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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-05-30
THE sEvENTEEN-YEAR LoCUsTs.
They Make Their Appearance Near Balti
nsore-How the Eggs Are Laid.


They Make Their Appearance Near Balti-
iaore-How the Eggs Are Laid.
Washington Special.
The long expected seventeen-year locusts have
put in an appearance in various parts of Mary
land, near this city and about Baltimore Several
days ago the holes in the ground where they
came out were seen, but the insects were not OBJ
served. Now the locusts in large numbers are
climbing the trees, and their sloLghs or shells
may be seen sticking to the trunks and branches.
Though the locusts are about in quantities, they
have not yet commenced their peculiar song
The seem little tender yet They make
flights, but it is comparatively a feeble effort
as yet. An immense number of ant hills
have been observed this season, and it is
judged from their appearance at this time that
they are the enemies of the locusts.s When the
locusts first issue from the ground and are soft
an army of ants will attack them, and birds of
various kinds prey on them, and fowls of all
kinds thrive on them. The locust is harmless
but persons before handling it should be sure
that the digger wasp or "stizzus grands" is not
hung to the insect 1t is this wasp that in locust
years causes so many deaths that are credited to
the locust This large wasp, about the size Of a
locust, comes with each return of the seventeen
year locusts to prey on them. The sting of the
wasp causes death frequently in two hours In
a short time the female locusts will commence
laying their eggs in the young branches of the
trees selecting those less than an inch in diam
eter. From the points of puncture the limbs die
out to the tips and hanging from the trees through
the season present a peculiar appearance that
calls the attention of all to the fact that it is
locust year.
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FIRST ASSISTANT HAY,
Criticism of His Outspoken Ideas as to
Offensive Partisanship.

Criticism of His Outspoken Ideas as to
Offensive Partisanship.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, May 29.-Malcolm Hay the
First Assistant Postmaster general, has been
more or less criticised for his outspoken ideas on
offensive partisanship. Mr.. Hay has come back
from South Carolina with all the indications of
i'll health upon his counrenance. He has upon
his desk more work than any other official of
the government ever had before at any one time
He is simply deluged with work, and to care
fully hunt for the fnely-drawn offensive parti-
sanship lines, as laid down by Mr. Villas, would
be almost an impossibility. Mr.. Hay will there
fore require only that postmaster shall be con
victed of having allowed loafer to enter his
Office If this can be proved, even by the
assertion of any rNnonsible Democrat, that
postmaster will 60. Mr.. Hay has given it to be
understood that New York and Pennsylvania
postmasters will be driven out by the thousands
within the next month. The indications are
that as soon as Virginia matters are settled the
rest of the United States will be swept, and that
before October not a Republican fourth. class
postmaster will be left in the country
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CLEVELAND AND BAYARD.

Renewal of the Rumor of a Quarrel Between
the President and the Secretary.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON May 29.-The story is revived
that Mr.. Bayard and the President have had a
falling-out again, ani that Bayard will shortly
resign his seat in the Cabinet OF course, this
is only one of the Cabinet rumors which fill up
the long dull sessions in every administration
Mr.. Bayard emphatically denies that he has had
any falling out with the President, or
that he has the slightest intention of re-
signing but Mr.. Bayard's position gives him
the right to deny the truth. 1t has got to be
an axiom in politics that a member of the diplo-
matte corps or an official Of the State Depart
ment, may ''lie like horse thief and not be
held accountable for it. Mr.. Bayards relations
with the President have not been as friendly as
the gentleman interested would like to have it
appear. Thefearful blupders Of Secretary Bayard,
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DESIGNS FOR BANK-NOTEs.
Probability that a Change May Be Made In
tho Greenbacks and Bank-Notes.

