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The Indianapolis journal., 1893-05-23

A HONOLULU correspondent of the
New York Tribune makes strong plea
for annexation as the only guaranty of
stable government and political prog
ress. "For moro than ten years." says
the writer, "the palace has been a moral
and political cesspool, where every spe-
cies of bestial excess has wallowed and
every form of political disease has fes-
tered and spread contagIon. The Augean
stables have been cleansed. and the tor
rent of public indignation has swept
away royalty forever. We want some
thing better" Yet the Cleveland adj
ministration is trying to tire out the
provisional government. thereby either
restoring the monarchy or precipitating
anarchy.
The Indianapolis journal., 1893-05-23

A FEW days ago MIR. Cleveland was
reported as sayins in a talk about the
financial situation, my head is in a
bag. / don't sec my way clear" The
accuracy of this report having Seen
questioned, it is now stated that be said
s.siy head is in bog.p etc. Those who
heard the expression agree that 1t was
accompanied with q queer motion or
gesture with both hands which indi-
The Indianapolis journal., 1893-05-23

If the Mayor had as earnestly sus-
tanned Controller Woollen in carrying
his bond proposition through the Coun-
Gil, last August, as he did the passage
of the City street-railway charter. it
would have been adopted and the city
saved q good deal of money; but his
friends were Interested in defeating the
The Indianapolis journal., 1893-05-23

THAT eloquent preacher who made a
plea for free Chinese immigration. Sun
day, based upon the text, "God hath
made of one blood all nations of men TO
dwell upon the face of the earth,"
seemed not to have noticed the rest of
the sentence, namely, "and hath deter
mined the bounds of their habitation."
The Indianapolis journal., 1893-05-23
Corhstt welcemea Hom..

SAN Francisco. May 22-Chsmpion pug
Hist James j. Corbett arrived at his home
in this city to-day. lt was his tirst appear
ance here since his battle with John l..
Sullivan. in New Orleans. and his relatives
aud friends gave him u. hearty welcome.
HIS mother and other members of his fam
ily. aud a large delegation from the
Olympic Athletic Clnb. of which Corbett
Was formerly instructor met the cham
pion on the train. at Oakland. and accom-
panied him across the bny.
The Indianapolis journal., 1893-05-23
EVIDENCE AGAINST BROWN
Judge Hadley and Others Tell the Story ofthe
Da1 Vile ShoOiing-Brown Meets His Wife
-Wesners Funeral at Lebanon.
BROWN CHARGED WITH MURDER

Result of the Inquest on wesner's Body &C
Danviiie Yesterday.
Special 20 me Indianapolis Journal
DANvIILE. Ind. May a2.-The coroner's
inquest to-day on the Brown-Wesner
tragedy brought out the facts as told In
Sundays Journal The first witness was
DR.. c. A. White. who testified that he was
with Wesner for thirty minutes before he
died. He said tho fatal bullet was found
nea- the twelfth rib. The cause of death
was internal bleeding. the ball having
probably cut an artery. Attorney Hosato
asked:
WAS the downward course Of the bullet
caused by it striking something or by
Wesner's positionf The doctor said IN
his opinion Wesner was IN q STOPPING posi-
tion when the ball entered tae body.
X. L. Kennedy said he passed Brown
talking TO samuel Ralston. and heard
Brown mutter "The - - Witness
walked along and had gone thirty feet
when he heard two shots almost together.
Brown was twenty-five feet from Wesner
when Kennedy passed him. ana had his
hand to his back. l.. :. Ballard testified
that he saw Brown change something from
his left TO his right pocket. He saw Brown
talking TO Ralston twenty-five feet from
Wesner and saw Brown move toward Wes-
ner. When five feet from him Brown said:
My reputation Is good yours"
Brown had his hand on his hip all the
time. Ballard said he saw Wesner pull
something from his pocket as Brown pulled
something, and heard two reports almost
together. The men were four feet apart
when thesshots were fired. Ballard was
asked who brought on the controversy.
and he said Brown.
JohnV. Hadley. Judge of the court. testI-
fed that he saw Brown going toward Wes-
ner. who was twenty-five feet away. He
heard Brown say: My reputation Is
good as yours" but he could not hear what
say; Cooley Brown, 1 am no coward. Draw
your gun; / know you have one" The
judg said he heard two shots almost at the
same time. and he thought both men were
shooting. Brown retreated fifteen or
twenty feet, while Wesner followed. and
both men went down with Wesner on top.
The judge said he saw no knife and no re-
volver until after the shooting. when he
saw the revolver IN Browns hand and told
not consume more than n minute. This
closed the examination. The coroner has
issued a warrant for Brown. charging HIM
with murder, and the preliminary hearing
Will probably be held this week.
Wesner Has n Huge Funeral.
Special TO the Indianapolis Journal
LEBANON, Ind. May 22-The funeral Of
attorney G. S. Wesner, who was shot by J.
e. Brown Saturday, occurred here at 2
o'clock to-day. The Masonic order had
charge of the burial. The attorneys of the
Boone county bar attended in body. 10
was the largest funeral cortege ever seen
The Indianapolis journal., 1893-05-23

