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The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-05-31

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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-01-02
PERSONNEL OF CONGRESS.
Some Curious Facts About the Men Who
Make Our Laws.

Some Curious Facts About the Men Who
Make Our Laws.
Of the twenty six senators who were sworn in
at the beginning of the present session only
twelve are new to that body. The other four
teen were simply continued in the senatorial
harness by reelection Mr. Morrill, remains the
patriarch of the Senate, though his colleague,
Mr.. Edmunds, looks Older and is invariably
taken for the Oldest member of the body. Mr..
Kenna, of West Virginia, is the junior member,
and is, perhaps the youngest man who ever at
tanned the dignifed and exalted position of SEN
ator. When elected he was not thirty five years
of age. Senator Anthony ranks all others in
point of service, having now entered upon his
fifth term. Senator Edrnunds has been re-elect-
ed three times, and Messrs. Bayard, Salisbury,
Ransom and Morrill, have each been twice re-
elected
Kentucky furnishes more sons to the present
Senate than any other State Eightnative Ken
tuezians are now members of that body. Ohio
comes next, with seven, while New York has six.
Georgia, Tennessee, Virginia and Pennsylvania
each have four. Maine, Maryland, New lamp
shire, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsyl-
vania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee,
vermont anu ' uSlla nave DaLlVe sons IN the
Senate. Three natives of Ireland, (AIessrs Jones
of Florida Fair and Sewell), one of Scotland
Beck, and one of England Jones of Nevada)
are senators. Ohio furnishes two senators for
Indiana and two for Iowa, the four gentlemen
representing those States having been born in the
Buckeye State
The House of Representatives contains twenty
adopted citizens. Messrs. Finerty. Cullom,
Lowry, Collins, McAdoo, Barr, Davis, of Masss.-
ehusetts, and Robinson of New York, were born
in Ireland; Messrs. Morse Breitung Muller,
Deuster and Guenther are German; Crisp and
Spriggs are English-born Hardy, Buchanan
and Henderson first saw the light in Scotland
Mr.. Nelson is a Norwegian, and Stevenson was
born in New Brunswick The oldest member of
the House is Mr.. Wait, of Connecticut; the
youngest member is Mr.. Post, of Pennsylvania.
The only native of Washington in Congress is
Mr.. Gilbert NJ. Woodward, of Wisconsin who
was born i'll this city in 1885. The States of Con-
necticut Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Rhode
Island South Carolina, Tennessee and Vermont
send solid delegations, senators and representa-
tives, of native-boTn citizens. In the House
there are 50 native sons of New York, SO of
Pennsylvania, 81 of Ohio, and next come Ken
lucky and Virginia with II each; Massachusetts
and Tennessee next, with - each; North Caro-
lima next with IL. OF the entire Arkansas dele
cation in both houses, only single member was
born in the State Only two of the entire Mis-
sissippi delegation natives OF that State, but
she gets even by having sons i'll the Arkansas,
Missouri and California delegations OF the 40l
members of Congress, 267 are lawyers though
several of this number have practically aban-
doned the law for other pursuits.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-01-02

