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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-14
MURDER AND ROBBERY.
An Old Couple, Living Near Chicago, Muir
dered by an Unknown Guest,

CHICAGO, Feb. 13.-J. L. Wilson, an aged resi-
dent of the village of Winnetka, near this city,
and his invalid WIFE were found dead in their
cottage, shortly before noon to-day. The dis
covery was made by a young woman who had
been in the habit of calling upon Mrs. Wilson
almost daily, and attending to her wants. The
body of Mr.. Wilson was found on the floor, his
head and body having number of blade cuts,
which had evidently been administered with a
sword belonging to the son of the dead man,
and which had been hanging up in the house.
Visiting room upstairs the invalid wife was
found lying on the bed, dead, with several stabs
in her body, while the position of
the remains showed that. weak as she was
she had made frantic efforts to protect herself
from the murderous stabs of the assassin, blood
being spattered on all four walls. The motive
of the murder appears to have been one of rob
berry purely. The only clew is the fact that Mr.
Wilson stated last evening that he had gentle
man guest whom he was entertaining but who
has since disappeared. Mr.. Wilson was a man
of considerable wealth and always kept a large
sum about his premises, doing his banking bust
ness with firm in this city. The house shows
evidences of having been rifed. Detectives are
endeavoring to discover the whereabouts of Mr.
Wilson's mysterious visitor as the crime is prop
erly credited to him.
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TIE coLoREp MEN.
Senator LOgan's Proposition to Inquire Into
Their Progress Since the War.
gpecial to the INDIANAPOLIS Journal

Senator LOgan's Proposition to Inquire Into
Their Progress Since the War
Special to the indianapolis Journal
WASHINGTON, Feb Ex-senator Logan's
proposition to inquire into the material, intel
lectual and industrial progress of the coored
people of the country met with some Tidicule
here last week when first presented in the Sen
ate, but it is causing some serious reflection of
late. He proposes that this investigation be
made by a committee of five men selected from
different parts of the country, and they shall as
certain the progress the colored people are
making. The results of the investigation are to
be printed
II have doubt the proposition will be
fought by the Democrats" said a Southern Re
publican to your correspondent to-day, but I
favor the project. What an invaluable volume
the researches of that committee would make!
And the cause is just one too. Here it has
been more than a score of years since we turned
out upon their own resources an ignorant, help
less class of people numbering millions of souls
We had little thought of what would be the re
suit in the way of progress We knew not
how they would gain livelihood. Their hber-
ty is what we fought for. Well we have oh.
served that they have more than held their own
They have progressed, and while they have not
called upon us for aid we have not paid any par
ticular attention to them. They have just
pushed along like the Caucasian"
''What is there to be gained by i'll"
eff nothing more than to make history, it
would be right to make this investigation, Have
we no feeling pride for this people6 1t
would have tendency to call the attention of
the country to their treatment in some quarters
where they suffer, and would point out the
necessity of educating the blacks. How do we
know what they needl Here talk of looking
after the requirements of labor and tariff, and
we investigate election matters, and all that,
and we have completely overlooked the largest
class of people we have that have ever been de
pendent upon us for support"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-14
A Gang of Counterfeiters Captured.

