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Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1884-08-18
HORRIBLE NEWS


In an interview at Portsmouth, Lieu
tenant Greedy said as TO the reports of q
division In the expedition:
In regard to the story of two fac
tons, with lieutenant kislingbury in
charge of the opposition, will say that
It Is totally false, having no foundation
whatever Trouble between Kisling
bury and myself occurred in 1881, the
first year of the expedition He de-
sired to be relieved from duty, and L,
not wishing TO retain a man against his
will, although | had the power so to do,
gave him his liberty 1t is my impress
sion that he desired TO return to the
United States. He went southwark,
but the Proteus was sunk and he re-
turned TO duty | treated him as
though nothing had happened, and re-
Gently, when Lockwood died. | gave
kislingbury the second place in the
expedition
What do you say about the condition
of Kislingbury's body?' asked the re-
porter.
Il say that it is news. and horrible
news to me, all these later disclosures,
and the terrible charges come upon me
with awful suddenness. L can truth
fully say | have suffered more mental
anguish these last few days than | did
in all my sojourn at the north, when the
chances were a hundred to one against
me. l can but repeat, If there was any
cannibalism, and there now seems to be
no donbt about it. the man eating was
done in secrecy, and entirely without
my knowledge, and contrary to my dis
cipline. | can give no stronger denial.
| have demanded an investigation, and
it will come In time, but | can say moth
ing more than | have already stated.
All my papers and kislingbury $ diary,
Lockwood's diary, and in fact every
scrap of paper relating to the expedi-
ton, are in charge of the war depart
ment at Washington.
THE crew of the Thetis can testify
that the body of the last man that died
-(Snyder) was not mutilated in any way,
and the fact that we kept Allison alive
In the hopeless state We were in ought
to convince any body that We are not
cannibals. Since my return from New
buryport every one of my men has
called upon me. They came in body
and assured me emphatically that they
knew nothing about the condition of
the bodies of their fallen comrades, and
each solemnly swore he was innocent.
Perhaps those W no died last fed upon
the bodies of those who died before;
but all this is supposition. L can but
answer for myself and for my orders to
the party. For days and weeks lay
on my back unable to move. 1T, in my
enfeebled condition, one or more of my
men fed upon human flesh, it was be
yond my control, and certainly beyond
my knowledge l know l have been
criticised for not telegraphing the fact
of the shooting of Henry as soon as l
arrived at St Johns; but you must re
member | was in wretched condition
of body and mind. l was in guam
dairy whether | should be tried for muir
der, as Henry was shot on my own
and not by order Of
regular court-martial.
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1884-08-18
A Couple of Needle d Coins.

II. p. Noyes in chronological Journal
We should have 20-cent piece
Such coin was tried and failed for the
simple reason that while it met a practica.
want 1t was 50 formed as to become
a nuisance Let a 20cent piece bt
made, formed in such a manner that there
will be no trouble about its being
recognized in the dark as well as in the
light, and it will be a useful coin This
could be done by making it elliptical
octagonal, or square with rounded cor
ners, or piercing it with hole. after the
manner of Chinese coin. The form is not
essential so long as some design of positive
character is adopted that would be readily
distinguished 1t would be useful coin
and might be called a Shilling five
shillings to the dollar-and this would dc
away with the shilling of old. which has
different values in different localities
The present Scent coin is also very
handy piece of money, but at present il
too much resembles the dime. 1t shoule
also be of some peculiar shape that woule
make it a strong contrast with the dime.
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1884-08-18

English Journal.


AT the present rather grave Juncture d
few facts respecting the sanitary arrange
ments of the French capital may prove OF
interest as shown in an able work, recently
issued, by NJ. WAGON. The total available
supply of wafer is about 100 900 600, gal
Ions, which, f1F population of between
ESQ, 600 andE, SOC, 900, he considers to be
quite inadequate. Between 1876 and 1881
the number o. inhabitants rose from 1913
900 to 2 .24e ilOe at which rate bf increase
it will be pro badly 2 800, 900 in 1886. The
supply of wafer would then be about forty
gallons per head per diem. This is a
higher proportion than Londoners obtain,
but is far inferior to the supply of Mar,
settles, which has $50 gallons head per
day
lists in the city the commissioners pro
posed in 1881 temporary improvement IN
the use of metallic cesspools, containing
from sixty to 200 feet cube, to be emptled
by the pressure of the air. but the cost OF
emptying these weekly would be enormous,
irrespective of the expense of providing 3
cesspool receptacle. The amount OF
household and street refuse per day IL
Paris is 1000 cubic meters, or "a, 900 cubic
feet, which is removed by 600 carts. The
rate for this expenditure varies from !
pence to pence per lineal yard of build
ing frontage, and in 1880 produced 104, 001
pounds sterling, the whole cost of cleansing
being 212, 900 pounds sterling. All houses
in Paris are Obliged to deliver the rain
water and household waste into the sewers
the municipality providing that every
street less than sixty feet wide must have
one sewer and that streets over tina
width must have one sewer on each side OF
the way
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1884-08-18
An Experience I'm California.


