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The Indianapolis journal., 1891-02-20
TELEGRAPHIC BREvlTIES.

DR.. Henry w. Rogers. the new president
of the Northwestern University, at Evans
ton, Ill, was inaugurated yesterday.
A dispatch from Lexington KY. says that
Antieo, the son of Great E1ectioneer, has
been sold to 5. A. Brown. of Kalamazoo, for
S55 O00
J The Laclede Gas Company of ST. Louis
has bought out all it's rivals and now con-
trolls the electric and gas-lIghtlng business
of the city.
Lieutenant Brysen, with detachment of
troops, has reached Rushville Neb., with
the five Indians who are thought to have
taken part in the murder of Lieutenant
Casey. They will be taken to Fort Meade.
s. d., and held for trial
Joseph Bereance was killed and John
johnson and Jerry O'Donnell seriously in
jured by a fall of ore at No. 6 shaft of the
Aurea mine. at Ironwood. Mich, yesterday.
Ten carloads of iron dropped from the roof
of the room without warning.
The stockholders of the Illinois Steel
Company have voted To increase the capi-
tai stock of the company from S25, 900 10
S5O,OOO.OO0. 1t is stated that proceeds from
the new stock will be used In greatly en-
larging the plant. and that only o portion
of the stock is TO be put on the market.
The South Chicago started up yesterday.
The gold medal awarded by Postmaster
general Wanamaker TO the postal clerk in
the Fifth district, railway mail service,
The Indianapolis journal., 1891-02-20

General Sherman's Caustic Comments on the
Skulkers In the Rear.

General Sherman's Caustic Comments on the
Skulkers In the Rear.
About q year ago Marshall p. Wilder sent
to General Sherman q copy of the New York
Journalist containing q sketch of the bat
tie of Shiloh as chiefly seen from the rear
by q youthful drummer. The General sat
down and wrote him the following very in
NEW YORK, Jan. 1, 1890.
"My Dear Friend-I thank you for send
ing me the printed paper containing the OBJ
servations and experiences of our friend
about the battle of Shiloh. or Pittsburg
Landing, April and z. 1862. Having Ieis-
ure this New Years day, have read every
word of it, and from his stand point as a
boy in the rear of where the hard lighting
was done his account is literally true.
His father Ia noble gentleman) and / were
fighting for time-because our enemy for
the moment Outnumbered us, and we had
good reason to expect m0mentarily Lew
Wallace's division. only six miles OH, and
BuelPs whole army, only twenty miles
away. BY cOntesting every foot of ground
Inducements came, and on the 9TH weswept
on in front and pursued a retreating enemy
ten miles. and afterwards followed up to
Corlnth, Memphis, Vicksburg, etc.. to the
end:
sailants back to Corinth, twenty-six miles,
we received the st. Louis, Cincinnati and
Louisville newspapers, from which we
learned that we were surprised" bay0-
neted in our beds BLANKETS on the grOund)
and disgracefully routed. These reports
were heard at the river bank and from
steamboats, under high pressure to get well
away, and such is history.
In the rear of all battles there is q mass
of fugitives. We had at the time 81, 200
men, of which say 5000 or 6OO0 were at the
steamboat landing-butw what of the Othersf
A braver. finer set of men never existed on
earth. The reporters dwell on the fugi-
tives because they were of them, but who
is to stand up for the brave men at the
'front.' We had no reporters with US. Like
sensible men they preferred q steamboat
bound for Paducah and Cincinnati, whence
they could describe the battle better than
we who were without pen or ink.
This to me is straw already threshed,
for We have fought this battle on paper
several times, much more agreeable task
than to fight with bullets When in Eng
land some years ago was gratified to listen
to veterans lighting Waterloo and Sebas-
topol over again. So / infer our children
will continue the fight of Shiloh long after
we are dead and gone. Wishing you q
happy New Year am sincerely yours.
w. L. SHERMAN.
The Indianapolis journal., 1891-02-20
"EDITORs NEVER KNOW NEWS
How Colonel Cockerfn Stumbled Over Big
Item and Didn't See It

