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nlating tuanufasturers and creating competition,
had lowered the price of nearly every article.
Why, the tariff had reduced the price of the
rd bandanna, the hoped-for riflamme of Dem
ocratic Tictory. In that connection he asked
hie hearers to remember the prophetic words in
Erekiel. which would bo fulfilled: -Your km
thip also will I tear, and deliver xny peopli out
of your hands." Then he asked tbem to remem
ber that the earth and the fullness thereof was
promised to the seed of Jacob, and that two of
Jacob's sons were Benjamin and Levi, lie
asked the Corgress cot to turn baak the wheels
of progress, but to permit the combined advance
of the Nation and It people. At the conclusion,
Mr. O'Dcnnell was warmly applauded and
heartily congratulated. The evening papers
iptatof his speech in terms of praise for its
ability. a
House Proceedings la Detail.
to tb Western AMOciatd Freit.
Washisgtox, July 12. Sessions were ordered
for next Wednesday and Thursday night for
ronsidsratioa of bills reported respectively from
the committee on labor and the committee on
military affairs.
Mr. F. a Taylor, c! Ohio, attempted to ob
tain a night session for consideration of general
pension bills, but a call for the reenter order,
made by Mr. Bland, of Missouri, operated as an
objection.
Mr. Ford, of Michigan, from the committee
on military affairs, reported back the resolution
for the appointment of a special committee to
Investigate alleged evaaUcsof the contract-labor
law. In reply to a question by Mr. Van
dever, of California, he stated that the resolu
tion was broad enough In its scope to cover the
subject of any evasion of the law against Chinese
immigration.
Mr. Cox, of New York, called the attention of
the House to the great necessity of this resolu
tion to correct the abuses now existing There
was an abnormal immigration to this country
by men persuaded to come here by false and
traudulent pretenses. Instead of there being
an ordinary immigration from Italy, Italians
were coming into this country at the rate of
0,000 a year, under influences that should be
inquired into. There did come into New York
In one month 50,000 men who did not know our
language, and who added nothing to our wealth
and labor. ...
Mr. Morrow, of California, was glad that the
House at last ccmprehended the evil besetting
the country from unrestricted immigration.
The resolutiot was adopted. The House then
went into committee of the whole (Mr. Springer,
of Illinois, in the chair) on the tariff bill, the
agreement beinc that no vote should be taken on
tne pending wool schedule to-day.
Mr. Pugsley, of Ohio, opposed the schedule,
and said the duty on wool should be increased,
instead of rsauced.
Mr. Moran, of Massachusetts, favored the
Mills bill generally, and especially the clause
plaeing wool upon the free list It was ridicu
lous to say that the President (who was spoken
of at times ae if he were an Italian, or a Greek,
or some other foreigner) would be in favor of
a bill which would destroy the industries of bis
eountry to the advantage or England. The bill
would havsno such effect, but, on the contrary,
would hlp all classes and all industries.
Mr. O'Doonell, cf Michigan, did not character
ize the present bill as sectional. He felt that it
knew no North, no East, no West; it was all
South. The attempt to placo wool on the free
list would injure one-fifteenth of the population
of the country interested in wool-growing. He
appealed for & restoration of the duties of 1S67,
which caused marvelous prosperity in this
branch of farm pursuits.
Mr. MeKinney, of New Hampshire, did not
think that the placing of wool on the free list
would decrease the price of wool in this eountry,
but it would secure cheaper clothes, because It
would enable American manufacturers to eom
pete on an equality with the foreign manufac
turers. Mr. Caswell, of Wisconsin, protested against
free wool as having the effect of destroying the
shcen-raisicg industry in his State.
Mr. Booth man, of Ohio, said the placing of
wool on the free list struck a deadly blow at ono
of the industries of his district, and for this, if
for no other reason, he was oppoeed to the
Mills bill. He favored a return to the wool
schedule of 1867.
Mr. Dockery. of Missouri, controverted the
argument that free wool would destroy the
wool-growing interest. It would be as fair to
expect a mother to desert her babe as to expect
the Democratic party to turn its back upon the
laboring man, who had always constituted its
bone and sinew.
Mr. Allen, of Michigan, said the Democrats
bad protected all of the products of the country
south of Mason and Dixon's line, and in the same
breath charged the Republicans with sectional
ism. If they believed they could strike at Mich
igan through her great staples, salt, lumber and
wool, with impunity, they would learn better at
the coming election.
Mr. Lanham. of Texas, said that the bill had
received the indorsement and sanction of the
Democratic party and had become essentially a
party measure. He bad some doubt as to tno
propriety of the wool schedule, but he had re
solved that doubt in favor of the duty which be
owed to the party to which he belonged; and in
deference to its councils he would yield his own
feelings and decline to break the ranks.
Mr. Brewer, of Michigan, said free wool would
destroy sheep husbandry.
Mr. Dingloy. of Maine, said that since the
Mills bill had been launched in the press, wool
hsd declined seven cents a pound. If the dis
cussion of the bill had done this, what would the
bill itself do to the injury of the farmer?
Mr. J. D. Taylor, of Ohio, regarded the bill aa
a conspiracy for ultimate free trade, and he at
tacked its general features, and more especially
that feature placing wool on the free list.
Mr. Kennedy, of Ohio, directed his speech to
a consideration of the methods followed by the
Democratic party in carrying elections in the
' South, declaring that they were carried by
1 fraud, outrage and intimidation. The Southern
elections, he said, were an infamous assault on
the fundamental principles of republican gov
ernment. The demand for fair elections would
not eease nntil the ballot-box in Georgia was as
honest as the ballot-box in Indiana.
The committee then rose, and the House took
a recess until 8 o'clock, the eveniog session to be
for consideration of the various private pension
bills, to which opposition has been shown in
Friday evening sessions.
The House, in the evening, considered certain
private pension bills to which objection had been
made at various Friday evening sessions and a
final vote upon which had been postponed until
to-night. There were thirteen such measures
upon the calendar, but opposition was developed
to the first one, granting a pension to Jesse
Strickland, and after a call of the House and two
ineffectual roll calls the House, without accom
plishing anything, at 10:13 adjourned.
