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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-03
THE CONGRESSIONAL LIBRARY.
Thousands of Applications for Posi-
tiOns Received.
Washington Letter.

There are two very busy men in the
new Congressional Library, Mr.. Green, the
sup rintendent of the building, who is max
ing plans TO transport the great pile of
books from the Capitol to the new editice,
and Mr.. AlvOrd, who is the head of the art
department.. He will also act as Librarian
Young's confidential assistant, and it is
in the duties OF this office that his time is
now particularly employed. Mr.. Alvord
finds 1900 applications on ffe for positions,
and about fifty places remaining to be
filed. He is asserting and tabulating tes-
timonials and other evidences of fitness,
ana getting a list Of eligibleS ready from
which Mr.. Young, may in time make the
selections. In addition, Mr.. Spoftord has
about 5000 applicants who have filed re-
quests, which will be considered.
In this mass of letters Mr.. Alvord finds
many curious features. 1t is remarkable
the number of relatives of former Presi-
dents, generals in the army, and influential
statesmen OF the past, including the daugn-
ter of Charles summers nurse, VINO look
for positions in the library as a recognition
on the part Of the government of the serv-
ices of their distinguished ancestors or
patron. The idea prevails tina employ
ment in the Congressional LiurarS ., ut
like other forms of clerical labor, but is d
trihe more 'genteel." Some of the appl-
cants, who ask for favorable recognition
on the strength Of the patriotic services of
a grandfather. seem to think that a posi-
ton in the lii airy would be an opportunI-
ty ito be among books" for a number of
hours each day, with the chance of doing
q good deal of miscellaneous reading, at a
COElIOILdDit salary. II Is also SUI II lSliS
tho number of highly educated men in the
prime Of life, and bearing testimonials from
presidents of the greatest colleges in the
country, who say they are perfectly Wiling
10 work for $500 a year. The tales OF pow
erty which two-thirds of the applicants tell
are very touching. Nearly all who ask for
positions on the basis OF Misunderstanding
in library work come from New York and
New England, while IL seems TO be a pre-
vailing feature of letters from the South
to ask to 60 into the law library. 1t is prob
able that Librarian Young will select the
chief of tho cataloguing department from
the West. The three candidates for that
office, who are apparently in the lead, are
all from that section. The salaries of the
clerical staff range from 81, 200 to $1,000 IN
the business department.; the c~ataloguers
will receive from $500 to 81. 800. and a mum
Der of other helpers will receive $500 up.
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Engine Of the Tracks.

Last night train No. 80. on the st. Louis
division of the Big -Four. pulled out Of
the west end of the Union Station on time,
drawn by engine No. 1872. In passing one
of the numerous curves near Capitol av-
enue the engine jumped the track. A large
force OF men was soon at work. but it was
nearly an hour before the engine could be
got on the track again. 1t was not dam
aged and took the train out, going over the
Cincinnati division to the Belt road and
around the Belt TO the st. Louis division.
The train left the Union Station just one
hour late
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Tricks of the Bicycle Trade.