LOUISVILLE, Feb. 13-The United States Sc
cret service has been working up a case of a
gang of counterfeiters for several days. To-day
George and John Kinbard, Stephen Coppage.
Dudley Vaught, William Hey, Dolphus Yost
Elias Webb, J. N. Saunders, and Park Allstock
were lodged in Jail, charged with making and
showing the queer" The men are thought to
have been operating from Central Kentucky t.
Vincennes, Ind, and to have belonged to the
gang raided in 1878 in southern Indiana. Cop
page is a respected citizen Of Danville, Ky. Six
more arrests are to he made before the gang is
broken up. The mint and tools of the gang ar,
said to be in Boyle and Marion counties, Ken
lucky The manufactured coin consisted o
halves and dollar pieces, Of fair representation.
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me and Ed Welter got into little difficulty
with a couple of fellers, and laid EN- out. There
want nothing said about the affair until
Now gentlemen, it's getting late" said one Of
ne regulators, who had been asleep, and on
waking had shown signs of anxiety, and We've
got a little business to do tonight
There was loud demand for the remainder Of
he Kids story, and an equally vociferous shout
that his time was up.
While the point was being distressed in a bois-
ferrous manner, the sheriff of the county APP
'eared and took Wade in charge. The regu-
ators were beside themselves with rage and
;hagrn, but in the presence of the sheriff they
made no resistance After his departure with
MS prisoner they finished the whisky and pre-
pared for speedy retribution. Finding out
that the sheriff intended to start for the East in
the morning. they resolved to act promptly and
going to the place where he was quartered they
took his prisoner from him at the muzzle Of a
dozen rifles and, walking down the railroad
track few rods, hung him from tall whistling
post
1t is believed that the work which the regu-
lators set out to do has been completed, and that
they will soon disband and return to their
homes. One or two parties are still out, but
they are expected to return in a week or two.
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Notes and Personalities.

snecial to the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, Feb 13-General Sheridan
goes to New York tonight to visit General
Grant.
The President has withdrawn the nomination
of William H. Hobbs, receiver of public moneys
at Taylor's Falls MINI.
ii. j. Brown, formerly postmaster at Ander-
son, now clerk in the Pension Office, is seriously
i'll. He has hemorrhages
Misses Annie and LYDIA Lowry, daughters of
Representative Lowry, will arrive here in few
days from their home at Fort Wayne to spend
the remainder of the winter.
Mrs Russell Harrison assisted Mrs Secretary
Lincoln in receiving to-day. Tomorrow she
will receive with Mrs Senator Harrison.
A postofice has been established at Alum
Cave, Clay county, and Milton c. Dell appointed
postmaster.
The following Indiana postmasters were com
missioned to-day: John J. Shellenbarger, Wis
tula Stephen A. Richards, Richards; William
A. Trainer, Poseyville; William Hammer,
Courier.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-14
EXTRADIT1oN.
Right to Surrender an American Citizen I'm
der the Treaty with Mexico.

Right to Surrender an American Citizen I'm
der the Treaty with Mexico.
WASHINGTON, Feb 13.-The President sent to
the Senate, to-day, report from the Secretary
of State in regard to the case of Alexander
Trimble, whose extradition is demanded by the
government of Mexico, but who was. after cor
respondence upon the subject discharged by the
American authorities The Secretary, in his re-
port holds that, according to his construction of
the laws, an American citizen cannot legally be
held under the treaty with the Mexican govern
ment for extradtion, but he proposes to the of
ficers in Texas that if another arrests made and
case of guilt is made out, the President
will not, on the ground of citizenship, interfere
with the orders for his surrender, if such
be made, but require that the accused
be informed, if he or they wish hearing before
the Supreme Court of the United States on
habeas corpus, as to the power of the President
in the matter of eXtradtion and as to the true
construction of the treaty Before the surrender
be actually made, every facility for such hearing
will be afforded Should the court hold that the
President has the discretionary power of ex-
traditing citizen who is proven guilty of a
crime, the evil apprehended will not be realized
and should the court hold that the Precedent has
power to extradite only when empowered by
treaty to do so, Congress can then, if it should
be its pleasure, by statute confer the dscre-
tionary power.
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MINOR MENTION.
Report of the Commission the A, T. g.
S. f. Land Grant.

