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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-12-08
TAKING A FRESH HOLD.
Corn Allowed to Decline Because the
Bulls" So Decree.
Expectation That the Price VIII Go Still
Lower Indications of an Advance
in Provisions.
THE CHICAGO MARKETS.
A Decline in Corn Prices, but the Bulls Still
Control the Market

A Decline in Corn Prices, but the Bulls Still
Control the Market.
Special to the indianapolis journal.
CHICAGO, Dec. 7.-Although corn went off
a cent a bushel, to-day, it cannot be counted
as bear" victory. 1t was simply a ma
neuvereof the 'bulls'' to realize on profits
so as to take hold again little lower down.
None of the large 'longs" have weakened in
their belief The only feature of the mar
kets was the continued selling by the provis-
ion crowd and some of the ''shorts" who
rushed to cover so rapidly on yesterday.
Cudahy & Stevens, Jones, and Schwartz & Du-
pee sold large blocks. Baker continues to buy
February corn. The market was weakened
on the call by reports of the lnrge receipts
at Kansas City. Itlooks tonight as though
the large holders will allow corn to drop
to 55c for January; some are even pre-
dieting that price for May, but the crowd
will hardly permit it. December, January
and February were on level on the curb
tonight.
There was considerable activity in pro-
visions, and the fluctuations were frequent
in moderate range. In sympathy with corn,
prices closed lower for the day, and al
though they became little firmer on the
call, they did not regain the loss of the early
part of the day. The lard market is
attracting considerable attention. Mr..
Hutchinson continues to buy lard. One of
the rincipaltcauses of the weakness in hog
products was the disposing of large lines by
local operators and the reported burning of
Sinclair's Cedar Rapids, Ia, packing houses
The packers were Sellers but were not
as free in their offerings as they
have been for several days. 1t begins to
look as though Armour and some of the
large packers were medtating an advance all
along the line.
Wheat was weak to-day but did
not fuctuate as seriously as corn.
The bears we're much disappointed;
they expected that break in corn would
be accompanied by a perfect stampede
among the 'longs" in wheat War rumors
stifened up prices considerably, and yet the
market was very sensitive. Every fuctua-
ton was carefully watched and
each offer brought out host
of buyers, both long and short.
The ''bulI" feeling in wheat is growing,
principally because strong parties own the
cash wheat and are able TO keep it from both
erisg the market. However, some of the
oldest and wariest operators are declaring for
IS and 90-cent wheat. Ira Holmes is
commencing to look around, so some general
m ovement is anticipated in either corn or
wheat. He generally breaks in about the
time a movement is about to culminate.
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TIE NAVY DEPARTMENT.
Recommendations and Suggestions In the
Annual Report of Secretary Chandler.

