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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-23
LATEST FROM ABROAD.
Ferry Outlines the Policy of the New
French Ministry.
China and Japan Anticipating HOstilities on
Account of Corea-N
Foreign News.
FRENCH AFFAIRS.
Ferry Outlines the Policy of the
New Ministry.

New Ministry.
PARIS, Feb. 22.-In the Chamber of Depu-
ties to-day Prime Minister Ferry explained
the programme of the ministry and solicited
the confidence of the country. He said the
governments first care would be to satisfy
the wish of the Chamber by applying the law
of 1884, under which the princes would be
deprived of their military posts. The gov
eminent thought nothing more was necessary
for the present. The republic was not en-
dangered, but in the event of a conspiracy
would have ample power to protect itself by
the rights inherentin all governments without
infringing upon the e~ssentiai liberties of the
people. The government demanded that
measures be aiken against the utterance of
seditious cries and against the authors of Sc
ditious placards. Irritating questions and
fruitless discussions, he said, must be set
aside, leaving to the government initiative
which belongs to 1t as a right. Reforms
were required in the magistracy. The mill
tary bill and habitual-c criminals bill will be
introduced, and the budget for 1884 will short
ly be presented. The government proposes
to facilitate the execution of public
works and introduce measures looking
to the organization of a protectorate in Tunis
and the reduction of the expenses of occupa-
ton of that country. The foreign policy OF
the government will be peaceful, but not
necessarily one of iEaction. Whenever our
interests and honor are invofved, we must
maintain France in the rank to which she is
entitled. 1t is essential to give Europe the
spectacle of a government sure OF its future
and better armed agaist the factions of adj
ministration, strong and respected, and of a
parliamentary republic resting upon French
virtues, good sense, labor and love of pro-
gress.
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The Chinese Preparing for war.

Hone KONG, Jan. 27.-The new year opens
with signs of government f%eebleness and dis
cord, attributed partly to Primo Kings
withdrawal from public affairs, and partly to
the removal of Wang from the privy council
and board of war, and partly to the RELOCATION
TO foreign business almost exclu-
sively to Ii Hung Chong, who persists in
remaining at Tientsin, owing to the power
full cabal organized against him in the CAPT
tai. This isolated position at TieAtsin
leaves him practically without interference
in the management of foreign affairs, es-
pecially those of Corea. His recent conf
munications with the King of Corea assume
the perfect equality between that monarch
and the Chinese statesman, and tend directly
to place Corea in the position of a chinese
province. His anger at Japan is now wholly
unconcealed. How far it is shared by the
Pekin authorities is not definitely known,
but the best informed foreigners still refuse
to believe that war will ensue. The domes-
tic feebleness OF the Pekin government is
shown in the frequent disregard and dis
obedience of its orders by the local
authorities at the open ports.
This development causes anxiety
among the foreign diplomatists in
Pekin. 1t is apprehended that other powers
may follow the recent example of Germany
and authorize the commanders of ships of
war to deal directly with the contumacious
provincial officials. The recent dispute be-
tween the United States authorities and the
Chinese officials ON the question of the pro-
posed arrest of a Chinese clerk of an Amer
lean firm at Shanghai was settled by the with
drawal of the fabricated charges against the
clerk. The Viceroy's decree against Amer
lean yarn manufactures remains in force.
Reinforcements are constantly proceeding to
the Chinese Notifications at Kirim, which
port the government affects to believe in
danger from Russian aggression at the more
remote stations in Central Asia. Arms, uni
forms, ETC., have been sent from China to the
Corean government, and Chinese instructors
are drilling the Corean soldiery. China is
admitted to exercise dominant influence at
the Corean capital, but the King and court
iers are reserved.
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Reunion of Veterans at Fort Wayne-Fatal
Railroad Accident Near Madison
Suicide at HagerstOwn.
Flat Contradictions in the Cougar
MandIer Trial.
O Notre Dame Professor Seriously Injured
by an Explosion-Notes and
Gleanings.
INDIANA.


