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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-10-30

LONDON, Oct. 29.-In his speech before
the Parnell special commission Michael
Davitt is daily scoring points in favor of
the Parnellites, and adding to his already
well established reputation as an eloquent
and forcible orator. As his speech pro-
crosses public interest in the proceedings,
which at the resumption of the sittings of
the commission had become dormant by
reason Of the withdrawal of Mr.. Parnell
from the case, awakens, and the courtroom
is again assuming the appearance it pre-
sented when the Nationalist defendants
were engaged in their daily occupation of
knocking down the foundation of forgery.
perjury and fraud upon which the case of
the Times was based. To-day Mr.. Davitt
held his audience almost breathless while
he recited his experiences during the
irish irish famine fam in ls4s. and moist. st.
ened the eyes OF many OF ,!a his
an episode of which was his being yoked to
a cart, like beast of burden, because,
with his single arm he was unable to per-
form the tasks imposed upon him as man
with two arms could have done. 1t is quite
evident, from intimations made by Mr..
Davitt from time to time in tho course of
his address, that he is on the eve of max
ing some startling disclosures, and this as
sumption Is fortified by an article in the
Freeman's Jonrnal. which asserts that the
father of the Land League is rapidly draw
ing his adversaries to the verge of the preci-
pice. over which they will inevitably be
hurled. The disclosures are said to affect
the Times to greater degree than did
gott, and to be of q character rendering it
almost impossible for the "cut-and- dried"
commission to sustain q single allegation
made by that paper.
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POSSIBILITIES IN 1902.

What the Admission of the New States Has
Done to Destroy New York's Prestige.
Special TO the Indianapolis Journal
WASHINGTON, Oct. 29.-1f, for any reason,
the Fifty-frst Congress should not confirm
the reapportionment of the congressional
districts according to the census of 1890 the
electoral votes in the next Presidential
year, counting the thirteen cast by the new
States, will number Ala. The number nee
essary to elect would therefore be 2os. The
'solid South" so called, would furnish l5S.
including West Virginia's 6. so that the
Democrats might reasonably expect to have
to find 55 votes somewhere in order to in
sure success. New York, if won over. would
furnish SO of these, leaving 10 still
to gain. The other States reckoned on
as possibilities are Indiana with Is. New
Jersey with Q, Connecticut with q and Mon
rana with 3. 1t will be seen that Indiana
on for He% and
Montana together could muster only Is
votes. Indiana and New Jersey would
answer, or Indiana and Connecticut. Mon
tana would be Of no account in any COM
bination except as a make-weight.
Commenting on the fine outlook of the
Republican pa-tv on this basis, this even
ing's Star independently says: should
Delaware desert the party col
umn. as she did when she
elected the Legislature that chose
Mr.. Higgins Senator, Montana would do
very well as a counter-balance, or should
West Virginia or Florida carry her lean
majority over to the other side, causing
deficit of twenty-five or twenty-three,
Indiana, Connecticut and Montana would
be competent trio in the latter case, and
Indiana. New Jersey and Montana in the
former"
The interest attaching to this survey Of
the field rests upon the relief which the Re-
publicans experience through the admission
of the new States in the Northwest from
further anxiety about New York. Any
one of q number of combinations
could be made from which that State
might be excluded, which would give the
presidency to the Republicans. always sup
posing, of course. that the North held. gem
orally, firm to the Republican faith, as the
South does to the Democratic. The effect
of the admission of the new States NAV be
summed up. therefore, as robbing New York
of her former prestige as arbiter of the po-
litical fortunes of the whole country. The
battlefield of the future, for a considera-
BILE period at least. will be located in one of
the lesser States, such as Indian or New
Jersey, whose loss would probably be irTep-
arabic to the Democrats.
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NOT AN ASSASSINATION SOCIETY.

