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Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1885-06-13

THIS is the season of the year when
people begin to hunt around for some
uncomfortable place which calls itself
summer resort and charges high
prices for very poor meals. Some
people are beginning to find out that
"there's no place like home'' for sum-
mer resort though few are willing to
admit it because the fashion runs in the
other direction.
Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1885-06-13

REL claims that he cannot be tried
for treason :sacause he is a citizen of
the United States and citizen of the
U. S. cannot commit treason against
another, country. When our own re-
bellion was concluded the treatment ac-
corded to the rebels demonstrated that
it was pretty hard for citizen of this
country to commit treason any way.
Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1885-06-13
HISTORY OF a WEEK.

Secretary Bayard on his Western trip
visited Kansas City, Mo. and Lawrence Kan
sas, after delivering the address at the Mis-
souri, University At Kansas City he said
Our country is safe, no matter which party
wins and there is not section-not home in
this broad land-that cannot count on the
government as it's sincere friend and agent.
He said his visit was simply with a view Of
visiting some of the western educational
institutions and witnessing for himself the
progress and development Of the country.
Capt. White in charge Of the railway
mail service in the West has secured a
change in the carrying of the mails from
Chicago to Omaha, taking them away from
the Northwestern and giving them to the
Milwaukee & st. Paul road. As the result,
Postmaster General Villas will probably
take Capt. Whites commission away and
change it over to some other man.
Ex-Gov. Hale of New Hampshire has
failed with liabilities in the neighborhood
OF million and assets quite light. He has
lost heavily in mining and railroad enter
prises. Senator Blair and Frank NJ Jones
are heavy endorsers on his paper and a
number of Boston banks come in for hand
some losses. He spent $4,000 to be elected
Governor.
The National Board of Charities and
Corrections in Washington elected W. H.
Neff of Ohio, president; D. c. Bell of
Minnesota first vice President aud II. IT.
Hart of Minnesota chief secretary.
The annual meeting of the Chicago &
Northwestern road was held at Chicago on
the 4th, and a quarterly dividend of 1sl on
the common stock, and per cent. on the
preferred was declared.
The bursting of a water spout near
iogas, Mexico caused loss of 200 lives at
Pueblo. Great destruction and loss of life
also occurred at Guanogusto
Mayor Harrison has ordered the police to
close the gambling houses in Chicago and
gamblers have FASTENED to comply in adj
vance Of the police.
The insane asylum at williamsburg, Va,
burned on the Sth. There were 200 female
patients but only one was burned to death.
The loss is $4,000.
There is defalcation of 100000 in the
sub-treasury of New Orleans, Aufdemarte,
the redemption clerk is the culprit.
Lewis Clark, commanding the u. S.
Steamer Alliance at Key West, died on
ship board on the 9th.
The Indians continue to perpetrate MUIR
ders and outrages in New Mexico.
Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1885-06-13
RECENT APPOINTMENTS.

f. P. Marsh has been appointed U. S.
Marshal for the northern district of Illinois.
He is Sheriff Of Ogle county, and lives at
Oregon, Ill. There was very bitter fight
among the Chicago politicians for the place,
ex-chief of police McGarigle being supported
by Mayor Harrison's friends and Marsh by
Col. Morrison.
The following appointments were made
on the Sth: Robert S. Kelly, United States
marshal for Montana; 0. G. Halls, receiver
of public moneys, La Crosse; P. II. Wiser
and George R. Warner, receiver and
register, respectively, at Tracy, Mimi.
Charles Cleveland, nephew of the
president was an applicant for the position
of collector of internal revenue at Cleveland
Ohio, but the President refused to appoint
him on account of the relationship. John
H. Farley received the place.
Herbert Foot Beecher nephew of
Henry Ward Beecher has been appointed
collector of customs for Oregon and
Washington Territory.
Gen. W. S. Rosecrans has been appointed
register of the treasury, vice B. N. Bruce
resigned.
THE REBELLION IN MANITOBA.
The following telegram to Lieut. Gov
Atkins was received at Winnipeg On the
9th. Rev. MI. and Mrs. Quincy, Mr.. CAM
eron and two half-breeds who have been
prisoners with Big Bear, through..the assist
ance of a friendly Indian escaped and are
now in Gen. Strange's camp, twelve miles
from here. You will be delighted to hear
that Mr.. Quincy informs me that none of
the women have suffered any indignities and
OF any sort or kind as we imagined would
be the case. Gen. Strange's force has come
in contact with Big Bear and his braves,
who were in very strong position, and
after slight engagement, in which three
of his men were wounded, and finding the
country impossible, he withdrew a few
miles away and camped. Yesterday while
was on my way to Fort Pitt, I received
| information from Gen. Strange that Big
Bears band has broken up virtually into
two parties; and as he has still the Mclean
family and several other prisoners, am
going to follow both trails with all my
mounted men. and hope to catch him yet.
[Signed, FRED MIDDLETON
A Benton, Montana, paper publishes an
interview with Gabriel Dumont in which
he blames Lawrence Clark for precipitating
the rebellion. He says he only had twenty
six men at Duck Lake, four of whom were
killed-Isadore Dumont, Augustine La
Franberse, Joseph Mentoy and John Bap-
tiste. Three of his relatives, brother,
cousin and nephew, say Crozier fred first.
Gabriel got severe scalp wound in this
fight. At Fish Creek his forces were forty.
seven men. With these he successfully
stood off Middleton with his 600 -Four
half breeds were killed in this fight AT
Batoche they ran out of ammunition fol
their Winchesters, or could have gained
the victory there. Riel was in none of the
fights. Dumont says Riel acted with
Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1885-06-13

