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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-11-27
JAMES G. BLAINE.
Great Anxiety to Obtain Information as to
His Intentions for the Future.
Special Il he Indiana nolis
dlsregarde,

Great Anxiety to Obtain Information as to
His Intentions for the Future.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 26.-There is good deal
of uneasiness evinced on every hand here now
regarding the future of James G. Blaine. Not a
few men in public life fear that they may run
afoul of him at some unexpected point and be
dethroned. Rumors of every kind, intended to
injure him before the country and to force him
to make known his plans in life, may be ex-
pected and all such ought to be accepted with
good amount of allowance for bad feeling. Some
Of these reports have already been circulated.
One is that he intends TO make struggle to sue
ceed Senator Don Cameron, of Pennsylvania
and try to become leader Of the upper body Of
Congress. Another that he will ''lay low" for
Messrs. Conkling and Arthur In their senatorial
manipulations in New York.
The younger son of Mr.. Blaine said TO one Of
his boy ehums the other day that his father and
mother and sister were coming here to spend
the winter; that his father would continue to
write his history, out of which he expected to
make good deal of money, but that his father
did not know what he would do after that was
done The boy didn't think his father wanted
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THE SECRET SERVICE.
The Oficials and Operatives Prepared for
Official Death.

The Oficials and Operatives Prepared for
Official Death.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, Nov 26.-"1 expect to see this
division cleaned out III hurry by the new ad-
minstration" observed Colonel Brooks, chief of
the Secre tservce Bureau of the Treasury, in
conversation with the Journal correspondent,
to day, Eyes, sir, we are spotted-marked for
official death-and are prepared to CO." contin-
ed he, ''but it will not be very big plum for
Uncle Sans new tenant There are not many
of us-only forty
'Will 1t impair the service to turn out the old
and put in new menl"
'Oh! the men here in this Office" replied Col.
Brooks ''can easily be spared but it will ruin
the service for some time all the old operatives
are dismissed at once. They should be retained
at least some of them, for while, to train the
new men. When came in here there was a
new deal There was no one who knew the
haunts and ways of any of the notorious counter
feiters, and it was slow work for while. That
was not right. Some of the men out in the ser
vice are very fine detectives and they should be
kept until new men ar e broke into the work"
How much is your salary as chief of the bu-
reau2"
''Thirty FIVE hundred year. 1t is place en-
We'd by many who know little or nothing of the
duties, and since we have no protection by the
the civil-service / expect to see a new lot of
men in here and out on the road very soon after
the 4th of March
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THE COUNTRY'S CURRENCY.
Facts About the National Banks-The Bonds
and the Issue of Silver Dollars.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 26.-The annual report of
the Comptroller of the Currency shows that
during the year ended Nov. l, 1884, 191 banks
have been organized, with an aggregate capital
of $16 O42 $780, circulating notes have been issued
these new associations amounting to $3 S66 230
These banks are located by geographical di
visions as follows: Eastern States, ten banks
with capital of 900; Middle States, twenty
five, with capital of 81, 8l2, 250 Southern States
thirty, with capital of 81, 991, 100; Western
States 102, with capital of IS, 9O5 $50; Pacific
States, five, with a capital of $780, 900; Ter
ritories, nineteen, with capital of ST. 1890 600.
Since the establishment of the national bank
ing system, Feb %, 1863, there has been or
ganized 3, ,26l national banks total number in
existence Nov. /, 1884, 2,671, the largest number
in operation at any one time. Eleven national
banks, with an aggregate capital of 81, 285, 900,
of receivers during the year. The different
items of resources and liabilities as tabulated
indicate that the business of the national banks
during the past eleven years has generally in
creased The items. United States bonds and
circulation thereon, have decreased during the
past two years The aggregate liabilities of
national banks to deposi tors and correspondents
were reduced, during the year, upwards of
$94, ,OU0, ,OOO. This reduction OF liabilities and
the general reduction of loans by banks, which
amounted to 1868 600, 900 during the year, the
Comptroller says was doubtless occasioned by
the hnancicl troubles of May and general de-
preston of business. During the same period
the national banks increased their resources by
about $2l, ,000 900 in specie and 81, ,000 600 in
legal tenders and United States certificates of
deposit for the same.
The total number Of banks still in operation,
organized under the act of June 3, 1864. and the
provisions of the revised statutes providing for
succession, which will terminate, unless here
after renewed during the years previous to 1900,
CONTINUED on Second Page.j
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PRESIDENT ARTHUR.
What Is Said In Official Circles as to the New
York Senatorship.

