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victed OF the plot to liberate prisoners at John
ston's Island. in Sandusky sbay Lincoln was
appealed to and promised that Beal should not
die. Seward personally interfered and finally
secured Baals execution. meeting was held
at ST. GATHERINGS, Canada, few weeks after
ward. The plot was Matched there 1t was born
Of personal malice more than Southern sym
pathy The Beal case, and it alone. accounts
for the attack on Secretary Seward. But this
malicious scheme Of small! cabal OF vindictive
men grew into widely ramfed conspiracy
Most dreadful Of all, it became known among
large circles in Washington. There were plenty
OF men in the Capitol March d. who went
there to hear different man from Lincoln make
the inaugural address. 1t is terrible now TO
think how rotten the heart of the political GEN.
ter OF this Nation then was The su rreIder at
AppomattoX crushing blow. 1t came soon
ar than was expected Lncoln's death had been
resolved upon and the date fixed But only
comparative few knew that this change had
been made in the scheme.
II have often wondered if General Lee had
not obtained an inkling of the terrible crime in
contemplation. and fastened the captulation.
He never would have sanctioned dastardly act.
After the shooting tie abject fear manifested by
some people in Washington who had not been
attacked is remembered yet. Too many people
were hanged. or not enough. The most expert
enced men in the service were put or the case.
But one by they were withdrawn. l was
detailed for special duty, but stuck to the con-
sriracy. | found was Swallowed by other peo-
pie. have always suspected there a con
ference very dark night between Stanton,
Wade and Grant, that referred to the secret in
formation obtained about the conspiracy. was
not present, though | was in the house when it oc-
CURED. The archives of the House judiciary com
mittee contain, or aid contain. some of the most
startling testimony imaginable. General Butler
and George S. Boutwell, knew all that General
Grant knew. If either man would tell what he
knows, though it is not all the story, we might
have the revelation yet. What | have merely
limited at shows how wise General Grant was to
keep this awful secret so long and how indiscreet
lie would have been to confide it to ybody'
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properly drawn from the ample and fitting
vocabulary of the great Captain himself. Fo r
instance: Let US have peace" Take your
horses and go home, and help raise CROP My
advice to Sunday schools, no matter what their
denomination is: hold fast to the Bible, as the
sheet anchor of your liberties; write its precepts
in your hearts. and practice them in your lives. "
These. and many other historical sayings, meet
the eye in many directions, and more than one
place of public worship, with great propriety,
h as given the one last quoted permanent posi-
ton over their porticos
There has been an informal interchange of
opinion among soTne of the clergy as to the pro
priety of making Saturday conform far as
possible to the spirit and letter of the Governors
proclamation. which recommends that it be a
religious observance, in harmony with the letter
Of the statute, but nothing has come of it. The
predominant opinion is, that it is best to
leave the matter to the individual dis
erection of the churches and pastors.
There would be no Improperly in
adding to the impressiveness Of the obsequies
by superaddlng religious services to the civic
and military display but as the President of
the United States has made no such recommen-
dation or suggestion, the omission of these would
be no just cause for complaint, especially as the
clergy on the Sunday following will have ample
opportunity to speak from the pulpit morning
and evening
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Mayor Lamb asks the citizens of Norfolk to
appropriately observe the day of General Grants
funeral.
Every leading merchant in Nashville will close
his place Of business on the day of General
Grants funeral.
Mayor Smith, of Philadelphia, has issued
proclamation asking suspension of business in
that city on Saturday.
The President is in receipt of a number of
communications from different parts of the
country, suggesting and recommending that
he declare next Saturday national holiday,
upon which day there shall be a suspension of
both public and private business. The President
is not, however. empowered to declare a national
holiday, as his jurisdiction III that respect does
not extend beyond the limits of the District of
Columbia His authority there is similar to that
OF Governors in their respective States
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INDIANA ANDILLINOIS NEWS
A Disease that Defes Medical Skill APP
pears in Porter County.
Suicide in Warren COunty-Man Killed
by Lightning-NOteS and Gleanings
INDIANA.
A Strange and Fatal Disease Appears in Por-


