,605. Of this sum 5i.l21.0)0 have been used in the redemption of the notes, and that amount has been retired and canceled. No treasury note has been redeemed In silver unless silver was demanded, the policy and practice of the department having always been to redeem In the kind of money demanded by the holder of a note. The presentation of treasury notes for redemp tion in silver began in August. J5T3, when there was a gre.u scarcity of currency of small denominations, and there was redeemed during that month J1.273.2C7, which is the largest amount that has been presented during any one month. As shown above, there were held in the treasury at the beginning of this administration X29,480.4C1 In silver, coined from the bullion purchased under the act of July 14, 1KW. Notwithstanding the fact that ;i.lS7,223 have been coined since that time there are now on hand only ?2T,,189.724. SWISS LIKE OUR CATTLE. Xew Mnrket for Roth Live nnd Dreaned American Reeves. WASHINGTON, Sept. 17. A movement for the importation of American cattle Into Switzerland has been set on foot Indirectly through the instrumentality of Mr. Eugene Germain, the United States consul at Zurich. Not long ago Mr. Germain sent to the department a report entitled "Prospects for American Beef in Switzerland." It was printed in the New York Staats Zeltung, a copy of which reached the Zurich Public Library. The article was brought to the attention of the Baurnbund, a farmers' organization, and a meeting was called with a view to taking steps to secure young American cattle to replenish the stables of the farmers, who are badly in need of such stock. Negotiations are under way which the consul believes will- result in a committee being sent to America to investigate, and If found practicable to purchase young cattle for shipment to Switzerland. Consul Germain has sent to the' department an extract from an article recently published in the Hamburg Live Stock Journal, descriptive of the arrival of the steamship Prussia, from New York, July 27, with 310 head of live beeves and the carcasses of 150 shipped in quarters. Several shipments of live beeves had been made a fewyears before, but for some cause the business was discontinued. With the success of .the Prussia's trip the Hamburg Journal states the question of importing live American beef cattle as well as dressed beef has received a new Impetus. The Prussia is the first of five new steamers built by the Hamburg-American Packet Company for this business, each to have a earning capacity of four hundred head of cattle. This first trip lasted fou-teen days. The animals were fed with hay and corn and landed in good condition. The Hamburg Journal says: "It Is to be expected that German agrarians will oppose these Importations, but it will meet with the approval of the consumers and allow the poorer classes to eat meat, which, at present. Is beyond their reach. It is to be hoped that the Importations will make good progress. Experience has shown that the quality of the American meet Is as good as. the best German; that American cattle are healthier than German cattle, and it is acknowledged that tuberculosis is rarely found among the American cattle." THE COLUMBIA I2LICS. Arrangements for Ret tint? Them to Madrid nnd Home. WASHINGTON, Sept. 17.-The State Department is making preparations to return to their owners the Columbian relics exhibited at the world's fair. It is expected that the United States steamship Machlas will be ready to sail from New York early next month. The relics now In Washington -will be taken to New York in the custody of a representative of the State Department, accompanied by a guard of marines from the Washington, navy yard.. The Machlas will sail directly for Cadi... Spain, where she will be met by the secretary of the American legation at Madrid. To this olfic?r will be delivered the relics belonging to the Spanish government, and a guard of marines and blue jackets from the Machlas will accompany the secretary of the legation to the capital, where the relics will be returned to the Spanish government, with a letter from President Cleveland to the Queen Regent, thanking her in btihalf of the government and the people of the United States for the loan of the articles. The Machlas will then go to Naples, where the ship will be met by the secretary of tie American embassy at Rome. He will take enlarge of the Vatican relics and return them to Rome, also accompanied by a naval guard and bearing a letter of thanks from the President to his Holiness, the Pope. Having discharged her mission the Maiehias will proceed by way of the Suez canal to China to watch American Interests during the war. WORKMEN'S INSURANCE. Consul Warner' Report on tne Operation nf the German I.nvr. WASHINGTON, Sept. 17. Consul Warner, of Cologne, has furnished the State Department with information regarding the operation of the German law which has been In effectt since 1885 for the compulsory Insurance against, accidents of workmen whose salaries do not exceed $476 per annum. In '1892 tha cost to the Rhenish and WestphaJlan smelting works and roUtng mills was about $3.90 for each workman. Since the Inauguration of compulsory insurance in Germany un to the end of 1893 German industries have paid in capital and reserve fund about $8S,0u0.OtA At the close of 1832 the number of persons Insured against accidents in ierattve works were 18.014.280. The total expenditures In 1802 amounted to $12,542,767. distributed as fillows: $7,Gv.