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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-05-08
Commentator on the Wing.

To the Editor OF the Indianapolis JournS.:
don't know when have been more gratifed
than I was to-day in unfolding the ''Naplis
Journ1.all about the strike, to findIt editorial
columns devoted to the same theme of loyalty
that characterized it in the dark, stormy days Of
twenty odd years ago, when patriotic hearts
grew sick at the perfdy of SO many claiming
to be American citizens. Many a heart was
cheered then by the words of righteousness pro-
claimed in favor of all that was dear to a free
born son Of liberty-God, home, country: and
no less true are the sentiments of to-days issue,
when stout hearts quail at the lawIessness of
yesterday and me day before. work of the
same Class of men. The only thing to do
now. as then, is to assert the majesty of law and
justice applied to ALL Down with everything
that strikes at American liberty whether
marshaied under the stars and bars the red flag
of anarchy or the perhdious teaching of the
hordes who glory in sentiments anti-Christ AS
/ eagerly drank in the sentiments, while whirl-
ing along in lightning express in my present
avocation of Commercial Comet and listened
between paragraphs to the din of voices rising
above the clatter of belated limited train, /
could but contrast the present occasion with
former years, when Americans were aroused, I"
and can only express the idea that suggests
itself. That no difference what your surround
ings are-how much the noise or how deathly
Still--you can feel 1t In the air; and something
is going to be done; and to all that cannot feel
that it's America first, last and forever, you had
better stand from under am so glad that the
sentiment of the ''old Journal" which, to the
loyal heart in days gone by was a "pillar of
cloud by day, and pillar of fire by night
shines forth rs clear to-day for Righteousness
as ever, and is not only rs ready to denounce
treason, communism. demagogy, and all rot
but she is more able than ever to pour hot shot
into the ranks of ali corruptionists of whatever
ilk. because of her having grown strong In the
use of the weapons for such warfare; and while
l said LAY on McDuff.r could not help giving
expression to this remark to the satisfaction of
some of your admirers, at least, that if the reig
ion inculcated and the teaching of the Journal
was moro nearly lived up to, we would have less
pools whether they be of Jay Goulds, South
ern "Damphoos.' demagogues tools or city
misrules than heretofore has disgraced q really
good people. Spare not, journal but let US
have more condemnation of evil than ever.
LoGANsPoRT. May 6. G. A. r.
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LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE.
Badly Out of Temper,


To the Editor of the indianapolis Journai:
see in your paper of May an article from
this city concerning me, in which your CORE
spondent says that met the Democratic COM
mittee on Monday preceding the election and
asked to be replaced on their ticket as q eandi-
date for Mayor.
Now. / say emphatcally that did not meet
with the committee at any time after my name
was withdrawn as an independent candidate, nor
did / meet any member of the committee and
ask that my name be placed on the ticket And
when your correspondent or any one else says l
did he tells willsul lie And when your CORE
spondent says that / promised the Democrats
the votes of the Knights of Labor he tells an
other falsehood.
The article was sent your paper for the pur-
pose of injuring me on account of personal dis
like. Believing that you do not want to lend
your paper to designing persons to vent personal
spite send you this card
THOMAS L. STILwELL.
CRAwFoRDsvILLE May z
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Labor Notes.

The Pittsburg bakers went on strike last night
at midnight for twelve hours day and all day
light work.
At o mass meeting of miners of the Kanawha
district. held at Coal Valley. on Thursday night.
1t was decided that the miners would return to
work at the old price, two cents per bushel. 1t
is said that the miners in the New river district
will also return to work at the old rates.
The Imperial Coal Company's miners at I'm
fperial, Pa, struck yesterday for an increase of
five cents per ton for mining. An extensive
strike of miners is also in progress along the
Allegheny river, and not more than dozen dig
gers are at work. The men struck against re-
duction.
The brakemens strike ended along the line of
the Union Pacific yesterday. The last obsDruc
tons at Laramie and Rawlins have been re-
moved. Most of the men have been re-employed
by the general superintendent. All people ex-
press great satisfaction at the ending Of the
blockade.
Three hundred builders and laborers in the
employ of Merz & Sons, at Rochester, N. Y,
have struck work for nine hours work per day,
except Saturday. when they demand eight hours.
The firm will stop work rather than accede to
the demand Mr. Merz made an effort to ascer-
tain whether any of his belonged to the
knights of Labor, but was unsuccessful. 1t is
his intention not to re-employ any one be-
longing to that organization.
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THE COMING EASTERN WAR.
Ministers of the Powers Leave Athens,
and Troops at Once Sent Forward.
The Greeks Enthusiastic Over the Prospect
of Struggle with the Tnrks-Mr. Cham
berlain Discusses the HOme-RuIe Bill.
WAR PREPARATIONS.