Bicycles are dirt cheap. Good wheels
can be purchased now for $25. according
of the trade. The other day he entered
a shop on the upper East Side and found
Where the material came from is the
dealers secret, but my informant declares
that the frame, gear, wheels and bearings
are good enough for anybody who is will
ing to ride a wheel without the name on
the plate. The maker offered to sell the
wheels for $19 wholesale. The same cyclist
told me that a friend of his purchased a
bicycle of a ~well-know make for SIS, after
permitting the dealer to remove the name
plate. He picked out the wheel that hit his
fancy and it was turned over to a young
man in the store. The latter rode around
the block, and when ne returned the plate
was missing. There are tricks in all trades,
and competition sharpens wits.
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to whom an appointment 10 some impor-
lant post operates as a sort or inspiration.
some OF the great lives with which God
has ever blessed this world were poor men
IN the humblest walks of life, who would
never think of appearing in the presence
or the high places Of science and literature
men like Aesop and President Lincoln
the one a slave, rhe other too poor 10 pay
his expenses to Washington after the love
and admiration of his fellow-citiZens had
called him to the presidency.
"Aesop was born a slave at Ammonius,
in Phrygia the Greater, about the year 613
3. G. His head was long, nose snort and
fat, lips thick, q humpback, dark COM
pleXion, q large belly and bow less. His
still greater infirmity was that his speech
was slow and inarticulate and very OBJ
scure. He was a slave and when Zenas
offered to sell him TO a merchant. the meI-
chant burst into laughter. saying. Had |
not been convinced by his voice / mould
have taken him for a blown bladder. This
merchant. however, afterwards. IN Ephe-
sus. offered three slaves for sale-Cantor,
Grammaticus and AeSop. In order to sell
his slaves well he dressed Cantor and
Grammaticus in fine clothing; but, sup
posing that nc art could improve AesOp,
he dressed him IN sackclOth.
The eminent philosopher, Zanthus, ac-
companied by his scholars, attended this
slave market. Looking at the two fine
looking slaves, he found the price marked
upon GrammaticuS to be 5000 half pence.
The philosopher said, 1 will not buy a
slave rated at so high a price But finding
the price of Aesop TO be almost nothing, at
the earnest solicitation Of his scholars, who
wanted a plaything. he ought Aesop, and
the boys paid for him. The first question
put to Aesop was, of what place are you
a native?' I am a negro, said Aesop.
Where were you BORN of my mother
L did not ask that said Zanthus, but
what place were you born in?' My mother
never informed me- What can you per-
form Nothing replied Aesop.
This was all a civil-service examination
could have brought out of AesoD. Yet,
after a few years contact with the stu
dents of philosophy, this inarticulate negro
possessed both eloquence and elocution.
Yes, in this deformed body was set the
largest soul. within which the most re-
fulgent gems glittered and sparkled far
beyond anything the philosopher Zanthus
or his scholars ever knew. What did 1t?
Contact with others mainly. lie could
not stand a competitive examination and
was bought to crafty the curiosity of the
SchOOlbOVS.'
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Americnn CnnxnInte Lnnteh.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2.-The destruction
of the United States consulate at PIura,
Peru, by the civil authorities on April %
is the subject of diplomatic correspondence
between the State Department and the Pc
ruVian government. Emilio Clark has for
twenty-eight years been a merchant at
Plura. Thirteen years ago a consulate was
established and he was placed in charge.
AS a result of unexpected business compli-
cations and through the insistence of a
creditor, whose Judgment Mr.. Clark claims
ment was issued against his store and stock
of merchandise. The attachment is said to
have been issued in defiance of legal right
and for the purpose Of imposing hardships
on an American citizen. The footing of TIE
consulate followed.
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OPERATORS ARE SATISFIED.
They Say They Are Losing Nothing by
the Miners, strike.

the Miners Strike.
State Mine Inspector Robert Fisher re-
turned yesterday from a tour of inspection
among the mines of the southwestern part
Of the State. The miners in Vanderburg
and Warrick counties have remained at
work and things are going on there very
much as usual. Those at Princeton went
out last week, but a part of them returned.
Mr.. Fisher spent Sunday at Brazil. where
the mines are all idle. There is no
thought said he, among the miners Of
giving up until the operators give in. Some
of the boys are hungry, l nave no doubt,
but they are not grumblipg, and are doing
the best they can under the circumstances
l did not meet any of the operators this last
week, but those | have talked with seem
well satisfied to let the strike drift along.
They told me they were losing nothing by
it. They have just about so much trade,
and are satisfied that they can get out all
the coal they can dispose of in six months
as well by working four months as by run
ming along during the whole six.
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FOR A DISH OF ICE CREHM
Boy Held His Arm in n Freezer Till
1t Was Frozen Stiff.

JERSEY CITY, N. j., Aug. 2.-Samuel
Wolf, a confectioner this afternoon offered
a dish of cream to the boy who would hold
his arm the longest time in an ice cream
freezer. A number Of boys h we're
around VOLTS store contested for the prize,
but Willie Lockwood outdid them all. AL
though suffering excruciating pain, he held
bis arm in the freezer for four minutes
When he withdrew it the arm was frozen
stiff; The boy was taken to the City Hos
pital, where it was said that it would be
necessary to amputate the arm.
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until it becomes I'M
u bearable, often jump
into worse trouble and
till further endanger their
health by taking some So
remedy prepared by
IN incompetent, uneducated
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LABOR-DAY ARRANGEMENTS.
A Parade in This City Before Leaving
for Muncie.

