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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-04-06
The Investigation Excites but Little Interest,
and Great Difficulty Is Experienced in Sc
curing a Quorum of the Committee.
Republican Senators Divided as to the
Rights of Suspended officials
Steady Growth of the Movement Looking to
the Abolition of Executive SessiOns-S0-
licitor Goode and the Pan-Electric.
THE wARDER-srEALEY CHARGES.

Witness Shuler's Change of Front-Defense
of the Accused.
Specia5 to the Indianapolis Journas.
WASHINGTON, April 5.--A. O. Shuler has de-
veloped into an incorporating sympathizer
with, and witness for, the defendants in the JEFF
fersonville levee appropriation investigation.
Before the committee which is conducting the
investigation Shuler stated. today, that he did
not say to ]. X Marsh, a lawyer Of Jefferson
vile, after receiving the telegram from Warder
and before the $1,000 was raised, that If the
money was not sent, Congress would not make
the appropriation. He denied ever saying any
thing of that kind to anybody at any time.
Further, Shuler impugned the motives of Mayor
Glass in refusing to call an extra session Of the
City Council to appropriate the $1,000. He
stated that when he called upon Glass and re-
quested an extra session, the latter said, with
some feeling, "The idea of cutting down my sal
airy $500 year and sending $1,000 to Washing
ton! I won't do it, and especially if Il is to be
sent to that scoundrel Warden
The committee was only in session about ff-
teen minutes to-day, just long enough to cross
examine Shuler. So little interest is taken in
the proceedings that it is with difficulty quorum
is secured. 1t was stated to-day that the defend
ants had agreed upon line OF defense. They
are being prosecuted or investigated under the
provisions Of the forty-third rule of the House,
which says:
"No person shall be an officer Of the House,
or continue in its employment, who shall be an
agent for the prosecution of any claim against
the government, or be interested in such claim,
otherwise than as an original claimant, and it
shall be the duty Of the committee on accounts
to inquire into aud report to the House any VIC
lation of the rule"
1t is the intention of the defendants to prove
that they are original claimants, being residents
of Jeffersonville aDi being the only persons
authorized to present to Congress the necessity
for the improvement of the levee and for an ap-
preparation. The members conducting the pros
ecution say that the fact that there is necessity
for improving a river, OF harbor, or levee, does
not constitute claim against the government,
and that, therefore, there could be no Original
claimant" in this case Ex-senator Mcdonald
is said to be here to argue the point before tho
committee.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-04-06

STRIKES are an expensive experiment
Those who are striking against the Missouri
Pacific railway have lost in wages not less
than 10 per cent. Of their pay for year. The
end is not yet, and the expense account is in
creasing at fearful rate. The friends of
labor hope that the differences may soon be
settled, so that the men may get to work and
add to their possessions. May the day soon
come when men viii be slower to strike, and
will use every endeavor to arbitrate before &c
sorting to extreme measures.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-04-06

lgion made q burlesque and by-word, and
are not disappointed. One thing Is certain,
however, and that is, if the stability
Of the church depended upon such
mountebanks as Sam Jones, it would not
maintain its decency and integrity for two
years. There can be no genuine respect for
religion and holy things when such ribaldry
is allowed in the pulpit. DR.. Barrows, the gen.
tleman he so brutally insulted is undoubted-
ly worth thousand Joneses in the cause of
earnest and consistent Christianity. It is q
remarkable fact that the Christian church is
the only religious organization that allows its
cause to be travestied in its very pulpits and
its ministers made sport of to tickle a crowd.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-04-06

THE widows in the Presbyterian Church of
Southold. L. l., recently made a thank-ofering
of 1913 to show their appreciation and gratitude
'for the blessings of civilization which they en-
joy, in comparison with the women in countries
Item.
These widows must have had in mind the fact
that there are heather countries where it is the
fashion to cremate relicts with the remains of
their deceased husbands. Civilization which per-
mits the fair and fond creature to wipe her weep
ing eyes and look about for No 2 is indeed bless
ing. and worth $685. in job lot.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-04-06

JOEL CHANDLER HARRIS accuses Eugene Field
OF having complicated his domestic arrange
ments by marrying him to one Miss Mugs, an
alleged niece of Stonewall Jackson, regardless Of
the feelings of the already existing Mrs Harris
and the seven little Harrses. Mr.. Harris could
have obtained sweet revenge by sticking" his
erstwhiie journalist, and now evangelistic friend
Sam Small on Mr. Field and securing his trans
formation from an unprincipled sower os family
discord into devout editor of a religious col
umn
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-04-06