WASHINGTON, Dec. The annual report
of the Secretary of the Navy for 1888 opens
with description of the four new steel
cruisers, the Chicago, Boston, Atlanta,
and Dolphin, now in process of construction.
The early completion of the monitors Puri-
tan, Amphitrite, Terror and Monadnock is
earnestlyrecommended, so as to provide float
ing harbor defenses, and the building ofad-
ditional cruisers of the type of the
Chicago and Boston, from time to time, is
urged The Secretary does not think
it advisable to construct any vessel of
more than 1890 tons displacement. In re-
gard to the personnel of the navy the Secre-
tary advises an immediate and sharp cut
ting down of the list of officers. In order to
make this reduction in the list of
officers, Secretary Chandler advises that all
officers be retired at sixty-two years of.age
whatever their rank, and that supernumer-
airy list be formed to which shall be relegated
all officers who, for any reason, are deemed
unfit to hold active positions. A board of
nine officer shall scrutinize the entire
present list of officers and select
therefrom those capable of active work; the
super numeraries shall be entitled to leave of
absence pay, and be liable for Service in time
of war,
The Secretary refers in terms of sharp
condemnation to the habit of Congress
of restoring to their rank officers who
have been broken for any reason. General
reorganization of the navy-yards Is
urged The views of the Navy-yard
Commission, which advocate en-
largement of the present yards
and location of new ones, is characterized
as too liberal and not likely soon to be real
lied Mr.. Chandler holds that as long as the
United States is not a maritime nation, and
possesses no merchant marine expensive
and extensive yards are not needed.
The first thing necessary Is to close the shops
not needed and check the extravaganza in
Others It advises moro work be done by
private contract, and urges the exclusion of
political considerations in the organization
of naval establishments. The Jeanette
expedition is spoken of as an
unavoidable disaster, and the opin-
ion is expressed that no one is to blame for
the lamentable results. The Naval Academy
is said to be in a satisfactory condition.
The total expenditures of the Naval
Department for the wear are $13,918,-
1888, out of SIG 499,427, available;
leaving balance Ilnexpended of $2.795, 937.
The estimates for the fiscal year ending June
30 1885 are: Ordinary expenditures, $16.-
319, 307 and for increase of the navy 81, 449 58l
The report concludes with a refer
ence to the merchant marine.
The infericrity of the United States
in this regard is referred to, and its evils de-
plered. Congress is asked to subsdize Amer
lean mail steamers as means of building mp
a merchant navy.
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spNe'al 70 the indianapolis Journal
WASHINGTON, Dec. 7.-George W. Julian
has taken house here for the season.
Representative Steele will again Introduce
his bin of last winterfor reimbursng the Mi
ami Indians for certain expenditures made or
account of Indians billeted on them, several
years ago, by the Interior Department con
trary to treaty stipulations.
Secretary Folger is confined to the house
by Illness.
Assistant Door-keeper Austin has forward
ed to Mrs. Orth, at Lafayette, Ind, the key
to the desk SO long occupied by her late hus
band, and which she purchased and had
shipped to her some time ago.
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A Block Consumed.
THE POLYGANTIsTS.
Further Adverse Criticism of the Recon-
Tnsndations in the Presidents Message.

SALT LAKE, Utah, Dec. THE Salt Lake
Herald and Mormon journal, owned by John
L. Cain, Mormon delegate to Congress, and
Others, says of the Presidents Utah recon-
mendations this morning;
This most sweeping measure, which han
ever been proposed for the coercion of Utah
is full of evil possibilities which become
probabilities when we reflect upon the char.
acter of the persons who would be likely to
have the enforcement of ihestatute. When
Arthur recommends the adoption of such an
extraordinary measure for dealing with the
Mormon problem as this, it is evident he con-
templates vigorousactionin the event OF Con-
gress uniting hands and giving him full
swing according to his ambitious
inclination. However we do not apprehend
the occurrence of anything serious or radical
in the immediate future. True, Arthur has
gone further than any of his predecessors in
the matter of recommendations, but if he
will take the trouble to recall the events of
the past dozen years he will under
stand the anti-Mormon storm that is
raging throughout the land is not
more violent than the storms that break ont
previous to an assem- bling of Congress every
winter"
The question is discussed all over the Ter
ritory, and the church leaders are agitated.
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STATE NEWS AND GOSSIP.
The Columbus Authorities Inaugurate
a War on Gamblers.
Accidental Poisoning near Rushville-DemO-
cratic Political Schools in Boone
Tnunty--Notes and GleaninSs,
INDIANA.

The Authorities of Columbus Begin a Wig
OrAus War Gamblers.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.
COLUMBUS, Dec. 7.-Perhaps no other town
in Indiana is so cursed with gamblers as
Columbus. When run out of surrounding
towns they find safe refuge here 1t is
generally thought that the police authorities
stand in" with them; at least they are
never molested. A number of sinks run
almost openly, besides many of the
saloons have gambling attachments. The
prevalence of the habit. and the consequent
Generalization among the male inhabitants,
is something fearful. The present grand
jury has taken hold of the matter with de-
termination to break up the dens, if possible,
and the CONSERVATION of the fraternity is
great. The better class of citizens are push
ing the prosecutions also, and if the courts
do their duty the city will be relieved of its
worst enemies
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telegram from Jackson, Miss, says:
'Wheeler, the man who killed Prent Mat
thews on election day at Hazlehurst Miss.
has been rewarded by being elected city mar
shall of Hazlehurst 1t has been stated time
other cause than that he opposed the regular
Democratic nominees of Copiah county, and
that he was shot down like dog while in the
act of voting. The celebrated Copiah county
resolutions were promulgated the day follow
ing. In them it was resolved, among other
things, that the surviving members of the
Matthews family must refrain from taking
part in politics in Copiah county. Now the
citizens of Hazlehurst elect as guardian OF
the peace of the town q murderer, who has
not yet been tried for assassinating his VIC
finn
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Mrs. lFry's Fatal Mistake.

