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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-29
PRISON LABOR.
Favorable Report the Bill Prohibiting
-saas Contract Work by Convicts.T


-sase Contract Work by Convicts.
WASHINGTON March 49, AT meeting of the
House committee on labor, to-day, Representa-
tive James was unanimously instructed to favor
ably report the bill providing that it shall he
lawful for any person in the employ of the
United States or any State to contract with
anyone to hire out the labor of prisoners con
fined in any prison or jail for the violation of
any laws of the United States. A violation of
the act is made a misdemeanor, punishable by a
fine of from $500 to $1,000, or imprisonment
from one to three years.
Mr. James has prepared report to
accompany the bill 1t says that in
some cases State prisons take
persons convicted for violation of laws of the
United States without cost to the federal gov
eminent, and then, in order to make the ar
rangement profitable. have inhumanly treated
them. The contract system, the report says, is
wholly adverse to reform. Prisoners are treated
as dumb beasts, being driven to work by men
whose only aim is to get certain amount of
work from them every day-men who look upon
convicts as only so much machinery for making
money, and whose chief recommendation for the
position is that they are the highest bidders for
the human beings hired by them.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-29
A Conductor Assaulted by a Passenger.

ST. LOUIS, March 2S.-Shortly before IL o'clock
from Kansas City was approaching Gillian Mo-, con-
ductor R. G. Dunsmore had some unpleasant words
witha passenger named Powell about the collection
conductor told him the train never stopped there
After the conductor had gone into the next Powell
overlook him, garroting him from behind and at
tempted to cut his throat with a pocketknife. He
succeeded in cutting deep slit in each of Dunsmores
cheeks before the latter could break away. Duns
more who has the use of but one hand, then struck
Powell two blows, after which they separated
Later Dunsmore borrowed a revolver and going tc
where Powell was sitting compelled him to surrender
his knife and throw up his hands. When the train
reached Glasgow Powell was turned to the au
thortes and an examination takes place to-day.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-29
Telegraph Litigation.

New YORK, March 2s.-Judge Wallace, In the
United States Circuit Court, handed down an opinion
this morning in the suit of the Western Union Tele
graph Company to restrain the National and Baltimore
& Ohio Telegraph Companies from operating tele
graph line the West Shore railroad. He declines
to grant the preliminary injunction In the decision,
Judge Wallace says: Sufficient evidence appears
however to indicate that the railway company is hos
tile to the complainant by the removal of of the
latters poles and it is deemed reasonable that the
complainant be protected during the tendency of the
suit in the possession of the line which it has actually
constructed. To this extent an INJUNCTION win be
The Baltimore & Ohio Telegraph Company an
nounces that it will immediately begin stringng
twelve wires to Chicago
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-29
THE SEARCH FOR GREEDY.
The Vessels Engaged for the Expedition and
Their Euuinment.

Inc vessels Engaged the ENpeu1ClOn anu
Their Equipment.
WASHINGTON. March 28-Besides the Alert,
the steamers Thetis, Bear and Hope will take
part in the Greedy search. Former expeditions
have shown the propriety of sending so many
vessels and furnishing the expedition for two
years absence. 1t is proposed to send an ad
vance ship to the Danish settlements previous to
the time fixed for the assembling Of the expo
dition at Upernavik. Should favorable oppor
tunity present ITSELF the vessel will push north
ward and rescue the Greedy party. The relief
ships will arrive at Upernavik not later than
May 15 and will push northward, as soon as the
ice permits, toward Littleton island. The ma
tives will be communicated with, and all posi-
BILE information obtained as to the where
abouts of the expedition. When the ice
is reached one of the vessels will push
its way through it, while the other will
maintain such position in the rear as to be able
to rescue the party on No l. should that ship
and should neither succeed in communicating
with Lady Franklin sound, one it is recon-
mended should winter in Franklin Pierce bay
and the other in the vicinity of Littleton island.
On the route northward various points are to be
examined and depots of provisions left at GER
tain specified quarters. The fullest equipment
as to boats, sedges, clothing, tents, wooden
houses and provisions has been recommended,
and every precaution is to be taken to secure sue
cess. The addition of the Alert to the rescue
chances of accomplishing the objects of the ex-
petition. 1t is recommended that the personnel
of each vessel be kept down to a minimum, so
as to give ample space should the expedition be
absent two years, and diminish the risk of short
ness of provisions 1t is calculated that the total
he hon
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-29
reinstatement and Resignation.

