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West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-10-17

to vote for James q. B,aIne. the poor
mab's frieni.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-01

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WAsHINGT0N, Feb. 29-Not the first move
has yet been made by the House committee on
elections in the English-Peelle contest, and the
friends of Mr. English are nervous. tits known
that Mr.. English is very anxious that the case
be taken up, but it is understood the committee
has no confidence whatever in the merits of it.
j. W. Study of Rushville is here to secure
the appointment of young man of Rushville as
cadet to the Annapolis Naval Academy.
Russell Harrison and wife expect to leave here
for Helena NJ. T., within ten days.
Naval cadets L. Fl. Sastremsl1i, Frederic Par
ker, and J. w Maxey will be dismissed by the
Secretary of the Navy for ''hazing"
The Secretary of the Treasury has given no
tice that the department will redeem the bonds
embraced in the one hundred and twenty-sixth
call, prior to maturity MAY y, with interest TO
the date of presentation.
At the dinner given at WoImleys by Senator
Fair the following notables were guests: Secre
taries Lincoln, Teller and Chandler. Postmaster
general Gresham, Attorney general Brewster,
Lieutenant general Sheridan, and Senators
Anthony, Bayard, Beck, Butler Colquitt, Col
lum, Farley, George Hale, Ingalls,, Jones of
FLORIDA, Jones OF Nevada, Talner, fIatt, FuSh,
Hill, Logan, Sherman, Wilson, Williams and
Vest, Justice Miller and General Beale.
Alois Geyer, postmaster at Arlington, Rush
county, has filed a new bond for $1,000
The action of Senator Ransom, of North Caro-
lima, in reporting back to the Senate from the
committee the resolution approprating 800, 600
for the cyclone sufferers in Georgia, North Caro-
lima and Alabama was brought about as antici-
pated by Journal dispatches, by the evident de-
termination of the senators in Ohio and Indiana
to ask an appropriation to restore the buildings
destroyed by floods in case the cyclone sufferers
were granted aid. This settles, it is believed,
for all time to come, propositions of that char
acter
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-01
The Fitz John Porter BIZ.

Special to the indianapolis journal.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 29.-It is expected that
the Fitz John Porter bill will come up in the
Senate within short time. 1t will meet with
the same opposition that it did last year, and is
expected to pass by the same vote. There is
little doubt that General Porter will be beyond
the pale of congressional jaw-work within few
weeks Several astute statesmen predict that
next winter-after the heat of the campaign is
over, and men have been made and ruined in
politics nationally-that bill will be presented
to Congress for the back pay which Porter
claims, something over $lOO 600 They say that
if he is entitled to reinstatement he is just as
much entitled to his back pay.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-01
RoBBING THE INDIANS.
Whites Continually Selling Valuable Lands
Assigned to Indians.

Whites Continually Seizing Valuable Lands
Assigned to Indians.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 29-"E "Encroachments are
constantly being made upon the country occu-
pied by our Indians" observed Southwestern
member to-day
asked him what he had reference to-
''Why, the House committee on Territories
has made favorable report on bill which
segregates portion of country from the White
Mountain Indian reservation in Arizona merely
because some American adventurers discovered
coal fields on the lands and began developing
them when they suddenly discovered they say
that they were on the Indian reservation and
not the public domain as they supposed
Would it not be better that the land be
segregated, cut off from the reservation 50 that
it may be developedF' l inquired.
'Unquestionably, so far as that section of
country is concerned. But it is the principle
of which speak. 1t does not look to me to be
right to permit explorers to enter the Indian
reservations and when they find valuable lands
lay their hands upon them or work them You
may take the history of such ings, and the
white man has gobbled up evely Uhing desirable
that has ever been given the Indian. The poor
red devil was never known to strike a bonanza.
He is a being of convenience, a sort of fifth
Wheel and will never drop onto a good thing
until he drops onto some scalps."
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-01
A QUESTION OF vERAcIrY.
NimmO, the Statistician, Denies the State
ment of Secretary Love- of Canada.

NimmO, the Statistician, Denies the State
ment of Secretary Lowe, of Canada.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 29.-The attention of
Nimmo chief of the Bureau of Statistics, was
to-day called to the statements made at Ottawa
yesterday by John Lowe, Secretary of the De
partment of Agriculture of Canada in regard to
the statistics of Canadian immigration into the
United States, published by the bureau. Nimmo
declares these statements are utterly false and
scandalous. John Lowe, he says, has put forth
similar outrageous statements every year for the
last four years, and collectors of customs along
the northern frontier have time and again
proved them malicious falsehoods.
With respect to the atfidavits from collectors
of customs at Port Huron at Fort Gratoit. said
to have been submitted by love- impugning the
accuracy Of the statements Of the Bureau Of
Statistics as to Canadian immigration, Nmmo
said he telegraphed the collector of customs at
Port Huron to-day asking for information and
the collector replied that he had made no such
affidavit
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-01
JUDICIAL SALARIES.
Bill to Increase the Pay of District and Cir
cult Judges.

