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The Pool Problem.

In answer to the question, ''Do you think the
trunk-line pool has had its day." o. B. Skinner,
traffic manager Of the Bee-line, said: TT is a
query with me. Had the trunk line presidents
accepted Mr.. Fink's resignation 1 should have
said the Jig is up AS they did not, 1 think it
possible-yes, probable-that a reorganization of
some character with Commissioner Fink at the
head, will sooner or later be effected. Commits
sioner Fink has been in Montreal said he, "all
last week. talking with the Chicago & Grand
Trunk people, endeavoring to bring them into
the pool traces, but they are vacillating
no one could tell what they will do" He hardly
thought they were disposed to bring on a general
war in through rates. Like everybody else mean
a larger award in the pool He thought that to
obtain an increased per cent was the chief rea-
son that they gave notice of their withdrawal
from the trunk-line pool on APRIL. He looked
for patching up of matters in some manner be-
fore that date
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THE SUNDAY JOURNAL.

We have been compelled to yield to the de-
mand, and heneeforth the SUNDAY JOUR-
NAL will be enlarged to Twelve Pages and will
be sold for Five Gents, and will be sent to every
town and city in the State of Indiana and sur
rounding territory. The circulation of the Sun
day edition is the largest and best OF
any Sunday paper printed in Indiana, and it has
made itself the Peoples Paper. The SUNDAY
JOURNAL is without competitor in the State
in the character and variety of matter it pre-
sents its readers The best writers in the State
and the country freely contribute to its columns.
In its enlarged and improved form it will be alb
solutely without rival or peer.
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A Weli-Managed Railroad.

Traffic Manager Parker, of the Peoria, De-
pcatur & Evansville road, sends the annual state
ment of the company for the year ending De-
cember 81, 1884, just published, which is GER
4ainiy very creditable, as it shows the tonnage
was increased 81 per cent over 1853, and the
earnings per cent, notwithstanding the low
rates which prevailed most of the year AS the
road is valuable feeder to Indianapolis lines,
sts prosperity is of the more interest The
statement shows the gross earnings to have
been 1888, 767 90, an increase of 3S51267 over
earnings in 1888 The operating expenses were
s$440, 1870, increase of SIG, 1862 over
operating expenses in 1888 There were 1927, SIS
tons of freight carried over the road which is
TO- lbs tons more than was carried in 1883. Thir-
ty-siX miles of iron in the main line was replaced
with steel, seventy two miles of iron yet remain
sng, which is considerably worn and will be re-
newed with steel this season. New cross-ties to
the number Of 65, co. were laid during the year.
There will be required about the same number
the coming season. The bridges were fully
maintained twelve having been renewed
throughout and all others repaired where re-
9uired. The buildings were kept in good repair.
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Safety Signals.

The annual meeting of the stockholders of the
Union Switch and Signal Company was held at
the general offices of the corporation on
Wednesday. The report of the years
business, ending Dec. 81, 1884, was read
and accepted, and notwithstanding the depres-
sion in trade generally, and especially among
railroads, upon which it depends for bus
mess, the sales for the year were considerably
in excess Of those of any preceding year in the
history of the company George G. Griscom,
formerly superintendent of the G., H. & D., was
added to the directory. The mechanical inter-
locking apparatus was introduced last year on
the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy railroad,
Fitchburg railroad, Rock Island & Pacific rail
road Wilmington & Northern railroad, Old
Colony railroad, Grand Rapids & Indian rail
road, Michigan Central railroad, and the Pitts
burg Cleveland & Toledo railroad for the first
time, and has been extended on eight roads pre-
viously using it,
The pneumatic interlocking apparatus was
introduced last year on the Pennsylvania rail
road, Indianapolis Union railroad Chicago s.
Grand Trunk railroad, Lake Shore & Michigan
Southern railroad, Central Pacific railroad,
Fitchburg railroad, Pittsburg, Fl. Wayne q
Chicago railroad, Cleveland, Columbus Cincin-
natl q Indianapolis railroad. Louisville, New
Albany e Chicago railroad, Philadelphia & Erie
railroad, Columbus & Cincinnati Midland rail
road, and tracks of the Union Stockyard &
Transportation Comany, at Chicago. The larg-
est plant of this kind is on the Pennsylvania
railroad, at East Liberty.
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Plymouth Institute.

