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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-01-29
BEN. BUTTERwORTH.

He viii Retire from Politics Rather Than
Recant His Recent Utterances.
Washington Special.
Mr.. ButterwOrth was asked to-day wheth-
er he had heard any expressions OF disap-
prevail of his speech on labor unions, and
said:
mot one; but on the contrary, l have a
large number of lettess by each mail from
men in every walk and vocation of life,
from the Supreme Court TO the hod-carrier,
thanking me for the stand Ihave taken and
the words / have spoken in defense of the
independence and manhood of my country
men. That which ~astonishes me most is
that from the Supreme Court to the man in
the humblest calling l have found words of
commentator, and have been thanked q
thousand times, but. strangely enough,
half of them, after expressing thanks and
gratitude, add, but of course it is bad
policy, and may destroy ali your future
prospects in the political arena
1T is at that point l want to begin to
swear. Is it possible that l have been for
ten years engaged in a service in which q
decent display of manhood, an honorable
defense of the freedom and independenceof
American labor, the assertion that d father
in the United States still has the right,
without asking permission of some organi-
cation or combine, to teach his child his
own calling. in order that he might earn
bread, has become disreputable, and that
such utterances in behalf of my country
nell would compel me to step down and out
of the political arena.
Let it be understood now and for all
future time that il my political preferment
depends upon my retracting Or recalling one
poor syllable of what | said III ~denouuclng
the system of bOycotting. and the system
which compels me TO ask some organization
for permission to have my boy work at my
size i'll my own shop and learn the
and out. and l will fight 10 the end any
knave or such a colossal fool as to become
the mere seTf of any party, elan or organiza-
ton. no matter what its name or avOwed
purpose, that dares TO oppose these vital
principles and inalienate rights of all citi-
zens of the United States.
THE letters 1 have received by the dozen
all vindicate my course. This Is satisfac-
tory. but the humiliating aspect is that any
body should ave deemed that it required
courage to perform so plain and obvious "a
duty. | wish / could have printed all that
has been said to me touching the tyranny
OF some Of these organizations. | would
not have believed that it was possible for
such tyranny to be practiced in the United
States. if | had not the fullest and most
conclusive evidence of the fact. The claim
of some chump, and a dull chump at that.
that l opposed, or thought of opposing the
organization of labor, is too stupid and
false to need attention"
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committee that. owing TO the fact that sat
lsfactory arrangements cannot be made
with railroads for transportation. IL IS prob
able that the State militia Will only be rep
resented by some five hundred men.
Some anxiety is felt at inaugural head
quarters as to what Indiana's militia will
do in regard TO participating In the exer-
cises on the 4th of March.
Senator Vance to-day had one of his eyes
removed. He has been suffering severely
for some time. and the physicians have not
been able to ascertain the direct cause of
the trouble, which took the form of a sep
aratiOn of the retina from the ball OF the
eye. The operation was successfully per-
formed, and the Senator is resting COM
fortably.
Representative Stone. to-day. introduced
a resolution declaring il TO be the pleasure
of Congress to assemble in New York city
on Centennial day and participate IN the
ceremonies of the OCCASION.
Assistant Secretary Maynard has in
formed the collector of customs at Corpus
Christi. Tex, that cigars. cannot be i'm
ported from Mexico through the mail under
the postal convention with Mexico.
The Secretary of the Treasury, ibis after
noon, accepted the following bonds: Four
and-a-half per cents, registered, S97,3OO at
S1.O9; f~our-and-a-half per cents, coupon,
5000 at $1.09.
ing, in the room of the Senate committee
ON naval affairs. in honor of Mr.: and Mrs.
Blaine, at which a number of Senators
were present.
The House committee on judici; " held a
special meeting. to-day, to hear addresses
from members of the WOman's Suffrage
Association in support OF an amendment To
the Constitution of the United States
granting the elective franchise TO women.
Among the speakers were Susan b. An
thony: Elizabeth Beecher Hooker; Rev.
Olympia Brown; Mrs. Colby. editor of the
Woman's Journal; Mrs. Duniway, of Ore
g0n. and Others.
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TELEGRAPIIIC BREvITIES.

