Indianapolis Sentinel, Volume 34, Number 61, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 March 1885 — Page 1

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INDIANAPOLIS, MONDAY MORNING, MARCH 2, 1885. WHOLE NO. 10 12Ü. VOL. NXX1V-N0. (51.

WHEN INDICATIONS. ron MOXDAY-Generally fnlr and slight. if muriner weather, with vrtsterly wind ard rising barometer lu eastern portion, Mod falling In western portion. Extensive preparations are being made at our Factory for the Spring and Summer Trade, and when the season opens we vill be in the lead -regarding variety, quality and prices, at the

"V Ciotning Store. Rare Bargains now in Broken Lines in Every Department, CAT A R R H. Öl milE Great FAlumSc Distillation I. of Witcu-IUzcl, American i'iuu, Canada Kir, MitUoM, Clover Biossoms.,,ctC.1i,allQd Sr.nrorrt' Kadi chI Curf, lor the immediate relief ol O'.arrb, from a simple Cold in tto lied to Losi of Smell. Taste and Hearing, Cousn and Catarrhal Consumption. Complete treatment,consihtlngof one bottle Kadical Cure, one box Catarrhal öolvent and one Improved Inhaler, in in wi 0 i ' SAII fackase, may now be had of )ru3tilst lor J1.C0, Ask for FOUD'S RADICAL CUKE. Complfte Treatment with Irlialcr, JI.OO. "lte only absolute specific we know of.'Med. Times, "riie best we have found la a lifetime of suffering. Rev. Dr. Wigiin, Uostou. After a low suterin; with Catarrh the Radical Cr re fcas conquered." Kev. 8, W. Monroe, Lewisburgb.l a. "I have not found a owe that It did not relieve at once." Andrew Lee, Manchester Mass. Potter Drag and Chemical Co.. Huston. For tho relief and preveatlon. the Instant it le applletl. of KneumatUm. Neuralgia, Hciat lea. Coughs, Colds, Weak Back fctomach an 1 Bowels, Shooting fain, Numbness, Hysteria, Feraaia iatna, 1'e.lpltatlou, DysPersia, Liver Complaint, Bilious Fever, Malaria and Epidemics. uw Collins flantcrs ( Electrio llnttery combined with a J'-oni Plaster) and laugh atx a.n; S3. everywhere. V VO LT A I Oa 1 MM ttVctKicVv Esters BROWNING & SLOAN, DItUGGIWTM, AND DIAIBZS IN Fins Peitaen ani Toilet Articles. Lntln'8, Co'gate's, Lundtorg'a and Rlcksecker Fine Extracts, Genuine Xiaporteu Farina and tiercan Cologne, Florida and Lavender Waters, Fine Toilet coups and S ponces. Tooth, Hair, Cloth and Kail Erufht, and all articles wanted for the tollst at the .JOWSST FIGURES Toilet Soaps and Perfume?, Siiicare Sets. Alonizers, ODOR A1ID TOILET CASES. Fine Hair and Ciuihss Brushes. CEAIILES MAYER ä CO., August Erbrich, SOLE AKST FOR AURORA liAGEB BEER, Zu ISoc and JSottle. 220 and 222 Zozih Dolavrira Qt s A 73 In the Eat aal Cap line pievailei at the MODEL Fatnrday. The mere announcement that we wonld open a first-class hit department was mfc!cnt notice to the pnbllc tbt hereafter thej would be ble to buv their Hats and Caps, as well - Tteir CI, t-ln; aid Furnishing Good?, at bat a small advance on the first co.t of manulacture. All day long our Hat Department was crawled. Onr 10 cent, !1.00 and SL'O Hats keep goln; with a reh, for they can not be equalled at other hat itcrei unJer S I SO, 12 and !2 5J. Our Finer JJats are rxtaie and trimmed In the best possible maaEi. A glance at our gooJs and priees willcouTlcee any one that we can tave you at least 25 per ccct. on a list or Cap. We are dally in receipt of new lines of SPRiN3 ; OVEF.COAT3. Ifyoawant a "no'jby" earmeat, look through our stock of Corkscrews, Whipcords. .Meltons and Casslmere. with tnd wltnoat tllk icirpF, made enal to the Cnet made to or ler fktwtnls. MODUL CLOTfflNG- GO , The Popular Clothiers, Furnisher and Hatters.

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THE SILYEIl QUESTION. SllTcr Men In Congress Dlssatbllea With the President-Elect's Letter (Jn the ISuIJect.

