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The Indianapolis journal., 1885-01-23
NATURALIZATION AT NEW YORK.
An Investigation that Will Have Great In
terest for Western Importers.

An Investigation that Will Have Great In
terest for Western Importers.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON Jan. 22-Indanapolis mer-
chants will take keen interest in the investi-
CATION of the New York Custom-ho house ordered
by Secretary McCulloeh to-day, when they un
stand its scope Among ether things to be in
qured into is that of undervaluations. It has
long been held by merchants of indianapolis,
Cincinnati, Chicago and ST. Louis, especially
those who handle imported goods extensively,
that imports received att -HsE rortaasof
New York were undervaa7sd X ors en-
tent of from 90 to 40 peRznes.ts, ,ssss,ist ethat
since New York agents of foreign houses had
this much advantage over importers whose goods
were received at Western ports, they were driven
to patronize New York agents. Those New
York merchants who "stood in" with the GUS
toms officers at the port were given an advantage
ruinous to all who were outside the ring, and
none could compete with the Eastern markets.
Secretary McCulloch thinks he has struck lead
which will put an end to undervaluation, and
possibly put some customs officers in the peni-
tentiaPV.
The Indianapolis journal., 1885-01-23
OBITUARY EFFORTS in CONGRESS.
Tom BentOn's Death-Bed Opinion Conn
mended to the Attention of Congressman.


Tom Benton's Death-Bed Opinion Conn.,
mended to the Attention of Congressman.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22-Both Senate aud
House have been compelled by custom to post
pone important public business for two days to
eulogize dead members. The time remaining of
the session was too short without this Interrupt
ton, and members who, in public deliver mourn
full orations, in private growl unsparngy at the
consumption of golden hours in obituary efforts.
1t has been suggested that it might be q good
idea to put in some conspicuous place of the cap
itol a memorial tablet bearing Tom Benton's
last words on this subject, which might serve as
hint to members contemplating the possibilit
ties of death. The day before his death Benton
sent to Sam Houston and Representative Jones
the following letter, which appears in the records
of Congress under date Of April 8, 1858:
f. STREET WAsHINGToN April 8. 1853
To you, as old Tennessee friends, address myself
to say that, in the eventof my death here desire
that there shall not be notice Of IL In Congress-
There rule Of either house that viii authorize the
of my death; and if there were such a.
rule should not wish it to be applied IN my case az
being contrary to my feelings and convictions. long
entertained, as shown in q note to speech of Mr.
Randolph the occasion of the death of Mr.. David
Walker, published in the Abrdgrnent Of Debates VOL
vi. 500. The request of Mr.. Walker. there recorded
and the remarks of Mr.. Randolph. express entirely
my sentiments and convictions. Should therefore
any of my kind friends, in either House, make il
necessary to do so, intrust to make known, by
OF this note, my express wish and desire that
the event remain unnoticed in Congress. YOup old
Tennessee friend. THOMAS H. BENTON.
It is needless to add that the public business
was not suspended to listen 10 orations over Old
Rullon
The Indianapolis journal., 1885-01-23
THE SUFFRAGISTs.
Close Of the Seventeenth Annual Session Of
the National Association.

the National Association.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22-At the secret session
of the Woman's Suffrage Association. to-day,
Mrs. Blake, chairman of the committee on plan
of work. made report, which was adopted. re-
commencing that the women of the several
States labor with their Legislatures for passage
Of suffrage laws, and mark every member antag~
onizing these measures in favor of women, in
order to oppose them. The work before Con-
gress for passage of sixteenth amendment is to
be continued. Women in the several States are
also requested to oppose the reelection of sena-
tors and representatives voting against woman
suffrage. The ylcepresidents of the association
requested to obtain, if possible, the passage
of resolutions by their respective State Legisla
lures recommending to Congress the adoption Of
a sixteenth amendment. The question of mun-
cipal suffrage was discussed at some length, and
it was stated st suffrage had been granted in
twelve States
The resolut Iich caused the warm dis
cusson at ye .ays public sessi on was in
formally laid aide until the next annual meet
ing
At the public meeting this afternoon addresses
were made by Mrs Diggs, of Kansas, Clara B.
Colley of Arkansas, and DR.. Alice B. Stockham,
Of Chicago. Reports were made by Matilda
Heindman, of Pittsburg DR.. III. B. Chaplin, Mrs.
Shattuck and Rev. Olympia Brown.
At the evening session addresses were made
by Laura Deforce Gordon of Californin, Matilda
Joslyn Gage and Susan B. Anthony. The asso-
citation closed its seventeenth annual session
with an able speech by it's president, Elizabeth
Cady Stanton.
The Indianapolis journal., 1885-01-23
RELIEF FOR PENSIONERS.
A Decision that Will Facilitate business Boz
fore the Bureau.

