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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-11-12

the only material change during the last year
consists IN that a new tropical forest is rapidly
sprlnglng up at many points where the
ground had been previously thoroughly
cleared OF vegetation preparatory to work.
However, 1t max be assumed, judging from the
reports of the company, that tie output Of exca-
vstlon may now reach 10 per cent of the total
cube to be removed, and in cost probably as
mucn as III per cent. of the total, while the total
cash expenditure cannot be far from $140 900 900.
1t IS admitted by all engineers who have made
careful study of the subject that the effectual
control Of the River Chagres is necessary con-
dltion OF the practicability of sea-level canal;
yet TINS work. requiring the highest engineering
Skill the expenditure of an enormous sum of
money and long time for its excavation, re-
mains an unsolved problem"
What is your opinion as to the probable COM
pletion of the canal?n
II have always been of the opinion that, while
the sea-ievel canal engineering work can
not be pronounced lmpracticable, yet the diff
cultles involved are of such magnitude and de-
mand such vast outlay of money as to make
the work commercially impracticabe."
but those objections do not obtain in lock
canal2"
mo; not to the same extent 1t should be OBJ
served, however that the only merit claimed by
the promoters of the Panama route above all
others was that, according to M. de Lessepss
views, only level canal could meet the re-
qulrements OF commerce. and it was on the
strength OF this argument that the Paris Cor
gress voted in favor of the canal NJ de Lesseps
had positively declared that he would have moth
ing TO do with lock canal, and his strong will
was the ruling spirit of the majority. 1t
is not likely, therefore. that he will
now be found disposed to admit his
error of judgment, and the consequent unneces-
sary expenditure of vast sum of money.
But however willing he may be to accept the
situation. and profit by past experience, the
change of plan would not materially alter the
present unsatisfactory state of affairs, for
the simple reason that there are also very
serious obstacles attending the construction of
lock canal at that point, the main objections
being an insufficient supply of water for the
use of the locks, and the great cost of the
work"
DO you think that it would be better to
abandon that route and start new canal at
some other pontP'
by all means No engineer can examine the
physical condition of the several routes proposed
without arriving at the conclusion that Nicara-
qua is by far the best, safest and most econom-
ieal route for a canal, and there, in my opinion,
is where the nteroceanic communication should
and will be established A magnificent canal
can be constructed at Nicaragua in less time and
at probably one-third the cost Irrespective of
what has already been spent) of a poor lock ca
nal at Panama"
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BUTTER, CHEESE AND EGGS.
Large Attendance at the Chicago Convention
Butter Statistics of the Past Year.

CHICAGO. Nov. 11.-There was very large at
tendance at the dairy associations convention,
at Battery D, this morning, when President
Winsor took the chair. The president made a
short speech coneratuiating the dairymen on
their success in securing the passage of the cleo
margarine BILL Governor Stephenson, of Idaho,
sent p letter encouraging the convention in its
work, and the secretary reported that there
were seventeen States and Territories and Can
ada represented Then the statistical reports
from the various markets were read and the
convention talked about them. The New York
city reports showed the receipt of 1854 ,020
pounds of butter during the present year, con-
siderable decrease from the amount received
last year. The value of butter, cheese and mil K
handled in New York during 1886 was $40 588,
1885, an increase OF So 100000 over 1885; $1,000 900
pounds of oleomargarine were received from
Chicago, and 5000. 600 pounds manufactured in
New York. One million two hundred and fifty
thousand pounds were received from other
sources, but of this, 100000 and over
were sent away. The reports from
butter markets showed encouraging condi-
ton of dairy affairs The California darymen,
In their report charged that the greatest trouble
in the coast States was caused by the 'cussed
eroas attacks on bogus butter and its deleterious
effects made during the session. A protest was
read from Eastern shippers censuring the care
less and slovenly manner Of handling butter by
railway employees at Chicago.
The report Of the committee on legislation
gave rise to considerable discussion resulting in
the adoption of resol utions instructing the com
mittee to exert all possible effort to further reg
uate the manufacture and sale of oleomargarine
and other substitutes for butter The commit
tee was enjoined to carefully watch national leg
islation affecting the subject Power to act on
behalf of the association was given to
the committee in any measure deemed necessa-
ry to prevent injurious changes in the present
law. subcommittee were provided, who
to do all in their power to procure such enact
ments in their respective States as will further
regulate the sale of oleomargarine.
Resolutions were passed complimentary to
Senator Miller of New York, and Congressman
Hatch, of Missouri together with vote of
Chanks to President Cleveland and others who
aided the interests of the oleomargarine bill.
The report of T. H. Real, of New York. of
money contributed and expended in the interests
of the bill, referred to the committee on
finance. The total amount was So. 1872
A paper on "The Labor Unionist and the
Farmer" written by Joseph Sampson, of Storm
Lake, Ia, was presented, and will be discussed
tomorrow Informal talk upon the methods of
manufacturing cheese closed the days proceed
ingS
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BALL BREAKS UP In A ROW.
a Drunken Negro Mounts a Table and
Shoots Recklessly Into Crowd.
A General Fight Follows, in Which Several
Persons Are More or Less Injured aud
One Is Dangerously Wounded.

