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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-12-19
THE FOX GOT AWAY.

How Mrs. Secretary Chandler Shocked Wash
ington Society and Saved Reynard's Life.
Washington Special
For a week past the society journals have been
full of gossip about fox hunt which was to take
place at General Beal's farm, two or three miles
outside the city, Cabinet ministers wives and
the ladies of senators families talked about it at
their receptions, and the young men about town
discussed it at their clubs. Several youugladies,
amongst whom were Senator Bayards daughter
were going to follow the hounds as far as they
could, while their escorts, Lieutenant Emory of
the navy William Eustls and a dozen other
gents with autocratic names, were to do the
rough cross country riding and be in at the
death
The wretched fox which was to furnish the
amusement was exhibited in a cage in Ninth
street shop window, and was nearly frightened
to death by the crowds which gathered around.
Mrs Secretary Chandler, however, though a
friend of the hunters is a member of the S. p. G..
ing a card in the newspapers gave notice that ar
rests would follow if 1T was attempted.
Society was terribly exercised, but the young
gentlemen and ladies stood their ground, and a
number of them were gathered near the Airing
ton Hotel at the time announced to-day, ready
TO ride to the starting point when agent of
the Humane Society bore down upon them. He
was astride a very melancholy looking animal
"ltn cfOppeu ears very Conspicuous IlUS anu u
bob tail.
In spite of the manifest desire of the gentle
men to avoid him, he managed to make his horse
shamble up to one Of them, and announced that
he was going along They started up Connect
cut avenue at lively gait but by breaking the
rules Of the society he managed to keep well in
the rear, and with horde of small boys follow
ing behind, added plenty of excitement, if not
pleasure, to the expedition.
Most of the passers-hy thought the fox hunt
had already begun. Miss Bayard and one or two
other ladies' handsomely mounted and followed
by grooms joined them at the head of the ave
nue. and then the whole cavalcade rode rapidly
out into the country. They reached the rendez-
vous in a short time, but not quickly enough to
shut the gates on the unlimited guest and a
consultation was decided on.
The gentlemen were for going on with the
hunt, but the ladies had the terrors of the police
court before them, and begged that they would
give it up. The result was that very well sat
isfed fox turned tail civilization, and ran for
the woods, while a very disconsolate section of
Washington's best society, in very bad huInor,
ambed back to the city
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HAzrNG AT ANNAPOLIS.

The Case of Cadet StranE To BE Earnestly
and Closely Investigated.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, Dee. 18.-'I am afraid the boys
are in for it" said naval officer to day. He re-
ferred to the action Of the House naval commit
tee in determining to investigate the death Of
Naval Cadet Strang who, it said, was victim
Of hazing.
sit seems to me- he continued, ''that Congress
has neglected this branch of the investigation
business too long. The hazing tomfoolery has
been carried to such an extent by the young
cubs of the navy that many serious injuries have
resulted These affairs seldom get into print, as
the victim usually considers that ne is in honor
bound to keep his own counsel. know of an Of
Aeer in the navy to-day, who is occasionally
afflicted with mental disturbances, the cause Of
which he can trace directly to his experiences
with the hagers at Annapolis. Dozens of SINH
lar instances might be cited"
IT is said that the coming investigation is to be
searching and thorough The officials Of the
academy and nearly all the cadets will be brought
before the committee, and some very direct
questions viii have to be answered Thefriends
of Cadet Strang are satisfied, from evidence
which they hold, that the young man was muir
dered by his companions and they are deter
mined that the whole truthshall come out This
promises TO be the most sensational of investiga
tions Of the Forty Ell hth Congress.
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General and Personal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18-It seems that the to-
bacco manufacturers and cigar makers of Indi-
ana are considerably stirredu over the Spanish
treaty They are flooding Congress with re-
monstrances against the ratification Of the
treaty 1t looks now as though the treaty will
be defeated.
Lloyd f. Swan has been commissioned post
master at Wadana Ind
The President to-day nominated Nimrod
Headington to be postmaster at Portland, Ind.
William H. Hart, at Frankfort Ind Thomas j.
Lucas, at Lawrenceburg. Ind. Abbe NJ. Law
ton, at Griggsyille, H., and John Gordon, at
Jacksonville, ILL.,
II. d. Lyman, Second Assistant Postmaster
general, will resign his Office within short time
to accept position with telephone company.
David A. Stewart collector of internal reye-
nue. for the Fourth district of Missouri, who re
Gently resigned, has, with the consent Of the
President Withdrawn his resignation.
A connection was created at the Treasury De-
partment this afternoon, by the discovery that
ing internal revenue stamps, had been lost in
transferring large quantity from one room to
another. The missing sheets were recovered,
however after short search. They had been
scattered in every direction, and most of them,
when found were torn and mutilated by reason
of having been walked upon and otherwise mis-
used by the persons who picked them up out OF
curiosity. and throw them away as OF no value
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A CHAMPION OF JEFF DAVIS.
Senator Wade Hampton Denounces General
Sherman as Liar.

