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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-05-09
THE HoOsIER POLITICIANS.
Bayless Hanna's Route-The Vice. President
Sends for His Swallow-Tail.

Bayless Hanna's Route-The e-President
Sends for His Swallow-Tail
Special to the indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, May 8.-Hon. Bayless w.
Hanna, the new Minister to Persia, is at Will
liard's accompanied by his wife and three
daughters. In addition to the thirty days al
lowed by law for preparation, the government
has given Judge Hanna sixty-ive days in which
to reach Teheran, the capital of Persia. He will
go by way Of London then by an East India
steamer down the Mediterranean to Malta;
thence to the Black sea- sailing its entire length
to Poti; thence by rail to Baku and the oil
regions on the Caspian, and across TO Persia.
Ed Hawkins, of LaPorte, is here. Hawkins
comes to see why his commission as United
States marshal for Indiana is not made out
Vice president Hendricks was expected to re-
turn to Washington tomorrow, but telegram
was received from him to-day r which he says
that he will remain some days. The Vice-presi-
dent is evidently having gay old time. for the
dispatch wound up with ''Send my swallow-tail
coat at once 1t was sent
Col. H. Taylor, of Washington, Ind is in
town. The fifty Hoosiers who arrived before he
came are anxiously inquiring what he wants
Thus far he has succeeded in throwing them off
the track.
Colonel Denby, Of Evansville, thought he
could secure the Russian mission when he left
home He was very much surprised to learn, at
IL o'clock to-day, that the President had filled
the place, and had selected man who, next to
Pendleton, is the very best appointment he has
yet made.
State Representative Crecelius Of Orange
county, left for home to-day He has been
pronIIsvu a pIace IN the internal revenue service.
JOshsA w Mn~---r..S- -uuy appointeu posi-
master at Mellott, Ind.
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THE MOBILE CONTEST.
The Drilling Not Up to the Mark of Former
Interstate Contests.

MOBILE, Ala, May s. S.-The infantry drill for
first prize was finished to-day. Company F.
Louisville Legion. did not equal its excellent
drill in the Maiden contest, and did only fairly
The Columbus, Ga. Guards were nervous and
broke up at the start, and did not recover. The
Houston, Tex, Light Guards, which won the
$5, 900 prize in Houston, last year, was
good in the manual, but became demoralzed
in the wheeling, platoon and line movements
and the firing The Lomax Rifles, of Mobile
surpassed the Maiden attempt. and put up very
good drill throughout The Chiekasaw Guards
of Memphis started out WELL and their manual
was good until the marching, when the men be-
gan fainting rapidly, Captain Carnes being
among the number. Captain Curry, of the Hous-
ton Light Guards, attempted to carry the company
through, but the men continued to faint, and the
company Withdrew without finishing more than
half of the programme The weather was quite
warm, and the companies except the Lomax
and Company F. lost men by faintirg. The
Chickasaws lost the most of all in that way.
The Tuscaloosa University Cadets gave an exhi-
bition drill at the close, which was one Of the
best features of the week.
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fT'On1.
PHELAN AND SHORT.
The Captain Returns to Kansas City-What
He Says of the Case.

KANSAS CRY, May 8.-Capt. Thomas Phelan
returned tonight from New York. In dis
cussion Of the Short trial the Captain says he was
sworn out of court He also attributes the fail
ureof the case in part to the laxity of efforts on
the part of the assistant prosecuting attorney,
who had the case in charge. He contradicts the
statement of his having remained in hiding at
Jersey City before the trial, but declares that
Inspector Byrnes has positive evidence that a
man had been employed to kill him in the court
room. A number of detectives in citizens
clothes were distributed through the audience as
safeguard against any such attack. He believes
no effort was made to shadow him on his way
home
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$l00.640. This is the largest months business
ever done at the Office In March, 1885, the fees
reached the sum of $685. This is the nearest
approach to last months work in the history Of
the Office
''Do the applications show many new de-
vicesl7
No; there are scarcely any absolutely new In
ventions patented now. Each application
usually embraces an improvement on something
that has been patented before. Not per cent
of the applications filed are for patents on new
devices The granting of a patent on one
article and the publication Of the description in
the Patent Office Gazette attracts the notice of
other inventors. and leads to a flood of applica-
cations for patents on improvements on the
original. Carcoupling devices are a good exam
pie. believe that there have been at least
1000 patents for these arc..-sss and that 200
were issued during the last year. The average
number for carcouplers is about five each week.
and remember one week last fall counted
fifteen applications for patents"
Has Commissioner Montgomery inaugurated
any radical reformsq
No. not one. He has perhaps caused the
work to be brought up better than it was last
fall, but he has learned that patent-ofice busi-
ness cannot be rushed, and that the force Of
clerks is quite inadequate for the work to be
donen
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AFFAIRS ON THE IsTHMUs.

