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THE INDIANAPOLIS JO DBHAZi. MONDAY, NOV EMJBEK 10, 1888.
THE 031 All A TKAGEDT.
loans Kind's EoJj- Shipped to Chicago A
Short Statement by the Murderess.
fceelal to the IndlaniDclis Jcarrat.
Omaha, Neb., Nov. IS. The remain of
Henry W. Kin?, jr. were taken fronithe morgue
and placed oa beard a train for Chicago tbis
afterncoa. Mrs. Kinj, the yoaas Missouri bride,
her couain, Mrs. Snyder, and a number of
friends of the deal man. accompanied the body
on its journey. Mrs. King, or Beecbler.
Isineloso confinement at the county jail, and
co one is allowed to see her. A guard, how
ever, acted as intermediary for a representative
of the United Press, who gained a few additional
facts concerning the murderess. She says her
father is William Beechler, living at No. LS
Cotter street, Cleveland, O. She expects her
lawyer from Chicago will come to Omaha to de
fend her, and says that the child now at her
house in Chicago is her brother, and that she
has a sister in the Convent of the Sacred Hoart
in the latter city. She denounced the interview
alleged to have been nad with her, in which she
spoke of her father as a Chicago capitalist, as
raise in every particular. She say she did not
mention her father, and remarked that the
shooting was "no revenge," either. The tele
tTraia tent to the Cass-street houee
in Chicago, on Saturday, signed
"G. II. S., was undoubtedly from George
' II. Scott, a traveling man for a Kochester, N.
Y., boot and shoe house. Ilia connection with
the case is shrouded in mystery, but it is stated
that he arrived from the Last at the same time
as the Bsechier woman, and also registered a;
the Pazton House when she did. He disclaimed
all knowledge of the woman until after the
' shooting, bat he has been put under bonds to
2 . 1 ft-
appear as a wuueis iu me case.
Antecedents of Mrs. Uecchler.
fpeeial to the Indianapolis Joorcca.
Pitts"CEQ, Nor. 18. A Cleveland, O., spe
cial to the Times, regarding the Beechler wom
an, who killed Harry W. King in Omaha, Sat-
nrday, says that her parents live in Cleveland,
' end that Mrs. Maggie Beechler, mother of the
murderess. today told the chief of
police the following story of her
daughter life and downfall: "My
daughter, Lizzie Beechler, first met King
at a country hotel, near Cleveland, where she
was working. He was a dashing young fellow,
and it was a case of mutual admiration. Soon
after the girl went with him to Chicago,
wbenee she wrote to her mother,
saying that iho had married Kin?.
Her letters were frequent and always
spoke of King in loving terms. About two years
aco she paid a visit to her family in Cleveland.
Kins eame for her and she returned with him to
.Chicago, taking with her a younger sister and
lier two-year-old' brother. Last spring, Mr?.
Beechler paid her daughter a visit
and found her living in splendid
style and apparently happy. The tone
of tier letters never changed until a week ago,
when Lizzie wrote home, faying she had had
some trouble with her husband."
The next news the motner heard was the story
of the murder. The police authorities will try
to get the little boy from Chicaeo baek to his
xnotner. Mr. Beechler, Lizzie's father, is a poor
nan, living in Cleveland.
INDIANA AND ILLINOIS NEWS.
Burglars Provide Themselves with Food and
Clothing from Franklin Households.
Crccial to the lndianibolie Jonrnak-
Franklin, Ind., Nov. 19. Burglars entered
the homes of William McQuiston, James Combs
and a Mr. Moncrief, of this city, last evening.
From the family of McQuiston they carried off
the Sunday supply of groceries and provisions,
and took a large amount of clothing from the line
in the back yard. From Combs s bouse they took
a large amount of wearing apparel and also some
groceries. At Moncriefs they secured an over
coat and other articles of value. One evening
last week a burglar unlocked the front door of
John Borgstead house, entered the room and
began a search for valuable, but was frightened
awav before securing anything.
William I. Peters, a former prominent and
well-to do miller of this city, but who has been
making his home at Louisville, Ky., for some
time past, is ill at the home of his mother-in-
law, Mrs. Smith, in this city, with consump
tion, and his death is expected at any hour.
James Lav, the boy who was struck on the
HaiU AUU &4'- III. PRUI. ...HI. ftWUl.lU
club m the bands of a young man named Reu
ben Jackson, two weeks ago to-day. is in a very
critical condition. Young Jackson, who made
tho murderous assault, is confined in tho county
jail.
Association of Ex-Prisoners of War,
t toe IndiantBolIii Jonrnat.
