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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-08
COMBINE AGAINST sELvERITEs.
Alleged Scheme to Reorganize the
Next Senate.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, March THE oraaniza-
tion of the next House with its two
thirds Republican majority is cer-
tainty, SO far as political complexion and
purposes go, but the Senate offers another
and much more interesting problem. The no.
htical control of the Senate still remains an
uncertainty. While the Republicans have a
larger membership than the Democrats.
they will fall at least two short of ma
jority. The Populists will hold the balance
of power. The prospects of the Populists
and their wild Western sympathzers on the
silver question dominating the staid and
dignified Senate is regarded as a desecra-
ton by the older Sepators of both parties.
For weeks prior to the recent adjournment
secret conferences between sound money
Senator's of both the Democratic and Re-
publican sides of the chamber were held for
the purpose of devising some plan by which.
in their estimation, the exalted character of
the Senate as the conservative branch of
the national legislature and 1.-THE most dig
nified legislative assembly of the world,'
could be maintained. While no positive
line of action was agreed on, it was deter
mined that as a patriotic duty the sound
money Senators of both parties should
combine to rescue control from the Popu
lists and silverites The Republican Sena-
tors from the New England States, together
with the Democrats from New York. New
Jersey, Delaware, Maryland and others,
readily acquiesced in project having for
its object combination control of the Sem
ate. The plan is that the Republicans shall
re-elect Gen. Arson G. McCook of New
York. to his former position as Secretary.
and that the Democrats shall retain Col
Richard J. Bright, of Indiana, as Sergeant
alarms. The distribution of minor places
will be made on some equitable and salts
factory basis The prime object OF these
Senators, many of whom. like Morrill, and
Sherman. have served for years In that
body. is to save it, with all its sacred prece-
dents and prerogatiyes from the denouina-
ton of what they regard as reckless and
hi nod Of m g
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FIRE ON A TRANSPORT.
The Fern Narrowly Escapes Destruc-
tion by an Explosion mt Sea.

BOSTON, March THE United States
transport Fern, commanded by Lieutenant
Commander George A. Bicknell which ar
rived here yesterday afternoon from New
port, whence she had arrived from Phila-
delphia, went through the most thrilling
experience before reaching port. After
sailing from Philadelphia about one week
ago she encountered large fields of ice and
heavy seas which disabled her SO that she
barely escaped laundering. and was consid-
erably delayed in making repairs She
made a brief stay at the torpedo station at
Newport, leaving that port for Boston on
Tuesday night. When off Cape Cod fire
broke out in the cabin, and in few min
utes the captains quarters We're all in
flames. Just beneath the cabin within a
few feet of the fire were stored four hum
dred pounds of smoaeless powder. The ship
seemed doomed, but after hours of hard
fgnting the seamen suppressed the flames,
and the damage, which will probably not
exceed 5000, was confined to the cabin.
Several of the crew were more or less
burned, but none suffered serious injury. a
heavy sea was rolling ana nign wlnds
and the officers claim that but for the hero
ism of the brave crew the ship would
doubtless have been blown up
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A VIRGINIA BANK STEAL.
Cashier, Bookkceper md BUSINESS
nun Indicted at Lexington.

LEXINGTON, Va, March To-day de-
veloped surprise in connection with the
recent robbery of the Bank of Lexington
by c. NJ Figgatt, the absconding cashier,
who gutted the bank, securing about $160, 900.
Since the crash, the trustee of the bank has
been comparing the books of deposit with
the ledgers, finding small steals here and
there, but it is now announced that the
firm of Irvine & Co., composed of G. w.
Irvine, prominent hotel and business man,
and c. M. Figgatt, ex-cashier of the bank,
doing business in real estate in Buena Vista
in boom days, from 1890 until recently, have
charged against them as overdrafts the
sum of $51,5O0, a sum they never had to
their credit. The grand jury to-day indicted
c. w. Irvine for receiving money knowing
the same to have been embeZzled and
stolen. He was bailed to appear at the
May term of the county court. c. M. Fig
gait, ex-cashier, and r. K. Goodwin, the
bookkefper of the bank, were also indicted
on number of counts for felony. Goodwin
was also released on bail. Mr.. Irvine en-
phatically denies any collusion with Fig
gait to defraud the bank insisting that all
his business transactions under the firm
name of Irvine & Co. so far as he was
concerned, were all clean and aboveboard,
and IL the books of the bank show what the
bank people claim, such conditions are due
to Figgatts manner of fixing the books.
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SHE LOVED TN VAIN.
Daisy Gardner Sues Il Young Man
Wh"re Father Locked Hirs in a Vault.

