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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-31
BLAND WON'T COMPROMISE,

But Yet He Will Accept the Present Silver
Act, If He Can't Get Free Coinage.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 30.-"I want no com
promise. / am for free coinage of silve at
the present ratio frst. last and all the
time.n Representative Bland. the veteran
silver leader and the chairman of the CON-
mittee on coinage, was very emphatic
when he delivered himself of these state
ments this morning. Il want no CON-
promise at all, bur. If l could do no better.
l would probably accept the cid net. pro-
vided the maximum amount. 81, 900, 900 per
month. mentioned in that measure. was
agreed to be coined. / believe that the
present law is the best legislation We have
had In the interest of silver. and, OF course.
l do not want il to be repealed"
What do you hin OF the present pros
pect of silver legislation at this Con gressf"
IL an told that an attempt is to be made
to repeal or suspend the present law"
well. do you think that this meme
mcnt will be successfulf"
mo. i do not. i don't think such o prop
osition can get through the House. l think.
however. that there Is o better chance for
it to pass at this session than there Will be
during the next Congress-. There are q
number of men who have not been re-
elected who may vote Independently of the
wishes of their constituents. especially as
n Democratic Administration Will soon DO
;naugurated which Is opposed to free coin
age. j am for free coinage. aud il i cannot
get 1t at this session | shall try to secure it
at the next or the earliest possible
moment. The sherman law is tho
nearest we have been able TO get
to that point as yet. 1t is proposed to re-
peal il, but nothing Is suggested TO take
it's place. IL that proposition was to DO
carried. silver would be at once demon
etized. and when that happens IL will not
be long before gold. too. 10 demonetized
With silver demonetized there would be
sneh a fight for gold among the nations. the
highest bidder getting t. that panics would
inevitably ensue. Then the people of this
country would rise up. take hold of the
government and give those now trying to
run Iit such a lesson In finance as they don
dream of. The Eastern men who arc clam
orlng for gold are too greedy. and are
grasDing for everything in sight, letting
the future take care OF itself. They will
find out their mistake. 1t Is my belief that
the world Is drifting rapidly to paper
money. &C will reach that point before
long. and ] don't know but that We will DO
quite as well off,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-31

Mrs. EMMA p. EWING, of a New York
Banitarium, makes light of the boasts of
the manager of q Yale refractory that he
has been able. during the past three
months, to furnish board to students at
IN average cost of 10 cents a meal. Mrs.
Ewing says this is nothing to brag of,
and adds that she has fed fifty students
1T therate of 8 cents a meal. and further
more AYERS that the meals were good
and the students grew fat on them.
Mrs. Ewing is a professor of cooking of
high degree, and her statements and ex-
p~erience are valuable. The State of In
diana could not do better than to secure
her services to bring b food expenses
of the insane asylums within bounds.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-31
THE REPROOP OF A MILLIONAIRE.

Eastern papers contain paragraphs
commencing Mr.. Montgomery Sears, of
Boston, who is the richest man in New
day, because he has just served twenty
seven days as a juror. Why should he
not serve ms n juror? Why should he
be excused from such q dutyf Why is
it any more q virtue in q millionaire to
discharge a duty required of every citi-
zen when called upon han it would be
for John Smith. who leaves his work.
bench or his retail grocery business to
perform that public duty? There might
be a reason why itwould be a serious in
convenience for John Smith to give so
nan days to jury service, but it could
not be for Mr.. Sears, who has agents
and clerks to look after his business.
There are more reasons why Mr..
Sears should s%crupulously discharge
such a public duty than there
are why a MAJ of small income
should do SO. He has more interests re-
quiring the protection of the lSw than
has the poor man; therefore, there is
less reason for his refusing to do jury
duty than for one who has less wealth.
There appears to be an impression in
some quarters that men of great wealth
are not under the ordinary obligations
of cltizenship-thatin some manner they
have exclusive privileges. They have
not, and if they should so assume they
shou,l he fauvht heftar Nh frpth u
trial by jury has fallen into d%isrepute to
some extent because men of means. or
whose hands are full of business, escape
il. Because they do men hang around
court-rooms in some cities in the expec-
tation of being called to act as jurors.
Mr.. Sears has administered a rebuke to
the sentiment that q class of men are
under no obligation to discharge the
duties of ordinary citizenship.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-31