Bill to Increase the Pay of District and Cir
cult Judges.
Special to the indianapolis Journal
WASHINGTON, Feb. 29.-Speaking of the bill
to increase the salaries of district and circuit
judges, Representative Broadhead, of Missouri,
said to your correspondent it should pass.
"The present salaries of judges of the district
courts are $1,000 for California; $4, 500 for Lou
isiana; Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania,
New Jersey, Maryland Ohio and Illinois,
$4,000, and for ali other districts So, 500 year"
How much do you propose to increase
theml'
''To $1,000 for district, and $1,000 for circuit
judges the latter now receive $4,000 Associate
Justices of the Supreme Court get $4,000, and
as the Office of circuit judge was created for the
purpose of relieving Supreme Court Justices,
the judges ought to to receive a salary commen-
surate with the Importance of the office, and the
labors they have to perform. The temptation to
abandon the bench for lucrative practice will
overcome the most hOnestand upright judge, and
he cannot be blamed for yielding to such tempta-
ton when he finds the salary he receives is bare
ly sufficient in most cases to keep his family
from absolute want"
DO you think the bill will be passed at this
session.
II do. 1t will be only an impecunious indi-
vidual of narrow gauge who will oppose the bill"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-01
A DULL DAY IN THE MARKETS.
Very Little Trading on the Chicago Change,
but Quotations Generally Strong.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
CHICAGO, Feb 29-"The dullest day for three
months" was the unanimous verdict tonight, at
the close of business hours, for Board of Trade
men. The fluctuations of the May option
were confined within a very narrow
limit Wheat, 34c; corn, lac; pork, 80 1-2c;
lard, 10c, and ribs, 1-2c.
At times the corn pit was almost deserted, and
on the call business was very meager Reports
of damage to the growing crops opened wheat a
little higher, and the continued freezing weather
steadied the markets, in sympathy with the lead,
ing cereals. There were some outside buying
orders, but they were filed, and then there
was lapse into inactivity, enlivened only by the
chatting of local scalpers and some dealing in
corn. Messrs. John Lester Kammerer, and Ba-
ker & Co. were the leading buyers
Provisions were a shade higher, but very dull
The settlement price for overplus lard, delivera-
BILE on March contracts has been fixed at
$9421-2
On the curb there was slightly stronger feel
ing: May wheat, 81 7-Sc; corn, 81 7-Sc; pork $l8;
lard, 1910; ribs, 1921
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-01
THE SOUDAN.


Ihe British Advance TO Teb Postponed Until
-Day-GOrdon's Proclamation.
SuAKIM, Feb 29.-The friendly tribes which
participated in the ght on Wednesday claim to
have won a victory and captured forty rebel
camels
Information has been received from Nassafia,
that the garrison made a soltie on the 18th, and
totally defeated the rebels
The latest advices from Tlinkitat state that
firing began at noon.
A London dispatch says General Graham tel
egraphs the difficulty of advancing is 50 great
that the forward movement has been postponed
until tomorrow, when he expects to make a rap
id march.
General Gordon's proclamation to the Soudan-
ese, issued on Tuesday, is as follows:
Since my arrival have given you sound ad-
vice. Everything has been done to stop blood
shed My advice has not been followed am,
therefore, forced against my will to summon
British troops. They will arrive in a few
days, when l shall severely punish
all who do not change their conduct. You
we'll know that know everything that is going
on"
General Gordon's proclamation, as telegraphed,
has caused a sensation at Cairo. No demand
for the dispatch of troops to Khartoum has
reached the authorities there. 1t is generally
believed either that General GOrdon's object is
to fIlShten the natives into submission, or that
the telegram has been mutilated in transmits
sion
In the House of Lords, Earl Carnaravon and
the Marquis of Salisbury made violent attacks
upon the government based upon the slavery
circular of General Gordon.
Earl Selborne, Lord High Chancellor and
Earl Derby, Colonial Secretary of State spoke in
depreciation of the constant attacks upon General
Gordon.
The firing heard at Trinkitat at noon yester-
day was merely outpost firing.
The government has q telegram from Suakim
dated March l, A. M. saying: 'Suakimis quiet.
There has been noappcarance of the enemy andno
news of any engagement II is stated that Gen.
Graham has been ordered to send flag of truce
to the tribes, with demand for their surrender,
or retire, and if they do not comply with the de-
mand to attack them.
A dispatch just received says Gen. Graham
sent flag Of truce to the rebels warning them
to disperse. He admonishes them of the risks
run by opposing the advance of her Majesty's
troops. He also informs them of the
conciliatory nature of Gen. Gordons mission.
1t is generally believed at Cairo that the rebels
will not be deferred by this proceeding General
Graham, and that the British advance will take
place to-day
The News understands that Gen. Graham has
telegraphed the government, pointing out the
possibility of a satisfactory settlement being ef-
fected with Osman Digma without boodshed-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-01
Paul strohach,s Administration.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 29.-Paul Strobach, of
Alabama, was before Mr.. Springers committee
to-day, explaining the accounts in his Office
while deputy marshal He said he was in Office
only five or six weeks, and during that time had
made but four accounts, amounting to $3.50
The alleged overcharges in his Office did not
amount to more than thirty-fve or forty dol
lars. Deputy Strobach testified that he had
made charges against many other officers for
rendering false accounts amounting to thousands
of dollars. They were not prosecuted. Special
agents, he said, had been sent to prosecute him
upon charge involving, according to their
claim, not more than forty dollars. while the
power of the department, he asserted was
turned upon him, and all his prosecution
prompted by malice.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-01
OLD WAR CLAIMS.
The Great Majority of These Demands Based
on Fraud.