Bloominotpn, 111., Nov. 18. The Illinois Asso
ciation of ex-Prisoners of War will hold its cn
nualmeeting in Bloomington on next Wednesday
V . .. J V. n V. ; . .lull Ti.aI-.ii t.tk n lUVtlnn."
and Thursday. The local committees and the
O. A. 12. and Sons of Veterans are xnakinc?
elaborate preparations for their reception and
entertainment. General Pavey. of Mt. Vernon.
Auditor of State-lect, is the president of
tho association, and will deliver the annual
address on Wednesday. Thursday mcht will
be devoted to a publio camo-fire at Washing-
tonian Hall, on which occasion a banc net will
be tendered to the prisoners of war by the
Ladies' Relief Corps and the boos ox eterans.
Several hundred members of the association will
be 1'Cre, and the exercises will be of the greatest
interest.
Death from ao Overdose of Morphine
f pectal to the Iadlaeanolie Journal.
Moxticello, I1L, Nov. 18. Mrs. Anna Lar-
xnor was found dead in her room last evening.
On last Thursday she went to the drug store and
procured 2o cents worth of morphine and re
tired to her room, taking the whole dose. She
often remained in her room for two or three
dsys. and her absence occasioned no surprise.
A dauehter of Mr. Rob't Larmor went into the
room on Friday and saw her in bed, but supposed
she was asleep. She was about sixty years old.
The verdict of the coroner's jury was that death
was eaussd by an overdose of morphine,
Shelbyvllle Society Notes.
The C. L. S. C. met with Mrs. M. P.. Robins. Tues
day evening.. ..Naamab, Chapter. O. E. 8.. taet in the
Masoaie Ha'l. I riday evening.... The Matinee Musi-
e.ila (third division), met with Mrs. Charlie Morrison,
Monday evening The Yonnjj People' Associatiou
cf the Presbyterian Church met there last
Monday evening.. ..Misse Minnio and Mote
jSwttou were in Cincinnati. Tuesday last....
Mrs. Scott Siddons, opened the lecture course
here Wednesday evening for the winter season, under
the ausT'ices of the Ladies' Aid Society of the Presby
terian Church. She will be followed by Dr. Mary
Livermore, Haydn and the Harvard Quintet Club....
Mrs. J. E. Pierson has returned from a visit to her
relatives in Brazil. Ind. ...The Ladies Aid Society of
the Presbvterian Church met with Mrs. Pierre J.
JJelieur. Tuesday afternoon.... Mrs. Alfred Major
visited relatives in Pittsburg, 1 a., last wee....
Mrs. John Blessing i visiticg in Pavton. O. . . .Mrs.
Ir. J. M. Mathews, of Louijville, Ky., is the jruest of
Mrs. hi Major.... Mr. and Mrs. I rank Sheldon at
tended the chrysanthemum show in Indlananolis last
week.... Miss Laura llaehl has returned to her home
in Manilla. ...Mrs. Dr. Tom Kennedy is visiting her
parents in Dublin, Ind.... Mr J. Charles Wilson (nee
Km ma Wray) was the guest of friends here Monday
last.
Indiana Notes.
D urine: a Republican jollification at Moore's
Hill, on Saturday, Sam Jones, aged twenty, had
bis face badly injured and his eyes imperiled by
the premature discharge or an anviL
A number of wealthy citizens of Columbus
are arranging to establish a new national bank
ihero. Its caoital stock is to be $100,000. There
ia already been subscribed CO, 000 of this
imoaaL
John C. Stephens, foreman of the Lake Shore
t .Michigan Soutnern Railroad Company spump-
jrorks. at Elkhart, was run over and killed by
in engine, on Saturday afternoon, while walk
ing on the track. He was an old and respected
ntizen, and leaves a large family.
Mits Lizzie Long, principal of the high-school
at Columbus, has resigned her position to accept
t pl&ce as a member of the faculty of the State
formal College. Her resignation is to take
sffect Dec. 1. It is not yet known who will suc
ceed her in the place sho u about to vacate.
An epidemio of scarlet fever is prevailing: in
Perry county, and a !arg number of fatal cases
fcav occurred. At Adey ville it is reror'ed that
there are from one to four coses in every house
in tbo town, and nine children have died during
xhft past week. The disease ha developed in its
most malignant form, ani parents nt small chil
dren are hurrying then away from the stricken
locality.
Illluots Items.
George Raebson, a young farmer of Tazewell
louoty, has been arrested on a charge of steal
,fz ctain and hogs by the wholesale.
William Howard, who killed Mont Gaunt, at
Pearl, last February, has teen accuitted in
i'lke Circuit Ccurt on the grounds of self-defense.
J. W. ftozz, an insurance agent, who swindled
& farmers in tho vicinity of Decatur by means
of bogus policiei, was arrested last Friday and
was bound over to court to answer the charge.
