Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 33, Number 4, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 February 1887 — Page 4

THE 1NDIAKA BTA1E EEHT1NEL WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 23 1887.

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$hoUldhav& pepper care orcntay PATAU a baa bruise; cvncixe or SCYioUsCab. Aiyy ofrhcjc things may Happen ir unt juufs. crsfcyoiKOiiotiU of (thaSi3 euai 4 or fixe cure Of SCalSjimrnSjcZttS, 5 welling bruises, Starains, Sommsctfc BY W. J. CKAIO. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY TERMS FEB YEAR. angle CopTi without Premium SI 00 Clubf of tlx tor 5 00 Wi uk Democrats to bear In mind and select their own State paper when the coma to tak aubacrlptiona and make up dabs. a genu suLunt up ciudc Kau icr qj lxiiuriMtion desired. Address INDIANAPOLIS SENTINEL, Indianapolls. Ind, LET THE LIGHT IN! The investigation of the Insane Hospital must be absolutely thorough. Give the present officials every opportunity to defend themselves, but let no guilty man escape. If villainy abides in that noble charity, let it be unkenneled, -The time has come for scrutiny, for exposure and for justice. The air has been full of scandal for six months. Now let the truth be known, no matter who may falL The reputation of the institution must be preserved at all hazards. The investigation that has thus far been had is damned by partisanahsp. Let the witnesses for the defense be called that the people may know what the officials have to say for themselves. If they can not clear their skirts of these fearful accusations, let them be prosecuted without mercy. Democrat or Ilepublican, out with them instantly, and in disgrace, if they can not prove they have been wronged. Turn the sunlight of truth into the windows and into the cellars. If there be rottenness, expose it lu all 'Vs vilen s. Let there be no standing on technicalities. If the officials are Intcctiit, the investigation will put them high jn the public regard; if they are guilty, give them no quarter. The ev denes for the prosecution ha3 been extremely damaging. This must be ad mitted. If it can not be refuted, count by 'count, the condition ot auairs is deplorable, and no punishment can be too severe. A committee of the Senate, a majority being Democratic, ruth lessly exposed the Southern Prison abomin ation. The Democratic party now looks to another Senate committee for an equally honest performance in the matter of the Insane Hospital scandal. Harm never came to a party from the fidelity of iU represent atives to the people. The thing to do is to give the cold truth without regard to individuals. The reform must go on until the people are convinced that the management of their cherished charities has been raised above scandal and Euspicion. The Democratic party of Indiana demands that there be no pause. THE FACTS AEOUT THE STATE DEBT. The Journal continues to keep up its lying about the State debt, and advises the Republican House to borrow no money, but to levy & tax to finish the new Hospitals for the Insane and the reconstruction of the Soldiers' Orphans' Home and other improvements. It says that under Democratic rule the debt is always increased, and under Republican administration debts are reduced and paid. Of the $0,000,009.34 owing by the State the Republican party created $4,820,783.22, as hown by the State Auditor's report The lebt was created in 18C7, 1SCS and 1873, when -the Republican party had full control of the f.'tate. The Deaocratlc administration borrowed $1,100,0)0 last year, and it has gone into the construction of the new State-house nd the new Hospitals for the Insane and other improvements, which la shown by the record. Now, what did the Republican j aity do with the $1,829,783.22? Can the Journal tell what the Republican party did with the money for which they issued those t ends amounting to nearly $o,000,000? How lid it expend the money ? Yes, that is the icestion. It constructed no public bulld;irgs. Every institution in the State Las 'been constructed under Democratic managenient except the Soldiers' Orphans', Home, Urbich was commenced under If orton'" administration, and it comes with exceeding Lad grace from the organ ot the Republican I Jul J to n&e A bowl a'v?ut iad;bedae

of the State when its own party created nearly $5,000,000 of the $G,000,000of the in debtedness and left nothing whatever to show for It. Let the Republican House, if it dares, increase the taxes and refuse to pass the loan bill. The Journal advises Its party to do so. Let the Republican House take such a course, if it desires, in the face of the recommendation of the Governor that the money can be.borrowed at a low rate of interest, and that the 2 per cent. State-house, tax, if continued a? a sinking fund. ill liquidate the State debt without increasing the taxes. The cry comes up from every portion of the State for the early completion of the new insane hospitals, that the poor, un

fortunate insane confined In the poor-houses and jaila of the State may be removed therefrom and properly cared for. The Repub lican party Is after a few offices, and intends to sacrifice every Interest of the State and of the people if necessary to obtain the ofSces to satisfy Republican greed. It is a wellknown fact, and one that ü no longer denied, that the Republicans of the House are refusing to report or take any action on the loan bill or the appropria tion bill, for the purpose of forcing a special session at a great cost to the State and in the end increase the taxes of the people. The Democratic party will be ready to go before the people on sach an Issue, and it invites the Republican party to make iL When did the Republican party ever reduce any of the debt of the State? It has made nearly $",- 000,000 of the $6,000,000 of the State's indebtedness, and as we have said before, it has never erected a public building of any kind, nor made any provision for increasing the capacity of the State for charitable or penal purposes. The Journal expects to do now as it did during the campaign, carry