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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-03-16
A WHISKY FAILURE.
Embarrassment of the Extensive Wholesale
Firm of Pfrrmann g. Pfau.

CINCINNATI March Is. = The wholesale
whisky firm of Pfrrmann & Pfau having
failed to meet two drafts of S., 600 each, has
placed its affairs in the hands of Thomas G..
Smith and A. S. Winslow, as trustees, and
asks an extension of time. The liabilities are
estimated at 1925. 600, go per cent of which is
secured by whisky stock. ]. Pau, jr, sold
his interest in the firm, on March 2, to Mr.
Pfirrmann, who is the sole member of the
firm. There is no apprehension that the liza
bilities will not be all met and the business
be continued.
Mr. Pfrrmann says no trustees have been
appointed to take charge of his affairs
though the persons named were suggested by
certain creditors. He will call meeting of
creditors on Saturday. and will consent to
the appointment of an advisory committee
hut prefers to hold control of his business
He says he is amply able to nay every dollar
but wants time. The firms surplus above
liabilities, he says, is half million, and the
personal estate $175,000 He has been in
business twenty-five years, and was never be-
fore embarrassed. He could have avoided
this by selling below the market but he had
such implicit confidence in the passage of
1the Sherman bill by the House that he re-
fused to sacrifice his goods. No steps have
been taken by any creditor to compel an as
signment, the general feeling being that all
claims are safe.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-03-16
THE FALSE PROPHET.
Amorous and Bellicose Exploits of the Mahdi
| In the SOudan.

In the SOudan.
Cairo Correspondence Feb. &c.
The ex-boatbuilder of Dongola, now ia
nous as the False Prop het of central Africa
is making terrible havoc not only among the
Khedive's soldiers but also among the merry
wives of the Soudan. The False Prophet is
evidently convinced that the world is his
own special oyster, which, with his sword,
he is about to open. A Greek merchant re-
Gently arrived from Sennaar--about 400
miles southeast of Khartoum-assures me
the False Prophet has been the cause
of no less than 400 women being divorced
from their husbands, and that during the
past three years he-the False Prophet-has
become the happy father of over fifty chill
dren. Moreover the Mahdi, in spite OF his
extraordinary fascination over the fair sex,
has acquired such supernatural ascendancy
over the minds of the sterner sex that in
jured husbands have not only begun to re-
marry their divorced wives, but now consider
that any sentimentality or Irritation between
the Mahdi and their own spouses to be
mark of divine favor. The sentiments and
conduct OF the False Prophet toward unmar-
ried females are strictly platonic.
In reference to the warlike feats OF the
Mahdi a letter written by an officer of high
rank aud dated Khartoum, Jan. 80, reached
me this morning The following is trans
lation of portion of this letter: Everything
here is downright mess. The False
Prophet has again stirred up matters L.
the SEMINAR, which we believed to have been
finally queted. The Govcrnor-general, ADD
el-Kader Pacha, has gone with all the troops
that can be spared from the Kordofan expe.
dition TO try now for the fourth time to quell
the SEMINAR revolt. Our troops are thor
ouphlV demOr0liZpd bV the continued suc,
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rested. 1t is expected that information
touching the doings of the Anarchists, moro
vital than any Louise Michel could fur,
nish, will be obtained from him
The government has resolved to expel, upon
completion of their sentences, all foreigners
who are convicted of implication in the riots
here. They are mostly Germans.
AT the Socialist meeting in the Champ de
Mars on Sunday, if the crowds refuse to
disperse, three legal warnings will be given,
and if these warnings are not needed the
rioters will be arrested
A Vienna dispatch says the Russian gov
ernment has proposed to the other powers
that an international detective force be or
ganized to cope with the Anarchists Nihil-
lists, Fenians and Socialists. France, Switzer-
land and Austria have acquiesced in the pro-
posal
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-03-16
COLLISION ON THE OHIO.
Sinking of the Steamer Dora Cabler by the
Enquirer-Three Lives Lost.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.


