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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-21
Prohibition in Iowa.
i TUl
Boston Record.


The State of Iowa has been trying prohibit
tory liquor law, with the result which has fol-
lowed the experiment in the East That is to
say, according to a recent careful investigation
by member of the State Senate, the number OK
liquor saloons has increased since the law went
into operation. Now that Iowa has proved this
fact for itself, it is sensibly talking about local
optou
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A FEW weeks ago it was an epidemic of suicid

FEW weeks ago it was an epidemic of suicide
among juveniles. Now it is murder Last Fri
day, at Westfeld. Hamilton county, this State,
John Carver, aged sixteen, killed Harry Steed,
of like age, by striking him on the head with
stone swung in stocking. On the following
day, at Henderson, KY, John Queen, aged ff-
teen, struck Charlie French. aged twelve. with
stone, fatally injuring him.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-21
The Moral States.
Albany EXPRESS


South Carolina enjoys the high moral distinc-
ton of refusing to grant divorces. Georgia is
too conscientious to allow the sale of liquor.
The result will be that the liquor dealers Of
South Carolina will enjoy prosperity only
equaled by that of the divorce courts and lawyers
of Georgia Honors between the two States
easy, and the status quo will probably be re-
tanned
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-21
A Suggestion to Grover.


chicago TImcS.
Instead of sending message of SO, 900 words
to Congress once year, why doesn't the Presi-
dent send in short messages every little while. as
he might do under the Constitution. which re-
quires him to give to Congress information
about the state of the Union from time TO
timer Many who like the character Of the mes
sage are grumbling at its length.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-21

CLEyELASr@p people are deeply touched at the
spectacle ola dying wife-murderer sentenced to
Prison for year. In view of the fact that
many man who never mistreated his wife. is
on the verge of the grave with consumption, it
is hard to understand where there is any par
ticuar hardship in this case.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-21

IT is stated that emigration from Ireland
has come to standstill under a belief that
better and more liberal legislation will bring
better times to that country. 1t would be
gratifying to see Ireland given enough liberty
to restore her old-t time prosperity, and bring
her population back to its former figures.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-21
what win Hughes East Gete

Phl1adel phia Record.
The President has offered Mr.. Hendricks
private secretary IAN Office of equal dignity and
compensation" So the Washington correspond
ents say. What the compensation may be we
are OF course unaware; but any one who has had
experience with the private secretaries of Amer
lean statesmen know but too well that Mr.. Cleve-
land could not linda position of sufficient dig
nifty for the average private secretary without
resignins him to his own.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-21

Why Governor HiIPs Popularity Increased.
Chicago News.
Mr.. r. W. Dean. of Buffalo, tells the Daily
News that the censure heaped on Governor
Hill has not injured him. but has, instead,
raised him in the estimation of his party in New
York State. Mr. Dean is mistaken 1t was not
so much the censure as the fact that he de-
served it that increased the Governors popular
ity at home.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-21

A ST. LOUIS firm offers the novel inducement
of silver dollar to the purchaser of an overcoat
this week In this city that would hardly work,
when clothing is so cheap that certain grades of
overcoats sell for less than two dollars Strange
that it did not occur to the st. Louis man to re-
duce his prices by that much. Yet such is-thhe
love of humanity to be gulled that th5pl plan pur-
sued will prove most poplar.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-21
A Sly Dog.

st. Louis POST Dispatch.
Private Secretary Lamont is reported as say
ing that the name Cleveland is an unfortunate
one to secure an appointment with, only one per-
son of that name having secured appointment.
and that by competitive examination. This
should make Brother-in-law Bacon glad that he
came into the Cleveland family by marriage, in
stead of bv birth
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-21
Platform Of Old 1908:
st. Louis Republican.

