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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-06-14
GRANTS DOCTOR BILLS.
They Are Supposed to Amount to 100000
Two Stories About Their Payment.

They Are Supposed to Amount to $4,000
Two Stories About Their Payment.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.
New YORK, June 13.-There are two stories
current in regard to the heavy medical bills
which are being incurred by General Grant.
Four very costly physicians have been employed
almost continuously during the past six months.
1t is customary in this city for practitioners to
render bills to their regular patients on the LIST
of June for the preceding half years services.
A careful estimate OF the aggregate of the four
accounts gives $4,000 as the sum which, judging
by the quantity and quality of the work done
by the four doctors, must have been demanded
at the beginning of the present month. DR..
Douglas now lives in the house. neglecting his
other practice altogether, and Drs Sands,
Shrady and Barker have averaged. call per
day. counting in the days which they
have devoted entirely to the case All are
specialists, accustomed to large fees The sug-
gestion that they are content to accept the
incidental advertising as in lieu of cash re-
Enumeration is not tenabe, because the JOB has
not, on the whole, made good reputation for the
two whose status could be raised by connection
with a celebrated case One story is that
O6OrSe W. OulluS Has pdlu LIo piilS ne was
here about the lst of June, visitor at the
Grant house. His intimacy with the General is
we'll known. and his liberality is proverbial.
Mr.. Childs has since declined to tell whether he
met any or all of the medical expenses. A
second explanation is that the physicians have
taken in payment orders on Webster & Co., the
firm which is to publish Grants book The
income from that source is bound to be
large. Mark Twain, a member of Webster u Co.,
says that he does not personally know of any
such arrangement, but that his assent, or that
of his partner, would not be essential. 1t is
certain that the Generals present resources yield
only $27, 900 year, which would barely cover
the ordinary expenses CT his household, leaving
nothing for such immense doctoring bills as
must have been now rendered. The reason why
DR.. Douglas is kept on guard night and day is
the patients expectation that he will eventually
choke to death, and he wishes to have expert
help at hand. While he sleeps sitting in chair,
unable to lie down for an hour, Douglas occupies
bed in an adjoining room, with bell so hung
that pull by a cord at Grants hand will
awaken him. This precaution is in addition to
the watching of negro attendant.
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NEW YORK NOTES.
Andrew Carnegie Makes an Effort to Secure
Information About Cholera.

Andrew Carnegie Makes Effort to Secure
Information About Cholera.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal
New YORK. June 13.-Andrew Carnegie, the
Pennsylvania iron millionaire, has undertaken
to hasten the requirement of definite knowledge
of Asiatic cholera, in order that cure for the
disease may be ascertained if possible, by the
time the disease reaches this country His
especial desire is that the theory of bacili, to-
gether with vaccination preventative, may
be scientifically tested under the best circum-
stances. Dir. Carnegie gave fifty thousand dol
lars some time ago for the erection and equip
ment of laboratory at Bellevue Hospital
Apparatus of the most approved kind for the
study of bacteria and the artificial development
of disease germs has been put in. This is now
in use for the mastery of cholera An importa-
ton of genuine cholera matter, of various kinds
and in different states of progress, has provided
the materials with which to experiment Under
the direction of DR.. Biggs, professor in the
Bellevue Medical School. the germs of the expect
ed scourge were arranged in tubes for cultivation
Some of the most powerful microscopes that can
be made are used in studying the changes. The
intention is to utilize the new Spanish method
of vaccination.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-06-14

Il allure of the Efforts of Spectators to Oh
tain Advance Information.

