Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 30, Number 42, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 November 1884 — Page 1

4 VOL. XXX-NO. 42. INDIANAPOLIS, WEDNESDAY, NOYEMBEIl 19, 1884. WHOLE NO. 1,519.

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CIVIL SERVICE

TrefUlent Eaton, of tlio Civil Service Camiulsgion, Interviewed; lie Expresses a High OpItt;oa of Trcs idcnt-Eleet Cleveland's Honesty, Courage and Fidelity. Tfcoman, tho Democratic Membsr cf the Commission, 13 AIoo Interviewed. CLEVELAND AND REFORM. Jkm Associated rrctt Reporter Interviews Eaton, the President of the Civil Service Commission, and the Democratic Member of It, Judge Tbonian, as to Cleveland's Probable Policy. WAsnixtiTos, Nor. 16. The views cf Hon. Dorm an B. Eaton, President of the Civil fervice Commission, in regard to the trobatie effects of Cleveland and Hendricks election uponjthe maintenance of thecivil service lair has been obtained by a representative of the Associated Pressfand are given in the following report of the interview: Question "You are from New York, II r. Commissioner, and know what Governor Cleveland has done there for civil service reform. Please give the Associated Press the facts, and your views as to what he is likely to do relative to removals and the civil service act and rales." Mr. Eaton "These are very delicate questions for one in my position to answer, I have taken no part whatever in the late campaign. to speak kis party. I have the least right to assume for Governor Cleveland or Having acted with the Re publican party iroui its origin, i can hardly speak without some party bias. Nevertheless I will frankly tell yoa whit I think. We ehalt hate an administration absolutely Democratic in policy, bat whether with a member representing tho38 without whose votes the Democratic party would have failed I will not gueas. it the civil service act will not be repealed either at the coming session or daring this generation. Governor Cleveland and the stattersen of his party woald oppese aDy attempt to repeal it. The Republicans, as a body, would resur, and the Senate would defeat such an attempt. The rules will not be abolished. They will be enforced under the new President, but not, I fear, with euch enlarging breadth of application and such moral support from the party in power as would have been tha case, certainly, had President Arthur bjen reelected, and probably had Mr. Blaine succeeded. The disinterestedness and patriotism of the country are' not very unerjually divided between the great parties, ont in my opinion my party has much the larser part of intelligent conviction, which has thus far supported civil service reform. Great numbers of persons in the Democratic ranks are so prejudiced and uninformed on the subject that they will clamor for removals for the sake of patronage They do not comprehend that a party which could elect its candidate only by the aid cf Republican friends, that reform hs3 co chance if it aiienatea those friends m the lutnie whf n they are sure to be far mote Eurnerouj and powerful than no?. They etill believe in the old proscriptive spoils system, not comprehending that it is doomed; and earing more, as do many Republicans also, of a four years taturnaliaof spoils, than fcr all the future beyond that. A great struggle over the reform issue in the Democratic ranks is therefore certain. The statesmen cf the paity, Iiayar.1, Pendleton, l-arx&r. Garland, Carlisle, Cox, Morrison, Tucker Hewitt, Willis and others, each of whom has already spoken and voted for the civil service act, will stand by the new Pres- j ident m its sncnort: but manv worth v t ident ia its support: but many worthy Democrats, and all demagogues, spoilsmen and the rabbie of the party will be against iL Republicans will stand together f ir the act and rules, anxiously waiting for the Dcmcrats to ruin themselves by their abrogation. The President will lead the reform element of his party, and bis clear convictions and his high sense of duty, hi3 courage, his strength of character, will secure the victory. There is no public man in this country who has a higher sense of the moral obligations of oiKcial life, or who is more certain to withstand mere partisan and relSsu appeals, than Governor Cleveland. This is a great element of power, and popularity too, as the people now feel. And lest my motives be misunderstood, let me add, that he has never done me a favor, and that I could neither ask nor accept one at bis hands, b any officers outside of the rules, and some within, will doubtless be removed for no very pood reason. Bat so fares possible. Governor Cleveland will prevent mere political proscription. He can not attend to everythirg. Much will depend on the members of his Cabinet, especially on the Postmaster General. It there are, as is charged, some officers who have used their in Cuence to enforce assessments, and neglected their duties and violated the proprieties of their Station to engage in party warfare, the fato they have challenged may very likely await them. If persons are to be selected for public work irrespective of politics, they had better attend to that work and ,not meddle with elections " Question "What has Governor Cleveland Alove in New York t warrnt this estimate f him?" Answer "Buffalo was a city almost as partisan, as lawless nd hadly goverened s Cincinnati, t" pan being made Sheriff, ITr. Cleveland exhibited those qualities which are being rcre and more needed and app;ciated by the jopIe. They comprebodad acd approved his spirit. He was elected 11 a j er by votes frora both parties in that republican city. Ilia life a3 Mayor wss a continuous rtruggle for honesty and -udtlity in the oftise against iobter, spoilsmen and partisans who had long peaked on the city. He mastered the situation rvJ became known as the 'Veto Mayor. Iiis fearless way of dealing with them is shown by the language of his veto." Commissioner Eaton here quotes froia Governor Cleveland's messages from his letter accepting the Gubernatorial nomination, And from oucr communications to show his decisive and uneqaivocal indorsement of tae civil service act, end pays a high tribute to the honesty and noa-partisan business capacity of the Governor as evidence of his administration of atlairs in the State of New York and continues as follows: "The rapidiy-grewing reform eenliment of the country haa been 4manding more henesty, eourae and administrative capacity, with Iws politics in executive places. Governor Ciaveiand has the distinction of being the first man since Washington who has been elected President because he possessed those qualities in a pre-eminent decree. Tiny 375 xJ?anced tm ccr rapid Jy

to the head of the Nation than military i tilery evtr did any one of her favorites. To ! belisve that such a man, with such a his