Mr.. Davitt Defends the Clan-Na-1ael, but
Repudiates the Extremists in America.
LONDON, Oct. 29.-Mr. Michael Davitt re-
srmed his address before the Parnell Com
mission to-day. He referred to the action
of the Chicago convention as dlsprovlng
the assertion that the Clan-na-Gael was
thors of the articles on "Parnellism and
Crime" which were printed in the London
Times. he said. willfully invented and gar
bled quotations from American papers. He
admitted that the expressions of some of
the speakers at Chicago were bitter against
England. Bat the convention was held
during the period when the league was
under the ban of suppression, when num-
ber of prominent members of the Parnellite
party were In prison, and when force had
crushed out the constitutional movement.
great excitement. The "Parnellism-and-
crime" liars catechism distorted every
thing relating to the movements of the
Irish in America. He instanced as q base
less lie the statement that he met the chiefs
ty while in the United States, and
concocted with them To form the Irish
federation, and that Mr.. Parnell assisted in
his scheme. He tDavitt) had often repudi-
ated the policy of revenge advocated by
the extremists in America. Mr.. Davitt al
SO said that many erroneous reports were
current respecting the Clan-na-Gael. which
organization. he said, was not an assas-
sination society. nor any more a secret So
ciety than was the order OF treemasons in
Great Britain.
Mr.. Davitt dwelt at great length upon
the social conditions of Ireland TO show
that the agrarian outrages committed from
1879 to 1882 were due To the social condi-
tions of the country and to economic
causes. and not to his teaching or to the
work of the Land League. He stated that
he organized the league with the object Of
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and everythin In Surgical
Do Braces 8: ;:;. |;
HATED HUSBAND AND SON.
Peculiar Marital Conditions Disclosed by the
Contest Of Pennsylvania Mans Will.

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 29.-To-day the Or
phans' Court issued commission giving
the right to any duly authorized person in
the State of Florida to take the evidence in
the case of the contested will of Mrs. j.
Heron Foster, of DR.. ID. M. Duke and wife,
of De Funiak Springs. whose testimony, it
is expected. will substantiate the contest
ants claim. The legal battle which is be-
ing fought between j. Heron Foster, and
Julia L. Foster and Mrs. Rachel T. Avery
on the other side, will bring to light the
history of the family of the late Col. j.
Heron Foster, of the Pittsburg Dispatch.
1t discioses q man upright and honest.
yearning for. an ideal love, and his wife
wrapped no in and mastered by strange
fanatical hatred of her husband and her
son. 1t was unfortunate for Col. Foster
and for his children that he was compelled
to hurry away from his bride of few
hours to attend to the business of one of
his newspaper ventures. From the mo-
ment he left his wife. who was q
Miss Julia Manuel, she hated him.
Later. when she was about to be-
fore it was born, and as time passed
and her son grew up. the hate grew stronger
and stronger. They lived separately, and
scarcely knew each others whereabouts
his StfauSe WOIildu QIcQ III u fallWdy car
riage, while travelling with her daughters
in Italy. In accordance with her wishes,
Ter remains were incinerated at q crema-
tory at Spieza, Italy, and the ashes brought
to this country and inferred at Pittsburg
Colonel Foster died previously to his wife.
and with the exception of legacies to each
of his children. son and two daughters
he left the bulk of his property to his wife,
Her viii was admitted to probate by the
register Of wills of this city. Her estate is
estimated to be worth $25O.OO0 Mr.. Foster,
the contestant, is sanurserYman and orange
grove proprietor of Tangerine, Fla. The
Testimony of Mrs. Julia L. Casterline and
her husband, of Hornitos, Cal, friends of
the Fosters, has just been filed in the Or
phans' Court. Mrs. Caster1ine recalls an
incident at Colonel Fosters funeral. when
Mrs. Foster refused the protfered arm of
her son. and instead walked with stran-
ger. Julia T. Foster. the eldest sister, is a
mature woman of rather melancholy hab-
its. In May, 1878. she became prominent
by a sensational attempt at suicide. Rachel,
the younger sister, is a member of the
Women's Christian Temperance Union and
a prominent worker of the Pennsylvania
Suffrage Association. She says, in refer
ence to the contest: sit is a case of black
mail. They have sent spiritualists and
mediums to our home, and have been con-
cerned in many other deep plots. i regard
this as one of them."
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TRYING TO FRIGHTEN THEM.

