The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-15
THE COMING NEWSPAPER.
What 1t Will Be If Certain Journalistic Theo-
ries Are Accepted.

Boston Yankee Blade.
Murder-We are informed credible au-
thority that murder occurred N this city last
week. Although general principles we are
opposed to personalities. we venture to give the
names OF the parties participating in the aHair.
Mr.. John Smith. it is said. fully disassocla-
ted the head of Mr. John Doe from the body with
which 1t had been previously connected, the act
resulting in an extinction of consciousness on
the part of the latter, and the almost Immediate
cessation Of animated activlty-in other WORD
Mr.. Doe expired-died, so to speak. Although
apologizing for the personality. we make pola
to say that such murder this is culpaole
and though Mr.. Doe, who committed the deco;
possesses many worthy traits of head ana
heart we are yet constrained to say that TINS
SPECIFIC act of his is-with proper reservatlons
for aggravating circumstaDces-a reprehensiVe,
and, to a certain degree, unjustifabe one
Ii this language seems harsh or unfeeilne we
shall be glad TO apologize for it neXt ISSUE
Fire-The residence of Mr. James H Peters,
of Staten island, was burned to the ground last
night. and Mr. Peters and his wife, with their
four children. lost their iden tity in the con-
faeration; and. i'll short their separate indlv1d.
ualities were annihilated by chemical activity or
the combustion. They were, to a vulgar
phrase, burned up." and trace of them as
distinctive personalities has yet been discovered
1t is said that the confagration was started py
Mr.. Elihu j. Jones, because Mr.. Peters refused
him Zones the loan of his tPeterss) hatchet
We do not wish to speak with undue severity III
she matter, but we do venture to say that TINS
act of Mr.. Jones if it does not merit the severe
terms of mlSdemeanor, yet was certainly an IN
discretion. young man ike Mr.. Jones
should beware of beginning life with such esca-
pades. comparatively innocent aud harmless
though they may seem 1t is these little things
which gradually lead on and on until the hard
ened criminal will at last not scruple to contra
dict an editor. or even speak disrespectfully OF
alderman.
Accldent-A train of precipitated
yesterday tron1 the elevated track On
n1ndrs 4 aud-twenty fifth street. We are IN
formed that thirty persons persisted OI
course shall publisl details of the events,
as we opposed to all cheap and sensational
journalism But much panied to hSar
that several persons have far forgotten the
first principles of good breeding 5 to actually
manifest an interest in the affair.
Assassination-We are informed that the
President instantly killed yesterday by an
assassin. Beyond this simple announcement
we shall not further allude to the subject. But
cannot speak too severely of the extreme
volgarIty that has been manifested in many
quarters by lowtoned aud i'll bred people, who
have evinced most trivial curiosity to learn
the details of the vulgar affair
Eopement-The wife of the editor of this
paper eloped with her eoachman early last
evening. We have been much Disguised by the
vulgar curiosity of wel-meaning friends who,
strange it may seem, actually take an interest
il the event Our long journalistic experience
has taught us never to manifest an interest IN
anything