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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-05-04
vILAS's DEPARTMENT.
A Small Amount of Work for Which Un~
stinted Praise Is Expected.

Small Amount of Work for Which Uns
stinted Praise Is Expected.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.
WAsHINGroN, May 3.-Postmaster- general
Villas filled about 600 fourth-class postofRces
during the month of April. The Democratic
papers are loud in their praise Of the industry
of the new Postmaster general as shown by this
instance. The number of Offices that
have become vacant since Mr.. Villas as
sumed command has been about 1000, and
there were as many more vacancies when no
tered upon his duties as Postmaster general.
The total number of postofices of the fourth
class in the United States is about $4,000, in
round numbers. The term Of each postmaster
is generally considered to be four years.
Therefore, in the ordinary routine of
business, about $4,000 Offices become va
cant each year by virtue of the expira-
ton Of the four years term. This is go
week on the average. 1t is now nearly
nine weeks since the Democrats took the
innings. and in that time it is safe to estimate
that the terms of at least 1900 postraasters
have expired. Others have died, and more have
resigned. The Postmaster general causes the
announcement to be made that he has
cancies, and then he strikes an attitude,
hoping to thus receive the plaudits and praises
OF his admring countrymen. AS the daily
average of appointments during the last admin.
istration exceeded fifty, there is some doubt as
to the exact reason why Mr.. Villas should re-
ceive any great amount Of admiration for allow
ing tho work of his Office to retrograde at the
present rate. If he keeps on in the way he
has begun three-quarters OF the Offices in the
country will be vacant when his term expires
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Collapse of q Brewery.

PITTsBURG, Pa. May 2.--Wainwright's
brewery, on Thirtysixth street, caved in with
heavy crash about o'clock this morning. The
noise occasoned by the collapse aroused the citi-
zens residing in the vicinity, and for a time the
excitement was very great. Rumors of loss of
life were freely circulated but they were with
out foundation, no person being in the building
at the time of the accident. The building was
fourstory brick, substantially built. The inn
mense weight of the beer, it is supposed. caused
the supports of the floor to give way, and the
building collapsed from the roof. to the cellar.
The falling of the walls crushed the beer barrels,
and torrents Of the malt fluid ran into the
streets and completely flooded the cellar. The
loss is over 500 000
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Russia Accepts Arbitration.

LONDON, May 3.-The Cabinet council on Sat
urday had under consideration q dispatch re-
ceived from Sir Edward Thornton, British min
lister to Russia, stating that NJ. DeGiers, the
Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs, asked for
time in which to discuss and interpret the agree
ment of March IL, before deciding whether ar
bitration was required to settle the pending
difficulties. AS result of the Cabinet discus
sion Earl Granville intimated his willingness to
defer the laying of the dispute before a third
power for settlement, provided NJ. DeGiers ad-
mitted the principle of arbitration.
A further communication from Sir Edward
Thornton was received at the Foreign Office to-
night II is reported that the English minister
states in this dispatch that Russia accepts the
principle Of arbitration. A Cabinet council has
been summoned for tomorrow.
The Czarina, whose influence is nearly abso-
lutte over the Gar is actively assisting in peace
negotiations
The Sunday editions Of the London newspa-
pers confirm the report that secret treaty
has been made between England and Turkey,
according to the terms of which England is
to be allowed to send men Of war through the
Dardanelles in the event of war.
The Sama Regiment, which has been in garri-
son at Cronstadt for the past eleven years, has
been ordered to Kasson. The papers state that
Rademsky, Gourko Drozomirof, Tschernaieff
and Abramoff will be the principal generals in
the Russian army in the event of Russo
English war.
st. Petersburg dispatch says: Though
there is no definite news on the subject, the war
cloud seems suddenly to have dissolved. II is
stated that the ministers, il counsel today, de-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-05-04
A SOCIAL RUPTUE.
Mrs. Hendricks Threatening to Sever Rela-
tons with the White House.

