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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, SATURDAY, JUNE 29. 1889.
every day, and, although ho lias not en
tirely recovered irora tho attack which
prostrated him. his friends s.-y tint he will
bo all right by fall, and that he will surely
take his seat when tho House assembles,
whether in special or regular session.
There is another Ke publican member of
the Hons who is very ill, and the chances
are that he will nevir atcaiu le wen in his
oat ThU is Jndso Nutting of New York.
lie -was taken ill early last tall with some
facial affection, which, at the time, was
thought to bo of little consequence. Tho
niltnent crew upon him. however, ami now
it is said that he will not return to ' uh
ington. hut that ho will submit his resigna
tion to the Governor in time to warrant
the selection of his successor at the election
in the fall.
INDIANA TENSIONS.
KxSoldlers and Impendent Whose Name
Have Keen Vlaced on the Tension Rolls.
Pensions have been granted to the following-named
Indianians:
Original Invalid-Michael Buzzard, Samuel
JMnian, Frederick Holle, Columbus Duggln, de
ceased, Alrert l Miller, James If. Louzliert,
Jlenry C. Hardy. William It. Ilayless, Andrew j.
Jlahuron. Jowjih Vannett, Ashley Sutherland,
John C. Courtuey, Peter rt. Murphy, Fred Uetteb
tiutrer John French, Iiichard II. rklllips. Robert
I. I'oitcr, John 1J. Mewlenhall, fcilaa Lomrate,
George E. lionet ter. C'yrenius F. Jarrett, Jacob
Himnielhftlier. William Jiarce?. Zacunry T. Funk.
William II. llolloway, William J. Wilson, Joseph-
lira r, David Uurton, Knbert wcuui. joaepn
Ied'r1ck, Charles McClang. l-ylvanua Jilackwelt,
JeMip Andrew, batnuel B. Votles, Jocpn I.
Jiarnnarf, John Christie. Ferdinand Megeen
hetfer, .Abraham Keaver, Joseph Muler. Lewis F.
htatton. Williain Whitten. James Downs, ratrick
Du(ran, David II. Miller, David Doty. Joseph
Grabb. lilcbard II. I'uUiips, josepu m. rm,
alias lirorge M. ITitM,
Inrreafie FmaiiiH 1 Arlcel. Merit II. Roberts.
Wm. M. Lifter. Wm. Powell. Richard Elder,
Iteniamtn J. Coad. John N. Odcll, Joseph II.
Nelson, Virgil li. McDermed. Jonathan W. flte
pbens. Wm. O. Matthews, Jsiao Christie (old
war), James M. Iiuell, Mapleton Kna?cll, Hainuel
F. Willie, George W. JJoni r. John Dean. Reuben
Brown. John B.'Rodnrriifl, Ceo. Hlacel, Jesse J.
Niroson. Wm. M. IIooer. Thomas Taylor. Geo.
J. Clapp, John Ifetz, William Betz Hover, John
B. Burt, 8. Matthews, Jacob II. Miller, Perry
Miller. James Llnclorne, tieorxe . ureene,
Francis M. McPike. William Kicketts. James A.
Turner. Kempt LLentca, John M. Cook, JJrasmus
J. Wveth. Alfred X. Mlddlcton.
Rfksue -Stephen T. Price, Iiichard J.Strkk-
lano.
Reissue and Increase James Dunn, John rer
rr. William Ileuson.
Original Widow, etc. Paul II.. father of John
llugheis copula L., ldow or John meninges,
Elizabeth Carter, former widow of John H.
Ifenftec Catkerino l:.. widow of Alexander J.
Mcellcr. Lucretla. widow of Alexander Archer,
Maria, widow of John Brookes minor of John
It. Ill nee; Sophia, mother of Alsy C. Wilson;
Mary A., widow of John It Polk; barah, widow
of Richard Burns; Sarah J., widow or sainuei u.
McClelland.
THROWN OUT OF COURT.
The Celebrated Star Route Cases at Last Dis
missed from the Docket. .
Washington, Juno 28. Tho docket of
the Criminal Court of the District of Co
lumbia was to-day finally cleared of a num
ber of cases which have been on the books
ever since the initiation of the celebrated
star route cases against ex-Senator Stephen
W. Dorsey, Thomas J. Brady and others.
District Attorney Hoge stated in court this
morning that there were twenty-four of
these cases on the docket, and that
the government had failed to secure
a conviction in the main case. His
predecessor had recommended . to tho
Attorney-general that they . be nolle
nrossed. but nothing has ueen done
in the matter. Recently friends of the par
ties had called on the Attorney-general,
who had instructed him to use his discre
tion in the matter. Mr. Hoge said it would
be impossible to got convictions in these
cases, and that he did not think the ends of
instice would be subserved by a nrosecu
tion. He therefor asked - leave to nolle
prosquo the cases, and tho court directed
that this be doue. The indictments in
these cases charged conspiracy and perjury
against the defendants, among whom are
John W. Dorsey, btephen v . Dorsey, ro.
Pitt Kellogg, John li. .Blincr, lhos. J.
Brady, H. M. Vaile, A. 0. Buck, John M.
1'ecjc and others.
MINOR MATTERS.
Frederick Douglass's Appointment, and Its
Effect Upon Another Oflice.
FpeeMd to tli IinlliniHli J iruaL.
