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Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-02-02

II j. J.McCAUSTLAND,C Civil Sanitary and
~. Hydraulic Engineer. U. S. Deputy
mineral i,L surveyor. City surveyors offi ce,
Cottle'Par6hurs Block, Salem, oregon.
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HE is A CANDIDATE.


NEW YORK. Feb. 1.-THE Sun states that
the Hon. Stephen B. Elkins. Secretary of
War, announced Yesterday In letter to o
personal friend here in New York that Pres
ident Harrison is candidate for renomi-
nation. The Secretary added that the
President would, moreover. be the choice
OF the Minneapolis convention, and, fur
thermore, would be reelected.
This is the first announcement" the Sun
says. that the President is q sandidate for
denomination. although every body was
convinced of it. That the Secretary had
sent such letter was known at the Fifth
avenue Hotel last night. There were var
ious comments. devoted particularly to
the prophetic decision of the letter.
There happened to be q Republican
United States Senator at the hotel Just
as the discussion over the Sec retsry's let
ter was at interesting heat Further than
70 say 1t was not Senator Hiscock, the sun
10 not at liberty just at the present moment
TO give his name. He had no objection
though, to having his sentiments printed.
They were: AS soon as the Presidents
name is presented to the Minneapolis con-
vention half q dozen of the most brilliant
orators In the Republican party west of
the Allegheny mountains will take turns
In opposing his denomination. They will
assure the convention that the President
cannot be reelected. With the West and
the South arrayed against the President /
cannot see why Mr. Elkins has undertaken
tho contract with which he seems to have
burdened himself"
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TEACHERS ASKED TO PROMOTE 1T.
Proposed Public School Celebration of the An
uiverary Of the Discovery of America.

New YORK, Feb. 17.-At the annual meet
ing OF the National Education Association,
department. of superintendents, which is
is being held in Brooklyn, resolution was
introduced by DR.. w. +. Harris, United
States Commissioner of Education, with
regard to celebration of the anniversary
of the discovery of America to be held in
tho public schools Of the whole country on
Oct. %. 1892. The resolution stated that
the department of superintendents in
dorsed such a scheme, and asked teachers
to do all in their power to make the cele-
bration q success. and requested the news
papers to lend their assistance; that the
various State superintendent of Educa-
tlon should form q general committee on
the bject. ana that an executive commit
tee OF five be appointed to arrange q fitting
prog. inme for the simultaneous school
ceIetEanon. The resolution was adopted.
Frank A. Fitzpatrick, superintendent of
schools ct Omaha. Neb., read O paper on
what is the duty of the State towards
children OF Kindergarten age. Mr.. Fitz-
patrick favored the extension of the school
age from six years to four and q hal, wears.
and the establishment of Kindergarten
acjuncts to the public schools by Legislative
enactment; that children of tender years.
who have not the advantages of the train
ing OF refined mothers. could find In them a
foster mother, who would give the same
opportunity as children of more wealthy
and cultured parents. The paper was dis
eussed by large number OF the delegates.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-02-18
NATIONAL REALEsTATE CONGRESS


NASHVILLE, Tenn, Feb. 1.-THE Nation
al Rsal-estate Congress opened here o-day
with over five hundred delegates in at
tendance. The sessions are held in the
hall OF the House of Representatives. Gov.
Buchanan delivered the address of well
come. Mayor George b. Guild outlined the
growth of Nashville. and alluded to it as
the originator of the congress. After the
appointment of the usual committees the
convention adjourned to 7:80 tonight.
when the following committee on resolu.
tions was appointed: j. G. III. Vance of
Louisville, j. w. Toohey of Milwaukee, Fl.
+. Reed of Evansville. w. B. Ragsdale of
Knoxville, J. +. McCasland of East St.
Louis. The officers will be president, secre.
tary. treasurer and board of control of nine
members. and q viee-president in each
State in the Union. The membership fee
was placed nt S3. Seven standing commit
tees were provided for. Annual meetings
are to be held in October each year. The
committee having the matter in charge will
report in favor of ID. II. We'll of Milwaukee,.
for president. NJ. w. Kline OF Nashville.
secretary. and George II. Bailey of Buffalo,
treasurer.
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POLITICS AND PENSIONS.
General Wheeler Says They Do Not Mix and
Ha VIII ct Fair with tsaum


