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GEN. r. +.
he Again Gives His Views on the Currency
and the Silver Question.

The Jacksonville (Fla.l Times Union prints
another Of Gen. Francis E. Spinners vigorous
letters. in which he says:
whenever / write anything that may be pub
lished l always sign it. / hate an ANONYMOUS
communication 1t is cowardly to do other
wise. In France the law compels every writer
to place his sign-mauual TO everything that is
published. Would that it were a law of our
land.
~ desire now to state two other facts. one
relating to the silver coinage and the other to
the fractional currency. Under an unwise law,
which is still in force. the United States mint is
compelled to coin 2, 600, 900 silver standard DOL
lars every month. Under this law. in addition
to all the silver dollars now in circulation, there
was deposited in the vaults OF the Treasury Of
the United States on the Goth day Of Septem-
Der. 1883. s24S, 79l, 534 in this coin. In addition
TO this normous amount, the United States
Treasury held in fractional silver coin.
SPA. 1873. 695. 68; trade-doliar bullion, sc, 354, lO3. p.
and in silver bullion $4,2Sl, 40. l7--thess four
items ageregating a mountain OF silver. amount
ing TO S2S4, l7o. 063. II. Seventeen silver dollars
thousand Of these dollars weigh a net ton. To
transport this sum would require S,652 wagons,
carrying q ton each. Sucn a train, allowing
thirty-four feet 10 each two-norss team, would
stretch over a road for ~ffty-four miles in extent.
just think of 1T. Was there ever such political
folly!
1.-THE interest on this enormous amount Of
silver that is lying idle in the wants of the
oElteu Slates treasury AT tue low rate or 4 per
cent. per annum would amount TO very near
Sl2. 600. 000 every year. For tnis shameful waste
both of the two great political parties are
equally responsible
But TO get back to the real subject of INQUIRY
N your first letter to me, viz, the fractional
currency. When coins go TO the bottom of the
ocean or are otherwise lost their value is lost
TO the world. When a government paper cur.
rency Is lost or destroyed tho same amount of
loss TO the owner accrues to the whole people OF
IN Il 2 afa fnr ~ radnn0 thA -.
OF the national debt by just the same amount.
IL was found that the loss of the fractional pa
per currency amounted to over 81, 000. 0O0 q
year. There is still outstanding some sl4, 600,
0c0 OF the postal and fractional currency, very
little OF which will ever be presented for re-.
demption. The sooner the government rids it.
self of its silver coin as q standard Of values
and the measure Of all commodities and TO
sumes the single standard of gold for that pur-
pose. and issues for the convenience of the peo-
pie q paper currency that shall, at the will OF
she holder, be r~edeemable in gold. the better il
will DO fer the government and the people"
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Antecedents OF Mrs. Beechler.

Special to the Indianapolis SournE-
PITTsBURG, Nov. l8.-A Cleveland, o., spe-
cial TO the Times, regarding the Bsechler wom-
On, who killed Harry W. King in Omaha, Sat
urday, says that her parents live in Cleveland,
and that Mrs. Maggie Beechler, mother OF the
murdsress. today told the chief Of
police the following story of her
daughters life and downfall: "My
daughter, Lizzie Beschler, first met King
at q country hotel. near Cleveland. where she
was working. He was a dashing young fellow,
and 1t was a case of mutual admiration. Soon
after the girl went with him to Chicago,
whence she wrote 10 her mother,
saying that she had married King.
Her letters were frequent and always
spoke Of King in loving terms. About two years
ago she paid a visit TO her family in Cleveland.
King came for her and she returned with HIM TO
Chicago, taking with her a younger sister and
her two-year-old> brother. Last spring, Mrs.
Beechler paid her daughter a visit
aud found her living in splendid
style and apparently happy. The tone
of her letters never changed until q week ago.
when Lizzie wrote home. saying she had had
some trouble with her husband
The next news the mother heard was the story
Of the murder. The police authorities will try
20 get the little boy from Chicago back to his
mother. Mr.. Beechler, LiZzie's father. is a poor
man, living in Cleveland.
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Cheerful in Adversity.

