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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-07-04
WILLIAM O. MCDOWELL.
A Manager OF Big Enterprises Who Now
Poses Workingman.
fn Ind liz

A Manager of Big Enterprises Who Now
Poses as "a Workingman.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
New YORK, July 3-William o. Mcdowell,
whose selection by Mr.. Powderly as his assistant
in the settlement of the Southwestern strikes.
and who now again comes to the front to serve
in similar capacity in the street car matters in
this city, is an interesting man. He has pen
chant for big enterprises rivaling in ambition
that of Colonel Sellers. He is at present man
ufacturer, and largely interested in the Sea
beach railway, q corporation that started in a
few years ago to break the combination of high
fare lines to Cone Island, went to pieces itself
instead was reorganizei after the usual fashion,
and is now doing WELL U ntil his present appear
ance as laboring man, Mcdowell has been lit
tie heard of since the time, seven or eight years
ago, when he was captain and all hands of an
association that was to make New Jersey the
biggest State in the Union, and pile up
manufactures three deep all along its
water front The only result of the
ex.ster~e Of the association was an ex-
cursion which Mcdowell gave. II started in
natty little steamer, went up the Hudson to
Weehawken and down the Jersey shore to Eliza
bethport, stopping at every spot where there was
any big factories to inspect. An elaborate lunch
con, and barrels of New Jersey native wine on
tap free were features of the trip Even then
however Mcdowell was in conflict with the mo-
nopolists of the railroads, for funny incident
occurred at the TennSylVanla rallroaO COCKS in
Jersey City. The invitation announced one
OF the attractions of the trip visit to the Penn
sylvana's immense freight warehouses. When
the boat drew up at the wharf Mcdowell, lead
ing the party off, was met by Superintendent F.
Wolcott Jackson of the railroad who had read
of .he excursion in the papers. and came down to
see who in thunder was going to inspect this
institution without permission" He ordered the
steamer away from the dock at once. Mr.. Nc
Dowell protested that no dsrespect to Mr. Jack
sons authority was intended. Both parties
waxed indignant. and the excursionsts lay back
and laughed at very merry war; Finally both
men cooled off, and Mr.. Jackson not only invited
the excursion ashore, but himself piloted it
through the freight-houses and accompanied it
to the next stopping place.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-07-04
A NEGLECTED BRIDE.
Society Women Indulge in Severe Criticism
ofsthe President.

Society Women Indulge in Severe Criticism
ofsthe President.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, July 3.-Society ladies' have
had new relish in the line Of gossip for a week
past. They think it awful that the President
should leave mis- bride and take a sail down the
Potomac and into Chesapeake bay and they
are not content with any excuse which has been
made The ladies do not believe that Mr..
Cleveland was overly-exerted in his public
duties, and that he went away for rest notwith-
standing the fact that he stated on the day OF
his departure that he ought not to go away as
he had about seventy-fve bills passed by Con
gress which required his immediate attention.
The gossps think that the President ought to
have stayed with his bride, whether ne wanted
recreation or not Come to think about it, ID
looks little bit queer. and maybe the
ladies are not altogether wrong in their
criticisms. The party which went down
the river III the private yacht of
Congressman Scott. of Pennsylvania was made
up of stags. and was bent on good time. Mrs.
Cleveland and other ladies could have been taken
along just as easy as not, and if Mr.. Cleveland
had really wanted to have his bride with him
there would have been no trouble about it.
Another fruitful source Of gossip has been the
fact that the President has not taken his usual
evening drive during the past ten days or two
weeks. He used to go out every evening when
the weather was fair for drive of from one ia
two hours For the first time the President ap<
peared on the streets the other day with Mrs
Cleveland. When they went down Pennsyl-
vania avenue, the leading thoroughfare of tbs
city. the people recognized the debut OF
the chief magistrate and his mistress
By saluting them everywhere. The President
very sobcrly responded by lifting his hat aud
bowing gracefully. Mrs Cleveland was accom-
panied by Miss Gregg, of Buffalo. who is her
guest Both ladies wore light summer suits and
straw hats. Miss Gregg sat with her back to the
driver, and facing the President and his wife.
Mrs. Cleveland carried white parasol and the
President wore common straw hat The party
seemed to be in very good humor and attracted
widespread attention.
1t is said that Mrs. Cleveland will not profit
near so largely by the death of her uncle as was
reported some time ago. Instead of $4,000 Or
$40, 600. as the latest approximates put it, il is
said she will get only $40 600, and that that may
come In real estate Colonel Folsoms fortune
seems to dwindle very rapidly as efforts are put
forth to reduce it to cash. The President, how
ever Is biding his time for a second term and
saving good deal of money, and if he fails to be-
continued in his Office will not be in danger Of
want
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-07-04