Special to the indianapolis Ournai
RUssIAyILLE. Dec. IA shocking case of &C.
cidental poisoning occurred yesterday, one
and q half miles south of this place. The cir
cumstances were about as follows: Mrs.
Elizabeth Fry had been suffering with neu-
ralgIa, and concluded she would take dose
of quinine to relieve tie pain. The family
had procured arsenic TO destroy rats and YER
min about the place, and in taking the quiz
nine, as she thought, Mrs Fry got hold of
the deadly arsenic. In Jew minutes she
began to feel ill, and ran "a few hundred
yards across to the house ,of her father-in-
law, Luke Fry, telling the family what she
feared she had done. They began giving her
such domestic remedies as they could think
of, hoping she was mistaken, but in short
time she was attacked by spasn1s, and they
sent for doctor, who arrived only fifteen
minutes before she died. She lived about an
hour after taking the poisonous dose.
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Democratic Political Schools.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
THoRNToWN, Dec. IA new scheme has
been inaugurated by the leading Democrats
of this section. They are organizing socie-
ties called farmers clubs, telling the farmers
that the organization is intended as q social
mutual benefit association; but in reality
these organizations are intended as schools
of Democracy, where the pupils are to be
taught all kinds of opposition to Republic
anism. Il is another grange movement
under different name. They have already
organized at Dover, five miles south OF this
place, and are at work in various parts of
this county. Your reporter has it from a
pretty reliable Democratic source that the
money that is being used to defray the ex-
penses of getting up these clubs came from
indianapolis.
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THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
Concluded from First Page,

lCOnoIuded from First Page.5
located, has received numerous kilograms
and letters during the week, asking that no
appointment be made until the arrival of
certain papers bearing on the question. 1t
seems that some parties in New Castle want
the postmaster selected by vote of the peo-
Pile. General Browne says he is ready to
name the man for the place, and take the
responsibility for the appointment, but is
willing to submit the matter to vote of the
Republicans Of New Castle limiting the
voters to those Republicans who receive
mail matter at the postofice named. He
expects to receive the papers and docu-
ments referred to tomorrow.
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A MINIsTER,s PERFIpY.
A WrOnged Wife and Betrayed Stepdaughter
"A Scene in Carondelet.
st. Louis Special.

