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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-10-18

. SALISBURY, Md, Oct. 1.--A fire which start
ed In q small frame stable, about o'clock to-
night. swept over the entire business portion of
the village A brisk wind from the southeast
spread the flames rapidly. while the inhabitants
stood by powerless TO prevent the destruction, as
the dry frame buildings burned too fiercely to be
checked by the small fire apparatus Assistance
has been asked from Cris6eld and Whining
ton, Del, but at late hour tonight
1t looks though the entire village would be de-
stroyed. 1t is impossible to enumerate the
property lost at this late hour but q rough guess
places the damage at a very large figure. Stores,
with their contents, were licked up by the
flames, and the streets tonight are full of peo-
pie whose homes have been destroyed. At mid
hight the fire is still burning fercely, and there
seems to be no hope of staying its progress.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-10-18
CAUTIOUS CLEVELAND.
How Civil-Service Reformers and Politicians
Are To Be Piacated.

HOW CxVII-S6rvlCe hefOrmerS and POLITICIANS
Are To Be Piacated.
Washington Special.
AS candidate for denomination, Mr.. Cleve-
lands relations with his party are somewhat
changed. 1t is evident. since the bee has begun
to buzz more fearlessly, that he is less disposed
to openly and boldly affront the politicians. He
has difficult feat before him to balance himself
between the independent voters and the rock
ribbed Democracy. Thus far he is all right with
the first mentioned class. Now he is trying to
placate the politicians. There will be more pol
itics in the air this winter than is usual even in
Washington. Some of the hardened spoilsmen
Democrats are beginning to speak of Mr.. Cleve
land AS better politician than any of them He
is crowded into close quarters by the numerous
violations of the order of federal officers to keep
their hands off politics. under the penalty of los
ing their heads 1t will be difficult for him to
satisfy the demands of the independent Repub-
licans without affrontng the Democrats. There
is well-founded impression that very few of the
many who have committed offenses against the
Presidents July order will be punished. Very
few will be found guilty as indicted. There Is
to be no wholesale decaDitation to avenge the
activity of district attorneys, postmasters and
marshals at the primaries.
1t is positively asserted that the President
will back water a little, but it will be done
gracefully. A few active Democratic parrsans
will probably be made examples of, but they
will be men who are offensive in other ways be-
sides politically. They will be such as have
something else against them, that when
their friends complain of the injustice of their
dismissal for simply 'sdolng little for the
party" the President can put his finger on other
charges and say: We'll, how about this"
There may be now and then a case too, where
charges are brought by Democrats who are
stronger than the supporters of the perniciously
active officer. Then there can be no party COM
plant against vigorous action by the President
very few cases like this will be enough to as
sure the believers in civil-service reform of the
Presidents good faith. AS rule. unless they
are guilty of terribly Objectionable con
duct the charges against the active officials will
not be positive and definite enough to warrant
any action by the executive.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-10-18
INDIANA AND ILLINOIS NEWS
The Daily Chronicle of Happenings of
ALI Kinds in the Two States.
Lawsuits Growing Out of Robeson's Alleged
ENTHUSIASTICALLY Kicked by Mule
-Gleanings from State Exchanges.
INDIANA.
Lawsuits Growing Out of the Alleged Ir-
Irregularities of Ed Robson.

Lawsuits Growing Out of the Alleged Ir-
regularities of Ed Robson.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
LAFAYETTE, Oct. lin the Superior Court,
last evening, suit was brought by .Langdon &
Gaylord on behalf of John Robson TO set aside
judgment for 1901. 25 granted last week to
BENZ. F. Ray against John Robson and his son,
e. Robson, on the ground that the proper sum
mons was never given, and that he had valid
defense to the note sued on, which, it was
claimed, was executed by himself and his son,
Ed. in this: "That he did not sign or execute
said note. nor did he authorize any one to in any
way to execute said note for him, or to sign his
name to the same" Later in day three similar
actions were commemorative by Jos. S. Perry
and one by Samuel Brand. These cases are an
outerowth of the rumors regarding the reported
defalcations of Jno. Robson, of Dayton; last
week, and will bring out the facts of the case
The case looks bad for Robson, but he claims
that his father is old and childish and has for
gotten giving permission to use his signature.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-10-18
Wharf.Boat Burned.