Boston Transcript.
Friendly takes a seat beside a stranger In the
rail car. Friendly is affebiiity itself, and takes
early occasion 10 remark
Good morning, sir"
the stranger.
.Eine morning, SIR"
'I know itp
ave must expect cold weather pretty soon
now"
ssDid YOU Get that out of the aim
"Pretty chilly already
ssYorIl find IL warmer up there by the stove .
sBut | voted for Cleveland myself persisted
Friendly.
The stranger pressed Friendiy's hand feryet.
II. bu, he said never a word. The Two tears
which rolled down his face were more eloquent
than language.
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MYSTERIOUS Murder Mt Ch,caro.

CHICAGO. Nov. 1S.-What purports to be a
terrible murder was the discovery. at a late hour
last night, of the bleeding form of a young and
handsome girl living on the Grand boulevard,
near Forty third street. The girl was insensibie
and bleeding protusely from q dreadful wound
in the back of her head. Upon being removed
to the hospital the physicians found that che
had received a compound fracture OF the skull,
evidently having been struck with some blunt
instrument. Every effort was made 10 restore
consciousness without avail, aud the girl died
an hour after reaching tho hospital. The de
ceased was neatly dressed. and from all appear
ances was a respectable sewing girl. A large
number of persons called at the morgue to-day
but failed TO recognize the remains.
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Of bogus policies. was arrested last Friday and
was bound over to court 20 answer the charge.
The Decatur Electric St-eet-railway Company
has been Incorporated. with a capital stock OF
slOO. 600. and has given notice that it will petit
ton the Council for leave to operate. The horse
car company bitterly opposes the scheme, and
p~artisans of both companies are carrying on q
red-hot controversy in the newspapers. The new
company proposes IL have its lines in operation
by July /.
Charles Burnell, a horse-trainer and q rather
tough customer, entered q saloon at Kane and
called for a drink. Robert Applegats, the bar
tender. refused TO give IL to him, and the former
then drew q knife and commenced slicing Ap-
plegate in a vicious way. Burnell finally left
the place and tried to escape. but was captured
by the officers and lodged in jail. Applegate
may recover.
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C~IScINNATI, Nov. Sire IN the ice manu-
factory Of Moerlein's brewery, this morning,
caused from $1,000 to $40, 0C0 damage.
KANSAS City, Mo-, Nov. 1.-THE residence of
c. Lockridge, at Tw enty-nipth street and Pros.
pect avenue, was destroyed by fire this morning.
Loss, SIS, 600; fully insured.
LITTLE Rock, Ark, Nov. 1S-Fire at 2
o'clock this morning destroyed FIVE business
houses on Main street, entailing a loss on stock
of so, 600 and on buildings $4,000. Insurance
only partial.
CHICAGO, Nov. 1s.-Scoville's building, a
four-story brick structure at the corner of
Canal and Washington streets. was damaged
$50, 600 by fire this morning. About sis. 5000 Of
the loss is on the stock and kn~itting-machines,
and knit goods belonging to Cruver Bros. Tho
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INDIANA AND ILLINOIS NEWS.