Thoy Mako a Reply in Throo Parte, Givinjr RctiBono-RoQffon Ro plica Separately. THE SILVER QUESTION'. TIi FrUmlinr Stiver ."Makenrt Open lteply lot lie lreldentr.lr r f Lette ron Sliver. 'Washington, March l.The friends of tiWer in tLc House, inclined at first to mike a formal reply to the letter of President elect Cleveland, since it has been given t the public decided, at a conference held this evening, to reply openly to the letter, with hich they do not egtee. Ihey say they did net invite a controversy, bat, on tbe con trary, vere anxioui to avoid it. Thej aho my it was not until it had become known that a determined t tljrt was being made to induce Ihe President elect t3 com riiit him.e!f and his administration in advance t) the cold aula of the currency question, that they decided merely to :'k him not to commit bimsslf till his Cabinet was formed and both sides of tin question could ba considered. They proposed at first to send a delegation to present their views to him, but after communicating with him, at his Digestion they sent & paper tigDed by nearly l'JO members of the r.re'ent Congress and meiiibers-elect to the next Congress. No reply was necessary, they aftert, and none was expected. They farther say that, while regretting the step the Prfsident-ekct bai taken, in advance of his Inauguration and of the " formation of his Cabinet, they do not propose fo have a controversy, unless it is forced npon them. They be!i9ve, however, in tbe independence of the legislative branch of the Government, aud assert that they will at all times maintain it. They foreign the following as a statement of their views: In the letter, no distinction Is made between Sil ver coinage and silver bullion. While it ia true silver bullion, which U excluded from coinage, and consequently from monetary use, i worth lt'S (in the ratio of 16 to 1) "than S5 per rent of the gold ilollar," fcilyer coins, which arc R'iomtei to monetary uie, are equal in value to tbe troM coin. Tbe tilver dollar will exchange for as much an tbe gold dollar. It will even buy the gold with which the pold dollar mny be inadt. trance, witn a population of ;:o,000,OCO, ands territory not as larse es Texai. ha in circulation iOOO.CCO.CCO in ilver, with sCo0,t00 in sold. while we lave but J30 OCO.CCO full tcud"r of silver to over C00,C00,G0O in cold, although l.iWO.OOJ.POü Iii silver coins, at a ratio of 15 to 1, ara bel't in circulation in Kurope, side by si te with $.,C(K',C0:,C"Q In gold. In pnper end Mlver together, including silver certiCcate?, we have 5T;0.- ) COO. which .hows that la tcis conutry there is more gold than paper, end rearly three times as much gold as silver. With this proportion in our currency, and with roM and silver equally full tender for everything, it la ditlicult to uudcrsttnd why the Secretary of the Treasury might nut, if be chose to do m. pay oat mora silver am? lots gr id? Of course, i while rccivln into the Treasury United etates notes, silver aud silver certitüats, co!d or ?old certiflcatea. ha pays out only gold, his stock of cold would diminish. If, on the other band, he should payout more silver andiaperand less gold, tbe character of tho re-it-rve in the Treasury would control the Keom.ry of the Treasury. There would be no need of legal tender II the one wbo receives the money n.j per r-dUed tocbooeth-HEil h willh.ive. That K'.tver and silver certificates displace gold is true, bat only a the Treasury or bank notes db-tla e it. The withdrawal of 1CO.CCO.000 of bank notes or i-tuance of 51C0 ooo.ooo has the same etl'ect on cold s so much in silver or silver certiScates. Why has It to have teen proposed to withdraw the National Bank notes as a means of preventing the expulsion of gold? 1o the proposition that there now exists, or ever has existt'd, under our Constitution, obli-tions speeitka'Jy payable In gold, the silver meu feel it tbeir foltma duty to enter their mot emphatic disseut at tbe very o i'set of ib t discussion of the question. No siifh oblicat'ons exist or ever did exist. Webster mid gold ana silver, at the rates fixed by Concresa, coiistituie the ie?si standard value In this co in try. ami neither Cnasrcs nor any Stat9 has fie