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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-06-17

Its Efficiency Not Due to Mr.. Pearson, but
to MIR. james Gayler.

Its Efficiency not Due TO Mr.. Pearson, but
to MIR. james Gayler.
United States Mail.
Now that the public pulse has cooled down
perceptibly regarding the reappointment of II.
G. Pearson as postmaster of New York, it may
be well enough to refer to the matter in the light
of undisputed facts.
The appointment should never have been
made. The President acted from what he re-
garded as the necessities of the case; be fully
understood the services of Pearson to the Demo.
cratic party during the campaign, and was,
doubtless, moved to reappoint him on
account of such service. He was backed,
of course, by Harperis Weekly, the New York
Times, Carl Schurz and a few other persons of
that character, but wholly upon the ground of
civil-seryice reform; and that is exactly where
the error comes in. He was foisted upoE the
President as the representative of that principle;
and, if he had any right to be so represented,
then his reappointments would have been proper
enough. But the facts are that Pearson is not
the great man his mugwumP friends seek to
make out of him.
1t is we'll known in postal circles that the real
manager of the New York Postofice is Mr..
James Gayier, and that whatever of efficiency it
possesses is due altogether to that gentleman.
He has been twenty five years in that Office and
is a live, practical, thorough officer. All the re-
forms inaugurated in that Office, all its plans and
systems Of work, are due to his genius, and
there is absolutely nothing done there Of any
moment that he is NOT the originator of. He is
the brains of the institution and ought to
have been made postmaster of New York
when Pearson was first appointed, four years
ago. Mr.. Gayler's position is that of assistant
postmaster. and as he runs the Office and carries
more brains than Pearson does he is the one man
above all others who should be the postmaster of
that great city. He does not part his hair in the
middle, he does not feed on angel food or other
wise look 'perty," but he transacts his business
in a systematic manner. and is a man among
men.
Now. if the gwum had settled upon Mr..
Gayler rs their representative. there would have
been some sense in their claim of civil service
obligation, but as they asked for Mr.. Parsons
reappointment upon that plea, when it was sim
ply because he WAS a mugwump and they de-
sired to have him rewarded, we can see what a
sham all their pretensions to civil-service reform
amounts TO.
If some real live, frst-class Democrat had been
appointed postmaster at New York, the people
would have been satisfied. but to set up a brain
less snob in a place like that for four years, at a
salary of $8, 600 a year, is q sleetle" too much.
1t is crowding the mourners.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-06-17
I~NDIANAAND ILLINOIS NEWS
The Daily Chronicle of Happenings of
ALI Kinds in the Two States.
The Coming State Sangerfest-Probable Loss
Of Two Lives at Evansville-Assignment
at Madison-Notes and Gleanings.
INDIANA.
The Coming Meeting of the State Sengerfest
at Fort WAYNE.

The Coming Meeting of the State Sengerfest
at Fors Wayne.
Special to the indianapolis journal.
FoRT WAYNE. June 16.-The biennial meeting
of the State Sengerfest, which will be held at
Fort Wayne next week, promises to be the most
successful in the history of that excellent mu-
steal organization. The most extensive prepare
tons have been making for a period of three
months by local singing societies, aided by the
most prominent citizens. Elk Mayor Zollinger
and Mayor Muller have been prominent in aiding
the enterprise. The chief musical director is
Prof. Otto A. Schmidt. The singing societies of
Evansville, Lafayette, and other of the
larger places of the State will contribute hun
dreds of singers. They have been visited
by Professor Schmidt, and carefully drilled in
the choruses to be sung. The Rosenberger &
Austin grand concert orchestra, of Chicago, will
contribute thirty musicians, which number will
be doubled by the addition of other artists.
Among the distinguished soloists engaged are
Miss Fanny Kellogg, soprano; Mr.. Webber,
tenor; Mr.. Babcock, basso; Mr.. Sherwood, pian-
ist; Mr.. Schmidt, violinist, and Mr.. Austin, solo
cornetist.
The railroads have made reduced rates, and
several will run special trains. An attendance
of 10000 people is expected from out-of-town
places. The fest will be held at the Princess
rink, which will seat q, 900.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-06-17
MINOR TOPICS.
\ Kentucky Ex-Consressman Who Asks No
Favors of the Administration.

