Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 35, Number 14, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 May 1889 — Page 8

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THE INDIANA STATE SKIVTINEL. V ED2i ESD A Y . 3IA 22. 1859.

WHERE "PROHIBS" COUNT. !

A BIG FACTOR IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. A Low W hich Enables Them to Embarrass the- Older Parties SlcFherson For Präsident Talks With Leading Knights of Honor. (Dsily Sentinel, May 13. J There are judges, mayors and "honorables" palore among the representatives to the aprem lodge of the K. of H. The newly fcliosea iuprema director is mayor of hi3 home ritj, and he is only one of several such in the convention. The lion. George E. Hodgdon of New Hampshire, who is stopping at hotel English, is one of the number. In addition to being a representative in the state legislature he is mayor of the large and enterprising city f Portsmouth. He is familiar, therefore, trith täte aud municipal affairs in hid state, and to a reporter spoke interestingly yes terday of them. "As you probably know," said he. "the law of our state requires that candidates for state offices shall have a majority over til their opponents. On that account the temperance party in our state has been able, ia the last two elections, to defeat the choice f the people. The republican candidates for state oSicer last fall had a small majority, but riot sufficient to overcome the 2,' CO prohibition vote in the state. Accordingly the election will fce thrown into the legislature, which meets text month." "The republicans have a majority there, hive they not .'" "Yes, on joint ballot. Their majority in the house is twenty. In the senate things are kind f mixed. T he law requiring a clear majority applies to legislators and state senators also, and in four of the senatorial districts there was ro choice, which throws the matter into the hands of those senators who were elected and who ore compelled to choose between the two candidates having received the highest vote. As the senate, as now constituted, stands ieven republican to nine democrats, you can imsgine what will become of the four districts left to them to decide." "Does not the law work injnstice and create expense by requiring candidates to Lave a clear majority?'' "It dos, for it permits 2,000 m:n to tic up the votes of Su.OuO men. At the constitutional contention held last January an eflort was made to submit to the people on amendrntnt making a plurality all that is necessary for candidates at election, but it was defeated by the republican members of the convention. The republicans don't want & plurality law, because if it should be enacted they are gone. They have gerrymandered the state in such a manner as to make the legislature solid for them, and in doing so have wholly ignored geographical and other natura! lines! The plurality either way, republican or democratic. Is very small, and it the districts were fairly apportioned the täte would go democratic a good portion of the time." "Wnat about the prohibition vote in your state?'' "Well, it remains about the same, and it is certainly not liable to increase. I have attended the prohibition conventions in my town for a number of ytars past, and I observe year utter yer the same old faces, with few new nes. The prohibitionists received a set-back in the defeat of the prohibition amendment recently, as it was voted down by about 10,000 majority. We expected it to be defeated, because it required a two-thirds majority to carry, but supposed it would have something f a majority. Instead, however, there was about a two-thirds majority the other way, which surprised both the friends and the enemies of the amendment. The cause of the defeat probably is that e Lave prohibition on nr statute just as strong as human can ingraft it with this exception, the manufacture of intoxicants is not prohibited. The law, as it now is prohibits the sale only of intoxicants. We have seven or eight breweries in our town. The law even in regard to selling ias never been enforced in Portsmouth, and in other sections of the state it has been enforced only spasmodically. It would be enforced probably a year, and then be disregarded for four or five years. Nevertheless, it was the fact that the constitutional amendment, recently submitted, contained a clause prohibiting the manufacture also of intoxicants, which defeated it. If it had not been for that the amendment would have carried. There was a large clas even of temperance men who voted against the amendment, because they thought the law we now have strong enough if the officers would enforce it. There was also a large "Ias3 of thinking men, especially lawyers, who were opposed to incumbering the constitution with euch an amendment, and who, while they were in favor of temperance, thought that laws regulating it fehuld be confined to the .statute book. The amendment was not fathered by the third party, and was entirely a nonpolitical measure." Mr. Hodgdon thinks the outlook for the democratic party entirely cheerful. "Betöre ten years,"' said he, "Massachusetts will be a solid democratic state. The old New England stock is migrating, and the Irish immigration increasing, and the latter are propagating rapidly." He also thinks New Hampshire liable to turn into line. An uncertain dement in that state, however, is the Canadian Trench, who have come over in large numbers, row composing oO.OOO of the population of the state. He describes them a miserable people, who take no interest in public attain1, and are much like the Chinamen in their disposition to stay in this country only long enough U make some money and then return home. They are employed mostly in the lumbering and manufacturing districts. Think Merherson the Man. Senator McTherson of New Jersey has a Btanch friend among the representatives to the supreme lodge of K. of H, in the person of Maj. Flotz of Newark. N. J., the supreme assistant director of the order, Maj. Flotz was talking to a number of friends at the Grand hotel yesterday, and when the subject of politics came up, he said: "New Jersey is going to furnish the next democratic candidate for president Senator McPherson. We expect to go to St. Louis three years from now and take a whole flat in the Southern hotel, and before we leave there expect to have nominated our man. My notion js that he is. by far, th most available man." .Supreme Reporier Nelson interrupted Maj Klot by suggesting that fien. Palmer of I1Ü-. nois would be the m.u, and other gentlemen composing the croup thought it would be C leveland or Hill. "No,' aid Maj. Klotz, " cn. Palmer is too old, and 1 do not believe that Cleveland will ever entei the race again. Mr. Hill, who is the natural candidate for the place, has a very strong backing there is no donbt about that but he will be antagonized by Cleveland's followers. Cleveland's mantle, I think. w;Jl fall upon e.x-Secy. of the Nary Whitney, and the cnutest will be between hiia and Hill for tho control of the New York delegation. Neither will get a- solid delegation, and neither, in iny opinion, will yield to the other. Hill is a splendid politician, and ore of the best governors New York ever bnrt, but be has been antagonized by certain elements of the party upon questions of state policy. Beside, there are a good many who believe that Hill and his friends were not as enthusiastic in support of Cleveland as they might have been. 1 think that is a mistake, ii J believe that Hill was thoroughly honest in bis support of Cleveland, but the opposition to him in New York will remain and will be manifest in the convention which nominates delegates to the next democratic national convention. . Nor do I think they will renter on Whitney, although he has a remarkable record, and is one of the ablest men who was ever secretary of the navy. He is yonrjg, popular, and very able, and, I believe, will hare a strong following in- ,the convention. If he is ever nominated I venture to My that Oliver Payne will spend two or three million dollars in trying to elect him. lint. Whitney is his sister, and is Lis favorite t ister, and there it scarcely any limit to the amount he would spend in order to see ber mistress of the white bouse. There is also no donbt that she would be one of the grandest women ever in the white house. Now, if these two factions in New York cannot agree and appearances are that they will not a divided delegation from New York would have little in3nence in the convention, which would naturally look elsewhere for a compromise candidate. That roan, I believe, will be Senator McPheraon. He hat held bis state in the democratic column for twelve years, and never lost it once. Mr. Cleveland's majority last fall was larger than ever before. Senator ilcPherson is the head and front of the democratic party ia New Jersey: and being so near New York, td a. native of that state, be is well and favor