other direction.
THE rapid departure of greatness was
illustrated by the sale, of ex-Presi-
dent Arthur's horses in Wash
ington a few days ago. The animals
went begging at $3.50 to 5000. If they
had been put on the market when Al
thur had patronage at his disposal,
$1,000 a head would have been low
figure and the sale would have been
attended by q crush Of higtl-toned peo-
pie instead Of q few livery stable men.
THE so called s.faith cure received
severe shock in a Pennsylvania city
last week. A man who was supposed
to be in the last stages of consumption,
and utterly unable to move about, es-
sayed the faith cure'' and to the sur
prise OF every one was able to go around
the next day and labor with others, cit
ing his case as an instance of the eff
cacy Of prayer and urging others to
follow his example. His apparent re
storation created quite a sensation,
but the second day thereafter he died.
Instead of being cured by prayer it
seemed to have so wrought him up with
excitement as to give him supernatural
strength for little time and then the
reaction killed him at once.
Mr.. JOHN M. KELLY, the Phila-
delphian who has been laboring for ten
years to demonstrate that he has dis
covered perpetual motion, now styles
his invention the s'Interetheric Lib
orator. He gave an exhibition few
days ago before a party of prominent
gentlemen and seems to have aston
ished them with his invention. They
passed a resolution declaring it to be
wonderful but declining to give away
the secret If Keely lives 40 or SO
years longer, he may have time to
develop his scheme. So far, he has
always been just about to attain the
unattainable but IT, Gf we can SO desig-
nate his inventory remained unattain-
able still.
The detectives manifest great surprise
that no postmaster has before discover
ed the neat plan adopted by Hibbs OF
Lewiston, Idaho, for swindling the
government. Hibbs has only been
postmaster little over year but he
has eclipsed the oldest heads in the
business. His plan was to send bank
at some distant point money order,
using a fictitious name, telling the bank
to collect it and he would call soon
for the money. Then he would advise
the postoffice at the place that the
money order had been sent to the
bank by such a person, signing his letter
OF advice as post master, at Lewiston.
After q time he would write the bank
the fictitious name saying he could
not call as expected and asking draft
to be sent to some postoffice, naming,
as a rule, some Office where the mail
passed through Lewiston. Lewiston
being a distributing Office Hibbs would
gather in the letters and open then
and secure the drafts. Heis supposed
to have secured $4,000 and now tha
this plan of swindling has been invented
it would not be surprising if some othel
system Of paying money orders would
have to be devised to prevent a rope
tition of the trick. Hibbs is evidently :
enius in his way.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-05-06
BOARDING THE PUBLIC MONEY

