davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-01-10
An Alleged Democratic Scheme to Nominate
Senator Voorhees, for Governor and
Mr.. Cobb for the Senate.
Operation of the Tariff Since It's Revis-
ion by the Last Congress.
Mr.. BelfOrd Expresses His Condemnation of
the Rules Under Which the House OPP
erates-NOtes and Gossip.
AN INTERNATIONAL QUESTION.
The Importance of American Pork Products
in the Markets of the World.

The Importance of American Pork Products
in the Markets of the World.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, JAN 9.-The American hog is
daily rising in national Importance and all in
dications point to an early vindication of the
character and utility of that animal against the
aspersions of the monarchies of Europe To
day the hog was introduced in both chambers of
the Capitol, and such notice was taken of the
animal as can leave no doubt that it is to be
made an international question.
Representative Browne, of Indiana, in his bill
introduced yesterday, seems to have expressed
the popular notion of the proper method to in
sure justice to American hogs, and there are
reasons for believing that his measure will re
ceive the sanction of Congress and approval of
the Executive at an early day.
At the last session of Congress a bill was
passed to prevent the importation of adulterated
and exhausted teas, which has been productive
of most gratifying results. The experience of
the past year has demonstrated that the law can
be made more effective by certain amendments
and these will be recommended by the Secretary
of the Treasury in letter which will be sent to
the committee on ways and means this week
Chief Inspector Davis, who is an acknowledged
expert in teas, is now here in consultation with
Secretary Folger on this question.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-01-10

ing arrears of pensions. This also is strongly
supported by petitions which pension
agents have procured. Related to these
plans are the petitions arising from
soldiers protesting against the reduction or the
abolition of internal revenue taxes. This form
of petition was prepared and printed in Wash
mgton, and sent out by prominent claim agents.
With it went an explanation and an argument.
Immense editions of this argument We're printed
and mailed to those on the lately printed pension
lists, 1t set forth that the plan to abolish
internal revenue taxes was that of monOpolsts
and those hostile to the soldiers that all soldiers
should promptly write to their members Of Con
gress and protest against any reduction of taxes.
bill which is being urged with great persist
ence is the bill for pensiOning all who were
prisoners of war for two months, without regard
to the question whether or not they suf
fered thereby in health, this is an in
siduOus measure since few politicians have the
courage to take even apparent stand against
pensiOning those who suffered as prisoners, and
there are very many deserving cases. Added to
these are the bills to pension all who served
fourteen days in the Mexican war, all who served
in the various Indian wars, and the two extra
ordinary bills of Price, of Wisconsin, and Pc
ters, of Kansas, one providing for pensioning all
who served in the Union army upon their reach
ing the age of forty-fve years, and the other
providing for pensioning all who served sixty
days for the terms of their natural lives For
all except these last schemes there is a great
pressure here paper strongly favoring all
except these last has been sent broadcast
through the country, one weeks issue reaching
37;J 600 comics
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-01-10

advancing finances in New York and Pennsyl-
vania. But the House to-day is in the control of
the South and West, and he thanked God for it.
The country had submitted to the domination of
two States-a little section not as large as one
county in his State-long enough. Now let the
Southern and Western men stand together say
they would open the vaults of the national treas
ury and use the money to improve the waterways
of the country, to the end that the interest of
the people should not be overborne and torn
down by railroad corporations of the republic
Every committee should be given the privilege
of reporting at any time. Members should have
the right to call up measures at convenient sea-
trolled the House-the Speaker and the gentle
man from Indiana Mr. Holman), who exercised
the veto power by way of constant objection.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-01-10
The Dead at BelIeNiIse.

ST LOUIS. Jan. 9.-The latest advices from
Belleville say that two more bodies were found
to-day, neither of which was identified. A re-
port was made ny the surviving sisters. which
accepted by the coroner as authentic and
official to the following effect
''Ihere were 63 persons in the convent at the
time of the fire. Of these, 2G were sisters, % of
whom We're saved and lost There were 81
boarding pupils, of whom 10 were saved and %
lost. There were candidates, all of whom were
saved. Totals, 81 saved and 26 lost"
1t is claimed that all Of the lost have been
found but several little heaps of chalred bones
still remain unidentified, and it is more than
likely it will never be known who they repre-
sent. Two daughters of Samuel Sealing Agnes
and Mary, children of prominent live stock
dealer in this city have not yet been identified
and there seems to be no hope of recovering
them. The search will be resumed tomorrow
however, and one more, and the last, remaining
heap of debris be thoroughly examined. The
identified bodies will be buried tomorrow; the
others will be held until next Monday The I'M
claimed bodies were taken to st. Peters Church
to night where they lie in state in charge of the
night watch. Large numbers of persons visited
the church to view the remains. Bishop Baltes
of Alton, will conduct the funeral services to
morrow, and many priests of the diocese are ex-
pected to be present
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-01-10
A YOUTHFUL TERROR.
Repeated Efforts Of COlOred Boy to Destroy
His Uncle's Family.

