Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 29, Number 55, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 February 1882 — Page 1

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INDIANAPOLIS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1882. VOL. XXIX, NO. 55. WHOLE NO. 1G05

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EXONERATED.

The Investigation Into the Affairs or the Northern Prison Ends in a Compute Triumph for Warden 3Inrdoct. ' Th K!ct Kron-jht Out ty ths Jii-iniry l'mre More Complimentary Ihau Dct- '' riuieutal. und Xo Snspiciou Kests Ag-tiut the Manageruent of th Institution." jkUI to the Kentiuel: 'Michigan City, I ml. Feh. 1" The investitum of the management of the Northern n son was opened to-day by U'o. Porter, and the Hoard of Directors. Th Steward, book-keejcr. Deputy Warden ami soue convicts wre e-aufiüid and at every sAaee 'supported she present mansgenie n'.. Ft is abundantly cliir that do period i;i the aistory of t!i? fate Iia- the Prison been aeconomically administered a at the pre-vr.t time. Convo'irisons of tho nantitie of corn meal, i'our, meat, potatoes and orher articles purchas- d by the present and past administration-1, Lent made with favorable results to Murdoch. The charges of waste arid extravagance were clearly disproved. The contract made between Murdock' and tl;p Directors has been hon- ' orab'y maintained. Governor Porter has been exh-iuMi ve in hi examinaiion.. The ease will cectipy the whole of tomorrow. The case ot the State vs. Ii. II. Francis. euitor oi toe .Michigan city i':.-;i.:iirti. ;tas been on trial three days as 'Importe, and will go t tli Jury to-morrow. The Court House has been crowded to exces?. The ruling .f Judge Horace Coibiri, of Plymouth, have tu'cn tho subject of much unfavorable comment. MuiiK AN City, Feb. 17.--Ti; invp ligation by Governor Porter and the Directors of the Northern Prison into the ii'Tairs of that :i!tf:iiio!, with spcial reference to the earn: rig and profits of Warden M unlock by what i termed tho garbage contract, came to a:i abrupt termination this ai;cr- . noon, after a most thorough search and review of tho charges, Governor Porter conducting tii examination with energy and ability, and evincing a determination to probe the ease to the bottom, and i'errei out if possible, any ac t m the Warden's administration unauthorised by law, cr not in accordance with the vrishes and approval of the Directors. The investigation began or. Thursday, it bavin; been charged that tbe Warden Las rea cd an enormous -rofit out of the sale of pri on offal, the diipot-iiion f which, authorized by a contract with the State,-Murdock agreeing to pay .-?') per annum for the garbage. The fact. was elicited that the Warden realized SS.SO by the contract with the official5-, and, so far as the Governoror Directors were concerned, was going behind the reUirns, the wrong-doing, if any. having been on their part in making a contract that yielded so handsomely. 'J'his wa? the off year, however, forsim.hir contracts hare been made by other Prison officials, but the profits were not so large. The State then undertook to operate the garbage busines.? in conjunction with the Warden, sharing the profits and losses fully, but It proved unprofitable, and the Directors were glad to accept a contract with the present clncient Worden. The iuvettigation ended in a complete tntirnph for Murdock, Judge CotTroth, his friend and adviser, declining to mak.e fnrtbtr ir.'piiry at the close, of Governor Porter's examination of witnesses. The facts brought Oiti by the. Inquiry were more complimentary than detrimental to the managemer.t -of the Prison, which Las not only provided letter food for the prisoners, but show the expenses for three meals per day to te t ffelve and one-eleventh c?nts pr convict, an average, of one-half the Cjt in :he Prisons of Ktnsa?j Connecticut and other .SJate?. At the onclssion of the investigation Governor Porter stated that there was no suspicion against Mr. JIurdock of any wrong-doing; that his administration had been honest and efficient. The Directors, after consultation, determined to rescind the contract and operate the boarding house in the interest of the State. This has heretofore been managed .by Deputy War den Baker. Special Correspondence Indianapolis Renlinet: MiciittiAtr City, Feb. IS. The investigation into the affairs of the Prison North concluded to-day. Governor Porter conducted the examination of witnesses, and, was determined to get at the bottom facti. He had been given "pointers" by interested parties, and wa3 prepared to dissect the entire institution. The principal part of tha ay was devot;l to the .Warden's profits on his gar!ae coatact, but s far as showing any crookedness on the part of Mr. 3lurdock his efforts j'rdl far short of ths mark. The truth is, this manner cf disposing of the garbage was inft'jt'.reted by tlie Ilrpubiican Ujard in IN:), when V'. W. Higins ai Wamtn. This contract was conditional, and Higains failing to reelie upon it, the order wa rescinded. Similar con tracts have br-en made by the incoming Uoardj, but the Warden? invariably J.t moi.ey. Ü'ii?n ilr. iluidock entered in'.o ti e ccn-