tory, who never sought an ollice, will come to the National Capital to repudiate tho pieces and all that is best of hi3 officiul life, to betray tho:e who have most trusted him, to make hostile all Republican ! journals which now support him, to rain i the prospects of hi3 party and disgrace bim- ; self and his country by overturning a work 1 cf reform kindred to that upon which his ' own distinction rests, only to secure a free i field for patronage, inocgering and spoils, a j system of debauchery, that such an assumption should be made" by any sensible, well- ' informed man, is to me simply impossible, i If I am mistaken in this view, I hope the rules will be utterly overthrown betöre the Merch winds are over. It Democrats enforce the spoils system policy, they must take the consequences. No true friend of reform wculd have any part in the perfunctory and deceptive enforcement of rules mutilated in esslential parts. He woula rather await their certain resurrection, four years hence, over graves of their enemies. Judge Tho'tian Also Interviewed. The views of Judge L. D. Thoman, the Democratic member of the commission, were also obtained on the same subject discussed by Mr. Eaton. "What do you think will be President Cleveland's policy as to civil service reform?" was asked. "I do not know, but it would seem that his past public utterances and acts are a sutlicient guarrntee that hla policy will be conservative and in thorough sympathy with the present civil service law aud roles." "Will there be many removals of Government o facials from oflice?" "Yes, and many will remain. I am satisfied that a thorough administrative reform will cause the removal cf many oilictals w hex places need not be filled, aad if that policy Is pursued by which the business of the Government will be conducted on business principles, the Diennial register in two years from now will contain teveral thousand lss names than it does to day. As to disturbing the subordinates in these public o.'lices much will depend upon the heads of departments, bureaus aud divisions, and also upen their etliciency in the places they 03cup.v. There never has been such a thing as a "clean sweep." The power of removal is not abridged by the civil servicelaw.bat the places made vacant can not b9 rilled within the clarified tervice without a requisition on the commission; thus it is that the motive for removing thoroughly eilicient and trustworthy clerks is gone." In the course of further couversatiou Judge Thoman took occasion to say that bad Mr. Blaine been elected he would have made more removals for political motives than Mr. Cleveland, because "in a political lile cf twenty five years, much of which time was given to seeking the Presidency, many pledges and promises must have been made," and as a second reason, ' until his letter cf acceptance appeared", th9 public had not been advised that Mr. Blaine wes in sympathy with a reform of the civil eerv:e, and in no speech during the campaign, although he made se7eral hundred, did he refer to the question." Governcr Cleveland, Jnd'e Thoman continued, had declared himself on evtry occasion that he addressed tue public in favor of the system of reform that is now being successfully carried out under the provisions of the Pendleton bii), and the rules promulgated by President Arthur, "who at all times has given the commission his hearty and unwavering support." CHKAP 1EI.EGP.APUV. The Baltimore aud Ohio Telegraph System Rapidly Extending Competitive Line in All Directions Its Uenelit to the Public. fipechü to tfce Sentinel. Baltimore, Nov. 1". The question of cheap telegraphic communication is one so near the public heart that to day's proceedings at tho annual meeting of B. and O. stockholders seems of more than usual importance. The B. and 0. teicirraph system has been so great'y extended darin? the past twelve months, and the company has become so powerful a factor in the making of telegraph tolls, that a statement of its po gition is of special interest. Competition ha . .. as ceen the key note of the B. and O , ana the way It has walked into public favor ha3 been something astonishing on Its face, bat really not eo in fact, when taken into consideration how directly its course has affected the people's purses. if comparatively a new company, so far a? a general business is concerned, the report shows that in extent of wire mileage it is twice what the A. and P. wa3 when purchased by tha Western Union, and more thiu one an 1 a quarter times larger than the Amencan Union mileage hen it was taken into camp by tho came company. For the A. and P. the Western Union paid in its stock SS.o'X),CK O, and for the American Union $l."00(),OCO. On the B. and O. system 2,000,00) was paid eut during the liscal year ending September 4, and the report well says that, comparing the cost of the B. and O. system with that of the system of its principal competitor, it is believed it can obtain and hold such a volume of business as will yield very satisfactory net results from the expenditures by the close of the year. Continues the report, it will have a mileage nearly as greit as that of the two companies combined, which cost th Western Union over f 24,00.).000, and it will then nearly equal the whole of the Western Union mileage in lS'J'J, after it had absorbed the United States and American Companies, and very near as great in extent as the entiie system of the country at the close of the war. when it was little, if any, in excess of 7.i,0C0 miles. No attempt has been made to force the business, owing to the fact that wires are still being strun?, and it has been the desire of President Bates to move slowly, in order that satisfaction might be given the public and its wants thoronghly provided for. The statements made by the late President Garrett in a report to the Board of Directors, iu ln".2. are quoted in the report that the telegraph system should maintain firmly and successfully its independence es a great competing organization, and should continue to enlarge its capacity to meet all requirements. The yor.ngsr Mr. Garrett has fully carried out there characteristic declarations, and competition is successfully prosecuted thus far, will in no wise sailer for lack of vigorous action in the future. As fehown in report the B. and O. ststem now embraces a wire mileage of 47,117. with miles of poles; this not including th cailcage still in eourse of construction. Advantage has been taken of the low prices vC material, it being stated that the exDcndHire has been upon a bajis of at least 15 per reat. under the figures at which any lines werever built in this conntry. After hearing the report in its entirety the stockholders, by the largest vote ever polled in the history of va Railroad Company, unanimously elected a new Board of Directors, consisting main of the old beard. T. Harrison Garrett sno"eeis Kobert as a director. The board called ft meeting on Thursday for the election of President and other ou.cials.

CATXJJEoIER'S CONVENTION'.

