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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-05-23
THE COMING FESTIVAL.

The prospects are that the Ct. "A. R. festival
will be one of the most enjoyable occasions
indianapolis has been favored with for many
years. The presence of General Sherman and
other distinguished leaders in the late war is
of itself sufficient attraction to the old sol
diers throughout the State, who know that it
will not be many years until such reunions
are no longer possible The passing away
within few months of Grant, and Hancock,
and Mcclellan, turn the affections of the
elderly "boys in blue" more closely about
victory. To see and hear Sherman and
Logan once more will of itself more than re-
pay many visitors. When, in addition to the
pleasures Of such reunion, is added musical
programme such as has never been offered
outside of three or four larger cities, the pub
lie has every reason to anticipate a delightful
week Too much praise cannot be given to
the musicians of this city for the efforts
which they are making to render their part of
the entertainment success and those who
are acquainted with the attainments and
talent of participants, and of the high quail
ifcations of the director of the chorus and
orchestra, cannot doubt that the fondest
hopes will be realized. The American Opera
Company, which is now on tour through the
West after successful season in New York,
is acknowledged to be by far the most COM
rlete organization of the kind in the world.
Taking it altogether, the occasion is one
which no Indianian can afford to miss.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-05-23
THE PRESIDENTS BRIDE.

After all that has been said concerning the
coming nuptials of the President tneed not
be surprising if the lady in question should
turn out to be the mother of the one most
spoken of in that connection. It certainly would
be more sensible and more dignifed for the
President to marry the mother than the daugh-
ter. Miss Folsom may be very estimable
young miss, but for man more than twice
her age and occupying the exalted position OF
President of the United States it would bet
ter comport with its dignity that he should
espouse lady Of maturer years, and we think
we do him credit when we suggest that there
is mistake in the opinion that has prevailed
on this point 1t will be remembered that
Miss Folsom has paid visit to the official
residence Of the President as the guest of his
sister, ostensibly, but in truth more as his
own. This would hardly have been the case
were there any thoughts of matrimony ex-
listing between them. 1t would have been
more ''proper" for the young lady to have
gone there were it that her mother were the
lady that has since been mentioned as the
prospective bride of the President; but for the
miss herself to appear there and to come away
with the heart of her entertainer is hardly to
be thought of without reflection on the del
icacy and propriety of the parties most init
mately concerned. Tt has been made APP
parent by the letters that have been made
public from the hand of Miss Folsom that
she is still gushing and blithesome maiden,
With much yet to learn of self control before
she could be fitted to be the wife of man of
fifty, to say nothing of being the wife of q
President. The surprise in store for the Cos
sips will be that the President will exhibit his
good sense by making Mrs. Folsom his-wife
and the mistress of the White House.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-05-23
AN EARLY HARVEST.

It was not difficult to foresee that the raid
upon business which was recently made
would seriously damage it in many respects
The prospect for building was never better on
the LIST of April than this year. The archi-
tects were full of orders for plans and specif-
cations, mostly for houses of medium size
Among these were the designs for two
houses Of about ten rooms each to be built
by man of some capital for renting. The
architect had completed the drawings and
estimates, and the capitalist had cal
culated that at those figures and the
probable receipts for rent he could
afford to proceed, and accordingly advertised
for bids. When the bids were opened, to the
surprise of the architect and the capitalist,
every one was from 20 to IS per cent greater
than the original estimate. In explanation,
the contractors said that the price of labor
had advanced, and its present conditions were
uncertain. The bids were all rejected, and
the houses will not be erected unless they can
be built by parties not afraid to take the con-
tract at about the architects estimate. One
fact was significant: In the estimate for
brick-work every contractor that employs
union men put in for about $500, while the
contractors that are not under the manage
ment of the Bricklayers' Union all were in the
neighborhood Of $780, This is an early har-
vest of the seed sown by the strikes Very
few are compelled to build, and very few can
afford to build at present prices of labor and
the present rates of rent.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-05-23

made. and the fourth the Pratorium Accord
ing to the report of an eyewitness in the Paris
Temps, the representation after this fourth tab
leau was realistic in the extreme Christ. after
the scourging, was brought crowned with thorns
before PLATE. and in the three concluding tab
leaux appeared carrying his cross, falling be-
meath its weight, and finally cruciied upon it
This last scene is described as being rendered in
a manner calculated to give the spectators the
Illusion of a real execution. the player remaining
on the cross for a full half hour. The play is
said to have been listened to with profound rev.
erence and no expression of disapprova was in
dulged in, although some of the actors were far
from satisfactory
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-05-23
LIFE INSURANCE.