CHICAGO, Mara THE breach OF prom
ise suit of Daisy Gardner, telegraph OPP
orator, against George w. Stone, SON of a
wealthy Board of Trade operator, has de-
veloped a romantic story. Daisy Gardner
is very pretty girl who taxes stock quo
tations and the like in an Office very near
the Board of Trade, where young Stone is
employed in his fathers Office. The young
people met often and cupid did the rest, or
would have done it, Miss GardNer says, if
the senior Stone had not interfered. The
wedding day was fixed, so says the court
bill, the guests arrived and the bride was
ready, but the necessary srcom did not
come. The guests went home, anu next
day. Miss Gardner declares, young Mr..
Stone came to her with q peculiar explana-
tion. His father, he said, had discovered
the proposed wedding, demonstrated, and.
finding the young man obstinate, pushed
him into large office vaislte and kept him
locked up until the weddtng hour was
safely passed. Miss Gardner could not see
the joke, and has sued young Stone for
$4,000 for breach of promise on the hope,
she says, that her former father-in-law APP
parent will have to foot the bill. Mr..
Stone, sr., admitted in an interview to-day
that he had prevented the marriage, but
emphatically denied that he had locked his
son in a vault,
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CRUEL FAKIRs UNDERsTUDIEs.
Half-yyitted Boys Who Put Acid ON
Their Arms and Begged.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, March Harry
Morton, of st. Louis, who came to Kan
sas City to work the Italian padrone sys-
TEN, has been arrested here. together with
two of his workers, Joe Wilson and Jim
Hull Morton had diamond pin, a ring,
a brooch and a pair of earrings in his
possession, together with purse contain
ing s1470 in nickels, dimes and pennies.
Letters connecting him with a gang of
thieves were also found. Mortons under
studies are mere boys and half-witted.
Morton forced them to pour muriatic acid
on their arms. causing frightful sores,
which, to prevent from healing, more acid
was applied daily. The boys would visit
dwelling houses, present their burned arms
and ask fer aims. Morton kept all the
money and stayed at a good hotel while
the boys had to scratch for living.
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General yetes.

WASHINGTON. March THE officials
of the Milan exposition have awarded
diploma of honor to Carroll d. Wright,
Commissioner of Labor, for his Industrial
researches.
The Controller of the Currency has issued
a call for reports of the condition of Ma
tionai banks at the close of business on
Tuesday, March s.
To-day's statement of the condition of
the treasury shows: Available cash ball
ances. $685. 22684; gold reserve, $S9, 49,, ,631.
A. F. Bitner has been appointed postmas-
ter at Broken, Huntington county, vice
William Moff1t, resigned. and Kinsey Guilt
son at Mineral, Green county, vice Rowland
Haywood, removed.
The Bennington, which has been lying at
Acapulco, Mexico. for some weeks, has
sailed for the Mare island navy yard One
of her boilers has been injured, probably
through carelessness. and it is expected
that an investigation will be made to deter
mine the responsibility for the damage.
The Marblehead has arrived at Newport.
Secretary Gresham is suffering from
slight neuralgia attack. which confines him
to his rooms at his hotel.
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suicide of a Rank Cashier.

GRAFTON, Mass, March 7.-Henry F.
Wing, cashier of the Grafton National
o'clock this morning with a bullet hole
through his head. Beside him lay the re-
volver with which he had taken his life.
Mr.. Wing had been il poor health for some
time. and the settlement OF q large estate,
which was attended with numerous law
suits, had served to unsettle his mind.
aggregating more than $4,000 1t is UNDER
stood the directors of the bank held a
meeting last evening, and ii was supposed
AIr. Wing was with them. None of the
directors will talk.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-08
NAVAL Omcer. save s5O.OOO.

