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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-13
A ThieFs Confession.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
EVANSVILLE, March 12.-Some time ago the
police arrested Charles Peetz and John Kelly,
charged with stealing goods from the scene of
the big fire on Main street. 1t was developed
that they were the perpetrators of numerous
petty thefts in the city. but search failed to dis
cover any of the plumber. Kelly was yester-
day convicted of grand larceny. and sentenced to
the penltentiary. To-day he created sensation
by coming into court and making clean breast
of the matter. telling where the plumber was To-
caCeu, and also that he and Pan4~- Il----sk
persons guilty. The latter has heretofore had
chances Of acquittal, but the prospects are now
that he will be convicted.
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LAMAR IN 1868.


Chosen by the Rebels to Represent Their In
terests at st. Petersburg.
The following correspondence explains ITSELF
and may account for the transfer of Mr. Lamar
from the Senate to a bureau in President Cleve-
lands Cabinet:
LEGATION OF THE UNITED STATES.
'ST. PETERSBURG, March 3, 1868.
sSir-I have just succeeded in intercepting the
accompanying dispatch from j. z. Benjamin,
who claims to be Secretary of State of the So
called confederate government, at Richmond, to
L. @. c. Lamar, who appears to have been chosen
by the leaders of the Southern instruction to
advocate its pretentions at this court The dis
patch, you will observe, is an unusually fine
,Decimen of the speciouS reasonngs of the in
lrgents 1t instructs the said Lamar not to
ermit the introduction of clause prohibiting
e African slave trade in any treaty of amity and
ommerce which the Confederate States shall
iake after Russia has recognized their indie
.,endence because the treaty making power of
said States is not authorized to deal with the
subject 1t is classed among those powers which
the said States without delegationg them to
the general government, have thought proper to
exercise by direct agreement among them
sevesl
1T is curious illustration of the combat Of
the powers of light and darkness for the pos
session of the world that, this Sd day of
March, 1868, the day of jubilee, on which TWEEN
ty millions of serfs become free forever, for
ward to you an insidious document in the inter
est of human bondage!
II have the honor to be, with the highest re-
spect, your obedent servant
"BAYARD TAYLOR, Charge d'Affaires
Hon. William III. Seward, Secretary of State.
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Civil Service in the Cabinet,

Washington Special.
The worst callers, the Cabinet are agreed, are
the senators and members They never come
unless thar want offices and they not ai--s,r
modest in their manner or demands. They go
from Office to office in groups, carrying little
bundles of petitions and applications. sit is
just like New Years. said one Southern Sena-
tor. 1--WE make the rounds in small mobs. y
Mr.. Creecy, who was to be made appointment
clerk of the Treasury, and who in his exuber-
ance gave it away to the afternoon papers, will
not be the appointment clerk. That place was
given to Eugene Higgins, of Baltimore, one of
Senator Germans ward workers. 1t is believed
that, with Mr.. Manning at the head of the de-
partment and Senator Germans henchman in
charge of the appointment Office, the Treasury
Department will be in position to wage de-
vastating war against the spoils system.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-13
FOREIGN MISCELLANY.

Action Of the Reichstag in Reference to Lines
of Subsidized Steamers.
BERLIN, March 12.-The Reichstag to-day de
bated the steamship subsidy BILL and adopted
proposals that steamers of the subsidized lines
touch at Belgian or Dutch ports and that in the
extension of the Alexandria and Brindisi line
to Trieste the new steamers be built in
German dock-yards only. Bismarck, in assent
ing to the latter condition, remarked that il
woulu not be necessary TO omplOy steamers ex
clusively. Bismarck's proposal to empower the
government to inspect the books OF the sub
sidized lines was rejected.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-13
Poisoned by a Disreputable Girl.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
COLUMBUS, March 12.-Yesterday afternoon
an old German named Henry Brehm died in
this city with all the symptoms of poison. He
lived alone and was not discovered until near
gone, but he stated just before death that he
had been poisoned by girl named Ollie Rogers.
Miss Rogers is a girl of easy virtue who has
sometimes made her home with Brehm and is
now missing. A coroners inquest developed the
above facts, and the stomach of the deceased
will be subjected to chemical analysis
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-13
Ex-Secretary Frelinghuysen Sick.