Washington, Juno ESIii appointing
Frederick Douglass as minister to Hayti,
to-day, tho Fresident provided for one of
the gentlemen who have been regarded as
likely candidates for tho rccordership of
deeds in the District of Columbia. Throe
weeks ago it was understood that the place
was to go to ex-Congressman Richard
Guenthcr, of Wisconsin. Later, however,
there was so much pressuro brought upon
the President to give it to a resident of tho
District of Columbia that Mr. Guenther
was set aside, and a colored man was re
ported to have been settled upon. This
colored man was iroiessor Uregory, or
Howard university, who. it now turns out.
was an applicant lor the same place under
President Cleveland. Gregory will scarce
ly get the place, it is understood that 31 r.
(inenther is to bo provided for in the con
sular service. The place which is said to
have been set aside lor hi in is the consul
generalship at Havana. Financially, tho
place is a very good one, and Mr.Ouenther's
mends here assert that it is his if ho will
accept it. ( ,
The President Tells a Story.
Washington Special.
Commissioner Tanner, of tho Pension
Bureau, has already defended his actions in
an ablo maimer, and ho has made tho fair
declaration that if ho. has made any mis
takes he will bo prompt to correct them.
It has been a matter of some curiosity in
several quarters as to tho exact light in
which tho President views Commissioner
Tanner's somewhat robust administration.
A story told by President Harrison himself
in reply to a question on this very subject
is the best illustration of what he thinks:
I remember once during the war," said
General Harrison, "that whileon the march
we heard a terrible racket in tho rear, with
an appalling amount of profanity, and
much seeming confusion. The command
ing officer rode back to 6ee what the trouble
was. He found tho wagon-master in a
terrible passion, and making the air per
fectly blue with curses at the drivers ofthe
wagons, who were whipping their horses
up, bnt getting along in lino style. Every
wagon was well in line, and after tho
officer had viewed tho scene with satisfac
tion for awhile, he turned to the wagon
master, and said: 'I wish to compliment
you, sir. on the way yon are bringing your
train np. bnt I want to know if you cannot
et along with less noise, and not so much
am swearing.' "
Tanner is bringing his train np in good
shape, but the President thinks he might
get along with less noise.
Fourth-Class Foiitofnres for Iudianians.
Special to th Indianapolis Journal.
Washington. June 2S. Indiana fourth
class postmasters were appointed to-day as
follows:
E. 8. PappenfleM, vice Abram Dord, resigned,
Birnevilie. Ilnrrison county; W. W. Woodrow,
vice J. M. Wootlrow reclamed, Con'ee, Clay coun
ty; David C. Gwlrtney, lco II. IkKlentadt, ro-
nitnied, Mauckport, Harri?on county; James II.
Bennett, vice James K. Sumner, resigned. New
Amsterdam. Harrison oounty; Eliza A. Fouts,
vice T. C. Byrne, refigr.cd.Now Balishury, Harri
son county; Julius Johns, vice J. 8. Lemraon. re
signed, lcehooolt. llarritton county: Finley Weis
hercer, vice John West, reslrned, St, Magdalene,
Ripley county; Charles R. Felt, vice M. V. Ross,
resigned. Valley City, Harrison county.
The Tension Appropriation Deficiency.
Washington. June 28. With reference
to the estimated deficiency in the appro
priation for the payment of pensions dur
ing the current tiscal year, and the alleged
insufficiency of the appropriation for that
object for the next fiscal year, an examina
tion of the official estimates submitted
shows that the last Congress originally ap
propriated 3,446.IX) more than was asked
for by tho department for the current liscal
year, and supplied at the last session all of
the deiieiency of $s,000,ooo, then said to be
necessary, ami that for tho next liscal year
11 of tho money was appropriated that was
aaked for.
Americans Did Not Bid.
Wafhixoton', Juno 23. Complaint haa
keen mado that the government has con
tracted for the purchaHO of 650,000 enameled
tricks made in England for use in the con
stmction of the con gressional libra ry build
ing. General Casey, chief of engineers.
who has charge of the work, said that ne
had boiicrht these bricks because they were
the cheapest and best. Ho said thivtho had
aavertiseu exiensivciy ior ums
hriei-a and that not ft single American
manufacturer had put in a proposal.
Kcfnsed to Answer Certain Questions.
London, Jnne 28. Mr. James O'Brien,
11. P., was questioned before tho Paraell
commission, to-day. regarding his connec
tion with the Fenian organization. When
asked whether he had ever been a member
of the Fenian executive council, he refused
to divulge tho facts. Persistentrepetitions
of tho question elicited no information on
the subject from the witness.
General Notes.
Bpclal to th ItuUaoapolls Journal.
Washington, Jnne 23.-J. W. Wartmann.
of Evansville, is at the Ebbitt.
Horace F. Lainson, of Indiana, was to
day promoted from a clerkship at $1,000 to
a clerkship at 1.400 in the Pension Office,
and unaries li. L-ane. oi incuana, was pro
moted from third to second assistant ex
aminer in the Patent Office.
Dr. W. P. Johnson, of Indianapolis, called
upon the President to-day.
J. Chanev. of Indianapolis, is at the
Riggs, and H. Vickery, of Indiana, at the
Arno.
Customs officers have been informed that
a parcels post convention has been con
cluded with the republic of San Salvador,
and arc instructed to treat dutiable mer
chandise arriving from that, country by
parcels post tne am as similar importa
tions are from the British West India colo
nies. fceth II. Cook has been appointed a
ganger at Cincinnati.
Attorney-general iuuier nas icaueu
house on Massachusetts avenue, near Du-
pont Circle, and will take up bachelor
quarters there on Monday next. The At-
tornev-ccneral wi il bring ins lamny on
about the 1st of October.