The Decatur Electric Street-railway Company
has been incorporated, with a capital stock of
$100,000, and has given notice that it will peti
tion the Council for leave to operate. The borse
car company bitterly opposes the scheme, and
partisans of both companies are carrying on a
red-hot controversy in the newspapers. The new
company proposes to bare its lines in operation
by July 1.
Charles Darnell, a horse-trainer and a rather
touch customer, entered a saloon at Kane and
called for a drink. Robert Applegate, the car
tender, refused to give it to him, and the former
then drew a knife and commenced slicing Ao
plegate in a vicious way. Burnell finally left
the place and tried to escape, but was captured
by the officers and lodged in jail. Applegate
may recover.
POLITICAL NEWS.
Some of tlto Outrages Now Bein: Torpetrated
by Democratic Election Officers.
Chicago, Nov. 18. A special to tho Tribune
from Wheeling, W. Va., says: "The see-saw
business was kept up yesterday on the governor
ship. Go IT. went down in the Republican com
mittees estimates to 154 majority, while Flem
ing's election is still claimed by the Democratic
committee by a safe majority, but they refuse
to state figures. The Republican committee
gives its estimates by counties and official re
turns, subject to the recount demanded by
Judge Fleming, the Demoeratie gubernatorial
candidate. In this district, Atkinson. Repub
lican, still has 11 majority on the face
or tbe returns. I he peculiar recount
has aroused such general indignation that,
last evening, the county eourt here adjourned
tin Monday, thinkinc that the WetzeU county
court, also engaged in a recount for Congress,
would knock oil Atkinson s fourteen majority
and relieve the Wheeling counters of a disagree
able job; but the WetzeU board had also heard
the mutterin.es of a coming storm, so it ad
journed until Monday, expecting Oliio county
to do away with the necessity of any forced de
cisions in counting out the fourteen margin Sat
urday afternoon. The Republican member
asked to have a vote which was thrown out pho
tographed, but tbis was refused. Then he
moved to have tho ballot placed in an envelope
for future reference, but the Democratic major
ity refused this request, also. Many other high- .
handed rulings of this kind have been used to
cut down Republican majorities."
Washington, Not. IS. T. & Riley, chair
man of the Democratic State committee, of
West Virginia, has sent the following disnatch
from Wheeling, to the Post:
"1 be oQclal returns from this State are sum-
ciently ascertained to warrant the announce
ment of the election of Judge A. D. Fleming,
the Demoeratie candidate for Governor, by a
small but sure majority. The rest of the State
ticket is elected by larger majorities. The
Legislature will stand, on joint ballot, forty-six
Democrats, forty-four Republicans, and one
Labor Union independent"
lion. J". O. Cannon ou Itepubllcan Folicy.
Special to the lndlanaoolls Journal.
Danville, 111., Nor. 18. In an interview
with Congressman Canncn, to-day, he stated to
a representative of the press that a Republican
House of Representatives would cause a proper
reduction of the tariff, maintaining at all times
the American svstem of nroteetion. vt monfv
- . C J
enoutrh will ba raised to nav tha rmhlie daht.
make improvements and pay a just pension to
. OTA n 1 I . . M.V a .1 r 1 lii. lif a .h . V a I a . a ajft
olJf OUIU1C1 TT UU I IBLVCU UIS tllC 1U kJ.O 1AID War.
Dakota will be admitted as two States, together
with Montana. WftMhineton and Idaho. Regard.
inc his candidacy for the speakership, Mr. Can-
1 - A.
noa uau noining to say.
Contest in the First Indiana District.
Evansyille, Ind., Nov. 17. Speculation as
to the extreme closeness of the next lower house
of Congress will be stimulated by the published
determination to contest the seat form this, the
First congressional district of Indiana. Judge
William F. Farrott, the Democratic candidate,
was elected with the narrow margin cf twenty-
four votes, out of an aggregate of 23,000 votes
cast, ilis opponent, Frank 13. rosy, in an in
terview, declares that he will contost upon the
ground of fraud, alleged to have been practiced
in Fosey and Ferry counties, by which he was
cheated ol success at the polls.
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.
The steamer Maud M. Fish sank at midnight.
Saturday nicht, at Gould's Landing, twenty
miles below New Orleans. She was valued at
$10,000; insured in Cincinnati companies. Mate
John r ox was lost.
George Jakely, a Missouri Pacific trackman.
was set upon in the east bottoms of Kansas
City, at half past 2 o clock, yesterday morning,
and stabbed to the heart. Jool Boyd and his
brother and two other ruffians have been ar
rested. Private advices from Tishomingo, the capital
of the Chickasaw nation, are to the eZectthat a
conflict between the followers of Gny and Dyrd
is inevitable. In a personal encounter between
two of the belligerents the Byrd follower was
killed, and his friends swear they will have
vengeance.
