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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-24
THE M1GNoNETrE cANNIBALs.
How Capt. Dudley Put PenIxnife in the
Cabin Boys Throat.

Cabin Boys Throat.
London Letter
Capt Dudley, of the Mignonette, has freely
discussed the terrible adventures which befeIl
him at sea- After describing the wreck and the
manner in which the crew put off in boat, he
says THE sea was raging round us, ard we
managed to make sea anchor with the pinnacle
and some boards. The boat was leaking, but
cut off the bottom of my trousers and drawers
and stopped up the hole About IL o'clock a
shark came alongside, but we beat him off with
the oars Our situation was truly terrible
one, and it seems now miracle how the dingy
kept afioat in such sea. On the fourth day we
succeeded in catching a fair-sized TURTLE which
seemed to swim to the boat and almost turn him
self up for US. We drank his blood out of the
chronometer box, and afterward cut up the whole
of the flesh into strips and hung ii round the
boat So overjoyed were we at this find that we
ate our second tin of turnip Day after day
passed, and on the eleventh day we had finished
the turtle, and had nothing left except the two
fins, but we ate every portion, even the bones.
The fat of the turtle proved very nutritious,
and we got water a few times when there were
showers by catching the rain in our oilskins,
though sometimes when we had little drop a
sea broke into it and spoiled it so that we had to
throw it away. We went on from the fifteenth
to the twentieth day without any food at all or
drink, and by that time we had begun to look
each other in the face very black. The boy, who
had drank some sea water at night, had said
We shall all die, and remarked We shall
have to draw lots, boys This was ignored by
all, and they said, We had better die together
to which replied, so let it be- but it is hard for
four to die when perhaps one might save the
rest A day or two before l suggested that we
should try and make some kind of sail, which
we did with our shirts rugged on an oar for a
mast and strand of the painter for shrouds
and stays.
Things now looked as bad as they could. On
either the nineteenth or twentieth day the boy
was lying in the bottom of the boat, where he
had been for two DAYS, gasping for breath and
nearly dead, At about o'clock in the morning
| said to the mate, What is to be done2 / be-
lieve that boy is dying You have a wife and
five children and / have a wife and three chill
dren.' said that human flesh had been eaten
before Stephens replied, See what daylight
brings forth Brooks took his watch at d clock
and we made motions to each other Brooks
said he could not do it, and Stephens said he
could not do it. / told Brooks to 60 forward
which he did I then took hold Of the shrouds
and had last look round to see if anything was
in sight, but there was nothing. I offered up
prayer most fervently that God above might
forgive us for such an act and then knelt down
by the boy and said Now, Dick, my boy. your
time has come He murmured, What, me-
sirP Iput the penknife in his throat, and he
was dead instantly"
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BRITISH GuNBoAT WRECKED.
The Wasp Goes Down and Fifty-Two Sea-
men and Gunners Are Drowned.

The Wasp Goes Down and Fifty-Two Sea-
men and Gunners Are Drowned.
LONDON, Sept. 23.-The British gunboat
Wasp was wrecked off Tory island, on the
northeast coast of Ireland, to-day The Wasp
had registered tonnage of 465 tons, and car
ried four guns. Fifty two of the men on board
the Wasp were drowned Among this number
all the officers are included. only six persons
being saved. 1t was on rocky coast that the
disaster occurred, and it was impossible to use
small boats in the attempt to rescue the ships
crew.
The British man-ofwa Valiant has gone to
Long Island to render assistance and obtain de-
tails Of the wreck of the un-boat Wasp The
weather was hazy when she struck About
o'clock in the morning the officer on
watch ordered sail set for the purpose
of steadying the poat, as a lumpy sea
was on. His orders were being carried out,
when the Wasp, which was greatly out of her
course, suddenly and without the slightest warn
ing struck upon rock. The vessel rebounded
into deep water 1t was found, upon examina-
ton, that gaping hole had been made,
and it would be impossible for her to keep
ahoat Six Of the crew who escaped, did so by
clinging to wreckage, from which they were
picked up by fishing boats The Wasp
foundered about forty feet from the
lighthouse. Her masts are visible
above the water The survivors, when
rescued, were terribly exhausted They were
taken to the lighthouse, where they still remain
The sea between the light house and the main
land is very rough, and communication with the
former almost impossible
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GIYIL-SERYICE Law.
Professor Gregory on the Political Assessment
Of government Employees.