A. 11. Maze, now assistant superintendent
of mails at the New York postoffico, will be
promoted to be superintendent ox mans in
that office, to take eil'ect July 1.
Ihe deaf mute convention determined.
to-day, upon Chicago as tho next place of
meeting.
Assistant Secretary or the Treasury
Tiehenor has declined to remit the duty
claimed on a portrait of Cornelius Vander-
bilt returned from France, where it had
. . - 1 ' A.
ueen sent ior correction uy ine arum.
Unties had been naid on the picture when
it was first sent over, bnt the Treasury rules
that merchandise is subject to duty on
every importation.
The V ashington. D. C Critic Company
has purchased the Sunday Capital, aud
mi t ri i i ii. . t n : i
win nereauer puoiisu iuo xvcuiug capita
and Sunday Capital.
A HORRIBLE SIGHT.
Four Women and Two Men Found Dead in a
Disreputable Resort in New Jersey.
Pattrson, N. J., June 23. Four women
and two men, all of disreputable char
acter, were discovered dead, about 9
o'clock, in a house of ill-fame, at No. 47 Rylo
avenue. Death was caused by asphyxia
tion. Threo of tho women were
stretched at full length on the floor, and
half naked. ' The oldest, who was about
forty years, was lying in a pool of blood.
which came from an ugly wound
in the head. and covered her
face and body. Her right eyo
was almost torn from tho socket, and tho
lace was horribly swollen. The fourth
woman, who was about seventeen years
old, was sitting on a rocking-chair
near the front window, with her
arms folded.- One of the men was
found in tho rear ot the house lying on a
cot, with his mouth open and tongue pro
truding. Ine tongue was swollen
to almost four times its normal
size. His features were so badly'
decomposed and the smell emanating
from his body was so disgusting that lew.
could bear to look at the remains. He was
the keeper of the dive, named Goodheld.
about eighty years old. His place has been a
harbor for lewd women for more than a year.
Ihe other man was found in a sitting posi
tion with his head resting on tho bed on
which Goodfried was lying. Near him
was a gas stove, wnicn nnu
evidently done tho fatal work.
Ihe dean, persons were last seen
at about 10 o'clock on Wednesday night
going into the dive, and it is believed that
they havo been dead since Thursday inorn
i ti.. a l. . .u- :
in. iuc luiuuci nuu tuo puiivc niu inves
tigating the case.
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.
Accordingto tho figures of the just cora
Dieted directories, the Population of St.
Paul and Minneapolis is now close to half
a million.
According to the estimate of the pub
lishers of the city directory for 1S80, about
to be Issued, the present population of Chi
cago is over 900.0U0.
Over ono hundred square miles of forest
and prairie has been burned over in north
western .Montana, fceveral ranchmen have
been burned out, but no lives were lost.
Two painters, living in opposite houses
on tho same street, attempted suicide, at
Fort Madison, la., on Thursday, ono by
poison and the other by rope. Tho one who
tried poison will probably die.
The New York Yacht Club has received
official lnfonnation from the Royal Yacht
Club of England declining to accept tho
challenge for the American cup. The Val
kyrie, however, will come over and enter
various club contests.
T mwl that tli. .n.n ft. Wt Tk- T
placed in the hands of Dan Daly, champion
middlo-weight of Missouri, to be staked on
John L. Sullivan in his mill with Kilrain.
The money is said to have been put up by a
. 1. i u, t r
yiuuuucub meicuatib ui ou xouis.
Bertha Gerspacher. who disappeared from
St Louis recently, has been found in tho
river at Selica, Mo. A letter written to her
lover on tho 12tu inst. states her intention
to commit suicide, because sho could not
get her mother's consent to their marriage.
George B. Dean, who swindled Rev.
George Cappell. a Western divine, out of
?1)00 on Jan. 20, has been sentenced in tho
New lork Court of General Sessions to live
years and six months' imprisonment. Dean
is a well-known bunko man, and roped in
tne clergyman.
A bill has passed both housesof tho Mieh
igan Legislature which provides that a
wife may have separate maintenance when
her husband has been guilty of an oftenso
which would entitle the wife to a divorce.
The bill tixing retail liquor licenses at $000
nas aiso Deen agreed to.
While Sheritt Coombs was takincr J. S.
Baldwin to the Arkansas penitentiary, on
Thursday, he left tho prisoner alone for a
minute. Baldwin rose in his seat, striking
down all around him with his manacled
hand; reached the platform, and jumped oil'.
2o iraco oi mm nas yet been louud.
J. B. Buchanan, a young farmer residing
tnreo miles west ot ilern lake station.
Miss., shot and killed Henrv Wvnn. a negro
farm-hand, Thursday morning. Wynn was
endeavoring to make away wituahorso
which had been left in Buchanan's care.
lie was overtaken, and. refnsing to surren
der, was shot and instantly killed.
A Slysterloas Box and Its Alleged Parpose.
M:w 10RK. June 28. A nivstpriniift.looV.
inirfiti Iwit- tilled with n. A i ftnlrif-l anK.
stance, and having a fuse attached, was
discovered this evening in Pythagora? Hall,
the late headquarters of the disrupted dis
trict assembly No. 49. The box was found
in tho room formerly occupied by Edward
Kuntz, who was secretary of district as
sembly No. 49, and a member of tho faction
of Master Workman James E. Quinn when
the organization split Tho janitor who
found the box ascribed its presence to a
plot of tho 0,uinn faction to blow up the
building. An officer of tho Bureau of Com
bustibles examined tho contents of the box.