WASHINGTON, March THE equipment
bureau of the Navy Department has saved
about $4,000 at one move by adopting the
plan of supplying the United States fleet in
the West Indies with coal by direct ship
ment. Coal is very high there, the price
paid averaging 81. 80 per ton. But when Ad-
miral Meade took his fleet to the West
Indies he went away leaving a clearly de-
Hned itinerary at the department. A con-
tract was made with the Davis Coal and
Coke Company, of West Virginia for de-
livery on board their ships at Trinidad of
coal known as the George Creek coal at
for
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-08
Denied by DougIass's SONS.

statement was made to-day by Lewis and
Charles r., the two sons of the late Fred
erick Douglass:
1.-The statement telegraphed to the morn
ing papers of the country that there is or
has been any antagonisdn between and
our fathers wife op his widow at any time
is without foundation. That there has been
any consultation with anyone at any place
or time with regard to any will of Freder-
lex Douglass, our father. we have no knowl-
edge. We are absolutely unable TO account
for the statement made.
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not to consume more than an hour and a
a sentence
All through the day Erwin kept up one
of Claus A. Blixt and incidentally that of
Adry Hayward. He extolled the wonderful
patience of Harry and then said: w as
ever innocence so tried in God Almighty S
world as this mans innocence?" The case
VIII go to the jury at the close of the
seventh week. at noon tomorrow.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-08
West Point Cadets.

WASHINGTON, March cadet ap-
pointments to West Point have been issued
to Thomas C. Howard. Valparaiso. Ind; r.
A. Wasson, alternate, Delphi, Ind; Francis
n. Coke, Lewiston, N c.; Richard =.
Busbee, alternate. Raleigh, n. C.; James
ner, Relleville, ILL.,; Charles w. Frman.
alternate. Nashville ILL.,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-08
CIVIL SERVICE RULES.
Amendments Approved by the Presi-
dent-The Revenue Service.

WASHINGTON, March THE President
has approved sundry amendments of the
civil-service rules. These amendments are
largely formal and were made necessary in
consequence of the recent extension of the
classification in the departmental service to
include messengers, assistant messengers
and watchmen and the classification of the
internal revenue service One of the amend
ments gives the commission authority in
it's discretion to reject the application or
to refuse the certifcation of an appi-
cant who has been guilty of a crime or of
infamous or VIGOROUSLY disgraceful con-
duct. Prior to this amendment the COM
mission only had the power with reference
to certifcations in such cases. Age limits
have been prescribed for the new classes
brought within the classified service by the
recent extension. These limits are for mes
senger or assistant messenger, not under
eighteen, nor page or messenger boy not
under fourteen NOR over eighteen years Of
age. A further, amendment provides for
transfers from the internal revenue service
to bureau in the Treasury Department in
which business relating to the internal rev.
enue is transacted and from such bureau
to the internal revenue service. this amend
ment being in all respects similar to the
provision now existing with reference to
transfers from the customs service to the
Treasury Department and from the de-
partment to the customs service.
A prOV1SO mas Deen duueu Wnlcn aQ-
thorizes transfers from one department. in
Washington to another without examina-
ton This amendment is made in view OF
the fact that the civil-Service law has now
been in operation in the departmental serv-
ice more than eleven years, and that a
large proportion of the employees now in
these departments have entered the serv-
ice through the civil-service examinations
and of the further fact that those who have
not been so appointed have had long ex-
perience and have acquired a valuable
knowledge not only of the business of the
Department in which thev are employed
but of the public service generally. In view
of these considerations it believed the
time had come when transfers frem one
department TO another where the transfer
is to be a place and a class of duties SIM
liar to those performed IN the department
from which the transfer is made, might be
made without examination without detri-
amendment to the rules provides that per-
sons appointed as messenger, assistant mes
senger watchman or in any other sub
ordinate capacities below the position of
clerk and copyist may be transferred after
completing the probation of six months il
not debarred by age limitations to any
other like subordinate positions. But they
may not be promoted to the position of
clerk or copyist or 10 any place the duties
of which are clerical. An exception is made
with regard to printers assistants in the
Bureau of Engraving and Printing who
are only eligible to transfer to the grade of
operative in that bureau
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-08
smaIIpox-Riddcn Chicago.