A sad drowning accident occurrod at the
Buckingham ford of the Nolachucky river, near
Greenville, Tenn., Saturday evening. Miss
Mattie Woolsey and her cousin, Henry Love.
while returning from school, attempted to cross
the river in a bugy, out missing their course,
were carried into deep water and perished.
Richard Shrine, a young man twenty-eight
years of age, committed suicide, last night, by
shooting himseu tnrougn tne head with a pis
tol, at the bt. James Hotel, Richmond. a. He
is said to be a Virginian, a resident of Brooklyn.
and a traveling salesman for the shoe house of
Pollock & Co., Baltimore. No cause is assigned
for tho set.
Yesterday afternoon, at George S. Crawford's
lumber-yard, at Cincinnati, engineer Wm. Mes
senger, who was cleaning the boiler, ordered
fireman Peter Maguire to fire up. There was
an insufficiency of water in the boiler, and it ex
ploded, ecaldinc both men dangerously, and, it
is feared, fatally. Both were drunk at the time
of the explosion.
A telegram from Merriilon, Wis., gives the
particulars of the finding of Dr. Lucas's body
five miles east of that town, near some log
ging shanties. lie was town clerk of Spauld-
ing, and left for that place the night before
the election. It is believed that he went on a
spree and died in a fit of delirium tremens.
His clothing had nearly all been torn off his
body.
A convention of city, eonnty and State boiler
inspectors will meet in Pittsbure, to-morrow, to
form a national organization. The object of the
association will be to arrange a uniform system
of boiler inspection and to take measures to
prevent the employment of incompetent engin
eers. Delegates will be present from St. Louis.
Omaha, Chicago, Cincinnati, Philadelphia and
New lork.
James Smiley. Malvlna Johnson. Julia Rut-
ledge, Beatrice Tark, Elizabeth Reed, Robert
Hudson, jr., and Henry vvorley were arrested.
near Somerset, Ky., Saturday, charged with
the murder of Levi Troxtell, an old farmer of
that neighborhood, who disappeared on Nov. 8.
Troxtell's friends claim to be able to prove a
conspiracy between the persons arrested, in
wnicn iney arranged to assassinate iroxteiL
The Kentucky Court of Appeals on Saturday
rendered a decision in tte case or David Rob
erts, charged with murder. The decision sends
Roberts to prison for twenty-two years. lie is
sixty-four years old. In 16GI Roberts cut the
throat of James Kendall, of Morgan county, hid
the body in the brush and escaped to Missouri.
Kendall's son, Wilmore, while serving in the
Kentucky Legislature last winter, accidentally
beard cf Roberts's whereabouts in Missouri and
brought him to trial.
Slytterlous Murder at Chicago.
Chicago. Nov. 18. What purports to be a
terrible murder was the discovery, at a late hour
last night, of the bleeding form of a young and
handsome girl Iring on the Urand boulevard.
near Forty-third street The girl was insensible
and bleeding profusely from a dreadful wound
in the back of her head. Upon being removed
to the hospital the physicians found that she
had received a compound fracture of the skull,
evidently having been struck with some blunt
instrument. Lvery effort was made to restore
consciousness without avail, and the girl died
an hour after reaching tho hospital. The de
ceased was neatly dressed, and from all appear
ances was a respectable sewing girl. A large
number of persons called at tho morgue to-day,
but failed to recognize the remains.
alrCilynn (imns Philosophic.
Nr.w Yor.K. Nov. IS. Apropos the refusal of
the Catholic authorities of permission to inter
the body cf one of Dr. McGlynn s adherents in
a Catholic cemetery, and prompted by the suit
of the dead man's family to compel such permis
sion. Dr. McUlynn, at the Anti-poverty meeting
at Cooper Institute, to-night, said: "Shall we be
denied the right to call ourselves Christians? Shall
our poor bodies be denied what poor honors may be
given them? The body has no spiritual char
acter, and it matters little what honors shall he
paid it, though we may treat reverentially what
was once the shtioe of the spirit. Can the re
fusal of the authorities to bury John McQnire'e
body in Calvary hurt his soul? I should rather
take my chances witn John McOuire tnan with
nine-tenths of the people who have the
costliest monuments in Calvary, or
rith one or the other of the
archbishops under the high altar of the marble
Cathedral. 1 do not know that I nave taken a
very lirely interest in the ease which hts come
up in thft courts the past week. It really makes
little difference where John MeGuire's bodv is
buried." The Doctor charged his friends not to
make any disturbance about the burial of bis
remains in case of his death.