He said he did not know what it contained,
but directed, as a measure of precaution,
that it be throw, into the river. A detect
ive, accordingly, carried it to the Grand
street ferry-boat and threw it overboard.
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TJeredltary Colonels, for Instance.
LoulsvlUe Courier J oarcaL
It is clear that wo are making sure bnt
steady progress toward the creation of an
order or American nobility. The essential
idea of nobility is hereditary distinction.
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Newspapers and Juries.
WMuinrton Frens.
Trial by newspaper vitiates trial by jury.
1$ is altogether had. whether attempted in
iSew York, Washington, or olso where.
INDIANA AND ILLINOIS NEWS
More Legislation by Democratic states
men Declared Unconstitutional.
A Case of Chloroform and Robbery United
Brethren Liberals and Radicals Monu
ment to the Founder of the G. A, It.
INDIANA.
Judge Johmon Holds the Dressed-Heef Law
of Last "Winter Unconstitutional.
Valparaiso, June 28. James B. Harvey,
agent of Swift fc Co., of Chicago, was
arrested at Hammond last week and fined
$."30 by a local magistrate for selling in that
city dressed beef slaughtered in Chicago.
Ho was committed jail for failure to pay
the fine. On Monday he was taken before
Hon. William Johnson, judge of the Porter
County Circuit Court, on a writ of habeas
corpus. Yesterday Judge Johnson delivered
an elaborate opinion, holding the law under
which Harvey was fined to be unconstitu
tional and discharged the prisoner.
The last Legislature passed an act pro
hibiting the sale of fresh meat in any of
the counties of the Stato unless the animals
had been lirst inspected alivo within the
county where the meat is to be offered for
sale. This is the first case under tho new
law.
Judge Porter holds that the statute is
akin to the exercise of power by the indi
vidual htates over interstate commerce.
which rendered the Articles of Confedera
tion a rope of sand, and which led to the
adoption of the present national Constitu
tion. Ihe Judge adds that whatever may
be the nature and reach of the police power
of the btate. it cannot be exercised over a
subject confined exclusively to Congress
by the federal Constitution.
Chloroformed and Robbed.
Special to the IndlsnspoUs Journal.
Fop.t Wayne, June 28. The general
store of Daniel Rhinehart, a lumber buyer.
sixteen miles east of here, was entered and
robbed last night of eleven hundred and
forty dollars in cash. The storo is an iso
lated building on a cross-road corner, and
is also occupied by the proprietor as a resi
dence. Rhinehart was absent at tho time
and the burglars were probably aware of
that fact. Sponges saturated with chloro
form were thrown into all the sleeping
rooms, completely, stupefying Mrs. Rhine
hart her threo daughters and the Jiired
gin. i ne money was iound secreieu in a
box under Mrs. Rhinehart's bed, and after
securing it, the burglars escaped without
.! m r l a 1 f
leaving a clew. I he robbery was not dis
covered until a late hour this morning, when
neighbors broke into the house to tind all
the inmates partially unconscious from the
... A . ll 1 1 A A Jl !l 1 I'll
euecis oi me arug. a nine cnim is sun
seriously ill and may not recover.
IT. II. Liberals and Radicals.
Bpeclal to th IudianapoUs Journal
Wabash, June 28. The breach in tho
United Brethren congregation at Lincoln-
ville, this county, contiuues to widen. Tho
seventy-five liberal members aro arrayed
in hostility against the thirty radicals.
The latter, since the division in tho mem
bership, have been reneatodlv denied the
use of the church edihees and their forces
are scattered and disorganized, but they
propose making a still leiral tight for tho
property. Meanwhile the troubles of the
church have created a great sensation in
the township. The membership includes
some oi the best Citizens of that section.
The Ever-Active Flobert Itlfle.
Jpeclal to the laillaiidpolls Journal."
Columucs, Jnno 28. Miss Daisj' Shane,
the young daughter of Dr. Shane, met with
a severe accident yesterday. Sho was a
member of a picnicking party, which
spent tho day at Ulifty lulls.
near nere. as tne company wero
preparing to return homo late in the even
ing, a Flobert rille, which they had with
them, was accidentally discharged, tho
ball taking eftect in Miss Shane's right ari
above the wrist, and, coursing upward,
lodged near the elbow. The wound is very
paimui, Dut no serious results are iearcd.
New Baptist Church.
Special to tho IncUanapoUs Journal.
Columbus, June 28. At a business meet
ing of the members of tho First Baptist
Church of this city, last night.
it was decided to completo tho
church building this season. Plans
were adopted and a committee ap
pointed to solicit funds to carry ont tho
work at an additional expenso of S8.000.
making the total cost of the building near
ly $15,000. The edilice, when completed,
will be one of tho finest church buildings
A A 0
in tho city.
Minor Notes.
Rome City is strengthening, and lowering
tne water in, tne reservoir mere.
A great religious revival is going on at
Cnariestown in the now Christian Church.
Tho proposition topurchaso the toll roads
in Montgomery county will bo voted upon
on July 'sz
The Warren Tri-county Agricultural So
ciety gives its exhibition the lirst week of
next September.
Marion Colverton. of Fairland. was run
over and killed by a freight train near
Catlm yesterday.
A horse race vill bo added to the other
attractions of the old settlers' meeting, at
Uloverqale, on the 5.jth prox.
Frank Richardson broko jail recently at
Lebanon, and .miss uiara Carey nas been
indicted lor helping him out.
(ioshen's City Council increased tho
saloon tax, but passed a motion permitting
saioon men loiaKe out licenses at old rates.