IL was 1890 o'clock last night when q half
dozen negroes rushed fTantically up Washington
street in search of policeman and stated to all
they met that everybody was being shot at a
dance down at Lyra Hail The dance was given
by the United Brotherhood of Friendship,
ST. Johns Lodge, No 10, Not less
than three hundred coored men and
- women were present, representing all classes of
the race in the city. Liquors and beer flowed
freely from the bar, and by midnight the most
of those present were well under the influence
of the beverages The quarrel which resulted
in the shooting occurred in the cloak-room. 1t
seems that on last Saturday night Ed
Harvey and s. w. Brown had dispute over in
the Western part of the city, about colored girl
by the name of Julia Wills. They met in the
wine-room of the hall, last night, and renewed
the quarrel. In the room at the time were Ike
Miller, Joe Cowen, Ed Harris, Willis Stanton
and several others, all of whom took sides with
one or the other If the belligerents, and
soon general fight ensued During it's progress
Ed Harvey. who was acting in the capacity of
bartender during the evening mounted table
with drawn revolver, and ordered everybody
to clear the room. The order was not obeyed
and he began shooting promiscuousy He fired
Ave shots in ALL only two of which took effect
The third shot hit Willis Stanton in the
right groin, and the hall lodged in the
thigh bone The fourth shot glazed Browns
nose and took off a small piece of flesh from
his right cheek. By the time Harvey had
emptied his revolver there were half dozen
more guns being fourished, but no more shots
were fired. Several of the revolyers, however
were thrown, and Ike Miller received a
bad cut on the forehead from a
revolver thrown by Jim Turner VINO ran into
the room after the trouble began. By this time
the dancers upstairs began to rush down, and
the bar-room filled with fighting mob
when Sergeant Travis and Patrolmen Raftery
and Wheatly arrived Captain Campbell
and Sergeant Lowe arrived shortly after
and the hall was soon cleared. Harvey had made
bis escape with all those engaged in the trouble,
except S. W. Brown, g. w. Davis and James
Gowen, who were arrested. DR.. Watson was
present and dressed STATIONS wound The ball
was probed for and was found lodged in the bone
OF the thigh.
All the colored men engaged in the trouble are
regarded by the police as very bad characters
and the only wonder is that some one was not
killed. Ed Harvey, who did all the shooting,
came here few mouths ago from Louisville,
and has been in the employ of Harry Adams.
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A Story for Lawyers.
Chicago Journa