The committee in charge of the Labor-day
celebration to be held at Muncie this year
met yesterday and decided that the organi-
cations Of the city should nave a parade
here before leaving for Muncie. 1t was re-
ported that a fare of 81 for the round trip
had been secured. II was reported that
Typographical Union No. l would go to
Muncie in a body. c. l. Bergen was elected
grand marshal and j. w. Madden, 3. VIII
lison and II. G. Decker assistants. The
next meeting of the committee viii be heIo
two weeks from yesterday, when it is ex.
pected that the full programme and the
be reported.
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A Terrifying Experience.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
ELKHART. Ind, Aug. 20. S. Emerson, wife.
baby and Mrs. Emerson's niece, Miss Dora Fish
er, the latter from Fremont, o., were driving
Just outside Of the city limits last night during
a violent storm and halted under a tree and
alongside a picket fence until the storm should
abate. An unusually keen flash of lightning rem
dered Mrs. Emerson and the baby unconscious,
handled parasol, had her hand severely burned.
Mr.. Emerson was rendered deaf in one ear and
continues so, while on the left side of Mrs. En-
ersonl, who is a large. woman, is a distinct photo
Elaph OF a branch of the tree under which they
were standing and also a photograph of several
of the pickets of the fence. All are still suffering
from the effects of the shock.
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BEER, ROW AND HEAT.
Citizens and Soldiers Have n Lively
Time at Springfield, III.

SPRINGFIELD. ILL.,, Aug. 2.-Three hun
bred members Of the Seventh Regiment,
L. N. G., had trouble with citizens to-day.
After a clash about some kegs of beer
which the soldiers were bringing into Camp
Lincoln, the citizens ran and part of the
guard followed. Three soldiers were pros
trated by the heat as a result of the run.
Then there was a general mix-up between
the soldiers and citizens. One citizen had
a bayonet run in his eye and the eyeball
severely cut.
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General Notes.

