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Miscellaneous Notes.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
WASHINGTON, May 1l.-Commissions were to-
day issued for the following Indiana postmasters:
Hiram Brown, at Ash Grove; John Lane, Pitts
burg Samuel P. Moore, Rob Roy.
The time schedule Of the star mail route ex-
tending from Kempton to Wiles. Ind, has been
changed as follows: Leave Kempton on Tues
days and Saturdays at s A. NJ; arrive at Wiles by
1924 A. NJ leave Wi1es on Tuesdays and Satur-
days at IL A. NJ; and arrive at Kempton by 1:24
p.
G. McCulloch, of Fort Wayne, aud G. p.
Jacobs, of indianapolis. are at the Ebbitt
The Senate committee on pensions. to-day,
adopted resolution calling on the Commissioner
of Pensions for an estimate of the outlay re-
quired under the Ingalls, bill for the removal of
the limitation TO the arrear-of- pensions act
The Senate committee on military and militia
ordered, to-day, favorable report on the Logan
bill for the equalization Of bounties.
The Comptroller of rhe Currency, day, ex-
tended the corporate existence of the Colorado
National Bank, of Denver, Col, to May Is, 1906
The President to-day. sent to the Senate the
nomination of Clarence Ridgely Greathouse of
California. TO be consulgeneral of the United
States at Kanagawa The nomination OF War
rem Green, for this position, has been withdrawn
The Senate committee on finance heard Gen.
B. F. Butler to day in opposition to the confir-
nation of General Rosecrans, to be Register of
the Treasury. General Rosecrans was also be-
fore the committee to answer the charges which
have been brought against him.
The National Republican says that q large
party of gentlemen left here tonight for Louis
vile, to attend the races. Among them were
Senators Blackburn, Beck and Hearst, Repre-
sentative Mitchell of Connecticut, and Commits
sioner of Patents Montgomery They travel in
the private car of President Garrett Of the B. &
O. railroad.
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men interested in the manufacture and sale OF
that fraudulent compound designated as oleo-
margarine. The bogus butter men are leaving
no stone unturned to win the support OF mem
bers on the floor and to create the impression
that their compound is absolutely necessary for
the welfare Of the working people. Spacious
articles, setting forth the healthfulness OF oleo-
margarine, and voluminous opinions OF paid
chemists upon its absolute freedom from dele
terious substances have been very extensively
circulated of late The attempt to interest the
knights of Labor in this matter. to the extent OF
petitioning Congress not to tax the product or
the packing houses. has been. thus far. without
material effect One or two assemblies nave
sent in protests against the ten-eent tax, out
little has been accomplished on the whole in this
direction. When Chairman Hatch attempted
to get the House to set apart
day especially for its consideration, he
the Democrats, although he is still confident
that he will rally enough men to his support to
insure the passage of the bill he can do this
with a bare majority, when two thirds would
have been necessary to have set apart special
day for the consideration of the measure
While it is not known that any money is being
used corruptly. it is certain that the bogus but
ter men have plenty at their command, and tnat.
il opportunity affords, they will not be slow In
spending it to advance their interests. just
now they are confiuing themselves to literary
work entirely.
One of the gentlemen who has been most
active in the efforts TO secure the passage of
bill to regulate and control the sale of oleomar-
gariue was asked by your correspondent to-day
what he thought of the outlook. He replied
81 have To doubt that we shall be able to pass
bill to regulate the manufacture and sale of this
noxous stuff; but | do not think that the
bill reported from the agricultural committee
will go through as it is There seems to be
growing feeling in favor of reducing the tax, so
that it will not prove burden upon those that
buy oleomargarne knowingly as substitute for
butter because of the difference In cost What
we want" continued this gentleman, lis legisla-
ton that will force the manufacturers of bogus
butter to brand their stuff in such manner that
no one need buy it uuknowingly. II this can be
accomplished by tax OF one cent, or even half
of a cent a pound, we would be satisfied, but it
is absolutely impossible to do anything without
taxing it in some way as Congress can only con-
trol its manufacture and sale as a means of rails
ing revenue"
The board of directors of the Chicago Board of
Trade to-day adopted resolutions opposing the
1evying of a tax on oleomargarine.
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THE TELEPHONE INQUIRY.