EVANSVILLE, Ind, March 15.-The steamers
Dora Cabler and Enquirer, rival packets run
ming between this port and Cannelton, came
in collision about two miles above Lewisport
at o'clock last night The Cabler was cut
down, and sunk in few minutes in twelve
feet of water. Her upper works were de-
stroyed by fire by the overturning of a stove
in the texas. All the officers and pas
sengers escaped, but it is reported that three
colored roustabouts were lost. The Cabler
was loaded with lumber and miscel-
laneous freight The boat was owned
by Captain John a. Adams, of this
city, and valued at $4,000 She was
insured for $500. The Enquirer, which is
a sharp-bowed, low side-wheel boat, was not
injured at all. The collision was the result
of a confusion as to signals, and each side
charges the fault on the other. An investi-
CATION will take place. The Cabler was COM
manded by Captain Adams with John
Lankford at the wheel, and the Enquirer by
Captain e. P. Creder, with f. NJ Lyon at the
wheel
LATER.-The Enquirer has just arri we'd.
Captain Creder and Pilot Marion Ryan say
hey heard no signals from the Cabler, so they
blew two whistles, but receiving no answer
stopped their boat and backed her, but too
late to prevent the accident, as the Cabler
was still coming ahead Captain Adams and
his pilot, John Landlord, say they blew for
the left side and were answered by two sig
nails, for the right side, which they accepted,
and just as the Enquirer struck the Cabler
she (the Enquirer) again blew one whistle
Landlord says the Cabler was backing when
within 300 yards of the Enquirer
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PRINCE GoRTCHAKoFF.

Burial of the Remains-Stroug Ground for
Believing He Was Poisoned.
BADEN BADEN, March 15.-The funeral Of
the late Prince Gortchakoff took place from
the Russian Chapel here, yesterday. The
physician who attended Prince Gortohakcf
states that there were enough grounds for
suspecting the Prince had been poisoned.
The evidence of the Princes mistress and of
his valet confirms the suspicion. In his
will, made on his death bed, the Prince re-
quests the authorities to suppress any in
quiry as to whether he had been poisoned.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-03-16
No Omen Polar Sea.

BUFFALO, March 15.-Lieutenant John
W. Danenhower. the celebrated Arctic ex-
plorer, said: "At first was inclined to be-
lieve the report circulated regarding the dis
covery of records OF the Chipp party by the
artist West. There has been ample time
however, to prove the truth of the story. No
inquiry has been made in Paris to discover
whether West made any such journey as rep
resented. On the whole l have reached the
conclusion that the story is hoax, and that
Chipp and his brave comrades met their fate
long ago." Danenhower expressed himself
as opposed to the belief in an open polar sea.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-03-16
Rhode Island RepuSlloan nominations

PROVIDENCE, R. l., March 15-The Repub-
lican State convention met to-day Every
town was represented. Augustus 0. Brown,
of Bristol, was nominated for Governor by
acclamation; Oscar J. Rathbun, of Woon-
socket, was nominated for Lieutenantgover-
nor; the present incumbents were renom-
mated to complete the State ticket viz: Joshua
M. Addemas, for Secretary of States P. Colt
for Attorney-general; Samuel Clark, General
Troacurar
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IRISH AFFAIRS.
The Gladstone Government Denounced by
the Catholic Clergy.

the Catholic Clergy.
DUBLIN, March 15.-The Catholic clergy of
the diocese OF Swineford, county Mayo, have
passed resolution in which they charge the
government with neglecting the distressed
people, and condemn the remedies offered,
namely: the work-house or emigration.
PARIS. March 15.-On motion being an
nounced in the Deputies to authorize the
prosecution of NJ. Savary member of the
Chamber and director of the Rhone-e Loire
bank, for malversation in connection with
the affairs of the bank, Savary prevented the
necessity of debating the motion by resign
ing his seat.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-03-16
The Mississippi Flood subsidins.

MEMPHIS, March 15.-The river tonight
showed decline of five inches during the
past twenty-four hours. 1t now marks
thirty-three feet ten inches on the guage,
which is a total decline of twenty-five inches.
Its fall will be more rapid now, and two
feet more decline will put the river within
its banks Farming operations are being
actively engaged in, and the outlook for a
good planting season is cheering.
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Dollar LEGISLATORS.