Report of the Commission on the A, T. &
S. f. Land Grant.
WASHINGTON, Feb. l3-The Secretary of the
Interior sent to the House of Representatives to-
day, an official communication from the Commits
sioner of the Land Office, in response to the reso-
luton Of the House requesting information in re-
gard to the certifcation of land to the State of
Kansas for the Atchison Topeka G. Santa Fe
railroad. The Commissioner, after reviewing
the whole subject of the grant, at great length
says: 1.-The lands included in said list are within
ten miles of the line of railroad. They were
granted to the State, the right of which thereto
became complete when the Governor certified to
the completion of the road beside the same
They were free from conflicting claims and
passed to the State by the terms of the grant
itself. No approval or certifcation was needed
to vest in the State the right of which approval
OF certifcation is but an evidence This office
has never considered the failure of the Leaven-
worth, Lawrence d Fort Gibson Railroad Com
oany to complete its road as authorizing it to
withhold from the Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe
company the lands earned by said company
through the construction of its road"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-14
THE PRoTEUs INQUIRY.
Lieutenant Darlington ExOnerated and Cen
eral Hazen Severely Criticised.

Lieutenant Darlington Exonerated and Cen
eral Hazen Severely Criticised.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 13-The report of the
Proteus court of inquiry was transmitted to the
Senate to-day. The court finds that Darlington
made an error of judgment in not waiting longer
at Pandora harbor but the error was committed
in the exercise of a difficult duty and unusual
discouragements, for which he should not be
held accountable. 1t is also due to Lieutenant
Darlington to say that in the general conduct of
the expedition, prior to the loss of the ship he
displayed zeal and energy and great efficiency
in successfully conducting the command through
the long, perilous, and laborious retreat in the
boats to place of safety. While awarding cred
it to Gen. Hazen for the best intentions concern
ing the of the Greeley party the court is of
the opinion that in many particulars and in some
of the gravest moments he failed in having an
adequate comprehension of the necessities of the
case and measures and means essential to meet
them. The court specifies numerous grave err
rors and omissions in his action, among them
the following;
First-In Informing Darlington that the Gree
ly supplies would be exhausted III the fall OF
1888 when in fact he was provisioned for moro
than three years from the summer of 1881. The
effect of this was to urge Lieutenant CARING
ton to undue haste to reach Lady Franklin bay
Second-His persistent rejection of the sug
gestion to make, on the nerthward voyage of thu
relief ship, a depot of supplies at Llttleton
island.
Third In failing to perceive the necessity for
a second vessel until late in the season.
Fourth-The lax. negligent and defective
method of keeping records of public business and
conducting correspondence in the Signal Office
in regard to the so-called supplementary instruc
tons or order to Lieutenant Darlington, which
the court says was in fact no order at all. al
though published to the country as such, anc
made the basis of the charge that he had beer
guilty Of disobedence of orders. The cour
is of the opinion that neither wa
this memorandum an order nor di,
it properly carry any force, even as suggestion
to Lieutenant Darlington The court comments
severely on this lnsehievious manner of Goa
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-14
DOUGLASS IN A RAGE.
A Peppery Letter Concerning the Claims of
Louisa Sprague.
Washington Special.

LOUISA SpraSue'
Washington Special.
Fred Douglass has had presented to him bill
for 81 965 for the services of Louisa Sprague as
his housekeeper for eleven years. He was writ
ten a sharp reply, in which, after denying the
claim and agreeing to submit to arbitration, he
says to his son-in-aw, Nathan Sprague
81 am not favoraby impressed with the extra
ordinary manner in which you have sought to
recover from me the dollars and cents which you
allege to be due Helen Louisa Sprague. The
publication from New York POSSIBLY to hide the
tracks of the writer) of highly sensational rep
resentation of my meanness and dishonesty in
defrauding Miss Sprague of her hard earnings;
the alleged violation of q written contract bind
ing me to pay Miss Sprague $25 per month
for her services, which contract has no
existence, and never had; the statement that
Miss Sprague only received from me for her
services the small sum of $40 a year, which is
utterly false the further statement that this
sum only wrung from with difficulty
which is also shamefully false the story that
Miss Sprague was hired by me twelve years ago
on account of the ill-health Of Mrs. Douglass
which is equally false; the line of argument
marked out for Il. j. Maekey, by which l was to
be shown up in a most unfavOrable light. and
my probable retaining of Colonel Ingersoll to
defend me; the monstrous story that l am
worth 5000, COO, and much other stuff and non
SENSE published in the Philadelphia Press to my
prejudice and to raise a breeze IN advance of a
threatened lawsuit. which is to astound the
ton, instead of being an honest and proper mode
of securing the payment of a just debt, gives to
the whole proceeding the appearance OF an at
tempt to take mean and cowardlv advantage of
the supposed unpopularity of my recent marriage
{ ~ align and black-mail me to eXtort money
Vt for Miss Louisa Sprague. but for those
who are managing the, business in her name"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-14
Senator LOgans Proposition to Inquire Into
the Material, Intellectual, and Indus
trial Progress Of COlOred Men.
Severe Censure of General Hazen by the
PrOteus Court Of Inquiry.
A Vigorous Letter from Frederick Douglass
as to the Claims of Louisa Sprague-
Other Washington News.
TIE TARIFF QUESTION.
Indications that the Schedules Will Not Be
Revised During the Present Session.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.

