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Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1892-10-07

The October number of the Illustrated
Kentuckian, published at Lexington,
Mrs. Eugenia ID. Potts editor, is Con-
federate souvenir edition AMI contains
$50 por traits OF Confederate officers, be-
sides much interesting hitherto unpub-
lished matter concerning the late war. 1t
is suitable as a keepsake by every Ken
tuckian.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1892-10-07

The House has not been in session
for a week, owing to a several days adj
ionrnment and lack Of quorum.
The Senate tackled several amend
ments to the corporation bill and passed
il with the bank examiner clause strick-
an ont
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1892-10-07

The treasurer OF Kentucky paid the
biggest warrant Monday ever issued
against the State. 1t was for 1886, 800 and
to transfer the school fund due Oct. /.
This leaves $500 still in the treasury,
so the legislature is safe for a while at
least
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1892-10-07

The prohibitionists are not entitled
under the new constitution to have the
names OF their candidates put on the Of
fetal ballot, as they failed to poll two
per cent. OF the vote, but they have obvi
ated the difficulty by filing a petition
with 1000 names attached as the law
requires.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1892-10-07

Mr.. CLEVELAND addressed the nation.
al democratic club meeting at New York
and as usual said something. His re.
marks were received with raptuous APP
plause and he was rendered an ovation,
which was as. hearty as it was spontane-
Gus.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1892-10-07

-Louisville's only music dealer, ID.
p. Faulds, has failed.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-03-07
THE FUSS ABOUT SEALS.

AT whatever cost the rights of this coun-
try must be maintained, and the President
may be expected to act as firmly toward
England as he did toward Chlli.-Chicago
Inter Ocean.
THERE will be no war with England IN
der any circumstances. for the simple and
conclusive reason that she is too wise to
invite whipping when she can settle
dispute by peacefully doing the just and
proper thing.-St. Louis Globe Democrat.
LORD SALISBURY has made an insolent
and untImely bluff, after the Tory manner,
and he will back down when he Is con-
fronted resolutely. He will have the sup
port neither OF Parliament nor the people
In an attempt to force a quarrel on us. and
he knows II perfectly well.-Loulsylllo
Commercial.
The people are tired of this dispute.
They want il settled. But if England will
not 20 to court with Us on fair and proper
terms. the Nation will expect Congress and
the executive TO maintain its right against
England as firmly and fully rs though the
dispute were with Canada alone ew
York Trib une.
Ii we are TO adhere to our contention of
exclusive possession of Behring sea, pend
ing the DECISION of the commission, the
seiz ure and sale of Canadian trespassers
will continue. we suppose. and generate
friction. However. it Will be advisable TO
defer any resentment that We may feel
until the text of the treaty Is laid before
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-03-07
THEY DO NOT CONSIST.

There are three propositions in the
majority report of the committee on
ways and means regarding the reduction
of the duties on wooden goods which do
not seem to consist when each is consid-
cred in reference to the others. They
are as follows:
!. The domestic manufacturers are bene-
flied to the extent to which the price of
their goods is increased by the duties.
2. The domestic manufacturers are not
benefited by the duties
3. These high duties on the plain neces-
sarIes of life are grievOus burden to the
people.
Chairman Springer does not bring the
three propositions quoted SO close to-
gether as they are placed here, but they
are in the words of the author and have
the sanction of the majority Of the COM
mittee. If the first declaration is true
the second cannot be. If the second is
true, the third cannot be. The fact is
that neither of them is strictly true.
The manufacturer is benefited by the
high duties by being able to pay his
employees higher wages and by being Sc
cured a wider market, which enables
him to sell large quantity of goods at a
lower price than it would be possible to
sell smaller quantity. The third prooc-
sition is not true. The clothing manu-
featured by our woolen-mills. when
ready made. because of the large guam
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-03-07
WE PROTEST.

