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The Indianapolis journal., 1885-02-15

San Francisco Chronicle
There is a deep vein of politeness in some OK
the least dignifed Of professions in this city.
One would imagine that bootblack could hardly
be expected to be sympathetic or delicate. His
occupation is lowly one. but q very
useful one; and he can make a mighty
difference to man with corns il he has
the necessary perspicacity. But doubt if any
thing more delicate could be done than was done
by bootblack to friend of mine the other day.
My friend has a wooden leg with genuine pin
at one end. He sat down on the stand-why
bootblack should keep stand l don't know,
unless it be because you always sit down to have
your boots shined-to have his customary polish.
The gentleman in charge carefully developed
beautiful brlliancy on the boot and then, with
out word, began to polish the pin Of the
wooden leg. He pretended not to notice my
friends af1iction at ALL That was true deli
cacy, think 48n
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committee came. The representative, whom
ever the Chair was addressed, made his own
response and then violently pushed down the
bewildered head of the other ass to mark his
assent, performance invariably provoking
roars of laughter and applause These wild
scenes continued till pretty well on towards
midnight, when the absent committee re-
ported and the most disgraceful occurrence
in the Legislative history of the State came to
an end
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A NEW WESTERN FEATURE.

The following paragraph, taken from "a
Washington Territory paper of recent date,
contains several extraordinary statements:
'1nvitations to the death bed of Miss Gen
evieve Smythe are now so much sought after
that she has several times been urged to make
them transferable. The family physician
thinks she will hold out about three weeks
yet before she will have the pleasure of saying
farewell to her friends, but we hope not"
Why Miss Genevieve should wish to have a
social gathering around her death-bed is not
explained, and we are left in the dark as to
what sort of entertainment she offers them.
That it must be something unique and es-
pecially attractive is proved by the eager de
mand for invitations. A death scene is not
usually hilarious affair; slow music only is
appropriate, and it is not likely therefore,
that the young people assemble about her for
the purpose of indulging in the mazy dance or
in roller skating. 1t is possible that she may
be so addicted to progressive euchre that she
insists upon taking hand until the
last deal is made-observation of the
slaves to the game lead to the belief
that they will willingly cease playing
only when the last trump is blown in their
ears-but even this theory does not explain
the gravitation of her friends to Miss Smythe's
bedside. They could gamble elsewhere, and
probably have just as much fun. The en-
tertainment whatever it is, must be entirely
the work of the young woman herself. She
may be reformer-a woman is nothing now
adays unless she is endeavoring to reform
something or other-and Miss Genevieve may
wish to introduce new and improved method
of shuffiing off the mortal coil. That objec-
tions exist to the act Of drawing the last
breath, as it is commonly done, no one will
deny. If the Washington Territory young
cally and gracefully, and with fewer lugubri-
Gus accomplishments, than is the custom at
present, she will do great work, though
she may fail in accomplishing an immediate
change in the prevailing fashion. It may
be thought that she postpones the final fall of
the curtain for an unnecessary length of time;
but if, as we suppose, she is engaged in intro
ducing cheerful tone into the surroundings,
the delay need not necessarily be painful, not
withstanding the equivocal language which
closes the paragraph. 1t cannot, of course, be
supposed that Miss Genevieve is SO impolite as
to take pleasure in saving farewell TO her
guests, and the remark of the writer must be
considered as unintentional rudeness, and at
tributed to the carelessness of Western jour
nalism.
We shall await further advices from Wash
ington Territory with interest If the full
details and final returns are satisfactory, death
bed parties may be introduced as new social
feature by those in search of novelties.
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A Great Moral Truth.

PlttsDuTg
Among those present in Washington bar
room, the other night, when it was closed by the
police for being open after midnight, was Harry
c. St John, son of the late Prohibition candi-
date for the presidency 1t is a noteworthy fact
that nine-tenths of those people who think they
are qualified to run the morals of nation ara
never able to bring up their own families in tho
way wherein they would have others walk
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Bismarck Asleep at His Desk.

