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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-05-26
The Cumberland presbyterians.

BENToNvILLE, Ark, May 25-The committee
on ministerial relief made its report and strong
j. commended the management of the board of
relief One item in the report called attention
to the large number Of presbyteries which do
not cooperate with the board, and also to the
fact that several presbyteries receive large do
nations from the board but give nothing to the
cause An effort will be made to increase the
number of presbyteries contributing to this
board.
Rev DR.. Darby, of Evansville, made very
ELOQUENT appeal in behalf of disabled minister's
and needy widows and orphans of deceased
preachers This address made profound i'm
preston upon the whole audiences; hundreds
wept and old men rejoiced to believe that their
sacrifices and tolls are not forgotten by their
brethren.
At the close of DIR. Darby's address Rev Alpha
Young, of Texas, minister who has been
preaching with great vigor and power over fifty
years, spoke for few moments with great ten
derness and love. His remarks were received
with warm approval
The Assembly went into committee of the
whole to consider the interest of the church on
thc Pacific coast A long and interesting paper
from Rev. DR.. d. E. Bushnell, of San Jose. CAL,
calling attention to the needs Of the coast was
read and considered
The committee on missions made its report
recommending that the board of missions aid
the Indian schools in the Indian nation, also
recommending the establishment of city mis-
sions in California, and the appointment of one
evangelist on the Pacific coast.
JAPANESE student of Cumberland Universi.
ty. at Lebanon, Tenn. one of the converts of
Japan mission, was present and aided the cause
Of missions very much The committee also rec
ommends that the presbyteries and synods
should not establish missionary churches in
places already occupied by other denominations
without consulting the board of missions. The
Assembly voted. to censure presbyteries not
hereafter 60 operating with the board of mis-
eions
Large crowds attended all the services on
the Sabbath and were addressed by various min
inisters of the Assembly.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-05-26
A HEAVY DEBT.
Unpleasant News Concerning Bayaria's Ec-
centric Ruler.

Unpleasant News Concerning Bayarias Ec-
centric Ruler.
VIENNA May 25.-The King of Bavaria,
whose civil list had to be hypothecated last year,
in order to secure payment of his debts, now has
run up new debt of 100000 marks At
tempts are being made in Vienna to arrange q
new loan for him. Last year he received help
from Berlin, but the prospect of saving the
poetical King now is very poor. Numerous
instances of his steadily increasing ma
MIA to squander money are told here.
The expensive theatrical performances
which the King is having arranged
for himself, and to which the public have no ae-
cess, are becoming more numerous, and have
eaten up enormous sums. Only few weeks
ago the king had Wagners "Parsifal produced
for himself three times not even his adjutants
being admitted to the theater.
A sleeping-room for the King has just been
finished which has cost hundreds of thousands
These extravagances have naturally led the
monarch into the greatest financial difficulties.
The King is also said to be very much disap-
pointed at the fact that no Wagner performances
are to be given this year at Bayreuth. The an
nouncement of this fact causes great regret
among the lovers of Wagner music in Vienna
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-05-26
Misplaced Sympathy.

NEW ORLEANS. May 25.-Referring toShe re-
port in general circulation that Director general
Burke had become responsible for obligations OF
the worlds exposition to the amount OF
$3.50, 600. and was thereby financially involved,
Major Burke declared that he had not beer
called upon to surrender property to meet
exposition liabilities, as had been widely
published. and that his family can pay SO for
every one they owe; that he is grateful for the
sympathy expressed by his journalistic friends
for his supposed financial misfortune, but is
happy to say that such sympathy has been mis-
placed; furthermore, that he is in the enjoyment
of excellent health, and will get down to work
on the Times Democrat in a few days
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-05-26
Presidential Postmasters.

