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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-11-30
GRADING BASEBALL SALARIES.

MD. Day Says Indianapolis Is Responsible for
the Scheme. and ,hat IL Is "A Good One.
NEW YORK. Nov. 29-The grading of salaries
OF the League is the allabsorhirg topic in base
ball circles a. present. In speaking about the
plan yesterday Mr.. John B. Day said that the
movement was fathered by the Indianapolis
club delegates, but he lad opposed it bitterly,
and this opposition led to considerable modifcs-
tons Gas the grading stands at present" said
Nj. Day. ST does not affect ans of the players
now under reservation. There are many play
ers in the League who are receiving far il ex-
cess OF the highest grading. $500. and these
are the men who will be exempt from the rule.
They will, OF course. bs classed the same "a the
other players. but 10 will not affect them if the
club officials see fit TO continue their previous
salaries
Mr. Day is Of the opinion that the rule is a
good one. and that time will PROVE il SO. When
shown Keefe's strong points he said: 'You see
the players. Ike the public in general. DO not
quite understand the object OF the League in
taking this STEP"
will it affect the salaries of your ~playersl"
mot In the least. There will be q few Of my
men that will not receive the same salaries next
year that thev received last season.
In what way will the -uls have a good
I'm many ways. For instance. there are GER
tain players who, though receiving very large
salaries, are dissatisfied with their clubs and
want their releases. This new plan will serve
70 hold them in check, for If they are released
t9ey Will not be able to secure their present
hiEn salaries. but will have TO sign
az whatever figure they are classified. In
other words, IL will have a tendency 10 make
such men as Denny aud Giasscock feel more con-
tented in indianapolis il they know that they
Will have TO accept 3 very much smaller salary
In case they should be permitte to shift to any
other club IN the League. The rule was made 10
ROVarn inst Cnph pazaG a n call a a m 20 tro1 tha
young msn who may DO brought into the fold
from time to time in future. IL will also do
away with the heretofore heavy competing for
the services of young players. which has been
the means of running their salaries away be-
yond the limit of the highest class. There are
some young players who were in such great de-
mand a year ago, on account of the fine record
they made IN minor leagues, that they wore Sc
cured at enormous salaries before the officials of
their respective clubs had a chance TO see really
what they were doing. and in many instances it
was discovered that they could not begin 10 COM
pete with some of the old players"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-11-30

not enjoyed by any other nation. among them
being "a post of her own On the Corean coast
1t has long been known that Russia desired a
naval rendezvous on the Pacific al a lower lati-
tude than that OF Nla6ivos,osk. The first re-
port was that she had arranged for q pro-
t%ectorate OF Corea. That was manifestly alb
surd; but it has since been acknowledged that
some sort of trade COMPACT was entered into;
and since Russia, in 1884. obtained q treaty
substantially like that OF Italy in the same year,
and like those of Great Britain and Germany
the year before. which were founded on ours
OF the year before that, it may DO presumed
that this new arrange ment includes something
not previously granted. As Judge Denny has
the Offices of Director Of Foreign Affairs and
Nice-president of the Interior Department, as
well as of Kings Councillor, this treaty Is nat
ura.ly ascriped by China in great part tn his
influence. Thus the very power which China
hos most reason to dread on her northern
frontier is the one whose infusnce seems TO
have been courted at Seoul. The grievance OF
fostering Corean autonomy is greatly agra
waited by what China declares to be intriguing
with Russia,
The controversy IS embittered be the fact
that Judge Denny, who was formerly in our
consular service in China, was recommended
for bis present position by the powerful Vice
roy, Ii Hung Chang, and is even now dipio-
matically recorded as appointed from the lat
ter's service. 1t can therefore be easily
imagined that the complete reversal of what
had been hoped from his appointment may
cause indignation at Pekin. Still, even should
adviser Denny be sacrificed at the Chinese
demand, which is a point by no means settled,
it does not follow that American influence
would be destroyed. Our countrymen have
been very useful to Corea. They are found in
the customs service, in the schools, and super
intending the royal hospitals; and American
institutions are also welcomed. China would
still, probably, prefer American influence at
Seoul to Russian. British, French, or German,
il not directed politically against that Of Pekin.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-11-30
Lord Lonsdaie's Northern Travels.

