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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-10-23
AN OBJECT LESSON FOR NEXT YEAR.

The success which attended the Co.
lumbar celebration in this city with but
short period of preparation. shows
what Indianapolis can DO when occasion
requires and when it is one that calls for
general cooperation of the citizens.
With so many matters of public i'm
pOrtance attracting their attention and
the prominence given to the dedication
exercises at Chicago, many people here
failed to realize, until nearly the last
moment, the nature and extent of the
local honors that were to be paid to CO.
lumbus. When they did they joined in
heartily, and by contributions and deco
rations did what was expected of them.
Fridays celebration may be taken rs an
object lesson. Having achieved such q
success on short notice and with COM
paratively little effort, greater and bet
ter results may be accomplished next
time with due warning given. The next
time will be the meeting of the Grand
Army of the Republic here, in Septem-
Der, 1893. The decoration and illumina-
ton and all the festivities will not be for
home people, but for guests. aud must
exceed anything ever before attempted
here in that line. Money and time will
be required to make the entertainment
what it should be, but, with nearly a
year in which to work. everything can
be accomplished. The participa-
ton of all classes of people will
be demanded even more than
on the recent occasion, for
the credit of the city will be Mt stake.
The reunion will be an opportunity such
as Indianapolis has never before
known to display it's hospitality and
its resources, but proper showing may
be confidently looked for. The time for
preparation is none too long. and it is
not now too early to make plans for the
evant
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-10-23
SUCCESS OF THE FAIR ASSURED.

Since the House was compelled by
public sentiment to treat the managers
of the worlds fair with something of
liberality there has been no doubt that
the exposition would be the greatest the
world has ever seen. For year the
work of preparation has been going on,
until what was a undergrad, year
ago, has assumed the proportions of a
beautiful city. There is much yet to be
done, but there is much tins in which
to do it. The preparations are now
much further advanced than were those
of the very successful Centennial exhi-
bition of 1876. Moreover, there is
much wider interest and much greater
confidence in the success of the Column
bian fair than there was in the prospects
of the Centennial. The country is not
only much larger, but is in
much more prosperous condition
than 1t was in 1876, for it was
then just beginning to recover slowly
from the collapse of 1878. incident to our
depressed and fluctuating currency. In
tuc siAtccH years WHICH nave clepScu
since the Centennial, the productive ca
pacity Of the country, outside Of agri-
culture. has nearly doubled. We have,
during that period. built up many new
and important interests. SO that the
United States has more than double the
capacity to make a complete exposition
of itself. Indiana, ns an example, has
become an important manufacturing
State since 1876. Nor will the worlds
fair be wanting i'll foreign exhibitors.
Despite all predictions to the contrary.
Europe will avail itself of the oppor-
tunity to display its skill and variety of
production. There can be no doubt
that the worlds fair at our doors next
summer will be the most varied, the
largest and the most magnificent dis
play of the worlds products of skill and
ant that has ever been collected. 1t is a
rare opportunity for Indiana, and one
which. there is every indication. its en-
terprising industrial forces are prepar-
ing to make the most Of
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-10-23
THE COMING ROAD CONGRESS.

The call issued by the Commercial
Club, of Indianapolis, for road con-
gress to be held in this city Dec. and s,
and to be attended by representatives
of road interests from all parts of the
State, is one that will doubtless meet
with ready response. The movement in
favor of good roads, concerning which
the Journal has commented from time
to time, is one whose importance is
generally recognized, and the interest
taken in it by different classes of
citizens shows tina. it but needs
practical direction and formulation
to meet ready cooperation from
all quarters. Agricultural, commercial
and social interests are all concerned in
road Improvement. Wheelmen may be
given the credit for having brought
about the recent agitation of the sub
ject, though all they have written or
printed is but the formal expression of
opinion long held by men not SO well
abe to gain public attention. The lit
erary bureau has done its work well.
1b HOO tuS uOVpiO ~ hNo
proved beyond dispute that one of the
greatest needs of the country at this
time is good roads, and that an
increase of business prosperity de-
ponds upon the rapidity with which
such roads are built. Having gone thus
far, literature has served its purpose.
and action must follow. The partial
formation. at Chicago. last week, of
league whose branches are to be ex-
tended to every school district in the
United States is q step in this direction,
and the proposed congress IN this city is
another. The need of well-built high
ways being conceded. the next subjects
to consider are the methods of building,
materials to be used, the cost, and other
practical questions involved. These
matters differ according to locality, what
would be practicable in Pennsylvania,
for instance, being out of the question
on Indiana prairies. 1t is for the pur-
pose of discussing the question in all its
bearings for the purpose of eventually
establishing better road system In In
diana that the convention is called. The
Commercial Club has undertaken no
more important enterprise, or one that
will be more far-reaching in results than
this
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-10-23