MINOR MATTERS.
TJst of Indiana Soldiers Who nave Deen
Granted Pensions.
Pensions have been granted the following
named Indianians:
Original Milton Burnham (deceased), New
Albany; Andrew J. Owen, Lexington; Joseph
Kennett. Columbus; George Golden, Delaney's
Creek; William L. Jones, Greensburg; James S.
Miller, Tollgate; John A. Chopot, West Fork;
Jese W. Keitley, Indianapolis: George D.
Sheets, Omega; Amos T. Gray, Bartle; Benja
min F. James, North Webster, Monroe Law
rence, Lewis; Wesley Stilwell, Dale.
Increase Simeon Howser, North Manchester;
John U. Mitchaner, Tod; John S. Stevenson,
Monticello; Thomas C Robinson, Elizabeth
town; Thomas S. Long, Indianapolis; James T.
Anderson, Delphi; Thomas P. Sawyer, Alpine;
John Finney, Franklin; Patrick Tobin, La
fayette; David Stage, Noblesville; Stephen N.
Stevenson. Sullivan; Martin A, Bailey, Pimento;
Wm. Mathias, South Martin; Wm. M. Smith,
Aodersooville; Henry F. Moore, New Albany;
James W. Burks, McVille; John W. Jenkins,
St. Paul; Jam) K. Boltinzhouse, Bloomineton;
John 3Ioxley, Y evar; John O. Yeaman, Clark's
Hiil; William M. Ward, Marion; Kichard Hard
estr. Salhvan; Michael Held, Madison; Jehu
Albright. 5prinedale; Philip Wolford, Nebo;
John Hallowell. Lafayette; Cornelius Htrcerty,
Indianapolis. Original Widows Eliza J. Petty,
former widow of Wm. H. Snell. Anderson;
Margaret, widow of Wm. IL Stoneburner,
Pennville; Ann C, widow of Milton Burnham,
New Albany.
Correcting a Soldier's Record,
fremiti to the Indianapolis Journal.
Washington-, July 12. The following army
order has been issued:
Under aet approved Feb. 3, 1S7, amendatory
cf an aet approved June 3, 1S84, and to complete
the record, the muster into service of Jacob W.
Meskiek as Second Lieutenant, Company A,
Fortr-sseond Indiana Infantry Volunteers, Deo.
?. 1S02. is amended to take effect Oct. 0, 1SC2.
Ilis discharge as second lieutenant, same
ccmpany and regioect. Arril 17, 1SG3, is
amended to date March 30, 1SG3. He is mus
tered into service as captain, sarae company and
regiment, to date March 31, 1S&; mustered out
cxd honorably discharged as captain, Arll 17,
18G5, and he is mustered for pay in said grades
during the period embraced between the afore
said dates.
i General Notes,
fpeclal to the Indianapolis Journal.
Washington. July 12. The President to-day
sent to Mr. John L. Smlthmeyer. architect of the
new Congressional Library Building, formerly
of Indianapolis, a commission as engineer ofScer,
with the rank of major in the militia of the
District of Columbia. There have been a great
many competitors for the honor, and Mr. Smith
meyera friends are delighted with his success.
It is stated that Judge J. V. Wright, of Ten
nessee, Rev. W. N. Cleveland, brother of the
President, and Capt. R. IL Pratt, superinten
dent of the Carlisle Indian School, will consti
tute the commission to negotiate with the Sioux
Indians for a division of their reservation in Da
kota, and a surrender of a part to the United
States.
Congressman Steele was suddenly called
home lest night on account of the auddeaillness
of his brother.
POLITICS IX INDIANA.
A Democratic Paper Causes a Sensation by
Bolting Part of the County Ticket,
fascial to the Indlauais Journal.
Shelbtvillk, Ind.t July 12. A bolt of polit
ical lightning was thrown into the Democratic
camp, to-day, when the Shelby Times,
a Democratic paper, came out with
the announcement that they could
no loifger support Leonard X Hackney, candi
date for judge for the counties of Shelby and
Johnson, and John C. McNutt, candidate for
prosecuting attorney. Editor Akers sums up
the situation in a long editorial, a portion of
which read as follows:
'We have nothing to dirguise nor to smother
np. Our cand!9 shall not be put under a bushel,
but shall be set no where it can be seen by all.
That there are hundreds of Democrats in this
and Johnson counties who will never recognize
the nominations of the Fairland convention as
those made by the honest majority of the
party cannot be disputed. No honest man
who has the good of the party at heart will
for one moment attempt to say tfcat either
Hackney or McNutt received an honest nomina
tion. : That both of wnich was the result of the
corrupt use of money, deception and fraud can
not be disputed, and the man who attempts to
justify such deeds becomes a party to the out
rage and should be condemned by the people.
Len Hackney went to the convention with
twelve delegates from this county, who, he him
self admitted, cost him $1,000. John McNutt
did cot bave a single delegate honestly chosen
by the people ;but by the use of money, fraud
and deception he secured three men who were
willing to misrepreseni their constituents and
form a combination. After a few dark night
meetings in Franklin, in this city and oce at
Fairland, an infamous combination was formed
by whicha large majority of the will of 6,000
Democrats was set aside and a pretended nomi
nation mado."
The names of Hackney and McNutt bare
been taken down from the editorial column of
the paper and a bitter fight will be made upon
them from this time oeu
The result of the Fainand convention, which
was held March 29, was not satisfactory to
hundreds of. Democrats in the circuit,
who will not support the nominees. It is said
that in Johnson county the Democracy are
against Hackney and McNutt almost to a man,
and cannot be fixed up to fall back into the par
ty harness. The Repubhoan conTe.ition will be
held next month, at which time Hon. Ben Love
will be nominated for judge, and every indica
tion favors his election in November.
Club Organized at Greeneastle.
Special to tne Indianapolis Journal.
