Indianapolis Sentinel, Volume 34, Number 44, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 February 1885 — Page 4

THE IKDIANAI'OLIS DAILY SENTINEL FRIDAY MORNING FEBRUARY 13 1885.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13. orriCF 71 and 73 West Market Street. HATES of suicHirnox. Indianapolis Hentlncl for 1 HS. Dlly, Sanday and Weekly Editions. DAI.'.V. I'elivered by carrier, per week $ 2" Daily, lacla. ling Sunday, per week 30 lat'r, per annum, by mall . 13 00 Dally, per annum, l7 nail. Including Sunday, ty nail 12 00 Daily, delivered by carrier, per annuo 12 00 Dally, delivered by carrier, per annum, Inelf din? Sunday .... .. H CO Dally, to newsdealer, per copy ,. a HunJay edition of eUbtv-four columns- 2 CO Hun Jay Sentinel, by carrier 2 5 Tu newsdealers, per copy . W Y t. K I. v. Weekly, per annum $ i on The postage on aubcription by mail la prepaid by tne publisher. Newsdealers upplled at three centip;r copy. Postage or other charges prepaid. Entered a second class matter at the Tostorlice at Indianapolis, Ind. ANOTHER HORBOB. TheElaekley Aims House in West Philadelphia, Pa., burned la-st night. Another fearful lota of life is reported. Perhaps twenty hamaa beings were burned to death. The first mails from Chicago since Sunday tame yesterday. Tm struggle for the United States 8enatcrship in Il.inois promises to be long and Interesting. This Kak8 us feel envious: "Violets are in bloom and crocus plants are feeling their way throagh the ground," says a Portland, Ore., paper. The Democratic caucus last night did not R;:re upon a Congressional Apportionment bill. Tbe rratter was placed in the hands of a committee to report next Monday n'ght. Mr.. Cr.F.vELAM ha3 made a dead failure in or e direction. The Blaine organs fail to be Phased with anything that he does or profuses to do. The hotel he selected in New York did not suit them. Bad. Mp. Blaise is reading proof on his secoad volume, lie cays it is wearing him out. It is not, perhap3, so p!ea?ant as reading proof on his inaugural. The saddest words, under eome circumstances, are "it might hare been." Thz second baitle of Saii&h now being fought is not eo bloody as the first one, but there seems to te an unnecessary amount of bad blood ia it for a paper fight, and then the most alarming feature about it is that Lew Wallace remains to l9 heard froa. A good suggestion is made for the benefit cf those who fail to secure quarters in Washinpton on the 1th cf March. Fast and frequent trains run from B lit i more to Washington within an hour. Prices to be charged ia Washington are said ta be 4,mo3t exorbitant." A iiiue good-natured cheering which greeted the announcement of the election of Cleveland and Hendricks at the National Capitol last Wednesday is called the "rebel yell" by the Journal. If Blaine and Logan had been the successful candidates, and Ma hone, Longstreet, Moseby, Key and Chalmers had given the screech we suppose the 'rebel yell," under auch circumstances, would have been quite musical to the blcody-shirt organs. Although there have been many etxtements made recently to the contrary, yet weil-informed gentlemen in Washington state most positively that Mr. Cleveland has net yet offered a place in the Cabinet to any person, A reliable Albany observer siys that Mr. Cleveland is now considering the qualifications of every man who has baen su?gested fcr a place in the Cabinet, and will within a few days s?lect from the number the eeven who will become his constitutional advisers. The gentlemen selected will ne notified of the fact in a busine33-liks communication, in which there will not be an invitation to go to Albany. Probably some of the gentlemen wIid will be soon informed of Mr. Cleveland's desire to have them in his Cabinet will go to Albany, but their presence wiil not te requested. Thit Mr. Bayard will te akea to become Secretary of State is generally believed. TUEN AND NOW. In alluding u the action of Senator Edmunds in announcing the electoral vote last Wednesday, the Washington correspondent of the Chicago Timej eiys: "Fight years ego there was a oteria of Republican Senators tnat proposed to assert the right of tne President of the Senate to count the r ctoral vote and determine the result. Mr. Ferry, of Michigan, was then President of the Senate, and he was perfectly willing to constitute himself a National Returning Board, throw out the Democratic electoral votes cf Florida, Sjuth Carolina and Louisiana, and declare Hayes and Wheeler elected. Oliver P. Morton and John Sherman were the leaders of this movement, and the eherne would have been tried had most of the Republican Senators consented to it. Unfortunately for the conspirators, thsy found themeelves in a very small minority. George F. Edmunds and Koscoe Conkling bf aded the considerable majority of Republicans who believed it better that the Republicans should lose the Presidency than that they should assert such enormous and i'aneerous powers for the President of the Senate. "Mr. Edmunds occupied the same position that Mr. Ferry did eight years ago, and he seized the opportunity to establish the precedent, so far as it lay in his power to do, in

denylne the power of the President of the Senate to do anything more than to report to the joint convention of the two Houses of Congress what the tellers of the electoral vote announced to him. There was on the surface no occasion for his volunteering any euch statement. He was not authorized to it by the Senate or by Congress. The circumstances of the counting did not call for the exercise of any judicial functions on hia part, even if he hd possessed or thought he possessed such functions, and there was, therefore, in the occasion itself no necesslly for hLs disclaiming judicial functions."