Part of the Marines Coming Home-Disposi-
tiOn of the Remainder.
PANAMA, May 8.-Last night the Second bat
talon of United States marines, numbering 400
officers and men, embarked on the steamer
Colon for New York
Two hundred additional government troops
landed at Panama this morning, from Buena
Ventura, and more are expected to morrow.
The First battalion of United States marines
is now stationed as follows: Colonel Haywood
and companies B and d at Aspinwall; part of
Company at Matachin and the remainder at
San Pablo, and companies A and G, Captains
Meeker and Cochrane, remain at Panama. If
the situation improves they expect to return
home this month and leave the interests of the
United States to tho six ships of the Pacific and
North Atlantic fleets now at the isthmus. The
health Of all is excellent
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Attempted Assassination.

CHARLESTON, w. Va, May 8-This morning
at an early hour, some one called Deputy United
States Marshal j. S. Atkinson to the window at
the marshal's Office, in the custom house. At
kinsOn did not reply, whereupon the unknown
party shot through the window, the bullet just
missing another deputy. Atkinson is a brother
of United States Marshal Atkinson, and has
been diligent during the past four years in fer
reting out yioators of the internal revenue laws
in this section of the State AS the federal
court is now in session here, which brings many
moonshiners in. il is thought that one. of the
number, who holds grudge against Deputy
Atkinson, tried to kill him. His life has been
threatened frequently.
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DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN CHICAGO.
Forty-Five Million Feet of Lumber Burned,
Valued at 100000.

CHICAGO, May 8-Shortly after noon, to-day,
spark from passing locomotive engine set
fire in the heart of the great pine lumber yard
district, which lies along both sides of the south
branch of the Chicago river and near the south
western city limits Bordering upon this dis
trict is wooden-built portion of the city,
known as Bridgeport, and the Union stock
yards, with its acres of wooden buildings and
pens filled with cattle, hogs and sheep. A
fierce wind was blowing from the west and the
flames spread with great rapidity. The entire
fire department was called out and began fight
ing the flames, but the twenty or thirty streams
of water which could be thrown upon them had
little or no effect, far as staying their progress
was concerned. The dry pine boards and
shingles were piled to great heights, only mar
row lanes between being left for wagons to pass
through. The narrow interstices between the
piles furnished unusual facilities for the
progress of the flames, while they
broke the usefulness of the streams
of water, and prevented it from
penetrating to the blazing pine in the center of
the piles The news of the fire spread rapidly
to the business center of the city and created
much alarm, lest the fire should assume proper
tions approaching those of the great confagra-
tion of 1871, which came from the same direc-
tion Great brands were carried forward by the
wind, setting fire to new piles, and several fire
steamers and the men manning.them had narrow
escapes from destruction.
Starting upon the west side of the river the
flames ate up all the lumber between Thirty
fifth and Thirty y-eighth Streets an area Of about
OOby 1000 feet 1t set fire to canal-boat
moored at the dock, and It foated across the
river, which is 1SO feet wide at this point, and
set fire to the lumber ON the east bank, which
covered about an equal area, and this, with one
or two planning mills was consumed.
Brands were carried eastward and set fire to
several small frame houses occupied by en-
ployss in the lumber district. The fire depart
ment, however, made stand at this point, and
succeeded in preventing the spread of the esfames
into the residence district. The fight continued
throughout the afternoon and it was nearly
O'Clock before the confagration was brought un-
der control having practically burned itself out
to the limits of the immediate district in which
it began. A heavy rain during most of the af-
ternoon was of material assistance. The aggre-
gate of the lumber destroyed was As, ,O0O 900 feet
valued at $700, 600.
The individual losers and insurance are as fol-
lows: Chicago Lumber Company, 23,000,0 900
feet of lumber; value $4,000 insurance, $780,
600. Bigelow Bros, 10000, 900 feet of lumber;
value $l75, 600; insurance, $1250O Adams,
ssfastlngs % o., ,eee, 600 e--.
$S5.000; insurance, 100000. j. w. Hinkley,
planning mill; loss. $4,000 insurance, 1920
Five cottages. aggregate loss, $4,000; insurance
about S., 900.
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A Juror In the Short Trial Arrested.