Probability that a Change May Be Made in
tho Greenbacks and Bank-Notes.
Washington Special.
1t is not impossible that Secretary Manning
may decide upon change of design in the
Treasury and national bank currency. The
statement was made few days ago that the
adoption of new notes rested with Treasurer
Jordan, and that his decision would settle the
matter. This is not So The present Treasurer,
it is true. favors designs different from those in
use now, but change, if determined upon, must
be sanctioned and ordered by the Secretary Of
the Treasury. 1t must be conceded that there
is much room for improvement in the general
design of the paper money now in circulation.
Artisticaly it has deteriorated from that printed
say twenty and twenty five years ago. The
revival of the artfeelng so powerfully aided by
the Philadelphia exhibition of 1876 seems to
have left no impress upon the men en-
ployed in the Bureau OF Engraving and
Printing. Take, for instance" said Mr.
Jordan to-day ''the So note now in
use and compare it with this 800 bill printed in
1861. The difference is striking. have rarely
seen less attractive design than this" pointing
to the back of So note. 'As for the ST. and 81
notes, said Cashier Whelpley, who had stepped
into the room as Mr. Jordan was speaking, they
areas far the design is commemorative
ugliest the government ever issued" The edesjgns
by the way, bills and Treasury notes are
nearly all furnished to the Bureau of Engraving
and Printing, by Frenchman one Prudhomme
who, Notwithstanding his advanced age-he is
over eighty fireworks daily at the bureau, his
eyesight as perfect almost as on the day that he
first began work as designer. He and his fellow
designers of whom there are eight, are paid at
the rate of $8 70 day, sum, it will be admitted
which leaves the production of really superior
work Of artistic merit out of the question. AS
far as the paper on which the notes are printed
is concerned, it seems settled that there will be
change The silk fibre which was a distin-
gushing feature of the greenbacks, is to be
abandoned as not furnishing enough protection
against alteration and counterfeiting 1t was
thought desirable at time to adopt paper
similar to that used in printing the Bank of
England notes These bear, it will be remem-
bered, very elaborate water mark. In fact,
this forms the only security which they have
against ready counterfeiting. But it has been
initiated, and successfully, too, Treasury officials
inform me- water mark is not sufficient
safeguard, in their opinion. 1t slightly impairs
moreover, the strength of the paper and with it,
of course, the durability of the note The re-
suit of the discussions now going on among the
members of the commission appointed to invest-
gate the subject will be recommendation, it is
thought, TO change the design of the notes
banks notes, national currency and silver GER
tificateS included
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THE BOOKS BALANCE.
Hendricks's Prophecy of Republican Crook
edness Not Verified.

Hendricks's Prophecy of Republican Crook
edness Not Verified.
Washington Special
1t is expected that the committee engaged in
counting the money and securities finished and
unfinished at the Bureau of Engraving and
Printing will finish its work tomorrow. Every
thing has been found to tally as perfectly as did
the millions in the Treasury vaults. Every
dollar and every sheet of the paper that is so
carefully guarded, has been found in its proper
place 1t is quite possible that not a few Demo
cratic citizens of this country, deceived by the
turgid harangues of Mr.. Hendricks and other "of-
fensively partisan" campaign orators, have really
believed that the Treasury Department was as
corrupt as Babylon of DID, full of dark and mys-
terious denominations, which would all be brought
to light when the books should be scanned by the
sharp eyes of Democratic officials Ever since
the count oegan these people have been sitting
with ears agog, listening for the crack of doom.
It may well be imagined that feeling of disap-
pointment pervades the Democratic heart be-
cause there was nothing found to yell over
Certainly no higher compliment could be paid to
the honesty and efficiency of the Republican ad-
minstration than is contained in the mere fact
that after twenty four years of power, during
which billions upon billions of dollars have
flowed in and out through all the devious chan
nels of business, the cash is found to balance
even to the uttermost farthing.
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MINOR TOPICS.
Senator Voorhees, May Have Spoken in q
Purely Pickwickian Sense.

