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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-05-16
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

THE Infanta Eulalie has q husband.
Prince Antoine d. Orleans.
Mr. L who gets u medal from the
Royal Geographical Society this year.. is be-
lieved to have killed more elephants than
anyone else. He Is popularity regarded as
the original of Rider Haggard's Allan Qua
termain.
II is said that Mary E. wilkins uses no
note books to help her write her stories.
full as they are of photographically minut
detail. II don't believe l think many
thoughts" she says; 81 Just write them"
MISS wilkins has recently refused TO write
on q subject requested by her publisher.
How to Be Happy Though Poor" because
she says she Is convinced of the impossible
ity OF happiness under those circum-
stances.
METTERNICH said: I'm my whole life /
have only known ten or twelve persons
with whom 1t was pleasant to speak, j. e.,
who keep to the subject. do not repeat
themselves. and do not talk of themselves;
men who do not liston &C. their W voice,
who are cultivated enough not TO lose
themselves In commonplaces. and. lastly.
who possess tact m good taste enough
not to elevate their own person above the
subject"
The activity of the philadelphia S. P. c.
&~ AOo ~ W c0ho u nOtO Va II y .
theatrical manager. In the course of whose
play q kitten is brought upon the stage
and swung around by the tail. and by one
paw. and cries piteously." Subsequent
investigation led TO apologies. and the re-
commentator that a clause be inserted In
the programme. This is not a real kit
ten." The property" kitten has thus
certainly reached the highest art in act
ing.
A REMARKABLY complicated but united
family of fifty persons, representing three
languages and races, resides near Florence.
Several years ago three English sisters mar
ried Italians. One sister secondly married
O trenchman. and their daughters married
Italian cousins. The three English grand
mothers are. therefore. aunts TO each others
children. and double areat aunts to each
others grandchildren. Also the sisters-in-
law are all first cousins to each others
husbands, and to one another.
Mrs. LIZZIE &. JONES ROGERS was the
guest of the Sixth Massachusetts Regi-
ment Association at it's recent dinner. She
exhibited the costume she wore in 1861.
when she was adopted az the daughter of
the regiment. The skirt was of silk.
striped in red, white and blue. eDlivened
by contrast with q dark velvet jacket of
Spanish cut. The hat was trimmed with
feathers and ribbons of red. white and
blue. The canteen presented to her in
Baltimore. July II. 1861, by officers and
privates was also exhibited. Mrs. Rogers
Is the daughter of General Edward K.
Jones. once colonel of the regiment.
THE firt who on beings susceptible preys
And delights in her power To deceive
Approves OF the fashion in gowns nowadays
She has room to laugh in her sleeve.
New York Press.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-05-16
THE RECENT BANK FAILURES.

