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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-18

THE invention of the gun to throw dyna-
mite shells, if successful, will go far toward
rendering the commonest coast defenses i'm
pregnable to the most formidable feet afioat.
Thu gun now being experimental with at
Fort Hamilton is forty feet in length and Of
out four inch bore. The explosive force is
given by compressed air, so applied as to start
the projectile gently and increasing the mo
mentum until the cartridge leaves the muzzle
with an impulse that easily carries it three OF
four miles. Thu shells will be made to hold
from twenty-five to one hundred pounds Of
dynamite-enough to instantly sink any
ship struck. By the aid Of
a few of these guns placed
along the Long Island coast and at the harb On
mouths, New York city and Brooklyn would
he effectually protected against any hostile
feet, and the immense iron clads Of England
and Italy would be compelled to keep out Of
range. In case of a war between the
United States and any foreign power, the
fighting, of necessity, must all take place on
the high seas, in which event the former could
easily put herself in fighting trim within a
very few months.
The invention of this new engine of war, if
it does what is claimed for it, will greatly
simplify modern warfare. It would
seem like rushing upon inevitable de-
struction to place anything within
range. 1t will hardly be questioned
that there is a limit beyond which the weight
Of men of war cannot go. 1t is not plain but
that that limit is already Appropriated. The
monster iron-clads are now so very heavy that
their free navigation is attended by imminent
danger of sinking, as several of England's
best vessels have sunk within the recent past
years. But if they were to be rendered next
to invulnerable, their coming against a dyna-
mite gun would be like the irresistible colliding
with the immovable. The discovery of an
explosive of sufficient force to demolish o city
gun that will throw that explosive a few miles,
would render ordinary defense useless, were il
not backed with like implements of defense,
in which case an attack would resemble sui
eide. An apparent paradox is evident. The
invention of such a fearful agent of destruc-
ton is liable to result in less destruction,
since few s%entient beings would consent to
face almost inevitable humiliation.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-18
HIGHLY


The immense concourse Of
buyers, crowding our spacious
store-rooms to their utmost Ca
pacity at our Great Pants Sale
last night, was highly crafty
ing to us. 1t was an over
whelming acknowledgment on
the part Of the w9rkingmen of
indianapolis that our advanta-
ges are appreciated. The enor-
nous quantity Of clothing sold,
and the great bargains given,
make a sufficient answer to the
petty caviling of envious COM
petition, and again clearly and
fo%rcefully illustrate the fact
that the MODEL retains, I'M
shaken, it's pre-eminence of sell
ing the best goods at the lowest
prices.
w shall continue to sell
Atwood Cashmere Pants, from
the lowest to the very finest
grades, at prices that no COM
petition can possibly reach.
Fresh and full invoices Of
Spring and Summer wear for
Men, Boys and Children con-
stantly arriving.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-18

THE New York Herald has struck what it
thinks is ''pay dirt" in showing up what a
worker in a mill must pay extra for house
hold furnishings on account of the tariff i'm
posed. The very same argument used to plead
for the poor man would apply with even more
force to the man of means who insists on lux
uries, on all of which he likewise must pay
more in the same proportion. In other words,
the rich man is taxed as much as fifty, one
hundred, or even five hundred poor men. The
thousands laid on the rich man go to afford
ing employment to a score or more
of poor men, mechanics, who but for
this same tariff would be with
out remunerative employment and unable
to buy, with the tariff removed, what
he now buys, tariff included. Besides this, it
has been proved time and again that since the
"war tariff was placed American industries
have so multiplied that the price of all manu-
featured articles has declined, in many in
stances from so TO rs per cent from the price
demanded by foreign manufacturers before
they had competition in America. Even the
steel mills, against which free-traders cease
lessly inveigh, have done this country i'm
mense benefit. When they began operations
steel rails sold in this country al $500 per
ton in gold. A heavy protective
tariff has stood between these
mills and those of England, but the
price has not been kept upby this monopoly"
The same rails that brought $120 per ton i'll
gold when the steel business was first afforded
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-18

a passenger for anything like reasonable or
legal rates, have been beaten at last by the
cheap cab system now successfully inaugu-
rated. The fraternity is in bad DIOR in all
the large cities, and their grasping greed has
done much to keep the public from employing
them except when compelled to. There is
such a thing as killing the goose that laid
golden eggs. The Herdics, in this city, are to
be encouraged on the ground that they may
be the means of giving the people at least
halfway respectable street-car accommoda-
tons in time.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-18