The Washington correspondents are
putting on their war-paint concerning
the Behring sea controversy. We are
told that the situation has suddenly be-
come critical by reason of Lord Sails
bury's refusal to continue the mOdus
rirendi in Behring sea pending the rati-
fcation of the treaty providing for o
board of arbitration. In other words.
Lord Salisbury proposes to take adj
vantage of the expiration of the m0dus
Cirendi entered into last year and now
about to expire, to insist on throwing
the doors wide open to Canadian fish
ing vessels to go in and kill seals right
and left. perhaps even exterminating
them. And this we are told has brought
about such a strain in affairs that the
President has been summoned from Vir-
ginia Beach to Washington. We are
also assured that "a prominent official"
at Washington says Lord Salisbury's
proposition to open Behring sea to
the indiscriminate killing of seals sis
wholly unfair, arrogant, and even in
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-03-07
FALSE CLAIMS OF THE SUGAR TRUST.

The Sugar Trust. which is the name
the com blnation of refners took for their
organization. in August, 1887. to control
production and regulate the price of re-
fined sugar. has undertaken to pose as a
benefactor by making the claim that
there was gradual decline in the price
of sugar from the time the trust was or
ganized until now. This statement has
been recently made in Washington, and
is repeated by one of the members of
the trust in New York. The market
quotations do not sustain the assump-
tion. The Sugar Trust was organized
in August, 1887, but did not get at work
until October. 1t was in full operation
during 1888 and 1889. The following ia
BILE shows the prices of the raw sugars
most used, and of graduated sugars,
for several years, including those when
the trust controlled the market in New
York:
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-03-07

The statement recently published that
there are 900 places in Des Moines where
liquor is openly sold has ELECTED coun-
reinstatement from the Mayor of the
city in which he says that while there
are plenty of "rum-holes" in the city,
there are no "open saloons" AS to the
difficulty of enforcing the prohibition
law, he says.
We have no support. The people who
raise the londest cry about non.enforce-
ment of the liquor law would go into hys-
terics if we would subpoena them to go be-
fore q jury. We get neither their moral
nor legal support. The drugstore keeper 8.
however. arc violating the law to greater
extent than any other class of men. Under
the cloak of the law they are selling liquor
in enormous quantities and there Is no way
to stop them. With all the laws we have 1t
is impossible to keep down drunkenness.
As long as druggists are allowed to sell
liquor TO people who will take it to some
lumber-yard or alley and retail it out to
drunkards. Just so long Will you find
drunken men on our streets
On the same line the chief of police
of Des Moines says that if saloon is
closed at ono place it springs up at an
other in twenty-four hours, and that
1--WE cannot take the patrolmen off their
beats and chase around after bootleg
gers" Reasonable men will probably ad-
NIT that this state of things is no i'm
provement on licensed saloons. In fact,
it is probable that with a good license
law there would be no more liquor
drunk in Des Moines than there is now,
and the business would be conducted in
much more respectable manner.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-03-07
RECIPROCITY AND THE FARMER.

A Student" writing from Terre
Haute, asks the Journal the following
question:
What effect viii the reciprocity policy of
the Republican party have upon the farm
ers of the United Statesf
The aim of the policy of reciprocity is
to secure the free export of certain agri-
cultural staples into countries which are
purchasers, where other competitors pay
duties, and lower duties on other ar.
ticles than are imposed upon competing
countries. 1t is certainly to the advan-
tage of the American farmer to obtain
such an advantage over other farmers.
Those who declare that it is not might
as well undertake to prove that the
farmer who. for instance, pays no toll to
get his wheat to q market town has no
advantage over the one who is compelled
to pay toll of 10 or 90 cents bushel.
Brazil is one of the countries with
which an arrangement has been made
under the reciprocity features of the
Mckinley law. Brazil purchases large
quantities of breadstuffs and other agri-
cultural products. lard, hams, bacon,
canned meats, vegetables and fruit, ag-
gregating several millions year. Other
is to the advantage of the American
farmer to have free access to the mar
kets of Brazil where others pay a duty.
Besides, the products of American man
ufactories are admitted at lower rates
than those of other nations. This in
creases employment in the United
States, and consequently the number of
home consumers of the products of the
farm. A similar special arrangement
has been made with Cuba. The duty on
-four has been reduced from over S. to
81 on a given quantity. The result has
been that in four months the United
States has captured the flour market of
Cuba as we'll as provisions generally.
The same is true of other countries.
Germany wants our markets for her beet
sugar. Her people sold us in one year
sixteen million dollars worth. Ger
many does not raise its own wheat and
meat. The reciprocity provision of the
tariff law authorizes the President to
declare certain duties upon sugar when
the countries producing it do not ex-
tend to our producers similar favor or
All advantage over competitors. To re-
tain the privilege of selling raw sugar
in this country free of duty the German
government has reduced the duties i'm
posed upon American breadstuffs and
pork products 30 per cent. below those
required of Russia and all other ma
tions except Austria Hungary. For
years Germany and France kept our
pork products out of their markets; the
value of these exports at one time
amounted to millions of dollars. Under
the responsive features of the meat-in-
spection bill, which is species of reci-
procity. those governments have been
led to take off their prohibition. These
are a few illustrations, and only a few,
of those that might be given.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-03-07