decision that Will Facilitate business Boz
fore the Bureau.
Special TO the indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, JAN 22.--The decision rendered
few days ago, which permits applicants for
pensions who have placed their claims in the
hands of agents or attorneys to dismiss them
and act as their own agent, at any time, will, it
is thought, be great relief to many people who
are trying to get pensions. Heretofore, when
an application was placed in tho hands of q
person, and that person was recognized by the
department as the authorized agent for the ap-
plicant, he or she could nos be dismissed without
a cause was assigned for dismissal The rule
was made to prevent the old practice of changing
agents almost fortnghtly, which multiplied tho
work of the department
Under the rule which has held good hereto
fore lot of inefficient agents have procured
cases and held them without doing anything for
years. Inaction, under the great press of work
in the pension bureau, was not sufficient cause
for changing an agent Now however, tbese
agents can be Topped OFF. A good many meri
torious cases will, no doubt, be brought to light
and some agents relegated who should have been
retired years ego
The Indianapolis journal., 1885-01-23
MINOR MENTION.
Suit to Determine the Legal Relations OF
Senator Sharon aud Miss IIiIl

Suit to Determine the Legal Relations Of
Ex-senator Sharon and Miss Hill.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22-In order to obtain
clear title to certain property here, r. j. Fisher,
a real estate dealer, filed a bill against William
Sharon and Sarah Althea Hill, otherwise
Sharon, asking decree establishing that, by
conveyance from John B. Alley and wife,
Sharon acquired no beneficial interest in Ger.
tain lots of ground, and that no right of dover
accrued to said Sarah Althea and that she be
injoined from setting up a right of dover in the
lots, the title to which was in John B. Alley
and was conveyed by him to Sharon and by him
to plaintiff. He further ayers that the defendant
SarahAlthea Hill claimed to be the wife of Sharon,
and. in December last decision was made iii San
Francisco declaring she was the wife of Sharon,
and by reason of such decree she has apparont
right of dover.
The Indianapolis journal., 1885-01-23
FOREIGN MISCELLANY.

Strong Feeling in Australia Against the
Home Government.
LONDON, Jan. 22-Advices from Melbourne
show that the popular feeling against the home
government for allowing the recent German an
nexations in New Guinea and in the neighboring
islands still continues strong. The municipal
authorities of Melbourne have adopted resolu-
tlon which expresses regret that England did
not regard the representation of the colonies in
reference to foreign annexation, and urges the
government to remedy the Injury already done,
and take effective steps to prevent similar re-
cErrence iii the future.
The Indianapolis journal., 1885-01-23
Mr.. Seney Thinks Something Should BE Done
for Bank DepositOrs and Points Out the
Advantages of the Mcpherson Bill.
An Inquiry in Which Western Import
ters Will Be Deeply Interested.
A Decision that Will Have the Effect to Ex-
pedite Business in the Pension Bureau
The Suffrage Association,
CONGRESSIONAL INVESTIGATIONS.