THE annual death of the Queen of the Gyp-
sizes has taken place early this year, She
passed away at Greenfield Sunday, March 10,
and the remains were duly embalmed. On
Tuesday they were buried at the Gypsy bury
ing ground at Dayton, o. The man who
keeps the notched stick says this makes six
teen ''queens' since the war. 1t is not a very
healthful occupation in America.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-18

protection in America now sell for $35 per ton.
Does anybody believe that such a reduction
would have taken place had not competition
been developed and fostered in America 1t
is exactly the same with other manufactured
articles-carpets, furniture, glassware, etc. So
ployment the price of his necessities has de-
o1iDad
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-18

THOSE who go down to the sea in diving-bells
are on the make. The divers searching the
wreck of the Daniel Steinmann are reported to
have seen several bodies near the wreck, 'but
no inducement being offered for their recovery,
they were not sent up" 1t would be well enough
to keep an eye on those divers, and see that they
don't loot the wreck.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-18
State Central Committee.

First District-Henry S. Bennett, of Vanderburg
Second District-Samuel NJ. Reeves, of Martin.
Third District-M. NJ. Hurley, of Floyd.
Fourth District-A. B. Pattison. of Dearborn.
Fifth District-E. +. Branch, of Morgan.
Sixth District. +. Wildman, of Delaware.
Eighth District. D. Early, of Vigo.
Ninth District-W. II. Hart, of Clinton.
Tenth District. ". Watts, of Carroll.
Eleventh District-A. F. Phillips, of Howard.
Twelfth District-W. L. Penield, of DeKalb.
Thirteenth District-Aaron Jones, of st. Joseph.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-18

A WOMAN tried hard to get away from
Brooklyn the other day, but cruel and relentless
fate in the shape of a policeman went agley
with her plans. She swallowed a dose of poison,
cut her throat, and then jumped into the river,
but was dragged out, pumped out, sewed up,
and is in a fair way to recover.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-18

THERE has been another postponement of
the report in the English-Peelle contested
case, and it is said that when it is made it
will be adverse to Mr.. English's claim. This
will be likely to impair that 'harmony" which
was supposed to be dependent upon seating
this Democratic Dauphin.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-18

FATE really seems to bear hard upon the Nor
mon women. 1t is agreed by the ruler of their
church that women are naturally less keptical
than men,, and are never known to apostatize
unless led away by their husbands; yet it is held
at the same time that no woman without a hus-
band can gain so much as a foothold in heaven.
The Mormon scheme of salvation was evolved
before the woman's rights movement had been
heard of.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-18

her gas, until forbearance ceased to be a virtue,
and she shot a pistol ball through the door, wing
ing the landlady's son. Not many boarders who
like to sit up late of nights will dare to follow
her example, but they will hope that in her ap.
preaching trial the court and the jury may be
also boarders and able to enter into the merits of
the lady's case.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-18
delegate.

THE Kansas Supreme Court docket is
cleared of cases. But, then, the Kansas Su-
prome Court has never had to wrestle with the
question whether a gill was less than a quart.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-18

STEWARD CRUMP, of the White House, in
position to know of what he speaks, gives a very
different description of ex-President Hayes's
characteristics as an entertainer; and so far from
being parsimonious, "he spent as much or more
for entertaining at the White House than any
other President before or since" Mr.. Crump
says:
During the administration of President Hayes
there was wine used at only one dinner, and that
was at the one given to the Grand Duke Alexis.
During their family meals there was never wine
on the table, nor was there any at the state din
ners. The Hayes family were good livers, and
they were also great entertainers. During the
last three months of President Hayes's term
there was an average of thirty-seven at each
dinner, and he always had a house
full of guests 1t is not true that
he was stingy and parsimonious in
his management of the White House expenses.
He never bothered himself at all about my ac-
counts. Ihad carte blanche as to buying things
for the table, and always got the best of every
thing in the market. Mr.. Hayes spent as much
or more in entertaining at the White House
than any other President before or since. 1t
must have cost him the greater partof his salary
to pay the expenses of the house, and he was
niggardly in nothing. The eatables alone at his
state dinners cost from $14 to $17 a plate, and
the decorations made them cost much more. 1t
costs a good deal to run the White House, l can
tell you, and Arthur will have to have a great
many things sent in by the %neighbors if he car
ries much of his salary away. President Hayes
had a number of friends, such as Major MeKin-
ley, of Ohio, and others, who had a standing in
vitation to be present at his family dinners. We
never set the tables for less than fourteen, and
they were generally full"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-18
To the Editor of the indianapolis Journal:

To the Editor of the indianapolis Journal:
If a New York banker orders s., 900, 900, 000,
900 in gold dollar pieces, from a Liverpool
banker, and the Liverpool banker orders from
one-dollar bills (the gold and the paper being of
like par value( would each banker have a like
amount in total value, and, also. a like number
of pieces2 If so, whyl S.
ROCKVILLE, Ind.
If you mean to ask if one billion dollars Isl,
900, 900, 000) is equal to a thousand billion dollars
Isl, 900, 900, 900, OOOl as you have stated, we refer
you to the first ten-year-old boy you meet. If
you do not mean this, We do not know what you
do mean. At any rate, these are the figures you
give.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-18

THE Harper liquor law, so %strenuously
fought by saloon keepers, will bring about
$500, 900 into the Chicago treasury as license
fees for the year. 1t will be a difficult thing
10 have such a law repealed.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-18

THE status Of the new insane asylums is
substantially this; Plans and specifications
have been prepared and bids received for the
construction of the proposed buildings. The
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-18

SENATOR SEwALL heads the Republican
delegation to Chicago from the State of New
Jersey. Mr., Robson was badly defeated for
delegate.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-18
The Indiana Delegates to Chicago.

DELEGATES AT LARGE.
Hon. Richard w. Thompson, of Vigo,
Hon. Benjamin Harrison, of Marion,
Hon. John II. Baker, of Elkhart,
Hon. Morris Mcdonald, of Floyd.
AHeraates.
Edwin F. Horn. of Marion,
John Ii. Rocker. of Vanderburg,
Moses Fowler, of Tippecanoe, II
G.. b. Ward, of White. ~s. .r
DISTRICT DELEGATES N ALTERNATEs.
first District-General James c. Veatch, of Spencer;
Frank b. Posey, of Pike. Alternates-Gil r,
Stormont, of Gibson; Philander Cooper, of Van
Second Disffrict~G. G. Riley, of Knox W. R, Gar
diner, Of Davies. Alternates-O. G. SHREDDER, Of
Dubois; William Farrell, of Orange.
P. Charles. of jackson. Alternates-Franci Nor
ton, of FLOYD: w. Z. Walker, of Scott.
Fourth District. o. Cravens, of Ripley; Eugene G
Hay. of Jefferson. AlternatesJ. Z. Hemphil,
of Ohio f. c. Thompson, of Union.
Fifth D~istrict-Joseph L. Irwin, of Bartholomew W.
A. Montgomery of Owen. Alternates-C.S Ham
mond, of Putnam; j. o. Parker, of Hendricks.
Sixth District-G. II. Burchenal, of Wayne; j. Fl.
Mellette. of Henry. Alternates-A. NJ. Kennedy
of Rush. J. N. Huston, of Fsyette.
Seventh District-L. T. Kitchener, Of Shelby; II. G.
Adams, of Marion. Alternates-0. H. Hasselman,
Eighth District-W. G: Smith, of Warren; " R. Nc
million; e. A. Rosser, of Clay.
Ninth District-Gen. Geo. b.. Williams, of Lafayette
Americas c. Daily Of Lebanon. Administration
r. G. Graham, of Noblesville; o. G. Forrer, OF
Tenth District-simon P. Thompson, of Jasper. G.
W. Holman, of Fulton. Alternately. z. Wiley,
of Benton; G. +. Griffin, of Lake.
Eleventh DISTRICT. B. Kenner, of Huntington; Jonas
votaw. of Jay. Alternates-R S. Peterson, Of
rra AdST nis John a a C a s;,enno of 81 Sla STd0' o Carver
of Steuben. Alternates-John Mitchell, of Noble;
Williamson Rawles, of Lagrange.
Geo. Moon, of Kosciusko. Alternates-A. M.
Tucker, of Elkharti Amasa johnson, of Marshall.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-18

EMMA ABBOTT says the acoustic properties of
the Mormon Temple are better than those of any
other building she ever sang in; so good, indeed,
that once she stood at one end of 1t and 'heard
one single pin dropped into a mans hat at the
other end. Linch- pin, perhaps.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-18

THE plundeling haek-drivers of New York
city, whose rapacity could not be checked by
legislation, and who were never known to carry
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-18

