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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-23
snrevd Trick of shopufter.

CHICAGO. Nov. 22.-Through the arrest OF
two shoplifters, giving their names as
have discovered one Of the cleverest meth
DDS of shoplIfting that has come to their
notice for come time. The men carried be-
tween them a p~asteboard box, about two
feet long and ten inches square. At the
top of the box was n lid. to the
hinges Of which was liked n spring. A very
small amount of weight placed on the lid
would cause it to go down. allowing any
thing placed on top of il 10 fall into the
box. 1t would then be forced back by the
spring. When the men were arrested by
the officers this novel and portable fence"
was well filled with gloves and silk stock
ings. The police claim that the names
given by the men at the Central station arc
assumed. and that the two are members of
the theatrical profession. and age well
known as female im~personat0rs.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-23

THE Evansville Standard has abund-
ant reason for its exultation over the
good fight which the Republicans made
In the First district. Compared with
1890. the Republican gain in the district
was 1855. In Gibson county it was 126.
In Perry 81. in Pike 20. in Posey 44O. In
Spencer a Democratic majority of 4O1, in
1890. was turned to a Republican major
ity of q In Vanderbure a Democratic
majority of s65 was replaced by a Re-
publican majority of 3. while in War
rick county a Democratic majority of
71s, in 1890. was cut down to IA. The
Standard says that If this same ratio of
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-23

IT is amusing to see the old Demo-
cratic office-holders under Mr.. Cleve-
lands first administration serenely
bObbing up all over the country and
asking to be reinstated. They seem to
think the Democratic campaign was con-
Quoted mainly in their behalf and that
the only great principle established be-
yond any doubt is that they are to be
reappointed to Office. The Journal pre-
diets that when the list of prize winners
comes to be read most of these patriots
will find themselves left out. History is
not apt to repeat itself in that way.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-23

1T is now admitted on all hands that
an average of three ballots to a precinct
were thrown out in the recent election.
AS there are 1869 precincts in the State,
jected ballots in the entire State. As a
large minority of the election officers
were Democrats. and as they had in
structions to throw out as many Repub-
lican ballots as possible, it is safe TO as
sumo that two-thirds. perhaps three
fourths, of the rejected ballots were Re-
publican. If they had been counted it
would have turned the scale in at least
two orthree congressional districts. and
possibly in the State.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-23

Chicago, Nov. 22-The Illinois Steel
Company's immense sJeel-rail plant.
at south Chicago, which employs
about $500 skilled and unskllled
laborers. is expected To shut down on Dec.
IL. The uncertainty over the possible
changes In the tariff is said TO be the pri-
mary cause. The Duration of the shut
down has not been announced, but two or
three months is spoken OF.
One of the officers said today: THE
works will not shut down until we stop
getting orders. Several were received yea
terday and negotiations are to-day being
made for others. As soon as orders stop
coming in. which will probably be the case
shortly. the mills Will have TO close. Last
winter the entire force was steadily em-
ployed at good wages"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-23

LIKE MI the other manufacturing
cities of Indiana and the whole country,
South Bend is thriving and prosperous.
Like allthese, however. its greatest gain
has been on wages paid, which, as it ap-
pears from the census, rose from S372
per hand in 1880 to $40 in 1890, and yet
it appears that a majority in that pros
porous city voted against the party and
the policy under which such a growth of
wages has come about.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-23

ing of the American Hereford Breeders As
sociation. held at the Leland Hotel. the fol-
lowing officers were elected: President, J..
S. Carlisle. Chicago; vice president, O.. N.
BIssell. Milford. \. T.; secretary. c. II.
Charles Gudgel, Independence. Mo. Dr.
rectors-Thomas Smith. Beecher. Ill; j. ".
Hadisy, DanviIle, Ind; Z. Day. Weeping
Water. Neb.; G. III. Maxim, Florence. Kan.
Executive c0mmittee-H. II. Cl0ngh,
Elyria. o.: Charles Gudgel. Independence,
No.; 3. t.. Stuart. Lafayette. Ind. Resolu-
tions were passed asking fair officials to
make certain changes IN classifcation.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-23

ments. Force can accomplish no good in
q nation whose rulers. the people, have in
their hands the ballot, and with il the
power to make the lawA-Chicago News
Record.
LIZ the Homestead strikers were not wise
enough In the first place to see they could
not gain their point. they ought to have
been convinced of it when they first saw
the militia in possession, and the next
three or four weeks should have suficed to
prove to all of them that they were on the
losing side. without hove Of changing the
result by further observation-disclosures
Tribune.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-23
Death of Another Gs.-RIch-ouick Order.

