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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-08-25
Much Wanted Commercial Tourist. :
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Fort WAYNE, Aug. 24,-Yesterday morn,
ing a polite, well-dressed young man pre-
sented himself at the Misses Grafmillers
fashionable clearinghouse and engaged
board, paying the first week in advance. He
said his name was Brown, and that his busiq
ness was that of a commercial traveller. In
the afternoon he and big valise left the
house for an alleged trip on the road. Brown
contained a good dinner, and the valise con-
tanned a diamond pin and suit of clothes,
the property of a commercial traveller named
Harry Kepliuger, and u gold watch, the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-08-25

The mornings and evenings
are cool. We have a large
stock of lightweight Overcoats
that exactly fit these indica-
tons.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-08-25
STATE NEWS AND GOSSIP.
Destruction by Fire of Trow's Gra.m
Elevator at Madison

List of Insurance Companies Having Risks
on the PrOperty-Loss Over Ono
Hundred Thousand Dollars.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-08-25

The fire is supposed to have been caused
by friction in the machinery. The watchman
had passed through the building not more
than fifteen minutes previous to the break
ing out of the fire and saw no signs of the
fire, and went about his work over in the
mill The wheat bins were opened or burst,
and their contents permitted to run into the
street and yard adjoining, much of which
will be saved in a damaged condition.
The destruction of the elevator will in no
way interfere with the business or running
of the mills other than the inconvenience it
will occasion IN the handling of wheat and
the firm will be able to continue their busi-
ness unlnterrupt9dly.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-08-25
WHEN INDICATIONS.

SATURDAY.-Gen fair weather,
stationary or rising temperature.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-08-25
The Death of Hon. d. p. Holloway
Likely to Occur Soon.
Timber Depredations Near the Canadian
Line-Report of the Inspector of Steam
Vessels for the Last Fiscal Year.
THE HILL CASE.

Presentation of the Briefs-Peppery Char.
acter of Mr.. Coleman's Statement
Speeial to the INDIANAPOLIS Journal
Omaha daily bee., 1883-01-04

IT was said that the Roman Augurs
Gould not pass each other In tho street
Without laughing at the gullibility of
tls people who allowed themselves to
be. imposed upon by their religious
Professions. We do not believe that
MesSaes. Pendleton and Bayard can
look each other In the face as they
pirate about the new civil service re-
form bill without o similar feeling.
1t leading provisions are already laws,
and can be found In tho Revised
Statutes of 1853, 1866 and 1871.
They have remained a dead letter
because every senator and congress
man knows that they arc impractical.
The new additions " prolix, cum
bersome and mechanical. The entire
measure falls to touch the root of the
evils complained of. 1t affects only
one.tenth of the officers in the civi
servioaH II aims to accomplish III
ends the expense Of vigor and re
spo& lity, while 1t offsrs no hops
thu higher class of appointments
fri which the majority of the evil
aflIct the civil service emanate
be relieved by it's operation.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-01-04

THE Spanish American claims com.
mission has expired after an existence
of eleven years, during which it's mem
bers worked three hours a day and
drew their salary with oommendable
regularity. The commission grew out
of the Cuban iasurrection which took
place prior to to 1871, and was estab-
lished to adjudioate the claims Of
American citizens against the Spanish
authorities for alleged injuries done to
person and property. Many of the
claims were put In by n~aturalized
Cubans, whose habit 1t was to spend q
part Of each year In this country and
the remainder in Cuba. The question
as to whether these men became
American oitizsns of good faith led to
the innumerable discussions and con.
troversier which heightened out the
life Of the commission. Although
many Of the claims fell through on
account of the prevailing doubts on
this particular point yet 1t is held
that ~ oitixsns all such persons are
entitled to the protection OF u gov.
eminent.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-01-04
MONEY In tight and credits

MONEY Ia tight and credits s
being contracted. Many manufactSO
ing industries have been stimulsi
into overproduction and the cost
living has been greatly increased
speculative engineered by x
scrupulous jobbers and manipl Jt
at the expense of the food and ftel
of the poor. Under such ciroumsr Icei
the trade outlook for the coming -
is not as encouraging ss raj expected
and much complaint Is heard ID com
mercial centers. Economy in ehpend'
lures, and q judicious contraction Of
credits will still stave off panic fol
years to come.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-01-04
TELEGRAPH NOTES.
Special Dispatches to THn BIZ.

