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The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-04-11
The Telephone Bill.


Seeing that your columns are extensively
used for discussing the civilians Telephone
bill regulating rentals aAd tolls in the tele-
phone service please permit me a small
space for few practical remarks on the sub
ject. As to the Evansville Exchange, which
is carried on under the same rule governing
other exchanges throughout the State, it is
managed with too little regard for the wishes
of its subscribers. Some two years ago an
order was Issued, emenatipg from the Presi-
dent Of the company at Chicago, instructing
the local mansger here to demand three
months rental in advance, and to
remove all telephones from subscrib-
ers opposing this demand, The SUBJ
scribers loudly objected 20 this sudden
demands. Many could not spare their tele-
phones upon such short notice, and would
suffer much inconvenience by the removal
of the Instruments. Under these circum.
stances many acceded TO the demands of the
intimidating telephone company, however.
Fully 30 per cent. OF the instruments were
Withdrawn and yet !the telephone company
thrived. and were no more humiliatiug than
before. They sre discOurteous to their GUS
toners, compelling them to surrender tele
phones without giving reasons, and threat
ening the removal OF instruments il their
unreasonable terms are not strictly complied
with.
1t is on this account that the subscription
list of the telephone company is less than
half what it should be. It is their own fault
il their income on the tolls prescribed in the
Williams bill is insufficient. If they would
serve the public with reasonable degree of
decency they would be substantially sup
| ported.
The reason why sudden action is taken
| when unreasonable measures are resorted to-
Is for the purpose OF crsmping the victim
| when unprepsred for the emergency, as was
the case when the pulling" ARRAY took
| place. in oroer that submission might
\ be obtained. From ell can
learn, other telephone exchanges through
| out the entire svstem are managed very sinli-
/ lar 10 this. under these circumstances. IL is
great wonder they obtain sufficient pat
| ronsge to continue business. Oar legisIst )rs
| should support the Williams bin with a
| coursge thar can not meet with defeat. Oar
| citizens are jubilant over the possibility Of il
| becoming law. Should il fail, very
| gloomy counteDance will characterize the
| citizens of Evansville and surrounding towns,
all of whom JOIN me in good wishes to the
Sentinel for the bold stand it has taken in
/ the n after. TRLEPHoNE SUBSCRIBER.
| Evansville, Ind, April 9.
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WHY dosen't Mr.. Cleveland nominate Union
soldier or two to foreign missions! Thus far all
the exsoldiers selected for such positions are ex-
rebels. Does honorable service In the Union
armies disqualify man from representing the
Nation abrOsdH-Pittsburg Commercial Gszstte.
How many Union soldiers are to be found
among the following sppointees of ths last
Republican administration? England, Mr..
lowell; France, Mr. Morton; Germany. Mr..
Kasson; Russia, Alfonso Taft; Japan, Mr..
Bingham; China Mr.. Young; Brazil, Mr..
Osborn; Italy. Mr.. Astor; The Netherlands,
Mr.. Dayton. There is not soldier among
them.
In short there were very few Union
soldiers who received foreign appointments
under Mr.. Garfield or Mr. Arthur.
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REPRESENTATIVES, COPELAND reared up yes
terday and kicked the harness TO pieces and
the dashboard clear out Of sight. Here is the
resolution that he offered, with the exception
OF change of names that We have taken the
liberty to make:
Be 1t resolved by the House OF Representatives,
the Senate c0ncurrng. that We, the representa-
tfyes of the loyal people of the state OF Indiana,
sincerely deprecate the position the administra-
ton OF K. B. Hayes took in overlooking thousands
of competent and lOyai citizens of the United
States and insisting upon the confirmation OF that
bitter, unconverted and unhung Rebel, General
LoDgstreet as minister to Turkey, although ne
was never relieved from his disabilities Rebel.
General Longstreet was relieved of his dis
disabilities and so was General Lawton. The
latter was psrdoned by President johnson,
and the Attorney General of the United
States has decided that the action of Presi-
dent Johnson was legal and proper, and that
he stands to day fully as "loysl" as Long
Observation-Disclosures with all the rights of
citizen.
Mr.. Copeland, when he gets up another
pyIotechnic display, should have his ammu-
milton in better condition-it was bad fzzle
yesterday.
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GrseDcastls Notes.

