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Wrecked by q Careless Switchman.

TOLEDO, Oct. 3L-The limited express No. 1,
on the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern rail
way, which left this city at $3.50 this morning.
collided with an east-bound freight train stand
ing upon a side-track at Delta Station. about
twenty miles west of this city. The passenger
train had nearly reached the east switch, when a
brakeman employed on the freight train care
lessly threw the switch, and caused the passen-
ger train to run into the freight train. Both
engines were badly broken, and the mail car was
partially telescoped with the passenger engine.
badly but not fatally injured. The fireman
jumped, and was unhurt. None of the passen-
gers and none of the crew of the freight train
were injured. The express was DELAYED about
three hours.
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CIVIL-SERvICE EXAMINATIONS.
The Good Sense of the Applicant Is Always
Taken Into Consideration.

The Good Sense Of the Applicant Is Always
Taken Into Consideration.
Speciai to the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 31.-Assistant Land Com
missioner Stockslager, talking about civil-service
examinations, said to-day
"a great deal of merriment is being made
over the form of civil service examinations, and
the questions to many of them are gibed and
made the butt or sport of the newspapers; but /
have learned much about the practicable part of
ciyil-service examinations recently, and, after all,
the Commission depends more upon observation
Of the applicant and his or her good common
sense than the written answers to the questions
propounded. The examinations are more for the
purpose of drawing out the general intelligence
of the applicant than anything else. In Indiana,
a good many years ago, I remember the county
school snperlntendents used to examine the ap-
plicants for teachers licenses orally. The first
school l ever taught was upon a license procured
by an oral examination. When I went into the
Office of the superintendent 1 presumed l should
have to answer a lot of fixed questions, written
or printed, but the examiner simply sat me
down and engaged in general conversation for
probably half an hour, when l informed him
that / was ready to be examined. Then he told
ME that he had already examines me, and that
my license would issue. This is very much the
principle. although not literally, of course, upon
which examinations are conducted by the Civil
service Commission. Of course, there must be
O formula. and it must cover a good deal of
ground. The form of the examinations prepared
get a good idea of the applicants general intelli-
QAnce.n
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THE TELEPHONE CASES.
The Attorneys Appear and the Scope of the
Argument Is Defined.

The Attorneys Appear and the Scope of the
Argument Is Defined.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 3I.--A large number of
patent attorneys and other persons interested in
the telephone cases were in attendance at the
Interior Department to hear the beginning of the
argument on the Pan-electric, the Globe and
Washington Telephone companies to have the
United States begin suit to cancel the Bell pat
emit. Mr.. Montgomery, the Assistant Attorney
general, has declined to take any part in the pro-
ceedings, owing to his personal relations to one
of the parties in interest, SO the hearing
was conducted by Secretary Lamar, Commits
sioner of Patents Montgomery. and Assistant
Secretary jerks. Mr.. Alexander Graham Bell
sat beside his counsel. Mr.. Storrow, of Boston.
The Pan-electric company was represented by
Casey Young. R. g. Morgan, of Memphis. and
others; General Bradley T. johnson represented
the Washington Telephone Company, and
Messrs. Humphreys & Shepherd represented the
Globe company.
Quite a discussion took place as to the scope of
the investigation and the legal points that must
be discussed. Secretary Lamar finally said that
he had no power over the Patent Office, and the
question at issue, in his opinion, was simply
whether he should advise the Attorney-general
to bring suit to cancel the Bell telephone patent,
or set it aside. That was a matter ne should
like to hear argued. The attorneys were present
as friends of the department. to assist in reach
ing a conclusion. Without reference to litiga-
ton in other courts, he regarded it as advisable
and in the public interest to postpone the hear
ing of arguments till Monday, Nov. 8.
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New YORK, Oct. 31.-A Washington dispatch
to the World, referring to the forthcoming presi-
Dental message. says: ''The administration will
take very positive grounds upon the financial
question. Mr.. Jordan and Mr.. Manning will
recommend, in their reports, the suspension of
silver coinage. and the President will indorse
their views. Mr.. Jordan will be able to show in
his report that $45, 900, 900 have already been lost
in the attempt to force silver into circulation. 1t
is understood that the policy of the Treasury
Department will be against any further calling
in of bonds. It is held that it is not good fnan-
ciering to reduce the national debt, which bears
interest of only 3 per cent, when the current
rate is G."
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-11-01
A Il Rise in the Kanawha River