The States having special insurance de-
partments annually publish reports showing
in minute detail the standing of the compa-
MES and the amount of business done. Few
persons not connected with the business know
the extent of it and the security Of the COM
panies. Beside the regular life insurance
companies there are number of assessment
companies-thatis, companies where the sums
paid are collected as needed. And besides
these are the great secret societies which give
insurance AS these societies do not make
reports to all the States, the extent of their
business is not known. 1t clearly appears
that this is an insuring people, and every year
more and more insurance is taken. The
American life companies are the largest in
the world. One company, whose monthly
slip of death losses paid lies before u.s. shows
that it issues policies practically all over the
world. This one company paid in the month
of April the sum of 1892, $40 death losses. 1t
had received on the policies represented the
sum Of $li1, 500. The payments cover ma
iority of the States of the Union and ma
iority of the civilized countries of the world.
The future of life insurance in this country
is beyond estimate. AS the business is better
understood, and the feeling of confidence in
the companies is deepened, the more general
will the practice Of insuring become. 1t is a
fact now that majority of business mon are
insured. 1t is found that the small sum nee
essary to pay for life insurance caa as readily
be provided as can the premium for fire insur
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-05-23
0IERIES AND ANSWSER.

Al proper questions of general interest viii De al.
mitted to this column. and answered II possioe; III
the answers cannot be given the questions will Do
printed to invite replies from the outside. me col
is for the mutual pleasure and proht OF our
readers
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-05-23

1T is almost forgotten that Anna Dickinson
was once on the stage. George G. Min is the
only remaining example of that class of actresses.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-05-23

There can be no doubt, however, that his
Majesty will be heard from before he has
completed the series.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-05-23

PATTI and Nicolini are to be married in Wales
on the 10th of June-the very same day that
Barnum comes to indianapolis. Two circuses
on one day is glory enough for anybody.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-05-23

A cAT's-EYE, valued at $4,000, is on exhibi
10000 cats in this country for very much less
than that sum. eyes and all, and no questions
asked.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-05-23

IT is said of murderer who was hanged last
week that s'he died easy" A man ought to die
easy when he has all the arrangements made
by the sheriff. There was absolutely nothing
to do but to die easy.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-05-23

CYRUS CLONE is natural Anarchist. Made
up wholly of wind and setting aside the laws of
nature he destroys what he can never restore
ALDERMAN JAEHNE was set to starching shirts
when he reached Sing Sing. 1t is apparent that
he intends to keep up a smooth front.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-05-23
TWELVE PAGES.

The Sunday Journal has the largest and
Lest circulation of any Sunday paper in In
diana. Price five cents.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-05-23

severity of such an arraignment Of preacher.
But Rev Heinle made mistake in bringing suit
for SANDER. He should have had him indicted
for murder in the first degree.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-05-23

THERE was sensational expose suppr essed in
Boston this last week in the divorce case of Rob
ert B. Bingham, against his wife. whom he mar
ried in 1870, at the muzzle of revolver The
divorce is granted on the ground of the woman's
infidelity. the name of the correspondent hav-
ing been kept secret, though it is known that
he is a well-known New York millionaire. This
compelling mar to marry the woman he is sup
posed to have wronged does not change the char
acter of the woman. nor does it help her honor
particle.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-05-23

THE Rev. Frederick G. NJ. Heinle of Flatbush.
N. Y, is suing Frederick Obergluck for 5000
damages. the charge being SANDER. the said
Obergluck having said to the reverend gentle
man: "Du bist Elm elender Dieb Schwindler,
Ehrbrecher und Mordbrenuer.n Well, of course,
no man could stand that to say nothing of the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-05-23

THE Louisville lady who left home because her
mother would not let her be baptized has been
found, but stubbornfy refuses to give up. That's
right A young lady who wouldn't prefer to be
baptized to obeying her mother is not the kind
that gets to heaven.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-05-23

DOMESTIC economy is carried on to an alb
surd degree in some localities. and nowhere
more than in Huron. D. T., where, on Sunday
last man named Archie Reid committed sui-
eide with pistol that he had bought for that
purpose in one of the stores of the place. The
wound not proving Immediately fatal he
walked back to the store and said he thought he
would not take it, as it did not suit. He was
paid back the purchase price, and went home to
die. 1t is just such undue advantages taken of
trade that makes it Improbable and causes so
many bankruptcies.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-05-23