Work on tho new library building of tho
fl i. It. ' - A A !, . .
eiato university, at luoomingion, was be
gun yesterdaj. The building will cost $52,-
ouo.
An unknown man, who had committed
suicide by severing the arteries in his arms,
waslonnd in tno suburbs or Evansvillo
yesterday.
Harry Shaw, a thirteen-year-old boy,
while driving a lumber wagon, at Redkey.
yesterday, got tangled in the wheels, and
was seriously out not xataiiy nun.
Gen. Milo S. Hascall threatens to devote
$10,000 simply to fight the subsidizing of
snide business projects, tho establishment
of suide insurance companies, and tho en
couragement of snide liuaucial institu
tions."
Suit has been instituted in tho Circuit
Court, at Crawfordsville, by Lew and Ella
Gillilaud, to set aside the will of their
grandfather. Samuel Gilliland. aJIis estate
is worth over $100,000, and they were cut oti
with 100 each.
Henry Houghton, who was at one time a
"White Cap. and who claims that all his
troubles came from his withdrawal from
the order, finished a three years' term, for
assault and battery with intent to kill, at
ll . H C A l A 1 . I ?
xue rrison couin. mis wecx.
Angola has ft new financial institution in
the. shape of the fcteuben County Bank,
with W. i. Croxton as president; State
Senator Carver. vice-president: Harry
Scott, recently of Lake Citv Bank at War-
saw. cashier, and Paul Croxton, assistant
cashier.
Nicholas Maners, a farmer, aged seventy
Years, livintr seven miles south of Snenccr.
hanged himself yesterday morning. lie put
a rope around his neck, tied the end to a
beam in the barn and jumped out of tho
window. No canso is known for the act
He was undoubtedly deranged in mind.
Recent deaths include Henry Teague, of
Parke county, aged eighty-four; Mrs.
Strother Vandiver, of Franklin, aged
seventv-seveu: Moses Allen, of Daviess
county aged eighty-live: John Hornberger.
of Lawrenceburg, aged eighty-two, and
Henry II. Anderson, of Parke county, aged
seventy-six.
Three generations of tho Stafford family
were represented in the late phvsio-meil-
ical convention at Richmond, by Dr. Dan-
lei ll. Dianoru, living near L.ewisvuie; ins
ion. Dr. James A. btatlord. of Millville.
and the grandsons of the former Dr. Chas.
Stafford, of New Castle, and Dr. Horace
Stailord, of btrangun.
At a meetingof thoWoman Relief Corps,
No. 3. of Brazil, yesterday afternoon, reso
lutions of respect and regret were passed
concerning the death of Mrs. Cauby, widow
of Gen. E. It S. Canby, for whom tho Bratil
(l. A. It Dost aud auxiliary corns were
I namod. Also a telegram was ordered cent
to his Excellency Rutherford B. Hayes, in
sympathy with his bereavement in the loss
oi ins wne, .Liicy eon iiayes, nu uumucu
member of the W. R. C. Department of
Ohio.
ILLLNOIS.
The Sons of Veterans Moving to Secure a
Monument for the Founder of the G. A.It
Special to the IndlaoavoUs Journal.
Monticello, Juno 23. The Illinois Divis
ion of the Sons of Veterans, in their annual
encampment, this morning, appointed a
committee, with Gen. A. Gurney.of Spring
field, as chairman, for the purpose of rais
ing money to erect a monument over the
prave of iJr. Is. r . Stephenson, tne lounaer
of the G. A. R. in the United States. The
monument will be erected at Petersburg,
ILL, where he is buried.
An Historic Building Removed.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal,
Marshall, June 28. An old frame build
ing ot greac historic interest to the peoplo
of Marshall and Clark county is now being
torn down, to make room for a tine three
story brick. It is a plain story-and-a-half
house, sixty feet long and twenty-two feet
wide, and is situated at the northeast cor
ner of tho public square. It was built in
1838, one year after Marshall was chosen as
tho county-seat of Clark county, and was
occupied by a dry goods store. The upper
room was used as a hall, and in this hall
Abraham Lincoln addressed a laree Cather
ine, in 1856. The board on which he stood
was secured from the building by a gentle
man here, vho will have it made into canes.
Still later this nail, consecrated to patriot
ism by the immortal Lincoln, was the
scene of dark aud treasonable Catherines
of cowardly and insolent traitors, plotting
-a Ai a mi .
agoiusi ineir country, ineso were tno
Knights of the Golden Circle, a strong
branch oi wnicn existed nere.
Urief Mention.
Governor Fifer has aDDointed Robert F.
Evans, of McLean county, a member of tho
State Board of Education, vice Thomas
fcj lade, resigned.
Three citizens of nurdsboro have been
arrested, charged with attempting to burn
a hall there in which alleged Mormon
elders were holding meetings.
The Governor has commuted to five
years the fourteen-year sentence of Charles
V. lioss, fifteen years old, sent to Joliet for
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uiauoiauiikci. luis VUUlUlUiailUU ill leb
him out in August
The fortieth anniversary of the marriage
of Mr. and Mrs. Gideon Drake was cele
brated near Marshall, yesterday, with 9
large picnic anu reception, ami nanusome
presents were given them.
FLY FISHERMEN'S PLANS.
A Hall Exhibition of Casting Proposed Dis
cussing the Seiners and Dynamiters.
The fly fishermen held a brief meeting at
their rooms on East Market street last
night, at which little business and much
talk prevailed. The attendance was not
large, but the enthusiasm manifested upon
the subjeet of capturing the highly-prized
bass and his aquatic fellows was apparent
ly not regulated by numbers. General Mc-
Ginnis, who is president of the club, sug
gested that tho meeting bo thrown open to
any member who desired to discuss topics
of interest to fly fishermen.