New YORK, May S.-Harvey M. Munsell, of
224 West Fifty-second street, an insurance
broker, and the eleventh juror in the trial of
Richard Short, for the attempted assassination
Of Captain Phelan, in O'Donovan Rossa's office,
on Jan. Q, was arrested this afternoon,
by detective from the district attor-
ney's office, on an order issued by Judge
VanBrunt, who presided over the trial,
charging Munsell with msdemeanor, per-
jury and contempt of court, juror
It has been discovered by District Attorney
Martin that on several days before the trial
Munsell was in consultation with Short in the
Tombs, and that during the recess of the court,
on Wednesday, when the trial was pending, he
visited ODonovan Rossa's Office, and had a con-
sultation with Pat Joyce. Bail was fixed at
$5, 600. Munsell will be indicted on Monday.
The district attorney had his own detectives
from the time they were impaneled,
neither party of watchers knowing that they
had rivals in the case. The warden and keeper
of the Tomhs, as we'll as the prisoner whom
Munsell went to see, and two tenants in Rossas
building, are the witnesses. Each set of detect
ives made similar report The District Attor-
ney is confident he convict Munsell. Nun
sell was seen in the Tombs tonight. He says
he went to ODonovaE Rosa to get better
idea of the surroundings than the diagrams
there only about a minute, and spoke
10 no one while there. He saw
short once in the Tombs, when he called to see
Orin Skinner, the alleged swindler, who had OBJ
tained money from him. Skinner had promised
to try and get some of Munsell's money back for
him, and he asked him to visit Mrs. Skinner, who
was dying in Quincy, Ill. Munsell claimed to
be opposed to all dynamite plans; that on the
evidence produced on the trial he could only
eonscientiously acquit the prisoner.
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THE OFFICE-SEEKERS.
Delegations from all Sections Continue to
Worry the President.

Delegations from all Sections Continue to
Worry the President.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, May s.--The President went to
Gettysburg on Monday for brief rest. On
Tuesday morning he arose rather late and sat
down to breakfast contented with himself and
all the world. The President stayed at the
breakfast table rather longer than usual and he
enjoyed his breakfast more than he had done be-
fore since he left Albany. AS he drew his nap
kin across his lips for the last time, he remarked
that the days of delegations would soon be over,
brown horses would afford much pleasure for the
family. Dan Lamont was at the table, and the
President said to him: II suppose we shall not
have so many visitors day, as the Cabinet meets
here at o'clock" Then he went upstairs,
to the room in which he usually receives delega-
tions and individuals who come for Offices. He
started back as he opened the door, for there be
fore him was the biggest crowd of the month,
Michigan, California Virginia, Indiana, Missouri
and Kentucky were represented, and, stranger
than ALL central and western New York had a
delegate or two present The calm exterior of
the President gave way to a look of utter weari
ness, and his greeting was not as cordial as it
used to be- AT last he came to an old friend
from Buffalo-one VINO was a chum and com
papion in the days gone by. He sat by his side
for more than an hour and begged him not to
go, as his time was limited and he was not
ready to stand the seige of the Office seekers un-
til after the Cabinet meeting
1t has been the same to-day and yesterday.
Instead of diminishing, the crowd seems to grow
denser each day. Delegations from all sections
are constantly arriving and the crush for offices
is greater now than it has been any time since
the Inauguration. The oficehunters are per-
sistent and determined, and they propose ito
stick" until they are heard. The President
evinces little disposition to pay attention to the
wants of the delegations, .and tells them very
coolly that he reserves the righ. to reject any
and all proposals.
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The Foreign Money Markets.