The trouble with the Western bucket
shop banks was that there wasn't any
money in the buckets when the shops went
broke.-Philadelphia Times.
ZIMRI DwIGGINs Is the Western banker
whose several banks are at present some
what under a cloud. Unfortunately there
is not much In his name TO restore conti-
enoe.-Commercial advertiser.
THE experience of the Dwiggins syndi-
cate indicates that a wholesale banking
business founded on a deficit is q risky
venture. But is there no law to protect
innocent depositors from sucb rotten imam
cial structuTesi-St. Louis Globe Democrat.
THE mushroom banking system built mp
by the mushroom Columbia Bank was an
excrescence on the sound banking system
of the country. and it's elimination Is q
help. rather than a hindrance, 20 the main.
tenance of full business coDhdence.-Louis-
vile Commercial.
THEIR collapse means disaster and per-
haps sore suffering to the people of their
localities whose money they had on de-
post, but it is unlikely to have any serious
effect upon she general financial situation.
except in so Far AS rapid succession OF even
unimportant bank failures tends to impair
oOntidence.-New York World.
HE could not help his name. of course.
but II Zimri D~wiggins had kepti 1t a little
more TO himself instead of scattering il
broadcast over the West. it would have
been money in the pockets of s. great many
people. and perhaps in his own. His folks
worked the vowel i for all Ii was worth.
and he worked o u for still more.-New
York Tribune.
II is the class to which Dwiggins belongs
which will take advantage of the proposed
change in our banking laws to establish al
every crossroads their bucket-sbop banks
If the term is admissible. and proceed tC
the grinding ont of paper romIs TO pay
in q mighty Hood. TO the Infinite damage OF
our business interests and the certain Loss
TO the peopIe.-New York Advertiser.
UP to the present time the revelations
concerning the manner in which Mr.. Zimri
Dwiggins organized Western banks hav,
had q most demoralizing effect upon the
reputation of such men as Napoleon Ives
Compared with the manner In which Dwig
gins promoted" things on no capital ap
parently but wind. their methods were do
oidedly am~ateurlsh. He had a regnlal
corner in financial winds-PhIladelphi,
Times.
Ir appears that Zimri Dwigains, the
financial genius who developed this system
of branch banks upon the capital stock o
one small bank, was also the architect o
its ruin. As president OF the Columbian
National Bank. of Chicago. Dwiggins no
only drew out its funds to the full lega
limit on hIe own account. but used 1T
money 20 sustain several speculative IN
dertakings in which he was interested
-PbiladelphIa Inquirer.
ORDINARILY such a series Of bank fail
ures as were reported from the West. yes
terday, could happen only IN a time o
panic. But these failures have an aspec
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-05-16

If Mr.. Donham, postmaster at Terre
Haute, will turn to Section GA, page
263. of the last edition of the Postal
Laws and Regulations. he will learn that
~''letter carriers are appointed by the
Postmaster general on the nomination
and Recommendation of the postmaster.n
On the same page he will find the fol-
lowing: Applications for appointment
at postofices in the classified postal
service must be made upon blank form
prescribed by the Civil-service Commits
sion, and furnished, upon request, by
the examining board therefor, and when
properly filed out must be returned to
them. 1t is needless to seek the aid of
n member of Congress or other infuen-
tial person to secure N application
paper or an examination There is
nothing in the postal laws and regula-
tons exempting the Terre Haute Office
from the operation of these rules.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-05-16

THE Journal has received from the
American Protective Tariff Leagu ne q
series of excellent letters written by
employees Of manufacturing establish
ments. setting forth the calamities which
will overtake the labor and the indus
tries of the country if a revenue tariff
shall be enacted by tho incoming Con-
gress. The Journal believes that all
these workingmen predict will come
true. yet il can see no earthly use in
printing these letters now. 1t is like
locking the stable after the horse is
gone. 1t will not deter the importers
and the idealists from carrying out their
pledges. Last September and October
the Journal was filed with Just such
facts as these letters contain. Never
theless the ~wage-earner, and particu-
larly the men employed in protected in
dustries, voted for Cleveland and a
tariff for revenue only. Voting for it,
IL is presumed they want it and will not
be satisfied until they come into equal
competition with the half-paid labor of
Europe. There is no school quite so in
structive as experience. even if the
taxation is high and the rod is applied
with a vigorous hand and an unrele Mt
ing spirit.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-05-16

Now if the coming Congress will ex-
tend the Geary act to cover all those
people who come this country to livein
squalora few years while they accumulate
n few hundred dollars by undertaking
Americans, oil those who would be Amer
leans in the labor market, China could
find no fault. We do not want the Chi
namen, but the shiploads of people COM
ing from Italy and Austria to remain a
few years, live on next to nothing and
carry home money which other men
would expend in purchasing the prod
ucts of the country, are just as objec-
tsonable-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-05-16