The Proposal to Inquire Into Colonel Dud-
iey's Action During the Campaign.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.-An era of investiga-
ton possesses the House of Representatives, it
seems. With half dozen branches of inquiry
pending before the Springer committee, the
committee on naval affairs will look into the
cause of the death of Cadet Strang, at the An
napolis Normal Academy; the Indian affairs will
make some inquiries regarding Indian lands, and
Chairman Warner threatens to add to the nu
merous Investigations; the committee on pen
sions, bounty and back pay has before it the
connection of Cononel w. w. Dudley with the
recent Ohio elections while the latter was COM
missioner of pensions.
saw Col. Dudley to-day and asked him what
he thought of the proposition to ask him to tell
what he knew Of Ohio politics.
"Oh! it can amount to nothing" replied he;
Just like the investigation into Marshal Lot
Wrights participation in the campaign and cleo
tion. If Mr.. Warner wants to investigate my
work in the campaign, l am perfectly willing.
| think he will get the worst of it. 1t can be
easily shown that no employe of the pension
Office was sent to Ohio to do campaign work and
ouoo oAA WIZ tooh pdit AH CtLllpdlSH Vi SlcC-
ton did so of their own accord, and received no
pay during the time from the government.
"You had right to be there while drawing
pay as commissioners of pensions2"
"A perfect right. l did everything in regu
lar order and according to law and am not
afraid of the most rigid examination. An officer
Of the government can do anything he chooses
when away from his official post of duty on his
regular annual leave, or on a leave without pay.
Certainly would have complied with the laws
on the subject, when such things are so likely to
be inquired into by political committees in Con-
gress"
Every few years Congress is possessed with
this spirit of investigation, and in the many that
are conducted some of The investigations are as
ridiculous as they are fruitless There has not
been an investigation for years that has resulted
in any good, and yet they seem to multiply il
numbers and expense with each succeeding year.
Should the investigation be begun into the con
nection of Colonel Dudley with the Ohio. elec-
tion it will be expensive, and, as the work of the
Springer committee at Cincinnati shows can do
no good
member of the Springer committee said to-
day that the Investigations of this Congress
would likely be blessing in one particular, at
least, and that was in teaching congressman the
absurdity of Juggling private matters into the
purview of congressional COMMITTEES.
The Indianapolis journal., 1885-01-23
Indictments by Wholesale.

CHICAGO, Jan, % 1t is learned tonight that
the county special grand jury has voted to indict
255 judges of the recent election for permitting
carelessness and frauds through which $780,
600 appropriation for additional police
men was made to appear carried by
majority of 1900, when in reality the propos-
ition was defeated by several hundred votes.
The number of judges to be indicted include
about three quarters of all who served. County
Clerk Ryan and Justices Scully and Kersten,
who composed the canvassing board, are also to
be indicted.
The Indianapolis journal., 1885-01-23
Gable Notes.

Monsignor Bougardet has been appointed vicar
apostolic Of Arizona.
Mr.. Parnell is i'll at Cork, and has postponed
his immediate engagements
Mr.. Buckle. editor Of the London Times, was
married yesterday to Alice, daughter of Jas.
Payn
Mr.. Gladstone returned to Hawarden to-day,
after long interview with the Marquis Of Hart
ington and Earl Granville
The English Home Secretary has written a
letter to the municipal authorities of London, in
which he says the government is not in favor of
offering rewards for the discovery of the per-
sons who caused the dynamite explosion under
London bridge.
The Indianapolis journal., 1885-01-23
A Half Dozen Indians Killed.

VICTORIA, B. c., Jan 22.-An Indian woman
has arrived at Sylvester trading post on Lizard
river, and reports the killing of fivo Indian men
aud one woman by Takow Indians, who also
took one woman and two children into captivity
The woman made her escape and travelled two
months before she reached the post, when she
was in half famished condition. The murdered
Indians had been saucy and theving during the
summer towards the whites, and the murders
were committed in retaliation for an Indiar
killed by them in 1888
The Indianapolis journal., 1885-01-23
INDIANAPOLIS, FRIDAY MORNING,

gambia. This action is understood to have been
taken in pursuance of an agreement with
France, which country has hitherto
claimed protectorate over this region. A
report of a more sensational character comes
from Sierra Leone to the effect that the Ger
man flag has been hoisted in the interior of that
country, which has long been held by England.
This news, if confirmed, may lead to serious
complications with England, as she will prob
ably be indisposed to give up any portion of the
fertile colony of Sierra Leone, or to allow the
Germans an outlet to the sea through her coast
nOSSasSionS
The Indianapolis journal., 1885-01-23
Furniture Warehouse Burned.

COLUMBUS, O., Jan, 22.-Woodrow Scott &
McAlister's furniture store burned tonight
The stock, valued at $35, 900, is almost total
the East and West. The building was the
property of 7. Ewing Miller, and was damaged
S., 600; covered by insurance.
The Indianapolis journal., 1885-01-23
Bank Official Tomalawked.

PERTH, w. A, JAM 22-The manager and ac-
countant Of the branch of the Union Bank of
,Aastralia, at Boebourne, West Australia, was
found murdered in the bank, having been toma-
hawked. The assassins escaped.
The Indianapolis journal., 1885-01-23
Hanged by Masked Men.

NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 22-The Picayune's Mag
nolia. Miss, special says: "A few days ago Pat
Woods (colored), killed Constable Mike Bauer,
at McComb City, and escaped. Woods was ar
rested on Tuesday and lodged in jail Between
and o'clock this morning mob of masked
men broke open the JAIL took Woods out and
hanpad him -
The Indianapolis journal., 1885-01-23
BANQUET to Mr.. Parnell,

Cork, JAM 22.-Charles S. Parnell, although
i'll from overwork, attended banquet given this
evening in his honor by the corporation and
electors of Cork. The Catholic clergy of the
diocese did not attend the banquet the bishop
having forbidden them to be present.
The Indianapolis journal., 1885-01-23
Italy win Support England.

TURIN, Jan. 22-The Gazetta Of this city
declares that England and Italy have signed a
treaty providing that Italy occupy the territory
from Massowah south to Obok distance Of
300 miles. England also agrees to support Italy's
occupation of Tripoh should.a question arise,
and will favor the creation of an Italian colony
in West Africa Italy, the same paper says, is
giving moral support to England's Egyptian
policy,
The Indianapolis journal., 1885-01-23
Jarvis for the Cabinet.

RALEIGH, n. G., Jan. 22-The two houses of
the North Carolina Legislature, by a unanimous
vote of Democrats and Republicans, indorsed
the administration of Governor Jarvis, and rec
commended him to Mr. Cleveland for Cabinet
noSition.
The Indianapolis journal., 1885-01-23
GERMAN COLONIZATION.

Rumored Seizure of a Portion of the British
Colony of Sierra Leone.
LONDON Jan. pa special dispatch from
Berlin says German colonization is making
rapid progress on the western coast of Africa.
An official report received to-day states that
German expedition has formally annexed Oglet
Brahim, in Dobrokya few miles north of Sene-
The Indianapolis journal., 1885-01-23
what Followed Henry George,s Lecture.


BELFAST, Jan. 22.-Henry George lectured he
fore the Belfast Land Restoring Society this
evening. AT the conclusion of the lecture a
disturbance was created and great disorder
ensued. A motion for a vote of thanks to Mr..
George was stifed by the uproar Chairs We're
hall was finally cleared by the police.
The Indianapolis journal., 1885-01-23
Advance in the Price of Nails.

WHEELING, w. Va, Jan. 22.-The Wheeling
nail manufacturers have advanced the card rate
nails to So. 15 less 10 per cent for carload
lots and the usual discount for cash and sixty
days. This is a virtual advance of 20 cents per
keg.
The Indianapolis journal., 1885-01-23
Sir Thomas Brassey,s Significant Hint.

Sir Thomas Brassey's Significant Hint
LONDON, Jan. 22-Sir Thomas Brassey, mem
Der of Parliament and junior Lord of the Ad
miralty, in a speech at Hasting this evening,
said he believed movement in the direction of
local self-government for Ireland was imminent,
and that important concessions would be made
to the Irish.
The Indianapolis journal., 1885-01-23
A Bank Preslden. Indlcted.

NEWARK n. j., Jan. 22.-The grand jury
found an indictment, to-day, against Daniel
Dodd, president of the Newark Savings Insti-
tuition. for making illegal investments. The in
dictment grows out of transactions with Fisk &
Hatch
The Indianapolis journal., 1885-01-23
HOSTILITY TO ENGLAND.
A German E ditor Talks Chilly of the Cow
ardice of England,

ardlce OF EngIanu.
COLOGNE Jan. 22.-The Gazette, in leading
editorial on the relations Of England and Europe,
says: ''The chief question is, whether
England or Europe shall give way,
or whether they shall compromise their opposing
claims We are now convinced that England
will yield if the verdict of Europe is given with
the necessary emphasis" The writer predicts
the decadence of England "Only let us show
cur teeth, the article continues, ''and England
viii surprise the world with her cowardiee."
The Indianapolis journal., 1885-01-23
Jeans Manufacturers Resumin..

LOUISVILLE, Jan 22-Jeans manufacturers
at Louisville aud New Albany decided tonight
to open all the mills, now closed by agreement
on Feb. !, to run two thirds time till April.
The Indianapolis journal., 1885-01-23
Mahone.s Civil-servioe Views.

SpecaI to the Indianapolis journal.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.-Senator Malone de-
MES with characteristic emphasis the statement
that he is conspiring with President Arthpy
The Indianapolis journal., 1885-01-23
Famine in Russia.

ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 22.-Famine is prevail
ing in the governments of Archangel and
VolOgda.
The Indianapolis journal., 1885-01-23
silk-Mill burned.

