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At a Bargain,

Two fine building lots near West
End on Alazan creek. Size 10 nc
feet. Price 800 for the two.
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TEXAS LEAGUE GAMES.
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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-07-30
The Big Batch Of Cases Made "Special" That
John II. 0berly Wanted Taken p0ut Of Or
der in the Interest Of Democracy.
Operations of the Internal Revenue Serv.
ice for the Year Ending June 80.
Warning to Americans Who Intend Visiting
the African Diamond Diggings-Prof Men
denhall Takes Charge of His Office
THE PENSION INVESTIGATION.

Batch Of Special Cases I'm Which the Demo-
Gratis Were Very Much Interested.
Special 10 the Indianapolis Journal
WASHINGTON, July 29.-The investiga-
tion into the methods prevailing in the
Pension Office is progressing rapidly. II
promises to be more searching than was ex-
pected at first. and,the chances are that ii
will extend back to the period where the
last investigation left off. Commissioner
Tanner has supplied the committee with
every facility for carrying on the inquiry,
and among the data furnished is a batch of
papers upon which cases were made "spe-
cial." These papers extend over a
period Of several years, and among them is
a pile occupying a space of about four
cubic feet. 1t is reported that this pile
accumulated during the last administra-
tion, and that nearly all of them were cases
in which Civil-service Commissioner John
H. Oberly set forth excellent reasons why
some fifteen hundred cases should be taken
up ont of their regular order before the
Democratic national committee met in st.
Louis last summer. There is no question
that Commissioner Black made hundreds
of cases special during the last months
of his administration. and it may be proved
that in matters of this kind Civil service
Commissioner Oberly was the most power
fnl man in the country with the Pension
Office.
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"SIGNER- HARRISON.

The President Presented with a Portrait Of
His Distinguished Great -Grandfather.
Washington Special
admiration and friendship sent to Presi-
dent Harrison, is very effective French
water-color portrait by Armand Dumakes-
by, of Benjamin Harrison. the signer.
great-grandfather of the President. IL
represents the subject in profile distin-
guished-looking individual, with reced-
ing forehead, heavy brow, well-shaped
nose, sJrong mouth. and slightly receding
chin. He is attired in the full dress of the
time. with knee breeches, low shoes an d
large buckles. full cut vest with ruffies.
coat of the continental pattern and pow
dered wig tied in queue. This portrait is
in handsome gilt frame. which bears the
inscribed legend:
THE Hon. BENJAMIN Harrison (l740-9ll of
Virginia. the eminent patriot and signer OF
the Declaration of Independence. he vas
O member of the Dining Club in the Cont
mental Congress at Philadelphia in l776,
which was composed of George Read
l1733-9S). of Delaware, whose correspondence
has embalmed the memory of the club;
George Washington, Peyton Randolph.
President of Congress; Benjamin Harrison
and Richard Henry Lee. of Virginia: Sam
uel Chase, of Maryland; Cesar Rodney. of
Delaware, and John Alsop. of New York
Mr.. Harrison was the father of Gen. Will
lam Henry Harrison. President of the
United States. aud great-grandfather of
Gen. BENJAMIN Harrison. President of the
United States. Presented to the latter by
Gen. Meredith Read. great-grandson OF
George Read, of Delaware, one of the two
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Two Americans In Prison for Purchasing
Stolen Brilliants I'm South Africa.

Two Americans in Prison for Purchasing
Stolen Brilliants I'm South Africa.
WASHINGTON, July 29.-Geo. F. Hollis,
United States consul at Capetown, Africa,
has written to the State Department, sug-
gesting that citizens of the United States,
contemplating a visit to the diamond dig
gings in that vicinity. be warned of the
danger of buying diamonds from other
than licensed dealers. The Illicit traffic in
diamonds (the sellers being diggers and
others who have succeeded in smuggling
stones, in the pOugh, from the mines) grew
to such dimensions that. in order TO break
it up, law was passed Furnishing the buy
er of stolen stone with seven years I'M
prisonment IN "Breakwater convict-sta-
tiOn,o in company with the vilest and low
est of criminals of all races. The consul
says that many innocent persons suffer. be-
ing induced to buy, in ignorance of the law,
by Kaffir negroes, employed by the author
tiles to inveigle strangers into making pur-
chases, the negroes being known as traps"
the purchases being at once reported, and
the unfortunate buyers arrested and prose-
cuted. Two citizens of the United States.
Consul Hollis writes. are now imprisoned
under conviction of this charge-Isaac
tive of Boston, son of a retired merchant.
and friend Of the consul's He has been
ashamed to write home, although be has
been in prison four years. Consul Hollis
SAYS he has notified Nelson's father of hia
condition, and upon the arrival of the new
Governor of the province will try to secure
pardon for both prisoners
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-07-30

Counterfeit Coins Help toBring About Flood
ing of Cellars in Wheeling, W. Va.