Losses by iNrc
Cincinnati, Nor. 18. Fire in the ice manu
factory of Moerlein's brewery, this morning,
caused from $.,000 to $10,000 damage,
Kansas City, Mo.. Nov. 17. The residence of
CL Lockridge. at Twenty-ninth street and Pros
pect avenue, was destroyed by firo this morning.
Loss, 000; fully insured.
Little Rock, Ark., Nov. IS. Fire at 2
o'clock this morning destroyed five business
houses on Main street, entailing a loss on stock
of $00,000 and on buildings if 12,000. Insurance
only partial.
Chicago. Nov. 18. Scoville's building, a
four-story brick structure at the corner of
Canal and Washington streets, was damaged
530,000 by fire this morning. About $18,000 of
the loss is on the stock and knitting-machines.
and knit goods belonging to Cruver Bros. The
building and contents wero about half insured.
Obituary.
Lancaster. N. II.. Nov. 18. Kev. Charles J.
Ilendley. rector of St. Paul's Church, and grand
prelate of the Grand Coramandery of Knights
Templars In New Hampshire, was frund dead in
his chamber at 9 o clock this morning. The
causa was doubtless apoplexy. His family are
all absent in Kansas. The funeral will occur
at 2 r. sr., Wednesday, undsr direction of the
Grand Commandery, and North Star Com
mandery, of Lancaster.
New York, Nov. 18. Dr. II. B. Sands, the
eminent surgeon, died of apoplexy to-day, while
in his carriage returning from a visit to a
patient. He was fifty-nine years old. Among
his most noted recent cases were those of Gen
eral Grant and Roscoe Conkling.
Steamship News.
Hamburg. Nov. 18. Arrived: Polaris, from
New York.
Havre. Nov. IS. Arrived: La Normandie,
from New York.
Queenstowic, Nov. IS. Arrive!: Umbria,
from New York; Lord Gousb, from Philadelphia.
LONDON', rsov. 18. Off the Llzzard: Khaetia,
from New York for Hamburg, and Switzerland,
for Antwerp; Rhein, from Baltimore, for Bre
men. New York. Nov. 18. Arrived: Hecla, from
Steuin; Etruna, from Liverpool; Veendam,
from Rotterdam; Minister Maybach, -rom Bre
men.
Old Lady Murdered.
Braintree, Mass., Nov. 18. A most shock
ing murder was brought to light this afternoon.
in that portion oi rsorth Braintree known as
tbe 'Five Corners." The victim was Miss Me
hitable Whitem, aged sixty-four, who has been
rnnning a large farm in that section, and who
has lived with no other company than a hired
man. lier body was found under the hay in
tho barn, tho throat being cut. The house had
been robbed. The hired man is missing, and be
is suspected. Little pelf rewarded the mur
derer. IT BEADS LIKE TICTIOX.
A Story the Characters of Which Are Very
Well Known To-Day.
Scranton Truth.
About twenty years ago the British govern
ment discovered that a bright, intelligent Irish
lad, who had joined the Eighth Hussars, was en
deavoring to make certain members of that
regiment disloyal to the Queen. Indeed, he had
succeeded so far as to induce several of the Hus
sars to throw off their allegiance to the crown
and swear fealty to the cause of Ireland, with
the explicit understanding that they would
nght lor Irish independence as soon as
the time was ripe to strike the blow. The youth
who had undertaken the dangerous mission of
making revolutionists out of the Queen's sol
diers had been a student or history and gloried
in the career of George Washington ard the
other American patriots who shook off the Brit
ish yoke, and he felt that tho only hope of bring
ing prosperity back to Ireland lay in making
that unhappy country free.
The English authorities did not appreciate
his efforts, however, because they were not em
ployed in the interests oT "the mother coun
try," and be was tried for treason and sentenced
to doath. Ilis extreme youth, his talents nd
his noble qualities all pleaded against his
execution, and so, after a long time, the death
sentence was commuted to bauishment for
twenty years in the wilds of Australia. In those
days such a eentenco was regarded worse than
death, and when the young soldier went away
there were heavy hearts among his friends and
admirers in England aud Ireland, for they
thought they would never see him again. Even
at that time his writings had won recognition
and made him popular, and when he went away
it seemed to the readers of his poems as if they
had lost a dear personal friend. The
British arristocrats, Lionel Sackville
West among the number, viewed the
matter in a different light, and felt that another
of England's enemies had been disposed of for
ever. But the young exile, after a weird ex
perience among the Australian wilds, where
freedom whispered hope even to the banished,
made his escape at the risk of his life in an open
boat, was picked up by an American whaler and
brought safely to the shores of American. Here
his talent won speedy recognition among the
brightest, and the young man who was sen
tenced to death by England for his love of coun
try was hailed in cultured Boston as a poet, pa
triot and author.