Paris American Register.
The nerves of even the Iron Chancellor are no
longer proof against the wear and tear of his
multifarious duties. Last week delegation Of
Lubbock citizens invited by him to conference
and subsequent dinner, were received by
Princess Bismarck, who, after vainly waiting an
entire hour for the appearance of her liege lord,
entered his study on tip toe and found him fast
asleep at his writing desk.
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General Grant,s Thanks.

AUGUSTA, Maine Feb. 13.-Speaker Hamlin
received the following letter to-day from General
Grant:
New YORK Cry, Feb. 10, 1885,
Hon. Charles Hamlin:
Dear Sir-Your letter of the 7th inst. is be-
fore me. The action taken by the House Of
Representatives in the Maine Legislature have
seen in the papers, and for your part in present.
ing the resolution favoring my restoration to the
retired list of the army / wish now to thank
you Very truly yours u. S. GRANT
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Mormon Morality.

San Francisco Call.
Apostle Teardel, in an address to the Mormons
at Nephi, Utah. counseled the children as fol-
men around asking the children how many
wives their fathers have If they ask you tell
them you don't know. I'd rather you tell q lie
to defend your friends and parents than tell the
truth that will bring trouble upon them"
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A Reversed Vision.

Burlington Free Press.
A youngster of a theological turn of mind,
asked his Christian parent the other day. what
this Reversed Vision OF the New Testament"
was that he saw alluded to in the religious pa
pers He was advised to correct his own re-
Versed vision
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Fun In France.

Le Caricature (Paris).
Gendarme Ito man who has broken through
the ice and is up to his neck in waterl-"Iour
name2 Your addressl' "Yes, but" mot q
wordl It is forbidden to bathe in this lake. ana
/ am not here 10 listen to extenuating circum-
stances
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Try the Prayer-Cure in Egypt.

Chicago Times.
Ell Mahdi prayed for and blessed the troops ~
toum and they captured the town in quarter
of an hour. The pious Mr.. Gladstone might try
the prayer-cure He ought to be able to out
pray heathen like Ell Mahdi
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Who win Invest

Baltimore American.
There is fortune in store for the man who
induces David Davis to become professional
roller-skater.
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Vhat Can Be Dome with nm

Texas Siftings.
Any superfiuous timber that Cleveland has left
over from making his Cabinet he can use up IN
the bureaus
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REV DR. DE LA MATYR is lifting up his pow
erfu double bass voice. in the city CT Denver, in
favor of the equality of all men before the law,
the Tabor Opera-house proposing to exclude col
ored people except from places specially set apart
for them. DR.. De La Matyr will always be found
on the side of what he thinks is the under dog.
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A YEAR or two ago a sensation was created in
Baltimore society by the discovery that the son
of Hon. George ii. Williams, a wealthy resident
of that city, had conveyed his property, some
$3.50 900, to his father by deed of trust, and had
gone to Europe in order to avoid carrying out
marriage engagement with . welll1nown and
highly esteemed young lady. II was supposed
The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1885-04-18
A COLORED FIEND.
In His Greed for Gold He Commits Dou
BILE Murder, and Tries to Add Two
Others to His List of Victims.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, April "a bloody crime
was committed in Nameski, ILL.,, just across
the river from this city, early this morning.
Among the small farmers, short distance
from the town, is a negro named
Thomas Williams. His family consisted
Of his wife and child, and nephew, about
eighteen years of age. Last week negro,
who gave his name as Higgins, called at
Williams house and asked for work. 1t
happened that williams needed man
at the time, and he engaged Higgins,
The latter worked until Tuesday, when
he asked for some money. In paying
the money Williams displayed small
bag which contained considerable silver.
Higgins eyed it GENEROUSLY, and taking
his money left the premises. He returned
early this morning and was admitted into
the house. He was armed with two revolt
vers, and, placing the muzzle of one
against Mrs. Williams, ordered her to give
up all the money In the house. She pro.
duced nine dollars, but this only enraged
the fiend, who ran up TO the bed and fred
twice, killing the husband. He then turned
the pistol against the nephew, and fired
twice, both bullets taking eff
feet, and the boy is now lingering
on the verge of death. Mrs. Williams
ran out the door and was pursued nearly a
half mile. Higgins then returned to the
house and pillaged it, and tied up Will
liams' small child, who had been awakened
by the firing. Hethen set the house on
fire and left. The blaze, was extinguished
by the nephew, who dragged himself
across the floor and fell fainting after this
exertion. Higgins has not yet been ar
rested. ~
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.. FIGHTING REPORTED.
Feeling IN German Official Circles That War
Between Russia, and England is Certain.

