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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-09-04

NEW YORK, Sept. 3-The Stock, Produce.
Mining and Cotton Exchanges have appointed
committees to solicit subscriptions for the re-
lief of the Charleston sufferers The total
contributed in the Cotton Exchange to-day is
$685.
It is announced that the Southern Express
Company will forward contributions for the re-
lief of the earthquake sufferers free of charge
The Brooklyn Examiner has received the
following dispatch from Vicar-general P. L.
Duff
CHARLESTON Sept g.
The Catholic churches. orphanages, schools and
pastoral residences have been seriously damaged.
Miraculous were the escapes of priests, sisters and
orphans, who are now camping out. L am erecting /.
temporary altar in the cathedral grounds Our loss
and suffering are great
The Examiner has sent an appeal to the clergy
and laity of the New York and Brooklyn
churches to aid in swelling the fund.
From Washington it is announced that the
surgeon general of the Marine Hospital Service
has authorized the officers of that bureau at
Charleston to secure tents to replace temporarily
the hospital buildings rendered uninhabitable by
, the earthquake. Also. that Chief Clerk Youmans,
of the Treasury Department, by permission of
acting Secretary Fairchld, issued a circular let
ter to-day, informing the employees that the rule
prohibiting the circulation OF subscription papers
in the department would be suspended in the
bureaus would be designated to receive subscrip-
tons Special performances will be given in all
the Washington theaters and places of amuse-
ment for the benefit of the sufferers.
In Philadelphia. subscriptions amounting to
nearly 81 900 were announced. headed by Geo
W. Childs and A. j. Drexel for 81 900 each The
firm Of Drexel e. Go. was selected to act as bank
ers for the committee, and a telegram was sent
to the Mayor of Charleston to draw on that firm
for $4,000.
Mr. Jas. NJ Brown, president of the New
York Chamber of Commerce, has called special
meeting Monday next, in view of the great
distress resulting from the disaster at Charles
ton. Mr.. Brown sent the following to the presi
dents of the Chamber of Commerce. and the
Cotton Exchange at Charleston;
The Chamber of Commerce of New York profound
ly sympathizes with the people of Charleston in the
great calamity which has overtaken their city. The
Chamber will meet Monday next to devise prompt
for the relief of the sufferers. Meantime
you may have in regard TO their needs
President Wilson, Of the Petroleum Exchange,
called the members together this afternoon and
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-09-04
Obituary.

CINCINNATI, Sept 3-James w. Bart, of
Cleves, o., aged sixty died suddenly at $50 yes
terday evening. lie dropped dead on the pave
lnsnt while standing in front of his residence
Heart disease was no doubt the cause of his
death. He was prominent Odd-fellow. He
leaves no family.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, Sept 4--General B. r.
Cheatham, the famous ex-confederate general,
and postmaster, died at 1:20 this morning. He
was appoiSted postmaster at Nashville by Pres
ident Cleveland aud had been confirmed by the
Senate.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-09-04
FOREIGN MISCELLANY.

A Colonel of German Infantry Arrested on
French Soil as a Spy.
PARIS, Sept 3.-The colonel of the One
hundred-and-third Regiment of German Infant
~, stationed at Mulhausen, Alsace, has been
arrested at Servance, France, as spy. He was,
when arrested. disguised as a workingman, and
was sketching the Notifications at Servance
The Paris newspapers, with one accord. demand
his exemplary punishment.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-09-04
The Northwest Indiana Conference.


Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
FRANKFORT, Sept. 3.-The missionary confer
ence sermon was preached last night by Rev D.
NJ. Wood of Delphi 1t was new and original
presentation of the old subject of missionss
The audience was large, and the attention from
beginning to end was very complimentary.
This morning the conference prayer meeting
was conducted by Rev. g. NJ. Boyd. Conference
business began at O'clock with Bishop Merrill
In the chair. The order Of business was the
report of the examining committees, and the
passing of their characters and election to elders
and deacons orders.
Dr. G. W. Gray delivered an address in behalf
of the Freedmans Aid Society He is a strong
and vigorous speaker, and is popular with the
conference.
Dr. j. H. Bayliss, editor of the Western Chris
tian Advocate, was introduced end made tell
ing speech in his line of work.
The class of members who are candidates for
admission into full connection into the confer
ence consisted of four-John S. Wright, Samuel
b. Grimes Nmrod F. Jenkins and James T.
Albeit. The address of Bishop Merrill was an
hour in length and was closely listened to. He
devoted some space to the doctrines of Christian
experience. He defined in clear language peri ect
love, maturity, perfection and purity. He
pleaded for the doctrines OF. Methodism, and ad-
vised that when Methodist preacher could no
longer preach MeLnOQlSC QOcCrlne, CnaC ne coulQ
find place out in the world where he belonged.
He spoke feelinely, also, of the 'other class" Of
men. who, instead of entering, are closing up
their work and dropping out of the active serv-
ice of the ministry.
Dr. j. M Thoburn and Rev. Joseph Wood
spoke in the afternoon at the anniversary Of the
Womans Foreign Missionary Society.
The Rev. w. McKendrel Darwood pastor of
Washington Heights M. E. Church. New York
city. is present and is warmly greeted by his
friends and former conference brethren. He
will doubtless preach on Sunday in one of the
churches.
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THE WRECK AT CHARLESTON.
[Coneluded from First Page.l

Zens, rendering assistance and acceptances have
been made. A delegation of citizens have ar
rived from Wilmington. N. c., with 81. 600 cash
and promise of an additional $4,000 with In
structions to ascertain what should be done by
that city. The money was placed in the hands
of needy families in sums of $40. $l5 and $40
through religious and other societies.
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Earthquake on the Pacific coast.

GRASS VALLEY, CAL, Sept. ga sharp earth
quake shock was felt here at IL o'clock last night
MERcEnRCal, Sept. 3-A slight earthquake
was experienced here last night.
RENO, New. Sept. AT $50 this morning a
slight earthquake, passing from south to north,
was felt here. Twenty seconds later a second
shock, almost imperceptible, occurred.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-09-04
A Man Who Wants Blood.

WASHINGTON, Sept Cool j. Cathcart Jones,
of Louisiana, who few months ago, wanted
Congressman King to fight q duel on some al
legged remark about some ladies' is out In a letter
denouncing Mr.. King az a coward, and charging
him with dishonesty and various sins. He darez
Mr. King to prosecute him for libel or meet
him.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-09-04
THE METHODIST CHURCH.
Proceedings of Indiana Conference-Routine
Reports-Case of Rev. Walls.

Proceedings of Indiana Conference-Routine
Reports-Case of Rev. Walls.
Special to indianapolis journal
PRINCETON, Sept. 3.-The Methodist confer
ence is now fully at work, this being the second
day of the session. This mornings train in
creased the attendance to hundred. The
forenoon was given mostly to reports of pre-
siding elders and the examination of effective
elders and deacons. The aggregate reports
show over four thousand conversions during the
year; many debts have been paid and several
churches erected. When Rev. FL. j. Talbot,
presiding elder of Rockport district arose to
read his report, one of the preachers advanced,
and in very neat brief address presented him,
in behalf of his colleagues, with gold-headed
cane as mark of respect. The gift was grace
fully acknowledged.
The following preachers were continued on
trial: Lucien B. johnson. Thomas w. Welkler,
j. B. Thomas, John Garner, w. NJ Canaughton.
F. L. Mallett, L. Robbins w. F. Sheridan, M.
R. Vest, W. S. Raider w. McMichael. Messrs.
j. T. Edwards, s. F. Anderson and W. Z. John
son were elected deaeons. Messrs G. D. Wilson,
E. G. Chppenger, w. P Barnhill, W. A. Fox
and M. S. Woods were elected to elders orders.
The Preachers Relief Association reported
capital to the amount of $29, 900 invested In good
securities
The committee appointed to erect monument
to DR.. Mutt at Greencastle, reported the work
done, and was discharged.
This evening the anniversary of the mission
ary society was held, and was addressed by DR..
Lowry, superintendent of the North China mis-
sion
DR.. Spencer, DR.. Bayllss and DR.. Stowe have
gone to the Northwest Conference
Rev. John Walls, against whom charges of i'm
morality had been presented, demanded an IN
vestigation, and committee of fifteen, with DR..
Martin as chairman, was appointed to hear the
case Bishop Andrews grows in favor with the
brethren. He will preach here on Sunday morn
ing.
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California Democratic Nominees,

