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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-07-25
4 QUESTION: OF yERACITY.
The Facts Respecting the Grave Charges
Against Grover Cleveland.

The Facts Respecting the Grave Charges
Against Grover Cleveland.
The Chicago Tribune says it has received from
q Presbyterian clergyman in Buffalo, whose name
IS at anybody's service. the following letter:
BUFFALO, n Y, July 81
ITO the Editor Of the Tribune:
1T seems to me that leading question of this cam
2ailxn ought to be: Do the American people want
common lbertine for their PRESIDENT
If not it is very easy for you to show that they
ought mot to choose Mr. Cleveland of ths-cty Every
word which You will read concerning his character
or from the Buffalo Telegraph of this date, have
men who will vote the Democratic ticket this year in
theinterest of purity and reform, the publication
referred to is not campaign he but the sadest and
most solemn truth The who prepared it for the
press Is one of best known and most widely hon
ored cergymen and he did 1t after personal inyestga
ton, and influenced only by sense Of the stcrnest
moral obligation"
The dispatch annexed has been telegraphed
from Chicago to the San Francisco Chronicle
slhe following letter has been received by the Rev.
G, r. West. editor Of the Advance, leading Baptist
- - - BUFFALO, N, y, July II, 1884.
spear Advance-Tt may be too late 10 do you any
yacd. and may not be needed, but feel moved to
warn you against saying much to the credit of Grover
lie land. He is hbertne No Christian should
condone his crimes far as to recommend his cand
lae,s About years ago be sednced the bead Of
= cloak department in Flint 81 Kents, leading mer-
Is s,fs here He kidnapped the woman after the boy
WAS horn sent her to the Catholic Insane Asylum and
to<lx the child from her. She escaped got Milo w.
WHITNEY to help her finally settled and gave up the
child for $780, This know to be true FOR have il
confirmed BY Flint g. Kent, by Mr. Whitney, her at
forney and by Mrs. William Baker, whore the woman
baarded
3 ss3ir Cleveland has The reputation here Of the
frdscst iicentiousness Judge James Sheldon, Of the
Superior Court told me- this week that he had direct
lrof Of his recent attempt to seduce young lady 81
tcsiIont character but she becoming aware OF his IN
TENT ropeed him so spritndly thathe beat % heeto
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An Eloping Couple 0vertakon and Gfvsn
lodgings in Jail
Special to the indianapolis Journal.
MARSHALL. July 24.--A man got of Of Van
dala train No. !, last evening, accompanied W
quite pretty young woman and boy abott
four years old. The man registered at the CT
tage House, giving the name Of Charles Brown.
Sullivan, Ind. This morning. Mr. Sprague, ole
Of Owen, Pixley 8 Co.'S clerks at Terre Hau&,
came to the city in search Of his WIFE who wis
gone from home. He found her at the Cottage
House as Mrs Brown. while Mr. Brown PROVED
to be barber Of the same city, by the name II
Caraday. The guilty pair occupied the same
room last night They we're tried this morning,
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a FatI,er,s Terrible Crime.

LOUISVILLE, KY, July "a The Courier
Journals Franklin. KY, special Says .sW. s..
Cavett, ex-sheriff of Simpson county, and now
q constable of Middleton precinct, has been ar
rested by Sheriff Beal, on warrant charging
him with raping his fnnrteen-y ear-old daughter
Sallie, the warrant being sworn out by his
daughter Cavett is farmer in good circum-
stances. The community is indignant, and al
readyan anonymous note has been written re-
questing the jaler not to act the fool in case he
should DO aroused from sleep with request to
give up the keys Cayett's examining trial has
been set for Saturday,
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THE CONSEQUENCE FuND.
How Ii Originated of the Con-
trfbutions.
Washington better.