Gkeencastle, July 12. Last night there
was organized, on only a few hours' notice, one
of the most enthusiastic branches of the Lincoln
League yet heard of. No less than thres hun
dred members have joined, and among them
are some of heretofore Democratic faith. About
8 o'clock the city hall was crowded with Repub
licans who were filled with a whooping spirit of
Harrison and Morton, which seems some
thing of a novelty in this sec
ion. Officers were elected as follows:
President, Jesse Weik; vice-president, Frank
McOrath; secretary, T. T. Moore; treasurer, C.
S. Hammond. A cumber of speeches were
made, among the orators being Hon. S. A.
Hays, T. T. Moore and othtrs. The ticket
seems to give unbounded satisfaction throuzh
out this county, which will be fully demonstrat
ed m November next.
A Cirans County Cl ub Meeting,
fpeclal to the Indianapolis Journal.
Fairmount, July 12. The Republican Club
meeting of Liberty township, Grant county, was
addressed last evening by Mr. F. H. Banks, of
Marion. The speaker was heartily applauded.
and made many valuable illustrations of the dif
ference between free trade and protection, offer
ing to take a nickel for his interest lu the
former, and refusing to take $1,000 for the
latter. Mr. O. A. Osborn, county committee
man, came in for a portion of the time and pro
poses to see that the Republican ticket is elected
from General Harrison down, if it takes all of
his time from now nntil the election in Novem
ber. The Rev. H. Y. Rush, of West Milton, O..
was then introduced and spoke of the success of
the party in a very sanguine manner.
Political Scraps.
Thero are four men living in Crawfordsville
who lived there in 1840, and who voted for W,
H. Harrison, and will vote for Beu Harrison
this year. They are Alex. Thomson, I. L. Wade,
Ben Ristine and Cornelius YanarsdeL A club
of all thoss who now live in Montgomery county,
who voted for Harrison in 1840, is being formed,
and they are all very enthusiastic
Samuel Cutsinger, a very prominent Demo
crat and influential citizens of Edinburg, has
severed his allegiance with the Democratic par
ty and had joined the Republican ranks. Mr.
Cutsinger is the owner of the large starch
works at that place, and announces as his rea
son for the change that he is not in favor of
free trade. -Mike Lynch, cf. the same place,
who has always heretofore Toted the Democrat
io tioket, also says he will support Harrison and
Morton.
LABOR INTERESTS.
An Indiana Company signs the Amalgamated
Scale, and a McKreeport Mill Declines.
Pittsburg, July 12. The officials of the
Amalgamated Association were notified this
morning that the Central Iron and Steel Com
pany, of Brazil, Ind., had signed the scale.
No other signatures were reported np to 1
o'clock this afternoon. Singer, Nimiok & Co. 'a
works were in operation with increased force,
the strikers having failed in their attempt to get
the men to come out. The mills of Moo rhead,
McCleane & Co., and Spang & Co. wero also in
partial operation with non-union men.
At a meeting of the employes of the National
rolliog-mill, at McKeesport, Pa., this afternoon.
Manager Flagler stated that the company
would pay the highest wages, but would
not sign tha scale. The proposition
was rejected by the workmen.
The Pittsburg Forge and Iron Company started
np to-day with non-union men. Only one de
partment is in operation, but the firm expects to
have all departments running in a few days.
This makes three mills now in partial operation
with non-union workmen. At Spangs and
Singer's the situation to-day was unchanged.
Iron Moulders atlunal Union.
St. Louis. July 12. The Iron Moulders' Na
tional Union this morning received the report
of the committee on credentials, which, seated
131 delegates from subordinate bodies, and- re
ported adversely upon seating nineteen who rep
resented unions in arrears to the national body
for per capaita tax. Secretary Fox read his re
port, which showed the receipt of the general
fund to be $00,320.70, and disbursements, $02,
379,01); cash on hand. $3,947,07. The strike fund
showed the total receipts for the year to be $36,
CG&93, ana the disbusemcnts $33,633.51. The
costliest strike of the year was that of Union
No. 10, of St. Louis, which drew from the fund
$IS,529. This strike was brought about by the
formation of the defence association of the
manufacturers, and opened in March, 1&S3, in
the foundry of the Bridge & Beach Stove Comp
any of this city. After twenty-five weeks and
two days it was declared off, being a complete
failure. There will be no session to-morrow,
the visitors accepting a complimentary excurs
oa on the river from the local moulders.
Dustness Embarrassments.
Memphis. Tenn., July 12. Kelly, Roper &
Iteilly. wholesale grocers, made an assignment
this afternoon. Liabilities, $107,000; assets nomi
nally, $175,000. Slow collections are given as
the cause.
Elkhart, Ind., July 12. F. E. Thompson &
Co.. hardware dealers, assigned to-day in favor
of their creditors. The assignment was caused
by inability to make collections. Liabilities,
$1,000; assets, $3,000.
Branper Matthews gets tlOO for a Century
article and spends $300 for a dinner to celebrate
tho event.
INDIANA AND ILLINOIS NEWS
A Tramp Comes to Grief in an Attempt
to Steal a Wagon and a Pair of Mules,
Milk Sickness in Ilenry County Enmored
Fall of a Bridge A Kecent Illinois Ljnch
in? To Bs Inquired into by the Courts.
INDIANA.
A Seedy Tramp Attempts to Steal a Wagon, a
Pair of Mules and a Hoy.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
Vincennes, July 12. This afternoon, Fred
Heel, from the country, left hie team of mules
in the car of his little son, seven years old,
while he stepped into his brother's house for a
few minutes. A seedy fellow got into the wagon
and drove off the team, tho wagon and the bo,
Mr. Reel came out of the house and discovered
the team point: rapidly up street It then be
came a race to overtake the fellow before he
should cross the Wabash into Illinois, Mr. Reel
leaped in behind the fellow just before he
reached the river, and in a sharp fight threw tho
man beneath the mules' feet Assistant Mar
shal Halm captured the fellow after a long race.
The little boy was crying bitterly when rescued
by his father. This is one of the boldest at
tempts at stealing on record taking a man's
team, wagon and boy.
Humored Fall of a It ridge.
Epeclal to the InJianeoolis Journal.