WASHINGTON, Sept 23.-Professor Gregory, of
the Civilseryice Commission, has written a long
letter upon the subject of political assessments.
The chief points which are contained in it are in
the following extracts
THE grand intent of those sections of the
c1vL-serylce act which relate to contributions for
political purposes was two-fold First, to pre-
vent the use of government places and of gov
eminent funds as forces to control elections
Second, to protect government employees from
compulsory contributions to political funds. The
government clerk is employed to work for the
people and not for a party and his pay comes
from the people and not from his party. What
he earns therefore, is his own, and it is the
greatest tyranny to extort from him any part of
his earnings by threat of removal or by the
promise OF promotion The clerk outside of his
clerkship is still a citizen and as citizen has
common interest with all good citizens in the
progress and welfare of his country He
has the common right to vote and ex-
press ms opinions; to form associations
with those of like opinions, and to use
his money in all lawful WAYS to propagate his
opinions, as an officer or an employe of the gov
eminent lie is strictly under the authority Of
Congress IN all his official work and relation
and must not violate any one of the four pro-
hibltions of the civl-serviee act but away. out
side of his official life and relations, beyond the
realm OF his duties to the government, and be-
yond his connections with governmental people
and places, he becomes simple citizen, and has
all the dnties, interests and rights of his fellow
citizens not in the public employ. The interpre-
tatlon of the civil-service law is easy ard the
path OF duty required by it is plain to all who
will honestly regard its two grand aims: First
absolute defense of the ballot box from all cor
rupt or corrupting official influences second pro
lection Of government officers from political
assessments. These two great public demands
of the law must and will be fully and fairly en-
forced"
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AFFAIRS IN EGYPT.
General wolseley will Start Up the Nile at


General wolseley viii Start Up the Nile at
Once-Equipment of the Mahdi's Troops.
LONDON, Sept. %. General Lord Wolseley
will start up the Nile on Saturday without
awaiting further arrivals Of troops. Merchants
from 81 0beid report the Mahdi has twenty
Krupp cannon and that 10000 of his 25, 900 fol-
lowers are armed with Remington rifles.
The departure Of various reinforcements
which were under orders to sail for Egypt to-
day was couDtermanded. Active preparations
for the Egyptian campaign, however, continue
to be made.
Major Kitchener telegraphs that all is quiet at
Debbeh. The inhabitants Of Meraweh and Ber-
ber are frightened at the approach of the En-
glish expedition and some are leaving their
homes.
The BLACK Watch regiment has started for
the front A messenger at Ambukol reports
plentiful supplies Of provisions arriving at
Khartoum. General Gordon has sent four
steamers with troops to relieve the garrison at
SEMINAR, and upon their return will. dispatch q
force to Berber too meet General Wolseley.
The Berlin National Gazette expresses the
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Mr.. Blaine,s Route Through Ohio.

COLUMBUS, Sept %. The Republican State
committee has announced the following route
for Mr.. Blaines trip through Ohio, and will give
out the time the special train is to stop at each
place as soon as information can be secured from
the different railroads over which he will travel
He will enter the State on Friday, Sept 26, by
way of Ashtabula and gainesville to Cleveland;
thence by way Of Elyria, Norwalk and Fremont
to Toledo; thence to Sandusky via Fostoria;
thence to Dayton via Tffn, Bellefontaine, Or
bana and Springfield thence to Cincinnati via
Hamilton; thence, via Xenia, to Columbus;
thence to Bellaire via GAINESVILLE. passing out Of
the State Oct. a He will pass one night in
Cleveland, Sunday in Toledo, Monday night at
Sandusky. Tuesday night at Dayton, Wednesday
and Thursday at Cincinnati, Friday night at
Columbus, and Saturday at Bellaire.
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THE CHOLERA.