stage drauehts she caught heavy cold: itsettled
on her naturally weak lungs. and lately devel
oped into consumption. The audacity of her
costume was forgiven by audiences by reason OF
her juvenility, though she was rather older than
she looked but disease was not partial. She is
bre athing her last at 32S West Forty eighth
street. Her mother is at her bedside The girls
penniless Pauline Hall, who was the Venus to her
disastrous Cupid, has been one of several who
have assisted her during the past week. A ben
eft is being arranged. Daisy Murdoch was born
in williamsburg. Nov. 20, 1867, and her first ap-
pearance in public was made in 1872, when she
sang at concerts in Brooklyn, Jamaica and other
places in the vicinity Of her home. She was so
precociously bright that stage career at once
suggested itself to her friends. Her first ap-
pearance before the footlights of theater oc-
Cured May IL, 1879, when. as member of Jack
Hayerly's juvenile sPinafore" company she sung
the role of Hebe at matinee at the Fourteenth
street Theater, in this city. With juvenile Pin
afere' troupes have such favorites as Irene Per-
~, Ida Mule, Little Cornne Kimball and Flora
Walsh, commenced their professional lives. Miss
Murdoch continued with the company at the Ly
ceum. singing at daily matinees and afterwards
on the road her engagement closing IN
June, 1880. This first tour was in
iself severe for one so fragile.
1t lasted thirteen months and she never once
rested The following season she went with r.
E. r. Miles, now of Miles & Barton at the
Biou in his juvenile opera company, playing
in the 'I,ittle Duke" 1.-THE Chimes Of Nor.
mandy" etc. The ensuing season of lS8l-S2
she was engaged to play the leading roles in
still another miniature opera company-this
time John j. Braham and j. c. Scanlans-en-
acting Patience" and BILLY Taylor" Early in
1883 T.. r. Rice got her for his "Orpheus and
Eurydice" company, and with them, in that odd
burlesuue, she appeared as Psyche at the open
ing of the then new Bijou. in December, 1883.
There she continued until March, when she went
on the road with the company. In San Fran
CISCO Ida MULE who had been playing
Cupid, left the company. Miss Murdoch
took the role, and did so we'll that she continued
to play it to the close of the troupes tour, late
in the summer. Then she appeared as Cupid. in
.Ixion,' at the Comedy, and afterwards went to
Boston. to create the role of Puck, in the bur
lesque Bottoms Dream" After short rest
she rejoined Goodwin, to play Amelia Tubbs, in
the Skating Rink" In this skit she made
clear hit, and she continued to play until April
last when her illness compelled ner to return to
this city. But the exposure as Cupid had already
done irreparable damage, and the increasing
fragiity of the girl, while it won the hearts of
the dudes, was a sign of the death that is now
within a day or two of her.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-07-04
DIVORCED FROM A DEAD MAN.
Interesting Case in Which a Woman Asks to
Have Decree Set Aside.

New York, July 3.-An interesting divorce
case now being tried in this city, is that of Kitty
" Derrickson, who sues to have set aside de-
cree of divorce against her in 1885. The facts
disclosed that the couple were married in
1S73 and lived together for ten years. when the
husband accused the wife of unfaithfulness He
induced her to sign a separation agreement, by
which he was given the children, with the condi-
ton that, if he ever learned that the charges he
made against her were false, the children were
to be returned to her.
Subsequently he sued for divorce, and made
out by the aid of detectives, case upon which
the court granted the decree on Feb. 3, 1885, at
3 o'clock in the afternoon At 10 o'clock on the
morning of that day, Mrs. Derrickson alleges,
the husband died, and she now demands the di-
vorce be set aside, having been granted to dead
man. Considerable property and the custody of
the children is understood to hinge upon the de-
cision in the case.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-07-04
DEATH In A BlGyIO.
]. W. Perkins, of Madison, Ind, Dies in a
Louisville House of Ill-Fame.

