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Nominating Candidates.

The Third district aldermanic convention met
in the Bates block, on Saturday evening, to nom
mate two candidates for aldermen. Brainard
Rorison, one of the present Incumbents, was
unanimously renominated, and to fill the va
cancy occasioned by the removal Of Alderman
Drew from the district there were three nom
nations, Samuel H. Cobb, William Fl. Craft and
Edward Mueller. The first named was chosen
on the first ballot, receiving IT votes, Craft z,
and Mueller 6.
The Republicans of the Fifth ward, on satur-
day night, renominated John r. Pearson for the
Council by a vote of 139 to Al for George W.
Sloan. During the day considerable opposition
TO Mr.. Pearson was aroused by a rumor, which
gained considerable credence, that he had voted
for the new street-car company in the prelimin-
airy ballots in the Council, but that he had after
wards been won over by the johnson influence.
Such was not the case, however. and Mr.. Pear
son easily established the truth by bringing out
the official records.
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under pay. Everything of Importance has to be
referred to the architect anyhow"
RELETTING OF THE CONTRACT.

RELETTING OF THE CONTRACT.
off you do not get the contract, which I I'M
derstand is soon to be advertised to De relet, can
any other contractor possibly get it at a figure
to make any money out of it2 1 understand
there is certain expensive machinery needed to
do the work." said the reporter.
81 will enlighten YOU said Mr.. Denig. "If
new contractors CONF in they certainly Will
need machinery. Our plant cost in Its entirety
SlOO,OOO. A new man would have to figure
that into his bid. In continuing the work,
equipped as we are, we estimate that we would
nave TOT ut in $4,000 additional in machinery.
Inc commissioners say they can't, under the law,
MAKE a new contract with the present contract
ors and I say if they deal with us justly and
fairly 1t will not be necessary TO make a new
contract at all. The greatest injustice they
have done us is that in all the changes they de-
duct all the work that has been omitted, at
present prices, whereas such work stood in the
Old contract at very much less. Work omitted
heretofore by reason of changes from the May
plan was contracted for at some 100000 less
than they deducted for 1t; You
plastering was $50, 1000. Under the rule followed
by the commissioners that would be construed
as worth, at present prices, say $4,000, and the
latter amount would be deducted instead OF
$$3300'oo0' thereby entaillng a loss to us of
What has that method of calculation lost
W have already lost over S66, 900 by it, and
tney are continuing the same thin in the new and
additional changes. There's one place where |
claim the commissioners violate the contract"
Haven't the commissioners given bond
that the new state-house shall not cost over
$4,000, 0O02"
Yes, and they probably think they'll be In
trouble If 1t goes over that figure, which it has.
The effort has been from the first, on the part
OF the commissioners and the architect, to build
a better house than was contracted for for less
money than the original contract. basing all the
estimates on changes made or to be made with a
view to the amount of money they had TO ex-
pend rather than to the cost to the contractor.
In that way they thought to keep within the
limit and protect their own bonds. In protect
lug themselves and their own bonds they have
been unfair with the contractors. They have been
oVer-zealons to carry out the letter of the con-
tract rather than the spirit. Unless they can
md somebody who doesn't know the history of
THIS work. and hasn't protited by our experience,
they will have considerable difficulty to get a
contractor TO take up the work where we leave
IT.. We are willing to continue the work if they
Will let us do IL at absolute cost, and we Will
charge nothing for use of machinery. We are
that cost would be-"
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BASE A MATTERS.
The Home Club Badly Beaten by the Sham
rocks-Other Matters.

