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Proposed Postal Telerraph.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 8.-The bill introduced
in the House to-day, by Mr.. Anderson
of Kansas, to create postal telegraph of the
United States, provides that the govern
ment issue bonds to the amount of $3,0O0,-
600, redeemable in twenty years, and payable
in thirty years, and that at the expiration of
ten years there shall be set aside from the
earnings of the telegraph 100000 per year,
to form sinking fund for the payment of
the bonds. The bill provides that there shall
be uniform rate of twenty-five cents per
message of ten words, or less and twenty-five
cents for every additional ten words. 1t con-
templates telegraph postal office at every
postoffice where there is carrier system.
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CEDAR RAPIDS Ia, Jan. Sat 24O this
morning the st. Louis express and Minneap-
oils fast express on the B., c. R. & N. col
lided near Norris four miles north of Cedar
Falls. The engines were wrecked. The
property car of the Lights O London show,
next to the engine of the st. Louis express,
was telescoped by the baggage-car, and four
property men in the car severely injured
one, 7. Scott, probably fatally. The scenery
and property Of the show were wrecked. No
other passengers were injured. The firemen
and engineers of both engines saved them
selves by jumping. The blame is not To-
Gated. The manager of the wrecked show
has telegraphed to New York for new
outfit.
LATER.--Thomas Scott died at 11:3O A. NJ
to-day
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supreme Court Decisions.

WASHINGTON, Jan. SIN the Supreme
Court, to-day, decision was rendered in the
case of the Michigan Central Railroad
Company, plaintiff in error, VS.. Paris
Myrick, fol the use of the Commercial Bank.
of Chicago. The question raised by the
case is, whether a railroad carrying, in the
absence of a special contract, is responsible
to shipper for safety of freight after such
freight has been transferred by it to another
railroad company for transportation to
its place of destination. The court
holds First-That in accordance with
a common-law rule, the carrier is liable only
to the extent of his own route, and for the
safe storage and delivery to the next carrier.
Second, that the ticket or bill of lading
given to the shipper by the railroad COM
pany, in this instance, was not through
contract, whereby the Michigan Central COM
parry agreed to transport the freight in con-
troyersy to Philadelphia. The judgment of
the court below that the receipts did
CT stitute such through contract is reversed
and the case remaneed for new trial.
The Supreme Court also decides that all
animals imported for breeding purposes
must be admitted free of dlty, regardless of
the Treasury regulation that only animals of
superior stock' be admitted free.
The case of the Cook County Bank, of
CE ago, set down for argument of the So
called '1egal-tender" case, went over Gov
ernor Butler, of Massachusetts,, not being
able to appoint day when he can get to
Washington and make argument.
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OLD FRIENDS MEETING.

man from KokOmo who had been West two
years ago and saw few Indians there, was in
the city yesterday morning. and passing near
the clothing house of ]. A. Mckenzie, discover
ed an Indian cigar sign. approached it and said:
Good morning, Lo" (He wanted TO be friend
ly.) II say good morning; don't you heart Do
you belong to (hic) Sitting Bulls trbei Are you
waiting to a thic) friend2 Have you stood
on that (hic) stone all night"
Still the Indian was silent.
"Wil you step in and thic) take smei Well,
if you amt the doggonedest Indian ever saw'd
to refuse drink; never hearn tell of such a
thing afore. vii! you shake hands with met
Your hand is as cold as door knob. Mr. Lo,
that ere bow and arrow won's keep you warmer
than paper collar. I've tried the collar, but
never tried bow and arrow. See here, OH
Indian, if you want to make friends in this
clearin' you must be little more (hic) social
and not stand there on that stone on your dig
nifty in this way. Say, Lo, will you loan me ten
cents until (hic) see you lateri I.have a mind
to massacre that Indian for his impudence to
me-"
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SENSATIONAL SUICIDE.
A Man and Wife Go Over the River To-
gether.