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 22.-The Order of
the Amitie. a so-called beneficial ~organiza-
ton. has made an assignment to it's soil
oitOr. Francis j. Gallagher, of this city.
over the signature of its supreme president,
Goodrich. The COLLAPSE Is due to the COL
lapse of the Iron Hall and other similar orr
ders. When the order was in full running
order there were about thirty lod eee. with
from z, 500 to three Thousand members, bu
at present there are only about loo. in
Guiding u number at New York and Chica-
60. Amltie was q seven-year scheme, to
pay 81 600 at the end of that period and SIS
per week in case of sickness, the number of
weeks limited to four in q year; the amount
paid for sickness in the seven years 10 be
deducted from the 81 ,O00. It has been An
existence only four years. therefore none of
it's members had yet been paid.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-23

WAYNE MACVEAGH, in his speech at
the Manhattan Club dinner in honor of
Mr.. Cleveland, not only chafed Mr..
Schurz by cautioning him mot to be-
come a candidate too soon after his con-
version but struck at the Irish Repub-
lican, saying that sit filled his heart
with rejoicing to know that he had been
enabled to put an end forever to the
Blaine-Irish Republican,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-23

The New York Herald assumes that
high tariffs necessarily insure large rev.
enues. Very moderate tariffs, those not
checking the volume Of imports. will
bring the largest revenues. Cut down
the duties on cotton, wooden, iron and
like goods one-third. and for two years
there will be abundant revenue. but
after two years empty American fac
tories and limited revenues. Such is
experience. and experience keeps a good
ach0nl
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-23

lent was: Republican, 2SS, O34; Demo-
cratic, 2S1,677; Prohibition, 29,96S; Peo-
pies party, 20.593. In spite of the Pro-
hibltion and Peoples party vote, most
of which came from the Republicans,
they carried the State outside of Chi
cago by a plurality of more than 5000.
1t was the slums of Chicago, the thou
sands of aliens who took ont their 'sfirst
papers" q few days before the election,
that turned the scale for Cleveland.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-23

THE dissertation of soldiers graves is
the direct result of the election to the
highest Offices of the Nation of men who
were in sympathy with the rebels, one
tacitly and by implication, the other
actively and openly. The copperhead
In Indiana is as non as ever.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-23
smnshup on the Queen s. Crescent

NEW ORLEANS, Nov. GA confusion of
train orders occasioned q wreck on the
Queen a. Crescent road this afternoon at /
o'clock. The wreck took place six miles
south of Derby. a small station sixty-ive
miles north of New Orleans. A north bound
freight crashed head end into the SOUTH
bound passenger train, and q disastrous
smashup resulted. A tramp was killed in
stantly, and Charles Peck. of Chattanooga,
Tenn, was fatally injured; Manuel L.
Crume, of Livingston, Ala. bad a leg
broken; L. NJ. Holland, railway mail clerk.
of this city, was badly int not fatally
hurt, and Charles Scott. of Chicago. sus-
tanned a sprained ankle.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-23
A Peeacher change. HI, Coed

JAMESTOWN. n. Y. Nov. 22.-Rev. w.
Faber. for nine years pastor of the First
Presby terrain Church at Wesfield. has re-
signed his passionate and announced his in
tcntion of becoming "A candidate fer the
ministry In the Episcopal Church. Rev.
sir. faber Ia n liberal preacher. who be-
lIeyes in the doctine enunciated by Dr.
Briggs. lie will preach his farewell SER
mon next sunday. after which he will
make application as a candidate fox the
ministry TO Bishop Cox. Of Buffalo
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-23

THERE seems to be a controversy
among officers of the late Confederacy
as to who had "the honor" as General
Beauregard puts it, of firing the first
gun against Fort Sumter on April 12,
1851. The decision of the controversy
may involve the appointment to a good
Office under the next administration.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-23

gain had been maintained in the rest of
the State the Republican majority in In
diana would have been 1876. This ex-
cellent result is attributed largely to eff
fective organization by district, county
and township committees.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-23

An Awfnl Sinner,

Mrs. FIgg-why don't you play with Johnny
Briggs any more2
Tommy-He's too wicked. He tells fbs on
Sunday.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-23

LIZ the moon shonld take a notion to elope
with the comet the blame may be safely
charged to the paleozoio soubrettes who
have been singing my Love Is the Man in
the Moon" so much of late.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-23

In order to protect their gags and spe-
Qualities from appropriation by unprlnci-
pied members of the profession, variety
actors are preparing to petition Congress
for q copyright law. This may be very
well for the actors. but who is going to
protect the public from the 'gagsi"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-23
THE INDIANAPOLIs JOURNAL.
THE new slogan of the New York Sum:
mo mugwump domination"

Mr.. DEPEw is right. The Mckinley
bill will never be an issue again, but
protection viii. The Democratic party
Is pledged to repeal the Mckinley bill.
lie it does no more thar amend it it will
cease to be the Mckinley bill.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-23
a Generou. Ch,caronn.