Special to the indianapolis journal.
WASHINGTON, june l3 Never in the history
of the Agricultural Department has the pressure
been so great to secure the crop report as it was
on Wednesday last Every broker in New York,
Chicago or Boston who had friend In Washing
ton telegraphed hinssto secure the report. if pos
sibe. The kilograms invariably wound mp with
spare no expense. but set the figures, anyhow
1t was useless No one secured the information
until o'clock, when tho news was distributed
everywhere Now. that the report Is out II is
shown that the falling of in the wheat crop this
year will be something like 20 per cent Of the
60 yield If 1881 ar Dodge, tho statistician
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-06-14
There Is Reason to Think, However, that He
Favors the Scheme introduced by Ger.
Warner-Views of Edward Atkinson.
Efforts of Spectators to Obtain Adj
vance Copies of the Crop Report.
Mr.. Hendricks Desires lust One More Appoint
ment-Efficiency of the Public Printing
Office Under Mr.. Rounds's Management.
lIR. WARMERS SILVER SCHEME.
The Opinions, or Rather Lack of Opinions,
Entertained by Treasurer Jordan.

The Opinions, or Rather Lack of Opinions,
Entertained by Treasurer Jordan.
Special to the Indianapolis Journai.
WASHINGTON, June l3--Treasurer Jordan is
very fearful of expressing views of his own.
When asked for information as to the feasibility
of the Warner silver scheme, or of the plan for
abolshing the sub-treasurles, of which he is said
to be the father, he says, II am but subor-
dinate in the Treasury Department If you
want information go to the Secretary of the
Treasury, who is my superior officer Notwith-
standing this fact, Mr.. Jordan has said, liz pri
vate conversation, that the Warner scheme for
turning the Treasury Department into storage
warehouse for the silver producers of
the West has many good points
1t is understood that Mr.. Jordan
believes that the metallic basis for paper cur
rency, which Mr. Warmers scheme would float,
is good idea, in spite of the fact that it would
create a new currency, which would not be legal
tender. This gentleman, who is cracked up to
be financier of the advanced sort, is said to be
in favor of position which would certainly COM
plicate our relations with foreign commercial
nations to an alarming extent. 1t is likely that
the country will hear great deal of some of
Mr.. Jordans wonderful financial schemes. 1t is
blessing that there is some superior officer who
has something to say before this wonderful.
gentleman can put into operation some of his
extraordinary plans.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-06-14
Death of Mrs. Lizzie Hopwood Cumbaca.

Death of Mrs. Lizzie Hopwood Cumback
special TO the Indianapolis Journal
GREENoAsTLE, Ind, June 13.-Mrs Lizzie
Hopwood Cumback died yesterday afternoon at
j o'clock, at the residence of her father, Dr. w
G. Hopwood, after an illness of but few days
The announcement of her death was q
great surprise to the larger portion of
her friends, many of whom did not even
know of her sickness Mrs. Cumback visited at
Clayton the first of the week. where she was
suddenly taken i'll with congestion of the
stomach She was removed to her fathers
residence in this city, whore she rapidly
grew worse, her disease battling the
skill of her physicians Deceased was
the eldest daughter of Dr. Hopwood and was
born in Marion township this county, August
L. 1854. She was lady Of amable DISPOSE
tion, having graduated with honor from DePauw
University with the class of 1875,
her husband graduating with the same class.
She was married to Louis Seobey Cumback in
1877. Three children were born to them, two Of
whom survive. The funeral will occur Sunday
incoming at 10 o'clock, the services being con-
Quoted by DR.. J. p. D. John and Elder O. P.
Badger.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-06-14
Scenes in the House ON Friday Night.

Cable Special.
when Mr. Gladstone announced the retirement
Of his Ministry, were the most extraordinary
that have been witnessed in ST. Stephens Hall
for many years. The attendance and the OK
element have not been equaled for generation.
Every foot Of sitting and standing room was
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-06-14
Avn Exposure which Agitates Gamblers.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
New York, June 13-Amateur and profess
sional gamblers are agitated by the testimony
which Mrs. Truman, wife of the notorious Tom
Truman, gave in court the other day. She is
seeking divorce and alimony, and in proving his
large income she swore that he made s., 600 or
So, 900 every time he crossed the Atlantic by
swindling his fellow passengers at the game of
baccarat Her testimony was merely para
graphed in the newspaper reports, but a shrewd
young man printed in full that part of it which
old how the swindle is worked. Then he wen
the rounds Of the clubs and hotels, selling
copies at half dollar each. It happens that
baccarat has lately become the most fashionable
of games for the gilded youth of New York, and
Mrs. Trumans exposure of the ease with which,
by means of the gesticulation of a seemingly dis
interested bystander, the professional operator
can be appraised Of the cards held by his dupe.
has practically killed the game Nobody will
play at it any more in the gambling. houses, and
the tempest is great in the gamblers teapot.
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Empress Cariotta Recovering Her Reason.
LONDON june l3-From Brussels comes
pleasant letter concerning Empress Carlotta, the
unfortunate widow Of Macmillan Of Mex.
leo. 1t Ia stated that marvellous improve
Continued on Second Pacc.l
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-06-14
The Lauderdaie Peerage.

