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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-07
The University of Virginia in Danger of q
Shock.
Washington Special.

A Sunday paper has the following narrowing
intelligence: The orthodox Democrats of vir-
ginia, especially those who are alumni OF "The
University, are scandalized at the prospect that
an rnregenerate, rampant Readjuster is to be-
made a professor in the University Of Virginia.
The Readjuster who dare aspires SO high IS Con-
Ship is that in the law department recently va
Gated by DR., Southalls resignation. II is said
that the eight present members of the board Of
visitors. there being one vacancy in the board,
are equally divided on the question of making
Wise a professor. The Readjusters control the
appointment of the ninth member of the board
as they aid the appointment OF four Of the pres
ent members of the board. and il is not improb-
able that young Wise may become a professor in
the University of Virginia. This is a life
position at a good salary.
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THE SUPREME BENCH.
A Sensational Story About Chief-Justice
Waite Exploded.

oi IIApAOUCus
WASHINGTON Special to Chicago Tribune.
Chief justice Waite, of the United States SUI
preme Court, was sitting in his sick-room this
afternoon, when Clerk Kenney. of that court,
brought him a copy of the New York Times,
with a sensational dispatch purporting to come
from Washington, which stated that Mr.. Waite
was dangerously i'll and likely to die; that if he
should have a lucid interval he would resign at
once: that his family had abandoned ali hope;
that he had had paralysis last summer; that his
end was hourly looked for, and that his sue
cessor would be Secretary Frelinghuysen. All
this was news to the Washington public, and,
most of all, to Mr.. Waite himself; and Mr..
Waite expressed to Mr. Kenney the greatest
surprise that such a story should have been
published. The regular correspondent in Wash
ington of the Times was also greatly surprised,
for he had never heard Of the dispatch until ii
was printed. and the Times must have been inn
posed upon. 1t is true that Mr.. Waite has been
very sick and that he is still far from we'll, but
he is recovering, and has been constantly inn
proving for several days. His family are now
making preparations to remoye him to southern
California, where it is hoped that the milder
climate and change Of air will restore him to
health, and that he will be able to resume his
duties on the bench at least by the March term.
Mr.. Waite himself says that he hopes to be able
to be back in time to administer the oath Of
office to President Cleveland.
One of the inaccuracies of the sensational
statement is the report that Mr.. Waite was
stricken with paralysis last summer. Miss
Waite, after reading the dispatch to-day, said
that her father not only was not stricken with
para ysis last summer, but that he never mad
been sick in bed a day in his life within her
knowledge until he was taken i'll here three
weeks ago. He was still very feeble, but sat
up teveral times yesterday All hour at a time and
walked about his room a little. Mr.. Waite's
illness is due to oyerwork. Inadequate exercise,
and the strain upon the physical system caused
by the social demands upon his position in con
nection with his official duties. His most serious
trouble was erysipelas. So far as ~resigning when
a lucid interval comes, as the dispatch says. there
never has been a moment during his illness
which was not lucid, and Mr.. Waite las no
thought of resigning.
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Mr.. COMMISSIONER FRENZEL says there is
no impeachment OF obstacle in the way of
Superintendent Lange's enforcing the law for
the regulation of the saloons. Is Mr.. Lange
ready to take the responsibility for the pres
ent disgraceful condition of affairsY Mr.. Ma
lott said, when he resigned, that he 'tpro-
tested" against the policy of his colleagues on
the board. Who tells the truth, Mr.. Frenzel
or Mr.. Malott2 We imagine most people will
find no difficulty in answering.
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Congress from Ohio, claims to have received
from the Librarian at Congress the vote of all
the States in the recent presidential election.
The footings show that the total vote cast was
10, O40, 1868, Cleveland receiving 4,910, 975;
Blaine, 4,S45,O 22; st. John, l5l, 443; Butler,
1873. 428. Cleveland's plurality over Blaine is
65. 953. This, Of course, makes no account of
the fusion vofc in Iowa and Michigan, which
would greatly lessen the alleged Cleveland plu-
raIity, even if it din not entirely wipe it out.
The Northern Democratic vote was 3, 1914, 832;
the Southern Democratic vote was | TIC, l43.
The total Republican vote in Republican
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-07