"A Scene in Caronde1et
st. Louis Special
The people of Carondelet are terribly in
censed at the doings of the Rev. Jacob Schlit-
tier, pastor, of the German Lutheran Church,
which have just come to light. Jacob ar
rived in Carondelet eight years ago, and gave
out that ne was from Chicago. He married
a rich widow named Westerman, and she
had daughter, handsome young lady Just
budding into womanhood Schlittler for
some time, it appears, has had his wife COM
! pletely under his control He built an ora
tory in mis- parlor and three times a day her
daughter was brought in there, where her
| spiritual adviser and stepfalher pretended
| to be praying with her. Supernatural
manifestations reduced Mrs. Schhttler to a
state of practical imbecility. Annie found
the paths of goodness pleasant to walk
| in, and for some months everything went
we'll. In the middle watches of the night
| Schlittler would arise and call the unfor-
tunate girl to devotions Her mother would
applaud the pair and thank heaven for such
a husband and such "a daughter. A week
| ago Armies aunt, lady named Alstorof
called upon the Schlittlers and at once sus-
| pected that something was wrong In spite
of herself the girl was seized by her mother
and her aunt and the truth discovered.
Finally, getting free from her auut, she
struck her a blow in the face which sent her
| Keeling over chair, and rushing into the
self into her fathers arms, crying. Protect
me from mother and Aunt Ashcroft" The
two women followed her in. realized the stu
alton at once. and the mother fell in a dead
faint. The Rev. Jacob, as soon as she wasre-
stored, confessed his crime and begged for
giveness. Annie followed, confessing and ask
ing pardon. The aunt began to denounce and
threaten tar and feathers. A scene followed,
and the wife took the part of the erring hus-
band and daughter. and drove her sister
| from the house. The latter smothered her
rage and held her own counsel until today,
| W hen she informed the authorities. Officers
Immediately set about investigating the mat
| ter, and found that Schlittler and his step
| daughter had fled the city, Mrs Schlittler
strange as it may SEEM having consented to
his taking Der daughter to Chicago. Te
your correspondent she said: Il have still
faith in my husbands purity. He confessed
to ME, but said that he must have committed
the crime when in a semi-unconscious state.
God forgives, why should not 1? / lovo
! Annie. love him.. He will take good care
of Annie. They will come back all right"
She had Just received letter from her hus-
band. whose departure for Chicago was mad5
| last Wednesday, He writes: Annie is doing
as we'll as could be expected. What do peo-
| pie say about us in Carondelet2'
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time we heard a heavy and constant rum
bling like distant thunder, but long CON
tinued. Every now and then the darkness
was lit up for second by binding flashes of
lightning. A nauseating smell of sulphur
made breathing not only difficult but dis
agreeable. None of us had ever experienced
anything like this before and the majority
of the seamen were sure that the end OF the
world had come.
Now, every sailor knows his ship, as you
do your desk, and probably much better;
every inch IS familiar to him; yet we were
all turned round, and knew not where TO
step. One of the seamen was on top of the
house-on duty, of course-and he stepped
off from the roof and fell on the deck, strik-
his head and receiving serious injuries.
Well this sort or thing continued for hours.
When at last it cleared up we began to real
ize what had taken place. The shower of
ashes kept up until we were hundreds of
miles away from the scene of the disturb
ance
'sOn the 2sth we entered the straits of
Sunda, and could plainly see the tremendous
extent of the damage. Many an island was
to be wholly unrecognizable, and we knew
Others must have entirely dis
appeared, sunk clean out of sight. The
forests on Verlaton and Lang islands were
completely obliterated, and the northwest
ern part of Krakatoa was gone. the sea was
full of floating trees and other debris, and
the surface of the water was covered with
ashes. For 600 miles we seemed TO be sailing
through fields OF lava. The decks and rig
ging we're covered with ashes and fine sand
to a dephth of several inches. At times
we entered extensive fields of cocoanuts,
the numbers of which it IS impossible to
estimate.
But the most remarkable and fearful
thing of all was the Of corpses. For
nearly three days we came across body nfter
body of persons who had lost their lives in
the earthquake. Oae man alone counted
sixty bodies in plain sight. Thousands must
have persisted 1t was a sight never to be
forgotten"
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The Mexican Veteran Reunion.

WASHINGTON, Dec. delegates attending
the reunion of the Mexican war veterans
visited Mount Vernon to-day. There was a
business session in the evening, at which a
list of vice. presidents was elected, represent
ing every State in the Union, and the army,
the navy, marine corps and revenue marine
service. General Hancock was elected rep
resentative of the army, Commodore James
E. Jovett and Commodore s. P Quacken-
bush of the navy Colonial John W. Broome
and Major w. B. Slack, of the marine cor ps,
and Captain Osmond Peters and Captain
John MCGOWAN, of the revenue marine
service. After the business session Senator
Logan made speech, which referred to the
agitation OF the question of pensioning vet
Grams of the Mexican war, and said he was in
favor of giving pension to every surviving
soldier of that war who was an American
citizen and honored the American flag.
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FOREIGN MISCELLANY.

The Egyptian Rebellion-Div of Be
siegers and Defenders of Suakim.
LONDON, Dec. IA correspondent on board
of the British gunboat Skylark in the Red
Sea- sends the following: Her Majesty's
ship Amber Witch, which has just been
spoken, reports all well at Suakim. The
rebels fire into the town nightly, but do no
harm.
Six hundred black troops made a sally
from the towu on Sunday and attacked the
rebels with no definite results. The tele-
graph line to Jeddah has been cut. Arabs
allege that Commander Moncrief, the British
consul, is still alive. This story is not be-
Heved. The country toward the south is re7
ported quiet; the government is subsidizng
the people in those parts.
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A HEAVY FAILURE.
Assignment of Levy Observation-Disclosures
More THAI @2,OOO,O0O.

