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INDIANAPOLIS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 1886.
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WASHINGTON.
Teinsylvittia's War Governor Fails to Re
sign tint Cbdmaiship.
"Bens Bill Introdncfcd Yesterday by In
1Ud Representative Bland and
James UIm-d Silver Coinage
Tariff Talk Personals,
Special to the Sentinel.
Washington, Jan. 11. The "scene" which
it was supposed would be enacted to-day by
Mr. Curtin in declining the chairmanship of
the Banking and Currency Committee and
the arraignment of peake Carlisle failed to
xtaterialize. It was the general topic of con
versation. At 3 o'clock the tall form of
Certain was soen to enter the east door, when
it was supposed the fan would begin. He'
promenaded the lobbies and talked to many
cf the members in the most excited manner.
All eyes were upon him. He waited to his
seat, remained but a moment, then left the
tall In the direction of the House restaur
ant aS if to refresh himself with "cold tea."
While out in the halls of the building he
was corralled by Randall and Morrison, ta
ken to the Committee Room on Appropri
ations, where the two peace-makers for the
time poured oil upon the troubled waters
and left him, supposing all was serene. It
was not long, however, mntil he was again
cn the floor, but before he could get an op
portunity Morrison moved, for an adjonrn
icent To-night wise counsel is at work
with the hope of having him change his
plans, but I have it from one immediately
from tie conference room that in the dull
lexicon of years there is no such thing as a
back-down, and he will do to-morrow what
he wanted to do to-tliy.
Ullis Introduced by Representatives From
Indiana.
Ppeeial to the Sentinel.
Washington, Jan. 11. This was a bill day
in the House. Mr. Howard introduced a bill
asking an appropriation lor Moses C. Rum
bo and Medler for money lost on their con
tract to construct a railroad from New Al
bany to the National Cemetery near that
place. The bill alleges that the Secretary of
"War ordered the grade of the road to be
changed, which caused the lose. Also bills
for the relief of John Applegato, of Frank
lin; K. M. Gilbert, Mrs. IT. L. Vandeventer,"
George L. Key, Thomas Simpson, Matthew
Stockdale, J. King, John A. Dean, Thoraas
Crawford, Milton Hazzard and Edon Davis.
By Mr. "Watson for the relief of John
"Wells, Wm. Mabee, W. E. Hardy, Jos. Mc
Millen, Abner Moorehead, W. H. Hamlet,
Andrew Harris, Samuel Lambertson, John
Crovens and Alex sturgeon.
Ey Mr. Johnson for the relief of L. J. Fris-J
Ten, Henry Johns, Enols Loyd, Samuel C.
Fisher; also a bill granting pensions to all
United States soldiers of the late war.
Ey Mr. Eynum for the relief of Samuel
Davis and Sisters of Providence of St. Mary's
cf the "Woods in Vigo County; also for the
relief of Julius K. Fredericks and William
Sayers.
Judge Lowry, of Fort Wayne, introduced
a bill for the purchase of the property on the
eat side of the United States Court-house at
Fort Wayne, to be paid for out of the public
Treasury.
Ey Mr. Fard: For the relief of Jeremiah
M. Parks and Phillip Tropp.
Mr. Owens introduced a bill providing for
the pensioning of all honorably discharged
soldiers and sailors who served sixty days in
the war, at the rate of $S per month.
Ey Mr. Brown : Fixing a pension rate for
the disability of deafness. Total deafness of
both ears, $G0; total one ear and severe deaf
ness in the other, or severe deafnes3 of both,
$GO; for the least grade of deafness an equit
able proportion of the above, to be fixed by
the Secretary of the Interior.
Mr. Cobb introduced forty-three bills, all
cf which were for relief and pensions.
Tariff Talk Silver.
Facial to the Sentinel.
"Washington, Jan. 11. The "Washington
Tost, which affects to speak for Mr. Morrison,
says he will press th Tariff Iteform bill
promptly and vigorously, and adds that the
Committee on Ways and Means was made
rp with this end in view. It contains a ma
jority of revenue reformers, "who know just
what they want and just what they have- to
do. The intention of these gentlemen is to
report a plan of revision within thirty days,
and see to it that the IIouee takes it up and
every member of the House votes upon it.
There are in the House between 150 and l'f)
Democrats who can be relied upon to sup
port the committee. Opposed are 13- Re
publicans, who can be relied upon to do jnst
the reverse. The balance of power is in the
hands of twenty -five Democrats and eight
or ten Republicans. If these people vote as
they did in the spring of 14 the bill will
be beaten. Congressman McKinley thinks
the revenue reform wing cf the Ways and
Means Committee will decide to report a bill
reducing the duties of a Selectol list of arti
cle?, woolen and cotton good?, steel, iron and
pottery in particular. The minority will
report a bill opposed to this or any other
effort to alter the existing schedule. A bill
cf some such kind will likely pass the
House after the usual fight, Mr. McKinley
thinks, but he looks to the Senate to defeat
this measure. On the other hand, Mr. Mor
rison expresses himself a3 inclined to intro
duce a more sweeping measure.
Ex-Governor Dingley, who is a strong
anti-silver man, says frankly that there is no
prospect of any legislation repealing or
modifying the silver coinage law. He even
thinks the Fastis resolution advisins the
payment of bonds in silver may pass.