The declaration of Chairman SPRING
Or, of the House committee on ways and
means. that the reduction of the duty on
wooden goods to 35 per cent. ad rdlorem
will increase the importation from $685.
DOC. 900 to 800, 0OO, 900 alarms the free
trade New York Times because it is
made SO openly. The Times sees that
luch an increase of imported wooden
goods means the closing up of scores of
WOODEN factories in this country.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-31

THE road congress ut Evansville, rep
%resenting the counties of the First con-
gressional district, was one of the graf
flying results of the recent congress in
this city. Such conventions should be
held in all parts of the State. and it is
to be hoped the officers of the organiza-
ton recently effected will see that they
are. The movement for good roads
must not be allowed to anguish.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-31

Three Departments Working HarmoniousIy
To End the Texas Border Troubles.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 50. General Grant.
acting Secretary OF War. said to-day that
il Is absolutely untrue that there Is lack of
harmony between the Department. of JUS
tice and tho State and War Departments
growing out of the condition Of affairs
along the Mexican frontier. He was cor
roborated in this by Secretary Foster and
Attorncy-general Miller. each of whom was
interviewed on the subject. There is. how
ever. considerable speculation as to the OBJ
jeet Of CAPTAIN Bourke's recent visit TO
Washington. aud an effort 10 being made to
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-31
Attempt To Escap- by T~unneitn~

FRANKFORT. KY. Dec. 30-Warden Nor
man has discovered and foiled a plan for
an outbreak OF prisoners. The plan was
even more complicated and shrewdly con-
war. A hole had been cut through q work
shop bench. and led under tho floor TO the
month of tunne! that had been dug fifty
feet in length. ami to within ten feet of q
blg Sc Just outside of the prison wall.
This, once reached. fifty men could have
walked single file down TO the river bank,
q half mile below town.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-31

CHICAGO. Dec. 30.-Ths verdict OF the
coroner's jury investigating the wreck at
the Forty-scyenth-srreet crossing. In which
four people were killed and a dozen wound
cd. was returned this afternoon. 1t recon-
mends that the engineer OF the obstruction
the tiarman and gateman nt the crossing
DO held 10 await tho action OF the grand
Jury. liz also holds the street-railwa CON-
pany and the P%ittsburg. Fort Way ne *
Chicago Railroad Company jointly respon-
ssble tor the accident
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-31

DIR. BRIGGS has won a substantial vic
tory in the New York Presbytery. and
the verdict in his favor probably fore
casts the result when the case shall
have been carried to the synod and the
General Assembly. 1t indicates o rad
zeal departure, but the efficiency of the
church as q conservative and useful
force in morals and government will not
be impaired.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-31

THE New York Worlds Panama
canal story seems like an attempt to
construct o big sensation on o small
basis. There is just enough historical
truth in the statement to give it an air
of plausibiiity. For example, it is true
that NJ. De Lesseps did visit this coun-
try. that the attention of Congress was
called to the canal schems. that an
American committee was appointed. etc.
But il does not follow that S2.0 900, 900 or
any other sum was used in bribinR
American Legislators. IL that enormous
sum or any considerable sum was thus
used. the results should appear in some
effort 10 secur favorable legislation in
Congress, or at least in some friendly
expression. Nothing of the kind oc-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-31

IT was not necessary in order to ON
vince any one who knows him for Col.
r. w. Thompson to deny a knowledge
of any misuse of Panama canal funds in
this country. His integrity is above
o~uanicion
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-31

THE Murphy movement. as it is known
In Indiana, is a very different thing
from the Murphy movement now under
way in New York. The one Strengthens
Democrats out; the other is getting
Democrats all tangled UP. so that pres
emily they won't know where they are
"at" or whether they are really Demo-
Gratis or only Cleveland men.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-31

