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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-01-21
KENTUCKY'S SENATOR.
Mr.. Blackburn Said To Be Gaining Strength,
and His Election Almost Assured.

FRANKFoRT, Ky, Jan. 19.-Last night after
the adjournment of the caucus Williams went
to Sweeney and told him if some arrangement
was not made between them Blackburn would be
senator. He, added that he had his own forces
in hand at the tip of his fingers, and if Sweeney
would come to him he would certainly be elected
Sweeney replied: IF you have your vote under
such good control give it to me, General, and
will be the senator" This did not seem to the
''old hero" as q proper solution The result last
night has fairly settled public opinion that
Blackburn is the coming The vote on ad
journment 65 to 5G, fairly represents the Black
burn and Williams vote with Sweeney out. All
the Sweeney men who will vote for Williams
finally voted against an adjournment. The de-
lay until Monday night will only add to Black
burns strength, and it will probably follow that
his nomination will be made in the caucus that
night. The friends of Mr.. Carlisle, who have
had his candidacy hopefully in view, now yield
the opinion that Blackburn can and will be
elected, and no further preparations will be made
for the entry of a dark horse. A great many
members absent from the joint session to-
day, and the ballot for senator gives no indica-
cation Of any change. 1t stood: Blackburn
26; Williams, 80; Sweeney, %; Bennett, H.
Friends of both Williams and Blackburn voted
for Sweeney under the caucus arrangements.
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EX-sPEAKER KEIFER
Before the Committee Investigating His AL
legged NePotism.

Before the Committee Investigating His AL
legged Nepotism.
WASHINGTON, Jan 9.-Representative Keifer
appeared before Messrs. Dockery and Brewer,
the subcommittee of the committee on accounts,
to-day, in regard to the appointment of his
nephew, b. P Gaines, as stenographer of the
House committees the day before the adjourn
ment of the Forty seventh Congress. In answer
to question by Mr.. Dockery as to whether the
resignation of Tyson as stenographer of the
House committees had been demanded.
Keifer said he did not remember but
added that perhaps it had been talked
about. He said the resignation of Tyson
was really in pursuance of an understanding
had at the time he was appointed, but afterward,
however, Tyson asked that he might be allowed
to remain until the close of the session. so as to
receive an extra months pay, and Keifer CON
sented. In point of fact, Keifer said that Gaines
his nephew, who succeeded Tyson. did more work
during the session than Tyson had. He further
said that his nephew performed no services dur
ing the recess of Congress.
Mr.. Keifer referred to the attacks made upon
him by newspapers" saying that the attack
was ipstigated by certain correspondents" be-
cause he opposed bill they wanted to lobby
through the House. He did not give the names
of the correspondents or specify the bill they
desired to put through.
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MAN AND WIFE LYNCHED.
The Murderers of Rose Matthews Hanged by
a Colorado Mob of Masked Men.

DENVER. JAN 19.-Some three months ago
Mary Rose Matthews, a bright, winsome little
girl of ten, ives adopted from the Denver Catho-
lie Orphans Home, by Mike Cuddihie and wife,
living on ranch ten miles from Ouray, small
mining town in the southern part of the State
Last Saturday morning little Rose suddenly died,
and was buried by the Cuddihies, on distant
part Of the ranch. The little girl had been
cruelty treated from the first, the neighbors said,
and her mysterious death and hurried burial
aroused their suspicious, and the coroner of
Ouray was notified. He Immediately repaired
to the ranch, found the grave and exhumed the
body, when unmistakable evidence of
cruel death was revealed. The
body was covered with knife wounds,
one leg broken. the skull crushed and
limbs frozen. She had, no doubt, been driven
out in the winter storm to die. Cuddihe and
wife were Immediately arrested and jailed. Yes
terday they were tried and found guilty of mur-
der. About l o'clock A. NJ band of masked
men went to the hotel where Cuddihie and wife
We're temporarily held in custody, overpowered
the sheriff's guard and took the prisoners away.
They both cried loudly for mercy, but as they
had ever been deaf to the pleadings of little Rose
for mercy, so the vigiantes closed their ears to
the cries of the prisoners They were taken out
side of the town limits, where the women was
hung to the ridge pole Of vacant cabin, while
the husband was strung to the limb of q tree op-
posite
Their work DONE the vgilantes retired quick
sy.z Tl'e bodies we're suit down and buried by
the coner to-day.
John Carol Cuddhie's brother-in-law was ar
rested with the others. but for want of sufficient
evidence was allowed to go. This is the first in
stance of woman lynched in Colorado.
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Steamship News.