LONDON, June 13.-At the hearing to-day, of
the Lauderdale peerage case before the House
of Lords, United States Senator Edmunds and
Mr.. Fowler expressed opinions contrary to those
of Minister Phelps and Mr.. Stephen Nash as
given to the House of Lords on Friday,
respecting the New York marriage laws of l772
Messrs. Edmunds and Fowler believed that the
publication of bans or the obtaining of license
judicial decisions showing that a marriage per
formed without such ceremonials had ever been
annulled
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Continued on Second Page,
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-12-24
LncaI Parsnnal.

Among the arrivals at the Pulaski
house Yesterday were: A. f. Craemer,
New York; William X. David, c. b.
Butcher, Chicago; George A. Spauldi ng
Boston; g. NJ. Houston, Orange City, Fla.
A. 9. Mellen and wife, Jacksonville; j.
u. Little, Geo. o. Morris and wife. Miss
Rose Wilder, Miss Mable Norton, World
Company.
At the Marshall house were r. +. Wat
son, Alexanderville; w. A. Stokes. Hal
cyondale; j. M. johnson, Graham; f. NJ.
Taylor, Dublin; r. G. Thomas, Balm
bridge: J. &. Roberts, Fowlstown; T. H.
Lake, Jacksonville; u. l.. Cox, Barlow
j. }. Callahan, New York; A. i. Proctor
Springfield, Mass.
AT the Screven house were: w. j. Par
melee, Rochester, n. Y; John f. Dullea,
Edwin Swindell, e. =. Newbold, G. B.
Smyth, New York; Charles ID. Ante and
wife, Macon; J. NJ. Crawford, Georgia
George II. Young, Boston; Warren
Lovett, Georgia; Thomas L. Melville,
Richmond, Va.
AT the Harnett house were L. j. Gregg
and wife, Charleston, s. c.; X. S. Thig-
pen and wife, stockton, Ga; J. L. Woo
ten, BranfOrd, Fla. j. HOfgard, Apala-
chicola. Fla; Il. j. Strange, Dupont. Ga.
j. $. Williams, Augusta, Ga; W. j.
smith, Glenn Springs, y. Y; II. j. Will
son, +. g. Lansing, Elmira, n. y; c. B.
Murrell, Eastman, Ga.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-12-24
RaiIrnad Chatter

The office of Superintendent Of Bridges
on the Queen and Crescent route will be
abolished on Jan. /.
The Silver Spring, Ocala and Gulf rail-
road is claimed to be the only standard
guage road in Florida.
The Central railroad will give its en-
plOyes holiday tomorrow. No freight
trains, and only the mail and express
trains will be run.
1t is said that the Orange Belt railroad
has ordered an engine and eight miles of
rail, and will have the road through to
PaOla III sixty days.
The Brooksville Railway Association
has paid the third and last instalment OF
the $780, 900 for the extension of the Florida
Southern railway to Brooksway.
The Jacksonville, Tampa and Kew West
railway have put in a ''Y" at the junction
at Palatka, which will be used for turn
ing trains around hereafter instead of the
turntable.
The management of the DeLand and
New Smyrna road has decided to extend
their road from the liue OF the jackson.
vile, Tampa and Key West to point OPP
pOsite Hawkinsville.
Two gangs are putting down new steel
rails on the Florida Railway and Naviga-
ton Company's road between Ellaville
and Lloyds. This work Will be continued
until the track of the entire line is made
firstclass.
Contractor Wachen, of the Macon and
Covington, has written from New York
stating that he will be at Macon in a few
days with plenty Of money TO push the
road through. He only wants route by
which to enter Macon, and he has been
promised that at an early day.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-12-24