Senator Wade Hampton Denounces General
Sherman as a Liar.
Washington Special to Pittsburg Dispatch.
sit is lie out of the whole CLOTH" said Sena-
tor Wade Hampton to-day to a correspondent of
the Dispatch, who asked him what he knew
about Jeff Daviss ambition to become Dictator
OF Southern empire.
'But why should General Sherman tell a
gratuitous falsehoodf' inquired the CORE
spondent
"IIe might have been drunk or he might have
been crazy, or he might have lied just for the
love of lying, was the answer. ut wouldn't be
the first time he has deliberately lied. In his
first report after his march from Atlanta, he
charged that had burned Columbia Suisse
quently he said that he had made the report for
the purpose Of destroying my influence with the
people. Still again he admitted that his own
troops had burned Columbia. Oh! Sherman is
an adept at lying. You can say that say that
that never heard of such letter as Sherman
describes; that never heard that Davis had
such an ambition; that nobody else ever heard
of it, and that the story is lie, manufactured
out Of tho whole cloth, by General Sherman"
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Something for Bankers to Consider.

Pittsburg Chrou icle- Telegraph.
The causal glance rarely measures the calamity
foreshadowed in the drear notices Of bank fail
ures which from time to time appear in the daily
prints. The awful awakening to the fact that
all ones hard earnings have faded away is a per
sonal experience which cannot be brought within
the range of imagination of those who are I'M
affected by such a disaster. These inexpressibly
mournful tragedies for they deserve that name)
are periodically happening, and widows and or
plans are consigned to hardship and
misery by them. A lady who lost
her husband few months ago and
with health and spirits crushed, sought solace in
the South, was recently driven to despair by the
intelligence of the Syracuse bank failure. She
hoped she was amongst the preferred creditors,
but the forlorn hope was soon killed by tee
gram, and she found herself sick and penniless
in strange land her natural protector unable
to break the prison of the grave to come to her
aid. What scene in fiction or on the stage sur
passes in sadness, in anguish, these cruel Attic
tons which are constantly happening in life,
and which seem to seek out the most deserving
for their barbed shafts. The misfortunes of
good people ought to make selfshness ashamed
of its own image, and widen the area OF noble
loving Offices.
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Minor Notes.

The Michigan City Enterprise newspaper has
been discontinued
John Griffith, exlieutenant of police of Evans
vile fell dead from heart disease in that city on
Wednesday.
The dry goods and notion store of John A.
Wenger of Logansport has been closed by cred
itors Assets and liabilities not yet known.
Alexander S. Burnett, who WAS three terms
mayor of New Albany, died at his home in San
Francisco on the 9th of the present month.
A span of horses belonging to Samuel Stude
baker, of South Bend, and valued at $500, We're
run over on the Vandalia yesterday afternoon
and killed.
AT South Bend, yesterday, Joseph Young
| found baby on his doorstep in an old trunk
with lot of baby clothes. and a note stating it
was born Nov. IA. He will adopt it.
Charles Ju4rgens forty years old, fell from
the top of brck-kiln, at Evansville, and
striking wagon that was below, was killed. He
leaves wife and several children.
Jeremiah Troyer, of st. Joseph, Mich, regis
tered at the Sheridan House, South Bend, and
| blowing out the gas wentto bed He was after
wards found unconscious and his lie was saved
with difficulty
A robberyis reported from Oxford, Benton
county. Thieves broke into the postofice and
! secured stamps to the value of about $780, and
took goods to the amount Of $500 from the store
of Heath & Co.
Edgar Doremus, of South Bend, went to Elk
hart TO stay all night In the morning he did
not get up. Unsuccessful attempts were made
to awaken him from the stupor in which he lay.
A physician finally succeeded and discovered
that the stupor was caused by severe attack of
nightmare 1t was then found that in his strug
giles he had dislocated one of his shoulders.
w. B. Warren who dropped dead in the
streets, at Terre Haute, on Wednesday, from
heart disease was one oil the wealthiest and
best-known citizens of that place. His estate is
estimated at more than half a million. He retired
from business in 1870, but has been president of
the Terre Haute Gaslight Company ever since
that tme. He leaves a widow and two children.
Dr. Warren and Miss Anna Warren, both of
whom live in Terre Haute His funeral will take
| place to morrow.
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THE OHIO ELECTION INQUIRY.