FROM present indications the distin-
gushing feature of Mr.. Cleveland's ad-
ministration will be an effort either to
capture or smash the Democratic ma
chine in New York.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-31

For the present the Western Demo-
cratic papers will support Mr.. Cleveland
in his remarkable assault on Chairman
Murphy. Mr.. Cleveland has the key to
the store-room.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-31

For humiliating subserviency and alb
ject surrender Of independence nothing
has ever been seen in American politics
ut all comparable to the attitude of most
of the Democratic party before Gar
ClAvAland-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-31

CAR CLEVELAND may succeed in pre-
venting the election of Senator Hills
friend. Murphy, to the Senate. but if he
does Hill will have il ont with him later.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-31
senator co,ou,,, and wife p.ra,y u.d.

Ca, Dec. Ex-senator Col
Quits condition is now considered critical
by his physicians. He was able ten Gays
ago TO walk, with some aid. about the
house. but he 10 now confined TO his bed
and unable to rise. One side is paralyzed.
His wife lies in an adjoining room para
] yzed, her brain being affected. She IL not
expected to live many DAYS.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-31
An nniuckv Snoacb

Boston Justice of the P~eace-Prisoner at the
bar. have you aught to say in your defense!
CuIprit-Only this, Judge Inever done it.
J. P.-Ninety days more for contempt of court.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-31
Some Difference.

Mudge-Did You say that Potts averaged
three drunks a week. or three drinksl There is a
difference, you know.
Yabsley-Yes, there is a difference-the differ
ence between u and L.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-31
Tho Serenader.

He sang beneath the window dark,
In a tenor voice pitched shriiIy high,
III a tone that drowned the watchdog's bark.
''Give me the girl with a bright black eye"
There arose before him q form immense,
There happened a thud and a swaletul swirl,
And he carried away, "a he leaped the fence,
A bright black eye. but nary a girl.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-31
C..u.ir,e. Mt sprinSneio. O.

SPRINGFIELD. o.. Dec. 30.-Fireman
Thomas Larkins had an arm broken and
Michael Dunn two ribs broken in running
to a fire last evening.
Conductor William Burdell. of the Big
Four yard crew. was killed. and brakeman
Robert Collins fatally injured In a collision
in the yards here this morning.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-31

IA ANTONIO. Tex, Dec. 50.-A company,
backed by heavy capital. has been organ
ized here to utilize the Mesquite bean. Tho
chief object 10 TO prepare the bean so that q
beverage resembling coffee can be made
from its decoctiop or infusion.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-31
rbere.s /, Time Tn stn~.

"My son." said the philosopher, 'ft does not
matter so much what you say as the time you say
it. II the festive frog used his raucous voice in
announcing the approach of winter instead OF
heralding the advent of blessed. balmy spring.
he would he chased Off the earth as q croaker and
calamity bowler"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-31

ALL kinds of suggestions are made as
to how silver may be kept from depre-
ciating and enabled to hold its own with
gold. The latest is from n prominent
lawyer in Ohio, who writes to the Secrc-
tary of the Treasury suggesting that
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-31

Our senior Senator will ere long be
repeating his remark about a Demo-
cratic President with a t~wenty-inch col
lar and a head for q six-inch hat.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-31
RIOT In A CHURCH.
One Man Killed. One Fatally Wounded and
Several Seriously Injured.

