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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-11
CORN n WHEAT.
Figures Showing Consumption and Distribu-
ton of Last Years Crops.

WASHINGTON, March 10-The report of con
sumption and distribution of corn and wheat in
the United States from the returns TO the De-
paTtment of Agriculture up TO the LIST of March
will show that about 81 per cent. of the crop has
gone into consumption, leaving 30 per cent. still
remaining on hand, against SO per cent. of the
crop of 1882 on the LIST of March, 1883. This
shows a reduction Of about 70, 900, 600 of bushels.
In Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota the stock
is but 5000, 600 bushels, against 24,000,0 900 last
March. In the belt including Ohio, Indiana, Hi
nois and Iowa, producing SOB, 900, 900 bushels, tine
stock is only 152, 600, 600, which is less by a.
600. 900 than the stock on the LIST of March,
1889. The proportion of understandable
corn is 60 per cent, OF 936, 900. 900 bushels. In
average years. according to these returns, it is
so per cent. Five-sixths of all the unmerchanta-
BILE corn, or more than 800, 900, 900 bushels, is
found north of the Ohio river and west of Penn
sylYania. The average value of understandable corn
is placed ii tabout 81 cents per bushel, or $3.50, 00O,-
600. The understandable makes an average of
p cents per bushel, and a value of $167, 900, 600.
Seven per cent. of the crop is still in the fields,
unharyested.
The wheat of 1883 remaining on hand is re
turned as 119, coo, 600 bushels; the quantity on
hand last March aggregated $4,000, 600 bushels.
The report will give the results of an inyestiga-
ton of the comparative quality of the crop of
1883.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-11

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, March 10.-Dr. II. G. Kimbal,
of Xenia, Ind, has been appointed a member of
the pension examining board at Marion
Dr.. L. Pagan, of South Bend, is here taking
in the sights.
Charles McCulloch, son of Hugh MeCulloch,
of Fort Wayne, after a jaunt here of several
days, has gone down into Virginia to visit his
brother. @
Asa Cook has been commissioned postmaster
at Visalia, Ind.
Bills were introduced in the House to-day to
pension the following Indianians: James Green,
Margaret Daily, Henry Tepe, George B. Hoss
and William B. Baker.
Governor Foster, of Ohio, fingers here as
though he were loath to leave
The joint committee on library, on Friday
next, will hear any one who desires to speak for
or against the newspaper copyright bill.
The Treasury Department is informed that
foreign brokers are making heavy purchases in
the United States of the silver trade-oollar. at a
discount Of 10 per cent. or more. The purpose
is to dispose of the coin to emigrants about to
sail for this country, as American coin worth
its nominal value.
The House committee on postofices and post
roads will tomorrow begin an investigation OF
the charge against Representative Ellis, recently
published, TO the effect that he had been paid
money by a contractor for the influence he
might exert upon Brady in securing a mali con
tract.
Representative Cutcheon to-day presented a
petition. signed by lumbermen representing
over SIS, 900, 600 capital, protesting against that
portion of the Morrison bill which places lumber
on the free list.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-11
Ten Miners Probably Lost.

SPOKANE FALLS, w. T., March 10-Fears ex-
list for the safety of ten men who went to Rath-
drum thirteen days ago, to locate a trail to the
Cour dAlene gold mining district. They left a
point twenty-five miles from Rathdrum with four
days s~rations, and left the other provisions IN
charge of a man, with Instructions to wait six
days. They never returned. and the man left.
1t was thought they had reached Eagle City, but
a man who arrived on Saturday, at 6 o'clock,
says they had not been there. Search par
ties have been organized, and are now out.
TIL snow is very deep. Their names are Chas.
Pond. L. Merriam, Charles Boatman, McNut
Whitsell, VIM. Dean, Geo. Stafford, VIM. Hays,
Peter Esch, and one unknown.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-11
THE sTAR-RoUTE INQUIRY.
Further Testimony of a. NJ. Gibson Before
the Springer Committee.