There will be an open meeting of the Plymouth
Institute this evening at Plymouth Church.
Prof. j. B. Roberts will give short survey of
current events, and DR.. F. j. vanyorhis will open
discussion of ''Womans Place Under the Law
1t is the design of these open meetings to bring
the members of the institute together, and to in
terest the public is the general aim of the insti
tute This in school of intellectual, moral
culture, to give an opportunity to any young
man or woman to pursue such lines of study as
shall increase their enjoyment of the world and
their power in the world A cordial invitation
is given to all to attend the meeting this even
inc
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An Open Letter.

To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal:
We, the ladies of Massachusetts, who have
read the reviews Of Mormonism by Kate Field
in your valuable paper, want to extend hearty
thanks to you for keeping the great reproach of
our Republic before the eyes of the masses. If
every representative of the religious and secular
press would bring righteous judgment and even
handed justice to bear upon this cancer that is
silently eating away at the Nations vitals, there
would be hope of a radical cure by the removal
of root and fiber by the skillful use of the knife
in the hands of the new government. If the
present amiable apathy continues the ill-con-
cealed aspirations of the Mormons may yet be
realized, as expressed in a speech of Bishop
Henry Lunt of Cedar City, Utah: eve look
forward with perfect confidence to the time when
we will hold the reins of the United States gov
eminent. That is our present temporal aim; after
that we expect to control the continent. We do
not care for these territorial officials sent out to
govern us. They are nobodies here; we do not
recognize them. Neither do we fear any prac-
tical interference by Congress. To-day we hold
the balance Of power in Utah and several Terri
tories, and are rapidly spreading"
There are, however, hopeful signs of the
times, which we hope the far-seeing will recog-
nize. President John Taylor sad on recent
Sabbath in the Tabernacle Prosecutions are
making some of the saints think of going to a
erty. Saints are prosecuted at home illegally
punished. and killed in certain States" The
editor of the Council Bluffs Nonpareil says:
1.-The passage of Gov. Bunn's anti Mormon law
in Idaho, the hiding of the editor of their organ
and of A. M. Cannon in, order to avoid Arrest
for polygamy, are signs ominous of evil
to the saints" The recent purchase of i'm
mense tracts of land in Mexico is another indica
ton that the heart of Mormondom is ill at ease
The Springfield Union says: THE sooner the
question better
The boldest course that Congress could take
would be the best one. The Edmunds act has
DISTINGUISHED polygamists, but it reaches only
the surface of Mormonsm. Let Congress de-
clare that the priesthood has willfully defed the
Constitution and laws of the United States. and
boldly disfranchise every member of the Nor
mon Church, whether polygamst or not"
Are not such sanity falsity," treachery and
infamy as lie at the heart of their holy Of holes
within the reach of our law-makersR Will not
more faithful Indiana pens investigate and ven
tilate9 A SUBSCRIBER
WoBURN, Mass, March O. 1885,
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THE INDIANA STATE JOURNAL.
WEEKLY EnITI0Nl

WEEKLY EDITION.
Is the best secular paper published in the State.
1t is complete compendium of the news of the
week, with special features of late and trust
worthy market reports, and department of in
dustrial and agricultural intelligence carefully
prepared by an editor of long experience. In
these respects THE WEEKLY JOURNAL is
superior to any mere agricultural paper for the
field it covers is infinitely more extensive than
that which can be occupied by any special class
publication
SPECIAL TERMS
Are made to agents and canvassers, and for
clubbing with other papers. For all details
address the publishers
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On a Par with NTcHenry.