| VALPARAISO, Aug 5.-At Porter Station,
village of three hundred inhabitants, twelve
miles from this city, in the extreme northwest
ern part of the county, an epidemic is raging
which in the last three days has carried off five
persons, leaving fifteen dangerously i'll, and
| about twenty five others of whose condition the
doctors cannot speak with any degree of GER
| tainty. The people of the village are mostly
Swedes, Of clearly, thrifty habits. and until the
+. present epidemic broke out among them, they
| have been remarkably healthy. About ten days
ago the first symptoms of the scourge made its
| appearance and manifested itself in vomiting
and diarrhGtc discharges. The doctors were
at loss as to the cause, and
| were unable to prescribe any remedies to alevi
ate the suferings of the patients The afflicted
stated they felt sort of leaden weight in the
stomach and bowels, which quickly changed to
the vometing and dircharges. remarkable
popularity observable in those who have already
succumbed is that while they retain clear
seriousness to the last, yet the eyes give forth
wild expression and the general appearance of
the countenance conveys the idea of insanity.
The most powerful drugs have failed to give
temporary check to the disease. Porter is sup
piled with meats by butchers Of Chester
town, one mile east Investigation has re-
vealed that one meat-shop here has not been kept
in a healthy condition, the nghtwatch having
stated that on few occasions he could hardly
| pass the door from the unpleasant doors emit
| ted. while doctor Of the town, who. few days
ago, entered the cooling room, asserted that
never did he experience worse odOr in college
| dissecting room. Unfortunately for the people
of Porter, it is said that it was the proprietor
of this market who supplied them with the bulk
| of their meats. The poison which has caused
the deaths so far is of an alkalod nature The
following are the names of those who have died:
Mrs. Trowe, aged fifty; John Pearson, aged
eighteen; August Gustafson, aged twelve, and
two children under ten years of age. The
| appears to be similar to that which occurred re-
Gently at Momence, III.
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Democratic Struggles Against Reform.


The action taken by the Virginia State Demo
cratic convention respecting the civil-service law
is understood to be the course that will be pur-
sued by other Democratic State conventions to
be held this year, except in New York and other
Eastern States, where the cause of civil service
reform has obtained firm hold. The Ohio
Democrats will meet in convention at an early
day, and it is believed that they will 60 as far
as their Virginia brethren in denounc-
ing the law, declaring it unconstitutional
and unworthy of the support Of the Democratic
party. Then the war is to be carried into Con-
gress. Democratic representatives declare as
much Representative Bennett, of North Caro-
lima; Representatives Hill and Warner, of Ohio,
and many others have announced themselves as
hostile to the present order of things, and ready
to co operate for radical changing or the repeal
of the law. An effort will be made by some of
the hot headed opponents of the reform to.vote
down any appropriations proposed for the main
tenance of the civil-service commission and
enforcement of the law, and thus starve the TO
them) odious thing out of existence.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-08-06

General Grants Book Settles tho Question
About Lees Surrender.