WASHINGTON. Aug 2.-The President
has appointed Charles w. Kendrick. of
Louisiana, consul at Ciudad Juarez. Mex
leo.
To-day's statement of the condition of the
treasury: Available cash balance, 1898, 0l6,-
45s: gold reserve, $40, SIT, SOS.
Acting Postmaster General Merritt to-day
appointed John T. Green, a colored politi-
clan of Cleveland, o., as the United States
postage-stamp agent. Green Immediately
qualified.
Terence PoYderly. of Pennsylvania, who
succeeds Mr., Stump, of Maryland, as COM
missioner general of Immigration, has noti-
fed the secretary of the treasury that he
will be at the department tomorrow morn
ing prepared to qualify and assume the
duties of the office.
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French commissioner, tina 1t was the an
niversary of the fall of the Bastile and was
observed as a national holiday by the
French Republic, and he inviting me to
participate in the observance of the day,
the ships under my command and the Jap
anese ship Naniwa were full dressed from
S a.. N. until sunset, with the French en-
sign at the main, and at noon each vessel
fired a salute of twenty-one guns.
MIR Akyiama. the counselor Of the Jap
anose Foreign Office here, has returned to
Japan.
II regret TO report the death by drown
ing on the" 10th inst. of Eugene Ross, fire.
man secOnd-class, serving on board the
Marion. The general health of the officers
and crew remains good"
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PROVIDENCE, r. l.. Aug. "A remon-
strate has been issued by the professors
at Brown University and sent TO the mem
bers of the corporation. II protests against
the. action Of the latter body with refer
ence TO President Andrews and asks for a
reconsideration Of the whole matter. The
document lays stress on the Importance OF
freedom of thought and speech. especially
in Il university. where there should be no
such thing as political prejudice. The fact
is emphasized that there has been a re-
markable increase In the number OF stu
dents since DR.. Andrews became president
and the remonstrance is signed BY a ma
jority of the professors.
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Contributions of money from trades
unions are being received daily at the ma
tional mine workers headquarters
James Wood, vice president of the Inter
national Cigar Makers Union, reported
yesterday to President Ratchford and was
assigned to duty in the F'airmont, w. Va,
field in behalf of the miners.
The Monongahela iron works at Six-mile
ferry, near Homestead, Pa, has been COM
PEELED to close, owing to the scarcity of
men and will probably be closed until the
end of the strike.
Work will soon be resumed in the Jellico,
Tenn, district, where the mines have been
closed since May and over two thousand
miners are out on strike. The operators
held a meeting last week and it is under
stood that a satisfactory wage scale will be
DroDOSed.
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Dubois County Teachers.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
EUNTINGBURG. Ind, Aug. 2.-The thirty
third annual session of the Dubois County Teach
ers' Institute convened in this city to-day for a
five days session with County Superintendent Geo.
r.. Wilson presiding. Prominent and well-known
instructors and lecturers of the State are in at
tendance, among whom are: State Superintend-
ent of Public Instruction D. NJ. Geeting, of In
oianapolis; Prof. John w. Carr, OF Anderson;
PIof. e. +. Sutherland, of Jasper; Prof. John f.
Worsham. of Huntingburg; Hon. John L.. Bretz,
OF Jasper. and Prof. Jesse II. Brown. Of Indian
apclis. The attendance is unusually large, over
two hundred. Superintendent Geeting delivered
an address tonight ut the Citv Hall, where a
musical programme was rendered, after which a
reception was given the teachers by the young
people of Huntingburg.
Hon. John /. Brett, congressman from the Sec
ord Indiana district. will deliver his lecture en-
titled Congress in Session. before the institute
to-unnrrOur rFobr
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THE MoNTEZUMA MURDER.
Additional Details of the T~<iIIing-Mc-
LaughIin StilI at Large.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
ROCKVILLE, Ind, Aug. flames Nc
Laughlin, the slayer of George Robinson,
at Montezuma Saturday night, is still at
large, the sheriff and posse being unable
to capture him. He was at Newport Sun
day morning, and, it is said, was accom-
panied by a constable from Hillsdale to
consult an attorney. This was early in the
morning. He then disappeared and made
his escape. At Montezdma and across the
Wabash. in Vermillion county, the sheriff
OF Parke county found he had many friends
who would make no effort to capture him,
or We're afraid of him, as he is a fighting
man. He is ~twenty-eight years old, fine
looking and above the average in intelli-
gence. He married a lady in Vermillion
county, from whom he was separated about
one year ago
He went into Rardin's saloon with the
remark and an path that he was the best
and told him he was not the "only pebble
on the beach, One word brought on an
other, when Mclaughlin drew a revolver
from his hip pocket and laid it on the bar
counter. Robinson made an effort to Sc
cure the weapon, fearing trouble, when he
was shot in the right arm, a second shot
going through the heart. The third shot
missed him. He died instantly. McLaugh-
lin was driven out of Montezuma, and has
not been heard of since he was in New
port. George Robinson worked for King
Bros, railroad contractors, of Montezuma.
He had been with them eleven years, COM
ing from Milwaukee. He was thirty-five
years old and unmarried. His remains were
sent to Wisconsin Sunday night.
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Cable Notes.

Rev. George Forrest Browne, suffragan
of Stepney, has been appointed to the bish-
opric of Boston.
The Congress of Nicaragua was formally
opened yesterday by President Zelaya. In
his address to the deputies the President
said that Nicaragua was anXiously await
ing the arrival of the United States engi-
neer commission which was to survey the
route for the maritime canal from the
Atlantic to the Pacific across Nicaragua.
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a check for s50.25 cashed at the bank here
which turned out to be a forgery. The
check purported to be made out TO ]. A.
Long, a cigar manufacturer, by Strauss &
Duff, millers, for whom young Sebree had
been working. The boy left Saturday even
ing for Indianapolis. but a thorough search
in his old haunts gave no clew to his where
abouts. He is still at large.
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A 40O-narreI OiI We'll.


Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
ALEXANDRIA. Ind. Aug. 1.-The Standard
OIL Company. operating the lease on the Blake
farm. northeast of the Carver we'll. has developed
the greatest gusher yet found in this county.
The drill was sunk one hundred feet in the sand.
resulting In a flow Of oil v~ariously Appropriated
at from four hundred to six hundred barrels per
day. The leaseIs are So we'll satisfied with re-
suits that the well Will not be shot. Harmon *
IlGck's third we'll on A.. {. Carvers property
in the city was shot with, one hundred quarts Of
explosive AT a depth Of lo6 feet in the sand. The
+ suit is about q 20O-barrel we'll.
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Not OHered to Grant.

