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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-18

sheet after laid it on the table Sah and Coy wera
standing the table. Clerk McIain sitting up
above in a high seat.
Mr.. Duncan have not been here all the time. Is
there any evidence that anything in the first precinct
OF the Seventh ward was changed except the tally
Captain Ritter-Nothing else. The books were not
tarnpered with.
The second precinct of The Eighteenth ward
was then taken up. August Kellermeier was
the first witness called. He was clerk at the
election lie testified that there differ
ence between his tallies and those of the other
clerk on the election board at the end of the
count When all was completed, John Edwards,
inspector, took the pool-books and tally sheets.
He thought he put them all in the box Ed
wards is bill poster.
Question by Capt Ritter: If any changes have been
made in either of these tally-sheets {the one IN the
bag that before the canvassing board in the vote
Tor candidate for criminal judge, You may state what
the changes are, since they have left your hands,
Mr.. Duncan, for the conspirators, objected
very strongly to placing the two tally-sheets be-
fore the witness for comparison.
Commissioner Van Buren-The purpose of this In
yestlgation Is simply to get at the facts am not
bound by the most rigid rules of evidence It Is
simply for me to discover what has taken place.
Nothin the witness say by the comparison of the
two sheets can prejudice me way or the other.
can see myself what changes have been made. It is
merely as matter of record that the reporter may
get the matter properly on record and to save my
taking notes.
AFTER considerable criminal court buster the
examination proceeded. The witness showed
that on the sheet that was before the canvass
ing board an erasure had been made. Twins
vote of 116 had been changed to ITO, theft OF
six votes, and Ayres's vote of Isl had been ins
creased to 1885, one vote having been lost in the
change.
Joseph Kasberg testified that he was Judge
of election in the second precinct of the Egh-
teenth ward at the November election.
Question-You may state who wrote that entry in
the vote of Irwin for criminal judge upon that tally
sheet?
Answer-It looks partly like my hand. The words
one hundred mine. 1t looks like the word ten had
been put there.
Q-Who made that change in that entry7
Al don't know anything about it.
Q-Look at the entry in the poll-book for Albert f..
Ayres candidate for criminal Judge, and state id
whose handwriting the entries made in that easel
part of it is mine. The words one hundred and
eighty are mine and the other-the Skis not mine
Q-Whose is It'll
Al don't know.
The evidence of John Edwards inspector, was
chiefly remarkable for what he had forgotten or
didn't remember He could not even tell which
was his hand writing and which was not.
There was again an inquiry as to whether
Stephen Matter and Samuel E. Perkins were
present. They were not and no other witnesses
being then available. the court adjourned until
o'clock this morning.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-18
MORE MYERS.

Secretary of State Myers seems DESTROYS of
signalling his retirement from office by prov
ing himself unworthy of the trust of the peo-
ple He came in with the reputation of a
small politician, and evidently wishes to go
out with that of partisan trickster. What
Office is he in training for, or what reward is
he seeking from his party for dirty work too
willingly done9 Yesterday he attempted for
the second time in the Lieutenant
governors case to nullify the record before
the Supreme Court and to introduce a
false issue in that tribunal by "waiving"
issues over which he had no control The
Secretary Of State would evidently like to
sink his duty as public officer in his interest
as partisan. He forgets that the Secretary
of State of Indiana is an official whose exist
ence is recognized and whose duties are pre-
scribed by the Constitution and laws, while
Mr.. w. r. Myers is an individual in whom
the public has no interest, and whom the law
does not specifically reorganization, de mini
mis- lex non curat.
This is the record. The Constitution and
laws require the Secretary of State to per-
form certain duties in connection with the
vote for Acknowledgements. Mr.. A. G..
Smith, actingin the interest of certain Demo
cratic politicians, moves for an injunction to
restrain the Secretary of State from perform
ing his duty-a purely ministerial one, by
the way. The Circuit Court declines to take
jurisdiction of the case, holding that the
election of Acknowledgements is a
question whose settlement belongs to
the Legislature From this decision
Mr.. Smiths attorneys appeal to the
Supreme Court. In that tribunal the Secre-
tary of State, who ought to have no interest
in the case except to perform his duty, slips
in and makes two separate surreptitious at
tempts to eliminate the true issue Of the case
by waving" something because it valves
in the interest of a gang that is seeking to
vitiate popular election. Yesterday he was
baked by the prompt action of Attorney-gen-
eral Kitchener and the rebuke of the court.
What kind of practice is thsY Is there to be
no end to the trickery of the Democratic ring
sters9
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tinuance of