THE COST OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS. The amount of money used to construct public building! by the Federal Government seema almost fabulous. One gets a glance at it thrjuh a report recently made by Mr. Stcckslagtr, now representing the Third District of this State in Congress. He is chairman of "tbe committee on public buildings," and the report accompanies his bill to reorganize the effice of supervising architect of the Treasury. From 107 to 1SG1 there was disbursed for the purchase or construction of public buildings $21,S71.13:. Sinco 1801 there has been disbursed fcr the same purpose about ?CG 000 000, making the total amount $37,730.425. These? sums are exclusive cf the District of Coluoib?a. Of the total given above, there wa3 spent in New York state ?15,S"j,5tt; Pennsylvania, $.135,lt'3 ; Massachusetts, ?3 23:i 075 ; Illinois 7,71S,:1; Ohio, 1,231; Louisiana, 398,252; California $4.3:3,?LH; Smth. Carolina, $3,:;J8S3, Maryland, J 1:,3x1; Maine, Jp-2G78 0CS; Tennessee, 1,432 032; Connecticut, ?1,CSG5S2; and other states smal tr surr s. Mr. Stcckslager has prepared also, alUt of the maximum limit for each public building as fixed by Congress and by way of contract the amount actually expended afterward. Ia almost every case this maximum limit was largely exceeded. The cost of the present Chicago Custom House, which was originally fixed at 1,000,000, exceeded that less than 50 per cent., which i3 a moderate excess compared with some of the buildings. The original limit in the case of tbe Bo3ton Pesic 0 ice was $1,500,000, and no money was pent till contracts for the completion of the building within that limit were made, and yet the building has cost over $l,"o5,ooo. The original cost of the New York Po3tollice wa3 to be $'5,000,000 and there was the same provision as in the Boston Postcfllce, tnat no money Bhould be spent till contracts for the completion of the building within the limit were let. The baildicg ccst very nearly $:,G00,CCO. In Cincinnati tho limit was -83,500,000. Nearly 82.0C0,0C0 in exce S3 of that has been spent, and the building is still in progress. In Philadelphia, the original limit was $1,5C0.0OO. This wa3 increased to 3,000,000, and then 1 000,000, and the building actually cost over 0,OG'.000. This sort of thing is not confined to th9 great cities. Congress ordered a building in Columbia, S. C, to ccst 70,000, and it ccst S107.COO. A building in Kncxville, Tenn., was to have cost 88,0OO, and it coU tis 500. The buildings at Raleigh, N. C, and Port'and, Ore., ccst three and four times the original limit. The building at Windsor, Vi., was to have cjst $25,000, and it cujt s-o,G00. The building at Milwaukee was to h-ive cost J.h.oco, exclusive of site, audit has ccet The building at Mobile ; est nearly four times the estimate. That at Hartford, Conn , cjst 1(5,000, instead of $300.000. The building at San Francisco has needed the original limit more than 50 per cent., and it is unfinished. The Custom House st New Haven, ost more than double the sum first fixed. The building at Atlanta has test nearly three timei the original limit, though the site wasobtained gratuitously. The Louisville Custom House rost more than three times, and the building at Bangor, Me., nearly four time?, tbe original limit. Th:p report is valuable and instructive, and we desire that our Republican friends should cut out tha cases cited ia the foregoing for faturo refererce. Tue?e expenditures, made during the last two decades, were made for the mo3t part under th9 auspices cf the g. o. p. We will eee whether fature Democratic admmi3trations will improve npen them. We premise, of course, tbat the "g, o. p " has found a crave from hich there will be no resurrection. A BIO BILL AND BIO SERVICE. The ocean steamer Lake Winnipeg towel the great steamer Alasta Into the port of New York the other day after finding her in a disabled condition several hundred mius out at sea. The claim for the job amounts to a small fortune 5.200,000. Of coursa it will be settled by tne B?ard of Under avriters and Court of Arbitration. It eeerjs to be an enormous bill, and jet the Alaska was probably saved from a terrible i'ite perhaps total loss with all on board. A passenger who had crossed the Atlantic thirty times says that the trip was the most eventful that