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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-10-18
THE La CROSSE TRAGEDY.
Business Practically Suspended-ReSult Of
the Inquiry by the Coroner.

LA CROSSE, Wis, Oct. H.-Business is prac-
tically suspended here to-day. the alabsorbing
topic being the tragedy of last night-the muir
der of Frank Burton and the subsequent lynch
ing of his slayer, Nathaniel Mitchell 1t now
appears that Mitchell had intended, if possible,
to kill at least two more citizens, one of whom
was Charles A Mcdonald. 1t was only ques-
ton as to whom he met first He was equipped
with two self-cocking Smith g. Wesson revolvers,
and he fired them as fast as the ticking of
watch. Ex-Chief of Police Hatch is out of the
ell AS the man who attempted his assassination,
supposed he was dead. An inquest has been
dered, and large number of witnesses will DO
examined. There is no disposition to prosecute
anyone, the general verdict being that it was a
righteous execution. The funeral of Burton will
take place on Monday afternoon.
P. M.-The inquest OH the body of Mitchell is
now proceeding The court house corridors are
packed and hundreds standing outside the
building The following jury was sworn: Ex-
Mayor Joseph Clarke, NJ Anderson, Alderman
James McCord. Col. Theodore Rodolf W. S.
Hanscom and W. w. Cargill. The jury exam
ined twelve witnesses among whom were the
sheriff and number of policemen who were
eye-witnesses of the murder and lynching No
one recognized any Of the multitude who did tee
lynching. The verdict, substantially, is that
the deceased was the man who murdered Mr..
Burton and that he came to mis- death by hang
ing at the hands of parties to the jury unknown.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-10-18

governor ALBEIT, of New Jersey, said
that Governor Cleveland would see that New
York went Democratic; Governor Hendricks
would see that Indiana went Democratic; Gov
ernor Waller would see that Connecticut went
Democratic, and he would see that New Jer-
sey went Democratic"
This from the report of the Democratic
meeting in Brooklyn. What beautiful pic
ture! The States of New Jersey, New York,
Connecticut and Indiana in the pockets of
these gentlemen! The assumption of Gov
ernor Albeit is enough to make every honest
freeman in these States hot with righteous
indignation. States in this free country are
not rotten burroughs to be owned and disposed
of by any self-assured lord
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-10-18

THE fusion did not fuse in West Virginia.
That is the way the old thing always works
when an attempt is made to sell out the Re-
publican party. All the Republican Green
hackers voted the Republican ticket and all
the Democratic Greenbackers voted the Dem
ocratio ticket, so that the contest was fair
and square one between the Republican and
the Democratic parties. And the Repub-
licans gained nearly $1,000 votes and came
within an ace of carrying the State. They
can do it in November
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-10-18

The perfectionists were mad because First
Assistant Coon was not promoted to be Secre-
tary of the Treasury Gin the interests of civil
service reform" Now they are mad since
First Assistant Hatton has been made Post
master-general, because ''such promotion is
not in the interest of civil-service reform" In
an attempt to define the wants of these monde
script beings calling themselves reformers,
only one fact can be put down as unmistaka-
ble-they don't want to be satisfied
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-10-18

THE Atlanta Constitution is evidently not
pleased with the Cincinnati Enquirer In &C
counting for the defeat in Ohio, the great
Southern organ of Democracy says:
'1t would be worse than absurd to say that
the editorial page of the Enquirer has been an
Offset to the pithy letters of Gath, for the
editorial page, when it is not made up of local
and theatrical notes. is simply collection OF
comic paragraphs relating to the movements
of bucketshop proprietors aud hack politicians.
The Constitution evidently will not unite
with Mr.. Henderson and 'ioIlify."
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-10-18
A KNow-NorH1Ne AND A Do.NorH1Ne