A few days ago the British minister at Wash
ington, Lord Sackville, undertook to advise a
natnralized citizen as to how he should vote in
an American election to promote the w clfaro of
the "mother country," and the young man who
had been condemned to death by that SAme
"mother country" over twenty years ago, called
on the President of the United States and urged
tho dismissal of England's diplomatic reprebent
ative for his interference in American affairs.
The President listened and became convioced,
and Great Britain's lordly minister was bounced.
Our readers would doubtless liko to know the
name of the young man who was condemned to
death by England about "twenty golden years
ago," and who now wears Lord Sackvill's scalp
in his belt Well, his name is John BoyU
O'Rcilley, and he lives in Boston town, within a
stone's throw of the Bunker Hill monument.
GEN. F. E. SPINNER.
Ue Again Gives His Views on the Currency
and the Silver Question.
The Jacksonville (Fla.i Times-Union prints
another of Geo. Francis E. Spinner's vigorous
letters, in which he says:
"Whenever I write anything that maybe pub
lished I always eign it I hate an annonymous
communication. It is cowardly to do other
wise. In France the law compels every writer
to place his sign-manual to everything that is
published. Would that it were a law of our
land.
"I desire now to state two other facts, one
relating to the silver coinage and the other to
the fractional currency. Under an unwise law,
which is still in force, the United States mint is
compelled to coin 2,000,000 silver standard dol
lars every month. Under this law, in addition
to all the silver dollars now in circulation, there
was deposited in tho vaults of the Treasury of
the United States on the '.',Qlh day of Septem
ber. 16S3, &24S,7J1,534 in this coin. In addition
to this enormous amount, the United States
Treasury held in fractional silver coin,
S24.733.C93.GS; trade-dollar bullion. 0,354,103.27,
and in silver bullion $4,231,730. 17these four
items aggregating a mountain of silver, amount
ing to ?2S4,176.0C3. 12. Seventeen silver dollars
weigh one pound avoirdupois. Thirty-four
thonsand of these dollars weigh a net ton. To
transport this sum would require S.G32 wagons,
carrying a ton each. Such a train, allowing
thirty-four feet to each two-norse team, would
stretch over a road for fifty-four miles in extent
Just think of it! Was there ever such political
folly
"The interest on this enormous amount of
silver that is lying idle in the vanlts of the
United States Treasury at the low rate of 4 per
cent rer annum would amount to very near
$12,000,009 every year. For tais shameful waste
both cf the two great political parties are
equally responsible
"But to get back to the real subject of inquiry
in your first letter to me, viz., the fractional
currency. When coins go to the bottom of the
ocean or are otherwise lost their value is lost
to the world. When a government paper cur
rency is lost or destroyed the same amount of
loss to tho owner accrues to the whole people of
the United States, for it reduces the amount
rf the national debt by just the same amount.
It was found that the loss of the fractional pa
per currency amounted to over l,CC0.0CO a
year. There is still outstanding some $14,000,
OC0 of the postal and fractional currency, very
little of whic'a will ever be presented for re
demption. The sooner the government rids it
self of its silver coin as a standard of values
and the measure of all commodities and re
sumes the single standard of gold for that pur
pose, and issues for the convenience of the peo
ple a paper currency that shall, at the will of
the holder, be redeemable in gold, the better it
vrill be fcr the government and the people."
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Hon. Hugh McCulioch, ex-Secretary of the
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of "Men and Measures of Half a Century."
Without aspiring to the rank of history, it is an
interesting work, the sketches and comments
on men and events being in that familiar and
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friends, but the work grew on his hands to such
an extent that he finally concluded to publish it
as a work of personal reminiscences. It begins
with New England, where Mr. McCulioch was
born and passed his early life, and presents in
teresting pictures of New England life and peo
ple of half a century ago. In 1833 Mr. McCulioch
came West, not knowing just where he should
loeate. He brought up at Madison, where
he remained some tim. then came to this city
and from here went to Fort Wayne. In relating
theso changes he incorporates brief notices of
prominent Indiana men cf that day. Among
the pioneers of Indianapolis mentioned are
Nicholas McCarty, James Blake, Samuel Mer
rill, Hervey Bates, Calvin Fletcher. James M.