General Grants Book Settles tho Question
About Lees Surrender.
New York Herald.
The plaster cast of the dead face of General
Grant taken by Mr.. Karl Gerhardt remains
locked up in the secret drawer of safe, to
which the sculptor himself alone has key. II
was said at The time the cast was made that j,
would be used in preparing steel engravings for
the Grant memoirs. which are now in the hands
of C. L. Webster & Co., the publishers. Mana
ger Hall, Of that firm, yesterday denied this
statement.
THE cast will be used by Mr.. Gerhardt for the
purpose of sculpturing the face of General
Grant" he said, land the portrait to be used in
the book is Marshalls beautiful steel engraving
of which Mr.. George W. Childs said 1T is the best
and strongest portrait of General Grant have
ever SEEM"
as the cast very good one7" asked the
Herald reporter, to whom the statement was
made.
III is absolutely perfect General Grant die
tated great deal of the last volume of his
memoirs to me, and know that this cast is an
exact reproduction of his face. This is not
remarkable in view of the fact that the plaster
was applied to the face Immediately after
death"
ITO whom did General Grant dictate the story
of the surrender at Appomattox!"
ITO me-
"Did he settle the question as to whether
General Lee offered his sword in token of sub
missionW
''In the book he has settled that whole story
giving all the details of the with wonderful
accuracy. He also settled the famous apple tree
story"
Wont you give the particulars of the sword
story General Grant has told itp'
Il really cannot do so, but can tell you this
much, that General Grant did not demand Lees
sword Lee did not offer his sword. and Grant
never thought of suggesting such thing"
Then the sword of surrender was a mere
fction?"
st was absolutely
what was General Grants manner when he
dictated the story of the surrender; did he seem
to be at all affected"
''He showed much feeling and stopped fire.
quently, as if trying to select in his own mind
the kindest phrases possible when speaking of
the confederate officers. Of Lee he speaks in
warm terms, both soldier and a man. All
through the memoirs General Grant has told
characteristic stories. Several of them are
about Lincoln, and about Shermans march
tirst-cass war story to somebody who happened
to be in tho room, and would not allow me to
take it down. He said, however that he thought
bis book ought to have amusing stories here and
there in 1t in order to prevent the historical parts
of it from being dry. General Grant was won
derfully thoughtful in his dictaton, and acted in
the most deliberate manner, seldom making me
go back over my notes. He would remain
silent with his eyes fixed as if in deep study for
several minutes and then he would 60 ahead at
he rate of about hundred words a minute.
noticed one thing, and that was that he seemed
% be endeavorlng to remove every fallacy about
ne war that had caused bitterness
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A Man Killed by Lightning,

Special to the INDIANAPOLIS Journal
MADISON Aug 5.-On Tuesday afternoon as
William Rutledge and John Burnsides were at
work in field near Kent storm came I'D and
they sought shelter from the rain under tree,
Mr.. Rutledge leaning against the trunk and Mr..
Burusides standngnear. While they were &C.
cupying these positions lightning struck the
tree, running down the opposite side of the
trunk until reaching a point short distance
above Rutledges head, when it ran around the
trunk and struck him, killing him Instantly Mr..
Burnsides was stunned and lay for some time
unconscious
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Long John Wentworth's BuriaI-PIace

CHICAGO, Aug. 1.-The Rose Hill Cemetery
tract of burial ground that was ever purchased
by one person in the West, and for which the
largest price on record in the West was paid
The purchaser was Mr.. Wentworth, a wealthy
ex-mayor of this city, who is Familiarity known
as Long John" The price paid was $40 900
cash for 20. 900 square,feet The plat is located
not far from the entrance and has commanding
view Upon this Mr. Wentworth proposes to
expend about $50 000 which will be put into
heroic statue of himself, upon a granite pedestal,
and which he expects to go down the ages as his
monument
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ILLINOIS.

a Peoria Distillery Makes Trouble for the
Whisky Pool
PEORIA, Ill, Aug. 5.-President Miller, of the
whisky pool has been here for two days past,
trying to arrange distillery matters One or
more representatives of Cincinnati and other
dstllers have also been here. The cause of the
congregating was owing to the fact that the
Great Western, one of the heaviest distillers in
the association, and which had shut down, had
announced the intention to start up. The reason
given by the Great Western men was that it
furnished class Of goods not furnished by the
other distilleries. The matter was not arran ged.
so far as known, and the Great Western will
run.
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Steamship News.