10 inc Lulior OF The lnClanaDoll5 journal
1. Was the act which brought the steamships
City of New York and City OF Paris under the
American flag a special act, or are its provisions
open 10 10 other vessels! =. What result has fol-
lowed the enactment OF the so-called shipping bill
OF the Flfty-first Congressl =. What has been the
increase or decrease in the volume or Our trade
with Brazil since tho negotiation OF our reel
proc1ty treaty with that countryf A READER.
J.. 1t was a special act. 2. Quite a num-
Der of ships nave been building for engage
ment under the shipping act, but the prob
ability of repeal under the present admin
istration has interrupted the progress
which would have been made. 8 There
was an increase of exports to Brazil, the
last fiscal year. compared with the last year
before the arrangement. OF 20 per cent, in
spite of the fact hat trade was very dull in
that country. Tho increase of exports to
Cuba was 6S per cent.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-05-16

ishment of crime by regular and legal
methods. Let them, if necessary. dis
card all party names and lines and make
all other political issues subordinate to
that of putting in Office honest, brave
and fearless men who will become a
terror to evil-doers, and who will purify
the atmosphere of those counties by
enforcing the law as it has never been
enforced there before. And when they
are elected let the people stand close
behind them and sustain them in the
discharge of their duty.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-05-16

THE long series of congresses TO be held
this summer in connection with the worlds
fair opened yesterday with the Worlds
Congress of Representative Women. This
congress will continue during the entire
week. In q large sense IL represents the
idea of woman's progress and her moral
and intellectual stains at the present time.
1t Will be beyond comparison the most
notable gathering of women ever as
sembled. embracing distinguished repre-
sentstives of every departments of wom-
ana work from various parts of the United
States. and from England. France. Ger
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-05-16

THE Washington press agents have
furnished their patrons with a long dis
patch setting forth the perplexities
which surround the proposed visit of
Ipfanta Eulalia. of SPAN. To the United
States as the guest Of the Nation. The
country is told that this young lady and
her sponsors do not expect that the
President will meet her in New York
and take her to the White House. but
the representatives of the Spanish gov
rrnment insist that after the Princess
shall have called on the President. it is
acourtesy due the Infanta that the Presi-
dent should return the call. To the
average mind, such a~proposition should
involve DO complication. Mr.. Cleve-
Land having issued . proclamation BAN
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-05-16

To the Editor OF tho Indianapolis Journals
In the Behring sea arbitration. who constitute
the high court and who are tho English ~counssll
+. I. {.
The Baron De Courcelles, Of France, the
Viscount Venosta. ofItaly; NJ. Gram. ofNor-
way; Judge Harlan and Senator Morgan.
OF the United States. and Lord Justice
Hammer and Sir John s. d. Thompson, of
Great Britain. constitute the court. and
Sir Charles Russell, Sir w. H. Cross and
Hon. c. Robinson. of Canada, are the Brit
ish counsel.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-05-16
ish counsel.

DO the Editor Of the Indianapolis Journal:
]. What per cent. OF the c~onvicts in the State
prisons are females, and what per cent are mar
riedl 2. Where can reports containing such
facts be obtainedi s. X.
/. The last report shows that about 10
per cent. of ~convicts of the Stste prison
grade are women, but reports showing the
social relations rave not been received.
2. Send to the United States Census Bureau,
Washington.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-05-16
TEE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL

Can be found af the following places:
KEW foRK-Gnsey house and Windsor Hotel
RHILADELPHIA-A- p. Kemble. 3735 Lancaster
avenue.
CHICAGO-Palmer House.
CINCINNATI. r Hawley & Co. 154 Vine street.
LOUIsv1LLE-c. T. Deering. northwest corner of
11ird ana jefferson streets.
N. LoUIs-Union News Co, Union Depot
WASHINGTON, d. C-Riggs House and Ebbitt
House.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-05-16

that is almost humorous. Paper that 9TH
or bankers were shy Of was discounted.
profits figured up largely. and for o period
this banking by wholesale appeared TO
prosper. Thursday the Chicago branch.
which held the greater part of the stock
and funds Of the tributary banks. failed.
and since then the others have been top
ping over like a row of bricks.-New York
Mail and ExpresS
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-05-16

JERRY SIMPSON is denouncing preach
ers because, as he says. 90 per cent. OF
them are Republicans. The Simpson
figure is too high; but all good preach
ers should be Republicans.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-05-16

