The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-04-16

strain to which the centennial machine
had TO go to produce 400 horse power this
one will develop $3.50.
GROUND has been broken for . railroad
from Beirut TO Damascus, in the Holy
Land. Beirut Is q very old city. and
Damascus was Q city in the time of Abrs-
ham. The consul at Beirut writes the
State Department as follows concerning
the Inauguration OF the work:
The ceremony took place at a spot situated at
a distance of about half an hour from Beirut adj
villayet from Mount Lebanon. and in the pres
enee or Khalid Bey, G0vernor-general OF Beirut,
and the high functionaries OF Beirut and LeD-
anon, attended by a large party or the for
eign and native society. on the spot in
question a magnificent pavilion. having
the form of a dome. was erected. over which
crescent and the star, were gayly floating be-
tween rows of myrtle garlands studded with
flowers. at the hour fixed the Vail gave the
first stroke with a silver mattock. which had
been specially ordered for that particular occa-
sion. a fervent prayer was recited by the sheik
OF the MOslem Clergy. A number OF sheep were
then sacrificed, as In usual on similar occasions,
and distributed 10 the poor. while the military
this Hassan Etieadi Beyhnm. the c0ncessi0nalre,
delivered "a well-conceived address. in which he
set forth the numerous advantages that may be
derived from the construction OF railroads and
steam tramways.
The promoters of this enterprise expect
Damascus TO become the railroad center of
Syria. with lines branching ont in differ
ent directions to gather ND the traffic Of
regions which hitherto have never had
any but animal transportation. Thus civ
ilizatlon. whioh had its birth in the East.
and has attained it's greatest gro With in
the West, returns to the ORIENT to disclose
new revelations and possibilities.
HON MAuTnN Eu.NCr of Ohm for.
merly O politician of some note, was United
States consul at Nassau, West Indies. when
President Cleveland's brother met his
death there. This brother. Richard f.
Cleveland. was teaching school at Bedford,
Ind. when the OWL war broke out. and ho
enlisted as q private in Company A of the
Twenty-fourth Indiana Regiment. and
was elected second lieutenant. lie was
mustered out Dec. 10. 1864. and III 1872 was
drowned at Nassau. Mr.. Chance says:
Grover Cleveland, then an unknown Buffalo
lawyer, spent some time III Nassau settling up
the dead brothers estate. Another brother or
O c~onvivial turn was there also, and he came
near preventing the possibility OF "A President in
the family. The future President took a nap one
hot afternoon The fun-l0ying brother came IN,
and thought it would be a good joke to pile all
the loose furniture on top OF Grover and thus give
him a surprise when he awoke. But the fnn-lov-
INK tIOthcl ulQ " W az thbts aLo aAtCA A
furniture was piled up promiscuonsly about the
fat and somnolent Buffalo lawyer. the funloving
brother set fire to It the local fire dspartment
ton and the big brother from cremation. Ii was
a narrow escape. and the rebuke he gave the
brother was more forcible than brotherly.
DEMOCRATIC circles in Fort Wayne have
just passed through an exciting experience.
ending in a sad disappointment and reac.
ton. Among the Democratic statesmen
who feel that they deserve recognition from
this administration is Mr.. w. w. Rockhill,
and In order to give the administration a
chsnce to recognize him he applied for the
Fort Wayne postofiee. A few days ago II
was announced from Washington that w.
w. R0ckhill had been appointed chief clerk
of the State DEPARTMENT. and the Fort
Wayne Rockhill and his friends immedl-
ateiy concluded that he Was the man.
There was considerable Jollifying. and his
competitor for the postoffice was on the
point of hiring O brass band to celebrate
the removal of the only obstacle in his
path to success, when il occurred to some.
body to inquire if there might not be two
w. w. RockhilIs. This proved to be the
case, and IL turned out tnat the lucky one
was from Virginia. The Fort Wayne man
is still unrecognized.
Mr.. HENRY WILLARD. the Northern Pa
cifc millionaire. who has achieved some
notoriety as q Democrat o politician. has
done a praise worthy act in placing at the
disposal of Count Caprivi. the German
Chancellor. so. 600 marks. or about 81. OC0.
for the purpose of enabling worthy youna
men to visit the worlds fair. Sixty pei
cent. of the amount is allotted to artIsans
mechanics and machlnists and the rest to
persons OF other calllngs. Allowances viii
he made in sums ranging from S430 to S4S(
for the expenses or the trip to Chicago.
The Chancellor has issued an official circu-
lar TO the institutes of technology. Undue
trial schools and other establishments for
technical education throughout the en-
pire, informing them of the fact.
1T Is said that the army board which has
been in session In Springfield. Mass. to ex
anime and report q rifle, has been unable
TO find one of American invention salts
factory. In the manufacture of small
arms the United States has long led ths
world. and American inventors of heavy
ordnance are very prominent, but the in
ventive genius of the country has no
devoted itself to the production of q small
arm such as IL demanded for troops. IL ii
said that the board found the DanIsf
weapon of Krag-Jorgensen to be the best
urn of the small bore magazine pattern
burning smokelcss powder.
ABOUT PEOPLE AMI THAT'S.