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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 1890.
of Congress favored tha Windom silver
coinage bill, as reported from the
benate committee on finance, and limiting
the coinage to $4,500,000 a month, or the
bill as it came from th House committee
on coinage, weights and measures, provid
ing for the unlimited free coinage of Amer
ican silver, 6ays that he fonnd almost e very
Senator in favor of the Hon hill. Without
exception, he found the Western and
Soutnern Senators in favor of the House
bill. Senator Plumb of Kansas says that,
beyond reasonable doubt, the House free
coinage bill will be passed finally by both
houses, and that it will be a law by the
end of the present fiscal year, June SO.
MINOR MATTERS.
Secretary Tracy Commends tie Proposed
World's Natal Review at New York.
Washington, April 2. The proposed
featnre of a grand review of the navies of
the world, in New York harbor, in October,
1S02, now pending in the Senate as an
amendment to the world's fair bill, has al
ready been commended by Admiral Porter.
The plan for the grand review of the
navies of the world, in New York harbor,
in 1802, is, to my mind,
appropriate one," said
the Navy Department.
a most happy and
Secretary Tracy at .
"I hope the amend-
ment offered, by Senator Daniel, of Virginia,
-which provides for this feature of the cele
bration, will be adopted. To begin with, it
opens the celebration of the event which
it is intended to commemorate the dis
covery of this hemisphere in 1802, the
year when it took place instead of -wait-inn
until the year after. Chicago has the
exposition, and every one wants to see it a
success in the broadest sense of the term,
and nothing can contribute more to this
end than prefacing the opening of the
position with exercises at the national cap
ital and at the great commercial and finan
cial metropolis of the country, which will
show to the world that the commemoration
is national in its character and commands
the support of our whole people." Others
express the same views as Secretary Tracy.
International Monetary Union Favored.
Washington, April 2. The pan-American
conference to-day unanimously adopt
ed the following: .
1. That an international American monetary
union be established.
2. That a a basis for this union an interna
tional coin, or coins, be issued, which 6hall be
uniform in weight and fineness, and which may
be used In all the countries represented in this
conference.
3. That to give full effect to this recommenda
tion there shall meet in Washington a commis
sion, composed of one or more delegates from
rach nation represented in this conference,
which shall consider the quantity, the kind of
currency, the uses it shall nave, and the value
and proportion of the International silver coin,
or coins, and their relations to gold.
4. That the President of the United States in
vite this commission to meet in Washington in a
year's time, or less, after the final adjournment
of this conference.
Conference of Postmasters.
Washington, April 2. In response to in
vitations, the postmasters at several of the
principal postoffices of the country, met to
day at the Postofiice Department, in con
ference with thePostmaster-generaL Sev
eral subjects of an administrative charac
ter were under discussion. The views of
the postmasters present were asked
with reference to the practical appli
cation of the proposed eight-hour law to
their respectivo otiices. the additional cost
which it would entail, the merits of the
measure generally, and the advisability of
urging its passage. The question of a year
ly leave of absence of fifteen days to clerks
in postoffices, and in the service generally,
was discussed; also, the subject of a simpli
fied and uniform system of book-keeping in
postoflices.
Appointments by the President.
Washington, April 2. Tho President
to-day sent to the Senate the following
nominations:
George F. Turritin, Surveyor-general of
Nevada. ;
Pension' Agents John G. Mitchell, at Colum
bus, O.; Edward II. Harvey, at Detroit, Mich.
Registers of Land Offices James I. Fleming,
at Topeka, Kan.; Henry C. Oluey, at Gunnison,
Col.
Receivers of Public Moneys George C. Thax
ter, at Carson City, Nev.; John J. Lambert, at
Pueblo, CoL .
Indian Agents James McLaughlin, at Stand
ing Rock agency. N. D.; Charles 8. Kelsey, at the
' Qreen Bay agency. Wis.
Alexander F. McMillan, of Michigan, Deputy
First Auditor of the Treasury.
Wants a Consulate Restored.
Bpeclal to'the Indianapolis Journal.
Washington, April 2. Charles Forster,
of Indianapolis, sent a lengthy statement
to Senator Voorhees, which the latter to
day presented to the Senato committee on
. commerco, in favor' of re-establishing the
United States consulate at Barmen, Ger
many. Mr. Forster was consulate at liar
men nnder the Cleveland administration,
and says the position was abolished by the
Adoption of the Belmont bill, fixing salaries
for consular positions, and that the busi
ness of the office has grown to an extent
which will make it a profit instead of a bur
den to the United States if it is reopened. .
General Notes.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
Washington. April 2. Miss Jannette
Ealford returned from Thomasville, Ga.,
last night. Her return was hastened by
the fact that she will be bridesmaid at one
of the society weddings, next week.
Quito a large congressional party will
leave next week for Indianapolis, to attend
the wedding of Representative John W.
Wiley, of Buflalo. and the daughter of ex
State Treasurer Cooper, of that State.
The Treasury Department, to-day, pur
chased $22,250 four pcr cent. bonds, at $1.22,
and $5,000 four-and-a-half per cent, bonds,
atSl.OSVj.
The Senate has confirmed John R. Mizell
United States marshal for the Northern
district of Florida.
Secretary Noble has issued an order re-
Juiring chiefs of bureaus and officers in the
nterior Department to make application
for leave of absence before absenting them
selves from the city.
Chief Mayes, of the Cherokee Nation, who
has been in Washington for several weeks
past, has returned to the Indian Territory
tor the purpose, it is said, of callinga meet
in? of the Cherokee Council to take some
action relative to the terms and conditions
upon which they will cede their surplus
lands to the government.
It is understood that the Attorney-general
will take an appeal from the decision
of the Court of Claim3. which makes the
government responsible to the members of
congress lor their loss of salary through
the Silcott defalcation.