BosToN paper commenting on Private Dali
way to the poor house, inquiries: What shall be
said of the people who read parse, spell and define
his press contributionsw The people who read
the Private's dissertations probably enjoy that
species of literature and need pity; but as for
those eccentric beings-they don't live outside of
Boston-who step to parse them, they-well
it doesn't matter in the least what fate overtakes
them.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-04-06
Governor Gray and the senasorshIp

Lafayette Times.
We have no SPACE in these columns to waste
on the Shelby Times. We said nothing that
could be, in any way, tortured into an attack on
Governor Gray. We did say. however, that he
had written letter during the canvass of 1884.
that i've the event of his election he would serve
writing, and we know ii. If before half his
term as Governor has expired, he is pulling the
wires for the senatorial Office, then we repeat
that he is violating the promise he made TO his
party. and should be branded as political fraud.
is he doing iti For Governor Grays reputation
we hope not
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-04-06
THE pAN-ELEorRIo INQUIRY.

Solicitor General Goode on the Stand-Why
the Bell Case Is To He Tried at Columbus.
WASHINGTON, April 5. - Solicitor general
Goode appeared before the telephone investiga
ton committee this afternoon, TO tell what he
knew Of tho circumstances leading up to the in
stitution OF the Memphis suit He said that he
had been appointed to his Office by the President
upon the recommendation Of Attorney general
Garland. and he did not believe that Senator
Harris or Messrs. Atkins. Young and Johnston
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-04-06

The business of spring plowing has received a
BOOM man in Georgia is reported to have
plowed up 900 in gold. Now, if man in
Georgia can pillow up 1900 10 gold, no farmer
with any style about him will let up blowing till
he turns up double that amount. If any Indiana
farmer does, he can keep half the sum for his
trouble and send the remainder to this office
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-04-06

KEY WEST, Fla, recently almost totally
destroyed by fire. is forced to appeal for out
side aid Thousands Of people are out of
employment, and scores Of business men are
suddenly rendered bankrupt. 1t would be a
good thing to 90 to the help of these people.
The South has suffered heavy loss from fire
in the last past few months
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-04-06

The dexican pension bill has passed the
House of Representatives. The measure does
pensions to those whoare under political
disabilities which will at least keep Jefferson
Davis off the pension rolls Of the country,
Attorney general Garlands fool opinion on
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-04-06

Next to our own splendid triumph in In
dianapolis, the Journal is most gratifed by
the Republican success in Evansville. The
Republicans have elected their candidate for
mayor by four hundred majority and have
decided majority in the City Council thus
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-04-06

The gathering of the Phi Kappa Psi college
fraternity in this city tomorrow promises to
be very successful one. Governor Foraker
Of Ohio, will be the central figure, as he is
expected to be present. Representatives
from some fifty colleges will be in attendance
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-04-06

THERE are numerous lessons" in yester-
days election, and the most of them lie SO
near the surface of things that he is dull
lard indeed who cannot learn them The
schoolmaster is abroad in the land and when
parties obey or disobey they are apt to be re-
warded or punished accordingly.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-04-06

The intelligent workingmen of Indianapo-
lis have proved that they are their own mas
ters. The offensive assumption that they
could be bought and sold like so many sheep
by few trafickers. who presumed to be their
leaders, has been signally rebuked.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-04-06

THE net result of the labors of evangelists
Jones and Small, during the four weeks spent
at Chicago, seems to have been the conversion
of both these gentlemen from the use Of to-
bacco. For these services they have received
So, 600 apiece. Almost any man would be
willing to swear off for that amount.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-04-06

giving both Democracy and reputation q
black eye. We congratulate the people Of the
river city. Yesterdays election will do much
to restore confidence and prosperity to that
thriving metropolis. The Republicans are
pledged to the payment Of the city debt at a
lower rate of interest; the Democracy were
for reputation.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-04-06

A CHICAGO paper announces as a remarkable
fact that there is not manageable woman in
Deming n. NJ This may easily be accounted
for by the circumstance that casual glance at
this village of the plain is enough to convince
any sane woman that no man worth marrying
can possibly be concealed within its borders.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-04-06

1t seems to require something more than a
paper Endorsement from some supposed knights
Of Labor lodge to be elected to Office in Cen
ter township The corrupt labor t,icksters
have been kicked hard.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-04-06

One word to the Republicans of Indiana
Nominate the best men you possibly can for
every Office in every county of the State. You
can succeed with unexceptionable nominees.
Especially look well to the legislative tickets.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-04-06

BARNEY CoNRoY and Tom Carney were the
principal Democratic workers in the second
precinct of the Thirteenth ward Barney must
have been trying for another Endorsement
from the State officers
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-04-06

