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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-10-07
A Number of Weakened Republicans Hand
in Their Contributions, in the Hope
of Retaining Their Places.
Indiana Bond Frauds and the Effect
They Are Havingon the States Credit.
Virginia Bourbons Preparing to Intimidate
COlored Voters-The Indiana Pension
Agency To Be Given to Zollinger.
EVADING THE CIvIL-SERvICE LAW.

Democratic Office Holders Raising Money for
Campaign Purposes.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, Oct 6-"Gracious! But if the
Republicans would commit the indignities upon
the civilservice law the Democrats are now,
how quick the country would know it, and how
quick they would go out of oficev said 'hold-
over" watchman in one of the departments to
the Journal correspondent to-day. "Why,' con.
tinued he ''the Democrats are holding meetin gs
almost every night in the departments. You
see am here at night, and l can find out just
what they are doing l make no inquiries I
only see and hear If they suspected me, off
would go my head. It reminds me of the
Knights of the Golden Circle and those mysteri-
Gus times"
What are the secret meetings being held in the
departments for?" asked.
COLLECTING money and devising plans to help
the Democratic party in Ohio, New York and
Virginia"
"Do they make assessments?"
Hardly that; but they get the Democratic
clerks into the meetings and they are requested
to hand over so much money, which, of course
they do"
'The first one was held about three weeks ago,
aud the last one last night The meetings are
he'd nearly every night. There are committees
quietly at work in every department, and they
are raising lots of money Some men who wero
here under former administrations and who have
been considered Republicans, are contributing
to solidify themselves with the administration.
Of course no one in the departments will say
anything; they afraid to, and oh if you
should ever let anyone even suspect that told
you this it would displace NE instantly" and the
poor watchman slipped away, looking as badly
frightened as though pursued by detectives for
some terrible crime.
That the statement given is true there is no
doubt. But it would be almost impossible to
prove it. This is one great weakness in civil
service reform. The powers prevailing can dis
regard it with impunty in many places and
they cannot be punished, simply because they
control the testimony. Another weakness is the
disadvantage all dismissed employees have in
proving that the civilservice law was violated
in their removal. AS the system gets older il
will become perfect however, and es-
pecially in these two particulars. 1t will take
some time to rid it of politics.
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MURDERER WILSON,
His Horrible Story Fully Confirmed by Inves-
tigation in Montgomery County, Pa.

CHICAGO, Oct 6-The strange and wild story
of John NJ Wilson. who staggered into the
Twelfth-street station Saturday night last,
proclaiming himself murderer, is true The
following dispatch received last night from Phil
adelphia, confirms his tale:
Hold Wilson. He is wanted for the murder
of Anthony Daily. who disappeared mysteriously
about the middle of February, 1884, from his
farm IN MONTGOMERY county, near Ivy Hill
Cemetery. Will send for HIM. F. r. Kelly.
Chief of Detectives"
In his drunken talk, Wilson told of the
horrible manner in which he killed Anthony
DAILY, farmer of Ivy Hill, Pa, in February,
1884; how, after he had worked for him, he
asked for money, and, on being refused visited
neighboring village and got crazy drunk;
returning, he steathily entered the sleeping
room of DAILY, and, picking up meat-cleaver
Drained the sleeping victim. The details follow
ing are almost too horrible to relate The
murderer deliberately hacked the body to
pieces, secured the severed members in bag
and dumped them into Wissahckon creek
When sufficiently sober to realize
the terrible deed he had committed, he
fled the country, arriving in Chicago after
almost two years wanderings Wilson was seen
in his cell at the police station last night. He
is twenty years of age and native of
Nova Scotia, where his parents aud relatives
now reside he is man or small stature and
puny frame, looking anything but the horrible
murderer he apparently is. Since he came to
this city he has worked for a mkman on Went
worth avenue. About two weeks ago he met
child greatly resembling that of the murdered
At sight of the little one the old feeling
of remorse returned, and. he says, drove him
into frenzy. Since then he has known no
peace of mind, and on Saturday night got drunk
and hired boy to take him to police station,
where he made his startling confession When
told that this story had been verified by the
Philadelphia detectives, Wilson expressed no
surprise. If anything, he appeared pleased at
the information. AS to his punishment, he
appears careless. He says be would rather not
be hanged, but seems to think that will be his
fate
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THE VIRGINIA CAMPAIGN.