LONDON. May 8-Uncertainty was the pre-
vailing feature of the stock market to-day.
The market opened duh on renewed rumors OF
the resignation of Lord Dufferin. Operators
were not disposed to speculate in view of the
present state Of uncertainty. Meanwhile the
approaching fortnightly settlement restricts
business. Mexican railways were weaker, be-
cause of the disappointing dividend.
PARIS May 8-The stock market to-day was
generally depressed and lower. Suez Canal
shares relapsed 18 francs
BERLIN, May 8-The stock market to-day
was weak, with downward tendency.
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And Will Demand an Explanation of the
Purpose to Which the Vote of Credit
Is To Be Appropriated.
Germany Gives no Indication of Her
Attitude in the Pending Dispute.
An Unsatisfactory Note from DeGiers-Ef-
feet of the Rumored Resignation of Lord
Duferin on the Stock Market.
ENGLAND AND RUSSIA.

Unconfirmed Rumors Of Continued Russian
Advance in Afghanistan.
LONDON, May 8.-Rumors are current in Paris
of steady and continued Russian advance in
Afghanistan, but it is impossible to trace them
to any authentic source. They have probably
originated from the news of the Russian occupa-
ton of Penjdeh
The Official News Agency in Paris, which is
supposed to represent the views of the French
Cabinet, publishes London dispatch dwelling
on the fact that throughout the dispute Ger
many has given no indication of the attitude she
intends to assume regarding the controversy.
The dispatch says that the German ambassador
| in London still holds pessimistic view of the
situation, as whenever everythin looked des-
perate, and that the English officials still fear
that Germany is unfavorably disposed toward
England, and is not anxious to see peace.
The Times continues to urge the government
to persuade the Ameer to allow the presence of
an English garrison at Herat.
The announcement in the st. Petersburg
Official Messenger is expected to have reassur-
ing effect as being the first intimation by Russia
that she will send commission to meet the En-
glish commission.
The cost of the Russian railway from Askabad
to Merv is estimated to reach 10000 rubles per
verst, exclusive Of rails or rolling stock
The report published in the Morning Post to-
day, that Earl Dufferin had resigned his position
as Viceroy of india in consequence of the dis
astrous effect on British prestige in India of
Gladstone's weak and timorous policy, is de-
nounced by government officials as utterly un-
true ION the contrary" they say, Earl Duf-
ferin counsels with and approves of Mr.. Glad
stones present action respecting the Russo-Af-
CHAN question"
The Moscow Gazette, with reference to SUBJ
mission of the Afghan frontier difficulty to arbi-
tration says: ut was only possible to permit
the correctness of our action to be certified by a
third party Such a course as this is not arbi-
tration, in any proper sense of the term, but
simply respectable means OF terminating the
incident"
The Novoe Veyma and the Novosti express
great pleasure that Sir. Peter Lumsden, who
they say, made all the mischief, has been re-
called to London.
A special dispatch from Calcutta to the Times
says: 'The news of the peace arrangement has
created dismay here. Peace so obtained is con-
sdered dangerous and humilating The reports
which reach here from the northwest provinces
and from Afghanistan agree ir representing the
vacillation of the Ministry as ruinous to British
prestige"
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Mrs. Keiley,s Religious Faith.

RICHMOND, Va, May s.-Mrs. Kelley, al.
though Jewess by birth, is not regarded as
such here, she inclines to the Catholic church,
and frequently attends other churches with her
friends Tonight brother of Mrs Kelley
said that her children were all baptized in the
Catholic church, and that if she is attached to
any religious sect it is to the church of her hus-
band. who is Catholic. Mrs Kelly was edu-
sated in Petersburg, Va, and was one Of the
handsomest young ladies OF that place.
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An Unsatisfactory Note from De Giers.


LONDON, May 8.-The Russian ambassador
impaired to Earl Granville to-day the substance
of note from De Gers with reference to the
basis of the Afghan frontier negotiations. It is
reported that the note was not satisfactory to
the British government A conference on the
frontier question is to be held on Tuesday. The
difference between the two governments as to
the terms upon which the question shall be re-
ferred to the arbitrator is becoming greater.
The statement of the Official Messenger, of St
Petersburg, that the dispute is to be submitted
to arbitration only ir case of necessity, is semi
officially declared to be inaccurate. Granville
il discussions with De Staal holds that Russia's
acceptance Of arbitration must be absolute.
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Flood in the Rio Grande.