In the Eighth ward, Mr.. Rodgers's residence,
the Republicans made a gain of ninety-six.
That is what the immediate neighbors Of the
Democratic candidate thought of him.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-04-06

Mr.. Quill, the Republican candidate for
assessor handsomely carried his own ward,
heavily Democratic, as usual. This is splen-
did tribute to the new assessor by those who
know him best.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-04-06

LIZ full Republican vote had been polled
In all the northern wards the majority would
have been more than thousand As it is the
vote was good one in quantity and splendid
i'm quality.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-04-06

The President has appointed Caleb W.
West, of Kentucky, to be Governor of Utah.
This is an appointment that should be care
Gully scrutinized by the Senate before it is
confrmad
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-04-06

TIE lawless man is the friend of no honest
citizen. He is the enemy Of his neighbor,
and menace to society. Organized" is worse
than sporadic lawlessness, and can not be toll
Grated
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-04-06

CHARLES P. TAYLOR, deputy United States
marshal, was book holder.and challengerin the
Seventh ward. Is this specimen of the ere
form" administration?
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-04-06

TELEGRAPH it to the boys. Even Fort
Wayne is carried by the Republicans against
the corrupt Democratic ring in that benighted
Democratic stronghold.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-04-06

MAsHAL HAWKINS should relieve himsel
Of Deputy Taylor, who acted as an offensive
partisan" in the Seventh ward.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-04-06

A BUFFALO husband is badly broken up over
the elopement of his wife. who has gone away
with skating-rink dude. He doesn't care so
much for her as for the pet dog she took away
with her. He will use every endeavor as an
outraged husband to recover the dog.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-04-06

MR.. RODGERS did not carry the working
mems vote in his vest-pocket. The Journal
told him that he was mistaken.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-04-06

PARNELL and Powderly-the wisest leaders
their respective causes ever had Aided by
their friends, they can and will obtain full
insfica
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-04-06

AMERICAN divorces have been pronounced
invalid in England. This will not cause the
divorce courts to close down, however.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-04-06

THE miserable little gang of traders in the
labor vote have been given black eye they
win carry for long time.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-04-06

Our compliments to Commissioner Sahn
and Mr.. Assessor Messick. Their little
scheme did not work
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-04-06

THE reports from the State at large are EN-
gnently satisfactory Ex-senator Mcdonald
told the truth in his interview. Indiana is
not reliably Democratic.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-04-06

The people who knew Mr.. Rodgers did not
believe he would make capable and efficient
township trustee.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-04-06

Do the LIBERAL LEAGUE think yes.
terday's election settled the question for No
bemberf And if so, how do they like ita
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-04-06

SoME one has figured up that it would take q
man 5000 years to read books which are eener-
ally accepted as standard.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-04-06

The total vote is heavier than that cast two
years ago. 1t was full vote and splendid
victory.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-04-06

MARSH PALMER can join the rebel army
aow, If he wants to.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-04-06

'SM' Coy could not carry his own pre-
dnct. The 'sboss' has fallen.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-04-06

WHAT does Marsh Palmer think of the
banked psalm-singers nowf
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-04-06

SENATOR MCDONALD does not regard In
tiiaaa reliably Democratic. Few do
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-04-06

The public will see the inside of Mr.. Kitz's
empty safe.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-04-06
the fourteenth amendment not being recog-
nized, even by Democratic administration,
as was shown in the case of General Lawton.

THE indications are that Eshelby, Repub-
lican candidate for comptroller of Hamilton
county, Ohio, has about seven thousand ma
iority. And still the wonder growsl
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-04-06

The Republicans have swept the platter
5leanl
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-04-06

Mr. SAHM, will you still put up the Centel
township duplicate to $50, 900, 0OOG
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-04-06

THE G. O. r. P. is in a very healthy condi-
aon, thank you.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-04-06

TT was the administration that did id
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-04-06

IT is a LANCE lane that has no turn.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-04-06

THERE was too Many for Rodgers.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-10-14
MEXICAN LEPEROS.
A Glass of People Which Must Greatly
Depress the Civilization of Mexico.