Governor Green, of New jersey. has signed
the bill repeating the law which required
ballot-boxes to be closed at sunset.
The Maine Legislature yesterday, in Joint
session, elected George L. Beal, of Norway,
State Treasurer, by a vote of 112 to 3.
A. II. Emery. of Lewiston, Me-, was ar
rested yesterday, charged with defalcatiOn
amounting to 1900 as secretary of al Odd
fellows lodge.
A telegram from Greensburg. La, SAYS
that Capt. j.. r. Womack. keeper of the
Nichols Hotel there, was shot and fatally
wounded, on Saturday, by his s~On-in-law,
Page Stricklin. at Grangeville.
Mrs. Hannah Burrows, of Philadelphia,
who stabbed and killed her husband, in
August last, while he was lying in bed, and
last week pleaded guilty Of the crime, was
yesterday sentenced by Judge Hare to be
hanged.
J.. j. Marshall. formerly cashier of the
Northern Pacific Express Company at st.
Paul, Mimi, has been arrested ON a charge
of embeZzlement. He confessed to a short
age of $500, which came from classifying
the records. Heis only about t~wenty-three
years old.
The boiler in Harvey's silk-mill, at
Scranton, Penn, exploded, yesterday, kill
ing the engineer, Nicholas Chislet, and
badly injuring a workman named Ander-
son. All the water in the boiler had been
exhausted, and the engineer turned on a
full stream.
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Enos B. Reed, State Fish Commissioner.
has submitted his report to the Governor.
In it he says there has been a great demand
for carp by the farmers throughout the
State. He states that it is n very edible
fish, and grows probably faster than any
other. 1t is a good breeder, and
lives IN very shallow water.
He recommends the revising of the
fish laws of the State, which. he says. are
very defective, and under them conviction
is almost impossible. A strong law should
be passed so as To prevent fishing through
ice, the use of dynamite and the seine.
Ii is suggested in the report that 5000 bo
allowed 10 the commission. or at least
$1,000. the original amount appropriated
to the fish commission four years ago.
While ~neighboring States are apprcpriating
from $4,000 TO $4,000 per year To their fsh
commissions, Indiana. he says. ~appropriates
81, OO0, and even that is not paid up. He
thinks the Office ought 10 be abolished if il
is not gwen better pecuniary support.
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Business Embarrassments.

CHICAGO. Jan. 2S.-George w. Bonner &
Co., dealers i'll glassware and crockery,
made a voluntary assignment to-day to
Frank Caldwell. The ~cOmpany's liabilities
are $4,000, and the assets are the same. At
the same time claims against the firm
amounting to $4,000 or $1,000 were fled in
several of the circuit courts by a Connecti-
cut concern.
MASON CITY, Ia, Jan. 2s.-The Clear
Lake Bank, owned by Mrs. l.. p. johnson,
closed its doors to-day. 1t is claimed de-
p~ositOrs will lose nothing. The deposits
amount to only 81, 600, and there is nearly
S1O,OO 0 available cash on hand now. Miss
Lizzie j.. Fitch has been appointed re-
ceiver.
~elry-dealer, who assigned recently, filed
schedules to-day showing liabilities $50 ,933
and assets $780, 31; actual assets, $40, ga.
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THE RAILWAY MAIL SERVICE.
The New Civil-Service Rules Will he Put In
Effect in About Two Weeks.