Ray, John Coburn and others. Many of the
prominent early settlers cf Madison and Fort
Wayne are also sketched. Henry Ward Beecber
and Tom Corwio are sketched. Coming down
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strange people who formerly inhabited New
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the Mayflower landed. It is published in hand
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"Mosby's War Reminiscences'' is the latest
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"Under tbe Greenwood Tree with Shake-
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Wood and Field with Tennyson." Both are
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An unpublished novel by George Sand, if
genuine, should bo a literary sensation. It is
called "Princees Nourmahal," and is said to be
the onlv work of anv length that George Sand
left unpublished at the time of her death. To
establish its authenticity a romantic story is
told, explaining why it was not published during
her life. This story is rather thin, and the
novel is probably a literary fraud. It is trans
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and is published in attractive style by G. W.
Dillingham, New York. Sold by the Bo wan
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It is unsafe for one who writes for children to
attempt too openly to instruct them. They
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"When Age Grows Young," by Byland C.
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supernatural. As a story it fails to interest,
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The basic idea seems to be that man, by a sub
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bhould come to control his own destiny, avoid
tne coils of disease, and prolong his life indefi
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"Tenuro and Toil, or Rights and Wrongs of
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of the great social problem indicated in the title.
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The handsome popular edition of George
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a
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of Shagpat" and "Farina." This author's novels
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"Fagots for the Fireside," by Lucretia Pea-
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Something unique and pretty ia the way of a
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A novel by Edward Garrett, author of "The
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"After Noontide" is the appropriate title of a
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"Spirit and Life" is a collection of sermons by
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"Good wine needs no bush," and a story by
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"Hints About Men's Dress," by a New York
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DAILY WEATHER BULLETIN.
Indications.
Washington, Nov. IS.
For Ohio and Indiana Slightly warmer;
threatening weather and rain; sontkeasterly
winds, becominc variable.
For Illinois Threatening weather and snow;
northerly winds, becoming variable; a flight
rise in temperature.
For Lower Michigan Light snow; southwest
erly winds, becoming variable; a slight rise in
temperature on Monday, colder on Tuesday.
For Upper Michigan and Wisconsin Threat
ening weather and licht fuow; stationary tem
perature, followed by colder on Tuesday;
variable winds.
Local Weather Ileport,
Indianapolis. Nov. 18.
Pres
.13
Maximum thermometer. 43; minimum thermome
ter. 31.
Following is a comparative statement of tho condi
tion of temperature and precipitation oa Nor. 1 ,
Tcm.
:w
33
1
51
Precin.
o.l3
02
O C'.
20
l.O'J
Normal....
Mean......
Departure from normal .'
Total excess or deficiency since Nov. 1
Total excess or deficiency since Jan. 1 8i7
Plus.
General Observations.
Indian Arous. Nov. IS 7 P. M.
Var
omt' ter.
Tkertmotntter.
1ST
Station.
ITMfVr
Exp.
MinAMax
tat'n
New York city...
Buffalo, N. Y
Philadelphia, Pa..
Pittsburg. Pa
Washington. D.C
Charleston, S. C
Atlanta. Ga.
40 ...
34...
40...
40'
4tl...
5-'i...
41 ...
53 ...
Clj...
501..,
C2 ..
04 ..
40 ..,
f.4 ..
52'.
42'
30
44'
42J
40
Cloury
T Snow.
.Cloudy
.1C Kaiu.
.OllHa;n.
.....jCoadr
.G,C1ouuy
30.38
30.C0
30.30
30.30
50 .
43
73'.
00'.
30.33
Jacksonville. Fla.
30.20
;Clouiy
.... Cloud v
.01 Cloudy
.01 Cloudr
Cloudy
.04 Rain.
.OOlFair.
.12!Kaiu.
.50 Rain.
. 2 y Cloudy
.2b Cioucy
,04'Ka.a.
.22 Kain.
.:; Uain.
.23 CWy
....Clouuy
.... Clouuy
.03 Snow.
.42 Kain.
.02 Cloudy
.01 Clom'y
.... Clcud
....'Fair.
.....Clear.
Pensacola. Fla. .
30.14
Montgomery, Ala
30.'-"J
53
04
74
V lcksburg-. Miss. .
New Orleans, La.
Little Rock. Ark.
Galveston. Tex...
30.10
30.10
30.18
30.04
San Antonio, Tex
30.O0
30.12
53
50
Memphis, Tenn
Nashville. Ter i
Louisville, I
lndianapoli.
Cincinnati. O...
Cleveland, O...
Toledo. O
50
I30.-20
!:;i
50
52;
3
3'
32!
af(
411
50 ..
42!
48'..
;.'..
V.1-M
3'.).l?j
32
to.
Marquette, Mie. :0'
S.Ste.Marie,MicV3U 25 jw
Chicaeo, 111 ..i
Cairo, 111 130.18
Springfield. 111... ISO. 2
Milwaukee. Wis.. 0.08
Duluth. Minn.... 30. li
st. Paul. Minn... 30.-
Morebead. Minn..!30.lO
34
42
:u
3S
2(
30
2S
34
33
36.
