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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-10-14

this city, having Burts case in charge, threaten
to instigate an investigation. Officially, Burts
record is good.
OF the GOO changes made in the presidential
postmasters since the adjournment of the Senate,
24o were caused by removals of postmesters.
BY the 1st of December there will be nearly
LOCO vacancies in the presidential offices, caused
by the expiration of commissions and resigna-
tons, and it is the intention of the Postmaster
general to give his attention 10 these Offices be-
fore making any considerable changes elsewhere.
The Treasury Department TO day purchased
195, 900 ounces of silver for delivery at the New
Orleans and Philadelphia minis, for coinage
into standard silver dollars.
Robert B. Roosevelt, of New York, August S.
Merriman. of North Carolina, and William Ste
venson. of Pennsylvania, have been appointed a
commission to examine and report upon twenty
FIVE miles of the Northern Pacific railroad lying
between Eagle gorge, W. T., and the south bank
of the Pujallak river.
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n
Successful Work of Mormon Missionaries
departure of Converts for Utah.

Successful Work of Mormon Missionaries
Departure of Converts for Utah.
BRIDGEPORT, Oct. .13.-Eight adults and foul
children left here yesterday for Payson, Utah.
to become active members of the Mormon
Church. Two of the party were young women,
and the children were about fifteen years of age.
All of them leave farms as good as any in this
section. They were converted and baptized here
last spring by Mormon missionaries, who have
been industriously working in this and Rich
land counties. The female portion of the party
uphold polygamy, and all talk as if expecting to
practice it. The converts had previously been
Methodists and Presbyterians. They are far
from being ''cranks," and their standing here
has made their departure a sensation. A great
deal of feeling has developed against them and
the missionaries. The converts have been egged
and otherwise maltreated since their baptism
into the Mormon faith. The best men in the
county are saying that it is time to stop the
PROSECUTING work here, and if the missionaries
return they may be mobbed.
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Cable Notes.

M. Roustan, formerly French minister at
Washington, has been appointed Governor of
Tunis.
1Ir. Herbert Gladstone, in an address, declared
that his father was in favor of excluding bish-
cps from the House of Lords.
1t is rumored that a marriage is meditated be-
tween Princess Eulalia, King Alphonso's young
est sister, and Prince Carlos, heir apparent to
the throne of Portugal.
Violent storms are prevailing throughout
Switzerland. The valleys are flooded, much
property has been destroyed and a number of
lives are reported to have been lost.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-10-14
Indiana Postal Matters.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 13.-Postmasters commits
sions were issued to-day for the following Indi-
anians: Cyrus f. Neel, at Buffalo; Abner Byers,
Francisville; Abraham 2. Gerber, Hawpatch;
William o. Allen, Brownstown; Emma Van
Briggle. MARYLAND.
The time schedules on star mail routes in In
diana have been changed as follows: Halo to
Beck's Mills-Leave Halo on Tuesdays and Sat
urdays, at P. NJ; arrive at Beck's Mills by 2 P.
NJ; leave Beck's Mills on Tuesdays and Satur-
days, at 2:30 P. NJ; arrive at Halo by $50 p. 81.
Markleville to Andersom-Leave Markleville
daily, except Sundays, at 1:30 P. NJ; arrive at
Anderson by 4:30 P. NJ; leave Anderson daily, ex-
cept Sundays, at s A. NJ; arrive at Markleville by
III A. NJ. Waterford to Michigan City-Leave
Waterford on Tuesdays and Thursdays at l P.
M; arrive at Michigan City by 2:30 P. NJ; leave
Michigan City on Tuesdays and Thursdays, at
2:45 P. NJ. arrive at Waterford by Ais P. NJ;
leave Waterford Saturdays at l P. NJ; arrive at
Michigan City at 2:30 P. NJ; leave Michigan City
on Saturdays at 4:30 P. Nj; arrive at Waterford
by 6 p. NJ.
The name of Ingle postoffice, in Pike county,
has been changed to Whitman. The office has
been located one mile southeast of the old site.
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I~NDIANAAND ILLINOIS NEWS
The Daily Chronicle of Happenings of
all Kinds in the Two States.
Arrangements for the Execution of COffey-
Successful Work OF Mormon Missionaries
in IllinOis-Notes and Gleanings.
INDIANA.
Arrangements for the Execution of Coffey
Wishes of the Condemned Man.

