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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-10-26
THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL. MONDAY, OCTOBER &c, 1885.

Gen. Eppa Hunton, of Virginia, urged his
appointment in the strongest terms. He
had known him as one of the best
citizens of Clark county, Va. Prior to the war
General Hunton said he was an officer in the
Marine Corps, and distinguished himself in the
capture of John Brown. He had been an officer
in the confederate service, had lost all he had by
joining that cause. and General Hunton thought
he deserved a good place. A. r. Boteler. of
West Virginia. who has known Green for TWEEN.
ty-five years, also asked his appointment, and
so did Representatives John w. Daniel and j.
c. Moore. The part that Green took in the cap
ture of John Brown was undoubtedly known to
all these men. While the officer could have done
nothing else. except to take the prisoner in the
engiue-house, and, as a military officer, could not
be held to account at the time for using his
sword upon a man armed with a gun, as John
Brown was, the fact that he was forced by cir
into a service which may make him
odious to many persons might have prevented
his appointment, if the details of the engine
house encounter had been remembered. If any
criticism is made upon the Secretary of the In
terror it will have been invited by the inconsid-
crate zeal of the friends of Lieutenant Green,
who insisted upon his being rewarded for his
capture of John Brown by a federal appoint
ment. The friends of Mr.. Lamar know that he
is peculiarly sensitive to all reproaches made
against him on the ground that he has sectional
leanings, and there are many of them who will
hesitate TO believe that he made this appoint
ment for the purpose merely of honoring the
man who felled old John Brown with his sabre.
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for the purpose of securing the precise result
that it did secure, namely, a recognition by Mr.
Tilden that such a man as Childs now exists.
Childs, it is stated here. is somewhat of a
fawning sycophant, anyway. He is constantly
on the lookout for noted people in this country,
and spriss of nobility from across the water.
In illustration of his inordinate itching for rec
ignition by so-called great people, DR.. Peter
son, of Philadelphia, though Childs's father-in-
law. holds him in very weak esteem. So great
is DR.. Peterson's aversion for Childs that when
the latter finished his stately mansion in Phila-
delphia and invited the former to occupy a very
convenient suite OF rooms in the palace, he at first
refused, but finally accepted with reluctance.
In a few months a couple of nobodies from Eng
land visited Philadelphia. Here was a richness
for toady Childs. He rushed out, hunted up
the n%obodies. introduced himself, and invited
them to a suite of rooms in his mansion. They
accepted, and Childs hurried nome and in
formed DIR. Peterson that he would have
to vacate his suite to make room for
take d couple OF cuddy holes somewhere in the
attic. The Doctor did vacate; but, being a man
of means. he took lodging elsewhere, and he has
never been inside the mansion since. This is the
kind of man Childs is. and, when it is known,
his attack upon General Grant will not have the
weight it was intended to have. Childs toadied
around General Grant and fawned upon him as
long as he was in power, but, now that he is
dead, he turns to falsify him in order to incur
favor with the old hero's mortal enemies. Here
it is believed that any statement he may choose
to make will have no credence whatever; nor
will it be credited by any one who knew General
Grant and who knows Childs.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-10-26
TERRITORIAL APPOINTMENTS.
A Flood of Protests Against the Giving of
Offices to Non-Residents.

A Flood of Protests Against the Giving of
Offices to Non-Residents.
Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 25.-The statements of
dissatisfaction over appointments in the Terrific
ries of men from the States have begun to ar
rive in a tangible form. The Departments of
Justice and the Treasury are in receipt Of quite
q number of letters from influential citizens of
the Territories, protesting most vigorously
against the inclination Of the administration to
send strangers among them to administer the
laws of the United States. They state that if this
thing of sending strangers to the Territories con-
tinues, it will not be six months until there
will be more carpet-baggers in federal positions
than the Democratic party ever charged against
the Republicans imposing upon the South. Some
of these letters, it is related, have been
read to the President at Cabinet meetings. and
Mr.. Cleveland is being stirred up about it. The
South has been more persistent in it's efforts to
secure appointments to the Territories than any
other portion of the country, it has been OBJ
served, and it begins to look as though that sec
ton did not think so poorly of carpet-bagism as
it claimed to about eight or ten years ago.
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INTEROCEANIC CANALS.
Business of the Suez anal-Intentions Of the
United States Government.