st. LOUIS RepubIlcan.
The Republican is secular organ of the prin-
ciples which had so able an exponent in that en-
inent Democratic Presbyterian and Presbyterian
Democrat Andrew jackson. But in religion. it
swears on the words of no human master, and is
no more the organ Of thesPope than it is of John
Calvin; no more the organ of John Calvin than
it is of Servetus.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-21
Departments Enough.
Boston Herald


There is no more occasion for creating ''de-
department of labor" as Weaver. the Bottom of
our politics, proposes. than for establishing
department of trade, or commerce or industry.
Everybody who amounts to anything in this
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Now is the time for the editor who tcasts his
feet by an anthracite fire to write gloWihgly and
knowingly of the Yule log and you'll be sur
prised how few know anything about it until
they lay down the cyclopeda
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-21
Here's q Whopper.

Atlanta Constitution.
Occasionally an old Andersonvle prisoner re-
visits the scene Of his captivity. These veterans
are always well received and they are frank
enough to say that they believe their treatment
in the stockade was as humane as it could have
been under the circumstances.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-21
Talks Like II Parent.


The President uses language of unusual fer
vor. for State paper, in denunciation of polyg-
amy in Utah. He is the second bachelor Presi-
dent but no parent could speak more earnestly
of the family and the home as the springs of true
national life
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-21

THE revised dictionary will contain the
words 'boycott" and "dude." The word
"muawump" would be included but for the
fact that 'Pharisee' is still in use.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-21
The Advance of Art.

New York Graphic.
Two hundred retail grocers of this city de-
mand that all butterine or oeomargarine shall
be colored blue or pink to distinguish it from
dairy butter. Kstheticism marches on.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-21

MRS. RAY, of New York city, shot by her
husband, who supplemented that Y killing him
self, because she persisted in a haison with
another man, will recover. Her face will be
permanently disigured, but she has doubtless
received an accession of knowledge.
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Probably They Don't.

Boston Transcript
ITO the pure all things are pure.' 1t is pre-
sumabe that none of the imported wines sold in
America ever go TO the pure.
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Very Strange.
Philadelphia Inquirer.

Philadelphia lpqulrer.
Just why there should be much apprehen-
sion that revision of the rules will lead to con-
gressional extravaganza when there are in Con-
gress many Democrats whose watchword is
economy, is mystery to the ordinary observer.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-21
A Great Change in Henri.

Chicago Inter ocean.
One can scarcely believe his eyes in reading an
editorial from the pen of the great free trader
Henry Watterson. in the CourierJ orunal of the
18th. where he emphatically states: American
labor should be most certainly protected, as the
President says"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-21
Telephone Calls.
Il, I A

GLADSTONE denies that he is responsible
for the Irish Parliament plan ascribed to him.
He could do worse than claim it as his own.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-21
So Much in His Favor.
Chicago Mail

Chicago MalIa
Whatever else may be charged against Sena-
tor Vest he has publicly announced from his
seat on the floor of the Senate that he is not o
mugWump.
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JUDGE JOHNSON, of the Ohio Supreme
Court, uses very vulgar language. The
Evansville Courier will be greatly distressed.
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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL.

Can be found at the following places
IONDON-American Exchange in Europe. 40
Strand.
PARIS-,American Exchange in Paris. 35 Boulevard
des Capucines.
NEW YORK-St. Nicholas and Windsor Hotels
CHICAGO-Pamer House.
CINCTNNATI-J. r. Hawley & Co., 154 Vine street
LOUISVILLE-C. T. bearing, northwest corner
Third and Jefferson streets.
ST. LOUIS-Union News Company, Union Depot
and Southern Hotel.
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An Acceptable Holiday Gift
A bottle of Colgate & Co S Cashmere Bouquet
Perfume for the handkerchief.
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THE SUNDAY JOURNAL
THE INDIANA STATE JOURNAL.

(WEEhLK EDIIIUN.T
Ono year Luz
Less than one year and over three months, 1Oc per
month No subscription taken for less than three
months. In clubs of five over, agents will take
yearly subscriptions at ST. and retain 10 per cent for
sheir work Address
JNO. G. NEW e. SON,
Publishers The Journal
INDIANAPOLIS Ind
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RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION.
THE DAILY JOURNAL.