"Pupil Farming" Booming.
dt. ahomas, uni April a young
Englishman named James Potter arrived
here yesterday. He had started for Walk
er's Station, on the St. Clair branch of the
Michigan Central railway, but discovered
that he wa a victim of a fraudulent Lon
don agent, who. after receiving 50 of his
money, secured him a position on a farm at
Walkers fetation to learn the business.
Potter had liirchelrs advertisement in his
Socket, and intended to correspond with
im, but made arrangements first with the
hrm that sent him out He states that four
or hve others will follow him in a few days.
All Boomer Out of the Strip.
Arkansas City, Kan., April 2. Special
Agent uavis,. ot tne interior Department,
passea mrougn mis city tms evening
on his way to Washington. He was
test to inrestigate the condition of
adairs in the Cherokee Strip. He
reports that all tho boomers have
been removed from the "Outlet."
The cattlemen were annoyed at the order
forbidding them placing more cattle on
their leased lands, but they will obev the
order. Many of them had purchased Texas
:attle which they intended to feed on their
ranges during tho summer, and now they
will be compelled to place them elsewhere.
Missouri Crusaders At It Again.
Farmingtox, Mo., April 2. This morn
leg th crusaders, headed by Mrs. Will
Urns and Mrs. Foster, opened their cam
paign. Armed with the sledge-hammers
IheV atonned fiua Thomson' lier trnfrnti
and smashed six barrels, emptying the beer
into the street. The women then took pos
session or the wagon and started for De-
lassns. four miles south, where a car-load
of beer, belonging to the Klausmann
Brewery Company, is side-tracked. They
intended to destroy all of it. The saloon
men here are expecting a visit from the
CZUiadti
OPPOSED TO THE TARIFF BILL
Mr. McKinley's Committee Flooded with
Protests Asainst Certain Schedules.
Objections Urged Against the Duty on Hides,
on Lead and Silver Ores, on Tobacco, and
the Proposed Reduction on Sugar. .
Wool-Growers Asked to Urge Congress to
Pass the Bill as It Now Stands.
They Are Pleased with the Rate Fixed on Carpet-Wools,
and Say It Will Revive Agricult
ural Interests and Benefit the Country.
WOT. TET SATISFIED.
Numerous Protests Against the Tariff Bill
as Framed by the Committee. '
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
Washington', April 2. The committee
on ways and means is still being bombarded
with protests against some features of the
tariff bill, particularly regarding the duty
on hides, on lead and silver ores, carpet
wools and tobacco. The Massachusetts
men have announced very positively that
they will not support the bill unless the
duty on hides in removed, -while the repre
sentatives of smelting centers of the coun
try have' made the announcement regard
ing the duty on silver ore. The Western
people do not "want the tobacco tax re
moved, and the manufacturers of clear
Havana tobacco are making a fight against
the increased duty on -wrapper tobacco.
The canning interests are here again light
ing against the proposed increase of duty
on tin-plate, and the committee is a good
deal disturbed. Besides the Massachusetts
delegates, -who -will not vote for the bill as
long as there is a duty on hides. Mr. Cole
man of Louisiana -will oppose it because
of the cut on sugar, Mr. Cheadle of Indiana
because the proposed reduction of the rev
enues will interfere with pension legisla
tion, and Mr. Peters of Kansas because the
tariff on sugar is not entirely removed. A
large delegation of tobacco manufacturers
from the South appeared before the com
mittee to-day and protested Against the to
bacco schedule. They represented that if
the proposed provisions wer1 enacted into
law the effect would be to utterly ruin the
tobacco industry at Key West.
Representative Candler to-day received
a petition from the New Englf.nd Shoe and
Leather Association, wliich ho states is the
strongest petition which has been sent to
him since he has been in Congress, and
which he has tiled with the committee on
ways apd means. The petitioners express
their belief that any duty imposed upon
raw hides and skins would bo very detri
mental to one of the largest business inter
ests of New England and the Middle States,
and that it Tfould increase the cost tothe
consumer of every pair of shoes produced
in this country. It is also their opinion
that the imposition of any duty would
cause great embarrassment to the large ex
port trade, now amounting to almost $12.
000,000 annually, and would tend to drive it
to the Dominion of Canada, where labor
and materials for tanning are much cheaper
than they are in the United States.
Mr. Oxnard, the beet-sugar manufact
urer of Nebraska, arrived to-day from the
West. He 6ays that the beet-sugar in
dustry in this country will not stand tho
reduction of the duty on sugar proposed by
the House committee on ways and means;
that the producers of sugar-beets and the
manufacturers of beet-sugar would be will
ing to stand a reduction of 25 per cent., but
a reduction such as is proposed in the tariff
bill, amounting to nearly CO per cent., is
unreasonable, and that he will stop work
upon his factory, at Grand Island, and con
vert it into a manufactory of something
else in the event the duty is not raised dur
ing the debate upon the bill in the House.
He says the beet-sugar representatives
will make a strong and determined tight
for a reduction of the present duties of not
more than 25 per cent., and he believes they
win succeed undoubtedly, lhe sugar-beet
interest are well represented here, and
their representatives are making an im
pression, but they cannot succeed in rais-
i i
ing tne proposed reuueuon.
An Italian View.
Rome, April 2. The Rifornia says:
"America, unable to compete with other
countries in art, hopes that Congress will
approve President Harrison's just and op
portune proposal to remove the duty on
works of art."
APPEAL TO WOOL-GROWERS.