"Well," began Ignatius Brown, "I think
our boys ought to have had tho game this
afternoon."
"Yes," replied Frank HoTliday. "that
"Gentlemen," said tho president rather
testily, "this is no base-ball club. I know
the temptation is strong, but please con
fine your remarks to the subject of fish."
After this momentary di gressiou the work
of the evening progressed without inter-
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rupnou. n, is mo intention 01 tneciuo
to give an exhibition of fly-casting in
some hall in this city early in the
fall, after tho members have had the ad
vantage of tho practice to be derived from
tho summers lislung. The object of tho
entertainment is ostensibly to furnish to
the public an opportunity of witnessing the
work of tho club, whereby nn interest In it
may be more generally cultivated. The
only ditncuity lu tho way is to secure a ball
largo enough for front and rear castinir.
-Tomlinson Hall, with the chairs cleared,
will givo only 151 feet, but in all probabil
ity it will be chosen. To in
vestigate its advantages by trial, a
committee was appointed, consisting of
General McGinnis, A. C. Jameson, M. D.
uutler, u. It. t isher, Ignatius Brown and
Frank Hoi li day. At the tournament three
prizes will bo ollered: tirst, a gold medal to
tho best free-for-all casting; a second, also
a gold medal, to the one making the next
best record, subject to condition; and a
third, or consolation prize in tho shape of a
leather medal, which trophy is to bo capt
ured by tho ono making the poorest record
of the evening.
Another subject of considerable irapor
tancejthat was discussed was the violation
of the fish laws throughout Marion county.
At a fonner meeting the club ottered a re
ward of 25 for the first conviction of any
person or persons using a seine, dyna
mite or any other means for killing
fish forbidden by law. This action,
however, proved of but little avail, owing
to the fact that i. was given no publication
to speak of in the adjoining townships.
Complaints as to these violations have in
no wise decreased, and there is no doubt
among members of the club that dynamit
ing and seining is being carried on as
extensively along the shores of White
river and Fall creek as at any previous
time. Easy ns it may seem to one on
lirst thought the task of conviction in a
ca?e of this kind is ouo of the most dilli
cult. Seines are owned generally not by
individuals, but by companies, each
member of which denies liis respect
ive share. It was commonly conceded
last night that a little detective
work would be the most cflScient way
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ui iiui-uuB out niu uufuueru. lMimcrous
plans wero suggested, among which was
tho publishing of notices throughout tho
county. The great objection to this, how
ever, is tho well-known hesitation among
farmers of playing tho role of informant.
As a class they aro placed In too imminent
danger of having their barns burned and
property destroyed to be tempted by a 25
reward.
The club finally decided to publish their
otter in some of the local papers that have
a large circulation throughout the county,
and it is highly probable that, in addition
to this method, detectives will bo given the
case in hand.
Mlesten's llody Recovered.
The body of Julius Miessen, jr., who was
drowned in White river, near Maywood, on
Wednesday afternoon, was found at 10:30
o'clock yesterday morning Professional
divers had failed up to that time to
locate the body, and the search
was abandoned. A crowd of young men
who had been assisting in the diving, aiso
gave up their efforts, and went about
three nniidred feet below the river
to fish. Tho first man who threw in his
line almost immediately cautrht bis
hook in what ho supposed to be a
snag, but it proved to be the bathing
trunk of the unfortunate boy. The body
was taken in charge by undertaker Herr
man. The funeral will take place from the
residence of the family, No. 180 Virginia
avenue, at 2 o'clock this afternoon.
The Street-Car Service.
On and after to-day the Pennsylvania
street-car line will be operated in connec
tion with the Blake-street line, and the
Alabama 6treet and Central-avenue line
will be operated in connection with the
McCarty and South East-street line. The
changes will give open and more frequent
cars to the lines named.
Funeral of Sirs. Booth.
The funeral services of the late Mrs. Han
nah Booth took place yesterday at the resi
dence of her son-in-law, Mr. John S. Tark
incrton. Thev were conducted bv tho Rer.
Dr. Haines, in the presence of a sympa
thetic concourse of relatives and friends.
The remains of the deceased were sent to
Pant, 111., for interment
Cak't eat a thing." Hood's Sarsanarilla
Is a wonderful medicine for creating an ap
petite, regulating digestion and giving
aissaauu
THE NEW CONSPIRACY LW
Belief that It Will Serve to Indict Law
yers Sullivan, Buckley and Beggs.
The Latter Gentleman Highly Indignant Over
Bis Arrest and Treatment by the Author
ities Cooney Seen in Kansas City.
Chicago, June 28. It is given out upon
eminent authority to-night that at least
three indictments have been drawn up and
will bo presented to court by the grand
jury to-morrow. They are found under tho
Merritt conspiracy law, which was
passed by the State Legislature im
mediately following tho execution of
the Anarchists. Lawyers call it an omni
bus law, on account of its wide ramifica
tions. Under its provisions, if a man be
killed in California the individual who, in
Illinois has expressed the opinion that tho
victim ought 'to bo put out of the way or
removed, is liable to be indicted for his
murder. The men against whom it is re
ported that indictments will be re
turned are Alexander Sullivan, Lawrence
R. Buckle', of the executive committee of
the Clan-na-Gael, and lawyer John F.
lieggs. Sheriff Matson has already been
notified to take charge of the latter to
morrow. M. G. Ames, a young lawyer and
friend of Beggs. endeavored to secure his
release on a writ of habeas corpns this,
afternoon. Judge Williamson, however,
refused to listen to the application.
