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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-13

the Socialist leader recently on trial for melting
the Milwaukee garden riots addressed g
mass meeting of 1900 at the North Side
Turner Hall this evening, bitterly attacking the
authorities and the "capistalistic press" Reso-
lutions were adopted decouncng the grand jury
which indicted Grottkau and forty rioters, and
boycotters corrupt, the juries as having been
influenced. and the action of the authorities as
political persecution The resolutions assert that
the rioters in May were the police and military,
in having dubbed inoffensive people. Grottkau
will be arraigned tomorrow on the charge of con-
tempt of court and perjury, and there will be an
investigation of the charge that witnesses against
him were grossly intimidated and forced TO fee
for their lives.
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HARRIET BEECHER STOWE AT HOME.
How "Uncle Toms Cabin" Has Been Printed
in Nearly Every Known Language.

How "Uncle Toms Cabin" Has Been Printed
in Nearly Every Known Language.
Hartford Letter in New York World.
Uncle Toms Cabin" is doubtless the most
widely read book ever emanating from human
mind. 1t answered to the sneering question
"Who reads an American book2' Everybody
and proved it by selling ten thousand copies in a
few days and over three hundred thousand with
IN the year. Eight presses were run day and
night for months to supply the enormous de-
mand for this book and it still remains popular
and on steady sale 10 this and many other coun-
tries 1t has been issued in more than a hun
dred different editions and translated into nine
teen languages In the library of the author
who lives on Forest street in this city, NAV be
seen copies of many of the curious foreign re-
prints and translations which have been sent
by translators and from publishers to Mrs
Stowe. A World correspondent got a peep at
them the other day. There were specimens of
several of the twelve French editions by various
| translators, and few of the eleven German is
| sues. There were numerous Italian editions,
| Spanish and Cuban, Dutch, Swedish and DANISH
| one from Abertawy, India: one in Polish, two
| which were found published on the Island of
! Java in the Dutch language one. an I8mo pub
lished at Soaraliaga, at the east end of the ISL
1 and, and an 8vo, found at Batavia. These were
| forwarded to Mrs. Stowe by Samuel w. Bonney,
missionary to that country. with
| letter written on the ship Comet one hun
| dred miles south OF Java. There is one which
seems to be all consonants, principally VS. and
VS. in the Welsh. This is illustrated by George
| Crukshank. Those In The Russian, of which
there are several, are illustrated with the most
astonishing and un .Amarican negroes and
drivers imaginable There Is one very rare
| and valuable ia Armenian. translated by one
of the monks j. NJ. G. Mergian by name, in
the convent at Venice The heiroglyphics
which convey written ideas in this language
are MOST obscure and unfamiliar The visitor
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Brief Mention.

Leonard P. Warren, arrested in East st. Louis
for selling oleomargarine, developed a case of
small pox in Jail at Spring6e
Philip Fell ex-postmaster of Manhattan. and
a prominent hardware merchant, committed
suicide by hanging himself in his barn. He had
been somewhat deranged for some time.
The Women's Foreign Missionary Society of
the Methodist Episcopal Church, Springfield dis
trict concluded an interesting two days meet
ing with the election of the following officers:
President, Mrs. M. j. Bogardus, of Springfield;
recording secretary, Mrs. Professor Conlev, of
Carlinvle; corresponding secretary Mrs. Fl. G.
Barnes, of Springfield; treasurer, Mrs. Gen.
John l. Rinaker, of Carlinville; organizer Mrs.
M. F. Duncklee, of Virden. The society ad-
journed to meet in Springfield the first week in
November, 1887.
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been seeking for pure air, but had been too weak
to open the door or windows, which had been
kinhtIrr nlnnnd