The Silver Question,
tpeelal to the Sentinel. '
Waswington, Jan.' II. "There Is only
cne thinj to do with silver," said Chairman
Eland, of the Coinage Cfimittee. this morn
Ir. g. "Either cease coining it altogether and
declare it a base metal, or give it unlimited
t oinagw like gold. .The present law was a
CoiTfroinise measure, which gave wa
rights of the American people. Mr. Eland
denies that he will introduce a bill author
izing the issue of silver certificates on silver
bullion. He says he has not yet 'decided to
introduce any bill. There are plenty of bills
now before the House, and if the committee
does not like any of them it can report any
substitute it pleases. The committee will
meet to organize about the middle of this
week.
In an interview this morning. Congress1
man James says he does not think there is
the slightest probability of favorable Con
gressional action on the resolution provid
ing for the payment of the next $10,000,000
bond call in silver. He says that the effect
of such action would be to bring about a
temporary commercial panic, and that this
could long ago have been done by capitalists
in the East, had a desire to do so existed.
Neither does he think there is any prospect
of action in favor of silver dollar suspension,
as Eastern sentiment will, in his judgment,
be beaten on the floor of the House, if it is
not in the Committee of Coinage, Weights
and Measures.
llenlrtoks Monument Meeting.
Special to the tentineL
Vahingtos, Jan. The Indianians hsre
held to-night, at the Willard Hotel, a large
meeting for the purpose of raising
funds for the erection of a monu
ment to late Vice President Hendricks.
Congressman Ward, President of the delega
tion, presided. After a brief speech by Sen
ator Voorhees the following committee was
appointed to solifit subscriptions from
whomsoever they may: Lyrurgus Palton,
Chairman; J. W. Nicholas. C. F. Faulkner,
T. H. McKee, John T. Williams and E. X.
Johnson. There were present at the meet
ing over fifty of Indiana's most prominent
representatives and the indications are
that a handsome sum will be
raised at an early date and sent to the Treas
urer at Indianapolis. In addition to the en
terprise of people from Indiana, another as
sociation of the District has been formed,
comprising the many friends of Mr. Hen
dricks, headed by the venerable Mr. Cor
coran, who will also contribute largely to the
general fund. The two associations will
work in harmony with each other.
Kogu I'ay-Koll.
Special to the Sentinel.
Washington, Jan. C. When the case
against Morrow, the local newspaper pub
lisher who was arrested on a charge of put
ting a man named Thoma on the pay-rolls
of the Agricultural Department and receiv
ing his pay, although the man performed no
work, was brought up in court a few days
ago it was indefinitely postponed, and it was
supposed that nothing more would come of
it. It now apiears, however, that Attorney
General Garland haswritten to A. T. Bissel,
the prosecuting witness in the Morrow
Thoma conspiracy case, assuring him that
the government has taken the proper teps
to convict and punish the oßence of conni
vance to keep persons on the Department
pay-rolls drawing pay without rendering
service. Morrow is the editor of a Sunday
paper and Thoma was an employe in his
otlit-e. Morrow practically admitted the
charge that Thoma had held the place and.
that he Morrow) received his pay. Aman
who was an employe in the Department at
the time says that he can name twenty other
lersons who were on the pay-roll x;n1er Car
man and Mr. Loring who did no work for
their pay. .
Puhlic Printer Kound' Project The New
Honse Rules.
Special to the PentJrel.
Washington, Jan. People interested in
the Government Printing Office are talking
of Public Printer Pounds' latest project,
which is to be sent forth in his annual
report. Printers, booklinder, pressmen
and some of the clerical force are iu
tereed to the extent that if the
scheme seceed, he will require a complete
reorganization of that department. This
scheme is -none other than to extend the
civil service regulations to his department,
and his way of doing it will be to establish a
standard of picficiency for printers and other
skilled artisans employed by the Govern
ment, and to appoint -the most successful in
competitial examinations. As a reason for
such a recommendation, which will be in
cluded in Mr. Pounds' next report, it is
said that he urges that at pres
ent there 13 no rule prohibiting
the Government Printer from appointing
unworthy and incompetent persons, and
that, besides, Congressmen use the Depart
ment to repay political service. The revolu
tion that Mr. Pounds' little scheme would
cause would be something alarming, and
the Typographical aad other trades' unions
would direct a bitter fight against it. It is
claimed by the members of these unions
that their own regulations require a stand
ard of proficiency, in that it requires a
stated Kervice of apprenticeship before
a workman can command a journey
man's wages. The term of o"lce of Mr.
Pounds expires in April, and the applicants
for his place arc appearing in great number",
with no end of indorsement?. The Presi
dent will apioint, it is said, a practical
printer, and one that is In ympathy with
the claims of trades' unions, an I one at the
same time who will dispense the partonage
of the offne fair, and who will nut allow it
tobe u-cdas a political machine, as it is at
present.
Neither the Fpeaker and but very few of
the members have as yet familiarized them
selves with the n'w rules. Especially is this
the case in the introduction of bills, when
there is in most all cases a question of dis
pute between the Speaker and the memW
introducing the bill as to "which of the
seyeral committees the same should be re
ferred to.
It will require some time before the nrw
rules are fully understood in order to insure
the more rapid dispatch of business. Over
two hours were lott in the House yesterday
In discussing thlse questions.
It would teem that the State of Texas is of
ail other S tates the most outspoken against
the discrimination by railroads. Out of the
U;t fl tills Thursday introduced in Jhe
House by the Texas delegation there was
not a member who had not a bill aga'nst
the rights of railroads in the formaüon of
their own rates of tariff . and tolls.