WASHINGTON, May 25.-The President today
appointed the following named presidential
postmasters: j. E. Eichhoitz at Sunbury. Pa :,
vice Jacob Rohrbach, commission EXPIRED Jacob
Odeil, at Youngstown, N. Y, vice M. D. Ray
mond, commission EXPIRED Samuel S. Mead, at
Fond du Lac, Wis. vice George E. Sutherland.
suspended upon an inspectors report showing
that the postmaster had paid to clerk employed
in his Office, his nephew, the sum of So per
week as salary for MIN clerk in the postef6ce,
when his services as such clerk were only nomi-
nal and unnecessary; John J. Dudley, at New
port, N. H., vice George W. Nours suspended
for selling money orders on credit, in violation
of the postal regulations
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-05-26

Washington Special
The President has not yet made up his mind
whether not he cares to sign the commission
OF Mr.. Montgomery as Assistant Attorney gen.
eral for the Interior Department Should Mr..
Montgomery be appointed to that Office he would
have charge of the legal matters affecting the
Bureau of Education, Indian affairs, the public
lands, ETC. His influence for or against the pres
ent common school system of the country would
be very great. Article III of the ordinance of
1877 for the government of the territory lying
northwest of the Ohio river, specifies as fol-
lows
Religion, morality and knowledge being necessary
togood government and the happiness of mankind.
schools and the of education shall forever be
encouraged"
How the appointment of Mr.. Montgomery, an
avowed enemy of the public school system, could
be made in the face of this declaration of the
fathers of the Republic and the general belief
that the common schools are the bulwark of
American liberty, it is hard to conceive.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-05-26
A Scoundrelly Appointment.

Washington Special.
For some days report has been in circulation
that among the recent appointments made under
the Treasury Department is that of man who,
at dinner just after the close of the war, of
fered toast to the memory of Booth, the
murderer of Linco1n as the man that pulled
the trigger which killed the man who freed the
niger" The report caused much indignation
when it became known, and it was doubted that
any such man had been honored with govern
ment Office. 1t is now said that the toast was
actually proposed on the occasion mentioned by
Cropley, the newly-appointed collector of the
port Georgetown, d. =.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-05-26

New YORK, May 25.--Colonei Fred Grant
said this morning that last night was the most
comfortable his father had passed in two
weeks. lie had eight hours of good and restful
sleep, and is this morning free from pain.
Col. John Mason Brown Of Louisville, Ky,
presented today to General Grant the engrossed
resolutions and speeches at meeting of federal
and confederate. veterans, held on
the anniversary Of the Generals birth
day. They are engrossed on alternate
pages of blue and gray, according to the cclors
of the speakers. and make beautiful and sig
nifcant volume General Grant was much
affected by the demonstration. He seemed
strong, free from pain. and conversed freely.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-05-26
The Suicide of Young Shock.

WASHINGTON, May PA dispatch was re-
ceived at the Navy Department. this afternoon,
saying that young Shock, who committed suicide
in England yesterday, had been suffering from
mental depression for several days prior to his
suicide. The early part of last week, an intimate
friend of the young officer in this city, received
letter from him, in which there was no indication
of depressed spirits. Shock is said to have been
engaged to young lady in this country who was
recently married, and friends attribute the sui
eide to this disappointment
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-05-26
The Fifth Division of the Mail Service.

The Fifth Division of the Mail Service.
Washington SPECIAL.
l am told that prominent Indiana Democrat
called on Postmaster general Villas yesterday to
urge the appointment of one of his constituents
for the position of superintendent of the rail-
road mail service for the division in which Gin
cinnati is located, and where the headquarters is
located This is the position now held by Cap
tain Burt In reply to the question whether
any change is contemplated, Mr. Villas replied,
very emphatically, that there is not 'At least, !"
said he, II do not propose to make any change
in that Office in the very near future and it will
be very long time before l shall" 1t is said,
also, that the Postmaster general told the Indi
anan that it would be useless for him to suggest
the name of his constituent whom he desired to
be appointed to the place.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-05-26

threatened daily with revolution carefully pre-
al for years by Austria He has weak sup
ports. so to speak. He expects the statesmen OF
Austria to assist him in propping up his throne.
He has also weak feet in the true sense of the
word. The reputation Of the medical schools of
Vienna has always been greater than that of the
diplomacy of Austrian statesmen. King Milan
has, therefore, good hopes of regaining his
bodily health. The King is in spite of his con-
diton, very good humored and has given orders
TO have villa made ready for him near Vienna.
The onlv condition he makes Is that theater
ShoulS be in its vicinity.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-05-26
The Kansas Prohibitory Law.