Special to the indianapolis journal.
EVANSVILLE, Ind. Oct. 1.-THE mail-line
wharf-boat, jointly owned by the Louisville &
Evansville Packet Company and the Evansville,
Padueah & Cairo Packet Compa ~, burned at
1870 o'clock tonight The boat was valued at
5000, on which insurance of So, coo was carried
There was between So, 900 and $1,000 worth of
freight on board. Nothing but the hull of the
boat was saved, the fire being so intensely hot
that the department could do nothing. 1t was
with the greatest difficulty that the southern
wharf-boat and the steamer Evansville were
saved. Two watchmen, Joseph Link and Herbert
Ruhl. aboard when the fire broke out,
which was originated by the explosion of a lamp
which being carried by Link. He was
seriously burned abous she face. arms and hands
Ruhl, who asleep at the time, is believed to
be lost, as diligent search has failed to reveal
his whereabouts. Link SO badly injured
that he barely got out of the boat, being unable
to awaken his fellow Waterman
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-10-18
KNOTTY INDIAN PROBLEM,
Exact Terms of Geronimo's Surrender Not
Yet Ascertained.

Exact Terms of Geronimo's Surrender Not
Yet Ascertained.
Washington Special.
The President is still awaiting more definite
information from Gen. Miles before settling the
case of Geronimo. General Miles has not given
yet his reasons for not keeping the Apaches at
Fort Bowie. nor has he given the details of the
terms of surrender The version of General
Miles's report regarding the surrender of the
renegade Apaches, published yesterday. does
not settle the question as to what were the exact
terms under which the Indians surrendered.
This account gives the story of the termination
of the campaign correctly in general way, but
it is not quoted from the original report and
does not give General Miles's exact language
which has not as yet satisfied the President and
the Secretary of War. II is known that General
Miles, in his report, does not say in so many
words what the conditions of surrender WERE
but careful consideration of his lam
.guage leads to the conclusion that the In
dians were given certain assurances as to
their future treatment. 1t may have been, as
stated, that they surrendered as prisoners of
war simply, but even then there would be con-
ditions attached out Of which grow many knotty
problems If they should be considered prison
ers of war, they could not be turned over to the
civil authorities to answer for their crimes, and
the only means of furnishing them would be the
verdict of q trial by military commission. In
attempting TO proceed in this direction Difficult
ties would be met with. They could not be
tried under the Modoc precedent, because the
Modocs were punished for a violation of the
laws of war; the overt act being the treacherous
killing of an enemy during truce. They could
only be tried by a military commission as a
public enemy, but to do this it would have to be
proved that the Apaches as a tribe were at war
with this country, for it has been held hereto
fore that military commission could not legally
be convened for the trial of Indians for violation
of the laws of war on account of thefts, rob-
berries and murders committed by them upon
incursions into the State of Texas, where said
Indians were mere raiders, with whose tribe, as
such, the United States was not engaged IN war
Moreover, it has been decided by the Supreme
Court that detached band of marauding In
dams was not an enemy" AS the renegade
Indians were simply detachment of one of
three bands of the Apache tribe they could not
be considered as subjects for trial by military
commission.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-10-18
THE FIRE RECORD.
Fowler, Ind, Damaged to the Extent Of 49,.
900 by an Incendisry Fire.
knacis1 IN fla India pouof;o Jouroax

Fowler, Ind, Damaged to the Extent Of 49,
900 by an 1ncendiary Fire.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
FOWLER. Ind, Oct. 17.-At fifteen minutes
before 8 o'clock tonight fire was discovered in
the rear of Jones Bros drug store, and, owing
to the chemicals, spread so rapidly it could not
be controlled. The adjoining building occupied
by James Bream as shoe store, was also totally
consumed The fire is still raging, and the shoe
store of Eli Douglass and the saloon of NJ Carr
are now burning. The approximate loss is
el2, O00
LATER--The fire is under control and no
further danger is apprehended. The Odd-fel-
lows Hall, in o. G. Brockways building is
damaged $780, insured. P. E. Hitze jeweer,
will lose 81, 500; insured for $500 The total loss
on buildings and stock Is $l5 900, about half of
which is covered by insurance in the Phoenix,
the North British, the Royal, the Northwestern
and other companies. The fire was evidently
che work of en- incendiary. as the floor Of the
drug store was saturated with coal Oil
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-10-18
The Dead ON the Gulf Coast.