NEW York, Dec. 7-Schedules in assign
ment for the benefit of creditors made by
Levy Brothers & Co., clothiers, to Solomon
H Kohn have been filed. Liabilities, 3d.
47O639; nominal assets $1,940,942; actual,
$1,712242. The contingent liabilities of the
firm are $739js55. Henry Herman is a
creditor to the amount of $2o6, oo0
There are unknown holders of
notes to the amount of about 81. 1872, o00
An affidavit states that the nominal value
of the claims of the estate against T. Mayer
and f. Mayer & Co. is 1892. 512; actual value
not known. Owing to F. Mayer d Co., who
have made an assignment. having not yet
made a statement. this claim is exclusive of
the claim for $132, O62 arising out of accom-
mediation notes made by assignors and by
them loaned to F. Mayer & Co. for the lat
ter's accommodation, and which assignors
are liable to pay as Mayer & Co. have failed.
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There have been two deaths from cholera
in Alexandria since Nov 80.
The rumor that Russian troops are being
concentrated on the Chinese frontier Is de-
MED.
Charles de Mazade, of Paris writer and
historian, has been elected member of the
French Academy.
The Nationalist meeting announced for
Sunday atCullane, Ireland, has been pro-
hibited by the government
Vice-presdent Welt CLiberal has been
elected President OF Switzerland, and Min
lister Of the Interior Schneck (Radical) Vice
president
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PARIS Dec. AN quiet in theapproaches
to the Bourse. At 2:3o p M small groups
gathered in the Place de la Bourse, mostly
out of curiosity A few arrests we're made
The police keep the people moving. The
cavalry is in readiness.
Crowds finally gathered in front of the
Bourse, but soon dispersed and the demon
strstion proposed by the Anarchists COM
pletely collapsed rs III.
The Anarchist journals strongly deprecate
the holding of the meeting
The authorities have taken precautions to
prevent any Anarchist demonstrations to-
night.
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The Central News Libel Case.

LONDON, Dec. I'm the libel case of the
Central News against the Press Association,
to-day, the telegraph clerk testified to there
ceipt of telegram in regard to the Ber-
ditchev fire for the Central News. The sub
editor of the Central News deposed to "pad-
ding kilograms from nine into ninety words,
and he considered that editing" Counsel
for the defendants submitted there was not
the slightest doubt that the Central News
got a copy of the telegram to Reuters COM
pany about the fire before it was published.
Testimony showed that the Reuter- dispatch
had been used The case was finally settled
by the manager of the Press Association apol-
ogizing and both sides paying costs.
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The Brussels Fire.

BRUSSELS Dec. THE fremen continue to
play upon the ruins of the burned portion of
the palace and legislative chambers. Nearly
all the documents connected with the foun-
1ation of Belgian independence, including
the original constitutional charter have been
destroyed. The damage by the fire is 49,
900 coo francs.
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Hanpinrat Dardnns,le. Ark.

LITTLE Rock, Dec James Underwood,
for the murder of Robert j, Pendergast, a
wealthy planter of Yell county, was hanged
to-day at Dardanelle, Ark. in the presence
of 5000 people Underwood waylaid and
shot his victim from the brush. He con-
fessed the deed. and imputed the incentive
to murder was the wife of Pendergast, for
whom Underwood had formed Il passion. He
reiterated this story on the scaffoid.
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A Growing List.

New York, Dec. THE business failures
for the last seven days throughout the
United States and Canada, reported by tele-
graph to r. g, Dun & Co., of the Mercantile
Agency, number 307 against 242 the previ-
Gus week. This is the most formidable list
recorded in any week for years past.
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A Surprising EIopement.

Special to the indianapolis Journal
ELKHART, Dec. 7.-Society is all torn up
here to-day over the elopement last night of
Miss Flo iGuipe daughter of wealthy and
respected citizen, with Ian MCGOWAN. who
has been drivinga hack at the Clifton House
for years. They were married at SturSis,
Mich, from where they went to Toledo. Her
parents are stricken with grief