tract with the Directors there was a brilliant

prospect ot li'is losing the $:t"0 invested, and mote too. Itwoul.lhave Djen cjnsuirreu by some just tlie place to have "coppcrcJ,"' but he piayod it oi'o, and the result very satisfactory. Prices were very high, there was a good market, and, for tlie lirst time, the garbage contract was made a ikying investment. It was shown tlie Warden had made 2S2 under the ttrunot the agreement as follows: Hide?, tallow and grease .S1.V0 00 llosi - - "J, 7oO 00 bones - to Old bax-rrln 1uO W $!.V3 M Amou a t rsi 1 for hf ? 1 . ''- Profit on contra, t t?2 All this infornration was furnished by Mr. Murdock, who uskvd the most thorough i tvestigation of ai-airs, Ihut it might be shown he had complied strictly with the contract. The Governor assured him there was no suspicion of any corr upt or wrong doing on his part, and that the object was to obtain such information with a view of correcting the evils and - turning the moneys realized b silcb. cjntr:ict.s into the Treasury. He had done just wh: t any other ttticial would, and if the contract was absurd, it was the Doard's ra'.itake an,d not his. THo,E VOCCIIKCS. The most damaging disclosure of the whole investigation and uue wherein the Governor thought he had struck a bonanza, v.jis that Thomas 1 lowers, the catti purchaser, h id returned vouchers reeeipte tin blank and permitted the Clerk to till in the amcunt paid. This had a crooked look on its fac but vvast-iwily explained, and I think to the utmost atisfaetion of the Governor, towers would )iirchaso a beef and take a receipt in full in a memorandum book for tL at purpose. He thought it was more ship-shape to have tho clerk make out the vouchers from the receipt. The Warden admitted that this was not exactly businesslike, but as the buyer and clerif were Democrats there was not the slightest reason far suspecting that any of these vouchers had been changed in amount from tho original receipt, nor did a comparison of th;- !ok.H unl vouchers fhow an discrrpancy. The Governor hafl almost exhausted himself Jon this subject v.aon a brilliant idea struck-him. He iiuag'ned a lew vouchers Lud been withheld so as to reduce tLe number of beCves purchased, and, accordingly, the earnings of the Warden on hide, bui when reminded hy Jrolue CotTroth that tl.e Warden was to ) smart to pay for a beef for the sake of tlie hide, he drooped thr subject abruptly, reprimanded the tattle j-urchaier and lurnci his attention to other points. LOFT I.Y T.1T. OPERATION. Another important discovery wa'i in tlie sale of cabbage vaised on the IVIion f.irtu. Two thousand heads were sold to I'hhuao iV: Co., Lafayette, and a large" num. her to Murdock Co., tf th same city, fn the latter house the Warden is tPe senior partner. The Governor was so persistent. in his inquiry that he developed the fact that Murdock charged his own house two cents more per head for cabbage than he could have purchased it elsewhere-. Other evidence adduced showed that Deputy Warden taker had. with the consent of the Diicctors, operated what 5 called the Prison boarding bouse. Here about fifteen guards are boarded, and Sheriffs and others having business at the Prison were cared for at the rate of $t per week. The Deputy's income : herefrom is estimated at l.S'Jo, but that gentleman can only figure it at $S00, winch is probably the roper ligure. After fconie other testimony the Governor abruptly closed theeaie. and the Directors rethred to prepare their rejort. which a:inu thc contract with Warden Murdock and provides that the profits from billed, reese. Ihjiics and tallow shall go into the S ate Kxchequer, and gives to the Warden the refuse of the table." The lioard alio determined to operate the boardinw-'aouse for the benelit of the S;ate. These changes will be inaugurated at once. Th? resignation of Mr. lia!ur as Deputy Warden was consideied and accepted, and that official will retire April 1. THE RESULT. Tlie investigation was a complete vindication for Warden Murdock. In fact there were no charges ogiinst him, except, that he had made little money out of a contract with the toard of Directors, for which they are alone resjKjnsible. The toard made the contract because there was precedent for it, anfl jossibly because other Wardens have lost money by similar agreements. ' Ike 'iUestion.of ', Muidock'a integrity did not figure in the caie.fiS some! pa??r, for political eilVct, would have the public believe, nor does the rescinding of the contract reflect upon him. The Board had ample opportunity to tell whether the State could make money by using the prison oll'al, and if it negiected to do its duty that is where the blame attaches. the rai?ox. , Front the testimony elicited by Governor Porter it was shown that the management had been unusually e'heient and the prisoners h?.d fared far better tb.vi in years past. They have plenty of good, wholesome food, and particular attention has been given to furnishing fresh meat, no doubUan uncommon thing in some Prisons. One thing is cerlain, the convicts aienot suffering for wr.nt of foo-iand are not likely to as long asundrrtLe Wardcr.shlo of Mr. Mur b-ck. The records shew that the espouses have baen greatly reduced and the earnings proportiona'clr icc"ca;cd, Tfcc rrice paid for envict labcr hn.s been advabeed, and on'? of the last ofiicial sets of the lVurdwasto raise the price of one class of labor, making cn increase of $2," ) per year in the revenue of the- State for this department alone. A CMTAIUTiVE STATEMENT. 1 Warden Murdock ha i reduced the cost of provisions for each convict to 12 1-11 cents per day. The following statement will show the expenses of the Institution compared with oiher large Prisons of tha country: Indian prison North Average number of convicts, '72. Total cost per day. iacladiup repair nd all expenses. She. Cost cf provisions only per per dty convict, 12 1-llc. Fort MkdLson. Iowa, Prison Average number, 3M. Cost ner dy per convict. '2V s. Iowa Addliloual Penitentiary For general mpport. exclusive oi salarle and re pairs, cost per day I-er couvict. 2 -Ac Couuecticut State Prison C'ot per oonvictper day, a7sc, ('est r( provision 13 7-10 per day; ration of fresh bef oulv twice a week. Khode Island Stato fjlou Cosi of provisions per day per convict, llc. Wl.-coiif-iu Slate Prison Total cost, 40e; for provicious, 13e per couvict jer day Kiiml8 State Penitentiary Cost per priHoner per day, exclusive of inipruveinent -nd repair, 41f-7-pj.c; tor provhious, 12 -i3 1 Ac per .day per man. Pennsylyaria State Prison Vvcraje, 749J men. Ct icr rtny for provision', 16'. :c ptrr ian. IIoM on House of Crr etloTi Iaaitjer of prisoners. !.. C-j.t, 15 V-7c ier day. Detroit House of Correvil-.-u Provisions per day eot iU a -llv. California Piison Xnroljer of convicts, l."00. Total ct per dy per man, 41Jc. For provblons per Cay jer rn in, 13 4-ioc. a v.in ixcnEAfE. The following shows the increase in the prices paid for convict labor during the term of Warden Murdock and present toard of Directors, making an increase in the earning of 17.10; J. P.. fc J. Wlntercotham Minufactiiring Coopernfre) i.t (f ca-iigent joitnct, Jul lo, ism: niimberof men, 2."; price per man cMmd fnjni 4i cents to 03 c;ijt ptr dcy ; aiucunt of Increase per day, S-2 5i. tori, Jioi.on it Co, ContracVjra (Chalr, Cradltj and Furniture) IMfe of change of contract, October 21, IS3I. Numtjer of xaeri eai-