BosToN, Jan. 2o.--Arrived: Manitoban, from
Glasgow. . sa.,a- r, i......a.. IS.
-Lo&NpoN:, Jan. 2Q.--Arived: Reiga, California
and Caspian.
GLASGOW, Jan. 1o.-Arrived: Lord Cough
from Liverpool.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 2O-Arrived Neder-
land, from Antwerp.
New YORK, Jan. 19-Arrivcd: State of Penn.
sylvania and Waesland, from Antwerp.
LONDON, Jan 19.-Arrived: Nantes. from
New Orleans; Amerique and Republic, from
New York.
New YORK Jan. 2O-Arrived Spain, Adri-
attic, from Liverpool; Lessing, from Hamburg;
Persian Monarch, from London.
LIVERPOOL, Jan. 2O-The steamer nlyrian,
from Boston, reports that she spoke the disa-
bled steamer Germanic, on the 18th, 400 miles
west of Fastnet, in longitude 13o 34
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Berber Surrounded by HOrdes of the PrOph-
cts Followers, and His Troops Within
Three Hours March of Suakim.
Unauthenticated RumOT of a Massacre
of Christians at KhartOum.
An Inexplicable Change in Public Opinion in
Upper Egypt, Which Is Ascribed to an
Unseen but Powerful Influence.
Ell MAHDI'S REBELLION.
Critical Situation at KhartOum-Arabs Hold
ing Both Sides of the River.

Critical Situation at KhartOum-Arabs Hold
ing Both Sides of the River.
CAIRO, Jan. l9-The position of the troops
and Europeans at Khartoum is most critical, as
retreat has been cut off. The Arabs hold both
sides of the river Hordes of Arabs were also
closing around Beenbeer. The general cry is,
''Who shall help us9 We are deserted?T The
rebels captured within three hours march from
Suakim Sheik Moussa, who recently brought in
half his tribe the remainder of which has joined
the rebels. His tribesmen have gone to rescue
him, and a portion of the garrison have gone out
to support them. Osman Dagna, chief of the
rebels, has sent communication, refusing to
negotiate with the Egyptians He occupies ii
position on the Sinkat route, twenty-seven miles
from Suakim.
1t is reported that Abyssinia demands the
cession of the Bogas territory and Port Masso-
wah under a threat of the King to declare war.
Egypt is willing to cede the Bogas and Port
Zouilla, south of Massowah, on the condition
that Abyssinia operates against Ell Mahdi
1t is officially announced that the Khedive has
not the slightest intention of resigning,
General Gordon goes to Khartoum with full
power to make the best arrangement possible
to settle affairs in the Soudan.
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What congressman Did Before the Advent
of Cold Tea Into the Capitol.


of Cold Tea Into the Capitol.
Washington Correspondence Philadelphia Times.
Before the Capitol building was enlarged and
extensive apartments assigned for restaurants
there was nothing of the kind. Senator's how
ever, did have "a little something to take" now
and then. 1t was kept behind the Vice-presi-
dents desk, now the bench of the United States
Supreme Court-a black bottle, plate of crack
ers, and some cheese. Thither senators retired
though not frequently, for bottle lasted day
more. Apollinaris was unknown then, and
senators, if they wanted a cocktail or other
mixtures, went elsewhere and paid for it them
selves.
Mr.. Clay sometimes when speaking, had COB
let with some of the fluid from the black bottle
behind the Vice presidents desk. When speak
ing, the Kentucky orator was occasionally at
loss for the precise word he wanted to use. This
lapse coming over him a certain occasion he
paused, and, as was his wont, fingered his watch
seal; that not seeming to bring the lost word to
mind, he took up the goblet and set it down
without tasting; when, the truant word still not
coming, he called to a page, saying: Here, boy,
Continued on Second Page.l
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PENSION PAYMENTS BY CHECKS.
A Proposal to Abolish the Agencies and Pay
Pensioners by Check.