that he carried considerable money on his person.
The coroner's jury, however rendered verdict
of accidental death.
Miss Lena Feldkamp, of Peoria, was danger
ously shot, on Monday night by youth who
was celebrating the retirement of the old year.
J. j, Culver, leading citizen of Joliet, who
was suffocated by gas in a Chicago hotel, is be
ieved by his friends to have committed suicide.
William Kinser. residing near Charleston, was
shot through the left brest by his brother, Har
Vey kinser The attempted fratTicide was the
outgrowth Of Halveys intimacy with Williams
wife.
The Elgin accommodation on the Chicago,
Milwaukee g. st. Paul road killed two unknown
men near Pacific junction, on Saturday night.
They were aged probably forty-two and twenty
years
The Peoria Transcript furnished its patrons,
on New Years day, with the largest paper ever
published in Illinois outside of Chicago 1t con
tanned la columns of reading matter and was
very creditable production.
Jim Lay, the alleged bigamist of Mt. Carmel,
who, it is claimed, has four wives in this State,
when interviewed stated that he had been trying
hard to get married for the last twenty five years,
but up to date has not been able to make the
rifle"
Levi Walters, aged thirty, of Joliet, went into
hardware store and asked to buy revolver.
One was shown him, when he loaded it, and,
stepping to the door, fired one shot into his lett
breast and a second into his wrist. He will prob
ably recover.
Thomas Barnard, of Ottawa, shot himself, on
Monday, with fatal effect A wife and two chill
dren, the eldest nine years Of age, survive him.
Barnard good mechanic and en-
ployed at King & Hamiltons shops. He was adj
dicted to drink, and had attempted suicide
year ago
AT meeting of the stockholders of the Lam
bert g. Bishop Wire Fence Company, of Joliet,
whose works were destroyed on Saturday night
by fire 1T was resolved to rebuild at once of brick
and iron. The insurance was divided as follows:
On stock, $2S, 900; on machinery, $72, coo; ON
building, $50, 600; on engine and boiler, $4,000;
total, $3.50 900. The corporation has a paidup
capital of $500, 600
The high waters have begun submerging boz
tom lands on the lower Ohio, near Cairo, and
farmers have commenced moving grain and run
ming stock to higher grounds In spite of this
early precaution considerable damage viii re
suit as the river is still coming up rapidly for
this stage ana large quantities of grain are still
| to be moved with stock so scattered through the
low lands as 10 render it doubtful if they can be
reached in time to be saved.
Some of the people in White county talk of
setting the example hereafter, displayed by the
populaee Of Petersburg. md, in the swift ven
geance melted out to Harvey. the murderer. One
man down there discovered a lot of poisoned
corn in the troughs of his horses which had not
been placed there by any one Of the family.
There have been a few murders committed there
within the past several months, with robberies
quite too numerous to mention.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-01-02
Notes and Personalities.

WASHINGTON, Jan William Lamb, of
Ohio, and Jimmy Wood, the Irish orator from
Indiana, Republicans were, yesterday, re-
moved from the capitol police force, and Demo
Gratis took their places.
In the estimates sent to Congress the demands
made for increase of salaries and increase of sp-
preparations for clerical force amount in round
numbers, to $845,000, after deducting the de-
crease of the pension force recommended by
Commissioner Dudley
Senator Shermaps proposition to issue ma
tional bank currency at so per cent. of the pre-
MUM value of per cent. bonds is meeting with
some opposition from leading Republicans.
Senator Allison left for Iowa upon receiving a
telegram announcing the Illness of his father.
Congressman Holman, member of the House
appropriation committee, said to-day that the
committee would probably request Commissioner
Dudley to revise his pension estimates, for the
reason that there was probability that the
amount of money asked for could be expended
during the next fiscal year.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-01-02
THE FIERY SUNSETS.
Norman Loei<yer Believes They We're Caused
by the Java Earthquake.
Contribution in London Times.


Contribution in London Times.
Meteorologists have been enabled to track
Krakatoa from its original site in the Straits of
Sllnda to the skies above Java to Madras and
other points in Southern India, to the Seychellas
and Mau1itius to the Cape and the Gold Coast
to Brazil Venezuela and Trinidad About the
period Mt which, with the prevailing currents of
the upper an, and in the anticipated direction,
matter floating in the atmosphere would be due in
Europe, European skies have been visited
with a succession of gorgeous sunrises and
sunsets The exploded fragments of Krakatoa
and its volcanic roots have been dyeing Eu-
ropean skies as they shrouded Java As it has
been said that the aqueous vapor in the air is the
chief cause of the sunset color normally Mr.
Lockyer inquiries if there is excess of aqueous
vapor ut present. Now, on this question there
is no higher authority than the astronomer
royal for Scotland, Professor Piazza SInyth, and
the evidence which the spectroscope has afforded
him is of the most conclusive character,
Mr.. Lockyer concludes by saying: 'The rain
band a band produced, as I hold, by special
form of aqueous vapor in our air widely differ
ent from that which absorbs the blue, is now at
the minimum, while the dry air band is at ire
mendous maximum. Professor Smyth adds as
a corollary, The light, therefore, from that red
haze has passed through extra length of ex-
ira dry air. This puts extra amount of
aqueous yapor as the cause Of these sunsets en-
tiraly out of the question. Although priori
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-01-02
VANDERBILT'S GIFT.
A Little misunderstanding That Cost Three
Quarters of Million.