CHICAGO. Nov. 22-Matthew Latin. who
has n fortune representing three score
years of active business life. ffty-four of
them in Chicago. has subscribed S75. 600
toward q permanent home for the Chicago
Academy of Sciences. The only condition
Is that en- eqnal amount be obtained from
other sources.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-23

THE Democratic Brooklyn Eagle re-
marks that all of New York's Senators
down to Mr.. Hiscock have been men of
wide information and character beit-
ting the station, and then cries out:
What figures Hill and Brewer Murphy
present in contrast!D
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-23

A CABLE dispatch to the New York
Sun says that '.fOrty thousand children
in London 90 to school without break
fast every morning" Will it be so in
our largest cities when the British Geo.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-23

If 90 per cent. of the Democrats in
Indiana who are building hopes on office
at the hands of Mr.. Cleveland should be
sent abroad or where they could not
vote in 1894, the Republicans would
carry the State by 10000 without a can
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-23
The Only Way.

"Our friendship must never die" he said. at
must be kept green forever"
'Then we must be careful that it does not ripen
into love-" she replied.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-23

To allay the rising symptoms of an as
Economical war relative to the ownership
and name of the recently -discovered comet,
suppose we agree to call it Any body's comet.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-23
McGObb's Excuse.

Police Commissioner-Mr. McGobb, how did il
happen that you let a raving lunatic go around
terrorizing people on your beat for a whole aft.
ernoonl
officer ~McGobb-sure, I thought he was some
felly payin' a lection bet.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-23

THE Dissertation of the graves of the
Union dead near Martinsville. Ind. on last
Tuesday evening was as dastardly an out
rage as was ever perpetrated In q civilized
community. 1t was the work of savages.
Now York Recorder.
AS a matter of fact it was the work of
a type of Indiana Democrats.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-23
Bad for the Comet

Watts-Byg gum! I think I have found a real use
for the football fellows at last.
Potts-What il lit
watts-why not get 'em all together to meet
that comet If 1t comes our way2
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-23
A Young Mans Acumen.

Minnie-I thought you intended to sit bare
headed at the theater hereafterl
Mamie-I did intend to, but George wouldn't
let me-the jealous thing, He was afraid all the
men behind us would fall in love with me.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-23

THE official returns in Illinois show
that, outside of Cook county, where
Chicago is situated, the vote for Presi-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-23
No Certiaca,e Goes with This.

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. Nov. pa meteor
which fell on Aug. 4 landed in the top OF
an immense elm on the farm of j. 8.
Fowler. in Williamson. and has continued
since then to work it's way toward the
roots. The tree was t~wenty-four feet in
circumference at the base and the height
of the first branches above the earth was
los feet. 1t was probably one of the great
est eims in the United States. The meteor
burned off the top Of the tree. n has now
worked it's way down to within forty feet
of the ground. Mr.. Fowler chopped q hole
in the trunk and took out about half o
bushel of material a few days ago. 1t was
hot when taken out. but soon cooled. The
color 10 q lightish brown or drab-llke lava.
1t smells like sulphur and has a greasy
feeling. 1t tastes strongly of potash, and
10 supposed to be composed largely Of sui
phate of potash. Its weight is q little
greater than q stone of the same dimen-
sions. indicating the presence of metals.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-23
The Stars wiz ..Fau" on Sunday.

81. Louis. Nov. 22.-Dr. j. E. Sullivan,
city chemist. and an astronomer of some
note. In discussing some promised celestial
phenomena in connection with BieIa's
comet, said that the stars would probably
fall on the night of the 9th inst. There
are men living now, he said. who remember
the year, two generations ago. when the
stars "felT 1t was the most brilliant
meteoric shower recorded In history. He
says that the comets appearance at tho
time set for the display of meteors in the
constellation Leo every thirty-three years
will d TO the phenomena exhibited in
that quarter.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-23
ASTRONOMERS CAN'T AGREE
Conflicting Statements About the Comet
Now Speeding Through Space.
Prof. Young Says II Is Coming at the Rate Of
100000 Miles a Dsy-It May strike the Barth
Next Saturday-Pather Searle's Views.