The New Civil-Service Rules Will he Put In
Effect in About Two Weeks.
Washington Special.
The Postof1ic &C Department has decided
not to put the civil-service rules in
effect in the railway mail service
until the middle of February. This
of the Cleveland people to put all the OBJ
stacles possible in the way of the Harrison
administration. One of the most expert
enced officials in the railway postal service
under Republican administrations. one who
was with the service from the day it was
established in its modern form until re-
moved because of his politics. says that
the effect of the civil-service rules as it is
evidently the purpose of the postoffioe Off
cials to apply them, WILDE to retain in the
railway mail service new clerks who are not
familiar with its duties, and to whose mex
periepce the manifold blunders in that
service are due, while if they permit re-
entry into the service of the experienced
clerks who were removed for political
causes, would require these latter clerks to
commence at the foot of the list, below the
men who were appointed originally in their
places because Of their politics, and who
have not learned their business yet. An
other gentleman who has been prominently
mentioned as a possible superintendent of
the railway mail service under the new adj
ministration, and who occupied a high po-
sltlOn III II for many years. when asked Ii
he should be an applicant for the superin-
tendency. said: Not if the civil-service
rules are to be applied, as it seems probable
that they now will be applied. for if they
are to be extended to the service and oper-
ate in the manner indicated, the new super
intendent will not be able to secure a corps
of efficient clerks throughout the country,
and will be held responsible for the blum
ders in the service of which theipublic now
Justly complain
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ment thar there is nothing in il that has
not already appeared In the newspaper &C
counts Vt the same occurrences.
Representative Herbert. chairman OF the
House committee on naval affairs, called at
tbe State Department to-day, and bad a
conference with Secretary Bayard In re-
gard to the situation. 1t is reported as
likely that the President will have some
thing more to say on the subject when he
sends 70 Congress the correspondence which
has taken place since his last message.
To-day's Baltimore sun the organ OF
Secretary Bayard. in an elaborate article
ON 'Indecision in our samoan Policy" says:
THE executive branch of the government
is apparently firm in the opinion that its
jurisdiction is absolutely. terminated until
by the legislative branch. The sight of the
battered flag. d~ishonored by German sol
diery, ought TO be a sufficient spur for the
American Congress TO speak without delay
in language which will be echOedro the
world
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A Serious railway Wreck.

SAN ANTONIO. Tex. Jan. GA terrible
railway wreck occurred this afternoon near
Plum Creek bridge TO a west-bound
passenger train of the Southern Pa
ciic. A freight train was par
tally derailed. 4 passenger train stopped
and was rendering assistance when it was
crashed into by the heavy freight train
which was following. A relief train, with
extra passenger coaches and several physi-
clans. left here this evening for the scene
of the wreck, fifty miles distant. The rail-
way officials refuse to give any further in
formation
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Di.sen.ion, in the Cabinet.

NEw YORK. Jan. ga Washington spe-
cial to the Post says:
There have been for several days rumors that
there Is a sharp difference OF opinion in the Cabi-
net on account of the Samoan complication. The
latest form which the rumor has taken Ii that
Secretary Whitney or Secretary Bayard may re-
sign. Attempts made this morning TO obtain any
authorized information on this subject were not
successful. "A United States Senator says he Is
informed that there Ia much feeling between the
the samoan matter. and that the estrangement
is of serious character. This Senators say that the
President holds Secretary Bayard responsible for
the situation. while friends OF Secretary Bayard
insist that the President has interfered in the af-
fairsof the State Department and is wholly re-
sponsible.
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Bidding for the State Fair.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
BLOOMINGTON, Jan. 28.-The executive
committee of forty, chosen at a recent meet
ing of citizens to take in hand the effort to
secure the location of the State fair at
Bloomington, met here this afternoon.
Mayor Mason presided. All parts of the
county We're represented. A resolution was
adopted to the effect that a vigorous effort
be rIade 10 secure the fair. The county
representatives promise $4,000, or one-half
of the amount required, and Bloomington
will raise the other half, and obtain what
have already promised assistance. Repre-
sentatives of Farmer City, Dewitt county,
were present, and, Clinton having given up
the fight, they promised TO aid Mclean
county with money and influence.
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MITCHELL. Jan. -2S.-Julian C. Mcclure, a
prominent man of Jackson county, has dis
appeared, and to-day it was reported that
he is short in his accounts as guardian of
minor heirs, to the amount Of $4,000.
Mcclure made over all of his prop
erty to his bondsmen. but a warrant
was sworn out against him for embezzle-
ment, and he left the county. For over
five years Mcclure, it appears, made no re-
port to the court of the estates he repre-
sented. Just what the losses of his bonds
men will be is not known. He is supposed
to be in Cincinnati.
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Racing at New Orleans.

New ORLEANS. Jan. 2s.-To-day's races
weather was clear. windy and cold.
First Race-Half a mile. Starters: Los
Webster. Dudley Cakes, Electricity. Break
down, Gabe G. Dudley won in fifty-nine
seconds; Electricity second, Los Webster
third.
Second Race-Three quarters of a mile.
Starters: Joyful, Fred Wooley, Jim Jordan,
K~ensington, st. Adams, Iris and Benton.
St. Adams won in $50 "a; K~ensington
second. Jim JordOn third.
Third Race-Five-eighths of a mile.
Starters: Trance. Ida L.. and Florine.
Ida L. won in 1:14: Flor;ne second.
Fourth Race-Seven-eighths of a mile.
Starters: Red Leaf. Mirth, Duhme, Cas-
lillian. Wild Boy and Monocrat; Castillian
won in la; Mirth second, Red Leaf third.
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Ipiured I'm a Railroad Wreck