What Is Said In Official Circles as to the New
York Senatorship.
Special to the indianapolis journal.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 26,-It is whispered in
official and Republican circles generally, that the
main reason President Arthur desires the United
States senatorship in New York, which becomes
vacant next March, is that he has his eyes on
the race-course of 1888, and wants to be kept
before the country in some position where his
abilities may be demonstrated and he will
not be lost from view. Much effective
quiet work has been done to this end during the
past ten days The register at the Arlington
bears many names during that time of promi-
the tenant of the White House in regard to Sen
ator Lapham's successor
President Arthur, however much he may have
longed for the place, and however much he de-
sires it at this time, will not be announced as a
candidate until he sees his election within his
grasp The names of William NJ. Evarts and
Levi P. Morton have been used as
blind merely. There are but two men promi-
nent in the eyes of the New York Legislature,
say Republicans from that State, and they are
the President and ex-senator Conkling. Were
it altogether improbable that the name of Mr.
Conkling will be sprung to defeat Mr.. Arthur,
the latter, it is believed, could get the majority
pledged on the first canvass. 1t is not thought
the Blaine element will work any mischief in the
struggle that may arise
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Patti,s First Appearance.

Adelina Patti made her first appearance in
opera before New York audience twenty five
years ago yesterday, and General Badeau wrote
of her as follows in Noah's Sunday Times:
"Patti was making her debut was succeeding.
Twas holiday night, when fashionable people
usually do not like to be seen in public, yet the
great house was crowded with the most distln-
guished frequenters of the opera. There had
been no heralding of the little girls fame, no
prolonged preliminary advertisements no pro-
dgious propitiatory placards, no indecorous de-
vices. There was some kindly feeling
for her. because she was little Patti She had
sung at concerts eleven years before; the fine
ladies knew her exact age, and one of them told
me she had made dress for Adelina's original
debut when the baby was only four years old.
You see she was pet among them; and so they
came to hear their favorite.
Il recollect we'll how the house stared in de-
light and astonishment as note after note came
ringing across the parQuet how the chatter in
Hobbies and the flirting in the boxes absolutely
ceased, as the pretty little warbler began to
show her powers. Could it really be? Can we
really have great voice herel-one of the voices
possessed by only two or three in an agel Sweet
of wonderful compass, flexible, sympathetic,
but, above all, brilliant a voice that could be
heard in the furthest galleries. yet was so del
icate in quality, so simply delicious in tone, that
the most fastidious could find no flaw, and the
most experienced could remember no superior
Why, Jenny Lind had not more execution; Son
tag, Bosio Lagrange, none were more admirable
We must be mistaken. Tis not with our own ears
that we hear. But she went on singing. and in the
Preghiera per te, convinced the most incredu-
lous. Her success was achieved. The house
was carried by storm. 1t pronounced tu1nult-
nously in her favor; it nearly rose to applaud;
time after time she was called before the cur
tain; round after round of clappings greeted the
child.
"She looked like child amid it all; she looked
pleased, but scarcely aware of what it all meant.
She didn't know now great she was. She looked
delighted to make such sweet music. delighted
to have pleased but she never dreamed till they
told her afterwards, that she was great prima
donna; that she had taken her place among the
first singers in the world; that on that night she
became the peer of Piccolomini and Grisi. Pic
colomini, indeed, never bad one-tenth of PATHS
vocal ability, and Grisi: alas! has not one
twentieth of it now"
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His Time to be Devoted to His History.
Washington Special to Philadelphia Press.
Mr. Blaine is expected here this week, and for
the next three months will be hard at work upon
the second volume of his book. private letter
received in this city, dated November 2l, from
the Henry Bill Publishing Company, of Nor
wich, Conn, says: "The statement copied from
a Boston daily newspaper that Mr. Blaine would
not complete the second volume before June is
wholly without foundation. The article re-
ferred to also stated that he had hired the Sargent
house in Washington, and would be there by the
middle of this week. There is no truth in any
of these statements. In Mr. Blaine's last letter
concerning the second volume, he stated that it
would be completed in the contract time, which
calls for it to be finished in February, and we
expect to have it completed at that ii me-.
The statement that Mr. Blaine will be a candi-
date before the Pennsylvania Legislature for
election as Mr.. Camerons successor in the Sen
ate is regarded here as not deserving of consld-
GRAFTON. A warm personal friend said to-day:
Mr. Blaine has no aspirations in that line. lie
is devotedly attached to the State of his adop-
ton, which he has represented in both houses of
Congress, and he will not seek preferment from
another Commonwealth. He has no desire to
enter public life again, and certainly would not
think of entering the list in Pennsylvania, where
he could not be elected without a struggle. If
successful, he would be charged with having re-
turned to public life to be avenged upon men in
his own party, and he would suffer the great loss
of citizenship in the State of Maine"
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A School for Christian Workers.