General Wheeler Says They Do Not Mix and
He Will Act Fair with Raum.
special the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 1.-THE special CON-
mittee of the House appointed to investi-
gate the charges against the administra-
tion of the Pension Bureau under Com
missioner Raum will meet tomorrow for
organization and to map out it's plan of in
auiry. When Speaker Crisp appointed
this committee it was thought he had done
q clever thing in constituting it wholly of
ex-Union soldiers. 1t now looks, however,
a. though the committee was disposed to
act in spirit of judicial fairness. Ii this
disposition be not assumed for effect
the grossly partisan nature of at
least some of the allegations
made AGAINST the conduct of the
Pension Bureau Will be exposed through
the lack of evidence to support them.
Judge Wheeler, of Michigan. chairman of
the committee. said to-day to your CORE.
spondent: 1t is my hope that all the Re-
publicaps, as we'll as all Of the Democratic
members of the committee. will be present
when it meets tomorrow. for / wish TO be-
gin the investigation with perfect fairness
to the minority, and In q spirit of harmony.
do not wish to have the inquiry perverted
by partisan purposes. Politics and pen
sions. in my opinion. do not mix, although
up In the past. | think that the committee
ought TO proceed very carefully, and that
it should beware of attempting Co sub
stantiate charges that may be unfounded
and made only for partisan effect Such
accusations, if unsupported by the testi-
m0ny. will only react upon their inventors
We shall also rememb beE that Commissioners
Raum 10 entitled to the presumption Of in
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Has CREATED A SENSATION.
Judge Dunne's Impolitic Letter to Rome Sound.
ly Criticised by the Catholic Clergy.

ST. LOUIS. Feb. 1.-THE Rev. d. 8. Phe-
Ian. editor of the Watchman, q Catholic
journal. said to-day that the clergy is op-
posed to the discussion by lsymen of tenn
poral power or education in an official Cath
Ollie body.
mo one In the Catholic church. said he,
''has a right to say whether the Pope should
be restored to temporal power. That is for
the Pope to say. and. when said. il is the
duty of the clergy to work for it. Many
of the laymen, freed from any embarrassing
responsibility, are incautiuos. Judge
Dunno and Zach Montgomery, who was
Assistant Attorney general under Cleve-
land, for instance, insist that the State
has no right to establish schools; that
they should come wholly under the church
You will remember that Judge Dunno
was removed from the territorial
judgship of Arizona by Presi-
dent Grant on account of these
extreme views. The latter's letter has cre-
ated some sensation. The letter was sent
To Rome to convey to the Vatican the i'm
preston that the hierarchy of this country
opposes temporal power. It also affords q
means to attack the liberal education views
of Archbishop Ireland. who is in Rome."
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And the Information Then Gathered Made
the Basis of the Recent Attack on Alger-
Attempt to Smirch Harrison's Record.
Comment on the Presidents Message in
Regard to the Inspection Of Mines.
His Concern for tho Safety Of Underground
Toilers--Fair Investigation Of the Pension
Bureau Promised BY Gen. Wheeler.
pRosr1rUrrNa THE RECORDS.