WASHINGTON, March 10.-A. NJ. Gibson con-
tinued his testimony before the Springer COM
mittee to-day, reiterating the statement that the
government selected the most complicated star
route case, and rejected a plain and simple one.
The foreman of the grand jury told the witness
that the government did not wish to proceed
with the case he considered so clear, but he
could not tell why no Indictment was found
against those against whom it had been proposed
to proceed by information. Mr.. Gibson asserted
that Bliss said he was going to run these cases
in his own way. The ground Of the Witness
difference of opinion was that a simple case, a
case involving one or two routes, should be
tried, and not involving 134 routes, as
did the case in which Dorsey
was interested. Gibson gave his theory OF the
prosecution as follows: In the first place, in
the investigation which was begun the main OBJ
ject seemed to be to get as much as possible into
the newspapers. The result was to raise the
expectations of the public to a point which was
never realized. Dorsey was q disturbing ele-
ment, owing to the fact that the gentleman who
succeeded President Garfield had made a speech
at a banquet in New York. in which he eulogized
him for political reasons. L think. 1t was de
termined to proceed against him without regard
to the strength of the case.
SIS it your judgment that the government felt
compelled to proceed in that case because Dorsey
was in iti' was asked,
1.-THE question of salary might have had some
thing to do with it, replied Gibson. when men
get more than 5000 a day, it is not human nature
to abbreviate
'Did any special counsel appear, at the same
time they were employed by the government,
for individuals in private cases?o asked Mr..
Springer.
bliss did for national banks. He appeared
before the Commissioner of Internal Revenue:
about 81, 600, 600 we're involved"
MI. Cook will be examined tomorrow.
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Petty Thieving Near Edinburc.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
EDTNBURG, March 10.-Our community has
suffered considerably lately by numerous burg
laries and petty thieving. On last Thursday
night the residence of G. B. Runckle, a farmer
one mile north of this city, was visited by
thieves and they carried off 700 pounds of bacon
and two dozen chickens. Other places in the
same neighborhood were visited and lard, clover
seed, etc, were taken. The matter was placed
in the hands Of the Horse-thief Detective Asso-
citation, of this place, and, with Constable John
Williams, they tracked the thieves to Leba-
non, where they had sold their
plumber to a grocer named Ragsdale.
From there they went to Frankfort, where the
officers found them. Constable Williams and
Detective Waltz, of this city, with the assist
ance of George Bird and George Mitchell, of
Frankfort, arrested them. They proved to be
John Maddox, of this place, and John McIntire,
of Frankfort. Maddox is an old-time offender,
and has recently returned from the southern
prison, where he served a time for highway rob
berry. They were sent to Jail at Franklin until
Wednesday, when they will have a preliminary
hearing.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-11
INDIANA POLITICS.
The Situation in Tippecanoe C0unty-Scarcity
of Congressional Candidates.

The Situation in TippecanoeC -Ounty-Scareity
of Congressional Candidates.
Special to the indianapolis Journal
LAFAYETTE, March 10. -Candidates for the
township Offices have been. nominated by both
parties in nearly every township in Tippecanoe
county. The fact that the Republican eonven-
tons were largely attended and enthusiastic in
their work, and the Democratic meetings were
small as to numbers and dry in their delibera-
tions, is counted by leading Republicans as avail
liable indication for the overthrow of the Demo
cratic party, which now controls both the city of
Lafayette and Tippecanoe county. The city was
carried by the Democrats last year on the plea
to "vindicate" Chief of Police Mandler, against
whom Mrs. Helen M. Gouger secured q judg-
ment of S., 600 in the famous SANDER trial. Now
that Mandler has been removed from office for
intoxication, that argument is destroyed, and
nothing remains. i,
a thorough inquiry by the Journals CORE
spondent among working Republicans fails to
unearth any active aspirant for the COMPRESSION
al nomination on either the Republican or DEM
ocratic ticket. However among the Democrats
the denomination of Congressman Ward seems to
be conceded, though little is said of it, Hon. A.
L. Kumler, an energetic and brainy young law
yer, of this city, is talked of as a candidate on
the Republican ticket. though as yet he has
talked little himself about it. Delegates to the
congressional convention will be chosen on
April 10.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-11
THE IMPORTATION OF GOLD.
Mr.. Burchard Is Not Alarmed, Regarding 1t
as Only Temporary.

