Indianapolis Sentinel, Volume 34, Number 66, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 March 1885 — Page 4

THE INDIANAPOLIS DAILY SENTINEL SATURDAY MORNING" MARCH 7 18S5.

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Gknkp.ai. Jon C. Bl,ck, of Illinois, will te the next Commissioner of Tensions. Dof.sk y County is now known a? Cleveland County, by a recent act of the last Legislature ot Arkansas. Tat appointment ot Hashes East worries the Journal more than Mr. Cleveland's ascending to the Presidency. This will break Mr. Arthur's heart:- A correspondent eays that it was noticed at the inauguration that Mr. Cleveland's cent wa9 even a better fit than that of the outgoing President. Ol r Washington special says that Fifth Auditor Treasury 1) S Alexander, of this city, w 11 bs relieved next week, as well as all of the Auditors of. the Department. Mr. Alexander will return here and practice law. . Mp. Conklisq went to Washington to the inauguration. A dispatch says that he wai one of tha few that bad all the room wanted. His rooms were i a a fashicnabl 3 apartment house. IIa wai home to only a fe special friends. The efforts cf the organs to find tiaw3 in tbe President's message are painful. They go round and round it, jabbing it with their spiteful pens, but their results show the pens mere injared than the inaugunl. It is tough material for the or? ans to tackle. Mr. Clivklabi has been in the White House quite three days. It is setting about time for some one to noss about the cellar or butler's pantry. It is important to some people's peace of mind to know how many kinds of wine will be used in the Presidential mansion. The Republican party goea out of power with a consciousness that it has not neglected its op portunitics. ew York Tribune. Well said. The opportunities footed up, all told, about fifteen hundred millions of dollars, and the party ' got way" with all of them, to say nothing of the Star Route and kindred rascalities. Yes, the g. o. p. did not neglect its opportunities. The held liner of the Chicago Times grows poetical over the inaugural, and pats it up this way: AT last: After Years of Weary Waltin? oa the Curbstone Cold and (Jrlm. Uncle Samuel Opens Wide Iiis Doors, and Invites the Strangers in. With Kingly I'ride the Pilzrims Rise, an J, in Ol2dience to the C4II, l 'im Rush Arcund la Gay rrocsesion, and Thea Attend a Full-Dress Kall. Here now is a specimen of the "swash that is being telegraphed to Western Blaine organs b7 Washington correspondents: There Is a well laid schme in existence to involve tbe nation :n trouble with some foreign Koveminent, and bring oa & war. Tne talk la tat thi win arouse a national feeling, cement the fellowship bet ffeea tne North aad South, give emp'ojnunt to idle labor, quicken all the trade activities, end aid to the territory and glory of the country. I will give particulars and names in this couna tiou in a future dispatch. He promises particulars and names in a future dijpatch. Lt us have them. It sounds very much like the sort of stuff that was current in Washington when Blaine was Secretary of Stats. The Fitzou?h Lee part of th Cleveland procession was a feature that the maudlin Mugwamps should have beheld. It was a great matter and highly instructive to the teachable. Commercial Gazette. The "maudl'n Mugwumps' and the entire Republican party beheld one of the greatest Generals of the Confederacy sail away on a foreign mission with letters of credit given him by ft Republican ad min 1 3 trat ion; they saw another "Rebel General" in a Cabinet office. We should think thsy might Icok upon another Rebel General peacefully marching up Pennsylvania avenue without thinking it was "a great matter," as understood by the C. G. By the way. it was something ot ''a great matter' lor General Ilarttanft, of Pennsylvania, to be marching at the head of the troops of that Stste on the same occasion. ' Oca old friend Lan&'dale, Postmaster of Greencastle, and "de boss cf la emgrashan" daring the earlier days of last fall, was very much 'torn up'' over the prospects of the success cf Cleveland ahd Hendricks. Instead of agreeing to push a Democrat around the Greencastle square in a wheelbarrow, in case Blaine was defeated,

or vowing to tear his shirt, as is the manner of some under such circumstances, hs swore in bis anger that he would resign the postmastership if Cleveland and Hendricks were successful. Congressman Matson called yesterday at the PostoiUce Department in Washington to inquire whether the resignation hid ben sent in. It had not arrived. Colonel Matson Is ready to recommend Willis G. NerT promptly. We hereby request our old friend, "de bo?," to forward his resignation promptly. No "monkey in.;" is admissible.