measures for the incorporation of school for
Christian workers have been taken in this city
Prominent men in this city, New York and
Boston are interested in the enterprise The
school will be opened January l, under the pres
by an efficient corps of teachers The present
arrangements will reduce the expense TO
students to the mean cost of board, books, etc
The object is to train in two years course,
young men of Christian associations who wish to
fit themselves for Sunday school superintend
ents, etc. Tho work has the approval of Mr..
Moody, Mr., Penteeost Mr.. Stafford and other
prominent gospel workers, who say there is a
positive demand, at living wages, for large
number of young men trained to this service.
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He Admits that the French Cabinet Has Been
Led Further than Was Expected, but
Charges 1t to the Unforeseen,
And Demands an Additional Amount Of
Money to Continue the Fight.
A Belgium letter. Writer Claims that Euro
peans in the Congo Country Are in Con-
slant Peril-0ther News by Cable.
THE FRENCH IN THE EAST.
Ferry Defends the Position of the Ministry
and Demands More Money.


and Demands More Money.
PARIS, Nov 26-In the Chamber of Deputies,
to-day, the debate on the Tonquin credit bill
was resumed. Prime Minister Ferry took
leading part in the discussion. He declared he
did not repudiate the responsibility devolving
upon the present ministry, but he desired to de-
fine and apporton the responsibility fairly, The
work of the present ministry in regard
to Tonqun was defined by two principal
votes in the Chamber of Deputies, and the
cabinet had followed the indications thus given,
and no more. He denied that he had decided
the contrary. He admitted the government
had been led on by events. 1t would not be other
wise in a colonial matter in which the unforeseen
played so large part The French position in
Tonquin, he continued, was excellent; the French
forces have taken the offensive with the result
of gaining daily victories. The resources of the
country would increase under good government,
order, and to settle the conflict with
China by treaty OF by modus vivendi.
NJ. Ferry continued by saying that France
was perfectly justified in demanding indemnity
for the Bakle ambuscade. and he demanded au-
thority from the Chambers for continuing
policy which is based upon securing pledges for
payment of indemnity. If China persisted in
refusing to pay indemnity, the present provis
ional occupation of the island of Formosa by
France will become permanent M. Ferry then
formally made motion for new credit Of 49,,
600 600 francs, and demanded vote of urgency
thereon. The debate will be resumed to-mor-
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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.