SpeCt6l W lu5 ccutlAtlt
GREzNcAsTLE Ind April 10.-The sessions
of the Y. N. G. A. and T. w. O. A. Conven-
lions began this evening at College Avenue
Church. DR.. John, of the University. de-
livered the address of welcome, and Rev. A.
e. Carrier spoke. Business meetings will be
held on Saturday and evening. On Sabbath
evening there will be union services of all
the churches at Mebarry Hall. Quite q
large number OF delegates are present.
Professor S. S Parr, of Rochester, Mimi,
editor of the School OF Education. has &C.
copied the appointment as Professor CT
Didsctics in DePauw University, and will
proceed at once 10 orgaEizs Normal School
with facilities for teaching the legal branches
In q proper manner.
The parties from here to Cincinnati, TO at
tend the Scott Whstely wedding, were Mr..
and Mrs. RAIDER. Messrz. James Scott, Harry
l.. Ssylor and Frank CorSine.
A large number of our musical people
have gone to Chicago to hear PATH.
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Presidential Eoldstock
Vice President-C. w. Lynch.
TressuTer-JOhn Marsh.
Seeretary-W. S. Birch.
Managers wilcoxen, J. F. Mickey, n. 81.
Phillips, u. W. H. KemDer, n. Gillian.
The Goshen District was called, and Pre-
siding Elder N. II. Mendenhall read his
fourth annual report. The pastors OF tbs
district were called Tor reports of collections
for missions and conference claimants
funds.
Revs. S. Light and w. W. Van Slyke were
granted superannuated relations.
At the close OF the call of the Goshen Dis.
trict the Bishop addressed the conference.
He said he felt that God had wrought won
dsrs by and through Methodism in
leading souls to Christ, and wovs
the thought into q reference to the
completion OF Mr.. MendenhRlPs term as
Elder OF the Goshen District, concluding by
presenting to the Elder, on behalf OF mis-
friends in the district a handsome cali
graph, Mr. Mendenhall was taken by sur
prise, and at first could scarcely command
language TO acknowledge his pleasure st
being so handsomely remembered, and that,
too, By the gift of an implement he had
really wished he might be aole TO own. He
stated that his experience in the Goshen
District was all on the bright side. His re-
latiOns with pastors and laity had bsen
uniformly pleasant Ind he should ever re-
member with thankfulness and feelings OF
his serVlc9 with them.
The Bishop referred to the organization of
the Church Extension Society and the great
work il had done, and introduced DR.. Spen-
Ger, CT Rock River Conference, the repre-
sentative of the society. Dr.. Spencer made
known the present condition of the society,
showing that there are 194 applications on
file for aid and no money to send. he begged
the ministers 10 consider the necessity for
helping in this cause.
In connection with DIR. Spsncer's work,
the Bishop referred to letter he had re.
ceived while here from minister in Ten
nessee, who stated that he and his family
were living on $50 year, everything else
being turned into fund for a church edi
flee.
The Bishop introduced Dr. Stowe, of the
Cincinnati book concern. who advocated the
interests of that hourishing institution IL q
foreible argument.
The secretary then read the annual report
of the Book Committee.
The Bishop called on Chaplain McCabe for
a song, and he did not decline.
The Richmond District being called Elder
W. S BiTch presented his report. The min
listers OF thst district were called for reports
OF funds collected for missions aud confer
ence claimants.
J. w. Miller was granted superannsted
relation an account OF III health.
Chaplain McCabe led IN singing "Come
Ye That Know the Lord" and conference
adjourned after ben reelection.
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Suicides.