Yesterday was another great day for old Ire
land" The indianapolis ball club went down to
Cincinnati to crush the ShamrOcks and got
crushed, the score being Is to 6 against them.
When they came back last night none of them
could tell how it happened. Manager OLeary
says the umpire, John Riley, almost gave the
game TO the ShaJnrOcks, and then our boys went
to pieces. Murphy pitched six innings and was
"knOeked out" and then MeKeon went in
and was more effective. Trafley made
a home-run, two three-base hits and a
single-and wasn't feeling very well, either.
The pony battery" of the Ciucinnatis who
helped the Shamrocks out was not particularly
great. beagle was batted hard and frequently,
Peoples and O'Leary each made a hOme-run, and
the latter made g three-base hit. All of the boys
agree that it was impossible to win the game
with such outrageous umpiriGg.
The Kenton ball club attached the Indian
apOlis clubs gate receipts on account u inc lat
ter cancelling the game last Thursday, and Man
ager O'Leary left $3.50 as guarantee. The
matter will be adjusted by the executive board
OF the associa ton.
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The July number of the Indiana Medical
of DIR. Parvin:
"Dr. Theophilus Parvin has been unanimously
chosen by the board of trustees of Jefferson
Medical College to the chair of obstetrics and
diseases of women and children, made vacant by
the Resignation, on account of il-health, of Pro-
fessor Ellerslie Wallace. Jefferson Medical Col
lege has drawn largely on the West for its teach
ing corps, DR.. Parvin being the fourth in order,
and preceded by Gross, of Louisville; Bartholow,
of Cincinnati, and j. Ewing Mears, of Indian
.Dr. Parvin, though born in Buenos Ayres,
South America, in 1929, is essentially an In
diana man. He graduated from the Indiana
State University in lS47, at eighteen years of
age, taught school three years and then gradu-
ated from the medical department of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania in 1852, spending u
part of the following year in Europe, ana the
next in Wills Hospital, Philadelphia. In 1858.
DR.. Parvin commenced practice in Indianapolis,
and soon took rank as one of the foremost of
our city physicians. DR.. Parvin has devoted
fifteen years to medical teaching in Cincinnati,
Louisville ana indianapolis. He has for
several years been associated with
the assembly of the American Medical Associa-
ton at the Atlanta meeting; he has in press a,
work on obstetrics,a and is well known as a con-
tributor in the line of his specialitie5 in serial
medical literature. AS practitioner and special
lst, as medical teacher, author and journalist,
and as typical, in all respects, as it is possible to
be of ones o wn ideal, DR.. Parvin, in his thirty
years life as private citizen and medical prac-
titioner, and Christian gentleman, in Indianap-
oils, has given point to the title of his recent
class in tho medical department University of
Louisville, February 27. of the present year:
Medlens est vir bonus peritus medendi; 1.-THE
physician Is a good man skilled In healing"
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What Is To BE Done.

The failure of the Democratic Legislature of
putrescent memory to pass the State-nouse ap-
preparation has not only delayed the work, but
by that delay added thousands of dellars to the
cost, and been an injury to the state, and, ii in
divldual interests are TO be taken into account,
to the contractors. There is now in the treas
ury, or thereabouts, over $360,U00 of accumu-
lation to the State-house fund, which is probably
doing State Treasurer Cooper more good at this
time than any body else. The State-house commits
sioners are getting ready to do something, and
what that something is will develop in a day or
two. Their architect has drawn Two sets OF new
Specifications Cor further changes that'are to be
made in the State-house, and whether Howard
or whether it will go into other hands
Will soon be known. If the com
missioners aunul the contract with the
OF settling with them, as then the changes can
be made and the contract can be relet. This,
under the law, cannot be done without previous
ly giving Howard & Denig thirty days notice. II
the contractors are given thirty days notice and
abandon the contract, the work may then be
taken up and continued under force of men di-
-rected by the architect ana assistants. 1t is not
probable the commissioners will do that, as they
are subject TO liabilities of various kinds under
tise and relet the work TO a new set of contract
ors. 1t is hardly likely that Howard g. Denig
Will see any move made without weighing Its
full force and effect and calculating in a legal
way as to the dollars and cents that may accrue
to them as damages or redress. .
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MYSTERIOUS N
Two Families Taken Inexplicably Sick, but
AreNow COnvalescent,

The families of Thomas stebbens and James
Longtree, nine people in all, near neighbors, at
the corner of Mississippi and Ninth streets, were
taken suddenly i'll ON Saturday afternoon, and
for a time q fatal termination was apprehended,
but prompt medical treatment brought about a
convalescence. Immediately after dinner one
of the Stebbins boys began suffering from vio-
lent pains in the stomach, ~purging, cramping,
ETC., and the remaining members of the family
were soon similarly afflicted. Physicians were
called in, and by prompt treatment the sufferers
were partially relieved, but yesterday
they were still confined to their beds.
About the same time Mrs. and Miss
Longtree were taken sick, but not SO
seriously, as their neighbors, and they, too, are
now cOnvalescent. DIR. Elder and other medical
gentlemen who were in attendance pronounced
the symptoms similar to those of arsenical moi
soniDg, but the two families are utterly at a loss
to account for any foreign matter they had TAX
en- Ill their food during the day. The fact that
both drank buttermilk for dinner was rega rded
by the neighbOrs as significant; but this does
not satisfactorily account for the sickness, mas
much as others, who drank of the milk, were
not at all affected. Yesterday afternoon, when
the Journel reporter called, all of the sufferers
were getting along nicely, and no further dan
ger was apprehended.
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Emancipation Celebration.