Washington Special
1t was noticed that yesterday, when ex-Secre-
rotary Frelinghuysen rode up the avenue in a
close coupe, in company with ex-President Ar
thur, Mr.. Frelinghuysen's head was resting
heavily upon his shoulder. He appeared to be
sleeping. To-day he was taken to his home at
New Brunswick by Especial car, and the cause as
signed was a slight indisposition. 1t is feared
that Mr.. Frelinghuysens illness is of a more
serious character 1t is known that he was
under q severe mental strain, pending the con-
sideration of the treaties in the Senate and that
he had set his heart upon the adoption of the
commercial policy which they present.
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able that Roseberry is in Canada long before
this. The loss by his forgery will fall entirely
upon State Auditor Rice.
ILLINOIS.
Both Parties Vote I'm the joint Session, but
No Result Is Reached.

Both Parties Vote I'm the Joint Session, but
No Result Is Reached.
SPRINGFIELD. March 12.-In the joint conven-
ton both parties voted Morrison received
ninety -nine and Logan ninety-nine Mcmillan
(Republican) voted for Nelson E. Blake, of Chi
cago; Mulheran tDemocrat) voted for Ward; Sit
tig Republican, voted for Washburne, and
Streeter (Democrat) voted for Black. The Sec
ond ballot was the same, except that Haines de-
clined to vote, and Morrison received one less.
On the third ballot Mcmillan voted for Logan,
thus making the vote of Logan 100; Morrison,
3d. Black, l. Washbnrne, i; Ward, 1-Haines
not voting The fourth ballot was the same as
the third, except that Haines increased Morri-
sons vote. The fifth ballot was the same. On
the sixt ballot Mcmillan changed to Blake, the
others voted as before, and there was no cleo
ton. The convention then adjourned.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-13
Lawlessness in Indian Territory.

FORT SMITH, Ark, March by the arrival
of deputy marshals here, to-day, from the In
dian Territory, two bloody tragedies of recent
occurrence are brought to light About three
weeks ago John NJ. Oliver, prosperous white
man, living near Stonewall, in the Chickasaw
Nation, sent to a neighbor named Crockett for
some hay Crockett refused to send the hay I'M
til Oliver paid a small debt owing him. A few
days later Crockett, while passing divers house,
was shot and killed by Oliver. Several deputy
marshals in the neighborhood pursued Oliver
and attempted to arrest him. He resisted with
Winchester rife and a pistol, and made des-
perate fight but finally. after being wounded
four times a bullet struck him in the mouth,
killing him instantly
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-13
The indianapolis Postoffice.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON March l2--Therei is no change
in the scramble for the indianapolis postofice.
1t is understood that Mr.. Bynum has strongly
recommended the appointment of Mr.. Creelman,
and that Dir. Hendricks has Endorsed Aquilla
Jones. An Indianian says that the Postmaster
general will probably refer the matter back to
Messrs. Bynum and Hendricks, and insist upon
their coming to mutual understanding and
recommending one man.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-13
Prize-Fieht at Columbus. O.

COLUMBUS, o.. March 1l.-Fifteen hundred
people witnessed soft-glove contest at the City
Hall, this evening, between Bob Farrell, of New
York, and Tom Hammond of England. Farrell
was declared the winner the third round
Hammond being groggy and refusing to come to
time. The excitement was great at the close,
part of the audience rushing the stage, anG
the police having difficulty in restoring order and
protecting the contestants. In the second round
Hammond was forced down in his corner, and in
the third went down twice. the last time refus-
i~e a. -e~pena. FarrelTs success is attributed
to hic s..AI Gt-l>&.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-13
Trades-UnIons and Base Ban.

