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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-09-11

TEE IMPROVING BUSINESS OUTLOOK.

The New York bank statement of Sat-
cent. in excess of the required % per
cent. This means that confidence is not
only.returninR. but hat borrowers have
been able to pay the liabilities due the
banks. Those people who drew their
money out of the banks have, in part.
recovered from their scare and are
bringing back the money which they
have boarded, to the great injury of all
business and industry. There has
already been an advance in many lines
of stocks, which indicates beyond doubt
that money is much easier than it WAS
three or our weeks ago. One OF the
causes of the easier money market is the
increase of the circulation OF the New
York banks 81. 80 500. the past week,
under the banking act. IL the
bill now held back in Congress
by such Senators as Cockrell,
who hate the word NATIONAL
had been passed there would have
been n large increase in the volume of
the currency for business purposes.
Congress, which has been in session a
month, has done nothing except to
promise beneficial legislation. Many
mills which suspended six weeks OF two
months since are starting M On short
hours, giving thousands of people half
OF t~wo-thirds the wages they were able
to earn when they voted for a change.
Some of the Cleveland papers arc por-
traying a prosperity which may lead the
sanguine to start a boom. All booms
arc bad, since there is nothing substan-
tial in them, initiating value to be pune
tured later on. But there can be no ba.
sis for general prosperity. which means
the full employment of labor, until the
suspense regarding tariff legislation is
ended. When all fears regarding the
stability of the currency are quieted,
the industries of the country will still
be confronted by the uncertainty
and delay regarding the tariff.
1t has been announced that
Chairman Wilson has given out that
tariff revisiOn will be confined to making
the tariff equal to the difference in the
cost of production between foreign and
homemade goods. II this is TO be the
policy of the Democratic Congress. and
it shall be announced officially at an
early day, there will be a general and
gradual revival of business. Such a re-
vision would not change the tariff much
if done intelIigently and in good faith.
If Chairman Wilson would introduce,
during the coming week, a resolution
avowing this purpose. the recovery o,
business and industry from the stagna.
ton and paralysis of the past two
months would begin at once.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-09-11
MR.. pENNY,s e E

That was a good speech of Mr.. Denny,
the Republican candidate for Mayor.
Saturday night. True. it contained
date, in temperate language. clearly
stated a portion OF the reasons why the
Sullivan regime should end with the
year. If Mr.. Denny had undertaken to
specify the sins of omission and commits
sion of S%ullivanism he would be speak
ing now, and might be when the polls
open Tuesday, Oct. 10. For months the
charges which Mr.. Denny reiterates
have been made time and again, without
denial or defense. No denial has been
made to the charge that the Mayor has
violated the charter by keeping three
men on a board who vote and work for
the Democratic ticket. and ave done SO
for more than a year. Just before the
presidential election Chairman Taesart
sent 'fOaters" to CattersOn. with
orders to fix" them. The Journal has
seen one of these orders. Mr.. Denny
has put the cor piracy which caused the
city bonds to be defaulted in the most
favorable light that it can be for Sulii-
vanism. When the whole story is told
it will be known hat the men who con
troll Mayor Sullivan as the puppets in a
Punch and Judy show are moved by the
Snowman. are responsible for the fail
ure by fighting the Controller. Further
more, what Mr.. Denny has to say about
extravaganza is a matter of record.
Every statement which he has so clearly
and coneisely made can be sustained by
columns of sp~ecifcations. Equally true
are the charges which he has made in
regard to the nonenfOrcement of the
laws. Indeed, it has come to a pass
where professional lawbreallers are the
most privileged men in Indianapolis
controlling the Mayor and having a
champion in the place where there
should be a judge.
But the best part Of the speech of Mr..
Denny is that after each of the charges
of NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. which lie makes,
he enters an explicit pledge to the peo-
pie of Indianapolis to reform existing
evils. The boards shall be made up in
harmony with the spirit of the charter,
the horde of inspectors and the like
will be discharged and their places
abolished, and the laws as they stand
shall be enforced. That is the true poll
icy; there would be nothing gained by
substituting Republican ineficiency and
misrule for the machine of Sullivan,
Frenzel, Taggart and Coy.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-09-11
HARRISON COUNTY WHITE CAPS.
Denial of the Charge that Judge RAM
sey Was Identified with Them.