Sheep-Raisers Asked to Demand the Passage
of the Wool Schedule as Revised.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
Washington, April 2. Officers of the
American Wool'growers' Association, now
in the city, to-night issued the following
appeal:
To the Wool-growers of the United States:
The committee on ways and means have adopted
the following schedule of duties on wools un
washed: Class 1, 11 cents per pound: class 2,
12 cents Per pound: class 3. costing over 12
cents per pound, Scents; costing 12 cent or less,
32 cents per pound; washed, of classes
1 and 3, double duty; scoured, of classes
1 and 2, and of class 3 costing over 12
cents per pound, triple duty; of class 3,
costing 12 cents or less, two and one-half times
the duty on unwashed. The bill defines un
washed and washed wools in accordance with
American practices, and as scoured when
washed in any other manner than on
the sheep's back. It also provides
for advancing class 3 wool when Improved by
the admixture or Spanish and English blood to
the first or second clas, as the case may be. and
contains other provisions against fraudulent
practices which will securo the full benefits of
the above rates.
We have deemed it advisable to withhold
this notice until we could with certainty
know what action the committe would take.
We have been ready at all times, if dancer
seemed imminent, to inform you and call for as
sistance. The time has now arrived to notify
you of events and solicit your aid in seourlng the
Jtassage of the bill as reported. The wisdom,
ustlce and patience displayed by the Republican
inemucrs oi me cumuuiiee m Lisciiarinc ineir
delicate and ditllcult duties challenge the appro
bation of the American reople. The bill estab
lishes a comprehensive, economic, system, em
bracing all our Industries, and especially those
belonging to agriculture and the farm. If passed
it will revive business, give employment to labor
and restore prosperity and Micncctbe cry for
free trade and freeruw material, except -as it
may come from foreigners and their coadjutors,
who desire to control our marxeis ana tnus pros
per by the misfortunes of our people. Never be
fore in the history of legislation were the inter
ests of agriculture and labor so well provided
for. Immediate and energetic effort on your
part to securo the passage of the bill in both
branches of Congress is an imperative dutr, the
neglect of which will aflord reasons
for regret. lhe voice of wool-growers
and of other agricultural interests should
be heard in tbe halls of legislation immediately,
and with emphasis, urging tbe passage of this
bill. Address members of Congress by telegram.
by letters, by resolutions from wool-growers and
other associations nnd by petitions, insisting
upon early action. Io not permit free-traders,
importers and their allies to defeat the benefi
cent economic system proposed. The time has
arrived, if we do our duty, when we can securo
the prosperity of American industries. If we
neglect to do so, the opportunity may not soon
return. C. Dklano,
President Wool-growers' National Association.
(Jeouge II. Wallace, Secretary.
BUSINESS TROUBLES.
Assignment of Rhodes & ISros., Cloth Man
ufacturers, Near Philadelphia.
Philadelphia, Pa., April 2. Rhodes &.
Bros., owners and operators of the Aston,
Knowlton and West Branch mills in Aston
township, Delaware county, manufacturing
doeskins, shirtings, oomet and jeans, and
employing 1,000 persons, made an assign
ment to-day to the Delaware County Trust
Company. Mr. John Rhodes who, since
1SS1, has been practically the sole proprie
tor of the plant, attributes the failure to
the general shrinkage in the value of all
textile fabrics, and to the lack of a market
for the manufactured stock, of which a
large amount is now stored up. No state-
ment is published, t but the- asset
are large. and it is believed
if reasonable terms are made by
creditors the concern can ultimately re
sume business. Samuel Rhodes, who was
bought out by John in 1831, holds judgment
notes to the extent of $55,000. and other
judgments amounting to $46,000 were tiled
to-day prior to the assignment. The ciedit
of the house has been of the highest grade,
and John Rhodes was regarded as the lead
ing business man of tho county. The fail
ure therefore causes surprise. The mills
and the 200 dwellings of the employes cover
400 acres of grouud. and, in fact, comprise
the whole settlement of Aston. The agents
in Philadelphia and New York, through
whom the products of the mills were mar
keted, are Chapman & Martin.
Mr. Chapman, the senior member of the
firm, when seen this afternoon, expressed
groat surprise at hearing of the assignment,
lie tsaid his firm had acted as selling agents
in this city and New York for Rhodes &
Co. for several years, but he knew nothing
as to their assets and liabilities. It is
stated that the business in recent years has
amounted to from 000,000 to $300,000 per
annum. The real estate owned by Rhodes
is worth $200,000, and the machinery 50,000.
In addition to this there is a large stock of
manufactured goods on hand.
Other Failures.
New Youk, April 2. George Damerell,
dealer in iron and steel. No. 850 Chambers
street and No. 67 Read street, has assigned
to Jaudine Lyng without preferences.
F. R. Townsend &, Co., commission wool
merchants, made an assignment to-day to
James P. Young, of Philadelphia, giving
preferences to John and James Dobson. of
Philadelphia, for 42,690. Tho firm consists
of Frederick R. Townsend, William Rich
ards, jr.. and Charles II. Wade. The lirm
was rated at from 8125,000 to 8200,000. Their
credit was '1X." The assignee "hopes to
pay ono hundred cents on the dollar.
Judge Andrews, of the Supremo Court,
has granted an attachment against the
property in this State of tho Riverside and
Oswego mills, of Providence, R. I., in the
suit of Appleton Sturges, to recover $751,059
upon sixty-two promissory notes.
Schedules in the assignment of Harbison
& Loder. wholesale dry-goods dealers, were
filed this afternoon by assignee Frederick
J.Lancaster, in the Court of Common Pleas.
The liabilities are $327,082.22; nominal as
sets, 249,381.55.
NORTH INDIANA METHODISTS.
First Day's Work of the Conferences-Stand-
ins: Committees Freedmen'a Aid Work.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
Muncie, April 2. The forty-seventh an
nual session of the North Indiana M. .
Conference convened at High-street M. K.
Church this morning, at 8:30 o'clock, at
which time Bishop W. X. Ninde, of Topeka,
began the exercises by Scriptural reading.
The sacrament of the Lord's supper was
administered under the direction of the
Bishoptothe members of the conference,
and to allfriends who desired toMeccive
tho communion.