The New York Sun (Dem.) makes the point
and it is well taken-that Grover Cleveland
is not representative Democrat and for that
reason is unworthy of Democratic support.
Grover Cleveland is not identified with any
Democratic measure, nor is it placed to his
credit that he ever did nything for his party
to further it's interests. He has been dead
head on its hands, pro6ting at its expense and
making no return. And even now, raised to
the highest pinnacle within reach Of the Demo
cratic party, he has done and said nothing to
increase its prospects of achieving success.
The Sun is naturally disguised with the can
didature of man who is too fat-witted to do
or say anything that shall inure to his own
benefit. Popular where unknown, he was
pushed beyond his depth, and now throws up
his hands in helpless imbecility, and is drown
ing without exciting the least sympathy or
bringing anybody to his aid. Cleveland will
be defeated because of his mental, to say moth
ing of his moral, unftness. He will be re-
membered for time as the man who, when
nominated for the presidency, made brief
appearance, bowed, said nothing worth re-
membering, and disappeared.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-10-18
OHIO AND WEST VIRGINIA.

The news from Ohio and West Virginia is
greatly better this morning. Official returns
from sixty counties of Ohio, and unofficial
from the remaining twenty-eight counties,
show plurality for Robinson of IL, 321, against
whom stiff fight was made; for johnson, for
Supreme Judge, between $4,000 and 16, 900,
and for Flickinger for member of the Board of
Public Works--whose vote is the best test of
the party strength-17,476. The Republican
plurality on congressman is 1871
In West Virginia returns from all but five
counties give Democratic plurality of but
$500, which may be increased to 1000 by the
figures from the remaining counties. In 1880,
just before the presidential election, the Dem
ocrats elected Jacobs Governor by plurality
of 1876. This shows Republican gain of
fully $4,000.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-10-18

BY the way. what has become Of the Re
publican revolt everybody has heard so much
about during the past three months9 1t failed
to materialize in the September States, and
likewise in the October States. Outside bar
barians are trying to locate it in Indiana, but
it is not here. Even the symptoms have not
been visible since Tuesday. Like the milk
sickness, it is always in the next county, and
the anxious searcher may not find its habita-
4;or
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-10-18

WE find in the New York Herald the fol-
lowing dispatches, sent from Columbus on
Wednesday:
'The Republican majority in Ohio will be
less than 10000, perhaps less than 5000.
GEORGE HoADLY."
"The Republicans have not carried the
State by over 5000 majority.
"ALLEN w. THURMAN"
We insist upon young Mr.. Thurman and
Governor Hoadly being invited by Mr. Hen
derson to 'jollify."
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-10-18

FROM Mount Vernon we learn, by special
dispatch to the Cincinnati Enquirer, that ''the
Democrats OF southern Indiana, as we'll as all
over the State, are thoroughly aroused, and
are confident of carrying the State in Novem-
Der. They also believe that the election of
Cleveland and Hendricks is assured" The
Democratic headquarters seem to have been
removed to Posey county. Mr.. Henderson
should go there to 'jollify."
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-10-18
KEppLER 6 scHwARzMANN's Puck. thi

KEPPLER s. SCHwARzMANN's Puck. this
week, contains cartoon representins- the
miners of the Hooking valley vainly appeal
ing to Blaine, who is represented as bringing
in imported Italians to take the places of the
miners employed. 1t also represents him as
holding in his hand $500 bond of the
mining company operating there. It has been
thoroughly established that Mr.. Blaine never
owned dollar of such "stock" He held
''bonds" to that amount as security for year
Or two, but never owned dollars worth Of
stock and consequently had no voice in con-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-10-18

THE Greenback nominating convention of
the Eighth congressional district, by vote of
ffty-three to eight, decided noe to nominate
candidate for Congress The delegates con
tented themselves in nominatinga State sena
tor. Not having any intention of attempting
to send man to Congress, the only place
where Greenback legislation could be had, it
would seem that the party was stripped of it's
raison detre
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-10-18

