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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-13
Notes and Personalities.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12.-On Monday night, at
the banquet of the Army of the Potomac, Gen.
Van Vliet said he had been posing for many
years as the laboring mans candidate for Presi-
dent, but was now willing to lay all his claims at
the feet Of Senator Logan. This declaration was
received with great enthusiasm by the assembled
veterans and General Logan thanked his com
rades for the compliment
Senator Garland has introduced bill propos-
ing to donate eight hundred and twenty acres of
land to each of the survivors the legal heirs of
the Mountain Meadow massacre.
The following nominations were made to day:
Wilbur F, Goodspeed, Ohio, United States mar
shall for the Northern district of Ohio Charles
H. Hostein, Indiana, United States attorney for
the district of Indiana.
The supply of onedoar notes is exhausted
and the twos are nearly so.
Treasurer Wyman, to-day, received from an
Ohio bank two packages purporting to contain
81, 900 each. One was found $3.50 short and the
other contained two pieces of flannel.
The Democratic members of the House met
this afternoon for the purpose of electing caucus
Messrs. Post, Lamb, Maybury, and Breckenridge
secretaries. A joint caucus of senators and rep
resentatives will be held on Wednesday after
noon. the 2lst inst, to select congressional
campaign committee
The Senate to-day confirmed William T.
HORNE to be postmaster at Crown Point, Ind.
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OFFICIAL POSTAGE STAMPS.

Reasons Why They Should BE Abolished by
the Present Congress.
Special to the indianapolis Journal
WASHINGTON, Feb 12-''There is one thing
Congress ought to do at this session, said an
official of the State Department, to-day, "and
that is to abolish either the penalty envelope or
the departmental postage stamp at once The
latter is nuisance and delusion. Its only
purpose is to mix up business and to
noyance to the departments. Why, this depart
ment is compelled to have special watch force
to keep the boys out who flock in here on Satur-
day to get official stamps. They bother the life
out of every man they can get at, and it is not
an infrequent occurrence to have fifty boys in
here Saturday begging for postage stamps.
The rascals get in somehow, in spite of u.s. They
won't be satisfied with visit to one room, but
persist in going through the building, entering
every room and bothering every clerk in each
for from to set of stamps. Nor is it the
boys alone members and senators are just as
persistent The postage-sta fever seems to
be epidemic, for we frequently get requests from
the executive mansion itself"
"What are the benefits derived from continu-
ing the use of the official stamps"
None whatever, This rubber stamp which
prints the penalty envelope is far more conven-
lent and efficient. With 1T we can send pack
age weighing hundred pounds anywhere
within the United States, We can do no more
with the official stamp. Before those useless af-
fairs were created we could send, under the
frank of the Office, a package by mail to any of
our representatives abroad. Now, however, the
Postotice Department has ruled that neither of
fetal stamps franks shall be used for pos
tage 10 foreign countries, and so the stamp
is of no value whatever. hope Congress will
attend to this matter this session, but suppose
more weighty subjects will come up, and this
comparatively insignificant nuisance will CON
tinue to exist"
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and the company gave up the ghost with its
road less than one-half completed. Seeing the
impossibility of making connections, the Califor-
MIA & Oregon company suspended operations,
Sc that for years the two ends of the road have
been separated by an unimproved tract of sew
eral hundred miles. There are few settlers in
northern California along the proposed route of
the California & Oregon to the State line, and
the land is for the most part barren and sterile,
so that it would have been extreme folly on
the part of the California & Oregon company
to go on with the work of construction, with no
prospect of making the connection for which the
project was aimed. Lately, however the Oregon
d California company has been reorganized, the
two ends of the road again being rapidly
pushed toward each other, and was told by a
California congressman to-day that the golden
spike" will be driven before the end of the year,
as upwards of three thousand men at work
grading and tracklaying. Under the circum-
stances, it seems as though the House could do
better than declare the land of the California &
Oregon forfeited
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letters from my friends in different parts of the
country" he said, and they seem perfectly at
sea upon this question; but, to sum the whole
matter up, it looks very much as if General w.
I. Sherman is the man. 1t looks as if he might
be the choice of the convention"
"How would General Sherman stand before
the countryl' was asked
"The party would unite on him, and he would
carry all the doubtful States; he would be GER
tain of election"
SIS there not some doubt about his being
Republican, Senator Sherman is said to have
expressed some such doubt"
mo" answered Mr.. Calkins; ''hs views upon
all important questions are in strict accord with
principles of the party. He is a good enough
Republican for any one. He would be a very
strong candidate, and would get all the soldier
vote"
IF Mr. Arthur should get the nomination, do
you think he could carry New York, Indiana and
Ohiol"
''He would have much better chance in In
diana than in either of the other States but l
think he would carry them. It is hard to say
how things will come out Everybody seems to
he at sea y
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New York Feb 12-The Court of Appeals at
Albany is likely to be asked soon to determine
to the risk against accident that the person ae-
cepting pass assumes. The test case will grow
out of a suit which was dismissed in the lower
court brought by Emipant Commissioner VI
rich against the New York Central railroad.
Ulrich was passenger on the train wrecked at
Spuyten Duyvil when Senator Wagner, the
palacecar builder and others lost their lives and
suffered injury at that time besides losing his
baggage. He brought suit against the railroad
company for $4,000, His counsel urged that
the accident was due to the company's negligence,
while the defense pleaded that as Ulrich was
carried as free passenger. he thereby assumed
all risk by accident, the free ticket expressly
STIMULATING as much. Judge Beach to-day dis
missed the complaint, and advised that the case
be carried to the Court of Appeals, which will
probably be done.
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Shot by u Woman.