One NAnn tkke one b1ouuu6o 8uo
Several Seriously Injured.
MACARTHUR, O., Dec. 30.-particulars
reached here last evening of a shocking af-
fair at q country church near Porter. Galiia
county. a dozen miles from Gallipolis.
Just as revival services were beginning
Clark Watkins caught his sister-in-law.
Mrs. Peter Watkins, walking with q man
with whom her name had been unpleas-
antly connected, and attacked him with .
knife. Both he and the woman rushed into
the church, where a general fight stopped
the services. When the riot was ended IL
was found hat Peter Watkins, the
woman's husband, was slain: Harris. the
woman's escort, was fatally wounded. hsv-
ing q broker skull, and several knife
wounds; James Grover had one eye cut ont;
Clark Wnskins was beaten almost 60 death.
and q ~half-dozcn others were hurt. The
church was almost completely wrecked.
Two Men Hanged by .Unknown- Persons.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. Dec. Sc. When the
citizens of Greenville. Ala, arose to-day
they saw two dead bodies dangling from
above the courthouse steps. Last night
late two strangers went TO Jailer Bergain-
er's house and told him they had a prisoner.
He went with them to the Jail. where he
was met by q mob of one hundred armed
and masked men. who were hidden behind
o fence with drawn pistols. They de-
manded the keys, which Mr.. Bergainer sur
rendered. The cells of John Hipp and
Charles Kelly, the alleged murderers OF
Tax Collector c. J. Armstrong. of Butler
county. were opened and both men were
taken out and hurried TO the courthouse
yard. with ropes about their necks. With
out being allowed TO pray, they were
hanged above the courthouse steps. The
mnh than uniaflv diauQraad The yQrdioy
of the jury is that the men were hanged by
unknown persons.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-31

THE way MIR. Cleveland has started IN
is a notification to Republicans that
they need not follow up circuses for fun
during the next year.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-31
BUBBLES In THE AIR
Not

"Are you a citizen Of this county," asked the
lawyer.
"Not during holiday week." sadly answered
the witness. "I am q bachelor"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-31

THE fact at the bottom of MIR. Cleve-
lands bossism is that he knows the ca
pacity of the Democratic party for blum
dering.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-31

If President Harrison had interfered
In the election of United States Senators
and undertaken to dictate the organiza-
ton of the House. as Mr.. Cleveland is
doing, the Democratic press of the cOun-
try would have united in a call for vol
unteers to march to Washington and
'dethrone the tyrant." And Cleveland
Is not even President vet.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-31

LITTLE Rock. Ark. Dec. 30.-A- J.. Hud-
speth was executed ut Harrison. Ark. to-
day for the murder of George Watkins IN
1887. Hudspeth was hanged for the murder
of q man whose body was never found.
The murderer worked for Watkins on q
farm In Marion county, five years ago.
One morning in the spring of 1857 Hud-
spetb and Watkins went to town. Since
morning Watkins asneyer been seen.
Hudspeth was arrested on suspicion OF
murder. Mrs. Watkins. afterwards
charged with being an accessory to the
%taking-off of her husband, was taken fatal
ly i'll. but before dying confessed that
Hudspeth killed her husband TO get him
out of the way SO he could marry her.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-31

SIRoUDsBURS, Pa. Dec. 3o.-While the
men employed on the Wilkesbarre X East
ern railroad. near TenDersville. were thaw-
ing dynamite for blasting purposes. to-day.
four of them. two white and TWO colored.
were instantly killed. One of the number
was "A Qang.boss.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-31
The INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL.

ALL signs point to a big war in the
Democratic camp. with the storm-center
In New York.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-31
Terrible Triple Tragedy.

GARNERsvILLE. KY. Dec. 30.-John
Barnes and his brother-in-law. James Kerr,
went to the Ohio river on Monday. os-
tensibly for supplies. They returned home
on Tuesday night very drunk. and nothing
more was seen of them until a neighbor
called yesterday evening. Finding the
door ajar the neighbor walked IN and
found Mrs. Barnes lying across the bed
dead with her head crushed, while Barnes
and Kerr were lying in a corner of the
room, also dead, frightfnlly slashed with
knives. Each grasped n knife In his hand.
The surrounding showed that the battle
had been long and terrible. liz is thought
that Barnes struck his wife with q Jug for
scolding him for coming home drunk, and
that her brother then attacked Barnes.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-31