authority to establish auy othtr standard or to displace this. One ad to strengthen the public crui't, app roved March IS, lj'j, solemnly p'eded the United states to tbe payment of tie bond in roln. The refundlnz act of July It. IsTO. provided for h- payment of all refunding honda In coin of their prestnt fctandard value, which Is the satne -is tte present va ue. The reumption act of J 1 usry 14, 11$, provided that from and afier the t of January. ISTl. the Secretary of f e Treasury should redeem in coin the t tan1 in legal tender notes. By . t of I'ebruary 2 187S, providing for the resimoti of the coinage of the itndrd dollar, silver l .1Urs were made legal-tender ef all debts and du- . puh'ic and private, unless otuerwise expressly stipulated in the contract, and there is not a p : u ile obligation onutandine, and never wa, containir.g a stipulation of payment in gold. In Ja:iuary. 1S7S, ron?res adopted tbe foliowin couanrent resolution, oile.ed b7 Stanley Ma.thews, tbon Senator, aud now on the Supreme BencX Tt at a'l bouds oi the THitrd stato. isue3 or n -torj;.ed to be issued under the laid ac's of -n-grc?, herein before recited, are payable, pricipal and interest, at the omion of the (i.ver-i-ment of tbe United states in silver dollars of the roinace of the United Stat-", containing 412' ;j grains each of standard silver, and that to restore to Its coinage such silver coius is a legal tender cu piyment of said bonds, pri:;clpil and interest, is not In violation of pub1 c faith, nor in Ceropation of the rUnts of puti c creditors. The opinions of the Secretaries of the Treasury from 1S7S down are referred to as authority. The opinion of th Secretaries are valuable when supported by facts and sound reason, but ought not to control unless they are. It can not be forgotten, however, that the same Sscif taris have 6teaaily predicted what has not taien place. The friends of silver concur in the opinion that it is most desirable to maintain and continue tbe mass of our gold com aa well as tbe man of silver already reined. They agreed, too. that it is of momentous Importance to prevent (the coin of) the two metals from partin company, but the two metals have already parted company unier tte influence of silver demonetization in other countries and the hostility of the Treasury an 1 banks to silver in this. But that the continued coirace of silver, at the rate ef 123.000.000 a year, will drive gold out lot circulation in the near future, or force it to a premium, does not by them sef m to be sustained by the facta or sound reasoning. The tofal volume of currency in the United .-tatfs outside of gold 1 le-s than 175 ) 0C0.030. It ia believed to be a principle of eotemfp science perfectly well settled, that if the volume Ol f 760 Ot 0.000 is not sufficient In ltelf to maintain pricas in this country at tbe level of international price, then gold will come here and stay here in suöicieat amount to make, with the volume already In ciculatlon, what will constitute our attributive share of the world's tnonev, as determined by our international trade. Thst "$7;o,ooü.cou is not a suSicient volume to maintain prices at the world's level of prices is evidenced by the fact that f6C0 000,000 in cold, a considerable part of which, at least, is in circulation, either In the form of coin or certificates. It now stays here, and it will go away only when prices become lower elsewhere than they are here. It is believed, therefore, that no such crisis as has been foretold can overtake us under existing conditions. It is not believed to I n . jumic; ail ice casts in u.e CUUuuj ,

even if they were so disposed, to lake pol l out o? circulatiou and hold It for auy IciRth of time at a premium. They must iirst lock uptheworld'4 money, and arret the world's commerce. Nar can the paper or silver or silver icriltlcatc. uo in clKUlation. side by side with gold, expel gold. The gold can be t'Xpclled ordv by forclne into circulaiien. In addition to t760.UJ3.0O0. either ol sliver or paper, equal to the entire volume of the gold now in circulation. In that manner, mid r ortfchara'a law, gold inliht be expelled aud probably would be. 8cond Tart of t Mlver Slen'a Keply.