ably known there. For these reasons, I think he will be the natural compromise candidate.

and if he is nominated be will carry New York, New Jersey and Connecticnt beyond all question. . - "Senator McPherson, however, is making no movement whatever toward securing the nomination, and is now in Europe. Of coarse, we of New Jersey would feel highly complimented if be should tecure the nomination. I think the democrats will win in 1S92. Sew Yorlc is a dmoc ratio state, aud with proper management will help us to elect the president The reason it was lost to Cleveland was because of mismanagement and disaSectlon among local managers iu New York City. 1 believe that the republicans, sooner or later, will be driven to do what the democrats are attempting to do that is to stop the flow of money into the treasury. They may do that in two ways either by cutting down the tariff, or by paying out exorbitant and fraudulent pension demand." Maj. Klotz is the internal revenue collector in the Fifth New Jersey district, and as his four years of service nave already expired he is anticipating a rciuova' every day. The Situation In Michigan. One of the good talkers of the convention is M. C. Hall of Hudson, Mich., who is stopping at hotel English. He is a democrat and is entirely sanguine as to the future of that party. "In Michigan," sai 1 he yesterday, "we have mads remarkable advancement. I remember a time when we never dreamed of such a thing as a democratic congressman from our state but we keton ur.til three years ago we had a majority of the delegation six out of eleven. It i true we lost three of theso six at the last election, but it was only a temporary set-back. It was the tarilf question which was responsible for this. and particularly tho clav.se relating to wool, but the ra -tion on this matter has already come, aud farmers who were inveigled inlo voting t'uo republican ticket last fail are disgusted with themselves. If a vote was held now, Michigan would be carried by the democrats. L'ist fall the high tarirl wool buyers went anions the farmers telling thtm they would onlv pay from .'5ö to 4' cents for wool, and explaining that the fall iu price was due to the Mills bill, which then looked good for passage in congress. These buyers also raid that if the republicans should be successful, the price of wool would readily advance. There is no doubt that this sort of talk had its etiect upon th farmers of Michigan and induced large numbers of them to vote the republican ticket. The result, however, has been that wool u not selling for as much now as it was even last fall, and consequently the farmers are disgusted. They see the folly of the high tarill'talk, and will not be made fools of anin." Mr. Hall funher said that there was a bitter fight in his state over the disposition, of federal patronare. "The funny part of it." said he. ' is that John herman of Ohio is taking such an active part iu it. It seems rather strange that an Ohio man should have a voice in the distribution of patronage in Michigan, doesn't it? But that is jnst what is being done. Sherman, you know, has never forgiven Gen. Alger for the part he played in the Chicago convention. Sherman went there supposiug, as was generally believed, that he would get the votes of the South, but when the balloting began ho was amazed to leara that Alger had bought a lot of bis niggers, and that they had deserted him for Alger. Sherman never forgave the Michigan man for this, and he has been getting his revenge in the best way be could. Alger, you know, was prominently mentioned for a place in Harrison's cabinet, but Sherman said no, and "no" it wa. Now Sherman is fighting Alger's recommendations for appointments ia Michigan, and Harrison is afraid to antagonize him, fearing his influence in the senate. Michigan fared far better under Cleveland than she has ever fared under a republican administration. We had Dan M. Dickinson, postmaster general; Montgomery, commissioner of patents; Lathrop, minister to Russia; Parkhurst, minister to Belgium; Enright, assistant commissioner of Indian aflairs, and innumerable consular appointments." In the Old Dominion. Oue of Virginia's representatives is Judge Fitzgerald of Farnmlle, that state. He is a lawyer of prominence, and although not a politician, takes a lively interest in public affairs of his state. He thinks the election for state officer next fall will occasion a lively campaign in Virginia. "The question," said he yesterday, "will not be the tariff or the state debt, but one of civilization. I mean that it will be fought oa the question of necro domination. That is now becoming the absorbing political qoestion in our state, aud white men generally, irrespective of party, will be found standing together on this matter. I think, therefore, that there is no question as to our success; yet there is always a certain set of politicians who are willing to go in with the negro in order to reap a profit from him. But this class is likely to be small this fall in view of the agitation of the question of negro domination. The negroes show a disposition now to withdraw from the white republicans and go in on their own hook, under the leadership of John Mercer Lanzston, but I doubt if they put a negro ticket in the field. "White men, however, will see to it that the colored men do not obtain the mle. It is not that we have any animosity against the negro, or anything of that kind; it is simply that we believe this is a white man's government. "Another thing that virtually makes democratic success in Virginia certain is the factional fight within the republican party between the Mahone and anti-Mahono factions, which is as bitter 8 it ever was. I suppose, however, that they will patch matters over before the electiou comes, as that is a characteristic of Virginia republicans, but the throat-cutting will go on. nevertheless. The democrat., I think, will nominate the Hon. Phil McKinney for governor, and be will make an excellent candidate. He was a candidate for attorney-general on the Daniels ticket (our years ago." Regarding President Harrison, Judge Fitzgerald said it looked as if the president intended building up a republican white party. PLEADED GUILTY. Plain field's Ex-Postmaster Acknowledges That EIo Embezzled the Fonds. I Iaily Sentinel, May 19. II. G. Douglass, late postmaster at Plainfield, pleaded guilty yesterday before Judge Woods to the charge of embezzling funds belonging to the office while he was iu charge. Douglass' esse is rather a sad one. lie was a young man of excellent reputation until the time of the embezzlement two years ago. He then took between z 'SXi and $1X) out of the funds of the office and applied it to his personal use. The postoffire inspector soon after visited Plainfield, and Douglass, becoming alarmed, fled to New Mexico. This was a fatal move, inasmuch as he could not have been interfered with had he remained at home and made the amount of his defalcation good. He returned, however, last Wednesday, determined to stand trial and try and redeem himself. He began by paying his bondsmen every cent that they had lost through his action. Yesterday he appeared in court, accompanied by his mother, who was almost prostrated with grief, and other relatives and friends. On account of the circumstances of the case Judge Wooüs suspended sentence in the matter, advising Douglass' friends to apply to President Harrison for pardon. Douglass is, of course, on bail. lie is now living iu this city with his wife, working at the carpenter trade. MALOTT CHOSEN. He is Appointed llereiver of the Chicago & Atlantic. Daily Sentinel, Msy 19.1 Several days ago Tue Skxhxel announced that a receiver would shortly be appointed for the Chicago & Atlantic road. A decree of foreclosure for $.3,000,000 in favor of the Becond bondholders was is.ued by Judge Greshar.i in the circuit court some months ago. The road is a profitable one and the appointment of a receiver is the outgrowth of a quarrel hetweea the first and second mortgage bondholders. Yesterday at Chicago when the U. H. circuit court was opened it was found that the attorneys representing the various parties in interest had been unable to agree upon a man for receiver. Judge Greshaia then suggested that Mr. Volney T. Malott; vice-president and general manager of theLnion railway of Indianapolis, would be a suitable person. The suggestion was accepted by all coneered. He was therefore appointed and at once filed his official bond at receiver. Tough on the Tramps. LIMA, O., May 18. The Standard oil company has placed an order in Philadelphia for 200 bnll dog which will be used to guard the Standard tanks in the Ohio field against tramps. Numerous fires have been canted by ore from the pipes of tramps, and il is thought the bull dogs will keep them away.