Peagan, of ' Texas, like all other
great men, has his hobbies, and from indica
tions it would seem he permeated the en
tire Texas atmosphere, and all his colleagues
are suffering from the "Texas fever" sort of
a break-bone kind of a disease. Texas is de
termined the railroads shall understand the
people have some rights down there that the
railroad managers are bound to respect.
. Ji'OTES.
Joe Tulitzer, of New York, is the most
industrious new member in the Houe. He
writes everything with a blue pencil as if he
had moved the editorial rooms of the World
over here from New York.
Young Mr. Teiry Eelmont, of New York,
might be mistaken for a dry goods clerk or
the man who does the heavy work as ad
vance agent for a theatrical troupe. With
the exception of W. I- Scott, of Pennsylva
nia, the great railroad magnate, Ilelmont
represents more wealth than any other man
in 'ongress. .
Tariff Reform Carlisle ETarts the IreF-
dent.
Special to the Sentinel.
WASHixfiTor, Jan. 8. The Tost urges to
day that Congress make tariff reform its first
business. It says good policy dictates that'
the representatives "shall manifest without
delay their confident belief in the reform
which has been promised, and which is so
urgently required.
A good deal of comment is heard here to
day on the fact that the South and South
west have so large a share in the
distribution of the committees. It
is whispered that Mr. Carlisle has made
up his committees njt with an eye
single to the capabilities ot the persons se
lected, but with a view to their influence
and availability in the event of his name'be
ing brought before the next Democratic
National Convention in connection with the
Presidential nomination.
The friends of Senator Evarts say the re
ports that he told Beck he was going to sup
port his silver views are juite in error. Re
ports represent Mr. Evarts a3 rushing across
the Senate chamber for the purpose of con
gratulating Mr. Eeck and saying he would
follow up his line of argument.
A friend of Evarts says that the latter gen
tleman did not go out of his seat to con
gratulate Mr. Beck, but that a short time
after the speech was delivered, and Mr. Keck
passed behind the New York Senator's seat,
and, as he was passing, Mr. Eyarts rose and
shook him by the hand, and said: "I will
follow you on the same subject when the
Senate meets again." This indicated noth
ing but congratulation of the most per
functory character, and when he said he
would follow him, he did not indicate
whether he would agree or oppose.
President Cleveland is very busy nowa
days. He is working early and late. Tass
ers by the Executive Mansion see the lights
burning brightly in his room at a late
hour. A good deal of his time is taken up
with his callers. They begin coming soon
after 9 o'clock in the morning, and keep
kirn pretty buyTtrrt:! 2 p. m., the hour at
which the White House is closed for the day.
CKten after that hour, however, he receives
callers by srecial appointment. It is the
Congressmen and p-oliticians who take up
most of his time. He can nt skake off a
Congre-man or Senator as he does
his general callers who merely come
in to shake his hand. He must listen to
what they have to say, meet their arguments
with his objections, and give them from live
minutes to half an hour each as their impor
tance requires. The ordinary :allers who
come to pay their respects get usually a:i
average of about two seconds. The President
ha3 got the art of handshaking down to such
a fine joint that he can shake hands with
and p-t rid cf a man in just two seconds,
sometimes less. He has a peculiar manner
of doing thi-j work. IÜ3 right arm hang-?
down looe by his side, which is slightly ad
vanced, while the hand is pushed forward
and held down low. When a yisitor ad
vances the President is careful always to get
the first grip, and in the act of shaking
draws back his arm, which has a tendency to
help the visitor along in his passage out of
the room.
Kotes and Personall.
epedal to the Sentinel.
Waphinoton, Jan 8. Major M. H. Kidd,
of Wabash, whe is contesting the seat of
Congressman Steel, arrived this morning.
The Major has brought with him
his written evidence, and plenty
of it, showing conclusively his
right to the seat. It is thought by many he
will be able to establish by both law and
facts that he is the lawlul Representative of
the Eleventh District.
Colonel Kichard Huncbeon, of Laporte,
who lias been here for some days, expects
son to be assigned to an Indian ajency.
Henry Fry, of Marion, thinks hi? chances
for a commission to some point is good, and
says he will get there.
Colonel Ghent, ot Columbus arrived to
night, and is supposed to be here in the in
terest of himself, for the postmastership of
that place.
Secretary Lamar hos returned, and in con
sequence William Earnett, of Clay County,
will be made happy in a day or two by be
ing commissioned a timber agent.
Fined for Assault.
Special to the Sentinel.
Erazil, Ind., Jan. 7. George Harrison, a
colored gentleman, was tried to-day in the
Clay Circuit Court on a charge of assault and
battery with intent murder his wife. The
cae was an aggravated one, the assaultjbe'ng
both brutal and unjustifiable. The case was
closely contested by the State's Trosecutor,
McGregor, Jacob Herr, a rising young attor
ney, appearing for the defence. The jury
found the defendant not guilty as to the in
tent to murder, but assessed a fine of $-)0 and
costs for the assault.
Rheumatism is primarily caused by acidity
of the blood. Hood's Earsaparilla purifies
Ue tlpod, and thus ewes the disease,
THE JACKSON CLUB.
Banquet Given ty the Leading remocratic Or
gaiization of Central Ohio at Coldmlus.
A I-arge STamber of Distinguished iaets
Present Speecbe-j by Hod. Joeph L.
McDonald, of Indiana, aad Hon.
.llen ii. Thunuan, of Ohio.