Fraud.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.
WAsHINGToN, Fob. 29-"There are about
ten thousand claims pending against the govern
ment for property destroyed during the rebel
lion," L observed to Representative Geddes, of
Ohio, to-day. What do you think ought to be
done with them?"
THE bulk of them ought not to be allowed"
replied Mr. Geddes who is chairman of the
House committee on war claims. II believe
that they should be passed upon, however, ad-
versely or favorably There is a very large per
cent. of them that should not be paid but there
are some that deserve to be settled-those repre-
sented by people who were loyal to the Union
during the war 1t must not be for
gotten that late war was the most
destructive known to history. Generations will
be required to come and go before the pecuniary
losses can be repaired. Time and individual eff
fort must be relied on to accomplish it, The
government has been munifcent in its appro-
priations and gifts to compensate in some small
degree the worthy sufferers. But hundreds of
millions of dollars of property lost by the de-
voted friends of the government must forever re
main unrecognized."
Mr.. Belford, of Colorado, thinks the claims
should all be settled by the accounting officers of
the Treasury, and that they be closed up in some
way at once.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-01
KEIFER-BOYNTON.
Prospect that the So-CaIled Investigation
VIII Terminate Abruptly.

Prospect that the SO-CaIIed Investigation
VIII Terminate Abruptly.
Special to the indianapolis Journal
WASHINGTON, Feb 29.-It will not be surpris-
ing if the Keifer-Boynton investigation suddenly
terminated tomorrow 1t is well known that
Mr.. Keifer is much displeased with the fiippant
manner in which the majority of the committee
seem to treat the testimony of himself and his
witnesses: he realizes that they are all discred
tied. 1t is said he is disposed to withdraw his
case and ask the Speaker to give him another
committee An intimate friend of Mr. Keifer's
said to-day that it was suspected that Speaker
Carlisle had been consulted by friends of Gen.
Boynton before the committee was appointed
that it was packed" in opposition to the ex-
Speaker, and that it may become necessary to
ask Mr. Carlisle some questions pertinent to that
point under oath. There is no evidence how
ever, that the Journal correspondent can find,
to substantiate such charge, and if the Speaker
is called he will disprove it; but there can be no
doubt, from present appearances, that the in
vestigation will not proceed to an end in the
shape it was begun. 1t will likely explode
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-01
THE DYNAMITE CONsPIRAToRs.
Three Men Arrested with Dynamite iii Their
Possession.

Three Men Arrested with Dynamite iii Their
Possession.
LONDON. Feb. % - Information has been
lodged with the police that an attempt to blow
up the Law Courts with dynamite was immi-
nent They arrested three men and seized a
large quantity of dynamite discoveredin house
in Clare market, near the Strand.
The dynamite discovered at Chalfng Cross
and Paddington stations was labeled Atlas
powder Both clocks were of American
make. copy of the New York Sun, dated Feb.
6, 1884, was in the valse at the Paddington sta
ton
In the House of Commons Lord Randolph
Churchill inquired whether the government in
tended to ask further information of the powers
in regard to the dynamite fends, and whether
they would ask permission to expel from Great
Britain the persons suspected of having connec-
ton with the recent discoveries.
In the House of Commons, yesterday evening,
several ParnelteS strongly condemned the
dynamite proceedings, and declared no excuse
valid for such attempts upon life and property.
They declared the conspilacies of this nature in
no wise associated with the Irish cause. but had
been hatched in America, and attempts to carry
them out had been made by agents sent from
the United States.
The English government have decided to send
a courteous dispatch to America relative to the
action Of Americans IN cOuntCnancng and as
Sisting dynamiters.
1t was rumOred that an attempt would be made
to blow up the Waterloo railway station to day.
The luggage has been ovcrhauled ana orders
issued to refuse suspicious parcels. The rumor
proved mfoumded
\ Buffalo. n. Y, dispatch says Michael Mann,
one of the dynamite suspects came here per-
feet stranger. He was boarder in this city
1sta4
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-01
THE PosToFFICE APPROPRIATION.
The Sum Provided for the Management of
That Department,