NAPOLEON MEETS DEFEAT.

SUPREME COURT SITS ON HOVEY. Trustees of the ltenevoleut Institutions Hay Be Appointed by the Legislature and Even a Napoleonic Governor Mast Issue Commissions. Dally Jjeutioel. Msy 13.1 Chief Justice Elliott of the supreme court yesterday handed down a decision in the case of John W. Biley against the governor. Judges Berkshire and Coff ey dissent, but file no opiniou. Riley was elected by tho legislature as one of the trustees of the institute for the blind. It was understood, when the case of the insane hospital trustees was taken into the supreme court, that the decision thereon should govern the action of the governor with regard to the trustees of the other benevolent institutions. But the governor refased to issue commissions to the trustees of the blind and deaf and dumb institutions, and Mr. Riley brought suit to compel him to do so. The decision yesterday covers all the institutions, though it does not settle the point at issue between Profs. Collctt and Gorby, with regard to the office of state geologist. Gov. Hovey was out of town when the decision was rendered, and it was impossible to learn what chute his Napoleonic policy would take. Thv derision in the main is as follows: "The central question which this record presents is this: Is the relator, by virtue of his appointment by the general assembly of the state, entitled to the oSice of trustee of the institution for the education of the blind? In our judgment be is. That there is a class of officers that may be appointed by the general assembly can not now be justly denied, and the only question which is still open to debate is, what otliccrs belong to this clabs' It is our judgment that, in view of the provisions of the constitution and the e2ect given them by practical exposition, the governing officers of all of the benevolent institutions of the state may rightfully be appointed by the general assembly. "The constitution contains provisions which, if they do not do more, do at least supply color for the claim of the right of the general assembly to appoint the coverning oiiieers of the benevolent institutions of the state. It is neither necessary nor proper for us to decide as to the general extent of the legislative power to appoint to ofiice except iu 6o far as it is incidentally involved in the disputed right to the offices of the class claimed by the relator. "As there is some warrant in the constitu-' tion for the claim of the legislative right to appoint the governing officers of the benevolent institutions, it is our duty to ascertain what practical exposition has been given to the constitution, and if we find a principle established by long continued practice wc must yield to it, unless we are salished that it is repugnant to the plain words of the constitution. "Onr own, aud other courts, have time and time again adjudged that practical exposition is of controlling influence wherever mere is need of interpretation. Bruce vs. Scheyler, 4 Gilm, 221; Rogers vs. Good, 2 Mass., 473; board vs. Bunting, 111 Ind., 113; Weaver vs. Templin, 113 lud., 20, 301; Stuart vs. Laird, 1 Cranch, 219; Martin vs. Hunter, 1 Wheat, 304; Cohens vs. Virginia, Wheat. 2CA; Ogden vs. Saunders. 12 Wheat, 213, 2!'': Miuor vs. Happersett, 21 Wall, 102; state vs. Parkinson, 5 Nev., 15; Pike vs. Morgan, 44 Mo., 491; People vs. loard, 100, 111, 403; state vs. French, 2 Pinney(Wis.),181. "The principle which the long continued practice has established is that the general assembly has the power to appoint the governing officers of all the benevolent institutions, or, at its option, authorize their appointment by some other department of the etat government. This is the etlect of the practice, and it is narrowing the etiect of this practical exposition very much beyond what reason and authority justify, to hold that it applies to some of the institutions and not to the others. We cannot believe that the general assembly may rightfully appoint the trustees of the hospital for the insane, and yet have no authority to appoint those of the institution for the education of the blind. The practice establishes a principle, if it establishes anything. That principle applies to a class of officers, and within that class are the officers of all the benevolent institutions of the state. It is impossible to conceive why the general assembly may not appoint the officers of all the benevolent institutions, if it may, as it is settled it may do, appoint the officers of one. The principle is the same in the one instance as it is in the other, and the class embraces all of the officers of the different institutions. "The decisions of this court either expressly decide or tacitly concede that some appointing pow er is vestei in the general assembly. I Collins vs. the state. 8 Ind., 344; state ex rel. vs. Harrison. IIS Iad 42-i; state ex rel. vs. Dennv (this term); state ex rel. vs. Carson, this term. "The practice which we assume constitute! a practical exposition, is, therefore, one recognized by all the departments of the covernment, and is of unusual etrength. It is so strong that we can not do otherwise than yield to jt, so that, without deciding what et!ect the provisions of the constitution should have independently of practical exposition, we must decide that, under the operation of this practical exposition, they must be deemed to authorize the appointment of the governing officers of the benevolent institutions, since this practical exposition establishes a general principle which must govern all cases that legitimately fall within its operation. "The power to appoint, or direct the appointment of officers embraced in the class to which the one here in controversy belongs, has been exercised by the general assembly ever since the adoption of our present constitution. At the time that constitution was adopted this was the practice, and of this practice the framcrs of that instrument had knowledge. Instead of embodying in the present constitution provisions against the practice, those who framed it placed in it provisions giving the practice substantial recognition, and we cannot, at this late day, assert that the practice persisted in for so many years w as in violation of tho constitutional provisions. "It is, as it 6eems to us, an office which may be properly regarded as within the control of the general assembly, the control belonging to that body as an incident of the right to establish and maintain benevolent institutions. (State ex rel. vs. Carson, supra.) Another consideration not without importance, and one that is to be regarded in construing the constitution and giving etiect to its provisions is, that the benevolent institutions are the property of the state, and as such, within the general control of the legislature. As the legislature has general authority over the property of the state, and as it may appoint agents or officers to manage that property, there is a solid foundation for the practice which has so expounded the constitution, or aided in expounding it, as to give the general assembly the power to appoint the governing officers of the benevolent and other Btate institutions. The basis of the practice is the familiar principle that the grant of a principal power carries with it all uecesfcary subsidiary powers." THE LOAN TAKEN. Lots of Money AVI 11 Soon 11 in the State Treasury. Dally Sentinel, May 19. Yesterday morning State Treasurer Lemoke telegraphed to the German savings bank of New York to learn the decision of its board of directors on the question of accepting the state loan of $700,000. Late in the afternoon he received a reply ttatiug that the loan had been accepted and that the money was awaiting the arrival of the proper officers. State Treasurer Lemcke and Auditor Carr will leave for New York early this week, probably to-morrow, taking with them the bonds. It is probable that the money will be in the state treasury before the end of the week, when payments of back dues to all the publio institutions and state officers will be promptly paid. Murdered Ills Sweetheart. NlOPUARA, Neb., May 1,'. William McLaughlin, a private in the Fourteenth infantry, stationed at Ft. Randall, shot and instantly killed his sweetheart, Maggie Lowene, Thursday night with a rifle, because she had been talking to another soldier of whom he was jealous. He was arrested but yesterday escaped from the guard house. A detachment of cavalry is ia search of him. Miners Vote to Strike. Brazil, Ind., May 18. Special. The miners' delegate meeting, held here to-day, canraised the vote of the miners of the district on the question of accepting the proposed scale or striking against the reduction, as east by ballot yesterday, and annonnce the result as eight to one in favor of rejecting the cut and striking.