price of sugar, the trust increased it.
the decline not taking place until the
independent Tefneries started up, Great
ing compe tition which forced prices
down in 1890, followed by the free raw
sugar and the half cent q pound on re-
fined sugars of the Mckinley tariff law.
Since April 1, 1891, when the provisions
in the Mckinley act relative to sugar
went into effect, the price of the
raw material and also of the refined
sugar fell about cents a pound.
The Sugar Trust fought the sugar clause
of the Mckinley law with despera-
ton. 1t did not want free raw sugar,
and it cOntended strenuously to make
the duty on refined sugar more than half
q cent when it discovered that the Re-
publicans were determined to put raw
sugar on the free list. In this it did not
succeed as well as 1t did with the au-
thors of the Mills bill, since that meas
ure retained difference of over a cent
pound between raw and granulated
sugar. The Sugar Trusts profits ex-
Cctucu Clo,UVU,VUV III 1000, WHICH, 10 IT,
ported to be 30 per cent. on the actual
value of the plant and 81 per cent. on
its watered stock. OF late the efforts
of the trust have been directed to in
ducing Spreckels and other outside re-
finers to join the combine, but without
success. Even if the combination should
be made, the moment the difference be-
tween raw and refined sugars should ap-
prOach half n cent q pound, German
and French refined beet sugars would
come to the country in large quantities.
Thus the Mckinley law stands in the
way of repetition of the trusts ma
nipulation, by which the price of sugar
was advanced 1 cent a pound, taking
S31, 900, 900 year out of the pockets of
consumers; and yet Judge Holman. of
the Fourth district, declares that the
revenue duty on sugar was not an I'M
popular tax or burden to the people.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-03-07
TIE POPES LATEST UTTERANCRs.

A word of explanation may be neces-
sary to fully understand the recent ex-
pressions of the head of the Catholic
Church in regard to Archbishop Ireland.
Some time since it occurred to certain
Jealous laymen of the Catholic Church
In this country to hold a congress of
that religious following during the
worlds fair. They held meeting, APP
pointed committee to report upon the
matter. and invited the bishops to par
ticipate. When the committee met these
laymen presented a list of topics to be
considered. and among them was a prop
osition to affirm the temporal power of
the Pope and to denounce the instruc-
ton of children by the state. When
the bishops discovered the true inward
ness of the scheme of the laymen they
asked to have the topics to be discussed
was conceded. When the committee
again met the laymen found that the
topics above referred to were stricken
out, and that the higher clergy had
taken steps to deprive them of all
power in directing the proposed con-
ference. The most active prelate
in the conferences was Archbishop Ire
land, who represents the liberal and
progressive American element in the
Catholic Church, and who had taken
some action in regard to several paro-
chial schools, namely, the transfer of them
to the school boards of the cities In
Minnesota where they were located,
which these laymen proposed to have
condemned. Their purpose defeated
by the Archbishop and his colleagues.
the laymen secretly prepared letter
setting forth their purpose and arraign-
ing the Archbishop for what he had
done in regard to the parochial schools
and in regard to the suppression of an
attempt to declare open war upon the
public school system, and sent it to the
Propaganda at Rome. When it was re-
ceived, Archbishop Ireland was sum-
moned, and the result is that the Pope
sustains the action of the Archbishop
and his colleagues in the matter, and
rather CURLY informs the officious lay
men that the clergy will attend to the
policy of the Catholic Church and that
their interference in behalf of the pre-
negatives of the head of that church is
an imDertinence. In other words, the
wise and large minded Pope Leo does
not propose to have questions discussed
in church congress in the United States
which are of no interest to the American
people, and evidently believes that it
would be unwise for such congress to
place the Catholic Church in fresh an
tagonism to the public-school system of
this country, which is as highly esteemed
by largo part of the Catholics as by
Professionals.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-03-07