Naples Still the Most Seriously Infected City
New Cases and Deaths in Spain.
LONDON, Sept 23.-Reports from different
parts of Italy for the past twenty-four hours
gives total of ABS fresh cases and 265 deaths.
Naples continues to be the center most seriously
afflicted, with 251 fresh cases and 152 deaths.
Eight fresh cases of cholera developed yester-
day in the province of Alicante and one in Tar
ragona, Spain. In the latter province there
were four Deaths in the former ten. The in
fected towns in the province of Alicante are com
pletely cordoned
The Japanese government having established
quarantine against Woo Chong. Annoy, and
other cities of the Chinese coast where cholera
is reported to be epidemic, it is contemplated to
have United States sanitary officer stationed
at Yokohama to inspect vessels bound to the
United States
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OBITUARY.

PROVIDENCE, r. T., Sept 20 "A cable dispatch
from Lisbon announces the death of Henry W.
Diman, formerly United States consul at Lis
bon.
LAWRENCE, Mass, Sept 49, Prof John Lord
Taylor died to-day at Andover, aged seventy
three he was one of the most eminent diYines
in the Congregational Church.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, Sept pa telegram from
Davenport, Ia, announces the sudden death
there at o'clock this morning, from paralysis
of the brain, of Frederick s. Nichols, editor-in-
chief of the Memphis Avalanche. The deceased,
accompanied by his wife and daughter, left
Memphis on the 10Th inst on a brief visit to his
former home at Davenport in apparently good
health. He was fifty-four years old.
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" EIN
CLOTHING STORE.
MARKETS AND CROPS.
She Chicago Market Wild and Panicky The
Corn Crop Now Out Of Danger.

CHICAGO Sept. % Corn was wild and pan
ieky again to-day, but the excitement did not
reach the pitch shown on previous days. The
s'bullsp succeeded in maintaining prices very
close to the top range, but drop Of &c in the
price of cash corn during the middle of the SEES
sion caused an impression for short time, that
the bottom had fallen out, but prices rose
quickly to nearly the highest figures yet known.
While September delivery shows decline of 4c,
as compared with the latest figures yesterday,
October and November were kept close to the
highest prices yet paid Corn is now beginning
to arrive in great volume. but very few venture
to assert that present prices will not be sustained
to the close of the present month, at least. The
latest figures of to-day were 75c bid 79c asked
September, oslo October. 478c November, 4Oac
the year, 1890 May.
The figures of the Board of Trade statistician
during the past week, but this did not exceed ex-
pectation, and the wheat market ruled steady
and strong during nearly all of the session,
closing fully lie over yesterday. One cause
assigned for the better tone shown by the
market is the gradual decline shown in receipts
at primary receiving points The closing figures
were &c October, 1870 November, 80s 0804c De-
cember. Oats declined lose closing at 25ac
September, 25ac October, 263c November Pork
ruled quiet, closing at $11.75 October and Sill 50
the year. Lard was frmer at $40 October,
$Z2007224 November
The Farmers Review will publish the follow
ing, based upon its very exhaustive crop reports:
There has not been a season for many years
when so much has depended upon the successful
outcome of single crop as depended, this fall
upon the issue of the corn crop; therefore it is
far more satisfactory to state what the real CON
dition to-day of corn is, than to be obliged to
record what might have been. There are no
areas of corn to-day that frost would injure.
This rather sudden change in the outlook for
corn was brought about by the intense heat in
the early portion of September, when the crop
made daily and rapid strides toward
maturity. 1t is singular fact, but nevertheless
true, that corn matured this season in Minnesota
and Wisconsin before it did in Illinois. The
corn-bins during the last month, have been
swept cleaner than usual, old corn being in great
demand and new corn not marketable There is
nothing in the situation to indicate that there
will be any glut Of this cereal on the market for
some months at least. In fact, it is safe to as
sumo that, with the depleted stock of old corn,
another crop must be grown before corn will be
drug
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GENERAL BUTLER.
Great Meeting at Lawrence, Mass.--Thc Gen
erals Figures on Corn and Wheat.