DETROIT, Jan. s.-A double suicide was
Sunday, evidently with the coolest premedi-
tation. man named J. Edward Monck and
wife were the parties to the shocking trans
action. He had been connected with the
Customs Department at Chatham, Ont, but
was discharged few weeks SINCE and came,
with his wife to this city, where they took
boarding at the Franklin House. Saturday
evening their three-months-old child
was given into the Temporal
ry charge of a lady connected
with the hotel to take care of. Monck then
locked his wife in her room and went away
The lady finally getting tired of her charge,
sought, about midnight, to return the child
to its mother, but was unable to get into her
room. Entrance finally being secured by
means of pass-key, Mrs. Monck was found
dead on her bed, with every evidence that
she had died from morphine administered by
her own hand, or that of her husband The
same evening Monck went to the Brunswick
House, registered under an assumed name,
and telling the clerk he would not
want breakfast, went to the room
assigned him. Here he was
found yesterday afternoon in an unconscious
condition from the effects of dose of NOR
phine, and died later in the evening, all
efforts to restore him to consciousness prov
ing useless. Both parties were under thirty
years old, and have parents and other rela-
tves living at Chatham. 1t is supposed that
dependency over his discharge from his
position and failure in all efforts at restora-
ton, drove the pair to the commission of the
crime. Next to nothing is known of their
previous history, or any other cause to which
the shocking event can be attributed. Rela-
tives have already taken the bodies back to
Chatham.
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Steamship News,

New YORK. Jan. 8.-Arrived: Nederland,
from Antwerp.
LONDON, Jan. S.-Arrived: Steamers Werra
and Cymbria from New York.
New York, Jan. 8.-Arrived: Donan, from
Bremen.
The steamship Donan, North German
Lloyd Steamship Company, arrived from
Bremen to-day, bringing eleven cabin
and 345 steerage passengers On
the 4th inst, while at sea-
fire broke out amidships in the hold, The
excitement among the passengers was great,
but the flames were put out by the crew.
The damage to the cargo cannot be ascer-
tained until the vessel is unloaded. The
origin of the fire is mystery, but it is sup
posed to have been produced by spontaneous
combustion.
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A Chinese Puzzle,

WASHINGTON, Jan. 8.-Under date of July
49, 1882, the Attorney general rendered an
opinion to the Secretary of the Treasury
that the Chinese laborers returning to their
native land from other foreign lands could
not be transported across the territory of the
United States without violation of the act
of Congress of the 9th or May, 1882, unless
in the United States on the 18th of Novem-
Der, 1882, or come within ninety days next,
afte the passage of the act. The Treasury
Depa ttrneII- y guided by this ruling, as
the department has received no official in
formation of the Attorney-generaPs recent
opinion to the Secretary of State on the
Chinese question, which is exactly the re-
verse of his opinion to the Secretary of the
Treasury.
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The Man Arrested at San Antonio Calls
Himself Tate.


New ORLEANS, Jan. S.-A Times-Democrat
San Antonio special says the one-legged man
arrested by Detective Price on suspicion of
being Marsh T. Polk, the defaulting State
Treasurer of Tennessee, was released last
night. The accused claimed that his name
was not Polk, but Tate He was accompa-
MED by young man named A. Won Leer also
by servant, and registered at the hotel, but
neither of them wrote the name of the
place they were from. Tate claimed to be
man of wealth, on his way to Mexico, to
look after some mines. Both Tate and
Won Leer refused to be interviewed. The
servant, also, was non-commttal Tate
also said that he had not long since
returned from Europe. Detective Price
sent off a number of kilograms to
the State authorities of Tennessee asking for
a full description and instructions, but could
receive no reply, and consequently was COM
PEELED to release the prisoner. After the
party was turned loose, and he
and his companion had left, tee-
gram was received from the Governor
of Tennessee telling Price to hold his
man and baggage; that the necessary papers
would be forwarded. Detective Price is con-
fident that he has the right man, and has
him .shadowed and will know his where
abouts when he receives the necessary proof
of identity. Captain B. S. Jones, formerly
of Nashville, now living in the city, saw the
man arrested yesterday, and says he is sure
it was Polk, the defaulting treasurer.
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Epidemic SIN allnox.