To the Editor OF the Indianapolis Journal;
In your weekly issue Of Aug. 80 / notice
an article headed History of White
capism." dated Corydon. Ind, Aug. %.
which. if You will spare me the space. I
would like to reply TO. The writer. after
describing the initiation. says il was once
q strong order. and that fourteen years ago
the Judge of the court was chairman of
the county organization. or so he had been
informed by some of the White Caps.
NJ father. Samuel Ramsey, was the
judge of the Third judicial districs
at that time, and / know tina. he wac NOT
their county chairman. nor " as he a menu
Der of their order. and If ans citizen OF
Corydon or of Harrison county. be they
White Caps or not. informed your CORE.
spondent that my father was a VIII te Car
he stated ar untruth. Since the recent Con-
rad whitecspping. Harrison county has
The acts of the Ramseys are open
TO inspection at all times. and be-
lieve that they are as law abiding
as any IN the county or state. ana
certainly not members OF such cowardly
and degrading organizations as tile White
Cap order. Tho action Of my father while
Judge IN the Henry Long mob0ing 10 evl-
denee enough that he was 40 White Cap.
1 kDoW mat the W nite caps were uumer.
Gus FOURTEEN years ago, so numerous. in
fact. that they tried TO control elections.
and came near defeating nv father in 1878.
after he had the nomination of q party
whose majority in the two counties Thar
rIson and Crawford) should lave elected
HIM by not less than eight huD-
dred. whereas IL was between sixty and
seventy. | say that the order brought
this about. because | know that be WAS ap-
preached by nom bers of the order before
the election and offered J.. 100 votes at the
election III he would agree 20 be lenient
with any White Cap who might be arrested,
q proposition which he refused: and a care
ful examination of the vote at that cleo
tion of the townships in which the White
Caps have since proved strongest will show
how they resented the refusal. But as TO my
father .'eiDQ a White Cap L have never. be-
fore reading the article of your Corydon
correspondent, heard Intimated. and while
/ know that the people of Harrison county
know he was not. | feel that it ought to he
answered. L. X. RAMSEY.
RICO. Ind. Semi. 1.
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hands of blockade runners and the com
misaaries Of the confederate army.
There are thousands of these claims,
aggregating hundreds of millions.
They were rejected by the claims COM
mission years ago because the claim
ants were rebels. Their heirs bring
them now, hoping that they a sus-
tain them because they were not old
enough to be rebels when the alleged
property was lost. The reports of at
torneys who were sent by the last ad-
ministration to investigate these claims
show that a few acres of corn have
gradually swollen until they become
hundreds; that a few fence rails have
been maRnified to thousands. and a
pair of mules to q score. People will
watch the disposition of these claims by
the Democratic Congress.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-09-11
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS,

EX-SENATOR THOMAS w. PALMER, of
Michigan. has presented to the city of De-
troit for park purposes q farm of one hun
dred acres on which his grandfather filed
an entry IN ls20.
TIE story ia told that q woman once
asked st. Francis de Sales whether she
might use paint to improve her com plexion.
HIS reply was: Some holy men ohiect TO
its use. while others see nothing wrong In
II. would adopt u middle course and
grant y0n q dispensaJion to paint one side
of your face only"
IL the hope of being able TO dispense with
walters O has invented a table
which will wait on itself. The table il
round, with q space ten inches wide for the
plates. GU DIS. etc. Inside this circle there is
n revolving disk. raised aoOut two inches,
upon which the food is placed. By turning
IL in any direction you may have the bread.
butter. olives or cream without asking or
waiting for them.
QUEEN VICTORIA proposes 20 erect O earn.
90 o memorial OF the marriage OF the Duke
and Duchess of York. on the coyIes OF
Muck. near Ballater. where there is al
ready one caIrn. raised by her in remem-
brsnce of the wedding OF the Prince and
Princess Of Wales. On one of these eoyles
Is stlll TO pe seen the Laird's Bed, n slopin q
rock. where Gordon. OF Abergeldie. took
refuge when he led from Birkhali after the
rsdeliion of Ills.
CONSIDERABLE excitement was created
in Westminster Abbey recently when O
Friend took his seat and etained his hat
on his head. The officials asked him to re-
move II. hut he refused. After "A while tie
verger. o cleric. u police constable and 9TH
ers came To him repeating the request On
his refusing they asked him why he was
unwilling TO remove his hat. He r-piied.
''Because il Is not right" Thon they said
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-09-11
ONE SNAKE C IARMER LESS.
"Rattlesnake" RalSton Bitten by q
Florida Rather and Is Now Dying.