At 9:30 tfc.; Bishop delivered a fine intro
ductory address, showing forth the privi
leges, enjoyments and responsibilities of an
annual-conference session. His allusion to
the superannuated preachers was especially
kind and touching. C. G. Hudson, D. IX,
secretary of the last session, called the roll
of the conference. The following preachers
have died during the yean O. V. Lemon,
K. D. Kobinson, A. J, Lewellon, K. B. Pow
ell. The following preachers were trans
ferred to this conference: J. C. Cain and
F. D, Newhouse. 1
C. G. Hudson was chosen secretary for
tbe twelfth, time bv acclamation. , If. N.
lierrick and W. II. Daniel were elected
assistant secretaries, and L. A. Beeks rail
road secretary, I. C. Neal was chosen
statistical secretary, with A. S. Rogers as
assistant. J. I. McCoy was elected confer
ence treasurer, with W. S. Stewart as as
sistant. The rules governing tho last ses
sion were chosen for this. ..;.(-..
Standing couimittees were appointed as
follows: Stewards, J. W. Welsh, C. E. l)is
bro, A. W. Lamport, C. King, E. Holdstock;
education, H. N. Herrick, 1). C. Woolpert,
J. W. Welsh, C. E. Disbro, II. J. Norris, O.
II. Hill, G. B. Work, M. II. Mcndenhail, W.
D. Parr, C. E. Neal, L. A. Eetts, J. A. Le
wellen. C. E. Bacon; parsonage and furni
ture, W. It. Wane, J. K. Waltz, D. C.
Woolpert, E. F, Albertson, L. A. Becks,
A. S. Kogera: tract cause, W. If. l'itrce. E. .
M. Baker. R. S. Reed; New York Uopk ac
counts, M. IS wadener;temperauce,-E.' Hold
stock, E. L. Seamens, A. G. McCarter, J.. II.
Jackson, L. J. Noftzger, S. J. JMcElwee, M.
Mahin; postoilice and conference depository,
J. T. Fetro; Freedmen's Aid and Southern
Educational Society, A. C. Gerard; C.
E. White; conference relations, J. B.
Alleman. R. M. Barns, B. Sawyer, L; E.
Knox, W. D. Parr, M. II. Smith, J. 31. Rush,
L. A. Retts, J. A. Lewellen, F. A. Fish, A.
S. Wooten. C. Harvey; public worship, B.
A. Kemp. C. U. Wade; chaplains in araiv and
navy, W. S. Vigus. W. D. Parr, W. H.
Uaniel; Woman's foreign and Woman's
Home Missionary Societies, L. A.
Beeks, J. K. Waltz, H. N. Her
rick; gospel in all lands. II. C.
Smith; episcopal fund, the presiding elder.
The trustees of Fort Wayne College made
a report, which was referred to the com
mittee on education for early action. Dr.
llartzell followed in an earnest appeal on
behalf of Southern educational work.
Tho following committee on tho Biblo
cause was appointed: N. Gillain, T. Sells,
D. F. Stright, L. W. Mnnson, L: Roberts. J.
Johnston. I. C. Iliff, D. D., superintendentof
missions in Utah, was introduced, and
spoke of the day-break that has come to
that region. At the close ho took subscrip
tions for Salt Lake University amounting
to $100. The various committees, assign
ments, etc., having been disposed of, the
Bishop iutrodnced members who had been
received by transfer, Rev. Mr. Cain, of
West Nebraska Conference, and Rev. Mr.
White and others.
Rev. C. H. Payne, corresponding secre
tary of tbe Board of Education, was then
introduced, and made a very interesting
address. Following Mr. Payne's address,
J. C. Hartsell, D. D., of Cincinnati, cor
responding secretary of the Freedman's
Aid and Southern Educational Society,
spoke in an interestingmanner of the great
work which that society is doing among
not only tho colored people, hut "also tho
whito people of the South. This confer
ence is asked to raise 2,982 in aid of this
work.
TIIE FIRE RECORD.
Partial Destruction of a Factory at Portland,
Ind. Good Work of Firemen.
Special to the Inilianauolia Journal.
Portland, Ind., April 3. Fire in the
creamery package manufactory, late last
night, which started in the main build
ing, was coniined to the dry-
kiln, burning only 'one building,
the dry-kiln and six car-loads, of
heading. The entire loss will not exceed
82.000. But for tho good work of the lire
department and the bucket brigade the
immense factory, which is the largest of its
kind in tho United States, would have been
destroyed.
Losses by Fire.
Utica. N. Y., April 2. A four-story brick
block on ueneseo street, this city, occupied
by Charles W. Miller &, Son, wholesale and
retail dealers in hardware and dairy uppa-
ratus, ana u u. enaver, silverware, was
damaged by fire early this morning. The
loss is estimated at 40,000; fully insured.
El Paso. Tex.. April 2. J. N. Follansbee.
of the Bavicore ranch, arrived from Mexico
last night, and reports that on Suuday last
tho Cusihuiriachi reduction-works, located
about fifteen miles southwest of Chihuahua,
and owueu uv a .ew iotk company, were
destroyed by lire. Loss, 2,000,000,. The
cause of the tire is unknown. "
9 fit ai j
jolkpo, u.. April i. rnoriiy niter noon
tho works of the Toledo Licorice Company,
located in the western edge of tho city.
caught nro ironi xue ury-Kim ana were de
stroyed. Loss. iniiy injured.
Special to the Indianapolis JonrnaJ.
Angola. Ind.. April 2. The Normal Col-
lego boarding hall burned to the ground
la6t night- It was a large frame structure
and tho loss is about G.000. It was insured
in the Queen ofew 1 ork for $3,500.
An Aged Murderer.