Indications that the Schedules Will Not Be
Revised During the Present Session.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON Feb. III would not be sur
prsed if the Republicans of the House and SEN
ate Joined hands with the Randall class of Dem
ocrats and consented to simple revision of the
tariff" observed an Indiana Republican member
to-day. ''There are some changes that ought to
be made, and we are not caring whether it comes
from the Democrats or Republicans"
'Morrison's bill is replete with idiosyncracies,
said a Republican member from Ohio, but
there are features of it that would meet my sup
port. A large element of the people in the cen
tral States are in favor of free lumber for in
stance. think nearly every one in Ohio, In
diana, Illinois, and the States further West
want free lumber; but the trouble
is to get an agreement on any
thing Localities can select articles they
want attacked by tariff revisers, but the people
in other localities protest, and so counterfeit 1t
may be, after all, that horizontal reduction
may meet with greater favor than at first sup
posed"
In point OF fact, however, there are few people
here who believe there will be an opportunity
dHOruea 10 10 any thlnS WIN tne tafln. Inc ap-
preparation bills, contested elections resolutions
and the ct ceteras that are sandwlched in, will
occupy the time up to July, affording no show
for the tariff. The ways and means committee
seems to comprehend this. Mr.. Morrison has
no idea, it is understood here, that his bill will
take shape, and he is not engaging his commit
tee in piece of buncombe business by offering
hearings to industries whose interests are really
and in fact not on trial It is merely scare.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-14

North Carolina, who was rich planter and
slaveowner. and through her, it is believed,
considerable number of slaves on a Mississippi
plantation came into the possession of the Doug
las family. She died in 1850, about seven year.
after her marriage with Douglas. and he
again married to Adele Cults, of Washington, D
c., in 1856 She survived him, and afterward
became the wife Of General Robert Williams, U.
S. A. But after the death OF his first wife
Douglass friends here do not pretend to know
what relation he sustained to the slave property
in question. Some of them prefer to think il
doubtful II tne51 slaves We're ever kn2vn as the
property of ''Massa Douglas frum de Norf."
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-14
The Ionglass Slaves.

springfield Special.
Inquiry among the old political and personal
friends of Stephen A. Douglass, in this city in
relation to the story telegraphed from New York
that Douglas was the owner of lot of about
I75 slaves in Lawrence county, Mississippi, dis
closes this state of facts: In l843 Douglas was
married to Miss Martha Martin, daughter Of
Colonel Robert Martin, Of Rockingham county,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-14

Quoting official business, and says that while
the grave errors and omissions mentioned either
directly led or largely contributed to the failure
of the expedition, yet as they were due to lack
of sound Judgment and unattended by wilful
neglect, no further proceedings before general
courtmartial are called for,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-14