ST. LOUIS March 15.-The Missouri legisla-
tors are now working for 81 day, the time
for full pay as provided by the constitution
having expired, and they are rushing things
with commendabe celerity.
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THE ANARCHISTS.
An Attempt to Intimidate an Editor-A
Promising Clue

Promising Clue.
PARIS, March 15.-FiftNen anarchists visited
the office of the Intransigeant and attempted
to compel Henri Rocheforta, the editor, to
insert a note in his paper denouncing its re-
port of the riot last Friday as slanderous.
Police have since protected the premises,
although Rochefort declined their services
when proffered.
Explosives have been found in the house
OF man named Pouget, who has been ar
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-03-16
Obituary,

CLEVELAND O., March 15-Rev. J. Vincent
Conlan, for many years assistant, and subse-
quently pastor of St. Patrick's Church, in
this city, died this evening at the Charity
Hospital, aged ffty-eight years,
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Evidence Against Egan.

DUBLIN, March 15.-James Mullett, one of
the murder conspirators, has given informa-
tion duplicating Patrick Egan and others.
The information is sufficient to justify the
arrest of Egan when he returns.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-03-16

INDIGESTION, weak stomach, Irregularities of
bowels, cannot exist when Hop Bitters are used.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-06-23

-HH III
THEODORE THOMAS and his unrivalled
orchestra win visit us next week, and
reinforced by a local chorus of more than
a hundred and fifty voices, will give
Omaha three concerts of the higher class
of music. While the Omaha musical
festival viii not compare with those of
which larger and wealthier eastern cities
have boosted, it will be remarkable as
the first of its kind in Nebraska. The
excellent concerts of the last S~engerfest
are not forgotten; but the orchestralIo f
the ~Ssngerfest was crude and the various
societies sang together without the previ-
Gus training requisite for good choral
singing. Mr.. Thomas brings with him
an orchestra which Rubenstein the great
composer once enthusiastically declared
was equalled only by that of the Paris
conseryatoire. Trained under his in
Incompatible leadership and fired by his
own enthusiasm in art, we can promise
our people who have never
listened to its rendering of the worlds
tone masters, a treat as novel as it will
be delightful and satisfying.
Classical music, when the taste has
Omaha daily bee., 1883-06-23
PROPOSALS FOR PAVING.
SEALED PROPOSALS WILL BE RECEIVED I

SEALED PROPOSALS WILL BE RECEIVED BY
y the undersigned until l2 o'clock noon OF Mon
day, July 2n6, A. ID. 1888, for the paving Of Harvey
street, in Paving District No. Q, being that part of
Harvey street lying between the east line of Ninth
street and the west line of Fifteenth street, except
the intersection made by the crossing of Tenth
street. Also for the paving Of sixteenth street in
Paving District No. 3, being that part OF Sixteenth
street lying between the south line OF Douglas street
and the south line of lizard street, both paving dis.
tricts aforesaid being in the city OF Omaha, county OF
Douglas and state Of Nebraska In accordance with
the wishes OF the legal majority of property owners
AUDITING on said paving districts and in obedience to
ordinances Nos. $50 and 5SI of said city, the material
to be used in paving the aforesaid districts must be
Trinidad or Sheet Asphaltum." All such paving to
be laid and work done in accordance with plans and
specifications ON file in the office of the Board Of
Public Works, Separate bids to be presented for
each paving district, with separate prices named in
each bid for a five years and ten years guarantee of
said paving. Bids to be accompanied by the sigma
lures of proposed sureties who, in the event of the
awarding of the contract, will enter into bonds with
the city of Omaha IN the sum of thirty thousand
dollars for each Of the above described paving dis
tricts TO insure the faithful performance OF such con-
ract, Bids must also be accompanied by a certified
check, payable to the city OF Omaha, in the sum OF
five hundred dollars for each bid; such check to be
returned to bidder In the event of non-acceptance OF
bid, and To the successful bidder when such contract
and bond are duly entered into and the same APP
proved by the Board of Public WORKS, the Mayor
and City Council, as provided by law and ordinance;
otherwise such check to be forfeited and placed tu
the credit of the paving fund.
All bids must be made upon printed blanks, to he
furnished by the Board of Public wnks.
The Board Of Public Works reserN, the right o.
JAMES CREIGHTON,
Chairman Board Of Public Works.
Je ls-taw-tw
Omaha daily bee., 1883-06-23