War Department Searched by Democrats
for Means 60 Smirch Republicans.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal
WASHINGTON, Feb. 17.-Secretary Endi-
colts administration of the War Depart
ment is being severely arraigned as result
of the recent statements regarding General
Alger's war record. Ever since the state
ment concerning the record was published,
last week. General Alger's friends here
have bent every effort to learn the method
by which it was given publicity. 1t was
regarded as an act of unscrupulous poll
ticians anxious to discredit General Alger.
Among the various lines of investigation
pursued was one which led back to the
days when Secretary Endicott was
in charge Of the War Depart
ment. During the latter days of
his administration General Algers name
came up prominently as Republican
presidential candidate. A former clerk in
the war records division Of the depart
ment now states that in the midsummer or
foil of 1888. he and his fellow-clerks re-
ceived urgent orders from Secretary Endi-
colt to prepare thorough summary of the
Aiger war record. There had been intima-
tions that the record was not entirely clear
from criticism, and for this reason the
record would prove available as damaging
campaign material in case General Alger
became the presidential nominee. The
record was made up at that time. but
the outcome OF the Chicago convention
made il unnecessary to use it.
1t was stated by the same clerk that SUBJ
sequently, when General Harrison had Sc
cured the nomination. the force of clerks
in the War Records Office was set at work
searching for flaws In the military record
of General Harrison. Five successive
searches are said to have been made. but
none of them brought out anything in the
Harrison record which would serve as
damaging material In the campaign. The
clerk who relates the Endicott story says
that he was personally cognizant OF
all the facts. and was indignant
at the peculiar methods adopted to
injure rival candidates. If the order to IN
vestigate the records Of Alger and Harrison
were made, as stated. it may have been
due TO the efforts of machine politicians.
who used Secretary Endicott without his
being aware of the real object in view.
The incident brings ont the tremendous
sible political engine. Secretary Elkins
has already appreciated this, and has given
strict orders that no records shall be given
out hereafter, except to the soldiers to
whom they relate. There may be times,
however. when the high code Of ethics ad-
ministered by Secretary Elkins will not
prev all ut the War Department and at sue b
time the war records. In the hands OF poll
ticians. may be again prostitutcd to serve
nartisan ends
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-02-18
HARRISON AND THE MINERS.
His Deep Interest I'm Their Welfare shown in
His Message to Congress.
Epecial q the Indian apOIis Journal


His Deep Interest in Their Welfare shown in
His Message to Congress.
Special to the Indianapolis journal
WASHINGTON, Feb. 17.-Much favorable
comment was heard in both ends Of the
brief personal observations in his special
message to Congress, yesterday. asking for
an appropriation to enable him to carry
out the provisions of the act of March 8,
1891. for the protection of the lives Of
miners in the Territories by inspection Of
mines. The President used single phrase
in his message which. since its sincerity
was apparent on its face, should mako his
interest in the men who delve for "black
diamonds" known throughout the country.
It provoked many complimentary observa-
tions from public men to-day. IL was this:
Economies which involve sacrifice of
human life are intolerable."
Here Is another phrase from the message
which will sink deep into the hearts of the
by the friends of the laborine man at the
Capitol. and by statesmen in all political
parties:
1.-The work of the miner has its unavoid-
able incidents of discomfort and danger.
and these should not be increased by the
practical safety appliance"
General HarrisOn's interest in the miner
was first excited at his home In Indiana,
and there lie nothing that he listens TO with
more direct personal nterest than the re-
ports affecting the mines and miners In the
coat fields of his own State. IL IS probable
tsat the labor organizations here will take
some steps TO thank the President for hav-
ing voluntarily called the attention of
Congress to the lack of means with which
to carry into effect the provisions of the
mine-inspection law, which the President
would be glad to see extended to the States,
if it were possible for Congress to do SO,
and since it cannot do so, then for the
states to adopt the law as their own meas
yr
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Twenty-NIiIe Ice Gorge.

PITTsBuRG. Feb. 1.-THE ,ce gorge ut
Parker City is causing much alarm. So far
the efforts to blow it up with dynamite have
been fruitless. superintendent Price says
1t ls the worst ice gorge he has seen In
the Allegheny river slnce 1874. The river
bed is apparently pack cd solid with layers
of ice for nearly twenty miles. The head
of the gorge is at Goose bar, apposite Pine
run. Here the ice 10 piled nineteen feet
high. and extends MP the river in q
solid macs. The gorge extends up the
river for eight miles to Hillview Bend. It
is almost solid the entire distance and in
some places is piled up several feet above
the main body Of the gorge. From Hill
view Bend north there is an open channel
for about q mile. Here 10 another gorge
which extends to the mouth of the Clarion
river above Parker.
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INDIAN CLAIMS.
The President Disapproves an Appropria-
ton for the Choctaws and Chickasaws

The President Disapproves an Appropria-
tion for the Choctaws and Chiciassws.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 1.-THE President to-
day sent to Congress message calling at
tention to the Choctaw and Chickasaw
claims. for the payment of which Congress
appropriated s2.99i. $50 in the Indian appro-
priation bill passed by the last Congress.
This amount was TO be paid these Indians
for their interest in lands lying south OF
the Canadian river in the Indian Terri
tory, and now occupied by the Cheyenne
and Arapahoe Indians. Three-fourths of
the appropriation was to be paid TO such
person or persons as should be authorized
by she laws of the Choctaw nation TO re-
ceive IT. and one-fourth TO the Chickasaws
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-02-18
REFUSED BY NIX. FINK.
Too Old to Accept the Presidency Of the Re-
organized Richmond Terminal Company.