NEW YORK, March 12.-There has been gen.
eral dissatisfaction in base ball circles at the
action of the National League in refusing to re-
instate the black-listed players The matter has
been discussed by several of the trades unions,
and some interesting developments are expected.
1t is the prevailing opinion among these societies
that the players are workingmen kept out of en-
ployment by body of capitalists. The only
offense brought against the men is that they left
one employer to go to another because the latter
offered them higher wages than they were get
ting The unions consider the players should
be protected by the knights of Labor
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-13
The Feeding Ground for German Princes.

Feeding-GrOund TrlnC6Es
London Letter.
Apropos of the opposition of the English Radi-
calls to pensoning Battenberg or any more Ger
man prince paupers out of the British tax
payers pockets, Paris paper recalls the episode
of the Countess Of Kielmansegge, one of King
George rs mistresses On being mobbed in the
streets of London at the time of the South sea
riots, she thrust her head out of the carriage
window, and shouted in broken English:
''Mein goot peoples, l come for all your
goods"
lishman in the crowd, sit is not only for our
goods but our chattels as we'll"
1t seems to be the same way still.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-13
The Talbott Embezzloment.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
EVANSVILLE. March 12.-Nothing more was
developed in the Talbot embezzlement case to-
day, beyond Talbotts statement of the case He
says no demand was ever made on him by the
railroad company or the trust company, although
he has been out Of their employ for six months
1t also seems strange, in view Of the system Of
checking sales Of tickets, in use by railroad
companies, that this enormous deficit has only
been discovered now. Talbotts preliminary
trial takes place to morrow.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-13

Troy, Tenn, March l2.-Three negroes
named Ambrose Young, Charles Latham and
Frank Freeman, were arrested yesterday,
charged with being implicated in murder at
Montgomery, near the State line, last December,
and while under guard at Union City, last night,
mob of hundred men overpowered the
guards, took the prisoners and hanged them just
outside the city. Their lifeess corpses were
found this morning, suspended from tree
Union City is greatly excited over the matter.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-13
Death of the Cleveland Herald.

CLEVELAND, March 12-The Cleveland
Herald goes out of existence tomorrow. G. I'll.
Bulkeley, as agent for the Cleveland Leader and
the Cleveland Plain Dealer, closed the bargain
to day. The Plain Dealer buys all the presses,
type and mechanical features of the Herald
The Plain Dealer people will move into the Herald
building Immediately and issue a Democratic
morning daily. The absorption of the Herald
closes out the oldest Republican newspaper not
onlysin Cleveland but in northern Ohio. 1t was
founded in 1879
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-13
Meeting of the Cabinet.

WASHINGTON, March 12--The President has
made change in the days Of holding Cabinet
meetings, so that hereafter they will be held on
Tuesdays and Thursdays of each week, instead
of Tuesdays and Fridays. The Cabinet met
to-day under this arrangement, and all the mem
bers were in attendance. 1t is understood the
session was devoted to considering the Oklahoma
situation and the general policy to be observed
by the administration in the matter of appoint
mentS
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-13
WHY America Got the Contract.

LONDON. March Pin the Commons, in re-
ply to complaints against the government for
giving an American firm the contract for pumps
for the Suakim- Berber railway, the Surveyor
General of Ordnance said he would be greatly
surprised if English makers would undertake
the work as quickly as the American firm had
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-13
General De Isles Recent Engagement.

Ueu6raI DG II ISI0'S IN6C6nC ENSHRemente
PARIS March 1O.-Further advices from Gen
eral Briere de rIsle relative to the Chinese de-
feat at Thuyenquan state that the Chinese
troops numbered 100000 They retired in the
direction of Thuyenquan. The enemy skillfully
laid number of immense mines, the explosion
of which frustrated the assault of the Algerian
sharpshooters The total loss of the French in
the two days fighting was 463, including mum
Der of officers
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-13
Obituary..