THERE are some complaints of the
slowness of. the paving contractors, and
several persons who do not stop to con-
slider the matter, are growing loudly
over the delays in completing Tenth and
Douglas streets. They tell US that two
months have gone since paving opera
lions were begun, and that less than
three blocks are completed on each
street. This is true, but grading, con.
creting and paving cannot be carried on
in the rain with any degree of safety.
Since May opened, We have had an aver
age Of three rainy days a week, and
much time has been lost in baling out
the excavations after storms, and waiting
for the mud to dry before laying the
foundations. The consequence has been
that more than half the time has been
lost in delays which could not have been
foreseen or avoided by thepaving c~ontrac-
tors. 1t is only fair to take this into
consideration when growing about the
slowness with which %pavements are being
laid in Omaha.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-06-23

once been acquired, never pals. The
works Of such composers as Beethoven,
Bach, Handel, Wagner and Brahms AN
not get old. Like the paintings Of the
old masters whose coloring increases in
s~oftness, and whose outlines delight the
artistic mind as greatly now as they did
when they first appeared on canvass and
%fresco, so the noble and grand COM
positions of the great tone masters edu-
cate and elevate each succeeding genera
ton, when interpreted by men who join
to a taste for music, a skill in making
others appreciate and love what they
themselves admire.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-06-23

MARSHAL GUTHRIE has made his first
complaint against citizens for using the
alleys as garbage heaps. This is a step
in the right direction. MI. Guthrie can
do no better work just at present than in
prosecuting his inquiries into viola
tions of the city ordinances in the way of
cluttering up our alleys with filth and
refuse. There is another practice to
which the marshal's attention might be
called. That is the emptying of beer
dregs into the street CUTTERS In front Of
Omaha daily bee., 1883-06-23

Now that the Ohio democrats have
found their leader in Judge -Hosdley the
campaign in the Buckeye state may be
said to have opened in earnest. To a
mar up a tree, it looks very much al if
Judge Hoadley viii have a walk-away.
The liquor question will again be an issue,
and a very demoralixing issue for the re-
publicans. Mr.. Charley Foster knows
that as well, if not better than
any one else, and as he
has his eye set firmly on
the senatorial chair now occupied
by George Pendleton he will leave no
stone unturned to secure the legislature.
Those who are in a position to under.
stand the true inwardness of matters po-
litical declare that Foraker is to be traded
at all points for members of the legisla-
ture who can be depended upon to vote
in Mr.. Fosters interest. With organ.
lied opposition without, and disorganiza-
ton within, the prospect for Ohio repub-
lcans is not, to say the least, very bril-
liant.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-06-23
Come and See Us.

To the Editor Of TnE BEE.
VALENTINE, Neb., June 21.-Berry
Bros, started out with their horses and
men to-day, to establish stations on the
new mail route from this place to Rapid
City. 1t will no doubt prove the best
route to tho Black Hills. They are max.
ing every effort to furnish comfort for
the public rs well as rapid and safe
transit for mail and passengers. 1t is
the general wish of our people through
the northwest that Mr.. VanWyck come
up here and see what a pioneer settle.
ment is. We will furnish him with free
transportation. Il. LAMANNA.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-06-23

tied. Since her l have had nothing to
do with him in any way whatever, MOI
do | mean ever TO have, unless it be 70
defend myself. | have besides always
advised all of my friends to have nothing
to do with him in any business transac-
ton. | came to this conclusion after
taking particular notice of his counte-
lance
Gentlemen who now have, or intend to
have, business transactions with Mr..
Gould should ponder the wise old COM
modore's words.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-06-23
ANOTHER RAILROAD DECISION.