It Areerables Willi au Attendance or El cht Jlumlred Delegatos Tlio Uirst Daj's Proceeding. Et. Louis, Nov. 17. The first National Convention of cattlemen ever held la this country opened ita seisions at 11:33 o'clock this xuorniDg in the cast nave of the Exposition building, which is handsomely fitted up and decorated for the occasion. Delegates were present representing nearly all the "Western 8tate3 and Territories, several Eastern Slates, Mexico, England, and Scotland. Colonel K. D. Hunter, of St. Louis, originator of the project, called the convention to order and announced as the object ofthe gathering the formation of a National League of cattle interests for mutual good. After urging unanimity of action hs presented Colonel C. C. Ilainwater, of St. Louis, as temporay Chairman. On motion of ex-Senator Dorsey, of New Mexico, Delegate Thomas Btursis, of Wyoming, was made temporary Secretary . Mr. Slurgis then read the call issued January last, pursuant to which the convention met. A heated discussion ensued, participated in by Messrs. Dorsey, of New Mexico; Curtis, of New York; Judge Lindsey, of Texas, and many others, upon a resolution of General Curtis as to the method of making up committees on credentials and permanent organization. The Western delegates C3ntended for a representation from each stock association, and the Eastern delegates for one delegate simply from each Slate. The former finally prevailed by an overwhelming vote. At this juncture the Chairman announce! that Governor Crittenden and Mayor Ewing would appear before the convention and welcome the delegates in behalf of the State cf Missouri acd the city cf SL Louts. A band of martial music followed, and the distinguished gentlemen appeared with a military escort. Governor Crittenden was leaning on the arm of General W. T. Sherman, sccompanied by the staff of ex-Governor Thomas C. Fletcher, Colonel Myers, of the State Guard, and others Mayor Kffing wa3 first introduced. He thanked the delegates for the honor of selecting tit. Louis ai the place for the convention and extended all the hospitalities of the corporation. Governor Crittenden followed in an elaborate address, adding his welcome to that of Mr. Ewirg and speaking at eome length cn the nature of the questions to be discussed. Among other things he laid: "I think Congress should set avlde lrora the pnolic dornein sufficient for a national or international trail from Bed Kiver on the north to Itsd Kiver on the south, and wide enough to accommodate a million of cattle. Now is the time to memorialize Congress to that end. He spoke also of the growing demard for meats throughout the world, acd of the necessity of proper breeding and the adoption to the condition of existence to each particular breed. His remarks were received with the closest attention, and were fallowed by vociferous applause. Here a large call was made for General Sherman, who sat cn the stage. The General responded and made a brief address of a general nature. He concluded as follows: "I used to regret to eee buffalo, elfc and antelcpe disappearing lrom the plains, aad to cee in their stead a race of scrawny, looghorn Texas cattle. I can now see, however, that it wss a decree cf nature, and that you, gentlemen, have reared a race of 20,000,000 fire breeding cattle which supply the world with meat" The convention then took a recess till 3 this afterncon. The convention reassembled at 3 o'clock, acd, after accepting invitations frooi the Merchants' Exchange and several other public and private institutions to visit them, adjourned till 10 o'clock to morrow morning, when a permanent ornzatloa wJl be ejected and the real work begin. A very piefisant and amusiug feaira of the convention is the Coffboy Bvd from Fort Dodije, Kas , twenty men fctroag, in full frontier costume. They p'ayoi several selections during this morning's s??3ion, eliciting great applause. Leader WVllds, in place of a batoD, naes his sliver mrauted derriDger, nearly a foot long. SWAIM'd COUKT -M 1BTI L. Several Proposed Members of the Court Challenged by General 8vruiu and Iii l'OUDStl, Washington, Nov. 17. Upon the opening of the Swaim Court-martial to day, Gener il Gresvenor, of the counsel for the accused, read an objection on the pait of General Swaim to Paymaster General Rochester, sitting as a member cf the court. He stated the grounds of his objection to be that General Bochester was a material witness in this cs'-e with respect to the second charge against General Swaim of neglecting to report and take notice of the alleged fact that Ji?lonel Morrow had fraudulently duplicated hlj pay accounts, and also that the accused having favored the appointment of Colonel McCiure to the Payraster Generalship at the time General Bochester was appointed to that ctlice, aud this fact being known to the latter it can not be supposed that he (Rochester) can serve as an impartial Judge. After argument the room was cleared, and when the doors were reopened, the Judge Advocate announced the objection against General Bochester sitting as a member of the Court had been sustained. General Swaim was then asked whether he desired to object to any other member of the Court He replied he'desircd to do bo. and Judge Shellabarger then read the challenge of Brigadier General Schotield's right to sit as a member cf tho Court, on the ground that be (Schorield) was prejudiced against General Swaim and could not sit ia this trial as an impartial Judge. He read General tiwaim's reasons for asserting that General SchoHeld must be prejudiced against him. These were in substance that General Sainihadat yarloai times in the discharge of his official duties commented in severe terms upon the official conduct of General Schotield, notably iu a review of the proceedings of the Board of Irqulry in the Filz John Porter case, and of the Wbittaker Court-martial; and also that General Swaim was on close and intimate terms with President Garfield at the time General Schofield's military command was, by order of the President, broken up and Scholie'd placed on military orders; and further, that General Swaim had been called upon, in pursuance of his official duties, io make a review of the proceedings iu the Court-martial of Major G. W. Schoiield. A brother of Brigadier General 8chofield was put upon his voire dire, and said he did not think he entertained any prejudice against General Swaim. After a long argument the court was cleared, and on being reopened the Jadge Advocate announced that the challenge against General Bchofield had not been sustained. General Swaim, through counsel, then objected to General Terry, on grounds similar to those urged against Schoiield. General Terry was Eut upon his voir dire, and said e did not think he could be influenced in the trial of this caie by any prejudice against General

Swalra. After argument of this challenge the Ccurt had the room cleared for consultation, and upon the doors being reopened the Judge Advocate announced that the chal lenge bad been sustained, and General Terry was excused from sitting as a member of ths Court. Objection was then made by General Swaim to General Murray, on the ground ot prejudice, grouting out of Swairn's opoo-ition to his appointnifct as Surgeon General. General Murray having declared upu his voir dire that he euttrtaiLed no prejndice egair.st General Swaim that would iouueace Lis judgment in this case, the challenge was withdrawn. Counsel for General Swaim were then allowed to ask Colonel Andrews and Colonel Ay res without formally challenging these officers, whether they had formed or exprefsed opinions as to Swaim's guilt or innocence, and whether 'they entertained any piejndices aeainst him that would influence their judgment in this case. Both having acswercd in the negative, the Coart wss then organized with eleven members by the swearing In of tha members 8nd Judge Advocate. The Julge Advccate then stated that General Swaim's requested subpesas be issued for the Secretary of War, General Rochester, Major Carey, Colonel Barr, and Major Sftt, eicer which the Court took a recess- until to-morrow morning. The challenge against General Terry today was sustained because he elated he would prefer not to bit on the tilslaud ba one of General Swaim's judges. MAUD S.