CHICAGO. March 7.-SmaIlpox has
broken out In a colony OF Tennessee colore1
people who recently settled in West Lake
found by the authorities. There are alse
100 men iii the colony. and as all have beer
exposed more cases cs the disease are
expected Another case has been found in
the ponHhouse at Dunning and health Of
ficera fear another epidemic.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-08
$40 Negroes Bound for Liberia.

MEMPHIS, Penn, March 7.--Three hum
dred and ten negroes from north Missis-
sippi and eastern Arkansas passed through
the city this morning en- route to Savannah
where they will embark for Liberia Satur-
day. They are going under the direction of
the Southern Emigration Society, which
gives them through rate of Sal head
from their homes to Liberia. the amount
to be paid in installments- They are prom
ised also the means of starting in life in
fheir new home
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Took His Life Rather Thnn Pay $4,000.

CHICAGO, March 7.-Charles Teigs, a
well-to-do house mover, was found dead in
bed to-day, having killed himself with
breach of promise suit against him had
been awarded to Mrs. Matilda Stuart. Sew
eral months ago Teigs who was widower,
advertised for wife. Mrs. Stuart an
swered and they became engaged. but later
the house mover changed his mind and re-
fused to marry. Mrs. Stuart sued for dam
ages, and Teigs decided to die because the
verdict was against him.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-08

AXIOM, o.. March IA large boiler at
the works of the b. r. Goodrich Rubber
Company blew up to-day with fatal ef-
fects. John Vance, machinist, was in
stantly killed. John Summervillc was ter
r!bIy scaIded and otherwise seriously in
jured. Several other men received slight
injuries. A number of surrounding build
ing were more or less damaged by the cx-
plosion - - II fF - IS
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-08
Eject of the Anti-Lottery Law.

WASHINGTON. March 7.--In the opinion
of postal officials the anti-lottery act passed
by Congress just before adjournment will
have far-reaching effect in suppressing
lottery schemes in this country Its pro-
visions are expected to effeetually prevent
the conveyance of lottery matter between
tho States or its introduction here from
other countries by express cunuanies or
conmon carriers. Through = limitation Of
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-08
PRICE CENTS 4EAfs5 SsS sSsBz sgssRs a

iurisdiction the United States has been. re-
quired to transport lottery s.nd fraudulent
matter and express moh-y orders Tor III
yestment in these schemes, and have been
deprived of the revenues from the rustal
money orders it would otherwise lave re-
ceived. The lottery companies have corre-
sponded with those interested under sea-
through the mails and giving them ins,ruc- .c
tions to use express money ord2fS. a MS
defect will be eradicated by the authority
given in the act to the general
to refuse to deliver to persoas VINO are
found to be using the mails TO dsfraId any
class of mail matter and to return II tc
sender, marked Fraudulent
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-08
American Cloth i'm England.

WASHINGTON, March 7.-Anomalous as
it may appear, American cloth is being sold
in the English markets and right In the
center of the English manufacturing dis
tricts. United States Consul Meeke,, who
has reported the fact to the State Depart
mept, says this seems to justify the pre-
dictions made at the time of the pa sage of
the Wilson tariff act. He states that a
representative of an American house has
been buying English cloth in England, and
cloth here. The American cloth is woolen
stuff suitable for coatings and mems suit
ings, selling at from so to 50 cents per
yard The English merchants proneunce'
it to be superior cloth for the grade, made
of short wool, and cannot see how il can
be produced and sold for the price.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-08
Question i'm Regard te Copyrights.