Reception to the Graud Chapter of Kappa
Alpha Theta.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.
GREENcAsTLE, Feb. 22.-One OF the most
pleasant social events in college circles of the
present year was the reception given the
National Grand Chapter of Kappa Alpha
Notwithstanding now in session
here, by the gentlemen OF the Sigma Chi fra
ternlty, tonight, at the residence of Mr.. j.
W. Cole. Through the generosity OF Mr..
Cole his elegant residence was rendered the
Sigma Chi fraternity for the reception, and
to his kindness much of the success that at
tended the affair is due. In addi-
ton to the resident members of
the two fraternities present, there
were representatives from the chapters of
Kappa Alpha Theta, and members of both
fr~aternities from the Indiana colleges and
cities. The supper was one of the best ar
ranged that a Greencastle company has sat
down to, covers having been laid for sixty
couples. The toasts and responses were few
and fifty spoken. After supper the party
took carriages and were driven to the Sigma
Chi Chapter Hall, of which its members are
Justly proud. The adjoining hall of the
Knights of Pythias was thrown open, and
here the e~njoyments of the evening were
continued until an early hour Friday morn
ing. The following were among those
present:
Misses Cora Person and Kate Ridenour,
Lawrence, hus., - Pendleton, I'"7i"
Clinton, Miss Hurst. 1rv1ugUOil; hare oner-
wood, Sadie Patton, Ida Small, Dora Merri-
field, Mamie Wynans, Juliette Maxwell,
Grace WOODBURY., Kate Hoover, Blooming
ton; Bertha Van Hoosen, Laura Hills, Ann
Arbor; Lydia Wood, Meadville, Pa; Anna
Adams, Hanover; Nellie Truitt, indianapolis;
Anna Robertson, Wooster, o.; Nettie Reed,
Greensburg; Jessie Wright, Burlington, VT;
Jessie Boulton, Ithica, n. Y; Luna Bierce,
Sullivan; Mary Rumbarger, Gosport; Minnie
Smith, Perrysville; Mary Conrey,
Shelbyville; Jesse Hague. Bloomington;
Moses G. Mccain, E. L. Mick, Junius Will
son. II. L, Gordon, indianapolis; J. +. George,
Noblesville; Z. w. Shirley, Danville; w. f.
Heath, Champaign. H.; Milt. Parsons, Rush
vile, Colin K:Ag, indianapolis; Arthur
Brown. T. N. Raymond. r. r. Sloan, r. L.
Dorsey. c. Z. Morgan, w. J. Hubbard, r. f.
Bigger. c.. A. Marstellar, A. NJ. Chamberlain,
{. E. King, J. B. Heating. W. c. Smith.
Iryingion; Messrs. Cory. Evans, Hamilton.
and Mcintosh, of Charlottesville; C. H. En-
aerton, Harmony; G. E. Earl, Lafayette;
Thomas Stunkard, Terre Haute; A. NJ.
Adams. J. r. Wilson. J. L.. Gentle, Edwin
Carr, Bloomington.
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GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS.


Marshal Bazaine's Episodes of the War of
1870 and the Siege of Metz.
LONDON, Feb. 22.-Marshal Bazaine's book,
entitled Episodes of the War of 1870 and
the Siege of Metz" is dedicated to ex-Queen
Isabella of Spain. Among the documents
which appear in the work was Bazaine's au-
tograph report to Emperor Napoleon while
the latter was at Wilhelmshohe, and a letter
to Empress Eugene, dated Sept. IA, 1870,
advising her to take horse and assume COM
mand of the Metz division. The Marshal
considers that the defensive qualities OF
Alsace- Lorraine were not utilized to the full
est extent. He asserts that the disorganiza-
ton of the war department at the beginning
of the war rendered it impossible to obtain
successful information or Instructions from
headquarters, and declares he never saw a
mitrailleuse until the weapon was brought
into Metz.
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Nincennes Special, Feb. 81.
1t is quite certain that a whole family OF
five persons were drowned below the city a
few miles, but the facts cannot be ascertained
until the water recedes. 1t is expected that
-aany deaths have occurred, but the
water is spreading over everything, and the
currents on the farms are absolutely so
strong as to be dangerous. A deplorAble con-
dition of things exists in Decker township,
this county. Many families are cooped up
in their stables, lofts and garrets to keep out
of the water, and are in a starving condition.
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CHINA AND JAPAN.
Hostile Attitude of the Two Powers on the
COrean Question.