The Queen of the Torf Beats Her Previous Best Mile Half a Second.? Lexisctok, Ky., Nov. 11. The slate ;is broken and Maud S, the queen of the turf, has. maieths fastest mile on record. Time: Qaftrter.32?4; half. 1:0-1; three-quarters, 1:37; mile.2:034. This beats her previous bctt mile half a second. Maud 6 has proved herself a greater mars than ever her lste owner, Mr. W. H. Vanderbilt, or her present owner, Mr. Robert Bonner, ever thotidit she was. Eiram Wood r a AT, the o'.d-lime trainer of trottinz horses, laid It down as an ironclad law that you could never have a Ufi mile after frost had st-uefc the ground. .Last week ico formed repeatedly unit took the elasticity from ttie soil, jtooer-heailed Ob (8 like Dr. Herr said it was too hits for Mau 1 S to try to do what no horse except herself had ever dene, vet enthusiasts, however, preaicted tbat tho iccrd would be broken The day was bright for November, bot the expert does not look for mascles to be llexiole wfcen Indian sainmcr come. There was a large Rat he ring of tbe veiy best pevple of tbe blue crass region at the fair ground track. liondrcds of r cliurchg'trs were present, among ttiem eevertl divines, and llr. Bonner was rratiflai to sec a l-lacard cobtoicuouftlv posted on tue grand stand: -No bettln allowed' Atll:.;o Liair came out behind tbe queen and gaTe htr a warming up ml'e in 2 '.V!. The judges end timers were Major U. C. McDowell, Oolonvl R. West and W. H. Wilson, lathe opioslte stand Mr. Bonner held a wic!i, canVed 011 both sides by General J. F. -KoMn-on, Mr. L. ISrodtesil, Mr Kicfcard Anderson and Hamilton i;nby. The conditions tinder whicl the performance wss made were written in tbe rreor.i bcok: "Miud fc will start to beat her own rcaorl of 2:C''4, scd shouM she boat the record Wr.-oatnm farm. where sh.j was bred, wlU commemorate the achievement by a ward In t to her through the Kentucky Trottln? llors-c Breeders' Association, a cup with the time mvlo ty her engravrd thereoa." Eiir jogged toun 1 ta-j truck, wen to the bead of tbe streich, ctna d vu and nodded for tbe word. The aret marre did not make a siugle mistake. The time of tfce tirst quarter was 3?-4 and of the half mile 1:01. Tneth.r?eriuatttrpoie was reac'ue-1 ia 1:37, and here Mr. liowenran joined tor with a runuer hilcue l to a sulky. Tbe flnifh ws strong, and the Judges stepped thiir watchfaat 2.0. 'i. The majority of onuide waschen mado t'rac C:UJ. Toe iroro, when tr.e queen returned to the und fop UaV to weluhwcs iiideccrihabl'j. Ika crowd filled tlia quarter sirelch and cheered until thin throat werehntky. It was the ijreatet-t ierforaianc9 of the kind ever witnessed iu the world, and Kentucky men thouted as only they can do Mr. Conner was congratulated on every side. Prominent breeders like General W. T. Withers. Mr. I. efflpcrt, fnd Mr. lodbnnter pressed forward to tt him by the baud, and when Grant, the colored groom, ws cooUcz the rare out oa tha lawn, scores of lRdics ira'.hered round and aSt-id for the pmiiese of tourhicg her on tho note. Mr. JtoDDer- first cjcyv.ulttor dij-pr.tch was to Mr. VndrbilL Tee - ira. will now 1c turned out for ttia winter. The wl.ole town to nUM Is titkh.: ebaat the wonderful performance ; Mud S-cwi tlia ladies discuss it with animation. The excitaui-at of the I'Ksldeuiial eiectloo, which ha? 030:1 .-0 latcrise here, is eubraerzed by the tidal w.-ive produced by s?eii'. what La ! navcr bo:ure b.o:i ne-con-piihfl-a iaiie ia 2.0?' . Amoxi? the manv messages receive 1 by tek'irap'i Ly Mr. Eotiner cour(ttuUiiic: hitn, lj tae fo.lo.vin;j from tbe owner of Jr-ye -5c-f : R.v isc, Wis., Nov. 11. To Robeit Bonner, Lexington, Ky. : Sir Allow me to congmtnlato yoit on tho wmCtrful performance of jour great mure. Mt i S. (Signed) J. I. Ca-.. INTERNATIONAL INVENTIONS 111 TION. KXHI. It Will Re Opened in May Nest, at. S.xith Kenslngtor, England. Under the Patronage of Oueeu Victoria. Xr.w York, Oct, 13. It is officially announced through the British consulate tt-t an International Inventions Exhibition will be held in London in lSv, under the patronage of the Jneen, the Presidency of tho Prince of Wale3 and tha management of an Executive Council, composed of eminent Knglishmen. It will be opened in May, at the Royal Horticultural Gardens, South Kensington, anl will remain opn until the end of the yea', in order that American inventions may ocenpy a prominent place in this universal exhibition, the latest date for receiving applications for space has been extended to December öl, 1SS1. The exhibition will consist cf two grand divisions, each ot which will be subdivided into groans and classes. The first division will be devoted to inventions, and will embrace apparatus, appliances, processes and products invented or brought into use since ISO:.', when the' great World's Fair was held ia the Crysttl Palace. Therbject ot this collection is to show the pr?grei8 that has been ms.de during the last quarter of a century iu tho application of scientific discoveries to the purposes of daily life. There is ample scope for the display of American ingenuity, as the exhibits will cot be limited to important mechanical appliances and the utilization of natural products, hut will nclade Yankee cotions of all descriptions. The second division will be devoted to music in all its branches, chiefly musical intruments invented binee tbe beginning of the present centnry. The historic collections of musicil instruments, and of pictures representing musical subject, will form an inc'd?nil feature of the exhibit Medals, in gold, eilver and bronze, and diplomas of honor, will be awarded on the recommendation of the juries. TVhcelirg'a Wheelbarrow Wage. WiiEE..ixe;, W. Va., Nov. 17. The most novel event ever witnessed in Wheeliug for several years occurred tbisafteinocn. Richard Henry and David Kuerner, prominent German citizens, made a bet on the election, by the terms of which Kuerner was to wheel Henry from Tenth street to Twenty-third if Blaine was elected, and vice versa if Cleveland won. Henry paid the bet to-day. The wheelbarrow was preceded by a committee of prominent citizens and a brass band, and followed by a man carrying a mammoth pretzel, another leading a goat fancifully decked, and two others carrying flazä. Behind came a dozen carriages with citizens. A crowd of at least 5,000 gathered along the route and cheered the party. Several men in the party wore elaborate costumes and others red plug Lata.