ATT3nE lhCu IOI tit EIAtCuIiOn oI SOIeF
Wishes of the Condemned Man.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.
CHARLOTTESVILLE Oct. 13.-On Monday after
noon the working Of the scaffold on which COT
fey is to be hanged next Friday was tested. A
bag of sand weighing 80 pounds was fastened
to the rope and the trap sprung. The rope
broke on the first trial. but after several at
tempts it was pronounced a success. The scat
fold is painted black. Coffey has selected his
pail bearers and given direction for the disposal of
his remains. He wants to be laid out in the cor
ridor OF the Jail, and no one is to look at him
after he is put in the coffin. The burial is to
take place at Whitlock. The pall-bearers are
Dr.. Hunt, Dr.. Hamilton and w. M. Gray. Last
week Cofey appeared in print. charging Rev. c..
j. jackson, who appeared in court Jaly l, and
swore to the third statement of Coffey, with be-
traying confidence as a minister. jackson now
Claims that Rev. Phillips, of Merom, wrote the
article, and is trying to obtain possession of the
copy, to see if it is in Phillips's handwriting.
He and Phillips are of the same religious faith.
There is a threatened lawsuit over it. If Phil
lips does claim that Jackson betrayed the conf
dence of Coffey. it puts Jackson in q bad light,
and jackson is threatening to have an investiga-
ton. A. Is. Anderson, the prosecuting attorney,
says as it would be very difficult to get a jury
to believe anything which Coffey might say, he
will not ask for a respite. There is, therefore,
no chance to condemn Dennis, unless John Cur
It's tells something after the death of Coffey.
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The President Wasn't Mad.

Pittsburg Chronicle.
'Hallo!' said a man from Missouri, meeting
an acquaintance on the train, where have you
been, and what are you looking so down in the
mouth for?'
Been to Washington" was the curt reply.
'See Clevelaud?"
Yes. c~onfound him"
Didn't you get that postoficeW
'Naw."
why rot? Was Cleveland mad!"
Cleveland mad2 What's he got to be mad
about? No. sir; it's me that's mad, and I don't
want to talk any more about it, or I'll have to
clean out this car as "A relief to my feelings"
He was permitted to chew the cud Of his anger
in silence.
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THE PUBLIC
Fifteen Applicants for the Position, but 1t Is
Likely that Rounds Will Remain.

Washington Special.
1t is said that Mr.. w. S. Andrews, of New
York, is the latest candidate for the place now
held by Mr.. S.. P. Rounds. This makes the ff-
teenth candidate. A curious feature of this
rush for the Office of Public Printer is that while
the law requires a practical printer one who
has technical and practical knowledge of the
business of printing, not half of the applicants
fill the requirement. but appear to expect the
President to accept their Democracy in lieu
thereof and override the law. There are no in
dications. however. that the President will do
anything of the kind.
The truth is he has been unable to find a bet
ter man than Mr.. Rounds, who, although a Re-
publican. is so we'll fitted for the management of
that immense institution that he is very likely
to remain. His administration has been free
from scandal, and no charge of political fayorit-
ism in appointments can be successfully laid
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Rumor that Mr.. Goldman Will Succeed Mr..
Eaton.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 13.-There is a well-sup-
ported rumor that Mr.. Charles r. Goldman, of
Boston, has accepted the place of Civilservice
Commissioner. to be vacated on Nov. l by Mr..
Dorman B. Eaton. Mr.. Goldman has been very
reluctant to accept the position, because its du-
ties necessarily interfere with his private busl-
ness.
The Post tomorrow will say: Beyond the
fact that the name of Mr.. Charles Il Goldman,
of Boston, has been suggested to the President
as a fit person to succeed Mr.. Eaton, there is no
foundation for the story that he has accepted
the civil-service conmissionership. There is no
probability that he would accept the place if
offered, and there is no 4ikellhood of its being
offered to him.
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Delivery of Mails 3y Railway Companies.

WASHINGTON, Oct. l3.-The Postmaster-gen
eral has made a ruling to the effect that in cases
where railroad companies carrying the mail are
obliged to deliver it into and receive it from
postoffces (which requirement applies to stations
where the postoffice is within eighty rods of the
stopping place of the train), the employees carry
ing the mails between the station and the Office
need not be employees of the postal service, and
need not be sworn in. The department, how
ever, requires the railroad company to employ
for this purpose persons over the age of sixteen
years. and of suitable intelligence and character,
and postmasters are directed to report any VIC
~lations of this requirement.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-10-14
Gladstone and the Irish Coercion Act.