the Ilepublican party through by lying, and as a sample of its lying during the campaign we refer to its issue of August 12 last, in which it said: "It is of record that the State debt has been increased by $0,000,000 since the Democratic party came into control the last time." The Journal did not hesitate to publish such an enormous lie as that in the face of the report of every State Auditor, both Republican and Democratic, for the last twenty years, and in the face of the fact that the last report of the Auditor of State shows thai of the State's indebtedness the Democratic party created but $1,100,000, which bears 3! per cent interest, while that portion of the debt created by the Republican party bears G per cent interest 1HE BENEVOLENT INSTITUTIONS. What Mr. Barrett proposed by bill to do for the prisons of the State yesterday, Mr. Sellers, another Democrat proposed to do for the benevolent institutions. Mr. Sellers' proposition contemplates the appointment of a Board of Trustees by the Governor and the abolition of the present boards. The Senate will consider it to-day. The passage of this bill will put the man agement of the institutions upon a more satisfactory basis. It will establish the authority of the Governor over the trustees, making him share the responsibility for their sat isfactory canduct. The present trustees are now undergoing rigorous inquisition. Thus far the testimony taken has been wholly one-sided and to the injury of these officeis. They have been allowed to submit no evidence In rebuttal and the public does not know what defense they can make. The Sentinel during the last campaign protested against their trial at the bar of public opinion when the minds of men were inflamed by partisan prejudice. It then declared that a proper time would ceme for an investigation. That time came with the oreniD of the General Assem bly. The committees now conducting the inquiry have the right so to do and are dis-(Lar-icea dutv laid upon them. If the manajrement'of the benevolent institutions has been bad it will be discovered, but it will not be discovered until the officers have Lad an opportunity to contradict the evi dence which has been taken. This oppor'.unity has not been given them. On the contrarv Messrs. Swift and Morton, who have as much at stake by way of personal vindication as has Dr. Harrison, have been pei mitt ed to act as prosecutors when decency suggested that they be allowed to appear as witnesses only. It was not necessary to give the investigation this taint of Republican partisans-hip. The Democratic party of Indiana wants the investigation to go on. It wants the microscope turned into every nook and cranny of the benevolent institutions. It wants any sconndrelism that may exist ferreted out It wanti no white-washing, no cloaking of rascals. But it wants the officials to be given a chance to defend themselves before the public verdict is given. The disclosures at the Southern Prison show, however, that the present system of covernine the State institutions is unsatis factory. Therefore, Senator Sellers is justi tied in proposing his bill which changes the system radically. The system will not do. THE SOUTHERN PRISON. Warden Howard is guilty. There are others who are guilty, and they, too, must go. The Democratic Senate discovered their guilt, and the Southern Prison, which for twenty-five years under Republican and Demccratic wardens has reeked with corruption, will be reformed root fcnd branch. The crimes there committed have been the crimes of Individuals. The ininnttiM intt discovered were first developed when Republicans were in charge. The responsibility for their continuance lies at the door of past Legislatures. It remained for the present Legislature to show due fidel ity to the Interests of the people, and to se cure the distinction of exposing a vulainy to which its predecessors had been lamentably blind. To what extent Warden Howard and his underlings have been guilty of embezzlement, inhumanity and jobbery we do not yet know, and we confess that we are not prepared to accept without question, of Mr. John W.. Coons, expert though he be in figures, his atalement of the ßtate'a financial loss; for Mr. Coons' partisanship has more than once been revealed In his figures. But enough la certainly known to JustifytinBtant and heroic measures. Clean out the prison ! Let there not be left a single hanger-on of the old regime. Let the people see that the work of reform, begun so coarageouslyi is FCftcntea ft 8 lowermost 0, Thero

will not be a Democrat in Indiana who will ask that Warden Howard shall be protected by his party affiliation. His crime is hia own and the penalty his own. The Democratic Senate has served its party well in serving the people bo faithfully. It has been the first to turn the waters into this pestilential Augean stable. For that the people honor it . "We ask for Warden Howard simply a fair

trial Mr, Coons says his defalcation will amount certainly to i'iö.OOÖ of $79,000, and may reach $150,000. This is absurd. It is probably not one-tenth of that amount It is not necessary to heed the exaggerations of partisan malice. Bat it is not a question of extent or degree. The statement of his friends is sufficient to convict him and his employes of offenses which can not te overlooked, even if they be no more serious than carelessness and blindness and incompetency. The whole kit and posse must go. THE SENATE AND THE PRISONS. The bill introduced in the Senate yester day by Mr. Barrett, Chairman of the Prison Committee, meets the emergency. It calls for immediate reorganization of the whole system of prison control. The unanimity with which the measure was supported by the Democratic members snowed that tne democratic temper nas oeen - - fully aroused, and, bo far as the Senate is concerned, nothing will be left undone to make the reform instant and complete. Mr. Barrett's bill contemplates the crea tion of one Board of Directors to manage the affairs of both prisons, these officers to be ap pointed by the Governor, in whom such power should be vested. By this