The Bourbens Preparing to Intimidate Re-
publican Co1ored Voters
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 6.-There is every indca-
ton that the election in Virginia next month
will be accompanied by all sorts of outrages
upon the colored voters if they attempt to vote
in certain localities, and that good deal of
blood will flow. The Bourbons are charging the
Republicans with preparing to colonize colored
voters, and say they will use the shotgun be-
fore the colored man shall vote in some of the
precincts. because they have been improperly
influenced" The improper influence lies in vot-
ing the Republican ticket
The difficulty between Bourbon ally and the
head of the Republican ticket on the train. near
this city. last week. is only a precursor of what
is to come. Under the pretense that colored men
have been colonized from other States, the
programme is to begin a slaughter on the day
night previous to the election so as to terror
ize the colored voters, as was done at Danville
two years ago. A pretext will be found. With
full and fair vote, Senator Malone says the
Republican majority will not be less than 15 000
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INDIANA PENSION AGENCYS

The Place Will Be Given to Zollinger, and
Manson BE Fed on Promises.
Special to the indianapolis journal.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 6.-General Black, Com
missioner of Pensions told an Indianian to-day
that Gen. Fred Knefers successor would be ap-
pointed tomorrow and that he would be Mayor
Zollinger. of Fort Wayne. General Mansons
name was not presented for the position of pen
sion agent at all. The Indiana delegation
although much preferring him, did not desire
that he should vacate the lieutenant governor
ship. They are understood to have represented
to him that, in the event senatorial lightning
strikes Governor Gray, the mantle of the Gov
ernor's Office will fall upon him. 1t is understood
that General Manson would prefer the pension
agency to his chances in the political lottery of
the future, but he has been unable the master
his own desires, as usual
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the assumption by England of the management
of our own affarsl 1t is admitted that the
present system cannot go on. What are
you going to put in its placea My
advice to English statesmen in considering this
question would be TO trust the Irish people al
together or to trust them not at all Give with
free and open hand; give our people power to
egislate on all domestic concerns and you may
depend on one thing-the desire for separation
at least will not be increased or intensified
Whatever chance English rulers may have of
drawing to themselves the affection Of the Irish
people lies in their destroying the abomnable
system of legislative union by concediug fully
and freely to Ireland the right to manage her
own affairs. We can show that the power has
been freely conceded to the great colonies to
protect their industries against those # Eng
land. In these colonies disaffection has disap-
peared; and while Irishmen going to America
carry with them burning hatred against En-
gsh rule and bequeath it to their children, the
Irishman who goes to Australia and
finds different system Of English rule becomes
a loyal citizen, and a strength and prop
to the community in which his lot is cast. I say
1t is possible and it is the duty of English states
men of to day to inquire into and to examine the
facts for themselves and to cease the task they
admit to be impossible-that of going forward in
continued misgovernment If these lessons can
be learned, am convinced that the English
statesman who is great enough and who Is
powerful enough to carry out these teachings
and to enforce them on the acceptance of his
countrymen, and to give Ireland full legislative
liberty and a full power to manage her own do
mestic concerns, will be regarded in the future
oy his countrymen as one who has removed the
greatest peril to the English empire-a peril, l
firmly believe which, if not removed, will find
some day-perhaps not in our time, but will
certainly find, sooner or later, and it may be
sooner than later-an opportunity of revengng
itself by the destruction of the British engine
for the expressions and misgoyernment of CEN
turieS,
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IRISH AFFAIRS.
The Government of Ireland Passing from the
Control of the English Ministry.