BEAUMONT, Tex, Oct lit is estimated by
persons who have been over the scene of the
disaster at Johnsons Bayou, Sabine Pass and
Taylor's Bayou, that the death list will amount
to $50. Eighty five bodies have been
recovered and buried at Johnson's
Bayou. f:ty four at Sabine Pass. and
about seventy five white and colored persons are
still missing at Sabine Pass alone Hundreds
of thousands of acres are still submerged rem
dering the search for the dead very difficult
Over sixty people still remain to be accounted
for at Johpsons Bayou. 1t is thought that
many of the dead have been carried out so sea
by the tide
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-10-18
Fatal ARRAY in a Gambling Den.

PINE BLUFFS. Ark, Oct. 17.-Last night at
a very late hour, the gambling-room of John
Young, on one of the principal streets, was the
scene of terrible ARRAY, in which four men
were wounded, one of them mortaly Gyp
Clark, white sport. went into this negro
gambling den, and after brief exchange of
angry words with Pat Cole negro gambler,
the firing commenced. Clark was shot badly in
the mouth. and Cole in the arm John Bailey.
who had nothing to do with the affair, and Jim
Jones, were struck by stray balls, the former In
his hip, and the latter in the left side; he will
die. All of the wounded are negroes, except
Clark.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-10-18
Minor Notes.

The residence of Robert A. Critchlow, in.
Boone township. Harrison county, destroyed
by fire on Friday. Loss, $500; no insurance.
A barn belonging to Robert Glaze. eleven
morning together with quantity of nay and
farming implements. Loss, $1,000; insurance.
$780,
L. H. Lyster, of Medora, caps the climax in
animal eccentricty. He has a pig which has six
feet and walks all of them. The animal is
stoneblnd and deaf as a post 1t is eight
months old, and is healthy and thriving. 1t was
raised by bottle.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-10-18
Thirteen Business Houses Burned.

CHARLOTTE, Mich. Oct 17-Fire was discov-
cred this morning about $3.50 o'clock in the Wood
bury & Pinch wire hammock manufae fury. The
flames spread rapidly, and before the fire could
be got under control it had destroyed thirteen
business houses The loss will probably reach
fl5, 900 to 1000, with little or no insurance.
Several families living over their places of bust
ness lost everything, to their wearing ap-
parel, and barely escaped with their lives
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-10-18
ILLINOIS.
Movement to Place Fortified Human Remains
on Public Exhibition.

VANDALIA, Oct 16.-Since the discovery of
the petrifed remains of Miss Jennie Fulton,
near St Elmo, in the eastern part of this county,
some three months ago, the relatives have sever
al times been prevailed upon to allow the body
to be disinterred and exposed several
days. in order that those who desire could
have an opportunity of seeing the strange trans
formation. The friends disapproved of such ac-
ton all along until just recently, when they
finally consented to have the body taken up again
on condition that a stone vault be provided for
its reception. It is understood that there is a
movement on foot to raise the necessary funds
for this purpose. Should this project be carried
ont, there will be hundreds of people from the
surrounding country to see the petrifaction.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-10-18
INDIANA PENSIONERS.

Figures Showing the Number by Counties
and the Amount of Monthly Payments.
Washington Special
The following statement shows the number of
pensioners in each comfy of the State of Indi
ana, also the amount of monthly payments made
on account of the same The statement is made
from the official records of the Pension Rnrean
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-10-18
Beaten to Death with Couplinp.p,ns

BALTIMORE. Oct. 17-John Curran John
Burke, jr., and James Kennedy were this after
noon, engaged in a political discussion in a sa-
loon. which ended in an invitation from Burke
to Curran to fight Curran threw away his ois-
toll and followed Burke to the street, where he
soon got the better of his antagonist but Ken
nedy picked up car-coupling and struck Cur
ran on the head, knocking him senseless Burke
then got coupling pin and the two beat the in
sensible man to death. Both were arrested
Curran was at one time member of the State
Legislature, and was quite well-known politi-
ri
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-10-18
Stocks of Goods seriously Damaged.