TERMS INVARIABLY IN ADvANCE-PosTAGE PREPAID
THE PUBLISHERS.
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NEW YORK-st. Nicholas and Windsor Hotels.
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VARIOUS METHODS vF STATING TRUTH.

ing months.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-17
A HORRIFYING STORY.
A Man Murdered by His Wife, and His Re-
mains Boiled and Fed to Hogs

UTICA, n. Y. Jan. 16-William Druse, a
farmer of moderate circumstances, living in the
town of Warren, Herkimer county, has been
missing for month. Suspicious of murder were
caused by quarrels between him and his wifs,
and for several days it has been rumcred that
Druse has been murdered by his wife, his body
cut and burned, and the bones put into swamp.
An AK owned by him was found in Weatherbees
pond on Saturday A nephew of Mrs. Druse,
named Gates, aged eighteen, has been ques-
toned by neighbors and he confessed that Mrs.
Druse shot her husband while he and her son
wereout and put a rope around his neck. and com
PEELED him to shoot also They burned the
body and buried the bones. The odor Of the
burning flesh was noticed on Dec Is. Mrs.
Druse and Gates are under arrest
The district attorney and the coroner are con
ducting an examination into the death of Druse.
Young Gates made an artless confession,
showing that the crime was committed
Dec. TO- and that Mrs. Druse compelled him
to shoot her husband second time and aid her to
dispose of the body. They boiled it and fed the
flesh to hogs, and burned the bones to ashes,
boy says the woman cut her husbands, head
off and put it first in the
stove. The boy acted as fireman, and had a ter
rble time destroying the evidences of the crime.
The neighbors who noticed the unusual smoke
and odor were refused admittance, and papers
were kept over the windows. Since then the
house has been repapered
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-17
A So, 900. 600 windfal1.

ALLENTOWN Pa, Jan. ia few days ago
Joseph Downing, manufacturer of fire bricks.
received letter from his brother in England in
forming him of the death of maternal uncle
who had left him heir to his estate worth So, ,000,-
900. Mr.. Downing is the oldest nephew of his
deceased uncle, and nherits the estate if there is
no will. II there is will Mr.. Downing will,
nevertheless, get the bulk of the wealth. 1t was
known that the uncle was wealthy but no one
knew that he counted his possessions by the mill
ion. Mr.. Downing will leave for England in a
few months, and in the meanwhile his interests
there are looked after by his brother In 1916
Mr.. Downing came to America and started the
Montour works, at Danville, where the hrst iron
rails were made in the United States He es-
tablished iron works at Boston. Pottsvile, At.
1anta and other places, and for the last eight
years has been extensively engaged in the manu-
facture of fire brick, and by thrift, enterprise
and sound judgment has accumulated compe-
tency His wndfall has not turned his head
and he continues his business as heretofore
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-17
A MIDGET MOTHER.
The Cesarean Operation Performed on Miss
Thompson, the Dwarf.