NEW YORK, Feb. 12-This morning at the
Fifty-ninth-street station of the Third avenue
Elevated railway, woman, unknown, III the
presence of other passengers, shot man who
gave his name as Victor Grafton Audree in the
thigh. Thinking she had killed him, putting>ehe
pistol TO her temple she blew her brains out
falling dead on the spot. The man said he was
a German, and had been i'll this country six
months He was a journalist connected with
the German newspapers and teacher in an edu.
cational establishment. He admitted knowing
the woman who shot him. but refused to give
any explanation of her act.
The police have discovered that the young
woman was Jennie H. Almey aged twenty four,
who taught in the kindergarten school She
lived at Ill West Twenty-ff street. A large
package of letters found ia andres room, which
she had written him. show that he had promised
to marry her and afterwards refused but whether
he had betrayed her could not be ascertained.
1t was evident Andre knew she was waiting to
see him, and he dreaded the meeting For this
reason he reported ut the school where he taught
that he was sick, and remained in his room the
past week This morning he ventured out for
the first time. 1t said at Miss Almey's
boarding house that she went away every morn
ing early and did not return until night and it is
supposed that sho passed the day watching
Andres house.
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WHISKY ON THE FRONTIER.

A Request for Resembling of the Order Pro-
hibiting Its Sale.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON February IA correspondent
of the Army and Navy Register writes to that
paper, asking it to urge the President to rescind
the order issued at the instance of Mrs Hayes
forbidding the sale of liquors by the post trad
ers. The writer asserts that the enforcement of
the order has been the direct cause of more and
worse cases of drunkenness than ever existed in
the army before. He says, further, that the
very worst grades of bad whisky are disguised
under the names of medicines, and that bottle
of compound sold under the name of Mocha"
will send any man to the hospital with delirium
tremens.
Representative Stevens, of New York in
speaking of this matter says frequent ceses
have come under his observation where whisky
of the very worst quality is sold under the
name of fever and ague cure. 1t is said to be
liquid quinine In reality, it contains about two
grains of quinine to the quart, and is wretched
stuff in every way, He says that an effort will
be made to rescind the order and allow good
liquors to be sold openly. This is the general
sentiment among army men
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SLOW WORK IN CONGRESS.