It is now undisputed that Wei De Meyers
Catarrh Cure is the only treatment that will alb
solutely cure catarrh-fresh or chronic. 'It has
effectually cured me. j. A Wilson, Princeton,
Ind" ''Wife and daughter receiving wonderful
benefit from the cure. j. N. Edwards, New
Marion, Ind" ''One box radically cured me;
Rev. G. H. Taylor, l40 Noble street. Brooklyn, "
&c, &c Thousands of testimonials are received
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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-14

THE Hop Plasters have wonderful sale, and
why} Because they cure Back Ache Stiff Joints,
Pain in the Side. and all Soreness in any part.
People appreciate them. Any druggist 25 cts.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-14

OF the first stain or speck beware
That on your teeth you may espy,
There is by far more danger there,
Than at the moment meets the eye.
Use SOzodont without delay.
And thus arrest the first decay.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-14
SANFORD'S RADICAL CURE,
The Great Basamic Distillation of Witch-HazeI,
American Pine, Canadian Fir, Marigold,
Glover Blossom. etc.

Glover Blossom etc,
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One bottle Radical Cure. one box Catarrhal Solvent
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Sanfords Radical Cure. Potter Drug and Chemical
Co. Boston.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-14

I'm my soul believe that dissolution of the Union
sure to result speedily in the abolition of slavery
would be lesser evil than the slow, faterng dis
eased, gradually dying out of slavery constantly
poisoning us with the fostering remains Of this
| political, social, and literary state"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-03-20

ANY one coming into the Day Light
sanctuM will be at once struck with q
handsome and nobby rustic chair-the
chair Of state if you please, iii which the
pious editor reposes his weary limbs and
smokes the pipe Of peace and good will
to all the earth, including the monkey of
the Andover Gazette, and the baboon of
the Groton Advocate. This imposing
structure was the gift of our esteemed
friend MIR. j. Alley, of the Day County
Bank, Webster. When we sink into its
capacious depths, a feeling of gratitude
steals into our heart and a smile such as
"limncrs give to the beloved desciple"-
one of those yum, yum fellows expressing
a whole alphabet Of comfort. Mr.. Alley
has been ~thesagent for comforting a last
ing benefit upon this machine which each
day serves TO impress more forcibly upon
u colossal intellect. --Britton Day
Light.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-03-20

A case of gas poison at Mr., Huntington,
on Sunday morning. was occasioned by
two or three pieces OF mica being out of
the doors of the base burner, and the
coal being mixed with snow, generated
so much gas that it could not all escapelby
the pipe, especially az the wind went down
during the night and the draught les
sened, and it filled the sitting and the bed
rooms adjoining. The family were quite
sick, save the hired girl, who slept in an
ether part of the house. Mrs. Hunting
toms mother, Grandma Button, who has
charge of the family during the absence
of the parents, although suffering severe
~, adopted immediate measures Of re-
lief, ent the girl for DR.. Harris, who soon
brought them out of their suffering. II
was rather a serious matter and should
admonish every n to be cauti Gus about
exposing themselves toa like danger.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-03-20

Market gardeners know the impor-
lance of getting good fresh seeds true to
name, and will be glad to know where to
And them. We advise them to send to
Joseph Harris, Moreton Farm, Rochester,
New York. Drop him a postal card and
he will send catalogue for 1884 with d.
rections for cultivation, free. MIR. Harris
is a large farmer and seed grower and
offers the best of seeds at the lowest
wholesale rates.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-03-20

An invitation received to attend q
concert under the auspices of the Sons Of
Industry. ut Andoxer. March l4,.came to
band to-day. Circumstances over which
we have no control, Providence and the
weather, utterly prcclldes our attendance.
We regret this. since u pious presence
and cheerful smile would have added
much to the oceasion--especially II We
had sat with Bryndlcson and both of us
had snickered right out in mcetin' ,iali6w-
ed a silvery voices, lSaahe~ tintinabnla-
ton of a chime Of bells, to swell through
the hall, as it were. But seriously, the
Andover boys will please ACCEPT our
thanks for their courteous Invitation 10
the.corcors, and the dance al the East