Syracuse IN. Y. Letter.
About two years ago Miss frankie Thompson,
of this city, was married to Charles j. Roberts,
while they were travelling as members of the
same company in the West. Miss Thompson
pounds and was only thirty inches high. Rob
erts was six feet tall and heavily built. They
travelled together and exhibited at museums in
the West and South. Mrs. Roberts suffered
from troubles, the nature Of which St Louis
physicians, whom she consulted, could not de-
termine. She returned to Syracuse and con-
suited her family physician, who diagnosed
the case and found she was enceinte. At s
o'clock this morning she was taken severely i'll,
and physicians were summoned. An examina
ton showed that the child was in transverse po-
sition, and to save the little woman's life the
surgeons determined to resort to the Caesarean
operation. The operation was performed at 2
P. NJ, at the home of the midget" The condi-
tion of the patient Immediately after the opera
suffering from shock. This evening her recov-
cry is hardly looked for. The child was a per-
fectly formed male and weighed seven and a
half pounds but lived only short time
Mrs Roberts father was grocer here, but
died in 1864 He was dwarf, and only three
times. He had by his first wife three chill
dren, by his second none, and by the third
eleven. Among the latter number was
frankie. She was perfectly formed at birth,
and when week old weighed only two
pounds, including her clothes. At the end of
the first year she had not gained much in height,
and when she was six years old p T. Barnum
offered her father $3, 600 for the privilege of
showing her in New York aud elsewhere in con-
nection with his circus and 1nenagerie for a year
Mr.. Thompson being in comfortable circum-
stances, the offer was not accepted. At one
time, after her fathers death, frankie engaged
in dress making, standing up to run her sewing
machine. Not forgetting the offer made by Bar
mum fourteen years ago, she closed an engage
ment with Western company to appear as
midget, and travelled with it all over the United
States and Canada Her last engagement was
with the Minneapolis Dime Museum Company,
with which she travelled last summer
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-17
AMERICAN BASE BALL ASSOCIATION.
Meningitis Reasons for Refusing to Assent
to Lucass Admission to the League.

CLEVELAND, o., Jan. 16.-President Mcknight.
of the American Association of base ball clubs,
arrived in the city this morning to be present at
the signing of the players of the late Cleveland
club with President Byrne, of the Brooklyn, and
also to determine what action the association
will take on the proposed amendment which
the League desires made to the national agree
ment. President Won der Ahe of the ST. Louis
club arrived last night, and will, tomorrow,
sign Bushong. After IL o'clock tonight Byrne
will sign Kreig, Phillips, Pinckney Hotaling
and Smith After a full consultation today
Mcknight sent the following despatch to N. E.
Young, president of the National League, Wash
ington, D. c.:
Three clubs of the American Association have al.
ready voted against the proposed amendment TO the
national agreement. This settle it on part.
H. ID. MCKNIGHT, President
Mcknight said to an Associated Press agent:
"The objections to Lucass admission are many
and important Last season the Union Associa-
ton, of which Lucas was the president and
ruling spirit did incalculable injury to the clubs
of the League and the American Association in
forcing Cleveland to disband, getting players Of
various clubs to break their contracts and fore
ing salaries up to preposterous figures. Many
clubs OF the national agreement allies were
OlluS maui W lose monty. ING Union CluDS
of course. lost money! and now comes
Lucas and demands admission to the League,
and the League seems willing to take him in
while it will strictly enforce the punishment Of
the poor players whom he deluded. The Amer
lean st. Louis club suffered severely by last
years rivalry and by Dolan's desertion, and
Won der Abe therefore positively declines to agree
to Lucas's admission. AS the matter affects
that club more than any other, several clubs
had already notified me that their, votes
should be given in whichever way
Mr.. Won der Abe would vote. Although the
League proposed to admit Lucas strictly under
the rules of the national agreement and of the
the League. and although they will insist on his
dropping his disqualified players. yet the Ameri-
can Association cannot prevent the League, at
its spring meeting, from so amending its consti-
tuition as to permit Lncas to play Sunday games
and lower his admission price to 25 cents, all
of which will seriously hurt " on der Ahes
club Again, were this precedent established
in case another club dropped frora the League
that body would want to put club in Cincinnati
Pittsburg, Brooklyn or Baltimore. If the Amer
lean Association needed club, would the League
consent to let them play one in Boston or Chica-
goE The national agreement was made and
adopted for the purpose of preventing either Of
its members from doing anything which would
injure the others This is vital provision and
must be observed, or the agreement ceases"
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The Situation at Chicago.