WASHINGTON, Feb 29.-The postoffice appro-
priaton bill, as prepared by the committee ap-
propriates for compensation to postmasters ST.
800 600, and provides that no salary of any post
master shall exceed s., 600 per year. The Post
master-general is authorized and directed to re-
adjust the compensation to be paid from and
after July l, 1884 for the transportation of mails
on railroad routes by reducing the compensation
to all railroad companies per cent per annum
below the present rates, computed on basis of
average weight. This provision and all general
provisions of law touching the rate of cOmpensa-
ton of railroad companies for transporting the
mails are made applicable to all companies
whose railroads We're constructed, in whole OF
in part, by subsidies in bonds and public
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-01
TWO BROTHERS HANGED.
Luke and William Jones Executed at Jack
son, o., for Killing Anderson Lackey.

JACKSON, o., Feb. 29.-Luke and William
Jones' who, with Laban Stephens, had been
found guilty of the murder of Anderson Lackey,
were hanged to-day They retired at 10 o'clock
last night, after long season of prayer with
Rev. Hollingshead, the Methodist minister, who
remained all night with the men. They slept
soundly and had to be awakened at o'clock
this morning They ate hearty breakfast,
singing hymns meanwhile, and kept on singing
and praying while preparing for the gallows
with the guard When a reporter entered the
cell they greeted him cheerfully, saying they
were doing their best to die bravely. The pro
cession was formed in the Jail. The prisoners
were amply guarded, for fear of violence, and
PASSED out the front door of the sherifs office, in
full view of the crowd in the street,
and into the door of the inclosure where the eX-
ecution took place. The prisoners in Jail looked
through the grated windows upon the scene.
The condemned men stepped firmly up to the
place, and the ropes We're adjusted to their
necks, and after their arms and legs were tied
the minister, using notes, made a prayer lasting
a full half hour. The drop fell at liz William
Jones struggled, but Luke was STILL his neck
undoubtedly being broken. The body of Will
Jam swung around, and the legs were drawn up
till they touched his brothers body, causing
shudder of horror among the spectators The
bodies were cut down, after the usual medical
examination, and placed in the hands of the
friends. There was some talk in the crowd of
lynching johnson, in jail for a recent murder
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-01
FOREIGN LABOR.
The Bill to Prohibit Importation of Work.
men Under Contract.
Snecal TO the Indanapolis Journal.

The Bill to Prohibit Importation of Work.
men Under Contract.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 29.-"Yes, the bill to pro-
hibit the importation of foreign contract labor
into the United States will be passed by the
House at this session. We need the influence of
the bill now" said Representative Foran, of
Ohio, of the House committee on labor, to-day.
''Will it have wholesome effect upon the
laboring interests, do you think9"
"It will among the miners, especially, and
will be inclined to elevate labor. 1t is too much
like slavery this system of contracting for labor
in foreign countries. The bill i'll no measure
seeks to restrict free immigration. Such prop
ostion would be, and justly so odous to the
American people The foreigner who volunta-
rily and from choice leaves his native land and
settles in this country with the intention of be-
coming an American citizen. part of
the American body polite, has always
been welcome to our shores. No one
is injured by his coming and as he generally
makes good citizen the State is benefited by
the acquisition The object of the bill is to re
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-01
His Name Didn't Save Him.

LOUISVILLE, Feb. 29-Thomas Clittenden.
son of ex- United States Marshal Crittonden and
grandson of John ]. Crittenden, the noted Ken
lucky statesman, was to-day sentenced to three
years in the penitentiary for killing negro boy,
Rose Mosby, at Anchorage, Ky. Crittenden
was Wild reckless youth. continually getting
into trouble The negro had testified in court
against him, and when they next met Critten-
den killed him with shotgun. The sentenced
man is also related to the Governor of Missouri
and, on account of his family, the best legal tai
ent in the State defended him. The case has
attracted much attention here. 1t was doubt
full if the jury would convict Crittenden for
the murder of a negro, and the decision was
watched with interest.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-01
The TOBACCO Rebate.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, Feb 20.-The merchants of the
country who have an interest in the tobacco re
bate will not be pleased to learn that it is proba
BILE they will not get their money under from
two to six years, unless some very positive move
is taken that is not now in sight If the money
were available it would take this length of time
it is estimated, to audit the accounts. There is
need of an appropriation in the first place. and
then additional clerks are needed in the Treasu-
ry Department to make the settlements. There
are several parties here working upon Congress
and the Secretary of the Treasury, and they
hope to hurry the matter up.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-01

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