he ever exreriented. His account is interesting. The rudder of the steamer broke just a3 a terrible gale wa3 moderating, on Tuesday, February 3. A few minutes alter the rudder broke the vessel swung into the trough of tbe eea and rolled terribly. It was dülicult to walk on her decks. Many of the pis3engera appreciated the danger and became thoroughly alarmed. They stayed np all night, so as to be ready tor any emergency. The steerage passengers were cot allowed on declr. The weather was exceedingly old, end pieces of ice kept falling from the shrcuds. At times the wayes broke over the deck. Matters were not improved on Wednesday. The vessel was still oa ber beam ends, and if a storm had come np, nothing could have sayed her. It was fortunate that the rudder broke just aa the storm was moderating. Ten sailors were severely injured by various accidents. Daring Wednesday the passengers became more and mere a'armed. All attempts at steering were abandoned, the engines were stopped,

and Captain Murray determined to wait until help should arrive. That day the vessel drifted back fifty-eight miles. About 8 o'clock that evenlüg the lights of the steamer Late Winnipeg were sighted. Captain

j Murray ordered rackets to be sent up. These J rockets carried bombs which burst with a tremendous explosion, but the Winnipeg gave no sign that she had eeen or heard j them. The Captain then ordered a fire to be lighted on the deck at the stern. The deck was of iron, and when the fire was built cf ras soazed in oil it made a tremendous b'aze, and extended the width ol the deck. The eteamer Winnipeg saw the light, thought the Alaska was on fire and went to her assistance. When she came within hailing distance there was an affecting scene among tne passengers. The ladies were entirely overcome. Two heavy chain cables were drawn over the stern of the Alaska to the bow cf the Winnipeg. This was accomplished by 4 o'clock the next morning, and the Alaska started ahead. At midnight of Friday, duriDg a severe gale, the cables parted, and the ship was once more at the mercy of the elements. At daylight the Winnipeg was again taken in tow, and the port of New York was finally reached without farther accident. The Alaska had on board nearly 3X) passengers. Sue is perhaps the fastest ship tbat sails having earned tne title of the "Ocean Greyhound." If the bill for Siviag her and the many lives she carried seean large the service rendered was large also almost reaching tha limits of computation In dollars and cent?. PREPARATIONS FOR THE BALL. The preparations for the inacsual cerv rSnonles and attendant festivities at Washing ton proceed rapidly now as the day approaches. The ball promises to be the most attractive and extensive affair of the kind ever given in the country. Tne pension building where it will be giveu will hold nearly CO,0CO people. A correspondent of the New York San seems to have given the subject yery minute attention, asd he says that the building will hold more people than St. Peter's Church. Just now it is a wiidernejs cf scaffolding, but order is coming out of chacs as If by magic. Oa Monday the canvass roof W&3 put on. It is lice a double A tent, with three great roof tree3 to aupDort it, besides an ingenious contrivance to hold it in place. No such ball room was evfr dreamed of as that of the great courtyard roofed over. It is surrounded by large balconies supported by 111 pillars. The &pa:e under thee balconies make3 a magniticeut promenade. The President will enter the room by the noith door, which will be drsped with crinisoi silk curtains. The opposite dcor will be concealed by a gigantic mirror. These entrances arch really carriage ways.so their 3lze may be imagined. The d?ccratio".s will be of the most expensive material. The New York contractors have icsured the decorations for f 'O.