THERE is every indication that there will yet
be war between this country and Great Britain
over the question of the rights of Maine fisher
men in Canadian waters. The latest outrage
upon these honest men is caused by the refusal
of the authorities of Digby, N. S., to sell fish to
our men. This simply means that the fishery is
destroyed, so far as American men are con-
cerned. Whom fisherman can't buy fish when
he goes on an excursion of that Kind, what is he
to tell his wife and neighbors when he gets
back?
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-05-23

GEORGE D. MINToN, the coachman who ran
off with and married Miss Morse, the daughter
of his employer, has set up housekeeping in two
rooms over jewelry store. 1t is said that there
is no water on the floor, and that the young lady
will greatly miss it, as she has been accustomed
to home of luxury. If water is the only thing
that she will miss in the long days that follow
the alleged honeymoon, she may consider her
self quite lucky. She can live on wine. 1t was
French queen who. when it was announced
TO her that the canalle rioting for bread, art
lessly asked why they did not eat cake.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-05-23

AN Ohio veteran aged seventy-six, comes to
the front with an II told you so,' and claims
that ne predicted the cyclone of May II two
weeks before it came. and that too, to the very
day. He is not content with his accidental
success weather prophet, and declares that
there will be similar storms on the 18th and
14th of June, on which days he recommends
that the people prepare to crawl under the barn.
1t is pretty safe to arrange for picnic on those
dayS.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-05-23

AT performance of an "Uncle Tom troupe at
a village in Ohio. the other night fire broke
out on the stage, and there came near being fatal
results 1t is marvel that disastrous fires do
not break out oftener on the occasion of the
presentation of this narrowing play.
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-03-27
WON'T GO TO NEVADA.

The Virginia New Chronicle takes nc
stock in the very thin story recently tele
graphed all over the country to the effect
that the Mormons contemplated movine
over the line from Utah into Nevada in
such numbers as to enable them to cap.
ture the political control of that common.
wealth, and then, from behind State lines,
show their contempt for the General Gov
ernment in openly continuing the unlaw-
ful practices which have characterized
their conduct in this and other Territories.
The Chronicle says "the Mormons will
not move into Nevada en- masse. Be-
sides, they have too much at stake in
Utah. The fight will be finished there.
Sooner or later the Saints will have a
revelation against theocracy and polyga-
my, and then the end will come.'
The Chronicle is correct. The Saints
have altogether too much at stake to
make it possible for them to seriously
contemplate any such move, and the
fight between them and the General Gov
ernment will undoubtedly be fought to a
finish right here in Utah. If an exodus
has been or is contemplated at all, it will
be of the polygamous element only, and
the new Zion will not be located in
United States territory. There is no
ground for fear that the Mormons have
their eye upon the State of Nevada, for
they must know that, even were they en-
trenched behind the lines of State un-
der their political control, they would
never be permitted to continue in those
practices which are abhorred of all civil
lied nations, and the indulgence in which
has brought upon them so much trouble
in this and other Territories.
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-03-27
Sarah Bernhardt,s Latest Failure.

Paris letter to London World: There
is nothing more disagreeable than to be
obliged to speak evil of efforts which one's
sympathies would prefer to admire. Such
has been our case with regard to the re-
| cent creations of Sarah Bernhardt. Her
Lady Macbeth did not increase her glory /;
her Marion Delorme was failure, and
now her Ophelia has proved to be a very
third-rate performance. Sarah Bern
hardt conceives Ophelia as dreamy,
Ophelia of Shakespeare is maiden
whose pure and noble instincts are
simply instincts; her character is
uniformed; her character, as a
French critic has observed justly, is to
have no character. Sarah Bernhardt,
on the contrary, gives us an Ophelia
whose voice, whose smile, whose every
attitude is simply the voice, smile and at
itude of the Sarah of late years-the
Sarah of the monotonous golden voice
now, alas! sadly worn-and of the SER
pentine and little caress, the Sarah of
Theodore, in short. This mannerism of
voice and gesture, the artifce of the
smile, the conscious play of soft coquettish
glances, the slow and feline turning of
the head-all these elaborate means
are shocking in the rendering
of the parsonage of Ophelia-
"la candice Ophelie," as two i'm
prudent young poets dare to call her.
The physical appearance of Sarah Bern
hardt is also unsuited to the role. Her
withered and lean arms, her face with its
strongly-developed anatomy, and her
neck, which has no longer the round deli
cacy of virginia. youth, destroy all illusion.
Her makeup, too, was most unartistic.
Her long, blonde wig resembled the
cheap accessory Of a travelling waxwork
show, and her face was redeemed with no
more delicacy than barber's figure in
Clerkenwell hairdressing saloon
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-03-27
WHAT WILL BE DONE?