Belief that Virginia Republicans Will Not BE
Prosecuted for Soliciting Contributions.
Hpecial to the Indianapolis Journal
WASHINGTON, Oct. 29.-Very few persons
believe that any prosecutions will follow
from the issuance of circulars by Virginia
Republicans soliciting contributions for
the campaign from Old Dominion Repub-
licans in the departments. The drift of
opinion is that Commissioner Thompson.
whose reconstruction Is not thorough, is
simply bent upon frightening the Repub-
licans holding Offices who would like to as
sist General Malone to secure success at
the election next week. The commission
does not undertake TO pass upon questions
of law, and will therefore turn the whole
matter over to the district attorney for in
vestigation. fthat officer finds that the law
has been violated he will lay the matter
before the grand jury and ask that indict-
ments be returned. There is no likelihood.
either. that the Republican collectors for
the Ohio campaign will be prosecuted, as
has been threatened. These men have not
violated the law, and have committed no
wrong They did not 60 half as far as the
Democrats did in the campaigns Of 1886 and
1898. and there was no talk of accusing
those men.
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G's,slaai, ,5!ll,. CINCINNATI, j j. RIG a


Readers OF the Big Four ads will remember that .
few months ago. when the Sioux commi ssioners
closed sreaty with the Sioux for their reservation
IN Dakota. we urged the Importance of going early
TO secure choice of this goodIy land. The morning
papers state that the choicest lands in the vicinity
Pierre. OAK. hsve been taken by squsw men. DO you
know what squaw men arel They are white men,
too lazy and indolent TO live in civilization and work.
and not smart enough to live without work, or men
who have committed crimes in civilized communities
and fed to the Indians to be out OF the reach Of
law. They. in the Indian fashion. marry squaws and
proceed to raise hell and large family Of half breeds
that combine a Of the vices and Of the virtues
of white and red skins. No danger Of these men
staying. they could not. any more than the prairie
wolf can Civilization schools and churches, and
work. are death to them BY the time the tide Of en-
igration that viii pour into the reservations next
spring. reaches the Missouri river, the squsw mea
win have vanished with the Sioux and left this goodly
land for the farmer.
J. II. MARTIN. ID. p. Agent.
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NOT THE RIGHT TASC0TT.
Philadelphias Prisoner Proves 10 Be Recent
iy Released Convict from Ohio.

PHILADELPHIA. Oct. 29.-Dispatches from
Chicago show that the police of that city
have failed to identify the photographs
sent from here, as being those of Tascott.
the murdereFof millionaire Smell. Before
the news reached here which settled the
question of identity, young man who said
he came from Chicago. and had played pool
with TascOtt in Ryan's billiard rooms, in
that city, called at the central session and
asked to see the prisoner. He requested
that his name be kept secret. but satisfied
Chief Wood as to who he was by means of
letters of recommendation. A dozen photo
graphs were handed him, and as soon as he
saw the picture of the prisoner. he ex-
claimed: THAT'S Tascott." After other
tests he was taken to the cell, and on gaz-
ing at the man behind. the bars, said:
Hello, TascOtt."
The prisoner replied: ST don't know you"
"Oh. yes you do. We played pool together
in Ryan's."
The prisoner assured the visitor that he
was mistaken, but the latter insisted that
he knew the former in Chicago as TascOtt.
Chlef Wood afterwards used this incident
to illustrate the ease with which person
can be mistaken.
A dispatch from Columbus, O., which
said the prisoner might be Bowman, a re-
Gently released convict, was shown Chief
Wood, and he interrogated the man in re-
gard to it. After some evasive replies
Sutherland finally acknowledged that.
under the name of Samuel Bowman, he had,
in company with Joe Howard, been SEN
fenced to two years and a half in the Ohio
State penitentiary for rObbing jewelry
salesman, at Urbana, O., of $500 worth of
goods. He served two years, and was re-
leased last April.
Sutherland will be given hearing on
: Thursday on the charge of passing checks
bearing the forged signature of j. p. Wood,
general passenger agent of the Pennsyl-
vania railroad. Mr.. Wood will then appear
against him, and as the forger has admitted
his guilt it is expected he will soon be serv-
ing term of years in the State prison.
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FALSEHOOD ABOUT MR.. BLAINE.
The Story that He Suffered Paralytic Shock
at Milan Entirely Without Foundation.