Like the Erie, the model managed Pennsylva-
aia Railroad Company has it's crank London
stockholders. John Taylor, of London, who is a
large holder of stock of the Pennsylvania rail
road, has addressed a letter to the other share
holders, under date of Feb. 81 1885, in which he
says he has not changed the opinion expressed
In 1884, in which he held that it was important
shat the division of the fairly earned profits
among shareholders should be made upon some
definite principle. He criticises the neglect of
The compact to fund per cent Of the earnings
In the purchase of securities of the company
the balance to be paid to the shareholders in
cash. and says that tho management, instead of
keeping up the dividends at 8 per cent have re-
duced them per cent, when the arrangement
was that the per cent. of the earnings should
be funded in order that the dividend should be
OF fixed and not iuetuatng quantity.
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c., c., G. 81. Earnings.

CLEVELAND O., March 12-The annual re-
ports of the officers of the Cleveland, Columbus,
Cincinnati & Indianapolis Railway Company
were submitted to-day. The gross earnings for
the year ending Dec. 81, 1884, were 1881 TAP,
and the expenses and interest So, 518, 525. The
decrease in gross earnings compared with 1883,
was l24 per cent, and in gross tonnage 7 per
cent. The bonded debt of the company was in
creased during the year by 81. 521 600, and now
stands at SIS, SIG 000 The cause of the increase
was for the purpose of securing control Of lines
between Indianapolis and st. Louis
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The Nature of Fire

And the human body are such that the latter
cannot escape ruin in close proximity to the
former Hence, the instant warning of intense
pain when fire approaches too near for safety.
No sane person would deliberately neglect the
warning And yet the comparatively slight
pains in the right side shoulders, back and chest
the light, dry cough, the listless weakness,
which are not the less surely warnings of the
approaching agonies of established consumption,
are allowed unobstrueted progress, when DR.,
Pierces "Golden Medical Discovery would sure
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-13
L.. N. A. & G. Officers.

New YORK, March 12-At meeting of the
directors of the Louisville, New Albany g. Chi
cago railroad, today the following officers for
the ensuing year were elected: President, VIM
Dowd, of New York; vice president and general
manager, John B. Carson; secretary and treas
urer, w. II. Lewis; assistant secretary and treas
urer, VIM. Dulles, jr.; executive committee
John Jacob Astor, Samuel Sloan, Robt Lenox
Kennedy, VIM. Dowd, R G. Ralston and Robt.
II. HIT
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the most prominent fruit of the Harvard tree
Classical scholarship will gain by the loss of I'M
willing votaries. The college is now graduating
distinctly higher type of classical scholars than
ii could have trained before the elective system
was developed; scholars who combine philologi-
cal precision and extensive classical reading with
literary zeal and finish.
This last step tends in the same direction.
We shall have fewer graduates who have read
Xenophon but more who have read Eschyius.
INDIANAPOLIS, March IL T. L. SEwALL.
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LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE.
The Sunday Base Ball Bill.

To the Editor OF the indianapolis Journal;
Permit me to call your attention to the Sun
day base ball amendment which was stolen be-
fore it's final passage, Would you endeayor,
through your columns, to direct the attention of
the Legislature to the matterl 1t would seem
that the Legislature ought to be able to control
its employees, and that the employees should be
held responsible for the custody Of bills that are
being enacted by the two houses
SHELBYvILLE, March II. M. b. ROBINS.
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Wbe Will Re tba Nevt Pres;danto

Is an important question to every citizen of
the United States; but far more essential is the
knowledge how to live our life as the Great
Creator intended. That knowledge is impaired
in DR.. Pierce's Common Sense Medical AID.
viser'-nearly 1000 pages and about 300 illus
trations-published by the Worlds Dispensary
Medical Association, Buffalo. N. Y, and sent on
receipt of one dollar and fifty cents, to any ad-
dress
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The Same Old Story.