THE Presidents friend in Wall street.
Mr.. E. c. Benedict. says that Secretary
Carsislc's mistake has been that of "act-
ing as If the government were in err
tremis." That is because he knew no
better than to believe the Wall
street newspapers.
The Indianapolis journal., 1893-05-23

EvIDESrLY the President is finding
that it will cost him too much obloquy
70 convert Senator Voorhees, to sound
money views by letting him control the
offices in Indiana.
The Indianapolis journal., 1893-05-23
JOURNAL NEWSPAPER COMPANY.
INDIANAPOLIS, IND.
TnE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL

Can be found At the following places:
PARIs-Ameriean Exchange In Paris. SO Boulevard
NEW SoEK-Gilsey House and Windsor Hotel
PHIIADELPHIA-AP p Kemble. 1886 Lancaster
CHIcAGo-Palmer House.
cI0cINNATI-J.R r. Hawiey & Co. 154 Vine street.
LouIsvrLLE-c.T T. Deersng. northwest corner of
Third and Jefferson streets
ST. LouIs-unson News Co, Union Depot
wAsE1SeroS' D. c.-Riggs House and Ebbits
House.
The Indianapolis journal., 1893-05-23

IN two instead of ten years Demo-
cratic rule. in New York has doubled
The levy for State purposes In ten
years the Democracy can double tax
alton several times
The Indianapolis journal., 1893-05-23
BUBBLES In THE AIR


Asylum Physician-This fellows hallucination
is that he has all the time in the world for his
own.
visitor-well. suppose he does have a good
many odd moments
The Indianapolis journal., 1893-05-23

Terre EXFreSs.
The Express would have been pleased to
nominate q distinguished citizen of Terre
Haute as the reDresept ptative OF the country
to receive the Spanish princess. He unitcs
familiarity with the habits and forms of
royalty, particularly the Spanish. TO n man.
ner combining the most perfect sayoir faire
and oourtliness on occasion. Mr.. Cleve-
land would be out of sight.
The Indianapolis journal., 1893-05-23

Is it one of the results of Democratic
rule that an Indianapolis bond which
could have been negotiated in August.
1892, for Q ?IS per cent. interest cannot
uow be negotiated for less than 4l2 per
The Indianapolis journal., 1893-05-23
which Was II?

Pittsburg Chronicie-Telegraph.
"The report that the administration had
received tip on the Supreme Courts deci-
sion on the Geary law must have been O
mistake" remarked the Horse Editor.
"Yas.p replied the Snake Editor: '.or eise
tho government got the wrong queue"
The Indianapolis journal., 1893-05-23
Cruelty Deceived.

Hungry Higgins-wot does this meanl You
seem like you was almost in a hurry.
Dismal Dawson-I IN looking fer Dutchman 1
met on the corner here about a half an hour ago.
He told me dey was q feler was givin' out tickets
fer free bats" goes and finds dc feller, and
what do you tink! Dey was fer free baths. I'll
get even with that krauteater, il have to swing
The Indianapolis journal., 1893-05-23
Imnrnxine Hi. Chances

Father Goode-whats this, Dannyi Didn't 1
hear you swearing at an awful rate just nowl
What do you think would have been your fate IL
you had fallen dead at that moments
Mr. Grogan-Sure, think L would "a stood q
better chance than If ] had erased over wid all
thin swears inside ay me-
The Indianapolis journal., 1893-05-23