Pensioners by Check.
Washington Special.
The expediency of abolishing all pension agen-
cies and transferring the payment of pensions to
the Treasury Department. where checks can be
mailed direct to the Individuals as in the case of
bondholders receiving interest, is now being dis
cussed in the appropriations committee of the
House, and report will be made on the subject
during the week by Congressman John J. Fol
lette, of Cincinnati, which will recommend the
change as matter of economy and greater con-
venience both to the government and the pen
sioner. United States Treasurer Wyman was
asked to-day for his views as to the practicabiity
of the proposed change. Mr. Wyman replied
that during the Forty-ffth Congress a similar
proposition was discussed in the Senate. Mr.
Gilfllan had then looked the matter up, and
submitted an estimate of the cost of such q
method of paying pensions. Mr.. Gilfllan said
then that it was desirable to relieve depository
banks of pension accounts. While such pay
ments are being made, it is difficult to so man
age remittances for the credit of the pension
agents as to guard against exceeding the banks
securities for deposit, and also to avoid making
such small remittances as to delay payments. If
the data from which the checks are to be drawn
can be furnished promptly, payments by check
from the treasury can be made with the same
regularity as is now the with the payment
by check of the quarterly interest upon regis
tered bonds
''What protection will the government have
from fraud2"
''The government will part with whatever Sc
curity it now has in the bonds of pension agents,
unless bonds should be required of the officers
who shall perform similar duties under
the proposed system. That, however would
hardly be necessary under a proper arrange
ment of the duties. The risk of loss by fraudu-
lent Endorsement of checks could be lessened by
striking from the rolls at once the names of par
ties who have lost their right to a pension"
''The cost of the pension agencies, 1 under
stand is $3.50, 600 year. What do you estimate
the force needed in the Treasury Department
would cost!'
I'm 1873, when the pension-roll footed up
$2S 00O 900, estimated that it would require
forty clerks to handle the pension checks
at a cost of $50, 400 per annum. An increase of
80 per cent. in that force would be necessary.
This calculation is based upon actual personal ex
perience in drawing checks for the payment of
interest upon the funded loans When the bust
ness shall have become fully systematized there
might be q reduction
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HUNTINGTON DEFIANT.
The Forfeiture of Land Grants To Be Com
tested in the Courts. tr3u.lsl

The Forfeiture of Land Grants To Be Com
tested in the Courts. tr3u.lsl
2 WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.-C.sP. Huntington, of
the Southern Pacific, publishes aan interview
here to-day relating to the Texas Pacific land
grant. He bids defiance to Congress. He says:
Il have the opinions Of few Of the aBlest law
yers in the country, and they say the land is
ours by law, and nobody can take it away from
us without paying us for it. If Congress de
cares the grant forfeited we will appeal to the
courts, and it will be a very bad thing for those
Territories if Congress declares that grant for
feited, for the courts will keep all that land tied
up for twenty years while we are fighting it.
This country isn't ready yet to override all
vested rights. The equities all with u.s. and
the law is with us. We've earned that grant; it
was made to the Texas Pacific Company or its
assigns on condition that it build
a road over a certain line in a certain time. We
are the assigns of the Texas Pacific; we've built
the road over that line, and we've built it within
the specified time. To be sure, they say that
said would build the road without any grant
but that makes no differences; the government
did't accept any such proposition from me- If
the government had told me to go on and build
the road without any grant. and had brought me
a contract, perhaps | would have signed it, and
perhaps l wouldn't What l said l could or
would do has nothing to do with the matter
You can't make trade without there are two
no just reason, no financial reason, for trying to
for doing it, except, may be, in some very small
nd of
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Labor Troubles.