The General Manager Acquitted of tho
Charge of Sending Partisan Dispatches.
NEW York, Nov 26. Some days ago tho
Journal of Commerce commented unfavor;bly
on the Associated Press in connection with the
election returns from New York and expressed
the opinion that Mr. Whitelaw Reid. of the
Tribune, had exercised an Undue share of in
tluence in the work This morning the journal
of Commerce contains an editorial on the sub
jcct. which written after Mr. David NJ
Stone. the editor had inquired into the faets
Ii is as follows:
The joint executive committee 0f the West
ern and New York Associated Press met yester-
day to investigate the complaints which have
been made from both parties concerning the re
ports Of the late political campaign up to and in
cluding the returns Of the election. After a
careful sitting Of the evidence sew
eral facts Of public interest were
established beyond controversy, ana we
refer to them briefly in Justice to our
selves and others. The arrangements for re
porting the proceedings OF the convention. the
acceptance of the nominate and the sayings
and doings of the several cand'dates were shown
to be as perfect could well be devised and
wholly without partisan bias. Any seeming
partality to one one or the other side in the
dispatches received WAS corrected at once by MIR
William Henry Smith, the general agent anL
all that human ingenuity could devise was done
to give reliable intelligence. Uncolprcd by parE
san prejudice We stated on the llth inst,
that, as other members of the executive com
mittee had not been active. the recent election
returns appeared to haze been collected under
the entire supervision of the editor of the
Tribune The latter attended a meeting of the
board just before the election, and
was understood, in answer to Il question
from the president, to have given sulIic ent
authority for such au assertion 1t is now stated
and accepted that he did not intend by his an
ri nd M at
ter of fact, neither he nor any other of the COM
mittee gave any personal attention TO the super
vision of returns"
In regard to the collection Of the New York
State returns, the Journal says that 80 far the
action OF the general manager of the Associated
Press, or the control of the machinery, is
cerned, there is no cause for complaint, and con-
cludes as follows:
Exactly how the returns from this State took
on the partisan character they assumed, can
not say, but we are satisfied that no orders
directions of the managers Of the Associated
Press had any share in contributing to that re,
suit"
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Gable Notes.

Five heavy shocks of earthquake were felt at
Grozet, the capital of Styria, on Tuesday.
Although the cholera bulletins from Paris have
been stopped, isolated deaths from cholera con
tinue
1t is estimated that 100 600 persons left Paris
during the cholera epidemic. People now
returning in great numbers.
General Won Manteuffel Governor general of
Alsace Lorraine, has issued rescript suppressng
three anti-German newspapers in his province.
A dispatch from Paris says the French govern
ment have resolved to send two more cruisers to
the west coast of Africa, in view of the possible
result of the Congo conference.
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The DemoralizIng Game of Football.

Boston, Nov. 26.-The athletic committee of
the Harvard College faculty issued notice yes
terday which bids fair to prevent the playing of
football at Harvard in the future. The notice
is as follows: "The committee on athletics hav-
ing become convinced that the game of foot ball
demorai2ing to players and spectators % 10 and IN ex
tremelY dangerous, proposes to request the fac
ulty to prohibit the game after the close of the
present season. Students interested III the
game and wishing toshow cause why such action
should not be taken, will be heard at a special
meeting of the committee Dec. l." The commit
tee have attended all recent games, and are sup
posed to have been decided by the recent Har-
ward Princeton game, which was very rough
one.
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BANQUET TO SIR JOHN MACDONALD.
The Premier of Canada HOnOred I'm London
ZCOasts and Responses.

1TOasts and Responses.
LONDON, Nov. 26-Lord Lorne, late Governor
general OF Canada, presided at the banquet to-
night given by the Empire Club in honor of Sir
John A. Macdonald, Premier of Canada. The
Marquis of Salisbury, replying for the House of
Lords, said he hoped Premier Macdonald
would often repeat his visit to England,
and expressed his cOuntry's pride in the colonial
empire. he wished Canada possessed many
such statesmen to shed lustre and confer bene-
fits upon the whole country, while they were
attaninGrhe high position that destiny pointed
out VIM. Henry Smith, member of Parliament for
Westminster, responded to the toast in honor of
the House of Commons. The Duke of Suther-
land proposed toast in honor of the Colonies,
and the Empire of India, to which the Earl of
Derby, Secretary of State for the colonies and
the Earl of Kemberly Secretary of State for
India, both replied in short addresses,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-11-27
A New Tariff Association.

