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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-10-05
SUGAR BOUNTY CASE
ARGUMENTS BY JUDGE
MCOMAs AT WASHINGTON.
Contention OF Louisiana Planters and
Position Taken by MIR. Carlisle
Trouble with the Tariff Law.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4-Judge McComas,
in the United States District Court for the
District of Columbia, heard arguments to-
day in the application of the Miles Sugar
Manufacturing Company, for a rule Of
mandamus to compel the Secretary OF the
Treasury to appoint the officials provided
for in the Mckinley act for the payment
of the sugar bounty. Gen. j. l.. Brent, of
Maryland, appeared for the sugar planters.
and e. B. Whitney, Assistant Attorney
general. for the Secretary of the Treasury.
General Brent maintained that the title
and right TO the bounty is based on the in
s~pection by the officers of the Internal
Revenue Bureau, and that bounty was pay
able for five years from July 1. 1891, by law.
The company had been duly licensed and
had given a bond for s251. 900 and was en-
titled during the period referred to to a
protection of it's interests and rights. Coun-
sci did not claim that the law granting the
bounty could not be repealed, but they as
serted that 1t had not been repealed. In
dependent of the payment OF the bounty,
the company had the right to show that 1t
had earned it. That could only be done
through an inspection of its work, and
when the government licensed the company
It agreed to give 1t a eertncate OF the
company was entitled to the bounty. The
company did not ask the court to compel
the Secretary of the Treasury to pay 1T the
bounty, but merely to compel an inspection.
The company was licensed when the Nc
Kinley act was in force, and the act made
q permanent and continuing appropriations
to pay the bounty. and a just claim on the
government.
Assistant Encouragement Whitney. ar
guing In behalf Of the Secretary, asserted
that the court had no authority to manda-
mus the Secretary. as the action asked was
purely discretionary. In but three instances
had writs of mandamus from the court
been issued, and those were in cases where
the duties to be performed were ministerial
the Miles company was not that the Sec
rotary should pay the bounty. but that the
inspection should be made. This, he as
serted, was in order that the company
could have grounds on which. to go before
Congress and ask an appropriation for this
year, and the courts could not be invoked
for this purpose.
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HOwGATE IN WASHINGTON.
The Defaulter Brought Back to the
Scene of His Populations.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4-Captain How
gate. the alleged ~defaulting ex-chief of the
signal service, was brought back here
to-day, after an absence of thirteen years.
He arrived in charge of a United States
marshal and ex-Chief Drummond, of the
secret service. who effected his capture.
He showed little concern, smiling and chat
ting with the officers as he passed along.
He was poorly dressed in rough gray
clothes, and his face looked haggard. The
party drove to the office of the United
States marshal for the District of Co.
lumbia, where a deputy and Miss Ida How
gate, daughter of the prisoner, were wait
ing. He greeted his daughter affection
ately but quietly. and without dramatic
demonstration. Mrs. Howgate, VINO lives
here, was not present. When the formal
papers had been arranged Captain How
gate was put in the prison van and driven
10 the Jail. He said he felt no regret at
returning. although he felt intense regret
at the first misstep which had brought him
so much trouble. Howgate was assigned
TO cell No.. 2 in murderers' row. which is
the cell once occupied by Guiteau. This
was not as an indignity, however. but be-
cause the cell is very strong and easily
watched. The prisoner viii not be ar
raigned for several days. He said he had
no statement to make public at present.
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Democratic Losses Greater than First
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Gains.

ATLANTA, Ca, Oct. THE Constitution
published to-day returns from 1877 counties
In Georgia from unofficial estimates com
piled by it's correspondents. The unofficial
returns indicated that the State had gone
Democratic by upwards of 10000 majority.