MILWAUKEE, April 10.-Colonel s. w.
Mower, one Of the proprietors of the Sunday
Telegraph, committed suicide late this after
noon by shooting. Mr.. Mower was favora-
bly, known in the military circles OF Wis
consin.
PITTsBURG, Pa, April 10.-This morning
about o'clock, A. N. Arnold, a wealthy
lumber merchant of Wiikingburg. Pa, COM
mItted suicide by shooting himself through
the heart His health, and business depIes-
sion was the cause.
CLEVELAND. April 10.-A young lady who
committed suicide by drowning near fire.
mont, yesterday, was to-day identified as The
daughter Of Rev. ID. Kerns, living a few
miles from that place. No cause for ths
suicide is assigned.
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THE AMERICAN BELL AND THE SUB.
TELEPHONE MPANIES.

Superintendent Hecket cards the dear pso-
pie through the columns of the Journal,
with the intention of trying to contradict
our editorial of the 9th inst. He says that
the Western Union Telegraph Company
does not own a cent in the Central Union
Telephone Company, and that there is abso-
lutely no relationship between them, aud,
further, that the Telegraph Company does
not receive percentage from the Tele phone
Company.
He forgets to inform the public that the
Western Union Telegraph Company gets q
large per cent from the American Bell Tel
ephone Company. Mr. Hocket Acknowledges
that the Bell Company own 30 per cent. of
the Central Union. He does not inform the
public that the Western Union Telegraph
Company own IS per cent. of the American
Bell Telephone Company. The latter owning
80 per cent of the Central Union
renders the Western Union Telegraph
Company stakeholder to the
amount OF 20 per cent. We acknowledge
that the Central Union does not pay g cent
to the Western Union, bat pay 50 per cent.
to the American Bell, OF which 70 per cent
is then given to the Western Union. No
contracts exist between the Western Union
Telegraph Company and the Central Union
Telephone Company; they are agreements
involving the Bell Telephone Company, and
the Bell Company have contracts with
the Central Union which renders them
subordinate and holds them to strict ac-
count for violation of contracts between the
Bell Company and the Western Union Tele-
graph Company. He states that the Central
Union Telephone Company meyer refused to
grant an instrument to competing tele-
graph company. We are aware of this. The
Central Union did not, but the American
Bell Telephone Company did. The latter
have a contract with the former prohibiting
them from allowing telephones to be estab-
lished Gin opposition telegraph Offices,
where they would operate detrimental to
the Western Union, except By order of a
court. Mr.. Hockett acknowledges this, but
states thst the objeeting party ID the pat.
entee. This is true to certain extent as
the patentee and thu American Bell Tele-
phone Company are one, except the interest
owned by the Western Union Tele-
graph Company. The royalty paid
by the Central Union Telephone Company.
is simply a transfer of money from one
pocket to another in the same piece OF goods.
This explains the situation under stronger
focus than the Central Union Telephone off,
cials dared to use, and shows the complicated
manner in which the various telephone
companies are related to each other; and.
also, their alliance with the Western
Union Telegraph Company. This tangled
up system of Incorporating is adopted to de-
feat legislation against them, and to obtain
certain privileges not otherwise available,
one principle object sbeing to deceive the
public and solicit sympathy. 1t was upon
this technical feature of organization that
rendered decision in their favor by the
Senate Judiciary Committee on last Wednes-
| day.
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THE CHICAGO PENSION AGENT.