CoLc.Mtr., O., Jan. The Jackson Club,
of Columbus, the loading Democratic organ
ization of Central Ohio, gave their third
banquet this evening. There .were o'J
guests, including a number of Ohio Gm
gressmen, members of the Legislature and
State officials- The arrangement: and ser
vice were complete. Hon. H. J. Sooth,
President cf the Club, was master of cere
monies, and Hon. T. E. Powell master of
toasts. The following telegram was read :
Yo.nkkb. N. V., January v, its;.
To the Committee of the J'C-kon Club, Oilmn
ms, O. : ,
Cordially concurring with yo-i in th homage
which you propose to pay to :he mua'y of the
illustrious soldier anl stat'nuu, on tie anniver
sary of the viotory nf Kew 'rli-nu. 1 vezrot that I
cmi uot be present r.t your brtujut-t t-nii.-ht.
. J. riL!'-.N.
Hon. Joseph E. McDonald, of Indiana, re
sponded to the toa-t, "Andrew Jackson,"
and spoke in substance :
On the roll of dKtingnished men enr country
has tnrnishd, few names ajipoar iarv prominent
than that of Andrew Jaetsou. Sutrum; in iiie
without fortune, and soii-educatc l. his r:.e. evou
in our country, was phenomenal. He'vas neither
to be a law inaker. nor exponniler oi law, lie
was V be a leader of men. When New orie-ins,
with its"booiv and lcauty,"wK8 ariotr. to fall into
the hands ot the invaIer he came to its revue.
Slaeed it unler martial law. thus 4;playinir ,ho
ominaut quality of his min i, which aüerwnr-l
made him so fcmous. In inain'.aining the right
he was ever rea-ly to rssuil all the
responsibility necessary to that end.
The campaign close.! with tbe, crowning
victory of the fcth of January, and heU th" news
of this great victory" was received, r. h r.ndi could
be set to th popular enthusiasm. This achieve
ment placol Jackson in the irout rani i.i military
heroes, and gave to our country an anukersiry
that will never be forgotten. Event tarried him
forwar! to broader fields. H!s State returned him
to the rnitcl .tte enate. In VJ-J be was tlie
peoples' choh'e tor President, hut Tailed to receive
a majority in the House of KeprvenUtives
and was defeated. In tS tue
triumphant election of Jackvn to' the
Presidency proved the strength oi fiat trowing
opularity which had attended himifom the te.
ginning of hi career. The ekht yesrs that lit
was "hief Magistrate was certainly, the most
eventful of his life. No man hms ever tutered the
Presidential Chair who encountered a more
powerful and determined opj-i-ition, led by the
ablest men of the times. Clay, Web-ief ai d lmaly
Calhoun formed a triumvirate whom It wo-tl'l
have seemed lmpo-sible to r ist, and yrt Jackson,
backed by his personal popularity proved an
over-match for them, and closed his oti.eial
life without a rival in the nßectiom of
the people. Jackson is his i!rst message to
rongress. expressed hUoi'Po.siu'on to recharier'.ns;
the Bunk of the I'nited Male. The tariff i;iiestion
was one more dinicult fur .lack-son to meet. The
co-called American system had strong attraction
for him. JCo public man was ever more thorough
American than Jackon. "Ki:l and exact jus
tice to all men" had always t-etu his uiotto. 1 he
question which guve President .lackon the most
anxiety, and which eannonied him in the i;e-ts
of his countrymen for all time, was tee nul!ii.ca-
tion question. The manner in which the Gov
ernment of the United states hj;d Wen I'ormed
left many juestlous unsettled, espjei
ally as to the limit of the Federal vemincnt
and the extent of the reserved rights of the states.
The two soverei'-mties, s?tate end National, could
lot claim the right Vi exercise thy wine power,
and where the sovereign powers of the stiles
ended and the sovereign powers of the f'nited
Sh'tes.no one could tell, on the l"tb of April,
lvX). the anniversary of Jefferson's Wrthda v, the
friends of nullification fare a banquet at VViish
ington. The leading spirits of the dangerous
heresy were present. Jackson was present, ami
was called on for a volunteer toast, aud promptly
responded: "Our Federal Cnlon : It nrist be pre
served." It fi ll upon that assembly like a voice
(rom the sky, aa J from . thit t.me
it wns known Jamison hud u.ken his
stand against nullification. In 1 ;J o'ltn Caro
lina threw the vaunUct ts the Federal tovern
ment upon this momentous f,ue-iion. He tool, it
iif, and on the 1th of It'Oemler, 1)2. issued a
proclamation to the people of his native state ai
Iea'injr to their patriotism an-l.love oi country in
a most tender and touching manner, und dosed
by telling them that he would enfor?.; the h. s as
louj? as they remained on the statute books with
all the power of the (-overnment at his command,
let the consequences by what they miht. The
proclamation bade him second only to Washing
ton in the ofni of popularity. In eond-iding.
let me propose to this club as Sis motto, and as an
anthem to its memory, the grand sentiia-'ut of
which he was the author: "Our Federal I uion: it
must he preserved."
Henry "Watterson. of the Louisville Courier-Journal,
responded to '"The Democratic
Press," and said, among other thin:
I am the administration's personal friend aud
public partisan. From the President ami every
member of his Government I have received noth
ing but courtesy and all the recognition and con
sideration any Democrat could desire. I think
the President has been seriously inK-judgea lor
his alleged tardinesrin "turninK the rascals out."