Special Dispatches to TIL BHl.
La CHUTE, Quebec, January 3.-Fred-
erick Mann, the murderer of the Cook
family at Little Redeau. yesterday, was
captured. Mann In an Englishman only
II years old.
NEw York, January 3.-The National
Cigar Makers association protests against
cutting off the nd valorem duty on i'm.
ported cigars.
GALVESTON, January 3.-Tom Seymour
was shot dead in the hospital ward to-day
by q patient named Morrison, sent there
deranged q short time ago.
New YORK, January 81 Mr.. +. A.
Schwab leaves for Chicago in the morning,
to assume the duties of business manager
Of Mrs. Langtry.
AUGUSTA, Me-, January 3.-The repub.
lican caucus nominated United States
Senator Frye. and the fusionists nomi.
mated Harris M. Plaisted for United
States senator.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-01-04

CONSIDERATION of the new gas or
dinance was again postponed at the
last meeting of the city council for
another week. We fail to understand
what legitimate causes for delay ex-
ist- 1t is over six weeks since the
proposition of the new company was
presented to our people and laid be-
fore the council. Public policy and
popular sentimen. both demand that
the rights asked On behalf of the men
who desire to give Omaha cheap and
better gas should be granted. II there
are any good reasons why our people
do not want a competing gas company
let them be produced. They can
then be examined and sifted.
But this dilly d~allying for ~consulta-
ton and references and amendments
and new opinions of the city attorney
upon questions which can never be
raised is giving rise to much comment
among our people which is far from
complimentary to the new council.
The BEE has NO doubt that when the
Omaha daily bee., 1883-01-04
b Pension Business.

Nv OhbiOh DubibObos
New York Evening Post.
Every man who has sacrificed his
capacity to support himself in the
military service should be properly
taken care Of. But no nation in the
world has been 30 lavish in the per-
Torrance Of that duty as this Rspub.
lie. Never hss there been an example
of bounties SO exorbitant, Of q pension
roll 30 large, of access to it 30 easy,
and of pension rates 30 high. The
generality of those who served the
country in the field are satisfied with
what has been done and do not ask
for more. That the claim agents have
not the interests of the soldiers, but
their own In view, goes without say.
Ing.
There is now o strong effort mado
to secure legislation putting on the
pension rolls all the 't~aurviving'
soldiers Of the Mexican and of Indian
wars, as we'll as the widows Of those
who are dead, unless they got married
again. The only condition is that the
applicant shall prove 30 days military
service of some sort during such wars.
II such a law is passed, 1t will only be
tho forerunner of one to be passed a
few years hence putting on the pen.
sion rolls all the Lurviving soldiers OF
the war of the rebellion, just as the
laws p%ensioning all the surviving
revolutionary soldiers and those OF
kha lAuts1aksrn na- Drop1.ol
There is no principle of eq uity
which entities a soldier, whose health
has not been injured in the line of
duty, to a pension merely for having
served in q war. He received his
stipulated pay Just as any other pub
lie servant did for stipulated work.
He received honorable distinction II
he performed his duty we'll. There ia
no more reason why he should receive
a pension for having survived" the
performance of hiH duty'i in o wal than
there is for paying q pension to a man
Surviving" the performance of his
duty on q surveying expedition. The
mere fact that he has "survived" the
war for 80 or more years shows con.
clusively that the war did not hurt
him much. Moreover, under the 80
days service clause, any man who had
hung about q commissary store or a
recruiting station for a month, andhad
a good, comfortable, and sometimes
even profitable time of it, would be
entitled to the same pension with the
man who had to sleep in the snow and
to expose his life In battle. No nation
in the world pays pensions on SO fool.
ish q principle.
Members of congress should by this
time have learned that they can make
no political of value by favoring such
schemes. When the arrears bill was
passed many republicans undoubtedly
thought that their party could not
afford to oppose a measure which, as
they thought, had the ''soidier ele-
ment" behind it. What has been the
resultl Has the arrears bill in any
way served to sage the republican
party from defeat at the late elections
On the contrary, the arrears bill, fol
which the republicans were in a great
measure held responsible, was one Of
the most prominent items in the cata.
logue of republican sins.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-01-04
MAKE HASTE SLOWLY.