X. N. Hill Appears Before the Committee
and Refuses to Answer Questions.
WASHINGTON, May u.-When the telephone
Investigating committee met to-day, George
Augustin. a stakeholder in the Washington Tel
ephone Company, was placed upon the stand.
He said that Doctor Roberts and several other
persons, about two years ago, had requested him
endeavor to effect sale Of the Pan-electric
patents to the Bell company. The negotiations
with Mr. Vale had failed as the price named by
the Pau-electric-$5.e 600, 0o0-was disproportion-
ate to the value Of the patents The witness
had seen only Colonel Looney, of the Pan cleo
trio, in connection with the SALE DR.. Rogers
and his son had nothing to do with the negotia-
tions, and Mr.. Young opposed the SALE
Mr. Arthur B. Brison of New York, was the
next witness. He said that in March, 1885, he
had been retained by the National Telephone
Company to defend the Pittsburg suits. He
told of his interview with the Attorney general
In reference to the government suit, and of his
action in that and other matters, substantially
rs described by other witnesses. AS 90 the WI
bur affidavit, the witness said that Wilbur want
cd $3.50 for his services in making the affidavit.
but witness had given him only $50, which had
been paid in VanBenthuysen's presence. The
witness produced and submitted Wilbur's receipt
for the money. Neither Mr.. Young nor Senator
Harris were present. he said.
Mr.. Ranney desired the witness to tell what
had been said at the Ebhitt House conference
between the Pan-electric and the National tele
phone companies representatives but he de-
clined on professional grounds to state what had
been said, saying that there was good deal said
that he was not at liberty to repeat.
E. N. Hill testified that he had been told Of
the Pan electric meeting at 1927 street, by an
other person, not connected with the Pan.elec-
tric whose name the witness absolutely refused
to divulge. His informant had said that Mrs.
Rines. the landlady of the house, would make an
affidavit that Mr.. Garland had attended that
meeting
The committee directed the witness to give the
name of his informant. but he refused. There
upon Mr. Ranney moved that the witness be
presented to the House for contempt, but did
not ask immediate action. The witness pleaded
illness and asked to be excused at this point and
his request was granted.
The committee then discussed for some time
the co1tumacious conduct of the witness, and it
was resolved to secure answers from him If there
was auy power in Congress to enforce them.
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A w. belong and G. Altman, Huntington
washing machine; William H. Fox and Fl. G.
Richey, Bluffton, farm gate: John P. Gaszner.
assignor of one-half to F. Michaels, Fort Wayne
spring curtain roller; Alfred r. Glover, Clayton,
water-gate; Charles S. Hensley, assignor Of one
half to W. Hensley, Lawrence, self binding
reappg machine; Abraham Hoke, assignor Of
one half to J. w. Hoke, Union City, draw-hoop;
Henry E. Lambert, Logansport, tool for clinch-
ing fence wires; George a. HMdgren, LaPo
compound for preventing window frost; Theo-
dore f. Vandergr rift. Noah, fence machine; Lee
onidas G.. Wooley. assignor Of one-half to Il. I'll.
McGaffry and C. Bradford Indianapolis. holder
for incandescent electric lamps.
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Messages from the President.

WASHINGTON, May 1.-THE President sent
to Congress to-day message calling attention
to the condition Of affairs existing in Utah,
owing to the Governor of that Terri
tory vetoing the last appropriation bill,
vhich appropriated money for the sup
aort of schools, courts, charitable institutions
to-; referring to the fact that. under existing
aw, the Legislature cannot convene for nearly
Iwo years, and recommending the speedy enact.
inent of such legislation as will authorize the as
ssmbling of the Legislature at an earlier day.
Also, message recommending Congress to
make an appropriation to defray the expenses of
of the Inauguration of the Bartholdi statue.
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River and Harbor Appropriations.