Wa-icm ton, March 1. It U do lbiicsn true, too, that if the population and wealth lu the country were at a stand, then the continued coinage of silver in sut'.iciont volutne would in time expel gold from circulation, but is longa the population and wealth ko o:i Incr.aslng, the conditions of the problem are tbnnccu. In fact, lu order to proerva a itablo ratio between the mouey vol lint- and ropuUttoa and wealth, an aunual Jui rtaso of not leMthan SlC.OlO.KO In currency of some kind 1 now rcUlred. In otber wordn. an lncresso of I-opulatlon and wealth ealta lor au aldltloa to the clretilat.oa at least Sl.CCU.O X) n jtar. if. wliile thtsi. condltious continue, silver n coined at the rate of only J. a UUO.WJ a year, more Is left still cotisiJeiable vacuum to oo hlltd with c : I. This is the reason why cold ha to Jn-r.M" 1 In trc inuntry HteadilT Kince t!e net (A 1S7S v.i passed, and wliy gold has Incre-is'd by notriy U 4,0'C.OIO during the lat year, hrtd uoc ia creasing at Hie late of near! 5'.0; O.C'W n moatU r?otwlt!itaiidin:?: the dcpresjiou of bu;in -si in Vic conntiy, and fia yftttcr of luct, thero ii t'id'.y i.-.cretrol I In the com; try than there ever was bef. re iu its whole history. Another I act ii tie ! e.O'a'.fto of cold lu the treasury wes put there in exclunaa f ir silver. j Ci'itith atcs, and the immei:ato ct1ct of to:;in t' c coiaHi of fellrcr wmt ut'(cjwnly bo to Joer the prices of silver bullion, thd fcradiiilly f) r.jiIretriate tbe value Of Bold tlu world oer. T'-e oil!icltics iu the way of cf'h Idlsliinc an iutflruaUonal latio, so much dolrcd, or of the retdjintxnent of the relative value to gold here wol I ttiertby be increased. How it i po;lvjle tor pncti thlERs to tak place as are predicted In t: lud tHrRgraph o' your letter It h dl;lif:ult to l:c. Cold is to be withdrawn to its hoarding rUe -.s, followed by unprecedented contraction in thj Actual volu "e cl our currency, sacna co'itr.tct'oa it has fin shown must bo followed by a ffreat '.1 i? piicid. 'Yhat then .' Would un; gold How re as tne th'.e Hows? darely it would eomo as f t f.!. e ships could briin: it. Waat then would ihoae wno have been hoarding gold do with it? Iabr. the letter says, already Ki".-uiy Cepre.eed, would .-uller still furt.ier depres-sion by st uliij down the purchaia power over ta-? a called dobar paid into tho band of toll. Here, lu on? sentence, wo hay gold hoarded, an unprecedented contraction, fall of prices and scaling down of the purchasing power of the dollar that i, when tuoe impending calamities come prices are to fall, everythlau become cheaper, and money become less valuable at ihe s-ame time-tbat is, both sides of tiie bal ante go down together, t'sually, one side got'? up as the other goes down: usually, as com modules become cheaper, money becomes relatively dearer, and vise versa; usually, a contraction of the money volume results ia a rhe iu the valuo i money and not in a fall. The contraction involved in this paragraph cf the letter are hardly calculated to carry conviction to those who have ever studied money questions at all. or to awaken iu them any tense oi alarm at our approcuiti2 calamities Irom such causes lu one thin all will agree, and hat Is in the importance to the hole country, and especially to the laboring (lasse?, now struggling with the want of a revival cl busines and a reaction of prosperity. The one condition es;jntial to this i to stop the contraction tl the currency. No c rantiv ever did this, and never can while Is rroney is undergoing contraction. Husinea can not he sacured when in foundation ia cousiantjy living way, .Stability In tho volume of mcney is the one essential requisite to tuft and prc-perous business. What is the monetary condition oi the world to-day? Are wo uot brought face to lace with the startlins fac; that the gold prodoctioa of the world has fallen below its consumption iu the arts, and that thre is no probability of anv new gold for tbe rentuiics to come.' With tbis tondliiou of thli gs as to cold. shut oir silver aa ia now proposed, aud where Is the money supply, even for keeping up the stock ol coin now in the hinds oi tbe world to come from? As are gaticg th! state of aSalrs in tbi; country. ' the taper currency is undergoing: contraction by the turrerjdrr of bnk notes. 