READING, Pa, Nov Pa movement has
been begun by the Eastern Pig Iron Association
of which Henry S, Echert, of Reading, is presi-
dent, to organize general tariff club 1t is pro
posed to include every industry in the country.
in the interest of protection. Englands Golden
Club was organized to disseminate free trade
doctrines Tho intention is to effect a general
organization of all industries interested in favor
of home as against foreign manufactures. A
meeting of the committee to deliberate upon a
plan of organization will be held in Philadelphia
December g.
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The PIenary Council.

BALTIMORE, Nd, Nov. 26-The Plenary
Council was again in secret session at the Semi
nary of ST. Sulpice Bishop McQuaid of Roch-
ester, preached tonight at the Cathedral, on
''The Progress of the Church in the United
States" and Bishop Flasch, of Lacrosse,
preached at st. Alphonsus Church, in German,
morrow there will be solemn public service at
the Cathedral when an oration on ''The Dignity
of the Priesthood" will be delivered in Latin.
by Bishop Heiss, of Milwaukee A sermon will
follow by Bishop Spalding, of Peoria.
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Charged with Forgery in India.

LOUISVILLE, Nov 26.-Robert McPhun, alias
Bryce, charged with forging about 5000, 900 ON
States Circuit Court to day. The question con.
sidered was whether Bryce could be legally taken
back to India, where the forgery was committed.
The nature of the treaty between the United
States and India was argued pro and con. The
case was submitted, and Judge Barr will render
0 decision on Thursday
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Investigating the Aston Riot.

LONDON, Nov, pa judicial inquiry into the
causes of the Aston riot began to-day. The only
defendant, man named Reid, appeared Mr.
Chamberlain, president of the Board of Trade,
testified that he received all the atfidavits CON
cerning the riot which he made use of in his
speech relative to the matter in the Commons
from the Liberal association. He denies that
the afidavits were procured at his suggestion.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-11-27
FOREIGN MISCELLANY.
A Belgian's Report of the Danger to Euro
peans on the Congo.

peans the Congo.
BRUSSELS, Nov. 26.-The Reforme publishes a
letter from Belgian at Stanley Falls. He COM
plains of the danger to which Europeans are
subjected because of the hostile attitude Of the
natives, and reports the discovery of plot to
poison Europeans at Leopoldville. The African
International Association, he says, refuses the
service of porteres to conduct Belgians who wish
to leave its service to the coast He asks that
his name be kept secret, as he fears the associa-
ton will wreak vengeance upon those who tell
the truth concerning the state of things on the
Congo.
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Lord Coleridge and His Daughter.

LONDON, Nov. 26.--Mrs. Bishop, sister of Sir
Stafford Northeote, has written letter, in
which she says: Miss Coleridge managed her
fathers house as working house-keeper for six
years, receiving sixty pounds yearly. Since she
left her fathers house she has lived in a small
lodging house, and received no regular allowance
from her father, only occasional checks. She
has nothing except what she has saved from her
earnings as a music mistress
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BIsmarck Opposes Free Passes.

BERLIN, Nov. 26.-Bismarck, in the Reichstg
to day, charged the members with using
railroad free passes to travel all over
the empire Therefore he advocated
the revoking of the granting Of free passes. The
opposition declared that the government wanted
to prevent the attendance of the poorer Social
lists at the Reichstag. If the government
refused the travelling expenses of members it
must pay the members of the Rechstag to en-
able them to live in such an expensive style.
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MONTREAL, Nov ga French paper states
that two ex canons of this diocese have ad-
apessea ~ PnSn Fnhre 20 @ b askHg ior me
Montreal, urging in support of their request
that he is not in harmony with the majority of
the diocese on certain religious difficulties. Tho
paper also states that the two priests referred to
are supported by the apostolic commissioner in
their petition.