but the official count, consultations, which
took place at II o'clock to-day show that
this figure has been reduced to about 20, OOO,
which is now accepted by conservative es-
Inmates on the Democratic side. The Popu-
lists claim that the country counties, the
consultations from which will be the last
to be heard from, will reduce this majority
to at least 10000. OF the It's members of
the House elected, about sixty are Popu-
lists. and of the forty-four member of the
Senate, there are seven Populists and one
Republican. Several Of the strongest DEM
ocratic counties in the State have been car
ried by the Populists, and with but few
exceptions every county in the State shows
POpulist gains. Speaker Crisp's district
any district in the State. He figured con-
spicuously in the campaign, strongly adj
vocating tariff reform and the free coinage
of silver. An organized movement against
a return to silver coinage without foreign
consent was started early in the campaign,
Secretary Smith, Congressman Turner and
others vigorously defending the policy of
the administration on the stump. The de-
bate on the silver question grew so warm
as to frequently put Democratic speakers
In the attitude of making a joint discussion
against each other on this isSue. Speaker
Crisp and Secretary Smith spoke in At
lanta together a few weeks ago, one de-
Tending free silver and the other antago-
nizing 1t. The Populists took full advan-
tage of the division and the result has been
a great slump in Democratic majorities
throughout the State.
A dispatch from Savannah says: Returns
from the congressional district embracing
Savannah Indicate four thousand Demo-
cratic majority. a falling off of 200 i'm two
years. The indications are that the Demo-
cratic majority in Congressman Turner'S
district will hold up well. The counties in
Tom Watson's district show 500 Populist
majority. If this is repeated next month
he will be elected. 1t is a notable fact that
the heaviest Democratic majorities are re-
turned from counties indorsing the admin
istration's financial views. The indications
are that constitutional a~mendments in
judges to five and increasing pensions to
cOnfedarafa snldiers are lost
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New York Evening Post.

"a tiA
The present plight of the New York DEM
ocrats recalls what seemed to Burke the
appalling thing about the ruin wrought in
France a hundred years ago, namely, that
IL was the work OF linen OF mean or sec
ondary capacity At the hands of some
splendid though depraved genius. such a
wreck OF government might have been ac-
cepted with better grace. But 10 see vulgar
and sordid mediocrity or stupidity laying
waste the national inheritance was the
browning disaster OF all. In much the same
way do self-respecting Democrats contem-
plate the performances OF the Saratoga
sans-culottes. They could have pardoned
some stroke of brilliant wickedness. but
such blind and stupid laundering is hard to
bear. Yet, after all, IL Is but the logical re-
suit Of Democratic methods and manage
ment in this State for the past ten years.
More and more have the Democrats of char
acter and ability been thrust out OF the
party councils and the posts of honor
awarded to men OF mean or secondary ca
pacity, and character worse than secondary.
So when the leaders GANG TO a desperate
turn, where a candidate OF another cast
was needed. and began TO scour the State
for such a man, they could not find him.
All of that kind they had carefully killed
of. So nothing was left but for political
stupidity to apotheosife itself. as 1t did
yesterday.
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the property which 1 had acquired in a
'dicker' once was a load OF wagon-washers.
They were stored over in s.. L set out
On horseback at a gallop for s. had
four horses hitched to a stage coach, nlled
several gunny bags with washers and load
ed them on the coach. The bluff did not
stop there. Inside and on top OF the coach
| placed half a dozen men armed 10 the
teeth to guard the immense treasure.
I've went out OF s. at a sharp trot
before daylight, and arrived at my besieged
bank shortly before the time for opening.
When the crowd saw the well-filled sacks
they cheered like mad, but / did not say a
word. 1 had half the guards clear a pas
sageway, and then, while the armed men
carefully watched the crowd, the sacks or
washers were transferred to the vault-ft
was a brick and sheetiron affair, on the
same floor with the d~esks-while the crowd
cheered and cheered..
when IL was time to throw open the
doors for business / came out to the steps
Boys L shouted, Il don't know how
much OF a run you are going TO make on
this bank, so L have prepared for you All
1 have to say is. start right in. There ara
plenty OF full sacks in this hank, and we
can get more IL we need them The bank
is now open for business,
well, those boys lifted the hair OF my
head with their yelling, and there was no
run. A few cautious people withdrew their
deposits, but we were able to pay them
without having to open our sacks OF wash
ers-fortoEately for Us"
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STOPPING A RUN ON A BANK.
Several Sacks of WaEOn-Washers
Proved Valuable Property.