"a good lawyer is always alive to the most
trifliDg indication of he feelings of Judge or
jury before whom he is trying case, and to be
successful he must be ready to act instantly if
unexpected incidents arise during the progress
of trial., said a prominent railroad attorney to
the Stroller recently. But" ne went on, the
sharpest and most alert sometimes make fatal
mistakes. Some clients of mine were once the
victims of one of these errors, and it occurred
long past do not mid telling you the story.
Some thirty years ago l mad case in the Su-
preme Court OF this State that involved a
large sum of money. There were some
points in it that had never been passed upon
by that court and the decisions In other
States were conflicting. 1 wrote the brief with
great deal of care, and hoped the judges would
view the law in the light that presented it; but
| knew the case was close one and felt very
anxious for the result. AS it happened was
in the courtroom when a lot of decisions,
brought IN to be read, were laid upon the clerks
desk. These were folded after the usual man
ner of legal papere with notes on the back of
each indicating the contents As | glanced at
them l saw that the decision in my case was on
top, and a second look showed that it had been
decided against me. / was equal to the emer-
gency, and as soon as the court convened asked
for the dismissal of the case. As it was on
their docket by my appeal there could be
objection to this, and the motion was granted
| made tho best settlement of the case | could
and credited my vigilance with the difference
between the Judgment of the court below and
what we actually paid Twenty-Five years after
this L was discussing certain law point with
Judge s., and / remarked that it was sngu-
lar that no case involving this law point had ever
reached our highest State court The Supreme
Court carefully considered this question when
was on the bench, replied the Judge, and in a
case that was brought before it by you. With
hut one dissenting voice. we agreed with your
view of the law, but, for some reason that
never understood, the case was dismissed before
the decision was read l had overreached my
self The paper had seen was the opinion of
the dissenting Judge"
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family without molestation, at such work as the
union was pleased to alot to him, and at such
wages as the union saw fit to decree that he
should receive. 1t is not fancy picture. Had
the man exercised his rights citizen, and
voted openly for Roosevelt or Hewitt, he would
have been boycotted into beggary. The great
public has no idea of the scheme of espionage
that is established in these unions. George was
right when he compared their methods with
those of the French Revolution. A hundred
years ago. if Citizen Jacques spoke i'll of Citizen
Danton, or expressed his personal dislike of the
gullotine. he was likely to be denounced and de-
capitated before the week was out To-day. II
John Jones. the workingman, dares to critcise
the actions of the walking delegate who has him
in charge, or to complain of any act of tyranny
on the part of his union. he is reported and fined
expelled quite as promptly. 1t is beautiful
state of things, and speaks volumes for&he cour-
age and independence of our working classes
as they will call themselves, even in this land
where everybody works
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why wOrkingmen Voted for George.

K
1t cannot be imagined that any hard working
laborer who by industry and self-denial has laid
up few hundred dollars and bought himself q
house and lot, would really desire to vote for a
man whose one aim in life is to take that prop
erty away from him. If such man voted for
George, he voted so because he could not help it,
This talk of coercion is no mere idle generality.
When the workingman went to the polls he found
an officer of his union waiting for him. He WAS
given the George ticket, he was watched to the
door of the poliing-place, and there the George
inspector. we suppose, might have been trusted
to see that he did not change his ballot. Then,
and only then, his name was scratched off the
list, and he was allowed to go home with the as
surance that he would not be beggared, and that
he might continue 10 work for his wife and his
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People living in the vicinity of Eaton have
been terrified for some time by desperate gang
that has committed numerous and various
crimes, including theft, highway robbery and
murder Recently they employed Detective
Grady, of this city, to break up the
gang, and, after few days of
work, he obtained sufficient evidence
to warrant the arrest of Henry Wagner Will
lam Ellar and John Hobbins. On Monday
night, however, Wagner escaped from the
Muucie JAIL and the people of Eaton have since
been afraid to sleep at night They have petit
toned the Governor to investigate the circum-
stances of the escape and If the sderiff is found
at fault to remove him from Office.
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ANTI-SAL0ON REPUBLICANS.
Encouraging Reports from All Directions
Changes in the Executive Committee.