Hicksville, L. I., April 2. Gnnther
Kiel, an old man of seventy-six years, this
morning shot Frederick Van Siso, twenty
two years of age. through the heart, killing
him "instantly, and afterward broke the
1 ft leg nud otherwise seriously injured
Frederick's lather. .Nathan v an Sise. bub-
feouently Gnnther was himself almost
killed by Charles Dnryea, who besit tho dd
man into insensibility with a picket. All
hud been drinking. Kiel u$ wealthy.
IOWAANTI-PKOHIBITIONISTS
Conference of KcpuLlicans Opposed to
Making Temperance a Political Issue.
Present State Law Denounced as a Failure by
a Life-Long Prohibitionist Resolutions
Defining the Views of the Party.
Df.s Moines, la., April 2, The anti-prohibition
movement within the Kepnblican
party that has made such headway since
the last election culminated in a State con
ference hero to-day. One hundred and
ninety-six delegates, representing twenty
five counties, were present, and they stood
for several thousand Republicans at home
who held the same views. At the opening
session this afternoon Mr. Geo. M. Hubbeil,
of Davenport, was elected temporary chair
man. He delivered an address in which he
said that he had been a life-long Prohibi
tionist, and had done all in his power to en
force the prohibitory law in this city, and
failed. He was ready now to ask the Leg
islature for some relief for communities
where prohibition was a failure. The nsnai
committees were appointed, and adjourn
ment was then taken till eveniug.
Ex-Governor Kirkwood, of Iowa City, had
been expected to be present, but was de
tained by ill health. He sent a letter in
which, among ether things, he said:
Personally, I am in favor of local option and
hign license, with stringent regulations. I favor
this policy because I believe it will better pro
mote the public welfare than the present law
does. But fionieof our Prohibition frlands say
if such change shall be made in the pr esent law
tne Republican party win never carry an elec
tion in Iowa again. Well, that looks to me very
much like an attempt at bulldozing, and the Re
publicans never took kindly to that mode of ar
gument. They do not seem to be "built that
way." This policy has been pursued for some
years by extreme Prohibitionists in Republican
fctates that have not adopted prohibition, and Is
now threatened here. It has not won in the
past, and I think will not in the future.
Tho letter was received with great ap
plause. The committee on permanent or
ganization reported at the night session,
naming Mr. Joseph Collins, of Keokuk, for
chairman, who addressed the conferenco
from the stand-point of another Prohi
bitionist who had tried to enforce the law
and failed, and as a Republican and a tem
perance man he asked for some protection
against uncontrolled saloons.
The following resolutions were presented
by tbe chairman of the committee, Hon. A.
B. Cummins, of Des Moines. They were re
ceived with great enthusiasm:
The representatives of the Republicans ol the
State of Iowa who are opposed to the existing
prohibitory law, bavin met in conference, now
submit to the people and to the Republican party
the following statement of their views:
We, as Republicans, declare our allegiance and
fidelity to the principles of the Republican party
as enunciated in its platform adopted at Chi
cago, upon which Benjamin Harrison was elected
to the office of President of the United States.
We recognize the liquor trafllo as one which
requires regulation, but insist that the object of
such regulation should be to minimize intemper
ance and mitigate its evils. The experience of
this, as well as other States, has conclusiv ely
shown that general prohibition, operating upon
all communities alike, without respect to their
habits, conditions, circumstances or desires, is
not adap ted either to suppress intemperance or
promote morals; and, therefore, the experiment
should b) abandoned and the law so modified
that those communities which desire a change
shall have the right to determine for themselves
whether intoxicating liquors shall be sold as a
beverage within their limits.
We are unalterably opposed to any attempt to
Introduce into the State Constitution the doc
trine of prohibition. The organic law of the
State ought not to be encumbered with a police
regulation of that character.
We recognize that the Republican party orig
inally gave Its assent to the policy of prohibition
us au experiment only, but we regret that its
latest announcement will bear the construction
that it has become one of the doctrines of the
party. A political organization has no Just right
to bring into Its declaration of principles anew
doctrine unless it be one upon which substan
tially all Its members agree. A large number of
Republicans iu Iowa are, and always have been,
opposed to general prohibition, and if the Re
publican party adheres to its present position
upon this question it is manifest that by such ad
hererjee it tends to exclude from its membership
all tLose who believe that tho polioy is fatal to
tbe best interest of the State. '
We recognize that there are many able and
faithful members of tho party. who believe in
prohibition, and it would be as unjust and un
wise to oflend them by the announcement of any
piatrorm, as we have felt it unjust and unwise
to make declarations repugnant to our views.
Inasmuch as the members of the party are not
agreed upon this subject, there is obviously but
one course which tko party can honorably-pur
sue; it is to rigorously exclude from the party
platforms every reference to it; leaving each Re
publican member of the Legislature at full lib
erty to act with respect to it as his Judgment
may direct The experiment of general prohi
bition has been faithfully tried and in many por
tions of the State it has lamentably failed. Tho
Republican party cannot justify its further
support of the tax as a party measure. Those
members of the party holding our views cannot
with honor to themselves longer lend their aid to
impose upc& many co.iiniunities all the evils of
unlicensed, unrestricted and unregulated liquor
selling.
For these reasons, and In the interest of
corality, business and social order, we ask the
General Assembly now in session to so amend
the prohibitory law as to give to communities
that so desire to act the power, subject to a min
imum license to be Hied by the Legislature, to
regulate the sale of intoxicating liquors through
the incaium or mgn license. Ana we insist on
such a change in the platform of the Repub
lican party as will enable us to stand honestly
upon It, and to assist In restoring the party to
complete supremacy, and hereby pledge our
selves to so work in the future as to attain tho
object and secure the end set forth in tho fore
going views.
The resolutions were adopted without
change.
Merely a Prohibition lL.lo.