Senator Voorhees, May Have Spoken in a
Purely Pickwickian Sense.
Washington Special.
A Washington correspondent of a New York
paper quotes Senator Voorhees, this morning as
saying that the President had told him that
every Republican had to go as he could find good
Democrats to take their places. The result
of this paragraph was an earnest desire upon
the part Of hundred or more newspaper
correspondents to-day to see the manly form
of the Tall Sycamore, so that he could have
the opportunity of denying the item. SEN
ator Voorhees,. however, did not show up, and
there considerable speculation as to his
whereabouts The general belief among the
friends of the Indiana senator was that he never
made any such statement. Ee might have
said and doubtless did say. that the President
intended to remove all prominent Republicans
from office as soon as he could find good men to
M their places, for this the President is most
likely to do; but it is hardly probable that the
President would tell Senator Voorhees,, or
anybody else, that he intended to remove every
Republican from Office; and it is still more un-
likely that, if he did impart such informa-
tion, Senator Voorhees, would publish it TO the
world
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The Whole Question Settled in an Entirely
Satisfactory Manner.

The Whole Question Settled in an Entirely
Satisfactory Manner.
LONDON, May 29.-The Daily News announces
this morning, on the highest authority, that
Russia's reply to Englands counter-proposals
was received here yesterday. This reply, it says,
involves the acceptance of the proposals, and
practically settles, in a satisfactory manner, the
whole question of the Afghan boundary. Both
Maruchak and Zulfcar remain in the possession
of the Ameer. The main features of the work
of delimitation have finally been fixed, ard the
boundary commission will settle the details.
The negotiations have been conducted in most
friendly spirit on both sides.
The Daily News, in an editorial, says: 'Mr.
Gladstone has crowned his illustrious career by
again rendering the country signal service.
We must not forget, now that peace is secured.
how near came to a war; such as this genera
ton has not seen. The task required combi-
nation of the highest qualities which go to make
up the complex gift of craftsmanship"
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China's Offer to Mosby.
Washington Special.

II was offered by Lii Hung Chang, the Bis
marck of China, the command Of the Chinese
army" writes Consul John S. Mosby from Hong
Kong to friend in Alexandria, with the lib
erty of employing as officers 300 ex-confederates.
declined, but have kept it profound secret
be Dugald Dalgetty-a mere mercenary SOL
dier of fortune. could not fight for money or
had been made public during the contest that
China had made this offer to me, it would have
discredited her. and been regarded as confes-
sion of weakness. AS they had paid me this
high compliment which I could not accept,
would not do anything to injure them. There
was certainly millions in it. I might have
played the part of Tamerlane or Genghis Khan,
or founded greater empire than that of the
Mogul's"
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DEADLY DELIRIUM.
A Drunken Father Induces His Son to Shoot
at Tumbler on His Head.