SAN Francisco, Sept 3.-The Democrat
convention nominated Washington Butler 70
Governor and NJ. F. Tarpey for Lieutenant
governor.
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Stop coughing at once by the immediate use
of DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup; 25 cents bottle
New-York tribune., 1886-01-17

the waste places of Brooklyn and the other sub
urbs of New York. There are two slides now
in Prospect Park but they need improvement
sadly. 1t is likely that there will be an urgent
demand for tobogganing in Central PARK, but
whether it is introduced there or no, the Nils
north of the Harlem River ought soon to oios-
som with Slides Our young men OF 1asnioh
will find the rapid transit of the toboggan lar
better means of enlivenment than billiards OF
even the graceful transportation OF big cane III
Fifth-aye., while our young women VIII get
much more benefit from flying down icy hills at
dizzy speed than can be obtained from glldlng
over waxen floors in the mazes of the german
and TO them should the picturesque novelties
of combination in costume that the 'oooSs"n
permits especially appeal.
New-York tribune., 1886-01-17
PERSONAL.

London Times writer denies the recently made state
mcnt that Prince Bismarck personally disiked Wag
ner" wagner himself" he says, showed me On
autograph communication the Prince which might
have been written with the point OF the sword 30 bold
and decided were the characters; Ine Ie.tSr "s'
cOuched in the most intimate and friendly TERMS
General stonemau, the onoe famous cavalry leader.
who is now Governor of California has lived for most
OF the time since the war San Gabriel Mission near
Los Angeles His health completely undermined.
and It has taken almost twenty years to overcome his
severe dyspepsia His equanimty Of temper suffered
correspondngly and there were few people who would
brave his remarks by visit to the huge orange pianta
lion which he cultivated Ii is almost unnecessary 70
add that his health has completely altered MS
disposition, and that there are 1eW moro geniai on ~
he to-day in California.
One of the new Congressmen from Michigan, Mr..
ODonnell looks very much like Assistant Postmaster
General Stevenson and says The Cleveland Leader.
curious meeting took place between him and Represent
atiye Carleton OF his own State, In the Ebbitt House
recently Carleton came ObsequiOusly up to ODonnell
and seized his hand. saying; "HOw are you General
stevenson, and what do you think now Of the matter
which put before you to-day In regard to those appoint
mentsl" O'DOnnell appreciated the situation. and
bowed cordially lie said - have looked over your
papers, Mr. Carleton, and am happy TO tell you that
can grant all you ask You shall have these post ohces
and will send off the appointments tomorrow Garlic
ton became very ELUSIVE In his thanks, ana 1lmoth
Tarsney. who had been standing beside Donael cOu
restrain himself no longer lie burst INTO u roar VI
laughter O'DOnnell followed, and Carleton, as soon
as he appreciated how badly he had been taken
in took the crowd of and set up the enatn pagu@G, o.
the National Hotel the man whom they supposed
to be O'Donnell They slapped him on the back anu
called him by name. They were met with u stare anu
we're informed that the gentlemans name was Steven
son and that lie knew them not.
New-York tribune., 1886-01-17
TOBOGGdNING.