|
MIR. Burchard Is Not Alarmed. Regarding 1t
as Only Temporary.
Special 20 the indianapolis journal.
W~AsHINGToN, March 10.-Mr. Burchard, Di-
rector of the Mint, says that the alarm about
exports of gold is unnecessary, in his opinion, as
the outgo is only temporary, and is in part ac-
counted for by the fact that the interest rate in
England has recently been increased; that Eu-
ropean holders of American securities are selling
in the American market on account of d~epreeia-
ton in prices, and the demand for gold from
Australia has recently been quite marked. The
balance of trade, he says, is not really against
us, but the fact that nearly all our exports are car
ried in foreign bottoms makes it necessary to
pay freights to foreigners. The most sur
prising feature in this drain is, he says,
The fact that the gold shipped is nearly all in
double eagles instead of gold bars. This he is at a
loss to account for. Mr. Burchard is inclined to
iook with favor upon Representative Lacey,s
proposition to call in one and two dollar notes
and issue instead small silver certificates. He
would go further, he says, and cali in all the five
dollar greenbacks and National Bank bills. The
real trouble is caused by issuing separate Ger
1~iiicates for silver and gold. Had all the GER
titcates been made payable in coin, no difficulty
would have arisen. While he thinks there is no
present need of apprehension, there certainly
viii be trouble unless coinage of the standard
silver dollar il stopped, or some method devised
10 force them into circulation, either as coin or
IN certificates.
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n

The Trial of Orrin a. Carpenter-Four Jury
men Secured.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
PETERsBURG, March 10.-The trial of Orrin
A. Carpenter, the wealthy grain-buyer of Lin
coin, charged with the murder Of Miss Fora
Burns, commenced here to-day. The case at
tracts much attention in central Illinois, owing
to the prominence of the defendant. Judge
Lacey p~resides, and the entire day was passed in
securing four jurymen. The accused is a man
who has many friends, and who is the recipient
of much sympathy, and the outcome of the trial
will be anxiously awaited.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-11
A LACK OF HARMONY.
Some Inside Facts About a Recent Meeting of
Democrats.


Special to Cincinnati Enquirer.
1t seems that the meeting of Indiana Demo
Gratis held on last Thursday night at the Capitol
was not as harmonious as some of the published
statements represent. After the organization
had been effected Mr.. o. o. Stealey, correspond
ent of a Louisville paper, and one of the clerks
of Representative Matson's committee, offered Ii
resolution proposing to buy $50 worth of each of
the speeches of Judge Holman on railroads and
Mr.. Carlisle's on the tariff, both delivered in the
second session of the Forty-seventh Congress,
for distribution throughout the State. To this
the friends of Senator Voorhees, made objection.
State Senator Faulkner said so far as his
section of the State was concerned they
might as we'll send out last years almanac. The
people in his district were not fools, and could
not be gulled with a lot of ancient literature. 1t
was then proposed to only distribute the speech
made by Mr.. Carlisle, which proposition was car
ried. Mr.. Stealey then came up with another
resolution, in which it was proposed to dist1ib-
ute no documents that antagoniZed the national
Democratic platform of 1876 and 1880. The
friends of Senator Voorhees, assumed that this
was a direct slap at him, and Colonel Matson, in
n speech to that effect, moved to lay the resolu-
ton on the table. State Senator Faulkner, also
making a speech, seconded the motion, in which
he SAID that representative CoDD,
of the Vincennes district, who was
present. was elected to his seat in the
present Congress on the tariff plank, which Sen
ator Voorhees, had himself written, and he
Faulkner) had carried to Indianapolis and given
to Ex-Governor Hendricks, and it was incorpo-
rated in the Democratic State platform of 1882.
Mr.. Stealey then withdrew the resolution,
whereupon Mr.. Cobb arose, exeitedly, and said
that he would renew it. He was going to see
whether he was in a Republican or a Democratic
caucus, and wanted to know who was present
Democratic platform. Judge Lowry then made
a speech which rather conciliated MI. Cobb, and
the resolution was allowed to be withdrawn, and
to save further trouble a motion to adjourn was
made and carried.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-11
The Ciril-service Law.