Commissioner Clark Before tIse Committed
"A Vicious Slap at Col. Dudley.
WASHINGTON, Dec 18-Commissioner Clark,
of the Pension Bureau, was examined to-day by
tho House committee investigating the conduct
of Marshal Wright in the Ohio election.
He had heard rumors that employees Of that
bureau acted as deputy marshals in Ohio at the
election, but was not officially informed of such
action Some of these employees he had heard
were special examiners. Mr. Clark read an Off
cial letter, written on Oct 20, by Col. Dudley,
10 The Secretary Of the Interior, in which the
former said he had been absent forty-one days,
but had returned to duty. Il was acting Com
missioner" continued Mr.. Clark, during bud
lows absence, and continued to act until was
appointed TO the Office. While Dudley says ne
was on duty, was not aware of it."
Mr.. Clarke was requested TO prepare tabu-
lated statement showing the number Of pension
employees absent from the city at the time of the
election. and the number who were residents of
Ohio He said it was customary for large
number Of employees to take their annual leaves
at the elections.
a. u Hicks, eighty-two years old, was called.
He said he had no home but had lived about
the city for ten or twelve years was IN I'm
c1nnati tile day OF the election. Deputy marsh
ais we're armed with English bulldog pistols on
Fourth street. a colored man was shot by an
other eolored man who wore badge. Folks
standing around said he was shot because he was
going to vote The Democratic ticket
do they shoot men for that out thereF
asked Springer. ,c..
"Its pretty good cause, interpesed stewart
Hicks said he saw colored men about the polls
on election day whom he had seen on the tram
IN Kentucky a few days before.
d. W Donnelly clerk in the Interior Depart
rlant said; Il was in Cincinnati on Oct. u, and
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Death of David Fisher.

Special to the Indianapolis journal.
GREENoAsTLE, Dec. 1S.-David Fisher, father
of DR.. Samuel Fisher, of this city, died at the
latters residence this afternoon, after a short
illness of one week, Mr.. Fisher was one
of the oldest citizens of Marion county,
having resided for half a century on
his farm seven miles south of indianapolis, near
Southport He was born in 1894 in Baltimore
county, Md, afterwards moving to Pennsyl-
wanna, then emigrating, overland, to Indiana.
The corpse will be taken to indianapolis tomor-
row afternoon. The funeral takes place at Cen
ter Church, five miles south of indianapolis, on
Saturday morning
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TELEGRAPHIC BREYITIES.