THE 700,000 AOKE JOB. With several Republican organs Mr. Kughes East's appointment seems to hive overshadowed the giying away of 700,000 acres of public lands by Teller, the last Republican Secretary of the Interior. The organs are backward in referring to the mat ter. but the Republican Senator, Van Wyck, of Neoraska, yesterday called the attention of tbe Unifed States Senate to it, and although its immediate consideration was object d to by Senator Eimunds, we will probably get to the bottom of the job before many moon3. About two years ag Jay Gould, with some other railroad monopolists, were discovered secretly working up a echeme to get possesion cf thi3 vast amount of Louisiana lands. As the Sentinel itated yesterday morning, it is worth from 1.2." to $2 00 per acre. The entire track 13 valued in tha neighborhood of ?2,0O0,0CO, or perhaps a half million more dollars might be added. Gould and his crowd probably secured the Bervlco of the very man thsy wanted, and be it remebered that his name is Toiler, and he was, until Maroh 4, the Republican Secretary of tbe Interior. lie now goes Into tbe United States Senate. It was only tbe ether day that very serious charges were made against him by the Republican Senator from Colorado. Mr. Hill. They were in re'ation.to tome very grave transactions concerning lands in New Mexico. Mr. Hill demanded the pepers in relation to the affair from the Secretary ot the Interior, but he ! It 1 i!l iL . J A i tie ayea unu me very xasi aays 01 me ssjsin, when his term of office was about to expire. Mr. Hill will probably not let the matter rest, however, and in the meantime Mr. Van Wyck's resolution talks -as if it intended "busice-'s'' on this last 700.000 acre cb. The only explanation that we have teen concerning the matter is ccntaineJ in the following special dispatch to the Chicago Tribune:. This 1 one of the rsnfs which were never caited, and which the pre-ent company claims oywayof assignment. William II. Birauin has teen oDe of the prominent owners of the charter, the amount cf land Involved is KonaeTCM.OOD acres, much cf it valuable. Questious reining u this land grant have been repeatedly referred to Congress for action, but thty were not reached. The position cf the Interior Department has been that no action should be taken as to the granting of the rafezts until Concress should determine whether or not the grant should be forfeited. C'ODrefs not choosing to act upon it. if the Secretary of the lnerior, in the closing days of his administration, did direct that the patent should issue, he r.fln the opinion of Attorney General Brewster to fall tac k upon, who declared last summer that the isiit wi a grant of lands la pr.xsenti; that tbe jxdiurrcnt of the old territory was valid, and l at the lanfis consequently belonged to the rol. if the patents have bcea issue!, Congress next winter will undoubtedly make inquiries regarJ inc it, but it is diaicult to see what Congrees ein 1o about it. The Senate, in Fpecial session, his uo rower to do legislative business, end tae pattfDtBonce having puscd under tne opinion of the Atorney Gtnral, and Congress not bavin? iec sared a forfeiture, it Is probab'e ttat the Cnited btates Supreme Court would declare that they gave a valid title to the land. If everything is correct, fair and square in this transaction, as intimated in the "cocked" dispatch, why did Mr. Secretary Teller allow the matter to slumber until the very last days ot his official life, then quietly, without eayine a word to President Arthur or to the Congress which expired March 4, issue tbe patents for this immense amount cf land, walk out of his ofhee, hand the key over to his successor, and exclaim: "Well, what are you going to do about it?" Tho Sec ate and House are tied band and foot, and the Supreme Court is expected to indorse the job. We do not believe that we are very far from the jobbers in the scheme when we name Oould, Huntingtor, the Secey syndicate and Leland Sandford, the tew Republican seventy-five millionaire, from California TOE VIRGINIA "CRANK." Riddleberger Is ft good deal of a "crank" and needs muzzlirjg badly. Never was the Old Dominion so miserably represented in the Senate of the United States as it is to day. Mahone was bad enough, but plus Riddleberger makes a very disguetiDg political problem. Riddleberger prevented the confirmation of the new Cabinet twenty f jur hours. From all the Information that we can gather we are led to believe that he is a donkey, and that he has succeeded fn securing to himself a yest amount of epprcbrium, eyen from his fellow Republicans in tbe Senate. They