CrIDublUnSs
Washington batter.
Every now and then You see an announcement
in the papers to the effect that some anonymous
person has forwarded TO the Treasury Of the
United States ut Washington contribution to
the conscience fund You suppose from this
that there is, somewhere in the Treasury, afpnd
made up Of such contributions, which, by this
time must DO Of very considerable size Now
the fact is that there is no such thing as sepa-
rate fund for the contributions Of the conscience
stricken. Such contributions have always been
covered into the Treasury under the head of
miscellaneous receipts. The term ''eonseienco
fundv was the invention Of old Treasurer Spin
ner. the man with an autograph which was au-
biographical Twenty years ago, during the war
4 letter was one day received at the Treasury
Department from i man who, inclosing q
check for $1,000. said that that represented
a little Misrepresentation of government funds
of which he had been guilty when acting as =
auartermaster in the army of the United States
Then came the happy idea into Spinners hand
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TIdal wave in Lake aIichic.sn.

MILWAUKEE. July "a IA tidal wave was
felt to-day in the Menominee and Milwaukee
rivers. It was most noticeable at Straight
Cut as the entrance to the rivers is called,
where the waters receded three feet, returning
in about fifteen minutes. Above the dam in the
Milwaukee river, two to three miles from
.'Staight Cut, swimmers who were standing in
shallow water were completely submerged by
the returning waters.
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sinlsing IL 4 Rlrer steamer.

LOUISVILLE July "a Information reached
the city to-day that the steamer James Guthrie,
while on route from Evansville to this city last
night struolIa log Ia Ghenaults reach, ninety
five miles below here, and sank in
seven feet Of water She had a
very light trip aboard, and but few
passengers. She lies in an easy position, and
will be raised in day or two. The steamer
Reindeer will leave tonight or earlyin the
morning toraise her. The cargo will probably
be q total loss. There was no insurance on the
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Tmn Isrothers .Kflle.l.

lola. Kan, July 24-During heavy wind
storm this afternoon, the new barn on the farm
Of Captain A. J. Surrey, three miles from town,
was blown down, and two cons of Captain Sur
rey, aged fifteen and nineteen, killed. Another
aged seventeen, was mortally wounded.
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Christian paion and they wiH play shy of him thengh
they did speak Of him ifreproachable Having seen
nothing in the Advance to alarm me, did not write
you but it viii do no harm FOR you to know the hAcis.
Yours laEoRGE II. BALL.
''Fhe Rev. Mr. BAH is pastor of the Hndson-street
Baptist Church, of Buffalo.
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THE GRAND ARMY REUNION.
indications that Gen Warmer, Of Missouri,
viii Be Chosen Commander-in-C Chief

MINNEAronHs July "a The great crush at
the Grand Army encampment is over, and peo-
pie are beginning to go home The principal
events of the day We're a reception to Gen
eral Logan, at the Illinois headquarters, this
morning and another to all visiting generals
at Mr.. Washburn's residence tonight. At the
former great crowd If old soldiers were pres
emit Gen. Logan, and Gen. Negley, of Pennsyl-
vania, made speeches In the evening Gems
Sherman. Fairchild, Negley, Thomas, andotners
were present There were sports of a misce1la
neous character at the encampnaent all
day. A reunion of ex.prisoners of war
was held, at which about one hundred gathered
A meeting was held for the election of COM
mander-in-chief, and the nominations were
made. The election will take place tomorrow,
when the place for the next encampment will be
selected. Indications point to General Warner
of Missouri, for chief and Nashville as the place
of meeting
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The Proposed Reception at Newburyport.
.NEwBURgPoRT, Mass, July "a Mayor John
son has received the following aispatch

SOD has TbCtIFtU tll5 IUlit69FILI55 ttfe JVtt5ll.
Accept my grateful thanks for your kind invitation.
The surgeon thinks public reception unadvisable on
account Of my phi ysiaal Weakness shall most gladly
meet quietly, all my felloY-citzens during my so.
journ in Newbmyport. A. w. GRnEIY.
The committee on arrangements will erect a
stand from which Lieutenant Greedy will view
the PROFESSIONS, and arrangements in eonformi-
ty with the above dispatch will he made An
Portsmouth hore with the guests ON board, on
the day of the reception.
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General Logan in Tuesdays Parade.