kentucky Ex-Consressman VIII Ask No
Favors of the Administration.
special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, June lex Congressman
Thomas Robinson, of kentucky, who has been
here for several days, has not yet applied to the
President or any of the members of his Cabinet
for a single Office for one Of his constituents.
Robinson belongs to the Blackburn wing of the
Democratic party. 1t has been said that Sen
ator Blackburn has been propitiated, and that he
is entirely satisfied with the course of the ad-
ministration. 1t is evident, however, that Sen
ator Blackburn and those who train with him
are not disposed to take the snub with very good
grace. Robinson, in conversation with a num-
Der of gentlemen in Wizards Hotel to-day, said:
II have not yet asked this - administration
for a cussed thing, and, by CAD, sab, l don't
intend to-" This is simply an indication of the
feeling towards the administration in the blue
grass region. It is evident that the President
made a decided mistake in stepping on the
corns of the senator from Kentucky so early in
his administration.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-06-17
Pension Frauds.
Washington Special.

washington SDeClal.
General Black says there are some laws gov
erning the granting of pensions which should
be changed, as they afford almost unlimited OPP
portunities for practice of fraud upon the gov
eminent. A case in point is that of Lieut.. Jas.
Butler, of Illin OILS, who made application for a
pension, and his claim was made special on a re-
port of the Bloomington Medical Board, dated
Feb. 3, Of this year, stating that at best he does
not look as though he would live more than a
few days, and is liable to die any day. Notwith-
standing his dying condition, however, on the
7th of March, Mrs. Hattie M. Thompson, who
had been divorced from her former husband in
1868 on the ground OF neglect and desertion, was
married to him in ORDER to have his pension set
tied on her when ne should die. just ten days
after death ensued. and Mrs. Butler was made a
widow. Meantime the Lieutenant's claim was
being adiudicated, and on the 7th day of April
he was allowed a pension of $50 a month. His
widow filed a claim for pension on the 14th, and
it has just been granted, at $l7 per month dur
ing widowhood. Not only will she receive this,
but as the Lieutenant died prior to the allow
ance of his claim, she, as his legal representa-
tive, is entitled to the accrued pension due him
at the date Of his death.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-06-17
Business All Along the Line,

Washington Special TO Cleveland Plain Dealer.
To-day has been a busy one in the appoint
ments. 1t would seem that the machinery is
now getting well into running order. Several
clerks who were suspended in the Treasury De-
~partment came to Appointment Clerk Higgins to
find ont what the charges were. None that I
care to give, except that you are Republicans
said the business like official. This is a Demo
cratic administration and Democrats are going
TO try holding office" Chief Clerk Tweddle, Of
the War Department, who thought he was a fix
ture and the government could not go on with
out him, was told to-day that his resignation
would be acceptable. Several clerks also got
their walking papers in Auditor McConnell's
department. Things are now beginning to look
very much like business all along the line.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-06-17
Two Lives LOST in a storm.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
EVANSVILLE, June 16.-In the heavy gale
which prevailed on the river last night it is be-
lieved two lives were lost. While the storm was
at its height cries for help were heard on the river
front of the city. Two gentlemen, Henry and
Fred Doench, heard the cries and hastened.ito
the river. where they saw two men in a skif in
great peril. They attempted to reach them, but
their skiff was swamped. Suddenly the cries
for help ceased, and the boat disappeared. The
police made inquiries to-day for parties missing.
and late this afternoon it was learned that VIM.
Winkler, living in the city, was missing. He
left home yesterday. stating that he intended
looking for work. He is q laborer, and it is
thought that, with a companion, he attempted
to cross the river, intending to visit towns on
the Kentucky side, but the storm overlook them
and they persisted. So far the name of the other
man has not been learned.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-06-17

conduct Of election business. often to the inn
~pairment of ti.eir performance of the duties of
the office. In several of the cases political
notices. circufars and newspapers of the opposite
political party we're shown TO have been detained
ia the postoffiee.
The President to day commissioned the fol-
loving nostmasters: Thomas II. Cooke, Flora,
Tex; John L.. Etzel, Clear Lake. Ia: Alfred d..
Tinsiey. Sihley, la: Albert L. Downward. Maren-
90. Ia; c. II. Adams, Allegan. Mich; Martin v.
Merideth. Saginaw City, Mich; A. L. Sturte-
want, Fullerton. Neb.: Norvel Blackburn. Deea-
tur. Ind; Benjamin L. Louthain. Logansport,
Ind; John II. Brunt. Ossage Mission, Kan;
David Frakes. Ouray, Col; William N. Martin,
Muscogee. T. T.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-06-17
The Flag of the Fifty-Third Illinois.