call him a "Read jos ter," but to all intents and purposes he is a Republican acd rotes with them every time. This time he stands alcne. Tbe correspondent of the Chicago Times says that when it became known in Washington trat the confirmations had been prevented by Riddleberger, profound difgust was excited. Riddleberger kept the nomination of Secretary McCulloch hung np for a week by speaking against the nomination whenever the Senate went into executive sfssioa, and when a vote was taken his was the only one against confirmation. It was not suppc?d that he had gall I enough to repeat that performance, but it appears that his talents have been underestimated. His action caused a very bitter feeling on the Democratic side of the Senate, and no small degree of irritation on the Rspublican s'.de. As he Is virtually a Re pub- ! lican, the Republican Senators feel in some degree responsible for him, and they are mortified at his action es a family is mortified by some shocking piece of conduct on the part of the bad child. Senator Sherman, remembering that when he was nominated to be Secretary of the Treasury Senator Bayard wss prompt to confirm hlni, was greatly aunoyed'that Bayard should not be equally well treated. Senator Edmunds, to whom all the traditions of the Senate are sacred in the highest degree, was unspeakably shocked

it their violation by Riddleberger'a attack on Mr. Bayard. How bitterly the Democratic Senators feel about it may be guessed from the fact that one of the most decorous and gentlemanly of them all dedounced Kiddleberger in conversation as ft t - The Senators, rather than listen to his speech rejecting en Bayard, adjourned and went home. A Senator in sizing up Riddleberger sajs: "He is totally devoid of the instinct? of a gentleman, and he doesn't know anything. His oppes'tion to the resolution oflered a few weeks ago by Senator Bayard, condemning the use of dvcamite, has given him a little cheap notoriety and brough him a good many complimentary resolutions from Irish societies, and this has intoxicated him. He thinks that by this attack on Eayard for being un-American he an get a great reputation as an Irish champion. I am glad he did it, for Mr. Bayard's friends can net ask lor anything better than to hate his ecemles act in this way. If men like Riddleberger attack Mr. Bayard, people will learn to love him,' as well as Cleveland, for the enemies he has made." Some effectual mode was evidently used yesterday to mnzz'.e the donkey, as the entire Cabinet were promptly confirmed.

WE AGREE. Reading tbe comments of the Chicago News on the inaugural adJrefs, reminds the Sentinel o! the etatement of the Virginia colored minister after & white clergyman from Baltimore bad just preached to his congregation. The plain, homely, but effective utterances had r.LTected the brothers and sisters, to whom the pa3?or said: "I 'spect you all thins I opTfd de mouth of (lis white brudder and filled 'imupwid what to say, bat 'fore Gsd I declar I neber Bee 'im 'fore today." So we declare not to have inspired the Chicago News editorial, but it has the ring of our own comments on the inaugural, as read: "Grover Cleveland's inaugural msege is an appeal to the patriotism of every citizen of the United States. 'You, with me,' it teems o say, 'are equally responsible for the good government of this great Nation.' He who reads thi3 message with the fair eye cf ah honest American citi.sn must be impressed with its earnest sense of a great responsibility and the strong and manly firmness with which Its writer consecrates himself to the task eet before him. In literary style it i3 a singularly good example ot the effectiveness of plain truths dint ly told. There are uo rhetorical flight', no groping about for unfamiliar expres sions with which to tickle the classic fancy Only a direct and fearless use of the English tongue. But, better than thi?, the type of man we have elected for President shines through his words. His largeness is shown in the unmistakable terms in which be places the duty of patriotism above purely partisan zeal. Not for party but for country is the sentiment of one portion of hi3 message. There is the calmness of self-trustful-ness about tho way in which he plants his administration on the CocatUuiion justly construed, and calls the attention of his fellow cltizsns to the duty they owe to a clo3e crutlny of public servants.' 