THE Countess Raconska lives in Philadelphia
and teaches music, but she deserves q better fate
She lives in a boarding house, and in the late
hours of the night was annoyed by requests from
the ~landlady and the landtady's son to turn off
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-18

70 the Editor of the indianapolis Journal:
In what month and what year did we have
the total eclipse of the sun, the time when citi
zens went to Martlnsville to get the best viewl
SUBSCRIBER.
Aug. Z, 1869.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-18

A NICE young man of Pittsburg who thought
it would be so awfully funny, you know, TO
marry his sweetheart contrary to her parents
wishes, is now unable to tell what has become
of the point of the joke. In order to make mat
tiers all right with the magistrate who performed
the he wrote a little note to that
official signing the aforesaid parents names there
to, and affirming that they had no objections to
the marriage of their daughter underage. Since
then the smart youth, in order to avoid a pros
ccution for forgery by the irate father, has
signed his own lame to an agreement never to
see his wife again, and to forsake all claim to
her. The persons concerned are all highly con-
nected" of course.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-18

A PENNSYLVANIA woman dropped dead on
Sunday while in the act of buttoning her
husbands shirt collar preparatory to getting
him ready for church. With great unaniInity
of feeling head line editors arise on all sides, as
one man, and allude to the case as one of death
while at the post of duty"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-18

A LARGE number OF people who ara interested
in the cause of education in general, and in Yale
College in particular, will be distressed to learn
that the prospects of that university are dark
this year. 1t is the prevailing opinion, among
those qualified to Judge, that in the coming in
ter-collegiate boat race Yale will be left far be
hind. There is a hope, of course. that this mis-
fortune will not fall upon the earnest, anxious
students, but hope is fading day by day.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-18

If any man is prepared to make affidavit to
the fact that there is no kindness, no honesty, no
generosity, and above all, no gratitude in femi-
nine nature, particularly if that nature is of a
musical bias, that man should be Mr.. Abbey.
Nevertheless, he seems not to learn his lesson,
but is as frequently victimized as the man of
little experience with the tickle sex. Last Sat
urday Mr.. Abbey's opera company was to give a
matinee in New York, and a large number of
tickets were already sold, when the prima donna,
who was to sing, was taken suddenly i'll. Mana
ger Abbey asked another singer to take her
place-but she also declared herself i'll. Thenhe
sent to a third, but she declined to undertake
the part because she had eaten too heavy a
breakfast. AS this singer had been discovered
by Mr.. Abbey and her reputation made by him,
he decided that if he had no claim on her ser
vices it was useless to ask any one resting under
lighter obligations, and, therefore, closed his
theater and refunded the money to the ticket
holders. Strangely as it may seem, with all his
varied experience, Mr.. Abbey is said to retain a
sweet and amiable disposition towards all men
and women, not excepting opera singers.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-18

In the treatment of the insane, Alabama claims
to stand in the van of refined civilization. All
the restraints and appliances, such as straight
jackets and cribs, were burned twenty years ago.
No punishment is permitted; and if the nurses
are not liked by the patients, and there is good
cause for the prejudice, they are sent away. A
writer from Tuscaloosa, the seat of the asylum,
further says:
The buildings are almost palatial. All the
modern improvements have been introduced.
The gas is made on the premises from the coal
taken from a mine on the grounds owned by the
ASYLUM. The buildings are heated by steam
and supplied with hot and cold water. Each
ward has it's dining room, bath room, corridors.
and a bay window eighteen feet across, in which
there are beautiful e%xotics, singing birds and
well-stocked aquaria. The chambers, with their
rustic furniture. pretty notices and other adorn-
ments, are far more inviting than ordinary hotel
rooms"
New-York tribune., 1884-12-31
NfrNORIiL TO EDGAR 4. POE.