Wlnnepeg special To minneapolis Journal.
Officer Cowie, of the Hudson Bay Company.
has just returned from the Otabssca region,
where he came across Lord Lonsdale. Mr..
Cowie speaks highly of Lord Londsdsle. and
says he is a man of remarkable endurance. the
Indians of the Northern regions having come to
know him as "Msn-Who-W Works" He is an ex-
cellent shot, and has numberless specimens OF
birds and beasts of that isolated country through
which he Is prospecting. onsdale is out In the
interest OF the Scottish 4,aturalist Society, OF
Edinburgh, to obtain specimens OF birds and
beasts. and to learn moro about the habits OF
animals and feathered kind inhabiting the
Northern regions.
Lonsdale is also inquir'- TO the habits and
customs of the Indians, already learned
portions of their langua. is a matter of fact,
one OF Lonsdaies prinl q. reasons for going
away from home was on account OF the uppleas-
ant manner in which his name had become ASSOC
cisted with that of a well-known actress. LOGS
dales favorite dog. which he spoke of in inter-
views in the different newspapers, is still with
him. Mr. Cowie 10 reported as saying that the
Lord is still travelling northward, anc is now
probably in the region of the Arctic seas. Only
two guides are now travelling with him. When
last heard from hs intention was 10 return
through Alaskan territory.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-11-30
Democrats and Honest Elections.

u utidutipuId OIL AInSIiCau-
The Democrat who says that the Democrats
are no match for the Republicans in msnipulat-
ing election returns either has a limited knowl-
edge Of history or is a deliberate repudistor Of
historical evidence. There is not q law framed
to defeat frauds on the ballot that does not owe
its existence TO the Republican party. No law
intended to secure to every citizen the right to
vots once and have his vote counted as cast. as
well Is to prevent any citizen from voting more
than once, or to secure an honest return Of the
vo ties as cast and counted, has failed to ind OPP
p~oeitlou from the Democratic party. 1t IL not
six weeks since the Attorney general OF the State
or New York deliberately rendered an opinion
that a man could 20 to the polls as many times
In a day as there were separate ballot boxes. and
he did this after 1t had been shown that 1t would
be difficult TO poll every vote in some districts
owing to the great number registered This was
a suggestion 70 repesters and FOUNDERS to possess
themselves Of the polling places and bar out
legal voters. or course none but q Tombs
shyster would have rendered such an opinion,
because it has not even the shadow of a legal
foundation. But it showed the animus Of the
managers in New York. The Legislature OF
that State should, if it be legal, impeach that
Attorney-genersl and send him back 20 his pet
tifoegery. That is the remedy for such NAL
feasance In Office.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-11-30
Wards Market Value.
Pittsburg Press.

1IftSDurg Press
This sale Of Mr. John NJ. Ward, the other day,
to the Washington baseball organization for
$4,000 is perhaps the highss. priced and most
unique transaction in human flesh that has been
quoted in commercial reports for some years.
Sales OF politicians and public officials have
probably been made at higher figures, but they
are invariably on private terms. The UNIQUE
feature in the purchase Of Mr.. Ward is the YER
satility OF his talents, but the small effect that
all or them have il tais price, except one. He
IL a writer Of some ability. and as a baseball
savant he has few equals; yet the literary value
or Mr.. Ward will not pay interest on his CAPT
taliZation. He is the husband of a
lovely actress; but husbands of actresses
are as q rule quoted at low figures.
The marketable qualities OF Mr.. Ward consist
In his skill in purloinipg his fugacious course
from first To third base, in snatching from the
dust the red-hot grounder, and 10 batting the
leather sphere with scientific superiority to tho
Of 'inshoots' and drop balls"
Another peculiar feature OF SIR. Ward AZ hui
share of his own value. According to the edict
game. Notwithstanding his peerless qualities,
any preacher, editor or lawyer who would not
fetch 81 200 on the block. AS Mr.. Ward, in ad-
dition 20 some tendencies In the way Of
getting up q ball players union, we could not
blame him IL he should declare q strike until
he got q liberal percentage OF that $l2, 600. II
IL is not permitted to muzzle the OK that tread
eth ont the corn. why should not the unique
sl2, 900 baseball player have a share of his own
yaluel
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-11-30
A RIDE UPON THE GOAT.
A Splash, a Gurgle, and the Candidate Was
Wet and Duly Initiated.