LYNcHBURG, Va, Jan. 8.--The smallpox is
raging at Salem, Roanoke county. Thirty
cases are already reported. The towns of
Roanoke and Wytheville have quarantined
against Salem and other southwestern towns
will do likewise. The Roanoke College has
suspended and the students gone home The
public schools will also be closed, and bust
ness is at standstill,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-01-09
GENERAL AND PERSONAL.
Indiana in the Chair.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal

Special to the 1ndIanap0lis JournA
WASHINGTON, Jan. S-While the shipping
bill was under consideration in the House
to-day, Representative Peirce, of Indiana oc-
cupied the Speakers chair, it being his first
appearance in the role of presiding officer of
the House. As the Speaker has already
above twenty names upon his list of those
who desire to speak upon this BILL the dis
cussion will probably consume the greater
part of the week.
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sro"'al n tlie Indianapolis Journal.
BLooMINGToN, ILL.,, Jan. 8.-Miss Katie
Munholland, very estimable and highly re-
spected young lady of Bloomington, died to-
day from Inflammation of the bowels, aged
nineteen.
To the Western Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, d. c., Jan. 8-Lieutenant
Samuel F. Clarkson, attached to the U. s. S.
Lancaster died to-day at Nice.
UTIcA, N. Y, Jan. S-Ezra Graves, ex-
State Prison Inspector, prominent Humani-
tartan and Universaist, died to-day at Her
kimer.
BosToN. Jan. S.-Matthew Franklin Whit
tier, the only brother of John G. Whittier
the poet, is dead. He was the author of the
famous ETHAN Spike" letters
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WASHINGTON, Jan. S.-The Supreme Court
of the United States to-day declared that the
act of the Legislature of West Virginia
passed Dec. Is, 1868, authorizing the city of
Parkersburg to issue its bonds for the pur-
pose of lending the same to persons engaged
in manufacturing was invalid, and the
bonds issued under it are void as against the
citv
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-01-09
Walsh Accused of Living,

WASHINGTON, Jan. 8.-Senator Kellogg
says OF John A. Walsh's publications; THE
allegation that 1 procured from Brady (as
Walsh states) any contract or any expedition
of service at any time is false. If any i'm
proper thing was done in his case referred to
by Walsh it was done by himself, and none
otherD
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A Lightning Investigation.

WASHINGTON, Jan. S.-The subcommittee
OF the House judiciary committee having
charge of the bill "for the regulation of tele-
graph and cable companies" this morning
heard Mr.. Peck, secretary of the Mutual
Union, in explanation of the hardships to
which his company was subjected by reason
of the refusal of the Western Union Com
pany to receive dispatches on the same con-
ditions as they receive them from private
citizens. Mr. Peck cited instances occurring
at the Chicago offices of his company in
which dispatches left for points not reached
by the Mutual Union had to be returned to
the sender, and by him carried to the West
ern Union. The committee decided to give
the Western Union Telegraph Company an
opportunity to be heard.
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Burned to Death.

FoRr FAIRFIELD Me-, Jan. S.-The house OF
Henry c. Howard, of Easton, was burned to
day. The family jumped through the win
dows to escape. Edwin j. Howard, whe
supposed his sister was III the house, rushed
back and was fatally burned,
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TENNESSEE'S DEFALCATION
The Fleeing Treasurer in Custody at
San Antonio, Tex.
The Authorities Telegraphed by the Gov.
ernor of Tennessee to Hold Him Until
a Requisition Can Be Sent.