How Colonel Cockertu Stumbled Over q Big
Item and Didn't See It
Brooklyn Eagle
Henry f. Abbey has curious immobil-
ity. Nothing ever disturbs him In the
slightest degree. and he carries through his
most extensive schemes with the air of
man who is bored by the world in general
and NOT particularly impressed with
the subject in hand. On the night
of his remarkable victory over the
Wagnerites he was at dinner of the
hotel men at Delmonicos, where Col. John
A. Cockerill @ distinguished editor, was o
fellow-guest. The two men drifted to-
Rether over the cigars at the close of the
dinner. and when the Colonel was starting
down town to his office be asked Abbey if
he cared to walk a few blocks that way.
Abbey pulled out his watch and said:
''Well. no; Ican't very well just now. /
want to go up to my Office and see If there
is note for me there. The directors are
considering a proposltioDEof mine to take
the Metropolitan Opera-house next year"
''Oh. are they?" said the Colonel. without
any particular interest. "You might tele-
phone down to the office if they do any
thing in the matter"
"All right" said Mr.. Abbey, casually, ''if
find that l am nearing telephone later
ON, may try it."
The Colonel went down to his Office and
thought no more about it. Abbey's man.
ner had been so inconsequential and unim-
portant that he did not regard the change
of the slightest moment. About midnight
an assistant editor in the office went to the
telephone and received message from some
one uptown, which had the effect of turn
ing him around like top.
He rushed into the Coloneps room
with the announcement that the Ger
mans had been routed horse and foot in
the Metropolitan Opera-house and that
Abbey was to take control In o moment
the musical critic and one or two assistants
In the office were flying around, reporters
were sent hurriedly uptown and prepara-
tions for publishing the details OF the great
est revelation of the year were pushed for
ward Nobody was so much surprised as
the Colonel. and be owed it all to the man.
ner of fathomless indifference which lies so
easily upon Abbey's shoulderA
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Senator spooner's First Dollar.

Senator John c.. Spooner, of Wisconsin,
sat beside little table in a parlor of tho
Fifth-svenue Hotel, not long ago. and told
q few friends how he earned his first dollar.
He was not, at that early time. compelled
to earn the dollar by necessity. for his
father was a fairly successful law
yer. But the future Senator was
ambitious. and be wished TO give his
father unmistakable evidence of his
Yankee grit and business ability. Accord
ingly young John Spooner went forth into
the world about seven blocks from home.
and made a contract to saw q cord of wood
for 81. Then he secured more contracts.
and sawed his way into the possession of 81.
AT this point the Senator introduced q pig
into his story, and from that time to the
end of the tale it was nip and tuck between
the pig and the moral for the interest of
the listeners. The 81 was invested IN a pig
and some old lumber for pen. The hand
that was Co handle a toga built the sty.
But alas, when the sty was done the pig
was dead. But had the stv, anyhow
put In the Senator as clincher at the end
of his anecdote. He promised 10 tell an
other story at another time. and he fur
ther promised that there would be moro
moral in it and less pig.
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MAY TIE UP THE ROAD.
Employees of the Pennsylvania System
Threaten tn Strike.

Employees OF the Pennsylvanis System
Threaten tn Strike.
PITTsBURG. Feb. 19.-The firm refusal of
the Pennsylvania road to consider at all
the proposals of their men for an advance
has created stir in railroad circles here.
General Manager Wood. of the company.
says no proposition of an increase in wages.
at least. will be accepted. and the men say
it either means this or tie-up from Jersey
City to Chicago with all branches. There are
1O2 members of the general grievance COM
mittee here and to-day the brakemen and
firemen neld two very unsatisfactory con-
ferences with the railroad officials. To-
morrow the officials meet the engineers and
conductors. but it is thought no agreement
can be arrived at, as all the organizations
stand together in their demand for an ad-
vance in wages
Messrs. Howard, Sweeny and Sargent, Of
the Supreme Council of the United Order
of Railway Employees. are here. The other
members. including p. NJ. Arthur will ar
rive tomorrow. Conferences with the
company and the committees of the differ
ent organizations will be held during the
remainder of the week. and the final decIs-
ion of the council may not be reached for
several days.
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The Flooded Regions.