The Chicago correspondent of the New York
Post writes that paper that the roads crossing
the State eastward south Of Chicago, meaning
che O., l., St l. q G., are reported to be doing a
heavy grain traffic in the way of through business
70 Baltimore Philadelphia and Newport News.
II 10 claimed that they carrying grain atrates
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Will Mr.. Mcdonald Go to Please Gray s. Co.!
Richmond Palladium.

The proposition to mollify Mr.. Mcdonald By
giving him foreign mission is no doubt the
shrewd suggestion of the Vice-president 1t will
be healthier for Iago, if honest Othello is sent
to travel in foreign lands until his passion cools.
Mcdonald has so often submitted to wrong that
he may even submit to this. But if he buries
himself in Russia or Spain for the next four
years he will find it safer to remain there than
to return to the tender mercies of the Indiana
Democracy
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Can Only Report Progress.


While it is definitely settled that the Indiana,
Bloomington & Western people will turn the
Indianapolis, Decatur g. Springfield over to the
l., d. & S. company, of which H. B. Hammond
is president the transfer of the property has not
yet been accomplished President Hammond and
I. B. Atkins, secretary and treasurer. and j. d.
Probst, of the L, D. & s. company, and p Leeds,
the former master mechanic yesterday looked the
shops over and then made trip over the line to
learn as near as practical, its real condition. The
l., B. 81 w. people claim that the
road-bed and equipment are In pet
ter shape than when they took
control of the property. But one of the l., D.
while there were three in the shops when the
lease went into effect, and the coaches
and cars are in good condition
M Mes Campbell 8 Maxwell, who repre- e.
the city, and expect conference today
and that basis of settlement will be readily
agreed upon, as the negotiations thus far have
been of a.. very amicable character. President
the l., d. & 8. good local road for Indianapolis
and will put competent, popular men in control
of the passenger and freight departments. So
far as the fine shops at this point are concerned
the l., B. & w. people have under consideration
the leasing of the shops for the present if terms
tensive than the l.. D. & S. people really need
and it is believed that the work for both
roads at this point can be conveniently done in
these. If no such arrangement can be made,
the l., B. & w. shops at Urbana, ILL.,, and San
dusky, Ohio, will be put in good repair, and the
work of the l., b. & w. done
at these points until such time as they can
erect suitable buildings for shops at Indianapolis
President Hammond and party returned from a
trip over the road late last evening. Mr.. Ham
mond said he was too tired and felt too cross to
give his views on the condition of the road bed.
From another of the party it was learned that
they were not well pleased with the
manner the track had been maintained
But few cross-ties had been placed under
the track no repairs made to bridges worthy of
note, and where new rails had been put in they
were lighter than the original rails. The loco
signs of rough usage, and the party gained an
unfayorable impression of the manner the prop
erty had been treated
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tbatare scarcely compensatipg, especiallyas they
are compelled TO haul large percentage of empty
more for glory than for profits The former,
however, is the chief end of many leading rail-
road managers. Speaking on this matter, Pres
dent Ingalls, says the statement is false. The
rate of the c. L., st. l.. & c. service is higher
than that of either Of the complaining competi-
tors and the billing will support his statement.
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WASHINGTON JOURNALISM.
Reasons Why the Capital Is Poor Field for
Newspapers.