Special to the indianapolis Journal
WASHINGTON, March 10.-The House judi
eiary committee has adopted the suggestion of
the various civil service reform associations, and
has reported a bill faroring the repeal of that
section of the revised statutes which restricts
the terms of marshals. collectors and other of
fcers of the United States civil list to four years.
The civil service reform people want these of
fcers subject to the same law which applies to
clerks in the departments, letter carriers and
other less fortunate public servants, in order
that they may be removed for cause as soon as
the cause exists, or retain their places during
good behavior" 1t is likely the bill will pass.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-11
A Father Sentenced for a Sons Grim e.

Boston, March Jonathan P. Pratt, formerly
treasurer of the Reading, Mass, Savings Bank,
convicted of embezzling funds in 1879, was SEN
fenced, to-day, to four years Imprisonment at
hard labor. Pratt is seventy@three years old,
and, pending proceedings, was confined in jail
five years. The original defalcation was $780,
900. but a portion of the money was recovered,
and the loss to depositors is about, $780, 900. 1t
was shown the defendant did not profit by the
defalcation. Though nominally the treasurer,
his son, SidneyP Pratt, conducted the business,
and the loss, it was alleged, was through his con-
duct. He disappeared when the defalcation be-
cam known, and has never since been heard of.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-11

The Republicans of Connersville haze decided
to nominate their city ticket by popular vote on
March p.
A letter from Hon. Schuyler Colfax, now at
the Elmira watercure for his health, states that
he is improving slowly but satisfactorily.
A barn belonging to Albert Clark, Of Brook
vile, containing a lot of lumber. hay, a spring
wagon and n large circular saw, was destroyed
by fire on Sunday. Loss, 800; no insurance.
President Smart has prepared a plan for ex-
tending the signal service to the school houses OF
Indiana. This is an appropriate movement, as
the central Office of the State weather service is
located at Purdue University, Of which he is
president.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-11
President Arthur as a Host.

" ashingten Critic.
The receptions have been brilliant, the decora-
lions unsurpassed, the entertainments frequent,
the manners easy and pleasant, the etiquette
perfect, and everything has come up to the
highest expectations. On Wednesday evening
the President will vary the programme by an
old-time stag party-baehelor dinner. Fifty
senators and representatives who have never
shouldered the matrimonial yoke will be in
vited, if that many can be found, and if not, the
list will be filled ont by senators and members
whose wives are not with tham in Washington.
The President is courageous, too, in his enter
tanning, and a good manager. He has boldly ex-
pressed his intention of seeing that every sen
ator and every member is at least once invited
to accept the hospitality of the White House
at q state dinner, and this has never been at
tempted before since the House has assumed
such large proportions. There is another thing
that people do not generally appreciate, and that
is the perfection of arrangement and absence of
confusion at the White House dinners. There
never were dinners given to such large numbers
of guests in the state dining-room, and they never
were so well managed.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-11
Moyements of y JaiI-Bird.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
M~oNTEzUMA, March l0.-Charles Roberts, the
burglar, desperate and jail-breaker, got on the
west-bound night express at Bl~oomingdale, Ind,
on Sunday night, and rode as far as Hilsdale
Junction on the C. & E. L From there he
bought a ticket for Clinton, Ind, and went
south on the express train, passing Hillsdale
about 3 A. NJ. His wife is thought to be at her
fathers, in the vicinity of Clinton. Roberts was
somewhat disguised and well armed, and who
ever attempts to take him will have no child's
play. a reward of $50 is offered for his arrest.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-11
Keen the Kitchen Clean.

One of the most prolific causes of deflement
and offensive odors in kitchen sinks and their
outlets is the presence of decaying grease. This
comes from the emptying of kettles in which
the soap. The grease lodges in every crevice and
catches in every obstruction. A remedy may he
found in the use of common alkalies
instead of soap, aqua ammonia in wash
ing clothes, and borax in washing
lawns and laees, and washing soda in, cleaning
dishes. These alkalies prevent a solid soap from
forming in the sink and its pipes and neutral
ICES all effects of decomposing fat.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-11
A Complaint Against Governor Murray.

