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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-05-10

result of the election. but ii ii cared TO
tell the truth about the matter it would
tell the people that il is not to the
credit of the republican party or its can
didate that DR.. EVERETT goes TO congress.
DIR. EVERETT is one OF the mugwumps
who have done so much for reform in the
past and will undertake TO do more in the
future. They saw in Mr.. CLEVELAND the
embodiment OF the principles they
espoused, and they worked hard for his
success in the last elections. Mr.. BARRETT
represents the very worst element OF the
spoils republicans of Massachusetts,. FOR
the past ten years he has hung upon the
party and pulled wires and used the in
fluence of his papers. the Boston Adrertiser
and the Boston Record, TO secure his own
nomination and election to any political
position he has coveted. 1t has not been
uncommon to see his own papers advo-
eating his election editorially and using
the news columns to further his interests
in colored reports of political gatherings.
For years the republicans OF the Seventh
district have stood such tactics and have
swallowed their medicine with a wry
face.
Now the independent element has
triumphed, and DIR. EVERETT goes to Wash
ington as the representative of the pro-
gressive democracy and the independent
republicans 1t is a great victory for re-
form politics II turns down the worst
political schemer Massachusetts, ever had
and sends In his place a man with firm
convictions. fesrlesslY expressed when
ever occasion demands. 1t relegates to
the rear a man who has used his influence
for every scheme that would benefit him
self in any way, and puts forward one who
is eminently qualified for the place and
has the cause of the people at heart in his
every political act.
1t is a distinct gain for Massachu sets
II sets aside one OF the most hide-bound
of obstructive republicans and puts in hiI
place a man of advanced and progressive
ideas. Mr.. BARRETT has never lifted his
finger in favor OF reform in any way and
his papers have never advocated any OIL
the new political ideas OF the past ten
years. On the contrary. DR.. EVERETT hal
never ceased to do all he could for reform
in all political matters which would bene
fit the people and the country. 1t is ar
excellent exchange and will assist in put
ting Massachusetts, where she rightfully
| belongs, at the head of the reform states
| OF New England.
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ct CETERA.

BISHOP JOSEPH S. KEY of the methodist
episcopal church south was married a few
days ago to Mrs. Kidd of Sherman, Texas.
The bishop has passed three-score years.
JAMES JONES WHITE, professor of Greek
az the Washington and Lee university foI
forty-one years. died on Saturday in Lex
ingtOn, va. He was a personal friend OF
StoneWall Jackson and one OF the best
known citizens of his section.
THE picture of the Panama prisoners is
described as pitiful one. NJ. Charles de
Lesseps spends much OF his time sitting
on a chair with his head buried in his
hands; NJ. BlOndin presents symptoms Of
paralysis, and NJ. Baihaut seems to be
rapidly becoming an old man.
THE Pasteur institute in Paris is still as
popular a resort for hydrophobic patients
as it was when the fame Of the scientists
cures by incubation was at the flood tide.
The other day ten persons who had been
bitten by mad dog presented themselves
in body to receive treatment.
DR.. Thomas w. Evans, the Paris dentist
whose fame was worldwide in Eugenies
day. is about to erect . home for Ameri-
can girls who 90 TO the French capital TO
y
idence in Paris Or. Evans has gwen $780,
600 to benevolent and charitable institu-
tions.
AT semi-privste dinner IN Washington
recently Secretary of the Interior Hoke
Smith was one of the guests, and was
called upon for a speech Quite a number
of newspaper men were present. and Mr..
Smith concluded his remarks with an an
peal to them to stand by the sdministra-
ton and stop criticising it. His remarks
were pitched in a strong religious strain
When Mr.. Smith SAT down the gentleman
who was presiding at the dinner said with
a perfectly grave face: The choir will
now sing I want to be an angel.
ALI the stage properties and gorgeous
paraphernalia of the bull-fighting arena"
in Paris were recently sold at auction to
reluctant purchasers at low figures, though
when the building was opened 10 the pub
lie in 1889 people trod on each other
heels to gain admission, and there were
days when the gate receipts amounted to
$4,000. But within q year the novelty of
the performance had worn of. interest de-
cined, and as the expenses were enor-
nous a collapse was inevitable At the
auction one purchaser secured eighty-four
Spanish flags and a lot OF other trophies
for s.. 90. American readers will be inter-
ested to know that all the bulls that were
baited in the arena for the amusement OF
the Partisan populace were supplied from
the duke of Neragua's estate. They cost
from $500 to $500 apiece. and the toreadors
were nearly as high-priced as opera sing
ers.
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Ericsson's Influence.