WAsHINGToN, March 2S.-On the 18th inst.
Mr.. McCusick, late superintendent of railway
mail service for the Pacific coast division, wrote
to the Postmaster general demanding that all
charges upon which he was removed from Office
be placed before him, and that hearing be
granted him. The Postmaster general accorded
Mr.. McCusick full hearing, at the close of
which he made an order revoking the order of
Feb. 20 for his removal and reinstating him in
his former position. McCusiek thereupon ten
dered his resignation and requested its accept
ance. 1t was accepted with an offfcial indorse-
ment by the Postmaster general that the accept
ance was at Mr.. McCusick's request.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-29
Jay Gould on the Tariff.
New York Sun,

Interview in New York.
ITO what do you attribute the recent and
present depressionp
'Well, there are several causes that might be
alleged. Excessive overtrading in the past and
a consequent reaction is one cause; but, in my
opinion the main cause is the agitation of the
tariff question in Congress. AS long as that is
in progress everything is uncertain and mems
minds are unsettled
what would be the effect should the free
traders secure the legislation they desire"
st would be disastrous There would have to
be an entire reorganization of the labor problem
The price of labor would have to come down to a
level to that of other countries Very many
manufacturing establishments would be obliged
to suspend. Only the strongest could survive.
This would throw large numbers of laboring
men out of work who would be obliged to seek
employment in agriculture, and this would cause
wages in the country to come down. Absolute
free trade of course, is an impossibility-that is
admitted by all"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-29
Pay of Southern Mail Contractors.

WASHINGTON, March 29.-The House commit
tee on postofices and post-roads to-day instructed
Representative Skinner to report favorably bill
authorizing the Postmaster general TO lease and
pay rental for the Use of premises for first Sec
ond and third class and branch roetofices.
Representative Rogers was instructed to report
favorably a joint resolution duplicate of the
measure introduced by Mr. Garland in the SEN
atel authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury
to pay in full to the late mail contractors of the
Southern States the amounts he shall find due
them under the contracts for 1858, 1852 1860 and
1861, and accruing before those States engaged
in the war against the United States. An appro-
priatioD of 1878, 900 is recommended for the pur-
pose.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-29
MINOR MENTION.

Representative Lowry Explains the Wishes
of Indiana Democrats on the Tariff.
Special 10 the indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, March 28.-In ar interview
printed in an evening paper, Representative
Lowry, of Indiana, says this in regard to the
tariff sentiment in Indiana Democrats want
some legislation here for reduction of customs
duties to help them carry the State We want
to cut down the surplus revenue and reduce
taxation, but not by striking at the internal
taxation. The people of Indiana in my judg
ment, are in favor of letting the tax on whisky
and tobacco stay where it is. They think that
no articles are better able to bear the burden of
taxation than tobacco and whisky. But there
are good many necessaries of life that can and
ought to be cheapened. We must do this by re-
ducng the tariff
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-29
Committee Work at a standstiu.


WASHINGTON, March 2S.-The committees of
the House are now doing but little work This
is due to the apparent fact that, owing to the
cumbrous condition of the calendar, there is but
little chance of bills hereafter reported being
acted upon, except by unanimous consent, which
is very hard to get. There WILL from now on,
be lively skirmish for precedence among the
five hundred bills already favoraby reported
Not one-half of these bills will get through. 1t
is not, therefore, worth while for the committees
going on and grinding out bills.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-29
State Claims Against the Government.

