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GENERAL ROVEY.

He IL Warmly Congratulated In the House
and Enthusiasticaiiy Endorsed by the Papers.
Special to the indianapolis journal
WASHINGTON, Aug. 9.-General Hovey was
given q rousing reception when he appeared in
the House to-day. 1t took him several minutes
to proceed down to his seat; the members arose
and congratulated him most heartily on his
nomination for Governor. A number of Demo
Gratis left their seats and went over the Re-
publican side to extend their kind regards.
Captain White. of the Fort Wayne district, was
in his seat to-day, and he said to the Journal
correspondent that he was delighted with the
nomination of General Hovey. since his per
sonal and political friend, Colonel Robertson,
could not be nominated. Captain White gives
his most earnest and enthusiastic support to
General Hovey. and predicts his sue
sess. He thinks the Generals nomination
will give On impetus to the campaign.
and that the soldiers throuehous the State
should organize for him and give him their solid
support Representatives Bynum and Holman
did General Hovey the justice to-day to remark
that his nomination was the best that could have
been made. and that II the Republican party
cannot win with him it is doomed TO defeat.
There is comment made to-day by New York,
Philadelphia Baltimore and Washington news
papers upon General Hoveys nomination. for
all eyes turned on Indiana now. Every
word uttered ia enthusiastically in his favor.
The Washin gton papers compliment General
Hovey generously, and he and his qualities are
known personally to these editors. This even
ings Star says
Everybody who knows him is congratulating
General Hovey his nomination He is
of the most deservedly popular men in tho
House. Numbering as many Democrats as Re-
pubcans among his friends. The pleasure felt
in Washington over the honor that has come to
him is dampened only by the consideration that
his acceptance of the nomination involves his
absence from the Fifty-frst Congress-"
In another editorial paragraph the Star Gays:
albert G. Porter of Indiana, will occupy
in the history of State politics the same sort
of position that Blaine holds in the history
of nationa! politcs-a man who while
fully appreciating the honor of a
public career, having proved his capacity to
fill places of great responsibility, persistently
refused q nomination for the highest Office in
the sight of his fellow-citizens. because he had
permitted other aspirauts to understand that he
would step out of their way. This is a kind of
opportunity which comes to comparatively few
men, and requires great strength Of purpose TO
resist It's temptation"
The Evening Critic says:
General Hovey has captured the euoer-
patorial nomination, which. under all the cir
cumstances, is a great honor Several of the
ablest in the State had been named for
head of the ticket General Hovey is veteran
OF high standing. and will be depended on to
hero of two wars having been lieutenant in
the Mexican war, besides coming out of the late
unpleasantness with a major generals breyet
| He is now serving his first term in Congress-
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MINOR MATTERS.

Orders from the Secretary Of War Correcting
the Records of Soldiers.
epecial to the indianapolis Journal
WAsHINGToN. Aug. 9-The Secretary Of War
has issued the following orders. TO correct the
military records of Indiana soldiers:
The discharge OF Sergeant Christopher Fraun-
burg, Company E, Twentieth Indiana Infantry
Volunteers, April 81. 1863. is amended to take
effect Jan. L. 1861 his muster into service
second lieutenant same company and regiment,
April y, 1863. is amended to date Jan. 18 1863;
his discharge as second lisusenant, same COM
pany and regiment, Oct 10. 1864. 10 amended 10
take effect Sept. 6, 1864; be is mustered into
service as first lieutenant, Company b, same
regiment, to date Sept7. 1864; mustered out and
honorably DISCHARGED first Lieutenant Oct. 10,
1864; and he is mustered for paw in said grades
during the periods embraced between the afore-
said dates.
George Hardesty is mustered into service as
first lieutenant. Company II. Eleventh Indiana
Cavalry Volunteers. TO date June 26. 1864; his
discharge as second lisntenant, same regiment.
by Paragraph 81 Special Orders. No. 34s Oct.
10, 1864, War Department. AdjutantgeneraIs
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One of Them Being the District Now Repre-
sented by Mr.. Bynum-Reed and Burrows
Likely To Be Reelected Without Trouble.
How the Nomination of Gen. Hovey Is
Regarded by Members of Congress.
His Popularity and Fitness Meet Instant Rec.
ognitiOn from ALI Sides-Curious Cases
in the Pension 0ffics-Capital Notes.
DRAWING THE LINE.
Districts in Which the Tariff Fight VIII Rage
with Ususuai Fierceness