usually regarded as of Scandinavian
origin. is said to conform exactly to the
Druidic circle and. to be similar in con-
struction to many relics found in Wales.
Many mounds or forts formed for sepul-
ture, which have been found as far west
as the Mississippi, correspond to similar
monuments in England and Europe
known to be of Cambrian origin. The
Welsh were formerly the best metal.
workers in the world. and in these
mounds are found various metal relics
which it is argued could not have been
made by the Indians. The Mandan In
dams. a tribe now living in the North
west, are supposed to be descended from
the ancient Welsh stock, number of
plausible reasons being given for this
theory. Among various names COM
monty thought to be of Indian, but
really of Welsh. origin is "Appomat-
tox," from "appwy," to name or appoint,
and "Madoc."
Mr.. James's article is interesting and
instructive. whether the theory he adj
vances is correct or not. At all events.
now that recent celebrations have fixed
COlumbus's place in the estimation of
the world beyond dispute or disturb
ance, it can do no harm to consider the
adventur es, possible and impossible. of
those who preceded him. but never re-
turned to tell of what they had found.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-10-23

other improper marriages, and thereby
show that nearly any two persons in the
country who wish to be married can be,
are they responsible for improper
marriages. Can the great body of the
clergy say as muchi Many of them,
perhaps most of them, are careful
in the matter of performing the mar
riage ceremony; but it is, nevertheless.
well-known fact that any two young
people whose appearance indicates that
they are minors never have any serious
difficulty in finding clergyman who will
perform for them the ceremony of mar
riage. 1t is by no means a rare occur
renee, in city like this, that young peo-
pie incapable of self-support and in spite
CT the protest of pa rents go secretly to a
clergyman and are married without
question. People of dissolute habits or
incapable of self-support rarely find any
hindrance to marriage. Indeed, the
opinion is current that any body who can
get marriage license can find a cler-
gyman who will perform the marriage
~SAS.hobJs 40 H. tuCuS SuuSO AOA ouA-
prise that relation. which can so
thOughtlessly be assumed, without the
least scrutiny as to fitness, should de-
prive marriage of much of the restraint
and sanctity which are essential to pub
lie morals, and should end in the divorce
courtsf The pulpit has done it's duty in
attempting to create sentiment against
divorce and in demanding strict divorce
laws. 1t has done much good by its eff
forts, but if it would turn it's attention
to the prevailing laxity, which is no tori
Gus in the solemnization of marriage
and adopt in each demo mination a sys-
tenn of scrutiny which would tend to
curtail the evil, the clergy would rem
der public morals timely service and
destroy the most prolific source of di-
vorce. The Journal offers suggestion
in return for n reproof.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-10-23
ANOTHER FIRST DISCOVERER.