ORANGE Mass May 29-Gilbert L. Prentiss
and his son, w. H. Prentiss, have both been
wei known in Orange for many years. Both
were farmers, and the old man would have been
wei!-todo had it not been for his passion for
drink, in consequence of which he has squan-
dered most of his property. His son inherited
his fathers taste for liquor and for years both
of them have INDUCED in their excesses. AT
o'clock this morning they were sitting in the
kitchen Of the old mans house, at loss for a
new means of drunken amusement. Suddenly
an insane idea possessed the old mans rum-sod-
den brain. double barreled shotgun, loaded,
stood in the corner of the room. Staggering to-
ward It the old man picked it up cooked it and
with chuckle handed it to his son. Then po;s-
ing himself in tipsy merriment so drunk that he
could hardly stand upright, he placed a common
glass tumbler on his head.
There, boy; now shoot he said, in thick
muddled tones; III be William Tell, and you
shoot the apple from my head"
Drunk as he was, the young man hesitated to
obey his fathers insane command. His delay
angered the old man almost beyond endurance
''Shoot, shoot! tell you!" he shouted angrily,
and his son delayed no longer. Raising the gun
with difficulty to his shoulder, and taking un-
steady aim, he fired. The result need hardly be
told Tie scattering shot knocked the tumbler
from its place. and it rolled upon the floor; but
when the smoke cleared away the son was al
most sobered by the sight of what he had done.
Almost at his feet lay his father, dead upon the
floor, with g. frightful wound, from which the
blood was flowing, in his head.
The noise of the shooting attracted the atten-
ton of the neighbors, who hurried to the spot
The father was beyond medical aid. The son
knelt by the side of the dead body, still under
the effect of the liquor, but sober enough to
know that something terrible had happened His
grief, when he came to himself in the police
station, was something fearful to witness.
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whose place of business is directly opposite the
Treasury. The florist demurred, but the flowers
were cut and arranged and would be dead loss
if not used so he pocketed the paper and took
ths flowers to the President, bearing the card
and compliments of Mr.. g. L. Read.
Showing the supposed check to friend, it was
discovered that it was a note drawn at ten days
When the time had expired and it was taken to
the bank, it was found that the gentleman who
had drawn it was non est His address had been
given as the Riggs House; but inspection of the
books shows it was false address. Whether
the flowers and card accomplished their purpose
at the White House is not known, but there is a
very mad man of flowers looking for an Ohio
man named Read.
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DenDy'S appointment due TO McDOnald.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, May 29-Colonel DENLY, of
Evansville, Ind, who was to-day appointed
minister to China, owes his appointment di-
rectly to the good Offices of ex-senator McDon-
aid, who, during his recent call upon the Presi-
dent. took occasion to extol the virtues of Mr..
DENLY and to urge his appointment. The Pres
ident is reported to have replied that he thought
Indiana already had her share Of diplomatic po-
sitions, but that he would consider the app,ica-
ton. "Uncle Joe" called again to-day and
within an hour after the appointment was made.
For several weeks the President has been try
ing to make this appointment to suit the people
of the Pacific coast, and to do this desired to
select conservative man from California; but
there was no name upon which the Democrats
of that State would unite. A large number of
them would under no circumstances listen to
the appointment of any one opposed to the anti
pigtal law, and the only alternative was to
run the risk of another bad appointment
or to come East for Chinese minister The
latter course, after several recent experiences
with Mr. Bayard's appointments, proved the most
inviting. Mr.. DENLY was Endorsed by ex- SEN
ator Mcdonald, Senator Voorhees, Governor
Gray, and all the leading Democrats of the State
General Gresham said recently to Mr.. Bayard
that Mr.. DENLY was the best lawyer in the State.
He has never held Office, and has shown little
interest in politics In person he is said to be
six feet tall, handsome. and of good personal ad-
dress. He is a son-in-law of ex-senator Fitch,
and neighbor and old friend of Mr. Foster, our
minister to Spain. Every one speaks we'll of
the appointment The only criticism heard is
that Colonel DENLY resigned his commission in
the army as soon as Lincoln's Emancipation
Proclamation was issued
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The Crop of Icebergs.

WASHINGTON, May 29.-According to the
records of the photographic office, the amount
of ice and the number of bergs which have ap-
peared in the direct path of European steamers
within month, is unprecedented. The forth
coming monthly report will show a statement of
the number of vessels injured by collisions with
icehergs during the month, so far as heard from
has not appeared south of parallel Al. The region
infested by ice very closely predicted in the
publication of the photographic Office a month
ago. and the safe route marked just south and
east of the limits mentioned
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Promotions in the Treasury.

WASHINGTON, May 29.-The President today
appointed James w. Whelpley, of New York,
to be Assistant Treasurer of the United States.
Mr.. Whelpley at present holds the Office of
cashier. His promotion will cause other pro-
motions, as follows: II. A. Whitney, assistant
cashier, to be CASHIER Edward r. True, teller
to be assistant cashier. and j. F. Melin, chief
clerk, to be teller Mr.. Valentine p Snyder, of
New York, who is at present acting as private
secretary to Secretary Manning, will be ap-
pointed chief clerk of the Trusurer's Office The
above changes all take effect on the 1st proximo.
Since Secretary Manning assumed charge of
the Treasury Department sixty clerkships, av-
eraging from 5000 to s., 100, have become vacant
With one exception the Offices are all within the
civil service classification The Secretary has
decided not to fill any of the vacancies in ques-
ton; on ada the ground that the interest of the
$66, 900 annually
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A FLORIST AT THE WHITE HOUSE