PITTsBURG. Feb. 19.-The flooded portion
of the city has been given over to the City
Health Bureau, and the poorer classes who
cannot take care of their damaged prop
erty have been handed over to the bureau.
Business generally will not be resumed
until next week, though all railroads are
now running on time.
overflowing underground springs. flooded
the mines in the East Broad Top region
yesterday. and the whole Robertdale dis
trict collieres are now idle. Over five
hundred men are temporarily deprived of
work. The huge steam pumps are making
but little headway onsthe flooded mines.
CINCINNATI. Feb. 19.-The river is 42 feet
inches and rising. 1t is raining, but the
weather is growing colder.
The Indianapolis journal., 1891-02-20

BRADFORD, Pa, Feb.. 19.-Seven of the
worst prisoners in the county Jail at Smith
port escaped at o'clock tonight. When
jailer Dan Dwyer entered the hall to lock
the prisoners in their cells for the
night. he was pounced upon by
two OF the prisoners, choked and
pounded into insensibility. while other
prisoners put an iron bar in the grating and
prevented Mrs. Grubb, the sheriff's wife,
from locking the door, "Reddyn Mack, in
for highway robbery, seized the sherifi's
wife and held her until the six criminals
got away. He then threw her aside and
made . lying leap through the window.
Searching parties are after the fugitivea
The Indianapolis journal., 1891-02-20
Bland Opposed to Cleveland.

ST. LOUIS. Feb. 19.-Congressman Bland
has written letter to one of his constit-
uents in reference to Mr.. Cleveland's anti
free-coinage letter. Mr.. Bland concludes
his epistle as follows: 81 do not see how
the Democratic party can indorse free coin
age and at the same time indorse Mr.. Cleve-
land, nor do see how our party can do
otherwise than to demand free coinage in
admire Mr.. Cleveland's courage and hon.
esty, but l see nothing to be gained by our
people by admiring the courage and hon.
esty of man who stands in the way of
their prosperity and rejects their demand
aos Tue noios tue 1,Sfn 0ons.'lSn SO nee
medium now demanded, especially among
the agricultural classes. The tight of the
South and West against Wall street is on,
and Mr.. Cleveland cannot stem the tide"
The Indianapolis journal., 1891-02-20
other Fires.

ST. LOUIS. Feb. 19-Shannon's Touring
mill. at Butter. Mo-, was burned yesterday
afternoon. Loss, S35, 900; insurance, Sl2, 900.
JACKSON, Mich, Feb. 19.-Fire brok out
in the basemen of w. u. Bennett & Sons
dry goods store this morning and $4,000
worth of goods were ruined by the flames
and by water. The loss Is covered by
insurance.
LOUISVILLE. KY, Feb. 19.-The barn of
Charles f. Butler burned this morning
with five head of trotters. among them the
stallion Prince Mont valued at $4,000.
There was $1,000 insurance on the stock
and 5000 on the barn. The stock was
valued at about Sl2. 1000.
ROCHESTER, n. Y, Feb. 19.-The Grand
Opera-house was destroyed by fire at
o'clock this morning from an explosion of
some kind in the interior. The Windsor
Hotel adjoining, was also damaged. The
opera house was the property of Hon. Fred
Cook, and cost about $4,000.
YOUNGSTOWN o., Feb. 19-Cartright,
McCurdy x Co.'s No. 2 mill was destroyed
by fire at noon to-day and other parts of
the mill badly damaged. causing loss of
500 0O0 During the fire the roof gave way,
precipitating several firemen on to the ma
chinery in the mill John Steinhart was
fatally injured.
WATsEKA. ILL.,. Feb. 19.-Fire broke out
IN A. V. Cards hardware store this morn
ing. and the entire building. with contents,
was consumed. The explosion of q keg of
powder severely injured n. ID. Graves
Walter Braden. e. G.. Gallagher and 4. NJ.
Schoolcraft. The adjoining buildings were
also burned. The loss will exceed So. 600
with 81. 900 insurance.
The Indianapolis journal., 1891-02-20
MR. STREETER MAKES A BID
He Promises to Vote with Republicans
If Elected United States Senator.
But Also Says He Is for Free Coinage and Other
Demands of Farmers-Kyle's Citizen
ship-Bland and Cleveland.