WASHINGTON, June l6.-The Critic says:
There is a United States flag at the War De-
partment, of the history of which the authori-
ties know nothing, except that it was found in
the Confederate War Department. and is marked
with the name Of the 'Fifty-third Illinois yolun-
teer Infantry The flag shows evident signs of
hard fighting in its neighborhood, for it is
pierced in many places with bullet holes, and in
places in the silk stripes are gaping holes made
by pieces of shell. There is no flagstaff attached,
and the folds are deeply stained with broad
stripes of blood. limiting that some gallant color
sergeant had torn it from the staff and hid it
away m his own breast to save il from being
captured. Perhaps this paragraph may meet
with the eye of some one who can tell where and
how it was captured, for the War Department
does not know
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-06-17
A Happy Kansas Man.

Washington Special.
A happy Kansas Democrat stood in the CORR
dor of the postofice building yesterday. 1--WE
just had that COMPOUNDED Republican moved out
OF the postofice at K. in my State" said he,
in answer to an inquiry. I've been working
Postmaster general Villas ever since the 10th of
March to have this rascal out. and without sue
cess. Finally, | went to the President I took
with me extracts from the postmaster's paper.
He was an offensive partisan, now, you can just
bet. He printed that outrageous scandal on Mr..
Cleveland. He wrote the most outrageous edit
orial on the Mrs. Beecher letter, and his last was
a venomous attack upon the President and his
sister about going to Sunderland's church. Well,
/ showed these things to the President, and he
took the postmasters name, and said he would
have to go. And he has gone" added the Kan
sas man. Therefore / am happy
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-06-17

LONDON lruLn.
Have yon any curiosity about the sort of
trcusseau a princess has? I have seen the
sketches and materials of some of Princess
Beatrices rousseau frocks. which are being
made by Redfern. One is a very pretty brown
and blue ehottweed, with silk to match. The
skirt is of the latter and is arranged in wide
perpendicular plaits. The bodice and tunic are
of the tweed, the front of the bodice being
trimmed with folds of the silk, arranged fchu-
fashion. A pretty little jacket to 90 with this
gown is made of the tweed, lined with peacock
colored satin and trimmed with the shot-silk
down the fronts, which are straight, though the
back fits tightly to the figure.
Another nice frock is Of grenat blanket cloth,
the long wide plaits on the skirt being separated
by folds of ottoman silk in the same colo-.
There is also a vest of the ottoman, the bodice
and scarf drapery being of the cloth. A jacket
is made to accompany this frock, the material
being the blanket cloth. 1t fastens from the
left shoulder and is trimmed round all the out
lines with fine sable.
A gown of navy blue cloth is cut out in scok
Tops, which fall over a trimming of interiaced
cardinal red braid. A similar but narrower
trimming edges the tunic, which is quite short.
The fronts of the bodice are s~calloped over q vest
OF interlaced red braid and the sleeves are fin
ished at the cuffs to match.
The jacket corresponding with this is of navy
cloth. edged with one row OF cardinal braid. A
revers, turned back at the side of the chest, is
lined with red silk; and a smaller, revers, turned
back at ike right side of the basque, shows a
similar lining. This is a very effective little ar
rangement, and one quite new to my experience.
A cream colorcd cloth is made over q skirt OF
pale blue yelling, being quite plain except for a
narrow plating round the edge. The bodice OF
this fastens diagonally from the left shoulder by
means of carved mother of pearl buttons The
vest and cuffs are pale blue.
Another cream colored dress is Of Cairo cloth,
with plated skirt aud scarf.like tunic made or
cream solored satin. The bodice of this gown Is
plated and worn with a belt.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-06-17
Wanted for Forgery.

Special to the indianapolis journal.
RICHMOND, June 16-Fulton Selix, who
reached Indianapolis by the Panhandle cannon
ball, early this morning, is wanted for forgery.
He was given a check on the First National
Bank by A. G. Garfield, insane asylum con
tractor, for 500. q, payable to S. Il. Toles, his
employer, whose name he forged, gaining timer
which to realize on the check by telling Toles il
was not convenient for Camield to pay the bill
he was sent to collect, for a couple of days.
Toles had implicit confidence in the young man,
whom he regarded as a son.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-06-17
Minor Notes.