LONDON, Oct. 13.-Mr. Gladstone has pub
lished his correspondence with Sir Michael
Hicks-Beach arising out of remarks in a speech
Of the latter with reference to the coercion act.
The ex-Premier gives the decisions OF his Cabi-
net on the subject of coercion previous to the
overthrow of the Liberal government. The Cab
met, he says, intended to rescind the coercion
clauses. and empower the Viceroy, at his discre-
ton, to use the clauses relating to special iuries
and change of venue. Boycotting was the only
point left undecided. The Cabinet was in boubt
whether to retain, Internationally, the provis-
ions in regard to boycotting or to leave their ex-
ercise to the discretion of the Viceroy.
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Information for Postmasters.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 13.-Many postmasters
have come to grief through disregard of the pos
tai regulation which requires postmasters re-
hitting surplus money-order funds to depositors
in registered packages to be able, in every case,
to prove by at least one disinterested witness
that the money was actually inclosed in the pro.
per registered package, properly addressed,
locked in the mail and dispatched. If the post
master fails to comply with these requirements,
he is compelled to make good the money if it is
lost or stolen. Many postmasters, finding it in
convenient to find a witness of the dispatch of
the funds have. in cases of loss or theft, for
warded claims for credit, which has been disal-
lowed, the Postmaster-general holding that the
precautions above noted are necessary not only
to establish the fact that the money was actually
RENTED, but to secure proof necessary for the
conviction of those persons charged with Its
theft.
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Found Dead in a Canal Lock.

Special to the indianapolis journal.
WABASH, Oct. 13.-At an early hour this
morning the dead body of James Kerr. a we'll
known citizen of LaGro. was found in the canal
lock in the eastern part of the town. His home
was near the canal, and it is supposed that he
got up IN the night and attempted to cross the
narrow foot-bridge over the canal, when he
missed his footing and fell The fall ruptured
several blood vessels and caused serious internal
injuries, from which death resulted instantly.
Kerr was sixty nine years of age, and has resi-
ded in LaGro nearly all his life. Years ago he
was a prosperous merchant and quite wealthy,
running a canal boat supply-house, but Of late
years he has fallen into dissipation and lost his
property. lie was a very intelligent Scotchman
and very popular in LaGro. Kerr was a widower
and leaves two sons. one residing in Wabash
and the other in Kansas. The verdict Of the
coroner was that Kerr came to his death from
unknown causes. The funeral will take place
on Wednesday,. This is the fourth man who has
met his death in the same canal lock.
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FOREIGN
The Hearing of the Appeal in the Case of
Louis Riel Postponed Until the 21st.

LNHF" INfNE 4 U5tPOHCu CHttI tHC >
LONDON, Oct. 1.-THE appeal OF Louis Riel,
the leader Of the half breed insurrection in the
Northwest Territory, came up to-day for argu-
ment. His London lawyer, Mr.. Francis Henry
Jeanne, Immediately on the opening of the
court, asked for a postponement of the case until
the arrival of Mr.. Fitzpatrick, Rielis Canadian
counsel, who was bringing with him an impor-
tant document respecting the matter. Mr.. Web
ster, the Attorney-general, opposed the request.
The court. however, agreed TO postpone the case
until the 2lst inst. The courtroom was crowded,
but there was no excitement. Riel has been
further respited until the 26th.
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Another Church To Be Disestablished.

LIVERPOOL, Oct. 13.-At the Welch Liberal
conference, letters were read from Mr.. Bright
and Mr.. Chamberlain, in which they said that
the time was ripe for the disestablishment of
the WEIGH Church. Mr.. Bright added that the
coming Parliament must complete a thorough
land reform, which to Wales was a most impor-
tant n%npStinn.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-10-14
Crushed to Death in a Mill.

Specialize the indianapolis Journal.
ELKHART, Oct. 13.-Norman Sage, aged twen-
%ty-three, was caught in the machinery of his
fathers Touring mill, to-day. and crushed so
badly that ne died one hour afterwards. He
leaves a widow and one child.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-10-14
The Genius of the South.