SLAIN BY HER HUSBAND.

Chris Schroeder Almost Behead III Wife and Then Cuts Ills Own Throat '-' : Daily Sentinel, May 16. An awfur trasedy occurred yesterday mornin; between 5 and 6 o'clock on Shelby-st. At the hour mentioned Chris Schroeder, who has for several years operated a grocery aud saloon at 231 Sbelby-sL, in a fit of frenzy cut Lis wife's throat from car to ear and ended hi own life by slashing his throat with a razor. Mrs. Mary Itedewasse, a neighbor living at 200 Shelby-eL, was the first person to receive an intimation that Schroeder was engaged in butchering his family. Mrs. Eedewasse was passing the grocery and saw Schroeder sitting on the steps. As she approached he muttered to himself. "I've fixed her all right and now I'll fix myself, and the baby can go to the orphans' home."' Mrs. Redewassc was horrin,ed to see Schroeder holding a small razor covered with blood in his hand, and that his neck was bleeding fearfully from several slashes across his jugular. She called for help. Schroeder then jumped to his feet, and, giving his throat another slash, started south on a hard run, muttering and groaning. Reaching a commens about two hundred yards from his saloon he gave his throat a third flash, which ended his career in a short time. Several persons, attracted ty Schroeder s mad antics, rushed to his assistance. The razor then hung nervelessly in his grasp, and, though he was dying fast, it was clear to be seen, from the horrible rolling of his eyes, that the man had been but a few minutes before a raving maniac. He was carried to the back part of his store, where he expired shortly after 6 o'clock. Within a few feet from w here he was, lay the body of his wife, Mrs. Katharine Schroeder, whose head was almost completely severed from her body by one sharp, clean cut of a razor. A little after 5 o'clock, Mrs. Schroedt r came down stairs, hearing her year-old-child in her arms, and entered the bar-roorn, where her husband was at work. Not dreaming of any hirni, her soul was 8ent into eternity with the swiftness and suddenness of the most instaut death. Her husband slipped out from behind the bar and walking deliberately up to her drew the keen edge of the razor across her throat. The unfortunate woman did not utter a sound, but, letting her baby fall, reeled and fell to the lloor. She was dead in five minutes. When assistance arrived the little baby, whose name is Otto, and who was exactly one year old yesterday, was found sitting on the floor beside his mother, crying pitifully. Immediately after slaying his wife. Schroeder rushed from the room to the outside, wdiere he ended his life. Schroeder was a native German and was the same age as his wife, thirty-six years. He was undoubtedly insane, an iusauity commission declaring him tobe of unsound mind several months ago. As no record was made of tho case, by special request he was never removed to the insane asylum, his friends succeeding in getting hira to go to the French Lick springs for treatment, where be remained for about a month. His trouble, however, assumed a more pronounced form alter his return, and at the request of his wife, George llereth, a friend of the family, consented to sleep with Schroeder. llereth was with hira Sunday night and left him in a very calm state of mind. It is thought, however, that secretly Schroeder objected to Hereth's presence, and in his inflamed condition of mind imagined that there was a conspiracy between llereth and his wife to work hira harm. This was probably the direct cause of his act. Schroeder has been very crazy about his money, giving away ten-dollar bills to acquaintances and setting cans of money on the outside of the house, oflering as an excuse that lie didn't want the money about the house. His insanity was probably hereditary, his brother, Augustus, suddenly disappearing one day about ten years ago after acting very strangely for a time. He was never seen afterward. The little boy will be taken in charge by the German orphan asylum authorities. The funerals of the deceased will occur Sunday afternoon. The servant girl gives a graphic account of the tragedy. She was attracted by the sound ofascutfiing in the room. Schroeder would undoubtedly have kilied the baby had he not heard the girl approaching. He rushed out the front door as she came in at the back. She uttered a scream ns 6he beheld the ghastly