Mrs. Hendricks Threatening to Sever Rela
tions with the White House.
Washington Special to Philade lpha Times
The first formal essay Of The President in the
social line has given rise to q whisper of disap
probation which will doubtless swell in volume
as the administration wakes older unless the
chief magistrate should very promptly submit
to a change of front and conform the social re-
gime of the executive mansion to the claims OF
precedence formulated and preferred by the
friends of the wife of tho Vice president. While
the American people were reading with interest
the accounts of the first public reception given
at the executive mansion few days ago, the
President through inadvertence, perhaps,
planted the seeds of social rupture between
himself and the Vice-presdent which may be
more troublesome than tho setting aside OF
900" Mcdonald as member Of his official house
hold. 1t was then charged that while Mcdonald
was the unfortunate victim, the principals in the
contest were the coniugal companions Of tho
amiable Vice-president and the would be Cabi-
net minister The Vice president carried the
day and his excellent lady came TO Washington,
leaving her rival to dwell in the social obscurity
of q counses wife in Hoosierdom.
Then came the first social event of the admin
istration. The bachelor President, instead Of in
viting the wife Of the Viee-president to preside,
conferred that honor upon the daughter of his
Secretary of State. The fact is, the wife of tho
Vice president was not even invited; therefore,
if she entered the portals OF the stately exacu-
tivepile it would be on the simple plano of Amer
lean womanhood. But that exalted station was
not sufficient This high-spirited dame stayed
at home, and the relations between tho chief
magistrate Of the Nation and the fifth wheel
OF tho executive machine have been sadly
strained The offended lady of tho vice.
presidential family threatens to sever social ro-
iations with the executive household, and in q
day or two will return to Indiana to await devei-
opments and the formal Inauguration OF the
social season or 1885 @ at the national capital
The fact that the last President was wireless
chance to exalt Mrs. Carlisle, the wife u the
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A TERRIBLE EXPLOSION.
A Half Dozen Persons Killed and Several
Others Wounded.

GALVESTON, Tex, May "a terrible catas-
trophe occurred in this city at 1880 this morning
One of the boilers of the fremont Hotel ex-
ploded, instantly killing several persons and
wounding several others, and doing great dam
killed are as follows:
SEVERAL CHILDREN;
LAWRENCE CARR, fireman, who leaves
family;
CLARA MILLER, white woman;
ANDERSON JONES' a colored scrubber;
Following are the wounded: Jose Aquilla,
pastry cook, injured internally; .Jno Axman,
bell boy, shoulder broken and otherwise injured;
Maurice Sullivan, collar bone broken and badly
cut about the head; r. Walton, colored waiter,
badly bruised Mrs. Burns, linen woman, slightly
bruised about the head
The conclusion from the explosion was ap
palling. The fremont is a FIVE story brick, with
$50 feet frontage on fremont street,
and about the same depth on Church street
The boier-house was situated at the
northwest corner of the building, and was a
small one-story brick structure, attached to the
main building. The explosion shook the great
building with such terrible force that the guests
thought tremendous earthquake had occurred
and ran panic stricken about the Railways.
The engine, pumps ami boilers are total
wrecks. Fortunately but few guests were
quartered in the portion of the building nearest
the scene Of explosion.
Various theories are afoat regarding the
cause of the accident Engineers who examined
tho wreck generally agree that the boiler was
defective, that its tubes were not sufficiently
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-05-04
Strike of Ohio Coal Miners.

CLEVELAND, o.. May 3.-The threatened
strike among the coal miners of the Tuscarawas
and Conotton valleys, which. it is feared, will
involve all the miners in the district, nearly
5000 in number, before settlement is reached,
was inaugurated Saturday evening. special
from Canton says that 26O men in the Conotton
district have quit work. The Tuscarawas and
Conotton operators say that the rate of fifty
five cents per ton established in the Hooking
valley enables Hooking operators to undersell
them in Cleveland and other like points
Other operators will make similar reductions.
Mr.. Roberts, president of the miners assoca
ton, has advised an acceptance Of the reduction
but the men do not seem inclined to do So
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cided to meet the utmost limit of English con-

cided to meet the utmost limit of English con-
cessions."
The Moscow Gazette says it has reason to be-
lieve an honorable expedient has been found by
which both sides can settle the Russo English
dispute.
The London Times urges that the advance
upon Herat by the Russians should constitute a
distinct belli without further delicate dis
cussion
An English feet has occupied Port Hamilton.
The Chinese protest against this act as a viola
ton of the integrity of Corea
The News in leading editorial, says the pros
poets for peace have been made much clearer,
and been more amply confirmed within the
last forty eight hours. The Russian dispatch is
conciliatory in tone and substance and was sent
to the government by telegraph after the Car
had conferred with the ministers. courier,
with an official written reply to Earl Granville,
is now on his way to London. The News warns
its readers, however, against hasty conclusion
that peace is assured.
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Hundreds Of ,siers Linger About Washing
ton, Working and Pleading for Places
in the Employ Of the Government.
Necessary Work of the postoflice De-
partment Still Largely in Arrears.
Statement Showing Assets and Liabilities Of
the Treasury-Mrs. Hendricks'sa Rela-
tions with the White House.
THE HUNGRY HOLSTERS.
The Indiana Office-Seekers Crowd Even the
Ohio Men to the Wall.