THERE are clubs In connection with
Harvard University at which q student
may obtain a weeks board at e. or less.
This fact reminds the New York Advertiser
of General Hsrrison's prophecy in his adj
dress before the Ch%autauqua Assembly. that
his auditors would live to see the day
when it would be within the means of
every deserving poor boy n girl in this
country to obtain a complete education.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-05-16

1T appears that while 4S.079 farms in
Michigan were under mortgage in 1888.
only 1894 we're mortgaged in 1s93-aI
of which is fortunate for the farmer.
but bad as bad can be for the profess
sional calamityite.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-05-16

THE Columbian Liberty Bell. in which so
many people are interested. will be cast in
Troy. n. u, juno s. Ii is estimated that
1OO.O 600 persons have donated. or Will donate
some bit of sacred or significant recollec'
fion to it's compositions coin. a metal
heirloom, a bit of ore, a trinket. On the
surface of the bell will be engraved the
names of famous opponents of freedom and
the dates of historic episodes that mark
the worlds progress.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-05-16
CITY C0MPANY'S SUIT.

1t Will File Complaint Against the Citi-
zens' Company To-Day.
The City Street-railway Company will
file suit this morning to compel the Citi-
zens' Street-railway Company to remove
its tracks from the streets granted the
former company Dy the city, to compel il
to name It's policy in regard to the same
and to compel 1t to define it's position rela-
tive to the length of the franchise under
which 1t is now operating. The City CON-
pany served notice on the Citizens CON-
pany some time ago to remove the tracks
from the streets which will be named in
the complaint and gave the latter company
until noon of May ID to comply with that
notice. That time expired Saturday, with
the Citizens company having paid no at.
tention to the demand. The snit will be
filed in the Marion Circuir Court and the
attorneys will ask that 1t ave an immedi-
ate hearing.
Judge Elliott and A. c. Harris. the City
company's attorneys. were busy all Of yes
terday getting the complaint ready, and
work on it as soon as the stroke of mid
night announced that Sunday was of the
past n Monday had begun. Ate O'clock
last night there were several points in the
complaint on which the attorneys had not
yet decided. and the evening was spent in
discussion OF them. President Mason,
of the Citizens' company. was told late last
night of the proposed filing of the suit by
the opposing company. and when told what
its pro visions were. gave vent to a pro-
longed whistle. He SAID that he did not
care to talk about IL until he had seen the
complaint and become conversant with its
exact provisions.
Work of the citizens Company.
The Citizens company will present to the
Board of Public Works. Wednesday morn.
ing. it's plan FOR lowering the Illinois, street
tunnel. and will ask the board 10 act on il
at once. The other work of the company II
being kept gong as fast as men can be 20,
20 do il. The largest force is
on the Sheiby-street and GARFIELD Park
route. the company heinz DESTROYS of get
ting that line completed as soon as possible
Men are also working on Maryland anc
Bellefontaine streets. anu others will be pm
on the South Side rs soon as permission hat
been given TO pass through the tunnel.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-05-16
H.r re,d.r Haars

I'm mighty glad that it is coming on warm
weather agin." said good old Mrs. Benderby.
"Them statoos without hardly any clo'es on in
Thompson's yard acrost the way has done moth
ing but give Inc one case of shivers arter another
all winter"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-05-16
Fire Insurance Men Meet
Died at the Hospital.

L. b. Ryder. an aged man residing 81 No.
so Seath Delaware street. died yesterday
afternoon at the City Hospital. He was re-
moved TO the hospital last week at the So
lIcisation of his neigbbors. who claimed,fhat
he was not being cared for at his home.
The Physicians. however. refute this rumor
and state that the patsent could not be in
duced TO take his medicine and that IL WAS
with much difficulty that he was treated
ct all.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-05-16

II is due TO civil-service reformers
Foulke and Swift to say that they did
not lose any time in mobiiIzing them
selves when the Terre Haute po~stOffice
war opened. They have got all the
materials for a first-class case and will
probably make it interesting for the
administration
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-05-16

WHEN Senator Voorhees, says that
the Postmaster-general "sustains Don
ham at every point" he doubtless draws
on his imagination for his facts. Wait
till the Postmaster-general learns the
raal fnnfa
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-05-16
Not "a Degenerate Case.