A notable railroad decision was rem
dered the other day in the United States
district o u for Colorado. The facts upon
which the case rested are substantially as
follows: The Denver & New Orleans
and the Denver & Rio Grande have par
| allel lines of road from Denver to Pueblo,
connecting at the latter place with the
Atchison, Topeka IL Santa Fe. A con-
tract was made between the Denver &
Rio Grande and the Atchison, Topeka &
Santa Fe whereby the latter agreed to do
all its Through business to Denver with
the former at certain special rates. The
Denver 81 New Orleans asked for the
same kind of a contract as to rates on
Denver business, which was refused.
An action was then brought to
compel the Atchison, Topeka &
Santa Fe to exchange traffic
| with the Denver and New Orleans on the
same terms accorded to the Denver &
Rio Grande; and Judge McCrary decided
in effect that it must be done, a decree
being subsequently issued by Judge Hal
lett to that end. This decree, it appears,
was evaded and disobeyed; and accord
ingly the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
company was brought again into court on
a charge of contempt. The result was
that fines were imposed to the amount of
$400 for the acts complained of, and an
order entered requiring restitution to be
made to the Denver & New Orleans in
such sum as a master in chancery shall
find to be just and sufficient.
In rendering his decision Judge Hallet
laid down some sound precepts upon the
subject of railroad combination. He
declared that all combinations to prevent
competition and obstruct the interests OF
commerce through the building of new
roads "are nothing more or less than
conspiracies' against the public welfare
and convenience, and, therefore, illegal
and void. The court e~nunciated the
broad principle that projects fol
the suppression of competition are
as unauthorized and pernicious as
schemes. Of discrimination and extortion
and as contrary to the spirit of the law as
laid down for the common carrier. 'It is
not consistent with the public interest, OF
with common right" says Judge Hallett,
that a railroad company should be per.
mitted 80 to use its privileges"-that is
to say, It's common carrier franchise-''as
to secure to itself superior and exclusive
advantages on other lines of transporta-
tion,' or, oppositely, to give such supe-
rior and exclusive advantages to other
companies on its own line. In short, 0
common carrier is bound to avoid ever,
purpose or appearance Of monopoly. L
must not only perform service for indi
vidual patrons on equal and reasonable
terms, but it must refrain from obstruct
ing rival enterprises that look to a divis
ion of its own traffic and a possible diminu
ton of its own rates of compensation.
This decision is highly important. L
gives evidence that the courts will no
only exert their authority for the settle
ment of the relative rights of the rail
roads and the people, but will also inter
fere between different railroads and com
pei them to deal with II another on uni
form and equitable terms.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-06-23

1T is a bad year for the caucus. Mr.,
Rollins, of New Hampshire, is the last
man to discover it. Although the noto.
rious railroad lobbyist is the caucus
choice and apparently the Chandler
choice, and presumably the Administra.
ton choice for senator, there appears to
be a decided minority of the New Hamp.
shire republicans who do not want him.
The time is coming when the caucus
must mean something more than a def
ance of party opinion or cease to exist as
a political power.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-06-23
PROPOSALS FOR CURLING AND
GUTTERING.

SEALED PROPOSALS VII BE RECEIVED BY
- the undersigned until l2 o'clock noon of Mon
day, July End, A. d.. 1883, for the curbing and gut
tering Of that part Of Capitol avenue lying between
the west curb line of Fourteenth street and the east
curb line of Sixteenth street, In the city Of Omaha
All said work to be done and material furnished In
accordance with plans and specifications on file In
the office of the Board OF Public Works..
Bids to be made separately for limestone and
sandstone and on printed blanks furnished by sale
board. The board reserves the right to determine
after the bids shall have been opened whether such
contract shall be let, either for limestone or for sand
stone. Bids to be accompanied by the signatures Of
proposed sureties who, in the event of the awarding
OF the contract, will enter into bonds with the city Of
Omaha in the sum Of five hundred dollars for the
faithful performance of such work.
The Board Of Public Works reserves the right t.
reject any or all bids,
NJ CREIGHTON,
Chairman Board of Public Works
Jc lS-taw-tw
Omaha daily bee., 1883-06-23

THAT blatant blatherskite, Dennis
Kearney, had the impudence to enter a
personal protest before the California
railroad commission against the proposed
reduction of freight and passenger rates
ON the Central and Southern Pacific
roads, Dennis insisted hat he appeared
on behalf of California workingmen who
were interested in keeping up exorbitant
freight and passenger tolls which insured
them high wages. Dennis evidently re-
presents the California ~monopolists a
good deal more than he docs the working
men who have long since lost faith in
him. But the blatant blatherskite insists
that he is an anti-monopolist, and
announced on the San Francisco sand
lots last Sunday that he was going to the
national anti-monopoly convention at
Chicago, to represent the Pacific coast.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-06-23
SOME Washington officers think tina

SOME Washington officers think that
Major Nickerson will never be tried by a
court martial for obtaining a divorce by
fraud from his first wife. They predict
that he will keep himself hid until no in
terest is longer felt in his case. The le-
gal right of the secretary of war to stop
Major Nickerson's pay is questioned, and
the opinion is held that unless he is court
martialed he can at any time collect it by
bringing suit for it.