ploved, ZS; price changed from 4." rents to 55 cents per day pr man; amount of laireaw in pay per day. $2 00. Ot cond contract. f.nic date Numerof men. 40; pr co pr man changed frora cents to. V cents vjt uay! amouai of increase per day, 110 Third co-jtract, cha-iixi-d, Fame date Number of meu. 100; from 45 reula to 60 ccuts per day cadi : lr.rreae, Jö tcr day. Joseph Pratt A Co., Contractors (Boots and Phoesj -Changed iciober IX. lsst ; numoerof meu, s5; fmm &5S cents to bo cents per day; increase, i;.s-24 per day. ' BECAPITCLATI05.

J. It. J. Win tcrbothara,' Increase per day from ltith of J aiy. lssi. Ford. Johnson A Co , increase per day from 221 of October, 1SS1 Joseph Tratt V Ca.. increae per day from 22d of October, 1881 ....- Total increase per day....... S2 2 50 17 50 -a s2S ,US2.lJ Exc'udini? Sundays and holiday?, uiftW? tne iaerease ct earnings, calculating irom date of change 10 11 ih ot March, Issl (tne expiration of the term of oiTiee of present lioard of Directors of Northern Indiana Prison)... 320,617 10 KXCIIASGES. KeTiew of the Clearances in Ttveuty-tliree Cities for the Past Week. ' P.OSTON, Feb. 29. From the Po5t: The following table shows the total grors exchanges at twrnty-threo leading Clearing Houses in the United States, twenty-two being for the week' ending February IS and oue (Louisville) for tua week ending February 1C: New York lioston ..... Philadtlphia.. t.'hicao.. Ciucikiiiali t. Louis Hdltiraore. New Orleans. ... Ssn Francisco... Pittsburg Milwaukee... Louisville I'roviderife Kansas City Cleveland....... New Haven Memphis..Columbus Peoria 'nriEficU Worcester.. IjOVf 11 Syracuse 5 00,072,801 .,::?. ,07J f2.(.rS,p: ;J.:'-I7,!K2 IW.MW.LOO )7.07.i,-2s:t 12.N70.r,',t7 K.:;v2,k 7,.,s.i.i".2 C.S'24.HI0 K,lSi.37(? 4.U--I.400 a.uis,uH) 2,PJ7.-t67 1.161.V.1 S:;l.4UT! 7.'!J.5; M(,i:;i .rC.',47l 412,0'.i7 Total. fl.l'öVPS.SM Oulxidevf New York- 277,OJö,ö!7 Th exhibit as a whole is again unfavorable this week compart i with the corresponding week last year. , Highway llofcherv, Ihiihezzlcuient, Etc. SptcidI to the Sentinel: Cor.r;:u Ir. l , Fob. 1C A case 01" bold hlehway robbery occurred here, last night. One Silas StliJrar.n. who has been in the city this eck serving :;s Juror in the Circuit Court, started for his home ia S.iud Creek Township alwut 10 o'clock. While passing through IIar Creek bridge In hl. buggy he was assaulted by three mes, and a'ter being teaten up bsdiy was robbed of 51 10 in money. Your correspondent Interviewed Stillman end obtained the fallowing version of the roiboiy; T was la the city yesterday on tho Jury. 1 also had soma other business to attend to which made It la'.e when I itarted home, it leins then after 12 o' lock. I had some money with me aout $1C0. I ioaned S!3 to a gentleman and used some myself, leaviugabout 5140, wMch was iu my pa-its pocket. I got la my bugjry and started home. I saw nor heard no one as I drove along, but on en tering Haw Creek bridge I thought of robbers and my money, and near the middle of the bridge I m w three men. One man enme up la froat and toak hold of my horso and ftopied it. Two ether men spproccht d rce one ou the left and the other on the riight. The man on the left said. 'We want Tour money.' Ireplied that I had nonaoney. "Theolair add, 'We know you have mauey and we will have it.' I was theo struck, and that was all I knew r.ntll I found myself lying in the buegy but on the other side of the bridge at the side of the road. Tho lines w ere lying on the fence as If fome one had thrown them there, but they could have caught on the fence as tho horse was passing. My horse became frightened in the bridge at the approach of tne men, and at tirit started backnards, and I do not know bow it got out of the brhlge. It mu-t have been led out. When I became conscious I thought of my money, and on putting my hand In my pocket I found it gone. My hat was alo gone. I felt that I was hurt but concluded to drive on home. I tat upon the bupgy seat, and the blood began to run down my face. This frightened me and I feared that I wou'.d Vlec J to death be!ore I could get home, so I turnei my liQ-se around a-d drove back to the city. I .'It ery Mi.t. and ut dues could FCaicely set up. I was met by a geatleman near this hotel, the fst Denis, w ho agisted me cut of my buggy and sent Ibr Dr. Banker to dress my wound. I could not rest and aui yet very weak. I have no Idea who the meu were that attacked me. I could not recognize their voices, and it was too dark to r?cogaiz.' any oue. iDelthcrsaw nor heard tho men after 1 was struck." And now It transpires that one Frank Mr-Peak rpears before the public in the role of au embezzler. He has been in the employ of F-squire Khiney In the stave business for some lime past. atloned over iu brown County. lie had Moloney's t hecks, and checked out money to pay lab rcrs under Ids care. There was ooe laborer named Johu Sialth, to Lad no real existence, yet received r.u:nr,rous checks, whicn'McPeak ovtst-eJ. This thli g has been going on some time and. as McFcuk exr.rccd It. he I "had a 4-d toft thing." In this way he sr.ccjo-b-d I. CRtKiii.? SiV, 12. IIa hm been living like a Lord, and it Is -raid a ccrtda- uncha to fennie was helping him-enjoy the so:t thirg. He was arrested to-day, and vriil b2 prosecuted to Ihc frdl cr. tent of the l.v.r. A man mnr.cd II. C. Chrisman on yesterday took out a license to wed ore Emma Beer d. Last night Chrl-rnan imbibed .too freely aud got into Jail, where he has siuce reaialued on acc aiut cf not havl g the cash to liquidate. The weddiug haa been postponed till he ia out of Jell. m . A Bnd Itegiunlng. Speerial to the Sentinel: Cosi-.ifvnj.E, Ind., Feb. 20, Thl morning about A o'clock Dr. Turner, of Nulltown, was called out by a tramp who told him a companion waa v?ry sick a short distance from the village. The Doctor follow ed hlui through the drenching rain out iato the river bottoms, and there, leslde a sycamore tree, w llhout shelter, and with a piece of board for a bed, lay a wonau dressed ia men's clothes, who gave birlh to a boy baby a few mi antes later. The mother and child were cared for aud brought to the Aylnm today, but nothing can be ltarned from her or the man in explanation cf the remarkable affair, and both refute to tall their names. , Cnlted State Hospital Burned. Port Towxse.nd. Feb. li). The steamer Eureka has arrived from bitka. The United States Hospital there, occupied as an industrial school and missionary house for Indian boys, burnt on the 2lst ult. Since the 'departure of the Wachuetts. dive?, Jance-hous'cs and grog-shops have been opened at Sitka. Hochenos is manufactured about at all hours. The parties engaged in 'tut? biuines ari mostly tussians, half breeds and aliens. They are under surveillance, end on the return of the WaehussetJ they will bo arrested and sent to Portland for tiid. Winter has leeu tin-