CHICAGO. Sept. l0.-Walter Ralston.
known as 'Rattlesnake' R~alston, q snake
chsrmer. is in the county hospital diving
from the effects OF n bite by q rsttlesnake.
Ralston has been giving exhibitions in q
dime museum and TO-DAY was Co try a new
lot OF ~rattlers which had just been brought
from Florida. and which it had been
wagered by the man who brought them
that he could not handle. Rslston went
into the cellar TO get the snakes when one
of them slipped ont of the box and caught
him on the hand. He flooded himself with
whisky, but his arm in a few minutes was
friahtfully swollen and the physicians at
the hospital said he could not live. Shortly
after Ralston was bitten the report got out
that all the snakes had escaped from the
box and there was a frantic rush for the
doors. A lively rush tnsued and several
people were bruised In the struggle for the
open air. None were seriously injured
however.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-09-11
SOUTHERN WAR CLAIMS AGAIN.

Since Congress began scores of South
ern war claims, which have, for the most
part, been rejected by the war-claims
commission years ago, have been pre-
scented, generally for the relief of heirs,
the persons alleged to have suffered loss
by the act of the government being
dead. There is the old bill for the re-
lief of Lee University, which was used
by the federal government during the
war. and one for $1,000 for the occupa-
ton of q church in Helena. Ark. A
Louisianian claims S37.626 for sugar
taken from his plantation, and Mr.. Per-
levent wants SAC. 626. &C for a steamboat
and supplies If he shall be found to have
been loyal. Senator German presents
two bills to compensate the owners of
land used in ''the suppression of the
rebellion" Senator White asks that a
large sum shall be paid the estate of
man, for cotton used by The federal
army in the construction of Port Hud-
son. Senator Irby. of South Carolina.
has presented thirty-three claims for
cotton. agGregating $685. 600. These
are but samples taken from the ad-
n gnard. Behind them is a process
sion made up largely of the heirs of
those who were hostile TO the Union.
and whose cotton and other property
was destroyed TO keep it out OF the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-09-11

THAT is rather an incredible rumOr
which comes from Paris. that Germany
Mediterranean sea within fair steaming
distance of the Dardanelles and not far
from the Suez canal. which is to be used
as a coaling station for the German
navy and converted into a powerful
marine fortress. Russia will have m
thing To say before she will allow the
approaches TO the Black sea to be dom
mated by any power.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-09-11

facture of cement. he showed that quar-
rymen or miners receive S1.20. TO 50 n
day In this country. 80 cents in England
and Germany. 60 cents in Belgium and
81 cents in France. In the United
States laborers receive S1.10 TO S1.50 a
day; in England. rs cents; in Germany,
60 cents; in Belgium. 66 cents, and in
France 76 cents. CoOpers receive $3.50
TO go a day in the United States, S1.13
in England, 66 cents in Germany, sc
cents in Belgium. and SO cents in France.
Millers receive SO to $3.50 a day in the
United States. 81 in England, IS cents
in Germany, 6Sl2 cents in Belgium, and
4S to 81 cents in France. From these
figures it ia evident that the repeal of
the duties on imported cement would
cause q material reduction in the wages0f
American workmen employed in that in
dustry. of whom MIR. Leslie stated there
are about twenty thousand. He stated
that the supply of raw material for the
manufacture of cement in this country is
practically inexhaustible. and the op-
portunities for the growth and develop
ment of the industry are unrlvaled, all
that is necessary being to maintain the
present duty on the foreign product,
which enables the American manu-
facturer to pay American wages and
still compete with his foreign COM
petitor.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-09-11
FRENCH LABOR VISITORS.
A-DeIegatiOn Arrives to Go Over the
Country and See How We Do Things.