Sg. PAUL, Mimi. Oct 1.-THE Sherman Hall
block ~ three story brick building. was partially
burned this afternoon. 1t is owned by FL. B.
Sherman. of Buffalo, N. Y, whose loss will be
$4,000 The firms doing business in the block
sustained losses of $4,000. All the losses arc
fully covered by insurance. Peter OKerman a
hreman, while cropping about in the smoke,
walked into open elevator way and fell
three stories. He died in few minutes
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-10-18
Vessel and Crew Lost.

ERIE, Pa, Oct. 17.-keports were received
here. yesterday afternoon, that vessel had
gone to pieces off Manchester. ten miles west of
Erie. The life-saving crew. and the United
States ship Michigan, and the revenue cutter
Perry. went at once TO the rescue, and, with
other steam vessels, have searched in vain for
the unlucky craft Nothing has been found SO
far except large amount of wreckace. The
farmers who reported the vessel say they saw
the crew aboard, and when they returned from
giving the alarm both crew and vessel were
missing
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-10-18
Steamship News.

New York, Oct. l7.--Arrived: Umbria. from
liverpool.
GLASGOW. Oct 17.--Arrived: Devonia, from
New York.
HAvRE. Oct. IZ-Arrived: La Boureogne,
from New York.
PLYMOUTH, Oct 1z--Arrived: Rugia, from
New York. for Hamburg.
QUEENsTowN. Oct. 17-Arrived: British
Prince, from Philadelphia
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-10-18
Fatally Kicked by a Mule.

Special to the Indianapolis journal.
New CASTLE. Oct. Thames Wilmington a
laborer on the farm of Stephen Laboyteaux was
kicked by mule. at noon yesterday, and, it is
thought fatally injured. He had just put the
team in the stable. and probably passing be-
hind the animal when struck first in the stom-
ach, and knocked down; he was then kicked on
the head and the skull fractured. When found
he was unconscious, and still remains So
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-10-18
Part of a Utah village Burned.

SALT LAKE, q. IT,, Oct. 1.-THE east half of
Stockton, q. T., was burned to-day by supposed
incendiary fires The loss will be- $25, 900; insur-
Rnce about one-thrd. The suspected party is a
Mrs. Provost, who threatened few days ago to
burn the town unless the saloons quit selling
liquor 70 her>husband
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-10-18

Qlalect one OF tne most beautiful poems IN u
,nglish language"
De massa OBJ de sheepfol.
Dat guard de sheepfol' bin,
Look out in de gloomerin' meadows
Whar de long night rain begin
So be call to de hirelin shepad.
Is my sheep, is dey all come in?
Oh, den says de hirelin shepa'd,
Deys some dey IS black and thin,
And some dey's po' OF weddas,
Bat de res dey's all brung in,
But de res dey's all brung in.
Den de massa OBJ de sheepfor,
Dat guard de sheepfor bin,
Goes down in de gloomerin' meadows,
Whar de long night rain begin
So he le' down de ba's ob de sheepfol,,
CALM sof, Come in come I'M"
Calm sof', Come in. come inn
Den up t'ro de gloomerin' meadows,
Trio de col night rain and win
And up tro de gloomerin' ran-pat,
War de sleet ia pie Gin thin.
De po los sheep OBJ de sheepfol,
Dey all comes gadderiu in;
De pc los sheep OBJ de sheepfol.
Dey all comes gadderin' in.
Sally Pratt Maclean.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-10-18