Rocxville, July 12. It is reported here that
the wacon bridge across the Wabash at Clinton
has fallen down on account of hieh water. A
farmer, with his family, was driving over when
the bridge collapsed. All are said to have been
lost. The bridge had been condemned for sev
eral years and the commissioners of Vermillion
and Parke counties have at different times met
to make acreement and build a new structure,
but too much was asked of Parke, and thus the
matter stands. Tho high water has broken the
new levee, acd the bottom corn-fields are
flooded. The farmers saved their wheat.
91111c Sickness In Ilenry County,
fpecial to the IndiauaxolIs Journal.
New Castle, July 12. The first cases of
milk sickness known in this section of tho
country in a great many years developed in
the persons of Robert Robe and his son Miles,
near Rogersville, in the southern part of this
county, about ten days ago. Miles Robe, who
is about nineteen years of age, died this morn
ing of the dreaded disease, and his father is now
in a very critical condition, with but little hopes
of recorery. The revival of this peeuliar dis
ease has caused much uneasiness among the
citizens in that neizbborhood, and people are
watching the development of the other case with
much Interest.
A Novel Lawsuit,
fpeclal to the Indianapolis Journal.
Corydon, July 12. A novel suit has been in
stituted at Leavenworth, in which Peter Grant
is the plaintiff and Ilarve Goodson the defend
ant. Goodson was engaged to be married to
Grant's daughter, and at Goodson's request
Grant bad prepared a "big" dinner and invited
the whole neighborhood to the marriage feast.
The meets assembled at the appointed time,
but Goodson did not put m an appearance, and
up to this time has not been beard from. He
has fled the country, but left behind a yoke of
oxen, which have been levied upon by Grant for
the expense of the dinner, which is placed at $10.
Suicide ly Hanging.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
Batesville, July 12. The family of
John Lichtner, living two miles south of this
place, were somewhat surprised, last night, on
getting ready to retire, by not finding the -bus
band. After looking all through the barns and
outhouses, they then started up stairs, and. on
opening the stair door, there found him hanging
from the banni3ter, dead, he having hung him
self, in the fore part of the evening, with a rope
taken from an old-fashioned bedstead. Mr.
Lichtner has not been himself for the past tik'20
or four years, fie was sixty-two years old.
White Cap" Methods,
fpecial to the lndlanaoolis Journal.
Medartvilxe, July 12. Considerable excite
ment prevailed in Francesville last night A
number of masked men went to the residence
of G. W. Do well, an insurance agent and a man
of means, and firel about thirty shots into his
house, demolishing one door and a window.
Mr. Dowell left for rart3 unknown. He had
been ordered to leave the town, the time expir
ing on Wednesday, July 11. Mr. Dowell is
charged with insulting married women through
out the country.
Minor. Notes.
Suit has been brought at Wabash to set aside
the will of Daniel Lntz, who disinherited his
daughter, Mrs. Olive W&t&ins, on account of his
dislike of her husband.
At Martinsville, on Wednesday, a dog belong
ing to little Willie Fuselmau. bit him on the
band while the child was playing with it Yes
terday the dog developed symptoms of madness
and was killed.
Mr. P. B. Wysong, of Ladca, writes to the
Journal that he is not Joe Wysong, of Green
castle. The Journal never state! that such was
the fact, but cheerfuily gives spaee to the La
doga man's correction.
Lizzie Tak, aped fourteen, a dome? tie in a
Terre II ante family, while walking across a
commons in the city abort 9 o'clock Wednesday
night, was seized by two men, who dragged her
to a remote place and outraged her.
The Ragan family, of Hendricks eounty, held
a reunion yesterday, at which 175 relatives were
present. The reunion was unusually success
ful and was highly enjoyed by all present
John Asher, of Martinsville, while under the
influence of liquor last Sunday, attempted to
commit suicide by shooting himself with a re
volver. He shot himself once in the head and
once in he foot. The latter.is supposed to hava
been an accident. The physicians say he will
probably recover.
The disease that has been raging among the
cattle of Howard county, thought to have been
Texas fever, bas abated. It created consider
able alarm and was confined exclusively to
milch cows, the total number reported to have
died being twenty-five. The report that the
disease was spreading in Tipton county was
without foundation.
ILLINOIS.
A Special Term of Court Will Inquire Into
the Lynching of William Moore.
Special to the In.llanacoili Journal.
Mattoon, July 12. At the regular meeting
of the Coles County Board of Supervisors, yes
terday, a resolution was passed requesting
Judge Hughes to call a special session of the
Circuit Court to inquire into the recent unlaw
ful hanging of William Moore, in Charleston, on
the morning of the 2Gth. To-day Judge Hughes
went to Charleston and ordered a special term,
to begin Aug. 5. A special list of grand jurors
will be summoned, and some startling develop
ments will be made. Hon. Horace S. Clark, of
this city, has been engaged to assist State's At
torney Leitch in prosecuting, and no effort will
be spared to punish the guilty parties, if it is
possible to identify them. From the moves tho
officers are making, it is evident the guilty men
are known, or a number of them, at leait The
people of the county are determined that every
violator of the laws shall bo punished if they
can be found, and no law-al iding citizen sanc
tions the work of the mob which hanged Moore.
Edgar County Teachers Institute.
Ipcll to tbe lndianaprlie Journal.
Paris, July 12. The annual teachers' insti
tute for Edgar county is now in session at the
Paris High-school building in this city, with an
enrollment of two hundred teachers. The in
structors are Mr. George E. Knepper, of Peoria,
111., and Miss Lottie Jones, of Danville, 111.,
primary work, first week; Mr. E. S. Smith,
Chrisman, IlL; Mr. Theo. H. Haney, Onarea,
111.: Mr. James II. Browning, Metcalf. IlL:
Prof. D. Wilson, of this city, and Mrs. Carrie
Adams of Terre Haute, xnusio and physical ex
ercises. IJrlef Meution.
It is alleged that all of the officers of Douglas
county, eince 1872, are short in their accounts,
the amounts aggregating $18,000.
Officers are searching for Alfred William.
aged flftj-six, his son John, twenty two jears
old. and man whose name can not be learned.