There is forming upon our political horizon a
cloud which il not dissipated will over
spread the whole firmament, and from
this cloud there issues a voice'
crying '-money Is king!'' The new gospel of
mammon has built its home in the Fast. I am
afraid the President ha been misled by natural
and preponderatinfr influences. He is a man of
the people, and every pulse of his heart beats t
old-fashioned Iemocratic music. The Democrats
have agreed, whenever they got the power, to re
vise the tariff. I have no fault to find with what
the iTesident says upon this subject in his mes
sage. It is what he fails to say that gives me more
or less concern. I regret that he has no views of
his own on this subject, leaving it where he found
it. The West and the south have in
terests and convictions, and if we do not
fix our terms of battle In advance of
the conflict and under the leadership of
an administration, we will be hound to support
and defend, the next time we get into National
convention, we shall have a Kilkenney tiht.
Then sir. von shall see Illinois and Michigan,
Iowa and Wisconsin, and I hope Ohio, with their
eighty-two electoral votes put to shame and rout
the time serving plea that we must sacrifice,
every lemocratic tradition and the prom
ise to make sure of the tiny-one elec
toral votes of New York. Connecticut
and New Jersey. Parties, like individuals, must
take ftine by the forelock. I think that after the
show of hands which was had last winter on the
President s ilver letter to the New York bunkers,
he was unwise to throw the weight of his message
to dead against the prcdelictions of audi a
majority of his party in 'orgress. Touching
the unlimited coinage of Mlvtr, 1 think ho is
rh'bi. Iam willing to stop on any resiousihle
basis of securitv or the maintenance in good
faith of the double standard.. Where shall we
top? When and where shall gold and silver part
Company? The weak place in the lresident's po
sition Is the continuation of the Treasury Depart
ment of the policy which the Democratic party
has condemned in Kepublican administration,
the refusal to obey the laws of Congress In their
letter and spirit. The failure of the President
to reverse Itepnblican precedents and methods in
this regard has raied in the West and
the south a genuine scare and storm. There is a
much needed parley. I would create a Silver
Commission composed of men of national repu
tation and standing, who have the public con
fidence. I would invest this commission with all
the power and paraphernalia of an Atnbasy, and
ask ongrets to suspend the coinage of silver un
til these, representatives of the Government and
the people wild make their report. I would also
rik'idly carry out the terms of the net of IsTüand
give the ail ver men the hot end of the poker.
Judge Thurnian spoke to the "Constitu
tion andtheDemocracy'though his remarks
were quite brief,owing to the late hour when
the sjeakin beg-un. lie said:
on have heard the toast light and trivial
sub'ect, to be sure, ' ' nnitution and Democra
cy.'' The first part I tave in me somewhere
down here. I think the toast was Intended to
make a little fun of the o)d man. When they
wrote that toast I can irroine one
said, "What il it?" AnoUer. per
bar. remarked, "I heard something
f that kind in the Archeological 2ociety of the
Ktate. An old Democrat was preent, and Aid
they bad been poking about into the mounds to
find pre-Adamite relics, and the old man bad
been itiegted to rctpond to that toaat, and maybe
he would find that thing. Another who had more
of the milk of kindness in him said: For God
sake don't give the old man that : 1 have a great
speech on this subject in me, but shall not de
liver it on this occasion, and I am here in ty
own heather, and they are around me, gentle
men wbo. hve accepted your invitation. They
are men w ho desire all the honor you and I can
pay to them, and it is but common politeness on
my pa ;t. as well as to my brother Jacsonian, to
say that I would not take .up the time that
yroi-erly belongs to them. You have aU heard
pie sak until yon are tired fcries of "No, no."l
and may, and probably will near me again ana
ai'ain. Applause. 1 do not see why you should
not. You are anxious to learn whether there are
any good talkers in Indiana aud Kentucky, and
what old friend Durban has to say about tho
"lHdlar of the Daddies." The best thing I can
do is to bid you good night, an; ask you to listen
to them. lApplause.
A MYSTERY SOLVED.
The Whereabout of a Runaway Couple
Discovered by a Detective.
Ciih aho, Jan. 11. During the early part
of last September J. T. O'Kourke, a St. Louis
lawyer, with a wife anil family in that city,
came to Chicago on an ostensible business
trip. While here he called on the family of
Albert H. I.arned, and one afternoon took
Miss Mary Lamed, whom he had known for
some time, for a boat ride on Lake Michigan.
Until to-day their whereabouts has been a
profound mystery, and a great many people
helieved them to be sleeping in the bosom of
the lake. It was a foggy night when they
embarked, and as they were never seen to
return it was thought that they became be
fogged, drifted out into the lake, were run
into by a propeller or tug and drowned.