The Journal has gone burrowing through
the statutes and authorities, as the Commits
sioner did, to find something to justify the
ruling.-The Sentinel.
Well, we found it without much trouble.
Now will somebody please cite any law or de-
cision of any court giving defendant an in
alienable right to waive examination, or any
thing even intimating that magistrate is
bound to grant the right
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-18
A CONCLUSION THAT DOES NOT ooNcIuD


1t is an undisputed fact that American
workingmen receive higher wages than those
of any other country. This is admitted by
free traders. Secretary Manning in his last
annual report, said: "One proud fact attests
the substance of our prosperity; we pay to la
Dor the highest wages in the world" What
relation has this fact to the tariff question:
Any fair-minded man, approaching the ques-
ton with desire to investigate it on its mer-
its, would say the fact that American labor
receives the highest wages paid anywhere in
the world must be due to some controlling
policy in connection with the labor question.
The controlling policy of the government for
quite long term Of years has been protection
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-18
The Alleged Failure of winohe.ter.

CLEVELAND, Dec. 1.-THE statement that the fail.
ure of Charles Winchester, of Ashburnham, Mass.
was brought about by the failure Of Monroe Brothers
s. Co., of this city to meet their obligations il denied
hers. W. Il. Hays vicepresiden. of Monroe Brothers
& Co., said this morning: I'VE first heard of VIM
chesters alleged failure in the newspapers. We i'm
medately teegraphed Winchester, saying: 1T is RI.
rnored that you have failed. Is it soi' This morning
we received an answer saying: No; have written
Winchester did carry some of our paper bnt how
much l cannot say" Mr.. w, r. Monroe. senior
member of the firm. said: "Mr. Winches{er has a
great many irons in the fire. Beside the pine lands
he interested in silver mine; was director in
national bank at Ashburnham. and also owned cot.
ton mill there. If it is true that he has suspended
payment why suppose will go to To- wall, too.
He must have large assets and will doubtless be per.
mitted TO continue business Our liabilities-that is
those of Monroe Brothers g. Co--are only $50 600.
and our property is worth at least 5000. 900. Mr..
Winchester came into firm in 1888, when my
brother retired"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-18

If the newly incorporated American Ian
tern Company will be able to throw any light
on the dark places in the Democratic party,
the establishment of its business in this city
is an event to be greeted with enthusiasm.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-18
Other Failures.

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 17.--E c. Ely & Co., grocers.
522 Market street, unable TO meet their engage
ments. Liabilities probably $50, 00oi assets not yet
known 1t is thought that the creditors may let the
business 60
CLEVELAND O., Dec. 1.-THE assignee Of Coin,
Samplinsr & Co. wholesale notion dealers who faile{
thirty DAYS ago made his report to-day. The liabt
ties are $21S 900 and the assets $llO, 600. There
are ever 200 creditors.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-18

ALL of sudden Mr.. Samuel Elliott Perkins
is hard person to find. Yesterday he was
mon comeatibus," although he has been very
numerous about the investigation until the
other day, when the trap sprung suddenly.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-18

WE would prefer to wave the bloody
shirt for free and honest ballot than to
"waive" anything in favor of ballot thieves,
tally-sheet forgers, and the gang that are try
ing to steal the office of Acknowledgements
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-18
Manning on the Tariff.
Frank Leslie's Week

Trdnk LtBIIe " 6tKIy.
Mr.. Manning has dealt with the straw mate
rial question without the timidty, but with all
the scope and comprehensiveness. evnced by
Mr.. Toots when the member of Parliament
begged to know what we should do with our
raw materials when we found our gold going
abroad in exchange for the manufacted goods Of
our competitors in industry beyond the seasq"
Mr.. Toots did not know, but he thought he could
not be far astray in modestly suggesting:
Cook 'em. Sirlp
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-18
Not that Kind of a Man.

Boston Record.
There is wild story afoet that General Har-
rison will withdraw from the senatorial contest.
When Senator Harrison eaves field before be
is beaten old Tippecanone will rise from his
coffin to take his place.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-18

THE Sentinel has wonderfully keen in
stinct for the immemorial rights and time
honored prerogatives of men charged with
crime. Has justice no rights2
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-18

WHAT had Boss Coy and little Elliott Per-
kins to do with the tally-sheets? What did
they handle them for7 What right or au-
thogity had they with tally-sheets9
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-18

The Liquor League gang who attempted to
convert railroad into travelling Sunday sa-
loon, have been baffled in that scheme to vio-
late the law When will these men learn that
they must obey the lawY
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-18

The gang which is attempting to steal the
neutenant-goyernorship have very strong
nray Of criminal lawyers Their first
criminal practice-that of waiver-came to
grief in the Supreme Court yesterday.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-18

WAIVER seems to have become very pop
ular remedy in certain circles-a sort of uni
Fersal panaceax Perhaps it is desirable that
law and justice should not be waived out Of
existence
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-18