One Appropriation Bill Reported and the
Morrison Bill Referred.
Special to the indianapolis Journal
WASHINGTON, Feb l2.-Another week opens
with one of the appropriation bills reported
from the committee on appropriations, and Mr.
Morrisons tariff tinkering scheme the Matching
from an added egg, as it has been called re-
terred to the committee on ways and means
Beyond this and few land grant forfeiture bills
Congress has nothing to show as result of
nearly ten weeks labor. The wrange over the
bill for the relief of Lieutenant Greedy still goes
on. The Senate insists that the relief party
shall be made up of volunteers. The House
wears it will agree to nothing of the kind, and
that officers of the navy shall be commanded to
command.
This Congress seems to have gone wild on one
particular subject, and that subject is land
grant forfeiture. The House seems disposed to
lorfeit, or at least declare forfeted-which is as
aear as Congress can come to a forfeiture
wery piece or parcel of land that has ever been
granted to railroad company. AS rule, this
b as it should be; but there are exceptions to
pvery rule, and the case of the California 6
Oregon Railroad Company seems to be the case
this time in which the exception should be made
Some years ago a railroad was projected to con
meet the city CT Portland, Ore, with San Fran
,isco To carry out the project two corporations
we're chartered The Oregon & California
company, chartered by the Oregon Legislature,
agreed to build road from Portland to the Ore
gon State line, where connection was to be made
with the California & Oregon company char
tered by the State of California, which was to
build its road from San Francisco north to the Ore
gon State line. Work was begun at each end, and
for while it seemed that each company would
complete its work in time to earn the lands
granted by the United States to aid the con
struction. But the noted Ben. Holiday, who
was at the head of the Oregon and California
end Of the road, got into financial difficulties,
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Caucus Chairmanship Declined.

Special TO the IndianapoIis Journal.
WASHINGTON Feb. 12-The REFUSAL tonight,
of Representative Holman to accept the chair
manship of the Democratic caucus of the House
of Representatives. is regarded here as direct
reply that he does not want to become in any
way responsible for what the party in the House
may do. 1t is also believed to indicate that he
intends becoming a candidate for the nomination
for Governor, or thinks that presidential light
ming might strike him. He desires very much
just at this time, to escape grounds for just crit
icism.
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A Protesting Pamphlet.

OTTAWA, Feb. IA pamphlet issued by the
Grand Trunk Railway Company protesting
against the proposed loan to the Canada Pacific
railway, caused a sensation in the House and
lobbies. The pamphlet opens with letter dated
the End of February from Mr.. Hickson. man
ager of the Grand Trunk. to Sir John Mcdonald
in which the former states that his cable advices
from London intinated that all the daily papers
aid being given by the government to the Canada
Pacific railway, so long as that company con
tinues to go out of its legitimate sphere to com
pete with and injure the Grand Trunk company.
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SPECIAL PENSIONERS.
The Widows of Presidents, Weep Presidents,
and Generals.


and Generals.
Special to the indianapolis journal.
WASHINGTON Feb. 12-Of the many widows
of Presidents and ex Presidents of the United
States who have been pensoned, there remain
at this time the names of but four the rolls
They are the wife of President Abraham Lin
coin, assassinated while in Office, April IA, 1865;
widow of James K. Polk, who died out of Office;
widow of John Tyler who died out of Office, and
widow of James A Garfield, who was assassin
ated while in Office, July q 1881, and died Sept.
49, Mrs. Lincoln was granted a pension July
H. 1870, at the rate of $4,000 year. by special
act, and it was increased to So, 900 year Feb. 2,
1882. Mrs. Polk was pensioned at s., 900 year
from Sept. 10, 1881. Mrs. Tyler was first pen
stoned at 800 month Service of her husband
in war of 1922; from Dec. %, 1880, and Sept 10,
1881, it was increased to S. 900 annually. Mrs.
Garfield has received $4,000 year since Sept
10, 1881.
There are tx snty-four widows of brigadier or
major generals on the pension rolls at $50
a month, including tho widow of General
Meacham, who was betrayed and slain by the
Modocs while in conference with their chiefs. and
the daughter of Northumberland Zachary Tay
lor. There are forty-six widows of officers on
the pension rolls at $50 month, and twenty-one
of officers in the navy and marine corps at $50 a
month. 1t appears that the list of this class of
pensioners would soon rapidly wane, were it not
that the special acts arc keeping it up,
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MIR. BREwsTER's DLATOR1NEss.
The Attorney General Asked to Explain the
Delay in Furnishing Opinions.