means re sponsibility for the conduct of the prisons would be definitely fixed. Under the pres ent system the Directors are responsible to nobody. The energy with which the Senate has applied itself to the good work of rehab ili tating and purifying the Southern Frison is most refreshing. Its committee discovered the rottenness of that institution and had the courage to expose it promptly to the public view, and to invoke immediate remedy. For this it has the approbation of the people. In thus promptly putting their hand to the plow and driving it forward the Dem ocrats have shown that they are not deterred from their duty to the people by the fact that men professing affiliation with the Democratic party are involved. The same plucky and invincible spirit they exhibited when the rights of the party were in jeopardy they now'manifest in their effort to over throw this Southern Frison abomination. The bill Mr. Barrett has submitted will sat isfy the people. It contemplates a radical reform. Under its operation the manage ment of the prison would at once be put upon a basis of honesty, efficiency, decency and economy. The bill will come before the Senate this morning for final action and it will doubt less be promptly passed as it ought to be. The measure is for the thorough exposure of past villainy and the prevention of future evil. The Sentinel has received a highly inter esting communication from t isnersDurg, Ind. Some days ego there appeared in an Indianapolis Republican paper a complaint against the Postmasters at Lapel and Fishersburg. The writer, a Republican, stated that the mail facilities at the two points were wretchedly bad, and laid the blame upon the Postmasters, whom, he said, were Democrats. Now comes J. B. Cragin, of Fishersburg, a Democrat, who does not wish to Ecreen himself behind an assumed name, and gives the following explanation: The "God's truth of the whole business" Is that the vresent Postmasters at Lapel and Fishersburg were appointed on petitions signed exclusively by republicans, and in the face ot a remonstrance signed by every Democrat with possibly three ex ceptions, who seccred their mall at these offices. The men appointed are men whose hon esty can not be questioned, but whose Democracy is seriously questioned. Neither of thci: take a Democratic paper, and one of them has for rears taken two Republican papers. One of tfccm has not been known to vote but once in eight years, and then it was the occasion of the vote on the prohibition amendments. lie was urged to vote In lssi and again in laaC, but in sisted that he had not time, yet permitted his salaried clerk to go to the polls and work all day lor the Republican ticket while he remained at home and attended to business. The facta are thev are both negative men and are afraid to do their duty for fear of making au enemy, and have not enough sagacity to see that the Republicans are simply usiug them as too's to mortify Democrats. The ofilees are entirely under Republican control, as the Republicans dictate the entire management and this fact caused twenty-nine diseustcd Democrats to remain at home in the township at the last election. The complaints o! "A Sufferer," with reference to our mall facilities, are all true, and our Post masters deserve censure, but it should not be In hw -month to lav the blame at the door of te Democrats here, as he was one of the most active men in securing these appointments. We would respectfully refer the matter to the Fostmatter General, as showing the folly of nreferrinz Republican credentials. We have not the slightest doubt that Mr. Cragin gives the real cause of the Democratic losses in his township at tho last election. There wre manv other townships in the State where the Democratic party suffered from like cense. Hoi SB bill 334, introduced by Mr. Conger a few days ago, is a very important one to the agricultural as well as the commercial interests of the State. This bill proposes to reorganize and extend the State weather service by establishing reporting stations at as many important points in the btate as practicable. To carry out this purpose it asks for a Bmall appropriation of $2,000 for the purchase of the necessary instruments and for telgraphinz the Government storm warnings and weather forecasts to such agri cultural districts and other important points as the telegrams of the nataal weather service do not now reach, and also for the purchase of the necessary flags for the display of such storm warnings. The bill provides that no money shall be expended for any other purpose than above mentioned; that no part of the sum appropriated shall be paid for salaries of officers oßice rent or clerk hire. The clerical part of the work collecting and tabulating reports, etc will be done, free of expense, by an experienced man of the national weather service, who has been sent here or that purpose. The werk of observing, recording 1 and hoisting the flags and signals, will be done voluntarily by Observers at the points chosen. There will be no feck of. observers, m applications, are

received here daily from gentlemen who volunteer their services, if the instruments and flags would be furnished for the purpose. There should, at least be on reporting station in every county in the State, and one or two points at which the storm flags should be displayed for the benefit of the surrounding neighborhood, and to no more commendable purpose could the small Bum asked for in this bill be put than to the meeting of this want There can be no question as to th benefits to be derived from such a course, or