The Government of Ireland Passing from the
Control of the English Ministry.
LONDON, Oct 6-The Times says, to-day, in
commenting on Mr. Parnells speech at Wick
low yesterday: '"The Cabinet, which meets to
day, must consider the situation in Ireland. 1t
is impossible to disguise the fact that the gov
ernment of Ireland has passed, or is rapidly pass
ing, out of the hands of her Majesty's Ministers.
The latter must defend their policy of abandon
ing the bill for the renewal of the coercion act
Mr. Parnells demand for home rule is only pre-
liminary TO further effort to complete the sep
araton of Ireland from Great Britain" The
Dublin Freemans Journal supports Mr. Parnells
demand that the Irish people be permitted to
raise their own revenues and protect their indus
tries. The Irish Times says that protection is
impossible without removing Ireland thousand
miles away from England.
John Dillon, presiding at meeting of the
National League today, warned tenants who
contemplated immediate purchase of land not to
pay more than the amount of ten years rental
for the same. The people. he said, must either
buy or fight for land, and the price he indicated
was, in his opinion, a fair compensation to land
lords. He announced that the parliamentary
fund amounted to So, 600.
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received by the County Commissioners through
out the State, and give some definite idea as 10
the general effect of the frauds. Why you can't
dispose of any security based on Indiana prop
erty without sacrifice in the East, simply be-
cause the investors there do not know how far
reaching these frauds are We know they only
affect the townships where they were issued, and
that they are very few, but if one doesn't know
where those townships are and doesn't know this
fact officially you cannot make him beleveit. The
Governors seal under a statement has great
weight. 1t only requires an explicit, truthful
statement of facts by the Governor to restore
confidence, and as public official he should act
in the matter. His duty is plain and the neces-
sity apparentn
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FOREIGN MISCELLANY.
Varying Opinions as to the Result of the Con-
ference at Constantinople.

LONDON, Oct. 6.-The proposal to make Prince
Alexander merely Governor of Roumelia causes
dissatisfaction at Philipopolis. 1t is considered
an impracticable proposition, and is likely to
prevent pacific settlement of the trouble.
the remainder of the Servian reserves have
been called out. All the military surgeons have
gone to the frontier.
The report of the ambassadors to the powers
on the Roumelian difficulty indicates that the
tenor of the communication to be addressed to
Turkey and Bulgaria will prevent a conflict,
leaving to the powers the duty of solving the
question.
Ten thousand volunteers for service in Mace
donia have been concentrated in soath Bulgaria,
under government control.
The belief is increasing at Vienna that the
conference will be failure.
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Cable Notes.

The report recently published to the effect that
Belgium had withdrawn from the Latin none
tary convention is officially denied.
Charles Philippe Robin, the well-known
physician and scientist. and member of the
French Senate, is dead, at the age of sixty four
years.
Serious dissensons have arisen among the
Burmese Ministers. owing to the fact that some
members of the Cabinet entertain intimate re-
lations with England, while others have strong
sympathies with France.
The British Parliament will be dissolved on
the 18th of November. The government will
present to the new Parliament bill to cheaper
and simplify the transfer of land. The govern
ment is carefully Studying the subject of local
government and intends to submit bill for the
establishment of county boards.
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Parneli's Claim for ireland,
peech at Wicklow, on Monday.