LAREDO, Tex, May 8.-Heavy rains have
fallen along the Rio Grande during the past
twentyfou hours. A large portion of the city
of Laredo is under water, in many places to a
depth of four feet, flooding dwellings above the
first floor. There are many washouts along
the railroad. The tracks of the Texas 81 Mex
ican are reported badly injured for distance of
fifty miles, and all trains are delayed. The Rio
Grarde is rising rapidly tonight 1t is feared
the Mexican National bridge will be swept away
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FOREIGN MISCELLANY.

Sudden Death of Queen Dowager Emma, OF
Hawaii.
SAN FRANCISCO. May 8.-Advces from Hon
olulu say that Queen Dowager Emma, Of tine
Sandwich Islands, died April 20. On the day
preceding she complained Of slight headache,
which continued to trouble here About o'clock
the following day she had slight convulsion.
physician was hastily summoned, and Instant
ly comprehending her dangerous symptoms,
Immediately called in another physician. The
Queen was again restored, but suffered second
and third attack, the last of which proved fatal.
Less than hour elapsed from the time the
physician was called till she breathed her last
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The Russian Military Organ Proposes a
Division of Afghanistan.

ST. PETERSBURG May SIT is reported that
the orders for the dispatch Of troops to the
trans-Caspian territory is rescinded.
The troops, however, will be held
in readiness The military organ "Brett,
expresses discomfort at the settlement of the
Anglo Russian difficulty and proposes to parti-
tion Afghan between Russia and England, the
boundary line to be the Parapamisus mountains.
The Novoe Vremya continues to give accounts
of extensive war preparations.
Nobody here believes that the services of an
arbitrator will be required.
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The Interstate oratorical Association.

COLUMBUS o., May 8--The delegates to the
interstate college oratorical contest elected
G. s. Parker, of Hamlne, Mimi, president; T.
Gilmore. of Lawrence, Kan, vice president; and
j. r. Robertson, of Beloit, Wis, secretary and
treasurer. Colorado was admitted, and the
name of the association changed to Interstate
Oratorical Association.
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The Rebellion Against the Mahdi.

DoNGoLA, May 8.-Reports reach here to the
effect that the Mahdi's forces have suffered fresh
defeats at the hands of the insurgents in Kordo
fan, aided by the garrison at Senaar. The rem
nant Of the Mahdis forces has retired, according
to these reports, to Abu-Haraz The Mahdi
himself is at Omdurman near Khartoum, but he
has only few troops with him, and is unable to
send reinforcements against the insurgents.
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DIANAPo11s SATURDAY MORNING.

British subjects will be on perfect equality
with those Of Germany in the territory recently
seized by the latter power, and the Germans will
be on perfect equality with the British cub
iects in New Guinea
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Duffsrin Has Not Resigned.

BOMBAY, May 8-There is not the slightest
foundation for the rumors of Lord Dufferin's
resignation
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THE PATENT OFFICE.
A Large Increase in Business, but New In
ventions Are Not Plentiful.

ventions Are Not Plentiful.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, May 8-''The increase in the
business Of the Patent Office is something won
derful to contemplate" said chief Of the divis-
ions in that Office to-day. During the month Of
April 3,l59 new applications for patents were
filed. The fees for the April work aggregated
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Soldiers Memorial Building Damaged.
TOLEDO O., May 8.-Fire OF the roof of the
Soldiers Memorial Building, an incompleted
structure, caused loss of $1,000 this after
noon. Insurance, S., 900.
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BroycLrsrs call and see those handsome jersey
aekste at the MODEL
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Significant Address by Lord wolse1ey.

SUAKIM, May S.-General Wolseley reviewed
the camel corps, composed of the Dragon
Guards, to-day. He urged the men to perfect
themselves in their novel duties as they would
be wanted on the Nile in the autumn. The
speech is significant as indicating that the Gen
eral is not in favor Of the governments policy of
abandoning Suakim.