Water Famine In and About Bloomington.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal
BLOOMINGTON, Dec. 1.-THE Paragraph to-
morrow morning will publish reports showing
that water famine exists in central Illinois,
and is particularly serious in Mclean and cir
cumjacent counties The summer and fall were
unusually dry, and winter has set in with three
fourths of the wells and cisterns empty. In
some of the small towns nearly all the private
wells are dry. and the people depend upon the
town wells. Among the fs; iners fear is wide
spread. Many have to haul water for domestic
purposes, and are compelled to drive stock,
horses, cattle and hogs several miles to creeks
and pubic wells. Many of the tile drains
have stopped running, and many of the
smaller creeks, heretofore regarded as living
streams, are dry. Many farmers have dug to
depths ranging from fifty to one hundred feet
without finding water. and some have dug as
many as five wells and then Quit without water.
The situation is particularly discouraging, as
the time for the regular fall rains has passed
and plentiful supply OF water is not expected
before the January thaw. Bloomington's water
supply has been serious problem the past fall
and winter. the supply of water in the city we'll
diminishing and many of the private wells becom-
ing dry, but the city well has proven practically
inexauStible.
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The Right Man in the Right Place.

He'd phenomenal capacity
For myth and unveracity,
And details most impossible he'd give with perspi-
cacity:
With legends most apocryphal
Relentlessly he'd talk you full.
And tell the truth in trembling fear, but lie with
great audacity.
He would sit and calmly chronicle
Tales absurd and uncanonical
With air of perfect frankness and without smile
sardonicai;
Misty legendary fances
AS you read of in romances,
With an autocratic accent manner histrionical
And he told with great verbosity,
And lingual velocity
Lies of most artistic finish and phenomenal mon
strosity-
Lies that shamed the of liars
Since the time of Ananias,
That would make the great Munchausen green with
jealous animosity.
But his talent gave him station
And superb remuneration, q
For he worked upon paper at princely compen-
sation;
On enterprising journal
He gave his oath diurnal
And swore by affidavit to its monstrous circulation.
-. W. Foss, in lid Bits.
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i'applications concededly not within the law. and
plainly devoid of merit, but so surrounded by
sentiment and patriotic feeling that they are
hard to resist" The puzzle is to know how ap-
plications plainly devoid of merit" well as
against the law, arouse almost irresistible pa
triotic feeling On one side il is urged that Mr..
Cleveland has vetoed more private pension bills
than any previous President On the other side
Ii is urged that he has signed or allowed TO be-
come Jaws, an enormously greater number than
any predecessor. The general conclusion seems
TO be that he intends to decide the cases him
self, instead of allowing Congress to do SO, so
that successful applicants for the government
bounty are expected TO be grateful to him, and
not TO their congressman.
There is one feature of the message which
seems 20 admit of less doubt, namely, that the
President is ready to sign the Blair bill, or rath
the House substitute tor this bill, If 10 comes
before MIN this session, il is perhaps likely to
do. This bill allows pension of $144 year to
oil soldiers and sailors who are disabled and de-
pendent upon their labor for support" Itseems
clear that the following passage in the Presi-
dents message squints toward this BILL although
no man can pretend to say exactly what it
means:
Every patriotic heart responds to a tender
consideration of those who, having served their
country long and WELL are redaced todestitution
and dependence, not as an incident of their serv-
ice, but with advancing age through sickness
OF misfortune. We are all tempted by the con-
temptation of such a condition to supply reiief
anu Otteu Impatient OF the limitations OF puD-
lie duty. Yielding to no one in the desire to in
dulge this feeling of consideration I cannot rid
myself of the conviction that if these ex soldiers
are to be relieved they and their cause are en-
titled to the benefit of an enactment under
which relief may be claimed as right, and that
such relief should be granted under the sanction
of law, not in evasion of it; nor should such
worthy objects of care all equally entitled, be
mitted to the unequal operation of sympathy. or
the tender mercies of social and political infu
ence with their unjust determinations"
Those who have studied this passage the long
est say that it indicates that Mr.. Cleveland will
sign the bill which makes the fact of former
service. with a subsequently, acquired disability
and present dependence upon labor for sup
port" ground of a pension. The estimate is
that from 80, 600 to $1,000 new pensioners would
be added to the roll. at cost of from five to
seven millions additional year. and of from
sixty to hundred millions, first and last To
those whosay that Mr. Cleyeand would sign no
such BILL it is pointed out that while vetoing
some scores of bills. amounting to So month
each, he signed bill for gratuitously increasing
a hundred thousand pensions by so per cent
each, making an aggregate probable call, first
and last of sixty or sixty-five millions upon the
Treasury.
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INDIANA AND ILLINOIS NEWS
The Daily Chronicle of Happenings of
All Kinds in the Two States.
Mrs. Pray's Excellent Reasons for Divorce
A Fatal Fight Between Boys-Three Lives
Lost by Inhaling Gas from Stove.
INDIANA.