Great Activity Among the Greeks-The Pop
uiace Enthusiastic Over the War Prospect
ATHENS. May THE government has sent a
gunboat to Constantinople to take away from the
Turkish capital M. Conduriott, the Greek minis
ter.
Greek troops are being hurried to the front
with all possible speed
All the foreign ministers have embarked on
vessels of their respective nations to depart from
Greece. The powers have given orders to the
fleets to blockade the Greek ports.
The soldiers at the garrison here received with
cheers the orders to march to the frontier.
Tewfik Bey, the Turkish minister. when he
departed hence to-day, took with him all the
members of the staff of the Turkish legation, and
caused all of his and their personal effects to be
removed. The secretaries of the other foreign
legations will remain in en unofficial capacity,
for time at least. The Russian minister did
not leave when the other ministers departed,
not having been instructed to do so.
The Peleponnesian army has been ordered to
Thessaly. The movements of the Turkish army
threaten to make Thessaly the scene of the first
warlike operations. The indications now point
to Turkish advance by way of Larissa. The
Greek reserves at Volo aid Valestino have been
pushed to the front The regiment designated
the Kings escort is ready to start for the front
The government has announced its intention OF
defending Greek territory against any and all
advances by foreign soldiers
EvENING.-Two battalions of the Athens gar
rison have already started for the frontier The
soldiers went out with great enthusiasm They
will embark at Laurium, in order to avoid the
blockaders stationed to cover the other water
routes. The populacs are enthusiastic over the
prospect of war with Turkey. Soldiers are
paradng the streets, singing patriotic songs.
They are everywhere cheered and are at present
the most popular persons in the city. A large
number of soldiers remain here. The foreign
squadron has returned to Suda bay. The Greek
feet has left Salamis, and. it is believed, has
gone to Poros. 1t is not believed here that Rus
STA will take any share with the other powers in
the Interior work of coercion against Greece
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Ten years later three-fourths of the town site
get rid of most of the lots by putting minimum
price of $40 upon them, and when the sales were
closed, in 1912. it was found that the whole oil
Indianapolis had brought but 1926, 900. sim
gle block on the principal street Of the city
would now bring more than the sum for which
the whole city was sold. Indianapolis has claims
to be considered one of the greatest railway
centers in the world. Fourteen treally sixteen)
railways center here, and about 100 passenger
trains pass in and out of the city every day."
In his chapter on sPauperism and Crime he
takes very optimistic view, and sees in this
country rapid progress toward the suppression
of all crime This will be attained by better
legislation on the subject, which viii embrace
milder and more rational modes of punishment
and better methods of reforming the vicious, in
stead of severer ways of dealing with them.
After reciting the inhuman methods employed
after the revolution, when prisoners were con-
fined in underground dungeons and subjected
to the most brutal tortures, he says
s'Tnese were the good old times we often hear
of but never read about. The barbarity OF the
punishments which characterized tho period i'm
tueulduetv SUCCSeulilE tno IlcfolubtOA 40" ooOL
much mitigated before 1880 and the substitution
of milder punishments has since gone on with
the amelioration of the criminals life IN prison.
Surer convictions and lighter sentences mark the
progress of penal reform In century or two
the most potent deterrent to crime will probably
be the simple notice in the press that sin the
city court yesterday the conduct of so-and-so
was disapproved by the jury" A thoroughbred
needs neither whip nor spur. An educated man,
born of educated parents, is the human thorough
bred"
This is remarkably rosy view to take OF the
future of the human race 1t may or it may not
be realized. The same hopeful spirit is appar-
emit throughout the book. and it is pleasant to
read such wholesome opinions. Mr.. Carnegie
considers all the questions that engage the pub
lie attention. and finds encouragement every
where, and pictures life in this blessed land of
ours so desirable that no man can read it with
out being made the better and more patriotic
He presents many invaluable figures from
trustworthy sources to strengthen what he says,
and these give additional value to the work. 1t
is published by Charles Scrioner's sons. and IS
sold by the Bowen Merrill Company, Indianap-
oils. Price, g.
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were not granted an increase at the time the
wages of the crews the other runs were ad
vanced. This morning committee of engineers
called upon Superintendent Johnston and mott
fed him that there would be no strike, as the
pay satisfactory.
Work was suspended in nearly every depart
ment of Byers' rolling mill to-day. about 500 of
the employees having struck for an advance of
from 10 20 Is per cent settlement is expected
to morrow.
Considerable excitement was occasioned in
the lower wards of Allegheny and some parts
OF this city to-day by the distribution of An
archistc circulars in large numbers The circu-
lars were printed in German and English and
urged the workingmen to revenge the killing of
McCormicks men, and to burn, pillage and de-
ssroy, and to eat, drink and be merry. The
circulars were distributed so cleverly that no
suspicion of their character was entertained
until thousands of copies had been given out
In this city there are seven groups of Anarch-
ists, with total membership of not more than
l50
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into German by Prof. A. Hensel. of Konigsberg.
Prussia
Ouida has written new story of English so.
ciety, entitled "A House Party
Prof. Max Muller has accepted the presidents
ship or the English Goethe Society which now
numbers over 100 members.
A "vest-pocket edition" of Don't has been
published by Messrs. ID. Appleton e. Co The
book has already reached circulation of 144. 600
copies.
The title of FL G. Burners novel has been
again changed from "The End of the Storyn to
''The Midge.o 1t will be published early in the
present month.
Miss Broughton's new novel. Peggy and
Prue" will not appear until fall. The title SO.
lected by the author has been changed at the
request of the publisher, to Doctor Cunid."
Mr. Frederic Garlanda, young Italian
eacher in New York. who recently published
book on THE Philosophy of Words, has re-
ceived letter from Prof. Max Muller in which
the eminent philoogist says that he has recon-
mended the book IN question to the students az
Oxford
Mr.. James r. Osgood sailed for England on
Wednesday last to take the late Mr.. Sampson
Lows position as London representative of Har-
per & Bros.--a position held by Mr.. Low for
nearly forty years. better choice Of a success.
sor to the well-known English publisher could
not have been made.
During the present month deSSrS Scrioner
will Issue the first two volumes of the new and
uniform edition of the works of Mrs. Frances
Hodgson Burnett, the firm having now become
the publishers of all of Mrs. Burnett's novels
"A Fair Barbarian" and ''That Lass o. Lowrie's,"
the authors most graceful and most powerful
novels will open the new series.
"Girls who Became Famous" by Sarah X.
Bolton. companion book to Poor Boys who
Became Famous" will be issued by T. Y. Crow
ell s. Co. in early fall. 1t will contain twenty
sketches of leading women of America and Eu-
rope, such Jean Ingelow. Lady Brassey, Bar.
oness BurdettC outts, George Eliot Miss AL.
cott Margaret Fuller and others
Extensive preparations being made for
the ceremonies at Grants tomb. in Riverside
Park on Decoration Day. General Logan will
be the orator of the day, the Rev. DIR. Storrs of
Brooklyn, will deliver the prayer, and Mr.. Paul
II. Hayne mas been requested by the memorial
committee to compose a poem to the memory Of
General Grant to be read on this occasion.
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WASHINGTON, Pa, May z.--At 1890 this
forming the tanks of Thayer No. were set on
ire by an incendiary, and are now burning
The fire spread to the derrick of Gordon No /,
a few rods distant which was burned to the
ground Workmen saw the man running from
the tanks
MONTAGUE, Mich, May AT 3 o'clock this
morning the wooden butter-plate factory of C.
H. Cook and G. L. Cling & Co. burned causing
loss of $l2 000 insurance. &c. 100. Thirty
men are thrown ont of employment.
RossvILhE ILL.,, May -Four business houses
and one dwelling were destroyed by fire last
night. Loss, $50, 900; insured for $40, 600.
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The Socialistic Labor Party