YOKOHAMA, Feb. 6-Oficial ~communica-
tons from China of a very threatening char
acter are believed to have been received by
the japanese government, relating to Corea
and Loo Chow. Although the dispatches are
kept secret, their existence and hostile char
acter are not denied by those who should
possess the fullest information. 1t is stated
in some high quarters that the news of
American acceptance of the Corean treaty
will probably prove the most important OBJ
stacle to a ~arlike demonstration from China,
because that treaty places the United States
in the same position as Japan with respect to
a recognition of Corean independence, which
is the point of Chinese contention.
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The government will move the appoint
ment of a committee to inquire into the ex-
pediency of the construction of the Channel
tunnel.
The Hamburg House of Burgesses, by a
vote of 1874 to ID, adopted the &C compromise
scheme for uniting Hamburg with the Ger
man customs union.
1t is stated that French admiral on the
Madagascar station has been ordered to sup
press vigorously any attempts to resist the
rights of France on the island.
The German law against American hog
products will go into effect one month
after publication. Special rules will be made
relating to Hamburg and Bremen supplying
ships.
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come in from Cisna Park, on the Wellington
branch, to meet the pay-car at Hoopeston.
The lady killed was the keeper of a boarding
house at Cisna Park, and had gone to Hopes
ton to have the warrants given by boarders
cashed. In the dark, those upon the hand
car supposed they were gaining on the train,
which they believed to be going in the same
direction as themselves. The train was back
ing up, and they did not discover their error
until too late. Others upon the hand-care
were severely injured.
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LAST OF THE FLOOD.
Another Section of a Cincinnati Street in
the Water.

Another Section of a Cincinnati Street in
the Water.
CINCINNATI, Feb. pa section of Mclean
avenue, seventy-ive feet long, slipped in the
water at Court street this morning, letting
down the Southern railroad track and cut
ting off communication with both the pas
senger and freight depots. 1t happened
shortly before the arrival of an incoming
train. The break has been repaired by a
temporary track, so that trains can reach the
depots.
A private dispatch from Vincennes says
the Wabash is falling rapidly. The Ohio q
Mississippi track is not seriously damaged,
and it is expected that the entire line will
open for traffic tomorrow.
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A Young Farmer Cuts His Throat.
pecial to the INDIANAPOLIS Journal.

HAGERsTowN, Feb. 22.-Yesterday a young
farmer named Smith, whose home is near
here, committed suicide by cutting his throat
with a razor. He had complained of his
head hurting him very badly for several
days, and it is the supposition that temporary
arrangement was the cause of the deed.
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A Railroad Ticket Forrer Arrested

KANSAS CRY, Mo-, Feb. 22.-L. D. Ross, the
a%bsconding ticket broker, who forged a num-
Der of tickets. good over the Missouri Pacific
from st. Louis to Kansas City, and then fed
his bali in the sum of S {, 900, was to-day
brought back to this city from Portland,
Oregon, where he was arrested by detectives.
The forgery took place last August, and Ross
has been a fugitive from justice since Sep
tember.
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Inconsistency of the Catholic Press.

Carey, the informer, was the poor mans
friend and was elected to the town council
as the labor candidate Professional
friends OF the poor man are filled with a
species of charity that begins and ends at
home. The best friends of the poor man are
the upright and conscientious rich.
When Cavendish and Burke were assassin
ated the Catholic press we're loudest in de-
nouncirg the crime and demanding ven
geance upon the criminals. Now that the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-23
Some More Balloting for Senator in Michi-
gan,

DETROIT, Feb. 22.-Six ballots were taken
in the joint convention for senator this after
noon. A. NJ. Barnes, the new candidate of
the Fusionists, ranged from A to 40; Palmer
from d to q, Willis from II to 16. Burrows
was finally Withdrawn. Ferry from 26 to 80,
except the last ballot, when he fell to %. The
remaining votes were scattering.
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Farm Residence Burned

Special to the Indianapolis JOurnaL
SPENCER, Feb. 22.-The two-story residence
of James Berlein, in Vandalia, Owen county,
six miles west of Spencer, was burned at 10
o'clock last night, with most of the contents.
The fire was caused by a defective fue. In
surance, $3.50.
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government has arraigned the perpetrators
of that crime, the same Catholic press is loud
in ~denouncing the perjury that led to their
apprehension, and the infamy of the govern
ment that would make that perjury profta-
BILE. We should assume a virtue if we have
1t not" They have the Phoenix park assassins,
and we can only say Amen to the outbursts
of v%irtuous indignation first chorused by the
Catholic Dress
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A Methodist Minister ..Catches Oo.Y