I usually severe.

WASIIINUTOX.

Hon. William It. Slyer n Kandidat for ' Secretary of State. Special to the Sentinel : ' Washington-, Feb. l!. Quite recently a number of Indiana Democrats, who have been and are now iu th-s city, have spoken to the Sentinel correspondent concerning the announcement recenrdy made that Hon. William It. Myers, late a member cf Congress from the Anderen dis trict, would be a candidate for nomination on ths Democratic tick-t for JSVvetary of State. There seems to be quite a general feeling throughout the State in favor of Cajain Myers becomi tut a can didate, and inasmuch as he has not yet announced himself as being positively willing to enter the race, the Sentihel tday called upon him for a decisive an-wcr. Tat Captain replied- that he was a candidate Tor Secretary of State, at the suggcf lion of a large number of Democrats throughout Indiana, and that there was now no doubt of his conclusion of entering the canvass. , A well-known Indiana Democrat, recen'ly here, S3id to Jbe Sentinel correspondent that he knew of no Democrat who could draw so heavily from the- Pepuidican counties in the eastern and northern part of the State and yet carry so fully the strength of the ticket in the Demoqratic eo.ii.tie is Captain Myers: that he was the strong.'?! man for the place he could mention, and the soldiers throughout Indiana, of both parties, would be delighted to rally to his suptxjrt. The Sliniik-NetV Content Case Now an i:Uibit Ca.. Indiana "onu s to the fore once again at the Capital. Sentinel readers will vividly (many of them) remember the campaign of in which, John P. C. Shanks and John Eno? Neil' Wtte candidates for Congress in the then . Ninth Congressional District. Conrad' taker, then Governor, in making a certificate oi election, stated that Mr. Shanks received 17.0'is votef, and Mr. NerT I7.0S2 votes, the h.tter receiving a majority of .fourteen Yofes. Governor taker stated in the certificate, however, that iu his opinion Mr. Shanks had received the larg'vt :v.uub-?r of votes; that be truly believed- that the vote of Mr. Shanks should be 17,11" instead of 17,013; that in Wabash Township. Adams County, forly-sevcn v ballots had been thrown out because of certain phraseology of the tsrint tng on the face, etc., which the oilicers of the Flection toard, in his opinion, have no legal authority to refuse to count for Mr. Shanks. Governor taker, beius in doubt as to who should, le gally, receive a certificate of election, made out a certificate in duplicate for each candidate and threw the decision into the Houseof tepresentati ves of Congress, The case was considerably complicated, containing the reports of the local "tetnrning Hoards," certificate, allidavits, etc. Mr. U.K. Paine was employed as attorney for Mr. Shanks, and Meesr. Julian, HradbnryA: Julian for Mr. Neri", and the case appeared before the House Elections Committee. The contest resulted, as predicted by fiovernor taker, in favor of Mr. Shanks. The case, in its many peculiar features, was a standard one, and afborded n:any precedents to be followed insnbseq ent con tests. A few daj-s ago the merits of the evidence and decisions ,oC this contract were 4-alled to the attention of the House, and a resolution. orJering it printed for the benefit cf the Committee 0:4 Elections and the people generally, prevailed. It has just been completed and reached the House on yesterday. The case occupied thirty-eight pages, miscelaneous document form, and is kno vn as an exhibit Cafe. Scheme of U10 Woman Surt'raglt . Susan t. Anthony's letter to the House Committee on Territories, requesting that they amend the bill admitting the Territory of Dakota into the Union as a State, by adding a clause granting the right of suffrage to women in that Territory, together with the appeal from the National Woman's Suffrage Association of the fame character, causes' considerable merriment among the members ofthat Committee, and this merriment is the extent of the force of that letter and Ietition. It wU avail nothing. Ti e antiwoman suffragists consider this little move of Susan's as a piece of strategy to get a foothold for wo:nan suffragists. The inclination of the prescnt.'.'ongr353 i? anything cut warm toward tho question of woman rarre, and there is but very little opportunity for the woman of the country to even wt a fair hearing of their grievances and of their cVms for right. In other word.' it Ick? as though the time or a move among the w unen 0.1 this is?ue has not yet ariived, and the agitation they are making will not only aifall nothing for the present, but will cast, straws in their pathway in the future. It rati y and Deriry Iadictvd, Wafuisctox, Feb. '-U The Grand Jury sent down a presentment against twelve persons for coos cases. Among tht iracy in the Star ltoute e presented, for indict ment are ex-Assislant Postmaster General Thomas J. trady, Senator Stephen W. Dorsey, his brother, J. W. Dorsey; his Piivate Secretary, M. C. Roerdell, John C. Miner, of the Orni of Miner, Vale iV Co.; Captain W. H. Turner, formerly a clerk in the Post office Department, and John Peck, broth er-in-law of ex-Senator Dorsey, In the case of S. P. Frown, J. E. French, T. P. Lillie, L. W. Vale and J. II. Sanderson, whose names have been connected with the Star lloute tranjiTtions and some of whom have already been before the Court or a United States Commissioner, the charges were virtually ignored and dismissed from consideration. On inquiry it. was found that there was only one presentment, but it covers a number of routes and contracts. Senator Voorhees Charaetrlea the Story Aboat the Democracy Kudorsiug lilaiim ns too Abkurd t Penen e Even Couteiupt. Waphisotox, Feb. IM. A Western Associated Press reporter this morning esked