\ LONDON, April 0.--The Standard has re-
ceived telegram In cipher from cores
pondent in Russia, stating that battle has
been fought on the Murghab River, and that
it is reported that five hundred men were
killed. The dispatch was sent in cipher in
order to escape the vigilance of the Rus
sian censors, and tho STANDARD therefore
refrains from mentioning its source, but
says it is entitled to the highest credit.
The Standard assumes from the origin of
the telegram that the Russians were defeat
ed, but is not certain.
" BERLIN, April e.--The belief hitherto en-.
tertained in official circles that peace
would be maintained between England and
Russia, has undergone distinct change.
dispatches from st. Petersburg say that
the Russian war party is getting the upper
hand, and that the Gar has agreed to
appoint General Gourko and General
Kouropotkine to the leading commands in
the Afghan campaign in theeve Of war.
Each will lead an army corp of fifty thou.
sand men. General Prince Dondoukoff
Korsakoff, the Governor of the Caucasus,
takes staff Of military surveyors to Merv
to report upon the progress.of the massing
OF the troops and the condition of the COM
missariat. He will command third army
corps. -. ...
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WAR IT rs.
Bloody Battle Between Afghans and Rus
SLAMS at the River Kooshik,

ST, PETERSBURG, April 9.-The official
Messenger publishes the following this
morning: General Komerof reports that
in consequence of hostile manifestations
by the Afghans he was compelled to at
tack them. The Afghans were posted upon
both banks of the river Kooshik, in forth
fed positions. The fight occurred on the
Both of last month. The Afghan force
consisted of 1000 men, with
eight guns. They. were defeated
with-a loss of 800. All the artillery,
two standards of banners and the entire
camp outfit and. all provisions of the At
ghans were captured. The Russian loss
was three subalterns and ten soldiers
killed and twenty nine wounded. When
the fighting ended General Komaroff re-
turned across the river to the positions
he had formerly occupied. Cen
eral Komaroff also reports that some
British officers, who had been eye witnesses
but not participants in the engagement, APP
pealed to the Russians for protection when
they saw that the Afghans were beaten
But unfortunately, he says, aconvoy which
he Immediately dispatched to the relief of
these officers was unable to overtake the
Afghan cavalry, who carried the British
away with them in their flight. t.
LONDON, April 9.-The news of the en-
gagement on the Afghan frontier between
Russians and Afghans has caused great ex-
element here. The people are incensed at
Russia's duplicity in pretending to be anx
ious for peace, while her object was merely
for the purpose of gaining time. The fight
on the frontier is generally viewed as the
first step by Russia in the long contemplate
ed contest for supremacy in Asia, and that
bloody and desperate war between her
and England is inevitable.
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Suicides.

NEW YORK, April 1O.--prof. Jules E.
Loiseau, Instructor of French in the Column
bia College School Of Mines, committed
suicide at his home in the village Of Wood
side, L. l., at noon to. day. Cause not known.
MILWAUKEE, WIS.,, April 10.-Colonel S.
G. Mower, one of the proprietors of the
Sunday Telegraph, committed suicide late
this afternoon by shooting. Mr.. Mower was
favorably known in the military circles of
Wisconsin. No cause can be assigned for
his act. ..s>,..
PITTSBURGH, Pa, April 1O.-This morn
ing about s O'Clock A. V. Arnold, a wealthy
lumberl merchant, of Wilkinsburgh, Pa,
committed suicide by shooting himself
through the heart. His health and busi-
ness depression was the cause.
ROCKFORD, ILL, April 1O.--Mss Carrie
Brown, daughter of Mr.. Horace Brown, of
this city, left note pinned to her chamber
door and threw herself into the river last
night. The note is addressed to the "Dear
ones at home" and states that in conse-
quence of fall she had in Philadelphia
her mind has become affected and she be.
lieves she will go mad. She thinks that II
Is Gods will that she should put an end to
herself. Another letter was left for her
affianced husband, Fred W. Lee, of Des
Moines, Iowa. The body has not been re-
covered, but her shawl was found on the
river bank. .,.,..
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TERRIBLE AFFAIR.
The Horrible Death Of Child From an
Attack by Rabld Spitx.