As New-YOrk could not or would not go 10
Montreal this winter because of the smallpox,
Montreal has been in a measure transported 10
the neiyhborhood of New York, and the sport
which has always had the strongest attraction
for visitors to Canada's snowbOund hills is now
hourishing at Orange and other places in the
vicinity of the metropolis. Tobogganng has
certain obvious advantages over most other
winter sports which should make it great
favoritc here and keep it so. 1t requires no
schooling as skating does, and the veriest
beginner is as safe on the wooden craft-and
about as graceful-as the most experienced
tobogganer. Education is not acquired on any
properly constructed and managed "slidc at
the expense of painful bumps and bruises.
Then too in New York and It's neighbOrhood
skating is generally confined to Il small part OF
the winter. Either the ice is not thick enough
for safety or it is too rough for enjoyment or it
is buried under snow drifts. So of slcighing
As a rule we have only few days or at most a
few weeks of fine sleighng in this city. But a
fall of snow too light to keep the runners from
scratching in Seventh-ave., may be amply
sufficient for slipping down NewJersey or
Westchester hills. And a tOboggan slide may
be made with little or no snow tor that matter,
though the operation may be expensive. Slides
constructed of timber and planking, and made
SD Drry enough for breathless descents by
pourlng water on them when the temDe:ature
was below the freezing point have not been un-
| known. But sleighIng without snow and skat-
| ing without ice thick enough to sustain the
skaters are still undiscovered.
II is true that roller skating on wood or as
phalt floors is common enough, but that is in
every way contemplate in comparison with
sport on ice in the open air, and the rinking
| craze is rapidly dying ont. 1t never had any
! excuse for existence. Roller Tinks have done
an incalculable amount of mischief to morals.
| But tobogganing is as free from evil influences
and surroundings as any sport that can be de-
vised. The exhilaration and excitement of the
plunge down the toboggan slides are followed
| by no depressing reaction as is the excessive
exercise in the feverish air of roller rinks. To-
| bogganing stirs up the mind and the muscles
even more than dashing along the road in a
sleigh drawn by pair of 2:2O tr0tters, and if
Mr.. Bonner and Mr. Work, Mr. Eastman and
Mr.. Rockefeller will give their costly road
teams vacation and trust themselves to a dash
down hill on the elastic and bounding tobOg-
gan, they will enjoy new experience, even
more animating than whirlwind squirt to Me-
Combs Dam Bridge. And consider the econ
Omy of it 4! Fast trotters cost from 81 0,000 tC
$40 900 each. Fast toboggans may be bought
for from 50 to $40 and they require no luxuri-
GUS stabing aud no big staff of grooms, while
they never catch cold or need nursing.
| From every point of view. tObogganing de-
| serves encouragement. No livelier and yet
more harmless winter amusement was ever in
favor, and we hope to see slides multiplied IL
New-York tribune., 1886-01-17
THE TRIAL or THE AATAL IyExPERTS