WHEELING. w. Va, July 29-For some
time large sewer. draining a prominent
section of Market street. has been appar-
emily blocked up. and this morning, after
q heavy rain, the water backed out of it
and flooded the cellars for two squares
around. all the drainage of the higher
ground pouring into them.
The sewer was dug open this afternoon
and the novel source of the trouble found.
After removing large accumulation of
sand and debris. pile of silver dollars
was found, but examination showed them
to be counterfeit. Some of them had not
been finished, but were evidently just from
the molds. The imitation was excellent.
even to the silver ring, and a quantity of
broken glass with it indicated that it was
used in the composition to give the proper
ring.
A gambling dive used to be on the square
above the place, and it is coniectured by
the police that, on the occasion of some
raid, the men engaged in making queer"
coin were surprised. and, to avoid detec-
ton, dumped everything down the sewer.
The government has long been aware that
Wheeling was the headquarters Of o big
gang of expert counterfeiters. and it was
thought that old briggs. recently caught at
Dayton, was at the head of it, as he has
lived here. and frequently revisited this
vicinity.
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Indian Family Murdered.

HELENA, NJ. T., July 29-News has
reached Helena Of ghastly discovery
made last week on Sun river. From the
meagre particulars at hand it seems that a
few months ago, a family of Flathead In
mountains, and went into the Sun river
country to hunt. They were seen by one
of their relatives, q half-breed living on Sun
river, when they first arrived. Last week
this half found one of their ponies
claimed that he had purchased it at Sun
river. The hslf-breed was satisfied some
thing was wrong, and at once began q
search for his relatives. After hunting two
or three days he found their camp, which
had been burned. and the charred remains
of his relatives. family of three or four.
There is no doubt that they were robbed
of their horses and murdered. The half
breed at once notified the authorities, who
are looking for the perpetrators of the act.
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1hE EOfAk AAtSkkAAOEs
Aristocrats Not Pleased that Princess Louise
Was Welded to an English Subject.
London Special
There is one thing about the royal we'd
ding which you may or may not be aware
of. The aristocrats are not at all pleased
with it. The very thing which delights the
people generally. namely, that the Princess
Louise, of Wales. has married subject and
not a small German, lis regarded with jeal-
Gus eyes by the upper classes" No doubt
one of the Queens daughters had already
married a subject, but she was not in the
direct line of succession. and the children
of Princess Louise. or the Earl of Fife him
SELF. might become King consort.
Other mobiles cannot contemplate that
contingency, however remote 1T may. be.
without chagrin. Whether the Marquis of
Salisbury has presented remonstrance
on the subject or not, cannot say, but
the subject privately. "Once break down
the royal caste, it is said. land 1T cannot
long survive-the divinity that doth hedge
king will disappear"
Reware,n say the croakers, of leading
p00ple to believe that monarch is made of
the same stuff as other men," There might
have been something in this cry a hundred
or Two hundred years ago, but 1t comes
little Late in the day now: The mystery of
monarchy has not been able to survive the
democratic shocks of the last. fifty years.
The German princelings who marry British
gold have not contributed much to the
awe which surrounds royal caste. English
people, as rule, would rather see the
daughters of the Prince of Wales given to a
native nobleman of ancient lineage than to
another Battenberg. Whether the aristoc-
racy like it or not, it does not matter.
I'VE shall have some of them marrying
Americans for their money! said a horri-
fed person to me the other day. "Well,
why not!" / replied. Il should have
thought that anything was better. than
marrying German adventurer and for
tune-hunterv
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Demands of the Wool

COLUMBUS, O., July 29-The National
Wool growers Association met here to-day,
with Columbus Delano as president. Their
resolutions approve Of the rulings of Secre-
tary Window and Assistant Secretary
Maynard, by which secured wool
Is put at 90 cents pound, and
of Acting Secretary Batcheller,
in putting woolen waste at dutiable rate
of 30 cents. They also resolved to ask the
Secretary of the Treasury to instruct the
custom-houses that all wool imports
which are more valuable for manu-
at 60 cents duty; also. that tho
President call an extra session of Congress
to remedy the inadequate duties on wool
and woolen waste. Mr.. Delano, Judge
Geo. L. Converse were appointed commit
tee to go to Washington and lay before the
President the proceedings of this conven-
fion
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GIVEN REFUGE in A CONVENT.
Fall from Grace Of Madame Diss BeBar. the
Notorious "SpOOk" Priestess, of New York.