KANSAS City, March 12-An Olathe, Kan,
telegram, received here to-day, announces the
sudden death of Major j. nj. Haworth of Albu
Querque New Mexico, this morning Major
Haworth was superintendent OF all the Indian
schools under the government and was on tour
Of inspection at the time Of his death.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-13
A Mysterious Announcement.

ST.. LOUIS. March 1.-THE following base ball
notice appeared in this mornings Missouri Re-
publican, the significance of which is unknown,
but it is evidently Of interest to all ball players:
'All base ball players black-listed, expelled or
disqualified under the national agreement are
requested immediately to send their address to
the base ball editor of the Missouri Republican.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-13
Church Damaged by Fire.

WASHINGTON, March 1.-THE interior of ST.
Dominick's Catholic Church, the largest and
finest in the city, was entirely ruined by fire to-
day. Loss $4,000; insurance, So, 000
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amount lost by the railroads themselves through
this strike will exceed the amount they save by
the cut The amount lost by the general public
through the interruption of business does not ap-.
pear to have entered into the calculations Of the
railroads at all
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-13
Killed Inv a Premature R,ast.

WICHITA, Kan, March 12.-At point nine
| miles west of the cut on the extension of the
Fort Worth & Denver railroad Dan Downer
Pat Swan and Tom Mccoy. who were engaged
in blasting rock, were instantly killed by pre-
mature blast
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-13
National Union League.

New YORK, March l2-General J. S. Negley,
president of the National Union League, has
issued call for meeting of the national coun-
Gil at Philadelphia, on the 28th inst.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-13
Fireman Killed by Failing Walls,

PHILADELPHIA, March IA special from
Easton, Pa, says a disastrous fire broke out in
the broom factory of Fable & Singer, at Strouds-
burg, to-day. The building was entirely de-
stroyed and the Burnett House greatly damaged
Edward Caven, a fireman. was killed by the fall
ing of part of the Burnett House.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-13
AsphYxiated by Gas.

NEW YORK, March 12.-Charles Metty came
to this city from Toledo, on Wednesday night
and engaged room at the Cosmopolitan Hotel
He was found dead in bed to-day. The gas in
the room was turned full on, and all the win
dows closed. Metty intended to 60 to Europe by
steamer to-day
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-13

Mr.. J. FL. Brakely says carp culture is destined
to bring our native water-iiies into the promi-
nence to which their beauty and delicate odor
entitle them. They serve the double purpose of
feeding the carp and beautifying the home.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-13
MINOR MENTION.

and the Hazen Court AdjOurns.
WASHINGTON March 12-In the Hazen court.
Martial, today, the Judge advocate read to the
sourt the admission Of facts promised by the &C.
eused yesterday. The gist of the admission is
that, While he criticised the action of the Secre-
tary OF War with respect to the Greedy expedi-
Tion. and said if steam sealcr had been sent
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Canada's Offer Accepted.

OTTAWA, March 10.--The Governor-general
has received cablegram from the imperial
authorities accepting the offer of Canadian vol
unteers for services in the Soudan or elsewhere
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-13
Steamship News.

| New YORK, March 12.-Arrived: Rhyland,
from Antwerp
LONDON, March 12-Arrived: Werra, Gel
lert, Wesland, Alsatia. Polynesia, England, from
New York
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-13

Mirror and Farmer: IL lamb comes in a
cold night and gets chilled dip in pail of warm
water, and wrap in old wooden cloths till it
dries. This is the quickest way to warm any
thing that is bennmbed with cold, even chick
ems
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-13
A Dishonest school Commissioners

ROCHESTER,, N. Y, March 12.-Cbarles S.
Ellis a school commissioner and architect, has
been found guilty of charge of trying to bride
a member of the board of supervisors to vote for
plans designed by Ellis Bros. for proposed now
Jail
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-13

THAT true friend to all suffering with Colds
and Coughs, Dr. Cults Cough Syrup, will always
help and never disappoint you, as do other
cough remedies.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-13
They Don't Think of the Public.