Glass of People Which Must Greatly
Depress the Civilization of Mexico
This word, derived from the Castilian
1epra Oeper) is not pure Spanish. nor
does it denote class afflicted with the
loathsome disease of leprosy; but it is
applied to class than which it would
hardly be possible to imagine one more
repulsive Or disgusting. The traveller
who sees them-and they are found
every VIII re in the towns of this coun-
try-must fain hope that no human be-
ings like them are found in any other
lands of the earth. They wear little
clothing, and that little, unless it is of
leather, is apt to be in shreds and tat
ters If it is of leather, it may have
served to cover the wearers as long as
the children of Israel wore their gar
ments. Their hair, if sometimes
cut, is certainly never combed;
it is long and matted and full
of vermin. 1t is impossible in
looking at them, to imagine that they
ever washed face, feet or body. They
are completely encased in thick and
hard crust of dirt. Their compilations
are very dark, or that IS the color OF the
dirt covering them, their teeth alone are
clean and bright. and with their wild
eyes and famine pinched features, their
expression is savage and altogether
wolfsh If they are women they will
often have two or three little half
naked children trotting after them, or
fastened to their backs. They are the
most miserable looking creatures ever
saw wearing the human form. To see
one such creature would be shocking
enough: but to see them by thousands
is sad sight indeed.
Their haunts in the Ctv of Mexico are
the canals and the markets and especially
the pxlqne shops there and in all towns.
They live on what a civilized man
would revolt at as no better than ot1al.
They spend their lives in drinking
pulqxe (Which is as much the nat onal
drink of the Mex:cans as lager beer is
of the Germans) quarreling and steal
ing. There is nothing on which they
will not lay the thieving hands If they
get chance. The superintendent of
telegraph construction on the road be-
tween Vera Cruz and Mexico told mo
that despite all their vigilance they not
unfrequently had the wire of their lines
stolen and carried off. sometimes by the
mile How large a proportion of the
ten millions of the Mexicans in the
country are leperos do not know. The
numbers are certainly very large. And
their presence in such numbers must
greatly affect aud depress the civiliza-
ton of the country.-Dr. g. c. Noges,
in E,,a311elist
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-10-14
TWAS a GOLD DAY,

And the State Department Got Left I'm
Their Endeavors to Entrap the News
Vendors with Bogus TeieSrams-A Gil
pher to be Adopted to Protect state Sc
Frets.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 6.-Since the print
ing. not long ago, of the cable CORE
spondence between Secretary of State
Bayard aud Minister Phelps at London,
pertaining 10 the proposed London aid for
the Charleston sufferers, which had been
transmitted in cipher, the Secretary of
State has been hunting for the person
WHO gave it TO the correspondent, sup
poSiag, no doubt, thst it was some one
connected with the State Department.
The Secretary has been unable to find
him. Yesterday an entire new code was
adopted at the department with the CO.
jeCt of preventing any more Information
from going out. Before Mr.. Bayard left
the city he gave special Instructions to
Assistant Adee to formulate revision
of the CIPHER and make it as complicated
as possible. Assistant Adee, in prepar-
ing the code, manufactured a number of
decoy kilograms of a startling nature
hoping to detect the person who trans
lated and made public the previous mes
sages. This effort failed TO have the
desired effect. Whereupon the Ameri
can representatives abroad were in
formed that new cipher would 60 into
effect November /. The new cipher
will involve change from Webster to
WUrcester's dictionary as an additional
precauticn.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-10-14
THE RETURNING BALL.

A Peddler Who Invented q Toy Which
Melted Him a Small Fortune.
For a good many years, summer and
winter, rain or shine, John Burke, a
stalwart Irishman. peddled goods
through the city of Brooklyn, from Red
Hook to Greenpoint, and from Fulton
Ferry to East New York. He was
known by all the children in the dis
tricts which he visited. He liked to see
good-looking girl. and he married
three times.
Catherine Burke was his third wife.
and he married her because she had
been in his employ during the lifetime
of wife No. 2. Catharine was ambitious,
and she induced John to make an effort
to rise in the world. He engaged in
the business of fakir and went about
with little platform, from which he
harangued his audiences, under his arm,
and with little coal-oil lamp stuck on
a long pole, which served to illuminate
the surroundings.
John tramped through the States OF
New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania,
Connecticut and Massachusetts, and
made money. When he stood on his
stand near the village tavern crowd
soon gathered about him: his oil lamp
and his little rostrum. His talk to the
rural public was full of the native wit
of an freshman, and he always got his
hearers into good humor with his sallies
and small talk before exposing his
wares to their wondering gaze. John
had mind with an inventive turn and
turned it to good account. He made a
name for himself by inventing what is
known as the returning ball, a rubber
globe attached to a rubber string, and
cleared $50, 900.
Then the Burke family rose from its
obscurity and looked down from its
financial height upon its admiring
neighbors John Burke and his wife
gave splendid entertainments to their
particular friends, at which the punch
bowl was frequently emptied, and many
reel was reeled and many jig was
legged. Johns particular friends
helped him to get away with a large
part of his wealth. What he had left
he invested in big tenement house in
York street with a mortgage of $14,-
900. In September, last year, Cath
arine Burke got decree of separation
from her husband on the ground of
cruel and inhuman treatment Brooks
Ina, Times