A Nebraska girl has lately destroyed an
other illusion concerning California She
went there. she acknowledges. with an
idea obtained from newspapers that there
was great preponderance of men over
women. and that girl could not be in the
country longer than twenty four hours
without receiving an offer of marriage
from some rich bachelor In fact thai
every pretty girl held levees, in which the
suitors took turns like the customers of a
BARRIERS shop. = want to expose a fraud,
she writes after stay of six months.
There are more men here than women,
but in my judgment they have run away
from martial bonds elsewhere, and have
come out here for a quiet, peaceful time,
away from the pestiferous sex that has
caused their woes A woman is of less
consequence here than anywhere else in
the world The Chinese do most of the
washing and housekeeping. and work al
about the same wages that women and
girls would find necessary There is
mighty little marriage and giving in mar,
riage here The men don't seem 10 bt
anxious about il. ana the girls so well IN
derstand things that they won't encourage
a man until they know all about his former
life and make sure thSt be hasn't surplus
wife or two in the east Oh. MOI this is no
place for o girl who wants to marry. and
/ am coming back Sc Nebraska this fall
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1884-08-18

To the Editor of the alladiumG

II
In your notice oil the dedease of Oil
yer Butler, one of the most important
and best acts of his life was overlooked.
Whilst serving in the State senate he
introduced and succeeded IN placing on
the statute books law compelling every
| liquor seller to pay damages .resulting to
his customers by the sale of intoxicants
This law was known by the name of the
Butler bill" but like all other laws
that have been enacted for the suppress
! sion or proper regulation of this monster
evil, the Democratic party. by legisla-
tive authority or the judiciary, either
repealed or declared them unconstitu-
| tional, and substituted others more in
accordance with the interest of those
engaged in the traffic So much opposed
has the Democratic party always been to
any law that had tendency to suppress
this evil that they were driven into a
mere technically in order to prevent
the submission to the people of prohi-
bitory amendment, at a special election,
to the constitution; and now that party
is opposing the calling of constitu-
tional convention, for fear the question
of prohibition may be discussed therein
and thus find it's way into the organic
law of the State.
Your statement that Mr. Butler be
came editor of the PALLADIUM tempo
rarily," is mistake. During the time
Mr. Holloway occupied the position of
bank examiner he was not editor of the
PALLADIUM temporarily or otherwise
At the time Mr.. B. was clerk in Mr.
Holloway's book store and during Mr..
n. s absence on business alluded to, he
did write several articles and some of
them were published in the editorial
columns-just as other articles from his
pen found their way there when Mr. III.
was at home and whilst Mr. Butler was
clerking for him. He was a ready
writer and his contributions were gen
orally acceptable and were used as either
Mr.. H. or myself thought proper.
Respectfully,
BENZ. ". DAVIS.
indianapolis, Aug 16, 81
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1884-08-18