ALLENTOWN, Pa, Jan. 1.-Two furnaces of
the Allentown Iron Company being blown out,
seventy men are rendered idle.
PITTsBURG, Jan. 19.-The employees of the
Pittsburg Bessemer Steel Works Homestead.
decided this evening to accept a reduction in
wages of from Sto 20 per cent offered a short
time ago. Work. which suspended in No
vember, will be resumed on Monday.
PITTsBURG, Jan. 19-The National Tube
Works Company of McKeesport, has notified
the men on the night turn that working time
ployes recently accepted u to % per cent re-
duction in wages, and it is not known what ac-
ton they will take on the FIRMS last proposition
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A POINTED LETTER.
Commissioners Dudley Resents the Interfer-
of Congressman.


ence of Congressman.
Washington Special.
General Dudley Commissioner of Pensions,
has addressed the following spicy letter to a
congressman, who assumed to urge the business
of claim agent in the Pension Office through a
congressman, a very common trick of these
sharpers:
Dear Sir-On Saturday I received a note from you
inelosing sixty-seven slips from claim agent which
you refer for answer. While l entirely willing to
do everything in my power to tighten the burden of
members of Congress by promptly responding to the
calls of their constituents, it will you readily
make it impossible for to settle any cases
give any attention to the settlement of cases. 8
each nonbor of Congress to ask for letters of
explanation i'll the of all the claim
agents of his district This claim agent has
to avoid the necessity of furnishing the evi-
dence called for. hope you will excuse from the
task of going his docket and thus give him prece-
dence like claim agent, to which he is not enti-
tied, and which would put at disadvantage other
claim agents. who strictly attending to their bust
instead of annoying their member of Congress with
the same
OF course do not mean to say that any reasonable
request of yours will not be complied with that
will not go to any reasonable amount of trouble to
you in the matter of the business of your CON
stitlents. But beg of you to tell the claim agents of
your district that they should attend to their own
business and not paralyze the Office by dumping upon
their members of Congress their whole docket, and
expect him to do the work for which they expect
get pay to say nothing of the embarra ssent brings
to the working force of this Office to thus give con,
gressional expedition to the calls of ordinary claim
agents. Very Respectfully, W. w, DUDLEY,
-.,s fi'tFAt Commissioner ~
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BUSINESS EMBARRASSMENTS.
Failure of Mr.. William Fl. Guion, the Well
Known Steamship Agent.

Known Steamship Agent.
New YORK, JAN l9.-Yesterday William H.
Guion retired from the firm of Williams g.
Guion: agents for the Guion Steamship Line,
and the firm was reorganized under the name of
Guon g. Co. To-day Mr.. Guion made an as
signment to A. T. Brown. The new firm con
sists of Stephen B. Guion, of Liverpool, brother
of William H. and w. II. jr., his nephew Viii
liam H. retired on account of personal embar-
easements. His nephew says that his assign
ment will in no way affect the solvency of the
firm. His liabilities will not reach $3.50, 900.
The firm of Williams & Guion owned the old
steamships of their line. The new ones,
the Alaska, Arizona and Oregon are the prop
erty of Stephen B. Guion, who is very wealthy
man. The old firm established the Black Ball
line of Liverpool packets, and in 1868 the Guion
line Mr.. Williams. the senior partner, died in
1876. Since then W. Fl. and Stephen B. have
composed the firm. The failure of Mr.. Guion is
said to be due to his kind heart, which led him
to indorse freely for other people and to his love
Of speculation in new enterprises, such as steam
heating concerns, mining ventures, and the like.
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FOREIGN MISCELLANY.

Trades Unionists Seeking to Induce Iron
Workers to Decline American Offers.
LONDON. Jan. 20.-The iron-workers' society,
of Darlington, to-day received a telegram from
the iron and stee-workers' society, of Pittsburg,
stating that agents were going to England to in
duce workmen to go to America. The society
resolved to circulate the telegram in all the iron
districts, in the hope that British workmen
would assist in defeating their brethren in
America
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Rumored Massacre of Christians.

= CAIRO. Jan. 2O-It is reported that there has
been massacre of Christians at Khartoum
King John offers a refuge in Abyssinia for the
officials and foreign consuls at Khartoum
1t is reported that number of dervishes near
Khartoum have summoned the people to join El
Mahdi. A great army is expected in ten days.
English sovereigns presented in the bazaars of
Khartoum are now refused, or only taken at a
discount This is regarded ominous The
bearing of the people is totally changed Some
strong influence is at work
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Catholicism and Masonry.