NEW YORK. July 29.-Madame Ann Odelia
Diss DeBar has, for the present at least, dis
appeared from the public gaze, and will
seek within convenVs walls refuge
from the cares and troubles of a "spook" of
q priestess's life. For about six weeks she
has been living at No. 13S Waverly place,
where she rented the ground floor from q
woman whom she introduced to every one
as Mrs. Parker. Here she made occasional
small sums by giving sittings and selling
pictures painted by spirit hands With
her extravagant tastes, however, the few
dollars that she received in this way were
entirely insufficient to supply her wants.
So about ten days ago she moved to No. 21
West Thirty-frst street. in which fashion
able neighborhood she hoped to draw more
numerous and liberal patrons 1t seemed.
however, that the public had grown tired
Of her and her spirit manifestations, and
she did little or no business, and last Thurs-
day was compelled to leave the house. She
did not pay the rent. not having the where
withal to do so, and she is
not remembered with the kindliest
of feelings by her landlord. She
returned to her home in Waverly place,
but on the following day the door was
again shown her. Some admirer had given
her several bottles Of wine. and, although
she had hitherto not been lover of strong
drink, her load of trouble drove her to seek
forgetfulness in the wine. Her actions of
late had not been of the most gentle and
amiable kind, anyway, and with the added
stimulus of her potations she became so
untractable that Mrs. Parker's son grew
tired of her treatment of his mother and
made her leave the house.
Some friend, hearing of her plight, took
her to Brooklyn convent, where she will
be cared for as long as she chooses to stay.
Only q few people know to what convent
she has been taken, and they refuse to say
which one it is, as their object in sending
her there was to give her retreat
from the gaze and comment of the
public. Madame Diss Debar is Roman
Catholic, and has always professed the
strongest faith in her religion. She said
that it was by means of this and cross
was able to command the inhabitants Of
the spirit world.
Mrs. Parker said yesterday to reporter
that she believed that Madame Diss Debar
was insane from being bounded by the
press and the public. .1'rhe Madame had
her faults" continued Mrs. Parker. "She
was extravagant and borrowed money she
q could never pay, and then she lied terribly,
but She certainly was q remarkable wom-
an. Lately there has been no getting
along with her, and sometimes she was
worse than others. The truth of the mat
ter is she is out of her mind, and in taking
her to q convent her friends did the best
thing possible for her."
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REVENUE COLLECTIONS.

Report OF Commissioner Mason Showing OPP
erations of the Service for the Fiscal Year.
WASHINGTON, July 29.-Commissioner of
Internal Revenue Mason has made the fol-
lowing preliminary report of the operations
of the internal revenue service for the fis-
cal year ended June so. last: The total col
lections for the fiscal year Just ended were
S19O, O,SS5. .452, an increase over 1883 of $685.
957. The cost of collection for the fiscal
year just ended will aggregate about s4,1s5.-
600, being a fraction less than 80 per cent,
which is exactly the same as that of 1855.
The total receipts from different objects of
taxation were: From spirits, 81, ,313, ,206, an
increase of S5.0O7,0S9 over the previous fis-
cal year; from tobacco. Ss1 $50. $50. an in
crease OF St,2O4, 429; from fermented liquors,
$23, 23.SS5. an increase OF SS99.6l7: from
oleomargarine. SS94. .24S, an increase of S2.o11,
and from miscellaneous. s9l.o69. decrease
The tax was paid on s.s44. .72e. $50 cigars.
1.S62. 726 100 cigarettes and 81 667, 7S5 pounds
tions by States were: Alabama, S92 762
Arkansas. Sl20, ,719; California, S2,O97.0lS;
Colorado, $294116 Florida, S424, ,0S2:
Georgia: s4s6ll9; Illinois; Ssl ,oo7. .ls; Indi-
4S2; Kentucky, S16.9l0,sl4; louisiana $685.
009, Michigan, 81 ,962, ,397; Minnesota. 81 .377,-
796; Missouri, 81. .780, sos; Montana, Sl62. .6i2;
Nebraska, S224s, ,624: New Mexico, $500
New York, $15. .64S, ,675. Ohio, 81, 500 726; Ore
gon. s226.524; Pennsylvania, $500. .T96; Ten
nessee. 81 068 335; Texas, S22S, III; West Vir-
ginia, S7S2, ,663; Wisconsin. S, 096. As.
The report also contains statement of
the collections to be the heaviest in the dis
tricts named as follows: Fifth Illinois.
$40. .322, ,265; First Illinois. s9.134.5s6 Fifth
Kentucky. s. 666 $50; First Ohio, $500, 25l;
First Missouri, S6,449.977. =
Collector w. II. ID. Hunter. of the Sixth
Indiana district, collected during the year
$2613, ,479. and Collector NJ. ID. Manson, of
the Seventh district, IS, ia, ,s66.
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TELEGRAPHIC BREvITIES.