THERE is a great deal of confusion
in the Democratic national platform
and much uncertainty az b the issue
that party wishes to present to the coun-
try and upon which the Democracy
hope to regain power. Mr.. Hendricks,
however, fastened to remove this un-
certainty at the first opportunity, and
in his opening speech, assured the coun-
try the Democratic shiboleth this year
would be "a change" He explained
the meaning of this was that at least
fifty thousand Of the present federal
officers would be turned out and an
equal number of good Democrats put
in their places. This, then, is what the
Democrats are fighting for, change in
the officers of the country-in short fol-
the spoils. Mr.. Hendricks made no
specific charges of dishonesty except in
a single instance in which he charged
irregularities amounting to fraud upon
two officers in the medical bureau of the
navy department, but as both these
officers were Democrats, who had been
detected and exposed by Republicans,
this instance could not strengthen the
Democratic claim for "a change" fur
Their than to put them out and fill their
places with better men, which was then
being done. But that was not the
change Mr.. Hendricks, on behalf of his
Il Ia Il IL -
speech four years ago, gives it more
explicitly He says:
1t is an almost universally acknowl-
edged fact that at present the public
business is, on the whole, well and hon
estly conducted in the government
Offices. Now, substitute for this the
Democratic reform, making a clean
sweep according to the old spells sys-
TEN, and what will you have? Hun
dreds of thousands of politicians, great
and small, but all hungry rushing for
seventy or eighty thousand places, backed
and pressed by every Democratic Con-
gresham and every Democratic com
mittee in the land This impetuous
rush must be satisfied as rapidly as pos
sible, for they want to make the best of
their time, and in this case as well as
others time is money. 1t is useless to
disguise 1t; the masses OF Office seekers,
starved tor twenty years, will not be
turned back as long as there is mouth
full on the table. Seventy or eighty
thousand officers, selected at random
from that multitude of ravenous appli
cants, will be put into places held now
mostly by men of tried capacity and ex-
perience. They must be taken at ran
dom, for it is impossible to fill so large a
number of places in so short time as
the furious demand will permit in any
other way. Need l tell any sensible
man what the effect upon the conduct of
the public business will be? 1t will be
the DISCRIMINATION of the whole admin
istrative machinery of the government
at one fell blow.
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1884-08-18

t"Gaths' Pennsy ivanla Letter.
From Lancaster | rode across the
country to Lititz, which has grown in
inc intervening years to be a rathei
handsome place, with some nice summer
cottages. There was picnic of deaf
and dumb people at the Limestone
spring, on the edge of the town. | saw
the tomb of John A Suffer in the cor
ner Of the old Moravian graveyard, the
only tomb IN that inclosure much big
GER than page of letter paper
~Gtter was native of Baden. who
came out to California by way of til.
Sandwich islands, and on his grouna
tney discovered gold while digging a
nlilL-race. The discovery rather brok.
the old man up, leading him to restleS,
hopes, and the rush of miners ate up h.
cattle and tramped over his field
When | saw him at Washington year
ago he was a systematic lobbyist Their
t8r 4 p nsion or claim for having h
-oose this gold on the globe n
single event in the modern WORT
has 50 changed the destinies
lie globe as the discovery
gold IN California. 1t dispersed tn,
aces of Europe and, incidentally. tho
Asia and brought them into he,
cids, lace to face. 1t perhaps savet
-ae earth from some kind of revolutio
aud Tered it possible for scientif
aansiilg. such as our government h
tried. 10 be adopted. Old Suffer. VII
.-!2 loved his grog, retired to Lititz
educate his grandchildren and liz
aEeap, after the German style. The.
he heard the trombones play in the NJ
s-vian cupola when people died. and Q
- the trombones rang out when
.s-d uoI listen. for he, too, was living 81
and cod the gold of life glistened
INN no more
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1884-08-18
TIE FALL or THE ALAMO.
Brief sketch of the lnfa I'm o III
Mexican Massacre.

The annals of war furnish no bloodier
picture than is recorded of the fall of
the Alamo, on the 9th of March, 1886.
The monument that marks the ground
that drank the blood of those heroes tells
the story when it says: "ThermopylB
had her messengers of death; the Alamo
had none. The last one of the gar
rison went down under the violence of
the MeXicans.
Col Bowie, who was sick in bed at
the fall of the fort, fired from his bed
until his last shot was gone and he had a
wall of dead about him; the Mexicans
dared not approach, but shot him from
a window, and as the enemy came to his
bed, nerving himself for a last effort. the
dying Bowie plunged the deadly knife
which bears his name to the vitals of the
nearest foe, and expired. The gallant
Col. Travis fell MORALLY wounded, but
was able on the approach of the foe to
sit up. A Mexican officer attempted to
cut off his head with saber Travis,
with death gasp, drew his sword,
which he plunged into the body of his
antagonist, both dying at the same mo-
ment.
Gen. Castrillon took Col. Crockett
who stood alone in an angle of the fort.
the barrel of his own shattered gun in
his right hand, in his left his huge
bowie-knife, dripping blood. There
was fearful cash across his head, and
at his feet Gordon of nearly twenty
foemen, dead and dying His captor
who was brave and not cruel, took his
silvery- haired prisoner to Santa Anna,
who flew into rage, and at his com
mand a file of soldiers shot down the
dauntless Crockett. Santa Anna had
given the most imperative orders that
no prisoners should be taken. A few
days afterwards Col Fannin was in
duced by the most solemn promises on
the part of Santa Anna to surrender his
little band Of beleagured men into the
hands of the Alamo butchers, and, as a
result, on March %, 412 Texans We're
led out at Goliad and shot down like
dogs. 1t was through such deadly
Genes as these that a republic was born.
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1884-08-18