New York Tribune


A man whose hair Is now snow white,
and whose activity long ago gave place 10
the slowness and f~eebleness OF old age,
tells a story Of how, over thirty years,
in fact nearly forty years ago. in the days
of the god fever on the Pacific coast. he
stopped a run on a bank by quickwitted-
ness. nerve and holiness.
the bank was perfectly solvent" he
says, but one OF those wild rumors that
used to float over mining towns insisted
that / had no gold, and that the deposits
could never be made good. The run start
ed one afternoon just before the hour for
closing. and Ii was pretty exciting, 1 tel
you. Those miners were all armed, and
they swarmed around the house, swearing.
shouting and bowling desperately. We cox
tinued to pay out money up TO the usual
hour for closing, and then we stopped. 1t
vas just about time TO stop, too, for our
gold was nearly exhausted.
w drove the people out OF the bank
and posted a big notice on the door:
This bank will open at the usual hour
in the morning
They cheered at that. but they did not
dts ers". and leaving an armed guard In
the bank / went home TO think over some
possible way OF avoiding a collapse. This
was the plan l had to follow. II was a
slim caapce. but nv only one. Over in
s., another town. i had another bank. no
better on Tor ready gold than this one. I
was interested In q stage line. and among
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BALTIMORE DEFEATED
FIRST GAME OF THE CUP
SERIES WON BY NEW YORK.
but Seven Hits-Umpire Threatened
Lebanon Beaten by Cincinnati.

BALTIMORE, Oct. 4-The first game of
the Temple cup series was a good exhibi-
ton of scientific and fast ball playing.
Rusie had terrific speed and thorough con-
troll of the ball, and the men back of him
kept up their end. Owing to the stormy
weather and a doubt Of the series being
played. 1900 people entered the grounds.
The agreement TO play the series of games
on the s. and 80 per cent. basis was made
only a few minutes before the game was
called. McGraw was the only one that
held out, and his temper throughout the
game was not of the best. Both teams
showed intense feeling. A close decision
in the ninth inning by Emslie. which cut
off Baltimore's hope of pulling victory out
of the fire, caused the crowd to get after
Emslie as soon as the game was over. The
police. however, quickly dispersed the
crowd. Score:
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General Notes.

WASHINGTON, Oct. THE Controller
of the Currency has called for reports on
condition of the national banks at the
close of business on Tuesday, Oct. 2.
The Columbian relics loaned to this gov
eminent for display at the Chicago fair by
the Pope commenced their homeward jour-
ney to-day. when they were placed on the
Norfolk teamboat. They will be delivered
on board Of the Detroit at the Norfolk navy
yard tomorrow. The will be delivered to
ambassador MacVeagh at Rome for return
to the Pope, with an autograph letter or
thanks from President Cleveland.
Up to this time applications for the APP
pointment TO the office of the supervising
architect of the treasury have been made
as follows: w. NJ. Poindexter, of Washing
ton, ID. c.; Frank r. Carowell, of Whining
ton. Del. Frank NJ. Howe, of Kansas City,
Mo-: Glen Brown, of Alexandria,, Va.
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r. DE COURCEL.
Cen. j. w. Foster Praises the New
French Minister to Britain.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4.-Ex-Secretary of
State John W.. Foster, who makes his home
here, is back from a trip around the world.
The Berlng sea court of arbitration was
organized while Mr.. Foster was Secretary
of State and he afterward became one of
the American representatives at the court.
Now that he has returned he Is giving his
attention to the printed volumes of the pro-
ceedings before the court. The State De-
partment is preparing the matter for these
volumes. They are to contain all the argu-
ments, British as well as American, som
Of which were. briefly summarized while
Messrs. Phelps, Carter and the others were
making their speeches covering many days.
The books are expected to be a valuable
contribution to international law and
forensic eloquence as well as an exhaustive
treatment of the Boring sea question.
Mr.. Foster speaks in high praise of
Baron De Courcel, who presided over the
Boring sea court, and is just now a con-
spicuous figure in French affairs as the new
minister TO Great Britain. "He is a
scholar and diplomatic of the highest rank"
said he. land the Americans present at the
Boring sea court had the highest respect
for his judgment and learning. He is a
member Of that organization Of eminent
scholars in Paris OF which the Due de
BrOglie is the head"
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CONTEST OVER A WILL.
Estate of a Noted Illinois Spiritualist
i'm Dispute.