WAsHISGToN, Dec. S0.-About ]. 400 post
offices will be designated Jan. 2. 1888. as adj
ditional domestic money-order Offices. TO
begin business On receipt of books and
blanks now In course of preparation, which
will be furnished them before Jan. Is. OF
the new money-order offices Illinois Will
have nine and Indiana two.
COMMISSIONS Mason has prepared G state
ment showing that the receipts from inter-
nal revenue for the first five months of the
current fiscal year aggregated S70.0s5 .010,
an increase over the corresponding period
of last year of So. 1866.
MIR. Blaine Is q little better this evening.
The fact that he has tided over full ten
days without q relapse is a source of great
encouragement TO his family.
The President to-day detailed Maj. S. l..
Noryille. Tenth Cavalry. 10 duty In charge
OF the Indian agency mt Fort Belknap.
Mont, subject to the orders of the Interior
Department.
The President has proclaimed n deinitive
arrangement of commercial reciprocity with
q Salvador, concluded "n the 18th
ultimo. The arrangement is to take place
from and alter Dec. 81.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-31
Millionaire Ked-skins.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3a-Indian Com
missioner Morgan has transmitted 20 tho
Secretary of the Interior n certified copy OF
she proceedings of the Usage National
Counci of Indians in Oklahoma. in which
the request is made thas the accumulated
interest money to the credit of the tribe in
the United States treasury be paid TO them
per capita at once. in order that they may
pay their debts incurred in buildings.
fencing, breaking lands. etc. liz is said at
the Indian Office that this tribe. which
now numbers about l $40 souls. has nearly
$3.50. QUO in cash TO ITS credit IN the United
about 1.401,0 900 acres or land. valued at least
at So per acre, which. according 10 NUM-
bers. makes the Osages the wealthiest COM
munity of any race In the world.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-31

give IL undue Importance. IL is learned to-
day that his mission was strictly a secret
one. and that its object would be defeated
by it's becoming known just at present lie
can. however. be stated positively that
Captain Bourke does not carry back TO
Texas any instructions regarding the plan
of campaign. and that all orders on that
subject will continue TO be issued through
General Wheaton. the commanding gener.
al of the Department Of Texas
The Green Forest tribune., 1892-08-04
A Card.

We, the appointed building com
miuee Of the ". e. church at this
place, take pleasure in stating tha,
with the assistance of those who
have agreed to assist, the building
will soon be finished.
We feel very grateful to those
who have already So generously
donated labor. money and material
and sincerely hope that those. whose
subscription remains unpaid will
come to our relief at once and pay
the amount OF their subscription.
and thereby enable US to complete
the building.
= This is a matter in which all4 of
our citizens should feel an interest
and renderthe enterprise all th
assistance possible.
Respectfully,
d. F. RAY, !
H. STACY, Committee
J. NJ. BAILEY, J.
The Green Forest tribune., 1892-08-04

INDICATIONS just now point toward
the election of a republican Governor Of
Missouri this fall. Maj. Warner, the
republican nominee for Govenor, open
ed his campaign at Sedalia On Tuesday
of last week. Ii is estimated that at
least 20 900 republicans were present
from different parts of the state. 1t is
believed that "time" has been "called'
says the Kansas City Star, an inde-
pendent democratic paper, and that
"Missourians are ready for "New Mis-
souri," as Maj. Warner phrases it.
The republican vote in that state has
been steadily on the increase since 1884,
and the act of the democratic legisla-
tors in redistricting the state last
winter has given democratic state pol
icies such blow with fair minded dem
ocrats that they will not recover i'll
time to elect Governor. The vote for
President since 1880 has been far in eX-
cess of those cast for Governor, and
other state offices; this itself shows
| that democrats is not SO Crock
ribbed" that a change can not be made
in state policies. The state will, no
doubt, remain democratic in regard to
to National politics.
The Green Forest tribune., 1892-08-04

w. E. WINNER, of the Winner rail
road, came down Monday from Kan
sas City and left on the 10 O'Clock
stage for Winnerva, the seat of his
railroad. During his brief sojourn
here today we cleaned that the road
was now one of the sureties of North
west Arkansas and that three miles of
the road bed had been graded and
was now ready for the iron which will
be laid next week. We further learn
ed that the next contract will be let
soon and that it will extend with. n
ght miles Harrison, Boone county.
Judging from appearances, there is a
strong probability that his railroad
will strike this city on the South some
where near the sSanitarium enterprise
He will return here next Friday, upon
which occasion we hope to be able to
learn something defnite-E. S. Demo
crat.