Districts in Which the Tariff Fight Will Rage
with Ususuai Fierceness
6pecial TO tho Indiana-o journal
WASHINGTON. Aug 9-It is stated that de-
termined effort is to be made by both political
parties to make an impression on the members
OF the House COMMITTEES on ways and means at
the approaching election. There are three Demo
Gratis on the committee and two Republicans
whose districts are sufficiently close to warrant
an effort. Republicans do not hope to elect a
successor to Chairman Mills. but they expect to
greatly reduce his $500 majority. Scott, Of
Pennsylvania, foreseeing defeat has declined a
denomination. Wilson, of West Virginia
another Democratic member of the committee,
had but 80 majority in 1856. and he will likely
be defeated. This evenings Star (Iudependent)
says of Indiana's Democratic member OF the
committee: 'Mr. Bynum, OF Indiana, is
going to travel along hard road to the next
Congress. An active protecsionist has already
been nominated to contest the district with
him. and the fight will be made on the tariff
The majority At the last election was about l.
700, over 40. 600 votes being cast. 1t Is claimed
now that the protectionists have been making
more gains in that than any other district in the
State during the past year, and a most de-
termined contest will be made by the Republic
ans this fall to overturn that majority. Both
candidates are strong men, and it promises to be
an interesting fight. Mr.. Byuum is a very active
member Of the ways and means committee. and
we'll informed tariff reformsr. His friends in
sist that he cannot be beaten. His opponent is
is q manufacturer of wide popularity
There would be some danger Of defeat of
Reed, of Maine. and Burrows, Of Michigan,
whose districts are close. were it not that their
work for tariff as q protection will carry them
through. There is no prospect that any Repub-
Ican member of the committee on ways and
means will be defeated for reelection.
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CURIOUS PENSION CASES.
Singular Grounds on Which Some of the Ap
nj n

Singular Grounds on Which Some of the Ap-
plications Are Based.
Special to the INDIANAPOLIS Journal
WAsHINGToN, Aug 9.-There are a number
of very interesting pension cases pending in
Congress- Some of them are based upon the
most abstract evidence, but they nevertheless
are meritorious. / remember that during the
Forty-seventh Congress q very strange case came
Cd before the House committee on invalid pen
sions. In brief. the claims for pension were
these: 1t wss shown in evidence tha, the claim
ant incurred vertigo in the line of duty but that
the tronble was not Of very serious nature.
and il did not eutitle him to q pension under ths
law. The claimant, however. met with an acci-
dent some years after the war, which n ade him
reach the conclusion that he could trace bis late
disability to the service in the army. He was
gathering fruit from the top limbs of an apple
tree. when he was seized with dizziness. which
caused him to fall. His abdomen came in contact
with one Of the lower limbs of the apple tree
and made . rupture. from which he was
almost totally incapacitated from manual labor
He showed in his testimony that in the first
place, he incurred vertigo in the line Of duty,
and that if he had not been possessed Of that
uncomfortable difficulty he would not nave fallen
from the top of the apple tree. and therefore
would not have been injured. The committee
reported bill to give him s25 month
Another interesting pension case has just
been reported by Mr.. Sawyer from the Senate
committee on pensions. This ono Is to grant .
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PENSION VETOES.
The President Returns Five Private Bills
Which He Declines to Approve.

The President Returns Five Private Bills
Which He Declines to Approve.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 9-The President to-day
returned to the House. without his approval,
five private pension bills. The first two, grant
ing pensions to S. A. Searey and S. A. Cosson,
were vetoed upon the ground that the disabili-
ties for which pension is sought had no conuec-
tion with the military service of the soldier
The act granting pension to Manuel Garcia is
disapproved for want Of evidence showing that
any disability exists. The act granting pen
sion to Mrs. Anna Butterfeld is vetoed for want
OF satisf actory evidence that the soldier was in
the government service when killed by an explo-
sion. as claimed. The fifth bill vetoed granted
PENSION to Eliza Smith, the widow of second
lieutenant in an Indiana regiment The bill
proposes to pension the beneficiary as the wido W
OF first lieutenant Deceased was pensioned
for a gun-shot wound in the arm under the
general law. and his pension was increased in
1888 He died in 1884, away from home at q
hotel in Union City, Ind. and it was determined
at the time, the President says, that his death
resulted from an overdose of morphine, self
administered. 1t is represented that at the
time the wound was very painful, and at such
times he was in the habit of tnking large doses
of morphine to alay his suffering On the dav
he died he complained to the hotel people that
his arm was very painful and soon went to his
room. where he was found the next afternoon,
PROSTATE ard helpless. though able to talk. He
soon died. His family physician testified that
when his wound was suppurating be had diff
fcuty liz breathing, and that at such times he
was IN the habit Of taking morphine in large
doses. and that at times he was incorporate.
The President further says that it ''s-ems to
him 1t would establish q very bad precedent TO
allow pension upon the facts developed in the
case"
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National Bar Association.