QUINCY. ILL.,, Oct. 4-One of the most
sensational suits ever instituted in the Cir
cult Court here was that brought to-day by
Amelia T. Coffield and Eliza A. Solomon.
who live in Chicago and Denver, respect
lively. 1t is a suit to set aside the will Of
Minerva Merrick Orchardson. who was a
spiritualist of national reputation. a woman
of wealth, refinement and intelligence, who,
in April, 1898. when over eighty years Of
age. was married to Prof. Charles Orch
ardson. who came to Quincy with Vera
arrival here an officer came from Elgin.
ILL.,. and arrested both. taking them back
TO Elgin, where Vera Ava was sentenced
to prison for two years for stealing $500.
The compliments represent in their bill
OF complaint that Minerva Merrick Orch
ardson was of unsound mind at the time
of making her will.
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an appeal 10 the courts. Judge Shilling
gave notice of an appeal on behalf of the
administration people.
The decision says: "It appears that the
Democratic fusion convention not only did
assemble at the time and place named in
the call, but that ex-Chalrman Martin
called such convention TO order and other
wise participated in the proceedings and
recognized such convention, which proceed
ed to make the nominations. There was
but one call for a Democratic convention,
and under that call but one regularly con-
stituted convention, such as is contem-
plated by the statutes, can, in my opinion,
be assembled. /, therefore, must decline TO
lot
Through administration Democratic cir
cles it was announced tonight that a
ticket was to be placed i'm the field by pc
tition, representing the views of the So
called anti-fusion Democrats. Under the
State law 500 signatures are necessary to
accomplish this.
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CITY NEWS NOTES.

The Apollo Either Club will give It's first
concert Sunday evening. Oct. q, at Maen-
nerchor Hail.
Dayton Dawson, OF Broad Ripple, was
fined 81 in the Police Court yesterday MORN
ing for falling to properly hitch his horse,
which ran away.
The second annual tournament of the
West Lebanon Gun Club will be held Oct.
10 and H. There is a $50 guaranteed purse
on the second day.
Conan Doyle. the eminent story writer,
will lecture in this city on Oct. 10 in the
Montefiore Society's course. His subject
will be Facts About Fiction"
Peter Schmidt, OF 39f East Market street.
was knocked down by a buggy containing
two women at Washington and Delaware
streets yesterday afternoon. He was not
seriously injured.
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Special to the Indianapolis journal.
LEBANON. Ind, Oct. 4.-Seven hundred
very chilly people sat In the grand stand
at the ball park here this afternoon, and
saw the Cincinnati Reds give pitcher
Younger the warmest reception he ever got.
Utter was laid up with a lame arm and
Orth had left town. Younger arrived at
the park escorted by a sheepskin band and
about fifty of his admirers from James
town. his home. He had stopped at a straw
stack on the road and donned his uniform.
Bug Holiday, McPhee. Merritt and Smith
started the game with home runs, and
Dwyer made the longest hit ever made on
the home grounds. Holiday made another
home run in the first inning. After this
Younger settled down and pitched good
ball. The locals put up a brilliant fielding
game, only making one error. Berryhill, OF
Lebanon. made four hits in four times at
the bat. Score:
r. H. f.
Lebanon ....0 0 0 2 3 2 0 OF II !
Reds ........11 0 o 4 1 0 o 0 s-16 is 6
Batteries-Younger and Berryhill; Witt
rock and Merritt. Home runs-Holliday G).
McPhee. Merritt, Smith, Dwyer, Fisher and
Mcintyre. Two-base hits-Berryhill (),
Pickering, Kraft, Holiday, Smith and Muir
ply. Struck out-By Younger. 4; by Witt
rook .
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NOT READY TO SPEAK.
Hill Has Not Yet Accepted the Nomi-
nation for Governor.

NEW YORK, Oct. 4-Senator Hill was
in good spirits when he met a reporter at
the Democratic headquarters in the Park
avenue Hotel to-day. He predicted the sue
cess Of his party at the November cleo
tons. and intimated that he was prepared
to do his utmost to bring about that re-
suit II always get in my hardest work
on the home stretch" he said.