A supposed mad dog was killed at Hobo
ken, N. j., yesterday, after having bitten
five or six persons.
Charles Blythe. the murderer of Colonel
Jones, at Cincinnati. has been bound over
to await the action of the grand jury.
Officer Sylvester f. Fish was shot in the
head. yesterday morning. while attempting
to arrest a supposed burglar. The muir
derer escaped.
c. A. Herbert, who beat his wife cruelty
with his tist, Saturday, received forty
stripes on the bare back at Hagerstown,
Md. yesterday.
Ida Stubenranch, a seventeen-year-o
girl. who lived with her parents in Chicago.
committed suicide Sunday morning by
throwing herself into the river.
The grand jury at Liberty, Va. ms made
a report in regard to the Norfolk Il Western
railroad disaster at Thaxton, completely
exonerating the railroad company from
blame.
The body washed ashore at Babylon, l..
J., Sunday night, and which was thought
to be that of the missing aeronaut Hogan,
proves to have been the body of another
person.
The Grand Lodge of Theatrical Mechan-
les Association. in session at Washington,
yesterday, elected to the Office of grand
president Thomas Benton. of Chicago. The
next meeting will be held at Chicago.
Governor Buckner, of Kentucky, has re-
fused TO interfere in the matter of the ex-
ecution of Charles Dilger, for the murder of
policemen Jones and Rosenberg, at Louis
vile. Dilger will be hanged on Wednes-
day.
The remains of man. supposed to have
been a guest at White Sulphur Springs. w.
Va, last season, was found on Sunday in an
out-of- -the-way place. on Green Brier river.
Near the remains was a broken billiard cue
of fine workmanship.
Russell Armstrong. one of the oldest and
best known of the residents of Kansas CITY,
Kan, in attempting TO board an elevated
railroad train In Kansas City, Mo-. yester-
day, slipped and fell between the cars
The wheels passed over both legs, COM
pletely severing them from his body.
Capt j. Sheldon, of the ship Emily Read.
from England. will be tried. at Philadel-
phia, for not having made the slightest at
tempt to save a seaman named James Carl
ton, who. on July 16, fell overheard while
at work aloft. One of the crew made the
charge. and says Carlton could have been
saved.
The saloon keepers arrested at Cincin-
nati on Sunday for violating the law. did
not carry out the programme mapped out
last week. 1t was their intention to pose
as martyrs by going to court IN procession.
headed by brass band. Instead of doing
this they quietly went to court and gave
bonds for their appearance at q later date.
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Poisoned Her Sons Coffee.

Genoole, aged eighteen. died two weeks ago
from the effects of poison which had been
placed in his coffee at breakfast. To-day
the coroners jury rendered verdict hold
ing his step-father and mother, Mr.. and
Mrs. Fannee, responsible for his death.
They were arrested and Mr. Fannee, in an
interview tonight with'the sheriff. made a
confession in which he stated that he
bought the poison at his wife's request,
who placed it in her sons coffee cup. IL
was her intention. he said. to poison the
other son, William, but fortunately he drank
no coffee on that morning. The motive for
the crime was Mrs. Fannee's desire to get
rid of her sons, who caused trouble between
herself and her husband.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-07-30

Governor Crawford. To receive Indian
money without the sanction of the depart
ment is an indictable offense. The matter
was brought to the notice of the authori-
ties at Washington and General Gardner
was appointed a special agent to investi..
gate the matter. General Gardner arrived
here few days ago and organized a court
of investigation. A. p. Mckellop. clerk of
nesses. He testified that the House refused
to accept the report of the delegates of the
House of Kings. The investigation will be
continued for several days. The accused
desire q thorough investigation, and Gen.
Gardner will crafty their desire to the
fullest extent
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Gable Notes.