If the Republican majority in the Sen
ate conclude to carry out their obstruction
policy to the bitter end, as indicated by
the latest dispatches, they will adjourn
without confirming very large number
OF appointments which have been sent in
by the President. There is little lik eli
hood that the President will concede to
the Senate one inch of ground in the DO
sition he has taken; he is not that kind
of President. Believing himself in the
right and the Senate in the wrong, he
will rosin his hands anew and take still
firmer grip on the tail of his Constitu-
tional prerogatives, and from what the
country already knows of him, there is
every reason to believe that he will hold
on to his privileges until sheol freezes
over, or until his term of office shall ex-
pire.
An interesting phase of this contro-
versy is the position in which numerous
otfice-holders are left-nominated by the
President yet unconfrmed and with no
prospect of confirmation by the Senate,
but who have assumed the duties of the
Offices to which they have been nomi-
mated. At the adjournment of the pres
ent session of the Senate, the commits
sions of all such unconfirmed officials will
expire, and if the President desires
to keep them in office, it will
be necessary for him to recon-
mission them. 1t may be that
the Executive can scircumwent" the OBJ
structionists by continuing to commission
his men anew at the expiration of each
session OF the Senate, and thus keep up
running fight in which he must in the
end come out victorious.
The fight is a very pretty one, as it
stands, and the next move of the princi-
pals will be awaited with much interest.
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-03-27

concerned, he would be welcome to sparl
half-a-dozen red-headed widows, if ht
would only leave off lally-gagging long
enough to attend to the duties of his of
flee. And there is no denying the force
of that argument.
In this connection, we note that an
effort is to be made to turn Mr.. Jones's
muchly-fxed attention from the pinnacle
of ALFRED love, down to the very earthly
proposition of stopping his pay for not at
tending to his Senatorial duties. If, how.
ever, it be true that the Senator is "gone"
on his red-headed divinity to the ex-
tent that some people say he is,
his pay might be stopped and be hanged
to it, and he would be no true American
if he didn't hang on to the widow all the
more But it is asserted, again, that it
is too late to raise the pay question now,
since Jones has drawn his salary
all along with great regularity. If
that be SO, and considering the likeli-
hood of his having spent con-
siderable portion of it on his widow,
then that does but mark the business as
well as the love-making capabilities of
the Senator, for if he gets the million
dollars and the widow to boot, it is plain
that the money he is now expending is
only being mt out at an excellent rate of
interest.
Senator Jones is evidently no fool, even
if he is United States Senator, and that
is testified to by the million dollars
stacked up in the background Of his love
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-03-27
OUR LOCAL CANDIDATE.

If the President should conclude to ap.
point Colonel S. A. Merritt as Governor
of Utah, his action would meet with the
heartiest approval of the local Democracy,
simply because they believe that he
would be the right man in the right
place-a bona fde resident of the Terri
tory, staunch Democrat, a lawyer of
acknowledged ability, and man who,
knowing the needs of the hour, would he
found ever ready to perform his whole
duty
1t is to be regretted that the President
should hesitate to appoint local candi-
date for this Office when the choice lies
between such man as Colonel Merritt
and some nonresident who has abso-
lutely no knowledge of the anomalous po-
litical and social conditions existing in
this Territory True, few months ex-
perience in office would, perhaps, obviate
the objection which properly lies against
the appointment of a nonresident, but
how much better would it be for us all if
the Presidents choice should fall upon
one who, by long residence in the Terri
tory and experience gained from actual
observation of daily happenings in Utah.
knows the situation here like book
AS rule, the Federal officials sent to
Utah have not always been what may be
termed superior men, and in too many
instances they have been given Office
without reference to their qualifications |
for the same, but simply as reward for
services rendered in political campaigns |
back East. This is all wrong, and was
so recognized by the Democratic party |
when its representatives, in national con-
vention assembled, inserted a plank in
the party platform declaring that 'tthe
selection of Federal officers for the
Territories should be restricted to
citizens previously. resident therein"
In view of all this, how could it
be possible for President Cleveland
to better fill the gubernatorial chair of
Utah than by the appointment OF Colonel
Merritt, who, in addition to being bona
yfae resident of the Territory, possesses
all the other needed qualifications, and
would undoubtedly discharge the duties
Of the Office as becomes Democrat and
patriot, and man Of intelligence and
tact among thousand?
President Cleveland has it in his power
to give Utah the best Executive she ever
had, and we trust he will do so by nam
ing Colonel S. A. Merritt for that posi-
tion