Burglars Provide Themselves with Food and
Clothing from Franklin Households.
epeciaI to the INDIANAPOLIS journal
FRANKLIN, Ind. Nov. 19.-Burslars entered
the homes of William McQuiston, James Combs
and a Mr.. Moncrief, of this city, last evening.
From the family Of McQniston they carried off
the Sunday supply of groceries and provisions,
and took a large amount Of clothing from the line
in the back yard. From Combs's house they took
q large amount Of wearing apparel and also some
groceries. At Moncrief's they secured an over
coat and other articles OF value. One evening
last week a burglar unlocked the front door of
John Borgstead house, entered the room and
began a search for valuabies. but was frightened
away before securing anything.
William L. Peters. a former prominent and
well-to-do miller of this city. but who has been
making his home at Louisville, KY. for some
time past. Is i'll at the homo of his mother-iu-
law, Mrs. Smith, in this city, with consump.
tiou, and his death is expected at any hour.
James Lay. the boy who was struck on the
head and had bis skull broken with a Shiny
club N the ha-ds Of a young man named Reu.
ben jackson, two weeks ago today. is in q very
critical condition. Young Jackson. who made
the murderous assault. is confined in the county
iail.
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NEW YORK. Nov. ls.-Apropos the refusal OF
the Catholic authorities of permission to inter
the body OF one of DIR. McGlynnis adherents in
q Catholic cemetery. and prompted by the suit
OF the dead mans family to compel such permits
sion, DR.. Michigan, ut the Anti-poverty meeting
ut Cooper Institute, tonight. said: "Shall we be
denied the right 10 call ourselves Christiansl Shall
our poor bodies be denied what poorhopors may be
given theml The body has no spiritual char
actsr. and it matters little what honors shall he
paid 10, though we may treat reverentially what
was once the shrine Of the spirit. Can the re-
fusal OF the authorities to bury John McGuire's
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Obituary.

LANCASTER, n. a., Nov. Is.-Rev. Charles ].
Hendley, rector of st. Paulis Church, and grand
prelate of the Grand Commandery of Knights
Templars in New Hampshire. was found dead in
cause was doubtless apoplexy. His family are
all absent In Kansas. The funeral will occur
at 9 p. NJ. Wednesday, under direction of the
Grand Commandery, and North Star Com
mandsry, OF Lancaster.
NEW YORK, Nov. 18-Dr. II. b. Sands, the
eminent surgeon, died Of a~poplexy to-day, while
in his carriage returning from a visit to a
patient. He was ifty-nine years old. Among
his most noted recent cases were those of Gen.
eral Grant and Roscoe Conkling.
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Old Lady Murdered.

~BRAINTREE, Mass, Nov. 1S.-A most shock
ing murder was brought TO light this afternoon,
in that portion of North Brsintree known as
the Five Corners" The victim was Miss Me-
running 8 large farm in that section, and who
has lived with no other company than a hired
man. Her body was found urder the hay in
the barn. tho throat being cut. The house had
been robbed. The hired man is missing, and he
is suspected. Little pelf rewarded the MUIR
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-11-19
Sieamahin News.

HAMBURG, Nov. 1S.-Arrived: Polaris, from
New York.
HAvRE, Nov. 1S.-Arrived: La Normandie,
from New York.
QUEENSTOWN, Nov. 1S.-Arrivea: Umbria,
from New York; Lord Cough, from Philadelphia.
LONDON, Nov. l8-Of the Lizard: Rhaetia,
from New York for Hamburg, and Switzerland.
for Antwerp; Rhein, from Baltimore, for Bro
men.
NEW York. Nov. 1S.-Arrived: Becla. from
Stettin; Etruria, from Liverpool; Veendam,
from Rotterdam; Minister Maybach, from Bre.
men.
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body in Calvary hurt bis soull should rather
take my chances with John Mcclure tnsn with
nine tenths OF the people who have the
~costliest monuments in Calvary, or
with one or the other of the
archbishops under the high altar Of the marble
Cathedral. / do not know that / have taken a
very lively interest in the case which has come
mp in the courts the past week. 1t really makes
little difference where John McGuire's BODY is
buried" The Doctor charged his friends no: to
make any disturbance about the burial Of his
remains in case of his death.
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Illinois Items.