CHARLESTON, WA, Oct 31.-This morning.
about 3 o'clock, the Kanawha river began rising
very rapidly. With the rise about fifty barges
loaded With coal. owned by various collieries
above the city. were swept away. The large
feet of loaded barges lying along the bank of
the river here shared the same fate. About half
a million bushels of coal are lost. MANY barees
lie at the bottom of the river. At this hour it is
difficult to tell the actual loss. as a number of
places up the river. among collerles. have not
been heard from. The destruction to property
is nearly $3.50, 900. The river is thirteen feet
and rising a foot per hour.
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Pulaski'S Niece.

Washington Special.
The dismissal Of Madame Jarocka, a grand
niece of Pulaski, the Polish patriot, from a
clerkship in the War Department, is severely
commented upon. The truth of the matter is
that she is a crank and a public nuisance. At
the White House she continually attempted to
force herself upon the President. and it was as
much as the ushers could do to keep her out
Her discharge was in consequence of this. She
was appointed through the influence of Governor
Curtin, who had her released from Siberia while
he was minister to Russia. She was then all
right mentally, it is said, but has since become
slightly deranged.
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Striking Miners in Distress,

ToLoNo. Ill, Oct. 3L-The striking miners at
South Danville have now been out of employ
ment over six months. and the barest necessities
Of life are becoming scarce among them. They
are anxious to begin work at the company's
prices, but the coal trade is dull, and only q few
of them can be advantageously employed. There
will be great suffering among them through the
winter unless the prospects change materially.
or considerable outside assistance is received
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Election Contest at Cincinnati

CINCINNATI. Oct. 31.-Wm. Bettger, late Re
publican candidate for county treasurer, this
afternoon filed a notice of contest of the election
of Frank Ratterman, Democrat, to that Office.
He alleges, with specifications, that 400 more
votes were counted for Ratterrnan than were
cast for him. and that registrars in a number of
wards allowed a large number of fictitious names
to appear upon the registry books, and that
thereby Ratterman received 1900 votes which
were illegal. He also charges that in precinct
A, of the Fourth ward, the judges and clerks in
creased the number of votes purporting to have
been cast for Ratterman from 600 to 500.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-11-01
A Conference os Catholics.

BALTIMORE, Oct. 3L.-A conference composed
of the archbishops of Baltimore, New York,
Philadelphia and Milwaukee, and the bishops of
ST. Paul, Peoria and Richmond, as we'll as a
number of the Catholic clergy, will be held in
Baltimore about the middle of November, to
discuss the best mode of raising the funds re-
quisite for building and establishing the Catholic
university to be located in Washington City
The nucleus, $500. 900. has already been donated
by a lady, but a large amount additional will be
required.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-11-01
A Novel Case of Matrimony and Money!.

IL YORK, Oct. 3L.-The young wife of ''Ephn
Simmons in January, 1882, secured a divorce
from her husband, it is said, with his consent.
that she might thus marry a consumptive. James
G.. Henry, a young man worth 800, 000. Two
weeks after the divorce was secured, Mrs. Sim
mons did marry Henry. On Sept. Is. 1888. he
died. leaving ali lis estate to his wife and child.
Evan j. Henry, father of the deceased husband.
has instituted proceedings for the revocation of
the will of his son, and a hearing was had yester-
day which developed the above facts. The case
IL cfill ON
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-11-01
Death of the King of Siam.