April 81, 1893. after Sci 900 was overdue,
when an ordinance was passed author
izing the Controller to negotiate bonds
to obtain the SG21.000. The Controller
at once advertised for proposals for
a per cent. bonds. On Saturday the
proposals were opened and it was found
that but one bid was made for per
cent. bonds. which was proposal to
pay $50 for each 800 of bonds bearing
A per cent. That is. bonds amounting
to S69O.OOO, bearing per cent. interest,
must be exchanged for the S621, 600
needed to take up the maturing seven
thirty bonds. If the offer made to the
Controller last August had been ac-
cepted. $500, ,265 would have redeemed
the S621 600 of outstanding bonds. If
the Frenzel bid of Saturday had been
accepted, S90,745 more money would
have been required to redeem the out
standing bonds than if the proposition
which the Controller urged upon the
Council last August had been accepted.
If the bid OF the FrenzeI syndicate were
accepted, S3,630 more interest would be
paid each year than if the S621.0 of
bonds had been purchased for S5s9, 600.
In thirty years, the tenure of the bonds,
the extra interest would amount to
S108,900, which, added to the extra
100000 which will be required under the
Frenzel proposition, makes an aggre-
gate expenditure of $19S,900 in excess
of what would have been necessary
under the Controllers proposition of last
August. In other words, the Frenzel
proposition wou Id cost the taxpayers
of Indianapolis one eighth more in
thirty years than would the arrange
ment which Controller Woollen could
have made last August.
The Controller has rejected the bid of
the FreDzel syndicate. as it will be bet
ter, in the end, to negotiate 4l2 per
cent bond at par for S621, 900 than to
pay per cent. on 100000, when the
difference between that figure and S621,-
600, $4,000. is divided by thirty years,
representing the limit of the bonds, and
the result is added to the annual inter-
est. At 4lo per cent. the yearly interest
on S621, 900 is s27,945, while the interest
on S690,0OO at per cent. is $4,000, to
which must be added one-thirtieth of
$4,000, or $4,000, making the annual
cost S29, 300. AS matter of fact, the
Controller can about as we'll afford to
issue 5-per-cent bonds for the S621, 900
as to issue $500. 200 of bonds for S621,-
000 coch or NOR
1t might interest many taxpayers.
whose attention will be called to this
wretched blunder, to know what influ-
ence led the Council finance committee
to defeat the proposition which an ex-
perienced ,financier like Controller
Woollen presented last August. At
least the chairman owes it to himself to
explain what became of the proposition
of the Frenzel syndicate, which was
used to defeat the proposition of the
Controller. Taxpayers will demand
all the facts in regard to performance
by which they will be compelled to pay
4lo instead of 7lS per cent. on $621. 900.
The Indianapolis journal., 1893-05-23

THE editor of the South Bend Times in
forms its readers that NO pen. however
graphic. can do full justice TO the marvel
Gus grandeur of the worlds fair" which,
he says. is "indescribably grand and in
comprehensibly gorgeous" The editor
does not seem to have had any trouble
The Indianapolis journal., 1893-05-23

would ha' been gone a hour ago. but they
waiting Tor Indiana man that lives over the
ridge to come in and show 'em how to manage
things.'
The Indianapolis journal., 1893-05-23

MIR. CLEvELAND's Hawaiian policy is
not even remotely suggestive of patriot
ism or Americanism.
The Indianapolis journal., 1893-05-23
SO Cau.e fnr .Jenlou.y.

Mrs. wickwire-From the happy expression
you had when Mrs. Potts was singing one might
imagine that you enjoyed that sort OF thing
You don't break out into happy smiles over my
singing.
Mr.. wickwire-I wasn't smiling over her sing
Ing / was just thinking how lucky was that
she belonged TO Potts instead OF myself.
The Indianapolis journal., 1893-05-23
In the wild and yyooIIy West,

Hello What's all that mob up tot" asked the
drummer.
'They are gittin' ready to lynch feller" said
the landlord of the Red Guich Hotel. They
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-09-06
April D 1898

tempered with by making strong
speech IN favor of the proposition to
amend the constitution SO as to permit
of the election of United States sena-
tors by the direct vote of the people.
The senator has again asked the senate
to consider joint resolution looking to
this end. The same proposition has
been preached in the house in years
gone by, but generally it came to
naught mainly because the representa-
tives feared that it would lie breash
of good taste to legislate upon the sub
ject III advance of action in the senate,
the body directly interested.
Senator Sherman of Ohio is another
senator who does not regard the United
States constitution as perfect produc-
ton, or rather feels that it may be
changed judiciously to suit the needs of
the times, and he has now ON the senate
calendar a joint, resolution changing
the date of Inauguration day to April
80, being inspired to father it by the
remembrance of the frightful weather
which Mr.. Cleveland braved on the
east portico of the Capitollast March to
deliver his address.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-09-06
STATE BANKS.
the Question AIready-Berore the United
States Senate.