LOUISVILLE, KY. Feb. T.-Albert Fink,
the father of railroad pooling. has received
from the OIcott committee of the Rich
mond Terminal Company an offer of the
presidency of the great Southern Company.
which is to be, the name of the
the Brice- Thomas party. Mr.. Fink said
to-day: II cannot accept the Offer / am
too old to we'll gather the shattered frag-
ments of this great property and place it
on a paying basis. l believe this can be
done. The concern is In no worse condition
than was the Atchison when 1T was again
placed on it's feet"
c. r. Brent. contracting freight agent of
the Cincinnati division of the Louisville a.
Nashville. has been appointed assistant
general freight agent of the Louisville d.
Nashville.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-02-18
SOILS SURFACE CHANGING.
The Big Spot Visible Recently Broken In
Twenty Small Ones.

The Big Spot Visible Recently Broken Into
Twenty Small Ones.
WASHINGTON, Feb. II. - Observations
made at the Naval Observatory to-day. by
Prof. Edgar Frisby. showed that the large
spot hitherto observed upon the sun. which
covered q space equal to one.sixteenth of
the sums surface. or al 5.sSea of
100000 miles long by lO0ce0 wide.
has by some great catacly smic
operation been broken into about twenty
smaller spots. In addition to this. other
spots have appeared. which are situated q
vast distance from the original spot, and
are evidently totally independent from it,
This new development in tho suns surface
has attracted the attention of the astronO-
mers at the observatory, and will be closely
observed by them.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-02-18
DEMOCRATIC TRUSTEE BOUNCED.
James r. Duty Refuses to Submit to an In
yestigatiOn and Is Speedily Turned 0ut.
sperial 10 the Iud,apapolis Journ.l.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journai.
SHELBYvILLE. Ind. Feb. 1.-THE county
board to-day met and removed James X.
Duty. Democratic trustee of Liberty town
ship. He was ordered to appear before the
board with his books and papers, and show
up the affairs of his Office generally. He
failed to appear, and in default &was
fred ont of Office. The auditor appointed
James Inflow as his successor. For several
days the board and Robert Wiles have been
investigating the condition of Trustee
Duty's office. and found 1t In a bad sh ape.
For six months past Duty had failed to
furnish his receipts to the board. 1t 10 not
known yet the amount of his shortage. but
it is estimated all the way from 5000 TO
5000. The township is In debt $4,000.
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Okiahoma for HnrrIsop.

OKLAHOMA CRY. o. T., Feb. 1.-THE
Territorial convention of Republican clubs
met here yesterday, with 24O deleg ates
present. representing membership of
5000. Ledan Guthrie was made chairman
c. +. Horton secretary. L. Grisley was
elected president of the league and E. T.
Sadler secretary. Delegates were elected
to the national cow ention, and resolutions
were adopted lndorsing the administration
OF President Harrison and particularly
commencing the appointment of Governor
Seay.
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. Feb. 17.-Fire at 1:30
this morning did about $4,000 damage to
miIlineTV establishmeur at No. oio Nam
street. Mrs. Sloan, her mother and young
son were rescued with difficulty from the
third floor of the building.
PHILADELPHIA. Feb. 17.-Fire in the ex-
tensive works of the Tygert-Allen Fertil-
izer Company at Greenwich Point, yester-
day, destroy ed most of the buildings, caus-
ing loss estimated at s50,0Oo.
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Campbell and Cleveland to Confer.

HAMILTON, o., Feb. 17.-Ex.Governor
Campbell will meet ex President Cleveland
at the Russell House in Detroit next Tues
the conference on the part of Ex-Governor
Campbell is to assure tho ex-President of q
solid delegation for him in Ohio at the
coming national Democratic convention.
Ex-Governor Campbell, associated with
certain other prominent Ohio Democrats.
proposes to try to make the Ohio delees.
ton solid for Cleveland.
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Shot by a Chief of Police.