Special TO the indianapolis Journal.
EVANSVILLE, Jan. 2S.-A mixed train on
the Rockport branch of the Louisville,
Evansville Il st. Louis railroad. was
wrecked near Chrisney, Spencer county.
this afternoon. and several persons injured,
but none fatally as far as learned. A de-
fective track was doubtless the cause of
the accident. Mrs. Kahn, of Evansville, was
badly hurt: .her arm was brokena and her spine
injured. Rev. Ward, presiding elder of the
NJ. l.. Church, was badly injured. Mr..
Basseye, a druggist of Rockport, Miss
Anspacher. of Evansville. and several 9TH
ers suffered severe bruises.
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Motor KeeIy discharged.

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 2S.-The Supreme
Court to-day discharged John w. Rely.
of motor fame. Kelly was committed some
time ago because of a refusal TO explain his
motor 10 a committee appointed by the
Court of Common Pleas. The courts con-
clusion was that the order of the court COM
handing Kelly TO exhibit and explain his
motor was prematurely made, because the
case was not fairly at issue.
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to ~disreputable women. O'ConneIl was
caught in the act and confessed, implicat-
ing the others.
Josiah Francis. aged eighty-eight years.
one of the old settlers of Sangamon county.
died near Springfield. on Sunday. Hecame
from Massachusetts 10 Sangamon county in
1S6.
Among the large families in Piatt county
with l25, and the Piatts. after whom the
county was named, with nearly 100 mem
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Charged with

CHARLESTON, w. Va, Jan. 2S.-Capt. J.
s. Mcdonald, a prominent Republican poll
tician, of this city, was arrested today by
on a capias issued by the United States
Court, charged with having purchased the
vote of one Dick Hardwick, of this city, at
the last election. for s. and all the whisky
he could drink. The prisoner will be taken
10 Parkersburg tomorrow. A number of
others will be arrested shortly on similar
charges.
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A Murderer Transferred.

special 10 the indianapolis JOurnaf
SOUTH BEND, Jan. 2S.-Late Saturday
night Sheriff Chasten, of Elkhart county,
transferred to the Jail here Ben Scott. who,
last fall, fatally stabbed Con Crowly, a
yonng and prosperous meat-dealer of Elk
hart. Scott comes here on a change of VEN
Ne, to be tried at the coming March term, and
his trial will be awaited with much interest,
both here and at Elkhart. The prisoner at
tracts much attention by his personal ap-
p%earance, being rather distlnguished-lOok-
means. which will be spent freely to ease
his sentence. The murder was a. cold
blooded one, and he barely escape. lynch
ing at the hand of the victims friends.
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Brief Mention.

Oliver Goltra. of Lincoln, is the father of
twenty-three children, all living and in
good health.
At the election in the Third judicial dis
trict, on Saturday, b. G. Burroughs was
elected circuit judge.
Lyman Graham, of Bloomington. has sold
his four-year-old stallion. Oneida, to James
Mclean, of Princeton. for 5000.
Six sets of twins were recorded at Tay-
lorsyille last wear. while Mrs. James Bull
ger. of that place, has triplet boys, who are
strong and hearty.
Bloomington authorities have arrested
Charles Harding. Buzz Myers, Patsey
O'Connel and Al Hemphil for sending
threatening letters, signed White Caps"
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TIE FIRE RECORD.
Burning of the Duluth Grand Opera-House
Involving a Loss of S25O,OOO.