üOO. The balconies will be heng with dark-red velvet, spangled with coll. Fach of the 1 1 1 pillars will ba hung with silk flags, while beneath the balrcnies w.ll be shields embroidered with the coat of arms ol the diflereat States and Terrifies, and bung with silk Mags tipped with tilver spear points. The Botanical Gardens, the Agricultural Department and the White House will furnish unlimited palms and ferns. The same correspondent says that PreüiCent Cleveland will return to the custom of Washington and Jefferson and stand on a dais durirg the openiDg ceremonies cf the ball. By his side will be a chair made of dowers, and the dais will have over it a caropy of flowers, such as ex-Senator Tabor was married under. Every bare spot on the wall will be covered with bunting, and the eight great pillars, reaching from floor to roof, will be covered with silica to represent marble. The electric light will be freely employed, and over the dais will be the American eagle done in ga3 jets. Among the ornament3 will be the Capitol made o tlowers and large 11 oral ships. Another correspondent sajs, however, that tte President and the then ex-President Arthur will dance in the first set the former having for a partner Mrs McEIroy, the sister of Mr. Arthur, and the latter dance with Miss Cleveland. Now. if Mr. Biaine could be persuaded out of the "sulks" and shake a fcot oa this festal occasion, there might be established an entente cordiale among all parties and sections that the bloody-shirt organs with their fiery sectional appeals could never affect The Republicans, envious as usual, think the Democrats will never have another chance to get up a ball ar.d that therefore they are "turning themselves loose" this time. An incident is given to illustrate ths cost cf going to the ball in a quie; sort of a way with one's sweetheart. A young man ent to the committee in thj ball roorfi the ether day and wanted to know how much it would cost to t:txe hlmcelf and a young woman to the ball. The Chairman stopped tbe scratching cf his pea long enough to ask: "Carriage?" "No." "Two tickets, 5-10; two sappers, $2; four car tickets, twenty cents-U-.'J). Gjod mornirir " PERSONAL?. The mother of Evangelist Moody celebrated the completion of her eichtieth year at Ncrthfield, Mass., last Thursday. Peokessok Agassi, being asked to lecture, declined, epigrammatically, thus: "I can not afford to waste my time making money." Senatok Camekon has a new claim to farce. A hog with six legs beneath and two above Its bov'y ami two tails was born oa his farm last week. Of Charles Dicken, Cieorge Eliot wrote: j "Dickers in tbe cbair a position he fills reI markably well, and speaking with clearness and decision. His appearance is ceJtainly disappointing no benevolence ia the face, and, I think, little ia the head; the anterior lobe not by any means remarkable. In fact, he i4 uot di5tiaguish:d logtins ia any way

neither haadsome nor ualy, neither fat nor thin, neither tall nor short." Mus Asthosy, it Is remarked, seems to grow younger as her years pile up. She is now s5xty-fonr years eld, and her face is no more wrinkled than at fifty. Bri c k Joy, the English sculptor, is coming to America on a holiday trip. He is now just finishing a statute of Lord Frederick Cavendish, the Phi nix Park victim, which will shortly be unveiled at Barrow-in-Furness. Tilt: Lees of Virginia are coming to toe front again in the Old Dominion. General Robert E. Lee's daughter, having finished her wandering, is socially prominent; and "Euney" Lee, now on his farm in Fairfax, probably will be the next Democratic candidate for Governor. John Kelly is recovering. He takes a gallop in Central Park every fine day, and takes a great deal of rest. He is net allowed to see the daily papers or to read his letters. He looks hearty, but his short, stubby beard is a trifle whiter, bis face is pale, and he bears all the marks of a severe illness. He will go South in a few days, with hia wife and child. The wife of the Japanese Minister at Washington rec eives her guest j with a pretty and graceful English welcome. 8be is h tiny lady, not much above four feet in bight, with clear, creamy complexion, straight eyes, srch?d evebrows, and an abundance of coal Mack hair. She dresses in rich French toilet and converses through the medium of nn isteroreter. A gooo imtance of Mr. EvarU' cheerfulness and address wes atforde.l at the celebrated Bar dinner, where Charles O'Conor and Evarts came in together, and, looking down the table before they took their seats, O'Conor said in hia doubtful, complaining voice: "I don't know what I can eat." Mr. Evarts, thin as If his food never stuck to his ribs, also looking down the table, Immediately exclaimed: ''I don't see what I can't eat "