AUGUSTA, Me-, Oct. 29.-The story pub
lshed in the New York World of Monday,
alleging that while in Milan Mr.. Blaine
suffered paraIy tic shock, and suffered
from melancholia so that he was obliged to
withdraw from the presidential field, Is re-
garded here as on par with all the other
numerous sensational stories which have
been circulated about him and his health.
His friends here laugh at the yarn. and
characterize it so ridiculous as to be nom
sensical. After his return from Europe Mr..
Blaine took the stump in Maine, and for q
month underwent large amount of work,
which was of a most fatiguing character.
Besides delivering numerous political ad-
dresses. he travelled hundreds of miles
daily, and visited nearly every section of
the State. yet he maintained the best of
bodily health and vigor. and had no diff
Guilty in performing the labor which he had
undertaken. Postmaster Manly. who, by
his intimate personal relations to Mr..
Blaine, is perhaps better fitted to speak In
Mr.. Blaine's behalf than any other man, said
tonight: Il think the story. upon its face,
shows its absurdity. The idea that Mr..
Blaine would consult any physician as to
his political course is too fresh even for the
World. 1t is little too late in the day for
such an absurd story as this. Why, accord
ing to these papers, Mr.; Blaine has had
about every disease that flesh Is heir to. yet
he is q pretty lively man. physically and
mentally. know that he was not in the
condition alleged in the story while in
Italy. That he caught a severe cold while
passing the st. Gothard tunnel, by reason
of which he was slightly indisposed. / ack-
nowledge, but as far as being paralyzed is
concerned, thatis false. According to the
World dispatch the doctors themselves dis
agreed, which of itself proves the weakness
of the story, and renders it laughing
stock. 1t might he we'll to consider mo-
ment what Mr.. Blaine went through in the
hundreds of miles travelled while ON his
coaching tour. Does any one in his senses
believe that he could have undergone all
this when. but a short time previously, he
had suffered from paralytic saockf Look
at the enormous amount of WORK performed
after returning home. The illusss was all
news tome. until read it to-day and it is
q story manufactured to obtain a denial
from Mr. Blaine. an attempt which do not
believe they will succeed in"
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Cable Notes.


According to adyices from Belgrade, ex-
King. Milan will shortly be married to q
Partisan lady.
1t is estimated that England will require
to import the current year $4,000 quar-
ters of wheat.
The court has ordered Dion Boucicault
to pay the sum of ESQ monthly as alimony
to his divorced wife. Miss Agnes Robertson.
Prof. Gosche, occupant of the chair Of
literature at the University at Halle, has
committed suicide by cutting his throat
with a razor.
The name of Archduke John has been
stricken from the Austrian army list. 1t
is said he will join the staff of the New
York Herald.
Mr.. Balfour. Chief Secretary for Ireland,
leaves Dublin on Friday next for Balmoral,
the Queen having requested a personal re-
port on the condition of Ireland
The budget was presented to the National
Council of Switzerland yesterday. Among
the expenditures is an item of 100000
francs for renewing the rifles of the army.
Emperor William has offered the munich
pality of Berlin 5,0O0, 900 marks for a mOnu-
ment in honor of his grandfather, Emperor
William /, provided it be erected near the
castle.
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Republicans overruied in Montana.

HELENA, Mont. Oct. 29-In the Silver
Bow contest case, to-day. the motion of
the attorneys for the Republicans to quash
the mandamus writ was overruled. The
objection was then made to Judge DeWolf
sitting in the case, as he was q candidate
on the Democratic ticket, the objection be-
ing that he was not an uninterested per-
son. The court decided that the writ
should be SO amended as to relate only to
the count of the votes for the county of
ficers named in the writ. The attorneys
for the Republicans then interposed de-
murrer. which was overruled. and the
board of canvassers was directed to file it's
answer why the vote in Tunnel precinct
was not counted. The court then ad-
jOurned.
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abolishing landlordism. This. he held,
was q perfectly legal and constitutional
end to work for. The means employed
were constitutional. He denied that the
Irish town-meeting, at which the league
was started, was organized by Fenlans,
present at the meeting were Fenians, but
then they only acted as farmers and radical
land-reformers.
Mr.. Callan, formerly member of Parlia-
ment for Louth, has applied to the commits
fore the court. The judges insist upon a
notice In writing beforehand giving an
idea what the statement will be.
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Settling with Its Creditors.