'Mr. Cleveland's view of the relations of the Government to thegoverned is the very eesence ol tbe teachings of the fiaruers of our Constitution and the lessens of one century's history. That the Government by the oeoile shall bs plain, economical, just, peaceable, and self respecting is exactly what the people owe themselves." PORTER AND POLYGAMY. E j -Governor Porter does not propose to be shelved yet. Under cover of an interview" in yesterday's Journal he managed to rid Limself cf quite a stump speech. It is somewhat "triogy," and floats out on the cool March breezes in detached sentences. Here is a gem not genuine, but showy and pnehback from Mr. Porter' effort: The I"resident's views on the suppression of poljRami are not in harmony with what nas been ice crowinz tentiment of his party, which has hoped, by being neutral, if not tolerant on the question, to make Itself popular with Mormons nd by HdciltUng I'tah to make sure of an additional Democratic state. This looks very much like some of the old attempts ot the ex-Governor in the line of dem;i20gism. The Republican party were in power twenty-five years. Why did they not make a movement during this quarter of a century for the euppre&slon of polygamy? During this entire period the Mormons have flourished and increased as they never did before, and now comes one of tli9 Republican army ot great expectations and intimates that the Democratic party are responsible for the present status of polygamy. Uow is it possible for Utah to be admitted to tbe Union by the Democrats with the Senate Republican? Another point on this subject. Does Mr. Porter not know that the only serious and aggressive movement against the Mormons was made by a Democratic Administration that of Mr. Buchanan? SENATOR MftGEE. Editor of the Sentinel: Please plve age and some personal sketch of Senator Magee. I have known of him through the prints for years, but have nerer seen him. Lvantviile, March 3. L. C. Possibly forty, though younger looking. Of medium stature. Clean shaven, full, somewhat mirthful face. A Tennyson's Brook tongue. Clotbe3 black and ot clerical cut. Broad brim, soft hat. A good eiter. The Sentinel does not hesitate to concede talents and requirements to Mr. Magee, since it was on the Sentinel his early mental and moral training was had. Twenty years ago Rufus Mages waion its staff. It was.no djubt, while reporting proceedings of the Senates of that perioi, he became imbued ! with an ambition to himself wear the toga. The Sentinel his hid no causs to blush, but i rather to feel a degree of pride at having given to Indiana, withal, so good-looking acd long serving a member of the Upper House. Senator Msgee is an intellectually strong and an earnest man; a pleasing and forcible speaker. He is a very capable lawyer, au

industrious legislator, possessed of the courage of his convictions. The estimation in which he is held by the Senate was demonstrated by his being made President pro tern, of that body. Had he done nothing more during the present session, his efficient work in behalf of the homeless insane of Indiana would entitle him to a hearty "well-done!" from the people of the State.

REPUBLICAN STEALAGE. Salmon P. Chase, VViUIam Pitt Fesenlen, Hush McCullcch Geo. S. Boutweff, William A. Richardson. John Sherman, William Windom, Charles J. Jr olser, "Dan" ManniD?. Besgiu? the pardon of our esteemed contemporary, the Sentinel (iosh : Journal. "Dan" Manning's personal integrity and uprightness have never been questioned. Can you say as much for John Sherman? It is the opinion of many well informed financiers that to Republican Treasurers and their financial blundering can be traced all of our panics for the last fifteen years. "Gosh" and "Dan" do not cover np the rascalities perpetrated under Republican Treasurers. B. H. Bristow, Secretary of the Department under Grant, officially teported to the United States Senate that the defalcations from 15. to 1ST; footed up to the astounding figures of .)1GC0,5.:.j3. Think of it! Not five thousand or five hundred thousand, but five millio.13. fivehu'-dred thousand, Ave hundred ard ninety fiva dollars and ninety-three cent?. Tht:e are nine more years of stealages to be added to the foregoing official statement of a Republican Secretary of the Treasury. Now we ev "Gosh! ' TBE BE T I ER ANGELS. The Journal printed the following ya3terday. It is an extract from Mr. Lincoln's inaugural: We are not enemies, but friends- We must not be enemies. '1 hough passion may have strained, It must not break, our bonds of alfectlon. The mystic chords of memory, stretchin? from every battle-field and pitriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of Union, when a?ain touched, as surely tney will te, by the better anseU of our tettirc. Yes the time has at last come and tbe great "swell" begins. Let the