They are charged with a shocking assault on
fk 1 T" .a a a
Diancus) a aia soicoicen, aaugaierox
well-to-do farmer, residing near Argenta. If
they are caught there will doubtless be a lynch
ing, as the feeling is at white heat.
Mrs. Sallle I. Harris, wife of Mr. IL P. Har
ris, an old and well-known eitizen, and mother
of Hon. J. B. Harris and several other children,
died yesterday, at Champaign, aged seventy
years.
The State Board of Pharmacy was In session
at Springfield on Wednesday. They examined
fifty-three applicants for registration. It will
take the board two or three days to complete
the examination-
BEPUBUCAN EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
The Body Selects W. W. Dudley for Treasurer
svnd Col. Swords for Serjeant-at-Arms.
New York, July 12. Tha national Republic
an executive committee was called to order soon
after 11 o'clock to-daj, by Secretary FuietL J.
S. Clarksoa, of Iowa, was chosen temporary
chairman. The committee then at once pro
ceeded with the election of a treasurer and ser-geant-at-arxns.
W. W. Dudley, of Indiana, was
elected treasurer, and Colonel Swords,
of Iowa, sergeant-at-arms. This busi
ness transacted, the committee went into
conference with the executive committee of the
National Republican Lssgne. The conference
was private, and lasted about twenty minutes.
President Ttylor, of the Indiana State League,
and Mr. Foster, president of tho Mational
League, addressed the committee, tugeestiog
plans for campaign work, and Colonel Con
ger and Mr. Haynes replied, saying that the na
tional committee, as decided by resolution passed
last night, wero desirous of acting in harmony
with the league. The committees then separated
with the understanding that they would confer
again this evening.
Mrs. Foster also addressed the executive com
mittee on her plan of organizing women Re
publican clubs, which was favorably considered
last night.
Mr. Harris, of North Carolina, addressed the
national executive committee on the situation in
his State. His encouraging reports were heartily
applauded. ( Others followed, speaking of the
promising indications of Republican success in
other States.
At a conference of the Republican national
executive committee with the presidents of the
lteoublican State leaeues and their committees
to-night, the following was adopted:
Reeolved, That the national Republican committee
recommends to each of tho State central committees
of the several States that they recognize the State
league organizations of Republican clubs and give
them such aid and support as may be within taeir
power.
Secretary Humphrey, of the League, said to
niebt that tbe national committee had re
quested that, as far as possible, all public meet
ings throughout tbe country should be held un
der the direction of the leagues and local clubs.
This would not conflict with the work of the na
tional and State committees, who generally had
charge of national and State speakers and their
appointments.
Mr. Humphreys stid: "The National Lescue
has a special campaign committee, who are to
have charge of special campaign work to be un
dertaken by .League clubs, as follows: Gen.
W. W. Dudley, of Indiana, chairman; James P.
Foster and A. B. Humphreys, president and sec
retary of the National League; W. A. Mott, of
New Jersey, and W. W. Johnson, of Maryland."
uen. JNathan Uoil, of West Virginia, and Ed
ward McPherson, of Pennsylvania, chairman
and secretary of the congressional committee.
conferred with the executive committee, to-day,
regarding work in the concessional districts.
Entertained by Ex-Senator Piatt.
New York, July 12. Ex-Senator Thomas C
Piatt, who is living at the Oriental Hotel, Man
hattan Beach, entertained a distinguished party
at dinner there on Tuesday evening. The din
ner was in honor of Hon. Levi P. Morton. Be
sides the host and Mr. Morton, there were pres
ent Senator Hiscook, ex-Senator Miller, John C.
New, John B. Elam, who is General Harrison's
law partner, and Messrs. McLain and Michener,
01 Indianapolis. It was given out that the en
tertainment was entirely of a social nature.
Couldn't Stand Free Wool.
fpeclal to the Indianapolis Journal.
Shakox, Pa., July 12. Jason McNight, one
of the richest farmers and largest wool-growers
in Mercer county, to-day came out for Harrison
and Morton. He can't swallow Cleveland's wool-
tariff ideas. Before the campaign closes all tho
Mercer county farmers will be in line,
OBITUARY.
IJlram Sibley, the Founder of the Western
Union Telegraph Companj.
Rochester. N. Y., July 12. Hiram Siblev
died at his home at 10:45 this morning.
Hiram Sibley was born in North Adams,
Mass., early in the century and moved to KeV
York when young. His connection with tho
electric telegraph began wheu, upon the sugges
tion of Judge Henry R. Seldon, he bought the
interests cf the owners of the House patents
and organized the New York & Mississippi
Valley Printing Telegraph Company, April 1,
lboL In 1834 the company leased the lines of
the Lake Erie Telegraph Company. Ezra Cor
nell had control of the Erie & Michigan Tele
graph Company. After much negotiation tho
two companies controlled by Mr. Sibley and Mr.
Cornell were united by an act of the Wisconsin
Legislature dated March 4, 1856, and of the New
York Legislature a month later, under the name
of the Western Union Telegraph Company. Mr.
Sibley conceived the idea of a line of telegraph
to the Pacific, but cot being able to induce
the Western Union Company to undertake tho
project he personally undertook the venture and
finally secured from Congress an annnal sub
sidy of $40,000 for ten years, and Nov. 1. 1801.
Mr. Sibley took upon himself the responsibility
of the construction of the lino. In the mean
time, the Overland Telegraph Company had
been organized in San Francisco, and the two
parties finally united in the Pacific Telegraph
Company. Nov. 13, 1SC1, the line was opened
from ocean to ocean, and on March 17, 18G4, it
was merged into the Western Union.
In 18C9 Mr. Sibley sold out his telegraph in
terests and went into the seed business in
Rochester and Chicago. Tho city of Rochester
has benefited greatly by bis generosity, Sibley
Hall having been built by him at a cost of S100,-
000. To the Rochester University he was also
a generous donor, and the Sibley College of Me
chanical Arts, of Cornell University, marks his
esteem for his friend, Lzra Cornell.
William llrotherton.
special to the Indianapolis Joprnal.