sight, and. rushing out into the alley, cried to Mr. Samuel Dearineer'Mrs. Schroeder is dead." Dearinger hurried into the room and there beheld the murdered woman lying on the floor in a pool of blood. Dearinger drew the child from nnd r the mother and took it to a neighbor. He 6ays it was a terrible sight, and one that he will never forget. VIOLATING CIVIL SERVICE LAWS. Reformer Swift Denounces the Changes in the Kallway Stall Service, Dally Scntinol of May 17. The wholesale removals in the railway mail service still continue. The heads that were placed on the block yesterday were those of Kugene Lewis of Greenfield and John B. Albert of Yandalia, 111., both postal clerks on the Pittsburg and SL" Louis route. They are succeeded by Tim Miller of this city and IL S. Stenbenger of Belleville, 111. Notwithstanding the express regulations laid down by the civil service law, the removals in the railway mail service, for political reasons 6olely, are increasing at a rapid rate, being made in all parts of the country. This flagrant violation of law is arousing the indignation even of many republicans. All who believe in the desirability of civil service laws are watching the conduct of the railway mail service and wondering what will be the outcome of its fight against the statute. A Sentinel reporter yesterday asked Mr. Lucien B. Swift, the secretary of the civil service reform association of Indiana, for his opinion on the matter, and his reply, which was made after a few moments of deliberation, was as follows: "The Pendleton act when passed took effect at once in all offices where fifty persons were employed. It also provided that on the direction of the president it should include other government employes. This left but a single act to be performed, and when President Cleveland ordered the railway mail service to be put under the rules, and fixed the date at March 11, that ended the authority of the president in the matter and the railway mail service was as much included in the law on that date as though the original act had fixed that time. There is no authority of extension of time left in the president. He has no more authority to extend the time than he has to take parts of the service entirely from under the law, as he is being urged to do, for instance by Rath bone. "Every appointment made to the railway mail service," Mr. Swift continued, "since March 11, without competition, is clearly an unlawful appointment. To say that the civil service commission was not ready does not mend the matter. There was no such stress as to call for Jaw-breaking. "As to appointments now being given out, but dating April 21 and as to dismissals now being made, and in which the dismissed clerks are paid up to date, the facts seem to be that Clarkson and Bell railroaded through a large number of appoiutments and dismissals at the last moment before May 1 and did not stop o send them out or even to index them. Now after the law is admitted by all to be in force, these changes are being completed. "This is a wholesale fraud upon the law, and I am not ready to believe that the president will allow it to be carried out. It is not done for the good of the service, but to work in favorites of congressmen and other influential politicians, as is shown here by the appointment of Bagby and Billy Patterson when there were mtu ot the highest technical tkill and standing who wanted work, as is shown by the fact that elhcieucy or inefficiency have not been the test of dismissal." The Cause Not Kevenled. New Yokk, May 18. The special autopsy on the body of Washington Irving Bishop, the mind-reader, was made to-day. The examination, so far as possible to be made to-day, did pot reveal the cause of death. Doctors Hamilton, Janeway and Spieka, who were expected to be present, did not attend the autopsy. The last-named physician is said to have made the declaration that it is impossible to solve the mystery at this late hour. A Youthful Suicide. LomviLLE, Ky., May 13. Near Harrodsburg, this afternoon, Ilaney Teater, a nine-year-old boy, was found hanging to a rafter in bis mother's barn. He bad been told to go to the field to work, and objecting, bad become very angry when forced to comply. Going to the barn, be took a plow line, and, tying one end to the rafter and the other about bis neck, swung himself into eternity.

FIGHTING FOR HER CHILD.