MinneapOJa Trlbune.
A clerk in the Patent Office is authority for the
statement that 'the South has no genius" Very
few patents are issued to Southern States, he de-
c!ares. in comparison with those of the North.
Ard yet the South has some very cunning de-
vices which are peculiarly its own; such, for in
stance. as that for preventing negroes from
voting by means of a few shotguns, and the varl-
Gus contrivances for classifying returns. Perhaps
patents have never been issued for these inven-
tions, but none the less the clerk is wrong. The
South undoubtedly has genius.
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Charged with FORGERY.

Specia! to the INDIANAPOLIS journal.
COLUMBUS, Oct. 13-Some days ago Carey
Crisler, a young married man of this county,
bought two horses, paying for them with notes
TO which he forged his fathers name, and then
deserted his family, taking the horses with him.
Yesterday he was arrested at Aurora, while try
ing to negotiate their sale, and was brought
back to day by Sheriff Brown, and is now in
Jail
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-10-14
MINOR MATTERS.
List of Patents Issued to Indiana Inventors
YESTERDAY.

Yesterday.
Special to the indianapolis Journai.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 13.-Patents were issued
to Indianians to-day as follows:
David 0. Adams, Columbus, camera shutter;
Louis F. Case. jr, Goshen, vehicle spring;
Charles B. Cones. assignee to G. b. Cones. Sons
81 Co, indianapolis, pantaloons; Sylvanus Cox,
indianapolis, machine for making conveyer
flights; Charles ". Crawford. Brazil. cutoff
table for tile machines; Emery @. Darr, Shelby
vile. end-gate for wagons; Henry j. Fink, Ne
braska, ear coupling; George r. Holder, Michi-
gan City, machine for removing plumage from
feathers; Jacob w. Rowlet, Richmond, roller
skate; Lewis Ell. Shuler, Charlottesville car
coupling; John Sutherland, assignor of one-half
to j. Hess, Attica, crane; Moses F.. league,
Indianapolis, feed device for sewing machines
and presser foot for sewing machines.
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Iron Works Resuminr Operations.

READING, Pa, Oct l3.-Operations will be
resumed in all the departments of the sheet-mili
of the Reading iron works tomorrow, "a com
promise having been effected with the puddlers,
who struck recently for an advance. The man
ayers have agreed to grant the advance after the
orders now on hand have been filed, should the
condition of trade then warrant 1t.
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Stopping the Butchering of Stolen Cattle.

Hampstead, Tex, Oct blast night a mob
burned the slaughter-houses and pens, with
their contents, belonging to Geo. Burton and
John Ness. After this the mob came to town,
awoke Burton and Ness, and gave them five days
to leave the town and fifteen days to leave the
county. The two men were told that there had
been too many stolen beeves butchered at their
pens, and the intention was to stop it.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-10-14
Appointments by the President.

WASHINGTON, Oct l3.-The President to-day
appointed Charles ii. Call to be collector of Gus
toms for the port of Superior. Mich; John H.
Funk, to be United States attorney for the dis
trict of New Hampshire; Ezra W.. Miller. to be
receiver of public moneys at Huron. D. r., and
John S. Mcfarland, to be register of the land
Office at Huron, d. II.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-10-14
Passenger Train Thrown from the Track.

CoNNELLsvILLE, Pa, Oct. 13-The west
bound express on the Baltimore & Ohio railroad
struck a rock. two miles east of Ohio Pyle Falls,
Pa, at $40 this morning, precipitating tie en-
river. The fireman. Samuel Goodwin, of this
place, was cut, bruised and scalded, but not
fatally. Several passengers were bruised
slightly, but all escaped serious injury.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-10-14
Murder at Cincinnati.

CINCINNATI. Oct. 13-Charles Warman was
drinking in Mrs. Jewelers. saloon, corner Sixth
and Broadway, to. night, with a number of men.
A quarrel began. and Warman was stabbed and
killed on the side walk outside. Lincoln Stat
terly. one of the crowd, has been arrested.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-10-14
Guarantee Associations as Bondsmen.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 13.-The Postmaster-gen-
eral has decided that guarantee associations can
not go on bonds for postmasters. The reason
given for this decision is that it is frequently
necessary for the ~sureties of a postmaster to
take charge of the Office. and az guarantee asso-
Citations have not agents in all places, they could
not, in all cases, take charge of the office when
necessary.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-10-14
Adiustment of ,he Carolines Dispute.