Special to Chicago Tribune.
Citizens crowded the sidewalks and stood
out in the street beyond the curbstones Ev
cry window in every residence had a setting Of
happy faces. Ladies were in abundance among
the spectators, They entered into the enthusi.
asm of the occasion with even greater interest
than the male on,lookers. handkerchief gay
bunting hats, shawls. ribbons of many hues,
flags streamers boughs of evergreen--every
imaginable article at hand was waved in salute
Of the advancing column, Men, women and
children cheered as the veterans came ON, com
pany after company. division after division and
cries of welcome made the genuine hospitality Of
the people of Minneapolis unquestionable. The
men in line appreciated that welcome in the
spirit i'll which it was given. The brotized he
roes waved their hats to the sidewalk crowds and
oeamed with thorough enjoyment of the dis
play IN their honor
The appearance of General John A. Logan.
dressed in black ffock coat, black SLOUGH hat,
such as he wore in the field, and wearing upon
his breast his badge and one or two little tro-
phies, was the signal for deafening cheers
Logan rode on horseback immediately following
the Egin military band. At the coruer of First
avenue and Tenth street he received a spirited
greeting At Nicollet avenue came another
vigorous outburgt. and from that time General
Logans hat huctuated from his head in the
streets. In truth, he was the greater part Of the
time hareheaded, his straight coal black hair
blowing over his forehead and his face bearning
with smiles and perspiration. Along the entire
route this scene was continued. The Generals
hands were shaken again and again, and cries of
Black Jack!n There he isw There's Jack Lo-
gann Hip, hip. hoorayr Men would rush up Civ
ing the numbers Of their regiments, and stating
what particular action they remembered most
wildly The general treated them all cordially
We'll shake your hand of, said one Old fell
low.
mo, guess not, answered Logan.
You better surrender this time, said another
veteran
''We never surrender replied the General
No you bet we don't shouted the crowd
General Sherman, who rode in q carriage fol-
loving and followed by Missouri veterans, elicit
ed fully as much enthusiasm as Logan. but of a
different kind, the cheers in his honor being
more violent but the expression less continuous
The General waved his white pockethandker
chief IN response, but only occasionally raised
his hat
One point particularly worthy of mention on
the line was the stand erected at the junction of
I.ennepin and Nicolet avenues just east of the
city hail. 1t was occupied by TWO hundred
young girls, who sang choruses and waved flags
to the passing veterans
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Now Thine "a Horse-stealinr.

WYMoRE, Neh.. July a. "A daring attempt at
robhary was made her at half past 10 to night.
A party of outlaws entered q livery stable
and, presenting cooked regolyers, demanded that
the horses be given up. The stable men resisted
and compelled the robbers 70 beat a retreat
Oiiicers are now inpursuik
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ChiId Ixilled IN 4 Train.

Special to tho indianapolis journal.
RICHMOND July 24A small child named
Fetters was killed, at West Sonora. O., last
evening by the train that arrives here from
Dayton at 8 r. M twas lying on the track, ap
parently asleep.
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Rlehmond,s saspenaed Ranl..

special to the indianapolis journal
RcHMeND. July "a "A. ID. Lynch came over
from indianapolis this afternoon and took
charge of the Richmond National Bank as re-
ceiEer. He win proceed to convert the assets
as rapidly as may be and pay on the banks IN
debtedness He will be assisted BY
Benjamin Webb, who has served the bank
since its organization and is fully acquaint-
ed with it's affairs Mr.. Webb is treasurer Of the
Indiana Yearly Meeting of Orthodox Friends,
the society of which Charles F. Cain is clerk.
and as such treasurer he holds about 800, 900 of
mortgages and bonds belonging to the meeting.
These, he desires to have it understood, are
in no way involved by the suspension Of the
bank The meeting had small sum of money
deposited with the bank, but this has been amply
secured to it. The Coffin family held little
over 100000 of $780, 900 capital stock Of the
Richmond National Charles F, Coffin, the
president, holds $l15. 900. The heaviest part of
any assessment that may need to be made upon
stockholders to satisfy the claims of creditors,
must therefore, fall upon the Collins Then,
some of them have been large borrowers from
the bank ON personal account and are
now indebted to it-probably in large
sum; but respecting this information is care
fully withheld. Charles F. Coffin has trans
ferred real estate TO the amount of So. 900 and
Charles H Coffin TO the amount of SIS, Ooo to the
bank, to secure Indebtedness; but whether these
amounts are the whole of their liability toit is
not yet ascertained
Officers of the bank are the principal bondsmen
Of the county treasurer, p. P. Kern, whose
official deposit, when the bank closed, was$l02,
600, and of the trustee of Wayne township, Mr.
Elliott, whose deposit was $2l. 900. The county
commissioners haze called upon Kern and Eli
oft for new bonds
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Killed by Lightning Crushed by Train.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal
SOUTH BEND, July "a During the storm this
morning, Jacob Vast was struck by lightning
and instantly killed. Ho had taken shelter in a
shed
While drunk, Dennis Lyons laid down on the
track of the Lake Shore road, last night and
was Instantly killed, his skull being crushed by
q train
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Died from fright and Excitment.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
MADISON, July "a Mrs. Aaron Marks, an
old and highly respected Jewess wife of Aaron
Marks, awell known clothier, died very suddenly
tonight from excitement occasioned By dis
turbance in the store, raised by an intoxicated
young man named Omer Ball, who was dispnt-
ing with her son Edward The community is
greatly shocked at the occurrence. Bali, who is a
married man, was promptly arrested by Officer
Kinds, and is in iail
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-01-16
The Childhood of a Poet.