Senator Yoorbees about the story telegraphed from here recently to the effect that certain prominent Democrats, including Voorltees, Morgan of Alabama, and Jere tlack, were se.-retlv scheming with Blaine to run Plaice and Vcorhees as candidates for President a:d Vice President in l.S4, and give them the support of the Democrats. Voorhees said the story was too absurd to deserve even contempt; that there was nothing in it, and he did not propose to dignify it by taking any notice of it. Senator Morgan, of Alabama, saul the whole thing was a fiction. H.e saw tlaine twice in as rnany months, and then only for a few moments at a time, and no reference to politics was made in their conversation. Morgan said: "1 don't think tlaine would ever trust his political fortunes to such Democrats ns Voorhees, Jcrre tlack and mvrelf. I like Blaine very much person-

-ally,bnt he is not th man I would nomi nate for President. I believe in straight, unadulterated Democracy, and if I had my way I would place the party upon Democratic principles. I would relieve it of Tammany in New York, of tea Jjusierism ! in irginia and or repudiation everywhere, and 1 woald nominate a tried and true Democrat like Thurman or Hendricks, or a nunibc r of others that could be named for President'' Senator Morgan added that he did not believe in any political coalition; that he would rather suffer defeat with a .simonpure Democratic ticket and platform t.ian lo win a victory by a coalition and mixture d principles. Among Democrats this storyis generally pronounced absurd, and laughed at. tut there are a few. comprising th.o$e wiioare not friendly to tlaine, who shake their heads and say that if this story is not literally true they hvlieve machinations looking to Democratic support of tlaine in the liext Presidential canvass are going on. Publication of t' Correspondence Rel-ttive to Chilian-Peruvian Affair. WAsnix:To Feb. IT. In response to resolution recently adopted by the House on motion by Mr. Plmont, of New York, the President to-dav transmitted to the House ot ilepresematives a letter from the Secretary of State, accompanied by a mass of documents, concerning correspond:n-e in regard to the Peruvian Company. Tha full te.t of the Secretary's letter is as follows: .lüi'ARTvr.vT ok State. Washington. Yea. 17. IVi. ) " The Sivietsry of State, to whom was referred 1he rcMiltiiiou of the lloue of representatives of tae oth int., re-juestinz the President, in further compliance with a resolution of tho Hous-3 on the '21th uP... to furnish this Home with a comr-lete franscript of the letters of Jacob R. Shipherd, K-q., of New York, dated June 2, August 1'J, Sep-t-uiber us and November 15, and of tlie replies thereto now on the riles of the Department of State, already communicated. . from which names of persons aud iirms have been omitted, aud that the President be requested to inform this House -what mea.ourea have beeu taken to recover letters declared lo be missius from the files ci the Department, nas the honor to report to'the President as follows: 1. That complete transcripts of the letters referred to ia the resolution by names and dates, and of other letters already commnniented, from which names of persona and firms had been omitted, are herewlrh returned, together with a list of the same. 2. The only reply on file in this Department to ssid letters of Jatvh it. frnipherd is dated December i., Iss.1. aud is herewith returned. 0. The meanr-s taken to recover the letters declared to be missing hum th li'es of the Departjnet't were a careful search ia the files and archives of the Deparrmcat and a request for simihir searches 10 be made to all persons connected or formerly eonnteied with the Department, into whose possession aid letters might have come in t'.ie course of business. It i believed that In a!tewssrwir5Ttntch re-ufUvero made searches were luade, which provtd to be fruit)es. Search i't the iepQrtment. ns has alreadv been reported, was equally fruitlejR, Respectfully submitted, The Prcdent. Fretik. T. Frelinoiicy-kn. In a l.