To the Editor of She napolis Journal:
/ noticed in your valuable paper this morning
a translation of an article from the German
Telegraph. / had not noticed it in the Telegraph,
because l do not keep it, and as it is nowhere to
be found except in saloons, which do not fire.
auent very much, / had no occasion to notice it.
The Telegraph Is papersfull of malice and
spite, and given to abuse and Islander. 1t knows
that Spies never spoke in this city at all; that
Most came here some time ago under the aus
pces of small insignificant group of Anarch-
lists, the members of which have, a few years
ago, been expelled from the Socialist, section
on account of their Anarchstcal traits. and
that Grottkan had been invited by the lnterna-
tlonal Furniture Workers Union His meeting
was advertised in the Labor Signal The Central
Labor Union tried to make it a success, the en-
poyes of the Telegraph came to the meeting
with their wives and friends to fill the hall. it
advertised that MIR. VIM. p. Smith would
speak in English, which drew a number of
Knights of Labor there. When the so-called
successful boycott against your paper was men
toned by the latter speaker the printers, OF the
Telegraph clapped hands and yelled and vet
that paper has the audacity to attack the Social
lists because they invited Grottkan to speak to
them the day following.
The Telegraph knows that the feeling between
Socialists and Anarchists is of bitter enmity
and hatred, because the latter bring the word
Socialist into dlsrepute it knows that all the
Socialists in this city are men of education re-
fined and peaceable gentlemen and citizens,
whose meetings and entertainments are fire.
quented by our best German citizens business
men and workingmen; but because we refuse to
follow the trumpet Of the brewers organ, and
because we and the German workingFhen gener-
ally refuse to support that paper, it splits its
venom upon us. KARL HAUPT,
Secretary of the indianapolis Section of the
Socialistic Labor Party.
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Eminence lky.) C0nstftutiOnalist.
The fanatics whocalled the meeting at Alba
ny, N. Y, to denounce the utterances of Jeffer-
son Davis at Montgomery, Ala, said that the
object of the call to denounce the ''resurrec-
ton of Davis from the oblivion to which a loyal
and patriotic people had consigned him." as il q
few fanatical fools could consign q name like
that of jeff Davis to oblivion. His name will be
the NORTH when the two hundred who met to de-
nounce him have rotted in their graves and have
been SO far forgotten that no tinge of memory OF
their names or deeds shall remain to stain the
page Of history. They might as well attempt to
the name of Jefferson Davis to Oblivion. His
name belongs to history and cannot be obliter-
ated,
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Failures for the Week.