One of the most important events of the
recent naval review, overlooked in some
degree by the people, however, was the
unwilling of the statue OF the Swedish
inventor, JOHN Ericsson. 1t was his efforts
which made possible all the naval progress
of the world since 1889. 1t is not gener-
ally understood that a noteworthy inven-
ton of his gave warship building it's first
impetus, namely the submerging of the
propeilin9 machinery. FULToN's side
wheels for steamboats, left the propelling
gear vulnerable, and there could be almost
no progress until the screw was put under
water out OF the way of flying shot
1t was in 1889 that the American war
ship. Princeton, was built and successfully
launched with propelling machinery IN
der water. 1t transformed the navies of
the world. 1t made it possible for all war
vessels to be sailed by steam with no
danger to the machinery. The successive
improvements on ERIcssoN's model have
also resulted in the high speed of the
ocean steamships in the passenger carry
ing trade. Yet to the great Swede belongs
the credit of the invention. Il is inter
esting to know, too, that England came
near having the benefit of 1t. 1t was Of
fered to her first, but the conservative
British admiralty examined it with the
utmost GOODNESS and refused to adopt
it. The U. S. government accepted it as
the best thing ever produced, and in a
years time every ship in Europe was be-
ing equipped with screw propellers.
Not less important was the Monitor,
with it's new shape. The idea OF using
iron for the protection oil vessels is an old
one, the Romans having the credit OF in
Producing it, while the Normans put belts
OF iron around their vessels as early as
the twelfth century. The great maritime
nations of Spain, France and England
seem to have lost the idea and made no
attempt to revive it in tue great sea fights
of the seventeenth and eighteenth CEN
turtles The main idea then was. the i'm
provement of ordnance and the piling Of
decks one above the other. In those GAYS
battles were won by the superior weight of
broadsides alone. After the Crimean war
the French built the Glorie. the lnyincible
and other iron-clad ships. Then England
followed her example and built the British
Warrior and the Black Prince. Types
were not changed and, though iron was
substituted for wood, the architecture re-
manned the same. The American civil
war and the success of the Monitor revo-
lutionized naval architecture. JOHN ERIcs-
SON by his invention of the screw proDel-
Ter and a new model for a fighting ship
made possible all the great advances in
naval construction during the past thirty
years. He may almost be called the ere
ator of the navies of the modern world.
1t is well, therefore, that these honors be
paid his memory.
1.-THE defensive and offensive powers of
the modern navy are ever tested the real
value OF his inventions can be better un-
derstood. Nation has We'd with nation in
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-05-10

We began the actual coinage period
with more gold in the treasury than in
circulation. and with three times as much
silver in circulation as in the treasury.
We have now moro than three times as
much gold in circulation as in the treas
urY, and more than three times as much
silver in the treasury as in circulation.
Practically all the silver that has been
coined under the Bland and Sherman
lave. or its equivalent, is in the treasury.
There is no way to get it out except to
ship IL 10 various parts of the country as
it is needed for circulation. Why coin
more to be piled up in the treasury vaults?
Why buy bullion to Pile up? 1t is a con-
tinual expense to the government. 1t is
not needed for circulation. The purchase
Of more bullion at market value does not
tend TO keep up the price OF silver. The
continuance of this Sherman law must
eventually destroy the parity of gold and
silver as money, and then their relations
as metals will be still worse. Why con-
tinue il for a moment2 Why return to
the Bland law for a moment2 There is
apparently nothing to be gained by either,
and apparently nothing to be lost by dis
continuing the coinage. A cessation of
coinage is not a demonstration. Every
silver dollar is worth Just as much as be-
fore. The government is responsible for
every dollar. Silver relieved of the arti-
fetal distractions will advance in relative
value The path TO free coinage and par
ity of the two metals lies through the re-
peal of the Sherman law.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-05-10