Grerl Ormit. 1 Communicate d.l Soice one hes taid "Republics are ungrateful." This idea probably originated in the fact that republics have no titler and orders to confer, norvB3t confiscated lauded estates to give eway. But republics confer more lasting tributes to those who serve thsm well than any titles or orders. England rccde Wellely a Doke, a Knight of the Garter and a millionaire, but America embalmcd Washington and Lincoln in its heart of hearts, and there they will remain tbe idols of the people while trie Unite! States continues to be a republic. But of late years there has sprung up a class of patriots who are not content with the devotion and idolatry cf 50,(00,00 of people, and to be transmitied in history as tha saviors of a nation, nor are they coatent to have added thereto all the honors and emoluments that a free people can give; but, having exhausted these, and after having millions given to them by admiring individuals, they haye the ellrontery to demand payment in money a?ain and again, for service.? which can not be computed in dollars and cents, and which, if tbey cculd, have been paid for long 80 ! These preliminary remarks no one will have any difficulty in applying to General Grant. After having conferred on him eTery honor that a grateful people had at their disposal, and after having received from the Nation and individuals more millions than any other man ever received from a nation for servkea rendered, this man comes again before the people, and asks as a matter of right that he be placed on the retired list as General, with aa income of some 5.15, 00 a year, as long as he lives. From the tenirnr In which this question is treated by the Republican pspera, one wcnld tuppose that there is but one side to it, and that the people were all in favor of it. and that the soldiers wero clamorous for It. But this Is not true. Grant was never the favorite General amccg the soldiers, and the people have, from a grateful sense of duty, ronferred on hira highest honors they have in their keeping, end as much money a3 would satisfy any rer.sonably rccde?t man, and tbey are rapidly becoming digested at this persistent ell.rt of Grant's to force more money out cf the public Treasury and into his pcckfct, for it is needless to say that be himself is at the bottom cf this movement to retire him as General. A short review of his cart er may not be uninteresting, and may serve to frechen tbe micas of people in regtrd to some thing that they may have forgotten, or tl at may but dimly rest ia their n ertcry. I do not prefer to eav anything about his connection with the whiaky rirjg, er Black Friday, or any of these disreputable acts that are no: matters cf bktcry. But there are two EC's of Lis administration while President which wiil go down in history as specimens of fe-ifishness and disregard of the interests ard welfare of ti:e brave soldiers who made him what ba is unparalleled in civilized or barbarous history. I refer to his signing the celebrated "salary grab" bill, whereby he doubled his on salary and dated that back Uo jears, and near the same time vetoed the bill to equalize the bounty cf soldiers. As I before said, he never was the favorite General with the soldiers, and this act allerated from him manv who had been bis iriends before. And connected with this movement to retire him are many things which look like the boldest kind ot sbvsterin;. I do not say that Grant is doin that thjstering. but it must be transparent to every one that he knows it is being done, and he says rot a word to prevent it To illustrate: For months the papers have been filled with accounts of his abject povfrty. Abjpct poverty" were the vords nsed by one influential paper. And en that all the changes have been rung from beggary up to corn bread and buttermilk three time's a day. Grant could not be ignorant that these things were being said, and these impressions wre going out to the people, and yet we now learn from indubitable authority that te has an income of $15,000 a year. and that the investment is rapidly appreciating in value. Again, a day or so before tne firm of Grant Sc Ward collspeed Grant borrowed of Vanderbilt $150.000, and the Dext dav arter tbe collapse Grant deeded to Yandefbilt all his real estate to secure the debt. But Vanderbilt refused to accept of the deeds. He would Dot deprive Grant of a home; he would rather forgive the debt, etc., etc., ad nauseam. And the country rang with the liberality ol YaaderbiU, Cat hl ffa not the