11 tnis state of thiugs lg to last, upon what is there to bnild a hope of returning profper.tv? in the last thrc? year?, according to London economi ts, prices have fallen more than ?J per cnt trji , raorj bas apprec iated in that ratio In the iuartr of a century following the gold discoveries, .n California and Australia, the Steele of the precious metals in use as money was Increased by nearly 40 per cent. The trade and coinmrcv of ireat Britain and tho t'n'ted states during tbe same period increased more than four fold, and wealti In pro portion. Third Tart ot sliver Keply. Wa-hin-.ton, March l.The reverse of thjse conditions shut eff all money supply, aud what room for hope is there for mankind oxcp: ior those whoe incomes are 6'in.? ith theappr elation of money all deb.s sppreciate. Wnen it is remembered that such debts run inta tens of bdlions. more than the entire present wealth ot the United State", the vast consequences of the appreciation of money are seen. Trie control of the feudal lords over ihe earth iu the middle ae. was insignificant compared wtti tie control of the modern creditor kincs and lonK who thronnh legislation can secure an increavi ' the value of money. It can he shon that it w . take more labor, or more cf the nnduce of lab to pay what remains of our own national do : now, than it would have taken to pay it all at it. i time of tho war. h'ighteen millioa bales of cotto t were equivalent in value to the entire iaten t bearing iebt in ISti . but it w..l take y.OOO.eOQ bales at the price of cotton now ' I ay the remainder of the debt. Twenty-rive mi lion tons of bar iron would have paid the who, debt in lfttiö Jt will täte ;i,CCO.OO0 tons to pa what remains, afier ail that has been paid principal aad interest. In view of the vast interest involvo . the friends of silver did not thii -it too murh to ask that tu,uuesticn of the stopping of the coin a -.r of silver should not be separated from its reiatn. i to the whole currency question and acted upon itjclf. The currency iuostlon is believed at tii. present time to over shadow ail other queatious and all the friends of sliver have asked is that tae President elect should Klye it full consideration and hear both sides before committing his a 1ministiation to any particular view repettln it Judge KeagaoN Separate Statement. YVA6Hii.;TOf, March 1. Jndge Reajr. maksa a separate statement of the whole subject and matter at issue between the si! ver men In Congress and Mr. Cleveland, in which he characterizes some o! the latters declarations as most extraordinary aud astonishing. The Judce concludes his discus Eion of the question as follows: The people of this country know, whatever bankers and bondholders may think, that this I' an efort to subordinate the interests of tue American people to a class known as hankers and bondholder, and to compel a Democratic President and Democrats in Congress to adont and carry out the very policy for carrying out whica the Hepubllcan party was beaten and turned out of rower. That party was the tooi of corporations and money kings, and it was beaten for boing so, and Democrsti do not propose to take up the old clothes of the Republican party where they threw them down. The country has not yet forottn that in 1S7S wnen Congress was trying to restore silv?r to circulation, and prevent the retirement and cancel latiou ol legal-tender notes, the banks, In order to prevent this, contraced a volume of debt oi nenrly 519 G00.0C0 in about three weeks, threaten leg a monetary panic, for the purpose of Intimi dating Congress and the President, and to prevent the ratsage of a measure which the best interests of the country required, and they would have produced a panic tt the secretary of the Treasury had not thrown a conslderible amount of money on the market to buy up publlo securities and furnish the necessary circulation. It is stated that tney are now tartatenin another ranic if thev can not succeed in what they want. It Is to te hoped Congress will answer them by repea'ing the law authorizing charters of banks and the control of the volume of money, or, at least, take from thera the privilege of issuing curreLcy and coatiollicg its volume. We unsafely

dispense with National Bank no'.cs by substituting In their plae an equal amount of Treasury note Instead, which would be recelyable for all Uxcs aud dues and redeemable in coin at the will of the holder, and which, though not legal-ten ler. would bo first-class commercial paper and would t ave exactly the qualities that the Natiwual Hank lotcs now have. A urnuKY i:ve.t.

An Orntoricnl Contt-t ut Vlnrennet l olvertty. Vikcesnev, lcdM March 1. An elegant literary allair took place last evening at the Vincenncs University, in which five contestants for a beautiful medal, oilered by Major W. P. Gould for the championship in oratory, were engaged. The programme waa complete In every particular. Professor Eryan, President of the University, opened the exercises with a brief explanatory speech, Waich was followed by several music.il ss'cstiers. Those encased in the niusicil prt of the proramnio were: Mrs. V O. Nibloc'r, Mrs. W. A. Markee, b H. Iaaicr. J. V. Harch, Miss lh'sie Mallott. Mism Ma?.ie VilliauiS, Miss Lmm. Wilson, aud several other musical celebrities. The oratioas shd ehe crators wf ra as follow: "U .explored Paths," by Miai Änai I);Wo!f. "Kiizabetti ar.d Her Üru." by M133 Caar.:? M"OTf. Dickens a? l'oet and Dramatist," by M sj l.lcvd Allen. "The Crusades,' by Mis Uertie Mo"5re. ' The Conquest ol the World," by Mr. Joa P.ryan. 