good many persons are wondering how the
Democratic politicians can reconcile their cam
raign assertions about the surplus in the Treas
ury and Dir. Mannings debt statement OF last
week. They often said last fall that the Repub-
licaBs were boarding hundreds of millions but
last Friday the Secretary could show only net
cash balance In the TreAs ury of about twenyfour
millions. There is no cause for wonder here on
aDyb0dy's part for the Democratic leaders will
not try TO reconcile their ontradietory statements
about the surplus any more than they try TO recon-
cile any other ustrulh they told It will be time
enoush to wonder il at the end OF tour years OF
Pourbon rule the Democrats have any balance at
al 10 show in the Treasury.-New York Tribune.
The first man during the campaign that
claimed that there were hundreds Of mil.
lions Of surplus in the United States Treas
ury was Msior Cslkins. the Republican can
didste for Governor of Indiana. He claimed
that it was good TO have such sn immense
surplus. Mr.. Hendricks accepted his figures,
but contended that it showed faulty states
msnship and bad management to hoard up
millions and hundreds of millions OF dollars
in the United States Treasury. He demon
strated that it was the result of high taxa
ton, and that II the taxes were reduced the
money would be in tie pockets of the PEG
pie, circulating in the channels of trade and
turning the wheels OF commerce, and not
lying inactive in the Treasury vaults.
His argument never was an
swered by the Republican platform
orators or the party organs. Instead of
nesting the point they jeered at him and
misstated his position, charging him with
promising the people that il Cleveland and
Hendricks were elected this surplus would
be divided out among the people. And so
it would be If the high protective taxation
Of the Republican party were reduced. The
money would remain with the people in
stead of being boarded in the United States
Treasury. II there is no money in the Treas
ury at the end of Mr.. Cley Glands admins.
tration it will be in the pockets of the PEG.
PIE, and honestly there. and not among Star
route contractors rings and Iobbsrs, as was
the case during the reign Of Republicsnism.
The Democratic idea is 20 reduce taxation to
the utmost limit compatible with the eco-
nomical administration of the Government.
This will not admit of a large surplus to be
hosrded in the Treasury vaults.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-05-06
CAUSES OF A FAILURE.

The failure of the book publishing firm OF
j. r. Osgocd & Co., Of Boston, will &c re-.
gretted by readers who have enjoyed the
vast number OF valuable books that have is
sued from its press. A quarter of century
and more sgo, Ticknor & Fields were Bos-
to, 8 leading and most discriminating pub
lishers. Mr.. Fields, himself writer of note,
was an intimate of Dickens. Thackersy and
other transatlantic authors. Fields, Osgosd
& 90. succeeded Ticknor & Fields. to be in
turn succeeded by ]. K. Osgood e. Co. The
failure of the latter is caused by the
popular demand and the vast supply Of
the cheaper grade of book prints.
Their publications have been, excepting
worksdhe copyrights of which were owned
or controlled by them, have been maintain
ed in too costly style for the masses. Tie
decidedly wealthy who could afford as much
for covers as for contents of books may be
held as patrons of the costlier prints. but the
moderately wealthy and the poor are in this
day buyers of the moderately expensive and
the cheap class of book manufacture. The
masses of Americans buy books for present
use rather than for preservation. An active,
modern class of publishers have discovered
this tendency and some of the staid old houses
which formerly monopoiized book printing
are well-nigh left out of sight by these rush.
ing and cheaper manufacturers. In ne in
dustry has there been such cheapening
within the last two decades as in book-mak-
ing, and, despite the enormous amount of
trash which has come with this cheapening
it is provipg great blessing to the people,
potent promoter OF intelligence asd enlight-
eument
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-05-06
Oklahoma Boomers.

ARKANSAS Cry, Kss., May 5-The Okla
homs colonists. under Captain Couch, who
have been csmped here since January %,
struck their tents this morning and are now
en- route for Caldwell, thirty-foUr miles west
of here. Treir camp hss been decreasing
steadily the last month until barely fifty
tents were left. The move is made on &C.
count Of better advantages for wood and
grhss at Caldwell. Captain Couch says the
celCny will rsmain at Caldwell for few
weeks. or until il is definitely known what
tie administration will do toward opening
tf country.
The colony has not disosnded or dispersed.
The move to day is nads on account of
natural advantages, aud with 10 reference
10 the army. Ire troops bad orders some
time ago 10 exchange with the Fifth cavalry,
and are daily expecting to move About a
dozen tents remain here. These are owned
by c0lonisfs that are eC present f,e;ghtipg
to some of The Indian agencies, and may not
return Tor ten days.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-05-06
PERSONALS.