Muncie. Ind., July 12. William Brotherton,
one of the prominent members of the Muncie
bar, died last night. At a meeting of the bar
this evening, which was presided over by Judge
O. J. Lotz, the following committee on invita
tion was appointed: J. W. Ryan, J. R. McMa-
han, W. W. Orr; committee on resolutions, C.
E. Shipley. Geo. IL Koons, R. S. Gregory, to
report at the regular meeting or the bar, on Sat
urday afternoon at 1 o'clock, to which all mem
bers of the bar are invited. The funeral will
take place from tbe residence, on Saturday aft
ernoon at 4 o'clock.
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.
Prof. A. H. Tuttle, of the Ohio State Univer
sity, has been elected to the chair of biology and
agriculture at the University of Virginia, at
Charlottsville.
Serious charges have been preferred against
the governor of tbe National Soliiers' Home,
at Togus, Me., General Mepheoson. A com
mittee will probably be. appointed to investi
gate,
Charles Kranze, a Milwaukee bar-tender.
called on Pauline Schaub, last night, in her
father's bakery, to propose marriage. She re
jected him because she thought his finances too
slim to live on, whereupon be drew a revolver
and shot himself. He will probably die.
At 7:10 Wednesday evening, a dense cloud
pasted over Marquette, Mich., and out over the
lake. It was not felt on tbe ground. Fire min
utes later the water in the harbor fell so quick"
ly as to be notieeable by those on board vessels
at anehor. The fall was twenty-six inches in a
few minutes. The lake and bay were calm at
the time. After thirty-three minutes the water
returned again. It is believed that a cyclone
paseed near here.
E. B. Shaw, the rich young married man
whose trio East with May Yohe, a handsome
young member of the Chicaco Opera-boose
'Crystal Slipper company, caused so much
talk a few days ago, was sued, yesterday, for
divorce. Mrs. Sbaw makes tbe Yobe incident
the principal ground of complaint. An Injunc
tion was issued restraining young bnaw irom
disposing of any of his property until tho di
vorce case is heard.
ftteamthlp News.
New Yobe, July 12. Arrived: Persian Mon
arch, from London; ieland, from Hamburg.
TIIE FIRE RECORD.
Wednesday's Flro at Alpena About Thlr-
teen Hundred People Left Homeless.
Alpena, Mich., July 12. About 2 o'clock yes
terday afternoon an alarm of fire was sent in
from the lumber mill of H R. Mose, a hug
structure covering two acres of ground and sur
rounded by saw-dust heaps and piles of refuse
lumber. The wind was blowing a gaK and the
fire soon spread to the Detroit, Bay City & Al
pena engine-house, which was rapidly consumed.
Morse's mill boarding-house went ner.t, and the
fire spread on toward the bay. The firo depart
ment was helpless, and there was nothing to do
hut wait until tho fire had exhausted itself.
Gilchrist's lumber-yard, with 3,000,000 feet of
sawed lumber on it, was soon in riitnes, and the
scene, as the big Iocs fell into the bay and drifted
out toward the open lake, all tbe floating timber
Demg aoiaze, was a sight long to be remem
bered. The burning timber sat fire
to the government lighthouse at the
month of the river, and it was
soon a total loss. While the fire was slowly
aweepinp down through half a mile of the to wo,
the people were moving out household goods
and carrying valuables back of the town. It was
not until midnight that the fire was under con
trol. Orer two hundred buildings were burned
and 1,300 persons are homeless. Nine-tenths or
these are workingmen and most of tbem have no
insurance. The loss on these buildings will ex
ceed $200,000. Three million feet of lumber be
longing to F. W. Gilchrist, Follerts, McPhee &
Co.. of Alpena, and Burrows & Burt, ox Sagi
naw, valued at $75,000, was also lost
Mrs. Ann McLean, of Bunalo, was turned to
death. Mrs. Pulvin. aged seventy-three, is so
badly burned that she is not expected to live.
Miss Nestor and Mrs. Sharbonean were also se
riously burned, and may die.
Tbe insurance on the property burned is aoout
$130,000. This is thought to be about one-half
of the total loss. One hundred and forty-seven
dwellings are in ashes. A number of them are
occupied by more than one familr. A citizens'
meeting has been called to provide ways and
means for the rolief of the fire sufferers.
Rouml-TJouse Burned.
Cleveland, July 12. The Lake Shore rail
road round-house, at Ashtabula, O., burned last
night. Eight locomotives were destroyed. The
loss is not stated.
Rational Editorial Association.
. Cincinnati. O.. July 12. The executive com
mittee of the National Editorial Association
completed its labors to-day. The next meeting
of the association will oe at San Antonio, Tex ,
beginning Wednesday, Nov. 21, and continuing
three davs. It will be followed by a tour of
Texas and a visit to the City of Mexico. Tbe
committee also mapped out a full programme of
papors to be prepared and read, but left the se
lection of the writers to the different State as
sociations. The only exception to this is the
topic, "the relation of the advertising agent to
the publisher." Upon this two papers are to be
prepared bv a representative of tha advertising
agent and by a publisher. Besides these tonics
assigned to tbe various States, there will be an
address by the president of tbe association, Mr.
Albert B. Young, of Parkersburg, W. Va., and
also an address by a distinguished journalist
whose name is not yet announced.
Matrimonial.
Chicago, July 12. Mr. Joseph R. Donlsp,
managing editor of the-Times, and a represent
ative newspaper man, was married this morn
ing to Mrs. Helen Louise Thompson, widow of
the late Henry Wendell Thompson, who was
well-known in newspaper circles. The couple
left at once for California, where they will
spend their honeymoon, returning to Chicago in
a month. They were accompanied by Jndgo
and Mrs. D. Hammer, at whose house the cere
mong took place.
ran-Presbyterlan Council.
London, July 12. After the closing session
of the Pan-Presbyterian Council, to-night, Dr.
bpinner, 01 Cincinnati, said that he
was convinced that the council had been
laying the foundation for a grand
superstructure. Mr. Apple, of Lancaster, Pa.,
said the meetings were cf the most important in
the history of Protestanism. Dr. E. D. Junkin.
of Houston, Tex., was chosen American treas
urer. WALLACE'S L.IFE OF HARRISON.