Extensive preparations are being made by the
colored people for the celebration of the anniver.
sary Of the emancipation of the slaves in the
West Indies, to take place next Wednesday at
the Exposition grounds. The colored societies
from all parts of the State will be present and
participate in the grand parade. Addresses will
be made as follows: Degeneration Hon. j.
W. Gordon; ''The Days of Oppression" Rev. ].
H. L. sweres; Unity" Rev. o. C. McCulloch
"Moral Culture" Hon. Charles Smith; "History
OF the COlored Men in the Early Days of In.
diana," Hon ]. S. Hinton; 'The Power of Educa-
tion," Hon. John B. Elan The procession will
form at 10 O'Clock A. NJ. on Tennessee street,
between Washington and Indiana avenue. Line
of march south to Washington, east to Illinois,
south to Maryland, east TO Meridian, north to
Washington, east to Pennsylvania, north to
Exposition grounds.
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Distinguished Divines.

DIR. G. w. Northrup, OF Chicago, occupied the
pulpit of the First Baptist Chnrch yesterday,
both morning and evening, preaching TO large
audiences. In the evening he took for his text
the last clause of the fifteenth verse of the
twenty-irst chapter of Job: what profit
should we have if we pray unto Him2' The ser.
mon was one of his best efforts, and was listened
to with great attention.
Bishop BowmanIflled the!pulpit of the Merid-
ian-street Church yesterday morning, pIeach-
ing IA powerful sermon from this text: ut is
more blessed to give than to receive"
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Death of Mrs. Mary Wright.

Mrs. Mary Wright, the mother of ". II. Wright
and Mrs, George Lowe, of this city, and of Mrs.
George A. Wheeler, OF Chicago, died yesterday
at the residence of Mr.. Lowe, aged eighty years.
Mrs. Wright was matron Of the Hospital for the
In a1e during the time Of the superintendency
of the late DIR. Athon. She was at one time
matrOn OF the blind asylum at Louisville, and
previous to that matron OF the blind asylum at
GAINESVILLE, Wis, under the late win lam Church
nan. Nrs.tWrlght's remains are TO be taken to
pineinlaIi for burial.
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Reduced Rates to the Louisville Exposition

The j., NJ. & I. railroad will sell excursion tick
cts to Louisville and return fol- all passenger
trains on Wednesday, Aug. l, at one fare for
round trip. A special train will leave Indian
apolis at 6 A. NJ. on same date, returning leave
Louisville at IL P. NJ. Tickets will be good to
return upon all trains of Aug. 2, 1888. Presi-
dent Arthur, Generals Sherman, Sheridan and
Grant will be present at the opening. The expo
siti0n building covers thirteen acres of ground.
Everybody that can go should take advantage
of the low rates, as the sights will pay them.
For further Information or tickets apply at
Union Depot, or city ticket office, No. 16 North
Meridian street.
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NOTES.
NOTES.
We dare the shamrocks TO come up here.

We UuTb JUG OHdlHIUUh5 10 CUMb up HtIBs
The Columbus club viii no mere Gu Thursday,
and the New York League club on FRIDAY.
To-day ana tomorrow the Fort Wayne clrb, en-
old-time enemy, will be here, and interesting
games are expected.
In a game at the Airline grounds between the
Woodruff Eastern and Burgesss nine, the latter
were defeated by a score of 20 to IL.
Manager O'Leary should make an effort to
get the Shamrocks TO come up here. 1t looks
like the home club cannot beat them at Clncin-
natl.
the indianapolis club will make an effort to get
into the American Association next year. Such
a move would be the height of fOolishness. I'm
less they could stand near the top all year the
games would not have paying patronage. There
would be fewer games here and none with league
clubs, aud there are various other obvious
reasons why the home club should stay out of
any association.
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regular boarders are eating, he goes through the
house. The thefts which have been reported to
the police thus Gar consist chiefly of clothing,
together with some jewely and small sums of
money belonging to the boarders. Among the
ooardlng-houses which have been vietimized
are the ones kept by Mrs. Robinson, on North
Illinois street; Mrs. Ferguson, on West Ohio
street; Mrs. Hunt, at the corner of New Jersey
and Ohio streets, and Mrs. Trott, on North
Teunessee street.
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AlahastinA.