Business of the Suez Capitalization of the
United States Government.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 24-Anticipating action by
the Senate. this winter, on the Nicaraguan canal
scheme, and canal matters in one or two other
countries, by which the United States may at
tempt to pocket some of the coastwise trade for
her countrymen, the American consul-general AT
Cairo, Egypt, has been making inquiry into the
traffic of the Suez canal, whose contract is under
a government in something like the shape this
country proposes to engage in the canal business
south of her limits. The Suez canal seems to
have been a great success, financially. In 1881
1t paid h. per cent. on the investment; in 1882
a dividend of l6 per cent, and in 1883 about II
per cent. The pilotage fees have been reduced
and other charges moderated since the last
named year. but in 1884 it paid Is per cent, and
this year promises to be as productive. 1t
would seem like a very good investment for any
government. and especially when it is considered
that the control of the canal can turn the tide in
its own favor by discrimination in charges.
From this time forward it is plain that the
United States means to give more attention to
her interests on the water, and her trade in all
parts of the country. This includes a serious
consideration of the construction of two or three
proposed canals to shorten our routes to foreign
markets, and the substituting of. or helping in
some manner, American steamship lines.
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John Howeli'S Terrible Crime.

~STARRUCCA, Pa, Oct. 24.-John Howell, who
yesterday murdered his four children and then
shot and probably fatally injured himself, re-
covered consciousness this morning, and con-
fessed to the killing of his children. Howell
was an industrious man, but sickness during the
past year has affected his mind considerably.
He says that yesterday his wife and daughter
drove to the village store, and as soon as they
were out of sight he set about his murderous
work. He induced his four children. whose ages
ranged from three to twelve years, to take arse
mic. and when they had fallen in a stupor. he
successfully placed a pistol close to the forehead
of each and drove IL bullet into the brain. How
ell then seated himself, with the cooked revolver
in his hand, TO await the coming of his wife and
daughter, intending to add them to his list of
victims. After waiting three hours, and they
not returning, he shot himself twice. and fell I'M
conscious beside the murdered children, where
he was found by his wife and daughter upon
their return, shortly after. No one holds the
wretche6 man responsible, as his insanity is gem
orally conceded. IL is thought he cannot re-
cover.
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A New Thing In Hotel Equipment, and How
1t Worked with MIR. Eaton.

A New Thing In Hotel Equipment, and How
1t Worked with MIR. Eaton.
New York Letter.
The work of the hotel bell boy has been re-
Gently reduced by the invention of a new hotel
register. At present the Albemarle is the only
hotel In the world that has one, but all the prin-
cipal houses here have made arrangements for
them as soon az they can be manufactured. In
every room in a hotel is a dial of about six inches
in diameter Around it are arranged in a cir
Gle, just like the numbers of a
clock dial, the name of almost Everything a quest
could desire. For instance, if a guest wants
gin and milk, he turns the hand on the dial to
where that article is printed and then pushes
the button, which is situated in the center of the
dial. In an instant it is known in the office
what is wanted without having to send to in
quire. There is another dial in the Office, ar
lar register informs you of the number of the
room.
Although this new invention had been in
working order but a short time, a number
of amusing incidents have occurred. Dorman
B. Eaton, while at the Albemarle, the
other day, occupied room No. 228. Pre-
vious to his entering the room the hand
on the dial was set at the words whisky
straight" The ex-Civil-service Commissioner
not being familiar with the working of the ma
chine, simply pushed the knob, although he
wanted ice-water. In a short time a boy entered
his room with a glass of whisky. Mr.. Eaton
wanted the boy to understand that he did not
drink whisky. He was very indignant, and it
took some time to explain the mistake. Ex-Gov-
ernor st. John is here, but at the hotel where he
likely to have cocktails sent to his room by mis-
take
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-10-26
BLAINE AND HATTON,
The Ex-Assistant POstmaster's Joke at the
Maine Statesman's Expense.

The Ex-Assistant Postmaster's Joke at the
Maine Statesnan's Expense.
Chicago Herald.
LET me tell you a little story about Jim
Blaine and Frank Hatton," said "A passenger
from Burlington. "a few years ago Blaine was
out in Iowa making speeches and Hatton was
then chairman of our State committee, and of
course went along with as big a man as Blaine
to the various meetings. They were on the cars
one day going to a country town to speak at a
meeting, when Blaine turned to Hatton and
said:
Cat this town we're going to I believe there's
a man named Chris Schlagle. isn't thereP
YES replied Hatton, and l know him by
sight
eff You see him on the grounds said Blaine,
point him out to me. I used to know him
down in Washington county, Pennsylvania
after Blaine and Hatton had got upon the
stand, and while some local orator was speaking,
Hatton spoke to Blaine and told him where
Schlagle was standing. Blaine got up and
marched straight for the man pointed out to
him.
"'How are you, Christ he exclaimed. holding
out his hand. L remember you we'll. You have
changed very little since | knew You down 10
Washington county. / never forget a face.
How is Mrs. SchlagleP
"sB-but my name amt Schlagle,' replied the
astonished farmer; my name is Scheimerhorn.
and l was never in Pennsylvania in my life.'
blaine walked back to the platform quite
discounted. Hatton said he had made a mis-
take, but Blaine looked at him in a queer sort of
a way, as if to say, IN get even with you yet.
Hatton never shed a tear when the news came
last fall that Blaine was defeated
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A Man Who Sells Them Lets q Reporter
Into His Secrets.