WILLIAM L. HALL, of Chicago, publisher Of a
paper called the Illustrated Leisure Hours, has
been arrested, on complaint of the manager of a
certain watch company. Hall had extensively
advertised that he would give a watch to each
subscriber for three months who sent forty cents.
Instead of a silver watch Hall forwarded in each
instance a cheap solargraph or compass. 1t is
in the nature of a surprise that men can be
found simple enough to expect a silver watch
with each forty-cent subscription. No enter
prising publisher nowadays thinks Of Offering
less than a grand piano or house and lot for each
subscription received. For a three months sub
s~cription such as Hall solicited, he should have
rendered a gold watch and 800 in money, with
the privilege of renewing at the end Of three
months on the same terms.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-07

TT is altogether unnecessary for Mr.. Frank
Hurd to enter upon a verbose narration of al
legged causes leading him to contest Jacob
Romeis's seat in Congress. The intelligent
people of the country understand very clearly
that the one paramount reason why Mr.. Hurd
contests Mr.. Roileis's seat is the fact that the
Congress-elect is Democratic, and will seat
Mr.. Hurd, whether it appears that he was or
was not elected.-Chicago News.
This would be regarded as a very remarka-
BILE utterance were not its truthfulness we'll
nigh universally conceded. But what must
be thought Of American politics when such
impeachment shall pass unquestionedl What
of our boosted popular institutions, and what
of that colossal farce which has dubbed itself
the party of honesty and reform, the Demo
cratic partyG Here we have what pretends to
be an independent journal, with decided lean
ings toward the Democratic party, having lent
it every energy in the last past campaign, un-
qualifiedly declaring that its representatives
in Congress are without honor or official in
tegrity. We do not challenge the conclusion
oi1lFCu q y Wy Iuo ANCWS-AOOouy WILL " uO-
body can without disqualification. Any one
familiar enough with American politics to know
the nature of the Democratic party, knows that
Of a certainty all Mr.. Hurd has to do is to put
forward some kind of claim-any kind, it
matters not what-and he will get the seat to
which his opponent was elected. 1t was SO in
-
this district, and to-day William E. English
occupies the seat in Congress to which Stan
ton j. Peelle was fairly elected. The Chicago
News, if it be the friend of honesty in politics,
may we'll reflect over the work it has assisted
in accomplishing, and fair-minded men every
where ought to speak out against such perfdy
as will be consummated in the seating of
Frank Hurd over his successful competitor.
The country is now treated to the spectacle of
a reform party in power by virtue of the
Acknowledgement Of a million voters, and a
reform majority in the House increased by
seats stolen in Ohio and Indiana, to say moth
ing of the bold attempt at Chicago to steal a
a seat in the Senate. Four years Of this kind
Of reform" will, we think, be all the country
will care to endure.
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States was $500, 331; the total Republican
vote in Democratic States was 6, 246, DOL.
The st. John vote in Republican States was
90, 0S2; in Democratic States, so, 1863. The
Butler vote in Republican States was 93,127;
in Democratic States, 40, 3O1. The Demo
cratic vote in Democratic States was 9, 719,
098; Democratic vote in Republican States
was 2.191, TT. The Northern Republican
vote was 3, $50. O56.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-07