The st. Louis Republican, doubtless regret
ting that Southern Bourbon methods do not
obtain in Ohio, springs the race issue, and
proudly declares that ''the Democrats carried
the white vote of Ohio by fully 10000 MAJOR
ity." What has this to do with the RESULT
The old slave-driying prejudice dies hard and
there be tens Of thousands of Democrats who
would like to see the ''nigger" dsfranchised
while hundreds of thousands firmly believe
that the slaves freed by the Republican party
should be paid for out of the national treas
~
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-10-18
SAMPLE pBMooRATIo oAMPA1aNERs,

The Democratic speakers that are to be i'm
ported into Indiana to instruct the loyal peo-
pie of this State are a nice lot. Hon. R. D.
Hubbard, of Texas, is one of them. As
temporary chairman Of the Democratic nation
al convention, he made speech in which he
said the nomination Of the gallant Gen. John
A. Logan was waving Of the bloody shirt,
an insult the country should 1ebuke. Hon.
j. G. S. Blackburn, Senator-elect from Ken
lucky, is another one, In speech at Louis
vile, KY, he congratulated his audience that
''our Kentucky grew At, 900 of the finest dis
loyal sons upon whom the sun of God has
ever fallen" Major John W. Daniel, of Vir-
ginia, is another. In speech delivered with
in the past month he declared that for one
''he wanted a new flag as a prerequisite to a
new Nation" These are examples of men the
Democratic party is bringing into State that
sent 200, 900 mon to the front to fight for the
old fag-200, 900 loyal sons, many thousands
of whom wrapped their 'bloody shirts" about
them as they laid down to honorable death for
the government these Democrats attempted to
overthrow.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-10-18
A Clear Case Of Justifiable Homicide.

ST. LOUIS, Oct. 1z-Benjamin Poe, wealthy
farmer living near Brownsville, Mo-, was shot
and killed at his house by Ben Dorman, yester-
day. 1t appears Poe had been on a spree and
called at Dorman's house and made improper
proposals to his wife. The latter screamed and
alarmed her husband, who was near by. He
rushed to the house and dealt Poe two heavy
blows on the head with singletree, and then
threw him out doors. Poe drew pistol and
fred at Dorman, whereupon the latter shot him
with rnusket. killing him. Dorman surren-
dered to the authorities and tho coroner's jury
rendered verdict of Unsuitable homicide
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-10-18
THE TARIFF AND IDLE sPINDLEs.

The argument in favor of high tariff is
somewhat out Of tune and time with the an
nouncement that next Monday the Fall River
manufacturers will shut down 700 900 spin
dies. The expectation is that 1000, 900
spindles will be idle in that locality very
soon. There are reports from Wilkesbarre,
Pa, which will furnish Blaine with good cam
paign materials. Times are so excellent there
that the coal combination has ordered a sus
pension at the mines during the first week in
November and the first and fourth weeks in
December. Surely these indications point to
the desirability OF a high tariff administration.
Chicago News.
Turning to the schedule of imports for 1888,
we find that no less than &c. 900, 900 yards of
woolens were imported during that year. This
greatquantity of wooden cloth came in, despite
the high tariff Possibly if these $4,000 900
yards had been made in America the Fall
River manufacturers would not be obliged to
shut down on Monday next. What
do you Think The News, in COM
mon with the Democratic party, advocates
free trade If that does not mean greater OPP
portunity TO import manufactured goods it
means absolutely nothing. How will the Fall
River manufacturers be benefited in event of
the importation of double the amount of wooden
goods, or 17S 900, OOc yardsf The coal-mine
tail will 90 with the manufacturing hide If
we are to import our manufactures the mills
must close, and with closed mills there will be
no demand for coal to run them. The mills
and mines of England will have boom, and
American mill operatives and miners can go
to farming.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-10-18

THEODORE ROOSEVELT, the brilliant young
New Yorker who has returned from his Western
ranch to take hand in the fight against Cleve-
land, Is said to have astonished the tenderfoot
and even to have gained an approving nod from
the grzzled hunter by his prowess in killing bears
outin the Yellowstone region recently. If Theo-
dore has been practicing on bears with a view to
the home campaign he has wasted his ammuni
ton. The New York coon will come down when
he aims at it.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-10-18