Alfred rennyson was born on the 6th OF
August, 1853. He has heard many ann
many IA voice calling 10 him since me ume
wueu he listened 90 tne wind as ~ p!AJ q
alone in hi6 fathers garaen, o. joined tue
other children ~ tier games anu JOusis.
they were "a mob e. little olan OF meets and
of Knights, coming OF n knighuy race, with
castles to defend, with mimic tournaments
10 fight. Somersby WIS 40 far away from
the world so behiudhand IN Us .choes
(which must have come there sol enen
through I'll manner OF green and iranqui
things, and as IL were hushed into pas ioral
silencs), that though the early part oil tbe
century was stirring with lhe clahs OF
legion, few Of It's rumors seem 10 nave
reached the children. fhey neper heard at
I'M, utue nj Iue b1'tie of Waterloo. They
rev up to, ether play log their own games,
living their own lite, and whore Is such I've
10 he ound as that of . happy, eager family
OF boys aud girls before doubt, the stops OF
time, the shocks of chancs, the blows OF
desth have como 10 SHAKE their cresdr
These handsome hidfuu hsd beyond
most children that wUndrOus toy at th1ir
command which some people Gail imsgins-
lion Tbs boys played great games lk p
Arlhur's knights; they were champions
and warriors defending some heap, or,
again, tney would set up opposing camps
with a king IN the midst 81 each The king
VISA wi ow wand stuck into toe ground,
win An outer cirU.r Oi ia. MORALS 10 defend
INN OF tirmsr, suffer slcts Taen each
party woul1 come with stones, hurting AT
each Others King end trying 10 overthrow
him. Perhsps ue tue day wore on they De
came rom snc.rs leaving the jousts desert.
Ell. When diu ner~tIne came, snd tnay nii
a. round the table. each In .urn put a
chapter ~ hts history "a uerueatn the pota
10 DoSl-loug, endless histories, chapter al
ter chapter diffuse, absorbing, unendinR, rs
are the stories OF real life, OF winch each
ennrise opeDs on now pnr,. sem u'
these romsncss wero Ia ls'ters, like Ola
lisa Harlpw.." Aimed used t. tell { Story
which ia-ted for months, aus which Wa
GATED q fbe o d Horse"
Alfredo first veft.s ss ! once heard MN
fay, were written upon SLATE vnich ms
brother Charles PM INTO his hsnd. Onr cnu-
nav st Loulh. ehen ali tue elders Of iue
p.fty were going INFO cburcn and the chnd
alone. Chnr'ss gnvo him a sublsci-the
flowers IN the lsV-lua when ne came
hack from churcn 1 Alfred brought to
s., "a, m hr1fnaf iI r. v.rcd 9th written
liues. IT bi@us Vfre. ihey we're msds on the
model % 'inlmp. sensing the cnif
po.tr, he nfH .ver read One can picture
II ii ia on. =. r nlgrs 10 chs gar
d., tfe verse, ... i.ihle O.r' with whiting
, w. ana the yu1Ia ui0'ncr scrnuipR she
tp-.. ~, Won rrl write.' B1ia 'hn-ie@
a,.c i,s O. 81. ; Co.. K th. sls'r
ltat. I.l.l motifs. SER c. Hit
gran .t.t.. Ifi.- ga aski sg r r't-
r..r. .1 IS .-fulmptlsI, 49, l.- rr-
cay 49,. !. eno. v ben y was written. put
Zinc tea shii.insf into fig banda end say
ing: "Incre. .h-t iH the hrst moneg you
n ve evfr earned hy your poetry, ano, take
NJ rori for a. Il viii DO the last.n-fBar
psr'f j. arazino.
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firms the statements made. The mountain
apparently Is composed OF chalk fock,
which on the outside Is yefy broken ann
cfumb aud rolls beneath TIE feet The
hfes seem To rage ell underneath, ana III
many places an excavation made Win a
common hos will expose the fragments
Of rocks slowing with Intense heal Ne
heavy tains of lust month only ahdei
fuel 10 the fires. aud there "a no way ol
topping u until II has burned up
the supply Of ssphaltum, la two or tnfeu
places the boiling aud seethns Asphaltain
can be seen through the opening IN lhe
rocks. SomeW here we have rsai 81 yolch'
n0ss which hal their origin in THIS "ay .
hut Just at pTesent Va oannol qu 10 lht
Authority. We can readily imHflne wat
would be the result should the bed oi a.
plait prove extensive enough ani Tue 60
oapu become oinfErd aul closed vs.
enough would Doc generated By the inter
oal tfrat 40 tnakr tins universe should hA
explosion take place Our theory " lha'
| tbs deroslt of asphatum h 20. tN'nnslNn
and that toe fires viii burn Themselves ou'
Ina eW weeks more, ~ months 90 the w. pol
ihest. snd = depotlt OF red chalk VIII De Va
| result, with posslbly valuable depotit o.
refined ahphhlt,'
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How n Buxom widow Got Married.