Tucson, A. T., Feb. 22.-There is great ex-
citement over a remarkable silver discovery
twenty miles south of here, in the Santa Rita
mountains. the ore crossing, one hundred
feet wide and over a mile long, of an average
value of 1915 per ton. The ore sulphate is
also extensive. Half a million is estimated
to be in sight on one claim. The property
was just purchased by a Methodist minister,
Albio iona,
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Children Injured while Coastipr,

BosToN, Feb. 22.-At Milford to-day thir-
teen children were thrown from a double
runner which struck a tree. Nearly all were
picked up unconscious. The names of the
manned are Mamie Murray, leg broken, am
p~utation necessary; Edwin Hogan, leg
broken. internally injured; Lewis Crane and
Willie Hickey, badly bruised and internally
injured; Lucy Gleason, severe injuries in the
legs and back; Mary Doherty, badly injured
in the face and head.
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Iron-works Closed by the Sheriff.

PlTTsBURG, Feb. PA New Castle, Pa,
special says the furnace of the Wampum
Iron Company, Wampum, Pa. was closed
last evening by the sheriff on a confessed
judgment of 5000 900. The failure was
brought about by the recent financial diff
fculties of Kloman Bros, of Pittsburg.
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arrived here to-day and will the
examination of witnesses at once. The cause
of the investigation was charges made by DIR.
SaviE, of Erie, Pa, a former patient, who
alleged cruelty and various other acts reflect
ing on the management of the institution.
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Louisiana Murder Chronicles.

New ORLEANS, Feb. 22.-Captain Pierre
Lanier, of East Baton Rouge was shot dead on
the Splitter plantation. On the Belleyiew
plantation, Saunders Gray and Prince
Acker, negro gamblers, were killed.
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Sec ton Hand Killed.
the IndianapoIis Journal.

Special to the indianapolis Journal
MADISON, Feb. 22.-The incoming train
from Indianapolis, when near Scipio, last
night, ran over and instantly killed a section
hand named Duffy, who was lying apparent
ly asleep on the track and not seen by the
men in charge of the. train in time to pre-
vent the accident. TIT poor fellows head
was severed from his body.
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CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, Feb. 22-In Meigs
county n man named Eagle was killed by
John HARDWOOD. Eagles brother then fatally
shot HARDWOOD, and dangerously wounded
Scott. The murders grew out of an old feud.
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A Teamster Drowned.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
DANyILLE, Feb. pa teamster named
Mcdaniel drove his horses into Stony creek,
this afternoon, for the purpose of watering
them. They got into a deep hole which was
unknown to him and he and one horse were
drowned. His body has not been recovered.
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College Students Suspended.

HANOVER, N. H, Feb. 22.-Many sopLc
mores of Dartmouth College ave been sus-
pended for refusing to give the names of the.
members of the class who larded the faculty
seats in the chapel.
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Professor Lyons Injured by an Explosion.
Speeial TO the Ipdianapolis JournaI.

DVUNldT q N IHFIdHdpOI5 JUUIHdL
SOUTH BEND, Feb. 22.-Professor J. A.
Lyons, one of the best known educators in
the country, was severely injured at Notre
Dame University, last evening, at the Wash
lngton Birthday exercises. A premature ex-
plosion of powder burned his hands and face
very severely, and probably destroyed the
sight of one of his eyes.
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A pretty pair of pillow shams, stamped
with a braiding pattern and chain-stiched in
navy blue coarse-working cotton, is a nice
present to a young housekeeper-finished
with embroidery or rutfles a finger wide
that can be huted.
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The Kentucky Murder Trial.

GRAYsoN, KY, Feb. 22.-The reason given
the sheriff by Fireman for the prompt recess
of the jury was the illness of one of the jury
men. Opinion is divided as to the ultimate
verdict. There will be either a hung jury or
a verdict of guilty early in the morning.
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DAILY WEATHER BULLETIN.
Indications.
WAR DEPARTMENT,

WAX UEPARTMENT,
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER,
WASHINGTON, Feb. %, | A. NJ.
For Tennessee and Ohio Valley-Increasius
cloudiness and rain, northeast to southeast
winds, lower barometer, stationary or slight
rise in temperature.
Lake notwithstanding cloudiness and snow.
northeliy to easterly winds, shifting to southeast
in the Upper Lake region, with slight rise in
temperature and lower barometer; in Lower
Lake region, rising followed by falling baron
eter.
Local observations.
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ILLINOIS.
Hand-Car Rem Down by a Freight Train and
Two Men Killed.