Ohio Men to the Wall.
Special to tho indianapolis Journal
WASHINGTON, May 3-From. present indica-
tons it would appear that the place held by
Ohio in 1877 is now usurped by Indiana. While
eight years ago Ohio office seekers filed all the
vacant standing places in the government build
ings day hundreds OF Hoosiers crowd in every
where, hoping that lightning win strike in their
neighborhood. In front of Wizards Hotel, to-
night, your correspondent counted no less than
thirty-two gentlemen from the State of Indiana
They included applicants for two South Ameri-
can missions, who ''got left" two who want
ed to be Public Printer, three would be
Indian agents, besides candidates for receiver
ships, Territorial places, internal revenue col
lectors in embroyo and postmasters. The
thirty two were only fragmentary portion OF
the delegation. Dozens can be found in nearly
every hotel, and the boarding houses are filed
with them. The fact that Vice-president Hen
bricks indorses every paper presented to him
undoubtedly accounts for the pressure to GER
tain extent. But some of the more wary APP
plicants have caught to the fact that Hem
drickss Influence" has worn itself very thin.
1t continues to be matter of comment that
the Northwestern States and Territories are COM
paratively without representation among the
ofice-seekers. While Indiana leads, followed
closely by Illinois, Kentucky and Missouri, with
the Southern States close behind and New York
well up, the seekers from Minnesota. Wis
consin, Dakota and Montana are so scarce as to
be difficult to find. They will doubtless put In
appearance, however, before Indiana gets
evervthino
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Colored Man Shot by Night-Riders.

NASHVILLE, Tenn, May 3-A Waverly Tenn,
the house Of Comfy Johnson p (colored and or
dered him to open his door, He refused, when
the door was broken down and several shots
fired into the house. Johnson leaped from o
back window and started to away, when a
dozen or twenty shots were fired at him. His
body was found this morning. It was filled with
shot, and there WAS bulet-hole through his
head. The affair is supposed to have been
caused by difficulty, two weeks ago. between a
negro and white man, at log rolling. Several
negroes were whipped, week or ten days ago.
in the same vicinity. The parties are unknown"
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The British War Ship Garnet.

Garnet after lying at anchor all night opposite
quarantine, was visited by the health officer
at sunrise to-day, and Immediately after
wards steamed to new anchorage
opposite Tompkinsyille. At 0 o'clock
an American flag was hoisted to the
manmast and saluted with twenty-one guns
The union jack few all day at the fore and the
feet signal ut tho mizzen mast Captain Hand
went ashore early in the day. The British con-
sui general did not pay visit to the vessel, but
q representative from General Han cock and sew
eral officers Of the Minnesota were among the
visitors The future movements Of the Garnet
are uncertain
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ADamaeing Hail Storm.

PETERSBURG, Va, May 3-The hailstorm
which passed over this section Friday afternoon
prevailed in many other localities. and extended
into North Carolina. All the growing cotton
corn and vegetables were destroyed and the
farmers will be compelled to plant again. In
some places in Surrey county, this State. the
hail fell to the depth of eighteen inches, and in
some spots was drifted to the depth of four feet
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of West virginia's Capital

CHARLESTON, w. Va, May 3-The tow boat,
and the Chesapeake, with the State officers on
board. arrived hero at o'clock this evening,
from Wheeling. This city is to be now the perma
nent capital of the State No demonstration
was made, but the banks Of tho river were lined
with people to witness the arrival of the boats
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-05-04
WHEN INDICATIONS.
MoNDAY-Fdir sUeather, slight
81 sUarner.

IF a thousand gentlemen
should desire to purchase
Spring Overcoats to-day at the
WHEN Clothing Store we
could accommodate everyone,
90 vast is our stock of this
health-preserving garment; and
in this mammoth exhibit we
could, without doubt, supply
every taste and conform to the
amount to be expended in this
direction. Every department
fully stocked at the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-05-04

CIScINsATI, May "a dispatch to the Com
mercial Gazette from Catlettsburg, KY, says:
AT IL o'clock last night three men, named
Chester Honaker, Peter Canterbury and Dave
Stewart, were shot by Henry Freez, colored
The men were attempting to force an entrance
to q house of i'll fame. and the inmates, fearing
trouble, sent for Freez, who lives near by
There we're six in the party, and Freez shot the
three mentioned Honaker is expected to die
Freez is in jail, and threats Of lynching have
been made
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BRITISH POLITICS.

The Parnellites Preparing for Work in the
Coming Campaign.
LONDON, May 2.-There is little stir in do
mestic politics. The Parnellites are engaged in
the preparation Of plan for work in the COM
ing electoral campaign, but they do not seem to
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A Consulship Declined.