The legislature having organized has
settled down to the work of the session
and is preparing to formulate legisla-
ton on the issues which are 80 vital
to the welfare and prosperity Of the
producers Of the state. The questions
Of amending our present railroad laws
and of securing the passage of a
new evenue bill are OF the
highest Importance. Both touch
the pockets, directly or in
directly of every citizen Of nebraska,
and Affect the accumulation and dis
tribution of wealth among all
Glasses Of our people. The passage of
the Doane Law at the last session was
the first practical step towards the So
luton of one phase of the railroad
problem. 1t committed the people of
the state to further legislation, and
voiced the strong intention of our
voters to curb the determinations and
extortions Of iDsolent corporations.
After o trial of two years, several
defects which could only have been
made clear by It's operation are found
to exist In the law, and there is a call
either for its amendment or for the
passage OF q more comprehensive
measure.
THE BEE urges upon the legislature
to ''maks haste slowly" Hasty legis-
lation is generally not well digested
legislation. Laws formulated In q
hurry are apt to be declared void by
the courts with almost equal rapidity,
or are found to defeat their end by
their crudeness. The pscple demand
the enactment OF measures which will
be ade quate to remedy the evils I'M
der which they are suffering. They
demand of their representatives laws
shaped In the light of experience, and
drawn to stand the test OF the courts.
Such meas cannot be considered
In a single meeting of q committee, or
drafted In half an hour on a sheet Of
foolsoap. \
There are enough able, honest and
willing men at Lincoln to frame the
proper kind of bills and to push them
through to q successful passage. What
the anti-monopolists need especially
to guard against is the flooding of the
calendar with crude and hastily com-
piled measures framed to fall to pieces
on this very o and engineered
In the interests of the corporations,
THE BEE repeats that it will pay to
make haste slowly.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-01-04
The Iron Interest.

special Dlspatch 10 IHk bkk.
PHnADELPHIA, January ga call
for a meeting of all makers of pig iron
for sale In the open market whose fur
naces are located east of Pittsburg was
issued to-day to be held in New York
on Friday next. The call is signed
by eighteen prominent companies and
producers of pig
PIrTsBURG, January 3.--The West
ern Iron association met to-day and
reairmed the 24 selling rate of iron.
They also adopted a memorial to be
presented to congress protesting
against a reduction of the tariff on tin
plates. In the memorial 1t is claimed
that the tin plate industry is lost to
this country by the misoonstruction
of the law of 1864. which originally
fixed the duty at % cents per pound
and that it lies In the power of con.
gress to provide a livelihood for 100.
600 people of the United states by
affording the tin plate industry pro-
lection.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-01-04

SENATOR LOGAN has concluded tell
ing what he doesn't know about the
Fitz John Porter affair, and can now
cit easily in his chair for the rest Of
the session. 1t Is not probable that
the senator's argument has changed a
single vote. The present cor gress
will miss a great opportunity to do
justice to { cruelty wronged man if
they pass over to their successors the
PREPARATION of the injury done to, Gen.
eral Porter over twenty years ago at
Manassas. ,
Omaha daily bee., 1883-01-04

The Cleveland Leader has Joined
the arsvan Of papers that are sing
ing the praiset Of the Nebraska high
license law. In the course Of an ex.
tended editorial 1t says: "On the
whole 1t isa question whether such an
act ~ this, properly lived up to and
enforced, Il not n beneficial a. q
prohibitory law, the successful en-
forcement of which has always been
questionable and Ia still involved In
doubt. The success which has
attended the experiment of q high
license law in Nebraska is certainly
worthy of thoughtful consideration at
this time, when the disposition
and regulation of the liquor traffic
il sngrosaing so much attention. II
u evident that with the present state
of public sentiment it cannot be sup,
pressed. Experience has demon
strated, however, that it can be! con
trolled and restricted, and the mos
rational way to do 80 Is to impose
upon it q tax whereby II will be mad'
TO bear a proper proportion of the ex
penses of the local government ant
state institutions, and at the sam,
time make the vendors responsible foI
damages and violations" The Chi
cago Tribune, st. Louis Republican
and a score Of other prominent paper
9 equally complimentary. slocumb'
much abused baby has grown to b
quite . famous STRIPPING.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-01-04

DAVE BUTLER, the sweet siDgervof
the South Platte Israel, is raising >
dulcet voice In the highest strains
anti-monopoly miustrelsy. David
the fftieth original simon pure anti
monopolist who has filed his claim fol-
recognition on the ground of his un.
swerving adherence to interests of the
suffering producers.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-01-04

If we are not greatly mistaken the
Douglas county delegation will have
something to say upon the question Of
reforming u disreputable justices
courts and limiting the courts in cities
of the FIRST class to q number at which
q living q be made by the justices
without fleeing litigants and defying
every principle of law and equity.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-01-04
The Sandwich Apostle.