George Ruebson, a young farmer Of Tazewell
soupty, has been arrested on n charge Of steal
~ efain and hogs by the wholesale.
William Howard. who killed Monte Gaunt. at
Pearl. last February. has been acquitted in
Pike Circuit Court on the grounds Of self-de-
tense.
j. W.. Boggs. an insurance agent, who swindled
- farmers in the vicinity Of Decatur by means
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-11-19
Association of Ex-Prisoners of War.

epeciaI 10 the Indianapolis Journsa
BLooMINGTor, Ill Nov. 16.-Ths Illinois Asso-
citation Of ex-Prisoners of War will hold its On.
nuelmeeting in Bloomington on next Wednesday
and Thursday. The local committees and the
G.. A. r. AID Sons of Veterans are making
elaborate preparations for their reception and
eutertainm snt. General Pavey. of Mt. Vernon.
Auditor OF State-elect. is the president of
the associs ton, and will deliver the annual
address on Wednesday. Thursday night will
be devoted to q public campfire at Washing
tonian Hall, on which occasion q banquet will
be rendered to the prisoners of war by the
Ladies' Relief Corps and the Sons OF Veterans.
Several hundred members of the association will
be here, and the exercises will be of the creates,
srterest
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-11-19
Death from an Overdose of Morphine.

Special TO the indianapolis Journal
MONTICELLO, Ill. Nov. 18.-Mrs. Anna Lar
NOR was found dead in her room last evening.
On last Thursday she went to the drug store and
procured % cents worth of morphine aud re-
tired TO her room, taking the whole dose. She
often remained in her room for two or three
days, and her absence occasioned no surprise.
A daughter Of Mr.. Rob't Lsrmor went into the
room on Friday and saw her in bed, but supposed
she was asleep. She was about sixty years old.
The verdict of the cororers jury was that death
was caused by an overdose of morphine.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-11-19
DAILY WEATHER BULLETIN.
Indications.

InUICIIIONs-
WASHINGTON. Nov. Is.
For Ohio and Indiana-Slightly warmer;
threatening weather and rain; soutkeaste r!y
winds, becoming variable.
For Ninois-Threateuing weather and snow;
northerly winds. becoming variable; o slight
rise in temperature.
For Lower Michigan-Lieht snow; southwest
erly winds, becoming variable; a slight rise il
temperature on Monday, colder on Tuesday.
For Upper Michigan and Wisconsin-Threat-
ening weather and light snow; stationary tenn
perature, followed by colder on Tuesday;
variable winds.
Local Weather Report.
Nov. is.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-11-19

Maximum thermometer. 43: minimum thermcme-
ter. 81.
Following is a comparative statement OF tho condi-
ton of temperature and precipitation on Nov. Is.
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Sent TO Jail by a Mouse.