The Attorney General Asked to Explain the
Delay in Furnishing Opinions.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 12.-An act was passed
last March for the readiustment of salaries
of postmasters, under the law of 1866
The Postmaster general has not yet carried its
provisions into effect In a communication to
the Senate, two weeks ago, Judge Gresham said
he had his doubts as to the construction Of the
act, and referred the matter, last August, to the
Attorney general for opinion. Mr.. Brewster
has not yet rendered a decision, and Senator
Voorhees,, some days ago, introduced a resolution
calling upon that officer to explain the delay IN
advising the Postmaster general as to the proper
construction of the act. The reso-
luton was discussed at some length
in the Senate to-day. There was question
as to whether such an inquiry could properly
be addressed to the Attorney general, but
it was generally conceded that such was the only
way to bring the matter forcibly to his atten-
ton 1t came out in the debate that claim
agent is at work on these cases.
Messrs Butler and Dawes stated that circulars
were being sent to postmasters interested, offer
ing to collect the amounts due for % per cent
commission These gentlemen declared that
there is no need for the employment of agents
to collect moneys due. The resolution was
adopted
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Ex-senator Mcdonald at the Capital.
Special to the Indiana polls Journal

WASHINGTON, Feb FIT is considered by
some here as little remarkable that Auditor
Rice and Attorney general Hord should accom-
pany ex-senator Mcdonald here just at this
time, and their coming is interpreted in some
quarters as political omen. Rice states to-
night however, that there is nothing whatever
in their trip that is political; that he is on his
way to New York, WHITTIER he goes this week;
that Mr. Hord is here purely for pleasure and
Mr.. Mcdonald is on legal business. They were
all royalty received on their arrival here. Mr..
Mcdonald held quite levee in the cloak room
of the Senate to-day. He was most cordially re-
ceived by friends on either side.
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Special to the indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, Feb 12.-If the bill recently
reported from the House committee on pensions,
which provides for the payment of pensions to
soldiers of the Mexican and Indian wars, becomes
a law, it is estimated that the cost to the gov
eminent will be about s., $40, 496 and that the
average life of each pensioner will be about four
teen years. There are living to-day IL 900 sur
vivors of the Mexican war, and 1926 who fought
in the Florida, Creek and Blackhawl wars max
ing total of 14,276 soldiers who will receive
pensions if the bill becomes law.
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Arrested for Boycotting a Store

NEW YORK Feb. 1.-Two men were indus
triously distributing circulars issued by Typo
graphical Union, No. 6, calling upon the public
lin large typel to boycott H. ONeil & Co, dry
goods dealers when O'Neil had themen arrested.
They said they We're printers, and were an
ployed by their union to distribute the circulars.
They We're held in $500 Some three weeks ago
men were engaged in distributing similar circu-
lars outside ONeil & Co.'S store but O'Neil did
not then take any action against them. and after
their supply of circulars was exhausted they
left
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Mrs. Boddy's Claim Allowed.

WAsHINGToN, Feb. 12-The Senate to day
passed the bill directing the Secretary of the
Freesrs TO pay Mrs. Louisa Boldly, of Oregon,
S. 400 in full settlement of her claim against the
government for the depredations committed and
property taken and destroyed by the Modoc In
dams in November, 1872 The Boldly family
settled upon public lands in Oregon and were
among the first victims of the Modoc war. The
husband Of the claimant her two sons and
son,in-law were murdered and their property
taken. For this she put in the claim which the
Senate voted to allow
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De Longs Resting Place.