WASHINGTON, March 2S.-The House commit
tee on war claims to-day agreed to report favor
ably bill authorizing the accounting officers Of
the Treasury Department to settle the claims Of
several States of the Union against the United
States for interest on loans for money borrowed
and expended by the States for the benefit OF
the United States, under authority of the act of
Congress of July q, 1861, entitled IAN act to in
demnify the States for expenses incurred by
bill provides that claims must represented with
in one year from the passage of the act.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-29

AN event has occurred which greatly agitates
the young club men of New York. Mr.. James
Boggs Livingston, of the Union Club, remarked
to Mr.. Frederick Gebhardt in the presence Of
numerous witnesses: ''You are a liar and
cowardn Mr.. Gebhardt looked at Mr. Living
ston, then turned away and said not word.
The burning question now is did Mr.. Gebhardt
do right in ignoring the insult, in view of the
very patent fact that James Boggs was drunk,
or should he call out the offender upon the field
of honorl Opinions are divided over the matter,
and the excitement runs so high as to obscure
the minor point SIS Freddy liar, or is he not9'
In the discussion of problems like this provincial
observers will not venture to offer suggestions,
but will look with absorbing interest to the final
decisions
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-29
Disease Among Sheen.

NEwcoMERsTowN, O., March 2s.-A peculiar NAL
adv termed grub is just now CARRYING off many
sheep in this section, and sad havoc is being made
among some OF our wo2lgrowers hocks The disease
tressng one The egg of the worm is deposited in the
nostril Of the sheep in July August by peculiar
kind of fly and the grub matches in March and be-
gins burrowing toward the BRAIN which, when pene-
tlated kills the animal at There Is known
remedy for it. The worm is about the size of a
mon grub worm. and has the gimlet appearance of
that worm. Mr. Richard King prominent farmer
has already lost thirty of his finest sheep and othe
farmers have lost nearly their entire hocks.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-29
american Interests on one CONGO.

WASHINGTON, March 2S.-The Department of
State has received copy of the proposed treaty
between Great Britain and Portugal, by which
American interests on the Congo are affected
1t is understood the terms are not in accord with
the views of the President on the subject as eX-
pressed in his last annual message The treaty
will be referred to the Senate committee on for
eign relations.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-29
The Lay of Sir Henry wattersoI

The Lay of Sir Henry WattersOn.
The lay of Sir Henry Watterson,
Kentuck's and the MUSES. dearest son,
And ferier than the fiery Hun.
A marshal of Democracee,
A chief and Big Mugwump was he
And ratified about right merrilie.
Full of genius and full of fight,
Bold could he speak and fairly write
He always knew that he was right.
Oh, shrilly did his trumpet blow,
AS vaulting to his saddle bow,
He cried in a voice of thunder, "Hol
am a Revenue Only man,
And more than aught Republican
loathe, and wholly bar and ban
Each caitiff fell Protectionist
From out the Democratic list
Traitors must go; that insist.
The Robber Randallites must walk
The plank this trusty tomahawk
Shall eleave the wretch that dares to squawk.'
His pennon's fair device displayed
Two deaths heads couchant a spade;
"a Wstterson; Free Trade, Free Tradel" !
CHEEKY he raised the battle shout,
And blithely pranced and capered out
To put the Randallites to rout.
Down on those eaitiff ranks he bore
His tomahawk he stepped in gore,
And cried, Fee, Faw! L thirst for more"
DDS pitikin's, a grewsome sight
Carliseite there with Randalte
In savage shindy sore did fight.
He raised aloft his gonfalon;
"a Watterson! A Watterson"
He cried; 1.-The fight is well-nigh Won"
Alas what skills his victor crow2
Soon must another music blow,
Soon must he face direr foe.
While that he battled in the van,
This starkest Revenue Only man,
mighty host Republican
Fell on his forces spent with fight;
And soon were turned in headlong fight
Carliseite and exc Randallite.
In sooth they were y-thumped well.
Oh, long, long shall the minstrel tell
What warriors in that conflict fell.
But he, Kentucky's noblest son,
Where was he when the fray was donel
Where was Sir Henry Watterson2
There on that chill November day,
Bleeding, but beautiful, he lay"
Till the ambulance carted him away.
They bore him off from the field of fams,
And the leeches and Outrageous came
Hell live, but he'll be little lame"
The wounds are stanched the fray Is done;
Were licked, but I've had pile of fun"
Said bold Sir Henry Watterson.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-29