If Mr.. Cleveland is as honest as his friends
claim, why does he not tell the truth" when he
declines to visit outside of New York city, and
explain that it is because his secretary has not
time nor ability to compose the necessary num-
Der OF speeches nor he to commit them to mem
ory9 Thus far he has done nothing to prove his
alleged character for Truthfulness, and by this
simple acknowledgement he would at once make
it assured. Every one would recognize it as a
veracious statement
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-10-18

what to expect, and are afraid to invest in any
new enterprises, or to go ahead confidently
with their old ones, lest ''in three years" the
foundation be knocked from under them. The
time to consider possible danger is before it
becomes reality. 1t were wiser to avert a
disaster than to crawl out of the wreck after
it has occurred
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-10-18

SPRINGFIELD, O., will send club of 900
or l, 800, with glee club of over 100 to this
city Tuesday, to help greet Mr.. Blaine There
will be tremendous outpouring of people
here. All central Indiana should be- and will
be in the Capital. All uniformed Blaine and
Logan clubs and other campaign organizations
are desired to be here to participate in the
demonstration at night.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-10-18

THE London Times, the ally of the Demo
cratic party says free trade will probably be-
come the dominating and dividing question in
America" Undoubtedly, though Democratic
papers and speakers attempt to put off the
responsibility. The odium of free trade is
already on the Democratic party, according to
Mr. Mcdonald
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-10-18

DOES Frank Hurd think the tariff question
is not at issue9 He has long been an able and
consistent advocate of free trade, and on Tues
day fell behind the Democratic ticket in his
district by nearly 1000 votes The same
principles upon which the people of the To-
ledo district defeated Mr. Hurd will be at
stake in the November election. Can there
be any doubt of the RESULT
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-10-18

ACCORDING to the Enquirer, no less than
one thousand Democrats were employed as
deputy sheriffs on election day, Their pay
S., 00O-was drawn from the Democratic cor
ruption fund The people of Hamilton county,
having had fully enough of rioting, bloodshed,
pillaging, and of streets reeking with filth,
concluded to have freform, and secured it
through the election Of the Republican candi-
dates, despite the army of sluggers and
shoulder hitters enrolled as deputy sherifs.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-10-18

HAMILTON county was disguised with Dem
ocratic misrule and threw it off. The Toledo
district was tired OF Frank Hurds hostility to
protection, and retired him. The election in
each locality meant something and something
that produced results that even purblnd
Democratic organ would not care to 'jollify'
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-10-18
TINKERINe WITH THE TARIFF,

The New York Herald, one of the crankiest
journals now published in America and, like
the Democratic party, looking backwards at
its "hightide circulation, makes a plea that,
for ingenious simplicity, would compromise
the intelligence of schoolboy 1t argues
that the tariff is not an issue, because it is not
in danger, because 'ft cannot be touched for
three years." But three years is not long
and in some States senators are about to be
chosen whose terms will overlap by half the
three years of safety from tariff tinkering
Does the Herald imagine that the people of
this country are 50 simple that they will not
take care not to send even to the lower house
of Congress men who will insist on monkey
ing" (it deserves this term of contempt with
the tariff We now feel the effect of the ac-
ton attempted by the Democratic House at
its last session. Manufacturers don't know
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-10-18

MAJOR DoXEY closed his canvass in Clinton
county this week. In company with Judge
Hginbotham, he has made thorough vista
ton Of the county, with the most gratifying
results. His meetings have been large and
enthusiastic, and the Major has made many
new friends.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-10-18

THE striking popularity of the barbecue
goes to confirm the statement of George Will
iam Curtis that the party is very hungry.
They even had to have roast OK at Brooklyn
on the occasion of Cleveland's visit in order to
make sure Of crowd. The barbecue is the
lraWine card
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-10-18

THE Democrats would not listen to less
Ehan 10, 000 majority in West Virginia. That
was the figure "crowed" over in yesterdays
Sentinel. Wen, the figures show possible
4, 900 for the Democratic ticket. This little
bit of choice information comes just in time
for Mr.. Henderson to 'iolhfy"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-10-18