'i'bi orations occupied about two hours nod were exceedingly well delivered. Ths jnd.'-a were lion. X. V. Mallott, I'rofesaor K award Taylor and Mr. W. C. Niblocr. Ihey decided that the medal had been won by Joe Bryan, in "The Conquest of the World." "rhe points considered by taa judfi -were thought, composition and delivery. Mr. Pryan'a averp.Re was thoRreatest and he won the priz?, which he gracefully accepted Tlie adair thronchout was excellently mr.nasfd, and was indeed one of the linest litprary entertainments ever participated in by the University. fJrant'a Cloaditlon Uncliauccd. Xtw York, Msrch 1. At midnight (Jsneral Grant's conditio! was reparted unchanged. The Genpral was up during the day, as usual, bat his physicians and friends have given up all hopes of his recovery. Kii doctors say he is gradually sinking. Tlire were many callers at the house to-day. The New York Tribune fays: His condition remains about the fame. He is neither better nor worse than he has bsen for several dajF, said Colon. 1 Frederick Grant last evening. Who the callers were yesterday or from whom any letters or telegrams were received concerning Generil Grant's condition Tolonel Grant refilled to dipclose. Dr. Duqla-s said: 'Gtrerul Grant p'ssed acomfortable niht. He slept well and bad little pain, and daring tbe day was up and aroand, and enjoyed himsclf with his family. Thfl Ganeral ate more heartily yesterday than he has for several days." "Win the General alaraied at the publicity given to bis case, and on Unding out his lint- condition? ' 4 I am not in a position to answer all questions as to what is done in General Gjaat's fcouse. bat I presume that all acconnta of his condition that might produce unfavorable mental depression were kept f-om him. 1 siw him about i'Jotie.' io-uiht." and hewn thed ln3 from pain and gave ptomiae of passing a comfortable nibt. The New York Wo:l 1 of Tuesday wilr- have the following: Dr. Fordice lUrker, family physician, said yesterday: "These cases turn out so diJIere-nily from what we expect otten, that it is not wie for me to predict how Ions; General Grant will live. I have not seen him for a we k. I was present at the consnltation cf physicians, and thought then the oae wai a vry serija9 one. I have great faith In Dr. Douglass becsesr he was succeed til in many cise3 I referred to him Th.it is how I came to interest General Grant in t.tviijg treatmect at his hands. The surgeons. Dr. Mrca an I Dr. Sands, were called in hecauäaitwas thought advisable to consider tbe subject of operation Tlie location of tbe disease, however, was found to be such that a suricat operation waa out of the question. There was no way of petting at the ulceration. The General's throat will not be closed by theprowthof the diseased parts. He will waste away becaase of the drain on his system and wearing of the disease upan his nervous forces. I am sorry t3 eay the trouble is leldoru cured, and there Perus to be little hope for his lif. We told General Grant he might smoke half a cigar, but in one week from that time he had ceased the U3e of tobacco In any form. It was thought best not to irritate the throat with tobacco, but to Eay nicotine caused The cancer is going too far." TheGe aeral's will-power in giving up his cigar, especially when he had been in the habit of smokiDg so many a day, is remarkable. He has not fcmoked a cigar since October . Selecting Senator Lamar's Snccesaor. Sr. Lotiv, March 1. A dispatch to tbe Globe-Deniccrat from Canton, Mis3., says the friends of General E. C. Walthall in various portions of that State are petitioning Goveernor Lowry to appoint him successor to Senator Lamar, in the event the latter accepts a Cabinet position. Friends of Congressman Barksdale and Congressman Singleton are also urging them for the position. As all three of these gentlemen are understood to desire the position and will be cardidates therefor before the Leg'slature of lC, It is intimated Governor Lowry will not forestall the public wish or enhance the chances of either one of them by temporary appointment, but will appoint a suitable eucceor to Mr. Lamar from amonz those net asking it, for instance. Jude Watson, Jude Wharton or Colonel Percy. Making Signals of Distress, Chicago, March 1. Two men making signals of distress were seen just north of the city at dusk this evening, floating la the lake on a large cacejof ice. No news of their reicue has been received. It is feared the piir are lost. Obliuary. Hudson, N. Y., March l.Alonzo Flack, P. D., for thirty years principal of Claverack College and Hudson River Institute, died this evening of pneumonia au?d eizhtv-two. J He was ill only a few tours.