WASHINGTON, May las it passed the
House. the river and harbor appropriation bill
makes the following division of the total appro-
priation:
Maine 81 900; New HAMPSHIRE, sS.000 Yer
mont, $1,000; Massachusetts. $2l4, 900; Rhode
Island $95, 900; Connecticut, 1886, 600; New York
000 New Jersey, $4,000; Pennsylvania,
$49l 900; Delaware, $105, 900; MARYLAND, $751;
600; Virginia, $404, 900; West Virginia, sol $780,
North Carolina, 500. 500; South Carolina. $341,
900; Georgia, $410.500; Florida, 1914 600; Ala
bama. 1926, 900; Mississippi $103. 500; Louisiana,
$I63, 900; Texas, $3.50. 900; Arkansas. $146 ,000
ana. $l32, 500; Ohio, S348 900; Illinois, 1865 000
Michigan, $918,0OU; Wisconsin, $685. 500; Mime
sota 500 900. Montana Territory. $25 900; Cali
fornia. 1922 500; Missouri 81, $50. Oregon, $685..
GOO; Washington Territory, Sl4, 500; Ohio river,
$6l0, 0GJ; Mississippi river, &c. $50 600; examina
ton and surveys, 800 900.
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Bank Swindler Arrested.

Special to the indianapolis Journal
NATION, May IA Peck, alias William
Jones, was arrested at Toledo, Cumberland
county, this afternoon, on the charge of being
bank swindler. His scheme is to present two
good drafts to country bank, and then, in a
few days, present a forged draft. By the first
he wins the banks confidence, which insures the
payment of the false draft He worked the scheme
successfully on the Greenup bank He is want
ed at Dundas N Y, for swindiing banks in that
neighborhood The Dundas officials telegraphed
the Cumberland county officials to hold him for
swiudling done in New York.
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FOREIGN MISCELLANY.


A Case in Which a "Gentleman" Had a
Narrow Escape from Popular Fury.
LONDON. May 1L.-Thomas Gibney, whose
name appears in the London directory under the
description of Gentleman" was to-day ar
raigned In Clerkenwel Police Court for violation
of the criminal law amendments resulting from
the Pail Mall Gazette crusade The charges
against the prisoner are that he has had pro-
cured since last December, for his violation,
forty children under the age of consent The
girls are all daughters of workmen. The devel-
opments in the case aroused indignation, and the
authorities had difficulty in saving the prisoner
from the fury of the parents of his victims.
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B'Nai B'Rith.

CINcINNATI, May 1L-District Grand Lodge.
No 2 of the Independent Order B'Nai Birth,
closed its annual meeting to-day, to meet next
year in Louisville, Ky. The principal act of the
convention was to provide for building new and
fire-proof structures for the orphans asylum at
Cleveland. at cost Of $l50,000 on the site of
the present asylum. The officers elected are:
President B. Mahler. of Cleveland. o.; first
president, August Bretano, Evansville,
lid; second vice president, James May. Cincin-
natl; treasurer, M Bauer. Cincinnati; secretary,
Abraham Coming; executive committee. B.
Bettman, Charleg HRS. hstand, Louis L Stern,
Cincinnati; J. T. Myer. Louisville.
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Oil Found at Portland.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
PORTLAND, May 1.-Two weeks ago tonight,
at depth of 700 feet the drillers at the gas-well
struck vein of gas strong enough to light city
of forty thousand inhabitants Tonight, at a
depth of LOO feet. vein of oil was reached.
which created great excitement among the peo-
pie here. Gallons of It were carried away by
people in bottles, cans etc. The oil is old
fashioned Bradford OIL lighter and purer than
the Lima oil. The field here is pronounced by
the drillers to be rich in OIL and the next year is
expected to show wonderful growth in Port
land.
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Cleveland Parsons is known here on
account OF the part he took in the rolling
MIL strike last summer. At that tima
ne ADVISED the strikers to murder their employ
ers, and their employers wives and children.
The police are on the lookout for the fellow, but
are convinced that he is not here. A publis
meeting of Anarchists will be held on Thursday
evening to raise money for relief of the wounded
Anarchists in Chicago.
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Gable Notes.

The British House of Commons last night re-
jscted motion to abolish capital punishment
by vote of lit to 81.
The new German tariff is threatening the in
dustries of the empire with loss, instead of pro-
noting them, as Prince Bismarck expected
The bill subjecting to the control of the Ger
man government all school teachers In the Polish
provinces passed Its second reading yesterday in
the Lower House Of the Prussian Landtag.
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SteamslIio News.