ABILENE. Kan. Oct. 29.-The Bank of Alb
ilene, which closed its doors on Monday,
has already begun to make settlement of
its affairs. To-day it turned over 'S1OO 600
worth of real estate to its heaviest To-
cal depositors, who accepted it in
full settlement for that amount of
claims. Real estate to the amount of $50
600 was accepted by foreign creditors upon
similar conditions. and negotiations are
now pending for the settlement of other
claims. The liabilities of the concern. as
shown by the books, amount to $40. 900.
The assets will not exceed the amount first
published, S650. 600, mostly in real estate.
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Raised $1,000 ON Forged Deeds.

ST. JOSEPH, No., Oct. 29.--Thepolice are
looking for Harry ii. Cooper with a war
rant for his arrest, charging him With pro-
curing s., 900 on forged deeds to prrperty in
procured entrance into the best social cir
cIes and married daughter of Cptain
Dav. one of the wealthiest of st. JoSph's 5
merchants. He claimed to own a nufber
of lots in Wichita, and traded them for
81 coo worth of farm property to A g. Nr-
ris, Cooper sold the farm for s.. 600 and let
town. The deeds to the Wichita lots haS
been discovered to be forgeries.
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How 1t Affects the Interests Of Norfolk. ~
as a Cotton shipping Point

How 1t Affects the Interests Of Norfolk, ~
as Cotton shipping Point
rpecia, to the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 29.-The bad effect of
hasty congressional action is shown again
in connection with the working of the con-
tract-labor law. Vigorous efforts are being
made on the part of many people interested
in building up Norfolk. Va. as q shipping
point for cotton. both to Europe. and the
northern Atlantic ports of the United
States. A gentleman from England. a con-
ton spinner. who was invited to Norfolk to
witness the facilities for shipping. and
who was favorably impressed with tho
idea Of that port as port Of
departure for raw cotton. reports that
his visit there has convinced him
that for the present at least the contract
labor law will prevent the effectual csrty.
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NEW YORK. Oct. 29.-The coroner's jury in
the case of tlineman Feeks who was killed
by an electric shock while repairing
wires, Oct. IL. rendered verdict
to-day that the fatal current originated
in an electric-light wire, probably belong
ing to either the Brush or the United States
that the present system of over
head wires is constant menace
to the lives and property of citizens. They
recommend the extension of the sub-ways
as rapidly as possible, and specify many
precautions that should be observed so
long as overhead wires exist
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Court, to-day, Gillette, who swindled q
number of Winnipeg merchants with forged
paper. withdrew his plea of not guilty and
pleaded guilty to three charges. The judge,
ade.ivering sentence. said commercial men
I'D society must be protected from American
sindlers who came here to operate their
Ityeries. and the sentence of the court
weld be that the prisoner be imprisoned
Ii se Manitoba penitentiary for term of
Ten n..ears on each of the indictments to
VINO he had pleaded guilty.
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COLUMBUS, O., Oct. 29.-The Supreme
Court to-day refused to grant motion for
leave to file petition in error to the Su-
perior Court in Cincinnati in the case of
the Cincinnati, Hamilton g. Dayton road
against Edwin 4. Evart. The latter OBJ
tanned Judgment of 5000 against the COM
conductor who refused to honor ticket
attested by the company's agent and pur-
chased in scalper's Office. This decision
settles the case and the money will have to
he maid.
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BELLE VERNON, Pa, Oct 29.-On Monday
evening. Hon. Jesse 81 Bowels, a member
of the State Legislature. and promlnent
knight Templar. had his skull fractured by
a stone thrown by Capt Decatur Abrams, q
well-known steamboat man. The men
quarreled over a freight bill, and Boweils
called Abrams liar, when the latter
picked up a bowlder and crushed bowelis
skull. He is still alive, but will die.
Abrams Is under arrest. Both men are
widely known in river circles.
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ship service to East Africa. The bill pro-
vides that the subsidy TO the line shall be
100000 marks annually. but that the maxi
mum period for the payment of the subsidy
shall not exceed ten years 1t further pro-
vides that Prince Bismarck shall select the
ports at which these steamships shall call.
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wealthy Iceman Charged with Larceny,

NEW YORK, Oct 29.-Ransom Parker a
wealthy ice-dealer, whose annual income
ceny to-day by Edward j. Adams. cashier
of the White Star steamship line. He IS
said to have charged for forty-two tons of
ice when he only supplied twenty-six tons.
He says the charge Is the result OF con-
splracy among workmen he had discharged.
He was held In 81 200 bail.