FoRT scoTT, Kan. May 25 Judge French.
of the State District Court in the case of the
State VS.. j. S. Quirk, charged with violating the
prohibitory law rendered lengthy decision to-
day, in which he took the ground that the
eighth section of the amended prohibitory law,
recently held unconstitutional by Judge Crozier,
is constitutional; that the power conferred upon
the county attorney in committing witnesses
for contempt is ministerial, and not judicial!
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-05-26
No More Railway Passes by Telegraph.

ST. LOUIS May 25.-It having been discover
ed that several frauds had been perpetrated on
the Missouri Pacific Railway Company, under
what is known as the telegraph system, Colonel
Hoxie, third vice president, has issued an order
that hereafter no passes will be issued on tele-
graphic request, nor will any transportation be
sent by wire. This system, it is said, has been
very Objectionable for long time, and other
railroad officials express the hope that. now that
so prominent road as the Missouri Pacific has
abolished it, other lines will follow suit and
break it mp entirely.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-05-26
Assassination i'm Missour;.

NEosHo, Mo- May 25-Some days ago James
Masters, farmer living about five miles from
here was urged by James Martin, another
farmer to join band Of robbers to which he
tMartin) belonged Masters refused and Mar
tin fearing Masters would betray him and reveal
the existence of the band, waylaid and assas-
sinated him or Saturday shooting him with
in iail
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-05-26
Wants the Faots Known.

Mr. Editor; and my neighbors have boeu
led so many times into buying different things
for the liver. kidneys and blood that have done
as more harm than good, / feel it due your
readers to advise them when an honest and
good medicine like DIR. Harter's Iron Tonic can
Dc had Yours truly Az OLD SUBSCRIBER
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-05-26
A Jury Reprimanded bv \ Judee.

PHILADELPHIA, May 25-In the Court of
Oyer and Terminer, to-day, Judge Mitchell
with the murder of her child, on the 9th of April
last The dead body of the infant was found
wrapped in piece OF brown paper in trunk in
her room. The Commonwealth held that the
child had been born alive. The defense
maintained there was no proof of that fact, that
all E,he indications or conditions discovered
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-05-26
The Forest Fires in Michigan.

EAST TAwAs. Mich, May 25.-Extensivc for
est fires are raging to the northwest, and those
south of the Detroit, Bay City e. Alpha railroad
are destroying large quantities of standing pine,
burning to the tops of some of the highest trees
The fre is burning everything OH the ground it
passes over, including down timber and timber
on skids
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-05-26

NASHVILLE, Tenn, May 25--A special from
Franklin, KY, says: ':At IL O'Clock to-night, a
mob of seventy-fve or one hundred men very
and Jerry Taylor, who were charged with
burning James Wheelers barn and residence
some time ago, placed them on horses and
started for the country. 1t is supposed they
will be found hanging to limb in the morn
ipo3
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-05-26
Mr.. Martin and the Office He Wants.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WAsHINGToN, May 25.-Hon. John Martin,
Commissioner of Public Works of Ohio arrived
in the city last night, from Columbus, accom-
panied by delegation of friends from Indiana,
Ohio and Kentucky. Mr.. Martin has made
application for appointment as Superintendent
of the Railway Mail Service, in which he is
backed by the senators and members from four
or five States. The delegation called upon the
President to day and held an extended interview
with him upon the subject. and afterwards went
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-05-26
Cal,,e Notes.

Victor Hugo's funeral will take place on next
Sunday. The poets body will lie in state under
the Are de Triomphe until Saturday. The Com
munists of Paris have resolved to attend the
funeral and to march with red flags in the
procession. If they do it is believed there win
be a riot
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-05-26
Mr.. Lothrop 1ndorsed by the Bar.