tlit value of he atona warnings to the, agricultural ana commercial industries (il the Siate, and it is hoped that there will be no delay in the bill becoming law. All the surrounding States have such weather services, for which various sums have been appropriated, ranging from $s,000 in Michigan to $3,000 in Ohio. Pennsylvania has over 300 observioe and display stations; New Jersey 200, Ohio, Illinois and Minnesota as many, and Michigan about 180. Now, there is no reason why Indiana should lag behind. The welfare of her citizens is as dependent on climatic conditions as that of any other State, and they have as much to lose by sudden frosts and storms as any of their neigh bors. They will not, therefore, begrudge the expenditure of the small sum asked for, seeing the laudable objects that expenditure has in view. Speaking of local option and high license, it is a great pity Senator Harrison during the last campaign thought it necessary to dodge the issue. Judging from the vote of the House on the proposition he might have made very many votes if he had declared himself unequivocally for it. The gentlemeD, also, who constructed that curious piece of political mosaic known as the liquor plank of the last Republican convention can now fiee that they racked their brains un necessarily in constructing phrases to mean everything and nothing. A Republican member of the West Vir ginia Legislature voted for Camden for Sen ator Saturday. It is possible, therefore, that Camden may be re-elected this week by the aid of Republican votes. This would be an interesting offset to the election of Dawes, of Massachusetts, by the combination of Re publicans and Democrats. The Democratic party has always been equal to the repudiation of wrong-doing Democratic officials. Tweed and bis gang were prosecuted to prison by Samuel J. Tilden and Charles O'Conor, and Democratic Judges and prosecuting attorneys have sent the boodle Aldermen of New York to Sin? Sing. The Journal is acting the blackguard in its treatment of President Smith. That gen tleman will not be injured a particle by Its malicious abuse. He can well afford to ig nore it. He has become the target of Republican profanity because he has been con spicuous in maintaining Democratic rights. It will be well for the ex-soldiers of Indi ana to remember that the Democratic Senate yesterday passed, without a dissenting vote, the bill appropriating $200,000 for the erec tion of a soldiers' monument, to cost $200,000. AN ARCTIC SECRET. The Records cf lient. Kisllngbury, of the Ureely Expedition. Rochester, N, Y., Special. The Pythian Knight. oRicial orgai of the Knights ot Pythias, will to-morrow publish a let ter from Col. W. H. Gelder, whose detention in New York while preparing to start on an Arctic journey caused a sensation a few months ago. The letter is dated at York factory, Hudson's bay, Dec 10, and among other things contains the following: "Long before this reaches you I will be on my way up the coast to meet the Repulse Biy;Esquimux, whom I hope to have as my companions on my way to Sabine and Conger. It will be, in all probability. three or four years beore I return, but I hope then to iind you enjoying health and happiness. 1 trust that I may be able to accomplish some thing to benefit the studenti of physical geography.and that may reflect some credit upon my country. To that end I am prepared for consid erable sacrifice." The most significant portion of the letter i the reference to Ca-e Sabine and Fort Conser. It was tit Fort Conner that the Grcely Arctic expedition begun its disastrous re treat in August, 183, and It was at Cape Sabine, wheie all but one-half of the party starved to death or died from other causes, among the victims be ing Lieutenant Frederick F. Kisllngbury, of this city, the second officer In command. The friends of Lieutenant KisliDgbury claim that he was un justly and outrageously treated, being supplanted by acother officer in the work which should hav 3 been his, and suffered many indignities which hastened his death. He was a member of the Knights of Pythias, and the feeling of sympathy In his behalf in Rochester has culminated in the formation of a new lodge of that order to be in stituted March 12. The charter list is headed by the Mayor and other prominent citizens, including Judges, members of the Legislature and business men. It is claimed that Lieutenant Kislineburv'a diary, kept prior to the re treat from Fort Conger and containing full Information concerning the management of the expedition, has either been destroyed by those Interested or left at Fort Conger, together with other private efftct. a gieat deal of which members of the party had to leave behind when taking to the boat-i. In the announcement made from York Factory, Colonel Gilder discloses part of hia mission in braving the perils of Arctic regions, being nothing less than the recovery of Lieutenant Kislingbury'a records, which, when safely placed in the hands of the latter'! relations and friends, will enable them to more clearly establish his side of the story, partially told in Lieutenant Greeiy's book. CUTE TRICK OF A DETECTIVE. A Member or the American Colony In Moatreal Enticed Into Vermont aud Captured. Boston, Feb. is. William Spear, a clerk lor R. II. White & Co., left Boston for Montreal on December 21, 1S-S6, carrying 13,500 with him. He obtained the money by holding back silver certlflcatcs obtained in exchange for sliver at the United States BUb-Treasury. Spear and his family took rooms on f?L Catherine street, whither he was traced by an agent of Wiggins Ss Wood, of this city. This agent told Ppear he was selling American c!gars,.$muggle1 to Canada, an3 wanted a partner. Durhii the carnival week they ran a booth near tha toboggan slide. Then Spear was told that in order to get any more cigars he must see the "boss smuggler," who did not dare to enter Canada for fear of arrest The ex-clerk fell Into the trap and accompanied the detective on a sleigh-ride. He was taken across the line to St. Albans, Yt Spear and the agent were sittin? down to dinner at a hotel when Detective Wood entered. "Here Is my boss," said the detective, as Mr. Wood entered the room. "I am glad to see you, Mr. Spear," said Mr. Wood. "I am not glad to see you," said Spear, reognizlng him at once and linking back much overcome Into the chair from which he had Just risen. . Finding himself thus safely caught ßpear made no resistance and agreed to come to Boston without the Governor's requisition. He was arraigned before the municipal court yesterday anl pleaded guilty to the Charge.