New York Letter in st. Paul Pioneer Press.
In a recent talk with Mr. J. C. Derby, former
ly prominent New York publisher he said: st
when / was dispatch agent here, during the
rebellion that had an odd interview with old
Commodore Vanderbilt Our navy was next to
nothing-scattered and disabled, and the rebels
were sending out privateerS to prey on our com
merce. Lincoln and Seward were greatly agitated.
All our shipping was in peril In this emergency
Commodore Vanderbilt being consulted with,
said to the President that the country could have
the new wooden ship he was then building if it
wanted it, 1t was one of the largest ever built
in any country. OF course the President jumped
at the offer, and accepted it. Congress promptly
passed a series of resolutions receiving the mag
nifcent gift thanking the Commodore
for his patriotism in presenting to his
harrassed country new vessel costing
$500 900 and ordering suitable gold
medal to be struck for him as testimonial of
the occasion | was instructed to deliver the
resolutions and the medal TO the Commodore at
his office and went there with Mr.. Baker. of the
State Department The Commodore took the
resolutions and read them over very carefully;
then he took the medal in his hand and turned it
over on both sides and inspected the pictorial erh
bem of patriotism rushing to the rescue, and
then he broke out:
ing that splendid vessel to the government /
never thought of such thingl l only offered to
lend it while the war lasted Presented! Hem!
and we hereby assure Commodore Wander
bit OF our gratetul-hem! L call that deylllSh
impudent! Lincoln sent for me to come to
Washington, and told the straits they were
in / said they might have my ship, if they
could use it. but / never thought Of its being
anything but loan. However, he said,
good naturally turning the medal over and
over, i shall have to accept the situation,
suppose. It's a misunderstanding. but / don't
want to make any fuss about it, Let it go! Let
il go But there's one thing won't stand. They
speak in these resolutions about the vessel cost
ing 100000. We'll, now she cost $4,000 and
that ought 10 be corrected
I'VE came away and left the resolutions and
the medal with the Commodore The vessel was
kept by the government and calledthe Wander
bilt and think that is the one now known rs
the Three Brothers-pretty nearly worn out BY
this time "
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-01-02

Richmond expended 1928 400 in construction
Of new buildings during 1883
s A Terre Haute produce merchant shipped
10000 rabbits to indianapolis ON Monday.
The South Bend Tribune has been compelled
to add a new and improved press to its we'll
equipped Office in order to meet the demands of
a rapidly-increasing circulation.
Wing Lee, demonstrating Chnaman, and
Nellie Burton handsome girl. eloped from
Louisville and were married by Justice Douglas
of Jacksonville. The marriage created quite an
excitement.
A barn at Monticello, belonging to the Travel
, ers Fire Insurance Company, was consumed by
fire ON Monday night, with threshing machine
owned by Roberts d Wise. Loss, $500. The
machine was insured for $3.50
Ortiz Stein has written his father at Lafayette
that he is rejoicing in his liberty He has been
promoted TO the chief city editorship OF the
Kansas City Star. Between the shaking hands
with his friends and the lawyers. he says he has
not the time TO devote to writing
SADIE Lewis disreputable woman is dying at
Richmond Her father was prominent Wing
politician and represented Preble county Ohio
in the State Senate for several years. He is dead
but her mother still lives, in affiuent cifcum-
stances, at the old homestead. SADIE was unfor
tl1nate in marriage, and met with circumstances
that led to her fan.
Collector Carter of Tc1re Haute. is investgat
ing the alleged discovery of illicit still said to
he IN fun blast in the second story of a building
occupied as grocery and saloon, at Greencastle.
A few DAYS ago Il cOunterfeiter was arrested in
that city. and officers, armed with search war
rant visited the place. for the purpose pf look
ing for counterfeiters' tools, and discovered the
still The 'moonshnerT who was running it es
caDcd
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-01-02
A DESPERATE PLOT.
Ten Millions Ready to Make Mr.. Carlisle
President.
San Francisco Argonaut. 1sL~