CLEVELAND. O., Aug. AT to-day's session
of the National Bar Association Mr.. jerks, of
Chicago. offered q resolution on behalf of the
Illinois association, which reads as follows
The National Bar Association, in annual meeting
assembled congratulate the lawyers and people of
whole country upon the filing of the Supreme Bench
of the United States by the appointment Of Melville
w. Fuller. delegate to the first meeting of the
sociation it's Chiefusti Called in the vgcr of
his manhood from active practice at the bar lawyer
of wide experience and commanding position in his
profession and citizen OF the highest personal char
acter, recogpEe in him worthy successor Of Jay,
and Marshall ed Taney, and Chase, and Waite.
There being objection to il on account of its
political nature. II was Withdrawn.
The next convention will be held July 81. 1889,
at White Sulphur Springs, Va The following
officers We're elected: President, Col James
o. Broadhead, st. LOUIS vice-presidents First
circuit. William E. Chandler of Grafton, n. II
Second circuit, George f. Edmunds. of Yer
mont; Third circuit. Guy FarQuhar, OF Schuyl.
kill county. Pennsylvania; Fourth circuit, A S.
Worthington. of the District of Columbia; Fifth
circuit. F. G. Bromberg, of Alabama; Sixth cir.
cult. John h Doyle, of Toledo; Seventh circuit;
Julius Rosenthal, of Chicago; Eighth circuit,
Given Campbell. of st. Louis; Ninth circuit
Zach Montgom sry, of Oakland, CAL; secretary.
r. Ross Perry, District of Columbia; treasurer,
Lewis B. Gunckle, of Dayton. Tomorrow the
delegates will spend the day on Lake Erie.
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Chaurauuua Prostiruted.

CHAUTAUQUA. Aug. 9-On Saturday morning
Grover Cleveland's portrait was roundly hissed
by q Chautauqua audience. Philip Phillips was
giving one OF his entertainments, consisting of
views OF American scenery and indifferent sing
ing. At the close Of one of his songs he re-
marked that number of pictures of dis
tiuguished citizens would now be presented, in
cluding that of the next President OF the
United States" Immediately there flashed up
on the canvass an immense portrait OF Cleve-
land The Republican portion of the audience,
its pulse already at fever-heat by reason cf re-
cent happenings at Chautauqua. jumped to the
conclusion that Phillips had intended to assert
that Cleveland would unquesiionably De the
next President. and q mingled storm of hisses
and applause broke forth The operator buried
on to show in succession the pictures d Mrs.
Cleveland. Harrison. Morton. St John and
Frances Willard. The two latter were received
with moderate enthusiasm. but the portrait OF
Harrison received q tremendous ovation.
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To Be Hanged This Morning,