PHILADELPHIA, May ga. Halter Gross has
declined the appointment as consul to Athens,
Greece.
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BANGOR, Maine, May 3.-Fifteen inches OF
snow fell yesterday in Dxmont.
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TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.

man giving the name of Morrison, and
claiming to be from Guelph, Ont, says he was
robbed Of So. 700 in saloon, in Detroit On his
complaint Jack Cummins has been arrested,
charged with the robbery.
John N Barker, of the Soldiers Home, at
Dayton. was found dead at a saloon in the west
part Of that city, yesterday. When he came to
the city he had about $2O0in his pocket only fifty
cents was found on him. The eghborhood is
full of low dives. and it is supposed that he was
first robbed aud then drugged with poisoned
whisky
ing to church, near Lennox, Mich, yesterday,
when the horse baked on a railway track. Be
fore they could get away approaching passen-
ger train struck the father. who was trying to
lift the buggy off the track. and threw him over
culvert and through fence, breaking leg
and otherwise injuring him so that he died be-
fore help arrived His son was thrown from
the buggy aud his hip dislocated.
The Owl" express train, which left Boston at
1890 o'clock Saturday night, on the New York
& New Haven railroad, was thrown from the
track by an obstruction, about o'clock Sunday
morning, when near Mount Vernon. The engine
and mail car rolled down a bank. The fireman
of the engine was killed The engineer was
were hurt, were transferred to another train and
sent to New York, after delay of about an
hour.
During friendly scuffie, Christmas morning,
at Newton Mines Newton county, Missouri,
between Daniel Thompson and Oscar Morrison,
brothers in-law, Morrison's father. thinking they
were fighting and that his son was getting the
worst of it. ran to the scene. and struck Thomp-
son a terrible blow on the head with rock
knocking him senseless from which wound he
died Saturday morning The coroner of
Newton county held an inquest yesterday after
noon, the result of which is not known.
At Pittsburg Mrs. Barbara Iorrs and her
two year old child died Yesterday, from injuries
received on Saturday night by the explosion of
lamp which the little one, who was playing
about the room, accidentally upset Almost in
stantly there was an explosion, which scattered
the burning fluid over the room, the flames en-
veloping the mother and child. In her fright
Mrs Morris jumped from second story window
and received injuries which resulted in her
death The baby died during the night
William and John Martin, brothers, were ar
rested at Dexter, Mo-, yesterday afternoon, for
horse-stealing Soon after arriving at Dexter
they offered to sell horse and mule to Albert
Leet, at livery stable, so cheap that something
wrong suspected, and the liveryman in
formed the marshal In the meantime the
brothers had departed from town. but they had
not gone far before the marshal overlook them.
and, after firing one shot, he commanded them
TO stop, and arrested them. They confessed
that they stole tho horse and mule
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The Liberals and the Tories Will Act in
Harmony on the Irish Question, and
Parnell's Task Will Prove Impossible.
The Happy Condition of Affairs in Amer
lea as Compared with Europe.
An Exciting Scene in the French Chamber of
Deputies-SeriOus Street Fight Between
Limerick Policemen and Civilians.
THE. IRISH QUESTION.

Both Great Parties Decide to Oppose the
Granting of an Irish Parliament.
LONDON, Dec. 27-The Economist, referring
to the political situation, says: THE Tories and
Liberals have drawn near together, and have re-
solved to reject the crude proposal for an indie
pendent Irish Parliament. The British Parlia-
ment is still master of itself Mr. Parnell has
undertaken hopeless and impossible task in
attempting to make IS members dictate to 554
members"
Christmas diversions have deepened the lull
in the home rule discussion. The game is
now at a point where all the players are
playing for safety. Nobody wishes to force
his opponents hand. Even Mr.. Chamberlain,
the Radical evangel, has become suddenly silent
under the influence of the great change which
Lord Harrington has worked By his Reputation
of Mr.. Gladstone's home-rue scheme. The Rad
cal leader is quietly and ceasslessly considering
the situation. He has now an obvious chance,
such as he never had before, to get rid of Hart
ington and to obtain the reversion of the Liberal
leadership. If Chamberlain decides to seize the
dropping mantle, it will upset many calculations
which have been hitherto maintained. The
most promising feature of the situation is the
fact that Gladstone is in the best of
health and spirits. This is always
unerring barometer of his political prospects.
The present probabilities point to change of
tactics on Mr.. Gladstones part 1t is likely that
for the next few weeks he will try waiting in-
stead of a rushing game Mr.. Gadstones posi-
ton is just this: He says to the other Liberal
leaders, with my plan we will have the aid of
eightysix Irish votes. How many votes, out
side of our own party, can you bring to our sup
portT The only possible answer involves sur
render. Then will come home rule for Ireland.
Already the Liberal newspapers are working
up agitation over the alleged jobbery by Tory
government officials of sinecural appointments.
The rahid attitude of these papers indicates that
the elements of warfare are not dead and are
hardly dormant. 1t demonstrates that the two
great British parties are liable to quarrel upon
even trifling questions the moment that it is
found impossible to further postpone the con-
Hict