NEW YORK, May THE business failures &C.
curing throughout the country during the last
seven days, as reported to r. G. Dun 81 Co.,
number, for the United States, 167, and for Can
ada, 25 or a total of 1872, as compared with a
total of 207 last week, and 1914 the week previous
to the last. Business casualties this week APP
pear to be about up to the average in all sections
of the country. In New York city they are very
hight.
CINoINNATI, May The Pioneer Cooperage
Company assigned to-day to John Bontel John
w. Richards, president and principal stockholder,
also assigned. The total liabilities are estimated
to be $50, 900; assets, SIS. 900.
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informal Court Proceedinrs.

NEW ORLEANS, May IA special from Can
ton, Miss, says Last night a negro entered
the house of w. N. Bledsoe and attempted a
ter. He was identified as one Chambers, and
was arrested and locked up A meeting was
called at the courthouse to determine what
should be done with Chambers if he was found
guilty. motion was made that the chairman
appoint jury of twelve leading citizens to ex-
anime the negro This was approved, and the
jury appointed. They examined the negro and
found him guilty. Chambers was taken from
Jail to-day by number of citizens and hanged "
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Cahla Nofea

Henri Rochefort, editor of L. Intransigeant,
and NJ Portalise fought duel with pistols yes
terday. Four shots we've fred by each contest
ant, none of which did any harm.
During the past twenty-four hours twelve new
cases of cholera and four deaths have been re-
ported at Venice. five cases and two deaths at
Vicienes and six cases and six deaths at Bari.
Fanny Lear, celebrated demi-monde, has
died at Nice. She was an American by birth,
and was expelled from France. some time ago.
for publishing an offensive work entitled ''Ro-
man dune Americana en- Erussie.'
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How Cleveland stands In Buffalo.