TORONTO, Jan. 20.-A circular was read to-
day from Archbishop Lynch in all the
Catholic churches, stating that he had
received letter from Rome ask
ing if it was true that the freemason
society was recruiting a large number of
Catholics in this province, as reported
in the Freemason's journal, and that they had
answered very few had joined; and
those only who had neglected pascal communion
and were otherwise irreligious, who looked only
to worldly gain and not to the eternal salvation
of their souls
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Omintana Held For Trial.

LAREDO, JAN 2O.-Accordng to the Mexico
custom of dealing with offences of higher grade
the case of Pablo Quintana, mayor of New La
redo, Mexico, imprisoned at Montery, charged
with completely in the recent train robbery ON
the Mexican National Railway has been secret
ly investigated before judge. Sufficient ev
dence has been developed to hold the culpiit
and final trial will be held in the public courts.
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America.

VIENNA, JAN 2O.-DeGiers, the Russian For
eign Minister, arrived this morning and in com
pany with Prince Lobanoff, the Russian embas-
sador, visited the palace, where he was given an
audience by the Emperor and Count Kanoky,
the Austro- Hungarian Foreign Minister. The
Emperor afterwards gave dinner in honor of
DeGiers and Lobanoff at which several ministers
were nraSent
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BosroN, Jan. 2O.-Joseph McCready, aged
eighteen, formerly page in the House of Rep
in the pension office, has been arrested here
charged with raising a check from s. to
$500 and attempting to pass it upon a Washing
ton bank. McCready has been soliciting sub
scriptions for honorary memhership-fees "in the
National Cadet Corps" Several prominent gen
tlemen were victimized.
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DUBLIN, Jan. 20.-A Nationalist meeting at
Boyle to-day attended by 5000 persons. The
of Parliament. During a riot at Enniskillen on
Saturday the police charged the mob and were
met by the Nationalist with a shower of stones.
Orangemen also stoned the police and afterward
stoned the Catholic school houses
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Assignment of Willett Bronson.

New YORK, Jan. l9.-Schedules in the assign
ment of Willett Bronson, lawyer, are filed.
Debts and liabilities amount to $653, ,26l, OF which
1870, 343 fully secured Contingent liabilities,
$l20, ,064; assets stated nominally worth 81, 800,
sos and actually worth $72, 1893.
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Ordway,s Ennocence.

CHICAGO Jan 2O-W. j. Steele, of Steele,
Dakota, passed through the city, to-day, on his
way to Washington, with documents intended to
snow Governor Ordway's innocence of the re-
cent bribery charges in connection with the loca-
cation of the county-seat in Potter county.
Steele will submit the documents to the Secre-
harry of the Interior.
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SPANISH AFFAIRS.

Fourteen of the New Cabinet Under the Con-
servatves.
MADRID, Jan. 2O.-The accession of the Con-
servatives to office in Spain is held, curiously
enough. to better guarantee Radical and Repub
liean quietude than the success Of Sagasta's
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Revision of the Constitution.

PARIS Jan. 20-Two meetings were held to-
day in furtherance of the proposition to revise
the constitution. Speeches were delivered favor
ing social revolution. One of the meetings de-
cided to organize fund to raise monument to
Communists who were shot
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any hurt. rather think they will do me good
on the rebound l have half a dozen letters
about them already from men in California, not
exactly friends of mine, but men whom know,
who say there are many good things in the let
ters."
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Victoria's Health.

LONDON, Jan. 20-Tne Queen, who is at Os-
borne, is able to take short walks, but cannot
stand upon her feet longer than a few minutes
at time Her health is otherwise good.
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Khartoum Not Entirely Cut OFF.

2 CAIRO, Jan. 2O.-Khartoum still remains open
to Cairo.
The appointment of Chinese Gordon is gen
orally welcomed, and it is said receives the cor
dial sanction of the government.
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w HEN
CLOTHING STORE,
Nos. 80 TO 40 N Pennsylvania St,
INDIANAPOLIS.

One uniform price for each article and always
marked in plain figures.
Being manufacturers, enabled to retail at
~holesae prices, saving patrons one profit on
every purchase
Prices always guaranteed to be from 10 to 25 per
cent below all competiton-the buyer having, in
every instance the privilege of returning the goods
unsoiled and receiving back the purchase money if,
for any reason, dissatisfied with the purchase.
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