DANvILLE, Feb. pa freight train on the
C. e. E. 1, railroad ran into a hand-car last
night at Hoopeston, sixteen miles north of
this city, and killed a section man named
Mcdonald and a woman whose name cannot
be learned. Those upon the hand-car had
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Insane Asylum Invsstigntion.

PITTsBURG, Feb. 22.-The State legislative
committee, charged with the investigation of
the Dixmon Insane Asylum management,
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Barn Burned-Turnpike Officials Indicted.

Barn Burned-Turnpike Officials Indicted.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
SHELBYvILLE, Feb. pa valuable barn in
burned last night. Two hundred bushels Of
corn, several tons of hay, and all the agri-
cultural implements were destroyed. Loss,
81 900. Insured in the Continental for 5000.
Bennett Powell, T. N. Donnell and Will
liam Miller, officers of the Waldron and
Middletown Turnpike Company, were in
dicted yesterday for failure to file the annual
report of the company within the time re-
quired by law.
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soldiers Reunion at Fort Wayne.

Special TO the indianapolis Journal.
Fort WAYNE. Feb. 22.-The One Hundred
and Twenty-ninth Regiment Indiana Volun-
Seer Infantry held their annual reunion in
this city to-day. The celebration was at
terded by some two hundred of the old COM
mand and by General Milo s. Haskell, of
Goshen; Colonel ]. B. Dodge, of Warsaw;
Colonel |. B.. Mcdonald. of Columbia City,
and by other distinguished guests. The
meeting was called to order by Major Will
liam Cole, of Angola, president, with Adju-
tant Il. G. Melendy, of Fremont, at the secre-
sary's desk. This evening a grand banquet
was held at the Mayer House. The One
Hundred and Twenty-ninth was COM
manded by Colonel Charles A. Zollinger, for
many years mayor of this city, and made a
brilliant record in the war.
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Mrs. Cougars Witnesses FIatly Contradict
Those of MandIer.

Those of MandIer.
special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
LAFAYETTE, Feb. 22.-Half of to-day only
was occupied in the Gougar-Mandler SANDER
snit, court adjourning at noon until to-mor-
row afternoon, on account Of the death OF a
grandchild of Juror Young. There was a
continuous hub-bub among the attorneys
throughout the forenoon. John c. Doble-
bower, of the Dispatch, whose cross-examin-
alton was carried over from last night, was
dismissed this morning without further
questioning.
Mrs. Alkaline Sherry, of Wea, a sister of
Mrs. Cougar, was put on he stand at
10 o'clock, and at noon her
cross-examination had just begun.
Her testimony was adverse to that of Sam
Ewry and Mary Sims for the defense. Readers
will remember that Ewry swore that he was
with Mrs. Cougar at Mrs. Sherry's last sum
mer a year, on a warm Sunday; that he was
living on a comfort in the shade of q tree, and
Mrs. Cougar. after returning from delivering
a temperance speech at West Point, lay down
at his side and read to him a letter of Clara
Belle, in the Cincinnati Enquirer, in which
was u reference 10 a uOI-DOX. EWry SWOre
that ne, out of fun. touched her with his
knee, and she said: Take care; another hot
box"
Mrs. Sherry to-day swore that she read the
article in another paper, clipped from the
Enquirer; that Mrs. Cougar was sitting in a
chair, feeling i'll, and that a Miss Doll, whom
Ewry has since married, was reclining at his
side. Mrs. Cougar, she said, soon after the
seading, arose to 60 into the house, remark
hng, "Pll go in better shade; it's getting to be
a hot-box here"
Mrs. Sherry's testimony disputed that of
Miss Mary Sims in toto. Miss Sims, a young
woman, was a domestic of Mrs. Cougar, and
Ieft on a falling out. She swore that
en a certain night, during the absence
of John d, Cougar, Dewitt Wallace re-
manned with Mrs. Cougar in the spare bed
room over night, and until 10 o'clock the
next day.
Mrs. Sherry swore that she was at Mrs.
Cougars that night; that the servant, Mary
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A COOPER who lives in Des MOines,
Pressed hard on a hoop where II joins.
The hoop 1t flew back
And hit him a whack.
But 81. Jacobs Oil cured his loins.