$C8 for indemnification, $246,354 for examinations of accident, $123,163 for court of arbitration, $110,527 for protection against accidents. $1.3.1C2 for general administration and $3,032,072 laid aside as reserve fund. The capital at the end of the year lJC'l amounted to $0,435,791. fo that the coat of the administration amounts to 11 per cent, of the expenditures. Schedule It of the Tariff Act. NEW YORK, Sept. 17. The board of general appraisers, in an . opinion drawn by United States General Appraiser T. S. Sharrett3, of Baltimore, Md., sent to Collector Kilbreth, of the port of New York, holds that schedule K of the new tariff act does not go Into effect as to the articles therein provided for until Jan. 1, 1S3C. but that all fabrics manufactured from wool, worsted, the ha'r of the camel, goat, alpaca cr other animals are dutiable under the McKinley act until that date. This i In accordance with the r revisions of the wooien pools schedule and the deferring of the date was made in order that the trade could adopt itself to the change. Effect of Free Lumber. OSWEGO. N. Y.. Spt. 17. The effect of the Wilson bill placing lumber on the free list is being felt here. Ten cargoes, with a total of 1.700.000 feet of lumber, have arrived here within the past thirty-six hours. awaiting shipment. Lumbermen are jubilant, as are also five hundred 'longshoremen, most of whom have done nothing all .summer. . CJenernl Noten. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WASHINGTON, Sept. 17. Frederic Ftumpf has been appointed postmaster at Oak Forest, Franklin county, vice J.' C. Pflum, deceased. The Commissioner of Immigration received a letter to-day from Mr. McNicholl. general passenger agent of Lie Canadian Pacific railway, saying that all the Canadian transportation companies carrylnsr

Immigrants Into th United Stat had agreed to pay the lneTeai tax: (ll Iraposod by the sundry civil appropriation wet. The net cash In the trury at the do of business to-day was fUS.OKC . of which $-j7,4SO,3oI represented the goli reserve. ODD FELLOWS ACTIVE

fa RAM) XI RK CA 91 PII ELL'S REPORT ON THE ORDER'S COMHTIOX. II I BT Incrcime In MemberM Tronlil with i:nrorenn Athelnta The Sisters of Rebeknh. CHATTANOOGA. Tenn.. Sept. 17. The Sovereign Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows met this morning at Lookout Inn and was welcomed to the State by Gov. Peter Turney. He was followed by Mayor Ochs, who welcomed the visitors to Chattanooga ani Hamilton county. The response was made by Grand Sire C. L. Campbell, who said in part "Once more It Is my privilege to welcome you to the annual t-essioa of the Sovereign Grand Lodge. When you met In Atlanta, twenty years ago, the jurisdiction forming the territory recognized politically as the Southern States contained lf?s than six thousand Odd Fellows. To-day the brotherhood In the same section approximates &ftw, a net Increase during the year under the Sovereign Grand Lole of 2..KI7, making at the end of lssrj a toul membership of 73.122, or, including the sisters of the Rebekah degree, S.741, adding sm 25.0CO members in foreign Jurisdictions th membership shrvs n toal of about M3.j0 at the end of 2Sy3. The expenditure of $3,313,00 for ourposos of relief is a puRicient evidence oi the activity In Odd Fellowship. "The showing of the order In fortign lands has not materially changed during the year. Among the Teutonic nations of Europe very good progress has leen made, as you will see by the report of our special deputj, Brother Herman lilo k. Among the 1-atin nations, whether In Europe or America, v the returns are not very satisfactory. In Sweden the state of the order has warranted me In acting on the authority you gave me last session, and 1 have issued to the lodges in that country a charter for a grand lodge. The publication of the ritual In the Swedish language having ,been authorized by you, a translation was prepared by Amicatia Lodge, No. 3, of Sweden. During the year a nuraler of residents of Naples. Italy, Joined in a request for a charter for a lodge in their city. I am prepared to recommend that their request be granted. In the course of correspondence with Brother Block on the Naples petition I had occasion to discuss with him a question wnlch, while it has not attained any prominence In connection with Odd Fellowship, has more or less affected other benevolent societies in Europe; and that Is the development of atheism among certain classes of the people. Odd Fellowship, while it is free from anything of a sectarian character, has always held belief in a Supreme Being as a cardinal principle, and has maintained the fatherhood of God as a doctrine of equal importance with the brotherhood of man. Concerning the qualities and attributes of the Divine Father It has never undertaken to pronounce with authority: nor does it question the moral character and good citizenship of some of those who declare that they have no belief In a Supreme B?Ing. It simply exercises the right of all voluntary associations to prescribe the qualifications for membership In lis own circle. Anl it has Insisted and does still Insist that belief in God is necessary to attain or retain a place within our ranks. The only part of British North America not hitherto occupied by us Is the colony of Newfoundland, but a petition was received from St. Johns, the capital of the island, a short time since, and a charter granted for a lodge. The only section throughout our entire Jurisdiction where peace and