NASHVILLE, Jan. Sat 20 clock this morn
ing Governor Hawkins received the follow
ing:
NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 8.
To the Governor Of Tennessee
Marsh T. Polk is arrested in San Antonio, Tex.
What action shall take in the matterf
W. j. FARRELL,
Principal of the Commercial Detective Agency
at New Orleans.
The following dispatch was sent in reply:
Bring or send NJ. T. Polk here Immediately.
ALAN HAWKINS, Governor.
Governor Hawkins at 10 o'clock tele-
graphed the Governor of Texas to hold Polk
until requisition in form could be for
warded.
To-day resolution was adopted in both
houses of the Legislature authorizing the
Governor to offer reward OF S., 900 for the
delivery of Polk to the Tennessee authori-
ties, and directing him to at once make
requisition on the Governor of Texas for the
return of Polk to Tennessee.
NEW 0KnEANs, La, Jan. o.-Captain Far
rell, of the detective agency, this forenoon
received dispatch from Governor Hawkins,
of Tennessee, instructing him to hold Treas
urer Polk prisoner until requisition
could be forwarded The detectives say
that they cannot hold the prisoner on the
Governors dispatch until the Tennessee au-
thorities reach San Antonio Polk passed
through this city on Friday, He purchased
arms, ammunition, blankets, drugs, etc.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, Jan. S.-Governor Haw
kins has received dispatch stating that
Treasurer Polk has been released on writ of
habeas corpus.
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 8.-The President has
approved the act to reimburse Oregon and
California and citizens thereof for moneys
paid in the suppression of Indian hostlities
during the Modoc war. Also an act to pro-
vide for holding a district court of the
United States at Wichita Kan
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A Red Mans Friend.

SAN Francisco, Jan. 8.-The Chronicle pub
fishes an interview with ]. N. Fletcher a
resident of Alaska Territory at present, as to
the shelling of an Indian village by the
United States naval forces. He says the out
rage was committed at the instigation of the
Northwestern Trading Company, which
wished to drive the Indians away from that
part Of the country so it should be left open
to its own operations that the attack was not
justified by the action OF the Indians
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A Municipal Muddle.

MILWAUKEE, Jan. 8-There was a stormy
scene in the council this afternoon on ac-
count of the comptrollers sefusal to audit
bills contracted in 1882 from funds appro-
priated for 1888. Various city departments
were notified last year that the funds were ex-
hausted. STILL bills were contracted. The
comptroller, backed by the city attorney
declares such bills Illegal refusing to audit
them. The amounts will aggregate $3.50, 000
The Council took no definite action.
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Dickson Held for Embracerv.

WASHINGTON, Jan. S.-Judge Smell has rem
dered decision in the Dickson case. He
held Dickson in 50, 500 bond to appear before
the grand jury to answer for embracery, in
violation of section 8, 404 of Revised Statutes,
i'll regard to jurors, and was given till to-
morrow TO renew bail.
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Over the Line.

GALVESTON, Tex, Jan. S.-News, Laredo
special: "a man supposed to be Polk, of
Tennessee arrived this morning at g. and a
few minutes afterward was landed in Mexico.
1t is rumored that the large amount of money
he carried is somehow connected with his
escapen
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CINCINNATI O., Jan. s.-A divorce was
granted to-day in the Common Pleas Court
to Mollie Nader Steele from Levi C. Steele
The plaintiff is an actress and married Steele
in 1876, when he was assistant manager o.
the Grand Opera house of this city.
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Raum's Possible Successor.
aiot q. tln rral.aarn1to

SpcCldi 10 tuo luulduhpohc
WASHINGTON, Jan. SIT was stated at the
Treasury Department that in the event of
Commissioner Raum's election as United
States senator from Illinois he would be sue
ceeded as chief of the internal revenue SER
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Better,

SAN Francisco. Cal, Jan Sc. ]. Bald
wins condition is more favorable and blood
poisoning is no longer feared. His assailant
was held in $4,000 bail to-day, and in default
Of bond sent to the county Jail,
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vice by Deputy Commissioner Henry G.
Rodgers, who has been acting commissioner
for several months. This, it was stated, will
be in conformity with the recent ciyil-service
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GRATEFUL-COMFO ORTING.
EPPS'S COCO A

BY thorough knowledge of the natural laws
which govern the operations of digestion and
properties of well-selected Cocoa, Mr.. Epps has
provided onr breakfast tables with delicately
Favored beverage which may sav5 us many
heavy doctors bills. 1t by the judicious use
of such articles OF diet that constitution may
be gradually built up until strong enough TO re-
sst every tendency TO disease. Hundreds of sub
tie maladies are floating around us ready to at
tack wherever there is weak point. We may
escape many fatal shaft by Keeping ourselves
oursnsd watn Prg ser%ce Gazett properly
Made simply with boiling water or milk. Sold
In tins only (l9lb. and lb.) by grocers, labelled
thus: JAMES EPPS & CO., homeopathic
Chemists London, England.
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WE HAVE In STOCK A CHOICE
j A 3 Y
GRAND STEINWAY PIANO.