THE DEPENDENT PENSION BILL

Various Opinions of the Democratic State I'reaa on the Itcce&t Veto. ONE GOOD RESULT. Jasper Courler.l There will probably be one good result arise from the veto. While It shows a bullheadedness, which soae people call courage, on the part of the President, it will effectually destroy the last vettige of hope hia friends may have bad of bis re-electioD. Seven hundred and fifty thousand of voting ex-sold lers in the land, to say nothing; of their sympathizers, banded together in I tie, Grand Army organization will conJ liliute a good dial more than the balance I of power between political parties, and place Cleveland out ol the list ol candidates in 18. The bill will probably pass over the President's veto, or a large number of Congressmen will have to chacge their votes In such a way as to m&ke it difficult to explain their course to their constituents on any other hypothesis than a cringing sycophancy to power, which liberty loving citizens detest and despite. The vote on the motion to pass the bill over the President's veto will be scanned with a great deal of interest, and w ill probably be the turning point in the political careers of many aspirin? politicians. The Teto a Misfortune. Henderson County Gazette. The President's veto of the Dependent Pension bill was largely influenced by tic press in the Eastern States and Eastern politicians. Theenem its of the fight fought it bitterly ac.il in a manner not at all creditable. The number of claimants under the bill, it was charged, would increase the pension roll all the way from S0.000,CC0 to ?s0,C00,CO0, when the highest estimate made bj experts who had served years in the pension department place the increase I expense at from f.VCO.O'JO to S 10,000,000. The veto Is certainly a rais'ortute, not only to the deiecden;s whose later days would have been made comfortable by the wise and just provisions of the bill, but for those who have actively erjgaged in recuring its defeat Colonel Matson has done well bis part, and he Is sustained by every member of the Committee on Invalid Tensions. It is not believed, however, that a sufficient number of votes can be secured to pass the bill over the veto. Several Eastern mcmlcrs who voted for the measure have succumbed to the clamor of the New England press, and will vote to sustain the veto. The Gazette reerets that the bill was not allowed to become a law, believing that it was one of the very best and wif est measures ever presented In Congress. A Most Courageous Act. ICrawfordville Review.l Of course Cleveland by this act will call down upon himself all the anathemas and invectives of the "loyal" politicians of the country, those who humbug the public by loud boasts of what they have done, and will do for the soldier element, but men unmoved by prejudice or passion will at once see the wisdom of the President's actiou. He has the courage to act according to his convictions of what he thinks is right, and to the best interests of the people, Whether he may receive the next nomination for the office he now fills, or not, is no matter, seemingly to him, so long as he he acts in the Interest of the people. Of the many vetoes President Cleveland has interpofed to check legislation, this is the most courageous. The bill passed the Congress because Senators and members did not dare oppose it, because ef the soldier vote. The President takes the chances and does what he deems to be his duty. John Sherman, who Is a Presidential candidate, voted for the bill, as did all others who have like ambition. The President doubtless was advised that the effect of his veto could not be discounted as a factor in politic, but he seem to have iorcborne all considerations. The Kill does Too Far. Anderson Democrat Perhaps no bill has passed both Houses ol Con gress and gone to the President for his signature in many years that has so aroused such determined opposition as has the disability pension bill. Republican, Democratic and Mugwump papers alike express condemnation of the bill, aud the most remarkable part Is that of old soldiers joining in a petition to the President to veto the measure. It is certainly all right to pass proper and legitimate pension measures, but the pension bill has gone so far, and Is so sweeping in its po sitions that it becomes vicious by opening the way to shirks, play-oil's, stragglers and bummers that were no good at home, no good as soldiers, and spent their time In the Invalid service In preference to the froat line. Our sympathy has always been with the brave defenders of the Union, and no one enn go further in our love for our comrades, but the bill to which we allude is unjust to the people, and is calculated to create abuses not now contemplated, and that can not be understood by the great body of old soldiers. An I'Djast Use ot the Veto Power Bloomfield DemocraM President Cleveland