Reasons Why the Capital Is Poor Field for
Newspapers.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, June IA gentleman who re-
Gently came here to look over the ground for the
establishment of a first class daily newspaper
says that he has been compelled to give up the
project, owing to the fact that newspaper in
Washington has to labor under disad vantages
which journals elsewhere do not experience 1T
is wrong" he says, 'to claim that Washington ia
a bad newspaper town. There is an excellent
field here for a newspaper conducted upon the
same plan as the successful dailies of the West
but the trouble is, first Washington has
little business, aside from the retail trade;
second, the New York papers are put down on
the streets here at ii o'clock each morning.
third, the Baltimore papers are delivered in
time for the breakfast table, and fourth and the
most important, perhaps, is the fact that the
Government Printing Office has such an effect
upon typographical work in this city that a pub
Usher is completely at the mercy OF the union.
The Government Printing Office prices
govern. The government pays moro for
its work than any other large employer
of printers, and, therefore the unions are able
to hold up the prices from Is to % per cent in
advance of those paid on daily papers in other
these reasons it is doubtful if Washington will
be regarded as good field for another newspa.
per venture just at present.
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Bayless Hanna Obtains Full and Accurate In
formation Concerning the Route to Per-
STA and the Cost Of the Journey.
General ROsecrans Wins q Lawsuit and
Becomes a Very Wealthy Man.
Progress of the Colored Boys at West Point
Arrangements for Firing Salute in
Honor of Senator Logan.
THE CHINESE MISSION.
An Important Position to Which an made
quate Salary Is Attached.

An Important Position to Which an made
quate Salary Is Attached.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, June 6.--John Russell Young,
ex-minister to China. is expected to reach San
Francisco about the 10th inst. He will be met
here by his successor, Colonel DENLY of Indiana,
who will receive from Mr. Young some much
needed information regarding the duties of his
new position. Private letters from Mr. Young
indicate his entire willingness to return to
America again. The pay of the minister to China
is only $4,000 year. and this is further decreased
So, 600 per annum by recent act of Congress re-
quiring the minister to pay out of his own salary
certain expenses heretofore charged to the con-
tingent fund. This reduces the salary to 81, 400,
and this Mr.. Young declares, is insufficient in a
city where the cost of living and entertaining is
as expensive as it is in Picking. After a few
months of rest Mr.. Young intends to resume his
connection with journalism. He will probably
locate in Philadelphia
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Of Mrs. Spencer's decease that he heard that
Miss Belle was still living He came to Hart
ford some weeks later and visited her, but
she failed at first to recognize her love of thirty
years ago. He heard her story, and the old love
of his young manhood was revived. During the
winter he again asked for the hand which had
been refused him over a quarter of a
century. before. She accepted him and the we'd
ding day was fixed. He was liberal with his
gifts. Her trousseau is described by the few in
innate lady friends who were permitted to see it
as perfectly elegant" They were a handsome
couple it was said by the few who were invited
to the ceremony. Only few near relatives and
friends were present The presents were ele-
CANT. those of the groom to the bride especially.
His income as president of the Arms Company
is said to be about $12, 600 per annum. Among
the gifts from Mr. Converse's friends in New
Haven was beautiful miniature yacht in silver,
from friends in the New Haven Yacht Club of
which he is a member. He owns one of the
finest yachts in the club. The couple left after
the wedding on carriage trip, embracing the
grand scenery of the Berkshire hills, never more
beautiful than in June. Returning from the
wedding tour they will locate in an elegant resi-
dence in New Haven.
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Cable Notes.

Mr.. Ford, late English minister at Athens, has
been sent on a mission to Paris, in connection
with the Newfoundland shore dispute.
The Turkish government has sent ], 700 troops
to Saonca account of the threatening atti-
tude of Russia on the Bulgarian frontier.
A mass meeting attended by 10000 persons
was held in London, yesterday, to denounce the
action of Mr.. Childers in increasing the duties on
beer and spirits.
Mr.. White, the English ad interim minister at
Constantinople, is negotiating for the consent of
the Sultan to the establishment Of permanent
British garrison at Alexandria. If the Porte as
sents, the evacuation of Egypt will be quick
ened.
The German Prince Imperial has written to
King Leopold, of Belgium. asking him to post
pone his visit to Emperor William until the end
of the autumn. The Prince states that although
the Emperor is convalescent, it is desirable to
spare him all excitement.
Prince Bismarck was received at Kissengen,
yesterday, by an enormous crowd of people, who
greeted him with enthusiastic acclamations.
The Prince gave a dinner, last evening" to cele-
brate the fiftieth anniversary Of his entrance
into the service of the state