WASHINGTON, Oct 31.-Vice-Consul Melon
aid, at Bangkok. reports to the Secretary of
State the death, by Brights disease, on the 18th
of August. of Krom Pra Rajawang Bovara
st. Han Mongol, second King of Siam. He is
described as a man above the average of intel
ligence, and we'll informed on the general topics
of the day, and beloved by the common people
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-11-01
Vincent Given the Cold Shoulder.

NEW YORK, Oct. 3l.-The Herald's Washing
ton special says: "Ex-Chief Justice Vincent.
who was recently removed from the judge
ship in New Mexico, was among the callers on
the President to-day. 1t is understood that
Judge Vincent received but little satisfaction
from the President. From the White House he
went to the Department of Justice. where he
had an interview with the Encouragement
which is understood to have been of an equally
unsatisfactory character
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-11-01

CLEVELAND, o., Oct 31.-Five masked men
entered the farmhouse of Mrs. McSeena, near
Perrysville. Wayne county, last night, bound
aud gagged Mrs. McSeena and her three daugh-
tiers, and ransacked the house. The family are
wealthy, but the burglars succeeded in finding
only 81. They departed. leaving their victims
bound.
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Special to the indianapolis Journal
WASHINGTON, Oct 3L.-Gen. NJ. d. Manson
arrived here early this morning. He says his
trip has no political significance whatever; that
he simply came to see the boys.
Secretary Manning left Washington this morn
ing for Albany, N. Y, for the purpose of voting.
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N MATTERS.
Minor Officials Who Are Unable to Get Ac-
quainted with Their Superiors.

1880 AASAN I'm HNDN ~ ~ ~~S
quainted with Their Superiors.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 81 .--Considerable COM
plant is being made by the minor officials in the
departments here because they are unable to
become acquainted with their superior officers.
1t is stated that quite a number of the chiefs of
divisions are total strangers to the heads of the
departments. and that in a number of cases ordi-
nary clerks do not know their chiefs. At the
Postofice Department. it is stated that but a very
small proportion of the employees are acquainted
with the Postmaster-general and his assistants,
and that they all meet and pass as strangers on
the streets and elsewhere. There seems to be a
good deal of cold blood among these new men,
and whether capable Of filling their places or not,
they have very peculiar ideas about the relations
they should bear to the people who report TO
them.
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The NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Row.

Ask0 OAu AuhAA ~"
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 31.-Judge Buskirk. of In
dianapolis, has engaged rooms here and estab-
lished himself permanently. Mrs. Buskirk is
with him, and they have gone to housekeeping.
Judge Buskirk intends securing an appointment
to a position an the board of appeals in the pen
sion Office, through Vice.president Hendricks.
He has met a good deal of opposition from Rep
resentat1ve Bynum. When Buskirk applied for
appointment, it is said that Mr.. Bynum
filed a protest against it, but was
persuaded, finally, to withdraw it. In
doing so, however, Mr.. Bynum informed General
Black that, while Withdrawing his protest
against Buskirk's appointment, he wanted it
distinctly understood that he was not indorsing
him, or that he desired Buskirk's appointment.
Indiana Democrats say this is but a continue
ton of the fight between Bynum and Hendricks,
which sprang up over the Indianapolis postmas-
tership. and they predict it will assume ierceness
when Congress meets and both men are here,
and will result in limiting Mr.. Bynum's congress
sional career to one term, or the breaking Town
of Hendricks entirely.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-11-01
The Generals Recollections.


New fork Special.
Gen. Fitz John Porter says that though Gen.
McClellan's personal recollections were burned,
he succeeded in reproducing most of them; that
they will be published soon, and that they will
create a stir equal to that caused by the publica-
ton of Mr.. Depewis letter on the Grant-Johnson
matter.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-11-01
The Hearing of the Warner Case.