A widow, young, goOd-looking and lively
had many admirers, but she was so inpar-
tial that when, just shout wear from her
husba DIS death. she gave public invita-.
tions to her wedding, nobody could tell
whether the favOrite one was certain
widower O bachelor or o1e OF two young
mep. and, t. keep the secret she declared
she would be msrrief Ia barn OF hers In
the dark. The minister. TOO, entered into
tn e spirit OF he affair, and TO mystify the
people still more, the bride entered the
barn alone at one door ana the groom ut
another. There were at least two hundred
present The ceremony proceeded In
darkness, ana at it's close the crowd
broke for the bride, and csrri.d her
home in triumph in chair. Sat here be-
gan the trouble; the widow tie bachelor
and the two Young men 49, wore that he
held the widows pump "a AID WAS mar
ried TO her; the crowd 1Juia not iecldg. the
minister didn't know, aud the widow wne
puzzled, for a.. GAINED TO be engaged TO
her. and though the widower was her
choice he nigh have been joited aside: in
deed, he sckno ale dyed that somebody tired
TO choke him IA the dark. The four mon
fought, but that didn't settle u. The guests
ducked two of them Ia the brock. bat still
10 light. Finally the ~iiower cDmp-o
missed win the otne-s ny giving them flO0
each and reiened as her lord The ALTAR
has never been explained. Oge o. the
young men is mAfred, bui still declares
that he wss married 10 Widow D0dseorh
ia the big barn. The o'he- 49, pro ests
that he j. her Lawful husband. The bsche
lor Il dead, but mAintaintd % -. nd, II
married h.r--I ought ~ nav beil'
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IT HI E
PHILADELPHIA Times.
1884.
The philadelphia Times, 1884.

The PhtIuueIpnta IiInobS ioo4s
Tar TINES will enter upon the new year
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THE TIMsk has no pertv TO follow, no candi-
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the right, 10 honest government ard the pub
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The value of newspaper is not In Its size or
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all rarts OF the wor d. but all its dispatches are
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The best writer's at home aud abroad are EN-.
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