CONFESSING A CONÜPIHACr.

AConKclence-Stricken KcpuVlrau IopeetorUipo a TUn by Whlrh ff fa I'arty Irpectoia Were to Take s Few Vor la och District I'rom Cleveland acd Add Ibria to lllalae-District Attorney Uloey Iii Werk. Sew York World 1 PcciMve action taken by District Attorney v.. ncy prevented thousands of noa-res:d2nw who had jegihtercd Illegally, fnra vofn? for the Hiiub'ican electorson Tuesiny last. Kut etill fraud! were perpetrated in various dijlricts, aad la some the Cleveland majorities were credited to Blaine. The District Attorney is now busy investigating tfceie frauds. A great deal of evidence has bean collected, and, waen it is subrnittel to the,Graud Jury, will cauw a sensation. It was reported yesterday that an Inspector in one of the down-town Atcembly Districts had confessed to the District Attorney that a majority of teveral hundred voes for Cleveland had been entered on tho ofliuiil returns as a majority for Blalno. Moreover, it,w raid that all tho other Inspectors in tbe district had been summoned bcTore Mr. Olccy anl thr.t ihcy confirmed the slatemeot originally male. 1 bey were insiructed to correct their retunn a: once, but were not given any promise of iinmtn'ty from punishment. Another ri orwb ich gftinel circulitiot aud was cruerally credited wss totheeirctii&t in tno 1 iihih Assembly District. In which Jo'-n J. O'llrien ih ' tosa," the dishonest tactics of former yeirs lisd been reported to. Il was said tl.at certain Inspectors wro eenld not be bribed by O'Brien's representatives, been drngcd, and that tha vote ted teen canvassed without their aid. la fevcTat Clhtilets it it claimed that Cleveland's majorities were either cut down or wiped out altogether. Tfce evidence of frauds of that character ia overwhelming, and prompt action will be taken to prevent a reversal of tbe will of the people. ldstrict Attorney Olney said yesterday that ho rad the mstterhof electloa frauds under invesdea tion. bot he feared that it might defeat the euds of justice to make public at present tho evidence in Iiis ro?se6iot. Tho missliiz return from lie Twen'yfourih Election District of the First Asembly D;Btrict, he said, had been found It was defective, bat would not adect the eb-ctorai vote. Frly in the day an order was obtained from Jnaze Csrrett giving authority to onen the envelope filed by tho Inspec'orsof the Twentyfourth Assembly District in the Mayor's oihce. The Irf pcttori on Saturday alleged that the envci-oi-codIj contained the registration list, but aliidavits were made before the order was granted, iu which it waa set forth that tbe envelope contained tbe raising return. The envelope waa opened and it was found to contain the return, but Iu a very imperfect condition. The certificate ot tbe.eleclorai vote was correct, but on tbe bscs of it fbero was written the toll cTerk's ta'ly-iist, which should have teen rende cut on a separate sheet. That irr??alarnv, however, will not invalidate tho vote. Tii-J vote for coun'y onlcers was not properly eatered. Ecme of the candidates werenot credited with a single vfcte, Trie total electoral vote in tbo Tweu-ly-lcurth Flection District of tfce First Assembly District was 524. of which 'Jjö were cat for Cleveland. (1 for Elaine, ,5 for f'.utler and 1 lor St. John. Oae was entered as detective. Tbe Inspectors whj made out that return sro in custody. They bal a healing at tbe Tombs Police Conrt veslerdsyatternooa. The result of the examination made' under Jndpe Barrett's order was a point ia their f.ivor, tut they ore not "out of the woods" yet. ' Tte crTiciol count," said Diitrict Attorney Olr-ey, "I believe will show for Cleveland a larger plurality than is at present claiced. I have nothing to do with the work of tüe Hoard of Co-juty ar.vKf ser. There will be le?al representatives of bcth parties present, I presume, to watch tho count. The board, in esse of error?, defecis or irregularities, ceu summon the Inspector?, and the errors may be rectified." Afais:ai!t District Attorney? Allen anlTarrls fceve special charse of the complaints which har reached thcctticeln regard to frauds. "I l uve evidence," said Mr. Allen, ."of vital Importance, but 1 can rot marc it public at present. Numerous comnlaints have been received and a great bp'ü ci evidence has been takvn und will be Btit -mitied to tbe Grand Jary." "Huve any palpable frauds been discovered?' 