San Francisco Argonaut. asitz.
Three years ago the Retailer, the leading or
gan of the liquor traffic in the United States,
speaking of and for those, engaged in it said:
They (the liquor dealers) have entered the po-
htical field to protect, maintain and further their
own special interest by political action" That
they have fuItheled their special interest is
shown by the fact that they have secured the
absolute and unquestioned control of the
Democratic party and a large majority
in the lower house of the present Congress. The
election of John G. Carlisle OF Kentucky. as
Speaker of the House. on last Monday was in
furtherance of their special interests and, in the
light Of his congressional record it will not be
| questioned that the office has been conferred
upon the one to whom it belongs, if eminent
services to the Democratic party and the whisky
ring are solely considered. This election has
been anticipated and predicted by observ
ing temperance people ever since the adj
| ioulnment of Congress last winter.
The whisky ring, acting through the
Democratic party, and in alliance with it for
over three years, has been seeking the control of
Congress. in order to obtain legislation favora-
BILE to its interests. The House is already fixed,
| and it only remains to secure majority in the
Senate to enable this ring to wipe out the tax
due, and to become due, on whisky, and thus
| plumber the United States treasury of about
| hundred millions of money. This done, if the
! ring gives rlp to the Democratic managers ten
millions of this plumber to secure the election of
| Democratic President, as foreshadowed
| by q prominent Kentucky distiller a
| year ago, John G. Carlisle WILL in all
probability be the nominee of the Democratic
convention for that Office Considering the
''etenal fitness Of things in view of the fact
that Kentucky dstillers have oyer sixty millions
| of gallons of whisky in bond, subject to the gov
| ernment tax of ninety cents a gallon. and in
! view of the alliance referred to- that State is
| fairly entitled TO name the Democratic candi-
| date for President and she will do it, and the
man will undoubtedly be John G. Carlisle. The
leaders of the Republican party have boon try
| ing to carry beer on one shoulder and water on
the other so long that they have excited and
merted the distrust of all those who have
any fixed opinions upon the merits Of the
temperance controversy now agitating the eoun-
try. The whisky and beer interests of the
nation are now permanently identified with the
Democratic party, and no proposition OF "a square
divide will engage the serious attention of the
whisky ring, or in the least weaken the alliance
referred to. On the other hand, any overtures
of compromise or alliance from Republican lead
ers to the whisky ring will irrevocably ALLEVIATE,
as it ought, every honest temperance man in the
country, and infict upon the party defeat UNI
paralleled in the history of political parties.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-01-02

Fehn, the proprietor, who knew Finerty very
well, indeed, tried to defend him with a stool. 1t
was useless. A platoon of soldiers could not
have saved him. He was seized, very roughly
handled and then tossed into the street. For a
week he was confined to his room.n
The speaker might have given this other in
stance OF the Irish congressman's enthusiasm: In
1868, Finerty was among the most vehement of
the raiding company of Fenians which was to
capture Canada. He roared for blood with the
rest Of the party, and when he started wore green
trousers and hat with green cockade, and a
sword danged at his side When he was cap
tured, those who were of the party say that Fin
erty had on neither hat nor sword and, when
questioned by the militia officers whose prisoner
he was, swore that he was a newspaper reporter.
The probabilities are, however, that those who
tell this story belonged to the crowd who never
risked their cowardiy persons far enough across
the line to know what happened.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-01-02
NEWYEAR'S AT THE CAPITAL
fconcluded from First Pnge.l