THE NATIONAL CAFITAL

An Indian for Indian Commissioner Ctlcntl Itondlnot Hein- Talked of for the Position. Wnll Strcot Threatens a Panic tho Coinage of Silver is Not StOPpod. if Indian cou.msioNi.us.ur. An Indian, Colon! Itondlnot, Talked Of, h'rcclal to the Sentinel. "WA'inNuiON, March 1. "It is not among the things impossible that a Cherokee Indian will be appointed Commissioner of Indian Affairs," said a Western member to-day. "Indeed," he continues, "it is highly probable. Colonel Doudinot, of Indian Territory, is b??n;r pushed for the place by a number of prominent Democrats, and eeems to have a goodchacce of jetting it." "Can an Indian hold the position, or any Other position, under the Government?" yenr correspondent inquired, adding, "Is an Indian a citizen of the United SUt?s?" "That is tae question raised against Jioudinot, and the only one. He is not a fullblooded Indian, although he looks like one and was raised by the Cherokees. His mother was a Miss Gold, and came from Cornwall, Conn. His father was a fullblooded Cherokee. Colonel Koudlno'.'s aftiliations have been mostly with Indians. He has represented hi3 people here for years. He was bcrn in Georgia after the treaty of 1S33 with the Cherokee Nation, which declares the Cherokees citizsns of the United States." "Have Indians held Federal ollicsf before?" "Yes. Ely Parker, an Indun, held the office of Commissioner of Indian Allaire. He vsas appointed by PresidentGrant and con firmed without question as to his citizen thir." Doudinot is will known here. He edited a Democratic newspaper in Texas in IS GO, is intelligent, aad a pretty geed lawyer. He speaks the Indian tongue to most of the tribes, and is well verged in Indian matter?. He waa prominent in State politics in Arkansas about lS'iT, and was a delegate to the St. Louis Convention that nominated Mr. Tilden for tbe Presidency. He has recommendations on rile in the Department cf Jus tlce for appointment to the United States Attorneyship for the Yestern District of Arkansas, among his indorsers beinx Senator Garland, who is going into the Cabinet as Attorney General. He has a brother who is Sheriff of a connty in California. Colonel Boudinot is a member of the Ear ot the Supreme Court of the United States. He wears the long Indian curls, has Indian manners, Indian brogue and Indian courtesy. It would be a novelty to see an Indian filling the oilice ot Commissioner of Indian Affairs, which ho y seams probable. A Wall Street Measure. Sreclal to tbe Seutlneh Washington, March 1. There has been a great deal of discussion to day of the dillerent moves made In Congress within the past week to stop tbe coinage of the silver dollar. It is genera ly believed that tbe effort of Stnator Mitchell, of Pennsylvania, to have a bill reported from the Ccmmittee on Finance to suspend silver coinage will be as fruitless as that of several members in the House to have a clause Inserted on the subject in an appropriation bill. It is downright folly to talk about any kind of a provision on the subject passing Congre9 duriDg this session, end all that is of Interest in the matter one way or the other ia in the motive which prompts these ertorts to have coinage stopped. In both parties it is the almost universal belief that the movement emanates from Wall street. The New York bankers are openly and bitterly opposed to silver, and even many who favor a suspension of coinage say they know Wall street is at the back of the work. It thus appears that Wall street, with more money than the Government, can force the latter to take many steps it knowB to be against general good policy. There is a fear that if Wall street i3 not pleased Wall street will rebel and make trouble by a panic. This, everybody dreads, and it Is for this reason that the proposition to suspend silver coinage baa as many friends as it has. The belief prevails that some very important financial legislation will be enacted next winter. THE EXriKlNK CONGRESS. It Remaining Interest Centers in the Passage of the Appropriation Hills and Conference Committees. Wtahinoto:j, March 1. The important interests of the remainder the session center in the Senate Committee on Appropriation?, and in the conference committee?. The former has to day finishci the consideration of the Sundry Civil bill, and it will be reported to the Senate at 9 o'clock to morrow morning. The bill has been considerably changed a3 respects the amounts, but no conspicuous features have been added. The Deficiency bill will be taken up by the sub committee to morrow morning and, it is expected, will be reported to the Senate Tuesday. The Fortifications bill, which will be the only remaining regular annual appropriation bill untouched by the e Date, contains very few items, aud will be cnic kly disposed of on Tuesday night or Wednesday morning. Tbe bills in conference are the Pensions Army, Postcßice, Indian, and Legislative

bills. The first two contain no coneplcuouj features of diilerence, and a conclusion re ipectlng them will be easily reached. Tho conferees upon tbe Postcuice bill are holding their first meeting this evening, and expect to agree before tdjcnrarrcntnpon everything; except the eo called inbsidv claa?e. upon which a second conference wiil doubtless ba required. The Legislative bill has been agreed no by the conferees with the exception cf the provision for clerks to S::at3r and It is expected the House will recede from its position in this regard, as it did Ian year. The Indian 11)1 pre3ents some diilicnlties, tbe solution ot which can not at tb'.a time be foreseen. The amendments relating to tho amonnUi of the vaiious appropriations have all been agreed to, but the proposed new legislation incorporated In tho measure by the Houso is still at iesne, and neither party manifests yet any disposition tj lecetV. The House conferees urge the merits of the proposed legislation, while the Senate stands npon its rule, which forbiJj new legislation upon appropriation bills, and dsclares, moreover, that the IIcn?o propesitions involve ft violation df toleam treaties with tbe Indians. The Navy bi;! has not yet cone to conference. The i-jnata amendments were ditensted by the Hju Committee on Approrr'aticnj to-day, ami the latter, with two or three minor t-xcep-tiens, failed to concur v.ith tho Senate. Tio dilleiences will all be eaaily harmonized, except the provisions for the completion tt tbe mcnitcrs and that for tho armament cf. the new cruisers and gnnboat. Very little more business, except the consideration of the appropriation bills, is to be expected from tbe present Congress, though? the friends cf several important measures in the Honce will endeavor to teenre action upon them. At this stag of the session iL practically requires unanimous consent for the passage of an important measure, sinca a very email minoiity may be resorting ta pailiamentary methods cf delay to exhaust; the remaining time. Among tho nie.iures likely to le pressed npon the .ttention cf the House are the Graat Retirement bill, tbe bankruptcy bill, the Educational bill, the Mexican Pension bill and tbe National Library bill. The Committee on Elections has signified its intention in pressing the election contests, but there is & determined opposition by the minority, and tilibc8teriog will be resorted to, if necesiary, to defeat their consideration. In the Senate such time as is not devoted! to tbe consideration of tha appropriation bill w'll be taken up in disposing of House bills ppon the calendar, preference being; given generally to pension bills. The bill to forfeit certain lands granted the Slate of Iowa to aid in the construction of railroads has already been under discussion, aad will be urgeei to action if an opportunity occurs. The five million-dollar-3ub3titute for thi usual Itlver and Harbor bill is in the hand of tbe Senate Committee on Commerce, aj:I its fate can not be foretold.