Mrs. Pray Asks Divorce for the Reason
that Her Husband Is Bigamist.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.
MARION Dec. 1L-Mrs. Crilla Pray filed her
complaint here, this morning, asking for d.
vorce from Charles L. Pray, on the ground of
bigamy. The defendant is the same much-mar-
ried horse doctor now in Jail at Kokomo await
ing trial on the charge of bigamy. The plaintiff
in the above case is the fourth wife who has
arisen to strike terror to the heart of Pray. He
came here in August, 1885. and after q brief ca
reer of crookedness deserted his wife and elcped
with Miss Crilla Feilair. the above plainti f.
whom he afterward married. Then he married
Danville, ILL.,, lazy, and last Thanksgiving he
married Miss Lydia Richenhaugh, of Mobiles
vile. 1t was the last marriage that got Pray
into trouble and into jail. Further matrimonial
returns in Pray's case are anxiously awaited.
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Director Holman and the Bouquet.

washington Special.
Congressman Holman, the great objector, like
wise carries his objections to things far removed
from the legitimate proceedings of the House.
Yesterday morning, just before the announce
ment was made of the death of Mr.. Dowdney,
there was a choice basket Of flowers on the desk
Of Mr.. Stahlnecker. The latter gentleman had
not yet reached the House, whereupon his new
neighber, Mr.. Rogers, OF Arkansas gave the
basket to a page. with instructions to place it on
the desk of Mr. Holman. AT the moment the
page placed the basket in front of the objector,
Mr.. Holman rose to address the Speaker. As
he did so, he struck the basket with his hand,
knocking it off into the aisle Not content with
this he gave it kick, landing it on the other
side under the seat of Mr. Storm, of Penusyl-
vania. IL was finally restored to its original
beauty, and carried back to the desk of its
owner. Mr. Holman's Jeffersonian simplicity
will not permit his seat being decorated with
anything but reduced estimates for appropria.
lions.
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MINOR MATTERS
Congressman Campbell Thinks the Record al
impeachment to Legislation.

Congressman Campbell Thinks the Record an
Impediment to Legislation.
Special TO the indianapolis Journal
WASHINGTON, Dec E.-Representative Camp
bell thinks legislation could be expedited in Con-
gress by the abolition of the Congressional
Record. There is too much talking on unim-
portant matters. When a CONGRESSMAN makes
a speech and it appears upon the record, his next
move is to have thirty or forty thousand speeches
printed fop dissemination among his constitu.
ents, and the latter at once jump at the conclu-
sion that their man is fairly stirring up the
monkeys at Washington. There is q gro wing
sentiment in the House against the Record which
is daily growing more cumbersome, and it is
only question of time ere it will be abolished
entirely. The correspondents who sit in the
press gallery, Mr.. Campbell. of Pennsylvania,
thinks can give the people of the country all the
news that transpires at the Capitol, and business
will be accomplished in much less time than al
present
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ILLINOIS.
Mother, Daughter and Son Die from Tnh
G,au E.o.,.