New York Commercial Advertiser.
Charles A. Could ex-collector of customs 40
Buffalo. and an active Republican politician ia
at the St. James Hotel He said this morning
that the anti-Cleveland feeling among Buffalo
Democrats was becoming very strong The Buff
falo Commercial had ceased it's attacks upon the
President, bat tho Express had taken up the
fight "When Mr. Cleveland is praised in Re-
publican paper" said Mr.. Gould, lit is done
crats 'l1 ybp now VI +h ps;S sao
more severely than his political opponents do.
or care to do"
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Two Hundred Men Walk Out of Heiiman's
Evansville Machine Works.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal
EVANSVILLE, Ind, May Another strike oc-
Cured here this morning. at the Heilman ma
chine works. the largest institution of the kind
in the city. Nearly two hundred men walked
out Since the 1st of May all but five or six of
the men have been working eight hours per day.
In the meantime the whistle has been BLOWN e
at o'clock in the morning and in the evening
and this morning the workmen demanded that
the whistle be blown at the eighthou time
The demand was ignored, and the result was the
the walk-out.
The saw-mill strike OF yesterday was settled
late this evening by arbitration. the men to work
ten hours at the rates paid before May l. Eleven
hours were worked before
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They VIII in the South.

Chicago News.
The rebel talk which Mr.. Jefferson Davis is
giving vent to, and which is being so enthusi-
astically cheered down South, Will make very in
teresting reading during the campaign Of 1888.
We fear however. that the Democratic literary
bureaus will not attempt to preserve these elo-
quent and effective utterances. Yet why should
not the same means that fires the Southern De-
mocracy in 1886 be employed to fire the North
ern Democracy in 1882
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Murdered by Her step-paurhter.

LouIsyILLE, May "A Courier Journal
special says: Miss Wilkerson. young woman
living near Fulton, KY, walked up behind her
step mother who was washing at tub and struck
her on the head. She continued TO strike the
fallen woman until she was dead, and then
hacked her head TO pieces. Family disagree
inents is supposed to be the cause. The girl es.
itizensn
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Two Persons Drowned.

DUBUQUE, May IL Harry McFadden, buyer
of the Chicago, Burlington & Northern, and
Miss Axle Taylor, both of Savannah. ILL.,, while
taking a pleasure ride, last evening, from
Savannah to Bellevue. got the buggy
entangled in the brush close to the river bank,
and were tipped over, horse. buggy and both oc-
cnpants being thrown into the river All were
drowned. The bodies Of the couple were found
this AYAninD
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Republicans and Temperance Legislation.

Philadelphia Press.
The Republican party is not prohibition
party because it does not believe public senti-
ment warrants it in taking that attitude.
Slavery was greater curse than drink, but had
the Republican party taken an incorporating
position for its adjustment previous to 1860 the
party could probably never have risen above q
minority, and human bondage would have been
still extending its haleful shadow over the land.
public opinion authorized, and to this end the
Republican party pledged itself. But when the
Shareholders rebellion offered the opportunity
for its abolition. Republican administration
seized it and ended human slavery forever in the
United States With the record the Republican
party has made of keeping its pledges with the
people it can be trusted to carry forward temper
ance reform and all other reforms as rapidly as
an educated public sentiment will admit
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Alleged Train-wreckers Arrested.

KANSAS Cry. May 7.-Robt. Montgomery and
W. c. Bailey formerly employed by the Missou-
ri Pacific at Greenleaf. Kan, were arrested there
this morning, charged with wrecking the Mis-
souri, Pacific freight train at Wyandotte,
which cost two lives. The prisoners were
brought TO Wyandotte this afternoon, and will
be examined Tomorrow or Monday. They claim
ability to prove their innocence, but the officers
appear certain that they have two of the wreck