The name OF Miss Ada Sweet Is dulcst, but
it appears her temper is not so. She is the
Pension Agent at Chicago. An occupancy
of the Office for eleven years has paid her in
salary and perouisites not less than 100000.
A correspondent informs us that the sum
for eleven years runs to $685. 900.
Surely such an income for so long time
should have swestened Miss Sweet into most
perfect amiability. But not so. Upon q
polite request from General Black, Commits
sioner of Pensions, that she send in her resig-
nation, Miss Sweet wrote to that officer a
vinegary, peppery, insulting letter. On the
same day she penned whining letter to the
President Astounding in self-praise and sp-
pealng to him to be permitted to remain in
her Office.
General Blacks well-known advocacy OF
civil service reform is of i,ssIf evidence that
he did not call for Miss Sweets resignation
without having adequate reeOn therefor. II
is admitted that Miss Sweet has conducted
her office efficiently. No charge OF any dis
honesty is made against her. Bat it is noto-
riously known in Chicago that she has per-
mitted her Office to be used by the leading
Republican politicians of Illinois as q po-
litical machine. It is understood that Miss
Sweet, In return for the powerful inhuencs
that has kept her in place, has yielded to
them the control of the patronage of her
plsce. These facts bring Miss Sweet as
fully under the non-psrtissn re-
quilements of the civil service
law az ii she had been herself q stump
orator every day of the campaign II she
has not personally set at deiisnos that law,
she has permitted others to do so.
But, claim the virtHOusly indignant aud
newly converted civil service orgsns-tne
Republican papers-Sliss Sweet lie the
daughter Of Union Veteran. Well. the
person General Black wishes to substitute in
her place is The widow of the gallant Colonel
Mulligan, whose famous reply to a Con
federste demand that he surrender the posi-
of Lexington, Mo, will long be remembered
Now we can see no good reason why the
spinster daughter OF veteran, who Ia:
already drawn 100000 from the Chicago
Pension Office, should not be made to give
! the widow OF the lAmsnted Union Colonel :
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they return about 200 more votes than their
proper proportion in the ward, the ballot
box has mysteriousiy disappeared. The
Democratic vote in the city fell of about
10000, while fine work or something of the
kind made the Republican loss only half
that. Yet all the time the Republican Or
gans yell fraud and ask the public to be.
lieve that the cheating has been the work of
Democrats. 1t Is time now 70 hunt down
the real criminsls-the fellows who are try.
ing to escape in the crowd by shouting stop,
thiefpn
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REFEREINe to the fraud yelp of the Repub-
lic.n press, the Chicago Times paralysis it
IS follows: 1T is an old trick OF the pick.
pocket to yell stop. thief The Republicans
here seem to appreciate the usefulness Of
that method of diverting public attention
from their own frauds. Ia half dozen
wards where they have the control they
kept their vote in the spring election nearly
up to the figures of last November. though
there wss only so per cent of the whole
November vote cast. In one precinct where
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Railroad Collision.

PETERSBURG, Va, April 10-A so1th-
bound freight train on the Richmond and
Petersburg division OF the Atlantic Coast
attached to the pay car which was following
the freight train. The collision occurred at
Pocahontas, across the river from the city
A passenger cosch attached 10 the rear end
of the freight train was badly wrecked.
None of the passengers vers injured. The
locomotive OF the psycsr was also dam
aged. The wreck is now being cleared
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Meeting CT the Tammsny General Conn
mfffRa.

NEW YORK, April l0-The Tammany Gen.
ersl Committee at It's meeting tonight adopt
ed resolutions expressing sorrow and regret
at the illness OF General Grant and hope
that he would soon be restored to his health
and former vigor. Resolutions were also
passed indorsing the prompt action taken by
the Administration 10 protect the rights Of
American citizens on the Isthmus of Pan
anna, recognizing tie efficient action of Sec
rotary of the Navy Whitney in promptly
dispatching q naval force and material there,
and renewing the pledge heretofore given by
Tammany Hall of its cordial support to the
present Administration by the Endorsement
of President Cleveland In his application OF
the policy which his recent appointments
indicated.
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Attempted jail Delivery.

Another attempt was made lest night by
number of the prisoners at the jeil to es-
cape. The same plan which has been 30
SUCCESSFULLY worked heretofore, that OF saw
ing OFF the bsrs IN the ton of the building,
was sdoplsd The jailer learned oil the plan
in time TO prevent a loss OF prisoners. There
were eighteen N the nall when the attempt
was made. One bar had been cut OF. and in
half an hour more the gang would have been
al fhertv
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-04-11