'I should say there have, but I cau no: give yon the details to-day." "Miil the frauds which have come to your notice attcct the city vote for Cleveland much?" Wbcn these frauds have been rectified, tho vote for Cleveland will be considerably iucreaced. He frauds which hare been eommitied were just such as we antie-ipated and did everything in our power to prevent." ASTOUNDING FRAUDS. Mary Votes Ist to Cleveland Thnugli It publicans Voting Double ItaUora. SpcihU to the Cidfago Daliy Xew. Nr.w Y' i:k, Nov. lt. Th3 World will say tomcrrow: Twenty inen, Fomocf whom ect.l -n Imtmtir. of Eltc'it.nrn Sovenob?r 4, caUft r.t th D-stri-! Attcrrey's edUce yesterday and r,i?e valuable iofcriaaiicu in rtsard ta the nseviiDulou method lc-piicd to ly tlio iUjdi'oHeaits to tcdaee- Clcv land's rtjjorues in districts ia which tiieyco il t cot cut to f.a"a s-jy adv-tn'.sj by hones, r.irfciis. Tic Tcvelailons they ffii.!) av-.o astoui'.ciijjr. .sit.'.a;U District Attorney V.len, u wr-cra tbey mcde it'erir eon!es-ir:us, tr.ev ti;t.t ia s pile of t:ie pre cm Tons t .k-ii a eroflt lüanv votes were cast IlltKaUy. bnt he wa renreiy rrtiared Icr the talo of widespread conspiracy to defeat the will of the pecplo uliieh was poared into his car. For several l ours he Jad twosten ' srspheis er.f.ascvt taking the s?nterac-nt of tin; twenty vohirary witucsos. During thq n"!?bt tbe depositions wid be written out. aud this morninn they will call Rjrain anl attth their st.nijiatnres to them, find swear to the truth o: t'ic Bsscitions which they contain. Thesa djpositions vi', then, wiih avast amount ol other eviCer.co which his accumulated ia tbe District Attorney's oihee, be sobiuitted to the graii jury far the atliou of that body. "it would be manifestly improper." sail Mr. Allen, 'to make public at this staee the natura of tbe stfirlling evidence which has been reclved in this ottice In regard to irregularities committed nt the poils. lam satisfied that froai 15,030 to '.0,000 vote weie cast illega:ly In this city aloue." It Ja a mailer ol common miner aud it is believed that the District Attorney has reliah a information on the subject that tho Uepublievi workers invsded tbo Democratic ttronuold oj November 4, and by tho ingenious mthodt of votirKdouble ballots, very rcateridy reduced tho ma:oiitks (or t'levelnd. iVherever sucii praeiics were indulged in, it ba been ascertained that a Ee-pullicsn Iaspector was In eaaree, and pusho 1 into the boxes three donb'e billoü. The Po 1 Cleika re?isu-rcd the name of eaf h vo-er who nppenred at the io!liG2 p'.nc?. The first thing dono after the close of tbe pells was to CL-unt tbe votes in tbe boxes, eud corotaro tbera with the registry kept ty the l'oll Clerks, in a laiae number of boxes it was found that there were from twenty to thirty ballots ia excess of the poll clerks' renisiry. The number in excess had of course to be thrown out. The double ballots were mixed up with the rest, and a man blindfolded drew enough ballots torrake tbe content- of tbe box agree with tbe poll clerk's list. By this mctbod it is estimated that several thousand votes were lost to Cleveland, and it is hardly possibla that the matter can now be rectified, the ballots drawn out having been destroyed. This trick ha always been a favoiite one with tho Republic ui workers by reason of the comparative satety witi which it is carried out, but it is doubtful if it waa ever practic d on such an extensive scale as it was during the recent election. 1 LI ETJ TENANT GRKEI.V. He Arrived at Washington Yesterday and Will at Once lleglu Work on Di Report. Washington, D C, Nov. 13. Lieutenant Greedy called at the War Department to-day after reporting hia arrival to General Hazen at the signal office, and paid his respects to Secretary Lincoln. In company with General Ruggles he altsrward called upon Commodore Schley. Lieutenant Greely is beginning to look as he did when he left Washington three years ago, though he now has " the air of one who haa recently been connnea to a sicic chamber, ana wales slowly With a convalescent gait. He said ha was yet we air, but in other respects well. "I found my memory was impaired," he continued, "when I got among old acquaintances. Men whom I could recognize one day and call by rarre, I could not name upon meeting them next day. That trouble has been overcome, acd now so difficulty whatever is expeI rienced in making recognitions." Commoaore ocniey recalled reminiscences of the return from his journey from the Arctic regions. Said he: "Shortly after Greely was taken on board he wanted to hear the