WASHINGTON, Jan. "a depraved vicious
looking colored boy, named Eskel fifteen
years of age was in the dock in Judge SHELLS
court this morning, for committing a series of
atrocious deeds He lives with an uncle. re
spectacle colored man, named Benjamin, who
testified that about the Goth of last month the
boy bought box of Rough on Rats" and
quantity of arsenic. When he went home he put
the contents in three quarts of milk with the
intention of poisoning the family but failed in
the attempt The next day he renewed the at
tempt, putting the poison in a bucket of water
and Benjamns eight children drank from the
bucket and were taken with violent pains in the
stomach, but all recovered. He also gave arsenic
to the cattle, which made them sick and
killed one pig. He sprinkled arsenic on Mrs
Beniamns bread. She, however discovered it
and threw the bread away. He also attempted to
set fire to the barn but the corn shucks burned so
slow that he thought he would be detected, and
put out the fire. just before Christmas he at
tempted to cut one of the childrens throat while
asleep, but she woke up just as he had mis- hand
raised to cut her. He built fire and called his
aunt out to see it, then threw handful of cart
ridges into the fire and away. hoping she
would be killed by the explosion. The boy stated
that while living in Baltimore he poisoned his
mother and aunt, who died from the effects, and
at one time attempted to set his mothers house
on fire. He also said that while in Baltimore he
used to poison persons and cattle for spite He
will be examined as to his mental condition.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-01-10
A SCENE IN A CONVENT.
The Opportunity Afforded by Fire to Get
Glimpses of Pretty Nuns.


Glimpses of Pretty Nuns.
WASHINGTON, Jan 9-The particulars of a
thrilling scene at the Georgetown Convent, on
Saturday night, have just transpired. This
convent is one of the Oldest in the country, and
has within its mysterious and closely guarded
portals upward of one hundred sisters who have
taken the black veil. Quite number of them
are young and beautiful, once petted daughters
of noted families. In addition to the convent
proper there is attached large boarding school
for young ladies' Within one block of this
building is the Georgetown College, Catholic
training school for crowd of hotheaded South
ern lads. Late on Saturday night an alarm of
fire was sounded, and the report was sent out
that the Georgetown Convent was on fire. The
first alarm was soon followed by a general one.
All the engines in the northwestern part of the
city were soon concentrated about the building.
while stalwart fremen tore open the doors
and poured through the most sacred pre-
cincts of the convent where no
wicked men had ever before been allowed to
enter. Women's shrieks were heard up and
down the corridors, and the utmost demoralza-
ton for a short time reigned. The fire was Oc
casioned by chimney burning out The chin
ney fire communicated to the roof, and if it had
not been for the prompt action of the tiremen
the convent would certainly have been destroyed.
The most thrilling incident of the fire was when
crowds of young boys, to the number of fifty or
sixty came charging down from the College,
their hearts throbbing with generous fire, each
one resolved to save pretty nun even at the
peril of his life. The boys charged through the
first part of the house without much trouble,
spurred ON by the shrieks of the nuns, who were
running about III disordered dress in the cor
ridors, but when they reached the door of the
nunnery proper they found stern sentry in
their path in the shape of very COOL matter-of-
fact Lady Superior She said to this mob of fiery
enthusiasts: There are already too many men
in this house; there is enough scandal and de-
moralizstsSn here without you" And then she
sternly told the youngsters to depart She drove
them out like flock of sheep In a few mo-
ments the fire was out and then the firemen
were hustled out But the convent has not even
up to the present time regained its old spirit of
sacred privacy.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-01-10
THE TARIFF.
Mr.. NimmO's Statement of Its Operation
Since March, 1888.

Since March, 1888.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9.-Mr Nimmo, Chief of
the Bureau of Statistics, has submitted to the
Secretary of the Treasury a statement in regard
to the operation of the tariff act of March g. 1888
as far as the same is shown from available data
at the present time. 1t appears that the reduc-
ton on the average ad valorem rate of duty on
dutiable goods for the quarter which ended on
Sept. 30, 1883, as compared with the corresponding
quarter in 1882, was only 2. per cent making
due allowance for the changes in the law with
respect to valuations, castings and coverings The
reduction in the average ad valorem rate of duty
on sugar was only 81 per cent for the quarter
which ended on Sept 80, and somewhat less for
the months of October and November The re-
duction in the average of the ad valorem rate
on clothing and wool was 81 per cent; combing
wool, rs per cent; carpet WOOL 2.46 per cent
NimmO says these reductions are very much less
than was expected, either by the friends or OPP
ponents of the new law. He adds, however, that
the results ascertained thus far are, to some ex-
tent, vitiated by the excessive mportatons prior
to June 30 of goods upon which duties were in
creased and the postponemert of importations of
goods upon which the duties were decreased by
the new law,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-01-10
THREE MEN KILLED.
A Party Of SnOw-ShOvelers Run Down by a
Pennsylvania Passenger Train.