A Splash, a Gurgle, and the Candidate was
Wet and Duly Initiated.
Baltimore American.
Last night O reporter attended the taking OF
the first and third degrees by two new members
of a secret life insurance fraternity, composed
mainly of employees of Posner Brothers. The
heartrending ceremonies took place in the dead
of night in the Covenant Hall, corner LexinR-
ton and Howard streets. Thirty brothers"
10 black shrouds and their faces covered with
ditto masks, sat 10 a semicircle In the dimly-
lighted hall in secret session.
The first victim was then bound and gagged
and dragged before the ''altar," the Super Divine
Grand Master and the Extra Fine Lord High
Executioner asking the Members what they pro-
posed to do with the prisoner. Five shining
daegers were at once pointed at his heart.
But wiser counsel prevailed. At a signal
three loud raps, followed by a duh,
sickening. etc., thud-the entire society formed
in single file and marched about the nall. When
they were breathless the candidate was made TO
climb the 'heavenly ladder" with a bucketful
of Goals in one hand and a dozen volumes of the
Congressional Record In the other. After this
climbing of the all but golden stairs. he was
made to face a erinning skeleton and to touch
it, being informed that "this was all that was
left of a traitor 10 the society"
When they sung the doxoloey later, q red-hot
iron rod was brought on and the sufferers breast
was barred that the ''secret letters might be
branded upon it. But they didn't. At last he
was placed before tho "%altar," behind which was
a huge tank and coal bucket
"Watchman, what of the nightP was the aw-
full question.
''The night is dark and dismal
"How stands the water In the tsnkp
"Three foot, Sir"
A splash, a gurele, a struggle aud a sneeze-
and the candidate was wet and inflicted.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-11-30
A Goud Cure for insomnia.
The Critic.

The Critic.
had occasion to speak some time ago Of the
suggestion made by an Enclishman for the BEN
eft OF those who suffered from sleeplessness. 1t
was. if l remember rightly, to cultivate the
dream lobe Of the brain, and redrsam dreams
that had been dreamt before. Excellent as thin
recipe may be, Mr.. c. p. Huntington, the mill.
ionaire railroad king" has q better one. When
asked by q reporter II he had invested money in
the daily newspaper. the Star. he replied that
he had not, but that he had given money
personally 10 his friend. the late William
Dorsheimer. The ex-Lieutepant-governor
would run down to spend the night with him as
bis country place, aud on these occasions MIR.
Huntington would give him sums ranging FROM
$1,000 to 50, 000-not to purchase stock in the
Star company, but merely 10 make his friend
sleep better. Mr.. Dorsheimer would complain
Of wakeful and worried nights. and then the
millionaire would make out q cheque TO his
order, after which the harassed journalist
always slept the sleep Of a child. Now / am
quito sure that an occasional cheque for 81, 900
would have a much more soothing effect upon
my nerves tha1 developing the dream lobe to
any conceivable extent. or resting my head upon
the most aromatic ~hep-pillow that ever was
mazda
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-11-30
A PROPOSITION OF COMMON SENSE.
Rev. Sam Small Draws a Lesson from the
Figures of the Late Election.