SPRINGFIELD. Feb. ia. J. Streeter this
morning declared that he would uphold his
party in all matters which 1t favors, and
said that on outside questions he would
vote with the Republicans. He favored
free silver coinage. The F. NJ. b. A. mer
then pledged him their earnest support. In
joint assembly, later, the Hath ballot re-
suited: Palmer. 101; Streeter, "a; Oglesby,
g. After the eleventh ballot, in which
Streeter gained another vote at the expense
of Oglesby, the joint ballot assembly ad-
;Ourned till Tomorrow
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General Notes.


Special to the Indianapolis Journal
WASHINGTON. Feb ia new pension
board was to-day established at Knox.
Starke county. aud Drs. A. III. Henderson,
w. NJ. Kelly and l.. ID. Glazebrook were ap-
pointed medical examiners.
Representative Kennedy, of Ohio. to-day
introduced in the House a resolution di-
rectine the Public Printer to furnish to
each correspondent of the newspapers of
The country on duty in this city, and whose
names and addresses are in the Congress
sioual Directory, one bound copy of each
volume of the Congressional Record. CON-
nlencing with the present Congress; also,
one bound volume of each public docu-
ment authorized by Congress.
The Census Bureau to-day announced the
population of the State OF Tennessee, by
races. as follows: White. .332. .9l7; colored,
43f.500; Indians. 173; Chinese, 81; Japanese,
Virginia is given as follows: White. TO-
2os; eolored. 80, sos; Indians. s; Chinese, 16.
total. 762. 794.
senator Davis to-day presented pro-
posed amendment, for Senator Farwell. to
the sundry civil blu appropriating s25. 900
10 DC used in propagatlng and distributing
reindeer in Alaska for the use of the ma
tives.
Representative Kelly. of Kansas. to-day
IN the H0use P to of fePss
eA@N ff1Ae Va tno nSttSnot oCo hnoe
requires national banks to purchase United
States bonds.
A bill was introduced in the Senate to-
day granting pension of $500 year TO
the widow of Admiral Porter.
The President and party returned at 12:45
o'clock this friday morning
Alex ID. Anderson. of this city, has been
appointed special commissioner In charge
of the Eastern department of the worlds
Columbian exposition. with headquarters
in New York and Washington. He will
give immediate attention to the promotion
of the great international naval review in
New York harbor and Hampton roads in
the spring of 1893. preceding the opening Of
the exposition at Chicago.
The Indianapolis journal., 1891-02-20
Business Embarrassments.

NEW YORK, Feb. 19-Superintenden
Preston. of the banking department., states
that the efforts to reorganize the American
Loan and Trust Company are still on foot,
that direction that the hearing of the ap-
plication for a receiver will be adjourned
tomorrow. The company to-day received
S10 600 in cash.
ST. JOSEPH, Mo-. Feb. 19.-Corder Bros,
and Kuell g. Co., grocery firms doing
business jointly, assigned to Robert Nj.
Conn yesterday. Liabilities. $4,000; as
sets nominal.
Co., wholesale dry y-goods merchants, have
assigned. The liabilities are placed at
SlO7, GOO
The Indianapolis journal., 1891-02-20
Secret of General sherman's Popularity.