DETROIT, May 25---At q meeting of the bar
held in this city to night, Judge T. NJ, Cooley,
Republican of Michigan Supreme Court,
presiding. resolutions were adopted heartily
indorsing tho Appointment Of Hon. George " N.
Lothrop as Russian minister, and censuring the
recent attack made on him by some newspapers
in regard TO the Phoenix Bank suit
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-05-26

pointed to the child being born dead. The jury
rendered verdict of not guilty. Judge Mitchell
said 20 the jury: II do not understand what
your standard of evidence may be, but this is as
clear case of murder as ever heard tried 1t
is such verdicts as this which shake the public
confidence in jury trials"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-05-26
Fred Douglass and Wife at Church.

Washington Special.
To the manifest surprise and disgust of a
large number of the congregation of the First
Presbyterian Church, where the President wor-
ships, Fred Douglass and his white wife stalked
in again, this morning, but did not secure such
prominent seats rs they did last Sunday The
trustees placed them several pews behind that
occupied by the Presidents family. Some of
the ladies of the church learned, before going up
stairs, that the Douglass element was present
again, and they declined to attend service 1t
asserted that DR.. Sutherland is opposed to mix
ing the races indiscriminately. He did not
preach to day.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-05-26
business Houses Destroyed.

DETROIT May o. An Evening Journal special
from Vernaontvic says: .IFire, on Saturday
night in this place, destroyed seven business
houses and one residence The loss is estimated
at from SIG, 600 to $4,000. The fire originated
from a lamr explosion.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-05-26

Washington Special.
The President has made an important con-
cession to the Irish American element in Demo
cratic politics, one which will undoubtedly en-
dear him TO the hearts of the ward workers in
New York. He has dismissed Chief Forth, who
superintended the White House kitchen during
General Arthur's administration, and in his
stead has placed the culinary department in
charge of an Irish cook Hereafter stew will be
the principal dish at the state dinners, instead
of pate de foie gras, and return to Democratic
table simplicity will be welcomed by the great
army OF hungry and very thirsty too" pa
triotS
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-05-26

to the Postofice Department The President
and Postmaster-general promised to consider the
matter but as this Office has always been regard
ed as one which should be filled from the ranks,
it is not likely that Mr.. Martin will be appointed.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-05-26
Riel,s Citizenshin.

HELENA, NJ t., May 25.-The official records
show that Louis David Riel took out final nat
uralization papers at Helena, NJ t., March 16
1883, renouncing allegiance to the British gov
ernment This settles the much disputed claim
of his American citizenship
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-05-26
FOREIGN MISCELLANY.
King Milan Seeking Support for His Tottering
Throne.

VIENNA, May 2J.-The Oriental question again
attracts public attention more especially since
ths arrival here of King Milan, of Seryia The
King of Servia is in poor way. He has lost
not only his followers in his country, but is
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-05-26
THE CANADIAN REVOLT.
Poundmaker Anxious to Surrender, While
DumOnt Declines All Peace Proposals.

BATTLEFoRD N W. T., May PA priest is
just III with communication from the Indian
chief, Poundmaker, to General Middleton who
arrived here last night Poundmaker offers
to surrender unconditionally. His follow
ers, to the number of 1000, are
now coming in to talk with Gen.
eral Middleton. Forty haf-breeds are
with them. Dumont, Riels lieutenant is still
on Birch hills with a few adkerents The priest
brought him letter from General Middleton
demanding his surrender and promising him a
fair trial. Being told who the letter was from,
Dumont refused to take it, and said the
General could go to the devil Very
few weapons of any value have
been yet surrendered. Alarming reports are
current regarding Big Bear There has been
so much delay in the proceedings against him
that he has had time to recruit from every tribe
in the district until now he has about 100 fight
ing men, and all of them fairly armed He de-
clares he will make stand between Frog Lake
and Fort Pitt.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-05-26