Tribune, yesterday.
At the Sixteenth-streety yards of the Pittsburg 81
Fort Wayne road affairs were about in the same
condition as the previous day. Running ''gon-
dolas' about the yards for the accommodation OF
the snow shovelers and transferring few cars
of freight to the Panhandle tracks constituted
all the work required of the switch engines. The
freight depot on Madison street was deserted
Very little freight was coming in AT the Fifty
fifth-street yards. where all the throu gh-
freight trains are made up, the stiffness was
almost painful Never had such an easy
time of it in my life,'' said switch-en-,
gineer as he rested lazily his seat
in the cab. ''There's nothing for US to do. We
have only few empty cars left in the yards,
and none coming in; they're all in Fort
Wayne or east of that point. Our only fear here
in Chicago is that they will lay off the yard
hands. Two crews were laid off last night. en-
gineers, fremen and all, and / suppose more
will follow. The strike bids fair to continue
some time yet, and it looks as if the boys would
carry their point. Things will become serious
around here if the Wabash brakemen and con-
ductors follow the Fort Wayne boys as they
threaten to do"
Questions applied to Wabash trainmen
brought out only non-committal answers. That
strike is contemplated by them is not doubted,
but when the movement will occur is carefully
guarded secret. Some of the employees believe
t.they have as good cause to strike as the
Fort Wayne men,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-17
Dopressin. Effect of the Failnre.

PHILADELPHIA. JAM l6.-"No," said Secre-
tary Swank, of the American Iron and Steel AS
sociation, to-day II don't look for any failure in
the Eastern iron trade as an outcome of the fail
ure of Oliver Bros. & Phillips, of Pittsburg
Philadelphia makers have no business relations
with Pittsburg manufacturers. The two trades
are quite distinct We do not send iron there
and they do not send iron here The
failure, however, must have dispriting
effect upon the iron business generally
and how far that will 60 is a question which
cannot answer. 1t comes at a particularly bad
time as you will see. People are just beginning
to look for a revival of business. Confidence
was gradually returning, and it was hoped the
worst was over Now this throws everything
back where it was before, and we see that after
ALL the bottom has not yet been reached Oliver
Brothers were interested in several large con-
Germs; their rolling mills produced more iron
than those of any other concern in the United
States, and the capital invested was very ex
tenSiven
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Views of Andrew Carnegie.

PittsDurg special
Regarding the failure of Oliver Bros. & Phil
lips, Mr.. Andrew Carnegie said: 'It only re-
quires little indulgence on the part of the cred
itors of the firm to bring its affairs out all right
consider HarryOliver one of the smartest
business men in America The failure has been
caused, think, by trying to carry too heavy
load. Recently, as happen to know. he bought
out two of his partners, which took just so much
money out Of his hands He has been so sue
cessful that he thought he could carry any load
he wanted to- No man has done more for Pitts
burg than Harry Oliver. He procured the
Pittsburg & Lake Erie railway. and secured the
appropriation at Washington for the dam which
gives Pttsburg harbor Creditors in Pitts
burg would not have brought this trouble on the
firm. | understand that large Eastern firm
holds the paper have every confidence in
Harry Oliver. cant say the failure has any.
thing to do with the hard times in the iron trade
but it is fact that the trade is lower than ever
before in the history of America AS to the fu-
ture of the trade, it must grow better, for it
couldn't be worse When the spring is over
look for an improvement look for low prices
for year OF two to come.n
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The whisky Pool Again in Danger,

CINc1SNATI, Jan l6.-There is danger again
Guilty now arises from complaints of some credit
Ors that obligations have not been promptly
met, and threats are openly made to break the
pool IL the matter Is not settled The present
pool assumed the Indebtedness of the former
one and agreed to make assessments to
pay that debt in three installments. be-
ginning January /. No assessment for
this purpose has yet been made. Another cause
of complaint is that payment for capacity to dis
tileries that are not operated has not been made
since Dec Is. A circular has been received from
President Miller, saying the assessments for the
ola indebtedness would be attended to soon, but
Che compliments here estimate that by the
time the assessments are ready to be collected
circumstances win be such as to cause a total
default in that regard