sulting to this country" We are al SO
furnished with some able observations
concerning the relative naval force of
Great Britain and the United States on
the Pacific coast, and hints are drop
ped as to the probable plan of campaign
in the event of war.
Now, the Journal desires to protest at
the outset against sealskin war, even
on paper. We are tired of war. The
recent war with Chill was very exhaust
ing and we have not recovered from it.
Wars are like strikes-they should be
avoided, If possible. In this case We
think it is not only possible but easy.
Why should two great nations go to war
over lot of seals7 1t would be a fine
spectacle in the last decade of the nine
teenth century to see the United States
government sacrificing the lives of So
600 or 60.000 men in order to save $4,000
or 5000 seals. And all for whatf To
get $4,000 Or 60,000 sealskins to make up
into clOaks. thereby gladdening the
hearts of $4,000 OF 10000 women. The
Journal is not lacking in gallantry, and
Is willing to do anything in reason to
make women happy, but it is opposed to
swapping men for seals. There are some
mighty mean men in this country, but we
believe the poorest of the lot is worth
more than O seal. Besides, as far as
American women are concerned, we
venture the assertion that they will
cheerfully go without scalskin cloaks
in order to prevent war. Why should
the men be talking about sealskin
war when the women are not demand
ing it'll
The best way to end the seal .contro-
versy, of which the country is heartily
tired, is to end the seals. Let them be
killed off, males, females, pups and all,
seals and seals kin, and let us have
peace. Possibly this is Lord Salisbury's
idea in proposing wide-open policy
for Canadian fishing vessels in Behring
sea. Perhaps he is tired of the contro-
versy and proposes to end it by extermi-
mating the seals. That would be a good
radiance of a tiresome subject. At all
events, we protest against O sealskin
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-03-07

ceive. The position is one that by GUS
tom has como to a negro since it was
first filed by Fred Douglass. 1t is now
held by Blanche X. Bruce. During
Cleveland's term one Trotter, Massa-
chusetts mugwump of color, enjoyed
the emoluments of the position, and it
is not of record that any Democratic
Representative offered to cut down his
perquisites. though the souls of many of
them must have writhed at the sight of
a negro, no matter what his politics. in
possession of so lucrative an Office. Now
that the register is a Republican the
majority has risen as a body In revolt.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-03-07
NEW ELEMENT OF DANGER.
Railway.Car Heater ExplOdes and Injuries
Sixteen Persons. Two Probably Fatally.