St. Louis Post Dispatch.
IL the cut in wages is a very small one and at
fects but few men, as the railroad authorities
tell Us, there is good reason to fear that the !
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-13
Horsford,s ACID Phosnhata.
IN CONSTIPATION

IN CONSTIPATION
DIR. j. N. Robinson. Medina o.. says: 'In
cases of indigestion. constipation and nervous
prostration, its results are happy"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-13
Illness of President seeIeye,

SPRINGFIELD, Mass, March 12.-President
Seeleye, of Amherst College, is seriously i'll with
eryspelas in the head.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-13
GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS.


son by Ell Mahdis men, last night, the rebels, in
answering to the challenge of the picket, replied
friends" They then swarmed into the zereba,
overpowered the pckets and attacked the guards,
but hearing men landing from the gunooat Con-
dor, they decamped, carrying off with them all
their dead and wounded, except the body of
their leader, Abdal, who was Osman Dignas
standard bearer Six British guards we're killed
and seven wounded.
LATER-Heavy firing from Osman Dig
mas force continues this Thursday
evening The Sheiks and the East
Surrey regiment (mainly composed OF London
ers) are returning the fire.
At the time this dispatch is sent the bugles In
the British camp are sounding general alarm.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-13
Eel Mahdi Makes Trouble in a New Spot

VARNA, March I2-The Turkish authorities
of tho Arabian province of Hedjaz have seized
hundreds OF placards distributed by ennis
saries of Ell Mahdi at Jeddah, Dakah,
Sith, and other seaport towns opposite
the Soudan. The placards order the faithful to
organize and expel the Turks from Arabia,
promising that the Prophet will soon arrive at
Jeddah and lead his hosts to Mecca, where there
will be such displays in the sky as will leave no
doubt of his identity.
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Hard Lines for oface-seekers.

Washington Special to New York Tribune.
The new administration will have been in
power one week tomorrow, and only two ap-
pointnents have been made The Office seekers
are furious. If things are to go on in this way
either they will starve, or they will be compelled
" cork" their way home. Few of them came
on prepare" =, stay it out. Still fewer, prob
ably, had any notion -eoa-dine the cost of
laying a successful siege to the departments
what does all this coyneSS and reluctance on
the part of the President to surrender the Offices
Ineanp they ask themselves. 1T is not possible
that he will allow these new-fangled ideas about
reformed civil service to get the better of his
Judgment" Some of the more patient spoils-
men, who have still money enough in their peck
cts to reason, derive some comfort from the
thought that the President is withholding further
nominations because the Senate committees have
not yet been appointed and the names sent in
FOR confirmation cannot be referred to the proper
committees. Others try to quiet their misgiv-
ngs by perSuading themselves that the Presi-
Tent is not going to make appointments Of any
Importance without first submitting them to
lis Cabinet, and there have been only two
Meetings of that council so far, they fatter them
elves that all hope is not yet gone.
Burning the Bridge that Carried Him Over.
Washington Special.
Clevelands policy is delay In the first he ex-
poets to get rid of the clamoring crowd at the
capital by starving them out, and again he
wants time to look about so that he can get the
right men and put the patronage where it will do
the most good. In this he is but following the
naturally selfish instinct of the average politi
clan. 1t is all very fine for the citizen to gush
over the statesman and politician and ''whoop it
up for him. Your statesman and politician will
smile on you and tell you how much he regards
you, but when it comes to serving you he is not
quite so fresh" The trouble with the average
citizen is that he has not comprehended the full
import of the adage Soft words butter no pars
nips."
1t is truly amusing to the DISTINGUISHED to see
the far away look some of these statesmen as
sumo when asked for a partial return for years
of service in helping to elevate them to their
proud positions. 1t is said that friend of the
President was talking with him. tho 0thnr do. vu
she subieot of patronage, and all the while the
conversation was going on the knight of the
horseshoe intently gazing into vacancy
aud intently humming 1.-THE girl l left behind
me.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-10-10
alt Lake Ore Marke1
COPPER.

CNew York quotatons.)