Chicago Inter Ocean,
Those who study his army career care
fully will find at the bottom of the brilliant
achievements and as basis for the tre-
mendous energy in accomplishing this con-
trolling motive, love of country. 1t
softeIed the rugged, resolute nature. it
tempered his moods of fercest passion.
and It made him the arpreciative
companion of the humble soldiers
striving in the drudgery of army work. It
made him calm in terrific battle courageous
in defeat, relentless in carrying out war
measures. and tender and considerate In
the treatment of prisoners- Any estimate
of Shermsn's character is incomplete that
does not make conspicuous this domi-
nant trait, which made him one of
the finest and highest types of the
American citizen. He met on this level
the grizzly veterans of the old regular
army, the iInpulsive and enthusiastic men
The Indianapolis journal., 1891-02-20
Movement. of steamers.

LIVERPOOL, Feb. 19.-The Teutonio. In
company with large number of other YES
sells, was detained outside the bar at the
entrance to the river Mersey by dense fog.
The Teutonic was off the bar for thirty
hours, but entered the river this morning
with the sun shining
LONDON. Feb. 2O-Sighted: City of Chi
cago from New York.
SOUTHAMPTON, Feb. 19.-Arrived: Ems,
from New York.
NEW YORK, Feb. 19.-Arrived: Wyoming.
from Liverpool.
HAMBURG. Feb. 19.-Arrived: Rugia, from
New York.
The Indianapolis journal., 1891-02-20

London's Lord Mayor Delivers an Address
Similar to One Of Spurgeon's Sermons.

London's Lord Mayor Delivers Address
Similar to One Of Spurgeon's Sermons
LONDON, Feb. 19.-The Pail Mall Gazette
to-day publishes In parallel columns a SER
mon which the Rev. Charles II. Spurgeon,
pastor of the famed tabernacle, preached
In 1854. and an address delivered by the
Right Hon. Joseph Savory. Lord Mayor of
London. last week. at the Polytechnic In
stltute, the young mems Christian institute
for apprentices. artisans, ETC., in Regent
street. The two discOurses are identical In
almost every particular. long passages in
the Spurgeon sermon being delivered un-
changed In the Lord Mayors address.
Lord Mayor Sav0ry. whose attention was
called by q reporter to this singular coinci-
dence. said that he was unaware of the
similarity existing between his recent ora
tion and Spurgeon's pulpit utterances of
1864. The Lord Mayor added that he had
never, to the best of his knowledge. seen
the sermon referred to-
The Indianapolis journal., 1891-02-20
Will Employ Americans Only.

CHICAGO. Feb. ia squad of carpenters
resumed work on the temporary buildings
in Jackson Park this morning. and were
not molested. The contractors say they
intend to put force of men at work on
Monday. They propose to employ only
American citizens. in accordance with the
terms of their contract, and this it is be-
lieved Will avert any further trouble.
An evening paper says: 1T may now be
said almost as positively as though it had
been formally determined by the directors,
that the lake front will be entirely aban-
doned as a site for the worlds fair. and
that the big show will be held under one
tent. as it were, at Jackson Park. 1t ap.
pears that the trades-unions are not salts
fed with the contract made by the di
rectors for the work of preparing Jackson
Park, The clause forbidding the employ
mentfof aliens is all we'll enough. they say.
as far as it goes, but they want the unions
and the eight-hour day recognized, and
they want a permanent board of arbitra-
tion appointed"
The Indianapolis journal., 1891-02-20
Prince of waIes Going 20 ireland.

LONDON. Feb. 19-It is announced that
the Prince OF Wales will visit Ireland dur
ing the coming summer. The Earl of Zet-
land. the Lord Lieutenant and Chief Sec
retary Balfour are understood to have
urged the Prince to make the proposed
visit. with view of giving encouragement.
TO the Industries of that country. The
Princess of Wales is reported to be assidu-
land -BaIfour fund and for the relief of the
suffering poor of Ireland. The Princess
and her daughters have sent contributions
of clothing to the fund and have also solic-
tied subscriptions for the same charitable
canRa
The Indianapolis journal., 1891-02-20