CHICAGO, Nov. 1.-THE national committee
of Anti-saloon Republicans was called to order
by Hon. Albert Griffin, of Kansas, chairman,
A statement of the work done by the execu-
tive committee since the national conference
on Sept l6 and an outline of the situation
was made by Mr. Griffin. From the East and
the West" said Mr. Griffin, "the most encour-
aging reports come. The antisaloon address,
written By Gen. A. B. Nettleton, which was pub
lished on Oct. 49, has been favoraby received
all over the country. Through the
Associated Press, journals Of all kinds,
and large circulation OF pamphlet
copies. the address has reached the mass of the
people all over the country. IL stands as the
leading temperance document of the day. In
deed 1t has been editorialy said in one of our
stalwart Republican dailes that it is the strong
est political utterance on behalf the
temperance cause which has been made in
the last twenty-five years / was agreeably
surprised at the rapidity with which the senti-
ment against the saloon is strengthening in the
East While in Massachusetts, last week. was
informed by leading Republicans that the anti
saloon element within the party had undoubt-
edly prevented Democratic victory. In New
York the leading Republican political and
journalistic factors solidly with u.s."
Professor Dodge of Kentucky, snake of the
constant growth of the Republican party in his
State, and especially of the increasing preva-
ience of temperance sentiment within the party
Hon. j, B. Conner, of Indianapolis, reported
q gratifying state Of affairs in Indiana He said
the Republican party in that State had out it's
elf on an antisaloon platform last August and
the entire State ticket and a majority of the
Legislature had been elected thereon
Mr. MetcaIf, of Ohio reported the situation
In that State as rather critical and said that uu-
less the Republican party willing to ex-
change its liquor sympathizers for men of anoth.
Or stamp he feared the result would be disas-
troue.
Mr. Estabrook. of Nebraska. and Hon. P. H.
Woodward, of Connecticut were elected mem
bers of the national committee from their re-
spectiye States.
On motion of General Nettleton. it was unani-
mously voted to remove the headquarters of the
executive committee from this city TO New York.
Some changes were made in this committee, and
the membership is now as follows:
Albert Griffin, chairman; F-O. Poppeno, sec
rotary; exPostmaster-ge T. L. James,
treasurer; Gen. Thomas w. Conway, Judge
Noah Davis, Theodore Roosevelt. j. NJ Buhdy,
OF New York: DIR. II. K. Carroll of Painfield,
~ j.: W. A. James. HIGHLAND Park ILL.,.
Hon. w W. Brown, Bradford, Pa. Hon. H. B.
Metcaf. Pawtucket r. l.; p. H Woodward
Hartford. Conn; E. II. Haskell. Boston, Mass
Gen. A. B. Nettleton, Minneapolis, Mimi, and
Chas. S. Gleed, Topeka, Kan.
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II noticed that, sire"
A New Opera.
PHILADELPHIA Record,

Philadelphia Record
Indiana" the new opera by Audran, which is
to follow The Mikado" at McCaull's, is running
to crowded houses in London. The plot deals
with the adventures of an American GIRL and
the critics pronounce the music bright catchy
and tuneful The score, book, scene, plots and
drawings for costumes of Indiana" are now in
the custom-h house at New York, and Immediately
upon their receipt the opera will be put in re-
hearsal, in the hope that it may turn out the le-
Ultimate successor of "Olivette" and LA Mas
cottan
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"What did he wantF'
"a pass TO Chicago. u
Providing for Emergencies.

Harper's Bazaar.
mo. George" she said, ''I cannot marry you
shall always esteem you as a friend, but cam
not oe your wife,
George hestated. "Clara, he said. brokenly,
twill you grant me one favor before go away
forever"
Eyes, George" she replied, kindly. What is
itQ"
please put your refusal down on paper I'll
feel safer"
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He Has shrunk Since Election.
Chicago News.

Chicago News.
For FIVE months Col. w. II. Haldeman pro-
prietor of the Louisville Courer-Journal has
cut pretty wide swath, but he will hang up his
scythe now that Col. Henry Watterson, his ed
itor, has returned from Europe. 1t is presumed
that if Watterson had staid away much longer
the city limits of Louisville would have to be en-
larged to accommodate Haldeman's phenomenal
growth
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What the President Was Driving At.

PhiIadeIphia Press.
The Presidents recent bitter remarks about
newspapers would seem to have been prompted
by the criticism upon his administration by that
able but misguided Democratic organ, the In
dianapolis Sentinel That jealous exponent of
Jeffersonian simplicity has vast capacity for
raising rows in its party household.
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The American WAY.