Ills StutTj in Ilia Sister's Home Some of tho
Difficulties of tha Work.
Indianapolis Letter in hew York World.
Gen. Lew Wallace, commissioned to write a
life of Benjamin Harrison, has taken np his res
idence for tho time being at the charming borne
of his sister, Mrs. A. IL Blair, on Delaware
street, within a stones throw from Gen. Harri
son's own house, and eschewing all society save
that of the Harrisons, is bard at work upon bis
task. The author of 4The Fair God" and "Ben
Hur," bas a charming place in which to labor.
It is a study, from the windows of wuch one
looks out through dense folisge of maples which
grow all about the house. Mrs. Blair s home is J
furnished in exquisite taste, and every surround
ing is that of perfect quiet and refinement. 1
met Gen. Wallace there one day this week by
appointment. At first glance the impression
of General Wallace is this: A man of
iron. gray. His dark, straight, heavy hair.
parted after the fashion of the soldier, not of tho
litterateur, is sprinkled with silver till it is inst
that shade. His long mustache, of tbe cavalry
man pattern, and the goatee whose exaggerated
size brines it into the category of beards these
and the bushy eyebrows are a strong wiry gray.
Add to all this that about the house the Gen.
wears a coat of gray alpaca and dark gray
trousers and you bare a picture of bim. in tho
man's simplest utterance there is a degree of
deliberateness, emphesis, impressiveness that
amounts almost to the dramatic Thouch his
home is in Crawfordsville, General Wallace is as
familiar and and favorite a figure in Indianapo
lis as is James Wliitcomb Riley, the Hoosier
poet, who lives in leisure at tbe isew Den .son,
saunters about the streets noder a sun umtrella
and is crested by everybody with the friendly
cry of Hello, Jimmy!"
The adult generation of townsmen and towns-
women have a great store of stories about Lew
Wallace, his dashing youth, his brilliant soldier
hood, his fiery spirit and stirring speeches in
the days when the Indiana capital never slept.
when regiments were marching away, when tbe
beat of tbe drum ceased not in the city streets.
and when, in the dead of night by the light of
bonfires bunded about the Circle, men with
tremulous voices were reading to dumb, ex
pectant crowds the bulletins from tbe front.
T remember, said a lady on the balcony or
the Bates House, a few evenings ago, "the
niebt we gave the colors to Wallace's zouaves.
hen the little presentation speech was done
all eyes were bent on Wallace. Everyoae ex
pected something from him, and he did not dis
appoint tbem. Rising to his full height and
raising his hand aloft he stood for an instant, a
wild figure of war, indeed, then critd: 'Down!
Down on your knees, boys, and swear eternal
vigilance to the flac!' Every bravo zouave
went down, and every right band went up with
aolemn gesture save one. An exuberant fellow
waved his cap aloft There was the whish of a
sabre and tbe back of bis head was laid open.
He remembered that presentation. But it was
one of his neighbor who did it, not Wallace."
It seems General v allace s plan to imbue
himself as much as may be with the character
of Harrison. Every evening, well nigh, finds
him at the Harrison s house mingling among the
guests, watching carefully every movement,
listening to every utterance of the host.
"1 feel," said General Wallace, as he sat in the
cool library at Mrs. Blair's, "as if this were in
some respects the most difficult of my literary
tasks. Ihe principal reason for that is the
brevity of tbe time allotted for its completion,
nd the fact that it must go forth from my
hands, not a carefully finished whole, but as a
series of sparks which are struck out from ihct.
There can be no elaboration, no attempt at fine
writing. It will be a plain, unpretentious biog
raphy, and must, as you see. bo done largely
from dictation. There is do time to consult old
manuscripts, or to dabble in interesting records,
for tbe whole work must be accomplished at the
end of a month. It will be forwarded to the
publishers in instalments as rapidly as possible,
so that when the last 'batch of copy,' as you
journalists say. bes been turned in it will need
but a small space more of time to have the
finished book betore the public.
"The greatest diSknlty is that I know too
much about General Harrison. It will be, so far
as I am concerned personally, a labor of contrac
tion and not of expansion. His life, when you
think of it even for a moment, has been one of
marvellous scope and diversity. His ancestry,
birth, early surroundings, early efforts, strug
gles at the' bar and on the field of war, his pub
lio and private life since the war even in bare
facts yon see there is a wonderful field. Though
I was in no way associated with General Harri
On during the war, I have been in closest con
tact with him in later years, as well as previous
to I860, and I know enough this minute to write
volumes about him. The more I think of it tbe
faster the memories of facts and fhcidents keep
crowding upon me. I have often thontht, in
my literary work, how like ideas are to mice.
that come and peer at one from the corners of a
room. A man sits down withont a notion in bis
noddle, when of a sudden some thought pro
trudes its head into the chamber of his mind,
and then another and aooth, till they are like
mice looking at bim from al. directions. It is a
fancy that seems very truthful to tae.B
BuV continued the General, rewUo?, alter
the conversation had diiressei, to the theme of
his labor, "General Harr sooa character is a far
freater study than his history. In the talk
which has greeted his nomination there arc
many things which, knowing bim as I do.tr
beyond my comprehension. There are those, it
seems, even of his own townsmen," who share
the belief that he is a ccld man. How they
could think so I cannot imagine, for, as I know
bim, he is a roan of tho warmest emotions, the
tenderest feelings and the deepest charity. Hf
has been to some extent, I believe, the victim o(
a retiring manner, and to the preoccuratlon that
comes from vast and incessant mental work. 1
look upon General Harrison as possessing one of
tho best disciplined minds in this country, and
his sleeping hours have always been his only
hours of absolute rest from mental effort. Going
to and from hi business, you will meet him,
eyes down, trudging alone, wrapped in thought.
Many a time I bave met him on th
street and he has shown no sign of teeing
me. But let him wake from his brows
studies and recognize one be knows, Le ha
always a warm erecting and grasp of the hand.