31 .
30.
42!.
32...
281...
2l...
-
St. Vincent, Minn '30.10
i-w a. - ion
...!C!ear.
321
!
341
.02 Cloudy
Dubuque, la....
Ies Moines. I a.
St. Louis. Mo..
30.24
30.20
C0.24
34
24
30' 'Cloudy
30
..CJoulv
31
UO
33
31'
42i
.04 Cloudy
....Cloudy
.Ol Cloudy
. . . . 1 Fair.
Kansas Citv, Mo. '30.30
Fort Sill. Ind. T.J30.20
40
30
30
30
30
Dode City. Kan.
Omaha. Neb
North Tlatte, Neb
Valentine. Neb...
Yankton, D.T....
Ft.Sullr. D.T...
Bismarck. D.T...
30.30
30.2G
30.10
30.12
. j . . .
31 1...
50!..
50'..
40'..,
30
..!Oouly
... ,C!-ar.
..'l Clear.
.. Cesr.
20
43
34
24
JO. 24
20..
OOI
30...
3-1 ...
21'
10...
40i :
30 :
40 ..
32:..
.,..
Clrar.
Ciear.
Ft.Duford. D.T..! 30.34
P. Arthurs L'd ?. 30. 10
Qu'Apelle, N.W.Ti30.r0
Ft.As'naVce.M.T,30.20
Helena. M.T 130.42!
Boise City. I. T.. 30.20
Chevence. W.T..30.22:
Ft.M'Kn'ny, W.T. 30. 2 1 !
Denver, Col......i30.18
Pueblo. Col '30.23
Santa Fe.X.M... '30.10
Salt I-ake City... :0.12
Ft. Washakie.Wyi30.SU
'I
Cl.jr.dr
40;..
IS'..
44'..
501..
42!..
Oar.
!c:r.
jCloudy
Clear.
Clear.
10
48
40
30
40
20
18
fiSl jCloudy
50, 'Fair.
4l Cloudy
54;...jCloudy
34! iQoar.
30
10
T Trace of precipitation.
Sent to Joil by a Mouse.
Denver Timet.
A carious incident came to light at the Cao
ital Hotel a day or two ao which is, in a man
ner. interestioK, and the publication of which
mar be a beacon to guide ome misjudged un
fortunate, perhaps,- into doubtful leniency, at
least
For a year or so the proDrietora have been
aware that money was disappearing in small
quantities, which vas a source of great an
noyance. Finally, a trusted employe waa dis
covered in the act of abstracting a small
amount of Lis employer's funds, which had been
taken in through the office, lie was at once
accused of having secured a considerable
amount, aggregating in the neighborhood ct
several hundred dollars, and ultimately appre
hended for the theft. He confessed to petit
larceny, which was ail that could be prove!
against him, and as stoutly maintained his in
nocence ia excess of tie amount he had con
fessed to taking.
Circumstances, however, were arainst him,
and he paid the penalty. The matter was set
tled satisfactorily, perhaps, and he left the
State. A day or two ago the cash drawer was
found to be short of a balance in the sum of
lJj. A careful review of the eDtriis revealed
no remedy, and the proprietors were puzzled to
account fcr the shortage. Finally the cash
drawer was removed from its position ted a
laree-sized hole discovered throueh which rats
or mice had gained aa entrance into the money
drawer. Further search nvealed the fact tnat
a new nest Lad been constructed underneath
the counter top, which was built of paper
taken from the drawer. In addition to tots the
test was lined with three fire dollar bills and
one ten-dollar bill, which balanced the account
trith the cash-drawer.
Cheerful in Adversity.
Cotton Trar.scrljt.
Friendly takes a seat bes:! a etranger In the
rati car. "Friendly is affability itself, and takes
early occasion to remark
-Good moraine, sir."
"Morning, comes grudgingly from the lips of
the stranger.
"Fine morning, sir."
t,l know it."
"We must expect coll weather pretty oca
now." ...
"Did yoa get that out of the almanac"
"Pretty ehtllf already."
"You'll find it warmer up there by the stove."
"But I voted for Cleveland myself,'' ier.i:d
Friendly. . , . .
The stranger pressed Friendly hand frrvet-
ly, bnt he said never a word. Tie two tears
which roiled down bis face wero taoro e.O'iue-t
than lacf nage.
Tims. J Bar. Ther. R, H. Wind. Weather
7 A. M. ..30.29 3:t Ol East. Lt. rain. I
S P. M... miG 3S 1)7 S'east Lt. rain. I
7 P. M... 30.18 42 i3 S'castjLt. rain.