HAMBURG. May 1L-Arrived. Hammonia, from
New York.
GLASGOW, May 1L.-Arrived: Buenos Ayrian.
from Boston
PHILADELPHIA, May 1L--Arrived British
King, from Liverpool
NEW YORK, May 1l-Arrived: Elbe, from
Bremen; Amerique, from Havre
QUEENSTOWN, May 11.-Arrived: City Of Chi;
cago, from New York; British Princess, fronl
PhiladeIphia.
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bpecIal to the Indianapolis Journal.
SHELByvILLE, May lin Brandy wine town
ship last night, Ben Thurston and his son Gill
more quarrelsd over a bottle of liquor
which the old man brought home from
this city. Ben Thurston got full and
hid the bottle, and soon forgetting
where he had placed it. accused the boy of TAX
ing it A quarrel ensued. and the SON drew
knife and cut the father badly in the face ana
head. The youth was arrested this morning and
taken to Falkland for trial.
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ObituarY.

CHICAGO, May u--Josiah W. Preston, an old
and well-known member of the Board OF Trade,
died at his residence, No 1852 Prairie avenue.
yesterday afternoon, at o'clock. Mr.. Preston
has been a member of the Board of Trade for the
past twenty years He was twice elected presi-
dent.
NEWARK. N. j., May 1L-Rabbi Isidors Kali
isch died in this city, this morning. aged sew
euty years He was the author of numerous
works Of literature
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Attempt ON President Roca,s Life.

BUENos AYREs, May 1L-Yesterday, as Presi-
dent Roca was proceeding to open Congress, an
attempt was made on his life, q man striking
him blow on the head which rendered him
senseless. Although the affair caused great
sensation the Presidents message was read,
and the legislative sessions opened. The Presi-
dent was taken home 1t is thought he Is in no
danger at present His assailant is unknown.
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Business Embarrassments.

LITTLE Rock, Ark, May Ill G. Bernays.
jeweler, has assigned to Eugene Arnold for tho
benefit Of his creditors. The liabilities are $40
but $4,000 are due to Eastern houses, mainly
New York and Meriden, Conn.
CINCINNATI, May 1.-THE H. T. Duke Com
pany, iron merchants, assigned to-day. Assets.
$40, 900, liabilities, $40. 900.
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Speciai TO the Indianapolis journal
SHELByvILLE, May lL-Frank Fulford, who
for many years has been brakeman on the Gin
cinnati. Indianapolis, st. Louis q Chicago rail-
road was blown from freight train last night
near Sunmans. ling on his head and should
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Cholera in Italy.

ROME, May 11.-Cholera returns from Bara
show thirty-fve new cases and eleven Deaths
from Venice nine new cases and seven Deaths
Brindis thirty five new cases
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Patents for Indianians.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON. May 1L-Patents were issued
to Indianians to-day as follows:
Robert H. Branch, Marsinsville, wagon tongue;
Frank Cross. Washington, assigncr 10 National
misunderstanding Company, Louisville, burglar
alarm; Louis r. Deyoe. assignor Of one-half 70
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AIcRes-Aseht Charged With EmbezZIement.
GUELPH, Ont, May 1L-William McFarian,
ticket agent at this place for the Grand Trunk
railway, has been arrested on q charge of embez-
element, and several other employees at different
points are to be arrested for completely in the
crime. The offense consisted of selling tickets
for places several hundred miles away. and max
ing the stubs appear as if the tickets had been
sold for the next station, and renting to the
company only few cents. The company be-
lieve that the swindle has been practiced very
extensively. the losses aggregating thousands OF
dollars
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THE LABOR TROUBLES.
The Chicago Lumber Men Still Out--Business
Resumed in Many Other Lines.