Thla preoccupation of mind has cost Gen. Har
rison many friends, I hare no doubt. They have
called htm haughty and aU thst, but such a term
applied to him grates upon me. When 1 speali .
of Gen. Harrison's hard wort, it is with knowl
edge of the facts. When he held tbe position of
Reporter of the Supreme Court, which is work
enough for one man, he carried on, besides,
more than his shire of the labor of the law firm
in which he was engaged. For that you can.
have tbe word of his the? partner, Mr. Fish
back, who declares that Gen. Harrison never
topped work until long after midnight, and waa
up at an early hour to resume his duties.
In talking of Gen. Harrison's ability as aa
orator his biographer paid him the highest sort
of a compliment, and this is the way of it. He
spoke of the tact, and judgment, and taste Gen.
Harrison had shown thus far in eliminating par
tisan matters from his speeches.
"Then remember,' he said, "that those
speeches are all extempore. If you scan them
carefully yon will find that they fall little short
of the marvelous. The greatest man living, in
the selection of words, to express just such and
such tinges and fine shades of meaning, is Glad
stone. Heading his impromptu speeches upon
the day after their delivery, one would declare
them to have been the fruit of hours of study,
it seems as If the finest results of philological
distinction had become merely mechanical, a
second nature to the man. Next to him in that
regard, I think, was Garfield. If you read his
speeches made during tbe campaign of 1SS0 I
think there were sixty of them you will find
them wonderful examples of the talent, or rath
er the genius, of which I speak. Xo two of them
alike, but all like csmeos."
General Wallace was coming to tbe point
that next to Gladstone living and Garfield dead
stood Harrison but this was the deft way in
which he put it: "And I believe that when the
campaign is over the speeches of General Harri
son will be found to display the same diversity
and the same power and beauty."
With this crowning compliment the soldier
author went upstairs to court a pipeful of Turk
ish tobacco, for which he professes great fond
ness, and to write a few pages of the manuscript
which takes up all his time and thought. As to
what the size of his book will be. General Wal
lace knows no more than any one else. General
Harrison says nothing about the book his old
friend is writing, but it is certain that be feels
gratified that tho publishers chose General
Wallace to write it.
The talk bow. In anticipation of the State
convention of Aug. 8, makes it seem not entirely
improbable that General Wallace, by the time
his labors as biographer are ended, will step in
to the political field as candidate for Lieutenant
governor upon the State ticket. Governor
Porter is looked on as almost a cure gubernator
ial candidate, and his frequent private talks
with General Harrison would confirm that belief.
As to the Governorship.
EpecUl to Chicago Tribune.
To-day the report was started that Governor
Porter had concluded to prohibit the mention of
his name on the ground that his declaration of
Dee. 22 had been so misconstrued that other can
didates bad entered the field. A reporter asked
the Governor this evening if it was true that
he had concluded to withdraw. He replied
that nobody was authorized to make a statement
to that effect. If Porter be the nominee, Thos.
Hanna, of Putnam count v, will probably get
second place. Porter and anna was the ticket
that got so many votes in 16S0. They represent
elements that would draw out tho full strength
of the party.
The energy of ex-Congressman Calkins in be
half of Harrison, whom he opposed for Judge
Gresham at Chicago, haseaused many people to
believe he would enter the race for Governor.
Since the national convention Catkins bas made
numerous speeches throughout tho State, all the
other party leaders being' silent. He seemed to
be mapping out the local issues, and many had
begun to look upon him as the man to lead the
ticket.
"May the Tribune announce in the morning
that yon will accept the nomination for Govern-
orr the Major was asked this evening.
"The Tribune may say that I will take tbe
nomination if tt be offered to me by tbe unani
mous vote of the convention," Calkins replied.
Ilutlnets for the Fool-Killer.
Detroit Tribune.
"What we want," shouts the free-trader with
a mouth a yard wide and all cotton, "is cheap
clothing. n And every time he goes by a cloth
ing store and sees fnll suits marked $7.50, or
$10, or $12, or $15 cheaper than he ever saw
before in this country or any other be feels ae
though the fool-killer were right behind him
with an apology for having so long neglected
his duty.
Matrimonial Philosophy.
Chicago Journal.
There is a mania of late among men to "elope
with other men's wives, and among women to
runaway with other women's husbands. A
man or a woman who commits that kind of
larceny generally steals a very worthless articla
of goods, and the loser of it should thank the
gods for a good riddance.
Ira J. Chase for Governor.
To the Editor of the Indianapolie Journal:
We have a hard fight ahead of us, and we
must have the right men to lead us or we will
have to surrender. Gen. Ben Harrison is our
leader; now he most have good soldiers in the
ranks or he will fail on the final charge, and wa
want that company made up of private soldiers.
I want the candidate for Governor and Lieuten
ant-governor both private soldiers, and I want
to name one for the first place on the ticket.
Give ns that good and grand man, Ira J. Chase.
He is a Christian, and all the old soldiers have
learned to love him: not for the enemies he hat
made, but for bis loyalty. Gov. A; G. Porter is
a grand man, but he does not want the race. If
Ira is nominated for Governor it will be a
mighty hard thing for a Democrat soldier to
vote against bim. borne say that Chase is not
known through the State. He will bo very easy
to get acquainted with. Col. C C. Matson will
introduce him. I think the Colonel knows bim
well. I will close by saying, give us a soldier
ticket, with Ira J. Chase on top.
Wm. P. Youket, M. D.
Rofsvillz, led., July 11, 1853.
The Dollar-a-I)ay Speech.
To the Editor of the Indtanaoolie Jonrn&t:
It was Henry Ward Eeecher who said that the
workingman could live and support an ordinary
sized family on 81 per day. He delivered his
famous lecture, in whish he used these words,
in the large cities, I think in tbe year 1876 or
1877, and those words came very near ruining
Henry among the working class at that time.
Salem, la., July 9. John E. Mitcuell
n w" n
Absolutely Pure.
This rowder never varl. A Barrel cf ruritr.
strength and wholesome nfM. More economical than
theorJioarr kind. en4 cannot be sold In competition
with the multitude of lew-tet. bort-weight alum or
rihoopBate wdm. hold only in fans hOlAi.
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