DETROIT, Mich, Jonuary IA let
ter Just received at Niles, this state,
by relatives, announce tho death Of
Rev. Titus Cosn at Hilo, Sandwich
Islands, December I'd, aged 80. DR..
Coan was o we'll known missionary of
the American board and had been
known for years as the apostle of the
Sandwich Islands.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-01-04
The Tabor Divorce.

DENVER, January 3.--By mutual
agreement, Mrs. Augusta l.. Tabor
obtained q divorce from her husband,
Governor Tabor, the alimony being
So, 500, 900. She asked for one mil.
lion, but seemed satisfied with the
compromise. She withdrew all often
sive charges, and previous suits lapse.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-01-04

FREE whisky and tobacco and heavy
taxes on clothing and iron is q plank
which will sink any party platform
with the party too deep for political
resurrection.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-01-04
resurrection

IT is stated that several of the sena-
torial candidates are running on their
record before the war. The record of
q number rince the war would make
lively, If not instructive reading.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-01-04

BEN BUTLER has cooked his eye on
the extravagant official expenditures
Of Massachusetts, and those who ought
to know say that something will be
heard to drop with a heavy thu npe-
fore the leaves begin to sprout.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-01-04

THE savings more than the earnings
of the people show the prosperity Of
the country. During the past year
Massachusetts, savings banks have In
creased their deposits $40, 000, 600.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-01-04
The Failures of 1852

bPoVIal DI5p4VVH 70 II DHH1
New YORK, January 2.-The mer-
camille failures of the year Just closed
are for the United States, 673S
in number as against 5,5S2 in 1881.
The liabilities in the United States
are for the last year SOL, 600, 900 as
compared with $5l, 000, 900 in 1881.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-01-04
A M Suspect.
!pscial Dispatch 70 THs BIZ

Special Dispatch 10 THB BEE
BALuNAMoRE, January 3.-John
Sheridan, Jr., an ex-su'pect, was found
murdered pear this plaoe. He had
been recently eyicsed. Two arrests
have been made.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-01-04

ordinance is once squarely before the
council it will be promptly passed
without material opposition. The
quicker this Is done, the better for all
hands round.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-01-04
The BEE PUBLISHING co., Props.
e. RosEwATER Editor

HERR MosT Is most too fresh for
America.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-01-04

HUBBELL has been endorsed BY his
constituents. The question 10 who
will endorse the constituents.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-01-04
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Omaha daily bee., 1883-01-04

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Omaha daily bee., 1883-01-04

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Omaha daily bee., 1883-01-04

multitude OF details concerning their
equipment.
The operations of the military in
connection with the suppression OF
the riots at Omaha having been fully
set forth In my message to the legis.
lature at the special session In May,
1882, it Is not necessary to enlarge
upon the subject at this time, but
take pleasure In again testifying te
the efficiency of the state troops OF
that occasion, and repeat the state
ment then made that the results jus
tilted the wisdom of the legislature il
providing for q more thorough mill
tary organization.
The recommendation of the adult
ant general that an appropriation b.
made sufa cient to enable the nationa
guard to hold an encampment an
nually has my earnest approval. as i
| Ia impossible to maintain an etfectivI
military organization of this charac
ter without affording proper facilities
for instruction and drill.
The very thorough and critical re
port of the inspector general will ena
BILE you to arrive at proper conclusion
concerning the state of discipline thai
prevails and the legislation that 10 ne
cesssary to give greater efficiency +
the service. The principal cause 0
dissatisfaction mentioned by the In
spector general have recently been re
moved. Until the beginning of No
vember, 1882, the companies had pro
vided their own uniform, as it was no
considered advisable to use any poi
tion of the military appropriation TO
that purpose. Within the last sixt.
days seven companies of the guar
have been provided with Unite
States regulation fatigue uniforms
end ar nov in all respects We
National Republican., 1883-12-07
THE BREvITY BASKET.
HE'D with Brief Mention OF Many MI