system JONI SMITH brings the same guam
tity of silver to the mint and receives
paper money TO the amount OF the mar
ket value. The paper money is returned
to the treasury and gold is paid out for it.
Hence the gold in the treasury constantly
decreases and the silver increases. The
only variation Of this is due to the accu-
mutation of money of all kinds in the
treasury by economical administration
and the excess OF income over expendi-
lures, but even then the steady increase
OF the silver will be noted. These results
may be seen in the following statements
of the amount and location of coin and
bullion in this country at the periods Of
the beginning of the Bland law and the
Sherman law and the present time:
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-05-10
A Political Change.

saehusetts. Politics present many strange
anomalies in the old commonwealth, not
the least Of which is exemplified in the
recent election in the Seventh con-
gressional district. In 1892 the Hon.
HENRY CABOT LODGE was elected by a
majority of 2,6l1. Now DIR. WILLIAM
EVERETT is elected by the democrats over
the Hon. w. f.. BARRETT, speaker of the
Massachusetts house of representatives.
by a small majority. This. too, in dis
trict which has always been strongly re-
publican. The New York Tribune sees
something excruciatingly funny in the
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-05-10

publican party in Indiana was split into
factions, and those who had not secured
Office we're bitterly denouncing those who
had, declaring their purpose TO defeat the
party at the next election.
There was no disposition on the part Of
the democrats at that time TO forcibly
hold on TO the minor offices. How dliieT-
emit is the situation now. Republican
postmasters, great aud small, throughout
the state are doing everything in their
power to hang on TO their offices. Al
Evansville and Terre Haute they have
packed the civil service boards to prevent
democrats from securing places as carriers
etc, while in the smaller places repub-
lican postmasters have resorted TO all
sorts Of sharp practice to hold their Jobs
But the conduct OF the defeated candi-
dates for federal appointments has proven,
more clearly than anything else, that they
are not spoilsmen. With scarcely an ex-
ception they have taken their defeat
philosophically and there is in no quarter
any talk OF leaving the party because Of
! personal disappointment They feel that
the triumph OF their partv's principles is
far more important than the advantage OF
their own personal causes. The spring
/ elections have shown no revulsion of SEN
! timent such as marked the balloting a
/ few weeks after President HARRIsoN's in
auguration; the democratic party could
90 to the polls in Indiana today even
stronger than it did on Nov. s. The rea-
son for this is that the people who COM
pose the party are democrats from prln-
ciple; because they want democratic
policies carried out in the administration
of the government. such being the case
il is a matter OF secondary Importance 10
them who fill the offices. Shortly after
! President CLEVELAND was inaugurated re-
publican leaders were predicting that the
democratic party would 20 all to pieces
over the division of the patronage. Moth
ing OF the kind is even indicated. There
are no soreheads on the corners abusing
the administration; the vast majority OF
the party men are paying no attention to
the distribution of the Offices.
TIE SENTINEL is highly pleased with
this exhibition of party loyalty and
patriotic purpose. 1t demonstrates the
truth OF THE SENTINEL's claims for the In-
diana democracy. 1t proves the Oft
repeated assertion that the republican
party would have been much better off if il
had paid more attention to the response
bilities of government and less to the spoils
of office.
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seem TO take naturally to fabricating SEN
sational affairs. THE SENTINEL does not
publish such matter il the correspondent
is unknown to it. Last week some person
sent US an account of the ravages Of nom
descript beast in Hamilton county. A
child had been killed and startling devas-
tations had resulted. The author signed
his name "SMITH." The signature alone
suggested caution. and so the story did not
get beyond the office cat.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-05-10