THE TRIAL or THE AIT1L INEXPERTS.
Now that the Dolphin has been accepted by the
Government the report of her latest voyage be-
comes the object OF more than ordinary curiosity
As II is understood however, that owing TO certain
unfortunate circumstances n full account of that
memorable excursion ls not likely 10 be obtained
from official sources. n special correspondent OF
TIE TRIBUNE furnishes some interesting and
authentic particulars.
The trip was ordered by the Secretary of the
Navy for the purpose of testing the stanchness
and seagoing qualities of his newest Board of
Naval lnexperts, and Captain Meade was instructed
70 make the trial thorough You will bear in
mindn SAID Mr.. Whitney " that rs the members Of
the Board are Government property, you are re-
sponsIble for their economical expenditure; but
while you arc not squandcr them in reckless cx-
perIments you arc expected to make such trial
as will fully develop their capacity for active ser
vice IN rough weather. At the same time, captain
added the Secretary, you need not alarm them in
advance"
understand, sir" said Captain Meade.
The Board of IncXpcrts joined the ship ut the ap-
pointed time, prepared for a cruise along the Vr-
pini and Carolina coasts and out into the warm
waters of the Gulf Strcam-a route supposed to lie
under sub-trOpical skies and to be famed by
languorous brcezes. They were in high spirits.
CAPTAIN Brown, who boasted that ho had "often
been passenger in Ion steamers" brought along a
deck chair, "a lap robe, ana French novel Mr..
Hnrg who has Il taste for science. carried amer
old barometer. pocket compass and theOdOlite
the legs of the last named instrument being very
much in hs way crossing the plank. What are
you going to do with that ~ asked Captain Meade
Pm going 10 survey her after we get out bat
and see if she says any IN the middle"
As for the third Inexpcrt Mr.. Steele, he was fully
equipped for hot weather. lie wore light SUIT OF
! flannel and straw hat he carried white sum
umbrella, and his teeth chattered IN the January
AIR. Hadn't yOu better have n heavy coat =
asked the captain.
| "We'rc g-g-going ssouth. aint wof"
" Yes sir"
"And out into the Gulf Stream-m-m 7"
"Yes, sr."
"We the waters warm out there, aint it!"
pretty warm"
"Oh. ] know all about it flying fish, sargassC
sea, and so on. Yon needn't worry about me, cap
| tain.p
"All right" rcjoined Captain Meade; :" won't
| The weather looked bad and few drops fel
| from the scurrying clouds the ship cast oil
Hold onP cried the Board, but nobody minded
them. and the Dolphin swung out into the stream
New-York tribune., 1886-01-17
THE sTRAWBkRRY As 4 FIREBRAND

TIE STRAWBkRRY As 4 FIREBRAND.
There il high authority for asserting that God
never made better berry than the straw berry, and
still L seems rs If this generally beloved little fruit
may become cause OF offence 4 dispatch IRON
Rome shows that the strawberry has seriously dis
turbed the peace of the royal family OF Italy. "Ihe
King was particularly shocked" we are informed,
Z" at discovering that Queen Marshcrita insisted on
having a heaping plate OF strawoerrIes every day
in the year although the fruit can only he obtained
in winter at an exorbtant cost. The King stormed
and the Queen retorted by charging him with many
needless acts of eAtravagance" There eau be no
doubt that tho Queen won the laurels of the
encounter and forced the King 10 write himself
down brute before the committee rose. But In
consideration OF the fact that the United states IL
aud wishes TO be at peace with Italy. It does not
become an American newspaper to say anything
which might look like taking sides IN this distress
ing family quarrel. We have suffered ourselves TO
refer 10 il at all because IL extraordinary 10
ses the strawberry turning MP as family skeleton.
At last accounts tho King had not ordered the
legend God Bless Our Home which the Queen
worked for him in worsted for his last birthday TO
be removed from its place above the mantle IN the
dinng-room: and the Queen had not threatened to
pack up and 20 home TO her mother Hence itorc
is ground Tor hoping that the unplcasantness may
bc made up Bat it stands the King in hand to quit
going about the palace storming against the straw
berry bills The Qneen has right to her appetite
and has no more to do with Strawberries being dear
in Italy at certain seasons than has one Mr. heiley
OF this country Besides the King may come to be
fond of strawberry shortcake himself some day.
New-York tribune., 1886-01-17
full test Of his powers bystrkng those nfne Dem
ocratic Assembly Districts.

There is something to be said in favor OF the
authorities Of Newtown, L. l., demanding fee
of 81 for each nterment that takes place within It's
township limits 1t is very poor, with burden
some tax rate of over 81 on every 800 OF property
valuation, and its land. which might otherwise Dc
well improved and taxable, is being encroacned
upon by cemeteries in very threatening way. Its
dead inhabitants will easily quadrupe its live Ones
II s Obliged to maintain the roads over which heavy
funeral trans are passing daily, and they are all
free roads Its tax receipts from the cemeteries are
not commensurate with its expenses on account OF
them. In this view Of the situation its action does
not seem wholly unreasonable.
If the report is true that japan wants to raise
heavy loan in the United States, it can but be re-
carried as a proyidential settlement of the silver
question. We will give her all she wants ON easy
terms, if she will only take it in nice, big round
dollars.