HE'D with Brief Mention OF Many Minor
Events OF Yesterday.
gohn Branson has been appointed special
lSceman.
\ fire at Sligo, Nd, destroyed the stocks Of
Bruhl aud q box Of jewolry valued at
Eapt. NJ. A. Tappan has sent letter of
nks TO the commissioners for furnishing
hrst company Union Veteran corps with
hs.
he case Of John O'Bricn, charged with
8ulting Officer Pearson, has been continued
ho police court.
Ehe libel suit in the police court against
Nathaniel Paige was continued yesterday
next Thursday.
4 the criminal court yesterday Mr.. Ed
~ l.. Burns was accepted as u talcsman to
- vacancy on the potit jury.
4he bill for divorce filed by John w. Miller
N fnst Annio NJ. Miller on Nov. ~, 1883. has
~ dismissed by order of the complainant.
N the police court yesterday fno of $40
\ imposed on Ephraim Nash for building n
Der frame house than tho permit called
8any Of the handsome articles to be voted
MT the coming fair of tho North Carolina
Rnuo NJ. p. church are on exhibition in DIR.
fguson's windows, Capitol hill.
Tho Lincoln Light Infantry have been
ntcd permission to hold fair at tho
y |brgotown market house hall, on tho nine
ith instant, to continue ten days.
The commissioners have notified tho COM
.ulprq pf thp f'atital fiitxs mo rtle nd thn
shington Cadets that they cannot issue
n more arms until further legislation.
h white man. whose name could not be
dcrtancd, fell from building, corner of
ikhth aud u streets, Wednesday afternoon,
pring himself badly. lie was taken care
by friends.
Tho president of the Washington Gas Light
d,plny has notified the commissioners that
q Baltimore and Potomac Railway company
\ paid for the lighting of sixty-four gas
Us along their track.
/ was reported last evening that an old
it,omau named Howard Marcoe was
Anlted by two young ruiliaus in tho agri-
dulal grounds about noon yesterday. His
4 caused the assaiants to dscamp.
building permits were issued yesterday to
Argu T.. Mitchell to build six dwellings on
ireet, between Seventh and Eighth streets
Ihcast, to cost -; w. Rusner, to build
dwellings on Sixth street, between l. and
irccts northwest, TO S6, 100.
he Bookbinders' union have elected tho
bwing officers: President, Fred Borgia ;
president Robert Marcelas; recording
btary, J. A. b. Easpby; treasurer, Dr.
| el Mcfarland. ii. G. Easpby, John
rson, and DR.. Alfred Thomas were chosen
gates to the convention to be held in New
X in February next.
BIO city postmaster has invited sealed
b1sals fr' M different dealers, to be opened
| the seventeenth instant, for tho sale of
ht 5000 pounds Of iute sacks, 5000
Inds leather pouches, 1900 pounds leather
Ips 1000 cotton canvas pouches, 5000
bids waste paper, and 1,500 pounds twine,
ch have accumulated in the city post
Ee
National Republican., 1883-12-07
r1,r nniirnn,is Must pnx.

The district commissioners have written q
letter to Col. Enoch Totten attorney of the
Baltimore and Potomac railway, declining to
remit the penalty of per cont. on the amount
of taxes due and unpaid by the company up
to Nov. 80. The payment was not rendered
until Dec. 3. and the pleas that the company
did not have ample notice are not considered
admissible by the commissioners. The amount
involved is SS3.
National Republican., 1883-12-07
rhn Iarnnl Chnrnh Enir.

IThc voting at the Israel church fair or
Ednesday night stood: Barber's chair-W
Sevcrson, 6; Costin & Bruce 5; A. J.
Iward, .; G. II. Hill. 20; r. A. Holmes, 1
w. Pollen, /; G.. H. Horton, l; w. Taylor
r. d. Campbell, l; Wilson Grice, l; w. f
Eson. l. Parlor organ-Mrs, S. Elkins, 8
is. y. r. Stevenson 10; Mrs. NJ. A. Moore
Mrs. Geo. w. Williams, 1S. China set No
Miss F. Topham, 10; Mrs. A. Brooks, 90
ina set No. 2-Miss S. Bruce, 8; Mrs. II
ltchinson, l.