The boat was found September 6, and at the
foot of Sixty-third street half full of water
and with both oars missing. This strength
ened the supH)sition that the occupants had
perished. Numerous theories were ad
vanced as to the fate of the pair. As there
was not enough wind cn the lake the night
they embarked to hurt a racing shell, the
idea'of an elopement gaiDed currency. When
the boat was found she was riding on her
keel, and this led people to believe that the
occupants had not heen capsized. They
were linally given up R3 drowned. The pub
lished statement is made to-day that the
boat in which Mr. O'Rourke and Miss Larned
embarked was not capsized, and that the
couple, after rowing on the lake until dusk,
landed safely on the pier at the foot of Thirty-ninth
street. The craft was set adrift, and
the twain walked to the Oakland station,
boarded one of the Illinois Central suburban
trains and rode down town. Arriving at the
Michigan Central depot they took the night
train and went to Detroit They obtained,
rooms at a hotel, but as O'Uoueke was short
of money, they subsequently moved to cheap
lodgings in a modest part of the city. As
O'llourke's purse was rapidly becoming
empty, he began to look around for employ
ment! Finally he found work as porter
in a dry goods store on a small salary. Miss
I.arned kept house, and under an assumed
name, they lived together in one room as
man and wife for nearly four months. Tiring
finally of the result of his intrigue with Miss
Larned O'Rourke, it is declared, indicted an
annoymcus letter in a disguised hand to his
deserted wife. The letter stated that her
husband and Miss Larned were living in De
troit. "When Mrs. O'Kourke received the
epistle, she immediately communicated
with the betrayed girl's father. The latter
at once emploved a detective who went to
Detroit and finally located the pair. The
girl was only too happy to return to the
shelter of her parents' home, even though a
cloud did hang over it. The officer con
fronted the girl when OTtourke was absent,
and bhe was taken to Windsor, Canada, to
await the arrival of her father. Before leav
ing here she left a note stating her intention
of going home. O'Kourke on returning to
his room found Miss Larned had Mown.
I'pon receiving a letter from the wife he de
serted, saying she would forgive him, he took
the train for Kirk wood, Neb., and is again
with his family. Miss Larned is a good
looking blonde, twenty-six years of age, me
dium iize, with a well rounded figure, and
always dresses handsomely and in good taste.
O'Rourke is thirty-five years of age, six feet
one inch in height, dark complexion and
wears spectacles.
Inaugural Ceremonies of Governor-Elect
Foraker, of Ohio.
Columbus, O., Jan. 11. The ceremonies
incident to the inauguration of Governor
elect Foraker took place to-day. The se
vere weather of yesterday and last night di
minished the looked-for attendance of mili
tary and political organizations. There were
about 1,500 of military and members of
clubs, who participated. The Governor's
party was met at the depot and escorted to
the State-house, where the inaugural ex
ercises proper occurred. In the rotunda of
the Capitol, Governor Hoadly, in delivering
the commission to his successor, made an
expression of his own personal good will
and congratulations. Governor Foraker
then delivered his inaugural address, which
was confined exclusively to State matters.
In concluding, he paidAhe following tribute
to bis predecessor:
'Governor Hoadly,' always kind and gener
ous, was never more so than he has been to
his successor. It would he a pleasure to
thank him for this under any circumstances,
but it is especially so wher it is recalled that
notwithstanding we have opposed each other
in two heated political contests, not a single
unkind or oflensive word has yet been sub
jected, and no one more earnestly than I en
tertains the hope that there are in store for
my immediate predecessor many years of
life, health and happiness to be spent in
wilder fields of usefulnese and honor than
any he has heretofore occupied."
The Body of One of the Victims of the
Louisville Fire Discovered.
Louisville, Jan. 11. The body of Major
If. M. Wright, one of the victims of the Tra
bue it Co. warehouse disaster, which occurred
Friday afternoon, was found in the rmoking
ruins this afternoon. He was evidently
killed bv the falling building. His hands, a
foot, and the back of his head were burned.
The body of Mr. J. 13. Kamforth, the other
victim, is thought to be near the spot where
Wright was found, but the workmen have
not reached it yet. At 6 o'clock this eve
ning a tire started in the Dickenson Furni
ture Company's warehouse, just across the
street from the smouldering ruins, aad de
stroyed $12,000 worth of furniture. Insured.
liOss on building, $5,000; insured.
Itereivea the Caucus Nomination.
Columbus, 0., Jan. 11. The Democratic
members ot the Legislature had an open
caucus to-night and nominated Allen O.
Thurman for the United States Senate, to be
voted for in each branch of the Legislature
to-morrow and in joint convention of the
two bodies on Wednesday. Thurman re
ceived thirty-eight votes in caucus and Gov
ernor Hoadly thirtj-tbree and one scatter
ing. The nomination was afterward made
unanimous by a rising vote.-
Several Stores Burned.
Evaxsville, Ind., Jan. 11. A Journal
special from Mount Vernon, Ind., reports
the destruction by fire late to-night of
several small stores. Total loss $15,000;
partly insured.
PAMELLITE MEETING.
Conference of the Nationalist Party in London
Yesterday.
Emperor William Has Signed! the Spirits
Monopoly Bill Germany Takes ros ses
sion of the Islands of Samoa in
the I'aeilic Ocean.
Dublin, Jan. 11. Sixty out of the eighty
six Tarnellite members of Parliament at
tended the meeting here to-day of the Na
tional party in Parliament, called for the
purpose cf holding a conference on the po
litical situation and to draft a line of action
to be adopted at the forthcoming session of
Parliament. Reporters were not admitted,
and therefore no details of the meeting can
be given,
Mr. Tarnell yras not present, he having left
London last evening for the purpose of at
tending the conference, but qu't the train at
Crewe, to partake of refreshments, and when
he returned to the platform he found the
train had left. He again started tor Dublin
this morning, and arrived at Chester the
same time as did Mr. Glad; tone, who was on
his wav to London. Mr. Gladstone and Mr.
rarnell were on the same platform for a few
minutes before the starting of their re
spective trains, but neither of the leaders
spoke to the other.
GERMANY'S SPIRIT BILL.
It Is Signed by Kmporor William and Sub
mitted to the IJundesrath.