Two or three ardent missionaries are chas-
ing Abe Buzzard and his gang, who have
pillaged and terrorized several Pennsylvania
counties, with the hope of cornering them in
some mountain gorge and converting them to
Ways of Christian usefulness. Mr.. Buzzarl
has assured them, on the occasion of several
:hance encounters during which the mission
aries were constrained to throw up their
hands, that he and his followers were not only
willing but anxious to be converted and
lead a better life, could they at the same time
Secure a definite promise that they would not
be molested by the minions of the law or ac-
ceunt of past ~offenses. This assurance the
~eYangeIisis were unable to give, but were en-.
couraged by The discovery that they were not
sowing seed on stony ground. Mr.. Buzzard's
partner in crime, and who, like himself,
escaped from the penitentary three years
since. was captured the. other night. with a
.arpct-bag full OF stolen watches in his posses
Ion, and is now in durance. A violent effort
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-07

Mr.. GEORGE z. ERWIN is the Speaker of
the New York Assembly. In the preliminary
canvass Mr.. Erwin was regarded as the rep
resentative of Mr.. Morton and against Mr..
Eyarts in the senatorial contest; but the fact
that he was the unanimous choice of the Re-
publicans may not give to his election the
significance it might have had had there been
a real division of forces. The New York
Times, which is friendly to Mr.. Evarts, was
very anxious for the success of Mr.. Hubbell,
and spoke in no very complimentary terms Of
Mr.. Erwin's candidacy. 1t may be that the
Republicans in the Assembly concluded to
get along without any anti Republican die
alton; at least for the present.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-07

BY a laundering confusion Of the report of
tives on Monday, the vote on the Lowell
bankruptcy bill was made to appear as the
vote on the Mexican pension bill. The vote
on the pension bill was 100 ayes to 85 nays,
whereby its consideration was refused. The
Indiana members, mentioned yesterday as
having voted agaiDst,it, voted for it's consid-
Grafton. They voted against taking up the
hankrt1nt hin.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-07

SECRETARY OF STATE MYERS denies that
he used any insulting taunt to Governor
Porter respecting the action of the latter
upon the vacant police commissionership.
We are glad to give Mr.. Myers the full bene-
ft of the denial. Will Mr.. Myers, now that
he has named the Democratic members of the
board, accord the right and courtesy to Gov
ernor Porter to name and become responsible
for the Republican memberg
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duced. Passenger fares have remained nearly sta
tionary during the same time. The example afforded
by the freight reduction warrants the belief that q
lowering of the charges for travel by about 30 per
cent. world more than double the volume of business
done. Such a reform, however, must not be con-
Quoted upon the principle of giving all the advantages
to a few favored points, and shutting other cities QUE
of the opportunity for cheap travel. Wher the rail-
road policy becomes enlightened, and liberal enough to
eschew railway wars, and make general and permanenh
reductions, it will be a great advance on the presents
style of doing usiness-Pittsburg Dispatch.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-07

1HE ASSASSINATION OF MS vile
and suicide Of DIR. Tauszky, of New York city,
was more than an insane freak, and the man
will doubtless be held criminally responsible
for his act. It appears that he was inordi-
nately jealous of his young-she twenty-five,
he forty-four-and pretty wife. and that he
had frequently given public exhibition of his
petty passion. Two years ago he made the
mistake of taking a young and handsome girl
for a companion, and their life since has been
anything but pleasant. On the night of the
attempted tragedy Mrs. Tauszky suffered un-
told torture in the momentary expectation of
being murdered. Her husband had evinced
a determination to kill her. She could hear
him pacing the floor, and occasionally he
passed through her chamber, when she could
see that his face was livid with excitement
and rage. Finally, at half past 4 in the
morning he called her to come into his
room. Not daring to cross his will,
she went to him. Throwing his left
arm about her neck, he kissed her forehead,
and said: Darling, I love you still" Mrs.
Tauszky feared that there was treachery in
those words, but as there was no chance Of
escape and no one at hand from whom to ex-
pect protection, she calmly awaited the end,
whatever it might be. The Doctor toyed
with his wife's hair with his left hand as he
clasped her to his bosom and caressed her
lovingly. He expected that it would be the
last embrace of husband and wife on earth,
and Mrs. Tauszky thought so too. With his
left hand DR.. Tauszky released hairpin after
hairpin from his wife's hair, and threw then,
on the floor. That done, he raised his right
hand, in which he held a fve-shooter, thirty
two calibre, and as the weapon pressed against
Mrs. Tauszky's neck, she remarked; "How
cold that steel feels" The Doctor made no
answer, but continued raising his hand until
he held the weapon over his wife's head.
With the muzzle he moved aside the tresses
that he had released by taking out the hair
pins, and when, in the darkness, he had
reached the identical spot he desired, pulled
the trigger. A flash and report instantly fol-
lowed, and before the smoke had cleared, shot
in the head, the young wife lay unconscious
on the velvet carpet at her husbands feet.
Fortunately the aim was unsteady, and the
ball made but a scalp wound Turning the
weapon upon himself, he again fired, and fell
to the floor, badly but not fatally wounded.
DIR. Tauszky is one of those insane murder
ers and remarkable Covers of wives whom it
would be but just to hang as soon as possible.
Society is better off without such frenzied and
devoted creatures.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-07