New York Mail and Express.
Have you any marked playing-cards2'
'Get out, you don't mean it, Well, I can get
them for you from $1.5 to $40 a pack. But it is
queer and ticklish work. You can't play poker
you don't want theme"
II invented jackpot poker. and taught ex-
Minister Schenck how to play. 1 want more
pointers" was the Munchausen answer.
We'll, there are thirty five different marked
back cards manufactured. know how to read
with ease twenty-six OF them. The marks are on
the right-hand corner and are read by the eve.
and not by feeling, as greenhorns suppose. If
the cards have flowers pictured on their backs,
then the marks are flowers. They are SO cum
ningly placed that an old professional, unless he
knows that Stvle of card is marked. will never
suspect anything. OF course these cards are
not manufactured by legitimate houses. Certain
crooked concerns turn them out. This city is
the only place where they are manufactured
extensively. A clique of gamblers Frequently
get a monopoly on certain brands of marked
cards, and make a small fortune by selling them
to saloon-keepers in the small towns. 1t takes a
man with a good memory, though, to be able to
tell at a lightning glance what a card is by it's
back. These gambling places up town hero never
use them. They are afraid tot ruins custom
ers. If a man is cheated once at a place he drons
on the house and not only stops away himself.
but blows 1T to a great many. We work the
marked-card racket down town In certain skin
saloons. Those who lose, as a rule, are profess
sional men. who don't know until too late that
they are playing in a skin establishment. Hun
cry Joes fate hasn't checked the swindling
games going on in the city"
What other methods are adopted to cheat at
card-playing?'
1.-THE great skin poker game now is playing
with a sliding deck OF cards. We also call that
kind of a deck 'strippers.' 1t is simply done by
cutting the deck Arkansas fashion-that is, a
quick shuttle. The saloon-keeper has a sliding
deck which he hands out to Us. After a deal or
two, | wait until my opponent is dealing. When
| cut / shuttle the deck. The sliding cards are
somewhat wider, and when / shuttle / pull them
ont and put them on top. know that I have
put n good hand on top which will come to me
in the deal. My opponent gets a good hand, too.
and the game is to break him the first bet. l
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-10-26
FIRST AUDITOR CHENOwETH.
he Experiences Enlargement of the Head and
INDUCES in Congressional Aspirations.

he Experiences Enlargement of the Head and
INDUCES in Congressional Aspirations.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 25.-First Auditor Cheno-
weth, of the Treasury, the gentleman who has
created such a futter in the celebrated Kellar
case and Investigations in the geodetic and geo
logical surveys, is cutting quite a figure, 1t is
said, for Congress. Chenoweth comes from one
the Texas districts which is not the property of
the present representative in Congress. and he
has acquired the idea that he can succeed in pro-
curing the nomination. With the prestige of
his notoriety already gained, it is stated he goes
about the departments demanding and securing
appointments for Texans, against the recon-
mendations of the delegation in Congress from
that State. There are threats that if he keeps
up this work he will find about as much
trouble in retaining his present position as he
will eventually have in his race for Congress.
In other words. the Texas delegation that Sc
cured his present position conside him some
what brash in his political aspirations, and are
considering the propriety of setting down upon
him.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-10-26

Comm issioner Colman's Troubles in Dispos-
ing of His Official PATRONAGE.