Journal and other bloody-shirt organs quit their ill-advised sectional agitation. Give the "better angels of cur nature" an opportunity to put in some good work and niakö true Mr. Lincoln's charitable prophecy. The Washington correspondent of the Cincin nati Uszette makes this startling revelation: lo an old school-boy friend of his iuJSework Mr. Cleveland said that he had no objection to legitimate 8saylt upon him In a political way, but that he is almost abnormally sensitive upon any attack upon him persouaUy, and particularly in the Halpia matter. Every paper that mentioned that matter he hss the name down in his pocketbook, and his black-list contains the name of every man who was instrumental in circulating thnt story. He faid to Mr. Fprague, formerly of the Emery Hotel in Clucianaii, and an old prfomU friend : "I will never forgive the men who aided in the circulation of this Kandal about me. I do not deuy the allegation and never have, but they had notbins, to do with my ßlneis or quail ücatlous for the ofuee to which 1 have been electad," This black-list rales out all the Republican papers, including the Chicago Tribune, and those democratic papers whlcli first told the Halpin adultery story. There will be no pie or plum puddiue for the men who circulated the scandalous truth, thus showing it is not safe to tall the truth at all times; and yet Grover ws credited with the heroic say in z to his friends: "Tell the truth about me and Mariar." But it peems now that he did not mtau it. Chicago Tribune. There was bbout a ton of other scandals and lies piled cn the original ''allegations." The Chicago Tribune never mused the dirtiest of the lot. It very properly takes its place in line gravitating with unerring instinct to its own place. How happily natural law works when let alone. PERSONALS. Kate Gkiexa way s father is a fine wood engraver, who does a good deal of work for the London Illustrated News. "I have the squall est foot of any lady in America," was tha remark recently made by Mrs. Frank Leslie at Atlanta, Ga. Mr.s Srooxin, wife of the Ssnator-elect from Wisconsin, is said to possess a highlyCultivated and much-admired soprano voice. PHOTCGRAHisof Mr. S. 8. Conant, the mis3iDg editor of Harper's Weekly, have been prepared for distribution to the police of all the large cities, and also to the Postmasters of towns and villages. Josirn Shaky, of San Francisco, comitted suicide las week, and, in accordance with the usages of polite society in such cases, left an explanation of his act. He said he bad become "tired of medical attendance." Sarah Bcrs iiabpt gets 3C0 a day for acting. Of this her creditors take $180, leaving her 120. Her table costs her 20 a day, and luel and lights about $3 mere. Her carriage she has sold her own equipagescomes to 8 a day, and cosmetics, Including rouge, $.3 more. Dr.. M. E Wadsworth says the earth has "a heterogeneous, viscid, elastic liquid interior irregularly Interlocked with and gradually patsing into a lighter heterogeneous crust." We can't eay that we have noticed this condition of things particularly, but since the election of a Democratic President we are prepared to believe anything that is said about the old mundane ball. Norristown Herald. Henry Vili.ap.d Is living quietly at Berlin. He severed the last remaining tie that boned him to America only a short time ago by resigning the position of President of the Oregon and California Railway. When his blind pool was in fall swing and the Villard stocks were at thedr highest figures he was worth, on paper. ",000,000. His fall was tremendous and the wreck was complete. Out of the chaos he saved S-00,000, and that represents the fortune he took to Berlin to settle down on. Victor Estephe, for many years the champion billiard p!ayer cf Pennsylvania, died at Oceanic, N. J , cf pneumonia. Mr. Estephe was sixty-four years old. He made his lame as a biiliard p'ayer befcre French carroms superceded the old American game, and more than once successfully crossed cues with Michael Phelan. Dudley Kavanagh, John Deery and John Bereiter, aad other of the champions cf those days. He aban

doned the cue in lv) and began to manufacture of billiard tables. Ar.cniKALD Forbes was about to deliver his lecture, lWarriors I Have Known," in a town In England a tew days ago, when it was discovered that his manuscript had been stolen. Mr. Forbes said he had several times nearly lost his lile; he had more than once lost his heart, and sometimes, through cases not remotdy connected with a distillery, he had lost his'head, but be had never before lust his lecture, far less had it been stolen.