Berlin, Jan. 11. Emperor William has
signed the Spirits Monopoly bill and sub
mitted it to the Bundesrath. The papers
devote several columns to the draft of the
bill and comments on the measures. The
bill proposes to compensate those deprived
of a livelihood through its operations on
the basis of a two years' income to each per
son ten years in the trade. The traffic will
be controHed by a monopoly ministry,
which will appoint agents to do the whole
sale vending of the refined spirits. The
Federal States appoint the retailers. Res
taurants, etc., by especial favor, will be al
lowed to sell spirits obtained from the mo
nopoly, without regard to prices enacted by
the State retailers. Possession of branut
wein by private persons above a specified
minimum will be a penal offense; also im
portation of raw or refined spirits. Com
munes will be empowered to add 50 per
cent, to the monopoly selling price. The
bill, if passed, will go into operation in Au
gust, Is-SSj.
SAMOA SEIZED.
Germany Takes Possession of the Islands of
Samoa.
Lonion, Jan. 11. Intelligence has been
received here that Germany has seized the
Islands of Samoa in the Pacific Ocean. The
King and his chiefs were insulted and linally
fled. A force of marines were landed from
the German war ship Albatross. The Ger
man Consul then hauled down the Samoan
flag and run up the German colors in its
stea l. The Samoans threaten to make war
on the Germans. The American and British
Consuls protested against the action of the
Germans.
PLENTY OF SNOW
And a Itelow-Zero Temperature Travel In
terrupted and Many Cases of Freer--Ing
Reported.
St. Louis, Jan. 11. The weather at this
point has monerated somewhat within the
last twenty-four hours, although at 12 o'clock
last night the mercury stood at 7 below
zero. To-day is bright and clear, with but a
slight wind stirring and the barometer indi
cates 10 above zero. ' All incoming trains
are badly delayed, especially those from the
West and East.
Sakanac Lake, N. Y.. Jan. 11. The ther
mometer indicates 11 below zero. The
weather is bright.
Kansas City, Mo., Jan. 11. Railroad
tralhc has been resumed, and Western trains
are moving to-day without serious delay.
Fourpsrsons are reported to have been
frozen to death last week in Sherman
County, Kansas. Their names are Fred
Deride and Jacob Koningham, at Gardy,
Mr. Kerns, of Voltaire, and a boy named
Harper, also of Voltaire.
Eurlinoton, Iowa, Jan. 11. The intense
cold continued over Sunday, the thermome
ter marking 23 degrees below zero Sunday
morning and at midnight Sunday night.
Sunday evening a fire destroyed a frame
dwelling owned and occupied by Geo. Liewe
and Chas. Buettner, the former, a noted
German naturalist, his residence containing
the finest collection of birds, insects and
animals west of New York, the Smithsonian
Institute included. In the collection were
00,000 insects purchased two years ago
from Dr. August HofThieister, of Fort
Madison, Iowa. There were many speci
mens from all over the world of the
rarest beauty and great value. The hydrants
were frozen so that the Fire Department was
unable to arrest the flames, and a fierce gale
blowing from the northwest made quick
work. Buettner is in despair over his loss.
John Long, a cigar maker, unmarried, was
found frozen to death Sunday morning.
New York, Jan. 11. A Montreal special
says: "The river has risen two feet since
midnight, flooding all the cellars on St, Paul
street, and causing great damage to whole
sale houses. . The water is now inundating
the Bonaventure Depot, and if it continues
to rise trains will only reach Point St.
Charles. The thermometer marks ten de
grees below zero, and the water freezes as it
Floods the streets. In Grifhntown, which is
the poorest quarter of the citjr, great miserv
exists. The water rose rapidly in the cel
lars, in many cases burying the peoples'
supplies both of fuel and provisions. Cattle
and horses had to be turned into the streets
to save them. The ice bridge which formed
in front of the city yesterday shoved out
and across the south side of the banks, carry
ing all before it, and leveling to the ground
fences, barns, trees, etc. The damage is very
considerable, and is causing greater misery
owing to the intensely cold weather.
Chattanoo;a, Tenn., Jan. 11. The min
imum temperature at the signal oilice this
morning was seven below zero. Dispatches
from towns throughout East Tennessee,
Northern Georgia and Northern Alabama
say that last night was the coldest ever
known. Stock is suffering greatly.
Mobile, Ala,. Jan. 11. The coldest weath
er ever known in the South has prevailed
since last Friday night. This morning the
mercury registered 12 degrees above.
Baltimore, Jan. IL The cold has been so
Intense for several days that the rivers emp
tying into Chesapeake Bay have been frozen
fcurd Dvxirrg t.a-dy no shipping has x-
rived at this port and but little is reported
in the lower bay, the m-bound vessels hav
ing sought shelter from the prevailing storm.
The temperature is now moderating, and the
vessels in the harbors will come up.
Louisville. Jan. 11. The weather here is
extremely cold but clear. The temperature
was about stationary, the thermometer reg
istering 7 below zero. Considerable suffer
ing is reported here and througbont the
State.
Topeka. Kan., Jan. 11. News reached hero
this noon that a heavv snow was fallin? at
Newton, which would further interfere with
travel on the Santa Fe Koad. Durin? the
afternoon, however, the Santa Fe general of
ficers were informed that the storm had
ceased. In view of the fact, however, that
all the towns along the road are crowded!
with passengers waiting to get out, orders
were given to abandon the regular trains out
of Kansas City to-night.
The Southern Kansas and the Missouri
Tacific and the Omaha Roads are cleared.
Notwithstanding the statement current
to-day it appears that the condition of the
Western railroads is little better than for
several days past. Another snow storm was
reported to-day from Western Kansas, im-
fpding the work of clearing the tracks,
here are no through trains on the lines
west from here in or out to-night.