The ex-Empress Eugene has left Paris
for San Ramo

The ex-Empress Eugene has left Paris
for San Reno.
The Most Reverend Edward T. Dwyer.
ID. d., Bishop of Limerick. is seriously i'll.
A slight shock of earthquake was felt in
Valencia yesterday, causing much alarm.
Queen Victoria and her cou-t returned to
Windsor yesterday. The Empress Fred
erick, of Germany, and one of her daughters
will arrive at Windsor to-day.
Empress Frederick, of Germany, and her
daugher. Princess Margaret, spent yester-
day in sightseeing in the French capital
They leave Paris for London tomorrow.
A commission has been appointed by the
Gar to initiate n system of credit advances
to aid Russian farmers hampered by the
stagnation resulting from prohibitive du-
ties on imported farm machinery.
The Indianapolis journal., 1891-02-20

on any agricultural subject. and the Hatch
boom viii bo conducteS rs If he were an
agricultnrist. Mr. Wed6eburn said to-day
that by the time the next Congress assem-
bied he would have the most extensive ex-
preston to Congress which the farmers of
the country had ever made. Mr.. Hatch
has long been recognized rs the congress
sional exponent of farmers, and Under the
Cleveland administration he was talked of
as Commissioner of Agriculture. He is
well known by the farmers, and they are
likely to make good deal of noise over
him when the petition bureau begins oper-
The Indianapolis journal., 1891-02-20
Storm and Earthauake.

VIENNA. Feb. IA terrific storm passed
over Presburg, Hungary, to-day, unroofing
houses, tearing up trees by the roots and
doing an immense amount of other damage.
The storm was followed by an earthquake
which caused two large fires. One of the
buildings which took fire was girls col
lege, several of the inmates of which were
injured by Jumping from windows. No one
was hurt seriously.
The Indianapolis journal., 1891-02-20
MEMORIAL SERVICES.

Services I'm Honor of the Dead Commander
Held at South Bend.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal
SOUTH BEND, Ind, Feb. 19.-Interesting
memorial services were held at the Third
ReGimental Armory. in this city, last even
ing, In honor of the dead commanders, Gen.
Sherman and Admiral Porter. The services
were under the auspices of Auten Post, No.
8, G. A. r.. and were of an extremely i'm
presaive nature. Patriotic speeches were
made by prominent speakers, and q gen.
eral feeling of reverence pervaded the
meeting.
The Indianapolis journal., 1891-02-20
Child Hung by the Heel. to . Tree.

DUBUQUE, Ia, Feb. 19.-Some time ago
there was published an account of the muir
Pine Ridge, S. D.. and the scalping of three
of his children, who could not be found.
Information has been received here to tho
effect that one of the children. boy, was
found hung up by the heels to the limb of
tree. Nothing has been heard from the
other children.
The Indianapolis journal., 1891-02-20
Kyle Not a Citizen of South Dakota.

HURON, S. d.. Feb. 19.-It is asserted by
prominent attorneys and others that United
States Senator-elect Kyle, in addition to
being ineligible on account of not receiving
majority vote of the whole Legislature.
is not an inhabitant of South Dakota with
in the meaning of that term in the Consti-
tuition: that he owns no property and pays
no taxes. The Huronite, in speaking about
the matter says that Mr.. Kyle was simply
a missionary or agent of foreign church
society. subject to its call at any time; that
he had no fixed" ha b:tation within the con-
stitutional meaning, and declares that he
was already under engagement to reside in
the East as the financial agent of q Western
UNCONVENTIONAL college.
The Indianapolis journal., 1891-02-20
The Alleged Jack the Ripper.

LONDON. Feb. 19.-The steamship fire.
man, Sadler, who has been remanded for
further EXAMINATION on the charge of hav-
ing murdered woman known as "Carroty
Nell." has written letter TO a member of
the union to which he belongs. In this
communication Sadler asks his fellow
unionists to get the newspaper press to
watch the case, declaring that the police
are quashlng evidence favorable to him,
with the object of hurryiDg his conviction.