We are headquarters for Alabastine, the only
durable wall finish. 1t is rapidly superseding
kalsomines, 1t not only gives a better finish,
but is more durable, gets harder with age, and
will not rub or peel off. Put up in five-pOund
packages or bllk-twelye different tints and
pure white. Any one can apply 1t. We are also
agents for Enamel Paint, made at Cleveland.
HILDEBRAND g. FUGATE,
No, 80 South Meridian street.
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], W. Riley's new book OF poems Ia for sale at
all the book stores and at the journal counting
room. Price only so cents. Parties out of city
can get copy by mail, postage paid. by address
ing George c. Hit " Co, care of Journal, Indi-
annapolis, Ind.
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The Game on saturday.

The home club had an easy game on Saturday,
defeating the Awkwards, of Terre Haute, by a
score of 27 to 5. The visitors were crippled by
the desertion of Veach, their pitcher, who has
Joined the Evansville nine and played very
badly. Following is
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Roardinr-House Thieves.

During the last three days several boarding
houses in the city have been robbed by a plausi-
ble-looking thief, who, after eating an early
meal, asks TO be shown a room, and while the
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Mr.. Ohm Il. PATTERSON, of Evansville, Ind.
says: Samaritan Nervine cured my wife of fe,
male weakness" Your druggists keep IL,
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THE Old sWimmin.Hols.p

DON'T go on a tsur without a laced-front shirr
from Parker's
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Awkwards.........1 2 l o 0 0 o O. 5
Endianapolis......0 3 0 0 o 3 8 8 6-27
Earned r~uns-Awkwards, l; indianapolis, 5.
Bases on called balls-One each.
Balls called-On Halbriter, 50; on Donnelly,
81.
Strikes called-OffH albriter, 8; off Donuelly, 8.
Left on bases-Awkwards, 4; Indianapolis, 8.
Double plays-Andrews to Buckenberger
Peltz to Murphy.
Two-base hits-Barnes, l; Callahan, 2; Nc
Keen, Peoples, Kerlns, 1 each.
Yhree-base hits-Horn, Peltz, Kerins.
Passed balls-McGuire, 3.
Wild pitches-Halbriter, 1.
Time of game-Two hours.
~mpire-Keen
The Base Ball Championship.
The following tables show the relative stand
ing of the various ball clubs ia the two associ-
ations:
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PETTIS. BASSETT & co.
ASIATIC CHOLERA.

win 1t Come Hersa That Is the Question.
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THE NATIONAL WASHINGTON c., THURSDAY T. 1885,

the principal catastrophe, and many of the
wounded did not know until after the panic
had subsidized how it had originated.
Tie fact is that while the circumstances
which preeipitsted this catastrophe were of
en- exceptional character, the panic itself did
not differ essentially from those which are
always liable to result from the gathering
Of mass Of people within contracted limits
The danger lies in the crowd itself. It is
selfdestructiye, and for the reason that, how
ever groundless may be its apprehensions and
however ample may be The means of escape
from the peril of its possession, the instinct Of
self-preservatjon is sure to dominate all other
other impulses, and the weak are certain to go
down before the strong in the struggle. This
has been demonstrated time and again in the
history Of theater and hotel fires, the wreck
ing Of ships and casualties Of similar
character, and it warrants the conclusion
that the only effectual way of preventing the
recurrence Of such panics is to adopt such
expedients as viii render it impossible for a
crowd Of dangerous proportions to gather.
This certainly ought TO be practicable in the
case Of thoroughfare like the Brooklyn
bridge, where the authorities can any time
close the gates to travel if they choose, and
by the use of the telephone or telegraph
which, it appears, the trustees had neg
leoted to employ-and the aid of watchmen,
stationed as short distances apart, keep the
flow of travel within safe limits. IF neces-
sary, the footway could be divided into sec
tons and gates erected at intermediate
points, the closing Of which would relieve
the pressure of the rear of the column upon
the whole line Of pedestrians and break up
the mass into manageable detaehments. 1t
Is, OF course, within the power of a gang of
rougbs or piekpocllets at any time to create
q disturbance aud thus bring about tenn
porary blockade of travel, but with su6f-
Gent police force at hand to promptly
apprehend the culprits, such disturbances
would soon cease TO occur. The trustees
have already decided to erect a dividing
rail where the footways are narrowest, 50 as
to prevent any collision between the streams
OF travel moving in opposite directions, but
this is not an adequate safeguard. A fatal
crush might occur in a crowd moving in
one direction only should blackade take
place and no means be at hand to turn back
the column Of pedestrians pressing on in the
rear.
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Tbe Fridge Panic.