The Question Already Before the United
States Senate.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 5.-The question
If repeating the tax on state banks as
alled for in the Chicago platform is al
eady before the senate in the shape of
bill introduced some days ago, also in
ihe Butler amendment to the Voorhees,
Dill offered yesterday, and in the shape
If another amendment to Mr.. Voorhees,
dill, providing for the extension of the
circulation of national banks. The lat
er bill has been effectually sidetracked,
nd there appears to be little hope of
:esurrecting it. so that the last named
amendment will go the way of all
amendments to bills that have been
killed by the process of slow strangula-
ion.
1t is predicted, however, that as soon
IS the Sherman bill has been repealed
should that ever be- the proposition to
repeal the tax Oh state banks will come
20 the front at once, and when it does
it is probable that discussion will be
begun looking to thorough revision of
;he financial legislation of the country.
The idea of basing the circulating notes
IF state banks upon state or municipal
ponds does not find favor In the senate
for the reason that such security is not
.ooked upon as substantial enough to
withstand tbs assaults of the stock
markets, and does not obtain the high
place in the confidence of the people
which bonds and evidences of indebted
ness of the federal government hold.
Senator Gray, speaking of this mat
ter, thought the day was not far distant
when the whole subject would have to
be considered and acted upon by the
congress of the United States. He said
the conditions today and those before
the war when the state banks were in
vogue were as widely different as posi-
bic. There was no more danger now of
wildcat banking than there would be of
attempting to enforce the fugitive
slave law. He believed that the wis
dom of congress would evolve some
plan upon which the currency of the
people could be based and given a
stability that could never be ques-
toned. Government bonds would soon
cease to exist and when that time came
the security that now preserves the
notes of national banks and makes
them as good as the governments obi
CATION, would pass away and by the
mere force of circumstances some
thing would have to take their place.
In the minds of other senator's, the
idea of issuing more bonds finds,fayor,
while IN those of others it is a night
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-09-06
NEW PENsloN RlLl
This One Is for the Benefit of Govern
ment EMPLOYEES.

This One Is for the Benefit of Govern
ment Employees.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 5.-A bill has
been prepared and will be introduced in
the senate and house simultaneously
granting disability pension to govern
ment employees and providing compen-
sation for injuries received in the line
of duty. The latter item of the measure
grew ont of the late Fofd,s theatre dis
aster, which directed attention to the
whole subject.
The bill provides pensions for gov
eminent employees injured while in its
service, or retired with an honorable
record, through sickness or old age or
other disabilities after 20 years service
Widows and minor children of en-
plOyes killed while in the service shall
also be pensioned. Generally the pen
sion shall be half the salary or wages
received by the employ. In case of
disability or accident the employees
shall be carried on the rolls at the rate
he was receiving at the time of the ac-
cident and reinstated when recovered.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-09-06

mare thatcauses unrest and IN easiness.
Whether such proposition could carry
is mooted question.
Some of the strong men of the senate
are ON either side. Senator Voorhees,
is. perhaps, the most outspoien cham
pion of state banks on the floor of the
senate. What he means by a state
bank is not the bank so commonly re-
membered and associated with ideas
repugnant to good banking principles.
but the chartered state banks which
have circulation based upon specie
itself-gold and silver.
Senator VOORHEES, said yesterday that
when he made the statement in his
speech few days ago that no man had
ever lost dollar through a chartered
bank. he uttered a truth that had not
to this day been denied and it never
would be. That is the sort of bank
he contends for. He is not one of those
who believe the parity of banks should
be founded ON municipal bonds, but he
holds that it should be founded upon
the precious metals themselves
This means that II ere should be at
all times in the vaults of the banks one
third the amount of its notes in gold
and silver. an amount amply sufficient,
from his point of view, to redeem any
of the notes of the bank that might at
any time be offered for redemption, and
upon which to transact the business of
the community in which the bank is
located. His plan also contemplates
governmental supervision and inspec-
ton, combination which will, he be-
ieves, offers solution to the problems
now before the people and give them u
system of banking as firm and reliable
as any ever devised by man.
There is no gainsaying the fact that
the bill with this end in view will be
one of the first to be. introduced when
the house has adopted its rules, and the
Democrats in the senate are thus dis
cussing the probability of its passage.
In the senate it is unlikely that the
Democrats will have the assistance of
the eastern Republicans as they now
have in the attempt to repeal the Sher-
man act. Whatever be the bill intro
duced, according to Mr.. Voorhees,, it
will be carefully amended and guarded,
so that in no sense can it be charged
against the Democratic party that it is
seeking to return to the days of So
called wildcat banks.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-09-06