New YORK city has enrolled l44,S pupils
In her public schools, with an average daily
attendance of l29,O6s. The sum of So, $685.
800 is asked for for educational purposes next
year. In round numbers this is $50 per pupil
in daily attendance. Popular education is an
expensive necessity.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-10-18

IT is the same old story. The Chicago
Times says Blaine "shows signs of WEAKNESS
and dependency" Just before the Maine
election he was reported as being very blue. "
While passing through Ohio his discouraged
look was commented on, and now he is ''de-
spondent." According to this his election is
assured already.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-10-18

MAJOR F. W. HASKELL has issued special
circular TO the soldiers of the country calling their
attention to the proposed convention Of veterans
in this city on Friday Oct. "a. Each local vet
eran society," post or other organization through
out the country should Immediately hold a
special meeting and elect two or more of its
most reliable members as delegates, and the
names of such delegates should be reported by
telegraph to Major Heskell at the Sturteyant
House, New York. before the goth inst.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-10-18

A GAIN of u, 900 in the little State of West
Virginia in five years indicates the coming
break up of the solid South. It would not be
asurprise to see this newest daughter of the
South lead the way next month.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-10-18

trolling the business Of the mines. In the
coal mines in West Virginia in which he does
hold Stock there has never been strike nor
any trouble about the wages paid. These are
facts well understood by Democratic papers
and by Puck, but that does not prevent them
from going on in the campaign Of desperate
Ivino
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-10-18

SPEAKING of st. John, the Boston Herald,
Cleveland organ, unkindly says: "Nobody
has much respect for a man who runs side
show" And this, too, to one who did all he
could to reduce the Republican majority in
Ohio The fact that the reduction was so
small is the secret of the Herald's contempt
for side-shows st. John was not to blame,
really.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-10-18

", AT the southeast corner Of Lafayette, square,
Washington, resides the venerable Peter
Parker, the first American minister to China,
and in honor of whom, in such connection, the
park commission has planted Immediately op-
posite row of genuine Ginko trees from Japan.
New York Graphic.
The form of the memorial seems irrelevant
Why not plant row of eucalyptus trees from
New South Walesi
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-10-18

WEST VIRGINIA will hereafter be a Novem-
Der State, leaving Ohio the sole October
State. The people of the latter should see to
it that before 1888 change is made that will
do away with the scenes that attended last
Tuesdays election. It is not we'll to have. a
national contest decided in one State, as was
done in Indiana in 1880 and in Ohio in 1884
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-10-18

Mr.. BLAINE will arrive in South Bend this
morrow, will begin his tour of this State on
Monday. He will reach Indianapolis on Tues
dav afternoon.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-10-18

Col, ISAAC P. GRAY has stopped his lying
about the Know-nothing business. AT least
we have not heard of his denying lately that
he was member and master of a Know moth
ing lodge at New Madison, Darke county,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-10-18
vardiot Against a Railway Compsny.

New YoRK, Oct 17.--Frank E. Bean brought
suit some time ago against the New York, Lake
Shore Sc Buffalo Railroad Company, in the Court
of Common Pleas for $500, 900 damages for al
over one of its branch lines certain ice from the
plaintiffs ponds in Rockland county. The case
ended to-day by the jury finding verdict in
favor Of the plaintiff for So 000
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-10-18
A Horrible Crime.

CINciNNArf, Oct 1.-THE body of Mrs. Annie
Madison was found in her home at Covingtou
this morning, on the floor She had been choked
with rope and her throat then cut. The hus-
band was absent when the discovery was made
He was sent for and arrested, but denied all
man with gray whiskers committed the crime.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-10-18

A NUMBER OF able Democrats are greatly dis
tressed over the fact that the Democratic rooster
strayed into the journal last Tuesday night
The Terre Haute Gazette is specially distressed.
To reveal an Office secret, the truth is the Jour
nal is not conducted to please tho Democracy.