Great Meeting at Lawrence, MaSS.--Thc Cen
erals Figures on Corn and Wheat.
LAWRENCE, Mass Sept. 80 The largest and
most enthusiastic rally of the campaign here
took place this evening. General Butler was
greeted by an old-time audience The rally was
held in the City Hail. in which there was not
even standing room half an hour before the
opening of the meeting. Col John R. Sweeney.
Chairman of the Peoples party, city commits
sioner, presided General Butler was greeted
with cheers. He thus began his address,
Friends, Fellow-citizens, Ladies and Gentle
men: ] thank you for your kindness in meeting
me again. / hardly need quote the great ora
tor, Edmund Burke, who said, when parties
change their principles, then patriots change
their parties. I"
Gen. Butler, continuing said: I'm the East.
trade and all departments Of business languish
The manufacturer must close his works or run
at loss; the banker cannot find a safe invest
ment for his funds. The condition of finance is
such that no banker goes to sleep without fear
of awakening and finding his trusted cashier
fed to Canada with the funds of
his bank. In the West the people
were never in such condition Of
distress, although they always have enough to
eat. They cannot sell their crops for anything.
l saw corn selling for Is cents per bushei The
farmer was in such condition that the more corn
he sold the worse he was off, for he had more
for, which brought him less be-
cause it took two bushels Of corn
to get one to market Wheat is sold at 40 cents
a bushel and il cannot be raised for that To-
day learn that corn which was sold for 10 cents
at the farms has been bought up at
so cents bushel in Chicago Why don't
we have that cheap corn here, and send
our products there9 Our cheap wages will
not allow us to buy what we ought TO have
Their cheap corn will not allow them to have
what they ought to have. A bad system Of
laws is the cause Of all this
General Butler then considered the railroads
and the recent national Democratic convention,
and said:
II bolted the Democratic convention because
they boltsd Democratic principles ] woul Int
stando their platform any more than I woplh
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Mr.. BIaine's Return to New York.

New YORK, Sept. pa special train over the
Pennsylvania road conveyed Mr.. Blaine and his
party from Philadelphia, and made but one
stop, at Elizabeth The trip was made in less
than two hours. The train arrived in Jersey
City at ll:35 P. NJ Mr. Blaine and his friends
took carriages, crossed at the Desbrosses-street
ferry. and were driven to the Fifth-avenue
Hotel. Mr.. Blaine was greatly pleased with his
reception at Philadelphia, and on his return
trip declared that, Notwithstanding the labors Of
the day, he was not at all fatigued.
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How a Member d Parliament Died

CHEYENNE, Sept 49, "a Leader special from
Fort Mckinney, wy. r., says: The mangled
and lifeless body Of Gillie Leigh, member Of
the British Parliament, was found at the base Of
d precipitous cliff on the Big Horn mountains.
Leigh was out with small English pleasure
party. He left the company on the 14th inst,
for a stroll, and was not heard Of afterwards,
till eight days search revealed his body The
remains will be shipped to England.
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WHEN INDICATIONS.
WEDNESDAY PARTY CLOUDY
UedtAer and local showers.
RUBBER ENTERTAINMENTS

About the time Of the autumnal equinox, be pre-
pared for copous and protracted rains. Our assort
ment of life and preservers in the shape of
Rubber garments comprises all sorts, kinds and
grades at prices to correspond:
Mems Rubber coats-rubbor on sheeting and on
drilling plain and fancy backs lusternish and dull
finish; Mems Rubber listers Firemen's Coats; the
Improved Rubber Coat with Perforated Back (obviat-
ing the common objection to garments of this class
that they oppressively warm); Gcssamers for
Ladies Misses, Men and Boys Rubber Leggings, etc,
We invite particular attention to extraong me-
dium-weight dullfnish Coats with plain and fancy
bacls)-the leading Rubber Oyercoat Of the day
We Retail these goods at Wholesale Prices, in har-
mony with the scale of low prices throughout all de-
partments of the
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Gable Notes.

Prince Bismarck has gone back to varzin.
Before leaving Berlin he paid visit to Baron
DeCourcel. the French minister.
Earl Spencer, Lord Lieutenant Of Ireland, has
reduced the extra police tax assessed upon Linn
erick, which the corporation of that city refused
to pay. he will insist upon payment Of the re
duced amount
1t is announced at Paris that England will
join the international commission in the metrical
system Of weights and measures. This action
is attributed there to desire to promote the
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FOREIGN MISCELLANY.
Henry f. Gillig Banquets the Lord Mayor
and Other London Dignitaries

denIy f. UIIIIg banqueGS the Lord Mayor
and Other London Dignitaries.
LONDON, Sept 23-Henry F. Gilhg, of the
American Exchange, gave a banquet, this even
ing to the Lord Mayor of London. The sheriffs
and several aldermen of London were present;
also, ex-senator Ferry, of Michigan; Henry M.
Stanley, Judge Danforth and a brilliant compa,
ny of prominent business men. During the
evening Miss Nellie Carpenter, violinist, per-
formed English and American airs. The Lord
Mayor, responding to toast expressed the de-
sire that England and America should continue
in the closest bonds of friendship, and paid
tribute to America as a country advancing rap
idly in civilization and arts Henry NJ Stanley
made a brief and humorous speech.
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Unemployed and Disseminated workmen.