The Chicago Lumber Men Still Out--Business
Resumed in Many Other Lines.
CHICAGO, May u.-There was no attempt to
resume operations in the West Side lumber dis
trict this morning, and the 5000 to 10000 men
employed in the yards and planingmills are still
idle. The lumber men claim that tho great ma
jority of the men are overawed by the Bohemian
Socialists who infest the region. large force
of police continues to be stationed in the district
to guard against any outbreak. The yards in
the north and south divisions of the city and the
planning mills have all fully resumed on the old
basis Of ten hours work and ten hours pay. SO
that the lumber business Of the city is in reality
only lightly affected.
The Woodworking establishments opened again
this morning with larger working forces than
yesterday, and the proprietors expect to see all
the men on duty again within few days. As
class the furniture workers constitute the only
one which is holding out for eight hours. The
boot and shoe manufacturers, who tried the
eight hour day as an experiment, are considering
the adyisability of returning to ten hours. The
evidences of the presence of the great strikee
therefore, are rapidly disappearing in every por
ton of the city.
The Brunswick Bake Collender Billiard Table
Company. this morning. claimed that they had
men az work. This number was not nearly sufi
cient to run the factory. A great crowd Of strk-
ers stood about the factory on Market street.
and Mr. Bensinger, &C $50 o'clock, telephoned
for the police. squad was Immediately sent
down from the East Chicago avenue station.
The strikers rapidly disappeared on the arrival
of the police. The police reserves are still on
duty at the respective stations. 81
The police are devoting their energies in pro-
curing evidence against the Anarchists, and it is
claimed on the trial Of the conspirators the evil
dence will be ample for q conviction of murder
against August Spies, Schwab, Parsons and
Fischer.
A. II. Andrews & Co.'S furniture factory has
resumed operations on the eight-honrs work
and eight-hours pay plan.
The local officials of the Baltimore g. Ohio
railroad now state that the striking freight hand
lers of that road were taken back on the basis of
ten hours work for ten hours pay. All the chi
cago roads, therefore. are working on the old
basis of ten hours work and ten hours pay
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CLEVELAND. o., May ll.-Rumors have been
current here for several days that Socialist Par
sons, who is wanted at Chicago, was hiding In
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Labor Notes.

The building contractors of Pittsburg and
Allegheny forming combination for mu-
tual protection against strikes. The organiza-
ton will include the master carpenters, stone
masons, stone-cutters. piasterers and painters.
The striking ice-wagon drivers and helpers at
Pittsburg are forcing the non union men to quit
work. One man was assaulted on Liberty street
yesterday and compelled to leave his wagon on
the street. The companies have applied to the
authorities for protection.
The proprietors of the Riverside Iron Company,
at Steubenville O., yesterday refused the re-
quest of their furnace employees for nine-h
day with ten hours pay, banked the furnaces
and announced that work will be indefinitely
suspended. The weekly payroll amounted to
1880.
The iourneymen carpenters strike, at Troy
N. Y, was compromised yesterday by an agree
ment that work should begin at 1880 and end at
4:30 P. NJ, except on Saturdays when work will
end at P. NJ, The bosses wanted the hours
from A. N. to P. NJ, and the journeymen from
A. NJ to P. NJ
The manufacturers association of brass, iron
and gas fitting, representing SO per cent of the
manufacturers in these lines in the United
States, met at Pttsbarg yesterday and unani
mously resolved that hereafter ten hours should
constitute days work for their employees and
that they also be allowed five hours each week
for moral, social and physical improvement
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JOHN A. LOGAN. jr., son of Senator Logan
has enlisted private in the First Infantry
Illinois National Guard, at Chicago.
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ers. He lay for three hours in the rain before
being found. He was brought to his home here
to-day, and is In precarious condition.
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ST.. LOUIS. May 1L-At meeting of the
Master Builders Association. last pight there
were present all prominent master builders of
the city. The labor question was discussed at
some length, and the meeting adopted set of res
buttons declaring the right Of the contractor to
employ whatever men he may see fit, without ref
erence to the Trades Assembly. and to purchase
material from whom they choose. After stating
that the master builders will, at all times. hear
the grievances of their employees and accede to
all reasonable demands. the resolutions pledge
those who have signed them to at once cease
work upon any building upon which they may
be employed, whenever any other member of
their association shall be forced to cease work
upon his contract by any trades union, and
that such cessation shall continue until their
brother member shall again be able to resume
his work