Efws. I told him Alexander Lad been killed ty the Nihilists. 'I knew that,' he responded. I asked how he knew it, and be said he found a picture the kiliinrof the Czar in a pictorial paper which hal boca taEcn north cn the Neptune. While they were at Capo Sabine they read and re read every slip of paper us?d iu wrsppipg the articles left for them B.v.that meßns they were informed cf a number of in-pcrtaut events. While reading such Ecrapt and attemptiaz to supply, by inference, the missing portions, constituted one of their chief pastimes, they also oecupU d themselves frequently by maHing billa of fare cf what they would eat when they returned heme. Lieutenant Greely is here to begin work on his report. He says he comes partly against the advice of his physicians, but as the estates of the members of the party cai not be settled until he has examined their paper?, now in Washington, he deemed it his duty to complete the work as soon as possible. A number of men will bs detailed to aid him in the preparation of his roport.

ANNUAL REPORT Of the Commissioner of Tensions for the Fiscal Tear Ended June 30, 1881, Washington, Nov. 12. The Secretary of tho Interior has received the annual report ol the Commissioner of Pensions lor tbe fiscal year ended June 33, 1581. The report Is dated November 10, and Is tlened by W. V. Dudley, Commissioner. It states there were at tbe close of the year G2i,755 perslonern, classified as foi'oirs: 213,956 army invalids; 75,836 army widows, minor children and dependent relatives; 2,016 navy Invalids; 1,933 navy widows, minor children and dependent relatives; 8,M3 survivors of tho war ef 11 . and 19.512 widows of thote who served in that war. There were added to the roll during the year ai,192 new pensioners, and 1.221 whose pensions have been previously dropped were restored to tbe roll; 16,315 were dropped from tbe rolls for various causes; net increase to number on rolls, 10,033. averape annual value of each pension at the cloe cf tbejjear 81C6, aggregate annual value of all pensions, 34, 156.6CC; increare over lite value for previous veer. $2.211,407. The sraount paid for pensions during the year was 1 3ö,08,5.7, exceeding the annual value of pensions several mlllioa dollar?, which represents first payments, generally in new claims, and known as arrears pensions. Too amount i atdtinrln tho year to S1.2C7 new pensioners was $23,413,815, ami there remained in the bands ol the Fevers 1 pension atreuts 7.203 cases of this Class unpaid, io which there was due (1.047,GS0. In the afrtate, since lSöl, claims have been filed, and t4" 130 hive been allowed. 1 he Commissioner tats that at the rate the claims have been filed for tho past few years U19 closa of the year 1SSC will undoubtedly s'new ,0X1.000 claims filed for tensions since Kt'd. Sinee that year the total amount disbursed is S47.i:tG.s:;i. The report states in lsS2. 8 pir cent, of the whoie number of claims pending await the action of claimant or their wiiucfsrs upon answered cslls from tLlsothce. Fnt little over 1 per cent, await the action of the VVar Ieparlmeot, the Fame beint as near up to ('a teas prae ticabie. Oi the whole number pending. It per cect. stand chargeable to deJay Jn tl ia jfiiee, 1 1.719 whteir awaited special examination, 4 82 awaited ot action cf the Board of Kevicw. and C22 the nctioT cf the Medical ü; lach Oflice, thus leavin? l.rttO c'aims whic awaited examination of evidence which had been filed. Upwards of 50 per cent of the whole number of claims vthich have been tiled, carrying witi them arrears pension, Lave been allowed. The claims pendln of tls cla?s constitute a class whieli present grcnter diUicuUies in the way ot scttleEent. V ith a very lure percentaze o! this numtcr which await the action of claimant., it Is evident they meet with tre&'foDsuclcs iu pioc.iri.i luch testimony es shall, under tho law. the decision of the St-orttary of tbe Interior find A.torne y General, and practice ciilcc j'Mify favorable act'on. The Commissioner aJvornte the sdoptioiiof a remedial constitution ly Congress which shall teke hem tie clainiaut some of the burdius which in their operation amount to a practical denial of hisc'a'm. The OoirmifMCSiCr edds: 'Tnles legislation applicable to ihem bo considered, the tamo to be specific to the classes to be aßected, arvl the etaracte-r of the proof which shall bo deemed siißici-:iit to enmlo a pension, tbe result will be to practically dmy pensions to many tboursnds cf brave and disabled soldiers whos-ä snfr'tring and unfortunate social condition p.pneal to a gratitude, sympathy and merciful consideratiou of Congress. I'erheps it would bo more to the purpote to say that a plea for and in bchali cf veteians was for justice and justice Rlone." Of ih.e system of special examinations, he says: "It can not fail to be cralifjin'r to thow tnat t'ne service bos been more than Lull sustalulmr, with a balance ol $l,MJ2,lü2as a net saviugfor ouo jear.'' AN INDIANIAN'3 PROSPECTS. Chicago Deraoriata Preiiaring for a Ma;. bitirent Display !-ttltfuction Expressed by the Chicago li.r at Gresliam's Ap pciDtmeDt-Gteshnui uo't surpiised at the miction Besults. Special to tfce Sentinel. CiiHji(;o, Nov 13. T am informed h:re th it a former Inöianlau will be supported by Chicago Uc-mcfrats for United States Marshal for Illinoi. The scntlemcn is Mr. C'.iarlcs Kc:a, formeily ol Terre Htxute, aad when scarcely more than a boy Sheriff ol Vijo County. Kluco removieg here he bas been SherifT of Cook County, and, by thd way, the only Democratic SherifT Chicago baa known since the atcetidency of the republican party. In rduiiion te his exceilenl record as aa official. Mr. Kern Is backed by sn exceptionally strong personal popularity. There Is no question of his capacity lo fill the of.ice, and it will uot surrrise me to tee Mni stnnc.iaa in Mr. I-on Jones' shoes after rext March, Certainly no appointment to the position would so well pleaie llr. Kent's host of Indiana iriends. 1 ho Iroquois Club arc preparinj an invitation to 1'residfut-elect Cleveland to visit Chicago as their guest. Should tbe Invitation bo acceded, the occasion will be oriental ia its manilicenco of dif-play. The Iroquois is made up of Lieu f marked wealth and cha-acter, but they will I. j bscked, of course, by ail the Democrats of tbe city, and half tbe suburbs, for that rna-.ter, for all Chic?co likts a sensation that will draw ouuiieis into town. A conversation to-day with several leading lawyers developed that Jude Gresbam has the Implicit confidence and strong admiratiou of tho t'hlcflco bar, even betöre he is fairly installed a Untied States Circuit Jude. Suiti Iemocrata as MelviUe, Feller, m.Coudey," John V. Le-noynp. aud F. II. Winston express pratiilcatlou. at tbe appointment of so broad and hralney a iuris?, and one above the narrowness of judicial partisanship. In this connection 1 make a claim for Jud(.e Oresbaui of political prophecy. Oa tbe morning ot the election, just after be bad VO'öl, I asked his opinion, privately, of the outcomo ot tbe dsy. I can say that the result have not surprised him iu the leaf t. Ron Hoy. tui; PRESIDES r-IiLECr. He Receives a Constant Stream of Caller The State Canvass Closing of tbe Canals. Albany, Nov. 17. President elect Cleveland's callers to-day were numerous. There was a constant stream in and out of ths Executive Chamber all day. The Governor was accessible to most of the callers till lste in the afternoon, when he retired to his private room for consultation with political friends. Governor Abbott, of New Jersey, and United States Senator McPhersoa, of that State, called to-day. The State Board of Canvassers meets at the Capitol on Wednesday. The official returns have been received front only forty cf the sixty counties in the State, and tha Boaid will probably take a recess for a day, io order to allow further returns to b 8 received before proceeding with the canvass The canals will close December 1. Death of a millionaire. CixrixKATi. O., Nov. 17. Captain V. L. Schenck, a well-known river man, died at Vevay, Ind., last night. Ho was the owner of a number of large Ohio River steamboats, and died a millionaire. He was born in Switzerland. Proke Ills Neck. LocisvrLLK, Nov. 17. A special from Shetby County says: "Lee Prke, a farmer, was trown from his horse and his neck broken."