REPUBLICAN papers ought to have the
good sense to keep quiet about the changes
in fourth-class postmasters. now that the
official figures are made public. In the
first two months under the Cleveland adj
ministration but ,209 removals have been
made as against 1896 during the corre-
spending period of the Harrison admins
tration. In other words. Mr. MAXWELL
has made one removal where Mr.. CLARK
son made three.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-05-10

THE late sweeping storms, cold and
heavy rains, with OVERLOOKING creeks and
rivers have caused much anxiety for the
growing crops. Special reports show that
in this state the excessive rsinfalls have
prevented timely blowing and seeding.
Wheat and grass, however, are reported
10 be in good condition. Nearly all the
smaller fruits are thought to be safe for an
average yield.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-05-10

THOSE living in the gas belt of the state
will be pleased to know that the natural
gas theory Of the conveyance of typhoid
fever which was the subject of an inquiry
in Louisville recently. has been eGectually
exploded. DR.. MCDONALD said in rela-
ton to it: Natural gas has been used
for fifteen years, and it has never been
suspected Of carrying disease germs. So
far from containing any such germs, ma
tural gas is shown by analysis to be
almost identical in composition with
vapor of benzine, and would doubtless
kill any disease germs that might be
placed in it. Natural gas comes from
some 600 feet under the ground, where il
exists in contact with petroleum and salt
water. and it is impossible that disease
germs should proceed from such a source.
1t is accepted by medical science that
typhoid fever is the result of a specific
germ. The natural gas mode OF carrying
the disease Is, therefore, absurd"
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-05-10
Democrats Not spoiIsmen.

II anything has been clearly demon
strated by post-inauquration events in
Indiana it is that the democrats of this
state are not spoilsmen. OF course there
has been a warm struggle for office, but it
has been nothing as compared to the
fight that was made by the republicans
four years ago. By May l. 1889. the re-
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-05-10

THE great lesson which the Laports
Argus learns from the late legislature Is
this:
II we have poor legislation the fault
lies primarily with the people who select
poor material for legislators.
When all the people understand this
solemn truth and act accordingly there
will be far less adverse criticism on legis-
lative acts.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-05-10

ACCOUNTS of fake tragedies and sensa-
Ional occurrences sent to the newspapers
from various portions of Indiana are
growing into q nuisance. Last week two
dair-raising tragedies were wired over the
country from this state. One was located
In Martin county, Gin the extreme
northern STRIP" as the dispatch was
worded. IL told of the horrible murder OF
a grandmother by her 0rand-child.
Several sensational features were added
TO startle nervous folks. II had the
ear marks of a fake correspondent,
yet THE SENTINEL having a proper
objection to being possibly seooped,
promptly wired its Martin county cor
respondent who quite as promptly re-
turned the answer that the whole story
was false. So much for that story. The
other alleged tragedy was located at q
place called Wolf lake, somewhere in
Clinton county. The details were yet more
startling than the Martin county affair.
1t was alleged that drunken beast had
gene home. killed his wife, roasted
his baby and then committed
suicide. We Immediately telegrsphed
our Frankfort correspondent who, after an
investigation. pronounced the entire af-
fair false. In truth Wolf lake was not
known In Clinton county. Newspapers
are frequently imposed upon, not by their
own correspondents, but by others who
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-05-10

One taken every night stimulates the
liver. carries off the bile. and improves
the digestion and appetite. Csrter's Lit
tie Liver Pills. Don't forget this.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-05-10
TWELVE PAGES.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 1898.