The Vice President's brief remarks on taking his seat were not wired West. We find the following in Eastern papers: Vice President Hendricks tnkin? the gavel then railed the Senate to order as in extra session of the Forty-ninth Conzres and had the proclamation convening it read. Prayer was oifered by Rev. K. D. fluntly. Chaplain of the Senate, and the Vice President then addressing the Senate, taid: "Jn entering upon the duties or the oSice to which I have been chosen, may I express the hope and the desire that our relations may at all times be harmonious and agreeable? I bes to assure you that in the discharge or my duties I will eek to observe the most absolute impartiality. It is some years since I was connected with the business of the Senate, and it may be that I shall find myself less familiar with its ruls, usn?;es and modes of proceeding than formerly; and therefore I may have occasion to lean upon your indulgence and support. The Senate is now in session by virtue of the proclamation of the President or the United States, which the Secretarv will real." i:ILR01I) STRIKE Tlie Strlkrr riv Iucrlnj; in Nymtr "Kvtrjthius uit and (luml Order Prevails. Denmson, Tex., March 0. At 10 o'clock this morning at a prearranged whistle sUnsl, all the workmen of the Missouri Pacific shops threw down their tocls and quit work. An out doer meeting was immediately held and committees appointed to guard the compary'9 property and allow no one to go to wois. Two yard engines left unmolested, but at .: o'clock, while the strikers were holding a meeting up town, they received word that loaded cars were being slipped out of the yard by thesa engines. They went in a body to the yard, captured the engines and locked them in the round-houses. It is understood the strikers bavo determined to allow no passenger coaches to leave here. A secret mealing is beicg held to night. At Marshall the situation remains unchanged. The Executive Committee of the strikers gave notice to day to A. 0. H syne 9, master of the machinery department of the Texas Pacific, to leve town in twenty-four hours. Haynes is very cbaoxious to the workmen. They assert he was the prime mover in bringing about the Ttcent reduction of wages and increasing the hours of labor; that General Manager Hoxie b3ued the order on the plans submitted by Haynes. Tne strikers seem determined. Good order prevails. Details are watching the shop3, yards, and guarding the company's proptrty. At Longview tha strikers are also watching the company's property. Galveston, March The Galveston News' Palestine (Tex.) special Eays: The striking workmen of the International shops at this place beide prolonged meeting and finally resolved not to accept the preposition from the Palestine Board of Trade, to pay 2)2 per cent, ct their waes for the period cf three months. The town is in a state of excitement over the determined character of the strike. Four freight trains were taken out to day under guard of the Sheriff and deputies. The strikers at Longview, however, intercepted the first train, side tracked it and drew the fires of engines. The Strike on the Wabasb. St. Lot: is, March C The yardmen of the Wabash Railroad are still out to-day. They number about sisty, a dozen having joined since yesterday. A meeting was held to-day and an organization effected. The men are determined to stick. The foreman of tbe yards says their places are being filled as rapidly as he wants, so many people are out of employment that they have mora trouble kseping away applicants tbau the strikers. Fort Wayne, Ind., March C The strike of the Wabash shop men, inaugurated here on Tuesday, "still continues. Fifteen workmen who refused to come out heretofore today ioined the strikers, leaving, a? the strikers claim, not a man in the blacksmith shop and but one journeyman In the carpenter shops. The other departments are 'deserted, except by a few apprentices. The men on tbe strike Lumber about 27r. The Knights of Labor have showed their hand in organizing the strikers at this point, and many members have been taken inio the order to day and to-night. The men are qufet and orderly, but express a determination to Btand firm. Dallas, March C All the