BALTIMORE, MD. April San infant child
Of Mrs. Mary Carroll, wealthy widow Of
Washington County, Maryland whose hus-
band died from hydrophobia few weeks
ago, was killed yesterday and almost COM
pletely devoured by the same dog
which caused her husbands death.
The babe was left alone by
Mrs Carroll at play upon the kitchen floor
while she went upstairs to attend to some
household duties. The dog, large-sized
spitz, was confined by chain to dog
house near the kitchen door. For several
days past the animal had been show
ing signs Of madness, and it had been
decided to shoot him yesterday after
noon. "A few minutes after Mrs. Carroll
reached the second floor she was alarmed
by hearing, the child crying out as if
in great pain. Rushing down stairs, Mrs.
Carroll was Mortified upon discovering
her nine -months'old babe being lacerated
by. the brute. The dog was shaking the
babe as IT it was rat, and the blood was
streaming from all parts of its body. Mrs.
Carroll ran for assistance. Upon the
was dead, and the dog was
found calmly seated by the body feasting
on it. One arm had been completely
devoured. A shot from revolver soon
dispatched the dog. About four weeks ago
the same animal bit Mr.. Carroll while the
later he was attacked with hydrophobia,
and died on Wednesday last. Onhis death
bed Mr.. Carroll requested that the dog
should not be killed, and in Difference to
that request the dog was granted his life,
but, as the sequel shows, unfortunately.
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Of Removals for Cause.

WASHINGTON, April s.--The attempt to
remove Postmaster Palmer, at Rome, NY,
seems to be beset with difficulties. During
the session of the Senate the President
nominated successor to Palmer, removing
theiatter for cause which was not set forth
in communication to the Senate failed to
act upon the nomination, and Palmer, in a
letter to the President, takes the ground
that inasmuch as the Senate did not con-
firm the person nominated to succeed him,
the President has not the power to
remove him. This case is under the Tenure
Of Office Act, and is important, not that it
concerns Palmer, but because it will be a
precedent for future action. If the Presi-
dent fails to commission Palmer's success
sor he will be placed inthe attitude of in
dorsing the view taken by the Postmaster
he seeks to remove, and will in point Of act
confess he has not the power of removal
If, on the other hand, the President does
commission Mr.. Palmer's successor, it will
commit him to q general policy of removal
for cause. F':.. u @i~
The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1885-04-18
Situation In Central America.

PANAMA, April 0. VIA GALvEsroN.-Af-
fairs in Panama are improving. The pro-
visional Government is organizing rapidly,
and order is being maintained. The She
nandoah landed one hundred men to-day.
Although many rumors of possible tu-
multi when they landed had circulated,
there was no disorder. The men guard the
wharves, offices and rolling stock of the
Panama Railroad Company: /A~meet-
ing was held yesterday, attended by for
eigners and natives to consider the sttua-
ton. A memorial was adopted declaring
that the danger of attack from Buena Ven
tura and Carthagena made it necessary TO
declare the State neutral, and calling upon
the President to send commissioners to
notify the leaders at those points. The
opinion is expressed that if further attacks
are made from abroad, it will be necessary
to declare the State independent, and APP
peal to the great Powers for protection.
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Another Illinois Legislator Dead.