WATrERsoN, of the Courier-J ournal,
denounces the attempt to detame Mrs.
Blaine as "a senseless and wicked inva-
sion of the home life" of Mr.. Blaine.
He says he had years ago investigated
the charge, and found nothing that
could impeach the virtue of Mrs.
Blaine. He adds: Two wrongs don t
make right, nor are the eases in any
wise alike. The one case involves moth
ing more important than the chastity of
a bachelor, and the other the founda-
ton of family" The Sentinel is thus
condemned by one of the leading
papers of its own party.
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1884-08-18
More s.Odics. Force.
American Oneen.l


A London weekly is responsible f.
the report that there is a man in Par
who has discovered a secret, by mean
of which he can make any cage-b bird SCI
tie on tree after a few minutes of mys
FERROUS coaxing. To prove hi.
power over the feathered tribe
the man in question recently droy,
from one end of Paris to the other in an
open carriage, in the center of which {
small shrub was set up. Round about
this shrub some dozen of canaries iut.
tered and hoped and ehirped as hap
PLY as if they were unconfned, and vet
with no more idea of making their es-
cape than if they had been confined in
the closest boundary of a cage. The
miraculous bird-charmer is prepared a,
any time 10 take charge of a couple OF
trees in the Bots de Boulogne. and tc
promise that they shall be inhabited bv
birds for any length of time. without the
birds making the slightest attempt 10
quit their leafy prison.
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1884-08-18
EX-SENATOR MCDONALD declines Il

SENATOR MCDONALD declines to
become the Democratic candidate for
Congress in the indianapolis district,
saying he thinks Mr. English should
so that the Democratic House of Rep
resentatives may be indicated in turn
ing out Mr.. Peelle and giving his seat
TO Mr. English. But the latter fears
the yindieation wouldn't come and begs
to be excused 1t doesn't matter who
the Democrats may nominate the people
of that district mean to vindicate Mr..
Pealla
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1884-08-18

Mr.. HENDRICKS now claims to have
been the friend of Lincoln during the
dark days of the war. The claim is a
recent one, and is not supported by any
act of Mr.. Hendricks at that time He
was then the leader of the Indiana
DemoeracJiand as such guided their
action anu atterance- At the time he
now claims to have been the friend and
supporter of Lincoln, his party in Indi-
ana was, in public meetings, resolving
that Abraham Lincoln, President of
the United States, has again outraged
the people and disgraced the Nation in
the eyes of the world, by spurning the
opportunities of peace thrown in his
way by distinguished southerners and
confidential agents Of the Confederates,
and by universally and wickedly thrust
ing before the world, contrary to the
constitution, his doctrine of abolition
ism as the ultimatum of peace between
the sections; also, this position puts a
now more dangerous and disgraceful
phase upon the war, and we hold him
responsible, before God and man, for its
further prolongation, and on him rests
the crimes and all the horrible sins at
tendant upon the prosecution of an un-
just and unnecessary war" Such were
the sentiments expressed by the follow
ers of Mr.. Hendricks during the war
men who looked to him for counsel and
advice. Could Mr.. Hendricks have
been the friend of Lincoln and per-
mitted such declarations by his party?
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1884-08-18

WILL A. KEARNEY, a prominent
Democratic lawyer Of Logansport, a
member of the central committee and
vice president of the Cleveland club,
publishes card in the indianapolis
journal announcing his withdrawal
from the Democratic party. The come
cutters are getting to be numerous.
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1884-08-18
Naval I-istakea.
IChicaCn Journal ]