A STRANGECASE NOW IN THE COURTS. Jennie Golden Opposes the Board ot Children's Guardians Trying to Keep Iler Girl Amidst the Vilest -Surroundings Imaginable. Daily Sentinel, May l'J. The board of children's guardians, created by the late legislature, made its first legal contest yesterday to retain possession of children whom it had taken out of the custody of parents or other real or assumed guardians. It met with fair success. In two cases the parents did not attempt to contest the board's authority in taking away their children; in one case the trial was continued until important witnesses could be secured, and in the remaining two cases the court refused to grant the petition of the board. The cases were tried before Judge Howland. The board of guardians was represented by one of its members, Attorney Charles Martindale, the Rev. O. C. McCulloch and Frank Fianner, two members of the board, being close at hand to offer advice. The case which occupied the attention and the only one, in fact, ia which there was any contest was that of Jennie Golden, a buxom lass of about fourteeu years, and the daughter of Jennie Golden, who Keeps one of the most notorious and vile houses of ill-fame in the city. The board recentJy took her away from her mother and had her placed in the care of the sisters of the good shepherd. The authority of the act was contested by the mother, who came into court yesterday morning with two attorneys, Messrs. Horton and Purtlow. She is a stalwart woman, not bad looking except for a vicious eye. Her conduct during the case indicated also that she had a reasonable degree of intelligence and shrewdness. No attempt was made to deny the character of the woman, and the case was fought solely on the question of the girl's age the mother contending that she was fifteen nnd the board maintaining that she was but thirteen or fourteen, which would place her within the reach of their authority. The girl's appearance rather substantiated the allegation made by the board as to her age. She was large, but looked overgrowu and unmistakably youthful. The first witness called by Mr. Martindale was Sergt. John Lowe, who testified that Mrs. Golden's resort on the canal, south of First-sL, was one of the worst in the city, being visited by both black and white, black men visiting white girls. Mrs. Golden had, herself, been living with a colored man for several years. He bad known the young girl for several years and was confident she was not over twelve or thirteen years old. Keret. Bruce tcEtibed that he had known the girl six years, having raided the house several tunes. She could not have been over 6even or eight when he first knew her. A ledger kept by the Indianapolis benevolent society was introduced int3 evidence. It contained the following entry, under date of 161: "Discharged Jennie Golden, aged six, daughter of Jennie and Golden," together with the pauper and . criminal record of the family. This was the most important evidence introduced, probably, during the trial. Frank Wright, who is now connected with the benevolent society, was put on the stand, and in reply to questions by Judge Howlaud, explained how information such as conveyed by the above entry was obtained. He said the society had blank forms which it used for such purposes, obtaining the information from the most reliable source it could. Mr. Wright was sharply cross-examined, but his testimony was not impaired. Officer Frank Hirt, colored, testified that he had known the girl eleven or twelve years and she could not be over thirteen now. He had, furthermore, met ber on her way to school one day lat summer and asked her how old she was. She replied that she was going on thirteen. This concluded the testimony for the board. On behalf of the mother there were several witnesses, including the girl herself, the mother, the grandmother, Mattie Hyde, a sister of Mrs. Golden, and Mrs. Mamie Muzzie, daughter of Mrs. Golden. The testimony of all these witnesses was to the etiect that Jennie was fifteen years old, having been boru Jan. 26, 1874, but cross-examination and questions by Judge Howe made it look very much like the witnesses -had been "instructed" as to their testimony. None of tnem, for example, save Mrs. Golden, knew the exact age of any of the other children, although they could give the day and month of Jennie's birth. Mrs. Goluen testified that her husband left her nine years ago and died about a year ago. She said it had been her intention to send the girl Jennie to her mother's, Mrs. Harriet Doty's, to live. It was shown, however, that the latter had succeeded very poorly iu raising hTOwn children. Mrs. Muzzie, the next youngest sister to Jennie, appeared to be the most respectable looking ot the Golden witnesses and got very indignant when asked whether her husband was a white man. This concluded the testimony, and as Mr. Martindale wanted to secure some other witnesses the case was continued. The girl, Jennie, was ordered back to the sisters' home in the interim, the announcement of which fact caused her to break out into tears. The girl was neatly dressed. Her mother's idea of motherhood was probably embodied in her declaration on the stand that 6he "always saw that her children had plenty to eat and wear." The next case called was that of Belle Doty, whose infant had been taken from her by the board and placed in the colored orphans' home. Strange to say, she was a sister of Mrs. Nellie Golden who figured in the other case. The child, who was taken from her, was a mulatto. She did not attempt to contest the action of the board. " The next case called was that of Cynthia Ann Kane, swhoso boy was taken from her and placed in the Indianapolis orphans' home. She did not protest against the action, and seemed averse to testifying, but was put on the stand. She was living now with Tom Coleman, and when asked whether he was white or black, she replied: "Neither one; he's brown." But she is white! The w oman wanted to know of the board if she could ever get back her child in case she "reformed and redeemed her character." The board also had two boys, Arthur West and Walter Sharp, aged about thirteen each, whom it recommended for the reform school, but the evidence failed to show that the boys were particularly bad. It did show, however, that they were homeless and liable to drift into criminal channels. It is for just such boys as these that the board wauts the county to establish a home for children. There is now no place for them. There are places for girls and boys under nine years, but not for boys between nine and fifteen. Under the evidence Judge Howland could do nothing with the boys. THE LATE GRAND JURY. One of the ?I embers Impresses Himself on the Klertion Cases. Daily Sentinel, May 17. Jacob Staughn of Wabash, one of the most sturdy and honorable citizens of Indiana, w as in the city yesterday. He is a strong republican, and was a very earnest and attentive member of the late U. S. grand jury. In a brief conversation he expressed great surprise and indignation at the manner in which the late election indictments were disposed of. Among other things, he said he never saw a body of men w ho went about a eworn duty with a more conscientious determination to do right than did the members of the last U. S. grand jury. He felt confident that no indictment was returned where evidence didn't fully warrant it, and it was a great public calamity that men charged with such tlagrant violation of law bhouhi be permitted to go free without a pretense of trial. ' Gen. ItroHD Suicides. CINCINNATI, May 18. Gen. Lewis G. Brown, who has been for several years somewhat eccentric, and who was recently placed in the insane asylum, shot himself this morning. He had become dangerous since his release from the asylum, and officers were sent to-day to brinp him to court. He broke away from them, and, drawing a revolver, shot himself dead. He was about fifty years old. Crushed fits Skull. Cleveland, O., May 18. William and Teter Langendorf, brothers, went into the saloon of Philip Austegen at Akron, O., to-day, and got into a quarrel, during which William Langendorf struck Austegen on the bead with a club, crushing his skull. Austegen cannot live. The Langenaorfs were irrested.

HONORS PAID MRS. HENDRICKS.