Not to go back to the children Of Is
rael, whose lost tribes are said to have
come to this continent by way of Behr-
ing strait, there is no lack of claimants to
the title of first discOverer besides Co.
lumbus. There are the Chinese and
Japanese, with traditions and records to
show that they visited the Pacific coast
of what is now known as America ages
and ages ago. There are Irish advocates
of the claims of st. Brendin, who is said
to have come over somewhere about the
year 100 and to have reached point in
the interior about where Evansville, Ind,
Is situated. There is Left Ericsson whose
Supporters have gone so far as to
erect monument in his honor in Bos-
ton, and who have since discovered
traces of his residence in the neighbOr-
hood of that city. Now comes ex-Post-
master general James with evidence to
show that it was none of these who first
sailed across the seas to the unknown
world, but that Welshman did the
deed. In late issue of the New York
Independent he sums up the bits of his
tory, tradition and sociological facts to
prove that one Prince Madoc, of Wales.
discovered this land in ITO. The story
is that he was an enterprisiDg person,
and first left his own home with
two ships on voyage of discovery.
He returned in due time with but
part of his men, having left the
others in new country of which he told
marvellous tales. He fitted out ten new
vessels. loaded them with adventurous
people, sailed again for the new land.
and never returned. When the Spaniards
conquered Mexico and wandered through
what are now our Southern States, they
heard of strange people who had
formerly passed through and had taught
them the knowledge of God and immor-
tally. In that region the nance of
towns. rivers. hills, beasts and birds
were Welsh. Long after. when the
English came over and were scattered
throughout the land, they found the
Welsh language spoken by the Indians
in many places, sometimes almost in
it's purity. sometimes mixed with native
dialect. Other traces of them were found.
The round tower at Newport. which is
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-10-23
LONG AND SHORT HAUL ONCE MORE.

Judge Brewer, Associate Justice of the
United States Supreme Court, and
Chief-justice of the Court of Appeals for
the eighth federal district. has rendered
n decision whichis attracting considera-
BILE attention, because it involves a new
Interpretation of the ''long and short
haup clause of the interstate commerce
through and joint rates, and lead the
interstate commission to revise its
rulings. The case upon which this de-
cision wos rendered is one where the
plaintiff was charged Is cents bushel
for the hauling of corn from Scranton
to Chicago, the roads terminus. AT the
same time, in connection with an
Eastern road, corn was taken from a
town a greater distance from Chicago
than Scranton to New York via Chicago
for 80 cents, OF which the Scranton road
received IA cents for longer distance
than from Scranton to Chicago. The
plaintiff claimed that this was viola
ton of the fourth section of the law,
by charging more for a short
than a long haul. According to
all previous rulings, the plaintiff
had clear case, but Judge Brewer in
troduced a new point, namely, that "a
through tariff on a joint line is not the
standard by which the separate tariff of
either company is to be measured or
condemned" He holds that a joint
line is in law line unto itself, entirely
distinct, as far as the regulation of its
rates is concerned, from either of the
two lines of which it is composed. The
''long- and.shOrt-h haul" clause is inter-
preted by Judge Brewer as follows:
THAT it shall be unlawful for any COM
mon carrier subject To the provisions of
this act to charge or receive any greater
compensation In the aggregate for the
transportation of passengers or of like kind
of property. under substantially similar
circumstances and conditions, for o shorter
than for a longer distance over the same
llpe in tho sans direction, the shorter be-
ing included within the longer distance"
The use of the word line Is significant.
Two carriers may use the same road. but
each has it's separate line. The defendant
may lease trackage rights to any other
railroad company; but the joint use of the
same track does not create the same
graduate its tariff by that of the other.
This decision may not seriously affect
the interstate law. but it will be likely
to encourage the formation of Joint
lines" and joint tariffs. and thus lead to
the establishment of lower through
ratpa
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-10-23