laborers and all but two of the clerical force of the freight department of the Texas Pacific Road here were indefinitely suspended today. The section hands are discussing the situation at a meeting and may strike at any moment. Two special engines arrived to night over the Missouri Pacific It is believed they volunteer engines from the Transcontinental Road to relieve the freight blockade. A railroad man who has; just returned from the Wast, says the strikers are well backed with money; that 2,CO0 carte from a single sourc9. It is claimed tbe Central Organization of Machinists ordered the strike, and is demanding the resignation ot Superintendent Harle as an indespensable preliminary to peace proceedings. Fort Worth. Tex., March ;. The strike on the Gould lines continues general at this point. A freight which arrived from the North this afternoon, was taken possession of by the strikers, side tracked and the fire drawn. It is understood the company intend putting cn a new force to-morrow to move the train3. SpRiNGFiELD, 111 . March C No work is being done in the Wabash shops here. The men are all out. Engines for repair are beicg gent to Rome, N. Y. (Streiter Goes Back on Logan. 81 F.iNf.riEi.P, 111., March C In the joint convention two votes were cast. Haines voted for Bishop and Streiter for Black Streiter, in casting his vote, eave notice that after this week he was determined to vote each day for some one until the election of a Senator wss accomplished. He claimed that he had served the party long enoush, and would vote for a Democrat until an election. The joint convention adjourned. General Grant' IJealtli Improving. New York, March C Dr. Douglas said tonight that General Grant slept better last night than for weeks. The General also had a refreshing nap this morning. He revised portionarljtf his book during the day and took food without distress He wai stronger toward evening and had no vomiting spells. Damages by Flood. Reokük, Iowa, March C The Ice gorged badly at the mouth of the Des Moines River. The rllrcad to Alexandria overflowed to-day,

but the water fell this afternoon, enabling trains to get through to-nlzht. Specials to the Constitution state the wagon brid at Pittsburg, costing 510.000, bis been carried a;iy; also the approach to the biidce of the Central Iowa Railway, at Eidyviile, while much damage has been done to the dam at Rone Tark. Ohio Crop Ileport. Col-outs. O., March C The State crop report for March, forwarded to W.uhingtoa today, sir ows 4 1 percent or the corn crop of 1SS1 Etill cn band, and wheat 40 per cent. The retcrt fays it is too early to form a clear estimate cn the condition of tha winter wheat, as Enow still covers a gre .it part of it. In the.'iouthern part of the State it Is baRy damaged, indicating tk.it the crop o tb Mate can not reach 7J per cent, of the fall average. JMled fur Debt and Dies Ion. Reading, Pa., March ( E. F. Rotz, a respectable young man, committed to jail because ior the non-payment of a small Dill, whicn' be made himself, and who subsequently went insane over his trouble, died in the County Insane Asylum to-day. He refuted food for the past ten days. Batz came from Minneapolis, and wai about to be married when arres'ed.

: Heading City lorcd lond. New York, March G Two coupons of Readipg, Fa , city bonds, which gave rise to the stry cf forged coupons ot thesa bonds being ion the market, were found by John C. Stockwell, a well known dealer in rags and paper stock, while sorting over some paper "steck. Stock well handed tbe coupons to h's.'brokers who had them cashed in the regular course, and the next day it was discovered tbe coupons were forgeries. Ornnd Kutii far the Crow I.iud. MnicnELL, Dak., March 0 All quiet in Crow Creek to-day. The Indian Agent, Castman, thB9 been ordered from Washington to take care of the Indians. Settlers are rushing upon the land3, every train being loaJe 1. There are to orders yet ät the Mitchell Land Oüice. There are 5i.O stramrera In Mitchell. Prath of n Trotting Sire. Li::;ixgton, Ky., March Mambrino Patebin, Dr. L. Heir's celebrated stallion, died to day from the rupture cf a blood vessel. Mambrino Patchin was the greaVat trotting sire ever