THE Apache war with the Apaches left out is
still being fought over in Washington. Unless
it comes to an end very soon, the tired public
will be ready to exclaim, 20 for an hour of Ger
onmo and his band!"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-18

The Republican majority in the Massachu-
sets Legislature is nearly one hundred, and
still the party in that State is not happy.
Some people never do know when they are
well off.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-18

THE waiver of examination is privilege
not right, and if for reasons of public policy
. magistrate choose to withhold the privilege
he may do so. Society has rights, as we'll as
criminals
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-18

Boss Coy and Commissioner Sahm were
brought within speaking distance of the al
tered taly-sheets Of the Seventeenth ward
restardav
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-18

WHEN sharp criminal practices invade the
Supreme Court it is time to understand that
the gang is ready to undertake any desperate
Yoaoerro
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-18
Some Moral influence Leo.

Philadelphia American.
A recent fashion item that 'draperies have
not entirely disappeared" may indicate some re-
straining influence possessed by the Western
clergy over the ballet.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-18
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

! A NEW settlement in Oregon is named Sage
/ Hen.
Observation-Disclosures is
| the name of Roscoe ID. IT, German society.
THE man who published book entitled s"The
Art of Living Hundred Years" is dead at the
| age of thirty eight.
THE Christmas time is coming on
| And folks begin to fret;
| 1t isn't what present COSTS
| But knowing what to get
ALICE OATES, the comic-opera singer, and
Tracy w. Titus her ex-husbard, are both sick
| and in pressing pecuniary want. In Philadel
phia.
THE resting place of John B. Cough. the
Cemetery, Worcester, Mass, has been marked
| by granite monument,
j. j. HILL, president of the ST. Paul. Min
neapolis g. Manitoba railroad, was once steam
| boat roustabout He is now millionaire and
| great power In the development Of the North
west.
| JAY COOKE, now sixty five years old. is de-
scribed as still an active worker and man of
| affairs. He has an office in Philadelphia d.
rectly over the banking house he conducted
| during the war.
| THE latest move in the fight for LISTS body
is made by the maestros executrix, the Princess
| Wittgenstein, who declares that his tomb
shall be in Rome, where she will live henceforth.
Under the law she is owner of the body
She dreadfully pestered by beaux
Although she'd retrousse neaux;
So she talked Sealskn sacaue
Till none dared to come bacque
Which soon put an end to her weaux.
Life.
"THE Greeley lCol) Tribune" the title of
which is printed fac-simile of Horace Greelys
hand writing is outdone by a new paper in Kan
sas. 1t Is called '"The Greeley County Tribune
and is published In the town of Tribune Greeley
county.
ANDERSON county. South Carolina, has tree
that bellows like COW. This tree is located a
few miles north of the city. and was first dis
covered by little boy, who informed his parents
Of it. It's evidently time for Mary to call the
cattle home.
IT was Prince Bismarck who forced into the
Imperial Constitution of Germany an article
forbidding members of the Reichstag to accept
compensation for their services as such; and af-
ter five years fight in the courts he has COM
PEELED one Progressist Deputy and one Social
Democrat to disgorge the $l25 per session pad
to each by their constituents.
IT is related in the London clubs that the
Duke of Marlborough has been watched by no
less than eight detectives during the past sum
mer They were working in the interests Of
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-18

SIM Coy, Bernhamer, Span, Counselman
and William r. Myers are the Democratic
''waivers" up to date.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-18

WE beg to call the attention ef the Sentinel
tuthe fact that it q unprecedented Tor any
thief or tRisyss tp use A uisskSx and acid in
stAaiia6 RliIss from Republican candidates
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-18

TT is q beautiful idea that defendant on a
criminal charge may take his case out of court
by waving examination.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-18

AS attempted waivers the Secretary of
State and his legal advisers loom up grandly.
They are the great North American waivers.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-18

LET us consider everything waived ex-
cept the right of the people to an honest and
fair election.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-18

JUDGE NIBLAcK respectfully declined te
allow a case Of record in his court to be
waived out
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-18

"WAIvERs" don't go in the Supreme Court
any more than in Commissioner Van Buren's
court.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-18

MARIAR HENDERSON has finally Caught on. I"
His appointment as Deputy Commissioner of In.
ternal Revenue was semitic the Senate yesterday
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-18

THE Dow liquor law would not down at the
bidding Of the Ohio Liquor League.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-18

IT was not very long ago that the Sentine
was the tacit apologist for lynch law.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-18

THE Democratic choir will please join in
singing
The star-spangled banner oh, long may it waive
Cout3 proceedings to hinder and rascals to
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-18

THE "Lttle Commissioner" is making them
Jquirm.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-18