Delegates to the Supreme Lodge, Knights of Honor, Call in a Body. Daily Sentinel of May 1. : At 5 p. m. nearly all the members of the supreme lodge, knights of honor, now In session in this city, met by appointment at the Grand hotel and proceeded to call in a body upon Mrs. Hendricks at her residence. SI N. Tennes-eee-st. Several of the representatives were accompanied by their wives. The company walked from the hotel to the residence, Past Supreme Dictator Gratz and Capt. A. Lawson of Louisville, Gor. D. A. Ball of Missouri and Dr. 1?. H. Nesbit of Georgia leading the way. Mrs. Hendricks stood in the parlor, near the door, and received her distinguished guests, being introduced to them, as they entered the room, by Mr. Gratz. She would occasionally recognize a familiar name among those presented to her and would pleasantly speak of the fact. The occasion appeared to be a great pleasure to her, her kind face beaming with joy as one after another of the delegates expressed his pleasure at meeting her, and the respect and admiration he had always felt for her husband. A large photograph of the latter was displayed upon the hat-rack in the hall. After all the visiting knights and ladies had been presented to Mrs. Hendricks, Gov. D. A. Ball of Missouri stepped forward and addressed Mrs. Hendricks as follows: "Mrs. Hendricks On behalf of these gentlemen, coming, as they do, from all sections of this Union, I desire to express to you the great pleasure it gives us to call personally upon you and to say to you that our people hold you in very high esteem, and that you have their best wishes. "We also desire to sny that we cherih and revere the memory of your distinguished husband as one of God's noblemen and one of America's grandest statesmen, who, at all times and under all circumstances, labored for the welfare and good of his country, in whatever station of life called by his countrymen. "Personally, many of us "had not the "honor and pleasure to know hira. Yet by reputation his name was a household word, and those of ns of his political faith loved and admired him as a man, lawyer and statesman, w hile those who differed with him politically admired his ability and respected him as an honest man, and for his manly courage. We also realize that much of his success is largely due to your etlorts, guiding him and upholding him as only the, love and afiection of a good and noble woman can do." Mrs. Hendricks bowed her acknowledgment and thanked the speaker, whereupon Mr. A. W. Conduitt ot this city, a member of the supreme lodge, stepped forward and 6aid: "Mrs. Hendricks has asked me to respond to the sentiments ju&t expressed, and while lean not hope to do so with the same degree of eloquence, I feel assured in saying that Mrs. Hendricks is glad of this opportunity to we,orue you all. and to take you by the hand. Although her heart may be a little warmer, perhaps, toward those of you who are of the same political party as her husbandfor I assure you that Mrs. Hendricks is a thorongh democrat (applause V yet it is large enoueh, I am sure, to take you all in regardless of political faith." Applause. On departing all cordially shook hands with Mrs. Hendricks. The latter invited Gov. Ball to remain, which he did, and they had a pleasant talk of Missouri and Missouri people. THE BRIDGE GAVE WAY. An Engine and Seventeen Men Fall Fifty Feet Into a River. Nashville, Tenn., May 18. A terrible accident occurred on the Lebanon branch of the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis railroad about nine miles from this city about 4 o'clock this ' afternoon. The bridge across Stone river caught fire from a passing train. Seventeen men, two whites and fifteen negroes, who were working on the road near by, went to the bridge and took an engine on it with the intention of extinguishing the fire with the water from the tender. The span gave away, carrying men and engine into the river fifty feet below. William Morgan (white), the engineer, received serious internal injuries. The fireman, Charles Gribble, also white, had his leg broken and received other serious injuries. Three of the negro laborers were killed and six were injured, four dangerously. Labor nnd Industrial Notes. Shorter hours is the watchword. Atlanta, Ga., is to have a type foundry. Business is dull with the iron rail-mills. Central Illinois is suffering front tlroutb. The new steel trust has a capital of $25, 000.000. There will be an enormous crop of rye in Canada. Several new paper mills are being built in Wisconsin. Great Britain produced 162,000,000 tons of coal last year. Galveston, Tex., will have a new cotton mill, to cost $500,000. Miners are leaving the K. of L. and joining the progressive. The new Edison electric company has a capital of $2,000,00!). A Saturday half-holiday is being agitated all over the country. General Worthy Foreman Wheat, K. of L., is lecturing in Ohio. Several prominent officers, K. of L., will canvass Indiana in June. New England capitalists have invested $100,000 at Ft. Payne, Ala. Illinois mining troubles have been adjusted on a scale of 55 and CO cents. The Pattern-maktri' league held its annual session at Pittsburg last week. Extraordinary wheat crops are reported in prospect for Ontario, Canada. The progressive union of miners increased in membership 1,500 during April. Loredo, Tex., will soon have the largest railway shops west of the Mississippi. Chicago carpenters are generally concentrating iathe Carpenters' brotherhood. The cities of Colorado are overcrowded with workmen, and many are idle. Plantation owners in Florida are importing skilled Cubans to work tobacco crops. Strong eflort is being made to join the union labor party with the prohibition party. The output of coal in this country in 1SS3 was 145,400,000 tons, worth ?20$,000,000. The Standard oil company will lay twentyfive miles of steel pipe in Pennsylvania. The miners of Belgium and England are contributing to the idle miners of Germany. It is estimated that $750,000.000 are invested in building every year in the United States. It is thoueht that at least thirty thousand workingmen in Chicago will parade July 4. A large number of New York tailors are working seventeen hours daily at $7 a week. Retail grocery dealers are "in the soup," as it were, with an overstock of canned goods. Western Pennsylvania carpenters have accomplished a 10 per cent, advance in wages. National district assembly, No. I :!.", K. of L. (miners), will meet at Columbus, O., in September. This year's tension of the International printers' union will cost the local unions over $20,000. Thus far in May twenty-seven strikes have been reported, involving 20,322 men, mostly miners. Southern workmen send up a general complaint about the amount of convict labor employed. Immense wheat crops are promised in California, which will be worth more than gold mining. . A geueral review of the K. of L. is reported in Ohio, hundreds ot delinquent members returning. A syndicate of capitalists project the further development of coal and iron mining in West Yirginia. A saw factory in Philadelphia employs 2,100 bands and turns out over lour hundred saws each day. Given lleary lantages. Mansfield, O., May 13. Boyd M. Miller, once an engineer on the New York, Lake Erie fc Western railroad, obtained a verdict for $30,000 damages against that company this afternoon. The jury deliberated an hour, took two ballots and returned the largest verdict ever given in the common pleas court. Miller was injured in a wreck. He Was Murdered. Mansfield, O., May 18. Edward Burnett, the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chicago engineer who waa found in his cab about a week ago with a wound in bis skull, died last eight" Since th occurrence a bloody club has been found in the woods near the scene, and it is believed he was murdered. He never recovered consciousness.