produced in Kentucky. MEDICAL Atnual Meeting and Election of OS1cers of tha Lledlcal College of Indiana. The annual meeting of the Faculty cMhe Medical College of Indiana was held at tbe College last night. The report of the Treisurer. Dr. Chambers, showed th6 College to be in its usual prosperous financial condition, and with all of its appointments ia perfect order. The Secretarv, Dr. Wright, reported prospects for the ensuing term very flattering, there being every indication that the class would be cne of the largest and that the College would be better than ever prepared to luiuuuuij icnt. ;i lusoiuucui;. ThO reports of the Curator, Dr. Hauh, and librarian, Dr. Hajs, were made, showing the affairs in their chage in the best condition, and that the mute am and library were proving to beef great benefit to the profession of the State as a means of special study and scientific investigation The Faculty of tbe College for the ensuing year is as follows: Graham N. Fitch. M. D., Kmcritus Professor o." the Principles and Practice of Surgery. John A. C'omlnor. M. D., Professor of the Principles and Practice of Surgery and Clinical sarsery. Thomas B. Harvey, M. D.. Professor of 8arglcl and Clinical Diseases of Women. ItascC. Walker, M. D., Professor of Disease of the Mind and Nervous System IJenry Jameson. M. D., Professor of Obstetrics and DLseaics of Children. John Chambers, M. D , Professor of the Principles and Practice of Medicine and of Clinical MelK(? K, Wright. M. D., Professor of Materia Mcl.c and There peutics. J. L. Thomps-on, M. D., Professor of Diseases of the Eye and Kar. Joseph W. Marsee, M. D., Professor of Anatomy and Mechanical and Clinical Surgery. Alcmbert W. Braytcn. M. D., Professor of CaemUtry,;Toxlcolo?y aad Medical Jurlu-mdeuce. ' Ceorte L. Curtiss, M. D., Professor of Pajs:.o!ozy and tiysieue. James II. Taj lor, M. P., Dexonstrator of Anatomy. John A. E. ITaugh, M. 1., Curator of tha Anatomical and Pathological Museum. Franklin W. Hays, M. D Lecturer on Diseases of tbe Skin. Fiank A. Morrison, U. D., Lecturer on Anatomy, r-nd Assistant Demonstrates oi Anatomy. C.eoTRe w. Sloan, M. P.. Lecturer ca Pharfnay. F. .E. Mauker, M. D., Assistant to Chair of Surfrsry. Joan C. Walker, M. D.. Assistant to Chair of Dise es of Mind and Nervous System. Daniel A. Thompson, M. JD.. Assistant to cnair of Ly cases oi Eve and Ear. ' G. W. Comte, M. D., Assistant to Chair or Obstetrics. Dr. E F. Hodg-s was unanimou'ly ele;tei Professor of Pathology by the R:ard of Truiteesof tbe college. I he officers elected fcr the ensuing year are: J. L. Thompson, M. D., Dean; Joseph W. iMarsee. M. D , Treasurer; C. E. Wright, M. Secretary. Grand Fancy Dreaa Carnival. The grand fancy dress carnival, for which active preparations have been making for some days past, lock place at the College Avenue Rink last night, and the immense crowd present caused the manager's face to assume a very happy expression. The affair wesja successful one, b jtk in numbers and In enjoyment by participants. Miss L?nora Snyder was awarded the first prize, a pair of clu skakes, for best character representation, that of e Spanish lady. Messrs. Harry Matin and Abe Rothchild were awarded the second prize, pair of sleeve buttons for best gentleman's costume, the "Two Johns." The third prize, was the btst comic character, a ekate cae wa? secured by Mr. S. J Smock, as "Uncle Sam." Mr. H. wnlar j was given the foruth pr.z, a commutation ticket, as being the btst dude. N ttVe arriirg the lidies present were Mis Maz.e Smith and MUs Jennie M iors, as ,I)njhteri dian GirL" A bnrleQue "broom drill." under "Cip-

of the Regiment;" Mi?s eJie bt. ir, as F'ower Girl;" Miss Ida Nor -"roc I. ts "r. incesV and Müs Annie Thomp-on, i "In

talh" Harry Overman, torroea an am-ng featured the evening' entertainment, bir.g a very laughable bit cf caricature, and eliciting rounds of applause from the spectators The manager of this popuUr rsort hh': reason to feel elated over th siccessof th ji ah'air. lteautiful Card. f-et cf magnificent Floral Carls. l!ix; inlbe. sent iree to all parsons who have used Brown' Iron Bitters. State d:sa en 1 erect. Write your address plainly. Brhwn Chemical COs, Baltimore, Mi 1