eBd. He immediately sued on the note, got judgment and executed and sold, not only the real estate he had before refused to tike from the General, but also all the presents and souvenirs he had received since the war, and even the sword he carried during the war! And have you heard a word trom Grant or any one else ab-mt the hard-heartedness, the selfishness ot Vanderbilt? If Yanderbilt and the friends of drant had concocted a scheme by which to appeal to the sympathy of Congress aad the people, coold they have devised a better one than this? Tben note another stranse thing. From the time Grant accepted the Presidency the first time until two months ago he wasrever itnown to refuse a present, great or srnaH. Bat when Sherman had raised menpy from Gould, Field, etc., ti pay off the Yanderbilt judgment "his dignity would not allow him to accept of a present!" His dignity did not interfere with his accepting ?2"'0,000 from, these same men a few years ago, but now it will not allow him to accept flCO.OuO. And all the papers are f ill of laudations. One says: "See the grand old rraa, wita beggary staring him in tae face (with an income cf only 11 per day); he has the dignity to refuse to degrade himself by accepting a present." Take the whole history of this transaction from the time Grant started to borrow the money from Yanderbilt up to the present time, and if a scheme had been devised by regular shysters to excite the eyni pat hies of the people and bulldoze Congress, no better concatenation of circuu stances could have been thought cf. Now the people are talking about these thirds aud wondering why it is that everything rame around so aptly. Urder these circumstances, and in view of the great honors and vast sums of money that have been lavished on this n an. tney think it is tima to call a halt and coLsiderthe matter carefully before acting on it. There are thousands and tens cf thousands of soldiers all over the country wounded and broken down in heiltb, to whom a few hnndreds of dollars would be a God send, and the income which It is now proposed to give him, hereby increasing his income to not less than "$S0 per day, would carry comfort to many a home which now has r ot the necessities. Jay Lee. February 12. Very Sliocklug. lWa?hinRto:i Letter, j And the young men are not, if reports are to b9 trusted, tbe only ones in "sccietv" here that are too fond of the pnn h bowl'or the champagne bottle. It ia whispered that tbe wives ot some people of prominence are quite as able in this Jine a3 the sterner sex, and there is just now a story iloating about regarding tbe dronken pranks of a very prominent sr.ciety lady that would horrify the cation, whose servant her husband 13.

lie I a lUfuritier. i 'Vi'Iiara&port Kreakfast Tab!.. "l'rigg," paid a Vine rp-t l.nrvpr ti h? young clerk, "why wnrn't yoa at the ottice earlier this morning ? ' "Beg pardon, sir. nut I am a reformer. I believe that the office should seek the man, t.ot the man the ottice." Make the Cabnlel Solid. Nashville American. A strong Democratic Cabinet is what the Democratic party requires more than e uything else to inspire confidence in the Democratic administration aid policies of the future. The Senate will take care of itself. Every Man for fflimelt. GAlveston News. Scratch a manufacturer aad you always find a would-be free trader in raw materia's for his own use. The farmers and mechanics must see that they should get their raw materials, including tools, free of duty. Welcoming Tom llnndricV. I Atlanta Cjas itution. As the Constitution goes to press this morning a special car enters ihe depot, bringing a n au cf whom it may be said there is nothing in the town too good for him. Another liloocly AfTrny. Fokt Smith, Ark., Feb. 12 Another blcody affray is reported to haye occurred at a dance in Indian Territory last Friday rjight. Ned Bounds gave a dance at his heme in the Chickasaw nation, at which whisky rlaraed freely and nearly everybody got drunk. Two men engaged in a fight. The friends of both intrfered, and the fight became general. E. V'. Craig and several etranrs were killed outright, and a number of others were wounded. r.nuvertil ..', O0O Damages. New Yo::k, Feb 12. In lv3 