LOUISVILLE, July 3-The Courier-Journal
from Cincinnati at the Farmers Home Wednes
day night He dressed we'll and was agreeable
in his manners, and created good impression
among the guests. Thursday night he met An
ME Baxter, a disreputable woman, who lives IN
the American House. at Floyd and Jefferson
streets, and spent good deal of his time in her
company. He returned to the hotel, paid his
bill and asked to be called at o'clock in the
morning, saying he was going away at that hour.
Yesterday morning, after eating his breakfast,
he went to the American House to bid the
woman goodbye He went into her room, and
after talking while. complained of feeling badly.
and. saying he was troubled with heart disease.
asked to be allowed to lie down while. He had
just got into bed when he gave number of
gasps, and, tearing at his shirt collar. expired.
Coroner Miller was summoned, and after hear
Ing the testimony returned verdict in accord
ance with the facts The remains were sent to
O. Schmidt e Sons undertaking establishment,
where they were embalmed. He had a fine gold
watch, $27. 90 in money and some personal pa
pers. As he had registered at the hotel as from
Cincinnati, the chief of police of that city was
telegraphed lie replied that Perkins had spent
several months there, and that he drum
mer for Philadelphia shoe house. The firm
was then communicated WITH and sent the in
formation that Perkins lived ia Madison, Ind.
came to the city last night and took the remains
home. Perkins was about forty years DID, and,
1T IS said, was engaged to marry young lady Of
Valparaiso, Ind
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-07-04
Obituary.

WASHINGTON, July 3.-Horace A. Whitney,
of New York. cashier in the Treasurers Office,
died suddenly, about IL o'clock this morning,
from an attack of apoplexy, at his residence. He
was employed in the cash-room about twenty
one years. and was promoted to the Office of
cashier little over year ago. He was on duty
yesterday as usual, and seemed in particularly
good spirits.
PHILADELPHIA, July 3-Lloyd P. Smith died
yesterday. at the age of sixty-fve years. He
had been librarian and treasurer of the Phiia-
delphia Library since 1849, He was widely not
ed for his educational qualities and as biog-
rapher. He was editor of Lippincott's Magazine
from 1868 to 1874, wher he resigned.
LAFAYETTE. Ind, July 3.-John G. Dobel-
bower, for twenty years editor of the Dispatch.
and a well-known Democratic politician, died
last night
IONA, Mich, July 3-Hon. Alonzo Sessions.
x-Lieutenant-governor of Michigan. died this
morning, after lingering illness, aged seventy
six years.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-07-04
NEW YORK NOTES.
Mr.. Gregory Puts in Week Clipping Cou-
pons for the Vanderbilrs.


Special to the indianapolis journal.
NEW YORK. July 3-Albertin Gregory has to-
night completed a tedious weeks job. He has
cut the July coupons from the eighty millious
of United States bonds owned by the Wander
bilts. 1t was an irksome task because of the
monotony, and also by reason Of the heat for it
had to be done in the confined space of the Van
derbilt vault. in Forty second street, opposite
the Grand Centaal Depot Gregory is book
keeper in the Office of Chauncey M. Depew. and
he was detailed by Depew for this labor. A new
hand is put at it every time and the assignment
is not made until the work is to begin. Last
January man from the freight department of
the Central railroad was set at it. Gregory had
no premonition of the choice. but was simply
told to go to the safe deposit Office and report to
President Thomas l.. James for duty. lie did
so, and there found Cornelius Vanderbilt. who
unlocked his personal safe, took ont million of
bonds, and told him to sever the coupons The
clerk was locked in the little apartment while at
work, and before his departure at noon or night
the bonds and coupons that he had handled were
counted up In that way he. went through the
mass Of bonds belonging to the diff cent mem
bers of the family He says that hc ever spent
SO lonesome week in his life.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-07-04
A House Two Hundred Feet High.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
New YoRK, July 5.-The tallest residence in
the world is now in litigation. 1t is the Osborne
apartment house, and it measures two hundred
feet from sidewalk level to the roof Like most
of the enormous French fiat buildings in this
city, it has been financial failure, returning
less than per cent on the investment of ST. $780,
COO The lawsuit is over a contract under
which it was to have been sold by Thomas Os-
borne to the wife of General Charles g. Dodge.
TIE lofty structure stands on an elevated site in
Seventh avenue near Central Park, and it makes
the neighboring church spires look mean and
small As new law forbids the erection of
houses in New York more thar one hundred feet
high, and such restrictions are in force in Euro
pean cities, the Osborne is likely to retain its
alttudinous pre- .eminence.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-07-04
The Half-Holiday ON Saturday.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal,
New York, July 3--This Saturday afternoon
is asquiet as Sunday SO general has tho weekly
half holiday become Most of the retail and all
the wholesale stores were shut at noon, profes-
sional Offices are deserted, and the financial
institutions. though open, are doing no business
worth mentioning. The released workers are of
on excursions, as rule, either Tor a few hours
covering the time until Monday morning.
The promoters Of the movement are a society,
which began the agitation over year ago, but
made small headway until the present season of
hot weather They hope to keep mp the practice
the year round, 50 10 done in London.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-07-04
THE SOUTH AND THE OFFICES. .
Southern Anxiety Over Army, Navy and Dip
loP'Hic Appointments.