Special TO the Indianapolis journal.
TOPEKA, Kan, March 6.-The Atchison.
Topeka & Santa Fe train due here at mid
night last night had just passed Climber. n
small station eight miles north of here.
when the passengers aud trainmen were
startled by an explosion. The car-heating
apparatus in the smoking-car exploded
with fearful force and wounded several
persons. two of them probably fatally.
Conductor Lamon and fifteen passengers
were buried in the debris in the front end
of the car When they were taken out 10
was found that every person in the smoker
was more or less injured. but only
two of them seriously. Alexander
Erickson. OF Armourdale. Kan, was badly
cut about the face and neck and injured
internally. He may live. but his condition
Is critical. Almond Richards of Topeka.
Kan. was frightfully hurt. Hewas sitting
near the heater and got the full force Of
the explosion. His face is mutilated almost
beyond recognition. His legs are cut and
scalded, while his feet are laid open 20 the
bone. His recovery is doubtful. John
Shaver. of North Topeka. was cnt about
the head and scalded. John SwartZ. or
North Topeka. had his hand cut and left
eye scalded. j. i. Brown, of PlattsrnCuth.
Neb.. was burned about the face aud
ecalded about the eyes. Tho injured were
taken 10 the hospital The cause OF the
explosion Is unknown.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-03-07

To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal:
What distances are carriers required to deliver
mail at free delivery O1icesl SIX.
This question cannot be directly an
swercd further than this: Letter-carriers
work on q schedule of eight hours q day.
The postal law reads: "Cities are so dis
tricted as to secure the full. equal and most
advantageous employ ment of the carriers.
The outside boundary of the carrier de-
livery and the number of delivery and COL
lection trips are fixed at the time of estab-
fishing the service. and must not be
changed except by authority of the Post
master general"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-03-07

On Wednesday, the 9th instant, the
journal will issue q sixteen-page paper
containing, besides the Eews of the day
and the usual variety of reading matter. q
large amount of matter specially prepared
for this issue. Among other features OF
interest will be one entirely unique. viz:
the area of each county. the population of
each county in 1880 and in 1890, the debt of
each county in 1890. and the number of
public school pupils in 1890. An ingenious
diagram will show the relative rank of
each county In all other respects. Take
Hamilton county for example. The map
will show the area of the county to be 400
square miles; population in 1850. 24.s0l;
population in 1890, &c. 123; county debt in
1890. g.. CSC; number of public school pupils.
7,0S5; it's rank among the other counties in
area, 43d; rank In population. 27th; rank in
debt Gath; rank in percentage of public
school pupils, Goth; increase in population
from 1850 to 1890. 1892; population of the
county seat in 1890. 1854. The same will be
shown for every county in the State.
Where there has been decrease in popula-
ton that also will be shown. There will
also be summary showing the area of the
State, total population in 1880 and 1890. total
State debt, total county debt. total
of the public school pupils. and relative
rank of the State among the other States
IN all these respects. There will also be .
list of the cities and towns in Indiana hav-
ing more than 1900 inhabitants, together
with valuable statistics concerning the
State institutions and its agricultural,
manufacturing and mining interests This
unique and valuable map should be in the
hands of every citizen of Indiana.
Another special feature will be detailed
account of the organization of the Journal
in all its departments. business editorial.
mechanical, etc., with cuts and descrip-
rions of its two Hoe perfecting presses, an
Interesting description of the stereotyping
process. etc. There will be other special
features of equal interest
The Journal will print very large edi-
ton of this issue; and it will have o wide
circulation in addition to the regular cir
culstion of the paper. Itofiers unusual in
ducements to advertisers. and agents every
where should increase their orders.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-03-07

Benjamin Harrison will be the nominee
of the Republican party for President for
another term. This is definitely settled.
and only an accident entirely unforeseen
can place any other anne az the head of the
Republican ticket next June. There are
other men entirely worthy OF the honor.
whose names have been mentioned as presi-
Dental posi- bilitIes. and who would make
good presidents and popular candidates.
but the party favors the denomination Of
He has been a good executive, a wise coun-
seIor and a statesman-like head of the Ma
ton. Party usage demands his reelection,
unless for good rea sons ne declines to run. It
Is the only probability for the head of the
Republican ticket
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-03-07

ONE of the five mugwumps who fig
ured in Indianapolis politics during the
last presidential campaign is gaining
some celebrity in New York, where he
has taken up his residence, by giving his
fellow citizens points on the art of
pedestrianism. This should serve as an
encouragement to his brethren left be-
hind. If they cannot regulate the poll
tics of the rest Of mankind they may, at
least, train them in the way they should
60 on their feet.