Alphonse Mieheaux of Baltimore, who killed
Madeline Sager and then himself, was buried in
the grave with his victim
An explosion in the building of the Metallic
Cap Company, at Philadelphia. killed Super
boy.
New York cigar packers have appointed q
committee to go to Washington and oppose the
passage Of that clause in the proposed Spanish
treaty admitting manufactured tobacco free of
duty.
Robert B. Mum, a young lawyer. of Philadel-
pha, and bondsman for Ladner Brothers, the
bankrupt bankers, has disappeared. 1t is al
LEGGED he has taken $4,000 of his employers
money.
The Cape Ann Advertisers summary of the
loss to the Gloucester, Mass, fishing feet for
the past year shows sixteen vessels, valued at
$87, 600 and Isl fishermen lost. The fishermen
leave fifty widows and sixty-six children.
At Oakdale Station Tenn, on the line of the
charged from construction train, attacked
Conductor Hutchinson, when, in self-defense.
he fred, killing a man named Williams, and
shooting another named johnson through the
abdomen. The rioters then dispersed
In his answer to the suit brought by Marie
Prescott, the actress, Sinclair Tousey president
of the American News Company, charged that
Miss Prescott was the mistress of Mr. Pursel.
on the ground that this answer was not material
to Miss Prescotts charge of circulating lihelous
matter, and was libelous as we'll Judge Freed
man. of New York, dismissed Pursels complaint,
holding that the charge was material to the
iSSua
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saw persons. two from Washington and one from
st. Louis. whom l knew, and who were acting
as deputy marshals | was a deputy marshal
myself, but | never made claim for services nor
did I exercise any authority / doubted my
right to accept an appointment as deputy mar
shall, but was told if ] wanted to keep from being
arrested had better be sworn in, as I had been
published as being repeater was requested
to go to Cincinnati by gentleman of Washing
ton, and while there cid clerical work for Wright
Rathbone gave the names of five men from Chi
cago, whom / arrested and kept under arrest
until after the polls closed. They said two men
in Cincinnati had agreed to pay their fare to and
from Chicago, and to pay them $l5 each to vote.
| took the arrested parties and tried to find the
men. but they were not to be foundn
Then you did act as deputy marshal" said
Mr.. Van Alstyne.
NO" replied the witness.
but you said you arrested five men"
yes; but any private citizen would have
How were the five arrested men to voter
asked Mr. Stewart
''The Democratic ticket" replied the witness.
Donnelly said his expenses to and from Cincin-
natl and at that city, amounting to about SIS,
had been paid by Mr. Cavanaugh, eX Sergeant
alarms of the House of Representatives.
b. c. Wright, examiner in the Pension Office,
and j. NJ. Wright, clerk in the Treasury Depart
ment, were examined. They SAID they were APP
pointed deputy marshals but rendered no
service.
6. w. McElfresh detective of this city, was
examined. He said he went to Cincinnati ''to
spot repeaters," telegram from Dudley to Nc
Pherson having been received requesting that
he be sent. II e said he "saw no repeaters To
spot" He further said gentlemen seemed to
be making their reports to Rathbone.'
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Grover cleveland,s Great Nan.

Albany LetIer.
Colonel Lamont has wonderful memory for
faces and names. His school has been one OF
persistent politics, with but few days of rest, and
these haunted by offce-seekers and men after
points of possible political futurity. Generally
attired in close fitting Prince Albert coat, he
moves rapidly about the Governors reception
ROOM and when ii conversation. keeps his sharp
Seems to tell him just what every visitor wants,
even if they are strangers. Colonel Lamont
wears an Auburn mustache, which norvously
witches when he is brought in contact with a
bore or persistent Office seeker. He is wonder
fully quick in his perceptions. and stoically de-
tarlnined in verbal decisions He is also method
ical and precise in manner and as cool as an ice
berg. Flatterers or cranks, official or otherwise
will have little influence with Colonel Lamont
at the White House.
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OF both occasions. The army, navy and marin e
service will be ordered here for both paraies,
and they are expected to be present in as large
numbers as possible. They viii all be under the
command Of General Sheridan. The civic, and
the local and State military organizations
throughout the country viii be very extensive,
and great deal of rivalry will be shown.
Already there is much complaint being made
by citizens of Washington and some of the
Southern States on account Of the prominence
given army and navy men, and the figure they
are expected to cut in the parades. These classes
are especially obnoxious to a considerable pro
portion of the South, and the complaint arises
from the fact that there is much of the govern
ment military in the affairs.
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The Slick Son of a millionaire.

ST. MARYs, w. Va, Dec. 1S.-A welldressed,
misunderstanding stranger who has been the
pet of the rural bellies and the business confdant
of the well-to do farmers in this vicinity for the
past two months, has disappeared, leaving be-
hind him forged notes to large amount. and
taking with him several thousand dollars in
cash which he obtained from stockholders in
several embryo Touring and iron mill companies
he has been very active in organizing. The
missing man gave his name as Oliver Sargent
and said he was the only son of New Orleans
millionaire. en- route home from England where
he had invested several hundred thousand dol
larS
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MINOR MENTION.