NEW YORK, Feb. l2-Mrs. Marion Laverre,
of this city, has made an offer of a part of IA
mausoleum which she possesses at PASSPORT, l..
l., as II resting place for the body of Commander
De Long Mrs. Laverre had the mausoleum
built many years ago for two of her friends.
Her object was to make it, as regards the inte-
rior, as unlike tomb as possible. The room
above ground, which might be called the parlor
rather than the receiving chamber is costly fur
uished Here, in casket, lies the ombamed
body Of one of her friends The other is de-
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posted in the vault beneath. Five acres of
ground surrounding the mausoleum also belong
to Mrs. Leverre. They are in the midst of a
pine forest 1t was Hrs. LeyeIre's intention
that, if agreeable to his relatives, the body of
De Long be placed in the parlor and that they
should be furnished with duplicate key. Mrs
De Long replied that she understood that ar
rangements were pending to bury her husband
in Woodlawn cemetery and that. steps would be
taken to erect a monument over his grave
Otherwise she would gratefully accept Mrs LIE
1,nrra's off
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PRESIDENTIAL POSSIBILITIES.
Congressman Callsins Thinks the Outcome
Very Uncertain.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 12-In an interview, to-
day, Representative Calkns said, in referring to
the presidential campaign that he did not know
what to say of the question of the presidential
candidacy remaining so long in doubt on the
Democratic side. ''Randall, he said, lis getting
up boom in his own State, and other Demo
Gratis have their aspirations; but all booms are
very fat. The Republicans are in nearly the
same uncertain posi- ton Mr.. Logans boom has
great deal of energy in it, and is strong, but
how strong 1 cannot say Mr.. Ar
thur is strong, but whether he
has the working strength necessary
to carry him through the convention is uncer-
tain. Mr.. Blaine is strong, too, but his is neg
ative strength. l have received a great many
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MINOR MENTION.
Proposed Reduction of Postage Transient


Proposed Reduction of Postage Transient
Newspapers.
Special to the Indiana polls Journal.
WASHINGTON Feb. l2-The House commit
tee on postoffices decided to recommend that the
rate on transient newspapers be fixed at one
cent for each three ounces instead of for each
two ounces, as the rate is now Mr.. Bingham
of the committee, says it was found that the
charge was greater in the United States than in
nearly every other country embraced in the
postal union. In Canada, for instance, the rate
is one cent for four ounces; in France, two ifths
OF cent per copy, and in Spain the charge is
only one-ffth of ono cent per copy, while in
Egypt the rate is only one-half of even that
small figure. 1t is believed the bill will pass
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Special to the indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, Feb. l2.-Patents were issued
to Indianians to-day as follows; John A. Grove,
Bluffton, fence; Wesley Hull, Fort Wayne, gate
latch and automatic gate hinge; Evans A. Jenk-
ms, Richmond, electro magnetic gas-lighter;
William R. Hampton, Terre Haute, device for
converting; John H. Riley, indianapolis, saw;
Samuel G. Lane, Peru. combined crib and era
die; Joseph W. Steel, Goshen, draft equalizer.
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MORE WONDERFUL YET.

H. f. Carpenter. Henderson n Y, cured of Psori
asis OF Leprosy, of twenty years standing by Cuti
cura Remedies. The most wonderful cure record.
dustpanful of scales fell from him daily. Phys.
clans and his friends thought he must die. Cure
sworn to before justice of the peace and Hender-
son most prominent citizens.
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Advice to Mothers,

be used when children are cutting teeth. 1t re
ieves the little sufferer at once it produces
natural, quiet sleep, by relieving the child from
pain, and the little cherub awakes as bright as
button 1t is very pleasant to taste. 1t soothes
the child, softens the gums. allays all pain, re-
heves wind, regulates the bowels, and is the best
known remedy for diarrhea, whether arising
from teething or other causes. Twenty five
cents bottle
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ALMOST 1NCREpIRLE.

James f. Richardson Custom house New Orleans
oath says: In so Scrofulous Ulcers broke out on
my body until was mass of corruption. Every
thing known to the medical faculty was tried in vain.
I became wreck At times could not lift my
hands to my head, could not turn in bed in
slant pain and looked upon life curse. No relief
in ten years. In 1880 I heard of the Cuti.
Remedies, used them and was perfectly cured.
Sworn to before L. s. Com. T. d. Crawford.