Mrs. Potts-I will give you something to eat If
you will take this soap and water and give your
face O good washing.
Hungry HiGgins much. Imay be purity
hungry, but, thank the Lord, 1 Amt starvin' yet
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-05-16
Something of n Freak.

Mr.. wickwire-why are you always saying
something spiteful about Mrs. simmonsl She
seems to me to be one of the sweetest DISPOSE
toned women that ever / have met.
Mrs. Wickwire-That is because you are not
acquainted with her so we'll as I am. She is two
faced from the crown Of her head to the soles Of
her feet.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-05-16
More M

T~ommy-Paw. why do they call people who
come over to this country Immigrants" instead
OF "emigrantsl"
Mr.. Figg-Oh, that ia on account of the way
in which most of them pronounce the word. The
majority are Irish, you know.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-05-16

many. Switzerland, Russia. Finland, Italy.
Canada. Bohemia, India and south Ameri-
can states. There Will be present many
women whose names are familiar In pro-
g~ressive circles in both hemispheres. and ii
can hardly be doubted that the meetings
and discussions held during the week will
give q distinct impetus TO woman's work
f~hroughout the world.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-05-16
BUBBLES IN THE AIR
Poor. suffer,ne womnn.

Mr.. Lushforth-I believe I've got EN- again.
Mrs. LushfOrth-I hope you will have snakes,
or monkeys. or some sort of menagerie animals.
Those mice you hat The last time made me 80
nervous that I could hardly sleep.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-05-16

THE Journal warned Mr.. Donham sew
eral days ago that when he undertook
to ignore the civil-service law he would
run against q snag. Some people can
only learn by experience.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-05-16

Aztec the Civil-service Commission
gets through with Mr.. Donham he may
not look as handsome. but he will know
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-05-16
LIFE UNDERWRITERS.


State Association Meets and Elects Cnacers
Question OF Rebates.
The Indiana Association of Life Under
writers met. last night. at the Denison
House. In pursuance with a circular letter
sent ont last week. The letter announced
that the association is now legally ineor-
porated under the laws of the State. and
can enforce ITS rules through the courts of
the State when necessary. The thought and
hope is expressed that the provisions OF the
association. as now incorporated. Will Sc
cure the long-desired result of prohibiting
the practice of rebatIng which. IL 10 said,
has SO long demoralized the business OF
life insurance. There were q number OF
companies that responded TO the call and
were represented at the meeting last night.
The list included the following: Mutual Of
New York. Equitable of New York. the
New York Life. the Northw estern. the
Penn Mutual, the Michigan Mutual. the
Phoenix Mutual. the Ktns. the Massachu-
sets. the Atlas of Indiana and the John
Hancock.
Officers were elected as follows: Presi.
dent, ID. Is. Shideler; vice president +. Ii.
Davenport; secretary, G. L. Newlin; treas-
urer. !, q. Barcus: chairman OF he execu-
tive committee. 4. :. Warburton.
The intention of the organization Is said
to be TO provide against discrimination as
DCkMCCn 8pplAC1hto lAAos ~
palmer English. 10 that agents are TO be
prevented from giving the applicant q re-
bate from the commission of the agent,
which Is said TO be q pernicious practice.
The penalty for an infringement of the
rule is q fine OF 200 per cent. of the total
amount of the premium. The association
provides for the projection of the INSURED
by making It Unable TO make false repre-
sentatioDs TO the applicant.
Fire Insurance Men Meet
The local fire insurance association held
a meeting yesterday afternoon 20 discuss
several proposed changes in the association
rules. The matter Of increasing rates was
not preached. and it Is the opinion of insur-
ance men that rates will not be increased
IN the fall. although Manager Allen. of the
association. said yesterday that the losses
mp 10 date were so per cent heavier than
they were for q corresponding period last
year. This increase. however. may IN part
be attributable TO the growth of the city
and the accompanying increase In the
number of risks. Any change in rates
must come from Local Commission No. I,
ut Cincinnati. under whose jurisdiction
indianapolis is placed