New York, April 2.-The Herald this
morning states that the Prohibition organ,
Voice, will to-morrow publish the details
of an alleged corrupt conspiracy entered
into hetween the liquor-dealers of Pennsyl
vania and the leaders of both political par
ties of that State, by which the proposed
prohibition amendment to the Constitution
was defeated last fall. A fund of over
200,000 is alleged to have been con
tributed ,by the liquor men, hotel
proprietors, brewers, etc. This money, ac
cording to the V oice's story, was distributed
among leading politicians and tho press of
tho State, $4,000 being mentioned as the
amount paid to one Philadelphia paper.
lhe Herald's Philadelphia correspondent
telegraphs that he has interviewed a num
ber of the proprietors of newspapers meu
tionec by tbe Voice in connection with the
matter, and they all pronounce the story as
false, so far as their respective papers are
concerned, benator tnay pronounces the
story at a lie and beneath notice."
ALLEGED MASONS IN COURT.
Members of the Cerneau Rite Obtain an Injunc
tion Against the Blue Lodge.
Clevi'LAND, O., April 2. For several
years prist rne juasons oz unio nave oeen
divided on account of what is known as
the Cerneau Rite. To-day the controversy
was taken into the Common Pleas Court.
Three suits were hied by County Kecorder
A. I. Anderson, Deputy Probate Judge F.
M. Chandler and A. . Gilbert against the
Graud Lodge of Ohio, Leander llurdick,
grand master Mason of the State, and the
Forest City Lodge of this city. The peti
tions allege that a conspiracy was entered
into by tne Grand Lodge to oust certain
members who have become Cerneau
Masons. Ily systematic work the Grand
Lodi?e was captured by the alleged
conspirators, and all those not in
sympathy with them had to go. Edicts
and resolutions were passed in direct con
tlict with the constitution, aud tho Grand
Lodge went outside of its duties to expel
members and lodges obnoxious to the sight
of the conspirators. Charges were pre
ferred against Anderson, Chandler and
Gilbert, and the hearing, of these charges
was set for this evening, at a special meet
ing called for that purpose. The plaintiii's
claimed that the hearing would be a farce,
so far as a just and equitable hearing is
concerned, and say they have no adequate
remedy at law jn case they are expelled.
They a sic the court to enjoin the hcariug
and expulsion of the plaintiii's in the three
cases. One of the principal charges airainst
Chandler was that he delivered an address
at a Cerneau banquet, in which some of the
secrets of Masonry were given away. Judgo
Lamsou heard the motion for a restraining
uidcr, and grunted it, pending a hearing.
Highest of all in Leavening Power.
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'SETTING THE 1Y03IEX RIGHT.
A KeUpioun Taper Agrees with the Secular
Press as to the W. C. T. U. rosltion.
New York Independent.
We have a letter from a prominent officer
of the Woman's Christian Temperance
Union complaining that the secular aud
partisan press of the country persist in
misrepresenting the position of that
body, and asking our help in making
the position of the union clear. Wo
shall . ho glad , to undertake to do
this. As we understand it, the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union.though organ
ized for tho special purpose of pushing the
educational side of temperance, feels it to
he its duty to support any political party
that will advocate the adoption nnd en
forcement of prohibition. As neither the
Democratic nor the Republican party
has declared for prohibition in their na
tional platforms, tbe union refuses to
indorse either. As the third party has
done this, both in its national and
Sttae platforms, the Woman's . Christian
Temperance Union does indorse that party.
We understand it to be willing to indorse
either of the old parties if they
will take the same position that the
third party has taken. Many of the good
women of the union have taken issue with
it on this point. They say that a great ed
ucational organization of women, like the
Waman'a Christian Temperance Union,
ought not to enter into alliance
with any party, under any circum
stances. These women, therefore,
have organized what is known as
the Non-partisan Woman's Christian Tem
perance Union. This union proposes to
avoid all entangling alliances with politi
cal parties, and to do its work on strictly
non-partisan and non-sectarian lines. We
give our unhesitating 6upport to the posi
tion of the latter, believing that it is
wiser and better in every respect
than tho former. Wo do not think
that there is any reason or any. excuse for
the alliance of tne Woman's Christian Tem
perance Union with any political party,
and we believe that the majority of the
active temperance women in the country,
if they could vote on the subject quietly,
would vote in favor of the non-partisan po
sition. Colonel Elijah' Quarters.
Frank Q. Carpenter's Letter.
In the southeast corner of the building
the executive clerk, Mr. Prnden. makes up
with his tine Italian hand the commissions
that the President gives to officers, and
next to this office and opening into the hall
is the private secretary's room. This is one
of the big rooms of the building. It takes
109 yards of carpet to cover it, and it has
windows which command a beautiful view
of the Potomac. A cheery wood lire burns
on one side of it, and in front of the windows
and hehind a big flat desk sits a little five
foot eight anatomy who represents to most
of the callers the President of the United
States. The private secretary of the Presi
dent holds an office fully as important as
that of a Cabinet minister, and CoL Ual
ford tills it well. He is a dark-faced, black
eyed, sober young man of about forty years
of age. He does notweigh over 125 pounds,
and his face is of an intellectual cast. His
forehead is broad and full, his nose thin,
and his checks rather hollow than full. He
dresses well, but has not the rongh and
ready democratic air of his predecessor, CoL
Lamont. There are no quarters for his ac
commodation in the White House, and he
must come here often in tho evening and
consult with the President upon the busi
ness of tho hour.
The Little Maid Who Snubbed Bismarck.
Edward King, in Boston Journal.