T-Trace of precipitation.
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''The Peckster Professorship," a novel by j. P.
Quincy, republished from the Atlantic, belongs
to the school Of philosophical or subjective
novels. In a subtitle, it is designated as "An
Episode in the History Of Psychical Research, "
though it does not quite appear what the episode
is. The story, apart from the philosophical
ideas which it shadows forth, is interesting and
we'll written. The author has a fine sense Of in
tellectusl humor, and is q master OF style. 1t
is thoroughly New England in tone and form.
Boston: Honehton, Miffiin & Co. Indianapolis:
The Bowen-Merrill COMPANY.
1.-TWO Little Confederates, y by Thomas Mel
son Page, is a story of wa- times. but not a war
story. 1t tells the story Of two Virginia lads
left at home on a plantation while the men went
to fight. The youngsters have many adventures,
serious and humorous, and get into trouble and
out Of 1t again. The story sbounds in stirring
incidents, and gives q very picturesque view of
home life in Virginia during the rebellion. It is
written from the Southern point of view. Illus.
trated. Ornamental cloth covers, Sl.50. New
York: Charles Scribners Sons. Indianapolis:
The Bowen Merrill Company.
1Volume LIV Of the international Scientific
Series is ION the Senses, Instincts and Intelli-
gence of Animals. by Sir John Lubbock. The
title indicates its character ard the fame Of the
huluor 10 oSuHEauty oA It's sCtcntiuc accuracy
and interest. 1t treats largely of the peculari-
tee of insects. though not exclusively, aud is re-
plete with curious Information CLEANED by the
author in his wonderfully exhaustive studies of
nature. 1t is published in uniform style with
the previous volumes Of this series. illustrated.
| New York: d. Appleton e. Co. Indianapolis:
The Bowen Merrill Company.
A delightful book for young readers who are
willing to be instructed as well as entertained il
"a Frozen Dragon and Other Tales" by Charles
+. Holder. author Of "The Ivory King" MAR
wells Of Animal Life" etc. This one might bs
| otherwise styled . story book Of natural history,
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Local Weather Report.
INDIANAPOLIS. Nov. Is.
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Cassell & Co. publish 'The Astonishing His
tory of Troy Town, by G., author of dead
Mans Rock, /" In their 'sRainbow Series OF orig.
inal novels. 1t is not only original, but ex.
ceedingly amusing. Paper, so cents. Indian.
apolis: The 5Owen-Merrill Company.
"Glorirda,r by Anna Bowman Dodd. is a pretty
romance well told. 1t is absolutely devoid of
sensationalism, yet full of interest. 1t is pub
lished IL the Handy Library series OF Roberts
Brothers, Boston; cloth, 10 cente. Indianapolis:
The BOwsn-Merriil Company.
MI Fortescue; an Andean Romance by
William Westta!l, is publlsned by ID. Appleton
& Co.. as No. l in a new series to be called
''Stories OF Romantic Adventure" Paper covers.
30 cents. Indianapolis: The Bowen Merrill Com.
pany.
1.-THE Admirable Lady Biddy Fame, by Frank
Barrett, is published in Cassell & Co.'S 'Sun,
shine Series Of choice fiction. 1t ID a story OF
moving accidents, thrilling adventures and hair
breadth escapes. Paper cover. 90 cents.
Temple House. a novel by Elizabeth stod
dard, author of Two Men," is q well-writ,er
story of considerable interest and force. Cloth
81. so. New York: Cassell 6 Co. Indianapolis
The Bowen-Merrill Company.
Aunt Diana.na novel by Rosa Nouehette
Carey. author OF Esther Cameron's Story.
etc.. 10 Published by j. 3. Lippincott Company
Philadelphia. Cloth. sl.2a Indianapolis: The
Bowen Merrill Company.
''The Dead Doll and Other Verses by Mar
earet Vandegrift, is a collection Of verses 70
children, many of which have been published IL
ST. Nicholas, Hsrpers Young People. The Youths
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Johnny has been in the habit Of calling
on the grocerymsn and being supplied with
specked apples from the barrel, which, al
though not very salable, are appreciated by
his boyish appetite Last week his yellow
head came up to the counter and heinquired:
"Dot any spect apples ?" "No, Johnny;
the apples are all gone" "Dot any spect
oranges ?" "No, not to-day" His face was
downcast, his spirit sad, his mouth water
ing. A new idea cam into his little mind,
and his face frightened as be asked dot
any spect cakes ?" The cake was at once
produced.
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POETR u.
PRO And CON.

When ships come over the sea, my love,
Come over the shining sea,
Like maidens walking minuet
White-raimented daintily-
Oh, what do they bring under each white wing
What songs do the sailors sing
While the breezes frolie along the deep,
And the crested billows behind them sweep,
As over the sea, the shining sea,
The ships come sailing merrily?
When the ships come over the sea, my dear,
Come over the stormy sea,
The cordage creaks in the whistling winds,
And the sails flap dismally;
And the sailors swear till the raw, damp air
Is visably tinged with a sulphurous glare,
And the seasick passengers family groan,
And the sea gulls scream and the wild winds
moan.
As over the sea, the storm-swept sea,
The ships come laboring wearily.
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The Rev. Curtis Grubb, Of Hanover
County, Va, was once a missionary in
Western Africa and, while there adopted
the young daughter Of king and brought
her to this country to educate, and now
that she is of marriageble age her father
wants her returned to him that she may
marry chief Of one Of the tribes. This
will probably be complied with, az it is
thought by her friends that her religious
training and acquaintance with the customs
of civilized life will have a powerful in
fuence in uplifting her people from their
present degradation.