loP""tic Appointments.
Special to the J oasous journal:
WAsHINGT Iy3-It has been observed
tor some tir lat when nominations by the
President rea-~hed the Senate the first to get
out of their seats and approach the desk of the
yice-president to read the names, are the South
ern Senators. frequently a number of them
will rise as soon as the Presidents secretary
reaches the Senate to deliver the nominations.
and flock about him and prevent their announce
ment for some minutes inquired of North
ern Senator the other day why this was, and he
said:
The South is more interested at this time in
nominations of army and navy officers, and Off
cials in the consular and diplomatic service, than
any other section of the country. l never ina
gined that such keen interest would be felt, but
1t is true, and observe il especially in the eeA-A
sideration of these nominations in committees
and in secret sessions of the Senate
why do you think this is true2" asked.
In the first place." replied the Senator,
Southern people have very inflated idea Of
the Importance of the army and navy, and OF
our representatives abroad. Secondly, they are
just now looking ahead TO continuation of tho
administration, and they believe these officers
have great power in keeping in existence any ad-
ministration. You remember the South made
great disturbance over the alleged interference
of the army at the polls number of years ago.
and then 1t was taught to reverence and fear it.
Ever stree that time there has been growth OF
respect Sor at least the army, and it is but nat
ural that the diplomatic officers should be re-
garded highly, since they have much to do at
times in maintaining peace or bringing about
war. The South s~the most aggressive. If not
the most enterprising part Of our country, and
anything In the line of chivaIry or diplomacy in
terests that section intensely"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-07-04

Special to Louisville Courier Journal.
The insane revolt of the Brotherhood OF Rail-
way Postal Clerks against the authority of POST
master general Villas is subject of amazement at
the Postoffice Department. A gentleman prom
day that the clerks were greatly overestimating
their Importance TO the service; that any smart
clerk could, in a weeks time, acquire sufficient
facility and skill to perform the duties Of a
railway postal clerk accurately Tho great
ease with which the places of these disgruntled
clerks can be flied with trustworthy Democrats
gives strong coloring of madness to the action
OF the Republican employees, who constitute the
brotherhood The Official mentioned expresses
the opinion that this approaching revolt IS but
an outcropping Of the strike mania which has
rested upon the country during the last year.
The committee designated at Indianapolis yes
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-07-04
A DISAPPOINTED GEORGIAN.
He Joins the Republican Party just at the
Wrong Time.


Wrong Time.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, July 3-Scarcely week has
passed since the induction of the present admin
istration without the development of some in
stance of disappointment to politicians growing
out of the election of 1884. THE polii-
cal cat" seems to have jumped in the
direction least expected by great number of
politicians. Many prominent or active Demo
Gratis left. their ranks during the last few weeks
of the campaign of 1884, and entered those of
the Republican party, believing that prestige of
the latter, and what appeared to be its good fort
une, would prevail again, and that they would
make great strike by their change. In nearly
every instance where selfshness acted a part, it
is shown that they were disappointed
An instance has just boen related to me by
Georgia editor illustrative of the point in view.
Senator Colqutt, who is one Of the leading Dem
ocrats of Georgia, has brother about thirty
five or thirty eight years old, who has for many
years been more less influential in the politics
of that State. Like his brother, he has
always been rabd Democrat, and has done
much to keep the ranks closed up and the ma,
iority of his party large in the old State A
short time before the November election, how
ever, he conceived the idea Of changing his po-
litical fortunes, going over to the Republican
party, being in the national majority, and
tering federal instead of local official life. He
observed to q party of friends one evening:
81 am getting pretty tired of being on the
losing side right along. Ever since | could vote
have advocated the cause Of the Democratic
candidates for the presidency. 1t has been just
like casting my vote in a mill-pond. Every
time was on the losing side. am going to be
with the winners this time. When the next
President is inaugurated. and go to the White
House to see Mr. Blaine, will get big federal
Office instead Nf having to hang around here
with you ragamufins in township and city poll
tics"
Young Colquitt sprang at once into the
breach of the Republican party, leaving his
Democratic friends and companions on the other
side. He made speeches. wrote for the press
and worked like modern Trojan. He had held
positions of trust and profit in the Democratic
party in that State, but as above indicated he
desired to change his fortunes to field Of ma
tional latitude. He felt very we'll for two or
three days after the people had cast their votes
for the presidency, believing that the Republic
ans had won, but when it was announced that
the chief executive would DO Democrat from
New York named Cleveland young Colqutt was
almost paralyzed with humiliation and disap-
pointment. 1t was weeks before he could 60
ont with his friends A report has just reached
here that at last he has returned to his first love
and is again working for the Democracy. Hun