William Norris, a ~well-knpwn Evansville
grocer, died, on Monday, of Brights disease.
1t is rumored that the DePauw Female Col
lege, New Albany, is to have a new president
C. NJ. George, superintendent of the mail-car-
rier service at South Bend, died, yesterday, of
congestion of the brain.
j. HI. Corners drug store at New Albany was
injured by fire on Monday to the amount of
81. 000;scovered by insurance.
The remains of James Hughes, who accident
ally shot himself at Eureka, New, are expected
to arrive at Terre Haute to-day.
Charles Darst, of Fort Wayne, a blind man.
seventy years old, who tried to kill his wife with
a poker, has been a~djudged insane.
At Terre Haute James Dorech has begun suit
against John Rotz for s., 900. He claims that
Rotz assaulted and battered him, greatly disfg-
uring him.
Joseph Merrick, while crossing the Eel river
bridge, at Mexico, Miami county. at night, was
attacked by footpads and robbed Of $3.50. No
clew to the robbers.
Aleck jenkins, of Farmersburg, reports tina.
his wife, who is insane. left home Sunday, tax
inc their three-year-old child. Nothing has been
heard from her since.
Chiveral Garner, aged sixty five years, dropped
dead, at his home at Azalia, Bartholomew coun-
ty, on Monday. Twenty years ago he was a j.,
NJ. 81 l. railroad conductor.
Huntington county, which has been felicitat-
ing herself on being out of debt, is now confront
ed with a claim Of SIS, 900, which dropped out of
sight soon after being made, thirteen years ago,
and was then only $4,000.
Charles B. Allison, of Madison, Ind, and Miss
Eva Swami, of Louisville. eloped from Louis
vile to Jacksonville on Sunday and were mar
ried by Justice Keigwin. The groom is a son of
Judge Z. Y. Allison, of Madison.
Father Frank Gavisk, who recently completed
his studies at st. Meinrad Abbey, gave his first
mass at Evansville, on Sunday, his audience be-
ing almost entirely composed of old friends. He
was formerly city editor of the Evansville Cou-
rier.
a little daughter of A. b. Crompton, editor of
the Delphi Times, while attempting to protect
her baby sister, fell from a high stable loft with
the child in her arms. The baby escaped injury
but she little girl received a dangerously crushed
arm aad shoulder.
At Battle Ground, George Thomas, a telegraph
operator, shot himself in the head. The wound
is fatal. Thomas left two or three notes, saying
he was tired of life. Having but one arrl, he
could not successfully hold employment. He Is
about twenty years old.
In the storm at Evansville, on Monday, Mat
Woodruff, q plumber. and Lee Cassidy. a car
penter, were blown from a house where they
were at work, and severely injured. the latter,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-06-17
Patents for Indiana Tnyentors.

Special to the indianapolis journal.
WASHINGTON, June i6-The following patents
were issued 60 Indiana inventors to-day:
Allen, Horace r.. indianapolis, portable bath
tub; Axt. Frederick, Franklin. gutter box or
gage; Cokayne. William. Geetingsville, fence:
Dushane, James, South Bend. secondary battery;
Gilliland, James F.. Indianapolis, combined
washer and Inch pin; Henry, Micaja c., Rich
mond, skate: Peterson, William H., T.. and N.
G. Henley, Richmond, tsaid Peterson assignor to
said HenleysD roller skate; Williams, James,
Richmond, roller skate.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-06-17
Persistent Office Seekers.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
WAsHISGToN. June 16.-While the ofice-seek-
ers about the capital are just as thick as ever
they were, there are not as many members OF
Congress in town as there were a month ago.
The Office seeker, when he goes to Washington,
seldom leaves as long as he has a dollar left in
his pocket. He can not believe that he has been
defeated, and persists in his hope that success
viii finally crown his application. The Con
gressmen, on the other hand. know very we'll
that their chances are mighty slim with the
present administration. They have been bluffed
away by the members OF the Cabinet and have
been very coolly treated by the President, and
they no longer swarm up TO the White House in
droves. 1t is doubtful IL there will be twenty
Ave Democratic members here at the close of the
week, although there were upwards of i25 for
more thar Q week In the early part of May.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-06-17
What Governor Porter Saws.