1t is some slight ccnfert to know that
other nations bes.9es ourselves some
times blunder IN the construction of
war vessels II. AK and Agamem-
non OF the Birth Ezyy, which took
nearly eight year to construct, and cost
about - 800, 900. a. pronounced to be
failures. Per eontr5, = private firm on
the Thames built an .-anclad of 8. 900
tons for foreign government in two
years. which not aloae embodied all the
latest improvements, but cost only q
quarter Of the amount which has been
sauandered on ths Ajax and Again.
e1Epon-
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1884-08-18

One point in proof that Mr.. Cleve-
land is entitled to be called reform
candidate is the fact that he only
charged 81 $50 for hanging Patrick
Morrissey, while he was sheriff of Erie
county. Later sheriffs of that county
have charged but $500, but then they
probably didn't do the work as well.
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1884-08-18

GOVERNOR,
WILLIAM II. CALKINS, La Porte county.
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR,
EUGENE II. BUNDY. Henry county.
SECRETARY OF STATE,
ROBERT MITCHELL, Gibson county.
AUDITOR OF STATE,
BRUCE CARR, Orange county
TREASURER OF STATE,
ROGER X SHELL, Marion county.
ATTORNEY GENERAL,
WILLIAM @. WILSON, T1ppecanoe county.
JUDGE OF SUPREME COURT, FIFTH DISTRICT,
EDWIN p. HAMMOND, Jasper county.
REPORTER SUPREME COURT.
WILLIAM NJ HOGGATT, Warrick county.
SUPERINTENDENT PUBLIC INSTRUCTION.,
BARNABAB G. HOBBS. Parke county.
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1884-08-18

Col. GRAY has been heard from. He
has been over in Grant county, where
the Marion Chronicle says he had nc
reception, no serenade, no nothing. He
created no enthusiasm and wasn't even
decently treated by the Democracy. We
are glad to hear he is safe somewhere
His mysterious silence led us to fear he
had, like Cleveland, wandered off into
some vast, illimitable wilderness.
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1884-08-18

THE old settlers meeting at Centre
vile on Saturday last was "a big thing,
the attendance being larger perhaps
than on any former occasion. Among
the speakers were Mr.. Bartholomew, of
Union City, Elder Howe, of this city,
aud Gen. Tom Browne. The speeches
We're all very interesting, and all present
seemed to greatly enjoy the occasion.
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1884-08-18

THE Democracy are beginning to fear
that Grover Cleveland is lost in the
wilderness and that his letter of accept
ance will never appear. This is per-
haps an unnecessary fright, Grover Is
only taking time to master few i'm
portant points in the political history OF
the country
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1884-08-18
ALVIN f.. CROKER.
TINES CHANGES.
lSwlnburIle. ]

lSwinburne
In vain men tell us time can alter
Old loves or make Old memories falter,
That with the old year the old years life
closes
The old dew still falls On the old sweet
flowers
The old sun reviyes the new Pledged hours,
The old summer rears the new born roses.
No time casts down, no time upraises
Such hines. such memories and such praises
As need no grace of sun or shower,
No "a wing screen from frost or thunder
To tend and house around and under
The ifnperishabIe aud peerless flower.
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1884-08-18

BEN BUTLER has come to the con-
clusion that Cleveland will never get
back from the woods, or publish letter
of acceptance, and that it is needless to
wait any longer He will, therefore,
publish his own acceptance OF the num-
erous nominations given him, at once.
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1884-08-18
Operating on she Brain.
IChicago Herald


Efforts are now being made BY dis
tlngulshed surgeons in England to cure
cerebral disease by operation. Second
sxy Inflammation can De absolutely pre-
vented, and there can be good deaf OF
dlminution Of the cranial hemisphere
without danger. The seat of the dis
ease can thus be positively ascertained
and remedies used TO modify or remove
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1884-08-18

Hon. JOHN F. SEAMAN, of Chicago
will address the people of this city to-
morrow evening. Mr. Seaman is an
able and eloquent speaker, and will dis
cuss particularly the subject of Ameri-
can labor and its protection.
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1884-08-18

40. Cor. CUMBACK has received letter
from A. b. Campbell, president of the
State Temperance Union of Kansas,
who writes that st. John will not re-
ceive 5000 votes in that State, and that
the Prohibitionists are almost unani-
mously opposed to the third ticket
movement.