PITTsBURG, Jan. 9-Brinton Station. on the
city, was the scene, this evening, of a terrible
accident, resulting in the instant killing of two
persons and the serious injury of five more one
of whom has since died. All day large force of
men had been employed on the Pittsburg divis-
ion of the Pennsylvania railroad clearing snow
from the track At the cut just east of Brinton
some fifteen or twenty men were engaged, this
evening about o'clock, when the Walls accom-
mediation suddenly rounded the bend at Brinton,
and before all the men could get out they were
thrown down. The train was stopped as quickly
as possible, and backed to the scene of the acci-
dent where a terrible sight met the gaze of the
passengers and trainmen. The dead and dying
were scattered along the track for fifty yards
The bodies of two men were found badly man
gled and life already extinct Five others We're
badly injured, and has since died in the
hospital. The names of the killed are not
known, as the men We're only engaged to-day,
men. The names of the injured are as follows;
Frank Collia, twenty years old,
single, back hurt, dangerous: Herman
Sands, thirty years old, single. right
leg broken; Frank Chilli twenty eight years
old, married, dangerous scalp wound left knee
and arm fractured; John Fisher, thirty years
old, single, right knee fractured; --.
back broken, unconscious when found, and died
in hospital.
After the accident men crawled out of the
snow IN all directions and it is not unlikely the
bodies of others may be discovered The ac-
have a lookout to warn them of the approaching
trains and it was dark and locomotive
standing near with steam escaping it was i'm
possible to hear or see the train coming
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-01-10
MORE PENSIONS WANTED.
Demands Before Congress Aggregating Two
Hundred Millions.

Hundred Millions.
Special to Chicago Tribune.
The most dangerous attacks on the Treasury
are the bills proposing additions to the pension
rolls. Each bill is backed up by petitions which
apparently come from ex-soldiers. The large
part of them are collected by claim agents. one
of whom has gathered 10000 signatures of al
legged soldiers asking for additional pension leg
islation. Aside from the general bills. which in
volve by official calculation over 5000, 600, OOO
there have already been introduced nearly / 600
private pension bills. Many originate with at
torneys, who send bundles of them to members
with request to present them. They then
charge those interested $25. Not one in
ten of this class can ever pass
Many have merit Few sent in
by claim agents are ever followed further than
the fee. The proposition to equalize bounties
has been introduced by dozen members. There
have been several official calculations made of
the amount which the passage of such bill
would require. The Paymaster-general esti-
mated that it would take as a minimum $f57, ,O00
600, and that the amount might up to
1853, 000 No official calculation places the
sum at less than $l25, 000, 600. At least $50 add
tonal clerks will be needed to make the settle
ment The next scheme in the order of magni
tude is the one for removing all limit upon grant
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-01-10
BELFORD'S WRATH.
The Colorado Statesman DenOunces the
Rules Under Which the House Works.

Rules Under Which the House Works.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9-In the House, to-day,
during the debate on reference of the Presidents
message on Mississippi river improvement, Mr..
Belford remarked that this discussion showed
the damnable internal character of the rules
under which the House acted There was the
committee on ways and means composed of the
brains of the House Then there was the com
mittee on appropriations composed of the white
buttoned mandarins The other committees
were slaves compelled to bow their necks and
ask the Speaker to recognize them. 1t was
spectacle as sweet as the Hebrews observed
when they saw the oil running down
the beard of Aaron, to see the
Democratic brethren quareling over
the great subject. He was in favor of voting not
only 81 ,0oO, 900, but $50 600 O0O to accomplish
great advantage for the people. The Treasury
to-day, governed by New York influence, held in
its vaults hundreds of millions of dollars, kept
there in his Judgment, for the sole purpose of
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-01-10
The Freedmem's savings Bank.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 9-The annual report of
John Jay Knox Commissioner of the Freednen's
Savings and Trust Company for the year ending
Dec. 81, 1888, contains facts and figures of gen
eral interest. Receipts, $2O5, ,8ll; balance on
hand $l3, 157; total, $218,96S. Expenditures, in
cluding dividends, $2O7 1OS Total paid in divi-
dends since the failure, 81 63O, 400 total number
put in claims 1t is presumed that some are dead
and others have never heard that they can realize
anything. Over 10000 claimants, entitled to
an aggregate of 1872, 353, have not called for
their money.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-01-10
MINOR MATTERS.