Burning of the Duluth Grand Opera-House,
Involving a Loss of S250,O00.
DULUTH. MIMI, Jan. 2s.-Fire was dis
covered in the Grand O~pera-house shortly
before 2 o'clock this morning. 1t startedin
the basement. and was soon beyond control.
At $3.50 A. M. the building was n total loss.
A row of frame buildings next the opera
house were in great danger. but all were
saved except the postoffice, which was con
sumed. All the mails were safely removed.
The Hotel 81. Louis. just across the street,
was threatened and the guests moved out,
but the flames did not attack this building.
There were five stores and numerous upper
floor tenants in the opera-house building.
State Senate Whiteman was removed In a
dazed condition. Many of the tenants lost
their effects. The tenants on the ground
floor of the opera-house building were
Boyce & TOlman. druggists; j. I. Con-
don, general furnishing goods; the general
offices of the Wisconsin Central railway;
w. G. Sergent. coal and wood Office. Os-
borne g. Frazer, dealers in safes; West Du-
luth Land Company's office; NJ. M. Gasser,
family groceries. and Sieg Levy, wholesale
iiquOr-dealer. Upstairs on the first floor
are the Offices of various lumber firms and
lawyers, and on the second floor the Cham
Der of Commerce. music rooms, etc The
opera-house was owned by Munsell & Mar
kell. and cost Sl12,00O; insured for $4,000.
The principal losses outside of the opera
house itself will be as follows: BOyce K
Tolman. druggists, about 5000; j. l.. Con-
don. hats, 5000; NJ. NJ. Gasser, grocery,
$4,000; Sieg Levy, wholesale liquors, S13.-
eco; ten other firms whose losses cannot be
estimated now. In addition to the above
are the losses SUSTAINED by the Office ten
ants. The total loss will reach $4,000: in
surance $50. 600. The front wall of the
Opera-house fell into the street, but no one
was hurt. AT A. NJ. the fire was under
control.
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Killed by a Policeman.

DAYTON, Tenn. Jan. 2S.-Col. s. u.
Northup was shot and killed yesterday by
policeman NJ. II. Dougherty. The police
man had been ordered out of a room by
Northup. who followed him and struck
him several times with a cane. Dougherty
pulled a revolver. placed it against
Northup's side and fired. inflieting a wound
from which the victim soon died.
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Ajury was soon empaneled and sworn TO
try the case. The State was on hand ready
for a hard battle, and the large courtroom
was filled with witnesses and spectators,
when, to the surprise of the State and
crowd, the defendant withdrew his plea of
not guilty and pleaded guilty. The judge
immediately sentenced him to the peniten-
tiary for life.
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A Gentleman Who Could Tell Something of
Architect Freret's Methods.

A Gentleman Who Could Tell Something Of
Architect Freret's Methods.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 2s.-The Senate COM
mittee investigating the supervising archi-
tect of the Treasury can secure some valu-
able information by summOniEg Charles
Kinkel, a draughtsman in that division, to
appear on the witness stand. Kinkel was
appointed from New York before the super
vising architects Office was placed under
the civil-service rules. 1t is stated that
during the last campaign he acted as a po-
litical assessor for the party in power. and
collected quite a large sum of money,
which was turned into the campaign fund.
He attempted to secure q promotion under
the civil-service rules, and. although he
failed in his examination. he has since been
promoted, in direct violation of the laws.
His case is, perhaps, one of the most strik-
ing examples of the many political strikers
who have been rewarded for their services
TO the Democratic party at the expense of
the civil-seryice law.
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ILLINOIS.

An Overloaded Army Musket Tears a Hole
through a Boys Head. Causing Death.
Special to the indianapolis Journal
CHAMPAIGN, Jan. 2.-Thomas Konally, a
boy aged fourteen, living at Rantoul, while
shooting at a mark, overloaded an old
army musket. In firing the recoil tore the
barrel from the stock, and sent it backward
into his face. The sharp end of the barrel
entered below the left eye, passed through
the mouth, and out below the right ear,
causing death.
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Suicide i'm q POor-HOuse

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
EVANSVILLE, Jan. 2S.-Dr. John Flaeger,
the Oldest dentist of this city, committed
suicide, last night, at the county poor
house, a few miles from this city. He had
been an inmate there for three weeks, and
it is believed the thought of ending his
days there caused the deed. At one time
he was very wealthy and was engaged,
aside from his dental practice, with various
patent rights, thus becoming widely known.
He was sixty-three years old.
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Other Fires.

SAN Francisco. Jan. 2s.-About forty
wooden buildings in Dutch Flat, Cal. COM
prising the Chinatown of that place, were
destroyed by fire yesterday. Loss, S30,0O0
no insurance.
LONDON, Ont. Jan. 2S.-One of the large
cottages at the insane asylum. containing
SOME 80 patients. was burned last night.
The patients were all got out without acct
dent. The loss is $1,000. A spark from a
pipe smoked by a patient is supposed to
have caused the fire.