To-night, for tho first time since lawyer
John F. Beggs was arrested on Tuesday
night, he was allowed to be seen by any
person excent a representative of the law.
The senior guardian of camp No. 20, Clan-na-Gael,
was plumply asked uy tho report
ers who crowded in, whether he had
"squealed."
"I have not," he answered emphatically.
"Because I have nothing to tell. I do not!
even know why I am locked up hero, and I
want to say that the treatment accorded
me has been simply brutaL The police
have not deigned to offer the slightest ex
cuse for lay detention, which was made il
legally and without any offer of showing
authority."
Beggs said his only visitor while in cus
tody had been Chief-of-police Hubbard.
Tho prisoner explained that he did not
mean to imply that any personal violence
had been ottered to him, and that his com
plaint was altogether of the supposedly
nnwarranted action of the police in so-'
cretly arresting and conhning him, and
keeping him from any communication with
his friends. Beggs says he was arrested as
he was entering his own door, and that tho
officers refused to allow him to notify his
wife. The prisoner attributes his arrest to
the machinations of a local politician
whose appointment to a federal office had
been opposed by Beggs.
Closing Testimony Before the Grand Jury.
Chicago, June 28. Tho grand jury re
sumed its work in the Cronin case at 10
o'clock this morning, and before they went
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into session tney gave ix out tney wouiu
finish the case to-morrow. Unless new evi
dence is discovered in the meantime to pro
long the session, the final iindings of tho
jury will bo returned into' court to-morrow
afternoon. The line of investigation fol
lowed by the grand jury this forenoon was
toward uncovering the outer circle of tho
plot. Some thirty Clan-na-Gael men wero
summoned for to-day's session, and tho
questions put to them wero all framed with
the view of finding out, if possible, who
was responsible for spreading the malicious
reports that Dr. Croniitwas a spy.
One of the witnesses examined was Ed
ward Spellman, the Peoria distiller, and
district otlicer of the Clan-na-Gael. Mr.
Spellman was called in to bo examined
about tho alleged disbanding of camp No.
20 since the murder. He told the grand
jury the camp had not been disbanded. He
said the records ot the camp had not been
destroyed, and that any records pertaining
to the camp were at tho disposal of tho
grand jury.
U. J. L.yon, ex-police justice, was ex
amined in regard to the bogus lawsuit
tried before him in which Dr. Cronin was a
witness. The suit was a trumped-up affair,
whose sole object was to place the Doctor
on the witness-stand so that on cross-examination
his life from early boyhood could
be gone over.
If the grand jury obtained any valuable
infonuation this afternoon, it did not be
come known to many of tho swarm of re
porters waiting down stairs to pump wit
nesses, and by putting two and two togeth
er guess at the testimony. Among tho no
tables on the list of witnesses before ad
journment were C. M. Hardy, who con
ducted the cross-examination when
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investigating Cronin's record before Justice
Iyons some years ago. Stenographer Wil
liston, who took down what Cronin said at
that time, was also to-day 'a witness. The
dentist who identified the corpse found in
thesewer as that of Cronin, was recalled.
Ho reiterated his testimony and went into
minuto details. Two or three uu-Irish-looking
persons who ascended to tho grand
jury star chamber, succeeded in keeping
their identity and relations to the case a
secret. The rnmor spread that one of them
was a Scotland Yard detective, but the re
port lacked confirmation. Adjournment
was taken without tho rctnrn of any in
dictments, though the time for presenting
such documents, if there are to be any, has
now nearly expired, one day only remain
ing. Cooney Seen In Kansas City.
Kansas City. June 2S. Cooney, 'The
Fox," ono of the suspects in the Cronin
murder, was in this city to-day. It was 11
o'clock when Judge Boland, of the police
court, was hearing 'one of the common
drunk cases, when a 6tranger to every one
in tho court-room, excepting two persons,
approached the Judge, took a seat by his
side and conversed with him a few mo
ments in guarded whispers. The Judgo
looked very much surprised, and
with difficulty controlled his agi
tation. After a few . minutes of
whispered questions and answers, the
stranger arose from his scat and walked
from the room. He was no other than tho
now noted "Cooney, the Fox," whom the
police of Chicago would like to get their
hands on. While the fugitive from justice
was talking with the Judge, a man from
Chicago, whose identity the police refuse to
divulge, recognized him as the Cronin sus
pect and hastened to police headquarters,
where he found Chief b peers and told him
what he had seen. Chief Speers him
self went to arrest Cooney, but ho
had made his escape, and up to a lato hour
had not again been seen.
The chief of police was seen by a reporter
this evening. Asked about the truthful
ness of this story given above, Mr. Speers
said: "So far as I know, those are the facta
of the occurrence."
"Do you believe them to be factsT'
"From the description given by my in
formant of the man, I believe Judgo
Roland's visitor was Cooney. Wo have
been looking for him ever since, but it
would be very easy for him to have got to
the Union Depot, and havo taken any of
the outgoing trains. 1 do not believe he is
in the city now."
The fact, if such it be, that Cooney was
actually Judge Roland's visitor, lends ad
ditional color of truthfulness to tho sup
position of Judge Longenecker, the Illinois
State's attorney, that the facts of the mur
der of Dr. Cronin are at least known to
some of the high officers of tho Clan-na-Gael.
Scene at the Cronin Memorial Meeting.