SECRETARY ENDIcoTT reads many novels.
PATTI sailed for Europe LAST Saturday
morning.
DION BoUcIcAULT is at work upon three
new plays.
ATTORNEY GENERAL OAKLAND does his own
marketing.
ELLEN TERRY. it is said, will not wear
widows weeds.
Mr.. KELLEY. the new Minister to Austria,
will sail from New York next Thursday.
SENATOR EDMUNDs' chief weakness, after
cold tea, is to ride behind blooded horses.
Rev. THOMAS X. BEEcHER, of Elmira, n.
Y, recently preached IN favor of cremation.
SENATOR EyARTs says he does not want the
Republican nomination for Governor of New
YORK.
ENGLISH papers announce that Henry
Iryings last trip TO America Melted him
$4,000.
THE Second Auditor of the Treasury has
$4,000 unsettled claims in the pigeon. holes of
his desk.
BEETHovEN's faYorite violin is now in the
possession of an English gentleman named
Kirmoald.
APPOINTMENT CLERK HIGGINs has mus
tache that makes small room look crowded
while Mr.. Higgins is in.
JAMES ANTHONY FRoUDE, the English his-
torian, arrived in New York from San Fran
cisco Friday. He has been making tour OF
the English colonies.
PRESIDENT BARRILLos, the SUCCESSOR OF
Barrios ss the head of the GIatsmalan Re-
public, is forty.hve years old, and has been
IN public life for twenty years.
LADY T ENNYsoN, who writes a bold, run
ming hand, bao for many years written and
signed the replies to all letters addressed to
her husband, autograph requests included.
MARTIN FARouHAR UPPER is not only very
poor but is very much in debt and is daily
pestered by dunning creditors whom be
manages to meet with his "Proverbial Phi.
losophy."
G. s. A. VAN ScHELENcE, an Amsterdam
clergyman, eighty years cid, has translated
into Dutch life Of General Gordon, which
has met with most extraordinary sale
throughout the Netherlands.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-05-06

case to the jury to determine whether there
was fraud or not. The jury returned YER
dict fer the defendants"
The late Mr.. Stoughton referred to in the
foregoing represented this Government at st.
Petersburg under the Hsyes administration.
The organs should not forget that Mr..
Schenck, OF Ohio, was considerably mixed
up in this Emma Mine enterprise also. and
be represented the country at the English
Court under another Republican a1ministrs-
ton. In fact it was charged at the time that
the English stockholders In the Emma Mine
were influenced to purchase the stock by ex-
Minister Schenck.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-05-06

family is large enough, although it is in vio-
lation of rule supposed to be in force in all
the departments. There srs to my knowl-
edge nine of one family scattered about in
the different departments. / know of a
dozen cases where there are from four to six
Of family snugly provided for. Many men
who are in office have their wives in office
alEo, but the women retain their maiden
names. Then again there ere men in offics
who keep stores and whose time is 50 much
occupied with private ouSids business OF
different kinds that they can not properly
attend to their official duties If they desired
to do 30. Only yesterday a lady was re-
moved from the Bureau OF Engraving and
Printing Of the Treasury Department, whe
for years has run big boarding house."
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-05-06
THIS from the New York Tr. bune:

Now that the "Confederacy is in the saddle
again." Mr.. Cleveland having been elected. we
holders Of Confederate bonds ar Garland, as
Attorney General is apt to treat this claim quite
mike that OF the creditors against Virginia, aud
it will be Interesting 10 observe in the not distant
IL convenient 10 do about such a claim. To reject
IL with sc0rn would be 10 cast reDr0aoh upon the
memory of the rebellion. which 1t seems to be one
of the principal objects OF this administration to
keep ever fresh and green
Seine reader of the Tribune should move
for commission in luuscy to make exauin-
alton of the Tribune editor. If he Is not
fit subject for an insane asylum, he evident
ly fencies his readers thus aiIing. II hs
credits them with auy intelligence. he in.
suits ii by such twaddle.
The fourth section OF the fourteenth
amendment OF she Constitution declares that
neither the United States nor a,y Sta'e
shall assume or pay any debt or oblis stien
incurred in aid of Instruction or rebellion
against the United Ststes, or any claim for
the emancipation of any slave; and all such
debts, obligations and claims shall be illegal
and void"
Now before the administration, or Congress
or any court could entertain the claim of
Confederate bondholder two-thirds OF both
Houses OF Congress aud three-fourths OF all
the States must have declared in favor of the
repeal OF this clause in the Constitution.
But it will be noticed that the only sug-
gtstion of any Confederate war claims comes
from the Republican papers.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-05-06
CURRENT NOTE AND COMMENT.