of the inspiration which comes with the
story of the flag, of martyrs to liberty.
1t is the graveyard into which a COM
mon country has gathered the uncon-
scious deeds of those who died that the
thing might live which we love and call
our country. rather than anything that
can be touched or seen.' Is there in all
literature a better definition of patriot
ism than this?
At reception given TO Boston veterans
he said: "Ibelieye there are indications
to-day in this country of a revival of
love for the old flag. could wish that
no American would look upon it with
out saluting it." I'm a speech at Med
ford. Ore, he said of the flag: at is a
beautiful emblem of a great govern
ment. We ought to teach our children
to love it and to regard it as a sacred
thing-a thing for which men have died
and for which men will die"
Thanks to such teachings as these, the
children will love it. The boys who
have marched in Columbus Day parades
waving the stars and stripes, the hun.
dreds of thousands of children through
out the country who have seen their
country's colors over all the walls
these children have Ind lesson in
patriotism and are not likely to lose
interest in the flag whose supremacy
they have helped to celebrate. Like the
veterans of the war who revere 1t as
"Old Glory" they will learn to do it
honor on all occasions.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-10-23
Portrait of Wayne Macyearh.

&C. Crawford.
The ex-Attorney general is small and
lean. He 10 Of the Cassius type. tie has o
small. narrow facet HIS com piexion is sal
low. His eyes are small aud close together.
His nose Is curved, with sneering line at
the base of each nostril His mouth Is par
TALLY hidden by q small. scrubby mustache.
which curls in tightly at the corners of the
mouth. The rest of his face is smooth
shaver. Mr.. MacVcagh has a harsh. disa-
greeabie voice and the sneerIng manner Of
q man who is dissatisfied with everything
and every body except himself. / used 20
sea him very often when be was ATTORNEY.
general of the Garfield administration and
/ never heard him say good word con-
cerning any one who was successful He
hopes TO again be Attorney general. but ne
need not latter himself. Democrats have
no use for turn-eoats except during cleo
ton time.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-10-23
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

DR.. s. WEIR MITCHELL has invented q
new kind of cigar, which he furnishes for
his patients. which is absolutely devoid of
nicotine.
THE Car has put his hand into his pook.
ct for a good purpose. He has given $780,
600 for the establishment of medical
school for women in st. Petersburg.
TIPPERUsALEM is the name of q town in
Oklahoma. Tipperusalem was the happy
compromise between one promoter who
wanted to name the place Tipperary aud
another who desired to call it Jerusalem.
IN Maryland il q man is bilious be goes
to the woods, carefully selects tree. bores
three holes In it. and walks around it three
times. saying: Go away. bilious; 60 away,
bilious: go away. bilious" And hA goes
homo cured.
PROBABLY the tallest g. A. r. veteran 10
William P. Boyne. of Green county. Penn
sylvania. who stands seven feet in his
stockings During the war he was q pri-
vate soldier in the Twenty-second Penn
sylvania Cavalry.
Mar. AND MRs. AUGUSTINE LANDRY, of
Biddef0Id. Me-, have been married seventy
years. Mr.. Landry Is ninety six years old,
and his wife is eighty-six. They are ma
tives Of Canada. and have had fourteen
children, of whom six sons survive.
SUSAN b. ANTHONY Is against the Peo-
pies party because it refused to indorse
womans suffrage at Omaha. IF it is not
for us IN the green" said she in Kansas
City recently, what can you expect In the
sere and yellow leaf of its history"
MRS. JOHN A. LOGAN proposes to ask the
managers of the worlds fair to make an
appropriation for bringing over from Scot
land n suitable tenant for the Burns Cot
tager in the person OF the poets great
granddaughter. Miss jean Armour Burns
Brown.
RApECA and Doddica are the names of
twin girls, now aged three and q half years.
who bid fair to become the successors OF
the Siamese firm of Chang and Ems. They
were born in Criesa. India. and have been
attracting great attention in that country.
Ii il understood that they will visit Amer
lea before long.
MARIE BAsKIRTsErF's tomb in the GENE.
terry at Passy il stiil place of pilgrimage.
On the tomb are inscribed the titles Of
Marie's works of painting and sculpture.
and within 10 roomy apartment hand
sou,eiy furnished. Carpets. chairs. foot.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-10-23

A FEW days ago an address, written
by veteran in Albany, n. Y, urg-
vote for Mr.. Cleveland, was issued with
O flourish of trumpets, as the voice of
past department commander. The next
day a matter-of-fact statement ap-
peared to the effect that the past COM
mander had long since been expelled for
non-payment of dues. and was n door
keeper in the State-house. This is q
trying season for regulations.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-10-23