Chicago. Jnne 28. A "Cronin memorial
meeting" was held at Central Music Hall
to-night About 2,000 persons wero pres
ent of whom it is estimated, one-fifth were
of Irish extraction. German-Americans
and nativo Americans appeared to consti
tute the bulk of the remainder of the
audience. Only in one instance did any
thing happen to mar the harmony of the
meeting. That was when the chairman
used some rather strong language regarding
Irish societies, which evoked a protest, but
tho incident was soon forgotten. Neither
Senator Farwell, Governor Fifer nor
Mayor Cregier, who had been
announced to attend, were present W. P.
Rend, an Irish-American coal merchant
presided in the absence of the Mayor.
"In this country." declared Mr. Rend, cx-
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Absolutely Pure.
This ix4'Jer nMTT vrlp. A mrrM of niiTltr.
StTetiKtii JUwt wfioIemrnfA4. More rcmiinirjl that
thnrtl:n&ry klixl. nt ratiii-tt In ul In competition
wltb the raultituOo t 1ow-im nhort- 'l:it iun r
rho)htH powrtor. ftM on:y In KOVAL
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Dr. I. Gay Lewis, Fnlton, ArkM unyi:-
A year ago I had blltoua fever tTnti a
11 11a were o highly recromniettdcl
that I used them. .Never did medicine
have a happier ef feet. After anraf
tie or quarter or century. X iiro-
claim them tho best
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medicine ever used I always pre
acrlDe them.' 1
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citedlv. "thero is no place for secret oath
bound Irish onranizutions."
"Nevertheless they will exist, sang out
a voice in tho audience. Tho peutiment
was greeted with cheers and hisses.
They will not exist," shouted Mr. Reml.
and he proceeded to assert that tho Irish
Eeople would demand their Mippreasion.
.ater Mr. Rend exclaimed: "t say tho
actions of men who control these organiza
tions have brought discrace upon the Irish
cause."
Again the applause was mixed with
hisses. Resolutions were adopted by the
meeting denouncing the murderer ot Cro
nin and demanding that justice be meted
out to all who wero guilty.
The rope Did Condemn the Claii-iia-Onel
London, June 28,-The Standard's Roni9
correspondent reapMrms tbe correctness
of his communication announcing the
Pope's condemnation of theClan-iia-(iael.
STATE TAXATION.
Important .Changes 3Iade by the Recent
Connecticut Legislature.
Boston Journal.
Under the title of a bill to tax invest
ment compauies the late Connecticut Legis
lature enacted a law which makes a very
important modification in the State system
of taxation. 1 ho bill in nutation really
does repeal certain privileges which invest
ment companies had enjoyed, and speciiiea
that their stock shall be included in tho
tax lists, but its most significant portion
is Section 9, which, though it does not even
xnentiou investment companies, does pro
vide that "any person may take or send to
the office of the Treasurer of this btate any.
bond, note or other chose in action, aud
may pay the State a tax of 1 per cent, on
tho face amount thereof for live years or,
at the option of such person, for a greater
or less number of years at the same rate,
and the Treasurer shall thereupon in
dorse upon such bond, note or other chos
in action that the same is exempted from,
taxation for the period of five years, or for
such longer or shorter period as a propor
tionate tax therefor has been paid, which
indorsement shall by duly dated and
sigued m the name and with tho seal vt
the Treasurer , affixed. .Said Treasurer
hall keep a record of such indorsements,
with a description of such bonds, notes or
other choses in action, together with tho
name and address of the party presenting
the same and date of registration and all
bonds, notes or other cIiom-h in action so in-
dorsed shall bo exempt Ironi all taxation'
in the State during the period for which'
said tax is so paid'- The effect of this pro- ,
vision is to striko oil the town tax lists all
bonds, notes and other evidences of in
debtedness, and, in fact, it practically re--lieves
that class of property from taxation,
if the owner so desires, for the rate of two
mills a year which the fctato collects is
merely nominal. The Connecticut 8tgt
Tax Commissioners have been working to
accomplish this object for several years,
and they have succeeded in coupling with
it a provision making the taking of false
oaths beforo assessors considerably moro
difficult
The Prejudice Acaiust Hanging Women.
Ealtlmore American.
But, independent of the circumstances,
there has always been a strong prejudice in
this State against the hanging of a woman,
and it is based upon reason. L'uder the law
the woman is diHtinctly inferior to man.
fche is not allowed to vote, to hold office or
to bear arms, und when charged with an
offense she is deprived of the privilege
guaranteed to men hy the bill of rights of
being tried by a jury of their peers.
Mint io Over Their Work Again.
Owing either to pure ignorance of the
law or gross negligence on the part of tkJ
members of the County Board of Equaliza
tion, which has been in session for over a
week, nearly all of the work so far ac
complished by that body will
have to be reconsidered. Tho
old law regulating the summoning of
citizens in behalf of corporations aud
firms required simply the indorsement of
the Board of County Commissioners. By
virtue of an amendment to this law, tho
board is required to not only
summon the representatives, but aUo
to state the object for which their
presence is needed. This tho present
board failed to do, and all those who have
thus far represented corporations were
luminoned according totheprovisionsof the
old law, which will make it necessuiy to
resummon them and listen to all the state
ments that have so far been made. As this
reissuing of orders will require three days
time, the final report of the Board of Equal .
izatiotl will be delayed.
State Board of Equalisation.
The State Board of Equalization, yeste,
day, heard the petitions of several mora.
railroad companies, asking to havo their
assessments reduced. The majority of the,
companies in the State havo now boca
granted a hearii
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