Special to the Indianapolis journal
ST. LOUIS, Aug. 9.-The execution will take
place between 630 and 7:45 tomorrow morning.
This was decided upon by Sheriff Harrington
this afternoon.
Henry Landgraf, who shot and killed his
sweetheart on the evening Of March 5, 1885, will
DO hanged at the same time He is a poor
friendless German, and hence his case has at
tracted neither the interest nor his persona Atty
the sympathy accorded to his more scholarly
and influential brother in crime.
The old gallows stands in the triangular
shaped jail-yard. weather beaten monument {
to many haneipgs. The bolt Is rusty and
works badly. and the trap is cracked by
the weather. Ia the beam above the trap
are three heavy iron rings, the two on
the outside bran new. the other in the center
rusty and forbidding The rope is new one.
drop of seven feet will be allowed. Although
Sheriff Harrington has been overwhelmed with
applications for passes, only the Jury OF fifteen,
the jail officials and representatives of the press
will be permitted to witness the execution. Not
Q solitary ticket will be issned. After Maxwells
body has been cut down t will be embalmed
and shipped To New York the evening train.
On Wednesday 1t will be placed on the Cuuard
steamer sailing that afternoon for Liverpool
Mrs. Brooks and her daughter have engaged
passage on the vessel The remains will be in
terred In the little churcbyard at Hyde, the
homo Of bis boyhood.
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pension to John ID. Jones, who was a member or
Company g, Seventh Kansas Infantry Volun-
teers. This man shows that he contracted a
lung difficulty in the line Of duty. which caused
total deafness of the right ear. He WAS granted
a pension OF $40 month on Jan. II. 1883. In
1852. while employed a day latorer in q coal
mine and engaged with other workmen IN blast
log the cap-rock, thsre was explosion which
threw stone into the face and eyes of the claim
ant so ss TO seriously burn and inJure him, and
to almost totally destroy his power of sight At
present be can hardly distinguish between mid
day and midnight. The workmen engaged with
Jones testify that the claimant did Dot hear the
burning of the fuse. had notice of the explo-
sion, and thus received his serious injury; that
had it not been for his defective hearing. caused
by his lung difficulty, which was due to service
In the war. he would not have received the inju-
~ IN the mine explosion. Nearly twenty years
after the war came to end the Senate CON-
mittee reports in favor Of giving this man an in
crease of pension.
Another case, somewhat less interesting in Ia
ture, comes from the calendar of the House OF
REPRESENTATIVES 1t is to pension at the rate OF
$50 a month Mrs. Elizabeth G.. Scott. widow of
the late Colonel Scott Colonel Scott, ii will be
remembered, was, for many years. engaged in
the War Department at the work or compiling
and publishing the records of the rebellion. 10
Is claimed by those who are seeking this pension
for Mrs. Scott, that this work brought about
the death Of the Colonel: that 'to Gull and ar
chaotic mass of Union and confederate reports =
full just, and ineligible history of events. and
omittiug therefrom vast body OF superhunus
or irrelevent material. required industry. pa
thence, and methodic intelligence of the highest
order;' that he prosecuted the work so Zealously
that for ten years, it is certified he never took
holiday or spare time for midday lunch, and
that whent he Office was closed he carried papers
home with him and remained engaged on them
until after midnight. Surgeon ORielly, of the
army, one Of the physicians who attended the
late General Sheridan, certifes that the death
OF Colonel Scott as much caused by his en-
tire devotion to the governments service as
though he had been killed in battle. The House
committee pensions in reporting favorably
this bill states that services of quasi extra
official character like those of Colonel Scott, and
of equal difficulty and Importance. performed
through series Of years and with so total dis
regard TO the limitations Of prudence and duty,
are not compensated for by mere pay and allow
ances.n
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Mrs Pu,,iam,. Alleged Wrongs.

LOUISVILLE, Aug 9-Mrs. Mary Pulliam, who.
after three years Incarceration the insane
asylum at Anchorage, and a private asylum at
Cincinnati. was released recently as sane has
brought suit against her husband, Fl. c. Pulliam.
charging that he had her put in the asylum to
get her properly. She saye she had treatment
at Anchorage that made her confinement worse
than death. Brawny idiots, used by the officials
as assistants. We're left 70 bite and tear the pa
tlents with little restraint. She asserts that
her father left her considerable property which
her husband threw away in business failure.
he has since refused support the family, and
she, for many years previous to her incarcera-
tion. oy purchasing agency made large profits.
with which she supplied the family needs and
bought real estate 1t was the latter her hus.
band sought to secure
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IN MAXwELL's CELL.

How He Received the News-Pitiable Dis
tress of His Mother and Sister.
Special to the Indianapolis Journa
ST. Louis. Aug. 9-It was well toward
midnight, last night when Maxwell retired for
the night All the evening. encouraged by the
advices received from his attorneys &C Jefferson
City, he had been ir the best of spirits His
head had hardly touched the pillow when he was
sound asleep, and oil through the night he slept
like man In trance. at o'clock be awoks
with start and jumped out of bed. There WAS
o smile mon his face, and rs be hastily washed
and dressed himself he whistlsd few bars of
comic dirty. He ate hearty breakfast of toasted
bacon, baked potatoes, boiled eggs. toast and
coffee. Breakfast over, he lighted q cigarette
and challenged the deputy sheriff TO game Of
domiuoes. While playing the second game
Sheriff Harrington was admitted. whose man
ner indicated be was bearer Of bad tldinrs.
"What 10 itr Intercepted the condemned
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RAILROADERS In CONFERENCE.
Meeting at st. Louis Which May or May
Not Result in Important Action.