Augusta is again talking of river trans
portation between Augusta and SaVan-
nah. The Chronicle yesterday published
interviews with a number of business
men. One said: ''If somebody would fit
out two strong. plain freight boats. built
to carry 1000 bales of cotton, constructed
for service and not for show, for freight
and not for passengers, and put them on
the Savannah river, they would pay for
themselves in a year."
"The Improvements already made in
the channel of the river" says the CbrOn-
icle, ''render it a safe and competent ave-
nue. of commerce during the busy winter
months, and il it is utilized as far as pos
sible now, and It's importance to Augusta
properly set before Congress, a sufficient
appropriation will be made to render il
navigable at all seasons. The City Coun.
ell OF Augusta is now considering the
necessary improvements and enlarge
ment Of the wharves at the river, and the
great factor in Augustus future prosper
ity is receiving more attention from men
in all branches of business. The Savan-
nah river is the Key to all freight prob
lens, and Augusta can be made practi-
cally coast point if our business men
will il 500
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-12-24
IN THE RAILWAY WORLD.
DASHES ALONG THETRACK AND
CROSSTIES.

Tho Progress of Construction in Florida
New Roads Being Built and Extern
sions Nearing COmpletiOn-ABo Boom for
the Peninsular State-General Rail-
road Gossip.
The following new railroads or extern
sion of present roads in Florida are now
IN course Of construction: The Enterprise
and Titusville, the Blue Spring, Orange
City and Atlantic, the Florida Midland,
the Sanford and Eustis, the st. Augustine
and Palatka, the White road from ROLES
ton to the Halifax, the Lake City and
Gainesville, and the Silver Springs road.
The Florida Southern is building an ex-
tension, nearly equal in length to its en-
tire present system; the long southern
division of the Florida Railway and
Navigation road is now going rapidly to
completion, the South Florida
road is being extended. and
the Jacksonville, Tampa and Key
West is completing an extension that
will more than double its rail service
branch at Fevnandina, and the Tavares
and Orlando roads have been completed
within the year. Even the International,
which some time ago suffered an eclipse,
is now Frightening up, and its manager,
Gen. Gordon, says that II Will be built.
The East Florida and Georgia, the Month
cello and Townsville, the Quitman and
Madison, and the Green Cove and Melrose
enterprises are net dead, but sleeping. In
addition to this list, there are at least a
dozen additional roads now in contem-
plation, which will necessarily be built
sooner or later, and some of them before
another winter.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-12-24
Two Com ts YIsihle.

There are at present two telescope
comets visible in the heavens. The ele-
ments of neither have as yet been COM
puted, and consequently their orbits can
not be determined, but it is known that
the "Paris Comet" as it is termed, was
discovered in the first degree Of the sign
Aries, in Oh. Som. o. BE-, in right ascen-
sion, or 8 deg. AIM. Of the sign Aries.
1t is increasing in right ascension at the
rate of 2m. 2Ss., and will most probably
become visible to the unasslsted eve as il
advances. The other comet was discov.
cred by Prof. Barnard, Of Nashville,
Tenn, and is announced as being in the
constellation Taurus, with right ascen-
sion Al. 21m. 57s. When this right as
censlon is referred to the Zodiac it is
found to be Oh. 21m. SIS. in the sign
Gemini, or . deg. 29m. of that sign.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-12-24
THE NEWS IN THE CITY.
GOSSIP FROM THE STREET AND
SIDEWALK.