Elizabeth Bums fell into a coal-hole in front of the property on West Houston street, owned by the Protestant Episcopal Mlss'onary Society, and received injuries from hich she dice: six months later. Mrs. Barns, aJministrwtnx, rtcoverrd $3.000 fmra the society in a suit brought in court to d.ty. Huston's Magnificent Structure. BocTO.v, Feb. 12. V he Transcript says it is positively announced that the money and p'.els are nearly ready for the erection of a maenificer.t structure on Colambas avenue and Barkley street, to contain a theater and ccDceit and dancing halls, surpassing in capacity anything of the kind before attempted in this city. INDICATIONS, Wj-HrSGTOS, Ftb. I'. Tor Tesne ana" Ohio Valley-Col le-. irtiT cloudy weather, liht IocaI suows, variable winds, shifting to weht aud south ia the Ohio Valley. For the Upper Lake Regions Fair weither, siowy rising temperature, west to south w;ai., lower barometer. Polo at the Meridian Rink. A large and select crowd gathered at the Meridian Rink last evening to witness the game of polo between the Columbus (').) einband the Meridian team. Itwas the initial game of the series, and although rather onesided, our boys being "too many" for the TJistors from the start, it was made interestin;', and at times pomewhst exciting, by the brilliant plays of John Murphy and the courage and skill displayed by Bert Dasher. 'Our team won in a handsome manner, scoring three times In succession. TDe first goal was won In fifteen minutes, s?ccnd in five and third in elsht, and John Mnrphy la the lad who made the three. His playing, which has always been above the avsrag, was simply brilliant last night, and the frequent applause he received gave him license to feel that he was covered all over with giory. In our mention of the la3t game ith the Chicago Club we attributed the defeat of the home team to the fact that the boys did too much individual playing, and It was with planere last night that the friends of the Meridians noticed an absence of that kind of work, as ia every instance the ball was knocked to the man whose position made it DOFsible for him to score. Tbe ?am teams will meet again to-night at tbe Meridian Rink, and plenty excitement ia promised. The new scale of pricss does not go into effect till 09t Wednesday.

THE WESTERN' LEAGUE.'

Full Account of tne Proceedings o! the Ideetlng- of that Organization Yesterday Nam 99 of the Clubs Admitted. The meeting of the Western League for th purpose of organization was held at the Grand Hotel jesterday. A. Y. McKira was elected President pro tern., aad Manager Watkins. of the home team, Secretary. It was ttea announced that the following clubs would comprise the new League: Indianapolis, Cleveland, Kansas City. Milwaukee, Nashville, TdlJ, St. Paul. Manager Watiins and Josep'i Schwabacher represented Indianspclis; T. Lawrence, Clevelaid; A Y. McKimani Ted Sullivan, Kansas City ; T. Löf tus :da M. Kipp, Milwaukee. a motion of Mr. Loftuj it was agreed that the terms of each scbe Jale championship game Ehoold teaguirantee of $70, with a privilege of 30 per cent, of tha gate receipts. The by-laws an. I constitution cf the American Association were then adopted, with the following ameadmaats: Pitcher not to be required to deliver the ball below the shoulder; a batter to he given his base on tix balls instead cf seven; foul-bound rule abolished. Oa motion of Mr. Loftus tbe President was instructed to appoint a committee of two to confer with base ball manufacturers with regard to the ball to be used byjthe League. Messrs. Watkins and Sallivan were appointed to serve on this committee; Messrs. Schwabacher and I aw recce were then appointed a committee to select umpires. It was resaivtd tbat each club ehould be afsesed -523 each month in addition to annual dues. A. Y. McKim, of Kansas Citv, was then eleOd President and Philip F. Igoe, of this city, Secretary and Treasurer, at a salary of in. J. Scnwabacher, T. Lawrence and W. Whipple were appointed Directors of ihe League. A t-legram wss received roni Ii. D, McKnuht, Prcide-it of the American AssociaFoti, congratulating the new League. Several applications from various persons for positions of umpire? were received and referred to the committee above mentioned. The aieetir.g then adjourned until 10 o'clock this morning. The aupreme Court. The fallowing cases were decided ia tha Supreme Court yesterday: . 