A Carload of Congressman Treated to a
New Sensation.
WASHINGTON Dec. 18-After adjournment Of
Congress this afternoon, number of senators
and representatives boarded a street car at the
Capitol to ride down Capitol hill, and had very
exciting trip. Owing to the fact that the pave
ments we're very slippery from snow, the cars
were run down hill without horses, and the car
upon which the congressman were, in gowing
down, attained too great velocity, and, becoming
unmanageable ran into another car immedi-
ately ahead. Tho shock of the collision threw
down several con ressmen, and one of them,
Representative Hemphill, of South Carolina
was stunned, and had to be taken home in a
carriage Mr.. Leedom, Sergeant-ata arms, was
also injured, being cut about the face.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-12-19
II EALTH H!

Swift's Specific cured me Of rheumatism three
months ago after my physicians had exhausted their
remedies without giving relief.
G. P. GOODYEAR,
Attorney at Law, brunswick, Ga.
have been afflicted with rheumatism nearly forty
yeans, and few bottles of Swft's Specific cured
1t is Godscnd to the suffering
j. Is. WALLER Thomson. Ca
have been entirely relieved Of severe rheumatism
in my right arm by The Of Swlfts Specific, and
passed through the winter without relapse.
SIDNEY HERBERT,
Editor Southern Cultvator, Atlanta, Ga.
TWENTY YEARS. had been sufferer from
rheumatism twonty years. was reduced to skeleton;
could hardly get about, oven on crutches. SwiftS
Specific has cured re sound and we'll
MRS. EZRA MERsHoN, Macon Ga.
Swift's Specific has relieved of rheumatism
which at one time threatened to stop my ministerial
work REV. W. y. KIRK, Cross Plains Ala
Swft's Specific is entirely vegetable. Treatise on
Blood and Skin Diseases ma'lnl free
TIE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., Atlanta, Ga.
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Tho Search for .Howgate.

OMAHA, Dec. 18.-Two officers of the United
States secret service are here in search of Capt.
Howgate, the defaulter late of the signal serv-
ice. Fl has friends at Fort Omaha, and they
hoped to find him there, Several persons who
who knew Howgate,' say they saw
ago. Nellie Burrin his alleged mistress
is in De Witt, Neb and the theory is that he is
not far from there The officers believe that he
is in one of the Missour-river towns. that his
funds are about exhausted and that it is only a
question of short time when he will surrender.
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TIE last of the Mohcans is considered by
many persons the best of Cooper's writings. Just
as D[ishler's Herb Bitters is considered the best
family medicine in existence. Il call II rly
medicine chest" writes Mr. Charles Marshall, Of
Marshalltown, In. ut cured my wife OF severe
case of influenza. my youngest soa was eu1rely
cured of an affection Of the kidneys that CEASED
him great DISTRESS and ! myself found lmme-
diato relief from an attack Of indigestion.
There's nothing like it"
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Not a Good Yankee.

The New England Society of Brooklyn forgot
to invite Henry Ward Beecher to its banquet
this year, though he has always been their guest
on such occasions heretofore. This omission
may be due to the discovery that Brother Beech
err has too much hot Southern blood in his sys
tom to be good Ynkec.
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Arrested for a 80. 600 Robbery.

BINGHAMroN, N Y, Dec. 18-Pinkerton has
arrested George II. Proctor, formerly foreman
of the boiler shops at Susquehanna who is said
to be the ring-leader in the $4,000 robbery of
the United States Express Company, a year ago
last June. Proctor is in Jail, Other arrests
will soon follow.
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Steamship News.

LONDON, Dec. l8-The stecmer Rhein, Cap
tain Jungst, has returned to Southampton. She
had been in collision with the steamer York
Damage slight.
Arrived: Wyoming, Bohemia, Scandinavian,
from Nav York
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ILLINOIS.
Norman and CIydesdale Horses for the New
Orleans Exposition
place to morro'

NORMAN and CIydesdaIe HORSES Tor the Now
Orleans Exposition,
Special to the indianapolis Journal.
BLOOMINGTON, Dec 18.-A large drove of Nor
man and Clydesdale horses was shipped tonight
from Normal to the New Orleans exposition.
The train consisted of nine cars, and contained
100 horses, valued at $10O, 900. Dillon & Co., of
Normal shipped ffty-one Normans Holloway
& Co., of Monmouth, thirty-six Clydesdales; E.
Hodgson, of Elpaso, fifteen Normans The train
leftover the Illinois Central, with Superinten-
dent Jacobs in charge At Centralia they vii
be joined b twenty more cars Of horses.