AND Stephen Mattlor, too! He had the
tally-sheet.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-18
INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL SATURDAY. IS,

and giving them to Democratic candidates, in
the interest of an organized lot of law-break-
ers. We hope the punishment will also be
unprecedented.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-18

AND still the CALLED jade winces.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-18

yesterday.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1886-09-18

the people there. 1 would be missed, OF
course, and probably my disappearance
might be a brief wonder for the people of
the house; but who could attribute it to any,
thing more than some sudden freakl There
was no one in Scarborough who took any in
terest in me, or who would feel called upon
to make any inquiry into my whereabouts. l
remembered how on that very morning I
had looked out from my bedroom window
and seen the Golden Hawk at anchor at the
spot where she had lain ever since her
arrival. Many a man would look out to-
morrow morning and sec the beautiful ship,
as I had done, without dreaming for a mo-
ment that it was associated with such an
outrage as that of which I was the victim.
But what could be the purpose of such a
crime as this? Only one conclusion was
possible. The letters both Of Daisy and DR..
Branksome had limited at some extraordin-
ary change in the character of M~auleverer--
something approaching, in fact, to a fit of
madness. l was conscious of having offended
no man but the millionaire. Nobody else
had any interest in keeping me at a distance
from Daisy. And it was on his yacht that I
was now a captive, and in the hands of a
ruffian against whom not merely my own
instincts, and the strange dream I had had
in the haunted chamber, but my darling's
words, had warned me as a man with whom
any dealings must be dangerous. I could
not resist the conviction that Mauleverer,
carried away by some fit of insane passion,
possibly Oh making the discovery that let
tiers had passed between me and his niece,
had caused me to he seized in this violent
fashion by the creature who was his most
trusted agent.
The more l thought over the subject the
moro clearly convinced l became that this
was the real Interpretation of Flinter's con-
duct, and as I reflected upon it l felt that
my only hope lay in the early appearance Of
Branksome. was convinced now that he
was not on board tho yacht, and that his
name had been merely used for the purpose
of Turing me into the cunning trap. But he
had promised to see me soon. He had said
he was coming to Scarborough. 1t was GER
tain hat business would bring him on board
the Golden Hawk, and then l might hope
that he would hear of the outrage which had
been committed upon me and would come to
my rescue.
It is needless to speak Of the unutterable
tedium of the first hours which I spent in my
gloomy prison. When I had to some extent
recovered my equanimity I made a careful
inspection of the place, hoping that I might
perhaps find, if not some way Of escape, at
all events the means of communicating with
49, l>--l
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1886-09-18
them in a pile on the chest of drawers.
make whatyou can of them; they're nothing

them in a pile on the chest of drawers.
make what you can of them; they're nothing
In my line"
And right eagerly did I avail myself Of lis
invitation to do so when I was once more
left alone. 1t was true that I was disap
pointed with Mr.. Flinter's choice in literary
matters. One of his volumes was a list OF
the Royal Yacht Squadron, two more were
works relating to the art of navigation, a
fourth was nothing moro than a series Of
tables OF logarithms, n fifth was an old vol.
ume Of that venerable work, "Russells His.
tory of Modern Europe;' then there was a
well-thumbel copy of "Buchan's Domestic
Medicine" dictionary. a copy of Thomas
Moore's poems, and. last of all in the pile,
Guy and Terriers "Forensic Medicine"
1t was this book which, though it was at
the bottom of thu heap, attracted me first
1t did so partly because it was the only work
which had n modern appearance in the col
lection. AMI partly because my own medical
studies had given MI an interest in it. The
rest of the books were old and battered. I
could not imagine how they had been intro
duced into such a palace as the Golden
Hawk. Tho copy of Forensic Medicine"
was in good preservation, and was evidently
tho latest edition of that standard work.
Itook it into my hands and turned to the
title page. 1t was tho edition, l saw, of
1876. The binding was quite new, and the
pages were clean. Tn book apparently had
hardly been opened. l was holding it lightly
in my hand while 1 speculated as to how
such a volume CHANGED to have come here,
when l found that it had opened, almost, as
it seemed to me, of its own accord, at a par
ticular page. knew in a moment what had
happened. When the volume was first
bought it had evidently been opened at this
page, and the reader, whoever he might be,
wishing to keep it open there, had bent the
stiff new back in such a way as to make
something like a spring of it-a spring
which, when the volume was held in a GER
tain way, caused it always to open at one
particular place. Any OF my readers who
cares to destroy the outward appearance Of
q new book may by a simple experiment
satisfy himself of the possibility of doing
this.
What was the subject which the person,
who had apparently looked at no other part
Of the volume, had been studying?
I glanced carelessly down at the printed
pagc, and the first word I saw was "Strych-
MA" Strychnia, poison! Wild thoughts