This Piano has been from
the factory about seventy days,
being the last Of a lot of six
shipped us. We will give special
discount on this beautiful in
strument to any one who will
purchase within the next five
tdays.
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M'KENZIE'S INDICATIONS.

TUESDAY-Clearing weather, station
ary or higher temperature.
Daily globe., 1883-07-29

week previous. The offerings for future
delivery were little more free, operators
being encouraged in this course by the in
creased receipts of hogs. Early in the
week the market was enclined to dullness
Quotations at the close show reductions on
most articles as compared with one week
ago. The shipping demand was fairly
active, but orders were mainly for small
quantities. Some of the larger distribut-
ing markets appear to be enlarging their
stocks, which are understood to be lighter
than last year. The receipts
of product for the week were fair and the
shipments of all kinds quite liberal, the
movement showing further reduction in
the stocks on hand. The export move
ment is quite large, and the returns show
q material increase over those of one year
ago.
The receipts of all grains were larger
as 120 cars of wheat were inspected in, the
largest number for some time; while 497
cars and 4, 400 bushels of corn, Isl cars
and 1900 bushels of oats and seventeen
cars of rye were received. The shipments
"oIo ',oOo OaeHois "hooI, A'o,oOo Oueho1s
corn, and $4,000 bushels oats. Vessels
were chartered to move $4,000 bushels
wheat, 10000 bushels corn and 10000
bushels rye.
Closing prices of the July futures on the
board we're: Wheat $1%@1.O1; corn
5119o; oats 3Oc; pork $13.so@13.9215; lard
$8,95@s.9719. Of the September options:
Wheat $1.O33S@1.O311; corn 5O4 @5O%c;
oats 265Sc; pork $14. .O715; lard $9@
9.O21s. Cash rye sells 15c under this
months delivery but in no other case is
there premium on the latter.
Daily globe., 1883-07-29
The Hanlan Regatta,

Mr.. E. D. Comings arrived here
yesterday from st. Paul for
the purpose of perfecting
arrangements for the great rowing regatta
to take place on Lake Minnetonka next
Wednesday and Thursday. The course
will be on the upper lake and will be two
miles with turn, $4,000 being offered in
premiums. The programme for the first
day, August 1, will comprise single scull
race and batteau race. For the first he
following celebrated oarsmen have entered
Hanlan, Lee, Hosmer. Ross, Plaisted Riley
and Teemer. In the batteau race besides
the purse of $50, Mr.. E. W. Durant, of
Saltwater, who backs the crew from that
city, has added 800. The second day will
include the consolation race single
sculls, open to all the starters in the first
race who have been beaten. The regatta
will close with the great double scull race
with the following crews: Hanlan & Lee;
Hosmer d Reilly; Plaisted & Teemer; Ross
& Unknown. Teemer arrived last evening
and is in fine form, tipping the scales at
Daily globe., 1883-07-29

been concerned, Dakota has always been
practically unrepresented in the national
legislature at Washington. Sometimes
the delegates have been of the blackguard
order, with no regulations or decent asso-
Citations; at other times almost imbecile,
in either case commanding no respect with
the people with whom they were elected
TO associate.
All the leading papers in the territory
with very few exceptions, are full of
these complaints, and of hostility
to the present regime; conspicuously the
Grand Forks Ne,0s and Herald, the James
town Alert and Capital, the Yankton Press
and Dakotaian, the Mitchell Republican,
the Scotland Citizen, the Sioux Falls Press
and Herald, the Pierre Signal, and any
number of others, and the common dec
laration is that if these things go on, under
the garb of Republicanism, Dakota will
ultimately be Democratic. While the peo-
pie have no use for Democracy as con-
trolled by the ex-secessionists of the south,
they are coming to the conclusion that
any change must be for the better, and the
way Is rapidly opening for Democratic
ten-stroke.
By publishing the above you will favor
the great bulk of Dakota citizens, and
Yours truly, T. L. NJ,