LIVERPOOL, Aug. 5.-Passed Fastipet: City
Of Rome from New York.
QUEENSTOWN, Aug. 5.-Arrived: Samaria.
from Boston, for Liverpool
BREMEN, Aug. 5.-Arrved: General Werder
and Maine, from New York.
LONDON, Aug 5--Passed the Lizard: Rhine
land, from New York, for Antwerp.
New YORK, Aug. 5-Arrived Waesland.
from Antwerp; State of Indiana, from Glasgow;
Wisconsin, from Liverpool.
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Murdered by "a Policeman,

CINCINNATI. Aug 5-Policeman John Rcddy
last night ordered Harry Lindman who was
lying on the sidewalk, drunk, to move on. Lind
man jumped up and grappled with Roddy. and
the two fell into the street While struggling
the policeman drew revolver and placing it's
muzzle against Lindman's abdomen, fired. The
wounded man was taken to the hospital, where
he is reported dying this evening
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A Fatal Railway Accident,

CHARLOTTE. N. c., Aug. 5.-As the south
bound passenger train on the Air line road
passed point sixty miles south of Spartanburg
the second first class coach and two sleepers
were sent rolling down the embankment j. J.
Ransome. conductor, was killed and seven pas
sengers dangerously wounded. The accident
was caused by rail turning over.
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Action of New York LepiSIature.

ALBANY, Aug. 5.-Members of both branches
of the Legislature assembled in their respective
chambers this morning and appointed commit
tees to attend the funeral of General Grant.
Suitable resolutions were then adopted, after
which they adjourned
Governor Hill and Speaker Erwin, of the As
sembly, as trustees Of the Capitol. decided.
to-day, that suitable memorial slab be sunk in
the pavement on the spot whore General Grants
remains Law in state.
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Dispensation to the e. r., k. of p.

FORT MADISON, Ia, Aug, 5.-Supreme Chan
celor Valkenburg has issued general dis
pensaton to the Knights of the country, author
izing the members of subordinate lodges and
divisions of the Uniform Ranks Knights of
Pythias, to appear in full uniform and regalia at
the memorial services of the late Gen. u S.
Grant on the 9Th inst
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unconscious.
Gov. Gray at the Third Regiment camn.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
LAPoRTE, Aug. Ex-Governor Gray and staff,
numt ering seventeen persons, arrived to night
by special car, to be present to morrow-Govern-
ors day-at Camp Kirk and review the troops
Large crowds are expected. Governor Gray will
be the guest of Mayor Nye, except tomorrow
noon, when himself end party will take dinner
in camp The Governor will be received at
camp at 10 o'clock tomorrow, and at l:3O will
review the troops in front of the public SQUARE
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Theft of Bonds.

RICHMOND, Va. Aug. 5-Some ten or
twelve days ago, Thomas Carpenter, sec
rotary of the Virginia Base Bali Asso-
Schoolcraft, broker, disappeared from this city
1t now appears that he held key to the safety
box in the vault of the State Bank. in which
Mark Downey kept $38 900 in North Carolina.
Petersburg class b, kiddleberger bonds Car
penter stole these, and is supposed now 20 be in
Canada. Some of the bonds have come back
here from Baltimore. whore thew were sold.
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Didn't Shake the Shingles Loose.
Carolina Spartan.


The Rev. G. T. Hartman, of Laurens, made a
fine impression at the district conference at
Gaffney's. The people praised both the matter
and manner of his preaching and liked him
especially because he spoke with natural tone
of voice and did not shake the shingles loose by
loud "hollerin'." We do not know why preach
ers, in a small house whose seating capacity is
200 20 400, will make noise enough for an audi
ence of about Is 900.
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Heavy Loss at Marinette. wis

MARINETTE, Wis.,, Aug. 5-A fire which started
in misplace at an early hour this morning result
edna loss of $5l. 600 upon which there was an in
surance of $4,000 Stephens's bank the
Marfnette Eagle office. two clothing stores. a
jewelry store, drug store, postofice and smaN
establishments were destroyed.
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A County Treasurer Missing; Also, S1O,64O

KANSAS CITY, Aug. 5--The Times's Topeka,
Kan, special says: I'D. V Moffett, treasurer of
Cot1ey county is in to the State for taxes
collected to the amount of $40, $40. The State
Treasurer telegraphed to Burlington the county
seat and received reply that Moffett had not
Seen seen there since July2 The missing man
has hitherto borne good reputation"
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Meeting of Observation-Disclosures.