SOME Prince of the Grand Horn Spoon cards
the Cincinnati papers to the effect that Count
Alessandro di Cagliostro was not grand master
of the Egyptian Masonic rite from 1766 to 1875,
and that he never took ninety-six degrees. We
do not recollect exactly what year the Count was
taken in, nor exactly how many degrees he took.
Anything over ninety degrees Fair is enough
to be uncomfortable
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-29

THE New York Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Children has petitioned the Legsla-
ture to pass bill prohibiting the sale of dime
novels. Dime novels" are not the pernicious
literature they once were. Some of the best
novels ever written are now to be bought for ten
cents each. One enterprising firm has even gone
far to publish the works of excellent writ
ers in form which retails at three cents per
copy. How is the society or the Legislature to
discriminate between the good and the bad; or is
it to be enough that book sells for dime to
put it under bani Can it be that publishers of
higher-priced volumes are the most active work
ers in this particular societyl
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-29

NEW bUH.
The Democrats in Bath, Maine carried their cleo
ton this year for the first time in thirty-one years
Courier-Journal.
We hate to discourage the hopeful soul of Mr..
Watterson, but according to all the information
available on this side of the continent a Demo
cratic mayor was elected in Bath by union of
Republicans and Democrats on the noble issue
of reforming the roads and side walks.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-29
Fort Belknap Under water.

WASHINGTON, March 28.-The Commissioners
of Indian Affairs has received the following dis
patch from Indian Agent Lincoln, at Fort Bel
KNAPP Indian reservation, Montana, dated March
81;
Fort Belknap is partly under water. We are
camped on the hills near by. Not very much danger
yet but there is fair prospect that the agency build
ngs will be swept away, the river is cutting chan
mel close to the fort Give permission to purchase
tonte
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-29

LAST Sunday Rev. Mr. Bacon, pastor of a
Congregational church in New Haven, rendered
his resignation, with the preliminary remark, 81
have learned from some among you that my
ministry is neither acceptable nor edifying to
you ALL" The congregation, which, body,
had been more than satisfied with the reverend
gentleman's ministrations was greatly aston
ished at this announcement, and instituted an
inquiry meeting. 1t was then learned that sew
eral members at private discussion of their
pastor and his methods, had decided that he was
too intellectual for his hearers, and had written
to him to this effect suggesting to him at the
same time some improvements in his style. AS
one good deacon put it, 1.-THE men could under
stand him, of course, but women and children
could not, and it is the women and children who
are most to be considered in church" No
wonder Mr.. Bacon resigned. He should not be
discouraged, however, but should remember
that when man becomes too intellectual for
New England the West opens its appreciative
arms ready to take him in
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-29

stricken down, and for little more than
month has been lowering between life and death.
Mr. Carey was one of the citizens of Indianapo-
lis whom everyone knew but to esteem. His
place in business in public affairs, in the church,
will be hard to supply while his loss as a friend,
husband and father is entirely beyond repair.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-29

WILLIAM Mock, of Mount Vernon, N. Y,
went to Castle Garden recently to get wife.
He took no stock in love foolshness, but wanted
a wife right away He looked over the stock in
hand and found one to his mind. But she re-
fused him, evidently taking no stock in mock
marriages
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-29

CINcINNATI has furnished another rotten jury,
through one of its members brazenly calling on
the plaintiff in the case and demanding money
to ''treat the jury and fix the Judge" The
judge learned of the jurors temerity and pro-
poses to fix" him. Let few juries be placed in
the prisoners box and tried on their merits
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-29