vetoed the Matson pension bill on last Friday. The message Is very lengthy, and reviews all the pension gislation since the organisation of the Government. He pronounces the measure vague and indefinite in many of its provisions, and argues that it would place a premium upon dishonesty and mendacity. The Democrat regards this veto as the most unjust use of that nrerogative since President Grant vetoed the arrearage of pension bills. Should Mr. Cleveland be f o fortunate as to again be nominated he would lose many votes In this county by this act. He hes not been held In high esteem by the old veterans since his wholesale veto of private pension bills, and now they have written the seal of condemnation agaiDst him. Congreos Kebuked. Kockford Deraocrat.l The President, In vetoing the Dependent Pension bill, sustains the reputation he has made as a firm, fearless executive. He heeds the clamor of any set of men for fsvor, no more than their threats. He discharges the duties of his place with a conscientious regard for the obligations he is under to the people that put him into it. This pension bill was a sweeping bounty to a lot o people who were not entitled to it. In placing his veto upon It, the President gives Congress a well deserved rebuke for passing the bill, and endears himself more thau ever to the people, who will never be robbed as long as he is on duty. Thinks lie Did Right. ILaGrange Democrat. President Cleveland In vetolag the general pen sion bill has won and has already received the plaudits of a large number of prominent and iniluential people. It may cost his party some votes in Indiana In fact, as a political factor the veto would be a blunder, but as a governmental stroke, as an administrative act, it was wise, conservative and politic. If, as the Chicago News says, "every day it becomes more apparant that Congress thinks the soldier vote of the country tomething to be bought and paid for out of the public treasury," the veto shows clearly that the President does.not intend to be one of the buyers. Throw log the Responsibility on the President. WInamac Journal.! The President on Friday vetoed the dependents' pension bill. It passed the House January 17 bv a vote of ISO to 76, and on the 2Sth it went through the Senate. The House has been canvassed by the Committee oa Pensions to see if the bill can . t,pp,i over the President's veto, but the resuit Is doubtful, for many members of the House who votea ior u uiisiu"; . . and a still larger number do not want the b.U brought out of the committee where It was sent. Th... .iPtnutrooues thus hops to throw the res ponsibility of its defeat upon the President. He Bat Did Ills Duty. WbitO County Democrat. The President bas vetoed the dependent parents' pension MIL In doing so he has but done his duty to an already ovtt-taxed public and exprested the sentiment ot a majoriiy of the brave soldiers who pcrUel their lives tor the nation,

The men who were in line ready and williD? at all times to bear their share of the danger and hardships are not th ones that have been most benefitted by our pension laws. Their hospital record has not been so eafily obtainable. These same soldiers who lost a leg. an arm, or received other disabilities, have had to comply with all the technicalities of the law and prove their disability In order to re ceive their just recompense. Then why should the doors of the treasury be opened to other without any restrictions? The passage of luch a measure would be but a harvest for pension ascits. We think every thinking man, soldier and civilian, will indorse the Presidmf s reasons for his veto. PLUNGED INTO THE FLOOD.

Two Persons Lose Their Lives by the Wrecktoe of wt. Bridge. Bochester, N. Y., Feb. IS. A voung girl and a man lost their lives here to-day. All the morning there bad been a high wind, and, coming from the South Side, swept down the Genesee River channel. A gust cf wind ol more than ordinary strength snapped ofl" two large poles which carry telegraph wires across the bridge, and which carried with them the two spjms of the bridge upon which they stood. Two persons in an office on the bank of the river state that they were horrified to see a girl go down with the wreck and plunge iato the flood. The river is veiy hi?h, and the torrent carried her rapidly away. The last they saw ot her she was passing beneath the canll aqueduct. Other persons say a man was a!.so carried awav with the bridge. He was seen going down the river, making frantic but unsuccessful eaorts to catch one of the planks floating near him. Annie Graham, ased nineteen years, was one of the victims of the Court street bridge accideut. Three other employes of W. S. Kimball i Co. are missing, and fears are entertained that they, too, were 6wept down the river. The exact number of lives lofct can not yet be ascertained. EFFECTS OF ENFORCED SILENCE A Chinese Informer In the St. Louis Jail on the Verge of Insanity. St. Lol l.