ing of His Official Patronage.
Special to the Indianapolis journal.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 25.-Commissioner of Ag-
r~iculture Colman, who has heretofore been in
the enjoyment of the luxuries of an agricultural
editorship in st. Louis, is the last to raise his
voice about the hardships an official encounters
in disposing of federal patronage. Mr.. Colman
told a friend the other day that ne had dis
charged twenty-five employees whom be didn't
need, and was about to make up a list of an
other twenty-five, and that ne had received
more curses for these two little acts than he had
received in all his previous life. He stated that
ne didn't need the men, and that it was a neces-
sity that he should discharge them, and that he
had been advised to do SO by higher officials,
and yet every time he took a step towards re-
dueing his force there was a storm of condemna-
ton from every hand. Mr.. Colman thinks it is
wonderful what Democratic influence is brought
to bear in the retention of Republican employees,
and says he doesn't see how they can all be dis
posed of, because it is almost impossible to dis
criminate between Republicans and Democrats
when it comes to making dismissals. Although
he has found it very lrksome to fill his position
he has not indicated his intention to vacate it.
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Church Dedication at SEYMOUR.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
SEYMOUR, Oct. 25.-The new Baptist meeting
house was dedicated to day with appropriate
exercises. Rev. John A. Broadus, D. D., LII. D.,
of Louisville, preached, both morning and
evening. to very large congregations. The house
is a handsome Gothic structure. and is so
arranged as to seat about 1000 persons. The
auditorium is 42x54, the ceiling being thirty-fve
feet. The total cost of the building is $l8, III,
which is all provided for. It is one of the best
church houses in the State. Rev. A. Ogle has
been the pastor of this church for fourteen
years. He has just received and accepted a call
to the Baptist Church at Franklin, and will begin
his work there next month.
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GORMAN AND JAMES.
An Allegation that They Schemed to Secure
the Defeat Of Mr.. Blaine.


An Allegation that They Schemed to Secure
the Defeat of Mr.. Blaine.
Washington Special.
A great many unsavory stories are being told
about Senator Arthur P. German, of Maryland,
It this time. 1t will be remembered that there
IS a campaign pending in Maryland, and that in
a few days an election of the Legislature will be
held, which Legislature will DO called upon to
elect Senator Germans successor. There is an
independent movement in the State in which
disaffected Democrats and straight Republicans
are joining hands, with a prospect of carrying
the day. Although German has been charged
with all kinds OF political chicanery and machi-
nations in his State, it was left until to-day for
him to be charged with a despicable trade out
side of his State. 1t is said that on the Thurs
day last preceding the presidential campaign,
last year, Thos. l.. James, late Postmaster-gen-
eral. arranged with German a trade with Post
master Pearson, of New York, which defeated
Mr. Blaine. The trade was that Pear
son should keep the LOO en-
ployes of the New York postofice
from voting by the exercise of his official in
tiuence, and in return Pearson was to be reap
pointed. whether a Republican or Democrat was
elected President. Pearson carried out his
agreement, and james and German manipulated
bis reappointment. 1t is stated that the mug.
wump managers knew of the agreement at the
time. and that it was fully telegraphed to Post
master general Hatton, but that the latter gen
tleman at least pretended not to believe it. John
G. Priest. of Missouri, and Stephen b. Elkins
knew the facts. The compact, which resulted in
Parsons reappointment, whatever it was, and
the influences which brought about that reap
pointment, whatever they were, are sufficient 10
defeat any Bourbon Democrat before a Bourbon
constituency like that in Maryland which Mr..
Gnrman ia iahorinr with at this time
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Suit Against the City of Evansville.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
EVANSVILLE, Oct. 25.-In the Superior Court,
to-day. suit was brought against the city of
Evansville by the Connecticut Mutual Life In
surance Company, through their attorney, in
the sum of 500. 900. for interest past due on
water-works bonds, and including 6 per cent. in
terest on unpaid coupons. The bonds were
issued June 6. 1870. to the amount of So, 900, 900
All these bonds are held by one company, and
give the holder a lien on the works and their
revenue. The case is a serious one,
and will require heroic treatment. The
city is head over heels in debt,
has no money in its treasury. and the holders of
these bonds can take possession of the water
works if they see proper. A proposition was
made in the Council a week ago looking to a
sale of the works, but the citizens, remembering
past experiences with "jobs," rose in indig-
nation, and aroused such a hornets nest about
the ears of the Council that they drew up a con-
c~iliatory document, agreeing to give the public
four weeks warning of any contemplated sale.
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Interview in Washington.
w have three majority on joint ballot in the
Legislature, and we ought to have more. We
elected them, and they were counted out.
Every senator and representative from Cincin-
natl was elected by us, and the Democrats
counted in their men. But we are sure of three
majority, and ! am sure Of being chosen sena-
tori
D you have any fears that any of the Repub-
licans will fail your
happened in Ohio, and there is no prospect of il
now. The Republicans will vote to a man for
their nominee
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majority. This gentleman states that the
heelers of German have arranged to perpetrate
frauds whereby IL, 600 Republican votes will be
thrown out. This is the estimate of German of
the Republican gains by means of'the independ-
ent movement. The independent Democrats
have Joined the Republicans, and they will sup
port what is known as a reform ticket. All re-
spectacle Democrats in the State, and especially
in the city of Baltimore, the gentleman states,
will support the reform ticket, and his best
judgment is that it will receive a larger major
ity than has usually been given a straight Demo-
cratic ticket