-Mter from Shipberd to Minister Hutluut, dated Ner York, June 2, 1381. Shipberd fays: "'Among representative gent leinen with whom I have already, or ha!i coon be, in confidential negotiation in tlin premise?. I may name such a these: 11 D Morgan. William E. Dodge, Hugh Mct i'.lloch. Korvin Green. W. It. Garrison, A. telaiont, S. 15. Chittenden, John Hay, Amaa Stone, William H. VanderbiJt, Jchn Sherman, En wie Hale, Murat HaMead. Whüclaw' Heid, Fi.-k t Hatch, Samuel Sloan, Marshall Jewell, II. L. iawc, S D. tabex, John A.Stewart. Jay Cooke, Evarfs, SoUtnniayd tCho.ite, U. j S. Grant, 'A. A. Twe, J. H. Wadp, H. t. Payne, Horace White, David Dots A Co., Joseph Medill, H. U. Hyde. A. S. Hewitt, W. L. Scott, J. D. Cameron, Howard Crosby, Hobson, Ilurtado iV: Co., Sydney Dillon, Morton, tiiss A Co., H. t. Clatiin, A. S. tames, Henry Hilton, J. V W. Seligman A. Co., M. K. Jessnp i Co.. Drexel, Morgan fc Co., William W. As tor, Horace T. Caswell." tepresentative telmont's resolution, in response to which the corre.iondence was sent to the House to-day, was offered in the House for ihe purpose of -disclosing Ihe names of parties supposed to be interested in the Peruvian Company, which have been withheld by the State Department when the correspondence wa? sent to the Senate some days ago. Under date of New York, October 10, ISSl. Shipberd writes to Secretary tlaine and says: "I have to-dsv addressed you copies of letter-" to the Peruvian Minister and Hon. Mncial Martinez, the originals of which have been transmitted to Hon. George s. toutv.'tll, counsel of this Com pay, at Washington, to deliver to the respective addtC;;es.'' UlnUr date of October 27, BSE Shipberd writes Minister Hurlbut: For your own satisfaction', I maysny our RtelT of counsel, leeluatng such representatives io-d vuiious mou as Governor Bent well. Scnatcr Eaton. Senator Corlrlirg, Cöllectcr K'bertson, cx-Coi:gresiman Lud and i:atO L'.air, are eusoiuteiy agreed on tnis, as On e.7uy other point material to the pending issues, and the most radical supgesticn cf policy.- Have the hearty autograph spproval of Ceneral tra t( who ii ow one of us. The significance of S'l this you need ho aid from me to estimate. It occurs to ru3 to ouote yourrecentcorreppouueqee. Tho moment we biard here of the decrce of September is I wrote to Senator Blair, the i n termed iarv betwee.i the Secretary and myself when I am aw.v from Washington. "Thebearlngof all these great interesta Chili sees as clearly as I. If there it no Peruvian Government, there is no Government to admit our rights: and so to establish them, a coutiunance ot Calrterou'g for the time being is vital. )cu Me, to all we have at stake: and uch interests as 011 ra should easily decide Secretary Maine, if, Ba.ide from that, he hesitated." Iu yours of .-'eptember 12 you said you Imd received no such dispatches as .Secretary K'.iuue nasuied me had been tut. The ue-.t time I was at the - Department, the siecretary placed in my huds all the dispatch?-he had sent to you, and I read formvself The phr.stns is his own, but the c dect" is exactly v but I defcired. If Calderon is wise he will make Mr. Tracy, at present the Coutui here, his Minister pleniiotentiary, to eo-oper-ate with ItUine and ravself here, as you are wraing with him in Lima, and uo other Commissioners are needed. Tmcj is ideal In his Peruvian loyaltv. The son of an Atnercan father at Lima and a Peruvian mother, he is thoroughly and e:ceptioiially intelligent, and eotamauds and deserves the hishest respect. lie is honest and honorable, as few men are. When we first bought this title he saw three 'narket for it, and of those three Cal'd was not the least pnnnisinc Of tne merits of the orijrlnal quarrel we know uothirg and e.-iro Dotnin'. i'ern is the underdog, and our sympathies lie with her. There are strong reasons why wo nhould prefer to deal wiih her. Otherwise we should not make her the first' oflVr. Dut certainly we have not bought this great intertst to lay it at the feet of Peru to use or refuse as she may ehoor-o. We have rights us Well as they, and we have abundant alternatives if Peru whhes to challenge us to use them. Of these, the CT.itiau is only one, and Is oiiJt s ugsuued to make clear the general fact that w'have at lesst one alternative. 1 nee4 not dwell . o: . this point Mr. Caldero:

can follow it out for himself. If Calderon wi.-hes speed he can have it. We are ready vtbeneverhe is ready. The moment he cables me proper assurance he wi-lbear me responding like an echo My telegraphic address, cat te. is -Jacket, New Wk." It might be better still for you to cable Mr. r.laine la cipher. I nder date of Lima, Peru, November -.

issl. Älintster Hurlbut writes Blaine: secretary fciR lam surprised by the receipt, on ther.lst ult , of a telegram froia you, dated the i'th, wM-h. when oeciphered, read as follows: "The influence of your position roust not be used iu aid of Credit Industrial or any other financial or speculating Association." To this I Immediately auswered: "It has not been. It will not be." , Under dat of New York, Nov. 13, 1SS1, Shipherd writes Minister Hurlbnt: Str.-Senator Plairwiitosrua that Hurlbut telegraDbs the Chilians have captured Calderon and carried him to Chili. Ttio Senator adds: -There may be troiihia now. lave ;eneral Grant do his duty. American influence in Am.'ri -aisat au end if Chili can flap our lacej as tUdy ha this." v e have h-rd also by eible of Moutrosc' acceptance. We appreciate tho gravity of the new Issues and cew problems which you must now face. Tha Mlers I encloj with ibis were already written when "snator Blair's letter came to band, en-1 I will not now change them. Tlie need for a protectorate is b'U increased by ail that has happened and IdouijtChi'i will continue to lorce the issue. Our people hope she will. What we want is our Government to the fore, ami that ell winds that blow- may till out sails. I replied to the Senator: " totally asree "with you as to Chili. .wbe must uncondiikuiaUv. return Calderon to executive liberty, or we must all take partners forth3danc I trust Mr. lilaino will place his fleet nud hn gids riuht there, aud heywiil. won t her 1 shall cousult General lirant to-day. aud he and I may so to Washington Thurlav. We saull do what lies in our power to sejoad ail vigor you have Uocd on the main Issue Under date of New York, Nov. 15, 18S1, Shipberd writes Minister Hurlbut: If I were at liberty to use the names, I might give that of a member of the Jabinet, authorized to ieftk dm-ctly for the President whose suggesiivi is that Calderon accredit a special depntilioi. of. . say three, of the iiMest men to come at onee to Washington to present to the PrrLler,t for traDsmisfciou to Congress a formal applP-ation for a protectorate. IhesenticiCiitul ourpeoplo seems to be unanimous on such points as this. The onry ground on which the npr licntiou would receive any favor, and therefore tnc only grouid oa w 11 ich thepciiiion .should hy its own terras ret is, thflt there are now ' in Peru very larga A merii-Mn Interests demaiiaiog and being clearly :i!iiiHt to American protection. These may be specified generally as id) the interests of ibis Corcpiisy; () interests represented by W. II. Cilley: (:5) ihe Lsndrean claim, concerning which you bnve already bec-n iustnicted; (t) lt-ser interests in the aggregate. Those hpeciiU-ations may weil beenfjiotd m it U reference 10 ihe fact that the Monroe doctrine, and the more recent and now dtiinilcly Bluine !o'-riii nuder tuo Intervention of any Luropeau Power, is impossible and there misy Ve a reference in this eoni.eetion toCaplain Kids' Amerieau .Ship P.ailway project, which is to b-3 before Congress this winter, nd which General Grant now tells me he will hcariily favor, and to loch, I may add, we may posibi give bouls for future use. Under date of New York. November lf, IS81, Shipherd writes Minister Hurlbut: Sir I enclose with this, appropos of the Eiic-res-tiou heretofore made, a copy of Judpe Lord's brief on the precedents for a direct treaty between tho Government of Peru aud the Government of the I nited States, to cover the essential rights a ltd -interests of this country, and a a fouudation on which both Peru and this country may safely ground the proposed a?reeinent bot ween themselves. Governor Pounvell concurs iu .Judge Lord's view. Senator Katon also substantially concurs. Under date of Lima, Peru, November 23, l.HSl, Minister Hurlbut writes Secretary tlaine: Sin I also tend a long letter from Jacob R. Shipherd. 1 call attention to the part marked with lines. I have writn him declimug further correspondence, except through the Department, aud 1 have also written a letter in explanation to Hon. George Doutwell, laid by Shipheid to be his attorney. Under date of New York, November 23, 1SSI, Shipherd writes Minister Hurlbut: r As soon as your letter came 1 sent a letter to Secretary Bluirve Lbrough Senator Blair. 1 was aglu in Washington last week, and h.d n full talk with the President at General Grant's sngj-es-tioa and on his introduction. My chief point was that the Executive might avoid discussion of the abst-act question of intervention by substituting a net debatable ouestiou whether It is not bound to take such charge of the situation as is necessary to the protection of American property interests in Peru. Cilley was with me. We have praeUeally united iotcrenw, and v f two stood at tae interview Xi r $l,5fX),000.000 .merican property. While properly reticent, the Pret-ideni was evidently impressed with the suggestion, and Senator Blair, General Graut, Governor Boutwell and others who have his ear, will follow it up. The last enclosure is ITurlbnt's letter to Sihpherd, under data of Lima, Peru, Dec. 17, lS81,in which he says: Sir I have tried, as far aa I could, to make you understand that I can not have, and ought not to have, anything to do with your company or yourself as its agent both my general and particular instructions forbid my taking notice of such matters, unless referred . to me by the Department of State. Once more, and for the lost time, I repeat this statement 1 shall return your papers to the Secretary of State aa I ftave done others, and definitely close correspondence with jou unless directed by the Department. ' Tlie Proponed Congress of Kations. Washington, Feb. . 20. Senator Call's resolution, submitted to-day, appointing a call for a Congress of Nations of North, South and Central America, excites comment, as it indorses the action of Secretary tlaine. The resolution declares that the United States should adopt measures to settle the controversy between Chili and Pern, and prevent forcible dismemberment of I-eni, and that the proposed Congress of the North, South and Central American Nations should consider the existing questions and all ouetions that may arise, as weil es commercial interests. The resolution is regarded a-; rn indication of Blaine's friends to bcstain him, and coining from a Democrat it has caused seme comment in connection with the talk of the DcmOo.alie support of the Secretary's, Proposed Legislation for t'tah. Yashisotox, Feb.- 2"). Senator Lapham introduced a bill to-day to amend the act establishing a' Territorial Government of Utah and change tho name to "Altamont" The bill vests executive power ever the Territory in a Governor appointed for four years, and continues the present Gove' nor until the end of the term. It disfranchises all persons . guilty of bigamy or polygamy, and makes them ineligible as Jurors or in any office. The bill requires the Legislature to repeal the statutes authorizing the plurality of wives, and provides f r thesupiwrtof destitute and homeless wtves and children by erecting houses for tbem and levying taxes to pay therefor; also, to compel males to support their children born in polygamy. Proposed Iletief for th United States Supreme Court. Washixoto.t, Feb. 19. tepresentative Manning states the Committee of the American tar Assoeiation.appoiuted to consider the methods for relieving theJUnited States Supreme Court of over-pressure of business upon it, will report soon. He says Kx-Secretary Kvsrts, Chairman of the Committee, and'Merriek of Washington, Pheljw of Vermont, aod Parker of New Jersey, will report in favnr of tha adoption of his ( Manning's) plan; that Hitchcock of St Lius is opposed to this plan, and King of Ohio. Stephens of Kentucky, and Bradley of Ehode Island, are inclined to favor the other plan. Killed' His Wife. PiTTsiii Ro, Feb. 10. A Swede named Abraham Neiison, living in a hovel cn Vt.HitAr oveime bent bis wife? so badlv at S ! o'clock to-night that she died in half an hour. Aeilson has teen arretted ana lodged in Jail.