Collins, Bisbee and Maybury win Dffer minor
ity report to be the same as the report agreed to
by the committee on private land claims of the
last Congress, in favor of the claimant Messrs.
Poland and Broadhead will also present minor
ity report, giving Mr.. McGarrahan title to the
unpatented lands in the tract il dispute, and
ordering the issue of scrip at the rate of 81 %
per acre for the value of the remainder. There
are about II 900 acres in the tract
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-29

A WEALTHY Iowa farmer has committed sui
eide, and the explanation of the deed is that che
was fanatical greenbacker of unyielding dis
position" This effectually explodes the report
that General Weaver stood alone in Iowa.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-29

Mr.. GEORGE H. MCKEE to-day retires from
the editorship of the Greensburg Review, which
position he has held nearly five years, prior to
that time, and for several years, having been the
editor of the Greensburg Standard. Mr. Mckee
is one of the oldest editors of the State in serv-
ice one who has done himself and the newspa-
per profession great credit in his work and by
his personal character 1t is not Mr.. McKee's
intention to leave Indiana, and he will, doubt
less. soon be again at work.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-29

WHILE not unexpected by those who have
known his dangerous condition, there will be no
less sincere sorrow over the announcement of
the death of Mr. Jason S. Carey. In the very
prime of life, in the vigor offs splendid manhood,
when he had but fairly begun to live, and to en-
joy with his family the fruits of life of honora-
bic and successful business he was suddenly
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-29

Mrs. ANNA WALLINGFoRD, of New York, has
been arrested for marrying man, knowing
that he was married at the time. Mans only
hope, nowadays, IS IN the law
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-29

A BEAUTIFUL Swiss girl daring the past two
years serving as governess in Washington, has
sailed for Montivideo, Uruguay, whore she will
meet and marry her lover Husbands are not
picked up every day, and the little lady is envi-
Gus in the eyes of her less fortunate sisters.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-29

If you do not believe it is the Lords will that
you suffer from rheumatism or neuralgia or
misery in the small of your back, or other physi-
cal ailment, why "lay it right off" and get up
and walk At least that is what Mrs. Shrove
Smith says, who is efecting remarkable cures,
over in Illinois, by the laying on of hands, sup
plemented by prayer What Mrs. Smiths com
mands would be in case you do hold the Lord
responsible for your affection is not known, but
from the confidence manifested in her own
powers it seems probable that she would under
take a cure in opposition to Divine will
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-29

CARL SoHURz did noble thing when he de-
clined to accept that 100000 gift No self
respecting editor can be brought to accept less
than twice that sum.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-29

IT is great mistake to suppose that anybody
III indianapolis cares a continental what Mr..
Henry Irving says of us. The people here are
not so provincial that they rush into fever at
every conceited and ill-natured criticism.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-29

GAYARRE, the Spanish tenor, is represented as
able to hold note twenty-six seconds. But that's
nothing; we've got a note that we've held ever
since the war
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-29

CONNECTICUT is nothing if not thrifty
and this admirable characteristic is quite
as strongly developed in its statesmen as
in the plain people Among other re-
forms instituted by the Legislature of that
State recently was one to prohibit the use of
ice cut from waters made impure by sewage
mill refuse. etc. In discussing the measure one
member proposed an amendment to the effect
that che bill should not go into effect till next
November. He explains, frankly, that one of
his constituents had large quantity of impure
ice on hand, and he thought it unfair that he
should lose it when, by simply extending the
time, he could have an opportunity to dispose of
his stock without sacrifice This view struck
the other members of the House as quite the
proper thing and the amendment was agreed to,
the Senate coneurring. Singular to relate how
ever, the mass of constituents who had, ice to
buy instead of to SELL did not favor this saving
and economical clause. They protested, land so
loudly that the Assembly, though greatly sur
prised at the public lack of judgment have been
forced to strike out the amendment. A sub
scription to reimburse dealers in bad ice will be
next in order in that Legislature.