Figures of the Late Election.
Philadelphia Press.
The Rev. Sam Small is a valiant Prohibition
list, and supported the Fisk Brooks ticket in the
last campaign, but unlike most of the third
party men he studies results and lays them be-
fore his hearers. whether palstable or not On
last Sunday, In New York city. he took occasion
to remind the Prohibitionists that they had the
balance OF power in ~ffty-two congressional dis
tricts and in several States. but by insisting
upon running independent candidates they had
left themselves without any representation
whatever. This fact is too much for MIR. Small,
and he announces Hereafter / am going TO
have something practical about my principles,
and my vote, and about what | do. The liquor
men don't care for party. They elect the men
who will favor their cause, OF whatever party
they may be-. l don't believe In letting the
devils crowd get ahead Of me on o proposition
OF common sense"
MIR. Small does no more than justice to the as
tuteness Of the liquor men. They are the last
men in the world TO vote IN the air. They per-
ceive that with the third party Prohibitiouists
running Independent candidates they hold the
balance of power between the Republican and
Democratic parties, and they throw their votes
in solid strength with the party which is best
disposed toward them. In New Jersey they
made their support OF thu Democratic ticket
conditional on the acceptance by that party of a
certain number Of liquor candidates. and by this
device six distinctively liquor men are members
of the New Jersey Legislature and hold the bal
hcco or power IN thae BODY. how they Intend
to use this advantage is not left in the least
doubt. They boldly proclaim that they will
permit no Legislation whatever until every law
obnoxious to the liquor interest is wiped from
the statute book.
The Prohibition third party has never &C
complished anything since its organization ex-
cept the defeat of prohibition snd temperance
measures and the installation of the rum party
In power. Prohititory laws have been passed
in thirty-one of the thirty eight States since the
organization of the Prohibition third party, but
in not a single instance have these been passed
by the Prohibition party, or even so much as re.
ceived the vote OF q Legislature elected by the
Prohibition party. The third party has proved
itself from tbs frat imDotent. except for evil.
1t Injuries the cause of temperance, not only by
promoting the success OF the Democratic whisky
alliance, but its sterile and senseless crusade
tends to bring the cause which il represents in
TO ridicule and contempt. Those who adhere to
it in spite OF all these damning facts have no
right to complain If men question their pos
session OF average good sense.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-11-30

Its deficiency Under tho Management Of
Postmaster Jones.

Its Ioeffioiency Under the Management of
Jones.
Indianapolis Letter in Chicago Inter Ocean.
The citizens of Indianapolis rejoice in Gen
eral Harrisonis election for one reason, if for no
other. This is the retirement of Postmaster
Jones and the incompetent and untrustworfhy
men who have been playing havoc in the post
Office there under his supervision for the past
four years. Almost all men of any intelligence
learn something by experience, Mr.. Jones and
his subordinates have reversed this rule, and
know less now than they did when they began.
The stories Of his rule are amusing to Everybody
but his victims. and even q few OF these have been
moved TO something like grim humor when they
have received drop letters that were two weeks
coming up the street. The totally unapprecia-
tive are those who have lost valuable letters al
together. and these will hail his departure with
what Mr.. Cleveland may we'll call 'gnoClish
glee." A few of the "reminiscences
of the Indianapolis postofice, under Democratic
rule. are worth relating. The cashier in one Of
the Indianapolis banks-a d~ignifed, dispassion-
ate, elderly gentleman, not moved by partisan
pr~eiudice-stated to your correspondent last
summer that the firm sent an important letter
to a business house across the street. 1t was
never received, and they were wholly unable to
trace it. The correspondent OF one Of the Chi
cago papers. who lived four blocks from the
postoffice, never received letters by the first de-
livery until IL or 1l:30 ~oclock-always too late
to reply by return mail wheE it was necessary
to DO so. On one occasion a letter from one of
the State officials on urgent business, written
and posted in the afternoon, fixing an appoint
ment at 9 o'clock the following morning, was not
received until nearly noon-thres hours
too late. The most narrowing of all
the stories, however, one which cannot be
questioned, was related to the Inter Ocean
correspondent yesterday. A young man, form
erly a resident of Indianapolis, went to Cali
fornia and obtained o position in a college there.
The president died, and the faculty being reor-
ganized he wrote 10 his friends In Indianapolis
to aid him in Sndiug employment that would en-
able him TO return and live in the East. They
began their inquiries. and a friend In Hartford,
Conn, wrote that there were two excellent posi-
tons. either of which he might have, in one OF
the Eastern States. In the meantime the young
man, tired of waiting, was offered a place in the
Sandwich Islands, whore he is to.day-the vic
tim OF Democratic laundering and shiftlessness.
The letter upon which his fortune depended
came along several weeks after be was estab-
lished in the antipodes, and the family, in their
intense regret. prefer that it had never been re-
ceiYed et All.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-11-30
A STUDENTS VENTURE AT CARDS.
He Won $4,000, Had Brain Fever aud Gave
the Money TO Charity.