THE Chicago papers bear evidence that
the whole town is suffering from naIig-
nant attack of swelled head-caused about
equally by seli-coneeit and too much cele-
hration
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-05-10

The loose divorce laws of many of the
states are producing q certain amount of
decentralization in our domestic and social
Bystem. This can hardly be denied, and
The results may be in the coming years
quite too disastrous to be contemplated
with serenity. In an exhaustive article
recently published in an English periodi-
eal writer speaks warnlngly of an i'm
proper conception of the marriage rela-
ton. He says:
The. prosperity OF country depends
Dn the proper maintenance of the relations
between husband and wife quite as much
rs on its outer strength, and however
great and powerful a country may seem
TO be, if these domestic relations are un-
healthy-if the vile has not her place in
The social polity-that country is rotten to
the core, and its complete decay and de.
moralization are inevitable.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-05-10

II this is its scheme the newspaper
readers of Indianapolis will doubtless pay
the Chronicle handsome bonus to stay
where 1t is.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-05-10

IT is painful to admit the fact, but it is
lrue that We still have few liars in In
diana. The narrowing tale printed few
days ago about a young woman who muir
iered her grandmother, prepared the body
for burial and then became insane is a
fiction. 1t was alleged to have happened
in Martin county, but no such persons ever
lived there and no such events occurred.
All good citizens deprecate violence. but
the lynching of the author of this yarn
would be an occasion OF great merriment.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-05-10

IFthe Chronicle were published in Indian
apolis it would have published every act
OF the legislature in full.-MarIOn Chr0n-
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-05-10

SPoRTsNEN should inform themselves Of
the provisions of the new game law as
passed by the last legislature. Much Of
the old law has been retained. yet several
Important changes were made. Squirrels
nay be killed from June to Dec. 20,
Wild turkeys from Nov. to Feb. 1, quails
and pheasants from Oct. 10 to Dec. 20,
prairie hens from Sept. / to April 10,
woodcOcks from July / to Jan. 1. For
chasing or killing prairie hens out Of sea-
ion, SO; squirrels, turkeys. quail or
pheasants, woodcock, duck, s. for killing
and 81 each for pursuing. For every
quail. pheasant, prairie hen. or chicken
snsnered. trapped or Melted, s.; for each
woodcock OF duck, 81 shotguns only are
allowed in killing game.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-05-10

Those pleasant bashi bazouks, the sem
Tors OF the Ohio Wesleyan college, who q
few days ago gave vent to their exuber-
sncs of spirit by torturing and disfguring
lot of their fellow students with nitric
acid. are to go unpublished. They have
compromised with their victims. But
what are the representatives of the law
going to do about it? Are they going to
become particeps crjminis! Are they going
10 stand idly by and see felony compound
I'd? If so it is abovstvs.- . for parents who
have any regard to the health, happiness
and lives of their children to withdraw
hem from Ohio institutions of learning.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-02-13
The Theatre.

OF the presentation OF Charles Ham
ford's Marc Antony" as it will be seen
al the Burtis at Davenport fought, the
Philadelphia Times says:
His is performance not to be missed
and long to be remembe red. His domin~
asing passion in the control of the mob
and the skill with which he played upon
tue passions of the Roman multitude in
the funeral scene was something that has
not been equsled in this generation.
Even Dir. Hanford's own previous per-
formances of the part were only prom
iss of what he achieves now that he is
free to make "AntCny" dominate the
play. He starts his career as q star with
brilliant prospects, which were em-
phasised last night by q hearty recall
consequent upon his grief over the death
of Caesar as well as after the funeral
scene.
Two pretty young lsdies, Miss Beckie
Haight and Miss Carrie Birkle. have done
much to help along the success of Fanny
Rice's hilarious comedy, "a jolly Sur
prise" Miss Haight has just turned
nineteen, while Miss Birkle has not yet
reached the mature age Of seventeen.
They are both pupils of DR.. Purdy, Miss
Rice's astute manager. who declares that
he finds it a much easier task to teach
novices with any evidence of talent, than
to rehearse ''old-timers. Harper
Wednesday evening.