The Shah is about to depart from Eng
land. He babe farewell to the Queen at
Osborne yesterday.
The police dispersed meeting of miners
delegates at Dortmund last night. and ar
rested Herr Dickmann. a member of the
Socialist congress at Paris.
The Car desires that Emperor William
receive him at Potsdam. He will not visit
Berlin for reasons of personal safety, and
he will be able to keep the public at a
greater distance at Potsdam than at the
capital.
Anumber of changes in the italian con-
sular service have been announced. Signor
Bruni has been transferred from Salonica
to Denver. Col.;aSlgnor Baybondi. from
Larnaca to Philadelphia; Signor Derelf,
from Boston to Pattas, and Signor Lesta,
from Bona to Boston.
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A Bishops Right to Impose Church Fees.

BIDDEFoRD. Me-, July 29.-Rev. Father
Harrington. assistant pastor of st. Mary's
Church. was arraigned in the Municipal
Court. to-day, charged with assault and
battery. Daniel Shackrow, a parishiOner,
attended early mass, yesterday, without
paying 10 cents, which fee the Bishop re-
Gently ordered to be collected at that serv-
ice TO liquidate the debt on the parsonage
Shackrow tried to crowd by the priest,
who was collecting the fee, and was elected
The court ruled that the Bishop, who holds
a deed to the church property, had legal
right to impose fee for admission to the
services: that Shackrow disobeyed the de-
cree, and tried to force an entrance into the
church. and that the priest was justified in
using reasonable force to eject him. Har-
rington was discharged.
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Government Work Retarded by Spectators.

BOISE CITY. /. T.. July 29.-The govern
ment has commenced surveys in Idaho for
storage reservoirs, with a complete system
of irrigation. covering millions of acres of
started out than they were followed by sur
veyors in the employ of spectators. who
file on lands and water rights along streams
and gulches. Such monopoly by specu-
lators promises defeat to the plans of the
idaho is attempting to own and control
Bear lake for storage, and Bear river for a
distance of 140 miles in Idaho, that they
may sell water TO lands and towns in Utah.
Governor Shoup has telegraphed the Secre-
and that steps be taken to prevent this in
Jury to Idaho.
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Will Return to Washington on Thursday.

DEER PARK. July 29.--Attorney- general
Miller had conference. this morning, with
the President over pardon cases, and then
Secretary Halford says no appointments
are likely to be made now at Deer Park.
The presidential family are occupied chief
ly with preparations for the Bar Harbor
decided to leave Deer Park for Washington
on Thursday morning. There will be no
Cabinet meeting in Washington. Secretary
Window spent part of the forenoon with
the President, comforting over treasury
maftara
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The Alleged Misuse Of Greek Funds.

MUsKOGEE, Ind. T., July 29.-When the
Greek nation desired to negotiate for the
sale OF the Oklahoma country Messrs. Bles
Porter. b. NJ Hodges and Isparechee were
appointed delegates to represent the nation.
They drew 10 per cent. of the purchase
money and claimed they paid that as per
agreement to Ex-Governor Crawford for
attorneys fees. The 10 per cent drawn
amounts to $22s. 900. being $40 per capita.
On the other hand it 10 claimed that Secre-
tary Villas cancelled the contract with ex-
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Society of tn. Army of the tennessee.

CINCINNATI July 29-The second annual
meeting of the Society of the Army of the
Wadms vsnhessse Will be held here Sept % % and ss
day evening the oration will be given ut
the Music Hall On Thursday evening
there Will be banquet at the Burnet
Honse. local committee, of which Gen.
gun making preparations. General Sher-
man, the president of the society, will be
present and viii preside at the meetings
and at the banquet. BY action of the so
ciety the wives and daughters of members
are admitted to the banquet. IL ia expect-
ed the meeting viii be an unusually fargo
one.