Dashes Here and There by the News
Reporters - Yesterdays Happenings
Told in Brief ParsEraphs-Piokings at
Police Headquarters.
Haupt Lodge of Odd Fellows will hold
its regular meeting tonight.
Six arrests were reported at the police
barracks up to II o'clock last night.
Teutonia Lodge, K. OF p, nominated
officers last night, and will hold an cleo
ton at its next regular meeting.
Zerubbabel Lodge, +. a. NJ, will hold
Its annual communication tonight, ana
VIII elect officers for the ensuing year.
The Cotton Exchange and Board Of
Trade will close tonight for Christmas
and will remain closed until next Mon
day.
The Savannah branch OF the Catholic
knights OF America will hold its annual
meeting tonight, and will elect officers
for next year.
At the rattle of the pictures and mock
ing bird, at Fernandez's cigar store last
night, Mr.. ID. p. MyersOn threw highest,
and Mrs. Kate Power lowest.
There will be early service at Christ
church tomorrow Christmas morning
al 5 O'Clock. to which all are invited.
There will be fine music by the choir.
The case OF Peter Walker, who shot at
Policeman John Prendi5le on Monday,
was brought up in the Mayors court
yesterday, and again continued until
to-day.
LePrevost's famous mass in A will be
sung at the midnight services at the
Cathedral tonight. The choir will be
accompanied by a full orchestra, and viii
be directed by Prof. Leo w. Mehrtens.
The police made their first arrest last
night Tor violation of the fireworks Ordi-
nance. The boys are getting in their
work in good earnest, and tonight the
streets ana squares south Of Liberty
street will be ablaze with bOnfres.
Naval stores are again on a boom. Dur
ing the past two DAYS spirits turpentine
have advanced 1c. and rOslns have risen
81 per barrel. The stock Of resins on this
market is the largest ever known, and the
very high prices are attributable, it is
thought, to speculation.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-12-24
MAKING UP THE BUDGET.
THE CITNrs ESTIMATED ~
PENsEs FOR NEXT YEAR.

The Amount Likely to Exceed Last
Years Budget by Several Thousand
Dollars-Contempla - Municipal Inn
provements-Bigh License for saloons
Matter that il Receiving Considera-
Bile attention.
The City Council remained in session
until late hour again last might discuss
ing the budget for 1886 IL is understood
that with all OF the figuring that can be
done the estimate Of expenses for running
The city during toe coming year cannot
be brought down 10 the figures for loS5.
The budget this year was $4,000. For
next year it is feared that it viii be
greater by several thousand dollars. 1t
is true that by reason Of improvements Of
property the assessable basis is increased,
but the taxable improvements will not
exceed 100000.
The assessed valuation Of property is
expected to he under SIS. 900. 600. perhaps
100000 less. Tins wear the TAX on real
estate was 2ls per cent, which the dis
count on prompt payment reduced to
little more than 9-I0 per cent.
Among the improvements made this
year several are exempt from taxation.
rs the Telfair Academy annex, Ielfair
Hospital aud the Guards Arm0ry. The
Southern Bank and some other important
Improvements are not yet finished, and
cannot. therefore, be included in the
estimate
To start the budget there is $4,000 in
torest 10 be provided for, and S3l, coo for
the sinking fund. These two items
alone, with the fifty odd thousand
for the Police Department, take
balf Of the money TO be raised. The sala-
Ties of city officials, the maintenance OF
1he fire department and the uniforms Of
the fremen and policemen make about
$4,000 more. This year there were few
dtems Of expense which Will not recur.
canal in two places cost $500. and be-
tween 5000 and 81 600 were expended in
opening streets in Yamacraw.
Nearly all OF the old 7 per cent city
bonds have been retired, and the city has
been buying up large blocks Of the bonds
while they were below par. At the be-
ginning Of 1885 the bonded debt OF Savan-
nah was S3,Sl5,0 GOO. In the last twelve
months it has been reduced $4,000. The
drummers will no longer bear a share of
1he clty's taxes.
High license for saloons is being agi-
tated, and the argument is advanced that
Increasing the license will increase the
Income from that source. Aldermen are
very reticent about the forthcoming
budget, and when approached in regard
TO it they have very little TO say,
Several municipal Improvements have
been'discussed, and it is supposed that
the total estimate Of the amount to be
raised will include an item for some OF
these Improvements.