SIS

Absolutely Pure. This powrir nerer Tarlos. A tusrrel of mr'tv strength snd wholesoraene-s. Moreeonomical thsa ihe ordinsrr kincK an can not be t"H in competition with the muliitude of low tt. short weicht aiiim or rhonhat Miwdn. f-H onlr ia cn KOYAL BAKING POWDER CO.. 10 Wail it.. N. X QUILL HAS BEEN INDICTED AND TYLER KEEPS HIM COMPANY The Township Assessor Finds ITtmself Ii Jail Bond Finally Given Five Indictments Foun 1 Against Fach of the Conspirators. Daily Ser.tiD.-l of Msy 17. Mr. Thomas T. Quill, assessor of Center township, and Mr. Charles M. Tyler, Quill's chief deputy and riht bower, were indicted yesterday by the Marion county grand jury oa fire separate charges eaoh. Along about 3 o'clock in the afternoon itiegan to be whispered about that Quill and Tyler were iu jeopardy ; that the grand jury was about to place them in a position where they could he punched for their rascally operations. Sure enouyrt, a little after 3 o'clock. Clerk Kerr of the criminal court came trippinj down the iron-shod 6tairs holding a bundle of mysteriousdooking docu Klents in his hand. "Here," said Kerr to Chitf Deputy Sheri3 Corbaly, "are some love letters for Quill and Tyler," and with this he handed the papers over to the deputy. "By jingo," said Corbaly as he scanned the papers over the top of his specs, "these are warrants against Quill and Tyler. Poor old Tom. There won't be any child's play for him." Just then big, long, lanky Henry Langenberg came wandering iu. "Here, Henry," said Co:b.dy, "I've got some work for you. Just step across the hall and serve these warrants, will you?" "All right," said Henry, "I'll serve 'em;" and Henry suited his actions to his words. He seized the papers in his hands and strode softly across the hall where unsuspecting Quill was busily engaged in looking over his books. "Tom," 6aid Langenberg quietly ; "it'a very painful, but the grand jury baa indicted yon. Here's the papers." For a moment Qnill appeared dazed, but at last said, slowly and dejectedly, "I hardly expected this." But Tyler took the announcement in a difier ent manner. With face ashen pale and trembling form he listened to Langenberg'a statement. He grasped a table for support, and his lower jaw hung down as if he were about to be executed on the scaffold. "Oh, my God," Tyler groaned, "this is too much," and he sank despairingly into a chair, wiping great beads of perspiration oft his brow. Langenberg, however, hnd no time to waste, and said, hhortly: "Well, yoa fellowt must come into the therift'a office and settle the matter for the present with Corbaly. Youi bail i $.5,000 each. I don't think you will hav any trouble to raise that amount." Corbaly told the prisoners that he would give them until 5 o'clock to raise the amount of their respective bonds, and if they could uot secure the proper bail by that time, they would have to go to jail. The indictments against the two men are tea in number five against each andeacb oflense bailable in the tum of $l,0if0. The charges are the same in both cases, viz. : Grand larceny, conspiracy, presenting false claims to the board of commissioners, obtaining money nnder false pretenses aud presenting talse claims to the county auditor. In about half an honr Tyler succeeded in getting Bob C'oflman, one of the attaches of the office, and Quill to go on his bond and was released. Quill, however, was less fortunate, and though the city was energetically 6coured by bis friends in the afternoon in search of bondsmen, they were not forthcoming, and Lancenberg was finally compelled to remove QuiJJ to the county bastile. Quill remained in jail an hour and twenty minutes. A reporter called at the bastile about 8 o'clock, and inquired if Quill was occupying Sam Perkins old cell, No. 17. "No, Tom is out," replied Boh Emmet, deputy jailer. "Jake Bos and Philip Reichwein agreed to go his bond. Tom made the boast that be could get as many democrats as republicans who would go his bond, and I guess he was right. Reichwein is a republican and Boa is a democrat. Both are retired saloon-keep-ers. The action of the grand jury meets w ith almost the universal approbation of the public. Quill and Tyler have for a long time carried things with a high hand in the assessor's office and it is the general feeling that they are worthy of the severest punishment. The mete fact that the indictments were returned by a grand jury heavily republican goes to show that the evidence against Quill and Tyler must be of an exceedingly damaging charactersuch that no grand jury, however biased, could aflord to overlook. AN IMPORTANT CASE DECIDED. The Jay County Circuit Court Says Gas Can be Piped From the State. Fort Wayne, May IS. An important cae was decided in the Jay county circuit court today. It involves the constitutionality of th . act of the last legislature forbidding the piping of natural gas from Indiana wells to points outside of the tUte. The Indiana and Ohio oil, gas and mining company, a corporation organized under the laws of Indiana, secured franchises in Jay county and last season laid ten and one-half miles of pipe from wells there to Ft. Recovery, O., ar.d began the delivery of gas to consumers in Ohio. Two suits were brought against the company under the act referred to; one by a land-owner, across whose property right of way ha I been condemned, asking for forfeiture of the right of way and of the pipe laid therein. The other, a quo warranto suit by a corporator, seeking for a forfeiture of the charter of the company. The plaintiffs were represented by Messrs. Smith and Corwin of Hartford City, nnd the company by the Hon. R. C. Bell of Fort Wayne and John R. Cohrs of Chicago. Both cases were submitted on the same arcuuient and the act was held ti be in conHiet with sec. 8 of art. 1. constitution of the United States, which gives to congress the power to regulate commerce between the states. The case will go immediately to the supreme court on appeal. Given Forty Years. COH'MBCS, GaM May 19. Charles Rundell, late manager of the Southern express company, in this city, was to-day found guilty of embezzlement and sentenced to forty years in the penitentiary. He is a young man of talent and stood well in the city, but dissipation ruined him. Was Within the Aretic Circle. MONTREAL, May 14. Lord Lonsdale arrived here to-day. He still adheres to his statement that be was within the Arctic circle and says he will jrove it when he gets to London. He left for TsTew York to-day. He has with bin300 epecimeas of birds.