-, Feb. lx-Quong Seng, the Chinese iaformcr, by whose assi&tauce the conspiracy of the high-binders to murder Lou Johnson, a Chinese detective, was revealed, is about to become Insane. He is the only witness whose testimony was sufficient to convict the murderers, and should the Supreme Court grant their appeal for a new trial, the State will have no evidence to produce. Quong Seng has oeen In jail over a year charged with having rolbed the murdered detective, and during that time not one of his countrymen has paid him a vLsit nor communicated with him iu any wav, nor will they have anything whatever to do with him. No one has called to see him except the jailer and even he can not converse with him. This enforced silence and terrible bovcott has turned the prisoner's mind and the jail physician says that unless he Is released within a few weeks he will become hopelessly insane. IT PREYED UPON HER MIND. A Domestic, Caught In the Act or Stealing Money, Hangs Herself. St. Loi is, Feb. IS. Mary Bellman, a German domestic employed at the Ilouse of Mr. P. J. Patrick, No. 3,615 Garfield avenue, committed suicide this morning by hanging herself. She was caught in the act of stealing money from Mr. Patrick's room early this morning, but she was nromised that she would no be prosecuted. The detection, howtver, preyed upon her mind, and before the family had risen she hanged terself from a beam in the basement. Presidential Vetoes. WAHiXf.TuK, Feb. 21. The President io-day sent to the Senate messages vetoing bills granting a pension to John D. Fincher and Kachel Aan Peirpont As to the first named case the Pres! dent maintains that the disability for w hich the pension is asked was not incurred iu the service; and as to the latter case the President says that the records of the pension office show that since this bill was introduced a pension has been granted to Claimant by the Pension Omce at the lame rate authorized Iu the bill. JACOBS QU LUMU AGO LAME IiACI v. BrTAJttr alap of ynr s.'af turn's confirming th: rjjicacy j ti. jucoj uu ana tit i jnii mit ic fliiOl btuiW. From a Lnuibago Sofferer TIarch, 188'. 103 Prince SL. New York. N. Y 1 had a verv severe attack of lumbaso; could hardly walk. I tried a bottle of St. Jacobs Oil. it relieved; I tried another, it cured me I nrnuld not lx without it for 85 a bottle. C. C. SHATXh. From Same 4 Years Later Cnred. 103 Prince St.. New York, N. Y Nov. 1, ISStJ. 1 cheerfully confirm my statement; was completely cured. St. Jacobs Oil is the standard, i recommend it for family u'e. C. C.SHAYNE. A Lumbago Sufferer August, 1881. 219 Middlesex St., Lowell. Mass. About two months ago 1 had a stitch in my back; suflered extreme pain, aud w is unable to leave my house. I tried SL JacobsOil. Less than a bottle cured me. DAVID LAWRENCE. From Same 5 Years Later Cured. Lowell. Mass., Oct. 23, s.;. Several vcars agolnad a severe attaclt of rheumatism. I tried St. Jacobs Oil and in a ftwdays 1 was cured. Have not been troubled since. DAVID LAWRKSCE. From a SuflVrer at I September, 18i Strasbnrgh. Tuscarawas Co., Ohio. I have been aiUicted with rheumatism for several years and got no relief until 1 used St. Jacobson. Bv the use of two bottles i was greatly relieved. r-. .l-i, From Same " Years Later Cnred. Etrasburgh, Tuscarawas Co., O , Oct 22, lsSö. Icontinued usiBgjour St. Jacobs Oil and it cured me of severe barkache. JOHN DIEFFEKBACHER. THE CHARLE3 A. VOGELER CO., Baltimore, Md. rMl penont rsiNO St. Jacobs Oil or RaI Star Ci'7ft Cure will, ry sending a tuv-ccnt stamp and a hidory of their ca.c, recciit advick FEEE. pSTARCOUGftGURE fc KEE FE03I OPIATES AND TOISOJi. OKCts. mm ass w PROMPT. AT DRUGGISTS AND PKAI"H. TJ CTiiRi.13 a. vi-'" fiaoag. c Sale for Street Improvements. Bv virtue of a certain precept to me directed by tbe'Mayor of the city of Indianapolis, Ind., only attested bv tbe Clerk, under the corporate seal ol said city. Leaung date of January Is, 1., 1 tfUl, on SATURDAY, THE U'tii DAY OK ÜARCII, lss7, kcII at public auction at the City Court-room, in the city ol Indianapolis, between trie hours of 10 o'clock a, m. and 4 o'cloc k p. m. of f-ai t day, the following described real estate, or so mu h t!urof as mav be neees-sary to satisfy the mud h -.tiu.ter named as awetAtd against fcaid roperly Um street improvements and all costs, to wit: Lot rumber eleven (in. In fquare two (2). in Martlndale 8 addition, in the city ol liiuumapolts Marion County, Indiana, owntd by S.ea L. Bryan, ftralnn which Is aswd the ftim of rosts in favor of Joseph Bernauer, contractor. ilvn rtr ara and tweniv-oiieceuf. nunc Sheriff of Mariou County, Indiana. VE WANT YOUI ZZTZl fefffi Äuvffi'cÄx. HAS Instant relief. Final cor anil never I i 1 1 1 l PL 2" . .turn, ho IndeUcar UUer I kmia. Diinm. or upriury 9 r. . . a. punrn, tmjwm or .u-" - - ' u ad alibow! trwk wpwumy cyn"VP"t"", " LH.tir allnntitTt, . a. aixia,w nau w