WAsHINGToN, March 1O.-Delegate Game, of
Utah, continued his argument, to-day, before
the House committee on Territories. He com
planned bitterly of the conduct of the present
Governor of Utah, whose realdesire, he said, was
not to stop polygamy, but to bring about con-
ficts between the people, in order to plumber
them. a majority of the people of the Territory
who were not Mormons, he said, had no ill-feel-
ing against those who We're; it was only the
ring Adventures, headed by Governor Murray,
who had bad feeling for the Mofmons. They
desired confusion in the Territory, as they had
everything to gain and nothing to lose.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-11
The Brazil Coal Strike.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
BRAZIL, March 10.-The difference between
the operators and miners still continues unad-
iusted, and all the miners in the district, num-
bering about 1900, are without employment.
The operators refuse to pay more than seventy
five cents per ton, and this the miners will not
accept. Many men are leaving the district to
seek employment at either points.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-11
STATE NEWS AND GOSSIP.
A Very Unsatisfactory Verdict in the
Augustine Case at LaPOrte.
Residence neutrality-suspicious. of Thieves
Near Edinburg-The Trial of Orrin
A. Carpenter at Petersburg, Ill.
INDIANA.
Five Years in the Penitentiary for Killing

Five Years in the Penitentiary for Killing
Two Persons.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.
LAPoRTE, March 10.-The jury in the noted
Augustine murder case returned a verdict this
afternoon, after being out seventy-four hours,
sentencing the prisoner to five years in the peni-
tertiary. The defendant was indicted for muir
derin the first degree, for killing his uncle and
cousin, on the night of Dec. 81, 1880, and the YER
dict is regarded as an outrage.
On Saturday a prisoner named Winson was
sentenced to four years for stealing some cloth
ing. Augustine is happy, and shook hands all
around.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-11
Time to Trim Apple Trees.

April is a good time to train apple trees. They
should be pruned so as to allow air and sunlight
to enter among the branches freely. No better
illustration can be given than to make the main
branches stand out from the tree like the rods
in an inverted umbrella. Allow no branches to
cross each other, nor allow main branches to
grow too closely parallel to each other. There is
hardly any danger of leaving the branches too
open.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-11
Death of Joseph wv. jackson.

Special TO the IndlanapoIts JourDaI.
CAMBRIDGE CITY, March l0.-Joseph w Jack
son, one of the oldest pioneers and largest land
holders of Wayne county, died at his home, near
Centerville, to-day, from fatty degeneration of
the heart. He was highly respected for his in
tegrity by all. At the time of his death he was
a principal stakeholder and viee7president of the
First National Bank, of this place. The funeral
will take place at Centeryille on Wednesday
morning.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-11
Grant County.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
MARION, March 10.-The Republican county
convention nominated the following ticket: Rep
resentative, Hiram Brownlee; sheriff, Orange
Holman; treasurer, DR.. II. D. Reasoner; re-
corder, Benz. Hamaker; surveyor, Lindley Nj.
Overman; coroner, Isaac Hamilton; commits
sioner. second district, Benajah Harris; third
district, VIM. II. Ayres.
The convention instructed its delegates to the
State convention to vote for Captain John N.
Runyan, of Warsaw, for Treasurer of State.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-11

DR.. Cordes, of Geneva, states in the journal
following application very successful for the re-
moval of warts: Iodine, g.; crystallized carbolic
acid, 81; and alcohol, 212 parts by weight.
After scraping the wart, or cutting it Town to a
level with the skin without causing it TO bleed,
he touches the wart with q few drops of the
above solution. In a few minutes it becomes
soft, and allows of another scraping and a new
application; and, sometimes, even a third scrap
ing and application can be made without causing
bleeding.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-11
THE DANVILLE RIOT.
Testimony of Sims, VIII Was Charged with
Making an Infammatory Speech.

Testimony of Sims, Who Was Charged with
Making an InhanlmatOry Speech.
WASHINGTON, March 10.-Colonel w. T.. Sims,
he gentleman whose speech at Danville, it is
llleged, contributed to the excitement out of
which came the riot on Nov. 8, was examined
by the Danvile subcommittee this morning.
His account of the speech was the same as pre-
viously published. The Democrats knew they
had a majority of about 1900 to overcome, and
the witness and his friends could only conjecture
what means would be adopted. In his speech
tho witness told his hearers he was satisfied that
any excuse would be seized upon by the Dem
ocrats to resort to violence. He hoped the
colored people would refrain from even a sign Of