Mother, Daughter and Son Die from Tnhal-
ing Gas from Base-Isnrning Stove.
CHICAGO, Dec 1.-THE Mcclure family
mother, daughter and son-livng at Maplewood,
died from escaping coal gas, Saturday night
The mother and daughter retired early, leaving
the son, young man of twenty-ore years, to
attend to the stoves. In filling them with coal
he forgot to replace the top on one, and the es-
Gaping gas, during the night. asphyxiated the
trio. They were found by man who lives in
the same house. who knocked at the door about
noon to-day, and getting no response. forced the
door and was Mortified to find three corpses in
various positions about the rooms. IS il they had
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The Boston Transcript shows, in answer to
an attack in the columns Of the Cyrus W. Field,
the management of the New York & New
England railroad, under Mr.. Clark as president
and receiver, that he has increased the gross
earnings from S.. sos 653 AZ in 1883, to 3d. S99,
405 n in 1856, and reduced the operating ex-
penses from 1901 ,6l6.45 in 1883, to So, 4S3,
966 Is in 1886, so that in 1886 there was a sur.
plus of $ll, l59 TO- after three years of deficit.
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The Bicycle Race.

OMAHA, Dec. 1.-THE six-day forty-eight-
hour bicycle race for the championship of the
United States closed here at 1880 o'clock to-
night and was won by John S. Prince, who
made 760 miles and laps, beating the champion
ship record, made in Minneapolis. last month. by
twenty seven miles. Frank D. Enely. of Mime
apolis. covered 765 miles; Albert Schock, of Chi
cago, 756 miles; Tom Harwick, of Kansas, 746
and E. n. Bullock, of Omaha, 672.
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How smalls Got Left.

Washington Special.
Mr. Smalls, the colored member from South
Carolina. made his first appearance this session
to-day In speaking of his election, he said that
owing to the political chicanery of his Demo
cratic neehbors, he had been deprived of his
proper majority and that they deliberat ely
-obbed him of his proper representation with
4 fair VOTE" he continued, Il would have twenty
i've thousand majority. Why. would Won be-
lieve it. the polls of the strongest Republican
ward in my district were not even opened on the
day of election, and it was in this way that got
laft1
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Boy Run Over and KILLED.

Special to the lndianapolis Journal
EVANSVILLE, Dec. ia Journal special from
Mt Vernon says that Tiford Weir the twelve
year-old son of David F. Weir, prominent trav-
cling man for ST. Louis oil house, was run over
by Louisville 6 Nashville switch-engine, this
morning, and instantly killed. The boy was
wholly to blame for the accident, he having en-
deavored to step on the rear of the tender while
the engine was backing towards hfm. Mr.. Weir
is in San Francisco, and has been notified by tel
egraph of the accident
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BurIingame and he were once discussing, as
young men, their future careers. and registered
a joint VOW that they would sit in Congress be-
fore they died They both accomplished their
ambition but at widely separated periods. Mr..
Smith had varied career in religion as well as
in politics. He started life as a Presbyterian,
became Baptist. aud then. while filling a Con-
gregationalist pulpiS. went over to that commun-
ion himself. He was not the less practical
man, however, for these changes OF occupation
and faith. AS preacher, he crowded mis- church
to OVERLOOKING, and an a member of Congress he
successfully engineered an appropriation of
100000 for a public building in his home dis
trset
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Fatal Fight Between Bows.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
EVANSVILLE, Dec 11.-Warren Townsend, a
twelveyear-old boy, while engaged in difficulty
this afternoon, with Charles Mason. chum
drew pocket knife and stabbed the latter.
Townsend is in Jail and Mason is expected to die.
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Common Carriers and the Iowa Liquor Law

Dies MONIES, Ia, Dec 1.-THE Supreme
Court has affirmed the judgment of the Franklin
District Court condemning certain liquors found
in the railway companys Office at Hampton. con-
signed to parties who had no license to sell for
lawful purposes. The court holds it is imma-
terial whether the company's agents were ap-
prised of the character of the goods. They were
eontrabrand, and subject to seizure and penalty
of the Law. This is an important decision affect
ing the rights and obligations of common car
riers under Iowa laws
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Washington Star.
A majority of his fellow-citizens, probably,
will remember the late j. Hyatt Smith only as a
preacher who turned politician; but the few
who knew him better are aware that that des.
iguation ought to be reversed. He was poll
zieian long before he entered the pulpit and was
bosom friend Of Anson Burlingame. Mr..
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Cannot Reform.
shinofOn s.