NEW YORK. Sept. 1o.-A delegation OF
fifty-two French workmen. representing
different trades; arrived here to-day on the
steamer La Gascogne. They were met st
the dock by abont four hundred French
workmen of this city. who took them IN
charge and conducted them TO the Broad.
way Central Hotel. They will leave on
Tuesday for Philadelphia, and from there
20 on 10 Pittsburg. They will then visit
st. LOUIS. aud will spend a day ii tho
worlds fair. Niagara Falls. Boston and
Providence Will be visited. and then the
party will return To this city ct the end OF
a month and sail for France. During their
visit to this country they will visit fac
tories, Inspecting the system OF work and
the handing OF American wOrkneu.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-09-11

LIKE Artemus Ward, who could lick
an elephant when six miles away. the
Anarchists are valiantfor blood-spilling
when they do not expect the police and
the courts to act, but since Emma Gold
man has been arrested in New York
and another agitator sent to prison for
making Anarchist threats, these foes of
public order are very silent.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-09-11

THE statement made before the ways
and means committee by Robert w.
Leslie. in regard To the necessity OF a,
protective duty on imported Portland
cement, contained some interesting
facts. Mr.. Leslie is a manufacturer and
importer OF cement, and showed thor
oueh familiarity with the subject. Com
pairing the wages paid different classes
of workmen employed in the manu-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-09-11

WHEN the Pension Bureau shall have
restored three-fourths of the suspended
pensioners without further evidence
than that 20 which they were sus-
pended, as II connected with the bu-
reau has predicted, it will havec confessed
itself guilty of the charges which have
been made against il.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-09-11

The tr0nble in Brazil, which seems
likely to eliminate very soon in blood
shed and revolution. has been brewing
nearly two years. In fact, republican
government has hardly been firmly es-
tablished there at any time since the
Constitution, ratified in November, 1890.
the President is elected for six years.
Marshal FOnseca, head of the provisional
government, was confirmed by the Con-
gress as first President, with General
Peixoto as Vice President. Their terms
should have expired in 1894. but Fonseca
proved ambitious and corrupt. and was
deposed in November, 1891. and Peixoto
became President. The Constitution
requires that in case the presidency or
vice presidency becomes vacant within
two years from the beginning of the
term. a new election shall be held within
three months from the time the vacancy
occurs. The change IN these offices,
above referred to. required an election
to be held Tor President and Vice Presi-
dent before February 90, 1892; yet none
was held, nor has been yet. The present
struggle is between FODseca and Peixoto
and their adherents. The present exec
utive and Congress are at loggerheads.
and every department Of the govern
ment and the army and navy are filed
with cOrruptiOnists. On the whole, the
outlook for constitutional republican
government in Brazil is not bright. No
popular election has been held. and the
victor in the pending conflict, whether
it be FOnseca or Peixoto. will be die
tator.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-09-11

Mr.. STEVENS. who was elected to Con-
gress from Massachusetts, as a tariff re-
former. appeared before the ways and
means committee on Friday to oppose
the reduction IN the duty on the bagging
in which cotton is sent to market. He
held that to reduce the duty would com
pei the owners of the mills making il to
shut down or to reduce the wages of the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-09-11

IF it had been a boy, Mr.. Cleveland
might have had trouble in establishing
o double standard; but he will have no
difficulty in maintaining the parity of
two GIRLS
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-09-11

are furnishing the ways and means COM
mittee with some unanswerabie reasons
why the protection o. American indus
tries should not be abolished; but they
are no likely To have any influence on
the committee. It is organized TO con-
Wet and pledged in advance to do so.
quite irrespective of the merits of the
caRa
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-09-11

THE Boston journal speaks of the In
diana monument to the soldiers of the
Union as a thing which is to be in
stead of a present reality-as much 80 as
Boston Common and Beacon Hill.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-09-11