Replying to the rumor that he would
make way for Judge Gaynor at the head
or the State ticket, he said, with a smile
and a .deprecatory wave of the hand:
Must be excused If / decline to say any
thing on that subject" Nor would he say
whether or not he had seen Mr.. Gaynor or
any representative of that gentleman yes
terday. Before terminating the interview,
Senator Hill said that he might have a
statement to make before his return to
Albany, which he thought would be in a
day or two. Upon his return to this city
avenue Hotel. SO as to be right on the scene
Of action.
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1000 marks, 5 per cent; exceeding 1000
marks, 6 2-3 per cent. The house tax itself
is uniform at 2-9 per cent. of the total
receipts or use value Of the property.
Ecuador Agrees to Arbftrate n Claim.
WASHINGTON, Oct A dispatch re-
ceived at the State Department from United
States Minister Strobel, at Quito, Ecuador,
announces the approval by the Congress
and the executive OF the Mahaney-Vasquez
treaty, providing for the submission TO ar
bitration of the claim against Ecuador or
Julio r. Santos, an American citizen. The
Minister adds that the Ecuadorian govern
ment had selected Matias Romero, the Mex
lean minister at Washington, as its agent
to exchange notifications. This marks one
of the final steps in the settlement of what
was in the past a famous case, one that
very near involved the United States in
war with Ecuador and one that has run
through four administrations.
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THE NEW TARIFF ACT.
Treasury Rulings Necessary ON a
Number Of Schedules.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4-Mr. Thad Shar-
rett. a member Of the New York Board of
General Customs Appraisers, was at the
Treasury Department to-day in conference
with Assistant Secretary Hamlin regard
ing several important questions connected
with the administration Of the new tariff
act. One question under discussion was
whether the entire wooden schedule of the
new act. which includes camel hair, etc,
goes into effect Jan. /, 1895. or only those
parts which relate to articles OF which the
board Of appraisers has decided that the
Board OF Appraisers has decided that the
entire schedule goes into operation Jan. /
next. but whether the department will
adopt that ruling and so instruct collectors
has as yet been undecided. A question Of
great Importance discussed was what
should constitute the value for duty pur-
poses of beet sugar imported from Ger
many. The local appraiser at New YORK
decided that the value for duty purposes
should be the local market value, added to
for export. The question is an important
one. as 1t would materially increase the
cost Of the beet sugar imported from Ger
many and would likely greatly reduce the
importations.
IT is understood that Commissioner Miller,
ten a letter to Secretary Carlisle giving
many reasons why 1t is impossible in the
absence of any appropriation for the pur-
pose to carry into effect the provision Of
the new tariff act relieving from revenue
tax alcohol used in the arts, medicinal prep
Isle will indicate his approval of the Com
missioner'S views tomorrow, and direct
that nothing further be done in the matter
until Congress mrkes an appropriation.
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of this amazing array of figures Is little
less than the uncomfortable sum of $780,
0o,c00 or, exactly, 7.5S0,00
The bonded debt of New York State
alone equals this great figure; it is larger
than the combined debt OF all the Western
States. 1t is doubtful IL in the history
of America any one family has really
owned property aggregating in value this
stupendous sum. And yet 1t represents only
what the police OF New York city have
demanded and received as brides to- induce
them 10 break their oaths OF Office and
Truly. New York has reason to hide her
head with shame.
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buncles, and the worst
Scrofulous Sores and
Swellings are per-
manently CURED.
Mr.. TEos- HARRIS,
OF WdLefeld Station,
Susse1 Co. Va, writes:
About four years ago
my d~alghter, Helen
q. Harris. was afflicted
with E>zema in q dis
t~ressing form. She
tried medicines too
nervous TO men,
ton, but they did no
good. l told her thnt
I would write 90 Or.
Pierce. which did. and
after a few months
use OF his medicines
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Earned runs-BaltimOre i; New York, A.
Two-base hit-Rusie. Three-base hits
Davis. Doyle. Van Haltren. Stolen bases
McGraw Reitz, Davis, Doyle, Van Hal
tren. Double plays-McGraw, Reitz and
Brouthers; Fuller, Ward and Farrell. Bases
on balls-Baltimore. 2; New York. l.. Struck
out-By Esper, 8; by Rusie, 2. Sacrifice
hits-Brouthers. Keller. Brodie, Jennings.
Ward. Left on bases-Baltimore, Z; New
York, Z. First base on rors-Baltimore 1.
Time-1:55. Umpires-Emslie and Hurst.