Freye's Subsidy Clause. Washington, March L The Conference Committee of the two Houses having tha Postcfiice Appropriation till In charge met to-night for a d'scaseion of tbe eubsid provision, inserted in a bill by Senator Freye, were unable to reach an agreement, and will so report to their respective Houses. The I'.atd of Materialized Spirit Wh-i Il.y-l Ittfore Oeorge I, bickle. New YoiiK, March 1 George T. Sickles is the aped father of General Daniel K. Sickles, He is the wealthy owner of much real estate, and Las his residence in New Ilcchelle, a er.butb. He was a life-IoD friend of the late Captain Iiynders, whosa recent death revived recollections of that noted politician's adventures. Your correspondent, hearing that the ghost of Rynder bad appeared to Mr. Sickles, went to Ne Rochelie for particulars. ' No, the Captain has not cilled on ni: sir ce his death," said the old gentleman, "'but I expect him every day. There would be nothing unusual In it. Why, I have seen a whole band of spirit musicians march into thi3 room, and heard them, too, for they play d a leng time for me. First, the leader entered, removed his cap, bowed politely and Esked me if I was well. I was astonished, for I did not at once comprehend that he was a mateiialized spirit. Would you like to hear some good music" he inquired. I replied that I would indeed bs pleased, if the quality was first-rate. He threw open the door and waived in so many men that they crowded the apartment. Each bad a musical instrument, and they ranged themselves in an irregular temi-circle, facing the leader, who used a baton, aitnouzh there were no Bheets of music. Then they played more beautifully than anything 1 had ever heird. The airs were strange to me, and the instruments did not correspond with these in ess by living bands. The cohcail lasted aa hour or so, and then, with the bow of a Chesterfield, the leader marshaled his followers cut. I have no doubt that be was some musician farrous in history, and I have teirohed among the portraits cf musical history to identify him, but thns far without avail." Mr. Sickles' granddaughter, who happened to be in the hallway at the moment when be thinks that his strange visitors went out, eaw nothing of ihem; and that convinces him beyond doubt that they became disembodied aerain on emerging from the room. His confidence in the normal condition of his Eenses at the time can nor. be sha.Ven by argument. He is now nearly ninety 3'ears old, but quite ha!e and hearty, and able to attend to the business of his estate with full discretion, and vigor. He hai always been a man of strong characteristics, but tbere has never been a doubt of his sanity. He is in religion a Spiriualist. Verdict In the Murphy Murder Trial. New Orlean, March l.The case of the State against the murderers cf A. H. Murphy wai given to the jury at 11:10 last night. Fifteen minutes later it returned a verdict of guilty against Pat Ford and Policeman. Johu Murphy, and manslaughter against Judge Thomas J. Ford, W. H. Caulfield anl Thoma3 Euckley. INDICATIONS. Washington, March 21 a. cj. For Ue Ohio and Tennessee Valley-Gencr. ally fair, slightly warmer weather, westerly -riatfs, rieicg barometer in eatt;rn portion, falling la western portion. For the Crper Lake Region-Fair weather, preceeteo ty light local tnows, northern and ea't era pcxtloci slightly warmer westerly winds, fallInr, preceded la extrerse eastern portion ty ritlcg tarcneter.