THE Queen and MIR. Gladstone are
said to differ as to the course he should
pursue since the action of the House of
Lords on the home-rule bill. The Queen
thinks he ought to appeal to the country
at once. while he prefers to postpone the
dissolution of Parliament indefinitely.
Ii his defeat had occurred in the House
of Commons the traditions of the Brit
ish Constitution would have required
his immediate resignation, but q defeat
in the House of Lords ia not so impera-
tive. Nevertheless, it is a defeat, and,
backed up by the wish of the Queen. it
tirement.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-09-11

labor employed. About everybody. ex-
cept the theoretical f~ree-trader, has
arrived at that conclusion in respect to
every description of goods in the pro-
duction of which we compete with
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-09-11

The policy Of suspending pensione is
the policy of the Cleveland administra-
tion. and Secretary Hoke Smith was Sc
lected by the author of it to carry it out.
1t is the policy of Gresham and Carlisle
as much as of HOke Smith.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-09-11
THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL

Can be found at the following places:
~PAKIS-American Exchange in Paris, So Boulevard
de Capucines-
NEW YORK-Gusey House and Windsor Hotel
PHILADELPHIA. P. Kemble. 1888 Lancaster
avenue.
CHICAGO-Palmer House.
CINCINNATI-J. r. Hawley& Co, 154 Vine street.
LoUIsvILLE-C. I. Deering. northwest corner of
Third and Jefferson streets.
81. LoUIS-Union New Company, Union Depot
House.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-09-11

MONEY is slowly recovering from its
fright of the. past three months, and is
beginning to seek investment. The en-
campment bonds offered by the city of
Indianapolis arc as desirable as any
thing now in the market. Some thou
sands of dollars of these bonds are still
money matters they will DOUBTLESS soon
find purchasers.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-09-11

AND now word comes from Washing
ton that the President and the Vice
President DO not speak as they pass by
ALI because the President will notper-
NIT the Vice President to place all his
Illinois henchmen in Office. The Presi-
dent is to be congratulated.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-09-11
FARIBAULT PLAN FAILS.
Catholics Want All Catholic Teachers
and There VIII Be No School This Year.

FARIBAULT. Mimi. Sept O.-Thes o-called
Faribault plan is now thought TO DO O thing
of the past. II. F. Kesler. q member of the
School Board. said this evening that the
Catholics insisted on having all Catholics
for teachers in the parOchiaI building. and
the board dsciced to have Int two Catho-
lie teachers there. SD the contract for the
use of the building Is cancci-d and no pub
lo school will be held In that building this
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-09-11
What In Said.

what she Ssio.
She left this sor6id, solid earth;
Her spirit took its fight
To upper realms OF life and love
And scenes Of splend0r bright
When good st. Peter let her in
She viewed the heavenly scene,
The streets of gold. the jasper walls,
The fields of living green.
She heard the great angelic choir
With voice soaorOus sing
And then she murmrred, "Ain't it just
Too cnta for a%nYthingl"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-09-11

THE reports from indianapolis pretty
clearly indicate that the city was not equal
TO the task OF entertaining the veterans. who
claim they were subjected TO a legaliZed
sort of robbery by the hotels. and that
even under these conditions the accOmino-
dations were entirely Inadequate. Brnja-
min Harrison mag have had some just rea-
Son for compunction because he was living
luxuriouslY at the seashore instead of help
ing to arrange for the proper reception of
his former comrades IN arms.
The above is from the Detroit Free
Press and its purpose is to fling a sur
at the name of General Harrison. The
Journal. fortunately. can give the names
of four Detroit visitors. all Democrats.
who took occasion to praise the hospital
ity of the people of indianapolis. AS
to the hotels, they made their prices and
announced them. Their charges for
rooms were upon the basis of all like
gatherings. Furthermore, at no time
were the free accommodations filled. 1t
is a matter which can be sustained by
investigation that never before were so
many veterans entertained at private
houses free Of cost as in indianapolis.
Inquiry made of hundreds of men who
occupied lodgings and took meals at
private houses showsthat in no case wee
they neglected or charged moro than
was stipulated. Only one case was re-
ported where visitors were assigned to
quarters by the executive committee
that tho proprietors attempted to charge
more than The figure agreed upon. The
organ which has zealously sustained the
abandoned policy of ~suspendine pen
sioners has suddenly become the cham
apOlis.