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By virtue of a certified copy of a decree to me directed, from the Clerk of the Superior Court of Marion County, Indiana, In a cause (No. S5.ca:) wherein Willian H. English tt al , are plalntiiis. and The Indianapolis Waon and Agricultural Works. Heury ci. Hanneman et au are defendants, requiring me to make tbe sums of money as provided lor in said decree, with interest oa said decree and costs, I will expose at public sale, to the highest bidder, on SATURDAY, THE 1CTII DAY L. 1SS7, OF MARCH, A. between tbe hours ot ten o'clock a. m. and font o'clock p. m. of said day, at the door of the Courthouse of Marion County, Indiana, the rents and profits for a term not exceeding seven years ef the following real estate, to wit: Lot numbered thirteen (13) to twenty (20) incluavein block four (4i: lots twenty-seven (2T) to thirry-tbree (.iS) inclusive in block five (5): loU seven (7) to thirteen (1:5) inclusive, and loU thirtvthree to forty (10) inclusive in block Un (10); lots seven (7 to thirteen (M) inclusive in block thirteen (13); lots eight (b) to thirteen l;) inclusive and lots thirtyfive () to forty (40) inclusive iu block seventeen (17): lots thirty-one C'.l) anl thirty-two in block eighteen (is); lots tilteen (15) to twenty (20) inclusive in block nineteen (19): lots one (1) to ix i) inclusive in block twenty-tbree ;2. and lot" tweDty-nine ) and thirty (::0) in Hook twenty-five. All InXorth Indianapolis. Marion county, ladiana. (Kor further description see plat-boot Ko. 5. page 23. Murlou C iunty Recorders' oilice.) If such rents aud profits will not sell tur aufcient6um to satisfy said decree, interest and costs. I will, at the same time aud piace. expose to public sale the fee simple of said real estate, or ao much thereof as may be suSicient to discnarce said decree, interest and cost, baid sale will te made without any relief wba-ever frotr valuation or arpraisenent laws. herlffof Marion 'iat February 22, a.D. iv7 r. DEET5 & St a re, Attorneys tor r.aintiüSHERIFFS PALE. Br virtue of tw execntiocs to me directed from the Clerk 01 the Dearborn Circuit Court, ot DearDorn County, Indiana. I will expose at public sale, to the highest bidder, on SATURDAY, THE 19th DAY OF MARCH. A. Jj. 1W7, between the hours of 10 o'clock a. m. and 4 o'clock p. m. of said day, at the Court-house door of Marion County, Indiana, the rents and profits for a term not e'xceediug seven years ol the following real estate, in Marion County, Indiana, to wit z Lot number ten (10) in Krewson and others subdivision of A. I). Krewsnn's subiivisioa of part of John Young's first addition to Univeriiy l'lce. in Irvington. .,... , If such rents and profits will not sell for a sufficient sum to fatisfy said executions, with interest and costs. I will, at tbe same time and v lace. expose at public sale the fee aimole of aid real estate, or so much thereof as may be necesssry to discharge said executions and all costs. Taken as the property of James P. Rater and Flul.othater, at the suit of Asa R. Mettleraud M. S. Bontsell. , , , .... Said sale to be made with relief from valuation or appralvement laws. ISAAC KING. Sheriff of Marion County. 18S7. February 21, A. D, Di xcan, Smitu & VILSo, Attorneys lor Plaintiff. SHERIFF'S SALE By virtue of a certified eopf of a decree to me directed, from the Clerk oC the Superior Court of Marion County, Indiana, la a cause (No. Sö.ti76) wherein William H. English is plaiutiff and Joseph II. List et al. are defendants, requiring me to make the sum ot twelve hundred and f.fty-three dollars and thirty two centa (ji 2S3.32;, with interest on said decree and costs, I will expose public sale, to the highest bidder, on 8ATURDAY, THE l'JTH DAY OF MARCH, A. D. 187, between tbe hours of 10 o'clock a. m. and 4 o'clock P. m. of said day, at tbe oor of the Court-house of Marion county.Indiana.tue rents and profits tor a term not exceeding seven years ol the following real estate, to wit: The west half of the east half of the northeast nuarter of section ten (10). towrshlp fourteen (it), nor of range three (3) east, tituate in Marion Coivbty. Indiana. If feucn rents and profits will not sell tor a sumclent sum to satisfy said decree, Interest and cost, I will, at the same time and place, expose to public sale the fee simple of said real estate, or M much thereof as may be surhcient to dischanra said decree. Interest and costs, baid sale will be made withe-it anv relief whatever from valuation or appraifesent laws. ISAAC KING. Sheriff of Marion County. D. 1RS7. February 21. A, Dellcions, onrlsliln?. Absolutely Pure t'ostins less than, one ceut a cup. Oar $15 Shot Gaa now SI0. All kU4 Q narsaf! Vw this lthn, P.l itup lor l!wtrw4 nuim. felU CltNflT, 9MaUV,iiaUVai

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