THE French operations at Lang Son, and
the British looking to the relief of Gen. Cor
don, are proceeding with all the ~leisurely de
liberation that characterized the American
military gentleman whose daily message for
months was, "All quiet on the Potomac" In
the language Of the street, the French seem
to nave bitten off more than they can chew.
They can hold what they have acquired-and
precious little it is-but they can't push
things to that point that shall compel the
concessions desired. To all appearances the
desultory campaign in Tonquin will end in a
draw, the disgrace of failure being avoided by
the diplomatic employment of very diplomatic
terms, supposed to be satisfactory to all par
ties concerned. AS for the campaign in
Egypt, it is a travesty OH traditional British
energy and valor. 1t is an expensive under
taking that the government would doubtless
like to let 60 of, if it dared. Periodically u
great show is made of pushing things along
the upper Nile, only to fall back into the old
rut of delay. The glory of relieving Gordon
will about equal the great victory at Tel ell
Kebir-a victory greater in the telling than
anywhere else. There is no doubt Of the ulti-
mate triumph of the British forces, but the
expense will greatly surpass the benefits re-
sulting. The same may be predicted of the
French operations in the East, without wait
ing to know the outcome.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-07

Mr.. CARNEGIE says he was ~misquoted, and
that he isn't as much of q Socialist as the
newspapers have made him. He failed to get
in his retraction, however, before the organ.
lied Pittsburg Socialists had repudiated him,
and the nature Of their remarks may have
FASTENED the denial. Those amiable and
cheerful persons laughed to scorn the idea that
a division Of property would be asked for when
the time came to strike. When that auspi-
cious day arrives, declared the speakers at the
Sunday meeting, sthe laborer will take all
and hang the capitalists" Under these cir
cumstances it would hardly be worth while
for Mr.. Carnegie to offer to divide, and he is
wise in deciding to enjoy his wealth while he
fnau
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o the Editor OF the Indianapolis Journals,

To the Editor OF the Indianapolis Journal'
First-Is the telegraph across the ocean in a
pipe, or is there only a wire through the waterl
Second-Did the rebels ever slaughter colored
soldiers after they had been taken prisoners?
w. D.. j.
First-The ocean cable is composed of a central
wire, wrapped in others for protection, with
gutta percha and other nonconductirg material
for the purpose of insulation and to protect the
main wire from the action of sea-water and ms
rine animals. ~Second-Such things were re-
ported and currently believed during the war.
The investigation into the Fort Pillow affair
would seem to leave no doubt that there, at least,
colored prisoners were massacred.
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is to be made by the authorities to take Mr..
Buzzard also. When this is accomplished a
considerable saving of missionary shoe-leather
will result, but the bandits will probably
refuse, under the unpropitious circumstances,
to agree to a saving of their souls.
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Preaching at tho Are 81 ,of.