ST. LOUIS, Aug. 9-Representstives OF the
Locomotive Engineers are in secret session at
the Laolsde Hotel Chief Arthur. of tho Broth
erhood Of Engineers, and Chief Sargent Of the
Firemsn's Brotherhood, are present Little be-
yond organization WAS accomplished at the
morning meeting. no general discussion taking
place. At 1890 an adjournment WAS taken to
p. NJ During the recess there were q number
Of conferences. and the fact leaked out that tho
Burlington strikers are at outs with Chief Ar
thur of the Brotherhood Of Locomotive En-
gineers, who il less sapguins than they OF th Q
eventual success OF their strike. At 3 o'clock
the meeting reconvened and working commit
tees were appointed. A combination between
engineers, fremeu and switchmen 10 considered
probable
To an Associated Press reporter Chief Arthur
said tonight: "The object of the meeting now
being held in St. Louis can be stated clearly and
in q very few words Those who are present
are here by invitation for q conference to ascer-
tain il they have anything to offer in solution OF
the Burlington strike or IN the interest OF the
Brotherhood generally"
Then the convention has not been called for
the purpose of forming combination between
the engineers, fremen and switchmenF
mo: there is no truth in that rumor.
"What is the present status Of the Burlington
strikel"
'The strike is still on, and no proposition for
compromise is now being considered. The Bur
lingron did offer a compromise, but the Brother
hood rejected It unanimously. There will be no
compromise save upon q basis OF So. 80 and "a
per day and the reinstating of all the old engin-
eers."
ut has been stated that you were opposed to
sanctioning the Burlington strike"
THAT is untrue. / Informed General Man
aeer Stone that / would sanction the strike
when left him in the middle of our conference
owing to his unreasonable and unparalleled
stand, and did so. 1t is the frat strike we
have had in eleven years, and differences with
twelve railroad companies have been settled dur
ing that time. General Manager Stone, OF the
Burlington. was the first general manager 1 eveI
met whom the Brotherhood could not effect a
settlement with. We have ample funds. snd
are not worrying"
''How about acts of violencel Do you con
denim theup
''Most emphatically, but also condemn the
Pnkerton methods OF driving men into Ove.'
acts. Further, do not admit that any of our
men are guilty. nor will ! until they are &c
proven. One of the principles Of our order is ,e
uphold law and encourage sobriety and good
citizenship
'Do you expect to accomplish snything with
reference to the Burlington strike at the presen
meetine?'
II cannot say. 1t is not improbable, however
that we wilLn
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Indiana Pensions.

Pensions have been granted the following
oamed Indianians;
G. IT. Douglas, Newport; ". d. Clark. Sheri-
dan; Wm. Williams. Bloomington; A. j. Kern.
Greensboro; VIM. Collins, Nebraska; Charles
Stickan. Waymansvile j. L. Rhodes Clayton;
Susan Jones, Indianapolis; Edward y. Myers.
Mill Grove.
Increased-J B. Thomas, Eugene; John Far
rell, Moorefeld; Gilbert White. Washington;
VIM H Props, Eaton; j. n. Davidson, Pitts
burg; Henry Cacte. Surman; Wesley Randolph,
Waterman; A. T. Stockwel Spearsville; Calvin
Bench, Gen,ryville Wash. Milgrim, Centerviile;
A. Booker. Wolcott w. Litschge. Aurora Sam
uel NJ. Fulton. williamsburg; h. Cline, Terre
Haute; NJ b. Willis. Auburn; George &. Key
nolds. Attica Henry Loop Pievina; Aaron Aver.
Chrisney; Lemuel Doroil. Columbia G w.
Prior Clinton; Robert Walburn, Churubusco;
o. c. McCracken, Zenas; Daniel Maupin. Spen-
Ger: j. Thomas. Madison; S. B. Dill, Liberty; 5.
r. Patterson. Hartford City; 0. A. Mendenhall,
Xenia; William Calvin. Union; j. b. Turner;
Muncie; John kits, Napoleon; Daniel Pritchard,
Kokomo
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General Notes.
Special TO the Indianapolis journal.

Special TO the Indianapolis journal.
WASHINGTON. d. c.. Aug 9.-Lou ". Mills,
of Winchester. for many years clerk in the
Pension Office ct 81, 400 year. has been relieved
of his official duties. He is Republican. and
Republicans are being dismissed as rapidly as
ever.
John 6. Hanhrahan, of Englewood, H., vice.
grand master of the Locomotive brotherhood OF
Firemen. together with delegation OF engineers
and fremen. called upon the President to-day,
in company with Congressman Frank Lawler,
of IllinOis