cmciGo Di;3iocniT3. What They Fay About the Election The Sentinel's Broadside Ruinrd the Halpin Story and the Libel Stilt Defeated lllaiae General Gossip. Social to the Sentinel. Chicago, I1L, Nov. IX Long Jon es, United States Marshal oi Illinois and the Hlus achates of John A. Loan, thus unbosomed himself a day or two since to asympathizing fiiecd: "Just as w had trained the Maria Halpin gun' eaid Jones, "and were beginning to pour shot and shell into Cleveland, up jumped the Indianapolis Sentinel and poured a broadside into Blaiue's private record. That shot defeated Blaine for the rresidency. The mihute I saw he had sued the paper I said he had blundered. When the Sentinel made the fight it spiked the Maria gun, the only thins we had to use against Cleveland. Bat when Blaine allowed the Sentinel to force out that letter to rhelps, I felt that he was defeated." Mr. Jones has said the tame iu substance to several parties. Another Republican said to me to-iay: "The Indianapolis Sentinel turned the ties of battle in the campaign. Had it surrendered to Blaine's attack on it he would hare won the election." A republican newspaper correspondent who was at Bar Harbor when Blaine ordered the suit, and who followed him for five weeks thereafter, told me last night that some of Blaine's friends tried for three days to dissuade him from risking that action, but tha: Blaine insisted it would be'a master stroke ct campaign policy. "He was led to believe,1 said the correspondent, "that the Sentine would retract, and was broken up badly when it showed fight. Threat of criminal prosecution were noised simultaneously with the ordering of the eivil suit, for further intimidating the publisher of the Sentinel. He was nervous up to the time the Sentinel's first set of interrogations were filed. But from that date oc, till the publication of his letter to Thelps, he was- positively rattled. Then a sort of desperation appeared to seize on him, and he swung into the fi ght with, utter recklessness of truth, principle, or propriety. Thenceforward he relied not on character but on brain, tongue, aud physical endurance to win the contest for him. The spacious lobby of the Palmer Hoase is overhung with enoimous pictures of G rover Cleveland aud Thomas A. Hendricks. The crowds that pour in and out of the great pslace ot a hotel look up at the portraits ia a half dreamy manner, as if tbe news assuring these men to ba President aud Vice President elect Is loo good to be true. Potter Pilmer laughingly said to-day that when he awakes these mornings lr.s first thooght is a self-inquiry whether he has only dreamed thst the Democrats have won. By the way, Mr. Palmer, whiie returning from New York lan week, called on Governor Cleveland. He expresses himself as delighted with the Governor's bearing and character, and predicts the Nation will have an administration which in both purity and ability will compare favorably with any in the memory of the living. In courtecy, Mr. Palmer says. Mr. Cleveland ia all that can he desired; while in dicruity, independence acd decision of character he is an extraordinary man. The suggestion that Senator McDonald made a member of the Cabicet is hsiled ia Chicago with cordiality. Jadre Tree toll me to-day that no appointment would se well please Illinois Democrats. P.Oi; Kov.

NEW ORLEANS KXPOSITION. Matters Pertaining to tbe Opening: or the Grat Pair. Washixc;tox, Nov. 13. The Special Tresa Commissioner of the New Orleans World Exposition is perfecting arrangements to have a Congressional excursion ot Senators and Representatives from here to New Orleans to be present at tbe opening of IL? Exposition, on December 10. A press excurBicn, representing the presi of the New England States. New York, New Jersey. Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland and the District of Columbia, will go at that time. Ample accommodations will be provided for tfcese guests in the Cref cent City. The Board of Management of the Exposition have made most cornp-ete arrangements for the cenvenieuc and accommodation of the Representatives in the Exposition building. The cfiice will be equipped with telegraphs and telephone wires, and a postoüice and messenger service for the use of correspondfcts. Invitations bave been extended to President Arthur and Cabinet, Mr. CleveJan d and Mr. Blaine; also to President-elect Diaz, ot Mexico, aud Emperor Dom Pedro, of Brazil. The Mexican Congress will aos. journ to attend the opening eiercises. FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT An O. and 3t. Fassender Train Jnmpi the Track The Engineer Scalded to Death. Special to the Sentinel. Vikcesxes Ind., Nov. 11 A ftightfal and fatal lallway accident occurred one ha! mile east of 'bis city at midnight. Number 4, the east bound lightning express on the O. and M., was just leaving the city with about two hundred passengers, and was under a good speed In order to make the grade, a? heavy one. when the engine and mail car left the track, turning over oaits side. (Jad Fairbanks, the engineer, who has hell the position with this road for thirty-oue years was caURbt under his engine and scalded It frightfully tht death relieved him at j p.m. A tie nip from Shoals, who was beating his war, was caught under the mail car and bad one leg broken and Eerionsly bruised About this time a crash was heard a short distance sway, and an examination showed that an E. end T. H. freUht bad run into a box car on the O. and M. Koad. further investigation proved that some dastard bal broken the locks with a lick, throwing the switches, and had tied the O. and M. wiih a cord. Hf me tramps bad been fired from the sand hoo?e of the O, aud M., And the supposition Is th?r did the act. Our citizens are indignant, and it tbe tuilty parties are apprehended, a necil.c party will be the immediate result. . The Scourge Increasing; ia Paris. Faris, Nov. 13. From midnight to noon to-day there were thirty-three deaths from cholera in Paria, nineteen of which accurred in hospitals. The revised report for yesterday i gives a total of eighty one deaths, all but twenty of which occurred in hospitals. Eighty-four fresh cases were received Into the ho?pitali yesterday. Totjlox, Nov. 13. One fresh case of cholera and one death reported here to-day. , lo consequence of tbe popular indignation at tbe filthy condition, the municipal enthorltie i are having the streets aud getters cie&sed. i