COLONEL WILLIAM E. MCLEAN. of Teire
Haute, was yeststday appointed First Depu-
ty Commissioner Of Pensions. He WAS a
Union soldier. and succeeded q Republican
who was not in ths army, Sd far as we
know. We shall look for prompt con6rma-
tion by the organs of the Grand American
Order Of the Bloody Shirt. Shall it be taken
By consent. gentlemen? or will you want
time TO pol fox little?
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A SUBSCRIBER in Vermillion County to the
Sentinel says in renewing his subscription:
81 ana old now and served in the late war.
I like the sentiments OF the Sentinel and
propose to stand by you a. long SIS the pspsr
strikes for the right of the American citi-
zanu
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WHERE was that representative OF the
''loil" sentiment of Indiana, Mr.. Copeland,
when that distinguished Rebel, General Key,
''unconverted and unhung," took his seat in
the fraudulent Republican Cabinet OF r. B.
Hayes? Mr.. Copeland, ''read up"
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Gambling Houses to be Suppressed In Gin

CINCINNATI. April lO.-All public gam
bling houses in the city were closed tonight
under notice from ihs 6Wly-sppointed
Police Commissioners Resolutions were
passed by the Commissioners this afternoon
instIuctiDg the Chief Of Police 10 raid all
houses found open after p III.
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GnicidA by Hanging.

SPECIAL % the SenLueI-
WIvcHEsTEE, Ind. April IO.-Nrs. VIII
Moore. a widow lady. aged about fifty years,
committed suicide this afternoon by hang
ing herself to a bedpost 10 her room. Coroner
Evans xa= ST once Summoned and rendered
a verdict ia accordance with the ABOVE facts
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D,eo From Blooa po,son,pe.

Last Monday Captain Joseph Jordan, liv-
ing near the Hendricks County line. came
to this city to have q physician amputate
finger which had been badly cut. He
started home, but the pain became so intense
that be returned TO the city. He continued
to suffer till yesterday when be died Of blood
poisoning.
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THE senior morning and the senior even
ing organs are quarreling again. One day
they hug and spoon and the next fight like
cats. We sit smiling on the fence hoping
both will lick
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Is the Central Union Telephone Company
is not cog wheel in the machinery of the
American Bell Company, why are the at
torneys of the latter company here from
Boston seeking to defeat the williams Tele-
nhnna hill2
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WHERE was Representative Copeland when
that distinguished rebel Republican guerrilla
General, Mosehy. ''unconverted and un-
hung" went on a foreign mission, with Gre
dsntisIs in his pocket from Republican ad.
rr.;nsskrofion9
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GRATEFUL we are that we are not compro-
missed By belonging to the Republican party.
The utter devoidauce of pride of the Repub-
licans in whining for retention of employees
OF their ilk under Democratic administra-
zion, is simply disgusting. Why Digger In
dians would have more self-respect.
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Everything Quiet al Panama ard Coioas
PANAMA, April 1O.-H. NJ. s. Heroine and
the U. S. 8. Shenandoah arrived here Monday
Everything Is osiet here and at Colon. AiE
Purn yesterday asked the commander OF the
Shenandoah TO remove the marine guard on
the railway, bat his request was rsfostd.
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COLONEL JOHN s. WILLIAMS, OF Lafayette,
says thst he will receive his appointment
next Monday. it's understood that he will
succeed Mr. Alexander, of this city, ss Fifth
Auditor of the Treasury.
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How IS 1t thus? The Chicago ballot.box
was stolen in Republican ward. The ward
gave heavy majority for the Republican
csndidate-the record OF the vote was made
and he receives the full benefit of what
ever majority was recorded. whether the box
is found or not There Is some other reason
for the theft, then. other than putting the
tickets out Of the way. As the vote shows
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want to Recount the chicago vote.

CHICAGO, April 10 The question Of hav'
ing recount OF all the ballots cast for Mayor
at the last election under the direction OF
The Committee of Pablo Safety IS being
mooted. Mayor Harrison says he IS willing
that IL shall be done, and that ne shall
abide by the result,
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person.

MISS SWEETS income, as computed By
correspondent elsewhere in these columns,
for the eleven years thst she has held the
Office foots up the startling total of $33S, OOOl