MADRID, Oct. l3.-The dispatch of the Sd
inst. stating that Germany had acknowledged
the Spanish occupation of zap, and that Spain
granted Germany the privilege of free naviga-
ton and commerce in the waters of the Carolines
and the right Of establishing a coaling station in
one of the islands, is officially confirmed.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-10-14
Organizing for Mutual Protection.

Special to the indianapolis Journal
BLooMINGToN, Oct. 13.-A large number of
tree-dealers are congregated here, as they are
each year at this season. To-day they organized
an association for mutual benefit and protection,
known as the Western Tree-dealers' Association.
J. L. Ball, of Button, Ind, was elected presi-
dent.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-10-14
General Lees Canvass in Virginia.

All this Gathering round the country on horse
back, clad in confederate gray, with a rebel staff
around him. may be good taste in politics ac-
cording to the ideas of the gentlemen in Vir-
ginia. but no other set of gentlemen in the world
will regard it as anything but peculiarly tawdry
and coarse minded. The candidate for Gov
ernor of one of our grandest old States should be
something more than a combination of a fool and
a circus clown.
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Closed by the Sheriff.

VVTr1 1pfs
COLUMBUS, Oct. 13.-To-day the dry goods
store of +. Vogel, one of the leading business
houses of the city, was closed by the sheriff on
suit of Calm 81 Strauss, also of this city. The
failure causes no surprise, as the house has been
on a precarious footing for some time. There is
some prospect that it will be reopened in a few
DAYS.
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The boiler of a large cotton-ginning estab-
lishment at Tuscumbia, Ala. exploded on Mon
day night. The buildings were blown to atoms,
and John Starr, the fireman, was killed, and
Thomas Nichols, a bystander, fatally injured.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-10-14
Laundrymen in Convention.

BosToN, Oct 13.-At the second days proceed
ings of the Laundrymen's National Association,
to-day, essays were read by VIM. L.. Lawrence,
of Minneapolis. upon Steam, Its Objects and
Obstacles" w. III. Feifer, of Allegheny, Pa,
spoke upon "Bleach and It's Evils" and A. F.
Doremus, of Chicago, upon Cuts in Prices"
About a hundred members were present.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-10-14
Steamship News.

GLASGOW, Oct 13.--Arrived: Furnessia, from
New York.
QUEENSTOWN, Oct. Is -Arrived: Samaria.
from Boston.
PLYMOUTH, Oct. IL. ARRIVED: Moravia, from
New York for Hamburg.
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Minor Notes.

The reunion of the Twentv-third Indiana
will take place at Salem on the l5ti and 10th
inst
A private letter has been received from Wash
in gton, which conveys the intelligence that John
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-10-14
Republican Victory at Chattanooga.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, Oct. l3-The munic:-
pal election here to-day was closely contested.
The entire Republican ticket was elected by a
reduced majority. Mr.. Sharp, late chief inspect
or of the postoffce department, was elected
mayor. No disturbances occurred.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-10-14
A Profitable Star.

New York Rambler.
Mr.. John i. Sullivan is paid 800 per week to
appear with a negro minstrel company. and he
~forfeits 5000 every night he is drunk. At this
rate the management will make 500 a week out
of Mr.. Sullivan.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-10-14
Wife-M Murder and Suicide.

NEWARK. n. j., Oct. 13.-John Hoffman, a
saloon-keeper, shot his wife this afternoon and
afterwards shot himself. Hoffman and wife did
not live together.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-10-14
Bishop Kn~iekerbacker at G-reencastle.

Special to the Indianapolis Journa;.
GREENcAsTLE, Oct. l3.-Bishop Knickerback-
er spent Sunday with ST. Johns Episcopal Mis-
sion, Greencastle, preaching to large conerega-
tons and confirming four persons. He found
the mission parish, organized here q year and a
half ago. in a prosperous condition, having its
own missionary, Rev. r. G. Talbot. residing
here, and caring for the work here and in Bloom
ington. A lot has been purchased and paid for
the past year, for a church site. During the
Bishops visit it was determined 20 make a strong
effort to secure the means TO build the church.
The Bishop headed the list with a liberal sub
scription. 1t is hoped within the next SIX months
to erect a fine church building.