From Speech at icklow, on Monday.
Ireland could never be manufacturing nation
of such Importance as to be able to compete
with England; but several industries could be
made to thrive here, although we should be com
PEELED to seek other than our own supplies from
the English markets. account of natural
Parliament considers there are certain indus
tries which could be fostered by protection, the
Irish Parliament should have power to protect
them. 1t is not for me to predict the extent TO
which that power would be used but tell the
English Radicals and Liberals that it is useless
to talk of their desire to do justice to Ireland
when. from motives of sel6shness, they refuse
to repair the most manifest inequalities of all,
namely: the destruction of our manufactures by
England in times past; when they refuse to re-
pair that injustice by giving us the power to
build up those comparatively few industries to
which Ireland is adapted by circumstances to ex-
eel in.
A claim has been put forward that some guar
antee should be given that the granting of leg
islative Independence to Ireland should not lead
to separation. This claim is one which at first
sight may seem fair. 1t would be preposterous
to ask England to concede to us the engine which
we announced our intention to use for bringing
about separation; but there Is great difference
between having such an intention and giving
counter guarantees against carrying it. It is not
possible for the human intelligence to forecast
the future in such matters but we can point to
the fact that under the eighty five last years of
her parliamentary connection with England,
Ireland has become intensely disloyal and in
tensey dsafected; that, notwithstanding the
alternate policy of conciliation and coercion dis
satisfaction has broadened and deepened from
day to day.
AM not then, entitled to assume that the root
OF disatection and this feeling Of disloyalty is
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Fight Among Theatrical People.

PHILADELPHIA Oct 6-At $50 this evening
H. G. Leonard, of the Janish dramatic COM
pany, now playing in this city, was shot by 4.
l.. Erlauger manager of the Daemar company,
which is TO open here next week. At the time
mentioned Mrs. Leonard, John Havin and
Mr.. Erlanger were in the latters room
at the Continental Hotel, when Leonard
came in and Immediately assaulted Erlanger
with an umbrella. A fight ensued, during which
Erlanger shot Leonard in the side. The wounded
man was conveyed to hospital. and Eranger
was arrested. Leonards wound is not danger
Gus. The trouble grew out of the separation of
Mr.. Leonard and his wife some time ago, and
the employment of the latter by Erlanger.
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MINOR MATTERS.
The Ciyil-Service Law and the Effect 1t Is
Having on Governments Employees.

The Civil-Service Law and the Effect It Is
Having on Governments Employees.
Special to the Indianapolis journal.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 6.-It has been frequently
observed by men in all parties here that the
civil-servce law is putting more of the better
class of people in the departments than the serv-
ice has heretofore had. Education generally
makes people better, and as appointments are
made upon the ratio of education the applicants
possess the service receives the maximum of n-
telligence. The employees are retained and pro-
NOTED according to their merit in efficiency and
morals, and therefore the service must be ele-
waited. The law does not prevent removals for
cause. If the workings results of the law are
properly shown to the people they will sustain
it. Much more good than evil has resulted
from it.
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STREET CAR STRIKE AT ST. LOUIS.
A Majority of the Drivers Cease Work When
the City Is Thronged with Visitors.

ST. LOUIS, Oct 6-At meeting of the exec
utive committee of the Knights of Labor, this
afternoon, it was decided to order a general
strike of street-car men, to begin at 3 o'clock
this afternoon. Promptly at the appointed time
the men on the Washingtonavenue line turned
in their cars, and by o'clock the strike was well
under way, and the running of cars was almost
totally suspended on all the roads in the city,
excepting the Olive-street and the Market-street
lines, and the South st. Louis road. The strike
was made in accordance with an order issued by
the executive board Of the Knights Of Labor,
into whose hands the street-car men had
placed their affairs, and they allege the men
were ordered out because the president or other
officials of the car company failed to meet them,
or even noticed their request for meeting at
which to arbitrate the trouble. Only one presi-
dent responded to the call, Mr.. Johnson. of the
South st. Louis road who acceded to tn de-
mands or the men, and his line was at once ex-
empted But on all other roads aud in opposi-
ton to the advice of the leading merchants
whom they had called to their aid, the executive
committee ordered strike and the men went
out, except on the roads above mentioned. The
inopportuneness of this strike, no matter what
the grievances of the men are, or how just they
may be, is 30 manifest at this
particular time, when the city is
thronged with visitors to attend the fair
and visit the various spectacles provided for
their entertainment, that the universal senti-
ment of the citizens is of severest condem-
nation. The men have wholly forfeited the sym
pathv of everybody, and they cannot hope to be
successful in their ill-advised movement
Thousands of people who visited the business
part of the city tonight to witness the parade of
the Yelled Prophets and the illumination.
had only words Of indignation to ex-
press at the conduct of the car men.
What the outcome will be no one can tell to-
night but the officials of the car companies
who have been seen, show no disposition to yield
to the men, and they will probably employ new
men and attempt to their tomorrow
1t is alleged tonight that if this is done the car
men will resort to violence, if necessary, to pre-
vent it. The police department have prepared
for any emergency, and the nope tonight is tn st
there will be no serious trouble.
Quite number Of cars OH the Belefontaine
railway were tonight manned by citizens who
volunteered their services for the occasion, and
thousands of people living in the northwestern
part OF the city were thus afforded easy means
of returning to their homes after viewing the
downtown spectacle. The Olive and Market
street line continued running until late hour,
as did the South St Louis line, but beyond these
not car moved.
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Dismissed for Abusing tho President.