DURING the nine months of 1892 which
ended with September the losses by fire
in the United States and Canada aggre-
gated S94,992,305, against S9S,960,670
during the corresponding period of 1891,
and S7s. 4S7, 200 during that of 1890. This
is a very large sum of money to pay
very largely as penalty for careless
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-10-23

DURING the past year eighty.four
street-railways have adopted the cleo
trio system in this country, making the
total number. Oct. 1, 469. with a capital
stock of $2O5, $50, 900 and mileage of
SAG miles. 1t has been found that
many more people patronize the rapid
electric cars over the same streets than
was the case when horses or mules were
the motive power.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-10-23

THERE is not German, French or
English public man who cannot be
counted on to advocate the interests of
his own people. Such unenviablc dis
tinction is reserved exclusively for the
public men in this country who would
vote to give the business and employ
ment of the American people to others.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-10-23

The public man who' advocates and
supports a policy which will open our
markets to competitors In Europe practi-
cally supports policy which will give
the business and employment of Ameri-
can citizens to Europeans. Conse-
quently, he should be regarded as a
champion of European interests and the
foe of American.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-10-23

he published showed that wages had not
been increased. and that the outlook was
unfavoraDle. That is practically the
same course pursued in regard to the
Elwood tin-plate industry by corre-
spondent OF the New York Evening Post.
1t must be unfortunate to belong to a
party whose success depends upon cry
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-10-23

4 ,ohacco grower in Westtield bas a nav

Atobacco grower in Westteld has new
barn with this inscription: '-1S92-Results
of the Mckinley bIlI." A Democratic orator
was addressing q crowd Ia Westheid the
other night. when he asked if there was
any tobacco grower IN. ms audience.
Nobody responded. The Democratic news
papers are treating this as n very signifi-
cant fact. LIZ Is significant. IL shows that
the farmers who have tobacco barns are not
attending Democratic meetings this year.
And n few weeks hence it will he found
that they are not voting democrats
candidates.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-10-23

THE manager of "a knit-goods COM
pany in central New York writes to
New York paper that he and others in
the business gave all the facts regarding
their industry to correspondent of the
New York World, showing him from
their books that wages had been in
creased 10 per cent. since the passage of
the Mckinley law. yet the article which
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-10-23

A NUMBER of foreign papers, particu-
larry in Germany, are appealing to Ger
mans to vote for MIR. Cleveland because
the Mckinley law is transferring to this
country the manufacture of goods for
merly made in Germany. It's not prob
able that this appeal will find listeners.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-10-23

The manner in which Chicago took
care of the immense crowds in that city
Thursday and Friday should leave no
doubt regarding the ability of its people
to feed and house comfortably the
throngs that will 60 to tho worlds fair
when they are fully prepared for it.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-10-23

The manufacture of armor-plate for
war ships is comparatively new industry
in the United States. yet in a short pc
Rod we have surpassed other nations by
tightening the plates and increasing the
foreo of resistance. 1t has also been
proved that projectiles of home make
are superior to foreign.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-10-23

THE calamityite, when he has read of
the Columbus-day celebrations all over
the country, with the spontaneity which
can be found only with a people who
are prosperous and hopeful, will con-
clude to take an unlimited leave of abb
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-10-23

THE eclipse of the sur about noon on
Friday passed of with comparatively lit
tie attention from the general public. If
the sun was in eclipse the illumination af-
forded by the halo placed above Colun bus
cansed any deficiencies in the daily lumi-
nary TO be overlooked.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-10-23

In 1862 the London Times cheered
Jefferson Davis on, and now 1T is ap-
pealing to the free-traders to put forth
every effort. The London Times never
was q friend of the American people.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-10-23

THE New York Herald has for head
line over its Washington dispatch:
"Great Growth in Manufactures Shown
by the Census Reports" Such growth
in every part of the country is without
.orollal