NEW YORK, Oct. 31.-The hearing of the case
of Sullivan s.. Warner, charged with conspiracy
with Ferdinand Ward to defraud the depositors
of the Marine Bank, was resumed before United
States Commissioner Shields to-day. Samuel
B. Connell, a bookkeeper, testified that three
checks bearing Wards signature and aggregating
$15, 600. came through the clearing house.
Receiver Johnson, of the Marine Bank, iden-
titled some checks drawn by Ward on the Marine
Bank.
Paying Teller Carr. of the Marine Bank, iden-
600. dated May 3, anc a check for $75, 900, dated
May 5.
VIM. Fl. Vanderbilt was called, but failed to
appear An offer by the commissioner to issue an
attachment for him was not accepted.
u. S. Grant, ir.. then told the story of the
receipt by his father. General Grant, of the
$50, 900 from Mr.. Vanderbilt. ON Sunday, May
4, 1884. On that day Ward called on the witness
and said the firm needed money. and General
Grant then made the loan from Mr.. Vanderbilt.
Ward said at that time that the firm had $3.50. 900
with the Marine Bank, and intimated that the
firm was solvent. The witness thought the firm
was very solvent. At one time Warner had re-
ferred to possible trouble because the Marine
Bank was below its reserve, but the witness had
assured him that it could not make any differ
ence to the firm of Grant g. Ward. even if it
was. The witness did not know if the so called
government contracts were direct with govern
ment officials or with outsiders. The Wander
bilt check was to have been deposited for the
firm, and not for Wards individual account.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-11-01
A Cautious Monument-Builder.

New YORK, Oct 3L.-A correspondent of the
World, and a soldier, having asked that journal
to start a subscription for a monument to the
late General Mcclellan, the editor replies: The
World would be pleased to aid such a worthy
undertaking. but the encouragement of the COM
mittee engaged in the work of building q ma
tional monument to General Grant makes US
rather cautious"
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The Faith-Cure Convention.

BUFFALO, n. Y, Oct. 31.-The speakers at the
faith cure convention, yesterday. were Rev. Mr..
Scwartz, Mr.. Osborne and Rev. Mr.. Baxter.
An interesting feature of the convention was the
amounting with oil of seventy-fve persons who
came to be cured of various maladies. They
were told that they would be cured by their
faith in Christ, as the healer of both body and
soul
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in about twenty words proved to the Attorney
general that inasmuch as the prisoner had been
esAvicted for perjury his services would be USE
1e3S as a witness.
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Ladies'

Be sure and see the jersey caps, for girls and
boys, the greatest assortment in the city, at Ia
cents and upward. MODEL.
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feet. Only a slight twitching of his lips gave
evidence that he was affected by the verdict.
After the formal polling of the jury Clerk Welsh
asked, abruptly:
Ward, how old are your
II am thirty-three, SIR" replied Ward, without
a tremor in his voice.
"Where do you livep
II did live in Brooklyn"
"And your business?'
II have no business now, sir"
Ferdinand Ward, what have you to say why
judgment should not be pronounced against
your
General Tracy and District Attorney MARITIME
stepped forward. They had agreed to defer the
sentence until Saturday morning, at ii o'clock,
when General Tracy is to move for a new trial.
Judge Barrett agreed to this, and Ward, the
lawyers, the court and spectators left the court
room
AS they passed out into the corridor General
Tracy patted Ward on the shoulder and said, in
a CHEEKY way:
This will be reversed, Ward. Take ms word
for that"
Ward smiled and said he hoped so.
To a Herald reporter both neral Tracy and
Lawyer Cochran said that, as sure as they ex-
listed. there would be a reversal on appeal. They
base their belief on a multiplicity of reasons,
they said, but mainly upon the illegality of the
indictment.
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that they do not intend to purchase the large
hotel which was erected there by the Hatch
Companv.
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We Second the Motion.
indianapolis People.
Take the pistols out of the hands of the police.
They don't know how to use them.
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its council representative, Mr.. Pettigrew,
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has never been suspected of possessing
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ally become the seat of government, but
Its position indicates that there is q
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gram from Bismarck, asking the people
of Sioux Falls to circulate and sign a
petition indorsing the bill for removal to
Pierre, but his constituency baked, and
sent word back they were in favor Of re-
moval if it were brought to Sioux Falls,
otherwise to leave it remain for the
present at Bismarck. The petition con.
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