Dodge City, Kas.. Jan. 11. The heavy
snow and bitter north winds of the past teu
days have caused the most serious appre
hensions among cattlemen as to their prob
able losses. Up to this time but few have
come in from the range country, but within
a few miles of here no less than öoO head!
have drifted to the river, where
they perished in attempting to
cross, or drifted np to fences whero
they remained frozen to death. A.
party in from a ranch south reports seeing
cattle on his way up frozen that were stand
ing on their feet. The water holes are
frozen over, the grass is snowed under, ami
the waather is cold, with every prospect foe
more snow. The loss of live stock will be
very heavy on the Arkansas River.
Baltimore, Jan. 11. The passengers who
were snow-bound on the Western Maryland
Railroad yesterday were broueht back
to the city to-day. The blockade
was the worst ever exjerienced in
this city, and the men who were sent from
here to clear away tne snow suffered greatly
from the cold. Reports from down the bay
show that the cold is the most intense that
has been known for years. Heavy ice has
formed in all the tributaries, and all the bay
steamers have been withdrawn. Intense
suffering is reported among the men en
gaged in oyster dredging, and it is feared
that many lives have been lost. The cattle
trains arriving from the West axe bringing
many frozen beasts.
Port Deposit. Md., Jan. 11. The ice in the
Susquehanna river is gorged from a point
three miles south of here to a considerable
distance north. The water is backed up into
the town, and all cellars and basements in
the lower portions are filled to the depth ot
several feet
Jacksonville, Fla., Jan. 11. This is the
third day of the cold wave, the ejects ot
which have been felt throughout Florida,
The temperature began falling Friday night,
and on Saturday night the thermometer re
corded twenty-one degrees at the Signal Of-
fice and fifteen degrees in exposed places.
This morning it was twenty-two decrees at
the Signal Office and eighteen wbre ex
posed. The thermometer fell to Sfteen
at St. Augustine, and is reportad to
have fallen to eighteen as far south as Tampa.
The damage done is less than was expected,
It is not believed the orange trets are In
jured anywhere in the State.
Maeshalltown, la., Jan. 11. The Signal
Service reported the thermometer at 21 be- ,
low zero at 7:30 a. m., and 103 below at
noon. The railroads were active in clear
ing the lines. The Northwestern reports its
road open to Des Moines, and expects to
clear the track to Council Bluffs to-nieht.
The Central Iowa is running on time. The
Diagonal will be open to-night Tvo train
loads on the latter road have been snowed in
at farm houses since Thursday.
Galveston, Jan. 11. The weather here
and throughout Texas continues raw and
cold. Reports from the interior indicate
that the ioss of stock will prove far greater
than was at lirst supposed. Henry Dlre, a
hunter, was found frozen to death in hi?
boat to-day. This is the fourth victim of
Friday's storm. A searching party has cone
to investigate a report that a capsized
schooner is lying in Campbell's bayou.
WAIFS FROM THE WIRES.
Eliza and Mahala Boucer, two sisters, were
frozen to death in Gark County, Kansas,
Friday night
The report that the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company has ordered a cut in passenger
rates westward from Baltimore to conform
with the B. and O. rates is denied by the com
pany. The District Assembly Knights of Labor
and a convention of international bricklay
ers and ßtone masons began their sessions at
St. Louis yesterday, but nothing is known of
their proceedings.
Governor Marmaduke, of Missouri, stated
yesterday that he had decided not to inter
pose executive clemency in the case ot
Charles Wilson, under sentence to be hanged
next Friday, January 15.
B. F. Wilkinson and J. C. Wittington, ves
trymen of St Mary's Church, Kansas City,
Mo., who went to St Louis to escort the re
mains of their late rector, Mr. Jardine, to
that city, will return to-day.
Ed. Christofer, Tom Ryan and John Mc
Laughlin, three railroad laborers, were killed
near Independence, Mo., on the Missouri
Pacific railroad, last n'ght while walking on
the track, by a passenger train.
John Humphreys Noyes, the lea Jer of thg
Oneida community, is lying sick at his resi
dence, in Niagara Fal's, of a linjrerirg ill
ness. Though hoping for his recovery, hij
friends would not surprised at his decease.
Captain Henry Meridith, Deputy Collector
of Internal Revenue, died at his re-idence,
in St Louis, Monday morning, from the ef
fects of an overdose of morphine. Tb- facta
connected with his death seem to iudicata
suicide.
Rev. Lewis T. Tschiffely, a well-known
and prominent minister, pastor of Grace
Church, Louisville, died last night of apo
plexy, aeed fifty. He had charge of churches
in Wisconsin and Nashville previous to loi
eating in Louisville.
S. M. Nelson, President of the West Rut
land Marble Company, charged with compli
city in the robbery of the Lancaster National
Bank, arrived at Clinton, Mass., yesterday
in custody of officers. He asserts that ha
can prove his innocence.
"2,Wm. J. Baldwin, of Atchison, Kan., who
was convicted at the November term of the
District Court of the murder of his Mstot
Mary in July last was sentenced to death
by Judge Martin yesterday and will be taken
to the penitentiary to-morrow.
Mr. Weaver's House bill, to restore sol
diers and sailors of the late war to tb elf
equal right with the holders of Government
bonds, appropriates 1300,000,000 to pay them
the difference between the value of the cur
rency they received and the standard oL4
coin of the United States.
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