TARRYTowN. N. Y. Feb. IL. AT the
Democratic primaries. held ut z o'cIock k
tonight in Judge Tracy's Office, Courtland
street. James Hanlon, q lifelong resident
of this village, was shot and killed by
feud is said TO have been smoulderinR
under the usually quiet political surface OF
TarrytO
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LARGEST Woman Dead.

WINNIPEG. Man.. Feb. 17.-Mrs. Chippena,
said to be the largest won an In the world,
and who was to have been exhibited at the
worlds fair. died yesterday at Dog Lake
Indian reserve. 100 miles from Winnipeg.
nigh and weighed $50 pounds. Recently
she married an Indian weighing less than
one hundred pounds
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WINoNA, Minn., Feb. 1z.-Louis Rhein-
hart. of this city. met peculiar death on
Tuesday. Last week Mr.. Rheinhart had O
violent toothache and on Saturday had the
tooth extracted. His throa. and face be-
gan to swell mp and continued until respira-
tlon was stopped and death resulted. The
swelling is thought to have been due TO q
cold caught IL the wind. Rheinhart came
to Winona from st. Paul year ago.
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Rescued a Cbild from n Cis,.rr

DEs MONIES. Ia. Feb. 17.-Des Moines Is
talking of veritable hero. His name is
John Green. A fonr-year-old dau gnter of
Senator Lewis was playing in & neigh
boring yard. and In crossing cistern
the boards broke and dropped her in seven
feet of water. ten feet from the top Mr.
Green was near and plunged in after her.
He held himself and the child above water
until help came. which was for fifteen min
utes. He is over seventy years of age
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"Kunnel. simp.on ssy. II i.n,t rru.

HoT SPRINGS, Ark. Feb. Thames B.
Simpson. of Dallas. Tex. whose name has
been the central point of q recent finan-
clal sensation there. Is In this city.
of his crookedness false. He denied All
knowledge of indictments against him and
said he knew nothing of the reports of his
flight with $500, 900 of other peoples money.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-02-18
General Notes


WASHINGTON, Feb. 1I--R. s. Kleeman.
of Terre Haute. is at Willard's. and F. p.
Sargent. of Terre Haute. Is at the Airing
ton.
The leaders of the contest in the House
for free coinage of silver have receive ed
from Speaker Crisp assurances that spe-
cial order will be brought in the House IN
favor OF the free-coinage bill.
General Scn0tield is in receipt of q dis
patch from General Stanley, commanding
the Department of Texas. giving the names
of certain wealthy Mexicans now resident
in Texas who are known TO have contrib
uted money to the cause of Cara, the
fugitive revolutionist, and to have sympa-
thized with and aided him in various ways.
It is also represented that most of the
Mexican residents in Texas are secretly If
not openly In accord with the movement
The House committee on labor Will ask
the House to authorize it to investigate the
charges concerning the employment of con-
vict labor upon public works. and the use
by the government of materials and sup
plies. the product Of convict labor
Postmaster general w Wanama er has lately
been suffering from q severe cold and went
to Atlantic City for treatment. He is re-
ported to be much better and will return
to WashiE gton on Monday.
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An American Woman Become. a Lady"

CHICAGO, Feb. Iz-Mrs. John A. Davis.
Of this city, as the only surviving grand
daughter Of Lady Eleanor Stanhowe, sue
ceeds to the title of Lady Thrush Stanhowe
and to Cavan House and the Giant alieur
estate. Mrs. Davis is q niece of the late
Lord John Russell. of England. Her title
TO the estate has just been ascertained. Her
husband. John A. Davis. Is q contestant for
the estate of his brother. the late A. J.
Davis. who died In Butte. Mont, leaving
property valued at several millions of dol
lara.
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SOUTHAMPTON. Feb. 17.-Arrived: Lahn,
from New York.
philadelphia. Feb. 17.-Arrived: Indi-
ana. from Liverpool.
NEW YORK. Feb. l7.-Arrived: Spree,
from Bremen; MaYsals, from Hamburg.