WILLIMASTIc CT, Jan. 22-- 2--Huntington's
snk-mill, at South Coventry, burned this morn
Ing. Loss $l2, 900; insured for SIC, ,OO0
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-01-30

Merely to show us an enormous spec
ter of the Brocken which mimics all
our struggles is not showing us the
way over the hill. Anybody who is
good for anything has quito enough
~termenting in his inside. 1t is wisdom,
not excitement, that he wants from o
teacher.
Sentimental moralizing always tends
to paradox, and the moralizing done
by men of letters is no exception to
the rule. Like other preachers, thev
must live; they must live by moving
their hearers, and they can best move
their hearers by means of the fresh and
wonderful to which their own eager
and mercurial temperament inclines.
Thus the new priesthood is not less
sorely tempted than vas the old; and
less than the old, if less be conceivable,
is the new priesthood expected to
practice what it breaches. How often
of late have we seen men, themselves
the artificial Injuries of q most luxu-
rious and artificial society, advocate
innovations which would make all
Britain a less comfortable place than
any B%enedictinc monastery! AS these
men do not lack Imagination, they
must needs lack seriousness. Nor is
it a light matter that we should read
their discourses merely as we would
listen to a prima donna. Nothing
more demoralizes than n sermon deliv-
cred by a man who is sure that it will
not be acted upon to men who do not
mean to act upon it, and know that,
if they did, the person most confound.
ed would be the preacher himself
Pail Mall Gazette.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-01-30

governor. Senator Garland is regard
ed as u Just and humane man, with more
than average friendly bias in favor of
the negro, but in this matter he drifted
with the general sentiment of his state.
The Georgia c~onyicts were hired out
to a number of people, and We're m
ployed in a variety of pursuits. SEN
ator Joseph Z. Browne has a large num-
Der of them employed in his Dade coal
mines, while other gentlemen with
political influence have contracts for
large numbers of them. In the north.
ern states, and notably in Ohio, polit-
ical parties abolished the convict con-
tract system inside of the penitentiary
because she workingmen, who were
voters, demanded that such competi.
ton with them be ended, but in the
south, the negroes being the working
class, tie system is allowed to flourish
in the most extended form. But the
evils of the system T. overlooked in
the profits resulting from it to the
contractors, who usually represent or
combine with themselves the strongest
political influences. 1t amounts to a
system Of limited slavery, in which
the master has but one interest, and
that is to get the largest profit u of
the slave, losing sight of his physical
wants or the preservation of his health
for that matter, for the courts are
actively engaged in keeping his quota
full, no matter how short-liyed the
conyicts may be. That convlcts are
short-lived anyone will admit who
gives the subject any attention, be-
cause under the methods of treatment
they could not live long. OF course,
the contractors always reply that
such statements are false, and dare
the writer to come down where they
are to prove them. That they are
backed by public sentiment goes with
out saying, for if they were not the
leasing system to contractors outside
of prisons would be ended at once.
Legislative committees have visited
prison pens in Alabama, Georgia, and
East Tennessee, and found nothing in
them to condemn.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-01-30
Just the Leg for Arctic Climate.

All Smith Sound explorers have
something to say of the Esquimaux
with the wooden leg. Everybody
knows, of course, that timber does
grow in that part of the world, and
the man with the wooden leg must be
quite a curiosity to the Ellesmere Land
Esquimaux, who occasionally visit
their friends ON the Greenland coast.
His name is Arrowtah. One day, when
he vas quite a boy, he was out on a
hill hunting binds, when a great stone
rolled on his foot and crushed it. His
mother to ave his life, cut off his leg
about six inches below the kncen with
a knife made of bone. Arrowtah sur
vived the rude surgery, and grew up a
stout young man, but was almost en-
tireiy helpless to his tribe, because he
could only hop around on M leg. In
1S49, the surgeon of the North Star,
one of the Franklin search vessels,
made him a wooden leg, which was re-
paired and renewed by DR.. Hayes,
eleven years later. Twenty-four years
after he tirstput it on the Polaris party
found him still stamping around on his
good, stout oaken leg, and he could
hunt auks with the pest of his tribe,
though the difficulty of travelling over
the rough ice made him useless as a
walrus hunter. Arrowtah at last ac-
counts was very anxious to cross over
to Ellesmere Land in search of q wife.
He said non of the ladies in his own
tribe suited him.-Brooktyn Eagle.