OTTAWA, Ont, May 25.-It is understood to
be more than likely that Riel will be tried under
an act of Edward III, eatitled "an act defining
which offenses shall be adjudged treason" IF
Riel were an American born citizen he could be
tried under the provisions of Chapter IA of the
Dominion acts of 1667-6S but the old maxim
which declares "Once British subject always
British subject" may still have sufficient force
to operate as bar 10 conviction in case of trial
,,pder re a11fhoritv
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-09-11

The Challenger has dredged from the
bottom of the ocean fishes which live
habitualiy in great depths, and whose
enormous eyes tell OF the cores pOndmg-
ly faint light which must have de
scended to them through the seemingly
transparent water 1t will not be as flu
tile a speculation rs it may at first seem,
to pat ourselves in Imagination in the
condition of creatures under the sea, and
ask what the sun may appear to be
to them, for, if the fish who had never
risen above the occan-hoOr were an in .
telligcnt being, might he not plausibly
reason that the dm grccnish light of his
HEAVIER which is all he has ever known
was the full spcndor Of the sun shin
ing through a medium which all his eX-
perience shows is transparent.
We ourselves are in very tact, living
at the floor of great aerial sea-. whose
pillows roll hundreds of miles above our
heads. Is it not at any rate conceivable
that we may have been led into a like
fallacy from Judging only from what we
see at the bottom? May we not, that is,
have been led into the fallacy OF assum-
ing that the intervening medium above
us is colorless because the light which
comes through it is so?
freely admit TINT all men, educated
or ignorant, appear TO have the evidence
OF their senses that tho air is colorlcss,
and that pure sunlight is white, 50 that
if venture to ask YOU to listen to con-
sidcrations which have latcy been
brought forward to show that it is the
sun which is blue, and the air really acts
like an orange veil or like seiVc which
picks ont the blue and leaves the white,
| do so in the confidence that | may ap-
peal to you on other grounds than those
| could submit to the primitive man who
has his senses alone to trust to; for the
educated intelligence possesses those
senses equally, and in addition the ability
to interpret them by the light o! reason,
and before this audience it is to that
Interpretation that | address myself
Prof. Langley, in P1pp'ar Science -uontht".
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-09-11
A Ride in a Chinese Rickshaw

Trot, trot, trot, along the smooth,
sunny, but bamboo shaded high road, |
have little leasure now to observe these
astonishing rickshaw coolies. They wear
the enormous traditional mushroom Chi.
nese hat, suitable in case either of beat
ing rain or fierce sun, under which are
tucked their hard, plated pigtails-for
even IL coolie would feel himself dis
graced were he minus Eigtail. They
are bare footed, barc.lcggcd. bare armed,
and wear Just sufficient rags to save them
selves from the charge of indelicacy.
Their skins are sallow, their Monaghan
faces are pinched, their stature is small,
their limbs seem attenuated and loosely
put together. And yet these dcmonacal-
looking wretchcs, to call whom, "breth
rem is, indeed, a heavy demand on our
charity. throw themselves forward into
the shafts and drag their carriages with
its passengers, who may be ten or may
be twenty stone, not at a walk, or a
shuttle, or an amblc, but a good round
trot of about six miles an hour. They
neither flag, pant, nor perspire, but
keep up this pace for two or three
miles at a stretch. Would not the most
renowned European athlete or pedestrian
be but a feeble coney in comparison
Moreover, these coolies have to content
themselves at the end of their journey
with five cents cent is fraction less
than half-penny. They eXut if they
receive ten cents, and consider the donor
an utter fool if he gives them fifteen
cents.
The first sensations at being conveyed
in rickshaw are those of mingled
amusement and shame One likens one
self to a drunken masguerader or to an
unostentatious buiToon. Then habit
begets indifference. Dignitaries of the
church, dignitares of the government,
dignitaries of the law, soldiers, sailors,
and even the well to do Chinese, all have
recourse to them; and the sergeant in
his rickshaw salutes the colonel in his
rickshaw with precisely the same gravity
as though both were on parade. Per
haps the full absurdity con be best real.
lied by considering what would be the
effect produced were the dean of West
Minister 20 he trundlcd in wheelbarrow
down Picadilly by dirty, ragged little
London Arab. - CornhW M3G-iae.