PARIS, Sept 23.-The workmen of Lyons
have appealed to Prime Minister Ferry to open
the government ship building yards, in order
to provide work for starving laborers
M. Ferry, in response to the APP
peal, informed them that he had no iuris-
diction over the matter, but would refer the
subject to Waldeck- Rosseau Minister of the In
terror. 1t is stated that thousands of workmen
are out of employment, and serious rioting is
feared
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burning Of = Bravery.

ELIZABETH, N. j., Sent. 23.--An upright boiler
lin Writer'S brewery exploded this morning
Fragments were thrown through the roof and
1900 feet from the building. The brewery I'M
'mediately took fire, and was totally consumed,
together with its contents F. w. Bauer's gro
|cery store, adjoining was also destroyed, with
Its stock Loss $25 900; insurance about $40, 600
Two men are reported killed.
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Nihilists Threaten Reprisals.

VIENNA, Sept %. An explosion of dynamite
to-day in the town hall caused considerable dam
age The mayor has received menacing letters
from Nihilists, stating-that reprsals will be
levied for the execution of the Anarchists Stell-
macher and Kammerer
At Kieff, the students of the university have
been forbidden to assemble in groups upon pain
of instant dismissal
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ANNAPOLIS WEDNESDAY MORNING.

witch by the approaching International meridian
congress at Washington.
The Newmarket first of October meeting be-
gan yesterday. The great foal stakes were won
by the Duke of Westminsters CambeImore
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Arrest Of . state OnacIal.

NEW ORLEANS, Sept. %. State Register Of
Votes Robert Brewster, has been arrested on
affidayits charging him with preventing United
States supervisors Of election from performing
their duties. Brewster gave bail in S., 600 He
said it was not his purpose to refuse the super
visors any privileges given them by law.
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"A Dynamite Failure.

PANAMA, Sept. % On Sunday last the en-.
gineers of the Panama Caral Company made
an attempt, with dynamite, to displace about
1000 cubic metres of rock in a hill sixty feet
high at Bos Obispo. The attempt however,
was failure, owing to defect in the electrical
connections. Another attempt will shortly De
made.
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Kilied by ! Powder Explosion.

EAU CLAIR, Wis, Sept % The explosion Of
b small powder magazine this evening killed
Three other men were badly burned about the
face and hands.
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Al Russian Rlot.

Moscow, Sept 23.A desperate conflict took
place to-day at Rowndie, province of Taratov be-
tween Gen man and Russian peasants attending
an annual fair Eleven persons were killed in
Guiding one gen d'arme. Thirty persons were
wounded
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Austrian Anarchists Actively at work.

vienna, Sept %. -Twenty-one persons have
been arrested charged with completely in Bach
mans anarchist schemes Gunpowder and dyn-
amite stores at Wiener, Neustadt and Neun-
kirchen were entered last might and the contents
stolen. A mine was exploded under steeple at
Neuetadt
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BEEoHER AND CLEVELAND.
The Astonishing Reasons the Preacher Gives
for Supporting MT. Cleveland.

New York Special.
The Beeeher letter. proposing to elect Grover
Cleveland President in order to hold up an aw-
full example to the young men Of the country Of
the hard fate Of the transgressor. surpasses all
the follies Of his life. Beecher says:
Cleveland has already suffered loss mortih-
cation and damage for the commission of a
grievous SIM and today 1t stands in his path
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THE Palace Hotel. corner Sixth and Vine
streets, Cincinnati is the favorite resort of
'Indianians, and It deserves their patronage, be-
on appointments.
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steamahiD News.

LONDON, Sept %. Arrived Oder from New
York
NEW York, Sept 90 Arrived: Circassia,
from Glasgow