T~ALLULAH, Ga, Jan 6.-There is a blind
Baptist preacher. in Reuben county. who has
just finished his one-hundred and first year. He
is unable to go out of his house, but his congre,
CATION gather around his bed every Sunday and
he breaches to them. He is a strong believer ia
the doctrine THAT what has to be will be-"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-07

T~oBoGGANING, which is Canadian for coast
ing, has been adopted by the fashionable people
of New England towns, this season, with great
success. It's popularity is enhanced by a YAM
kee continuance for hosting the toboggans and
tobogganers to the top of the hill People who
thought their coasting days were past on ac-
count of the labor and loss of breath involved
in taking the back track, are said to enter into
the sport with all the enthusiasm OF youth,
under the announcement of the elevator.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-07

GROVER CLEVELAND yesterday resigned
the Office of Governor of New York. It is
worthy Of note that James A. Garfield, the
last President of the United States,
renounced the office of United States Senator,
to which he had been chosen, before assuming
the duties of the presidency.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-07

If a man meets you on the street and sud
denly holds a clicking instrument before your
face. it does not necessarily follow that he is a
highwayman with a revolver who means to shoot
the top of your head of. He may be a detective
with a pin hole camera, who is engaged in
taking the photographs Of suspected persons
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To the Editor of the indianapolis Journal:

To the Editor of the indianapolis JournaI:
Please state in your paper what was the
"Magna Charta. signed in 1915. W. F. s.
GROvELAND, Ind.
1t was a charter granted by King John to the
barons, and was intended to restrict royal pre-
rogative by a series of provisions for the protec-
tons of the rights and obligations of the feudal
proprietors. The provisions are too numerous
to be recapitulated here, but it may briefly be
stated that It's most important reform was the
establishment of the supremacy of the law over
the will of the monarch.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-07

GENERAL BUTLER sdeniges of it." He
says he is not writing a book, and has no i'm
mediate prospect or intention of so doing.
This is Disappointing. Doesn't he want to
give the country a chance to enjoy itself be-
fore the next campaignf
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-07

AN Indian princess named Pocahontas, who
claims to be a direct descendant of John
Smiths Powhatan, was married on Tuesday to
a candy merchant of Pittsburg, in which city
the young woman was filling a dime museum en-
gagement. If there is anything in belonging to
an old and titled family, the taffy-puller's wife
has the advantage of most Pittsburgers, and the
elite of that city should do her honor without
delay.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-07

This contrivance consists Of a small box with a
amera at one side and little hole at the other,
and is worked witha spring by the finger. Whit
a picture can be taken in an instant, and it is
expected to become a powerful agent in the
work Of catching criminals.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-07

To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal:
To settle a dispute, please state in the Jour
nal whether Levy, the cornetist, denied marry
ing, not long ago. A READER.
Not that we know of. He was married, re-
Gently, at Pittsburg. to the soprano singer who
is now with his company under the name of
Stalla Costa
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-07

READER, Kokomo: We have already pub
lished a synopsis of the Mexican pension bill
together with the Senate amendments. 1t is
dead now, however, for this Congress, at least ].
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-07
Negroes Leaving North Carolina.

RALEIGH, Jan. 6.--One. hundred families Of
negroes left Richmond county, North Carolina,
on Monday night, for Arkansas. Many of the
best and most prosperous of the colorcd people
OF that county were among the emigrantS
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-07

j.. S., Milligan, Ind: Nothing like accurate
data are at hand relative to losses of life and
property by the Ohio food. The Legislature
meets bienniallY.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-07

To the Editor Of the indianapolis Journal:
What per cent. of Indiana volunteers were
Republican in ~politicsl Mrs. O.
HANCOCK, Ind.
There are no accurate means of determining
this question, Indiana soldiers not being allowed
to vote in the field. We should say, however,
that from IS to 80 per cent. were Republicans.
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LADY READER, Whitlock, Ind. You would
better address P. G. Trusler, Indianapolis, rela
tive to civil service examinations at this city.
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