received the same rate for carrying a lesser
amount that the other did for a greater. On
the roads receiving $3.50 per mile the service
ranged from 1000 pounds to less than 300, while
on the roads where $50 rate was paid the
greatest average daily service was G, AS pounds,
and the least twelve pounds.
The act of 1873 brought degree of order out
OF this confusion, in that it prescribed an even
rate OF pay for transporting like daily average
weight mails, but on the vital point of fre-
quency, speed and room in which to distribute
the mails, there was but little advance from the
previous law. The practical objections to the
present law, the committee says, are:
First-No discrimination is made between
the service performed in apartment cars accom-
panied by clerks, and closed mails carried in bag
gage cars
Seeond-The matter of frequency is covered
No discrimination is made where the
same weight is carried between a
line running six, seven twelve
thirteen or fourteen round trips per week. a
less frequent securing the same rate as the most
frequent
with the expression of due frequency and
speed, and does not enter into the rate of com
pensation.
Fourth-The size of cars or apartments to be
used is not provided for in a manner sufficiently
definite.
Fifth-A specific allowance for the railway
postofnce is an unreasonable method of compen-
sating for the service required.
Sixth-The regulation requiring railroad COM
panies to deliver mail into terminal offices, and
also TO al other Offices not over eighty rods from
the line of road, has become a serious hindrance
TO efficient postal service.
Seyenth-The present method is defective, be-
cause of the great inequality, in many eases, be-
tween the weights carried and the apartments
provided.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-01-02
MORE LAND FRAUDS.
General Browne in Possession of Facts That
May Lead to Investigation.
Washington Special.

W Washington opeclal
Spectators in timber lands on the Pacific
coast are taking advantage of the act passed five
years ago for the benefit Of settlers, and have
acquired possession of large tracts of land by
evasion of that law, accompanied by perjury.
Gen. Browne, of Indiana, received a letter to-day
from land officer on the Pacific coast saying
that he believed that certain senators repre-
sentatives are concerned in the frauds which
have been perpetrated. Applications, he says,
have been filed in his Office to the number of
fifty to a single man whose relations to certain
politicians are well known. The plan of opera
lions appears to be for large mill-owner or
Spectator to secure applications from
his employees each of whom sweals
that ne applies for the land
for his own exclusive use and benefit, and that
he has not contracted to sell the land. The en-
ployer then furnishes the other testimony re-
q1ired, and also the money to pay for the land,
which is Immediately transferred to him. 1t is
probable that the charges may lead to an inycsti-
cation, and an attempt to so modify the act of
1873 as to protect the interests of the govern
IOent
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-01-02
A Testimonial 20 EEr. Bright.

Washington Special.
The officers and employees in the Sergeant at
armss Office of the United States Senate called
upon Col R. J. Bright the late incumbent, at
his residence, tonight, and presented him with
a $3.50 gold watch and CHAIN. Mr.. Christy, As
sistant Sergeant-at-arns, made the presentation
speech, in which he said ''Ne, officers and en-
ployes of the Sergeant-at-arms, some of whom
have served during tile entire time of your adj
ministration, and others portion feel that
we cannot allow you to separate from us with
out attesting in some degree our appreciation of
your kindness and friendship to each and every
one of us. We know you will more highly APP
preciate our testimonial when 1 say
to you that not one cent subscribed
was solicited, but each and every
one whose name appears on our paper, gave his
share as freely as The water which runs from
the spring Many came and inquired if we had
such paper and asked for opportunity to
contribute; others said again, if you do
not secure enough we cannot do the thing too
well for Mr. Bright. Colonel Canaday, your
successor, Mr.. Nixon, Captain Allabaugh and Mr.
Reade asked permission that they might join.
The pages, l mean the old ones who served
under you, caught up with the same sentiment
and have purchased a beautiful locket, which is
attached to the watch and chain selected by our
committee
In response Colonel Bright made a very feel
ing and eloquent speech, briefly recalling some
of the pleasant and unpleasant features of his
administration. Referring to the vicissitudes OF
political warfare he concluded by saying that he
hoped that the day would never come when it
would become necessary for the successful party
to appoint its opponents to political positions.
This expression was heartily applauded by Mr..
Bright's listeners.