WASHINGTON Special
"Mr. Edward Stanwood has written asking
that his Congressional Record be continued
said Tom Reed yesterday. I'm going to tell
him / knew it would be that way Any man
who once begins to read that periodical finds
fatal fascination in it"
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Train Robbery in Texas.

Fort WORTH Tex, Dec. IA south-bound
passenger train on the Fort Worth & Denver
railroad, while stopping at Bellevue this morn
ing, for water. was boarded by three robbers
who took from the passengers eight watches and
Sl04 in money!
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Steamship News.

New YORK, Dec. 12.-Arrived: Canada, from
London.
LONDON. Dec 1.-THE steamer La Bretagne
has arrived at Hayre, and the Sandman at Liv-
erpooL
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-13

81 SEE STAR Ewes first born, in whose train"
Comes the damp twilight that bringeth pain.
For aches of head, neuralgia, cut and bruise,
Try Salvation Oil, these will you lose.
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Matthew Wheeler shot and killed ex-Deputy
Sheriff Mitchell. Of Rusk county, Texas, last
night There was long-standing feud between
the men. Wheeler is in Jail.
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DAILY WEATHER BULLETIN.
Indications.

WASHINGTON, Dee. 13 AN.
Special Indications for Twenty-four Hours
from A. hi. for Indiana-Light rains, slightly
colder.
For Ohio and Indiana-Light rains; southerly
winds, shifting to westerly; slightly colder.
For Illinois-Fair weather, colder, northwest
ery winds.
For Wisconsin and Minnesota-Fair weather.
nortwesterly winds. nearly stationary tempera-
ture.
For Michigan Light snow or rain, westerly
winds, slightly colder.
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Rumors of Coming Cabinet Changes.

WASHINGTON. Dec IA statement was pub
lished to-day to the effect that Secretary Man
ming and Attorney general Garland will shortly
retire from the Cabinet. The President has no
knowledge, from any quarter, of any probable
change in his Cabinet.
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AN exchange says: There are more puns
made on Dr. Bulls Cough Syrup free of charge
than are paid for by the owners. a good thing
deserves the notice of the press"
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Local Observations.
INDIANAPOLIS. Dec. u
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Wednesday, Feb. %, 1885.
Ynicsa Of pranheex

Voices of Prophecy.
When to the woodland was won't to repair
In the season Of pleasure and mirth,
It rustled to myriad fiocks OF the air
And numberless tribes OF the earth.
How slender the sound that is echoed here now
These fright frozen arches to THRILL
The snip OF twig or the creak of Dough
Or the sigh OF the wind on the hill
The nest OF the warbler Is empty and tossed;
The partridge is lonely and shy;
And, clad in livery white as the frost,
The rabbit slips silently by.
rhe squirrel is hid in the heart OF tree
Secure from the sleet and the snow
And who was so merry and saucy as he7-
The 1auntiest fellow know
Yet, under the burden OF ice at its brink,
All shining and CLASSY and gray,
The sweet-throated stream where I Ioltered to
drink
Is murmurtng still on its way.
And harkl what note from the dusky retreat
The bird of the winter sends forth
Who taught you defiance OF tempest and sleet,
lover and loved OF the North2
Though forest and hillside are heavy with snow,
Yet hope is alive In the breast
The water, imprisoned, is calling below;
The chickadee chirps OF her nest.
-Dora Read Goodate. IN ST. Nicholas