10, $06. Jesse Grimes et al. V3. Train A. Coe et al. Tippecanoe C. C. Certiorari issued. 10,01 1. William II. Hines et al. vs. Janes T. Driver. Hamilton C. C. Reversed. Elliott, J. I '.!''. James W. Anderson vs. William ('. Wilsen et al. Tippecanoe C. C. Affirmed. Mitchell, J. 11.7",. School Town of Rochester vs. Charitv bhaw. Marshall C. C. Reversed. Fraatlin C. 11,811. Adeline Sibert vs. James Cox. Bartholomew C. C. Reversed. Black, C 11,871. The Thames Loan and Trost Company vs. Henry H. Bevili et aL Marioa S. C. AOirmed. Colenck. C. II John C. Stone vs. John Koppa. Pulas&iC. C. Afiirmed. Franklin. C. 11. W7. Isaac C. Johnson v. Clijah Kochen et al. Grant O. C. Atlirmed. Bicknell. C. C. 12003. Anrania3 Faker vs. John Carr. Fultcn C. C. Affirmed. Bicknell, C. C. 11, if 33. Tne McCormick Harvesting Machine Company v?. Thomas Gray. Pulaaki C. C. Reversed. Black, C. 11,3"1. Geonre Halzman et al. v. Sarah Hi 1. ten et al. Fulton C. C. Motion to nudity opinion sustained. Dramatic Entertainment. A dramatic entertainment will be given this evening at Lyra Hall, by the young folks of the Church of the Holy Innocents. "Among the Breakers." in two acts, will be presented, with the following cast o! characters: David Murray, Keeper of I'airpo'.at LUhtlov.to Mr. Will IL Andrew. Larry Devlue, his assistant. ....Mr. Grant C. 1'iuh. Hon. Iiruce Hunter.. Mr. ik. Schley. Clarence Hunter, his ward Mr. II. L. Fletcher. 1'jter Paragraph, a Newspaper Keporter. Mr. Chas. K. AnJrewj. Scud, Hunter's Colored Servant, Mr. Walter V.Sjzell. Miss Minnie Fa;:e, Banter's Niece, Mrs. Minnie T. .-inDson. Ecps Starbriht, Cast L'p ty the Wave, Mis Jessie tt;?n.o:i. Mother Carey, a Fortune Teller...Miss F. Hji sy lii idie Een, an Irifch (iirl Mis? L. M. s.ilz This will be followed with a farce entitled "Seeing the Elephant." The admissioi in placed at 2o cents; children, 1" cents. Performance begins at 8 o'clock. The Nonpareil oichfstra will furnish the music for the evening. There should be a lar-e audiencs pretent, because the oci'-ct is a worthy oue, and these who attend will be sure to receive full value for their money. Death of John Spellman. John Spellman died at his residence, 312 Ncrth Ncble street, last night shortly before midnight. He has been sick fcr several weeks, and was just recovering snfUdently tobe around the house. After ! o'clock he went out to call on a ne:gbbor, bat was comieilfd to return home ::i a short time.. He continued to grow wjree, f.ud died in a few rcinntes after he ot home. 1Ü3 phvs'cian was sent for, but Mr. Spellman whs de.i before he arrived His death was from apoplexy. 'Tncle John" was weil hr.n va ry the bc&iness n en of W.nhint n. lihuois and Meridian streets, he hay;tig f jr unny years tad charge of property bounded by thae ai d Georgia street. He atwayfccda cheerful word cf greeting frtne reporter, all cf whom he knew tnd with wham he was a grtat favorite. t A Chapter of Accidents. Peter Ziraer, a grocer doing business at the corner cf Delaware and Merrill streets, was thrown from a sleigh on Georgia near Meridian, about 12 o'clock yesterday. He was taken home in Krejeio's ambulance in an unconscious condition. Charles Johnson, l&n enpiove of the Street Railway Companv. f-Ji yesterday at the corner of Georgia arid Meridian streets, ard received some painful bruits abjut the ht&d. Charles Jiadrcan, a traveling salesman resldirs at 3J Broadway, waj thrown from a sleigh by a runaway horse near Portland, ves'erday. the accident resulting in the dislocation of his shoulder. W. C. T. Ü. The Central W.C.T. I'., at its meetingyesterday, adopted the following resolution: Itoclved. That we, the Central Women's Cfcritien Temperance l'n;oa, of Indianapolis, a s:s:ertocd cf Christian women landed toctar to lecd cur inf!nT:ce to all tnesurc which shall, by the bleating of Cid. result 111 tiie uppresion of intemperance la our city, do express our sincere apfcrcciailoa of the e:ortma3e by our Police Caoamissioaers Mers. Morru-on and Murpiiy. to cure the enforcement of tne law closing ilooa4 on tie Fabhath day. e call upon all clfizjas who love law and orier to und by thea, aad pray that tbe Gel of the Sabbath may en-tata thera In their endeavor to preserve the sanctity 0! thidj the desecration ol the opea aatooa