Nceruon :. sullivan, chairman of The COM
~ ttce ol actors and literary men who have had
charge o. the erection III the Metropolitan Museiin
Of An. of a memorial 20 Edgar i. Poe. received
notice yesterday of the arrival At this port by the
steamship India, from Lcghorn, OF seven cases OF
.tatr4rv AMI marble. There cOnst tute tie
memorial statue and tablet. which tie actors aud
literary people of the country have had designed IN
CONNIE uoraton of the pr, cent literary period OF
Anrri.4 The statue will be placed In position
nnm,i ltclv and al "A meeting of the committee
soon to bc held arrangements VIII be perfected TO
make the unveilng ceremonies memorable IN the
annals of the Nation. Authors and actors of
prruincu,c will be invited from all parts Of the
country. \ rERUNE reporter saw Photograph ~
the statue rs it set up I'M the ant studio at
~ .cc. after its completion. Its general apnear;
,nc, as thus shown. lS one oi striking beauty and
,l,f ic:tv ot design. life size tguC ot the muse
st,nds ON a dais crowniug a medallion lust e
r with a wreath ot laurel and OAK. The me-
da "A >urmouutS 4 suitable inscription written hy
VO.tam Winter. On the occasion at the unNciltnS
i. -atinu ou the history NJ poetry aud Literature
wiU q delivered by pr'mincn, author
New-York tribune., 1884-12-31
rpnrRLFs OF TIE Dial.

7l.o announcement that The Dial would be sold
=, aur,i N at No. y Ann-St to-day, by hahah l.
Ilrrce the receiver. has brought out the i''t tht
h. Is charged hy friends of george Iq"cH 'tS
f.-mr- fuanciai cd tor and /. G.. Hanc"c 4
f.-TrrIy its managing editor, wilh 5fcich
nl contract; and with intentions dctrlIci lai
:, .o,, o tlc stack ho!deTs. Inc paper was stl yea
aisut a year ago through the eAtrtlons OF Ai.
p...rc. Who f,r some time was commercial editor
g., ~ Commercial ffrcriie4r aud who was huaiiy
secluded lr..n the privileges "a the i'oI or 'Ac
pIoduc. Exchange AID subsequently Ttle. ttd as IN
applicant for Membership: lie OIa .]eH q 49,
companv with q capital Of So"' 10 hail OF lle
stock h,uC subscribed by seVerA iIoon'1 ~ IN
change brokers WHO were cpGted VAIN Nti"t
sn,,rl.f.vc orr oucnts of III. q. Armour. the W''-
lnn.yn ..a.ll,'nr. De- subsequent story i@ tE's
t,ld bv "A friend of Mr.. Hancock:
4 Vas Thought fhat ~23Ou0 NolN' nut me pa
,,-r GA ITS ieet aud the oth"r S&'.'ut 90 "a was 10
lc divide h,iwera Nr. Pierce aud NesSIS. C.ouch
and Hancock when the per yielded pIoht>. MI
p.,r,o however. had evidently resolved 7" tW'4t
ont some Il tte s,oc kbodcTs and get tlo 'ue pa
uct's e. ,h.. NJ. Crouch and MT. Hancock were
mad, 90 uutou fcvl able that two moatNs ago tL,N
I,ft The psuer. Ii was discovered, aNo, t""' '"'
.hto.h hhoticrS were Nab,c tor the S2aoV" 'rct>UA
,t.r, and tHc rcccivcrship proccodiugs wcrc 'C-'m
by which the ptvIvr'y l. 10 be sold 3nN tnVSr
who ,letaulfcd in the call for the ,'ott"90 SUB
z, ript,uu arr 10 bC vlpCG out SAtiS ave e'V" 'H
guu ior debts owed Nh. crouch AMI VIZ h"''''"
NJ P,cicr ,1ull NO, Ne found yesterday a. ;hC
caite ol ne iiaL IN elderly gcntlvuau' Ho S9'd
ta.t hc vas tho managing editor, stated that t"e
kc os the papOr Was slHIpN legal way Y" s'VV' q
matter # lis internal affairs auu r't'N''
krulc Of the stockholders 20 retire aNU o'hVrS "
as.ume thVlr responsibilities.
New-York tribune., 1884-12-31
pI-uopFD RE9UCTION IN COAL.

II was reported il Wall Street yesterday that the
Delaware Lackawanna and western haliIoau
Company had issued price-lst OF coal Tor JaAu-
ary showing q reduction of from twenty-five TO
forty cents q ton. aud that the example had been
promptly followed bY the other leading coal COM com,
COMPANY ii was said that the company had made
no new prices but had Informed Its customers that
they cOnlt bny coal without dangerof lower prices
nv other coIlpanies A director Of the Delaware
and Hudson Canal Company declared tnat the re-
ports were untrue and that Le hal the assurance OF
the reduced price-lst had been revoked. Az thc
Lackawanna Office IL said that no January
circular had been issued and that the subject h&d
not even been discussed at any time during the
a.