NEW YORK, Aug. 2.-Col. Fred Grant,
who recently resigned from the Police
Board. was asked to-day whether he was
a candidate for the China mission. Colonel
Grant said: II do not think the President
has considered my name for the office. OF
cours / could not say anything when the
place has not been offered to me-" Colonel
Grant said he would remain in this city for
the mex few months and that he was glad
to be out of the police department.
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 1.-The State De-
partment has finally closed another interna-
tional incident by paying over to Count
Vinci, the Italian charge here. the sum of
$4,000 as indemnity for the doing to death
by a mob of three Italian subjects. The
ment were Lorenzo Salardino, Salvatore
Areno and Giuseppe Venturella, and they
were taken out of Jail at Hahnville, La,
about a year ago and iynched.
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Factories Damaged by Fire.

JACKSON, Tenn. Aug. 2.-F1re was discovered
IN the drying room Of the Jackson WOODEN mills
late this afternoon and soon spread TO the weav-
Ing factory and pants factory. The supply of raw
material for a year and the pants factory were
only partially damaged, Valuation OF plant,
Sc, 600, stock, $40. 600. loss, $50. 000: insurance,
Z5.0o0. One hundred and fifty people were thrown
out of employment. Three fourths Of the plant
belonged TO the estate Of the late Justice Howell
y. Jackson. About twenty cottages were also
damaged. by FIRE, causing losses Of about IS. coo,
With llIle INSURANCE..
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Now Indiana Poatmnsters.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2.-Fourth-class In
diana postmasters were appointed to-day
as follows: Mentone, Kosciusko county,
Austin Milburn, vice j. G.. Owen, removed;
North Liberty, st. Joseph county, c. F..
keck, vice l.. II. Gouser, removed; Zulu,
Allen county, Alfred Clause, vice Charles
Turnpt removed
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Drowned in Flatrock.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
NEW CASTLE, Ind, Aug. AT Louisville
yesterday Oscar Baker, a young colored man, was
drowned in Flatrock under the Panhandle railroad
bridge, he was not an expert swimmer, but
~ hSed from a springboard into a pool OF water
ten ieet deep, and was drowned before assistance
CCuLa reach him, although several persons were
"a me rlFer and along the bank. His home was
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Quart shop Wrecked.

Special % the Indianapolis Journal.
PORTLAND. Ind, Aug. 2.-The village
of Powers, this county. was the scene Of
a lively mix-up late yesterday. and Enoch
Reed, proprietor of a quart shop. was Sc
verely beaten, in addition to having the
front of his place wrecked with stones.
The doors were knocked in and every pane
of glass in the entire front broken. When
Reed demonstrated he was struck on the
head with a heavy glass ana his scalp
laid open. This makes the third beating he
has received within a week.
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DENVER. Col, Aug. One man was instant
~ killed and another fatally wounded as the re-
suit Of a duel in a small room in a lodging house
at Fifteenth and Curtis streets this afternoon.
The dead man was known as Harrg Dun and the
otl err as +. H. Edgar, but the police believe that
both names are assumed and that the men are
noted CROOKS. They We're rooming together and
the cause OF their quarrel is not known, but IL is
thought TO have been q dispute over a division
Of swag. A third man who is known 10 have
Gene 10 Denver with Edgar and Dun and who is
known as George Sheldon is held at the city jail
as q witness.
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MnnnNhinRr Killed.

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. Aug. "A band OF
moOnshiners attempted to enter the house
of Frank Simmons. at Concord, twenty
miles north of this city, early sunday morn
ing, and the leader. Dudley Johnson, was
killed. The desperadoes broke the door
from its fastenings, and when Johnson APP
peared Simmons fred.
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Death of Benz. III. Ballard

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WORTHINGTON, Ind. Aug. 2.-Benja-
min II Ballard, one of the most prominent
citizens of Greene county, died at his rome
near Worthington this morning. after a
lingering illness Of liberation of the
stomach Mr.. Ballard was about ffty-nine
years old. His wife and three sons,
Charles c., John l.. and Thomas, survive
him