The shocking catastrophe which occurred
on the new Brooklyn bridge en- the after
noon Of Memorial Day, affords a fresh and
striking illustration Of the susceptibility Of
the public 10 that mysterious influence
which tao ancieats supposed to proceed from
the god Pan Whatever may have been The
causes pro3ncing it-and the testimony of
eye-wilneases is 50 conflicting that it may
be dimeult 70 ascertain exactly what they
were-the panic which seized upon the
crowd on the bridge, at the first alarm, was
the real secession Of the disaster. The bridge
trustees wers unquestioiably to blame for
not providing a stronger police force, and in
the construction Of The approaches to the
footway they seem to have committed Sc
rious blon5eFs, but it may we'll be doubted
whether any precaution would have pre-
vented the accident At the first cutlery,
an uncomfortable fear appears TO have taken
possession Of the crowd. and ii was trans
formed n IN instant from bosy Of rational,
intelligent beings Into mob Of selfish, IN
reasoning brutes There were, Of course, as
there always is in such emergencies, a few
persons whose presence of mind did net de-
sert them, and their courageous and well
directed efforts TO stay the panic and remove
its occasion were finally effectral in clear
ing away the blockade and preventing the
disaster from assuming larger proportions
than it did, but the majority thought only
Of their own safety, and, by their desperate
attempts to extricate themselves from the
dangers Of their position, greatly increased
the peril of the situation. The injuries sus-
tanned by the victims of the crush were not
by any means all received at the scene Of
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uiatjon, our wealth and our new thirst for
beaaty, we must have al the conditions of \
noble AIT; while it surely ought to be an ad-
VsZltage, from an artistic az weM ag fronl an IN
6UStrJai standpoint, il the production Of pic
lures 81 American life, BY Aaericaa artists,
can be fcstered Yet the Government cannot
be aecTisa q ~ forcing art in this direction 50
cans resident IN al parts or the world
In any ease, however. the effect Of protective
legislation Uust be sligEa when compared with
that Of other influences at work IN America.
It IS questionable. for instance. whcsher the
CeatsFg, s. bje50ias and I'D 9sr's are not doing
us.-zs valuable work FOR tle artists u America
IN securing them s. large pU 5iestraised TO ar
preeiatIOn, than any possible legislation could
do by protecting their home market from for
elgn invasion. Every eHOr5, too, TO introdues
improved industrial AKA and every society for
village Improvement WATCH develops in any
way desire for beauty sad order, Iaust pre-
pare the way for a national art: for wha5 IS a
national art, after al, but the embodiment OF
the national ideal Of beauty?
Two means OF artistic culture we Americans
are fecEieasly neglcctng for the new State
and Navy Department building at Washing
ton, and The new Posi- Ofdce at Phila5elphia,
afforded opportunities for the Government 20
erect fine examples Of beautiful architecture.
and every public school II america gives room
for effective artistic work it is Of Ii5tie use
to introduce Industrial drawing into the list Of
stEdles, while school buildings ara II-adaDted
to their purposes, uziy aud v0il Of iu5svior
decorations. If we really loved beauty and
truly reverenced cbildhood, perhaps much Of
the artistic els1rt Of the present day might be
directed 70 the p15,ic schools, and n thia field
foreign competitors and governmental provis-
ions would both be HARMLESS. f. x.