Pittsburg Chronicle.
The German Empress presents golden cross
to every imperial house servant who has served
forty years. In this country We do better than
that We keep superranuated servants in the
poor. house
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Atlanta CONSTITUTION.
If one defeat puts Mr.. George in such good
humor. he may be expected to be positively nj
larious after the next election. and, in fact, we
can see reason why he should not turn the
remainder of his life into a running series of al
ternate broad grins and horse laughs
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What He Was Reminded Of

Pittsburg Chronicle
"What are you doingP asked Ebenezer Jones.
as he entered Zebedee Smiths room and found
his friend throwing lot of papers into the fire.
II burning some unpaid bills replied
Smith.
20. see Do you know why they remind me
of u certain large red bird2'
mo, Why's"
Because they are flaming owes"
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A Future Bear Builins the Market.

Harper's Bazaar.
Kindly Old Lady-What's the matter, little
boyl
Little Boy (crying BITTERLY Il jes lost e. cents
Kindly Old Lady giving him a nickel )-Well,
here is five cents more for you so don't cry
How did you lose itl
Little Boy feeling betterl-l lost it pitchin'
nAnnieR
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Washington Critic.
Daniel" said the President last night, as
they sat in the smoking room OF their car, pull
ing away at couple of beanleaf cigars.
Eyes, SIRE" responded Daniel, showing the
cuspidor from under the seat with his foot.
Ibid you hear Lowelrs speech to day~
Eyes, SIRE"
"Did you get on to his racket about me, Dan
iell"
LAS to how, slre9"
"Why, Daniel in that part where he said:
1--WE have no politics here; but the soLs of
Harvard all belong to party which admires
courage, strength of purpose and fidelity to duty,
and which respects, wherever he may be found,
the justum ct tacentum propositi virum; VINO
knows how to withstand the 'civium ardor prava
jubentum'"
II noticed that, sire"
'Are you on TO it, DanielW
mo. sire, l am not"
"Neither am /, Daniel, and. as soon as l get
home I'm going to issue order that foreign
ministers, when they come back to this country,
must speak United States when addressing the
President and not crowd their foreign lingo on
him when he is not in position to defend him
self I'm Dutchman, Daniel if l know now
whether Lowell was striking at the mugwumps,
the civil service reform Republicans, or the
pure old style Democrats, and when bowed my
acknowledgements to him, just like not
was giving myself dead away. Darn this Bos
ton French, anyhow, Daniel, and the President
reapsed into silence and smoke, and Daniel sat
thoughtfully in the corner.
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Don't Kill the Birds. the Pretty Birds.

New York Mail and Express.
The girls at Packer Institute will buy no more
feathers for hat trimmings. They have organ
lied branch of the Audubon Protection Society
II this movement spreads through all the schools
for girls 1t may do more to protect the birds than
anything else that could be done.
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The Commercial Current is the name of a
neat and attractive paper of eight pages that
has been issued by the faculty Of the Bryant &
Stratton Business University. 1t will be pub
lished regularly.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-11-12
EDUCATIONAL,
CLASSICAL SCHOOL

Eleventh year. Prepares for Harvard. Yale and all
other Colleges and Scientific schools Send for cata-
logue Special instructors in Gymnastics, Voice Gull
ture end Drawing. Primary department. Careful
attention to individual pupils Il. L. SEWALII1, In
dianapolis, Ind. Separate school for girls.
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How Liberty Nav Be Lighted.

Philadelphia Inquirer
First thing those misery New Workers. know
some Philadelphia merchant will run wire over
to Bedloes Island and light up Libertys torch
as an advertisement.
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In Favor of the Theory.

Philadelphia North American.
The escape of Doodle aldermen from justice
goes to support the theory that the Lord helps
those who help themselves.
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A Gen tie Hint.

National Republican.
Abuse of Mr.. Powderly, Mr.. Jarrett and other
Knights of Labor may crafty Democratic spite,
but it will not swell the Democratic vote.