I like best to think of him as I saw him one
snowy January morning in the great park,
where Louis Quatorze once . walked with
his brood of courtiers and conrtesans. Both
Bismarck and Von Moltke were in tho habit
of takinc walks in the nark unattended.
and on this snowy morning Bismarck, look-
ing nuger man ever in nis naru-oiue uni
form, hisflat cap, and with his long sword
dangling at. his heels, had paused beside
the great, desolate basin of the Fountain
of Xeptune, and stooping down, had
offered his hand to a tiny irench
maiden not more than four years old,
a maiden who knew her P's and Q's. and,
what was more, knew that P stood for
Prussian, the invader, and bo would none
of Bismarck's amity, but stood pout
ing, yet feeling a certain sense of dimly
defined coquettish pleasure in snnbbing
the enemy. Sidney Hall, who saw this at
the same time, made a pretty picture of it,
and quaintly picturesque it was the world
worn unitier of Germany offering his hand
to tho little French maiden, who defied
him, ho laughing, and grumbling, and coax
ing alternately.
Scientific Road-Making.
Philadelphia Press.
The president of the Case School of Ap
plied Science, ix. Cleveland, O., announces
that that institution will begin a course of
instruction in road-making andv allied
topics. It will include lectures on road
location, repairing, ditching, draining, road
machinery,buildingof culverts and bridges,
and the best material for making roads and
their application to different localities and
climates. Thero is no question on which
there is more ignorance than on road-making,
and no subject which concerns com
mon, everyday people more. The results of
this ignorance are evident everywhere in
town and country, and every effort to dissi
pate it should be enconraged. If the other
scientific institutions would follow the ex
ample of the Cleveland school a great im
provement would soon follow. It is not so
much technical knowledge that is needed
as it is some plain, common-sense rules, and
these the Case school hopes to supply by
making its lectures free and giving them in
the winter.
Liberality In Advertising.
Philadelphia Inquirer."
The late A. T. Stewart, in his day the
merchant Drince of New lork, once said
that every business man should spend a
sum of money in advertising equivalent to
the annual rental of his store. That was
true in his day, hut so rapid has been the
progress of scientific advertising since then
that 11 the mercnant prince were anve 10
dav he would undoubtedly recommend an
expenditure of a sum at least twice the
rental of a store. The business man of to
day. who is not satisfied to make a mere
living out of his business does not need to
be prodded with the sharp tougs of progress
to make hira advertise. Ho advertises
steadily, and scientifically, and intelli
gently. .
Susrcetted by the Farmers Alliance Movement
"Western Christian Advocate,
Varmara Teill An xrpll f r dlstrniet. tllA fin.
its name; who promise the agricultural
miltnTininm on the result of this or that
legislation. Senator Sherman's anti-trust
bill will help, if passed; m will other
measures; but the firm foundation upon
which the farmer must build his hopes is
teristic of American farmers must disap-
sm
pear, uermans grow ncii upon our aoan
doned farms. We must work smaller
tracts, plow deeper, cultivate more varied
crops, keep out of lotteries and gin-shops,
practice economy, live within our means,
. . - : i
YOie 1UI kUUU UiCU, HUltt. UlU UiUlU3, ttUU
serve uoa.
. A Gentle Insinuation.
Bait Lake Tribune. -
What an unmitigated old fraud and liar
Congressman springer or Illinois is:
Whether he has been the paid attorney of
the Mormon Church for twenty years past,
or whether he has volunteered to defend it
In ftpaann and out. lust for hin lnvn nf mean
ness it is not necessary to worry r.but, but
that he does serve it lust as diet "xuliy as
ever old Carlton did is manifest enough.
' Advice to Kansn.
Kansas City Journal.
It is time to relegate to the rear the well-
intentioned cranks who would revolutiou-
izo tbe present financial, transportation
and general business methods of the coun-
try, auu piace uio euiuuuu ui uiewwM-
U. a Gov't Report, An. 17, iBBq.
IIAILWAY TTME-TAI1LES.
from inliicapolls Union Suuoa,
ennsylvania Lines.
East Wen- South North.
Train runbv Central Stanmjrd Time,
Leave for PlttKburg. Baltimore. d 4:30 a ra,
Washington, Philadelphia and 2er d 2:35 p m.
York. ) d 5:30 p m,
Arrivo from the East, d 11:40am., d 12:50 pou,
andd 10:20 pm.
Leave for Oolumbua, 9:00 am.: arrive from
Columbus, 3:50 pa.; leave for lilchxnond, 4:00
pm.; arrive from Richmond. 9:10 am.
Leave for Chioao. d 10:35 am., d 12:20 anu;
arrive from Chicago, d 4:05 nm.; d 3:55 am.
Leave for LouUvlllo, d 1:00 am. 7:115 am., d
4:lO pm.. 5:20 pm. Arrive from Louisville, 9:50
am., d 10:30 am., 5:50 pm., d 12:15 am.
Leave for Vlncennos and Cairo 7:25 cm.. 4:10
pm.: arrivo from Ylncexmea &nd Cairo; 10:30
am., 5:12 pm.
d. dally; other tralpa except Sunday.
VAtfDALXA UN D-SIIOBTEST ROUTE TO S
LOOZS AJTD TUX WH3T.
Trataa arrive Dd teave Indian apoU na follows:
Leave ft bk I, 7; am, uU am, 1:00 pea. 11:00 pa,
7.-O0 pm.
Greonoaetto and Tcrre Ilatitn Aooom. 4.-C0 pm
am. from bt. i, 3.46 am, 4.1S am, &30 pm, 7:45 pm,
flcSOpm.
Tarre Haa fee and Oreenaaatla Aeoom. iCfcOOani
Bleeping and ParlurOar are run on thrcnim tralua.
Tor races axd lnfunoafion arpl to ticket ageciti of
the company or II. Ik DKULNO. Aflaiitant Oeueral
Pnrogar JLtrent-
Peoria Division
(Utela&W.R'x)
SHORT LINE
Bast and TVeiL
Trains at Iadlac&polltt'
BIG
ROUTE
ooixa WEST.
Arrive 7;20 a. m. 10:40 p. m.
Depart 7:45 am, 1 1:15 pm. 12:03 noon, 5:00 pra.
GOIXO. EAST.
Arrive fli45 pm, 3:4.o am. 2:40 pm. 10:15 a. m.