Special to the indianapolis journal.
WAsHINGToN, Oct. 6.-Seyeral weeks ago
Joseph E. Hayden, a clerk in the Pension Office,
INDUCED in number of coarse reflections upon
President Cleveland while riding in a horse-car.
One of his auditors was a prominent district
Democrat, who reported the matter to General
Black, upon that gentleman's return last Satur-
day. Yesterday Mr.. Hayden was dismissed from
his clerkship. Hayden is the man who claimed
to have discovered plot to assassiuate Hayes at
the time of the latter's inauguration. The story
was regarded as an improbable one by almost
every one except Mr. Hayes, who rewarded Hay
den's enterprise by finding him lucrative place
under the government, which he might have
held indefinitely but for his Incorporate TRADE
against the President.
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Child Drowned bv an Insane Father.

ALLEeAN, Mich, Oct 6-John Chamberlin
OF Hopkins township, who is crazy. on Saturday
took his eiehtmonths-oldc child to the field with
him. He was gone long time, and search was
made for him. 1t was found that he had passed
through Rabbit river. drowning the child He
was found Lear the lake, with his own throat
rOut and the dead child In his arms He is now a
Taving maniac but will probably recover from
his wounds
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A Wife Murderer Surrenders Himself.

HoBoKEN n. j.. Oct. George Fl. Disque.
saloon keeper, surrendered himself to the police
this afternoon, saying that ne had killed his wife,
An investigation proved the truth of his state
ment His story is that he went home this
afternoon and found his wife drunk, with
strange man in the house. who hastily left; that
a quarrel ensued; that his wife tried to kill him
with knife, and that in the struggle for its
possession the weapon accidentally entered her
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throat The wound is eight inches long. When
the police went to the place they found the
woman dead on the floor and her seven months
old baby dabbling in her blood, which stood in
pools on the floor. The dead woman leaves two
other children. aged four and two. Insane jeal-
ousY is believed to have caused the deed.
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Striking Glass-BiOwers.

PHILADELPHIA Oct. 6-About 700 glass
blowers are now on strike in this city, demand
for new scale of wages averaging about $15
per week higher than had been paid, having been
refused 1t is stated that there was also dissat-
isfacton among the workmen because of the re-
fusal of one of the firms to discharge some non
union hands. The firms affected by the strike are
Gillender q Son. Rohrbecker q Homan, and
Gill & Murray
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LOUISVILLE, KY, Oct. 6.-Dr William Jones,
a prominent physician of Livingston county,
was shot and killed to-day at Smithand, KY,
by Alex Smithson, watchman on the Tenues
see river bride The two had been drinking.
and were riding together, when without warn
ing, Smithson shot his victim.
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The Carolines Dispute Settled.

BERLIN, Oct. 6-The report published on the
Sd inst that Germany and Spain had effected q
frmed to-day. Prince Bismarck has written
friendly letter to the Pope, thanking him In the
name of Germany for the interest his Holiness
has taken in the question. The agreement will
be officially announced within day or two.