/SPRINGFIELD, ILL, April 12.-Death has
claimed another member of the Illinois,
Legislature, this time the victim being il
Henry Shaw, of Beardstown, Cass County.
About 12:45 O'Clock the clerk of the Hotel
Palace, missing Representative Shaw at
dinner and not having seen him during the
morning, went to his room Ito call him
Receiving no answer, he looked over
the transom, and saw him lying as
though dead. The door was broken
open, and, upon examation, DR.. Kerr, who
had been called, gave it as his opinion that
the Representative had been dead several
hours. The deceased has been ailing dur
ing the whole session, but not 80 that he
could not attend to his duties most Of the
time. Mr.. Shaw was over sixty years of
age, and served in the Thirty second Gen
eral Assembly, this being his second termp
An.election will be ordered ationce.
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A I'LGRESS AT LARGE.
Close Call. For a Child and q
Butcher.
The Animal Running Loose on the Streets
-" of Chicago.

CHICAGO, ILL.,, April 1g.--"Komme NIGHT
hrein" shouted julius Toeffner, as he
slammed the door of his butcher-shop at
no West Van Buren, street in the face of
royal Bengal tigress Saturday forenoon,
and then collapsed into a dead faint. The
beautiful queen of the Indian jungles placed
her huge paws against the door, which re-
fused to yield, shifted the ham sausages that
hung in the window and quietly walked
away. The animal belongs to W. H. Harris,
proprietor of the Nickel-plate Shows. He
lives at No. 223 South ROBBERY street, where
two lious, bear, an elephant and the
tiigress have been alternating in barn on
the premises. The animal is one OF the
largest of her species on the continent. She
is possessed of an unusually vicious
temper, and is regarded as dangerous. 1t
was about ten o'clock when she escaped
from her cage. Her keeper crouched with
blanched face and paralyzed muscles be-
hind stove near by. The, elephant
beloved until the hay-seed ratified
through the rafters. Passing out the
barn door the striped pet trotted off
through the alley way. Across Van Buren,
street sat child in an endorsed buggy,
playing. The tigress put her paws on the
wheel and offered caress that showed two
sets of long, white teeth. The little one
screamed, and the animal peacefully ann
bled off to Mr.. Toeffner's meat shop. Re-
pulsed here, she continued her flight to q
vacant lot in the rear of house on Avon
place; she prowled about among the
tin cans and ash-piles an
hour. Excited people scrambled to
the top of sheds, stables, fences
and houses in the neighborhood. Fully
three thousand people crowded about to
see the performance. After two hours OF
meat-throwing and coaxing the royal Benz
was quickly nailed. A hole was sawed
through one side of the structure, she
stepped lightly into the cage which had
been placed opposite the aperture and was
again securely confined. =
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Enuland and Russia,

LONDON, April 1O.--,The press unani-
mously declare that it is Englands i'm
perative duty to fight unless Russia re-
calls General Komaroff and disowns his
action in attacking the Afghans.
ST. PETERSBURG, April 10.-The morning
newspapers throughout Russia, with very
few exceptions. in commenting on the re-.
cent battle between the Russians and
Afghans on the Kooshik River, are very
bellicose in their utterances, and charge
Earl Dufferin, Viceroy of India, and Sir
Peter Lumsden, the British Commissioner,
with provoking the war by advising the
Afghans to advance on Puli-Khisti, which
the British officials knew was part of the
Russian territory. The Afghans, they say,
also fully understood that Puli-Khisti wa S
Russian territory, and would never have
attempted to advance their pickets to that
point unless strongly urged to do so by the
British officials. The war party fully en-
dorse the assertions Of the newspapers, and
are very pugnacious over the affair. =
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General Grants Last Rest.

WASHINGTON, April SIT seems to be
settled that General Grant is to be buried
in this city. General Sheridan, his COM
panion in arms and personal friend, has
made many suggestions as to his last rest
Ing place. 1t was at first proposed that
thesoil of Arlington should have the honor
of covering his body. But Arlington
is in State. The crypt Of
the Capitol has also been suggested.
Some = are " in favor of the Congress
sional Cemetery. A tomb under the Wash
ington Monument has been spoken of; also
burial in the White House lot, where a
monument in full view of and near the
Washington Monument would be erected.
Of all the places mentioned the Soldiers
Home and the Capitol crypt have received
the most favor, and the Soldiers Home is
much more favorably spoken of than the
crypt.