With an Elegant Bouquet on Which He
Couldn't Collect the Fixed Charges.
Washington Special
A good story is told at the expense of we'll
known flower dealer here A well-dressed and
fnelooking gentleman, who appeared to have
the entire interests of the Democratic party of
Ohio on his shoulders, and was working the
White House for all that 1t was worth, called on
the flower man about two weeks ago, and ordered
a splendid basket of flowers. They were to be
the handsomest that could be got and were pre-
pared with all the skill of the experienced florist
When the basket was shown the gentleman he
was delighted, and did not growl when the bill
of $l6. 80 was presented He did not have
the change with him at the moment,
and gave the florist what the latter
thought was check on Jacob Rich, banker,
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No Conference of Politicians.

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WASHINGTON, May 29-The President will
leave Washington for New York this evening,
accompanied by Secretaries Endicott, Whitney
and Lamar, and Postmaster general Villas. He
will be the guest of Secretary Whitney, and it is
stated, goes only for the purpose of being present
at the Decoration Day ceremonies, 1t is denied
that any conference of politicians will be held,
and it is stated that the President will decline
all invitations and will request to be excused to
callers, in order that he may get some rest and
rhysiciai benefit from the trip.
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ENGLAND AND GERMANY.
Belief that Trouble Will Result from African
Complications.

Complications.
LONDON, May 29.--There is growing belief
that troubles are brewing for Germany and Eng
land respecting Zanzibar, and probably, also, in
regard to St Lucia bay, further south on the
eastern coast of Africa. The complications in
the former place have been caused by the ex-
cessive zeal of agents of the German East AT
rican Company, who are said to have encroached
upon Zanzibar territory in the anxiety to secure
available trading posts. BY this means it is
said they have diverted large quantities of
ivory, gum copal, indiarubber, seeds, etc.,
which formerly came from the interior to Zan-
zibar and Pemba causing great loss and annoy
ance to the native and Indian traders,
through whose hands the traffic formerly
passed. The latter appealed to the Sultan
of Zanzibar, Sayyid Burkhash Bin Saeed,
who addressed protest on the subject to Ger
many England, and other European powers.
The enroachments continued, however, and the
Sultan made reprsals by sending three hundred
of his troops, under General Matthews, to seize
the company's chief trading post The capture
was peacefully effected but the company sent
an urgent demand upon the German government
for force to compel the restitution of their
property, which they claim to own under valid
treaties with various native chiefs. This has
resulted in an order for German squadron.
under command of Admiral Knorr to proceed
the Zanzibar coast and investigate the subject.
The Sultan is uneasy over this naval demonstra-
ton which is to be made upon his coast,
and has warned England that he may
possibly be compelled at any moment
to demand the fulfillment of the treaty obiga-
tions assumed by Great Britain when she as
sumed protectorate over Zanzibar The
trouble in regard to st. Lucia bay is with the
government of the Transvaal Republic. The
territory in question is in eZululand, on the
southeast coast of Africa, at the mouth of the
Umvoloz river. Earl Derby, the Secretary of
State for the colonies, day received dispatch
from the Transvaal government, claiming this
territory on the ground that it was ceded by the
Zulu King Papda to the Beers in l840 A Ger
man trading company makes similar claim to
the country on the strength of recent treaties
with Zulu chiefs. 1t is doubtful if England will
be willing to renounce her recent annexation of
the coast, but it is probable that both matters
will be settled shortly, as Lord Rosebery is ex-
pec.ed TO arrive here tomorrow bearing Prince
Bismarck's views upon the subject
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General and Personal.

WAsH1NGToN, May 29.-B. F. Louthain, edi
tor of the Legansport Pharos, is in the city. Mr..
Louthain Is a candidate for the Logansport post
Office. The present incumbent has been recon-
mended for removal, and he will undoubtedly
have to step down. Mr.. Louthain comes well
indorsed, and it is believed he will secure the
appointments
1t is estimated that the debt statement for the
month Of May, to be issued on Monday, will
show a reduction of about s., ,000, 900.
All the government and district Offices and
banks will be closed tomorrow. There will be
memorial service at the cemeteries.