PRINCETON, n. J.. Nov. 22.-Prof. Charles
A. Young says of the comet now attracting
so much attentions: 1T has increased in
size since l first saw it. so. in my opinion.
1t is probably coming toward rs. IL 10
travelling about 750. 600 miles n day, and, as
/ observed it LAST night. I calculated il to
be about 100000 miles from the earth.
The earth Is approaching the place where
the two orbits come together at the rate Of
$4,000 miles q day. The comet. If 10
travels in the orbit of Biela's. will pass by
the nearest spot to the earth's orbit eight
hours before the earth reaches it, and this
will be before text Sunday, probably Sat-
urday night
"The appearance of the comet is much
different from the ordinary. At first its
edges were as clear as if cut with q pair of
scissors Now. however. its tail has grown
much longer. and last night il resembled u
brush. Its spectrum is continuous, but
without the dark lines. so probably it is
not o self-luminons body. Ii Is now three
or four times as large as when first saw
It, last night i saw in many Parts OF 10
little shining PARTICLES. which, with tho
telescope, i recognized to be stars shining
through 1t. SO IL Is a gaseous substance,
and If 1t does strike the earth IL will do no
great harm.
Its substance is extremely rare. Chr
air Is several times more dense. and II it
does strike the earth it will do no more
harm to the inhabitants than a feather bed
would TO the fish If IL should fall on the
ocean. The principal harm that could come
would be the falling OF @ few meteorio
stones over the surface of the earth and q
slight disturbance in our atmosphere
caused by the gases mixing with our cir.
Its diameter is about q. 1000 miles. SO that
the falling of "a many meteoric stones as ie
seems TO contain, over such q surface,
would spread them so thinly that not very
many would strike the earth. and these
would do little damage. If II strikes the
earth next Saturday night about all wa
will see will be q nice display OF meteorio
fire.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-23
Father se.r,e.- Observations.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 22-Father Sesrle.
the noted observer at the Catholic Univer-
sity has mrds some observations of the
comet and decides 10 il not Biela's. Ii was
nearest the sun on Cot. IL. is receding from
the sun and earth and 8 getting fainter.
1t is now about Is ZOO. 900 miles from the
earth. 1t has an elliptic orbit, moving
around the sun in al out six years. The
lea It distance from the sun is about 300
O0U.G0 0 miles; greatest distance about 30l.-
700. 900. The theory or its approaching the
earth. says Father Searie. arose from q
mistake of ten minutes of time in the
original faIecr.m
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-23

OTTAWA, Ont, Nov. 22.-In regard to tho
assertion of Professor Colbert that the
earth is liable to collide with the alleged
Biela comet. Professor Virgins says: You
can Judge as to the danger of that when
say that Father Secchi. the celebrated
Italian astronomer. a few years ago was
looking through his glass at this same
comet. when he saw il burst in two, thus
becoming W electrical comets. These
lave since gradually receded from each
other. They are now considered two dis
tinct comets and have psriooic times en-
tirely dissiinilar. There is no danger OF
their running upon each other. and why
should they run against the earthf More
over. some OF the asteroids. as. for instance.
Melpomene and Miassa. are continually
crossing and recrossing the path of Mars
aud never collide with that planet. Com
cts, however, may do us a great deal of
damage. for ii one should run between Us
and our moon, as Lexelis comet ran among
the moons of Jupiter in 175S. it's powerful
attraction would so affect the earth as
TO cause the water of our oceans tn over
flow our continents. as no doubt happened
at the time OF Noah's deiuge."
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-06-18
BALrIMoREs PosTOFFICE.
The Democrats OF the House Reforr
Committee Report

WASHINGTON, June 1.-THE democratic
majority Of the House committee on re-
form in the civil service has agreed upon
report drawn up by Mr.. Boatner Of Louisi-
ana upon the results Of the committee's
investigation of the alleged violation of the
civil service law at Baltimore. The
report makes some sharp criticisms
upon the Postmaster General and
upon the postoffice inspectors who
investigated and reported upon Civil Serv-
i've Commissioner Roosevelt'S investigation
Of the Baltimore postottlce, and concludes
as follows: I'VE therefore find shat the re-
port OF the civil service commission, recon-
mendug the removal of certain employees in
the possofiice at Baltimore, was well
founded; that the postmaster at Baltimore
has not removed any of these pertes, SUBJ
stantially by direction OF the
Postmaster General; that the report
of the inspectors upon which they were
retained is supported by evidence taken by
themselves and indicates either complete
ignorance of the provisions of the civil
service law or determination that in this
particular case their violation should not be
punished. The Secretary of the Treasury
frankly admitted that his attention had not
been called to the report of the civil service
commission until the resolution under which
this investigation is made was
adopted and that he had construed the
recommendation of the civil service CONS
mission In regard to men in the customs
service as not requiring their dismissal, and
that a reprimend was sufficient punish
ment.n