fact that both political parties of the State, in
their platform, pronounced in favor of arbitra-
lion OF labor troubles, he says:
s'Now. therefore, by virtue of the power
vested in me as the Mayor of the city of Mime
apolis. hereby call upon all the said parties to
such differences to at once agree and to appoint
fixed number of arbitrators, and that until the
said differences be by them adjusted, the former
relations be resumed by the parties that the
public interests no longer suffer. / further
earnestly request that no provocation be given
by any one, that no act of violence expression
OF l-will be made by any one, in the hope that
harmony be restored
The Mayor held meeting this morning with
the officers of all the railroads, who replied to
his proclamation calling for arbitration. that
there was nothing to arbitrate. All they wanted
was the opportunity to resume business, and
they asked if they would be protected in doing
So The Mayors answer evasive, but he
said IN case of a riot it would be put down. He
subsequently had meetings with the iobbers' as
ecciation. and afterwards addressed meeting of
the strikers, advising arbitration. This after
noon he visited the Manitoba yards in East
Minneapolis, and saw an engine ''killed" by the
strikers.
Mayor Ames has issued second proclamation
regarding the strike, taking somewhat stronger
grounds on the question of maintenance of or
der and declaring that the laws will be enforced.
In the ST Paul yards the day has been une-
ventful. Every road moved some freight, and
1t Is said all roads will resume operations to-
morrow morning under protection of their own
special officers. So far the St Paul strikers
have confined their efforts to moral suasion
Neither side, however. shows any disposition to
Arbitrate.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-10-18
Activity in Dodging Responsibility.

special to tue indianapolis journal.
MINNEAPoLIs, Mimi, Oct. H-There is
strong suspicion that the strike movement was
inaugurated by Republican political leaders for
lhe purpose of injuring the chance for the cleo
Eion of Ames. When the strike was first made
Ames was in the country. running his campaign.
and in his absence, Clough, president of the
Council, was acting Mayor. Clough is a candi-
Gate for Senator, and the county attorney and
sherff are both candidates for reelection Con-
Requently they refuse to take any steps in the
mattt-, for fear they will hurt their chances for
election. Ames came home yesterday and mott
fed the acting Mayor. whereupon that official
packed his grip and fed to Chicago. Unaware
of this fact, Dr. Ames went back to Anoka to
continue the campaign work. Later a special
train was sent out to bring him back to the city.
He is in a peculiar position. If he champions
the cause of the strikers the upper classes will
bolt him, and it would be sure political death to
60 against the strikers. Bracket the candidate
for sheriff, is Republican, and is ready to leave
town as soon as there is prospect that he will
have to interfere.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-10-18
Indiana oalee-Holdsrs Invlted to Explain

quested the accused Indiana office holders to re
ply to Mr. Swlft's charges of violating the civil
service law
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-10-18
Death of Mike McCool.

NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 17-Mike McCool, the
puglllst died this morning at the Charity Hos
ptal here, of kidney disease and complications
resulting therefrom. He was forty-nine years
DID,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-10-18

Strong unbleached muslin is excellent in place
of glass for poultry houses or chicken runs, and
is much less EXPENSIVE.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-10-18

AYERS Sarsaparilla is the quickest cure for all
blood diseases. Its effects are felt immediately
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-10-18

Efforts to Keep the Rank and File of the
Party in Indiana in Line.
Washington Special in Cleveland Leader.
prominent official of the government, who
has just returned from trip 20 Indiana, tells an
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-10-18
The LOST sheen.

The following poem is said by Charles A Dana, ed
itor of the Sun and compiler of the well-known
Household Book of Poetry" to De- without regard
to dialect of the most beautiful poems in the
English language"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-03-31
SCRAP BOOK.

At a recent popular assembly in Paris
speaker patbetically inquired, "Why
don't the great men Of France bestir
themselves =? Why d. they remain
cold and unmoved at the calamities Of
our country p'' because they are cast
in Bronze!' shouted sarcastic voice In
the gallery. ''> Fl -
Henry Rogers tells deaf old Scotch
nlan who was so fond Of disputation
that though he did not hear q word,
yet whenever he saw any one making
Z positive affirmation, was always ready
with, I'm ma sac sure o'that."
A babbler once told secret that had
been trusted to him to a friend. "Of
course you will not repeat 1t, he added,
earnestly, Don't fidget." was tho
ready reply. II shall be quite ~ care
full of it a. you have been."
DR.. C. C.. Abbott avers that crows
have twenty-scven distinct cries, calls,
or utterances, each readily distinguish
able from the others and each having
d0 unWiotasAuUlc COuDoEtIOu4 4WitA SC01~
class Of actions. t:IS Jill ItLu
Said Brougham, when he was .
struggling lawyer: "Circumstances
alter cases, but / wish could get hold
of some cases that would alter my OR.
urastances.'
'The principal reason, my son, Why
those thin waters you get 1t 4 church
supper are called oyster fritters IL b.
cause you fritter away 80 muck time
ooking for the OYSTER