A FATAL EXrLCSIUX. Ky Which a Laige Numberof Lives Wxr Lost aod Many VYotttadrd. Chester, Pa., Feb. 17. About s o "cloclt this morning an exploiion occurred at the Pyrotechnic Works of Professor Jackson, in this city. The building was badly shattered, took fire and was consumed. At leat fifteen and probably more lives were lost, and many dangerously wounded. The buildim was the old homestead of Admiral Porter. A number of colored families lived "n the o'.d Port ?r mansion. It .seems th::t :t irst took tire, and while the firemen were relaying on the names, and a large crowd :.ua rounded them, an explosion occurred scattering destruction far and wide. The number of killed is between fifteen and twntv. About twenty are dangerous!, and fifty more or less seriously, wounded. The dead are being laid in tlie City Hal, and tiie wounded csred for in various drug stör-?, no accurate list csn be obtained ow. TLe following is a list of ihe k-U-rd: John Lam pt ugh, Thomas Dollison, Thomas Anderson, Alexander Phillips John I'otlick," James Kestner, George Taylor, James Doughty, lh-njauiin Gartside." Ferry Williams (colored), Anthony Barber. William Wood, Firemen John Daiers and 'Edward Stropschire. All the killed lived here Fitty were more or less wounded, Pare fatally. Part of the mansion had been ue, by Professor Jackson, pyrotechnist, for ;)r years as a piace'ior manufacturing exploeut commodities. The firemen, after being sured that there "were no explosives in tfc piece, went to work. After playin er. tbt flames about an hour a terrific explosion o;curred. todies of men were tbiowr. in every direction. The air was filed with rubbish and the ground covered with victims, some killed, some seriously injured and others badly hurt The leal hodies of men lay colled on the ground. Others labored in the agonies of death. A number, writhing in the.r blood, moaned pileously for help. Many lay insensible of their surroundings, and others, br iied and bleeding, groped their way from the scne oZ the terrible accident The scene beggars description. Peop'e prayed in the oi-n streets, and the hiieks of the dying were appnlliii;!. The t re was abandoned, and everybody, in condition to do so. turned their attention 10 a'.levfatatig the distress. The houses in the vicinity of the explosion were converted into ho.-pital3 and the wounded removed thereto. The following is a correct list o" th? killed: .lohn Lamplugh, Thoma- Donaldson. Th'omas Anderson, Alexander Phillips. John Pollock, James Kestner. George Taylor, James T. Doughty, Perry Williams. Anthony tarier, Wm. Wood, David laier3 and Peter Vescati. Denjarain Gartside, reported killed, is still living. Wm. t. Franklin, Frank Cowan and a boy. narret Calkj have since died from injuries. The lit of wounded is increasing. Charles Dalton, son of Chief Fngineer Da'.ton, is injured internally, with no hopes of his recovery. The Chiefs injnries are ser;ou5. James Dongtity's head was blown off. The families of many of the killed anil wounJed are in needy circumstances , snd relief committees will be formed. At the inquest this afternoon Prof-sor Jacksori testified he was surprised at being told of the explosion, as he considered tlie place safe. There was ro powder in the room, and the explosion must have originated from the gas from the stove The stars used for rilling bombshells wt .-e the only thlngjcf explosive character, and they did not be-ieve thent explosive. A strong concussion will explode "these stars, The shells are about tdx inches in diameter, and contain about two pounds of tars. 1 think the explosion was caused by these. If thi detonation bad been of ponder the roof would have been blown 01T, but these stars must have exploded witK great force, as the walls of the building have been torn down. There were probably ten pounds of these detonating stars in my manufactory this morning1. Fatal Accident to a Promli.ent Railroad Man. Special to the Sentinel : - . Sevxock, Ind., l eb. 17. Mr. Charles s. Coue, Jr., General Passenger and Ticket gent of the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad, met with x horrible death this evening. He aud the other general officers left here this evening at t:20 o'clock on the lightening express Xo. 2 for Cincinnati, and at 4:40 the train -whistled for North Vernon. Just then he raised from hia peat and went out on the car platform to look at the train approaching North Vernon. Jus as h leaned forward to the right his bead came ia coat tact with a post of the bridge just this side of tb town. The train was moving at about twenty, five miles an hour and he was thrown irotn the train. Dr. Gerrish, of this city, was telegraphed for and started at once, and reached there but a little while before Mr. Cone expired. A pcial train was ent from here this evening to move the remains to CiucJnna.L Mr. Cone was cue 3f the most popular railroad men iu the West. N'obth Vfrxov, Feb. 17. C. S. 1. e. General Ticket Agent of the Ohio end Missippl J'jii'j-oad. was accidciilly killed at this point to Eight. lie was looking out from the platform of a rar hen his head came in coat ici with a post sup:rfrtinji a bridge and he was dahed to the pro mid. He lived less than two h:urs after the accident

The Alleged Wheeling Scandal. WHr.ni.rx.,, W. Va.. Feb. 10. A monstroGS calumny, sent out from this city by ?ome lerson as yet-unknown, involves the wifj of A. W. Campbell, of the Intelligencer, .-and George K. Wheat, a prominent merchant It has been published by revered paperFast and West in the shape of a dispatch from Pittsburg. It represents Mr. Campbell as going borne fit a iate hour and finding Mr. Wheat just in the act of escaping from, his house en deshabille, and as b-avir.g parsued him into a neighboring livery e-table, a here he was fully recognized. The storyis pronounced by both gentlemen, over their joint signature, as a most atracioua and devilish falsehood, got up by a niiicreant for tome unknown purpose of revenge, and the Sunday papers here explode the whole concoctio'n by showing that, ir. addition to Mr. Campbell's own statement, it ia well known that Ids wife had notbeen ir. the city for a week prior to the alleged occurrence, but, on the contrary, was v:?itinj her sister in ihe interior of the State. Tb motive for such a monstrous falsehood is an enigma, not only to the parties concer3?d4 but to the whole community. lth of W. K. Hsuroi'k. Special to the Sentinel: SCLLIVAN, Ind., Fob. 1.-W". It nicct.k. &! Democratiu iioni-.ieefor Hf center of this Co:.nty, died yesterday at his home iu Paxton Tie had been e:k'2tcd for some timo and had :er.raod from the .South only a few days arjo. wcere :i ? had beea for the benefit of his bealth. Suppression of i'olygaiujr. Washington, Feb. 15 The Sena.-1 o ' taken up the Judiciary Committee bill ' I the suppression of polygamy in I tali. O new section adopted provides that any us cohabiting with more than one woman sh.-. be fined $ XK) or imprisoned for si ron:,' or both, for each and every elfenee. T ? : will probably he passed tomorrow.

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