Depart 7: 15 pm. 4:00 a.m.
ballj.
City Oiaoea 138 Strath Illinois stret and aouth
east corner Washington and .Meridian atreeta.
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THE VESTIBULED
PULLMAN CAR LINE.
LEAVE INDUNaPOLXS.
No. 2 CUcago Express, dally ex. Snnday....7:30 ata
Arrive In Chlcaro -:?.0 pra.
No. 32 Chicago Llm.. Pullman Vrstlbuled
coaches, parlor and dining car. dally 11:10 aaa
Arrive In Chicago 6:00 pm.
No. 34-Chlcago Night Ex., Pullman Vestt-
baled coaches and sleepers, daily 1:15 an
Arrive in Chicago 7:35 am.
No. 18 aionon Ac. tlUy 6:00 pn
ARBIYE AT IXPIAXaPOLXS.
No. 31 Veatlnule 3 55 pm.
No. 33 Vestibule 3:55 am
No. 1 Night Express- 8:o5 tat
Pullman Vest lbuled Sleepers for Chicaea stand at
-west end ot Union Station, and can be taken at 8:3d
p. m., daily.
Ticket offices No. 26 South Illinois street and at
Union Station.
National Ws-Ms
AVrought-Iron Pipa
roa
Gas, Steam & Water
Boiler Tubes, Cat ani
Malleable Iron Fitting-
(black and ralranlzcdu
valves, Stop Cooks, Engine
Trimmings, fiteani Gauges.
Plpo Tonga; pipe Cutter.
Vises, Bcrew Plates nd
Dies, .Wrenches, Pteam
Traps, Pumps, Kitchen
ginks. LTose, Belting. Bab
bitt Metal, Bolder, Whito
and Colored Wiping Waste,
and all other supplies used
In connection with Gas.
Bteain and Water. Natural
Gas Supplies a speci&ltr.
Bteam-heatinc Apparatus
Tor Public Bnildlngs, Store
rooms, Mills. Shops, Facto
lies. Laundries, Lumber
Dry-houses, etc Cut and
Thread to order any eizo
Wrought-lron Pipe from a
inch to 12 Inches diameter.
KNIGHT JILLbON.
7d & 77 S.Pennsylvania st
lems in tbe hands of 'the conservative,
practical business men of the State, who
really have more at stake in the mat
ter tnan anybody elso.
INGAXL3 IN THE SENATE.
ASIan with Many Peculiarities tut Much
Ability Peronal Characteristics.
Frederick S. Daniel, in Frank Leslie's Monthly.
Mr. Inzalls has long been noted as tho
sharpest-tongned orator, the most Huent
thrower of unpleasant, yet strictly parlia
mentary expressions, in tho Senate; and his
tilts, wnen on the lloor, are not conrted
in view of his thoroughly Wild-West
evstem of tomahawinir and scalping his
opponents, figuratively speaking. But, as
presiding ollicer, lie Has been an agreeable
biirprise to both his friends and foes, a pink
of courtesy, a model of impartiality, dig
nity and good sense. His decisions are re
markably correct, clearly and promptly, jfle-
Jivered, and nis Knact ox expediting mat
ters is 60 great that it may truly be said to
have changed tho method of transacting
the business of the chair from a lous-hand
into a short-hand system.
He has a natural talent for sifting, con
densing and lopping oil' useless details, and
tho common run or provoking and irritat
ing tangles are swiftly solved at his hands
without tho least bother. Indeed, he has
been metamorphosed in the chair, and this
change from the rabid debater to the calm,
xnodel manager is so strikingly strange and
novel as to have centered upon him a good
deal ot extra admiration and interest.
Only an apparent chango, yet it displaj-a
such an unusual laculty ot adaptation,
and not merely of imitation, as to keep tho
respectful attention of the Senate, and of
all visitors, tixec. on his personality even
over and above the office ho holds.
Mr. Ingalls does not belong to the cate
gory of bald-headed Senators, retaining an
ample growth of hair, which is snow-white.
In person he is tall, slim and erect, jerky
and still, extremely nervous in tempera
ment, restless iu movement and look, after
the manner of the inhabitant of the West,
of which ho is a modified typo; and it is pre
cisely on acconntof this nervous restlessness
that his enforced calmness in the chair,
listening to wearisome debates under tho
bonds of discipline, duty and the exercise
of self-control excites all the more admira
tion. True, he dispenses with as much of
this terrible discipline as he thinks he can
with safety to the reputation ho has se
cured of being a veteran in tho
art of listening to leaden entertain
ments, and, during a long, set speech
from which no interest is possible of ex
traction, he hastens to call up some mem
ber to take his place. He has a cultured,
intellectual air, blended with ono of prac
tical hrwdnes?.amouutiugto hard, down
right cunning to foxiness, for the small
of oratory iuvariabls bears evidence of a,
very close attention to ponsn.
Obituary,
LouisviLir, Ky.. April 2. Phil Judge,
for many years proprietor and manager of
the Louisville Hotel, died hero lat night.
Ho begau life as errand boy at tho hotel
and grew to be a partner in the ownership.
Ho retired from activo lifo 6tveral years
ago.
Boston, April 2.G. W. Cobnrn. of the
wool tirni of Hallowell & Cobnrn, died sud
denly, this forenoon, in his onice. of heart
disease. He was a native of Ipswich, and
& philanthropist. His estato is estimated
at tl.-WXK). He leaves a widow.
New Oulkan, April 2. On. Thcnns C.
Anderson. Republican, formally dt-pnty
collector of this port and a member ot the
famous Louisiana returning board of l$?4
to 1S7C. died in this city at 2 o'clock tLU
morning, aged eevemj.
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BMHiieavBasBHi
Size or his ceaa ana buajio ui un wuuuiu
give him a decidedly foxy look. All his
VifA nn assiduous lihTary student, his style-