We are glad that Carter Harrison is suing
these who have sought to blacken his char.
acter. There should be some restraint put
on party malignity.-Mobile Register.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND il making history,
and 1t requires time to do it well. No mat
ter if you are in a hurry for your Postoffice,
give him time.-St. Louis Republican.
We pity the train robbers who attempt to
interfere with the railroad train carrying
that gang of Illinois legislative thugs and
thampers to New Orleans.-Chicago News.
We have loaded the Republican party with
issues and creeds and crank .brained theories
till it gives evidence of falling to pieces of
its own weight.-Council Bluffs Nonpareil.
PROFESSOR Sw-NG, the noted Chicago
preacher, is in favor OF not allowing anybody
to vote unless he can show up 500 worth of
property. This would have ruled out Christ
and ell the apostles except das.-Cleyelsnd
Plain dealer.
CERTAINLY. uhen the South can be proud
OF Grant as great American. We in the
North can be proud OF Lee as another of the
same great breed. They were both great
Americans, great soldiers. snd each in his
own way, too, wss a great patriot.-Dstroit
News.
FROM the numerous newspaper essays
showing the blessings of q European war to
the people of the United States Que is almost
persuaded to regard peace as q calamity, and
to fall into the belief that nothing except
taxation contributes so much to public pros
perity as the destructive work of armies
Philadelphia Record.
STEVE ELXINs, at q civil service reform
banquet. was a spectacle which the mug.
wumps can not get over. 1t haunts them in
thsir dreams, and they fear that it may be-
come . regular thing with Stephen to attend
these sit-downs. Mr.. Elkins would make q
great reformer il he could be started right,
but his con version will tax the mugwumps
to the utmost. When they land him they
can help themselves to almost anything that
they may want-Chicsgo Herald.
EUsrrs. the Louisiana sorenead, says he
koews that be represents the regular Democ-
racy, and that his ut.erancss IN criticism OF
the President cannot be controverted. Like
the man who hung the Jury and could
not understand Why the other eleven were
90 obstinate, Eustis il in . contentsd frame
of mind a. regards his own position. BE
viii discover in time that when this
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-05-06

CINCINNATI, May 5.-A bench show OF IN
usual interest, both from the accommods-
tons for visitors and from the number and
quality of dogs on exhibition. began to day
in the north hall OF Music Hall Building.
Among the localities represented by entries
are Toronto, Chatham and Woodstock, Can
ada; Boston, Worcester, Southhri5ge, Mass
Haven, Flstbush. N. Y; Hornellsville, n.
Y; Maizelsnd, n. Y; Troy, n. Y; Bergen
fields, N. j.; Leesburg, Va. Atlanta, Johns
town, Pa; Memphis, Milwaukee. Sc. Louis.
Chicago, Clevelsnd, Wooster, West Jeffer-
son, Msdiscnville and Cincinnati. The show
continues four days.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-05-06
Robbing an aged Couple.

WHEELING. w. Va, May LAST night
about midnight four masked men visited
the house of James Cowgans. Pasco Station,
o., five miles west of the river, and broke in
the door with a large post. They covered
the aged coupls with revolvers and went
through the house. They secured only q
few hundred dollars. and then took vote
whether TO tor ure C0wgans and wife to force
q confession Of the hiding place of other
money. They voted not to 90 so. and the
old people we're left unframed. This IL tbs
fourth similar robbery IN aud near Wheel
ing for six months past.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-05-06
FOR CONTEMPT OF COURT.
An Illinois Banner Fined 1000 and sent
to Jail fer Refusing to Testify.

METROPOLIS, H., May 5.-F. N. Choat
Cashier of the First National Bank, and q
wealthy citizen, was sent 10 Jail yesterday
and fined 81, coo for contempt of court. The
contempt consists in q persistent refusal to
murder case wherein a relative was on trial
for killing John w. Trumbo, last fall ION
after the tragedy Allen Choat, John Merlin
and Frank mcGrin were arrested charged
with Trumbo's murder. Banker Choat is in
possession of certain Information which be
claims was obtained under a seal of secrecy.
1t is thought Choat will remain firm and re-
fuse to teftify.