A representative of the Journal called at the
residence of Ex-Governor Porter at a
late hour last night, and after persistent
ringing and rapping succeeded in awakening
that gentleman. After hearing the reading of the
statements made by the Dooley deposition Gov.
Porter said: You may say that the statement
that there was a quarrel between johnson
and / is untrue. / had no quar-
rel with him. He grew very
impatient at the delay in securing an appoint
ment through my influence and broke with me,
afterwards indulging in some very harsh Ian
guage concerning me-. AS for the
allegation that ! secured an appointment for
my son George, that is also untrue. / never
asked for such an appointment, and, as a mat
ter Of fact, it was never made.
/ do not remember ever having had any talk
with J. II. Woodland concerning Mrs. Johnson's
death, and I certainly never said to
him, or to any one else, that / thought
Captain johnson had put her to death. | knew
Mrs. johnson very well for years. and knew
her to be a woman of very super Tor in
telligence and accomplishments. Knowing heras
we'll as did, / may have said that / did not
think she was the woman to commit suicide, but
/ never said to anyone that / thought her hus-
band had killed her.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-06-17
Assignment at Madison.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
MADISON, June 16.-The nominal assets of the
Madison Canning Company, which assigned to-
day, are elaine to be $40. 900, but it is believed
less than 800. 900 could be realized. The latter
sum would probably cover the liabilities, which
are placed at SIS, 900 to 500, 900. The banks here
are the principal sufferers.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-06-17
TRIALOFEDWARDT JOHNSON
A Sensation Caused by the Reading Off
deposition Made by A. Fl. Dooley,
In Which the Name of Ex-Governor Porter
Is Drawn into the Case-The Alleged
Persecution of johnson.

Special TO the indianapolis Journal
G~REENvILLE, Tenn, June 16.-The first evil
dence introduced in the johnson trial, this
morning, was the deposition of Alva H. Dooley,
editor of the Indianapolis Saturday Herald.
The deposition gives alleged facts about q
political quarrel between Elk Ex-Governor Porter
and johnson, which. as the deposition claims,
eliminated in Governor Porter causing reports
to be circulated that Johnson had muir
dered his wife, the reports being first started i'm
an interview between Porter and J. Fl. Wood
ard of the Cincinnati Enquirer.
About this time, DR.. Griffith disinherited his
daughters only son, having placed his
property in the hands of a trustee, on the
day before the suicide, to be held
till he became of age. In a suit to recover this
property, the letters of Mrs. johnson confessing
her intimacy with Henry were given to the pub
lie for the first time, although Johnson
proposed anything in his power to
prevent the story of his wife's shame going to
the ears of the world. DIR. Griffith became very
malicious in his feelings toward johnson, and
did everything in his power to increase his
awful load Of misery.
Other testimony was produced showing that
Mr.. Griffith had gone so far as to desecrate
a grave. johnson owned a lot in a cemetery
at indianapolis, where his wife and one
child were buried. Space had been left between
the two graves for Johnson's grave, but Dr.
Griffith had allowed a woman who died in q hos
pital to be buried there.
The testimony shows that Johnson was sub
iected Co all manner of outrageous and inhuman
treatment at the hands of his enemies. DR.. Grit
fifth even wrote Johnson's son that his father had
murdered his mother, and gave what ne con-
sidered sufficient reason for his belief. All this
testimony was introduced to show that persecu-
ton by his enemies had its weight
in causing insanity, which eliminated in
the murder of Henry. Letters from Captain
johnson to friends in Indianapolis were
read in court to prove that John
murder. They were well written and
some of them were pathetic in the extreme. They
all attested his love for his wife even after she
had gone wrong" and that her ruin and death
were u%ppermost in his mind at all times up to the
killing of Henry.
Counsel was reading one letter, where he de-
scribed mis- wife coming to him in his dreams.
dressed as she was on the morning of her
death, in pure white, and admonishing
him to be of good cheer, as all would be righted
in the end. Captain johnson broke down
and wept like a child. This was
the first instance of unusual emotion
that he has shown since the trial began. Many
Others in the courtroom were seen TO weep as
the reading of the letters proceeded. General
sympathy for Johnson increases as the trial
goes on.