The New York World in its report
of Mr.. Wilson's part in Saturdays
great debate in the House of Repre-
satiyes, says:
at was his first effort on the floor
in his new capacity as leader of the
majority, and whatever doubt may
have existed in the mind of the
hearer regarding his fitness was
speedily dispelled. Despite the
lateness of the hour and the lack of
inspiration afforded by a large
audience, Mr.. Wilson never
appeared at better advantage. His
voice was clear and strong and his
utterances those of thoughtful and
logical kind. He spoke offhand,
merely referring occasionally to a
few pen tracks, which served as
memoranda, and really created u
deeper impression upon the mem
bers than either Reed or Cochran.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-09-06

Senator Faulkner, of this State,
will be one of the distinguished
Democrats who crossed the Cont
nent several years ago in the inter
est of the Democratic Clubs and
brought about the National Asso-
citation, which will hold a reunion
at Allentown, Pa, on September
23rd next, during the Convention
of the National League of Demo-
cratic Clubs. Senator Faulkner
rendered the National League val
liable services, which have been
acknowledged by all in authority
in the League.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-09-06
DISASTERS AT SEA.


Acres of wreckage Passed Through OF
Cape Hatteras-
SAVANNAH. Sept. 1.-The Steamship
City of Birmingham of the ocean
Steamship company, two days overdue,
arrived in Savannah at p M. Wednes.
day, bringing portion of the passen.
gers and crew of the Steamship City OF
Savannah, wrecked Monday ON the
shoals. six miles from st. Helena light
house, South Carolina, at a. M. Nc
lives were lost.
The City of Savannah left Boston
Aug. 81 with about half cargo. owing
to light summer traffic. 1t Is not stated
how many people were on board. The
vessel was valued at $500, 000 The en-.
tire voyage was succession of storms
and Monday morning she was driven
ashore.
The City of Birmingham left New
York on Saturday. Aug. &c. The yoy-
age was pleasant until Cape Hatteras
was reached. at daylight Tuesday
parts of vessels, such as portions OF
decks. pieces of lumber and parapher-
MALTA of every description pertaining &c
vessels and cargo were to be seen in
every direction.
Tuesday morning the crew of the
schooner Joseph Schuter, waterlogged
and in a sinking condition, was res
cuad
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-09-06
Property Losses at Charleston,

CHARLESTON. Sept. 1.-The News
and Courier estimates tllell sses b., the
recent storm in Charleston ut 81 III 500.
The experience of 1855 taught the
Charlestonians lesson and over 81.
600, 900 cyclone insurance was held
there.
This win greatly Offset the damages.
Six persons were killed and two in
jured at Charleston, and others are
missing. The damage to crops amounts
to several hundred thousand dollars.
Every town in the state suffered.
The damage to Beaufort and Port
Royal and the neighboring lowland
sliirting the Atlantic coast was fright
full if reports are accurate.
Rice fields along the Savannah and
its affiuent streams were torn up by the
winds and waters. Water was driven
in from the. Atlantic and the tides are
unprecedentedly high, in some places
being IS feet above mean high water
mark The sea island cotton farms
were terribly washed out
Indefinite reports received from Port
Royal and Beaufort make it appear
that the storm did greater damsgl
there and in that vicinity than else.
where. One report is TO the effect that
100 lives were lost at those places aud
along the Atlantic coast intervening.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-09-06

The Kand,cha Valley Democrat
nominates Prof Robert W. Douthat,
of Barboursville College, for Presi-
dent of the University We would
not, if we could, put a straw in the
way of Professors promotion, but
we should very much regret to lose
him from his present position, where
he has done a grand work. He is
undoubtedly a fine edueutor, and
possesses all the qualities necessary
for the Presidency of the Univer-
sity.-Huntingtoh Advertiser.