WASHINGTON, March 7.-An important
question relating to copyrights bss been
raised by a well known publishing hrnl
and is now under consideration at the
Treasury Department. The old copyright
law made it illegal to bring into the United
States foreign copies of books copyrighted
in this country. The law of 1891 amended
the old law in some unimportant particulars
but expressly stated that it was not to go
into effect until a subsequent date. july ],
1891. The question involved IS whether the
new law, not being retroactive. did not
release from the inportaiion prohibition all
books of American authors copyrighted prior
to July l, 1921. Should ii be held that the.
eign editions of all american books written
and copyrighted prior to 1891 might herer
after be imported free of duty and without
regard to American copyright laws, which
would necessarily interfere with the puo-
fishing business in this country.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-08

WASHINGTON, March 7.-When the dis
patches concerning a meeting at Juarez.
Mexico, to urge retaliation against the
Uaited States was shown to Minister Rom
ero of Mexico, he made the following state
ment: Under the Mexican Constitution and
laws. the Mexican States have no power
to retaliate against any foreign govern
nent and therefore, whatever may be the
wish of the Mexican citizens of Juarez who,
it is claimed, had a meeting yesterday at
Chihuahua can do anything which will
affect the commerce of the United States
on the frontier. 1T is only for the federal
government too adopt any policy should
they think fit to do So The collector of
customs of Juarez Is a federal officer and
can only act on instructions from the federal
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-08

WASHINGTON, March 7-Civil-service
Commissioner Roosevelt has returned to
this city from a visit 10 Cincinnati where
he looked into the administration OF the
internal revenue office with view TO some
extension of the classified service. His
recommendations on this subject will be
sent to the President for action. While
in Cincinnati Mr. Roosevelt spent some time
In the postoffice, in which he says there has
been most satisfactory observance of
the civil service law by Postmaster Iun-
cent. of the carriers who were employed
when Mr.. Zufnstein took charge of the
Office he says. are still there and there
has been but 18 per cent Of changes and
these were. by reason OF bona fide resigna-
of the examining board at the postoffce.
Mr. Roosevelt says, Is also highly satis-
factory and he regards it as one of the
nfydeJ hOn rCS
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product of gold. We have not been
friendly to the free and unlimited coinage
of silver, but unless the craftsmanship
of America is equal to the problem of
arresting the constant increase in the
purchasing power of monsy, and the
consequent constantly diminishing value
of property, universal bankruptcy will be
the result. Dire disasters have been pre-
dioted as the sequalia OF the rehabilita-
ton of silver. These predictions may
have justification, but there is point of
certainty to which the public mind is
now steadily trending, and that is that
none of the disasters the enemies of free
coinage have predicted can possibly be
as utterly destructive of prosperity as
the present condition. More plainly
stated, the public are fast coming to the
conclusion that If the present condition
is the measure of what the gold standard
will do we ought to have silver basis ex-
clusively. We are rapidly reaching a
condition where no change could by
any possibility make things worse.
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formed just west of. the Straits of Car
quiuez. and the navigability of the entire
system will thereby be destroyed. This
process was so apparent that the testi-
mony adduced in the trials which re-
suited in the writs of injunction issued
against hydraulic mining in California
furnished data, judicially obtained, which
is conclusive of the whole subject.
When, therefore. hydraulic mining re-
lies upon the argument of natural ero-
sion, it introduces an exceedingly un-
fortunate argument, and one which re-
acts with fatal effect on its side of the con-
troversy. To say that natural erosion
will eventually fill the bays of San Fran
cisco as an excuse for an artificial rein
forcement of the process is worthy only
such minds as are incapable of thinking
only in straight lines, and will be offered
only by those who have not mastered the
primitive problems of the science they
attempt to discuss.
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marked on the ballot shall be solid, an.a
that the ''X'' shall be carved on each end.r
If the implement is of rubber. then both
ends shall bear the "X' in relief, or ca
meo. This is to prevent stupid people
using the butt end of the marking stick,
as many did. The same law requires the
Ballot Clerk. when he delivers ballet to
a voter, to say to him 80 loudly and dis
tinctly that bystanders can hear, that the
voter must use the marking implement
in the booth, and not q pencil, or the vote
will not be counted.