WAsHINGToN Jan. 9.-Senator Sherman's at
tention being called to the report that the Office
of president of the Northern Pacific railway had
been rendered him and declined, he said ''The
office not rendered me- but the matter has
been mentioned by leading stockholders and
members of the directory. l have said that
while would gladly undertake the duties of the
office, and have the highest opinion of the value
due regard for the duty owe my constituents
and colleagues in the Senate, resign the position
of senator; nor could properly, while senator,
act president of the company"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-01-10
Frightful Experience in snow-storm.

KINGSTON, Ont, Jan. 9--On Thursday last.
William and John Sherlock of Haw Island, left
Clayton, N. Y, for home on foot snow storm
came on and the two became separated. John,
exhausted dug hole in the snow and crept in
RSd the next day was found by some fishermen,
almost unconscious and terribly frost-bitten
His feet and hands dropped off in the house
Search for the missing man resulted yesterday
in finding the hody buried in the snow
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-01-10
A Baseless RumOr,

. WASHINGTON Jan. 9-In regard to the resolu-
ton adopted yesterday by the House, calling upon
the Postmaster-gene to examine into the truth
of the statement to the effect that IL British spy
named OBren had been allowed to tamper with
American mails in New York, where plans We're
laid to entrap unfortunate men. some of them
Americans, who We're recently tried and sentenced
in Liverpool, General Gresham said he had abso-
lutely no knowledge of anything of the kind
having taken place. The chief of postofice in
spectors has been directed to proceed immed-
ately to New York and personally make thor
ough investigation into the truth of the charge
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-01-10
Wanted the Insurance.

JERSEY CITY, Jan. 9.-The supreme medical
examiner Of the American Legion of Honor
found that two candidates irregularly admitted
to the order, by DR.. Peacock. have died and he
,3resumes the order will refuse to pay the insur-
lnce. Hefouud one OF Peacock candidates dying
aioh consumption. and in this case the man sur
rendered his certificate, admitting that he had
lot been properly initiated
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-01-10
WHEN INDICATIONS.
CLOUDY 90eather,
local rains or SnOW.
The last day of the period for
receiving guesses on the con-
tents of the Globes at the


Is TO-DAY. No guess can
be received after the close of
business to-day. The Com
mittee on Award will begin the
count of the shot and beans in
the four Globes tomorrow, Fri
day, Jan. II, to determine who
are entitled to our Holiday
Presents. The programme OF
the committee for tomorrow
will be announced in to-mor-
rows papers.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-01-10
Gresham and the New Orleans Exposition

WASHINGTON, Jan. 9.-The Postmaster-gen
eral, having received a communication from the
Secretary of the Worlds Industrial Cotton Cen
tennial Exposition denouncing as 'ridiculousy
and infamously false" the statements of one
West Sleever that the exposition was under the
control Of the Louisiana Lottery Company, to-
day sent the following reply:
"'ro Samuel Mullen. ESQ.,. Secretary Of the New Or
leans Cotton Exposition:
Dear Sir-I have received your letter of the
9th inst transmitting copy Of the resolution
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-01-10
CASH AND CORRUPTION.


If you are to believe what Pendletons friends
have charged, every member of the Legislature
who voted for Payne was bought with Standard
Oil money They allowed no consideration that
was not corrupt and dshonOrable to have place
in the mind of the member who voted for Payne.
His action was dictated only by corrupt motives
and Standard Oil cash. The fact seems to be,
that no such provocation for bitter and endur-
ing fight of factions has ever been presented in
Ohio And as honest voters look on and see the
conflict and realize that members of the Demo
cratic family are charging each other with bri-
berry. corruption and fraud. they will turn away
with disgust from the contention and sweep the
whole party into the ditch.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-01-10
MONEY sHASIELEssLY USED.
Cincinnati News journal nem.)

The work is DONE and the sale is complete
Bosses and monopolies and rings for the control
of political patronage .ave won "a complete vic
tory in Legislature elected by the people
struggling against bosses. monopolies, and spoils
rings. They have not yet gained victory over
the unpuchasahe Democratic people of Ohio
Money has been shamelessy used to buy seat
in the Senate by men protesting to be of the
party which opposes the use of money in poll
ties, That Legislature of men claiming to be
Democratic representatives has yielded to all
the influences and forces Democracy exists to
fight against is true.