New YORK, Aug. 5.-In one of the parlors of
the Hoffman House assembled. this evening,
upward of fifty ex-confederate soldiers, to do
honor to the memory of General Grant Among
the most prominent were Brigadier
general r. d. Lilley, of General
Jackson's brigade; Col. w. L. Duff,
of the Eighth Mississippi Cavalry: Sergeant A.
NJ Davies, OF the Thirty fourth Virginia Infantry;
Douglass Walker, of the Hampton Legion; Gen
W. ". Loring, Mai w. II. Quincy and Gen j.
b. Gordon: of Gen. Longstreet's corps, and
Maj. d. g. Ridgeford, provost marshal of Gen.
Lees army at Richmond. William Hancock
Clark acting secretary, called the meeting
to order, and Gen. J. B. Gordon was
elected chairman. The latter stated the purpose
of the meeting. He said he would cali them
fellow soldiers, and he knew they never would
forget General Grant at Appomattox when
he gave the Southern army such hon
orable terms. Resolutions were unanimously
passed, paying high tribute to the noble quail
ties of the dead General setting forth his efforts
in life and success in death in restoring peace
and good will between the North and South. and
testifying to his magnanimity at Appomattox
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No Appreciation of Art.

BIT. McGregor Special.
In such time this the last incident is
welcomed as a break in the monotony. SO when
Fred Grants little daughter cana crying along
the veranda this morning and carrying copy of
New York newspaper, which had cut Of
Grants tomb; what she had to say was listened
to in fine spirit of appreciative humor.
81 thought grandpa was to have beautiful
grave" foobs.
$50 he will dear, and the most beautiful mon
ument any man ever had"
well sob, look at that picture He oughtto
stay here, not in such (sob) horrid place as
that crescendo of sobs, and with that she
ran away, throwing the obnoxious pic
ture over the railing. There is no doubt
of the fact that the picture might start
tears from the eyes af those older than
the daughter of the house of Grant, and in its
contemplation gentleman, whose artistic emf
nence is never questioned. said he wondered how
newspaper could print morality and such pic
ures In the same sheet. This led to some criti-
cisms over LeClercs picture of Grant, which d
dispatch reports as being subscribed for in the
sum OF $40 900 by fifty Chicago gentlemen. forty
of whom have already put down their 5000. The
critic said that LeClerc had never done such poor
and careless work before and before he died had
privately admitted that it was very bad. Gen.
Grant had said the picture was good one, but
the Generals idea of art valuable to art
as the illustrations of the advertisements Of soap
IN the magazines and newspapers. In fact, he
did not know good picture when he saw it.
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Observance of the sth at Cincinnati.

CINCINNATI, Aug. 5.-This city will observe
Aug by an adjournment of the Chamber of
Commerce, a suspension of business, and a
meeting at night in Music Hall. where General
Noyes will deliver an Grafton.
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The packing at the chief points from March / to
date is SD wn to be as follows: Chicago 1,730.-
0OO kan~1s City, 49, 900; st. Louis, l23, 900;
Cincinnati, $4,000; Milwaukee, 10000; In
dianapolis. 10000; Cedar Rapids. 1240OG
Cleveland, 1900
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The Projected Fit. Leavenworth Monument

LEAvENwoRTH, Kan, Aug. 5.-The work of
perfecting local organization for the proposed
Grant monument at FIT. Leavenworth is being
actively pushed here. under the general manage
ment of Mayor Nicely and General Miles, who
have already received encouraging letters from
the Governors of most of the States and Terri
tories. In the Department of the Missouri,
Genera! Miles has appointed Captain Hathaway,
of Fl. Leavenworth, as treasurer of the fund to
whom subscriptions may be sent.