harmony does not prevail 13 the State of Kansas. The situation there will be brought td your attention and deserves your serious consideration. "The Order of Patriarchs Militant has not been idle, for some eleven new cantons have been mustered Into service since last September. "The enthusiasm which has characterized the sisterhood of Rebekah during the pa.t few years seems to continue unibated. At the end of 1833 there were 2U2.412 in this department, of whom 1US.C12 were sisters. At the same rate of increase we may assume that there are to-day no less than 115,0X noble women united with u In benevolent work. The Jaws govtrning this branch require a careful revision, while the wishes of the sisters themselves, estncially conversant as they are with the work should receive from us the most careful consideration. While our sitters of Rebekah have assisted In all branches of toe benevolent work of Odd fellowship, they have rendered us special aid in establishing and supporting homes and orphanages. And in no department of our work has there been so decided progress as In making provision for the agtd members and orphaned children. I have had tne pleasure of Inspecting i..? orphanage in Lincoln. III., where some eighty children are under the guardianship of our brethren In that jurisdiction, in an institution complete with every appliance requisite for the purpose. New York has provided an additional home, which I was permltttd to formally open only a few days ago. Pennsylvania. Massachusetts, Connecticut, Kansas. Texas and Wisconsin have excellent homes for the aged and orphanages In acdve operation, while many other jurisdictions an accumulating funds and preparing buildings for this laudable work." The report of the grand treasurer, Isaac A. Shepard, how: Cash balance as per last reiort. $3-!.7G.72; sundry receipts during the year, C74.4ii8.21, making the cash, $108,534.9.1 Expenditures during the year were $75,283.08. leaving a balance In the hands of treasurer of $33,251.25. The available assets of the Sovereign Grand Ixxige at this date are as follows: Cash balance in the treasury. $33,2.iL25; Ienigh Valley Railroad Company 4V per cent, bonds, $13,000; P. W. A B. R. R. Company 4 per cent, bonds, Jla.tfJO. maiting a total of 5j3,251.25. The total available assets as per report Aug. 19. HOi, were $ri),07S.72. showing a loss In assets of $15,825.47. In his annual report, Theodore A. Ross, grand secretary and adjutant-general of the order, rays the business depression throughout the country .has 'retarded the growth of the order. He adds: "We cannot, of course, exhibit such a splendid array of figures, denoting large gains, as the tables of 1892 permit us to present, but under the circumstances, the great depression of business In every channel, depriving thousands of our members of th means of obtaining a livelihood, we should be well satisfied with the result. It was generally expected that the outcome would be worse; that instead of a net pain of 32.K97 members In the rulKrdInate lodges. 3.47 in encampments and 21.&73 in Rebekah lodges during the year 1S33, It was feared that a loss In all branches of the order would have to be recordec. The financial statement shows that $101,000 has been appropriated and $73,S3 expended during the year. The grand treasurer ha $33.2il cash on hand. $30,00) of railroad bonds, and other items, making the total assets of the Sovereign Grand Lodge $107,721. A nummary of the statistics of the order from 1830 shows that the toVil receipts have reached the enormous sum of $1GS.A4;,2&7. of which $G4.37t,223 has gone for relief to members' widows and families. The secretary directs attention tr the fact that the 'color' question has arisen 1n the Hawaiian Islands lodges. The constitution of the Odd Fellows limits membership to free white nn les. " Grand Fir Fisher reports from the Sandwich Islands: "V have members In our lodge who are married to three-quarter whites; that is the wife is three-fourths white and one-quarter native, consequently the children are seven-eighths white. They are Just as white and fair as any tody born in the States, are American citizens and belong to other secret organizations, and when they return to their mother's native country thev are not permitted to Join the I. O. O. F. I consider it a great Injustice, but, nevertheless, it Is the law. and we must aLHe by it. But the sooner the law is changed, mere especially concerning this country, the better." The attendance of delegate has fallen greatly below the expectations of those who have had the arrangements for their entertainment In hand. The failure of the railroads to give a .satisfactory rate is ald by those here to be the cause of the light attendance. The chances are that the next meeting of the Sovereign Gmnd Ixxle will le held in WahinRton.. The mat;er is being discus-fed, and it 1 gneraii- conceded that Washington will be the lucky city. Ilnrrifton'n Speeche. Cincinnati Commerclal-Gazetfe. Ex-President Harrison's modest, saying that he expect to make h few ppeeches this fall has caught the public eye. A fw speeches by Hirrlson will add a good deal to the campaign. Lucky Man. Boston Transcript. 4 Ce.esr wr a lucky man. He could go around whTe he pleased and his wife never askci any annoying questions. She was above susr-icion. linn Arrived. Kansas City Journal. The co;ning woman has arrived. She occupies a place on the Republican iU ticket In Colorado.

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