Wilmington del News.
Several years ago, when SAMSON street. Phila-
delphia. wss filed with gambling dens from enc
end 20 the other, there was enacted a scene IN
one OF these illegal retreats that really exceeds
belief. The principal actor in one of the most
venturesorne and snecessful gambling deals was
o young college student who had never Jlayed
at q gaming table in his life. Having heard and
read considerable about the wonderful fasina-
ton Of gambling. this young man, while on his
way home one evening, decided to visit one OF
the dens and try hs luck He had brrt SIS in
his pocket. and was willing TO spend ID AZ amount
for bis experience. Being alone upon the even
ing introduced he selected what he supposed
was the most conspicuous establishuen OF on the
street.
He entered the room. seated himself at one Of
the tables, and contented himself by simply
watching others play. No one raoles,ed him.
and he soon had q fair insight into the game.
As soon as he manifested a desire TO play. cards
were brought. and his opponent allowed him TO
win the first game. doubtless for the purpose OF
leading him on and inducing him TO play for
larger stakes. The second game was played
with = little more spirit, and he soon won again.
The pext bout was enlivened by q strenuous
effort Of his opponent 10 wiz bnt that game,
ike it's predecessors, was De stined for the hero
Of the evening. The first sake of 81 had been
doubled AZ each new gs me, and the young
student began 10 warm up TO his work.
Game after game was played In rapid success
siea. snd the student hads9uickly accumulated .
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-11-30

A Boy Who Went Three Months with
Piece of Steel in His Lungs.

A Boy Who Went Three Months with q
Piece of Steel in His Lungs.
Milwaukee Sentinel.
George Adams TaIlmadge, a ive-yearold so,
OF Sam W. Tallmadge. the well-known wheat.
broker. yesterday morning coughed mp a steel
staple which he accidentally let clip down hii
wind pine about three months ago. The staple
is about three-quarters OF an inch long and
measures half an inch in width. The little fel-
low accidentally swallowed i: while playing and
it lodged in his left lung. Il did not have any
bad effect on his health. except that ne has
frequently been seized with severe coughing
spells during the last three months. at
one time, however, it was proposed to
perform an operation upon the lad.
but the plan was finally abandoned
in the hope that the staple would be coughed IN.
The physicians instructed Afr. Tallmadge TO lift
the boy mp by the feet, whenever a severe
spasm Of coughing seized him, so as TO facilitate
the exit Of the staple from its queer Judgment.
About q month ago the staple was moved until
It reached the throat, but went down into the
lungs again. Yesterday morning the boy was
seized with a spell OF hard coughing, and Dir.
Tallmadge, in accordance with the advice of the
physicians, seized him by the heels and lifted
him up. He had held him in this position but a
few seconds when the lad cried, I've got it,"
aud spat out the STAPLE. The boy, who is
strong and lusty. is apparently none the worse
on account Of his experience, but the physicians
state that the staple. if IL had continued to re-
main in the lungs. would eventually have caused
death
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-11-30
Couldn't Recall His Child's Name.

dMtTICuS NUd.I HtpuUNIdU.
A gentleman from an adjoining county walked
into an insurance office here, yesterday, and
took out a policy for a good amount upon his
life. As his eight children were to be the bsne.
fciaries in case of his death, il was necessary
that their names be written upon the policy. and
he was accordingly asked by the agent to write
them down. He started aad got along very well
on the first seven. but on tie eighth name he
made q break. He scratched his head in a
perplexed manner, and went carefully over the
list a second and q third time, but it was of 10
use. swell, l don't know that young ones
NAME ne said in desperation. 81 kno wed EN-
all by heart when / left homo this mornin,."
But in spite Of all efforts to recall the name of
No. 8. he finally had to give it up. and actually
went ont in search of q neighbor who knew the
family well In order to find out the name Of
his own child.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-11-30
DIR. Oliver Wendell Holmes.
Boston Post.

~ -
The "Autocrst of the Breakfast Table" bar
ring a slight deafness, is as we'll preserved as
most men ten years his junior. l have some
times thought that deafness was not en- alto
esther undesirable acquisition for a man like
DIR. Holmes, who is pestered with all sorts CT
talk, and as he is not reduced to the necessity
of using an ear trumpet he can the more easily
turn a deaf ear" to unwelcome visitors. 1t is
not what people say to such n man but what he
says to them, which measures the extent OF his
usefulness, aud as long as his tongue ana pen
flash forth wise thoughts and brilliant farcies,
the fact that he cannot hear SO easily "a form
erly the voice OF admiration and compliment is
not so seric Is a drawback as it appears At FIRST.